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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
2
Promotes 10 acres in Brown County South Dakota near Dun ard settlement. Surface nearly level soil black loam and profitable cultivation claimed. Improved farms nearby. Priced at 20 dollars per acre. Write Journal for terms.
S20 acres in blue grass pasture A0 acres in timothy and clover 90 acres in corn ground all fenced hog tight good six room house in repair large barn in good shape good wells cribs granary windmill land rolling all farmable except about six acres in timber no grubs no brush one mile from a town on the Rock Island road Adair county price 65 dollars per acre 3000 dollars down balance on terms to user
Improve this Yourself and then Get the Raise offers 210 acres at 57.50 till January 1 1907 and 65 afterward. Four and a half miles from a fine town on Rock Island with good roads, 160 acres nearly level, balance rolling, rich soil, no stone sand or huts. Fenced hog and cattle pasture, big orchard, groves, some timber, well watered. New four room house, stables, good stock and grain farm at a low price. $500 to $600 down, balance long time. Journal.
Advertisement for a 50 225 acre farm at 6500 dollars, three miles from the county seat with good roads and water. Includes bottom land rolling terrain, Clover and Timothy, well fenced fields, large barns, a fine grain and stock operation, with $2000 to $4000 down and balance over long time. Journal.
80 acres two miles from town with good roads and a nearby school one mile away. Mostly seeded road soil and a decent grove around buildings. Improvements not first class but solid bones with good neighbors. Price 60 per acre, about 1000 down, balance long term at low interest.
Farm in Madison county Lews 24 miles from Des Moines with improvements including barn cribs hedge timber pasture cross fenced. 30 acres in timothy and clover. four year averting. 10 acres corn ground. 20 acres timber pasture. Rolling land. fenced. Price 50 dollars per acre. 1000 dollars down. balance to suit purchaser.
Advertises exchange of 320 acres at 90 with 714000 incumbrance and two building sets costing over 12000. Land described as good with water, groves, fencing, orchards, R F D and telephone. Seeks larger farm or hardware stock from 5000 to 210000. Calls for quick written or phone response via JOURNAL.
Not a foot of waste land, gently rolling, all tillable but a few acres of slough, only 14 miles from a good railway station, good new barn, SorG room house, orchard, deep well and windmill. One of our best and at a very low price, $1500 to $2000 will handle this.
No. 322 offers 160 acres about six miles from Guthrie with good roads and a mile to school. Some rough but all first class pasture land, four fairly well laid sections, no waste land, part seeded. A good four or five room house, small out buildings, deep well and windmill. A stock farm at cheap price. $50 per acre with $8000 payment on March 1 1905 and balance long terms and easy payments.
For sale 120 acres four miles from two towns on the Rock Island line in Iowa. Rolling land with good soil, fenced and well watered. Improvements include a small house, grove, orchard, yard, lawn, garden, barn, cow barn, granary, machine shed, hog houses and pastures. Waterworks, windmill, tanks, and a 5000 loan assumed. Asking $2000 down, price per acre valued $75 to $100 elsewhere.
Property listing describes a model home on 120 acres with rolling terrain and good soil. Three miles from two towns and seven miles from a town on the Rock Island main line. One mile to a school, rural free delivery at the door, telephone in the house. 100 acres cultivable, balance productive pasture, all fenced with woven wire, two pastures and fields. details imply suitability for farming and grazing.
Property features a hog tight orchard in good cultivation with small fruit. Includes story house 16 by 28 feet, barn 28 by 33 feet, shed, wood house and other outbuildings. Cistern at the house, deep well and wind mill. Priced at a small amount with easy terms. Worth $60.00 per acre.
A garbled ad lists several farms including 100 acres near a town with a mortgage terms and a 24 acre parcel near a country town with a small house and pastures. It describes a 120 acre poultry farm with strong soil and water and cross fenced pasture plus other small farm notes and favorable prices.
A two story brick building with basement on the main Milwaukee line in a 1000 population town. Measures 24 by 85 feet with plate glass front and furnace heat. In very good repair, suitable for hotel and restaurant purposes, divided into 15 rooms.
For sale an eighty acre tract all under cultivation with a lay a well and a good house barn and sheds near a school and a fine new hog house. Close to a good town with splendid roads. Priced cheap at 75.00 on the Rock Island mail line.
Ab 250 acres at 74 per acre. One of the finest stock and grain farms in the county six miles from a good town on main line of railroad. 40 rods to school R F D at door, near church, good neighborhood. 160 acres level land in cultivation. Deep Iowa black soil, no sand, no stone, no bars. 100 acres brush and timber pasture well set to bluegrass with springs wells windmill. Two tanks hog pasture lots. Monster barn 66 by 80 almost new with stove foundation cattle sheds hog house cribs granary. Double corn crib wood and coal sheds. A fine 2 story stone house with 9 foot deep cellar. Ideal location. 3000 to 5000 balance easy terms.
280 acres offered at 36 dollars per acre near railway and town with good roads and access to phone and school. 60 to 70 acres cultivated, balance brush and timber pasture, timber enough to pay for the place if properly managed. Some rough land, tight cash needs 2500 to 3000, rest on easy terms. Potential to plow hay or pasture and double value in ten years.
A 120 acre tract seven miles from town priced at 50 per acre. It includes about 90 acres in cultivation with balance pasture. Land is well laid, new ground, little stone or sand, with good improvements and strong water via spring. First mortgage around 3000 due by March 1 1907, remaining balance long term at about 6 percent.
An Iowa farm listing markets 100 acres five miles from town with good roads and a door to house, 120 acres level bottom soil plus 40 rolling acres, 40 seeded to clover and timothy, corn yields of 70 bushels per acre on rolling land, 40 acres fenced hog pasture, deep well and windmill, a six or seven room house, a new frame barn and orchard. Price starts at 65 dollars per acre, rising to 75 within a year. Terms include 3000 to 4000 down by March 1, 1907 and easy balance terms.
160 acre farm for sale in Adair County on main line C R I P not a foot of waste land. Includes oats corn tame grass twelve acre hog pasture good hog house spring water grove orchard fenced and cross fenced fair house stable barn and good pastures. Small payment and long time on balance with low interest. Enquire at Journal office.
Seventy five bearing fruit trees including cherry apples plums and small fruit. Forty acres cultivated or ready for plow with good soil and fencing. Bluegrass pasture and brush land plus yard garden orchard and poultry yards fenced with woven wire. Buildings in good repair include stable cattle shed hog house and a two room dwelling. Mortgage 2500 with four year terms and progressive payments. Bargain for someone in dormeone.
Hamlin Eggs per dozen Tuesday. School opened Monday in No 2 with Mr Shelley as instructor. Rasmus Nelson moved to Audubon last week. Peter Nelson bought a new counter at the grain office. Tans Aagard sold lumber for building. Hans Johnson visited his parents west of Brayton Monday. Mr and Mrs Charles Sligging visited Omaha then returned Monday evening. A sick child near Hamlin, lung fever, discussed. Mrs Miller’s mother died in Oklahoma, burial at Audubon Cemetery. Farmers turning timothy pastures for Benson opening. Peter Petersen and daughter west of Hamlin visited Brayton. Mrs Charley Garnett visiting her parents east of Guthrie Center. Mrs Nissen, age 80, injured last fall, remains invalid. Ernest Bruhn celebrated 6th birthday Sunday. J J Dimick of Extra visiting his daughter Mia. Uncle John burned hands lighting a fire with gasoline. Hane Carstengen now in Elk Horn helping cousin Chris Johnson. Mr Newcomb of New York Life interviewed at Atlantic about policies. Pete Juel and Assistante Miller and Christiansen busy with harness work. O Olesen taken ill with La Grippe, physician treating him. many hope for quick recovery.
Take notice from Newson & Jug announces production of North American lightning rods and upcoming larger stacks. Lumber firm Elk Horn and Kimballton ships a car of lumber to Elk Horn. Local residents include Martin Christensen planning farm work and a family visit to Neola for pneumonia concerns. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers advertised by Nick Dotling.
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