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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
2
Advertises better style at lower prices for millinery and wash goods. Promises Wash Dress and Waist material guidance, Park Mills Carpet at 65c per yard, Calicoes at 6c and 7c, plus remaining cheap quilts. Urges quick purchase.
Miss Mamie Rice battles measles while Dr. A L Brooks falls ill. Miss Verge Wilson plans a Council Bluffs consultation. Mrs. Sarah Bailey visits Elstra with Aunt Mrs. Fulton. Des Moines guests Mr. and Mrs. Getchel stay with Ed Van Gorder’s family. Dora Graham visits from Jefferson with P I Drury. Frank Green of Corn Exchange Bank travels to Extra. Shoe shop repairs by Mr. Christensen during Mr Hansen’s Europe trip. Clyde Baker and Will Wilson invited to Council Bluffs on May 30 for Philippine veterans planning. Presbyterian church program a success. school profits reach twenty dollars. Adam Seibert improves after illness. August Oelke returns from Illinois to work at Hoover’s. Lillian Ott plans Lincoln trip for sister Cora and summer school. Students consider attending the jira gathering tonight for high school commencement at that location. Morrow leaves for Pierce to inspect ranch sale profits. Alec Caldwell visits Mortis, Illinois, then Minnesota to explore land. Anna Johnson, former McFarlane worker, returns home unable to work due to health. Bernice Nash returns from a year in Europe with vivid memories and new perspectives.
PostmasterWilson transcribes a Washington letter linking rural mail box protection to a new Post Office appropriation law. Penalties for damaging or stealing mail from rural routes include fines up to one thousand dollars and up to three years imprisonment. Local newspapers are urged to publish and citizens to report depredations with evidence to U.S. Attorney and the Gen Sup.
Audubon area notes report on bank loan offers from German Savings Bank and local business ads. Community mentions include social visits, county farming loans, new glass stock, bicycle repairs, and public works such as water rent planning. Names include Morrissey, Russ, Rasmussen, Jensen, and many residents with various health updates and travel plans.
The Twenty Ninth Annual Institute of Audubon county convenes August 4 in the Audubon High School room, with six study days over two weeks. Attendance is urged for all county teachers. courses follow last year’s manual, with graded entry for teachers by certificates and experience. Lecturers include W. P. Johnson of Carroll and J. L. Conger, Extra. Exams Aug 15 and 16, with resits possible and fees applied for repeated attempts.
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