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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
6
John Dimick shipped two carloads of hogs to Omaha last Monday. Various farm improvements and local business updates appear across Stuart and Exira with new barns, windmills, and purchases. Graduation events bring visitors from Lincoln and Pittsburg as town life continues amid repairs and property deals.
The wedding of Jasper G. Wheelock and Miss Alice E. Harrison took place Sunday evening May 25 1902 at eight thirty at the bride’s mother’s home on Jefferson street between Main and Depot with Rev H L Wissler officiating. Wheelock recently moved from Wisconsin and worked at Elgin Skim Station then in J S Harrison’s racket shop. The ceremony was private with immediate relatives and Miss Mattie Andrews and Susie Rieff attending. The couple will reside in Hamburg Iowa where Wheelock has a buttermaking position.
Alfred Miller, a large local landowner, sold Peter Alberta 80 acres at 51.50 per acre and bought the Blackwell farm of 120 acres three miles southeast of town. Frank Gault & Company completed a new shed for their wagons and applied a heavy paint coat. John Dicus, formerly of this city now in Grinwold, arrived to attend Decoration exercises and visits his brother-in-law J. P. Lair and another brother-in-law George Huyck north of the depot.
The program lists a 2 P.M. assembly at the M. E. church with choir songs and vocal pieces by Rev. Whitaker and H J Wissler. A procession to the cemetery follows under the marshal, featuring Lincoln address readings and several short addresses by multiple speakers. George F. Kapp presides as Day President with H H Dimick serving as Marshal.
After Sunday services Father Fallenschmid led a vote in the Western Iowa parish approving a new brick church edifice with a tower eighty feet high. Estimated cost ranges from 7000 to 9000 dollars. The home of the Sisters and the old church will be repurposed for school dining and sleeping facilities for 50 Extra Catholic families. Subscriptions range from 200 to 500 dollars, with some expected at 1000 dollars. The project aims to improve the town and benefit the congregation.
An advertising pitch urges Missourians to invest in local farmland, claiming $15 to $20 per acre now and potential gains to $25 to $30 per acre by next fall. It emphasizes homegrown crops and quick profits for buyers from Missouri and nearby regions.
At eight last Wednesday in a Methodist church, thirteen students led by Miss Kate Hansen and Professor J L Conger presented a program. The students recited, spoke, and sang under Mrs W A Hamier’s direction, ending with diplomas from W R Copeland on behalf of the school board.
Farming activity and social events fill the region as corn fields are in excellent condition. Announcements caution about a Fourth of July celebration in the county seat. A professor recovering at M E Jenkins home near Oakfield shows improvement. A primary class picnic at Milli man woods brings joy to children and their mothers. A new road law consolidates civil townships into road districts with a single fund and revised tax and duties.
Charlen G. Dawes ex comptroller of the currency spoke to the State Bankers association on Asset Currency and Branch Currency. He opposed both and favored using safer alternatives before retiring greenbacks. Homer A. Miller was elected president with L. F. Potter, J. M. Dinwiddie, and Frank Y. Locke named officers.
A Wednesday cloudburst caused a flood along Dryftun Creek near Decorah Iowa washing away Milwaukee railroad tracks and bridges while flooding the central residence district. Property loss exceeds 100000 with 80 buildings moved or swept. Two deaths occurred, one a man trapped entering his home and a child swept from its mother’s arms.
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