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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
7
A fragmented local diary records visitors and calls at Audubon including Mrs Jensen, Mrs Beera, G Lancelot, Mrs Lou Thomps, and others. It mentions cattle shipments to Chicago, auctions, and social events such as a birthday surprise for Pastor Flebirt. Several residents and neighbors are noted with health and travel updates amid town chatter.
No. 8 through No. 118 present farms for sale with prices from 46 to 350 per acre. Descriptions include 40 to 400 acres, good timber, water, fences, and outbuildings. proximity to towns, schools, and exchanges noted. Several entries mention terms, down payments, and balance plans. Local residents and buyers named in a coastal postings section accompany the listings.
Community notes highlight land bargains in The Journal amid Thanksgiving social updates. Readers report Mr and Mrs Chet Adair visiting relatives and Burt Trent returning from the Dakotas while Loyd Miller paints his new barn red. Others haul corn, husk crops, and attend church events as townsfolk discuss sales, travel, and local gatherings.
Audubon Township folks aid kin in corn field work and husking efforts. Grant and Annie Kness visit at George Kness home. Perry visits sister Mrs W L Lewis near Oakfield. Herman Witte helps relatives south of Adair with husking. George Peters sale near Adair draws community. most corn is shocked with crib work ahead. Millinery stock from Bruner and Jensen offered locally. Hal Tibben recovers but cannot yet use one limb. Ladies Aid Society hosts a pleasant meeting with sixteen. Lutheran Church crew improve new parsonage yard and cellar. Dixie Jubilee Singers to perform at Extra on December 7, a concert worth traveling for. News sparse. community notes no illness or weddings to report. request for more local news.
Twenty three pupils attend the German Lutheran school at present. Mr Fred Dreher and sister Miss Martha attend Sunday services. Rev Eblers family visit Oddie Porsch near Ross. Mr and Mrs Schrum and daughter from Templeton visit Jno Barton family. Miss Minnie Berg with sisters and Helen Kaebel visit Rey Ehlers home on Sunday.
A public sale of a farm near Bloom and Marne, at old Bricsun farm, Wednesday November 29 2005. Auction lists cattle horses hay corn wheat and vast farm implements including wagons gear plows and seeds. Terms offer cash for small amounts and credit for larger sums with six percent discount for cash. Proceeds and items from Mrs. A wuctlander and Gaylord Soren Pederae.
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