Audubon County journal., June 15, 1916, Image 6

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No. 1019 due Exiira 6:17 A. M.
North.
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1018 due Exira 7:20 A, M.
South, connects with main line
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8:12 A. M. Wfi&t 9:40.
1021 due Exira 9:40 A. M.
North.
Mo.
1020 due Exira 12:45 P. M.
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Mo. 1028 due
Exiira 12:45 P. M.
1022 flue Exira 4:10 P. M.
South, connects with main line
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ast 643 Local
Bast 766
Flyer
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Local
908 Flyer.
Sunday •,
Ho. 305 due Ezira 12:30 P. M.
Mo.
SOS due Ecsira 1:41 P. M.
W. O. Griffith, Agt.
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Dr. L. J. Oldaker
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Over P. M. Christensenji
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PHONES:
"'Residence b9 Office 39
VARM LOANS
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HARVEY and HUNT
Realestatc and farm loans at
per cent.
Abstracts furnish eL
Farm Loans
Lowest rates. Complete
set of Abstract of Title to all
lands and town lots in Audu
bon County.
CHARLES BAGLEY
PHYSICIANS
DK. JOHN MtfiY,
Physician Surgeon
Office Ptione 53
House Phone B7
Oflee first door east of
Cornsr Drug Stors, upstairs
Exira, lows
DR. HARRY F. LAMBERT
Physician and Surgeon
Over
Palace Theater Plione 1S6
Dlt. R. A. LANTZ
Veterinary, surgeon and dentist.
Assistant State Veterinarian.
Calls
attended day or night.
Office over Ed Cotton's.
For Greeley Farmers Mutu
al Fire and Lightning
Insurance see
ffred Wahlert Sr. Exira, Iowa, Win.
IL. Clark, Hamlin, Iowa. M. J. Mas
tenon., Audubon. Have other agente
in Audubon, Guthrie and Adair
ipounties. Also Wind and Tornado
Insurance Written.
SHOE REPAIRING
If you want, a neat and pretty Job
of
repairing done on your shoes
take thiin to Gerald Hensley in
surij, W. Alleup's Harness shop.
V/vy
A SOLDIER'S
EASTER MORN
By M. QUAD
Copyright, ISUi, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Wo who lipid the south end of the
bridge—a picket of a hundred men
wore cooking our suppers when a sen
try ft red his musket to give the alarm,
i!ml next moment we caught sight of
horsemen on the turnpike beyond the
bridge.
"Fa'l in! Fall in!'' shouted our offi
cer in wild excitement.
Up 011 the hillside a thousand men,
women and children looked down and
held their breath and felt the blood
tingle to their linger ends. The.v coukl
see the long line stretching back for
half a mile—600 men to 100—and,
though they were our enemies, they
felt pity for us.
"Steady, now, and fire low!"
There was a crash and a roar of
iron shod feet as the first squadron
struck the bridge, and then a hundred
jets of flame leaped forth to meet the
troopers, and a hundred bullets led the
jets. Down went horses and men—
down in one great heap of dead and
dying which other horses could not
leap over—and we rose up and swung
our hats and cheered. Up on the hill
side men turned pale, women "wept and
children cried out in horror at war's
spectacle. We heard the enemy's bu
gles blow the order to retreat and dis
mount, and then we looked to our offi
cers for orders to fall back.
"Hold the bridge to the last!" had
been the order to the captain, and he
meant to obey to the letter.
The smoke of our volley still floated
lazily over the town when we heard
the tramp, tramp, tramp of soldiers'
footsteps on the flinty road, and be
tween the chinks of the barricade we
saw lines of dismounted men coming
forward at a swinging pace. A mo
ment later it was double quick, and as
we opened a scattering fire they reach
ed the heap of dead and dying and
made a barricade of it. Five—ten—fif
teen minutes of sharp firing, in which
three or four men were killed on both
sides, and then the enemy swarmed
over the barricade and charged. Tie
long, narrow bridge was like a tunnel.
They were crowded together, and our
bullets could not go astray. A crash of
musketry—a great puff of blue black
smoke—and then all was silent—all
but the sobs of women and the wails
of children on the hillside. It was war,
but only a skirmish. The living and
unhurt regained shelter of the barri
cade, and ten minutes later the enemy
was crossing at the fords above and
below, and we were being fired on
from in front and 011 both flanks.
Then the order came to fall back.
There had been a hundred of us at the
bridge. Only seventy retreated up the
hillside, sullenly, grudgingly and fir
ing as we went, and the noncombat
ants scattered to right and left and
cried out as the bullets whistled over
their heads or plowed up the ground at
their feet. We fought from behind the
stone walls, from behind houses and
stores and barns and sheds. We stung
the pursuing enemy at every turn and
left his dead 011 every rod of the open
streets. By and by, as we fought sin
gly or in groups and when our dead and
wounded were everywhere, there came
the order:
"To the church! To the church!
Rally on the church!"
Some one led the way—all others
followed. On the crest of the hill was
the old stone church, built long before
any one dreamed of fratricidal war.
For half an hour peace reigned. The
enemy was gathering up the wounded
—friend and foe alike—and carrying
them into the quaint old houses to be
cared for by the frightened and sob
bing women. For half an hour, and
then the truce was broken and carbines
volleyed and the bullets thudded
against the heavy doors and flew in at
the windows and were buried in the
walls and ceiling, beam and joist. We
fought back—we killed and wounded.
An hour went by and then there were
only thirty of us living. Surrender
would have been honorable, but no one
thought of surrender. By and by the
sun went down and darkness fell.
Some rested while others fought on,
but as we rested and fought there was
a feeling of awe over all. Men uttered
a shriek as the bullets struck them—
cried out just once. Then the awe of
God came upon them and they were
silent, or if they wept and prayed we
did not hear them. Until midnight no
one slept. Then came silence and
peace and men fell down and closed
their eyes and forgot war and its hor
rors and dreamed of happy homes far
away.
Then the impatient enemy made a
sudden rush upon us in the darkness,
and in an instant war had returned
and death was stalking abroad again.
It was a fierce attack, but we repelled
it and sank down once more, and when
our eyes opened again daylight shone
in at the broken window. Hark! It
is the bell above us ringing out glad
notes of Easter morning. In a little
room (o the left of the altar is a man
pulling at the hope. We stare at him.
And when he has pulled the rope a
hundred limes he comes down and
tears (lie barricade away from the
1 doors and throws them wide open, say
ing never a word to ns—we raising no
hand to restrain him.
"Christ is risen! Peace 011 earth and
good will to men!"
And so it was peace and good will.
Hands were held out: to us—heads were
uncovered—kind words were spoken.
Two hundred men lay dead and wound
ed—half of them our o.wn.
Toeal
The Anita Iio'y Scout Ball Team
played -our team last Thursday on
our home grounds. Exira won. On
Friday the Ai.'dal.on team played
us in this city the score being- it
to 1 in favor ol' Exira.
Mis. -I. M. Carls 11 entertained the
Eastern Stars at her home last Fri
day afternoon. A1 delicious lunch
eon was served and a good time re
ported.
Mr .and Mrs. Jepsen and Miss
•Anna Clausssn autoed to Lewis
Sunday where they spent the dajy.
Miss Clara Tibben was entertain
ed at the F. W. Hocamp home
last Sunday.
We will appreciate a chance to
renew your loam or make a new
real estate loan for you. Best
terms and lowest rates.
Laurits Hansen and James Carlsen
The new bungalow of Mrs. Can
non 011 North Park Street has been
treated with several coats of brown
paint, which makes it a first class
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home. .:
Edwiin Petersen six-years-old of
near Exira was operated upon last1
Wednesday at the Atlantic hospital
for adenoids.
Mirs. Edson- Herrick and son, Bob-,
ibie visited last Wednesday with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, J.
J. Lewis.
P. M. Christensen wife, son Ed
win-, and Arba Milliman autoed to
Braiyto'ii Sunday evening for a few
h.ouis visit with his parents
B. H. Ghristenensen and wite. 1
Mrs. Heniy Minerman will enter
tain the Methodist Ladies Society at
her home next Tuesday, afternoon.
The Merry Widow Club met last
Tuesday evening with Mrs. .Irene
Stalzell. Most all the members were
present to enjoy the entertainment
and the delicious luncheon.
4
Four auto driveis were pinched
last Sunday by| our marsh all and
aM were fined.
Max Nis.sen celebrated his birth
day last Sunday by- inviting a large
crowd of relatives and friends in
for the day. A large number from
Elkhorn and KimbaMton were al
so present.
Chris Petersen, the buttermaker
and his wife autosd to Sharon
township Sunday and spent the
day with the buttermaker at that
creamery.
Jake Jacobsen shipped a nice
bunch of fat cattle last Monday.
Henry Bun brought a nice
hunch of fat cattle to our town
Monday which he shipped that even
ing.
Little Miiss Naomi Hensley left
last Tliuisday on a few days visit
Mrs. Koob in Bray ton.
Earl McClain and Frobe Hansen
left last week for Lusk Wyoming
where they will seek employment.
"THEY DO COME BACK FOR IT"
If "they do come back for it" as
is claimed they do, no Dealer can
afford not to have Hanford's Bal
sam of Myrrh constantly in stock.
It should be remembered that when
a customer is unable to get a well
known, old established prepara
tion that he wants, he often
switches his trade to the store
that can supply his demands. Full
information regarding this prepara
tion, which is stocked by all lead
ing Jobbers, will be cheerfully sup
plied by the G. C. Hamford Mfg. Co.
Qbsem=
tiorts
ile tried to make a living in.
A hundied diff Tent ways
In dreaming and in scheming lie
Would pass son.e busy 'days.
He had some great ideas that
He never tried to shirk.
But he finally got so hungry that
He had to go to work.
OPENS
Every hat in this stock must go
profit
by this unusal opportunity.
Ribbon Bargains
Even an amateur shopper can
tell that these ribbons are a big
bargain. A personal inspection
by you and we need say no more.
15 bolts ribbon 6 inches
wide in all colors, former
price 45c, now only per yd.
The sun is biggest and bright-:
est body in the universe yet for all
its splendor it is often obscured hy
clouds. It is only mere man who
sighs because he can. not shine ail
the time.—Emilart.
As Sammy was going home with
a basket 011 his arm he met the
minister.
"Wliy, Sammy," said the minister,
'Fishing on Sunday? Are you not
ashamed?"
'Shamed." exclaimed Sammy, I
his eyes sparkling as he opened the
basket to show the shining beaut
ies within, 'Shamed? Gee jest loo:
at 'em."
Without work the joy of living
has gone. Such is the penalty of
idleness.
"I find you not guilty and fine
you one dollar", said the justice.
But—er—why—"
"Now, shut up. If you'd been
guilty I'd have fined you ten dol-1
lais."
I licked a dozen, stamps today for
telegrams I've sent. I licked and
stuck one on a bill with which I
paid the rent. I licked a stamp to
place upon a note which I renewed,
and then I licked another to make
the mortgage good. I licked these
stamps to show that I respect my
country's will, and now I'd like to
Hick the man who introduced the
bill.—E. Strangler.
It's the plugging away that will
win you the day,
©o, 'don't be a piker, old pard
Just draw on your grit it's so easy
to quit
It's the keeping your-chin-up that's
hard.
—o—
He who rides a nightmare rides
a troublesome nag.
A mile a minute is pretty good
spee'd, but a snule a minute gives
batter results.
—o—
No machine can lie run. at high
'pressure for thirty or forty years
without developing some weakness
or evidence ol strain, and the
human machine1 is 110 exception.
—o—
'i here is on.ly one thing can 1*
sed in favor ov tite boots— they
miak.- a man forgit all his other sor
rows.—Josh Billings
COTTON'S
JUNE CLEARING SALE
Saturday morning, June 17th and will continue for two weeks
ending Saturday night, July 1st.
In announcing this June Clearing Sale we do so with more than
oui usual amount of enthusiasm. We are extremely enthusiastic because
we know this June Clearing Sale holds in store for you some very rare
bargains in desirable, dependable merchandise. We own all these goods
at much less than their actual worth, and they will come to you the same
way. All special priced goods will bear a YELLOW TAG. Be sure to
loook for the little YELLOW TAG.
Great Milline
50 Trimmed Hats on salt
1
8 pattern hats ranging in price from
$5 to $8 now
1-2 Price 1-2
Your Choice of 15 beautfully
trimmed, $5 hats j)
ry Reductions
WOMEN'S AND MISSES COATS
What are left of this Season's best styles will now go on sale at severe reduction
Read the Prices
$18 and $20 coats for........ .. .$12 I $10 coats for.. $ 7
$12.50 and $15 coats for $10 I $6.50 and $7 coats for $ 5
25c
it some price or other. It is yours to
EAD the prices.
at the following prices
15 elegantly trimmed hats former
price from $5 to $8 now
1-2 Price 1-2
15 trimmed hats ranging in Af)50
price from $3.50 to 4.50 now )Z
Clearance of Misses' and
Children's Wash Dresses
One lot $1.50 wash dreses for. .$1
One lot $1 & $1.25 wash
dresses for 75c
One lot 75c wash dresses for. ,50c
One lot 50c wash dresses for. ,35c
Call on us when in need of
COAL or FEED
A*iger is short madness. We must
rule our mind. If it does not obey
it will command'.
—o—
You didn't know it, did you, that
there are fifty-three Saturdays and
fifty-three Sunldays this year? Well,
there are. The first time for for
ty years.
We have
Indiana Block Coal
and
Nut Coal for Cooking
Also
Feed of all Kinds
EXIRA CO-OPERATIVE CO.
West Exira Phone 155
FRANK BATES, M'ger, House phone 18
O— •••. .'
It is a good plan to do our own
thinking. We need not be afraid of
overworking our thinkers.
—o—
God did no: place us here to dream
of the things we'd like to do, but
to do the things we find at hand.
No matter how wealthy a person
may be, he must lace sorrow. No
I fe is so shelteriU that 110 sorrow
ent .'is into it.
—o—
The power and blessing ol just
one little blossom is astonishing.
IA bare, bleak dooryard is often
transtormed necause of one
rosebush,
little
—o—
What signifies our patience if we
can't find it when we want it.
"Why, Billy, you've come to the
table without washing your face."
"I know, mother, but I saw the
little, things that live in water,
thlougli father's microscope last
evening, and I'm nott going to have
them crawling oier my face with
their funny legs,
—o—
"Oh, June is a pleasant, cheer
ful hopeful month," said Tom
Bright,, as he shouldered his hoe
and hied to the cornfield.
—o
If we would reap praise we must
sow the seeds,
G..?ntle words and useful deeds.
—o—
It' a party ol men is a stag pa*ty
is not a nation of men stag-nation.
Every day a thanksgiving day,
that means real living. Giv,e us
all that kind of a life.
—o—
The safest way to handle a norii
et is to let it alone.
The woild may owe us a 'lying
hut we must dig for it.