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THEY LEFTJEBNESDAY
Gteonge Voss 'j.- ''Exira.
Garli Stanley, 'Exiira1
Arthur Ball'ou Exiira. •,
Prattilk Bagley I Audubon.
Biennis Twist Audu'ban.
BENEFIT BALL FOR
EXIBH FIRE DEPAR'T
$?
i-'- Grand Ball for the bene tilt of
?p: the Exiira BUre Department, Sept.
•m& 17th, 1917, ait the HaiMI
•fapk. Good music- Good order, and a
good time assured. Gome out and
54^, encourage the Filre ljaddies.
Adnifissian .gentlemen $100. Ladies
'J/i'' Music wtiilll be furnished by the
Belli Brother's Orchestra of .. Car
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free.
I CommdiObee
'j iR. A-'' Lama-1
i" J.."'* J. C. Ptarratrt^
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O- It. Drake.
INTERESTING ADVENT
CONVENTION CLOSED
I At the tern days state coiul'ereiiice
and Clamip Meetitos. hid6- t/li.e
•Seventh Day Adventllsit® have be on
hdldiimg ait Marshallltown and wllidclli
okisad last Sunday, two Exdira men
were honioiredi by bei:ng elected to
state offices of trust and irespoai
silbi'liity. A- P. Hansen i« now ii
member of the State Conference Ex
ecutive Ooimmittee and H- John
son is a membsr of the Coimferenicc
Boairdi of Control. At th'fe iQamp
Meetimg $1532 were raised foir
foreign ir.toaiions and almost $7000
ware dnatied toward an.1 $1800
debt on- Conference Iin®ti'tut:ioin«.
The iliast address of tihe ten days
meeting wias given last Sunday miiglt
by Pastoir W. K. .Simiiith of Biiwliiinig
ton on the subjecit "Turkey, the
s/ck liiiani of tihe east, Wiliait wilil, it
meanii to the Wcir!d wilien Tuirkey
camos to Her?" Adiveii'tists bel'iev
aocori'iirg to the Bible prophesy that
tlhait tiie struggle over CanetaiixMn
ojple will'l e'ventualiliy develop dmto
thie Anmiageddoii and the «nd oJ
•the wijir'.ld'.
CALLED. BY THE GOVENOR
Mayor Terflvumie of tihiils city re
ceived a noitiiioe from Govenor Haird
diiug calll/i/nig tor tihe Mayors of
everj' ditty in lowia and' the Slbeir
iiiiffB of every county to the state
to assemble iini Des Moiiinies for a
.Haw and order oaniferan.ee on Moin
day next, Septemlbeir 1 Oitih.
THE AUDUBON COUNTY
FAIR BABY CONTEST
Every day some oinie asks iif
baibies under one year will lie ad
mitted to the Baby HeaiMh Coinites'
at the Audtubon Flair. Yes- Brims
youir balniies from six months to
fonty miawtibs. Call up Mrs. Johin
Giraha/m. at Audubon and make your
enitiry 'niowi because we can only ex
amine fifty baibies in the two days
that tihe phiysiciiaina wil'il be with
us-
1
Thie baby judges will be Dr. Turn
er of Des Moilnes, one of the 'best
bailiy do "tors d« lie fita'tc of Iowa
and Dr. Oataauiiinig of Wiaverly, who
lias had miudh exparfeuee as a
judige at ihoaJtli cojitests-1
Every 'baby twdilil be gitven^a 'Saire-
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30 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA,
fe
Five per ceint of our quota of
tihie selective draft left 'here Wed
nesday for Gamp Dodge- Thie young
men ware the cream of our coun
try. We regiret to see tliera leave
us but duty calils every one of
us at tihris time- We must leave a
side farm duties and all do our
bin.
The young men who loft Wed
""J ff v., inisS
nesday aire, i,
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fu'l test aindi scxyred aiooordtog to
iits meirrilte. Thais examinatSon is
wowth all thie troulbfle of bringing
'the ibaJby to headquarters w(h8oh will
be itrn the usual place neatr the
Florail' Kali" The exact time to
briing yiomr ibaiby to the room wifljl
'be gii\ein you next week- You
wdill n»'tice the faJ'lr boioik says ent
tries up to Thursday noon of fair
wjeek. Thig jis a mistake, entries
must close Wednesday noom to ©i(ve
alerks time to count scores- See
fiaiiir 'book, far prizes.
boh fine rntu
E DEALER
Joihm DSimliicik, one of OUT stock
deafliers, bouglht a fine Firankliin
automobifflie firioan Mr. Hans P- Han
sen'—ttJhe Siilient Deater—last week.
The qair ife eqmipped with the lat
est improvemeouts in automobitte
oflogy and is a present flrom Mr.
Dimicik tio (hlis wife-
The FrankMn car is as tueanlry
perfect as any mianufactuired and Is
very easy to hiandlle. i~"r' I
Mr. Hansen, has one of the best
Jitoes of autos that are made and
cam suit you din quality and piice.
His garage since its completion
Us ariraaiigedi (t/o quickly imeind a
bTeaik, stiffen a fliaw, straiigfhiten a
bend or odll the maahtoery.
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John Dimtak knew) all this wtoe
he 'bat hiiis oar, and that's wthy he
patronized' a lnorne deaier.
He ,iis to be commended-
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LABOR DAY—
Labor day wtas quiietly observed
ita Exritna. The Poat Office cQosed
to aympathy witih the occasdion and
the five route driiveirs took
their holiday. The stores were open
alll) day buit people generally f!oliIow
ed thie even, teiniure of their ways.
fl 01
Mlin CO. Mil
A jnumiber of Indians from one
of the Govettmimenit reservatHooe wftlil
be one of the attractions at it(he
Audubon oouinty Fair next weeic.
Humdredis af children wilil attend
wlho inieveir saw an Indian and to
them thiey wiilli ibe a curiosity
Lo the poor IindHamis at tihe Audubon
Caun ty FaJir if our day® next week,
September, 10 11 12 aind 13tdi,.
dome. Evenybody, Come,
GeorgiabeMe, thie iliittle daugihf
ter "of Mr- andi Mrs. Jtfhm Joinnson
of West Exiira passed away at her
home, Moinday morning- The KtUie
one iiiad been iilll for several weeks
and' it wios hoped tthjat she would
reooveir, but very liitble hopes were
entertained of her recovery sever—
all duiys before iher demise. Slhe
woulid have 'been two years old*
this monitih, Oiiad slhe lived- Thie fun
eral! services were held at the
Danish Luthlerain dhiuircthi iln this
city, Tuesday aftermioon at 1:00 o'
clock, and iinterment made in the
Exira cemetery. We extend Sympathij
to the bereavedi paaients-
CARD OF THANKS.
We wilsih to express our sincer
est tthalniks to the kimid neilgthlbora
anid friends w.ho 6o kdindly
helped
us during the iililneas and dieatlh. of
our tofaiuit daughter, G^orgia'belle
We tepedialliy desdire to tihank Mrs.
SitAne and Mirs- Gudie for the many
kindmessee sihown and for the
beautiful flowieiris.
Mr- and Mrs. Joihm' Johnson
Mir- and Mirs. Thomas Sitepihenson
came over from Aimilta Tuiesday for
a visit at the Stephenson home In
this caty- They made the tri)p in
their oar, wtoiiQhi was badly damaged
wihen they ran imito the banister of
the brildge jugt south of tihie Steph
onson home. As thiey weae turninig
the corner coming north, they
faced- a cair going souith and to
prevent a head-on collision they
turned to the side of the bridge,
breaking two of the rail®, leaving
only one small rail, whifch prevent
ed tlieim from pluiniglng into the
oreek- We understand the other oar
escaped wiifth injury but the Steph
enson. car wag baidiy damaged. It
was a very narrow escape
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THE
Mill (pit FAIR
A spediei Day for thie enter tain
mem/t of Eixnina and Brayton people,
AND TUB PEOPIiE from tihe south
parrt of the qouin/ty generally, is
set £otr Wednesday, September the
12th, it beilng tfhe third day of the
Auduibon County FTaiir-. A firae pro
gram tolas been, arranged and the
management has promised some-.
tilling
doing aiM thie time.
NIGjHT SHOWS Wednesday nighit
will, be V1EHY FINE wtiitlh a ndgihlt
BIAjLLOON RACE arnd some FINE
fhhewolf^KS. 'n '2
The MIDWAY will be quite ""EX
TEiN^VlEl and ENTEiRTAllNIlNG.
The STOCK, AGRICULTURAL an
F!LiOlRALi HALL EXHIBITS, wnM
be THE BEST EVER SHOWN IN
THE COIUiNTfY.
Lay aside your work Wednesday
and attend Y'OUR FAIR- The im
spdiratdon1 will last for many days.
Vi'Silt your nedgfo'boirs and feililow
oiittoene of the month at the FadT
Wendnesdiay, September 12th. Exira
Day at ThJe Audubon- County Fair- ,,
HEATH FMIIl)
E TB
The first meetiirug of the Thiursi
day Olulb, tauiis year, wiill' be hielid
thii)B aftennoan, at the home of Mrs
Ma Hoploy, olm Nontih Slfcroet.
IE1T WEEK IS TO BE
WOOOII CO'S FAIR
Next week is faiir week, andioine
of the aninauail events of the couinty
anxiously looked forward to. .The
Audubon 'County Fair ha® long be^n
recogniiized' as the peer of tihe coun
ty fairs in the State, and this
year's fa'ir Ibids fair to excel thiose
of past yeairs- Monday will) be eni
try day, and all are requested to
bring in their exhibits as eaaily as
posB'i'bflJe. Exhibits in a®l departments
promise to 'be very larger Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday wiiflJl be
"three bdig Days." and Tuesday aind
Wednesday Wights will' be "Two
Biiig Nights. Tuesday is Ohiildirem's
Day. On Tuesday and Wednesday,
there will 'be ,Shetland- pony races.
If you Wave a Shetland, enter hiim
in/ these 'races. No, entrance
Tuesday and 'Wednesday, the
iviigihit sluows wtill be 'hel'd. Thie en
tire program wiilli 'be given, direct
ly ini front of (hte Amphitheatre
Tliie evening programs will ooi»
menqe promptly at 7:30 wilth a
thirty minute 'band' concert, followed
by a big program of att/raotiionis
Then comes the grand climax oE
the eveniinig—itbe Thearle- D,uffield
Disptoy of fii'reworks. All remembeq
the grand speiotaoular display given
at last year's nifethit Shows. Thjs
year's display of fireworks wdllil ex
ceed those of last year. For yeairs,
Tlheainlie- Du-ffield have had' the
fireworks display at tlie state
faiir If you wiere unable too attend
the day fair, be sure to be on the
girtciiiinds at aniigiirt.- The grouinds are
well lighted, and all of the builds
inigs amid exMUits can. be seen-
Thlumsdiay might, the last night ol'
the faiir, sfaouflxl prove a great e
vent, for on tihdQ nUght a grealt
r-?s
Boost For lEszira, Tlie City, ZBeaaatifu.1
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Frank Health and wife, Rev.
Jessie G- Heath and familly loaded
their oar today (T(h\ursday) and
departed for TaJbor, Iowa, to make
itheiir futuire home. Mrs- Heatih will!
take a mmoh, needed rest and tihe
cihSIdren wdill have good school ad
vantages. M'ilss Viviam wiilH remain
at (home and- attend tihe Tabor
college- We regret the "depart
ure of this excellent family and
will be interested ion the success
of whatever 'lihne of work they
may ahooee to foilttow in future
years.
ifli'i
county Red Cross and Patriotic
gathering will be held. State Ad—
juitamt Glefnercul Guy E- Lagam,, and
Hon- James B. Weaver of Des Moiln
es wSll be present to delttver pa
triotic addressed Thiere will be
plenty of good music. In addition
to the brass "band, there will ibe
th-nilllding malrtlial, music by a drum
corps- There w-iHl be other good
thimge -otni tihe program, so dom't
fail to attend thtts great patriotic
gathering the 'last -nljjgihrt of the fair.
No charge whatever will be made
to ground® or amphiitiheatre- Every
thdtog :will be free.
Attend tih&s great county meetilng
and slhowl youri patriotism-
000 rOBLIG
HAVE [Alt! AIIEHOAICE
W-
Our sdhioofli Starts off
irollment of oiveir itihiree hundred with
about a hiundired |n itlhte Higih school
Professor Fiahiwilidi aind Ms corp'
of able aseiatamts aire gettimg do win
to busadiniess.
A prosperous year is iin sight
Mrs. Dir- Sdhoomover is .thie poses
soir of a beautifu'l Loviing Cup
whliidh stole rieiceived at ithe «iirio
Practic Convention', whicih conven
ed' to Davenport ftrom August 26th
•to September 1st. Tlhle Oup was giv
en to the smaliliest Chiropractor in
the wtoirld, wthiclh ihlappened to be
Mrs- Swhoomover of this oi/ty. It
was presented to the new owiner
before a crowd of 3000 people,,
wlho were aittemding the convention
We congraitu'liate Mirs. Schoonover,
not upon her size but upon her
possession beautUful cup-
THE FLAG- GOES BY.
^, Hats off
Along thie street there comes
.A-blare of bugles, a ruffle otf drums
A flash of color 'beneath the sky:
Hatsr of f- The flag is passing by.
Bfliue aind ariimson and wliite Sit
dhinias,
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Over the steel^tipped ordered ltae-sJ
Hats off
Thie colors before us f-ly:'
But more than the flag is pass-ing
byJ
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Sea-fttght® and lamid-fights, grim- and
great,
Fought to make and to save the
iSltate:
1
Weary maraheg and sinking ships
CJheeais of victory on. dying lips
Days of plenty and years of peace
Maridhi of a Strang land's swift in
crease
Bqiuali jiusitiiwe, .right and law
Stately honor and reverend awe
Sigin of a nation, great and strong
To ward her peoiple from foreign
wrcng
Pride and glory and honor, all
Live in -the colors to stand or fail..1
Hats off
Along the street there comes
A blare oi bugles, a ruffle of
drums:
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fee
ctarged
All of the boyis eund g-ilrils in itlie
county who are feeddmg a baby
beef are requested to have ihiim at
the fair for the baby beef can
test. Bight premiums will, be a
wardied- I
And loyal ihearts are ibeatlng hiigihl:
Hats oif- The flag is passing by
—Youth'si Companioin.
1 Ohfrisitiiaini Churc'h.
Smnday Sahool '10:00
P-readhSing 11:00
Pireacihding Audubon Towinship 3:00
O- E. 7:00
Preaching 8:00
1 C. .S- Lijnk letter.
THURSDAY, SEPT 6, 1917 $ 1.00 PER YEAR
LAST
that
the
Bonn
We (have been informed
Clhlniis Rose, who resides '!)n
country recently purcliased
property to Ohiioago, where he and
hiis family expect to move tlhis
-fiaiii.
SCORED RICHEST AT
THE IOWA STATE FAIR
Peter Nelsdn of the Audubon Town
ship Cream,ery company entered a
tub of butter at the Iowa State
Fair in -the State Butter Contest
lia«t week and won 95 points.
Fouir enitrHes wtere made from
our county Pete taking ,the highest
honors- Bully for Pete,
CAll FOB BAB)
SPECIAL CONTEST
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Mrs-
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Enter your -baJby dn the
County Fair Baby Health .Contest
now if you want an appointment
caird! telling you wtheni to'. bring
thlat baby to tihe contest headquart
er®.
John
GiraJhiam., etnltry cihaiir-
main, reports tliait enitrdes are com
ing in irapildly firom every section,
Kimlballlton, Birayitoin, Exira, and
Glray and' neigihiboirh-oods being well
repiresented as wlel® as Audubon amid
vicinity. Farm babies, town babies
thiln baJbiiefs and fat babies and all
k,folds except sick ba/bies aire wanted
at thdis contest wthiiicjh' is going /to
be the very beet ever ihield at a
county fair1 fior the management has
been' vary generous in, providing
extra talented judges ^of albdlity aind1
experience wilio wlilil sciore every
baiby in thie llaAest method-
Now! don't say "I am nait goipg
to enter my balby becaiuse I know
hie won't wim a pirtoe" 'but say 'I
am going to take my baiby to the
conitest to lieam alii I can about
•him. If ihe ife perfect I want to
know it and iif (he i® inot perfect
I waint to know w'hy, and hiow to
remedy thlat imperfection." That iis
the spirit tftiiat makes (or better
Blalbie®.
A good many of you (have heard
of Dr- Turner, on© of the best
kmioiwn p(hysi|oian in -the state- This
mam ifc comdlnig to lAudubon to score
baibies because hei is interested in
tihe dhild-- welfare of Audubon Coun
ty and Dr- Graeming of Waverlly
is oomaing to helip far the sarnie
-reaisoin- I I
Bioth tlnese dowtors aire gaifng to
'be at the Audubon fair for twto
days amd thiey with the trained
rnuirs*
Willi' oanBtituite tihe judigitng com
mittee for the 'babfes amd Dr. Craen
itng anid the "luuje. wtilli^ be «lsso
aisked to judge ffhie Baby Layette,
the scorilng card of whiiWh is im
tlilis issue of this paper- See Jt -be
fomel you dress
ft(hj&
dojllli.
The Audubom County Child Welfare
will be hield TJuufrisday, Septemiber
13th and the meetdmg will be held
in Baby Headquarters w(hiere the
prizes fotr thie contest will be a
warded- I I
president oardillally invites alii in
terested to 'be present at this
meeting. Tliie forenoon will be
given to business of the as'ooiiaifjion
and alii baiby jlulb members amd aif
fiiMiijaitied memibera ais well as those
wtho attended last yeair or two
yeairis ago are luirged to come. In
the aftermooinl tihie program wilil con
sist of the presents ad
dress-
Please make thas prominent for
the sake of the baibies amd 'help
the good work go oin.
Many thiainks for cooperatilon,
Mairy T- Waititla, Audubon.t
Mr- aind Mrs. George Rodgers and
ahildirem returned home Saturday
from LeMars, wlhiere they had 'been
for a two weeks visit with rela
iives- Arthur Brown, a nephew of
Mrs. Rodgers, accompanied tihem
home for a short viteit-
Mrs. Dr- Lantz has been quite
sdkjk at her home, this week, but
is 4mprof\ing nowi
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM AUDDBON TWP.
Gus Riiemers, wife and daughter,
Chris Bauer and family, Fred and
Henry Vokt all were entertained
Suiniday at the Ernest Gienniich home.
Fred and Layail Possehl return
ed to tlheiir home in Anita last
Friday, fo'l'l-OKv.ilng a visiit in this
city wtitih thieir grandmother-Mr.and
Mrs. Possehl attended Iowa's great
Sitaite faiir a few- days)
•Flrank Ballou and wife went up
to the E- M. Everts farm for a day
or two last week to help him
thresh,. *1
Barney Doffilng was a caller at
the Andy Baylor farm one even
ing recently
1 1
Fred Baiie-r returned to his home
dn the country last week after
sM
spending a fewi days at the State
Fair-' Vi'K
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Mrs. Kat'fe Faust of -South Da
kota is visiitaing relatives and
friends for a few weeks- r^~ ,J
Johin Uttlefdield, wlife and family
were Sunday vtoitors at the Joihin
Baylor home.
Mr. and Mrs- T. Possehll and
sons, Mr. and Mrs- H. Baier a.r.d
oh'iQidren and Mrs. Fred Baier and
daughter, Evaldme v-iiaite-d at the
home of T- lF. Bai'er -Sunday.
Peter Kommes and wtife enter
taiffied reliatives firom' Haailam Sun
day-
i,
ij Je
William Ailt sold some fine fcogs
to the local, buyers-Monday.
TWO HUNDRED ACHES
AH IDEAL SF01
One of the best farms in
Iowa is offered because the
owner cannot work like he
used to. He wants to sell
and will take in exchange
a forty or an eighty acres.
It's a finely improved Iowa
farm not far from Exira.
There is a fine house and a
good set of buildings on the
farm and a constantly flow
ing well recently added to
the improvments. It is
well worth the money asked
as a much larger farm a
cross the road and not as
well improved sold for ten
dollars per acre more than
we are asking.
It is within three miles of
a 1200 town on R.F.D. and
phone. If you are looking
•for a good farm we invite
your attention.
We have a town property
also that will stand investi
gation. It will suit you.
Call the
AUDUBON CO. JOURNAL
Exira, Iowa
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BY DARN—
Greedy littille Willie Kaiser
Naughty haughty fletchierieer,.
He has bit off 'more of I'Jate
Thoji he'll ever masticate-.
Even now- the liltitfle scamp
Has some sort of inward cramp
Sti'M lie stretches out his mitts—
Yells 'for more—unrut!|y Fritz.
BlAB/Y'S LAYETTE CONTESt.
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Biut
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See your U.nicilie Steumuel calm
1
Gazitng at toiis hiaird right pafbn
Soom he"lii get his arm unfurled!
And llland a spank heard 'roumd the
world.
mm®
Tliiis is to be an interesting part
of the Child Welfare Exhibit dm, "X
the Fllorail Halil- Baiby sized' dolla
willi be diressed iln infants costume
and' compete for prizes. Each cos-i.Sjj
tume must co'iisiet oif hood, coat,
dress, two skiifflrts, Shirt, diaper andj*^
band, bootees and stockiijng®.
Miake up a baiby outfit, put -ttglll
on a doll and'' wim the first prize
of two dollars! inl casili- Thiib coiif- .*•.
test is open to every body. "'v
Thiis oonitest wtill1 be judged by aiv©
score card, credit being given for
utility, easy to laundry, beauty
hand work and least cost im com
parison with all other points. Try.
St out and see if you know what
constitutes a good costume for a
baby at a moderate cost-
Lawrence Madsen, who has been
visiting his war wildowded sister
in Canada for a few days returned
home the last of the wieek. Hie
Sister, Mrs. I Sorensen whose
lvusbamd was killed in France wilil
return to t/hiils county to live with,
her brother- Mr. Madsen is a
nephetwt to County supervisor, Sosren
Maclsen, of our city
f- Ji,}-, **Vs. Li A, \i4
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