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-^Yv«ta^ »yft Jjfwa ^iTur^n
ESTABLISHED IN 1885
OUR SALE DATES
LIS PETER PETERSEN
Public Sale 2| miles east of Exi
ra, Thursday, December oth.
Seven miles east of Exira .'two
east and' mile north of the Audu
bon Township Creaiiiery, Tuesday,
December 10th. Look for ad.
1ST
Closi,^ cf'jt Public Sate, Thurs
day, December 12th, on farm 3 1-2
miles west and 3-4 mile north of
Brayton, 2 1-2 miles south and 4
1-4 east ol Elk Horn. See ad. ,•
PETER J.
Closing out Public. Sale, Monday,
December 16th, on farm 6 1-2 miles
southeast of Exira, 8 rriiles north of
Anita, 1 mile south of Audubon
Township Creamery.
Public Sale, Wednesday, Decem
ber I8th, 9 miles eaist of Exira near
Audubon Township Creamery.
Will have a Public Sale, Thursday,
December I9th at his farm, 1 1-2
miles southeast of Exira.
DIED
George -Freeman, son of Mrs'
Cora Freeman of rajrton passed
away-,,,last ..Wednesday after aphort
illness of influenza. "He had"" not
been in the best, of health for some
time and was unable- to stand the
disease wlwcn caused his death.
He was-boxn in Brayton Novem
ber 3, 1904.aiid. died Noyeniber 27,
1918.
}The
rftfneral services were"
held Fr icfey, conducted by \Rev.,
Proctor of Audtiboii, and thev re
mains were-laid-, to rest in the Oak
field cemetery beside, his father,
who died lour years ago:
LAID TO REST
Henrick Rudolf was tern in Ger
many February 2,1840 and died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.- J.
P. Jessen east of Exira^ November
27, 1918, aged 78 years' and nine
months. When sixteen years of
age he moved to Denmark and in
1866 was married to'Katrine Marie
.Smith. To this union seven cliild
dren were born, five sons and. two
daughters of whom- vone daughter
wdied in Denmark. In 1886, Mr.
.Rudolf with his family immigrated
to U. S. of America and came to
Audubon County, where they set
tled on a. farm near Kimballton.
On this place his wife died three
years ago and since then he has
made his home with his children.
One of his sons died in this country
some years ago and he is survived
»-toy four sons, Viihelm, John, Jacob
Peter and daughter, Mrs. Jessen.
Funeral services were held Satur
day at the Danish Lutheran church
Rev. Rasmussen in charge. Inter
ment was made at the Bethany
cemetery near Kimballton.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the many friends and
neighbors, who so kindly assisted
us during the sickness and death of
our beloved father,
JENS P. JESSEN and
The Rudolf Children
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Mrs. Jesse Williams was a visitor
in Atlantic, Friday.
The Thursday .Club met last
week on Friday with Mrs. Claire
McAninch. This was an extra meet
ing to take up one of the programs
missed during the time the town
vyas restricted from public gather
ings. Current events were inter
esting. Mrs. Lancelot gave an ex
cellent Parliamentary Drill, taking
tihe subject'of motions. Mrs. Old
aken used for her reading the letter
written by her brother,. Frank, de
scribing the wreck when his ship
struck another transport. This was
indeed of unusual interest to the
Club. Roll call was responded to
by quotations from Proctori ^.fter
"business was transacted the rnrm
bers enjoyed a social time
PASSED W
Mrs. Wadsworth was born in
"New Bfanipshire eighty years ago
and her life has been spent, with
loyalty to Church and temperance
work and she passed away exeni.
plifying a beautiful Christian char-.'
acter. She leaves three children to:
iiiourn her death, E. A. Wadsworth
of Grinnell, William Wadsworth of
Henrietta Oklahoma and Mrs. Ma
ble Blodgett of Minneapolis. The
funeral was held at the home of her
son in Grinnell and the remains
were laid to rest beside her hus
band in the beautiful Hazelwood
Cemetery.
TO
To the truck-buying public. It
is estimated by truck manufactur
ers that 1919 will be the biggest
year in the history of truck sales,
so if you are going to buy a truck
in the near future, or, pqrhaps not
until spring, NOW is the time to
get your order in so as to get the
truck when you want it. Gome in
and talk it over with us.
For Hauling phone 81, Exira, la
CHRISTENSEN & HUNT
Mrs. Willis Young and baby and
Mrs. Ed Young returned Monday
from Camp Upton, New York,
where they were called by the ser
ious illness of Willis Young.' He is
recovering nicely from an attack .of
the Flu. Shortly after
with the Flu.
Grandpa Statzell, who was thot
to be seriously ill a few weeks ago
when his life seemed short for this
world on account of his great age,
has so far recovered that he
able to be up town, Monday
Statzell has wpnderful recuperative
powers and may live
life for many years
SPLENDID LETTED FROM
From the Grinnell Herald we
learn of the death of Mrs. Harriet
D. Wadsworth, the widow of the
late Ed Wadsworth, so well known
to the old settlers of south Audu
bon County. For many years the
family lived and improved the farm everything in proportion. One sees
now owned by E. C. Wilson, near no stoves, just the old-fashioned
the depot of this city.
Thirty-five years ago, Mr. Wads- stone. A wooden
worth sold the farm and moved his
family to Grinnell, Iowa, where,he
associated himself with the Morri
son Glove Factory of that city.
Since Mr. Wads worth's :,demise,
which occurred twenty-five years
ago, Mrs. Wadsworth had been liv
ing with her children, her amiable
disposition making her welcome
wherever she went.. She had been
an invalid for several years past
and helpless for many months prior
to her deaih.
iui n,y ai uui her arrival —a
home, Mrs. Willis Young took sick
the other
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and enjoy
to care for her daughter-in-law, Mrs,
George Corl, who is still quite sick
with the Spanish Flu.
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France," October 27, 1918
Dear Mother:—Sunday and it is
sure warm and fine here. France is
sure one grand country tho' every
thing is quaint and odd." They use
the oxen and two-wheeled carts and
fire-place and. the houses are, of
house is very
rare, and so far I have not had a
glimpse of one.. Eats are' scarce,
that is, candy and such, only on
rare occasions does one get candy.
.We are.billeted in a small town and
csmdy and sweetmeats of all kinds
are hard to get. Our officers were
kind and thoughtful enough to go
to a larger, place and get candy,
cigarettes and tobacco for us which
was highly appreciated by aH.
Our'trip was Sure full of events
Sea-sickness was. everywhere. I can
say that I have aided the fishing in
dustry to' a large extent as I heaved
enough iootj oy(ir .the rail to fatten
several fish..and e.ach and everyone
did the same, or-nearly* everyone at
'least. Away out'off the coast of
rr— we ran,into a very high sea
and when I say high I don't mean
rough. It was mountainous. The
waves were ehormous.' Our boat
was pitched around like a cork. It
rattled and pitched around like
something had gone mad. The
boats became unmanageable in such
a sea and one of the fleet steamed
across our bow and was buffeted
about just as old Neptune saw fit.
Our boat ^as making, at the time,
as the engineer said '.'about thirteen
knots an hour," as he had .just
checked up at eight o'clock, and a
check of-speed is made every half
hbur. O.ur boat struck the other
one Sbout midship almost cutting
it into. I was standing in front of
the cabin between the port side and
the starboard side when the crash
came at first. The boat was head-1
ed straight for us and would have
cleaned us amidship had it not been
for some act of Providence, but
turned and .steamed across bow.
Then a huge wave brought the oth
er boat and fairly slung it against
our boat but, of course, that made
the impact double and the nose of
our boat ctit into the other boat as
if it were paper mache. Rendering
EXIRA. IOWA. THURSDAY. DEC. 5, 1918
ABOUT
When you have decided to hold a public sale of
your chatties, you are placing your hard earned
property to the mercy of the crowd, you draw to
gether by your advertising. If you are thoughtful,
you will not be stingy in buying space in your
home paper to tell the people what you have to sell.
Advertising a big sale in a small way will yield
you small results every time and your property
will not find the buyers, but instead, the men who
are looking for bargains at your expense. The
best way then is to consult the Audubon County
Journal for the most approved method of getting
a crowd of buyers together that appreciates your
property and who are willing to pay a fair price
for everything you have to sell.
helpless, flooding
the en sine room, of murap rn£+inr
the engine room, of course, cutting
off their motive power, so were left
to the mercy of tho waves. After
the first crash our boat seemed to
back away then go forward again
ramming her again in the same
place, completing the work of -de-
struction. Then we were backed
out
and tost to view o( the other
ship. They were just eating break
fast when the crash came. Several,
Mrs. Corl arrived here Monday no doubt, were killed as they ate,
but how many will never be known,
Our wireless pitched up her S. O. S.
but we were- damaged and could
^.,V! H'-
not go to her aid but. an English
destroyer came along the -side of
the doomed ship and saved as
many as possible. The-. men were
able, at great peril ol breaking limbs
or arms or injuring themselves in
Other ways, to jump from the deck
to the destroyer, saving in all 331
men. Several were ground to piec
es by the destroyer a,nd transport,
'after having missed the deck and
falling between the two ships. One
case, as told by one of the survivors
.was of a man being washed off the
deck and then being washed on
again. The' destroyer, with her
'human cargo, steamed toward port
being herself badly damaged from
rubbing sides with the transport,
springing her plates and shipping
fwater enough to keep the^'pumps
running steadily but she steamed
'into port safely and landed her
.cargo of men arpid hearty cheers.
iOur ship proceeded along at alm,osfc
the same pace in spite of her dam,
and sound
sight
than the port we landed at I never
expert to set eyes on, as I was "ner
vous and uneasy even after I knew
the danger- was oyer so you. see I
was-glad to get back on firm foot
ing again. Once more Ucr-oss, then
the water, anii I are done forever
I won't even take a bath,- I am so
damned scared of it and I don't
drink it at ALL?? Have you heard
from Harr^V I think I can give
you a few pointers on addressing
his mail.. You was putting just A.
E. were you not? The right way
and only way is to write the word
American out in full and "abbrevi
ate expeditionary, thus Ex. Forces
is written out is full. Be sure and
do this because the Australian Ex."
Forces are over here and American
maid addressed A.. E. F. gets mixed
with theirs, eausing a lot of trouble
and delay, which is easily avoided
by a little care on your part. .Re
member this and do it.
^age and we landed safe
A more, welcome
Well, mother, I must close for
this time, hoping this finds you
well and happy, I remain, as ever,
thoughtful of you.
?RIV. FRANK B. CAMPBELL,
Battery 126 F. A.
American Ex. Forces, France.
Drs. Lee Edwards and Schooqo
ver were here from Omaha and
Council Bluffs in consultation with
our resident Chiropractor, Dr. J. W
Hall,- in. the case of Frank Herrick,
so we quite recently learned. The
young man is recovering nicely from
.his sick spell and is able to come
down town again.
Pete Kommes, an Exira boy nvho
is in-training at an Officers Train
ing School at Fort McArthur, Tex-
Mi««oa Anr.a
It
as, amved in Exira, Thursday, for there, Mrs. HenTley will" then go^
ft VISIT". Wlfri ralofiiran AIahJa.. r»
a visit with relatives. Monday
morning he went to Omaha to "en
gineer" the sale of a shipment of camp and family,
cattle fror* his ranch in Wyoming
that was due there on that date..
nnA ri
dented Mond^ to ^°°un'04
where they will attend school
j,-
The Exira Co-operative Com
pany will hold their annual meet
ing, Monday, December 9t. 1918,
1 P. M. in the Danish Brother
at 1 P. M. in the Danish Brother- -The
hood Hall. Come out and help
elect officers and plan the business
for next year,
J. W. JENSEN, Secretary
Is the theme for consideration and
discussion by the Committee on
Public Information of Four Minute
Men.
Attorney T.1VI. Rasmussen will
speak at the Picture Theatre, Sat
urday evening, December 7, 1918.
,T WE HAVE
Is th£ next subject for the week
ending December 14th.
Attorney T. M. Rasmussen will
speak December 11th Mr. M. R.
Terhune, December 14th, at the
Picture Theater.
All substitutes rules are abandoned.
Sugar, rules:—Four pounds per
person per month.
Although the bars are down, we
are expected to save all the food
we can, in order to save the starv
ing millions of people in Europe.
J. M. FULTON,
-J. B. J. LOHNER,
County Food Administrators.
The Christian Church had plan
ned on a home-coming day for the
8th of December but on account of
the Pastor being called away it
postponed until further notice.
is
NOTICE
The meeting of the Christian La
dies Aid Society, which was to have
been held at the home of Mrs. Will
May, Friday, December 6th, has
been postponed until further notice,
on account of so much sickness.
I) CHARGE OF PARTY
Gi innell News Bureau, Grinnell, la.
Special: Miss Carrie Rendle
nuin of Exira was the chairman of
asocial service committee of the
Y. W. C. A which had charge of
an entertainment for the men of
the Q. A. T. C. at Grinnell College.
An all-college party was held for
the men at the Quadrangle. The
affair was in the hancls of Miss
Rendleman and Miss Ruth Hall of
Moville and the success of the af
fair was due largely to them.
MRS.
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Mrs. Minnie Hensley came up
from Atlantic, Monday, where she
had been caring for her brother,
Gus Dettman and wife, who were
quite sick. She will return to At
lantic this week to remain a few
days, after which she will go to
Omaha, for a short stay with- her
daughter, Mrs. Don Bauder. From
iJauutM. rn)m
Red Oak to remain for sometime
with her daughter, Mrs. Albert Ho-
Judge Charles Herrick of Craig,
Colorado, who was called here on
the
nnpjr^ iimiumm j,
4
of
his
departed Monday for Cedar Falls, Howard, returned to his home, as he is able will undergo anoth.r
leaving here Sunday.
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.SI.50 PER YEAR
Cit^
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Beautiful, just riow, is
interesting spectator asn to the
1 .. outcome of the pressure brought to
bear on Audubon our county seat,
by the Light, Hjsat and Power
Company, to. compel that* cily to
pay more money for the electricity .'
they use, for light, heat and power
than that agreed upon with their
predecessor, Mr. R. G. Wieland,
when he^was.askidg for the iraa-.NA
chise. -The vote, no doubt, was in
fluenced by promises, which were. ,•«
to cover 25 years and the prices.
were to be 13 cents for first 20 K.
W. for light etc. Audubon refused
to submit to a raise of rates when
the company submitted question to
the State .Board of Conciliation,
who has granted the conipany the
raise as requested vifc: 15 .cents per.'
K. W. instead of 13 cents for light $
with $1.00 as a minimum and for 'i
power 8 cents per K. W. with a -4
minimum of $2.00 etc.
The Audubon Town Council says:
"Now it is the opinion of the coun
cil that these rates are unnecessary
and that they are illegal, being in
excess of the rates granted in the
franchise under which the company
is operating and that if the com
"pany puts the new rates in force
that it will be a violotiOn of the
franchise under which the company
is operating, and .that the company
is entitled to charge the old rates
and no more, and the Consumer .,/!
should pay them the. old rates but
no more. Respectfully submitted,
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL"
As the. franchise^was granted to':
Mr. Wieland from Exir.a on similar vi
representation we suppose the Light
Company will be' making equajt de
mands of .our city. Section 4 of
Ordinance 15 of this city points 6ut
that the said 'R, G. Wieland,' hfelw
successors and assignees shall not
charge more per thousan'd watt
hours for current used in the .town ,....
of Exira, Iowh, than, 'they charge
and receive for current per thou
sand watt hours, in the town of
Audubon, Iowa, Section 9 of our
town ordinances says: The fran
chise hereby granted shall be for....
term of twenty-five years from the
date of publication-.
VYe have studiously endeavored
to live up to our. agreement and
will Admit of no more encroach
ment on our rights than we have
had without a fight to a conclusion.
We appreciate the current but.
"there is a limit."
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his home,
George Voss, came ijjome Thurf
day on a furlough to be with his
family, a few days. He departed
from here again Saturday.
George recently passed the exam
ination for Master Engineer, and
when he returns to Camp Custer,
Michigan, where he is located, be
will take hold of several miles of
Mc,Adam road that the government
will build there. George is very
resourceful-and will, no doubt, do
the government a finished job.
FRUlllilllE
K.J.
Frank Ballou returned iSunday
from New Jersey, where-"he ha
been several weeks at the bedsid
of his son, Arthur. The^young man
had improved slightly and was ab
wuitsu nere on naa improved sligntly and was ab
brother, to sit in a wheel chair, bufc assoo,.
as he is able will
operation.