The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-06-21
DOW CITY HAPPENINGS

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W. e. Dow, who has been riding on
the range in Colorado for some time,
came into town Saturday.
Mrs. Rainwater moved her house,
hold goods to her fathers, Mr.. Tom
Leach. Monday.
Theodore Walker. of Denison, was
in town, Saturday. exchanging greet
ings with old friends.
d. L. Houston, of the Green Cattle
Company, arrived home Saturday, for
a few DAYS.
Had quite a nice rain Saturday, but
a few miles west was accompanied by
pretty heavy winds, breaking down
trees, taering up fruit trees, demoraliz-
ing windmills and light buildings.
Mr.. Griffen. of Denison, of the Fair
mont Creamery was at Dow City, Mon
day.
Thomas G. Bruner started to Doug
las. Wyo Tuesday.
John Gleicer, of Manila, was at Dow
City, Tuesday.
w. v. Whaley, the insurance agent,
was. in Paradise township, Monday, adj
justing losses caused by lightning and
! nigh winds with John Flahive.
B. H. Virgins was at Denison, Tues
day.
About sixty men are at Dow City
this week laying new steel rails along
the line of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad.
Miss Alice Eddy, of Audubon, sister
Of Mrs. j. T. Shearman, who has been
visiting her for some time returned
home Monday morning, accompanied
by Ora Elsie S%hearman, who goes to
spend vacation with her grand
parents.
Rev. L. M Phillips. at one time pas
tor of the Free Methodist church at
Dow City and more recently teaching
in the public school in Willow town
ship. shipped his household effects and
started in a covered wagon to drive to
Chipawa county, Wisconsin, with wife
and four children.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Swasey returned
from St. Paul, MINI, where they had
been attending the convention of the
Modern Woodmen of America.
Mrs. J.. R. Baber. of Mount Pisgah,
Iowa, arrived in town Tuesday evening
or u visit to parents and friends: but
was taken quiet sick. DR.. Carr was
called in and pronounced it a case of
malarial fever but thinks it may be of
not long duration,
John Reynolds was at Dunlap, Thurs
day.
Sessee Wiley was in town from Pretty
Prairie, Thursday.
A fine rain Wednesday.
William Smith, of Pretty Prairie,
vas in town, Thursday.
John Howarth. of the Green Cattle
Company, came in from the range,
"Wednesday.
Rev. D. Webster will begin a series
of sermons next Sunday morning on
the coming of Christ, a very interest
ing subject. Everybody invited. Sub
ject for the evening, 'Jobe and the'Os-
trich."
j. A. Scott has sold the lots on which
his blacksmith shop now stands, which
is to be used for a saloon. He will
move his shop to the lots south of the
livery barn. where the old Robertson
shop formerly stood.
There has been considerable i'm
provements going on in town this
spring in sidewalks and painting.
Guess the prevailing color is yellow in
its varied shades.
Mrs. Laura A. Slocum left for Aims
worth. Neb.. last Thursday,
Mrs. E. Nj. Chamberlin departed for
Virginia last Saturday to visit her
parents. and will take in the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo. N. Y,
before returning home.
The much advertised grand opening
of the Stewart Lumber Co.'S. new hard
ware store occurred on Saturday, June
18th, and it was a grand success. Gus
toners and visitors began dropping iu
about the middle of the forenoon and
kept it up until late in the afternoon.
Besides their usual force of clerks.
they were assisted by Mrs. F.S. Stone
at the cashiers desk and a couple of
more men clerks. They were all kept
busy wrapping up goods and welcom-
ing visitors. They have a neat store
room on the front end of their imple-
ment warehouse with a tin shop in con.
nection and being newly painted and
oiled presented a very neat and attrac-
tive appearance. The clerks all wore
Stewart Lumber Co. hats and aprons.
Their buggy display room upstairs over
the store and implemcnt warehouse was
tastefully decorated with flags and
bunting. They served free lemonade
and fruit to all and.a photograph gave
musical selections and songs all the
afternoon. They gave away a present
OF an utility knife to every lady who
called. and everyone seemed very much
pleased with their present, but unfor-
%tunately their supply run out before
night, and they took the names of all
the ladies who called after the knives
were. all gone and will send for some
more and hand them to those whose
names were taken. Not having been
used to having ladies as customers, it
was a mystery to the boys where all
the ladies came from, but now that
they have found their location they
expect to meet them o~ftener. Mr..
Stone, the manager of the business
here: was kept quite busy showing
goods and directing the people to the