The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-23
Mamie's Grandpa
She and Her Husband Visit the Old
Man in Denison. They Meet Dem
ison People; FavorabIy Impressed.

quite an item you know Here's a good
place for you to buy your sheet music,
we have got to have good plumber to
fix up that new house of yours and that
/ is where we can get one"
My, said Archie, as they went into
the store, This firm must do good
business. Look at the hardware stock
they carry well, Archie" said the
old man, 1--WE folks here in Denison
consider the Romans hardware store
quite large concern. You see in ad-
dition to their large hardware stock
they carry steam engines. milk separa-
tors, wagons and bugg1es-and while
we are speaking about buggies guess
I'll just buy one here. They carry the
best line in town and we'll get a
dandy"
AS they were walking up the street
they were attracted by the sign Of the
Armstrong Drug Co. and the neatly ar
ranged display windows. They entered
the store and found mammoth stock
SO neatly arranged that it reminded
them of city store In fact by inquiry
they found that it was two stocks
merged into one. Their treatment was
courteous in the extreme and they
were showed about the store and es-
pecially through the prescription filling
laboratory. This they were told was ac-
cessible day or night. They took much
interest in this department. as they
found over 10000 prescriptions on file
After testing their delicious ice cream
soda and lighting fresh Havana from
their immense cigar stock they passed
on rightly calling this the largest and
most up-to-date drug house in western
Iowa, and in charge of thoroughly com.
petent and courteous gentlemen
"Well, folks, as we have finished with
the drug store let's go up the street and
see l.. Warbasse. He handles al
kinds of musical instruments. He's
agent for the Estey pianos. You've
too, Mamie. He has a lady attendant
and always has the latest music SO yor
can always be up-to-date.'
Say, grandpa" said Archie, s'thi:
chasing around has made me beastly
hungry. where am | going to get {
good meal? We'll Just stop righ
here and see Lyman & Tighe. Yol
will notice that they run bakery too
and how good their things look
They're always busy but that don't in
terfere with their putting up most de
licious meal. | feed here pretty regular
and | always get all want"
Say, Archie while Mamie is finish
ing her lunch here let's cross the stree
and play game of pool. Well just &c
over to L.ane&Leahy s piane. OF course
am getting little old but | do enio,
a good game of pool or billiards and i
we. get thirty we can get good. coo
soft drink there, too" Gee" saic
Archie, aren't those fine tables I lik,
to play on good table like this one"
| After they had finished their game O
pool the old man said Come or
Archie, we'll just go down the street al
want to invest in some cigars ane
We'll go down and call on c. Otto
Son. They make the Flor de Angora
Cozi van Tullee and several othel
brands of good ones, and besides thi
they carry full line of chewing ane
smoking tobacco and pipes Will,
we're here we'll get some candy foi
Mamie, too. You notice what mic,
line they have"
Nov Archie, as we have got all the
cigars we will care to smoke for ;
while guess we had better go on III
the street and call ou my old friend
Ernest Reipen. | want to order ,
couple OF cases of that famous Chicago
Brewing Co.'S. Standard Lager Beer ht
handles. After introducing Archi,
to Mr. Reipen and enjoying cha
with him, Grandpa said, Gee Archie
| came nearly forgetting very essen
tial thing. [ want to order couple O
gallons OF that famous Harper Whisk,
Mi Reipen handles. | noticed thi.
morning that mine was nearly gone
and cant get along without Harper's. ,
After getting on the street agair
/ Archie said, What pleasant gentle
man Mr.. Reipen is, and what mic,
place too. It's the incest one in town
isn't IT," "Well should say it is.
said Grandpa, ''lle runs his place ac
cording to law and has great whole
sale and retail trade. You see he de
livers to families around town, which
makes it very handy" Another thing
he spend his money here. The fin,
pressed brick house | showed you il
west Denison is his and it is beauty
want to introduce you to Sears Nc
Henry, Cashier OF the First Nationa
Bank of Denison, they say he's purt,
good sort OF a fellow and if he's any
thing like his father, | know he's al
right. Why he and Bill used to b.
boys together. He came further Wes
than l did. but we've done more or les
Business together ever since he com
here since 'the war" He never wa
much afraid of work and by his goo,
management he has built up splendi.