The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-02
Buck Grove Letter.

Miss Ola Hodgell. having completed
successful term of school near Schlesvig,
has returned home for few weeks vaca-
ton
Maurice O'Connor gave a political
day night
Iilly Newman of Arion. was visiting
friends southeast of town last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Olson we're Denison
visitors Saturday
Sidney Bonney visited at Alex McCords
in Shelby Co last Sunday.
CCarl 1seminger end Marie Gigax visited
friends near Manila last Sunday after
noon
There was democratic speech in Buck
Grove Monday night. ]. B Romans of
Denlson was one of the speakers.
Robert Mofitt and son Roy were Deoi-
son visitors last Friday
Pearl Bonney closed her school Friday
afternoon, for month or more vacation.
Miss Glenn Harvey drove 10 Denison.
Miss Glenn takes music lessons weekly at |
| the county seat
Don't forget to take your laundry to the
drug store and leave it SO you will not be
| eft when the basket goes.
| H. g. Iseminger and son Carl transact
ed business in Denison Tuesday.
Jake Bills IT,, who had his hand hurt SO
badly last week, is getting along all right, |
and is able to be about, but he finds it very |
| hard work doing moth ng.
Sidney Ronney who was picking corn
for John Duff, had to quit Thursday and
go home to nurse spraned thumb. He
went 10 work again on Saturday, however.
| Ben Quathamer is having cistern dug
| just west of his store building He in
| tends to have it so that the water can be |
pumped into his living rooms up stairs
which win be a fine improvement Henry |
| Jensen is doing the work. 1t is about II |
feet deep and is to be finished on the inside
with cement and brick.
Bert Bcknell surprised his many friends
in this section by putting in his appear
ance Thursday after six months absence. i
| Bert now makes his home in North Dako- |
ia. and says it is an all right country and
that he likes it fully as we'll as Iowa, bar
ring the mosquitoes. Judgingi from his
experience, there must be a few there. |
He says he was blowing one day, and the |
mosquitoes settled on grey horse he was
driving so thick, that the horse looked
brown in color He had to quit work |
they were SO bad, but they were only that |
vicious for about a week. They have 64o |
acres of gland, and broke up 40 acres of it |
this spring. Mr.. O. NJ. Bicknel while I
digging a cave recently. found coal on his
land. guess a few of us in Crawford |
county will go to digging caves, too, if we
would be 50 lucky, especially at this time
of year. We are pleased to hear of the !
prosperity of all old Crawford county /
| friends.
| Little Kenneth Gigax came down from :
Schleswig last Sunday to visit with Grand |
ma Carpenter.
| Robert Beutal and Jasper Haines have
been very busy lately doing some carpen-
ter work for David Weatherby. He is
having large barn built to replace the
one destroyed by cyclone year ago this
month.
Fred Gigax and family came over from
Schleswig Friday in his automobile to
stay over Sunday with relatives at this
place
A lumber of young people gathered at
the home of Frank Slater last Saturday
night and perpetrated surprise on his
family. Dancing was INDUCED in and
great social time enjoyed by all those who
were fortunate enough to be present.
The concrete gang who have been so
long expected will not come this fall after
all but will do their intended work here in |
the early spring.
Mrs. j. P. WEIGH was on the sicklst
Friday, nothing serious however.
Daisey Belden who has been in town for
several weeks left for her home at Rodney
Tuesday
Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. WEIGH drove to
Dow City Wednesday evening.
Mr.. John Faulkner and his daughter
Mrs. Thresa Sullivan we're Denison visit
ors last Tuesday.
Mr.. Salem Towne and daughter Ollie
visited MIR. and Mrs. Howard Town over
Sunday.
DR.. Evans of Arion passed through
town on professional business Friday.
James Neilis Of Manila was in town
Friday shaking hands with his old friends
1t has been some time since Jim's fami'ar
face has been on our streets.
Della Olson drew the electric pocket
lamp Thursday at Bonney's store There
are lots more prizes left for other lucky
ones.
Fred Gigax entertained number of his
friends Saturday by giving them rides in
his automobile 1t was quite curiosity
as it is the first one that has ever been in
our town. But we expect to see great
number of them on our streets before long