The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-16
old SETTLERS PICNIC
Aug. 80 the Date Set for the
Grand Event.
A BIG DAY IS PROMISED.
Invitation is Extended to all Former
Residents Of Crawford County
to Attend the Reunion.

to be held in Denison this year prom
Uses to be one of the grandest and
most interesting picnics the old set
tiers have ever had. In connection
with the picnic the event will take
the nature of reunion, and the COM
mittee has prepared an invitation
which is being sent to every former
resident of the county inviting them
to attend this reunion if possible.
The Commercial club has also taken
an active interest in the coming event
and everything possible is being done
to make the picnic grand success,
and the day will be one long to be
remembered by all.
A fine program of addresses, vocal
and instrumental music, games and
other forms of amusement and enter
tainment is being pre- pared by the
committee.
The committee is very anxious that
every former resident of Crawford
county be invited, and solicits the
aid of every one in securing the ad-
dresses of all who were former resi-
dents so that an invitation can be
sent them. The following is the in
vitation:
1t has been just fifty years since
Crawford County began to settle up
in earnest and to become feature in
the Western civilization which has
now made Iowa one of the great and
grand States of the Union. In the
fifty years that have passed many of
the first settlers of Crawford County
have passed away the unknown shore
from whence no traveller returns.
Many who have been spared to earth
have been called to move to other To-
calities and other States, and all of
them have friends and dear relatives
still here whom they Ihope to meet
again.
1t has therefore been suggested that
Old Settlers Reunion and Picnic for
Crawford County this year be made a
general HOME COMING DAY.
This means that the old settlers
still here want to receive the old
friends and neighbors who have gone
and entertain them as pleasantly as
possible. Wewant every man, woman
and child who has ever lived in Craw-
ford to try to come back here on this
occasion, when we may meet together
again, shake the hand and feel the
8 heart-bea. of old time friendship and
affection which the early days engen-
dered to live for all time.
Therefore, general invitation is
extended to every former citizen of
Crawford County to return here and
meet with the old settlers on this
festive occasion. Here we may all
see each other again without the
effort of further travel, and we may
learn from each other the story of
earth's blessing to all who have gone
or who are still here.
Will you not join in the "Home
Coming Day?" Will you not make
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occasion? We want you all here,
and if you will kindly drop card to
the undersigned, stating that you
will be with us, the news may be
published beforehand and many of
your friends will thereby be sure to
be here to meet and greet you.
We have many distinguished people
of other States and localities who were
formerly Crawford County citizens.
We expect them to be with us and to
helm make the day all that it should
be. For many of us it will be the
last homecoming, the last earthly
meeting. Let US take advantage of
the opportunity.
Will you be with US? If so, notify
the undersigned as soon as possible.
N l.. HUNT, Secretary,
Denison. Iowa.
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