The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-01-08
VAIL ITEMS.

II
Miss Grace Tarpy of West Side
spent last week here, visiting her
aunt Mrs VIM Harrington and other
relatives.
Rev. Pugre was a passenger to Den
ison Saturday.
About twenty of the Juveniles held
| a party in the Hall Friday night and
| enjoyed themselves highly.
Loretta Monahan came down from
Denison Friday evening and spent
| Sunday at home.
Some eighteen or twenty from town
took bob sled ride out to Charley
Dugan's Monday evening and enjoyed
a very pleasant evening.
Ed. and Mart Dugan went to South
Omaha Monday to try to buy feeders.
Art Molony OF Council Bluffs is
visiting relatives around Vail for the
past week,
| Maurice Norton returned from his
stay in Odebolt last week
Pat Finnegan shipped load of
butcher stuff to South Omaha Thurs
day.
Miss Mana Costello returned from
Kenebec S. ID. and will board at the
Sisters and attend ST. AIMS school
the balance of the term.
The ball and supper given by the
| ;rrl,<
grand success, socially and finacial-
: ly They took in about one hundred
and fourty eight dollars.
Mike McGrath moved to Vail the
: first of the week and will occupy one
of the Smutney cottages until spring
when he will build fine house on his
farm adjoining town.
Vail is still in the live stock bust
ness as can be seen from the follow
ing shipment to Chicago, Saturday
night, last: Tracy Chapman, three
loads of cattle; Mr.. Mason, two loads
Vail Mill Co., three; Adams and Bar
: row, three of cattle and two of hogs
Hoffman and EtZel two of cattle;
Mike Devaney, two of cattle and Ton
Adams one load. A. j. Barrow, Ar
Adams, T. Chapman, NJ Devaney, IL.
: Convey and Mi. Mason accompanies
: the shipment.
Old man Hawley of Melford Town
ship is reported very sick
George Friday is hauling to his farm
a load of shelled corn shipped to hin
: from Carroll, Iowa
Mrs Will Eaton returned home /,
: New Sharon, Saturday.
George Deter drove to Denisol
= Sunday.
Mrs. Ino. Mccarthy and daughte
= Nell of Denison spent Sunday at tn
- w. F. Mitchell home
Obituary.-P. B. Hoffman propretc
4 OF the Hoffman House at Woodbin,
tx Ia. died at his home at Woodbin
Thursday morning, Jan. 2nd, 1908. Hi
nj remains We're brought to Vail an
Is inferred in the Vail cemetery. Sa
II urday Jan 4th, 1908. He had be-
al sick for quite a long time and whit
1T the best medical aid was procure
as for him he finally Went to his last lor
rest.
ed Deceased was born at Davenport i;
ak in lS46. His parents We're ON the
way west and stopped at Dav=npo
q for about six months from there tn.
I'd. moved to Boone County. Ia whe
Wy they started to farm in 1877, and co
rot tinued to farm until the year is.
on They then moved to Boone City, tn,
to Roonsboro and built the first fran
dis Hotal building in Boone. This buildil
in al! built out of hand wood sawed fro
mr.. the native timbers found aroul
~ Boone. THIS was long before Il
he Rail Road reached Boone During
ck this time the deceased helped h
AN parents in every way he could
an. course in those days there We're plen
he privations and hardships. In 1869
cd was married to Jennie Leonard
as. Boone, Ia and came west to Crawfo
mis- County and settled on a farm in NJ
nd ford Township. He and his wife &C
Mr. tinued to live in Medford townsh
in until 1883 when they moved to Liv
re more. Ia, and We're in the hotel bu
ness for one year. Their next mo
"a. was to Woodbine. Ia. where tn
on have been in the hotel business
to the present time.
me They were very successful in t
,nt hotel business and the travelling y,
lie claim that the Hoffman House,
Of Woodbine cannot be surpassed
,ar Deceased leaves to mourn his lc
mo a loving wife and one daughter, o
he brother, T. j., postmaster at Vail a
es three sisters, Mrs. Williamson Va
CHI. Mrs Hinton of West Bend, Ia a