The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-17
BUCK GROVE ITEMS.

as usual again.
Quite a number of our Young folks
attended the Firemen's Tournament
at Denison last week and quite few
We're caught in that drenching rain
Thursday night, and got thoroughly
Wet Several bran new suits were
completely ruined; one young man
was unlucky enough to be out in an
open buggy, and sporting a nice new
suit and hat for the first time; he
thinks it will be unless some tailor can
doctor it up for him.
Miss Lu Verne Moffitt graduated
from Denison Normal College last
Thursday evening, having finished Il
two year course. Miss VERNE has now
finished her education, and will not
return to school again. Her friends
are all glad she is home "for good"
Mr.. Bernard Finnegan went to
Manila Saturday evening to visit over
Sunday with relatives.
The Misses Mae Hunter and Zoe
Shannon, of Defiance, We're over Sun
day visitors at the pleasant home Of
R. ]. Moffitt and family. They are
friends of Vernies.
| Mrs. Lutte Peterson went to Irwin
Saturday to visit, only to find her
mother gone and the house locked, 10
she took the next train home, which
she reached in a pouring rain Sunday
A. NJ. She tried to waken her hus-
band up, and finally did, but he think
| ing she was safe in Irwin, waited
to dress himself before he came down
stairs and opened the door. She and
her two children We're quite wet by
that time, but fortunately no bad re-
suits have been seen so far.
R. j. Nloffitt and family drove to
: Denison last Thursday evening, to be
present at the graduating exercises
of his daughter, VERNE. On the way
home they saw the storm coming up
land stopped in at the home of John
Duff and so escaped wetting, being
more fortunate than many others.
Mr.. Lutte Peterson is on the sick
list and under the doctors care.
Mr. Polaski, who opened black
smith shop this spring, has decided
that farming pays the best, and has
closed his doors, and will do no more
blacksmithing, having gone out to at
| tend to more pressing work on the
farm.
> Rosie Paulson will go to Dakota this
week to spend the Summer with her
sister Minnie. who is married and
lives on a farm there.
Mrs. Puffer and children, of Des
3 MONIES, visited with her cousin, Mrs.
George Harvey, last Friday. She left
: Saturday morning for her claim in
South Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Quathamer visited
in Defiance one day last week, being
called there by illness of some of their,
relatives.
Mr.. Al Hulsebus from near Defiance
was business caller Thursday.
The Misses Pearl and Bernice Bon
ney left Monday on the evening pas
senger for an extended trip east. They
will be gone their entire summer va
cation. and anticipate most delight
full time. They go from here direct
to Radford, Virginia, where they will
spend several weeks among the noun
tains: from there to Norfolk and by
water to New York City thus getting
a sail on old ocean. They will also
visit relatives in Ilvington and Newark
New Jersey, and will spend several
weeks in Washington and Philadel-
phia, then home in time to commence
their fall terms of school. 1t will be
a Very enjoyable journey and no doubt
the young ladies will return to their
duties with renewed energy after their
pleasant vacation.
Mr.. Dee is on the sick list, although
not confined to bed all the time. is
still under the doctors care
All that was mortal of Mrs. Irwin, of
Defiance, arrived here from Sioux City
on the evening passenger Sunday. The
lady died while on visit and the re-
malnes We're met here by relatives
land a hearse. and conveyed to her
home at Defiance for interment.
! Miss Della Olsen has entirely recoy-
Tered from her recent dose of poison
!; ing
And now our little town is developer
into a Summer resort. Several ladies
have combined resources and rented
lone of June Slater's houses for the
month of July and will enjoy that
month, rusticating in our beautiful
grove The ladies all live in our sister
Town of Manila
There was quarterly meeting at the
, Methodist church here Sunday evening.
| Services were, conducted nv EIIa,.