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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
MRS. THOS DOBSON FAILING
Mrs. Thomas Dobson One Of the First Set
hers Of Deloit Very III

We know our readers will be
patient this week when they do not
find much news from Deloit for our
excellent correspondent. Mrs. Horr. is
constantly at the bedside of her moth
er who is nearing Deaths door if she
has not already passed away before
these lines reach our readers. Mrs.
Sarah K. Dobsonn is now seventy
eight years old. She came with her
husband to Deloit in 1852 and is thus
zone uf the Oldest settlers. Mr.. Dob
son was in his day the most prominent
Latter Day Saint in the county anc
his wife was ever worthy of him.
Her living children are Mrs. Horr,
Mrs. James Smith of Nebraska, Mrs
Jane Keith of Washington and Mrs
Emma Spence of Decatur county
Iowa. She has been woman mucl
beloved.
Later. Mrs. Dobson died on Tues
day. and the funeral is on Thursda
II m.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
THE &C" CLASS PROGRAM
The Sophomore Class Of the High School Gives
an Entertainment.

The class whose colors are Scarlet,
White and Emerald Green came to the
front with program at the High
School room on last Friday evening.
The exercises consisted of songs. ora
tions. papers on notable events, ply
steal culture drill and debate. From
the reception given those taking part
in the program by the audience it
would appear that the performers did
we'll. The debate was over the ques-
ton of whether conditions would be
bettered if women were given the
right to vote. Both sides did we'll
and the decision of the judges was di-
vided. two voting for the negative
and one for the affirmative. The
class is so large that all could not take
part at one time 80 there is another
program on Friday of next week ant
we hope the public will attend.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
HANDS FRICHTFULLY MUTILATED
Leighton Wright Loses Thumb Of Right Hand
aud Two Finger Tips Of Left By Cir
cular Saw.

On yesterday morning while ripping
board to accommodate q customer of
the Green Bay Lumber Company,
Leighton Wright got his fingers in con-
tact with the circular saw at the
Christensen carpenter shop and suffer-
ed very painful mutilation Of both
hands. The thumb of the right hand
was split up to the first joint and the.
top of the third and the little finger
of the left hand were taken off.
Leighton has suffered excruciatingly
and it will be some time before he is
able to be about again. A customer
at the lumber yard wished piece of
a certain width, to accommodate him
Leighton started to rip a three inch
board and in some way his hands slip
ped and his fingers came in contact
with the saw.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
MATRIMONIAL KNOT IS TIED
Happy Couple Start on LIES Pathway Hand in
Hand Yesterday

At the home of the BRIDES par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Romans. on
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 occurred
the wedding of Mr.. Charles Milligan
and Miss Edna Romans. Rev. j. H.
Senseney officiated. Mr.. j. v. Bar
|borkx played the wedding march. MIR.
Guy Romans acted as best man and
Miss Alice Arff of Charter Oak was
bridesmaid. The ceremony took
place under beautiful floral bell of
pink and white carnations and lilies
|of the valley and the home was hand
somely decorated with ferns and roses.
About fifty guests witnessed the cere-
mony and partook of the elegant three
course wedding supper after which the
happy couple took an automobile to
Arion where they caught the evening
train on the Milwaukee for wedding
"trip to Chicago. The groom is a
Crawford county boy. the son of Mr..
and Mrs. C. A. Milllgan of Manila.
He is in the employ Of the C. M. and
st. P. Ry. as brakeman and has his
home at Sioux City running on the
Sioux City and Manila branch. The
bride is the charming young daughter
}of MIR. and Mrs. Lew Romans and she
| is erninently qualified to become the
center of happy and contented home.
The young people will live at Sioux
City and the best wishes of multi
Etude Of friends go with them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
CHOSEN TO VISIT FLORIDA LANDS
DR.. Brannon and E. II. Swasey Will Make the
The Trip for the Benefit Of Denison
Contract Holders Next Week

Ben Bartcher. General Agent for
the Florida Fruit Lands Co. having
completed his Denison Club the mem
bers met last evening and appointed
DR.. P. j. Brannon and E. II. Swasey
to represent them in an investigating
trip. If their report is unsatisfactory
and the lands are not as represented
the contracts become null and void.
The gentlemen will start next week
and will visit at Miami. Palm Beach
and Fort Lauderdale giving the land
a thorough inspection. They will re-
port to the contract holders upon their
return and these reports will doubt
less be- published in the local papers.
Mr. Bartcher pays the rsilroad fare
of both of the inspectors. Mr.. Bartch-
er has the agency for Sac and Ida
counties and he is planning to spend
the summer at Lake View, in the fall
he will remove permanently to oregon.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28

The Presbyterian society will have
a congregational meeting on Thurs
day night of this week. With the
building plans for this season and
other matters, the members will have
many things to consider and all should
make it point to attend the BUSH
ness meetings.
Many Will no eIonst have noted the
local last week bv ,he McHenry bank
offering reward for informa.an
leading to eonvicting parties who
break cut the windows in the big midi
lat the Luney dam. We hope the
guilty ones can be found. 1t is+ an
outrage that property is subjeched to
such damage.
Mrs. Kuehnle received a dispatch
Sunday from New York that Mr. W.
7. Perkins had been successfully oper-
ated on for appendicitis and would
soon be we'll man again. Mr.. Per
kins has been in poor health for some.
time and his restoration to good health
viii! be very welcome to hrs friends,
The membership of the. Presbyterian
church did not allow Mn. and Mrs
A. L. Strong to take their departure
for Pilgar, Neb.. without attestint
their esteem for them At the praye
meeting on last Thursday evening
there was gift of handsome clocl
and a beautiful rug. The presen
tation was accompanied by word
which meant much to the hearts o
those moving away.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Mrs
George Spreche- entertained he
friends. A game was played eac
day, Mrs. Grace Jensen carrying Of
the honors one dav and Mrs. E. T'Coch
ran the second day. Pink and whit
was the color scheme for the table de
corations and an Easter nest contain
ing favors was the center decoration
Mrs. Sprecher was assisted in serv
ing by Mesdames Baer. Jones' and A
B. Wood. This completed series
three very delightful snd.much enjo.
ed parties.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28

Ehe teachers club had novel and
delightful meeting Saturday AFTER
noonn at the home of Miss Rose Clark.
She together with the Misses Suffer,
Buckley and Fluent were hostesses.
Mrs. Jarley's wax works were the
feature Of the afternoons entertain
ment. Ten young ladies from the high
school presented themselves. as new
teachers and set forth their claims
for the places. Miss Buckley acted
as Mrs. farley and made very clever
speech. The girls were costumed and
did their parts with great gusto. Ele-
giant refreshments were served and
the afternoon was one off the many
jolly ones enjoyed by the. teachers in
their hours of ease.
The Denison Chapter Of The D. A.
r. were delightfully."- entertained ut
the home of Mrs. w.. ". Ferguson on
East Broadway Monday evening. April
26th. The beautiful ritual service
was read, after which cordial well
come was extended to the new mem
bers of the chapter, and to Miss Jes-
sie Goodrich. who has very recently
returned from Washington. She en-
tertained the daughters with very
brief account OF the Continental Con.
gress held in Washington and which
ia hccono;Mcv 70 v,oo,,o fnv kho AZ Sn,,l&; =.
with which it became entangled
However at this time the principal
cause came in tug of the East against
the West. Mrs. Jensen read few
we'll chosen selections in her usua
Entertaining manner. Miss Mabe
Gray was an out of town guest whom
all we're pleased to welcome. Delic.
ious refreshments were served AM
the evening became one of the bright
est in the D. A. X. calendar.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
FOUND DEAD in HIS BED
lifekss Fern Of Fred Eyers Found by Neigh.
bors at bis Home. Heart Failure was
the Cause Of bis Death

In our West Side correspondence
will be found mention of the death
of Mr.. Fred Evers. He was missed
by his neighbors and when his home
was entered he was found dead in his
bed. An examination showed that
heart failure was the cause. He was
brotber-io-law of MIR. Chas. Evers
of Denison and was we'll known
throughout the county. Mr.. Evers
was born in Petersdorf by Oldenburg,
Schleswig Holstein, Oct. 10, lS49.
He came to America in 1871 and first
settled in Rock Island. Ill. He was
married in 1874 and during the same
year came to West Side in this county.
He had nine children all of whom
are dead, his devoted wife died on
March 9th, 1908. and he was thus
alone in the world. He was a good
and kindly man. honest, Industrious,
and respected by all who knew him.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday
at West Side and the remains were
then brought to Denison. interment
being made in the Nissen cemetery.
When you want a nice lunch try
the Oxford. 6tf
Seed sweet potatoes to raise plants.
The Boys Store.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
A FORTY HORSE STUDEBAKER
Hon. ]. P. Conner Has Received his Handsome
New Seven Passenger Touring Car.

One of the finest automobiles in
western Iowa is the handsome seven
passenger forty horse power Model D..
Stldebaker car just received by Hon.
j. P. Conner. The lines of the car
are beautiful 1t is long and broad
enough to make it very easy riding.
1t is powerful enough to make nothing
of Crawford county hills. Raymond
Conner is chauffeur and enjoys his job
immensely. The Model d. is the
latest output of the Studbeaker fac
tory. 1t is car similar to the one
used by Speaker Cannon and is the
only one Of this model owned in west
ern Iowa. $4,000 is pretty price to
pay for an automobile but the car
looks TO be worth the money.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
PASSENGER CAR Is GUARANTEED
Northwestern Passengers Have a Bad Scare
and Many are Detained at Omaha

On Tuesday noon the Northwestern
train Number Three had bad scare.
A little child was sick. the COM
pany's physician was called at Carroll
and he pronounced the trouble to be
diptheria. The car was then aband-
oned to the sick child and those CARR g
for it. Those who had been passen-
gers on the same car were taken to
the smoking car which had first been
cleared of passengers. At Omaha all
those passengers who were in the car
with the sick child will be placed I'M
der quarantine. We hope the little
one will recover.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
A Freak Steer From Kiron

This four year old steer raised by
Elof Carlson of Kiron was shipped
to Chicago last week. The X in the
picture shows the pouch, hanging
from the steers neck, which con-
tanned the animals heart. The beat
ing of the heart could be plainly seen.
A veterinarian pronounced this the
only heart the animal had. 1t would
seem that this freak of nature would
have brought good price as museum
curiosity.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
COUNTY 5. S. CONVENTION
The County Convention Of Sunday School Work.
erks to be Held May 1928

The State Sunday School Secretary.
Rev. F. F. Fitch has promised to at
tend the Crawford county convention
held Saturday and Sunday, May 1928.
The place for the convention will be
set this week. but will probably be at
Denison. 1t is the wish Of the coun-
ty officers that plans be made by teach
ers and superintendent to attend this
convention and take active part. A
full program will soon be issued.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28

have accepted the wholesale and
retail agency of the Schoenhofer
Brewing Co and will be prepared to
sell and deliver beer by the key or
case to any parh Of the city. T. c..
Mccarthy. TIA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28
A THIMBLE Bee AND SUPPER
IN. R. c. VII Give ThimbIe Bee and Supper
atA j. Bonds Friday Afternoon

The public is asked to patronize
supper given for the benefit of the
charity fund of the W. R. G. to be
held from FIVE to seven on Friday af-
ternoon of this week. The charge is
but ten cents and the cause most
worthy. In the afternoon the mem
hers have Thimble Bee.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-28

Edelwelss malt, the health drink,
delivered in case lots to any part Of
the city. T. c. Mccarthy. TIA
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
Skowhegan Boys Clubs.

The delegates of the Skowhegan
Boys Club, sometimes spoken of as
the Junior Young Mems Christian
Association, attended the state con-
vention of Boys Clubs at Lewiston on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
Skowhegan Club had the honor of
furnishing one speaker, out of six
that were chosen from the clubs of
the whole state, to present papers at
the meeting. The young man thus
representing the Junior Y. M. G. A.
of this place this year was Elliott
Spear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Spear. Last year, at the annual con-
yention held at Waterville, one of the
four papers, presented by members
from the various boys clubs, was by a
Skowhegan boy, Alfred Morrill,.
The classes for evening study, inau-
gurated some weeks since, by the
Skowhegan Boys Club, seems to have
been well appreciated. They are
open to any young man, whether or
not member of the club, and at
present there are nineteen VINO are
thus availing themselves of the OPP
portunity afforded to secure instruc-
ton. The class for study in arithme-
tic, numbering eleven, meets on Mon
day evening, and the class in book
keeping, with about the same mem
bership, meets Wednesday evenings.
Other plans now maturing by the
Club are for a Y NJ. G. A. Sunday,
sometime next month, with speakers
from several different Maine towns
and cities. The full list of deieg ltes
is as follows: Arthur S. Merrill, Car
roll Morrill,, Royce Bunker, Guy Law
renee, Fred Westnn, Archie Delano,
and Elliot Spear. Roy Steward, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Steward,
was chosen delegate but was detain-
ed at home, there being case of
scarlet fever in his family and the
household being under quarantine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
GUARDING a Mail.

A gentleman in Jerusalem told me
that he found Il Turkish soldier on
guard in some part Of the Church Of
the Holy Sepuicher. where it was not
usual for sentry to be. and inquiEed
of him why he was there
He pointed to Il nail In the wall and
replied. 1T Is my duty to watch that
nail"
Asked why. he explained that the
Latins or the Greeks-I forget which
had driven the nail with the view of
hanging a picture; that a rival sect
had furiously objected. saying that 1t
was an interference with their prop
erty and wanted TO pull out the nail;
that thereupon the Turkish govern
ment had interviewed and set him to
watch the nail and see that no picture
was hung upon it and that it was not
pulled out
To allow the picture to be hung
would have been to admit the claims
Of those who drove in the nail To al.
low it to be pulled out would have
been to admit the claims of those who
objecte5-to the driving in of the nail.
Therefore the nail must be preserved
AND the picture must not be hung. and
TO see that this was so an armed sen
try must watch day and night For
aught / know he may be watching
still.--Rider Haggard's "A Winter Pill
grimape,"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
In Washington.

FEBRUARY 18th ne xt has been declared
by Congress to be special legal holi-
day and 8 rvev and plans for high
way from Washington to Gettysburg to
known as "The Lincoln Way" as q
memorial to Abraham Lincoln, were
provided for by joint resolution
adopted by the Senate after a long
debate. The resolution did not com
NIT Congress to the construction OF
the highway when surveyed.
The salaries of 30 circuit judges are
increased from $1,000 to 10000 Later
the senate reconsidered this action
fixing the salaries Of circuit judges at
$4,000. The salaries of district Judges
was increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Sec. of State Root has rendered to
President Roosevelt his resignation,
effective upon qualification of his sue
cessor, Robert Bacon, whose nomina-
ton, along with that of ]. G. O'Lough-
lin to be assistant secretary of state
in place of Mr.. Bacon, went to the
senate, Monday.
There is an incrc ase of million and
quarter Of dollars In the agricultural
bill.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
Conference on Water Question:

Since the town meeting of January
Ii, there has been a universal desire
for further conference on the sub
ject of the towns water supply and,
in answer to this sentiment, public
meeting has been called, to assemble
in Weston Hall, tomorrow, (Friday
evening at half past seven. The
meeting is in every sense an open
one and every citizen of Skowhegan
is not only welcome, but urged to con-
slider it his duty to attend.
The present week has witnessed
considerable activity on the part
of the committee who are con
Quoting the Investigation on be-
half of the town. This committee
held meeting on Monday evening
and on Tuesday evening the commit
tee and the officers of the Skowhegan
Water Company met together. The
latter session lasted until after mid
night and all this discussion, even il it
fails to lead to proposition that the
town can accept, will at least make
available some information of value.
1t seems to be generally understood
that the Water Company has prepar-
ed proposition for a new contract
which is somewhat more favorable
than that submitted at the town meet
ing of January Is. This docume Mt
must of course be completed by this
time and its provisions can be laid be
fore the conference tomorrow eve
ming. Assuming that the Skowhegan
Water Company wishes to act in good
faith with the town, and that it has
nothing to conceal, it will of course
welcome the opportunity to announce
the terms of it's latest offer to this
conference of Skowhegan citizens in
Weston Hall. At the best there is al
ways the possibility of misunder-
standing, but the opportunity to dis
cuss the terms of the contract now
proposed by the water company, at a
meeting held on the evening proceed
ing the day Oh which it is come up
for final action, will be the best means
of ensuring that any decision finally
reached be appreciated at its true
value by both parties.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
Building Operations at the Paper

Since his aquirement of the pro-
perty formerly known as theNR. f.
Lyon Paper Mills, MIR. E. L. Savage
has been conducting work of consid-
cradle importance, under his person
al supervision, chiefly thus far in the
lower or basement portion of the
building. Mr.. Savage, the moving
factor in this project, acquired the
property from Lewis Anderson on
November 9Th last and building oper-
lions have been progressing steadily
since that date. The raceway has been
deepened and widened and is now
eighteen feet deep and fifteen feet
wide and extends for distance of
100 feet, through the solid ledge, to
the river. This gives an added fall of
thirteen feet to the wheel pit and will
increase in an important proportion
the amount of water power which can
be developed. The bulkhead, which
was formerly of wood, has been re-
placed by stone, the material coming
llOlll bIO SACdNdllO WOEh
alluded to. In excavting the raceway
something like $50 lbs. of dynamite
have been used and the last charge
was touched off on Tuesday morning
A stone arch is to be built over the
raceway and as soon as this is com
pleted the carpenters will proceed to
put the upper portion of the plant in
shape. Two new horizontal water
whe els, the first of the kind ever in
stalled here, will be put in place and
connected by a direct shaft with the
machinery of the mill. One of them
will furnish power for grinding pulp
and the other for the various ma
chimes used in the manufacture OF
paper. he now plans to get to manu-
featuring pulp about May first and
thinks that the first finished paper
will be turned out two months later,
about the first of July.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
CoIIeue EIaos,

College flags are quite simple to make
for Christmas gifts. but require care
and much precision In putting the let
ters on as well as in cutting them.
A good plan Is to cut the letters from
stiff cardboard and trace around them
on the felt. afterward cutting with a
sharp knife.
In mounting on the felt background
paste them on with very thin coating
of photograph paste and couch around
all edges with many strands of silk
caught down at regular intervals with
a single strand of the same color.
COUGHING means to hold the heavy
cord or many strands Of silk along the
edge of the thing to be outlined and
stitching across it and through the ma
terial with the single thread In the
needle.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
Big Stories from the Pacific Coast.

Shepherd Hill, formerly of Show
hogan, now resident Of Los Angeles
California, writes to his nephew, An
gier Hill of this place, of some of the
wonderful things he mas seen since
making his home in the far west. One
of the things of note is whale, which
was captured near Long Beach, CAL,
and is now mounted and on exhibition
in the natural history museum OF Los
Angeles. 1t lis said to be the largest
specimen of the kind thus preserved
and Mr.. Hill reports the dimensions
as follows: Diameter, IL feet, length,
81 feet; estimated weight, 48 tons
Mr.. Hill also sends his nephew a
clipping from western paper. with
an account of some timber gotten out
at Portland, Ore gon, near which place
he made his home for time. This
timber was destinedI for use at the
Panama Canal Zone and the largest
of it was 36 incnes square at each end
and so feet long.