The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-09-21
AROUND OVER
The STATE

A Generalization Of Things in General,
Clipped, Sorted and sifted With
Pencil, Paste and Scissors.
c. A. SAUNDERS PRIZE WINNERS
Ida Grove lnstaIIs Meter System
Sac City Canning Factory Boom.
ing-oIdest Wagon at Fayette.
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A DR.. Ewell, of Richland, was ar
rested and fined $50 for shooting two
Monaghan pheasants, which he mis-
took for prairie chickens.
Bessie Burritt, aged rs years,
daughter of Attorney B. L. Burritt, of
Marshalltown, died as a result of hav-
ing boil on her neck lanced.
While riding rather spirited horse,
Lewis Orier, son of a prominent farm
er near Nicola, was instantly killed.
The horse became frightened at an
automobile.
Eleven thousand dollars was paid to
the farmers in the vicinity of Bows
for cream and milk during the months
of July and August. The price per
pound was 80 cents.
The Christian Missionary Alliance
at Boone held meeting last week
and although the congregation is the
smallest in Boone, $1,000 were raised
for missionary work.
The little town of Ackley has just
raised 5000 for the purchase of cleo
troliers. Waterloo is planning on
miles of them" Grinnell already
has many of these lights.
Mrs. Wells, of Dunbar, Wis,
daughter of Judge Church, of Jeffer-
son, sustained severe injuries in an
auto accident, and fears are enter
tanned as to the outcome OF her re-
covery.
The city council of Ida Grove has
decided to put the Ida water system
on a meter basis and 200 Keystone
meters have been purchased. 1t is
expected most of the meters will be
put in this fall.
The Sac City canning factory has
been running full capacity the past
month, averaging 100000 cans per
day. On one day the output was 114,-
700 cans of corn. The factory re-
ceived in one day 1853 tons of corn to
be canned.
The Kensett Cemetery association
at Ida Grove, in order to raise money
for a sidewalk to the cemetery has
hit upon novel plan. In order to
raise funds each donors name will
be placed in one of the cement blocks
of the walk.
A Davenport woman has just come
into a fortune of $S,OO0,OOO left her
by a divorced husband All things
dbme to those who wait, and it would
seem in this case the grim reaper
was as generous as court of justice
would have been.
William Cross, of Fayette, is own
er of the oldest wagon in Iowa. He
made it in 1850, cutting the shell-bark
hickory himself. After making the
wagon it was sold and made a trip
to Pixies Peak. In 1868 Mr.. Cross
purchased the wagon back, paying
$35 for it, and it has been in use ever
since.
w. E. Hamilton, for twenty-three
years editor of the Odebolt Chronicle,
died of heart failure at the home of
his step-daughter, Mrs. Beers, in Sioux
Falls, last week. Only recently Mr..
Hamilton sold the Chronicle to +. j.
Stillman, and was soon to take up
editorial work on one of the Iowa
dailies. He was buried at Odebolt.
c. A. Saunders, of near Manila, |
who is we'll known in Crawford coun-
ty, is feeling much elated from the
fact of his shorthorn cattle winning
many price this fall. In all Mr..
Saunders captured fifty-five prizes
and he is not through yet At the
Harlan fair "Greeley's" shorthorns
won firsts, seconds, third and
s sweepstakes; at Des Moines, 8 firsts,
8 seconds, 8 thirds, 6 fourths, fifths,
l sixth and eighths. The herd was
also taken to Lincoln Huron and will |