The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-09-28
CHARTER OAK.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Way, of Ore.
gon, visited at the J. j. McWilliams
home the last of the week. They will
visit relatives in Council Bluffs and
Denison before returning to their
home in the west.
Mrs. A. F. Barber and little son,
Ray, left Tuesday morning for an ex'
tended visit in Spokane, Seattle and
other points in the west.
w. w. Cushman and j. H. Patter-
son, of Denison, were business callers
in the Oak on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Sweet went to
Sanborn Wednesday in their auto to
visit relatives. They returned Sun
day evening. 1t took much longer to
make the return trip on account of
the mud.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Petersen went
to Sioux City Thursday to attend the
fair.
VIM. Miller, who has a position
with the Singer company in Sioux
City, will soon move his family to
that city as soon as he can find {.
house. We regret to see this family
leave Charter Oak.
Mrs. Kate Torrey left last Thurs
day for New York, where she will
spend the winter months.
Miss Hazel McWilliams returned
Thursday from Denison trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Davis were fair
visitors Thursday.
Mrs. T. C. Dubois and daughter,
Agnes, left Wednesday for California.
Mrs. Dubois went to attend the golden
wedding anniversary of her parents.
She will spend the winter there.
Theo. Drake and VIM. Wilson at
tended court at Denison on Monday.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Asa Jones has been quite sick. We
are pleased to note his Improvement
Miss Fanchon Probosco went to
Dow City Friday for an over-Sunday
visit with friends.
Mr.. Kavanaugh, the barber has
rented the cottage occupied by VIM
Miller and will move in as soon as
Mr.. Miller moves his family to 81 -.
City.
Miss Lucy Healy, of Dow City, CO &c
up the first of the week to visit he1
sister, Kate, in Charter Oak.
Frank Probosco is moving his fam
lily into his new cottage just east OF
the Catholic parsonage.
Thos. Thomson and John Kart
mann went to Denison on business
Monday.
Death of n. M. Hanchett.
H. M. Hanchett died at his home il
Charter Oak on Thursday, Sept. 18th
after an illness of ten days. Paraly
sis was the cause of his death and the
stroke was so severe that he remained
unconscious until just before his
death. An old friend, Joseph Moore
spoke to him and shook hands with
him, but before his daughter could
reach his side he had lost conscious
ness again. Henry Martin Hanchett
was born Aug. 4, 1884, in CORTLAND
county N Y. In 1856 he moved to De-
kalb, Ill.,, with his parents. In 1861
he moved to Iowa and was married
shortly after his arrival to Hannah
Parmentier. Mr.. Hanchett was an ole
soldier, having enlisted in 1862 in
Company D. of the 21st Regiment OF
the la. Vol. Infantry. After three
years of service for his country he re
ceived his honorable discharge at
Baton Rouge, La, July Is, 1865. He
was a member of the Gen. Shields G.
A. R. Post at Dunlap, where he had
lived before he moved to Charter Oak.
Mr.. Hanchett is survived by his wife
and two children, Mrs. Cora Dustin,
of Dunlap, and Arthur Hanchett, who
is we'll known to the Charter Oak peo-
pie. Short funeral services were held
at the home, conducted by Rev. Koser,
of Dow City. The remains were taken
to Dunlap Friday morning and buried
from the Methodist church. The
friends of the family extend their SYM
pathy to the bereaved ones.
WEST SIDE.