The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-16

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present at her mothers birthday ami
versary, which was to be celebrated
by friends.
Miss Eunice Dobson returned Friday
from her visit in North Dakota, where
she was the guest of her sister, Matte
and family, and on her return home
she visited her brother, Alma, and
wife at Selby, S. D. She enjoyed her
vacation greatly.
Miss Sunshine Rudd, of Dow City,
came Friday and stayed until Saturday
afternoon at the home of her grand
mother, Mrs. T. G. Dobson.
Mrs. S. Horn recently received the
sad news OF the death of her sister,
Mrs. Kizzie Smith. of Clearwater,
Neb., who died August l, 1911, at the
age OF 81 years, months and "a
days. She was born in Pottawatta-
ME county, Iowa, and when small
cil1id her parents, Thomas DObson and
wife, moved to Masoh's Grove, be-
fore the town of Deloit was estab-
|lished, and was raised to womanhood
at their home in Deloit, and was mar
ried to j. H. Smith March "a, 1866,
he being a soldier who served in the
army. She has many friends here who
remember her in her early life. She
understood something Of the pioneer
life in this county and in 1870 she and
her husband and their two eldest chill
dren moved from Deloit to Antelope
county, Neb., settling on homestead
about two miles from where Clear
water is now located. They lived up
on their original homestead and reared
their large family, suffering all the
hardships and privations incident to
pioneer life. They held the first post
Office in that part of the Elkhorn val
ley in their home, and kept some goods
for sale. People who freighted up
and down the valley and those look
ing for homesteads made their home
their stopping place and she was
known all up and down the length
and breadth of the valley. In those
pioneer days everybody was your
neighbor if they lived within 100
miles of you. They sold their farm
and moved to Clearwater a few years
ago. Her husband engaged in the
hardware business, where he enjoys
good trade. She engaged in the
milliner business for two or three
years then closed out on account of
poor health. She was the mother of
ten children, nine OF whom are still
living. She has about forty grand
children and four great grandchildren,
who with her husband and four living
sisters mourn her loss.
The invitation which was so cor
daily extended by the L. D. S. Sun
day school to the NJ. E. Sunday school
to unite with it in it's annual picnic
on Tuesday, August 22d, was unani-
mously accepted
Rev. E. Lewis Wall and Mrs. Wall
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
L. Riggleman at Fairview Farm last
week. They report splendid time.
Mrs. Catherine Kim, who is in town
as the guest OF her brother, William
Huckstep, occupied the pulpit OF the
M. E. church Sunday morning. The
church was crowded. The speaker
chose for her text "And as thy servant
was busy here and there, he was
gone" 1t was stirring address and
produced a profound impression upon
the congregation. Again in the even
ing at the Epworth League services.
Mrs. CHM gave a highly inspiring talk.
AS the speaker spent her girlhood
days in this vicinity, the citizens OF
Deloit feel justly proud of her.
Mrs. Truesdale and daughter are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Huck-
step.
Rev. Wallis text for next Sunday
morning will be: For one star differ
eth from another star in glory Come
early.