The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Rolls, of Dow
City, spent Tuesday in Denison visit
ing friends.
George Richards, George Hover ant
A. E. Held spent Friday in Vail Wis
iting friends.
Mr.. J. V. Barborka returned thi
morning from a few days business
trip at Chicago.
Mr.. A. E. Held returned to Boom
Monday after a few days visit will
| Denison friends.
Mrs. Jensen and daughter, Alice, o
West Side, were pleasant Denison call
ers last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Butterworth, O
Dow City, were pleasant callers ii
Denison Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Moeller was down from
West Side Monday spending the day
with Denison friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gronau will leave
tomorrow for Whittier, Cali, where
they will visit until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Schwitzer were over
from Buck Grove Tuesday shopping
and calling on Denison friends.
On Sunday afternoon the members
of the Deutsche Bruederschaft held a
meeting for the purpose of deciding
whether or not they will start gym
nasium in their hall in the north part
of the city.
The college boys who were over at
Manila to play basket ball, had a
tough time of it coming home. Some
of them were frozen slightly, and
they have enough of trying cross
country riding after midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Newcom, of
Boyer, were in the city Tuesday, call
ing on friends and transacting bust.
ness. While here they called at the
Review office and extended their sub.
scription to this paper for another
year.
The oratorical department of the
Denison college will have a contest
next Friday evening. Some ten will
take part. BY vote of the contest
ants, Mrs j. B. Romans, Mr.. Sims and
Mr.. Chas. X. Meyers will act as the
judges.
The Knights of Pythias members
are planning for an interesting meet
ing next Monday night when, after
the ordinary work, there will be de-
bate on the parcels post law. Some OF
the best debaters in the city are chief
speakers and an exciting session is
looked for. We hear similar Occas
ions of interest will be arranged.
One of the enthusiastic purchasers
at the Weberg- Hunt sale last week
was Mr.. John R. Upper, of Wood.
bine. He is Duroc man out and out,
and raises some fine hogs himself. At
the Weberg-Hunt sale he purchased a
9-months'-old gilt Of Mr.. Weberg's Of
fering for $780, This price topped all
sales so far for gifts, but Mr.. Upper
said he would have paid hundred
for the animal if he had been COM
PEELED to do so.
John Boyle had the misfortune to
break his leg last Wednesday after
noon while coasting on the McHenry
hill. John was bringing his sled up
the hill when another sled struck him
and threw him to the ground in such
a manner that his leg was broken.
His playmates hauled him home on a
sled and the broken limb was imme-
diately set. At the present time John
is getting along nicely and his many
friends are in hopes that he will be
able to be about in few weeks.
Those who heard the high school de-
clamatory contest last Friday evening
regret that Miss Saul, who was chos'
en- by the judges to represent Denison
at the district meet, has been shut out
because our school was so late in max
ing it's choice. The dramatic class
was filled by representatives from
other schools. Paul Caswell, who con
vulsed the audience with his debate
among the boys, will be the Denisor
representative and will do we'll. The
district contest is held at Denison.
A. D. Randall believes that he
handles the richest oysters in the city
Last week Mr.. Randall took home {
quart of his selects and had his wife
make some fine stews. While eating
his stew, Mr.. Randall encountered {
hard substance in one of the oyster:
and upon investigation found it to BIZ
large pearl. He showed it to {
aieweler in the city, who pronounced
it to be worth from $500 to $1,000
but of course after cooking it wa
worthless. Mr.. Randall tells us tina
hereafter they will serve their oys
ters raw, SO that the pearls contained
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