The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-03-14

caller in Denison Monday.
Miss Jessie Goodrich enjoyed visit
with relatives at Dow City Sunday.
| Mrs. Lizzie Holt is spending a few
days this week in Manila visiting
friends.
Mrs. James McKim was down from
Deloit Saturday shopping and visiting
friends.
Bennie Bruggen, who is attending
college at Des Moines, visited at the
parental home in Denison over Sun.
day. -.' &.
Miss Lulu Howorth, of Dow City, ar
rived in Denison yesterday for visit
at the home of her brother, Mr.. Isaac
Howorth.
| Human Sewell returned this morn
4 ing to Bedford after spending several
days here visiting his mother, Mrs. L.
A. Sewell. 49,.
Mrs. Edward Ehler was hostess to
the Woodman circle club last Thurs
day afternoon. The usual jolly, time
was enjoyed by the members present.
The new weather forecaster at
Grau's drug store, which was mention
ed in last weeks issue of the Review,
is attracting considerable attention. 1t
predicted the big snow storm yester-
day over twelve hours in advance.
A program will be given at the st.
Rose of Lima parochial school on Sum
day evening commemorating st. Pat.
rick. A fitting program of speeches,
singing and music has been arranged
and everyone is cordially invited to
attend. .>..I @. -
DR.. R. O. McConnaughey returned
Friday morning from Iowa City, where
he spent several days in attendance
at the State Dental convention. He
reports the meeting most profitable
one, with over three hundred dentists
in attendance.
Geo. Ahart was up from Dow City
Tuesday attending to some business
matters at the county capital. Mr..
Ahart is going to operate the Chas.
McHenry farm which was recently
purchased by his father, Thos. Ahart
and uncle, John Ahart.
Henry Saggau, A. C. Green, John
Waite and Geo. Bouslaugh spent Mon
day in Omaha. They had planned to
drive home the new fire truck and
Mr.. Bouslaugh's new oil tank but ow-
ing to the poor condition of the roads
postponed the trip. r
Harry Gill, the horse buyer, who was
week, purchased string of fifteen
head ,of horses. There was never a
better bunch of horses taken out of
EDenison than those bought by Mr..
Gill, and We understand that he paid
i fpn nriooc f0r thon, 'ir'"' F.. .E,s7E. -
Brown Romans has been unable to
assume his duties as deputy county
recorder for the past few days owing
to illness. Brown was taken sick on
last Friday with heart trouble and
while it is not of serious nature,
his physician has ordered him to be
as quiet as possible for few days.
Mr. Con Hassett, who held public
sale March 9Th, was in the Review Of
fee last week and tells us that he was
more than pleased with his sale. A
! good crowd was in attendance and ev-
erything sold we'll. Mr.. Hassett is
loud in his praises OF the Malone boys
who cried the sale, and says they are
hard to beat
Mr.. Alfred Wright, tells us that he
and Mr.. Goss are getting their sand
| and gravel pit near Boyer in readiness
! for the years business and within
a few weeks hope to be shipping sand
and gravel. They have already book
ed many large orders and believe that
the pit will run full blast until snow
flies next winter.
Agents for Ford cars in western
Iowa are not letting the shortage of
freight cars interfere with their re.
ceiving their allotment of cars, and
are driving them cross country from
the assembly plant in Omaha. On
Monday of this week eight new Ford
touring cars went through Denison for
dealer located east of here. 49,.
Ed Champion traded off his 80 acre
tract of land north of Denison, which
he recently purchased OF Ben Smith,
to Chas. Tucker, taking in trade Mr..
fuckers house and 20 acres adjoining
Denison on the east. The Tucker
property was traded in at $500 and
the Smith farm figured at $500 per
acre, which 1t originally sold for.
Mrs. Julia Denison- Duboc, a resi-
dent of Oskaloosa, arrived in DenisOn
last week Tor a Visit at the nome OF
Mrs. M. E.. Jones. Mrs. Duboc is the
daughter OF Mr. Jesse Denison,3 for
whom the city of Denison was named.
Mrs. Duboc lived here for many years
and has many friends among the eatly
settlers Of Denison who are enjoying
her visit here. II q
Mr.: E. A. Gerok, of Council Bluffs,
this week took over the management
of the Svaboda & Company's monu-
.ment works here in Denison which
Mr.. J. f. Goss has heretofore had
charge of. Mr.. Goss together with
Mr.. Alfred Wright recently purchased
the Vernon Sand &, Gravel pit located
near Boyer and expects to devote his
entire time to this.
The Denison candy kitchen expects
to open up their new quarters In the
Laub block within the next few days.
Handsome fixtures have been installed
and the fountain Is said to be the
largest in this part of the state. The
quarters in Sthe opera house block
were not large enough to accommodate
the patrons so the proprietors have
decided to ODerate the two places We