The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23
Memorial day next Wednesday.

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Attorney c. J. WEIGH was in Chicago
the latter part of the week transactint
business.
Mrs, NJ. A. Penney went to Fort
Dodge yesterday, where she is spend
ing several days OH business.
Let rural mail route patrons remem
Der that next Wednesday is q nationa
holiday and no carriers will go out.
Miss Ruth Cole returned home last
night from Des Moines, where she has
been taking special work in voice cul
ture and drawing.
, Mr.: and Mrs. w. w. Ferguson mot
ored to Ida Grove Sunday where they
spent the day visiting at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith.
Clyde James, who is in the employ
of the municipal light plant as line
man, fell from pole in West Denison
one day last week and has been walk
ing around on clutches since.
| Dcnison's recruits returned Tues
| day from Ida Grove. each one fitted
! out with a complete uniform. None
of the uniforms, however. are new,
they having been left over from the
| border. The boys brought them home
SO they might march in uniform on
Memorial day.
}. t. Conn is using space in this is
! sue OF tho Review TO announce a sale
! of SO head of pure bred Aberdeen An.
gus cattle. which he will hold on Mon
day. June 4th, on his ranch four miles
! northwest OF Ida Grove. Here is an
opportunity for Crawford county farm.
crs who desire to add new blood to
their herds Or to begin new herd to
purchase exceptionally good animals.
Read his announcement elsewhere in
this issue. .,i. ,Gst rr-.- esq.,
Louie Lochmiller, proprietor of the
!. Lincoln Highway garage, is perform
ing an interesting feat this afternoon
with two Maxwell cars. A tank hold
ing just gallon OF gasoline is at
tachcd to each car%and the machine
driven until the gasoline is exhausted.
Maxwell dealers all over the country
are making the same test today with
stock cars and 1t will be interesting to
note the highest mileage made. Three
disintcrested parties will 80 with each
driver to see that the rules Of the con-
test are carried ont.
II you understood what the boys of
the boy scout troops were heing re.
Quircd to know, you would feel like
buying a ticket to>the field meet next
Saturday, to DO held ut Denison. They
are instructed how to tie knots. cook
food in camp. give first aid to tho
wounded, signal with the code of the
United States army. to be corteous,
honest, to do zone good deed each
day" because they belong to the Or
ganization. Rev. c. T.. Hamilton, OF
Denison, and Professor Webster, of
Deloit, are doing a great work for the
boys and both should be encouraged.
Nova Duncan Eggers. seven years
old, has won quite a reputation for
her graceful fancy dancing. When
the travelling representative OF the
Victor Photograph company was dem
onstrating in the schools few weeks
ago Neva danced for, him TO the music
Eof the VicfrOla. her steps being on.
Etirely original Although he hass visit
ea hundreds Of Of sefi83ls In larger cities
than DcnisOn and has seen many chill
dren dance who have had training, tho
representative pronounced Neva's
dancing as the most remarkable he
had seen and made arrangements to
have her picture taken to be placed in
the Victor magazine, published month
~ by the Victor company.
" l.. Dyers. who has operated the
Review linotype for the past seven
years, has resigned and will leave next
week for Iowa City, where he has ac-
copied a position on the Daily Press.
Mrs. Dyers and the children will re.
Il tan i,u
of the summer His son. Max, is now
at hospital in Iowa City and will be
there taking treatment for year and
the change is made so that they may
be near him. Mr.. Byers is all expert
operator and during the time he has
been with the Review the machine has
not been out Nof commission single
day. He has been Il member of the
Review force so long that it is with
great regret we give him up. Ills son,
Max, underwent an operation last
week and as result is able to use
the knee, joint. The physician in
charge of the hospital has hopes that
he will be able to have the use OF his
leg again. - t'-a ,as tfk 3 <+F
Messrs. NJ. a.. Golden, assistant gen,
cral freight agent of'thc CO N: w.
railway of Chicago. and !. Freeman
Bradford. travelling freight agent of
the l. c. railway, were in Denison on
Tuesday calling on business men and
shippers. These gentlemen are trav-
cling over the state endeavoring to
mould public opinion in order that
they may increase the freight rates
of the roads operating in this state.
Three OF the railroads operating in
this state will have increased costs to
meet in 1917 of almost $45.000,000 over
that Of 1916: $S,000.00O OF this will be
for increased wages under the Adam.
son law. Fuel for these three roads |
will amount to almost $S,O00.000 more
this year than ii did year ago. due |
to the increase of wages demanded by (;
the miners. Material necessary to op. |
crate these roads will cost this year
millions more than year ago |
and the taxes will amount to over q |
million more. Both gentlemen en- |!
planned to the business men of Deni- |
son the proposition the railroads are
up against and in many instances the |
business men expressed themselves in
favor of granting the road a Is per
cent increase in freight rates. If the
railroads cannot be operated at a