The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
SCHLESWIG'SIh-
PROVES$ $12l,OOO'
sehIeswia Has Record In 9uildlno
Line Thus Far This Year-$3O GOO
!. Garage Building Erected &.
$4,000 FOR SCHOOL ADDITION
Number Of New Residences Erected
Costing As High AZ $12,000-
5000 Brick Store Room.

pleased to see so many OF the ClIlz0AS
taking an active interest In impr0v.
ing their homes and grounds. Each
property owner seems to enter into
a friendly rivalry to outdo his neigh.
Dor in keeping up his property. Very
few towns the size Of Schleswig have
as many modern residences and none
excel them in the manner in which
they are kept. Pretty lawns and well
kept gardens display civic pride
which the townspeople possess.s
schleswig is certainly q town of
beautiful homes-homes that tell Of
comfort and prosperity. "A 81
In some towns you hear the remark
that it costs too much to build now.
It is different in Schleswig, she ram.
bles right along with her building
improvements. Go where you WILL
in any part of the town, and you VIII
notice improvements. They are SUI
stantial too. While many residences
have been remodelled, heating plantk
installed and about five hundred yar49
of cement sidewalks built or in couraA
of construction, those improvements
are but drop in the bucket, wheH
we stop to think of the many han9s
some and expensive dwellings now ~
ing built Think of town makinx
$121, 900 building improvements so tAr
this year, and you will think QI
Schleswig. II
A 100000 garage started of the
building improvements this year. This
is a building 100x1O0. one story high.
and built of pressed brick. 1t Is well
built, handsome structure. 1t hAs
a storage room 70x100, which Is the
largest auto storage room In the coun.
ty. An Office and show room takaA
3Ox40 floor space and the work shop
is located in room 3x60. The entise
building is heated by steam. Th1
building and its fixtures would 90
credit to a town FIVE times Its si1e.
The building and equipment cost IN
owner, @. D LAURENT thDs ia u SUI
OF $4,000. Mr.. Lafrentz is haviug
residence built which spells Coz
fort, elegance and spaciousness. glt
is built of pressed brick and will cost
about $4,000. s ~
We have not space to give separ
ate mention of all the new residences
now being built, but assure our read.
ers that each and every one is the
last word in modern dwelling con.
struction.
Henry Naeve is building resi-
dence which will cost at least SID.
900; Peter G. Hollander, $4,000; John
C. Moeller, $4,000; Albert Baker, $Ss
900: Mrs. Henry Reinking, 81, 900, and
B. Evers moved into his new resi-
dence early in the year which was
built at cost of about $4,000.
The progressive citizens Of the "a.
dependent school district are well
aware that nation is made up 0f
men, and the higher the efficiency of
each individual in that nation, the
higher the efficiency Of the nation q
whole. With that thought In mind
it was decided to expend $4,000 IA
an addition to the school building Il
properly care for the intellectual
needs of the rising generation. The
building was completed this spring.
Aside from the garage only ono
other business block was erected this
year. w. H. Schroeder completed
this spring an $4,000 brick store
building. 81, s
There is indeed a bright future b.
fore Schleswig, for there Is prosper.
ity and contentment apparent on ey.
cry hand. It is located in a rich farm
ing community, right in the midst 0f
the greatest diversified farming cOuh-
try on earth. God might have made
a better farming community and
peopled it with better and more thrift
ty people, but He never did. s:s