The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-21
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]. P. Conner and son, Raymond,
made a short visit with Kiron friends
Friday afternoon.
G. A. Dolk and Art Butler made
trip to Blencoe, Iowa, Thursday last.
Ed Eckman is spending some time
lat Excelsior Springs, Mo-, enjoying
the benefit of those famous waters.
C. w. Clauson and Marvin Snare
went to Omaha Thursday morning to
purchase feeding cattle, but owing to
the shortage of feeders that day, re-
turned without cattle.
Gust Sanders spent several days the
forepart Of last week at Omaha at
tending to business. His daughter,
Miss Lucella who accompanied him.
visited relatives there.
Addick Anderson, the progressive
farmer northwest of Kiron, sold his
broom corn crop growing on his 20
acre farm in, the Rio Grande Valley,
or SIS an acre. Had he harvested his
crop and sold it, it would have brought
him several hundred dollars more.
Reports are that many patches of
potatoes are being damaged by,a worm
burrowing into them, causing them to
rot: 1hts tssa new Enemy ID this To-
cality for the potato. sE-
VIM. Schiernbeck of Clinton, Iowa,
is spending this week visiting his
daughters and looking after his farm
interests west Of town
Lars Anderson and son, Andrew,
spent. the past week at Lawton visit
ing friends and looking after land
interests there.
John Larson and family arrived last
week for several days visit among
their relatives and many old neigh
bors. They autoed across the country
| from Alcester, S. Oak, where they
have resided since moving from this
locality.
The Bielenberg residence on the
farm three miles west of Kiron burned
down Monday Of last week. The fire
was caused by an oil stove that was
burning on the porch and at the time
no one was near. Just how the house
caught fire from it is not ascertained.
Considerable furniture and other
household goods were saved. AS only
5000 insurance was on the place. quite
loss was sustained by Claus Bielen-
berg, the owner living at Schleswig.
lClaudius Bielenberg, the renter, sus-
famed some loss OF household goods.
new residence will be built at once.
The Fort Dodge District Luther
League will hold conference at the
Bethel church near Kiron this week,
commencing Friday evening and con-
tlnulng over, Sunday. Sunday after
noon, special religious patriotic
meeting will be held commencing at
three o'clock. A number of ministers
and visiting delegates from different
points In the district will be present
and assist in the meeting.
The Baptist church of Kiron will
celebrate its 50th anniversary next
Sunday, Rev. L. J. Ahlstrom of Mime.
apolls who was one of the first pas.
tors OF the church will preach the an
lnlVersary sermon in the morning. In
the afternoon the history of the
church and young peoples society will
pc given together with personal testi-
monies from charter members of
which four, are still residing here. In
the evening, Rev, Axel Wester, of
Gowrie, will preach special meetings,
which will then be held every day dur
ing the week following. The Swedish
Baptist Ministers Conference Of Iowa
will have a session every morning
during the week. In the afternoons,
public services will be held, Monday
for Dorcas society and the What-i-
Can Society, Tuesday for the Sunday
School, Wednesday, and Thursday,
Prayer and Conference, Friday, the
Iowa Sunday School Association will
hold q session and Saturday the
Young Peoples Union. Visiting min.
listers will address the different meet
ings. Preaching services will be held
every evening.
Paul Lundberg, who recently en-
listed In the service, left last week for
San Francisco. AS he has the choice
OF service, he was planning on enter
ing the Butcher Department as meat
cutter. His many friends wish him the
pest of-luck as he goes to aid in the
defeat of Kaiser Bill and in the vic.
tory OF the glorious Stars and Stripes,
Alfred Clauson is taking vacation
nursing serious case of blood pois-
on. slight scratch from barbed
wire in his right hand caused the
trouble, which infested his entire arm.
It will lay him up from his farm work
for sometime,