The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-17
Local Mention


Dodge visitors Sunday.
Mrs. George Richardson and daugh
Ter, Miss Fern, visited the week enc
at Jefferson.
Mrs. j.. R. Wheeler, of Dunlap, visit
ed Friday in Denison at the home Of
F. H. Morgan.
Miss Margaret Clark returned or
Thursday from Minneapolis where she
enjoyed a visit of two weeks.
Salem Towne left Saturday for a
weeks, visit with his daughter, Mrs
S. L, Gable, at Wagner, S. D.
Miss Winifred Wright went over tc
Ute Monday for a weeks visit at the
home OF her aunt, Mrs. Flora Smith
William Sachau and family, of
Adalr, visited one day last week at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Adolphsen.
DR.. w. T. Wright went to Iowa Civ
Monday on professional business con.
nected with the University hospital
at that place.
Z Wilbur Roberts and c.. M. Jensen
and family spent Sunday at Dexter,
the old home of Mr.. Jensen. They
maze the trip by auto.
An Sk pound boy was born to Mr.,
and Mrs. w. ]. Graves, July 9Th Mrs,
Graves and the little shaver left the
Denison hospital Monday evening.
A call is expected by the local ex.
emption board between the dates of
July 1881, for thirty-six men to be
sent from Crawford county to Camp
Forest, Ga.
Miss Minnie Rinisland, who has
been spending the last two weeks Wis
iting in and around Minneapolis, is
now enjoying few days at her home
in Muscatine.
Mrs. A. d. Herrig accompanied her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Jensen who reside northwest
OF Deloit. on ma auto trip to Camp
Dodge last Sunday.
Rev. VIM. Frese, pastor of tha Deni-
son Lutheran church, was an Illinois
central passenger Saturday evening
to knierim, where he conducted SER
vices on the Sabbath day.
Miss Rose Clark departed Sunday
for DeSchmidt, S. Oak, where she
VIII visit with friends. Miss Clark is
enjoying a vacation from her duties
in the office Of Balle-Brodersen com.
pany.
Among the list of Iowans commits
stoned last week we find that Wilbur
A. Thomas, of Dow City, was commits
stoned a second lieutenant. He re-
Gently completed course at the coast
artillery training camp at Fortress
Monroe
While there has been no building
boom on in Denison this year, a num-
Der Of very desirable residences have
been erected. Right now there are
some four or five in course of con-
struction and we understand more
will be built this fall.
Thehfollowing dates have been an.
n0Tnced for county fairs in this vicin-
ity: Sac County, at Sac City-July 23-
rs; Carroll County at Carroll-Aug-
ust 1917; Shelby County, at Harlan,
August 1922; Crawford County, at Ar
Ion, September 3-6; Monona County,
at OnaWa, September SO. The state
fair dates are August 21-3O.
able garden call on Henry Christian
sen who resides on Pine street. This
Old gentleman certainly has garden
that is just about as perfect as mortal
man can make one. There is not a
3 weed or speer of grass in it and
every vegetable looks like it was
spaced and set out by hand.
Many of our retired farmers and
business men have gone to the country
recently to assist relatives and friends
with their farm work AS the season
progresses we expect more of, them
Will go, for their assistance is needed.
1t might not be a bad plan if some
OF the women folks would also go to
the country and assist iii the house
work for a few days during the har-
vest.
Under, Call No. GAL, received by the
local exemption board, 500 men are
called from the state OF Iowa to enter
the Agricultural college at Ames to
secure instruction as auto mechanics,
blacksmlths and machinists. The To-
cal board will accept volunteers under
this call until noon Monday, July 22d.
Only men who have completed at least
grammar school education and have
some aptitude for mechanical work
will be received.
Mrs. Leon Vassar received a letter
last week from her brother, George
Klock, informing her that he had en-
listed in the service of Uncle Sam a
few weeks ago. He is stationed at
Camp Jackson, S. G. He states that
he was promoted soon after enlisting
to sergeant. Can't keep a good man
down, George. He reports that he has
never felt better in his life, enjoys
camp life immensely and expects to
leave any time for Somewhere in
France"
The state food administration has
placed the ban ,on ice cream cone
sales for portion of the time, it be-
ing the mandate/that no cones be sold
after O'clock in the afternoon of any
day, and no sales of cones at all on
Monday and Wednesday. The idea is
to save the flour and sugar used in
the cone making. Local ice cream
dealers, so we understand, will satisfy
the little folks by serving five cent
dishes of ice cream during the cone
less period. ...,