The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-11-19
OUR DOW CITY NEWS BUDGET
DEPARTMENT Y

dition, which is very encouraging.
Earl Bonsall, Of Sioux City, was here
Thursday on a business mission anC
visited at the home Of his brother, ]. H.
Bonsall.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Thompson have been having siege OF
the chickenpQx, but are recovering.
o. j. Judd and wife went down tc
Omaha Sunday afternoon to visit rela
tives.
The young people of the L. D. S
church are making arrangements to
render a Thanksgiving program next
Sunday evening at the Religio hour
Everyone is invited to hear the pro.
gram.
NJ C. Houlihan, of Niagara Falls, N.
Patsy Houlihan, Of Sioux City, were
here the past week on account of the
death of Mrs. David Conlin.
The l.. D. S. Sunday school held a
cooked food and candy sale Saturday
afternoon in the Butterworth meat
market. - Everything found ready
sale and the net proceeds amounted to
something over s11, which will be put
into the Sunday schools Christmas
fund.
Miss Birdie Metcalf was in town last
Thursday Mrs. Griffin accompanied her
to Omaha to have her eyes tested and
remained until Saturday evening, Mrs.
Griffin has been undergoing treatment
for her eyes for some time, past. Miss
Metcalf has recently given up school
teaching and is now staying in Omaha
devoting her time to the study Of
music.
Saturday last was an unusually busy
- s~~I,k l>o N~n
correctly termed as record breaking
day as the largest number Of books
ever taken out was at this time. The
exact number taken was rs. Those in
terested in the library will be gratified
to note that the membership list is now
consisting of 81 members and continues
to increase. We are proud indeed of
this fine showing and may the time be
fastened when Dow City shall have a
real library building.
Clark Barker. eldest son of Rev. and
Mrs. G. A. Barker, was absent from
school last week owing to illness.
Mrs. Clyde Cooper, of Boone, is proud
of the record her eighty hens have made
since March LIST. Her hens, by actual
count, have laid $50 dozen eggs since
that date. This is a record much above
the average. Mrs. Cooper believes in
culling out the non-layers and has had
her flock culled this year. She says
she will not keep hen that does not
lay at least 100 eggs each year.
Supt p. A. Long has been nursing
badly injured foot the past week as a
result Of a heavy iron weight dropping
on it while he was in the manual train
ing room working. Although being in
quite a crippled condition for a time
the member is now healing nicely.
A special picture entitled "StOlen Or
ders" was put on at the opera house
one evening the past week and was fair
ly well attended. The inclement wealth
err prevented the majority of the people
from being present, but those who saw
the picture thoroughly enjoyed it. An
other feather iof interest at this time
was the Offering of prizes to those bring
ing in ears of corn having the largest
number Of kernels. Nine ears were en-
tered. Miss Clara Potter received the
first prize. one dollars worth of movie
tickets, she having an ear with 1906
kernels. Chas. Rigsby received the Sec
ond prize. fifty cents worth of tickets.
he having an ear with 1864 kernels.
Russell Young received third prize,
twenty-five cents worth of tickets, his
ear having 1896 kernels. DR.. J. A. Brill,
F. G. Buss and T. E. Allen We're the
judges.