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VOL. LIV
THE DOINGS, COMING
AND GOING OF THE
PEOPLE" IN THE TOWN
TO THE WEST
On Tuesday evening of the past week
the 500 club met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Howorth and spent a
very enjoyable hour with this popular
pastime. Mrs. J. A. Brill was awarded
the ladies' prize, a dainty wicker bas
ket of flowers. Herman Lazerus receiv
ed the gentleman's price, a pencil. A
delicious service of refreshments con
cluded the evening. Mrs. Howorth's
parents, M. B. Bailey and wife, of Dun
lap, were out of town guests.
Mrs. J. H. Young and Mrs. M. A.
Itigsby were shopping In Denison last
Wednesday.
J. A. Scott and daughters, Mabel and
Ruth, were Dunlap callers Tuesday.
Ben Houston hits accepted employ
ment with the Standard Oil company as
truck driver. He will deliver oil in the
Dunlap vicinity, which territory has
just recently been taken up by this com
pany. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Houston ex
pect to make their home in Dunlap as
.soon as a house can be secured.
Ernest Graettin and I'hilip Hass, of
Nevada, Iowa, were in town the early
part of the week and while here pur
chased A. A. Birkhofer's horses find
mules at the old livery barn, they con
sisting of twenty-three head. The gen
tlemen shipped them to Nevada Tues
day.
Upon the pleasant occasion of the
Priscilla club meeting on Thursday, No
vember 13th, at the home of Mrs. G. A.
Barker, Mrs. Lessie Howorth was" also
a hostess of the day. We failed to men
tion this fact in the wrlteup of the af
fair last weak.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mathys and little
daughter went down to Omaha Thurs
day morning, where the latter two had
glasses fitted and returned homo that
evening. Mr. Mathys remained a day
or so longer to visit the stock market.
Miss Irma Chamberlain was a passen
ger to Denison Thursday evening for a
short visit with friends.
Wednesday little Lyle Eoham, young
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvie Boham,
met with a painful accident by falling
from the porch. The lad fell forward
and as a result struck liis face on the
rear wheel of the gasoline engine used
for the washing machine. A severe
gash was inflicted on his nose and also
near one of his eyes. By home reme
dies the child was soon made as com
fortable as possible. At present he is
getting along quite well, with thn excep
tion of his eye being badly swollen.
Mrs. Lillie Marks, of Denison, was
visiting friends in town Thursday.
Ernest Smith, who has been employ
ed in the Gibson restaurant for several
weeks, resigned his position and has
gone to the country to pick corn.
Mrs. A. J. Monkey, who resided in
Dow City a few years ago', #ris greeting,
old friends and acquaintances here the
past week. She has been spending the
last two years with relatives in South
Dakota and is now on her way to Los
Angeles, Calif., whore she expects to
make her home with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Koscoe Shel
don.
Mrs. A. H. Cook and Mrs. Thos. Rae
were in Council Bluffs Thursday, where
they spent the day in attendance at a
laymen's meeting at the Broadway M.
E. church. Bishop Stuntz, of Omaha,
was the leading speaker and the two
dejegates from our church report a very
pleasant and profitable meeting.
On Wednesday of the past week Mr.
George Dillenburger and Miss Willa
Mae Houston journeyed to Denison.
where they joined the matrimonial
ranks. The Happy event took place at
the Methodist parsonage. Rev. M. M.
Cable officiating. The couple were at
tended by Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmer
of this place. The bride is the only
daughter of R. W. Houston, one of our
prominent business men, and is a
young lady of many attainments. She
attended the local public school, gradu
ating with the class of 1919 last May.
During the past summer she was a stu
dent at the Van Sant Business college
in Omaha. Since the death of her moth
er a number of years ago she has prov
en herself most Instrumental as a faith
ful homekeeper for her father and her
brother. The groom is a Vail young
man, but is well and favorably known
to our people, having spent a greater
portion of the time here in recent years
engaged in his vocation, that of car
penter. He was a soldier in Uncle
Sam's army about a year, returning
from abroad only a short time ago. He
is recognized as an upright, industrious
youpg man and is most deserving of
the choice he has made in a life com
panion. Shortly after the ceremony
the newlyweds wont on a trip to Oma
ha, where they spent a few days before
returning ,to Dow City to begin house
keeping. They are now busily engag
ed in getting settled in the residence re
cently vacated by the Thos. McCollouith
family, which the bride's father has giv
en them. We extend congratulations
and best wishes abundantly.
Mrs. J. T. Ooldsworthy played the
part of hostess to the Priscilla club on
Thursday, among the guests present be
ing Mrs. Mott McHenry and Aunt Mary
McHenry, of Denison, and Miss Beryl
Odell, of Logan. Social chatter over
fine handiwork made up the afternoon's
entertainment and last but not least
came a dainty menu served by this
pleasant hostess.
NEW SERVICE STATION ASSURED
Necessary Number of Certificates Sold
Station to be Built on Main Street
Adjoining Standard Station
Another gasoline service station is as
sured for Denison. The new station
Will be opened up here by the Consum
ers Service Station Co. (Inc.), Rock
Island, 111., concern which operates such
stations at numerous points' in Iowa
and Illinois.
The company now holds an option on
a lot owned by J. W. Miller. Jr., on
South Main street, adjoining the Stand
ard Oil company's station on the north.
They will erect a handsome station on
this excellent site which will be in op
eration early in the spring or possiblv
sooner. In addition they will install
large tanks on the railwav tracks. The
company will sell gasoline, kerosene,
greases and oils.
Certificates have been sold to Denison
people to the number of forty, each cer
tificate costing -$250.00. The company
will lay aside 1 per cent from every gal
lon of gasoline sold and 10 per cent
On the sale of oil and sundries, which
will be proportioned pro rata among
the certificate, holders until they have
been paid $500.00 on each certificate.
The service station to be erected will
be a handsome building and a credit
tojthe city.
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DOW CITY ITEMS
J. W. Patton, wife and little daugh
ter, Alice, came up from Omaha Friday
evening for a visit at the George Bin
nail home and with other friends. The
Patton family resided here prior to their
removal to Omaha liust spring.
Mr. and Mrs. John Willert and two
children moved to Dow City Thursday
from Denison and are occupying the
rooms in the north side of the John
YVilliamson residence. Mr. Willert has
accepted employment in the local elec
tric light plant.
F. W. Pearsall was .a business visitor
in Missouri Valley Friday.
Mrs. John Schaupp is here from Dun
lap visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mathys, south of
town. She expects to remain over
Thanksgiving day, at which time her
husband will join her hero.
Levi Igou, of the state of Nebraska,
was a recent arrival here for an ex
tended visit at the home of his son,
George, and family southeast of town.
Mrs. J. R. Griffln is numbered among
the sick, having been bedfast during
the past week. All trust that she will
soon be able to be about again.
Mrs. C. F. Cassaday, accompanied by
Mrs. John Frampton. of Boone. came
down from Denison Friday for a visit
with their relatives, the Finnic McHen
ry family. Mrs. Frampton just recent
ly returned from a trip in the east, hav
ing visited in New York and Brookline.
stopping in Boston, where she enjoyed
a visit of four days with Miss Helen
Schouten, a Crawford county girl, who
holds a position as president of a cafe
tera there. Mrs. Frampton had a most
delightful trip.
MAJt GEN. H. K. BETHELL
Maj. Gen. H. K. Bethel I is the newly
arrived military attache of the British
embassy in Washington. He brought
with him four military aids.
Beginning December 15th or there
abouts there will be established an air
plane mail route from New York by
way of Washington, Cleveland and Chi
cago, with Omaha as the western term
inal. The landing place will be at the
Herring field northwest of- the city on
the Camp Dodge paved highway just
east of the Meryl Hay road. It was at
first decided that the landing should be
on the drill ground at Ft. Des Moines,
but there being no paved road reaching
all the way from the city this was giv
en up. Immediately upon landing a
government motor truck will bring the
mail to the city post ofllce. It is esti
mated thut within 25 minues after the
mail is unloaded at Herring field it will
Ire at the city post ofllce. The schedule
has not yet been perfected but it is ex
pected that a 12 hour run from New
York to Des Moines will be made. That
will get the mail from the east here 24
hours quicker than at present. Air
planes cannot travel after night and
the starting time will be such as to give
the longest possible stretch of daylight.
It is planned to extend the service to
San Francisco after a thorough test has
been made. It is planned to make Des
Moines a distributing point for central
Iowa. At present eight planes are car
rying mail between Now York and
Chicago. Something like S4,000 letters
a day are carried.
At Council Bluffs a band of gypsies
was intercepted carrying with them
two kidnapped girls. Rose Mitchell 14
years of age. and Sonia Evans, aged 12.
The girls were stolen in the suburbs of
Philadelphia last March and a nation
wide hunt for them has been going on
ever since. The girls were taught the
art of fortune telling in the meantime
and it is stated were quite proficient in
separating "easy marks" from the coin
of the realm. Mella Mitchell, an elder
sister of Rosie. had been on the trail
of the gypsy band for months, and up
on finding her sister she telegraphed
for her father who was accompanied by
a brother of the Evans girl. Melia no
tified the chief of police at Council
Bluffs when she had located the gypsy
camp and the leader, Steve Marks, and
three others wore placed under arrest.
Marks has admitted to the police that
he was a member of the gang of child
stealers, but denies personal part in it.
Something out of the ordinary has
happened in that six members of the
committee on appropriations from the
house and senate recently completed a
tour of inspection of the three educa
tional Institutions at Iowa-City, Ames
and Cedar Falls. The needs of the three
WittMi
A baby son was born to Dr. and Mrs.
F. N. Rowe on Friday, November 21st.
Both mother and babe are doing nicely.
Robert, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Hamerick, has been suffering
the past week with a badly swollen
hand. The child had the misfortune to
fall on a board, striking his hand on a
rusty nail which penetrated the flesh
in his wrist. It is sincerely hoped that
the wound will heal, with no further de
velopments.
Mrs. F. M. Arnold has gone to Jessup,
where she is spending a couple of weeks
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Walter Swatman was up from
Missouri Valley Friday, Waving accom
panied the remains of her father, Will
iam Cook, from Omaha here for burial.
Mrs. B. G. Lyman was down from
Carroll Thursday visiting at the pa
rental, J. F. Rudd home.
Mrs. Lillian Shumate and Mrs. Sam
Fox, of Arion, were calling on Dow City
friends Saturday.
A. P. Moeller was a passenger to
West Side Saturday evening for an ov
er Sunday visit at his parental home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kevan are enter
taining a new baby daughter, born'to
them on Saturday, November 22d.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dillenberger.
Miss Lois Welty, Miss Caroline Shirk,
Miss Agnes Goddard and Miss.Ruby Ba
ber were visiting in Denison Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mesenbrink
came down from, Denison Thursday to
spend a few days at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tech, and
to assist in picking corn. Mr. and Mrs.
Tech's son, Roy, whom we reported last
week as having injured his arm, is still
laid up. While no bones are broken his
shoulder is as yet giving him consider
able pain.
Mrs. H. A. Poitevin was a passenger
to Woodbine Saturday for a several
days' visit with realtives.
Friday afternoon the members of the
Friday club with a few intimate friends
were "royally entertained at the home of
Mrs. T. K. Coleman. The company com
posed some thirty ladies and the hours
sped rapidly by with the popular social
diversions. A most delicious repast
concluded the afternoon's enjoyment.
John Gibson shipped 240 head of
sheep to Omaha Thursday, which top
ped the market. Fred Thompson ship
ped 180 lambs to the same place the
past week and also received good prices
Both gentlemen accompanied the stock
to market.
News and Comment About Iowa People and Events
institutions were carefully considered
and a report will be made upon the con
vening of the extra session of the legis
lature the coming winter. Senators
Foskett of Page county. Fellows of Al
lamakee and White of Benton were the
senate members on tho trip and Repre
sentatives Wichman of Hancock coun
ty. Langfit of Adair and Windett of Ke
okuk made up the committee from the
house. Senator Foskett is chairman of
the senate committee on appropria
tions and Wichman is chairman of the
house committee. Among the matters
looked into were the need for new build
ings. tho kind of buildings required and
the general financial needs of the insti
tutions. The salaries being paid the
professors were also inquired into. A
considerable number of the professors
have left the institutions in recent
weeks to go into commercial or agricul
tural work. Chemists and teachers of
physics especially have been taken
away from the colleges by business con
cerns.
Buying land upon which Camp
Dodge is located has been going on in
a quiet way by representatives of the
war department. A check from the
government sent through the federal
court in Des Moines for $127,604.75 was
turned over to the former owners of
some of the land tracts Included in the
purchase. Thos. and Marcella Wilson
received $76,534.35 for three tracts of
land, which is from $225 to $260 an acre
for the land. William and Maude Pow
ell received $44,813.40 and Maggie Mc
Harg got $6,257 for her land.
It is announced from Washington
that no more soldiers will be discharg
ed from Camp Dodge. The total num
ber released from this cantonment since
the beginning of the armistice a year
ago reaches nearly 200,000. At present
only a few companies of the regulars
known as the Fourth division are at the
camp. Miles and miles of barracks are
standing vacant and utter desolation
marks the great military field where a
year ago thousands were sept overseas.
For many months great armies were
marching up and down the broad thor
oughfares bands were playing: flags
were flying and in the.great base hospi
tal covering over 40 acres of ground
men were dying. A dozen Y. M. C. A.
huts and nearly as many under the aus
pices of the Knights of Columbus af
forded amusement and entertainment
features. A great theater, a hostess
building for white women and one for
colored women, a large library and bar
ber shops, exchanges, Are stations and
telephone and telegraph offices were
An elaborate program was arranged for the formal dedication, September 29 to October 1, of these new Inbora
tories of the federal bureau of mines In Pittsburgh. Inset Is a portrait of Dr. Van H. Manning, director at the burean.
Mrs. F. C. Howorth and baby daugh
ter were callers at the county capital
Wednesday.
Mrs. William D.ivine went down to
Woodbine Saturday afternoon, where
she enjoyed a visit over Sunday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. John Mathison.
George Zimmer and wife, a groom and
bride pf two weeks, entertained their
friends at a dancing party Friday eve
ning, in which an immense number par
ticipated. After devoting several hours
to this popular amusement dainty
"eats" were brought forth. At a late
hour the crowd dispersed and that this
occasion was one Of the very jolliest
seemed to be the unanimous opinion.
An orchestra from Charter Oak fur
nished music for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cue were up
from Dunlap and spent several days of
the past week at the parental, W. H.
Rule, home, going from here to Deni
son Wednesday for the day.
Zeph Fienhold was unable to be on
duty at the garage several days last
week owing to illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wingrove, son,
Burdette, and daughter, Ruth, came
down from DenitfOft Saturday for an ov
er Sunday visit With relatives.
Miss Beryl Qdell returned to her
home in Logan Sunday following a few
weeks' visit amOng her numerous
friends in our vicinity.
Mrs. August Mesenbrink and baby
came down from Denison Saturday and
repmined over felfv.iay at.the home. of.
tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Griffln.
Dr. F. N. Rowe is the owner of a
new Ford touring car.
"J. W. Patton returned to Omaha Sun
day after a couple of days' sojourn
here, his wife and daughter remaining
for a few days longer. The Pattons
came at this time for the purpose of
selling off th'eir household goods which
had been stored in the David Walters
residence sinete their removal from Dow
City last spring.
Miss Flora Wiggins went to Wood
bine Saturday where she enjoyed an
over Sunday visit at the home of her
brother, W. H. Wiggins, and family.
Miss Irma Chamberlain spent the
day Saturday in Omaha, at which place
she takes vocal lessons.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. H. Co'k
was at home to the members of the
Woman's Home Missionary society,
about twenty ladies responding by at
tending. Those who were not able to
be present missed an exceptionally fine
among tho activities that were featured
for the benefit of the men. Afire sta
tion is still maintained and the grounds
are patroled from one end to the other
and the old guard house with the barb
wire enclosure about it still stands and
an occasional direlect gets within its
grimy walls.
On the Hougas farm in Decatur coun
ty, a number of Indian relics have been
found recently. Stone hammers, arrow
heads and a crude burr of stone evi
dently used in grinding com. An In
dian burying ground on this farm occu
pies a high elevation and numerous
trinkets have been found from time to
time indicating that the custom of the
Indian was to bury with the remains
articles that he used for personal adorn
ment.
More than 1.500 trains pulled into and
out of Camp Dodge and carried 350,000
soldiers to and from the camp in the
year since the armistice, according to
the figures just announced by the au
thorities of the railway administration
consolidated ticket ofllce at tho ca»ton
ment, just closed. The office had been
opened twelve months to the day and
in that time had distributed to all parts
of the country 125,000 men summoned
to the colors through the organization
at Camp Dodge. Since the armistice
225,000 have been discharged and start
ed for their homes from the little wood
en building that has now gone the way
that will be mapped out for many a
temporary structure built during Uncle
Sam's scrap. Nine hundred trains
brought men to the camp and 750 were
made up to take discharged men home.
On October 12th, Earl Lowe, an over
seas soldier, was discharged from Camp
Dodge and tha't is the last that has
been seen of him. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Lowe, of Chariton, and
his parents have been waiting in vain
for the return of their boy. His com
rades report that nothing unusual was
noticeable in his conduct and that ho
was as glad as any of them to receive
his discharge that he might return
home. His parents are fearful that he
may have met with foul play.
Under a new law Gov. Harding has
appointed Iowa's first board of engineer
ing examiners, who must pass on the
qualifications of all civil, electrical, me
canical, mining or other professional en
gineers. Seth Dean, of Glenwood, is
the chairman, and other members are
K. C. Kostburg. Dps Moines, secretary,
and F. W. Sttfbbs, L. M. Martin and
Alvln Le Van. After January 1st it
DENISON REVIEW
DENISON, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1919
OUR DOW CITY NEWS BUDGET
THIS DEPARTMENT EDITED BY MISS GOLDA HONZ
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time as Mrs. Cook is an ideal enter
tainer, she being thus gifted as to make
every minute count for one of real joy
to her guests. Alphabetical letters of
the words that composed the menu,
which was served, were given out and
much enjoyment was derived in forming
the correct words from the letters. An
other feature which promoted much
gayety—slips of paper were passed
around to the guests and each one re
quested to write thereon one reason for
which she had to be thankful. Many
comically composed statements were of
fered. The elegant menu which wiis
partaken of at the close found favor
with all.
Little Thomas Baber. son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Baber, of Dunlap. has been
spending the past week here with rela
tives, the schools being closed at that
place on account of shortage of coal.
Dr. F. M. Mahin has been iypointed
as local company physician for the Illi
nois Central railway in the vacancy
caused by the death of Dr. J. F. Potter
a few months ago. Dr. Mahin received
this appointment the latter part of the
week.
Rev. A. G. Wright, of Malvern, was
sent here Sunday by Dr. Cable, the dis
trict superintendent, to occupy the pul
pit at the Methodist church both morn
ing and evening. Rev. Wright is a
member of the Des Moines conference,
but for the past two years has not been
in active ministry, during which time
,he. haa helped out occasionally, wher
ever needed. A minister will also be
supplied for next Sunday.
A letter received from Mrs. Jack
O'Brien by friends the past week, con
veys the information that her husband
is in a greatly improved condition,
which is very good news indeed. They
are still in Oklahoma, where they es
pect to remain indefinitely.
KENWOOD ITEMS
Clarence McCord, Emil Bohm and Se
onke Mahnke were business visitors in
Denison Saturday.
Elmer Maolne and Miss Lillie Turner
were Sioux City shoppers Friday.
There was a party at the William
Birkhofer home Saturday evening. A
large crowd was in attendance and a
jolly time was reported by all.
will be illegal for any man to practice
these professions in Iowa without a li
cense. Engineers and surveyors who
have practiced two years or more in
Iowa may be registered without exam
intion within six months after the law
goes into operation.
Smashed windows and broken doors
mark the front of the old building in
Des Moines where the I. W. W. head
quafters were. One night recently a
bunch of returned soldiers showed
their disapproval of the organization by
making a raid on the joint. Notices
were posted giving the occupants three
days to get out of town. There were
only a few of the fellows here, probably
not over a dozen. These men hang out
at the cheap lodging apartments pro
vided by the American Volunteers, an
offshoot of the Salvation Army. They
asked protection from Mayor Falrweath
er but they got but little satisfaction
out of him. Three of the men are un
der arrest for vagrancy and the others
have either left the city or are in hid
ing. They threatened to have 500 of
their gang in the city within a few days
but thus far none have reported.
At the midwest horticultural show in
Des Moines there was a fine exhibit
from a 12 acre orchard operated by
the experiment division of the S_tate
college at Ames a few miles out of Coun
cil Bluffs. From this 12 acre orchard
this season $11,000 were realized. The
orchard was set out in 1890 and was
taken over by the horticultural depart
ment at Ames as an experiment station
in 1910. The crop this year totaled
6.000 bushels which was an unusual
yield when the Iowa apple crop in gen
eral is a failure. Last year the orchard
only produced 1,400 bushels and the year
before the crop was 6,200. The two
years preceding 1917 a yield of 5,000
bushels per year was secured
All Iowa Is Interested in the coming
convention of the representatives of the
Volunteer Movement which will be held
in Des Moines December 3lst to Janu
ary 4th. The convention will be one of
the largest ever held in the west. It
is expected that 7,500 delegates will be
in attendance from at least a thousand
colleges in the United States and Can
ada. It will likewise bring to Des
Moines the big leaders in church work,
such men as Dr. John R. Mott. G. Sher
wood Eddy. Robert E. Speer, Bishop A.
S. Lloyd, Dr. E. Earl Taylor, Dr. James
H. Franklin, Dr. James L, Barton. Dr.
Charles R. Watson, C. T. Wang, the
Chinese representative at the Versailles
peace conference and many others, in
cluding leaders of the student christian
BUCK GROVE ITEMS
•j.
Will White and little daughter, Ma
rie, returned to their home in Sioux
City Wednesday after a short visit with
Mrs. J. P. Welsh and family.
Mr. and Mrs. George Forey are the
happy parents, of a little son born on
Thursday morning, November 21st.
Mother and child doing nicely.
Mrs. James Ressigieti, of Elk Point,
S. D., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Hemphill.
George Zimmer gave a wedding dance
Friday night and notwithstanding the
bad roads there was a good turn out
and a pleasant social time enjoyed by
all.
Mrs. J. P. Welsh and Mrs. Bonney
went to Council Bluffs Friday evening
by way of Manilla, staying over night
at the latter place with Mrs. Perrion,
then on to Council Bluffs Saturday.
Mrs. Bonney returned Monday, but Mrs
Welsh remained to visit longer. The
ladies were visiting Mrs. Byron McMul
len.
Dr. Bonney is now in St. Luke's hos
pital at Aberdeen, S. D., where he will
undergo an operation in a few days.
Miss Elizabeth Yount and Clarence
Schwarzenbach spent Sunday in Coun
cil Bluffs, returning Sunday evening.
Guy Schwartzenbach accompanied .them
home. He has been sick for the past
week and'came home to rest up a bit.
CAPT. ALBERT C. CHASE
Capt. Albert C. Chase of Faribault,
Minn., who is commander of the inland
waterways of the American area of
occupation in Germany. Captain Chase
supervises all the traffic on the Rhine
in the American area. The men of his
command search all river craft for
con*
traband.
BY-
J. W. JARNAGIN
movement in France, Great Britain,
Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, etc. "The
distinctive purpose of the student vol
unteer movement," says Dr. Mott, "is
to' secure student volunteers who will
actually go forth from the United Suites
and Canada and spend their lives in
non-christian lands in the work of estab
lishing Christ's kingdom. Within the
lifetime of the movement 6,475 of its
members have gone out to the foreign
field under the auspices of over seventy
missionary agencies, practically all be
ing connected with the recognized mis
sionary societies of the various chris
tian communions of tho United States
and Canada."
The intelligence and devotion of Jogs
have been illustrated recently both at
Oskaloosa and Clinon. The old Glen
dale mill, situated on South Skunk riv
er not far from Oskaloosa. burned late
in the summer. It was owned by Mar
ion Jones. His two boys. Melvin, aged
14, and Leslie, aged 4, were sleeping in
the structure. Along after midnight
they were awakened by tho dog barking
and whining and jumping upon the bed.
The building was on fire. Melvin car
ried his brother to safety and in an in
stant the roof tumbled in and the walls
collapsed. The dog doubtless saved the
boys. The other day the antics of a
dog led to the discovery of the body of
13 year old John Francis McManus. ly
ing between two logs in a small creek
near his home, near DeWitt. The boy
evidently had slipped in attempting to
crpss the creek and in falling discharg
ed the shot gun with which he was on
a hunting expedition, the charge enter
ing the body and apparently causing in
stant death.
Separated since childhood and know
ing not what had become of the other.
Merle L. Wiltse, aged 20. of Pocahontas.
Iowa, and his sister. Miss Gladys Wiltse
aged 17, of Marshalltown, were reunited
there and formally introduced. It all
came about through a newspaper an
nouncement that Wiltse, a young sol
dier only recently returned from the
service, was making an effort to find
his sister he had never known. Tho
Wiltse children were separated upon the
death of their mother in Marshalltown,
when the boy was 5 and his sister a
baby of 2 years. They were too young
to be interested in the whereabouts of
the other, and then when the time came
to crave a meeting it was found that it
was impossible to find one another.
Three years ago Wiltse entered the
service and served in the Seventh ma
chine gun battalion. Now the brother
and sister are seeking the whereabouts
of another brother who Is believed to
be in Ohio.
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"Advertising is the main
spring of all business
and the printed word
carries the message."
No. 48
IF YOU KNOW AN ITEM
OF NEWS, WANT AN
AD OR SOME JOB WORK
SEE MISS HONZ
H. G. Scott, who has been conducting
an elevator in Buck Grove for the past
year or more, has sold out his business
to his nephew, Garland Scott, of this
place, he having immediate possession.
The former has returned to his home in
Dow City and at present is undecided
as to what line of work he will take up.
Mrs. A. H. Harper, Mrs. J. H. Bon
sall and son, Marian, Mrs. M. J. Breen
and Mrs. Claude Blackman were visit
ing in Denison Tuesday, as were Wes
ley Cramer, E. R. Fagan and E. G. Wig
gines.
Carl Nickolsen, while In town one
day the past week, was stricken- with
one of his attacks of illness to which
he is subject. He was taken to his
home in the country and at present is
reported to be improving. Some one
else was secured to drive his school bus
while he was laid up.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colby were town
callers Thursday from Buck Grove.
Mrs. Ella Hain and Mrs. Robert
Docherty left Thursday morning for
Des Moines, the former being called
there by the illness of her sister, Mrs.
J. U. Wise. The Wise family were for
mer Dow City residents and their num
'erous friends here greatly regret to
learn of her illness. Mrs. Docherty was
called to Des Moines on account of her
daughter, Mrs. S. J. Farlowe, being con
fined in a hospital suffering with a nerv
ous attack.
E. R. Butterworth and wife returned
Wednesday from a couple of days' so
journ jn Omaha on business.
Mrs. James Dearduff, of Dunlap, who
is here caring for James Pearsall, Sr.,
went to Denison Thursday evening and
spent the night with friends.
Mrs. Frank McHenry returned on
Wednesday form Denison, where she
had been to see her sister, Mrs. E. W.
Pierce, who has been suffering with
rheumatism for several weeks. She, in
company with her husband, left Deni
son the pnst week for Colfax, where it
is hoped that she will be benefited.
Mrs. Ben Houston was visiting in
Dunlap Wednesday where her husband
is employed.
M. J. Breen and wife, who had been
occupying a residence owned by Mrs.
A. H. Harper several years, moved on
Thursday into the residence which they
recently purchased, known as the for
mer home of the late Mrs. T. E. Frits.
The Fagan family, who had been living
there, moved to the place vacated by
the Breens.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary society was
held Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Lessie Howorth, with a good at
tendance. Mrs. A. H. Cook, president
of the society, had charge of the de
votional exercises. of., the day, afteij
which the lesson study was turned 'bver
to Mrs. Ella Hain, who conducted a very
interesting lesson under the Subject,
"Our Slavonic Work." Nine new mem
bers have been taken into this organisa
tion since the past June, which is the
beginning of the year. The names of
the following persons have been given
to us: Mrs. George Binnall, Mrs. Zeph
Fienhold, Mrs. John Gibson. Mrs. Fred
Coleman, Mrs. Joe Hallowell, Mrs. Rob
ert Docherty, Mrs. Earl Rowe. Mrs. Les
sle Howorth and Miss Golda Honz. The
next meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. C. H. Best with Mrs. Earl Morrt
son as leader.
Miss Ruth Swasey returned Thursday
from Ames, where she had been making
a few days' visit with the Misses Ilva
and Nellie Fisliel, who are students of
the college there. Miss Swasey also
attended the homecoming celebartion at
the I. A. C.
Mrs. J. F. Rudd .and daughter, Marie,
were shopping in Dunlap Friday.
Mrs. Dave McAllister was down from
Denison Wednesday visiting at the home
of her mother, Mrs. John Edwards, Sr.
Her daughter, Miss Helen Davis, who
had been spending a couple of months
in this vicinity, went home with her.
A message was received by Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Agee Thursday informing
them that their grandfather, Wm. Cook,
had passed away In Omaha. This came
as sad news to nearly everyone in thb
community as he was well known, hav
ing resided here a number of years ago.
He had lived in Omaha better than 20
years, during which timo he visited in
Dow City occasionally. Mr. Cook was
afflicted with dropsy and his last Illness
was of some six weeks' duration. The
deceased was nearly 78 years of age at
the time of his death. His wife preced
ed him about 40 years ago. Those left
in mourninK include three daughters,
Mrs. Edith Sebring and Mrs. Lulu Car
nahan, both of Chicago, and Mrs. Wal
ter Swatman, of Missouri Valley twoN
sons, Charles, of Kansas, and Herman,
of Omaha: two sisters and three broth
ers, residing in Canada, besides other
relatives and friends. The funeral was
held in Omaha and the remains were
shipped to Dow City, where interment
was made Friday. We offer condolence
to the bereaved ones.
Tast Tuesday evening the high school
basket ball team defeated the town team
by a score of 30 to 26. The following
Friday the high school boys went to
Charter Oak for a game and were de
feated by a score of 27 to 20.
NEW STUDIO OPENED
Photographer Fred H. Smith, Formerly
of Denison. Opens Studio in Own
Building at Ida Grove
F. H. Smith, our progressive photog*
rapher. has opened nis new studio, on
Main street and is now ready to receive
his many frrends in what is considered
the finest equipped photographic stu
dio in the state of Iowa, or many othet1
states for that matter. The entire
building has been remodeled, and one ia
made to feel at home at once on enter
ing the fine large reception room, which
is also used for the display of his prod
ucts, and a full line of picture frames
and other stock that belongs to the
photographic art, passing to the rear
will be found dressing rooms, where tho
final touches to one's costume can be
made before stepping before the cam
era, further along is the retouching
room, and the studio proper, which has
been fitted up with the finest equip
ment that could be procured, return
ing towards the front by another pass
age will be found the dark and print
ing rooms, these rooms have received
Mr. Smith's special attention and care
in selecting the equipment necessary to
maintain the high standard to which his
work has reached.
Mr. Smith is to be congratulated on
his enterprise and progressiveness in
placing before the public of this vicin
ity such an institution.—Ida Grove Rec«
ord.
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