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wmm "Advertising is now classed with editorial and news matter as a force for creating opin ion." 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. AMrhb 'OVV «i«lc Ch" Section On J0*"*1 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 NEW BUREAU OF MINES LABORATORIES IN PITTSBURGH r-TT-r- THE PAPER YOU TAKE HOME Pages 1 to 8 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. mm MM "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. f. flSt" iniiif