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Friday, March 30, 1906

Miss Sadie Van Valkenberg of St. James was here last Saturday on a visit to her friend Miss Torrance.

NOBLES COUNTY NOTES

Adrian .

Nick Bank is back from St. Paul and intends to reopen a restaurant here in the near future.

Chas. Devendorff, of Sioux Falls , made his regular call on Our business men Friday.

Louis Mohl, of Sioux City , called on Adrian friends Saturday and Sunday.

J. Umhaeffer, of Iowa , a brother of our townsman contemplates starting a 10 cent store in the Rice building within a week or two.

A Young peoples party was given by Marie Schaeffer at her home Friday evening to a large number of her friends and classmates.

Rev. Hanson held services in Ransom last Sunday.

Chas. Abbot, of Lismore, was down on business Monday.

Anton Olson and Joe Nash shipped a carload of machinery and horses to Turtle Lake , No. Dak., Tuesday. They intend to further develop their land taken as homesteads 3 years ago.

Attorney Geo. W. Wilson was over on legal business Monday.

Mr. Hanson, the Manager for the Adrian Mercantile Co. was up Sunday from Sioux City , returning Sunday night.

Mrs. James Brozzel, of Mitchell, So. Dak., is visiting relatives and friends here this week.

Clarence Faragher expects to move into his property in east town this week having it painted and papered these days.

Round Lake .

Will Koster, former operator at Rock Rapids, is spending a few days here visiting friends and relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards departed for their new home in Worthington Tuesday.

Julius Deukman, of Lake Park , Iowa , visited friends in Round Lake Sunday.

F. Shonemen [Shoneman?], Senior, departed for the northern part of South Dakota , on business Monday.

Dr. Dolan was here on business Monday.

H.C. Meoller [Moeller?] is on the sick list this week.

Florence Barber of Worthington visited relatives and friends here Sunday.

Brewster.

Mr. Mapson preached his farewell sermon last Sunday, and the members of the Presbyterian church gave him a reception Wednesday evening, with an elegant supper.

G.W. Voak, our geneal lumber man, left for an extended visit to the Pacific coast last Sunday.

F.R. Guyerman went to Heron Lake on business last Monday.

Rudolf Meyer, who has been seriously ill, is improving rapidly.

Mrs. B. Lagrange and family left last Monday to join her husband in the northern part of the state.

E. Manuel returned last Wednesday from a visit to the twin cities. He reports a fine time.

Mrs. Ed. Bereau and family, of Currie, who were here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, returned home last Monday.

Ransom.
(To late for last week.)

Will Morgan, who has been staying for the winter with Henry Shore , goes back this week to his old place with F.T. Graves. Will is a steady faithful hand and can always be depended on.

Mrs. Fremming, the old lady, is quite sick. It is said to be heart trouble. The old lady is well advanced in years.

This week the Central school is having a vacation, Miss Ethel Black teacher. The winter term has been a satisfactory one, the pupils having been well advanced in their studies. The school in the Guernsey district is having a vacation of two week, Miss Sarah Downes, teacher. Both these schools are prospering and have good attendance.

Mike Thompson and Lewis Eide have each got new manure spreader. Those who have used them say they are the best implement on the farm. They not only save much hard work but they do the work much better.

Lismore.

Nick Heindel has sold a half interest in his saloon to Jacob Hoffer.

Chas. O'Conor and William Tentler left last week for Canada .

Frank Thompson has gone to Canada to view the country, and will later go to North Dakota to take up his residence on his homestead.

County Supt. of Schools Abbott visited schools in this section a few days ago.

Route One.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klein came up from Rushmore Sunday to visit relatives and friends, returning home Tuesday.

LOCAL NEWS

B. Goff, of Org, was a pleasant caller last Friday.

G.H. Luehrs made a business trip to Cherokee, last Monday.

Iver Frisell has been visiting a few days with N.M. Nelson, of Indian Lake .

Miss Hilda Peterson has spent a few days visiting her parents and other relatives.

Dr. J.N. Gould was knocked down by a shock from the electric light switch in his barn last Sunday night. He had just returned from the country, and his clothing was damp and his hands wet. In touching the switch to turn on the light he got a shock that laid him out for a minute or two.

Mr. and Mrs. Harding left on Tuesday for Hot Springs , S.D. , where Mrs. Harding is to receive medical treatment.

The Ladies Cemetery Aid society will hold their annual meeting with Mrs. James Ramage, Thursday April 5th, at 3 p.m.

A.R. Evarts, of Bigelow township and a friend, W.L. Wilhelm, of St. Croix County , Wis. , were visitors in Worthington last Tuesday.

G.W. Lear and daughter Miss Georgia returned last Saturday from their sojourn of three months in California . Mr. Lear says that Southern California has just passed through the coldest winter in many years.

W.L.O. Bartlett, who contemplated moving to Idaho , has closed his retail store and will move into rooms in the Torrance block, where he continues to manufacture cigars. He will hereafter confine himself to the wholesale business exclusively.

A man named Hank Albertson was arrested the first of the week on charge of arson, and Wednesday had a hearing before Judge Dow and was bound over to the Grand Jury. Albertsen is charged with burning a building on the Martin Levine farm near Reading last Thursday night.

F.L. Humiston spent part of last week in Dakota on business.

A.E. Hart has spent the past week in St. Louis on important business.

John Flynn spent several days of this week at Ellsworth on legal business.

Mrs. D.W. Chute, of Reading , was in the city last Friday on a trading trip.

Miss Ethel Gibbs of Hot Spur, Ia. , is a guest at the home of Judge and Mrs. J.S. Kies.

P.W. Ledine and J.E. Moberg were in from Bigelow Monday transacting business.

Jas. Hogan left on Monday for Drinkwater , Canada , where he will spend the summer.

Roy and Oscar Anderson of Loomis , Iowa , were in the city Tuesday on business.

Chas. Kuhl, a prominent farmer living near Rushmore, was in the city on business yesterday.

H.W. Vollberding and M.R. Berkhimer of Iowa City , Ia. , were here the first of the week looking after property interest.

H.T. Scott, postmaster at Sibley, was a Worthington visitor last Monday. Mr. Scott was until recently editor of the Sibley Gazette.

W.b. Geepy, cashier of the St. Paul National Bank, was in the city Wednesday calling on his correspondent the Citizen National Bank.

The millinery opening held this week by the Misses Johnson & Kindlund was well attended. They exhibited a fine line of spring goods.

Mrs. Jannie E. Moore of St. Paul , a state deputy organizer for the Ladies of the Macabees, was here this week in the interest of the local Tent.

A.G. Anderson recently sold his personal property at auction and has rented his farm. He will go to Iowa to visit, after which he will spend some time looking over the country.

Dr. Samuel F. Kerfoot, who for the past eight years has been pastor of the large Central Methodist Church in Winona , will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Dr. Kerfoot is an able man and worthy of a large hearing. A cordial invitation is extended.

Miss Nellie Snider, representing the Womans Home Missionary society, delivered an address at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. Miss Snider is an entertaining as well as an instructive speaker and presented the facts concerning the home missionary work in a most interesting manner.

For sale or trade - A 4 room house in Clary Addition, two lots and good barn. Fred Munchow.

Mrs. A.L. Dunlap, of Heron Lake , was the guest of her daughter Mrs. Calvin Moen one day last week.

H.E. McKee, of Rock Rapids, Iowa , was a guest at the home of J.J. Kendlen last Saturday.

G.F. Hillstrom a real estate dealer of Callendar , Ia. , was in Worthington on business last Friday.

Mrs. Claribel Hart, of Rock Valley , Iowa , spent Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Kendlen, in this city.

Engineer Sudaby of the Omaha , has rented the Chaney house on the lake front, and will soon move his family to this place from Sioux City .

Fireman Washington , of the Omaha service has resigned his position and will shortly remove his family to Canada , where he has a position on a Canadian road.

C.K. Warne, of Charles City, Ia., spent a number of days here this week in an effort to organize a stock company to back a Chautauqua for Worthington next August.

Postmaster F.R. Cougham returned Tuesday from a sojourn of several weeks at a winter resort in Florida . He is much improved in health and was much benefited by his vacation.

For sale - Seed barley. Wm. Malcolm, Bigelow , Minn.

Ed. and Chas. Pannel [Pannell] left on Monday night for Drinkwater , Canada , where they will spend the summer on their claims.

Local News.

J.H. Rogers, of Wilmont, was in the city Monday.

E.J. Thoren was in from Indian Lake Wednesday.

Paul Jenson was a Sioux City visitor over Sunday.

Geo. Deland was in from Org Wednesday doing trading.

O.P. Anderson, of Spofford, did trading in town Wednesday.

Gust Nystrom, of Indian Lake , was a business visitor Wednesday.

Albert Leistico last week shipped another carload of horses to Chicago .

C.J. Smallwood made a trip to Reading Tuesday on telephone business.

C.F. Warner a Faulkton, S.D., real estate man, was here Tuesday on business.

J.F. Britt, of Leota, was a business visitor at the county capital last Saturday.

Miss Muriel Ramage has gone to Minneapolis to take lessons on the pipe organ.

Henry Neill, a Madison , S.D. real estate dealer, was here on business Saturday.

D.E. Harvey, prominent farmer of Hersey, transacted business in town Saturday.

E.L. Johnson a prominent farmer of Org, was in town on business Wednesday.

Mrs. W.J. Dougherty of Rushmore spent Sunday here visiting at home of Jas. Gibson.

J.F. Cotter, of Ransom township, was in the city Wednesday transacting business.

Miss Nancy Clark was called to Adrian last Saturday by the illness of her sister living there.

Wm. Ward and Jas. Baird, of Reading , were business visitor at the county capitol Wednesday.

County attorney C.M. Crandall had business before the Federal District Court at Mankato yesterday.

E.L. Nance and A. Oberman went up into Anoka county on Tuesday to look over a large tract of land they are negotiating for.

Mrs. Wickman and her sister Miss Sopia [Sophia?] Sterling went to St. Paul last Saturday to spend a week visiting relatives and doing shopping.

Wm. Brogan of St. Paul has been employed by the village council as chief engineer at the power house, a position long held by the late John Milton, and since his death filled by Mr. Eggleston. Mr. Brogan comes highly recommended as a first class electrician and engineer.

Married.

On Wednesday at the Evangelical Parsonage by Rev. J.H. Muehlhausen, Mr. Herman F. Zimmerman and Miss Minnie Boots, both of Nobles County .

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Source:
Microfilm, Worthington Advance; Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul , MN ; obtained March, 2008.

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