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Friday, August 2, 1907

[NOTE: issue is missing from microfilm.]

 

Friday, August 9, 1907

A Sad Accident

 

A very sad and serious accident occurred Wednesday afternoon near Okabena, when a team of John Ulfer's, which was hitched to a binder, runaway and in their blind fright ran over his little four year old son killing him instantly, the body being literally cut to pieces. This is the first harvest accident we have been called upon to record this season and it is certainly a sad one. The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavment. -- Heron Lake Times.

 

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Miss Louise Leary, of Sioux City , was a guest of her uncle, Stanley Moore at the Hotel Worthington the first of the week.

 

LOCAL NEWS.

 

W.E. Madison made a business trip to Sioux City Tuesday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Smallwood spent Sunday at Spirit Lake visiting friends.

 

Mrs. Curtis and Grandma Brant returned to the Soldiers Home last Saturday.

 

Miss Doris Curran, of Mankato , is here on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. F.M. Manson.

 

Mrs. Humbird, of Webster City, Ia., is here on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Dickens.

 

T.A. Palmer has had his music store papered, which greatly enhances its appearance.

 

Carl Bramel, a member of Julius Palm's crew, fell off a twenty foot scaffold last Friday and broke his ankle.

 

Henry Haggard, one of Indian Lake 's substantial and progressive farmers, was a county seat visitor Tuesday.

 

Miss Gladys Humbert entertained a few friends at the home of her sister, Mrs. A.E. Dickens, Saturday evening.

 

Mrs. John Ely departed Wednesday morning for Saskatchewan , Canada , to visit her daughter and other friends.

 

A. Kirk of Elk, was in the city Tuesday on business. Mr. Kirk informs us that he begun his fall plowing on Monday.

 

Mrs. Eric Bowman, of Illinois , arrived Thursday for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. E.A. Granell, of Seward township.

 

Hayes and Reilly, of Wilmont, this week bought the Ben Gotmer farm in Bloom township. The sale was negotiated by M.P. Mann.

 

W.H. Buchan has been laid up the past week by an injury to his foot, incurred while at work on the street one day last week. He received a bad cut from a spade.

 

Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Otis, of Des Moines, who have been spending their vacation here, being guests at the Mann home, returned home Tuesday.

 

T.R. Hildyard and his mother, of Alexandria , Ia. , moved to Worthington this week, and occupy a house on Second avenue . T.R. is a brother of G.B. Hildyard.

 

Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Donaldson departed Wednesday with their little daughter, Marguerite, for Rochester , to consult medical experts regarding the little one's foot.

 

Mrs. Marshman, of Hubbard , Ia. , and her daughter, Mrs. Whitney, and children, of Eagle Grove , Ia. , are guests at the home of Mrs. N.H. Austin, who is a daughter of Mrs. Marshman.

 

Mrs. Benton and daughter, of Freemont Nebraska , are spending a few weeks in Worthington , enjoying the beauties of Okabena. They are stopping at the Mann home.

 

Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Hildyard last Saturday evening entertained a small party of young people in honor of their son, Joe, who left on Monday for South Dakota . A good time is reported.

 

W.A. Lackay, of Sioux Falls , a former resident of Hersey, was in the city Tuesday on business. Mr. Lackay is engaged in the real estate business at Sioux Falls , but spends most of the time on the road.

 

A[n] eleven year old son of Fred Shafer, who lives north of town, had a leg broken on Wednesday. The boy had lassoed a pig, which started on a wild run through the grove. He was dragged for some distance and had his leg broken on the trip.

 

Charley Kunze, of Elk, was in town yesterday.

 

Mrs. G.H. Luehr is visiting in Marathon , Ia. , this week.

 

Henry Pfiel had several ribs broken in a runaway accident last week.

 

Dr. Weidow was at Sibley Monday assisting in a surgical operation.

 

Fred Dring, of Loraine, was in the city Tuesday buying farm machinery.

 

Mrs. Cowan, of Jackson , is here on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. A.R. Albertus.

 

Mrs. Harvey Rew has gone to North Dakota to visit relatives the balance of this month.

 

Dr. and Mrs. E. King, of Fulda , were guests at the residence of W.E. Madison Tuesday afternoon.

 

Mrs. Jas. Mackay entertained a few lady friends Monday afternoon in her usual delightful manner.

 

Dr. Geyerman was called to Windom yesterday to perform an operation for cataract of the eye.

 

Banker J.E. Sahlstrom came up from Bigelow Tuesday evening to sport in the cool waters of Okabena.

 

Mrs. G.A. Lincoln gave an at home yesterday to a large number of her friends. A pleasant time is reported.

 

E.C. Huntington, editor of the Windom Reporter, passed through Worthington yesterday on his way to Spirit Lake , Ia. , for a short outing.

 

The Misses Luehrs gave an afternoon tea last Saturday in honor of Miss Anna Reitz, of Chicago , who is a guest at the Luehrs residence. The tea was a very enjoyable affair and was well attended.

 

Mrs. W.E. Madison on Tuesday afternoon entertained the Birthday Club in a very pleasant manner. Contests of various kinds formed the order of entertainment. Dainty refreshments were served.

 

Prof. R.H. Edwards returned last Friday from Mankato , where he taught in a summer school for teachers, and left on Wednesday with his family for Wisconsin , where they will spend the remainder of the vacation visiting.

 

Lt. S.S. Smith, commanding Co. F, received notice from the Adjutant General the first of the week to get the company ready for service on the Messaba range in case of emergency. The order reflects great credit on the company and officers for the confidence placed in them by the commanding officers.

 

G.W. Patterson went to Hamline Monday night, where he will spend most of the time during the next month in connection with his work as one of the managers of the state fair. Mr. Patterson is superintendent of the horse department, and is working hard to secure a good exhibit in this line. Two other Worthington men are connected with the department and will spend the week at the state fair. S.M. Stewart is assistant superintendent and Dr. J.N. Gould is veterinary for the department.

 

Mrs. Damon and her son and daughter, Albert and Mary, will leave next week for Hokah , Minn. , where Mr. Damon is principal of the school and where Miss Mary will teach in the 7th grade and music. They will go by the way of Minneapolis , where they will visit George, who graduated from the dental department of the State University last spring and is now practicing there. Mrs. Damon says they will live in Hokah for a year, after which they expect to make Minneapolis their future home. Miss Damon will continue her musical studies in the east after next year.

 

Guy Cahoon is on the sick list.

 

Earl McBride and lady Sundayed in Adrian .

 

Dr. Dodge returned Saturday from his visit to the twin cities.

 

Banker Ed Brickson, of Adrian , was here Wednesday on business.

 

Dr. Hough, of Sibley, assisted Dr. Wiedow in a surgical operation Saturday.

 

Miss Mary Johnson is down with typhoid fever at the home of Frank Saxon.

 

Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Brown drove to Bigelow last Sunday to visit her parents.

 

Secretary Palmer is busy getting things in shape for a rousing big county fair.

 

A.R. Albertus, the clothing merchant, spent Tuesday rusticating at Spirit Lake .

 

The Smith Implement Co. has bought the corner lots opposite their establishment from J.S. Ramage.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Noren, who left for Sweden some weeks ago, have arrived at their destination safely.

 

Reuben Oakes has returned from Minneapolis , where he had been taking a summer course at the state University.

 

Mrs. Olson, who had been here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J.W. McBride, returned to her home at Alta , Ia. , Wednesday.

 

Mrs. J.J. Marx and son, of Lismore, and Miss Hannah Halverson, of Harris , Ia. , were guests of Mr. and Mrs. V. Barnes over Sunday.

 

M.F. Sullivan has succeeded Geo. Davidson as local manager for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. The company has a new adv. in this issue.

 

R.G. Gage is here from South Dakota with a drove of horses, which will be sold at auction on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock . They are an unusually fine lot for western horses.

 

LOCAL NEWS

 

Mrs. William Jones is on the sick list.

 

Ernest Wickman visited at Heron Lake the first of the week.

 

Frank Brown visited his grandparents at Bigelow over Sunday.

 

Dr. West, of Armstrong , Ia. , was a guest of Dr. Wiedow last week.

 

Deputy Postmaster J.A. Pressall spent Sunday at his home at Eagle Lake .

 

Mrs. John Slyder, of Clarion, Ia. , a sister of J.K. Baker, is visiting here this week.

 

Hugh Mitchell and daughter, Mary, of Bigelow, were Worthington visitors Monday.

 

Robert Mackay went to Dundee the first of the week to visit his friend, Harold Chaney.

 

Marion Fairfield spent a week at Heron Lake , visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs. V.E. Butler.

 

Mrs. John Martin and daughter, of Round Lake , were in Worthington Friday on a shopping trip.

 

Taylor Johnson, a prominent farmer of Bigelow township, was in the city doing business Monday.

 

Delia Grannis, of the force at the Hub, is taking her vacation this week, and is visiting at Windom.

 

Miss Agnes Anson, of Luverne, who had been attending summer school here, returned home last Saturday.

 

Misses Minnie and Mary Kendlen, of St. James, visited Worthington friends a number of days this week.

 

Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Baker are enjoying a visit from Mr. Baker's grandfather, Mr. L.J. Shepherd, of Iowa Falls , Ia.

 

Mrs. Jens Christenson, of Loraine township, was on the sick list several days last week with an attack of inflamatory rheumatism.

 

E.W. Wakefield, of White Rock, S. Dak., was here the first of the week visiting old friends. He made the Advance office a pleasant call.

 

Joe Hildyard started for South Dakota on Monday afternoon, where he will help an uncle during harvest. He drove through in a buggy.

 

Herbert W. Eggleston and wife visited relatives at Beaver Creek last Sunday. They will spend the rest of the week with relatives and friends at Reading .

 

Mrs. C.B. Fairfield, of St. James, stopped off here over Sunday to visit at the Fairfield home. She was on her way to Rock Rapids to visit relatives.

 

The many friends of Mrs. Boyd will be pained to learn of her death which occurred recently at her home at Ardmore, Ind. Terr. Mrs. Boyd will be better known by her maiden name, Miss Beulah Sain.

 

J.F. Flynn spent Sunday at Ellsworth.

 

Geo. Hacker was in from Elk township Wednesday.

 

Charlie Won visited a brother at St. Paul over Sunday.

 

Charles Fritz, of Wilmont, was a Worthington visitor Tuesday.

 

Robert Reed is at Reading this week making repairs on an elevator.

 

Mrs. Ira Mishler is enjoying a visit from her mother and sister from Waterloo , Ia.

 

Misses Stella Mosher and Esther Harding went to Round Lake Monday to do shopping.

 

J.H. Maxwell went to Lismore last Monday to make some repairs on an elevator there.

 

Engineer Kitterman has moved into one of John H. James' houses on the corner of 3rd ave. and 14th street .

 

Henry Pfiel, of Worthington township, had a narrow escape from serious injury in a runaway one day last week.

 

R.T. Clark, of Bigelow township, was laid up a couple of weeks from injuries received in a runaway accident on July 22nd.

 

John H. James left on Tuesday for South Dakota , to begin his year's work for a Chicago commission firm, handling grain.

 

The hearing of the case against Rev. G.M. Walker was held last Friday forenoon before Judge Dow. Mr. Walker was held to the grand jury.

 

Miss Mattie Hastings, the popular deputy in the register of deeds' office, left last Friday for Pontiac , Ill. , where she will spend two weeks visiting relatives and friends.

 

Axel Sterling and family left last Sunday for Windom, where they will visit at the home of Mrs. Sterling's brother. Axel returned on Monday, but his family will remain a week or ten days.

 

Clifton , a little son of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Christenson, of Loraine township, who had been a patient at the Worthington Hospital , was taken home on Monday. He was operated on Thursday of last week for an abcess on the right cheek.

 

J.J. Leece, of Kansas , stopped off here last week to visit at the homes of J.H. James and Richard Prideaux. Mr. Leece was returning from a visit to the Isle of Man , his native land, which he left some 35 years ago. He says he would not give a good quarter of land in Kansas for the whole island.

 

P.H. Brown made a business trip to Slayton Tuesday.

 

J.A. Saxon, of Indian Lake , was in town Tuesday on business.

 

Miss Sophia Sterling returned Saturday from a visit at Minneapolis .

 

Mrs. R.L. Morland entertained at her residence on Wednesday afternoon.

 

A.L. Dunlap, of Heron Lake , is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Calvin Moen.

 

Miss Anna Reitz, of Chicago , is a guest of the Misses Luehrs this week.

 

I.F. Kelly and daughter, Wavia, visited relatives at Hartley , Iowa , Tuesday.

 

I.F. Kelly spent Sunday at Hartley , Ia. , looking up customers for Nobles county real estate.

 

Mrs. E.C. Pannell returned on Wednesday from a visit to the family of Rev. Curtis, at Rochester , Minn.

 

Mrs. Mary Haverkamp, of Wilmont, was at the county seat Tuesday attending to business in the probate court.

 

Nels Swanson, the well driller, has moved to Bowman county, N.D., where he expects to take up a homestead.

 

S. Anderson , of Ovaca, is here on a visit at the home of his son-in-law, P.G. Johnson, manager of the Colman Lumber Co.

 

Mrs. R.H. Patterson, who has been here on a visit to her son, R.H., is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. L.H. Hawkins, of Reading .

 

Rev. J.J. Filburn, of Elk, has sold his farm to William H. Marquardt, of Benton county, Ia. Mr. Maquardt also bought the R.H. Sykes 80 adjoining.

 

Mrs. Agnes Ruddock and two daughters and Miss Dot Kirby, of Decatur , Ill. , are guests at the J.M. Addington residence for a few weeks. Mrs. Ruddock and Mrs. Addington are sisters.

 

Editor C. Orsamus Sawyer, of Lismore, passed through town Saturday on his way to Hull , Ia. , to visit his parents. He says that Lismore is prosperous and that crops in that section look fine.

 

Jay Wolven was given a farewell " Camp Fire " party on Tuesday evening at Cherry Point, by a large company of young people. A good time is reported. Mr. Wolven left on yesterday for Aberdeen , S.D. , where he has a good position in a hardware store.

 

Local News.

 

Little Marie Madison was on the sick list several days the first of the week.

 

Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Dodge, of Round Lake , are guests at the home of their son, Dr. W.J. Dodge, this week.

 

Andrew Anderson was here from North Dakota this week looking after real estate interests and visiting old friends.

 

Louis Wall, of Wabay , S.D. , was here this week on a visit to John Boberg and other friends. Mr. Wall is an old Worthington boy.

 

NOBLES COUNTY NOTES

 

Bigelow

 

Bigelow people sincerely mourn the demise of the Signal, which suspended publication with the last issue.

 

Frank Brown of Worthington visited at the home of his grandfather, H. Ruprecht, over Sunday.

 

Banker Sahlstrom visited the county seat town Tuesday.

 

Mrs. E.F. Clower was on the sick list last Saturday.

 

J.A. Fialka will soon sever his connection with the lumber company and engage in business elsewhere.

 

M.J. Hubbard was under the weather last Saturday.

 

Postmaster Clower has sent in his resignation and Jas. Harrington and Mr. Lane , the barber, are candidates for the place. Harrington has been promised the appointment.

 

Mrs. Hugh Mitchell was in the village Saturday doing shopping.

 

Elk.

 

J.J. Filburn spent Saturday and Sunday at Ireton , Ia. , in attendance upon a communion service.

 

J. Schechter and family and Chas. Wolff were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Free last Sunday.

 

Frank E. Williams, wife and son Emmet visited Sunday with J.B. Williams, south of Brewster.

 

Mr. A.I. Standafer quite recently purchased of Floyd Matteson a half interest in a threshing rig which he expects to start going soon. In addition to the diploma recently gained at the St. Paul school of engineering it may be said of Mr. Standafer that he has the reputation of being in the habit of doing things, and is one who when it comes to industrial enterprises runs on a "Free" ticket and it is expected that he will give his competitors a hard chase.

 

Kinbrae.

 

Mr. Wm. Hunt of Kansas has been visiting his father, Mr. Chas. Hunt. He returned to his home Monday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Uhlman of Paulina , Iowa , who have been visiting their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. James Gerdner, returned home Tuesday.

 

Mr. Geo. Golden has been promoted to the position of section foreman on the Milwaukee road, and will hereafter be located at Lakefield , Minn. He loaded a car with household goods and he and his family departed Monday for the scene of his future activities. They will be missed in Kinbrae, and the best wishes of a large circle of friends will follow them to Lakefield.

 

Wm. Ledloff, auditor for the Lampert Lumber Co., was looking after his Co. 's interests Monday.

 

Mr. Alfred Anscomb, mother and his niece, Miss Wolstoncroft, drove to Fulda Sunday.

 

The Misses Grace and Lou Harding departed Friday for Hanley Falls Minn. , where they will pleasantly spend the time visiting relatives.

 

Mr. Chas. Skewis, traveling auditor for the Skewis Grain Co. of Minneapolis, was in town Wednesday evening to look after the company's local agent, one Davis, whom he failed to find at his post of duty owing to said Davis ' love for the piscatorial art. A word of caution to Davis at this juncture should be heeded.

 

Mrs. Anton Nelson left for Rushmore Tuesday where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Prideaux a few days.

 

Mr. Mike McGlin of Lakefield was a Kinbrae visitor between trains Monday.

 

Reading .

 

Charley Burns is doing some painting of late.

 

Charley Lutner is now taking his annual vacation from the mail route, and is helping with the harvest at home.

 

A. Rust and sons received their car of coal last Monday.

 

Mesdames G.T. Bulick and C.O. Burns were in Worthington on Monday.

 

F.E. Eggleston is mail boy while Charley Lutner is vacating.

 

Mr. Barnard, the new buyer for Greig & Zeaman Elevator Co., came down from Lismore Monday and is cleaning every thing up in readiness for the beginning of the season.

 

F.W. Shaffenberg and wife, Mrs. R.J. Jones and Mrs. A.R. Beilke and daughter Lena were at the county seat Tuesday.