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Friday, November 29, 1907

 

Whist Club

 

The Whist Club was entertained last Monday evening by Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Madison at a seven o'clock dinner, and there was a large attendance. After dinner several hours were devoted to whist.

 

At this meeting Mrs. H.S. Hobson was elected president, and Mrs. W.M. Evans secretary.

 

NOBLES COUNTY NOTES

 

Bigelow

 

Miss Lena Harrington arrived home Saturday accompanied by her sister, Mrs. John Gifford.

 

P.C. Ross is going to run Scott M. Ladd's farm next year, and is buying stock for it.

 

Moen Baldwin was up from near Alendolph, visiting his sister, Mrs. E.H. Brown.

 

John Hand got kicked by a horse Wednesday and at this writing is in a very critical condition.

 

Ransom

 

Mrs. Will Scott, who went to Iowa to visit her aged mother, was very much pleased to find her quite well. The old lady was up here some years ago and says she may come again, but if she does she will need a companion as she is too old to travel alone. She is now eighty-two years old.

 

Our townsman, Ormando Scott, received a letter the other day from his father, John Scott, saying that they arrived safely in California . The letter stated they were all well, and that their trip so far had been a very pleasant one. They called on the boys, John and Martin, at their claim in Montana , and Mr. Scott was favorably impressed with the country, and thinks the boys are well located. Jeff, who is in one of the new towns in the northern part of North Dakota met them at Fargo, and accompanied them as far as Devil's Lake. Mr. Scott's people seem to be having a very pleasant time, and their friends here will be pleased to know it.

 

Wilmont.

From the Tribune:

 

Mrs. E.L. Latourell and two sons returned Friday from Mankato , where they had been visiting relatives for some time.

 

Attorney Town of Worthington was transacting business in his line in Wilmont Friday.

 

Miss Helen Smith of Worthington , visited her parents in this city Tuesday.

 

Jake and John Gerber and Solomon and Meno Jantzi left the latter part of the week for West Branch, Mich. , to look over the county with a view of buying land. If the country suits them they will probably sell their property here and move to that place.

 

Ellsworth

From the News:

 

The happy termination of a twelve-month's courtship occurred on Wednesday morning of this week, when Richard M. O'Hearn led to the hymeneal alter Alice Milligan, the ceremony being performed in the Roman Catholic church by Rev. Father McDonald.

 

J.W. Young is loading his goods onto a car today and expect to leave about Saturday for the new home in Tulare county, California .

 

NOTES

About Nobles County People on the Pacific Coast .

Nov. 20, 19 07 .

 

Mr. and Mrs. Hockenson have moved into their new home at Ballard. Mrs. Hoskenson's maiden name was Miss Jessie Bly.

 

Wm. Clippenger left for Chehalis , Wash. , where he has secured a position.

 

A little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Merle Meacham Sept. 29, 19 07 .

 

Warren Ronald, of Bigelow Minn. is visiting at Wm. Mcleans this week. He and his uncle, Sam Callet [Caller?], have purchased a store at Spokane , Wash.

 

Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Roshon arrived in Seattle first of the week and are guests at the home of her brother, Mr. Geo. Darby.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott and daughter Miss Bessie, were calling on friends in Ballard. They stopped while enroute, to visit their son Jeff and call on the Bellknap family, old residents of Worthington .

 

Frank Sanford has his new house on 6 Ave., nearly complete.

 

Little James Maxwell has been quite sick with an attack of bronchitis.

 

Mrs. Ed Whitney has been sick with an attack of asthma.

 

Mrs. Dan Sutherland was calling in Ballard last week.

 

LOCAL NEWS

 

Fred Doeden was in town Tuesday doing trading.

 

Harry Ruprecht, of Bigelow, was in the city Tuesday on business.

 

Louis Olson, of Bigelow, was in town Wednesday doing trading.

 

Roscoe Eshleman of Bloom township was a caller on Wednesday.

 

Mrs. H.D. Woodford on Tuesday suffered another light paralytic stroke.

 

Miss Lulu Merrick, of Austin , is a guest of Miss Mabel Wheeler this week.

 

D.M. Holland, of Bigelow township, was in the city Wednesday on business.

 

Saml. and Wm. Shaw of Little Rock transacted business at the court house Tuesday.

 

Chas. Erickson, of Worthington township, was in town Wednesday doing trading.

 

Frank Dean, who had been laid up a few days with a bad cold, resumed work last Tuesday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Evans and children spent Thanksgiving with his mother at Gowrie , Ia.

 

Jas. S. Cox and P.J. Landis, of Adrian , transacted business at the county capitol Tuesday.

 

Guy Fellows and family, of Elk township ate Thanksgiving dinner with A.P. Darling and family, of this city.

 

W.G. Ramage left on Wednesday for Carlton , Minn. , to join Mrs. Ramage in spending Thanksgiving with her parents.

 

Register of Deeds H.R. Tripp and family went to Round Lake on Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving.

 

Albert Selberg, one of the substantial and progressive farmers of Bigelow township, transacted business at the county capitol Wednesday.

 

John Bass, a fireman on the Omaha line, last Saturday disposed of his household goods at auction, having decided to abandon housekeeping.

 

Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Potts, of Newcastle , Neb. , spent a few days here this week visiting at the home of the Misses Maine, who are cousins of Mrs. Potts

 

Rev. Grant B. Wilder, of Council Bluffs , Ia. , has accepted a call to the pastorate of Westminster Presbyterian church of this city, and will occupy the pulpit next Sunday.

 

H.S. Hobson and family went to Round Lake yesterday to spend Thanksgiving and the balance of the week with Mrs. Hobson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Dodge.

 

County Attorney E.J. Jones and family spent several days at Adrian last week, visiting his parents. His mother is in poor health and he consequently makes frequent visits there.

 

Peter Schaff has gone into bankruptcy.

 

Melvin Hovey, of Rushmore, was in town Wednesday.

 

John Webster went to Harris , Ia. , on business Wednesday.

 

C.H. Hugoboom, of Bigelow, was in town on business Tuesday.

 

W.C. Grant, of Harris , Ia. , was in the city on business Wednesday.

 

O.W. Johnson is home on a visit to his parents, who live near Org.

 

Oscar Allstead, of Lismore, registered at the Western last Monday.

 

Father Sherman and Pat Martin made a trip to Luverne Wednesday.

 

M.E. Lawton made a trip to Heron Lake last Saturday on real estate business.

 

Miss Clara Ackerman, of Dewald, spent Thanksgiving with her friend Miss Ethel Patterson.

 

John Hand, of Ransom, was seriously injured on Wednesday, by being kicked by a horse.

 

Born -- On Wednesday, Nov. 27th, 1907 , to Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Scott, of Ransom township, a son.

 

John Roth, of George , Ia. , was the guest of his brother, G.W., a couple of days the first of the week.

 

G.A. Fairfield came down from St. Paul Wednesday night to spend Thanksgiving with his family.

 

W.O. Tillman, the prominent implement dealer of Wilmont, had business at the county seat Tuesday.

 

Misses Anna Williams and Blanche Donahue, of the teaching force, spent Thanksgiving with friends at Pipestone.

 

A.J. Carrell expects to leave next week for Pennsylvania to spend six weeks visiting his parents and other relatives.

 

Sterling Lawton made a trip to Minneapolis in an automobile last week, returning Saturday afternoon on the train.

 

Miss Adelia Johnson, who has been employed in Miss Kinlund's millinery store as trimmer for some weeks, returned to her home at Dundee on Wednesday.

 

Dr. A.H. Clark leaves next Monday for Denver to attend the annual convention of the Rock Island railroad surgeons. He expects to visit Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak .

 

Miss Flora Betts, stenographer in C.M. Crandall's law office, enjoyed a visit from her mother, Mrs. M.A. Betts, of Danberry , Ia. , several days the first of the week.

 

Ernest Sterling came home the first of the week from Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiving under the parental roof. Mr. Sterling is employed in Dayton 's department store, and has charge of the furnishings department.

 

I.F. Kelley returned on Tuesday from Minneapolis , where Mrs. Kelley and their daughter Marjorie are still staying. The little girl is making satisfactory recovery from the operation for the removal of her eye, and they are expected home next week.

 

Dr. C.P. Dolan returned on Wednesday from his hunting trip in Northern Minnesota . While in the woods it was his gruesome lot to find a dead man, and he lost some time in notifying the authorities and getting the body out of the woods.

 

Judge and Mrs. G.W. Wilson entertained a few friends informally Monday evening. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. K.V. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Kies, Mr. and Mrs. E.K. Smith, Mrs. Jas Suddaby and Miss Prue Town .

 

Miss Eva Fairfield visited at Heron Lake over Sunday.

 

Robt. Smith made a trip to Omaha the latter part of last week.

 

Geo. Butler marketed a load of fine corn in town last Saturday.

 

A.F. Eshleman of Elk, was in the city on business last Monday.

 

Adam Bauchle of Brewster, was a Worthington visitor Monday.

 

Mrs. J.W. Burkhart of Reading , was in the city Tuesday doing trading.

 

F.H. Elbert of Lake Preston , S.D. , spend a day here last week visiting friends.

 

Peter Thompson went to Winona last Monday to serve on the Federal grand jury.

 

Erick Anderson and wife and Mrs. Swen Carlson transacted business in probate court Monday.

 

G.W. Patterson and Alderman E.V. Voak made a business trip to Brewster last Saturday.

 

Ted Ostrom of Adrian, visited friends here last Saturday. He went from here to Heron Lake .

 

A.J. Lemke of Bigelow township, was in the city Monday on business, and made this office a pleasant call.

 

J.A. Hagman, a traveling man, well known to Worthington people, was in the city on business Monday.

 

John Ramerth and John Kahle, of Graham Lakes township, transacted business at the court house Monday.

 

John Tryon has moved his barber shop into a room on the second floor of the Darling building on 2d avenue .

 

Mrs. Jos. Loveless and children returned the last of the week from a visit of several weeks with relatives in Minneapolis .

 

W.A. Frenz of Hersey, who had been laid up several weeks by the fracture of a bone in his ankle, was in town on business last Saturday.

 

W.H. Bloom made a trip to Brewster last Saturday, where he contracted to move a dwelling house from town out in the country a mile and a half.

 

E.E. Hashberger arrived the latter part of last week from Kansas , and has made arrangements to open a tailor shop in the Darling building on 2d avenue .

 

Geo. Elliot, who has been an inmate of the poor house for some time, on Monday received a letter from a brother living in Ireland , which contained money enough to pay his fare to that country and an invitation to spend the rest of his life with his brother.

 

M. Rosenberg returned last week from Bowman county, N. Dak., where he has taken a homestead. He will be here several months looking after business affairs. He likes his new location and will return there in the spring.

 

G.W. Patterson and Robt. Erickson have taken ____ ______. The name of the corporation will be the Patterson Erickson Co. and ___ will take over the Percheron farm north of town, and continue the breeding of thoroughbred horses.

 

Local News.

 

Wm. Malcolm was in from Bigelow township last Saturday.

 

Jas. Barnes of Bloom township, was a caller at this office last Saturday.

 

Mrs. J.E. Sahlstrom of Bigelow, visited relatives here last Saturday.

 

N.H. Elliot and family spent Sunday with relatives at Round Lake .

 

Henry Haggard and wife of Indian Lake did trading in Worthington last Saturday.

 

Mrs. H.C. Frank of Minneapolis , visited friends here the latter part of last week.

 

Gu_ Hedgart, who is attending school here, Sundayed with her parents __ Round Lake .

 

Dave Anderson transacted business at Bingham Lake for the Smith Implement Co., last Saturday.

 

County Surveyor M.S. Smith has taken a contract to excavate a six mile judicial ditch in Cottonwood county.

 

Jos. McKeever reports the birth of twin boys at his home last Friday. Joe is candidate for a Roosevel [sic] anti-race ___cide medal.

 

W.H. Bloom has just completed a new barn on his place on 12th street .

 

Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Moore left for Chicago the first of the week to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Moore's parents, and to take in the International Live Stock Exposition. Mr. Moore is one the foremost stockmen of the county and takes a lively interest in matters pertaining to the business.

 

Erastus Church, the well known Civil War veteran and market gardener, was 70 years old last Monday, and in commemoration of the event he indulged in the rare luxury of a shave and bath, and dressed in his Sunday best appeared on the streets to receive the congratulations of his many friends. Maj. Church expects to leave in a few days for Colorado , to spend the winter with a sister living there.

 

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Source:

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

 

 

 

 

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