Mrs. W.A. Saxon entertained
a few lady friends Saturday afternoon of last week in honor of her sister, Mrs.
W.A. Peterson, of Windom. It was a very pleasant event and a complete surprise
to Mrs. Peterson. Dainty refreshments were served.
Dr. W.A. Saxon and daughter
took the train Tuesday afternoon. The doctor was bound for
W.E. Eckstrom of St. Peter
has accepted a position in Morland's drug store.
LOCAL NEWS
Sheriff Fauskee made a
business trip to Wilmont.
Mrs. A. Thomte visited
relatives at Luverne a few days this week.
Fred Hegardt, of
John McKenzie, of Dewald,
attended Odd Fellows lodge here Tuesday.
Mrs. E.S. Whipkey, of
Rushmore, visited at the county seat Wednesday.
Mrs. A.R. Albertus is
enjoying a visit from a sister, Miss Cowing, of
G.C. Fellows, of Elk, came
in Tuesday evening to attend Odd Fellows lodge.
Fred Dring came in from
J.P. Selberg, of the town of
Mr. and Mrs. John Thievoldt,
of
A.E. Hart is building a new
barn on his place at the corner of 7th ave. and
W.L. Buck a real estate man
of Luverne was here a number of days the first of the week on business.
A marriage license was
issued on Tuesday to Henry Albers and Florina Schroeder, both of Nobles county.
Mrs. A.F. Diehn and
daughter, and Ernest Babls, of
G.T. Bulick, Frank Bulick
and H.D. Barnard, of
Sheriff James Black, of Rock
county, spent a number of days at the lakes in this vicinity fishing, the first
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Devaney and
Mrs. H.W. Steffens went to Red Wing the latter part of last week to attend the
funeral of J.E. Marple.
Mrs. H.S. Hobson and Mrs.
Harvey Rew left on Wednesday for the twin cities, where they will spend a few
days visiting friends and doing shopping.
Vernon Hayden, the
gentlemanly young druggist in Morland's store, is in
Andy Nystrom on Monday
resigned his position as chaffeur for Dr. Humiston, and has resumed work in the
machine shop, which he operates in partnership with his brother Peter.
Joe Arbes came down from New
Ulm Tuesday to look after business at R.L. Morland's drugstore during the
absence of the proprietor at
Andrew Doeden was in town
Tuesday on a trading trip.
J.F. Cass of
Mrs. Ed Lasher of Luverne is
here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J.S. Frink.
Otto Leabeck has accepted a
position as bartender in Levine Bros. saloon.
Mildred Moen and Gerald
Dickens visited at
Misses Blanche and Gertrude
McGowan visited friends at Luverne Tuesday.
Dave Herline of
Mrs. Carsten and daughters,
of
Mrs. J.J. Kies entertained a
number of lady friends Thursday at an afternoon tea. A splendid time is reported
by those present.
S.F. Pepple returned the
latter part of last week from a sojourn of several weeks at
Mr. and Mrs. Elon Williams
have moved into the rooms over A. Schmidts shoe store, formerly occupied by Dr.
Humiston as offices.
Carl Anderson and Oscar
Sterling went to St. Peter Wednesday afternoon to attend the concert given by
the Swedish Kronberg Regiment band.
Born -- On Monday, April
20st (sic), 1908 to Mr. and Mrs. J.H. James,
a son and hair. Mother and child are doing nicely, and Mr. James is expected
back on earth in time to make his regular trip on the road.
The
Mrs. Lettitia Russell died
on Tuesday morning at the home of her son, E.H. Russell, in Loraine township, at
the advanced age of 86 years. The body was taken to her old home at
When Ed. Rozers returned
home one day last week he found a note from his wife saying she had left to make
her own living, and requesting her husband to care for their two children. The
only reason apparent for the departure of Mrs. Rogers is that she had become
dissatisfied with the quality of support given her.
A.E. Hart and family on
Monday moved into their handsome new residence, recently completed by Contractor
Julius Palm. This beautiful edifice adds one more to the long list of fine
residences which adorn
Rose Nelson spent Sunday
with friends at St. James.
Geo. Hurd made a business
trip to Rushmore last Tuesday.
Rev. G.A. Cahoon went to
Hills on Tuesday for a short visit.
Atty. S.S. Smith made a
business trip to
For
J.W. Hamilton of Route 3 was
in town doing trading last Monday.
The Tourist Club met with
Mrs. Wm. Chaney on Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Suddaby
have moved into the C.R. Bishop house.
Editor A.J. Schaeffer of
Merle Hulbert and C.L.
McCartney went to
Editor Chas. Hamstreet of
Rushmore was a business visitor to this city on Tuesday.
A. Rust, a prominent farmer
of
Fred Tripp, one of the
merchant princes of
On Thursday F.C. Brace went
to
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Hayes
returned on Wednesday from a weeks visit with relatives and friends at
Miss Helen Ludlow spent a
couple of days at Rushmore the first of the week visiting at the home of her
brother, J.B. Ludlow.
Wm. Chaney bought ten acres
of irrigated land about a month ago at $100 per acre. He has recently been
offered $150 per acre for it, which indicates how rapidly values rise.
Ellsworth has a sensational
scandal on its hands. A short time ago a prominent farmer living near there was
arrested on a charge of bastardy, and now the complaining witness has left town
and the illegitimate offspring has totally disappeared.
J.C. Salsbury, of Sherburne,
general agent for the American Registry Co, and the Great Eastern Casualty G
Indemnity Co., of
The officers and degree team
of the Degree of Honor went to Luverne on Tuesday afternoon, where they
conferred the degree on a large class of candidates on Tuesday evening. They
were entertained by the ladies of the Luverne D. of H. The party included the
following ladies: Mmes. R.G. Leonard, W.E. Madison, Alex Cree, J.E. Frink, Thos
Dovery, Cal. Moen, E.E. Hurd, Chas. McGowan, A. Thomte, J.W. McBride, L.W.
Abbott, W.A. Saxon, W.S. Wyatt, Francis Nichols, John Wilson, J.G. Mitchell, G.A.
Engbretson, J.M. Addington, S. Kall and A.C. Dickens.
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