KILLED AT SIBLEY
Will Mcgowan, Bridge Carpenter, Victim of Peculiar and Fatal Accident.
Deceased Was a Well Known Railroad Man and Very Popular.
A shocking accident occurred
on Wednesday afternoon, shortly before
The deceased was a brother
of C.W. McGowan, a conductor on the
Venus Eshleman went to
Cherokee last week to visit with relatives and friends.
The Mission Band will meet
with Mrs. Ralph Eikenberry on Thursday of next week.
Paul Schutz who was quite
seriously injured in a runaway several weeks ago, is getting along real nicely
and will be able to be up soon.
Addie Ely spent Sunday with
her parents near Rushmore.
Roy Fowler is kept quite
busy shearing sheep.
Leisa Schulz is sewing for
Otis Hankins.
Orvie Anderson who had his
leg broken several weeks ago, is able to get around on crutches.
John A. Saxon has recently
added a fine phonograph to his collection of musical instruments.
Bennet Johnson of the
Worthington Swede Band visited the
A large number of our
citizens were over in
Dr. Frank Peterson of
The revised Philathea met
with Miss Amanda Nystrom last Tuesday evening.
Miss Rensie DeBoer closed a
very successful eight month term of school in the Saxon district last Friday.
Ernest Foelschow and Miss
Emma Thueson were married Tuesday at the home of the bride's parents in Bigelow
township. They are well known young people of Nobles county, and have a very
bright future before them.
F.C. Stitser and family, who
are on the Pacific coast, took in the naval review at
LOCAL NEWS
G.C. Fellows, was in from
Elk, Saturday.
Mrs. Jas. Suddaby visited at
Bigelow last Saturday.
Miss Etta Moen visited at
J.W. Hamilton of route
three, did trading in town Saturday.
Dave Hulton, of route three
was in town Tuesday doing trading.
F.A. Viblen of
M. Thompson of Ransom
township was a county seat visitor last Friday.
W.H. Hawkins and wife of
George E. Thompson of
Rushmore made this office a pleasant call last Friday.
Mrs. D.W. Chute of Wilmont
spent a few days in the city last week doing shopping.
J.W. Pepple of St. James
spent a few hours under the parental roof here Sunday.
W.R. McLeod, wife and
daughter, Lillian, of Rushmore did trading in
Mrs. A.H. Rice and daughter
Magnolia, of St. James, were over Sunday guests of Mrs. E.E. Hurd.
For rent -- After June 1st,
5 room cottage, on 6th ave. near 10th st. Address D.W. Chute, Wilmont.
Mr. and Mrs. I.L. Noggle, of
Miss Lelah Walker
entertained a number of her young friends Tuesday afternoon in honor of her
birthday.
J.B. Ludlow assistant
cashier of the Rushmore state bank, came over on Tuesday to attend a meeting of
the Alumni association.
Wm. Jensen of Seward
township was in the city yesterday on a shopping trip. He says the crops in his
section are looking fine.
K.V. Mitchell, assistant
cashier of The Citizens National bank, is taking a week's vacation, and
accompanied by Mrs. Mitchell is visiting at
H.S. Myers will move into
the cottage vacated by O.W. Dieckhoff, and G.W. Patterson will move into the
residence at present occupied by Mr. Myers.
The Patterson-Erickson Co.
has sold a car-load of draft horses to W.G. and Jas. R. Ramage, which are to be
shipped to
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Scott and
daughter returned last week from their sojourn on the Pacific coast. They
visited numerous places of interest and saw a great many former
John Humiston and family
returned last Friday from
O.W. Dieckhoff and family
left on Tuesday for Cherokee,
A.E. Little was in from Elk
Saturday.
G.F. Hastings of route 1 was
in Saturday on a trading trip.
J.A. Saxon of
Mrs. Theo. Heirdrichs of
route 5, did shopping in town Saturday.
Clyde Williams of route
three was in the city on business Saturday.
J.M. Kimmel of Elk
transacted business in
Vic Anderson, the bonanza
farmer of Org, was in the city on business Saturday.
Mrs. Ross Schwartwood, of
Currie is on a visit to her daughter Mrs. John Donovan.
The Ladies Cemetery Aid will
meet next Monday afternoon at
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Seymoure,
of
Mrs. C.M. Cory had the
misfortune to step on a rusty nail, Wednesday afternoon, causing a very painful
wound.
Mrs. W.J. Parry of
Wanted -- A place in country
for boy to work for board in kind family. Please write or call. Mrs. Eleanor
Conger, care A.E. Hart,
Joseph Taylor received a
telegram from Stevenson county,
Mrs. C.A. Lee left the first
of the week to visit her children who live at different points in the state,
after which she will go to Arroyo Grande,
Mrs. Hattie Bassett and
daughter, Mrs. Frank Thom, Miss Lillian Thom, Mrs. J.M. Black and Mrs. Frank
Palm, of Rushmore, were at the county seat on a shopping trip last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Wickstrom
of this city were made the victims of a very pleasant double birthday surprise
party last Saturday evening by about 25 of their relatives and friends who came
in to help celebrate Mr. Wickstrom's 60th and Mrs. Wickstrom's 51st birthday.
The party included their children, grand children and a few friends, who brought
means for a bounteous repast, and left a handsome rocker as an expression of
love and esteem.
Jas. Baird of
P.C. Anderson of Org, was in
town Wednesday on business.
Fred Humiston left on
Tuesday on a trip to
Geo. Butcher of route 5, was
in town on business Saturday.
Andrew Hogberg of
Frank Baker of
Peter Spartz came down from
Wilmont in his automobile Monday.
Theo. Shontz was a guest of
Senator Shell and family the first of the week.
Frank Roth, of
Born -- On
C.J. Smallwood went to
Senator and Mrs. S.B.
Bedford of Rushmore, visited in
Ed. Stoltenberg of
G.B. Hilyard last Sunday
visited his family at
Jet Smallwood and Miss
Blanche Matteson came down from
Ex-Mayor E.A. Tripp, who is
now a resident of
W.E. Moses, of
The social given by Miss
Beulah Dring's school last Friday, in the Fitzgerald district, was a decided
success. The proceeds, about $12, will be used to buy decorations for the school
room. The social was the closing feature of the school where Miss Dring has
taught very successfully.
The Whist Club gave a
farewell party Wednesday evening in the parlors of the hotel Worthington in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Ramage, who leave soon for
A real estate deal of
unusual interest was consummated last Friday, when G.W. Patterson sold the
University farm, of 200 acres, to Wm. Shanks of Elk township. Consideration $75
per acre. Mr. Shanks will take possession next spring. Mr. Shanks has sold his
farm in Elk to L.J. Holland, at present a tenant on one of Mr. Patterson's
farms.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson
came over from Rushmore last Saturday to buy an outfit of furniture to again set
up in housekeeping. Last fall they sold their goods and went
Ransom
Miss McNary is at her old
place schoolroom this week. She was away last week, went home to
T.B. Thompson has not been
feeling well for some time, and the other day he concluded to see a doctor and
learn what ails him. After an examination the doctors thought that he would need
to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Perhaps the operation may be postponed
for a time.
Miss Boyce, who taught the
winter and spring terms in the Graves district has been engaged to teach in the
graded school in the
N.R. Carper is doing a
little draining this spring. Haken Larsen is working with him. The Courson
brothers have made preparations to do considerable tiling this season on the
north half of section 23. Mr. Courson came here the other day and brought with
him three men from