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Friday, December 24, 1909

GOOD WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Eliza Shore Dies on Old Homestead Near Rushmore

Mrs. Eliza Shore, one of the pioneers of Nobles county died last Saturday and was buried in Ransom cemetery beside her husband Tuesday. He died Dec. 27 19 08 . She suffered many years from rheumatism and was 81 years old and is survived by five sons and one daughter. The only daughter is Mrs. Cole Guernsey of this city.

Miss Elizabeth Greenhalgh was born in Lancashire Eng. , and married there in 1850. They came to America seven years later, settling in Benton , Wis. They came to Ransom township in 1873 and have lived there ever since on the original homestead.

All her life she was a devout Methodist, and her influence has been great for good during the many years she has lived in this county.

WILL LIVE AT CASS LAKE
Miss Williams Marries Dr. Galbraith at Elk River

The marriage of Miss Myrtle E. Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Williams of Worthington , to Dr. Logan B. Galbraith, occurred at the M.E. Parsonage Elk River, Minn., Dec. 15th, 1909 . Rev. T. Geo. Galbraith, brother of the groom, officiating. Miss Williams has made her home with her aunt Mrs. Wm. Gardner of Cass Lake , for the past two years and has made many friends in the social circle in which she moved. Dr. Galbraith is a graduate of the Northwestern Dental College of Chicago, Ill., class of '08. He is now a resident dentist of Cass Lake , Minn. Dr. and Mrs. Galbraith are on an extended wedding trip and will spend a few days visiting relatives and friends in Worthington . They will be at home to their friends at Cass Lake after Jan. 15th, 1910 .

MARRIAGE AT BIGELOW
Earl Boetcher and Miss Bessie Reynolds are the Parties

Earl Boetcher and Miss Bessie Reynolds, both popular young people of Bigelow were married Monday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Reynolds, in the presence of the immediate relatives only. Rev. Geo. Stowe, pastor of the Bigelow church, officiated. W.D. Lusk of Bigelow, a friend of the groom, acted as best man and Miss Lena Reynolds, sister of the bride, was the bridesmaid.

The newly wedded couple intent to leave in the spring for the southwestern part of South Dakota , where he has a claim on which they will reside.

PARALYSIS PROVES FATAL
Mrs. Mary Stone, Aged 74 Years, Dies Monday at the W.H. Heckert Home

Mrs. Mary E. Stone, aged 74 years, died Monday morning of paralysis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.H. Heckert, north of this city. the paralytic stroke was rather sudden and the woman, being aged and feeble, was not able to withstand the shock.

Mrs. Stone is also mother of Mrs. N. Lahmon, who resides north of Worthington .

Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon from the Reading church by Dr. L.L. Sowles of the Congregational church of this city. Interment was made in the Reading cemetery.

IRMA ELY DIES AT HOME
After Short Illness Young Life Passes Away

Irma Louise Ely was born Feb. 2, 18 93 . She died Tuesday morning of last week at the early age of 16 years, 10 months and 13 days after an illness of two weeks.

The funeral service was held at the family residence 7 miles west of Worthington Saturday at 10:30 , Rev. Ralph Carleton officiating. Interment was made at the Rushmore cemetery.

Irma lived an exceptionally beautiful life. She was always kindly, thoughtful and considerate of others. She loved the flowers, her animal pets, and God's great out of doors. Such a life naturally blossomed into the fragrance of Christian graces.

Darling Irma thou hast left us,
How we miss thy happy face,
With no one in this whole wide world
To fill the vacant place.

For you, the Saviour has a mission
In your home beyond the sky,
and we know that thou art happy,
Where they never say, 'Good-bye.'

Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy tendered us during our late bereavement; also for the beautiful floral offerings. --Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Ely and family.

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Born -- Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moberly of Sioux Falls , formerly of Worthington , a son Dec. 14th.

The club O. Ten met at the home of Mrs. Ross Dec. 15 ad a pleasant time was enjoyed.

Vallie Gerber of near Reading , departed Monday for Wisner , Neb. , to attend the wedding of his cousin, which takes place this week.

Mrs. A. Pratt visited from Monday until Wednesday with her brother, A.C. Fields at Bigelow.

Four families near Reading, namely: W.H. Heckert, C.P. Taylor, N. Lahmon and Mr. Burkhart's, intend soon to leave for Wyoming , where they will take up claims.

Russel Moberly of Sioux Falls was in the city Wednesday, while on his way home from St. James, where he passed examination for way freight conductor. His run will be between Sioux Falls and Mitchell, which run he formerly made as brakeman.

Arthur Calvin, the twelve-year old son of Vincent Calvin, who has been at the Worthington hospital for several days suffering from appendicitis, is now recovering after a successful operation.

MRS. JOHN HARDEN SUCCUMBS
After Illness of Two Years From Cancer, Mrs. Harden Dies at St Paul

Mrs. John Harden of St. Paul , formerly of this city, who has been suffering for nearly two years with cancer of the stomach, was finally relieved of great suffering Friday by death.

The funeral services were conducted at the home in St. Paul and the remains were taken to Wyoming , Ill. , her old home, for burial.

Mr. and Mrs. Harden were among earliest settlers of Nobles county, for a number of years residing on a farm east of town and later moving to Worthington . Here Mr. Harden and sons conducted a harness shop for several years prior to moving to St. Paul .

The many friends of the family will regret to hear of the great suffering and sad death of the loving wife and mother.

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Wm. Joseph of New Orleans , stopped here between trains Monday, while on his way home from Sioux Falls , to which place he had delivered a carload of bananas from his home state. He does not think much of the northern climate and was anxious to return to the south at the earliest possible moment.

Miss Emma Mueller came up from Sibley Tuesday on a shopping expedition.

L.R. Shaw came up from Bigelow Tuesday morning and transacted business here until the afternoon train.

C.L. Sorenson, manager of the Heron Lake creamery was in Worthington Monday transacting business in the interests of that concern.

Miss Frances Hafer came down from Brewster Monday and will assist in Nels N. Nelson's restaurant during the holiday rush.

Local Intelligence

Dr. A.R. Schmid will spend Christmas at his home returning Tuesday.

Mrs. George Thompson of Rushmore was shopping in Worthington Monday.

George Lutz of Bigelow transacted business in Worthington between trains Saturday.

Miss Emma Herman of Sheldon , Iowa , was calling on friends in this city Saturday.

Thos. Bristol of Sioux Rapids, Iowa , was in the city Saturday looking after farm interests in this vicinity.

Miss Kittie Chaney went to Dundee Saturday, where she will spend the holidays with her parents,

Miss Daisy Vail went to Owatonna Saturday to spend the Christmas vacation with her aunt, Mrs. L.F. Tesky.

Miss Christina Wick is spending the holidays with her parents at Jackson, she having gone to that place Saturday.

Frank Austin, teacher in the Bigelow schools, was at the anti-tuberculosis meetings held at the court house Saturday.

Mrs. Sam Rathlisberger returned Saturday from Iona , where she has been visiting three of her sons for several days.

Mrs. Nels Sorem and Miss Lena Reynolds of Bigelow and Miss Anna Thompson of Sibley were shoppers in the city Saturday.

Miss Jennie Holm, teacher near Brewster was among others who attended the meetings held here Friday and Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Olson, who have been visiting for the past month at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Hiller in Elk, left Saturday for their home at Reveire , Minn.

Miss Sarah Downes of Bigelow was among others from that place, who attended anti-tuberculosis meetings at the court house Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Foelschow returned home Saturday from Britt and Cherokee, Iowa , where they have been visiting relatives for several days.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Miller went to Adrian Monday, where they will visit several days with their daughter, Mrs. H. Dibble, whose husband is employed at the Democrat office.

Mrs. N. Scheckel of Alton , Iowa , passed through here Saturday on her way to Adrian to attend the funeral of her uncle, N. Forrett, who died at the latter place on Friday.

Miss Rose McCall came over from Brewster Friday and visited until the following day with her sister, Miss Bridget McCall, whom she accompanied home the following day.

Mrs. Max Lenz of Adrian passed through this city Saturday, enroute to her home at Adrian from Sioux City , to which place she had accompanied her son to the hospital. After a successful operation for appendicitis he is now on the road to recovery.

Miss Laura Pepple, who is teaching at Grand Marais, Minn. , arrived in Worthington Monday and will spend her Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.F. Pepple.

Miss Effie Stillwell of Spirit Lake , Iowa , visited from Monday until Tuesday morning with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Fish, when she left for St. Paul and Duluth , where she will spend the holidays with relatives.

Tuesday Will Humiston shipped ten Duroc Jersey hogs, nine of which were billed to N.P. Nelson at Windom, and one to Henry Smith at Windom. This makes a total of 16 hogs of this breed, which Mr. Nelson has purchased from Mr. Humiston in the past two weeks.

Saturday a number of the teachers in the public schools here left for their homes to spend the two weeks Christmas vacation. Among them were Miss Carrie Bachtle, who goes to Delevan and Chaska to visit relatives and friends; Miss Melita Roberts, whose home is at Stannon; Miss Elizabeth Thompson, who went to Spencer; Miss Mary Ash, who will visit at Mankato and the Misses Ida and Minnie Nelson, who will spend the holidays at their home at Kasota.

Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Hand, who have been visiting for several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Wilson, went to Bigelow Monday for a visit of a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hand.

Claude Ames and Mr. and Mrs. J. Westfield arrived in the city Monday for a few days visit with the former's uncle, J.A. Smith and family. The latter couple are on their honeymoon trip, they having been married last Saturday at her home in Pipestone.

C.S. Jones, professor of the Dundee schools came down Friday to attend the meetings at the court house. He returned home Monday accompanied by his wife, who has been in the hospital for the past week, where she was operated upon for tumor of the breast. An error in last week's paper spoke of the operation being for tumor of the brain.

Born -- Twin girls to Mr. and Mrs. Will Lundgren on Friday evening.

L.E. Johnson and Emil Anderson of Org were shoppers in this city Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Thom of Rushmore were here between trains Tuesday.

J.E. Salstrom of Bigelow transacted business in the county metropolis Monday.

Miss Ella Olson went to Bigelow Tuesday to visit her brother, Emil Olson.

George Bents of Rushmore was transacting business in the county seat Monday.

Mrs. C.S. Smith went to Graham , Iowa Thursday to spend the holidays with her mother.

R.J. Jones correspondent for the Advance-Herald at Reading was in Worthington Wednesday.

Dwight Ludlow is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Ludlow in this city.

F.S. Fosberg of Bigelow transacted legal business at the probate office Tuesday and Wednesday.

Miss Esther Sundberg went to Vinton Iowa , Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Samuel Bostrom during the holidays.

Karl Kent Smith and Archie Darling were passengers for Rushmore Tuesday, where they visited between trains.

Everett Christensen returned home this week from Round Lake , where he has been visiting his friend, Alfred Jensen.

Marriage licenses were this week issued to George Bents and Etge Hendricks; James Glovke and Miss Leta Sage of Adrian .

Mrs. A.E. Jones and two children arrived Tuesday from Minneapolis for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Humiston.

Bevins Austin arrived Thursday from Des Moines , Iowa and will vistit until after the holidays with his aunt Mrs. C.J. Smallwood.

Mrs. W.J. Dodge and Miss Marie Schaeffer came over from Adrian Tuesday to attend the dance giving by the militia that evening.

Miss Ada Rowe of Rushmore, who has been visiting for a week with her sister, Mrs. Orvie Anderson, returned to her home Tuesday.

Clarence Brown of St. Paul is visiting this week with friends in this city. Clarence and his parents moved but a few years ago from this city to St. Paul .

H.H. Collard moved his family to Mitchell , S.D. , Tuesday. He will take the day run on the branch in place of T.W. Edwards, who must leave for a milder climate on account of poor health.

Mrs. E.H. Canfield of Luverne stopped off here between trains Saturday for a visit with her son, A.L. Canfield, while on her way home from Minneapolis , where she has been visiting relatives for some time.

Miss Elfreida A.M. Jones and Martin L. Loafman of Reading were married Wednesday noon at the residence of George Lawrence by Dr. Jennings of the Presbyterian church. They will live at Reading this winter.

Mrs. Kate Graf and daughter, Mrs. Mary Myers and children returned home Monday from Mayville Wis. , where they have been visiting relatives for nearly two weeks. Mr. Myers, who was likewise at that place, returned home last Friday.

Misses Florence Hill, Vera Tollerson, Ora Dixon, Ida Michaelson and Vera Drake of Brewster, attended the anti-tuberculosis meetings at the court house Friday, returning home the following day. The latter three are teachers in the schools at Brewster.

J. Chermack and F.J. McCabe, living north of town cashed in their turkeys with the Worthington Creamery Co. this week. One received $84 and the other $51 for his birds. They were picked and shipped to New York , along with hundreds of other fowls.

 Local News

Walter Thore of Brewster was a business visitor to the city Monday.

Mrs. Wm. DeVaney was the guest of relatives at Bigelow from Tuesday until Wednesday.

H. Johnson of Little Rock , Iowa , was the guest of friends in this city from Friday until Monday.

Oscar Olson is spending the holidays with relatives at Slayton, to which place he went on Tuesday of this week.

A. Schinkle went to Sioux City , Iowa on Tuesday, where he will visit relatives for a couple months.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Allen and two children arrived in the city Saturday afternoon for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Allen.

O. Sjoholm left Tuesday via Chicago , for Cuba , where he will look over the country with the expectation of locating there.

Fred Schinkel of Akron , Col. , who has been the guest of his brother, A. Schinkel, for the past two weeks, departed Tuesday for his home.

Misses Gertrude and Edith Reynolds arrived Tuesday from Ocheyedan , Iowa to visit their aunt, Mrs. A.J. Osborne. Miss Gertrude Reynolds expects to remain with her aunt during the winter.

Eugene Wilson came up from Hawarden , Iowa , Tuesday and will visit until Friday with his sister, Mrs. A.K. Albright, who will at that time accompany him home, where she will spend the holidays.

Oscar Long, a practising optician at Frankfort , S.D. , came Tuesday to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Long, who reside in the Julius Palm house on the lake shore. Mr. and Mrs. Long moved to town last week.

Mrs. John Montgomery of Sibley visited with friends in Worthington between trains Tuesday.

Bigelow visitors to the city Saturday were: Mrs. D.T. Cain, N.M. Soren and wife and Mrs. F. Grapes, among others.

Attorney Manly P. Thornton returned Saturday from one of his regular weekly trips to Adrian , where he has a branch office.

Mrs. M. Hagberg, who has been visiting friends at Reading for several days returned Saturday afternoon to her home at Minneapolis .

J. DeVries of Sibley , Iowa , who has been the guest of friends near Reading for a couple of days, left Saturday for his home.

Misses Estella and Ethel Carlson and Mrs. E. Bjorkland went to their home at Paullina , Iowa , on Saturday, where they will visit until after New Year's.

F.C. Crowe, superintendent of the public schools at Ellsworth, attended the meetings at the court house Saturday between trains while on his way to his home at Jackson to visit with his parents.

F.H. Schoneman and two children of Round Lake , passed through this city Saturday on their way to Sioux City , where they will visit for a week with relatives. Mr. Schoneman is a section hand at Round Lake .

F.S. Seely came down from Floodwood , Minn. , at which place he has the position as superintendent of the public schools. He will spend the holidays with his family in this place. Saturday while returning home he was suddenly taken ill on the train, but at present has about fully recovered.

Misses Anna and Mary Garvey, Nettie Rowe, Pearl Forrett, Anna Galvin and Miss Pearl Billington were among those from Adrian, who attended the meetings here Saturday. Miss Pearl Billington was a guest of the Manly Thornton family over Sunday, when she returned to Brewster, near which place she is teaching school.

H. Larson who has been living in Minneapolis has returned to Org where he will farm.

Miss Cora Dow, instructor in the public schools at Heron Lake visited over Sunday with her parents in this city.

Martin Johnson, fireman on the branch on the Omaha , spent Friday and Saturday with relatives at Heron Lake .

Mrs. M. Donovan came down from her home at Slayton Saturday for an over Sunday visit with her son, J.F. Donovan.

Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Hand and three children arrived Saturday afternoon from Hatfield, for a few weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Wilson.

Mr. and Mrs. L.F. McCartney and daughter went to St. Paul Saturday where they will visit during the holidays with Mrs. McCartney's mother, Mrs. McCarthy.

Miss Anna Chapa, who has been staying in this community for several months, returned to her home in Kinbrae, where she will spend the holidays with her parents.

Sunday evening the Catholic Order of Forresters elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Dr. C.P. Dolan, Chief Ranger; W.J. Kane, Vice Chief Ranger; Ed. Murray, Passed Chief Ranger; Peter Netter, Financial Secretary; Eugene Smith, Treasurer; A.M. Renner, Recording Secretary.

Otto Kall arrived in the city Wednesday for a visit with his brothers, Svante and Alfred, whom he has not seen for several years, he having been in Larve , Sweden for the past three years. He states that he landed in New York about ten days ago and from here he expects to go west in a few weeks.

Leslie Luehrs, a high school senior, deserves especial mention for the translation of a German poem, which characterizes Peter, the Bible character, while he is in prison and he is tempted by his friends to escape, but by a vision is shown his duty to return to prison, which he does.

Among others who attended the anti-tuberculosis meetings here Friday and Saturday were: W.R. McLeod, Wm. Lindemann, H.E. Thom, Chas. Kuhl, Nels Ellingson of Rushmore, J. Peterson, Albert Jensen, Albert Brandt, A.Johnson, Barney Bullerman, Henry Honnerman of Adrian, N. Pfinnigan of Lismore, Frank C. Clapp of Bigelow.

Real Estate Transfers

Byron G. LaGrange to Grace E. LaGrange, portions of sec. 24 & 25-102-40; $1.00.

Hinian Hislop to Andrew F. Collins, lts 18 & 19, blk 6, Anderson's sub div, blk 1, 6, Clary's add Worthington; $1050.00

Geo. W. Young to E.T. Courson, ½ int of e ½ 14-101-41; $7525.00.

W.W. Courson to E.T. Courson, ⅔ int of n ½ 23-101-41; $16746.00.

W.P. Soash to Joseph J. Kies, se ¼ of se ¼ 1-103-40; $1.00.

R.F. Kerr to Lebs Geuken, lts 6 & 7, blk 13, Rushmore; $1100.00.

Arthur G. Thom to Wm. C. Thom, ½ int in se ¼ 11-102-42; $3400.00.

John F. Murphy to Johnson Bros., lts 13 & 14, blk 4, Round Lake ; $1000.00.

Loretta M. Guernsey to Alfred M. Feathers, lts 8 & 9, blk 12, Rushmore; $1450.00.

Sophia Barclay, widow, to Jas. H. Barclay, ⅓ int of sw ¼ 102-43; $1.00.

August Hayes to John F. Murphy, lt 14, blk 4, Round Lake ; $45.00.