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Friday, June 25, 1909

LOCAL NEWS NOTES

S. Kindlund was a business visitor to Dundee Monday.

Senator E.L. Canfield, of Luverne, was in the city Tuesday.

Sheriff Frank Stevens, of Sibley, was in the city Wednesday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Will, of Iowa are guests of B.S. Uden and wife.

Mrs. M.C. Carr left Tuesday morning for a visit with Minneapolis friends.

R. Geyerman, of Brewster, was transacting business in this city Tuesday.

Miss Carrie Bish left Tuesday for a couple of weeks' visit with Brewster friends.

A new boy arrived at the home of A. Sullwold, the chiropractic, last Sunday morning.

E.J. Wolven left Wednesday for Minneapolis , where he will visit for a few days.

Herman Hart made a business trip to Mitchell and other South Dakota points Monday.

Mrs. Dr. Clark and daughter, Edith, went up to Heron Lake Tuesday morning for a visit with relatives.

J.A. Cashel, wife and baby left Wednesday afternoon for a week's visit with relatives at Winona .

James Devaney, of Dell Rapids, S.D., is the guest of his brother, Will, and other relatives in Worthington .

Mrs. S.M. Stewart returned home Tuesday morning from a visit with relatives at Chicago , Ill. , and Burlington , Wis.

G.C. Moyer, of Little Rock , Iowa , came up Saturday for an over-Sunday visit with his brother, northeast of town.

Mrs. J.S. Tolverson returned to her home in Fulda Saturday after a pleasant visit with E.J. Helmick and family.

A number of the young folks from Worthington attended the social at the home of Will Olson, in Indian Lake Thursday night.

Mrs. E. Swartwood and Miss Hazel, left Tuesday, for Currie where they will spend the ensuing two weeks visiting with friends.

Mrs. Ned Jones and children returned home Tuesday afternoon after a pleasant two weeks visit with relatives at Humboldt , Iowa .

John Mosher, of Minneapolis , son of Wm. Mosher, of this city, was calling on friends and visiting with relatives in this city Wednesday.

Miss Anna Ellingson went to Waseca , Minn. , Tuesday to be present at the marriage of her cousin, Miss Dora Johnson, which took place Wednesday.

Send a postal card to Valder College , at Decorah , Iowa , for the handsomest catalogue ever sent out by a western school. Business, Shorthand and Normal .

Mrs. J. Suddaby went to the twin cities Sunday night and remained until Tuesday on business connected with the millinery firm of Hawley & Suddaby.

Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Whipke, who reside on the McKeever place, east of town are happy over the arrival of a daughter, who made her debut Wednesday morning.

Miss Anna Graves went to Luverne Monday afternoon for a few day's visit with friends and to be present at the wedding Wednesday of Mr. Iver Skyberg and Miss Agnes Anson.

Mrs. C.H. Saulpaugh, of Mankato , returned home Friday, after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Allen, and sisters, Mrs. Stanley Moore and Mrs. W.W. Loveless. She was accompanied by Will Loveless, who will visit for a time in Mankato .

Misses Lottie Kall, Emma and Jennie Strom, Mabel Kunzman, Eureka Solbom and Mrs. Roy Newman, were passengers for Org Friday to attend the social at the home of P.C. Anderson.

The tower, cornice, door and window casings, etc., of the court house are being repainted. C. Synkerson and a force of workmen are busily engaged at the work, and a first-class job is assured.

Children's Day exercises will be held at the Congregational church at the hour of morning service. Rev. J.A. DeRome, of Towner, North Dakota, will take part in the service and will preach in the evening.

The Baptist Sunday school held its annual picnic at the home of Charles King, at Org Wednesday. A large portion of the members braved the threatening weather and were rewarded by a most enjoyable time.

Henry Cotton, of Mapleton , Minn. , arrived in the city Monday and has accepted the position of buttermaker at the Worthington Creamery, taking the place of Oscar Nebel, who has gone to Beaver to accept a similar position.

Miss Myrtle Selby departed Wednesday for Edgemont, S.D., where she will spend the summer with her parents, who are now located on a claim at that place. She will return to Worthington for the school year of 1909-10.

Rev. Darnell, former pastor of the Baptist church of this city was renewing acquaintances in Worthington this week. Mrs. Darnell, who has been quite ill for some time, but is now convalescent, has been the guest of Mrs. Alma Peterson and other friends in the city for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gardner, of Kinbrae, were in the city Wednesday and made this office a pleasant call. Mrs. Gardner is one of the leaders in the Advance-Herald piano contest, and while in the city added several new names to the subscription list of the paper and several thousand votes to her standing in the contest.

Fifty-nine tickets were sold from this point for the special train to the Woodman picnic at St. James yesterday morning. Most of this number was for transportation for the Worthington Concert band and the Indian Lake band, the majority of the pleasure seekers going up on the regular train at ten o'clock .

The Men's Sunday Club will have a special program next Sunday at the Congregational church from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Drs. Jennings and Cahoon and Rev. Alvord will each give a short talk. Mrs. L.H. Gray has consented to give one of her famous readings. The male quartette will sing and there will be piano solos and other music. Ladies Day. Everybody invited.

Mankato has established a chain gang to work upon the streets. The move is made in order to make that city an undesirable abiding place for the tramp, hobo and professional beggar. A large healthy rock pile will soon be added, and it is safe to say that as soon as the news of the innovation becomes noised about in trampdom, Mankato will be scratched off the visiting list of these undesirables.

Miss Martha Peterson, of Worthington , and Aaron Anderson, of Los Angeles , Cal. , were quietly married at the home of the bride Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate relatives and a few friends by the Rev. C.M. Johnson, of the Swedish Mission church. The happy couple left on the afternoon train for California , where they will make their future home.

Will Cain, a brakeman on the Rock Island is laid up as a result of injuries received in a peculiar manner. While at work Wednesday the coupling between two cars broke just as he attempted to step from one to the other. In order to prevent going down between them he was compelled to jump off to the side of the track, landing in such a way as to bruise one foot severely, and turn an ankle, which will give him an enforced vacation of a week or ten days.

Ruth Christensen, daughter of William Christensen, celebrated her twelfth birthday last Sunday. A number of her young friends were invited to spend the day with her, and these presented her with a beautiful rocker as a token of esteem. At the noon hour a fine dinner was served, which was greatly enjoyed by the young folks, but an elaborate supper had to be forgone owing to the threatening clouds, which caused them to depart for their several homes rather prematurely.

A couple of Indians, a squaw and a buck were in the city Tuesday afternoon selling trinkets of bead work and other handiwork of their tribes. They disposed of quite a lot of their gaudy offerings at good prices, most of it being purchased by travelers at the depot. The Indians were fairly well educated, well along in years, and dressed in the garments of their white brothers, and aside from their swarthy complexions and the general contour of their features did not look the part of "Poor Lo."

Dr. Weidow has the distinction of being the first owner of an auto to equip same with electric lights. The change was made Friday of last week, the machine being fitted with two Tungsten lights in the front lamps. The auto appeared on the street Friday night with the innovation and attracted considerable attention. The power is furnished by the same batteries that are used for the ignition and the lights can be thrown on or off at the will of the operator by the throwing of a switch, and without leaving the car.

William A. McKinney , of this city, and Miss Luella Burton, of Ashton, were quietly married yesterday at the home of a relative of the bride at Minneapolis . The groom is the popular baggage master and express messenger on the Sioux Falls branch, and is well and favorably known, as a man of excellent habits and genial personality. The bride has for some time conducted a millinery establishment at Ashton, and has many friends in this city, having visited here on several occasions. Hearty congratulations and well wishes are extended not alone by the Advance-Herald but all friends as well.

Sheriff Fred Jones, of Spirit Lake , Iowa , was registered at the Worthington hotel Tuesday night. Mr. Jones had just received word that Mary Roth and Jessie Dougherty, of the same place, had been placed under arrest at St. James, in answer to communications sent out, charging them with being implicated in the death of a few days' old babe, whose body was found in Lake Okaboji . It is claimed that one of the girls is the mother of the infant, and took this means of disposing of the child to hide her shame. Sheriff Jones went up to St. James Wednesday morning to secure the prisoners and return them to Iowa for trial.

The traveling expert for the New Home Sewing Machine Co. will be at Geo. R. Lawrence's furniture store (successor to Chaney & Mackay) on July 1st. He will clean and repair all "New Home" sewing machines free. There will be no charges made for the work. The only charge that will be made will be for a new shuttle if needed or any part that should be replaced. Bring the head or the whole machine to our store not later than June 30th. This is a rare opportunity to have your machine put in first-class order by the best sewing machine adjuster in the country. This expert is in the employ of the New Home Sewing Machine Co. and must be first-class to hold so responsible a position. Call us up on the phone, or come in and ask us about the proposition. Geo. R. Lawrence, (Successor to Chaney & Mackay) Worthington , Minn.

Scaffol Broke

Robert Reed and Gay Allen were victims of an accident Wednesday morning which fortunately did not have any serious results, although Mr. Allen will nurse several sore spots for some time. The gentlemen were engaged in constructing an automobile shed for the use of Dr. Dolan, upon the rear of his lot at his residence. The structure had reached the point where the carpenters were putting on the roof, and while thus engaged, the nails holding the scaffold upon which they were standing gave way, precipitating them to the ground, about eight feet below. Mr. Reed landed in the soft earth, and escaped injury, but Mr. Allen was not so fortunate. He fell in such a manner that he landed on his back upon a small pile of lumber, which struck just over the kidneys, rendering him unconscious for about five minutes.

He was assisted to the house upon his recovery and when the reporter called on him was seated in a rocking chair, and expressed himself as felling pretty sore. He was able to resume work, however, the next day, handicapped of course by the soreness which would naturally follow an injury of the character received.

Local Intelligence

Ned Jones was a business visitor to Bigelow Saturday.

J.T. Johnson was a business visitor from Windom Friday.

For Sale -- Heavy brass trimmed harness. Lee B. Leonard.

F.C. Brace made a business trip to Mankato Saturday night.

W.C. Wyatt was a county seat visitor from Bigelow Monday.

Dr. F.M. Manson went up to Minneapolis Monday on a business mission.

Mrs. Elon Williamson spent several days last week with Luverne friends.

Henry Hanson, of Luverne, was the guest of friends in the city Saturday.

Charles Ashbaugh was a caller in this city from Rushmore Saturday.

Frank Ennenga, of Little Rock , Ia. , paid a business call to this city Friday.

Clint Rickabaugh, of Sibley, was transacting business in this city Saturday.

Mrs. A.F. Collins returned home Saturday from a visit at the twin cities.

Misses Ellen and Evelyn Anderson were guests of Rushmore friends this week.

Prof. C.S. Jones and wife, of Dundee , were in the city for a short time Friday.

Mrs. Guy Hancock, of Minneapolis , was the guest of relatives in this city last week.

Mrs. L.F. Sprague, of Luverne, was the guest of friends in Worthington Sunday.

M.L. Holbrook has taken up his residence in the rooms recently vacated by M.J. Martin.

L.J. Gibson, of Beaver Creek, spent several days this week transacting business in Worthington .

Jean Albertus returned home Saturday from a visit of a couple of weeks with Jackson relatives.

George Wyckoff departed Monday afternoon for Deadwood, S.D., where he has obtained a situation.

Mrs. J.S. Cochs, of Windom, returned home Monday from a brief visit with Worthington relatives.

Mrs. Selina Martin left the first of the week to spend several weeks with relatives at Somerset , Wis.

Mrs. K.V. Mitchell, who has been visiting relatives in Spencer , Iowa , returned home Monday afternoon.

Joy and Gladys Tripp left Saturday for a visit with the family of their uncle, C.J. Riley at Sioux Falls .

Mesdames J.J. Carey and W.O. Tilman, of Wilmont, were guests of friends in Worthington Friday.

Five room cottage for rent or sale on very easy payments. Inquire of Tom Hogan at Western Implement Co.

Garrett Ellerbroek, of Sibley, was in the city Saturday between trains on his way to Magnolia to land business.

Earl Barkelew left Sunday night for Sioux Falls , where he has accepted a position in a baking establishment.

Mrs. Mike Carrigan returned to her home in Adrian Saturday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. A.M. Renner.

Ray Wolven has been doing some effective advertising for the Chautauqua in the neighboring towns the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. John Corncross left Friday night for Lodi , Wis. , where they will be the guests of relatives for a short time.

R. Wallace and wife departed for Minneapolis Monday afternoon, and will reside in that city in the future. Mr. Wallace, who has been employed as brakeman on the branch, has been transferred to a run out of the Mill city.

The bath house has been liberally patronized by bathers during the past week and the warm weather has made the water fine.

J.W. Jones, district agent for the Provident Life and Trust Co., left Saturday for an over-Sunday visit with his relatives at Fulda .

Mrs. R. Moore, of Wayzata , Minn. , returned to her home Monday night after a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. J.P. Loveless.

Miss Emma Watson, who has been the guest for several months of her sister, Mrs. R.L. Morland, returned home Saturday morning.

George and Alice Rugg, of Artesian, S.D., who have been visiting at the Harvey Rew home, left Saturday for a visit with Luverne friends.

John Sickler, of Fairmont , who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. C.R. Bishop, left Saturday morning for a visit with relatives at Lakefield.

Amos Todd, who is now looking after the peace and dignity of Beaver Creek in the capacity of town marshall , spent Sunday with his family in this city.

Oscar Nebel departed Monday morning for Beaver Creek, at which place he will act as manager and buttermaker at the creamery at that place.

Walter T. Wyckoff and bride, of Belle Fourche , S.D. , spent several days last week with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.V. Wyckoff.

P.D. Moore, who is engaged with A.P. Rose, in getting out the history of Jackson county, came over from Jackson Sunday and spent the day calling on friends.

Miss Christina Nelson, of Grove City , Minn. , visited over Sunday with her brother, P.J. Nelson, and family, and left Monday afternoon for a few days' visit with friends at Luverne.

Mrs. K.W. Johnson and daughter, May, of Wessington Springs, S.D., the former a sister-in-law of Mrs. Henry Stephens, came last Friday for a weeks' visit at the Stephens home.

The branch of the Western Implement Co., at Fulda , has been sold to M.J. Dixon, of that place. A.M. Renner went up Monday to take an invoice and make a transfer of the property.

John F. Flynn returned to Worthington Saturday after a prolonged business trip to Vale, Ore. Mr. Flynn has extensive land interests in that section and has been kept busy looking after the same.

Ivan Pettit, who is engaged as manager of a meat market at Trosky , Minn. , spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. G.V. Pettit, leaving Sunday night for St. Paul where he will visit for a few days.

Mrs. E.E. Beckley, of Blue Earth, who was called here by the death of her father a couple of weeks ago, and has since been the guest of her sister, Mrs. M.P. Mann, departed for her home Saturday.

Mrs. Sarah Murray, of Sioux City , who has been the guest of her brother, J.A. Smith, and family, returned to her home Monday afternoon. Mr. Smith accompanied her and will visit with her for a few days.

Mrs. G.A. Lincoln left Monday for her home in Worthington , after being here for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. G.A. Bradford. Miss Lois Bradford accompanied her to spend the summer. --St. James Plaindealer.

Revs. Pottsmith, of Brewster, and Stevens, of Reading , exchanged pulpits last Sunday and on Monday both were in Worthington on their return journey and were guests of Rev. Jennings during their brief stay in the city.

Elon Williamson is limping around these days with the assistance of a cane. Saturday he had the misfortune to step upon a nail, which penetrated through his shoe and entered his right foot, inflicting a painful wound.

A sacred concert will be given at the Methodist church next Sunday evening under the direction of Miss Eva Chrysler. The entire evening service will be given over to the musical program. All are cordially invited to be present.

W.R. Rogers and wife, of Mapleton, are registered at the Hotel Worthington, and will remain in the city for several days. Mr. Rogers is looking about with a view to engaging in the mercantile life of Worthington , although he has not as yet made any definite arrangements.

Mrs. I.N. Wilson has been entertaining Miss Emma Madison the past week. Miss Madison left Tuesday for Sibley, where she will visit for a short time before returning to her home north of that town.

Miss Fuhlbigger, of Mankato , a trained nurse who came to Worthington to assist in the care of Miss Belle Dow, was summoned to Ballaton , Minn. , Sunday by a telegram announcing the death of her grandmother.

Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Turner departed Tuesday for a visit with Iowa friends, and before returning will make an extended tour of the west, visiting with a brother of Mrs. Turner, who resides in California , and also taking in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle .

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Black returned to Worthington Saturday night from their honeymoon trip to Duluth , and are now domiciled in their home on seventh avenue. The house was appropriately decorated for their arrival by their friends and neighbors, mottoes, trite sayings and bunting being very much in evidence.

Messrs. S.S. Smith, Fred Humiston, H.R. Tripp, Chas. Hamstreet, and Newton Fauskee attended the dedication of the Jackson county court house Tuesday, making the round trip in Mr. Smith's auto. On the return journey they encountered the heavy rain storm which visited this region, but arrived home safe and sound about the midnight hour.

Robert Smith was over from Worthington Tuesday giving demonstrations with a two-thousand dollar White Steamer. He made a trip to Ellsworth with a party of Adrian gentlemen. Where the roads were nice and smooth the steamer attained a speed of over forty-three miles an hour, which, we should say, is about the limit on country highways. --Adrian Democrat.

Will Thomson who was injured some time ago at the Oliver & Madison farm by falling from a platform, has suffered since that time with a pain in his right side. His physician diagnosed the trouble as appendicitis and on Saturday he submitted to an operation at the Worthington hospital, and the diagnosis was confirmed and the offending member removed. He is now getting along nicely.

The parochial school of the Swedish Lutheran church opened a six-weeks term in the high school building Monday morning, with A.F. Sandquist, of Scandia , Minn. , in charge. Twenty-seven pupils reported for the opening, and it is expected that the enrollment will reach forty within a few days. Rev. Sandquist is now in charge of the Swedish Lutheran church in this city in the absence of a regular pastor.

Ab Haffey, the popular brakeman on the Rock Island is taking a vacation. He went down to his home at Rock Rapids Thursday, returning Saturday, and immediately left for Estherville, where he will spend a few days with friends. From Estherville, he will accompany a party of friends to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle , and will also visit several other western cities.

Manly P. Thornton, of Adrian , was in the city Friday. It is Mr. Thornton's intention to locate in Worthington , according to the Nobles County Democrat which says: Attorney C.M. Crandall will leave Worthington in about six weeks for his new home in Boise , Idaho , where he will open a law office. Lawyer Thornton , of Adrian , expects to move to Worthington when Crandall leaves, so the number of attorneys at the county seat will remain the same. Mr. Thornton will maintain an office in Adrian , however, and come over once or twice a week to look after business.

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Source:
Microfilm, Worthington Advance; Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul , MN ; obtained November 2007