The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-09
Small Talk.
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Cheap excursion to Sioux City Sun
day.
II. G. Smith left Friday for Nashua
Iowa.
Tank Kee lectures at the opera house
tonight.
Mrs. G. W. Nugen left Thursday for a
visit to Indiana.
Henry Gullickson lost a fine a from
collie Saturday.
Pure Ice cream now at COTE is-by the
dish, quart or gallon.
Miss Sonia Sicko is taking a weeks
vacation across the river.
Arthur Mckee assessed Plainheld
township this week In a day and b half.
Fresh parsley, radishes and onions on
sale now at Coffee's. The first in town.
The school board has decided to
lengthen the high school course one
year.
Mrs. G. C. McConkey and little son left
Tuesday morning for a visit to Newton,
Iowa.
Isaiah Davis, subscription solicitor for
the Sioux City Daily Tribune, was here
Wednesday.
Parker has a new creamery this year
and the receipts are up to about 5000
pounds daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Pomeroy of Nashua,
Iowa, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A.. G.
Whitbeck this week.
Mrs. F. E. Miller and little CIate ex-
pect to leave Sunday fora months visit
in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Men and teams have been at work on
Main street this week, doing the annual
scraping and leveling.
The county commissioners met Tues
day night to grant a license for a new
saloon in Chamberlain.
Fifty thousand pounds Of milk every
day in the week is the record of the big
creamery at Strawberry Point, Iowa.
Geo. W. Sewers arrived from Elgin,
Ill, Tuesday, and went on to Chamber
lain to make final proof on his claim.
Miss Elenora Reber has left Elk Point
and gone to Minneapolis, where she has
another position In a newspaper and
job Office.
w. II. Cross is BUSY taking tho census
of Kimball. Mr.. Cross also has three
townships to go over after completing
Kimball.
Miss Ruth Barber arrived from Iowa
Falls Wednesday and will spend heI
yaction with her sister, Mrs. f. A. Rey.
nolds.
A cOlOred "orator" made an open all
speech on Main street Wednesday even,
ing. He appears to be one of Hanna's
disciples.
Archie Smith, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Glad Smith, left Thursday morning for {
visit with relatives at Mason City and
other points in Iowa.
Miss Nellie Plummer returned from
Tyndall Wednesday evening. Miss
Plummcr stopped a few days to visi1
Rev. and Mrs. Brown at Parkston.
Young men and women, If you think
ing of attending a business college
write the Mankato Commercial College
Mankato, Mimi, for a beautiful cat
alogue.
1t is extremely dry on the ranges ives,
Of the river and unless there is abnndan,
rain soon the result will be serious
There is an unusual scarcity of watel
now.
John Pazour dropped a piece of ice OIL
MS foot a few weeks ago and the injury
has been growing worse. He went t.
White Lake Friday to consult DR.
Rogers.
Rain is badly needed in this section
Showers have fallen all around us, but
we get left. To add to the misery of it
high winds have driven clouds of dus1
almost daily.
Geo. w. James is showing a new con
triyanceff for Sharpening mower knives
by which turning the emery griyder BY
hand is done away with. The machine
works like C bicycle.
There we're 40 regular commencement
exercises Of the high school, but a pro
gram was gone through with at the
opera house Friday evening last week Il
a very large audience.
Census enumeTatDrs are having trou,
Bile in the towns throughout the state IN
obtaining admittance to houses. Often
they are taken for book agents and the
door slammed In their faces.
A. G. Whitbeck and f. A.. ReynUlds
drive to Platte Monday. They say thai
crops are looking we'll in the southern
part Of this county and in Charles Mix
81. far as they saw. The southern part
OF .Brule got an inch OF rain last week.
The school board held a meeting Sat
urday night and fixed the salary of Prjn.
cipal Fry at $50 a month, and Miss War,
ner and Miss Cooks at $35 a month
This is q raise OF SIS a month for tht
principal, and So a month for the Other
two.
Ernest Lumbard has gone to Plankir,
ton to open the books for the Case &
~Lathropetbank and VIII Smith is taking
his place In the Whitbeck bank. Al
soon as the P~lankinton bank gets start
ed, Nr. Smith will 60 there as book,
keeper.
The eantata OF Esther was given By
home talent at the opera house Tuesday
euening under the direction Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson. The production wat
generally very good. and all those who
} attendedE speak highly Of the entertain
ment.
Observer Stuyer has been looking oyel
II hfS records and finds that we have mi