The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-06-14
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| 6 7 Buick inte. viewed The bust
ness men Of Wortbington Saturday :.
VIM Whelan 'urred Saturday
from Chicago where he had gone
with agshipment of stock. He re-
ports very satisfactory SALE His
two yea old steers averaging over
| 100 lbs each and sold for SIS. 40 per
hundred.
The high wiud Monday night did
considerable damage in this vicinity
in the way of blowing down chin
neys, ove'tu'niug ont buildings, etc.
The t'arn belonging 10 t'e St Crcix
Lumber Co was my d f,om it's foun.
datiun owe, four feet and the barn
at the church was badly wrecked.
Good and wife drove to the
county seat Saturday to rnrchase
furnishings for their enlarged dwell
ling.
! VIM Morse and family, of Sibley,
visited the fore part of the week at
the home of E w Hayes.
G Adamson, of Lemars, is improv-
ing HE farm northeast of town by the
erection of a new dwelling and barn,
John Carlson is doing the work.
The program for ChIldren's Day,
rendelep here Sunday was success
in every particular. The day was
not pleasant but nevertheless the
seating capacity of the church was
taxed 10 up most with very atten-
tive and appre ciatiye audience. The
service consisted of music, declama.
tons by the younger scholars read
ing, etc and passed off without
hitch.
Owing to the rain in the forenoon no
program was given at the young
school house and number of those
who were to have taken part there
added their numbers to the program
here which added NATURALLY to the
in terest.
E. W. Hayes is enjoying visit
from his from Sutherland H.
The Pfngs'on congregation are
charging their parsonage
A. N. Cheney is treating his store
| Two or three wind-mills in this
locality were blown down by Mon
tday's storm.
to coat Of paint.
W Cline and family are receiv-
ling a visit from the formers father
from Butler county, Iowa. A brother
Iof Mr. G also visited at their home
thesfore part OF the week and from
there left for a short stay with rela-
tives in Nebraska.
Alex Thomson aud family visited
over Sunday with relatives near
Lakefeld.
j. W. Mcbride made business
trip to Wilmont Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Hovey and daughter,
Florence, departed Tuesday for a
twomouth's visit in Maine. They
will also visit the Pan-American Ex-
position before returning. A large
number of friends gathered at the
depot to see them safely started on
their long journey.
Mrs. j. A. Good narrowly escap-
ed drowning during the storm Mon
day night. 1t seems she arose to at
tend to some young chickens which
she had in coops near the house and
while approaching the we'll she touch
ed something with her foot and on
investigating she found that, had she
taken another step she would have
fallen into twenty four foot well
that contained twelve feet of water
The we'll had formerly been secured
with a heavy box curve which the
wind had blown of. all in all it
wan a narrow escape for the esti~
mable lady.
J. w. Read started Monday for
Taylor Falls to be at the meeting OF
the Grand Lodge I o. G. T. He
went as delegate from this lodge.
D. She'll was up from Worthington
Tuesday in response to a telephone
message from his tenant stating that
his farm buildings had been DANA
ged by the storm,
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