The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28

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county wherehe has purchased 9
farm IN. LIP l. >.,1 ( t2t55 5,
& Fred Humiston, E. w. Goff, "A. r.
.Albertus left for Adrian Monday
evening to witness the exemplif-
cation Of third degree work in the
blue lodge. +, &y%@.yr<4, * +. "SsfS
: 4, The many friends, Of Miss Edna
white who has been sick since
Thanksgiving, will be glad to know
that she has recovered sufficiently
90 as to be around. ~
Bob Reed was released from quar-
antine Monday morning for small
pox and. was on the streets greeting
his many friends. bob says, look
out for q. soaking rain for several
days. >-s- T.. -.
Miss. Maxwell will have her
Millinery opening Friday and
Saturday March 20 and goth, to
which every one il most cordially
invited to call and inspect the new
styles and stock.
. It is reported that H. L. Fisher
was kicked by q horse that he was
trying to extricate from a barbed
wire fence, Saturday. He was
found in an unconscious condition
by Henry Hornstine.
G. W. Gale has purchased the
north..half of the southeast quarter
of section fourteen known as the
Mrs. Bee1s farm consideration, thirty
six hundred dollar. This makes him
a nice farm of two hundred and
forty acres.
A. Biting, proprietor of Geigers
Coffee House,is getting good bust
ness from his old patrons, the rail-
road boys. He will also make a
speciality of serving patrons with
lunches, after dances, parties and
lodge meetings and keep all kinds of
game in season.
Last week we printed local to the
effect that barley was sown here as
early as Mach 5. Now c. W.Leopold
comes forth with a record that beats
this all hollow. He says he sowed
a piece of wheat Feb. 9th. He will
no doubt be looking for harvest
help before long.
w. J. Ross, the accommodating
operaor at the Omaha depot is once
moro at his desk in the telegraph
Office, his son Charles, who has bee n
very low with appendicitis has so
far improved as to enable him to
leave the sick room, to attend to his
duties at the Office. !.
CO.. Smallwood is go tting more
poles on third avenue toward the
lake in order to accommo date the
demand for phi ones. He is about a
dozen orders behind at the present
time. He received a new cable
Monday which will enable him ex-
tend the service when it is put in.
A delightful apron social was
given at the Malcol m school house
Friday evening by the teacher Miss
Alma Anderson and the school
children of the district to their
parents and friends. Mr.. Pfiel acted as
auctioneer and realized neat little
sum of money which will be used
to equip the school room with books
etc.
The First Natioaal Bank received
a few days ago very large book in
which to keep it's daily trial balances
after the Boston ledger system. The
book contains about 1, 500 pages and
wei CHS 1870 pounds. 1t requires
two men to place it in and to remove
it from the vault as the book is too
large for one man to handle alone.
There is but one larger ledger of the
kind in the United States. Window
Reporter.
Cone & Dryden, of Window have
traded for the Seeley & Bushnell
stock of general merchandise, Their
representative is here this week,
having practically finished taking
an inventory of stock. Fl. P. Lewis,
of Worthington, has been here the
past three days and helped to in
voice the above mentioned stock of
goods. -Chas. Heath arrived ere
this morning from his home in Grow.
Wing county, looking as natural as
ever. ALI who removed to that