The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-03

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The concrete f6otings of the Fed
eral building walls will all be laid this
week. Upon this concrete about q
foat In depth. the brick foundation
will be laid. The wall will be four
feet in thickness. A steam concrete
mixer is in operation in the base
mentgwllich attracts considerable at
tention, as 1T is q novelty to most
people here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A Stocking and
daughter, Jettie, left on tie Monday
morning passenger for Minneapolis
where they will visit a few days be-
fore they will leave for their new
home at Peteskey, Mich. They have
been residents in Claremont for many
years andleayea large circle If friends
who will regret to see them leave,
but what Is our loss will be Petoskey's.
gain.-ClareInont Tribune.
e. F.Jones leaves for New Salem n.
ID. Friday evening, shipping from Co
|lumbia. He takes a car, carrying
with him household goods ard dTiy-
ing rig. Mr.. Jones goes up there to
sell Wards remedies in Morton and
Stark counties. Frank leaves many
good friends behind who wish him all
kinds of good fortune. He has lived
twenty-five years near Plana, and us
4 boy, eleven yeas old, was on the
spot where Aberdeen stands before a
building was up.
G. Won Wald, of Hanson township
passed through Aberdeen Tuesday on
his way home from Pierre where he
had been visiting for Il week. He
was eyewitness to a most shocking
tragedy in the yards at Huron.
"A man who was serving as a tsrGssEi
lacasc petldit,g iii the district ccs.rt,
was seen tobhroW himself under the
wheels of Che mail ear OF the eaSt
houndstrAin jllst pulling out OF the
yards. lie vas Killed. Instantly and.
the TRUCKS Of the car thrown from
The track Oh
Rcy. Steel d pronlin snt evangelist
from New York, opened a series OF
meetings atthe P~sesbyterian church
lon Tuesday evening. This is a con
ttinuation OF the season Of extra
JE tEl -
ordinary religious activity pervading
tie churches 81 the city. The meet
ings at the Baptist church closed last
Friday having leen very largely at
tended. The meetings now in prog
ress draw crowds OF people who evince
thessame %earnestness that has char
tacterIzed the attenaance at the obher
lchuTches.
Frederick Free Press: Frank
Strachan went To Aberdeen Monday
evening to take his choice between
the jobs or firing on the south run Of
1.-The Jim River division or in the
Aberdeen brick yards. Frank was q
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which he burned only about one-lalf
the amount of coal used by his oppo-
nent to keep the Aberdeen mil Ia
E 8 nv HI eai7@reeord attracted
much attention at the time among
railway and stationary engineers and
secures to him q good offer from the
Milwaukee company. His brother
Thomas is now fireman o the west
run from Aberdeen.
Leo Anderson and family have re-
turned from the Pacific coast and,
their house being rented to deputy
auditor Lum, have secured rooms
on Eighth Avenue. While ID Wash
ington they met number OF old-time
Columbiaites now residing in the
/ coast country. They had Christmas
| dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Dean
who are living at North Yacima on a
ten farm, and in comfortable
circumstances. "a W. Toy, once a
blacksmith at Columbia, has an IN
terest III a grocery store in Seattle
where Chas. Holcomb, his son-in-law,
is also in business as anoptician.
Frank Elliott, III old Columbia boy, II
alsopengaged DIS an optician at the
same place r: w Tones, once
county superintendent Of schools
here and resident Of Columbia, lis clerk
Of the city schools Of Seattle. d lucra,
tive position.
The first county camp of the Wood.
men OF Brown County assembled al
Aberdeen "Wednesday April 1st. The
opject the convention select
three delegates from this county x
the state camp which assemblies al
EIIsIenxFalls NJ 9th Twelve camp.
were represented. Aberdeen, TIL
largest camp, had seven delegates
and Grotoraafo four; eethercanap
had each one to two. The Who'll,
number of Delegates was tWenty-nine
Names OfgSeyen candidates were 5 i