Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
Minor Mention

Preaching next Sunday.
SD Bonsey returned from the
east Thursday.
Cole Tbickstun is home from
st. Paul on a visit.
Will O'Connor of Evarts was in
town Wednesday night.
w II Perry Of Kaspar, in east
ern Sully-co, was in town with n
load of fresh vegetables.
a dance is announced to be held
at the Woodmen's hall on tomor-
row Friday) night. Good music.
Miss Mabel Bonscy accompanied
her sisterinlaw. Mrs l. Bonsey, to
Gettysburg, last Saturday to visit
there for three or four days.
Gov. Herrcid sends us II circular
informing us that Thursday, Sept.
10Th. is South Dakota Day at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Mr. Smith. station agent of the
C&NW Ry at Pierre, came up
Monday TO transact some business
with neighboring stockmcn on the
Reservation.
DR. a W Slack, an eye specialist
from Yankton, arrived yesterday
for a couple days stay. He is on
his way home from a trip overland
to thn Rack Hills
The Press is in receipt of a
pleasant business letter from Mr.
A l. Ellis, head of the firm of Ellis
Land & Investment Company, say
ing that he is making his head
quarters for the next few weeks
at 2l0 and 211 Fullerton Bdg, St.
Louis, Mo.
Rev. DIR. Dobson at last man.
aged to get around to visit us, ON
Wednesday, and in the evening
!nraached an interesting sermon on
the subject of the temptations of
Christ, also holding communion
service. A good sized audience
turned out 10 hear him.
DR. Miller of Mellette, n of the
proprietors of the Harris & Miller
ranch, southeast of this place, ac-
companied by his brother and
Sam Robinson, foreman of the
ranch. gave The Press office a
brief call Tuesday. They were i'm
to see if they could buy "a small
building to move out to the ranch.
A party of ten from the neigh
borhood of Copp, in the southeast
ern part of the county, who were
over for a weeks outing, remem-
bered The Press Monday, on their
way further down, by calling and
giving us their names, as follows:
Miss Riley. and Mrs Richards of
Pittsburg, Pa, Misses Mabel Hall,
Susie Hardman, Lois and Lucy
Bown, Messrs Will and Harry
Hardman, JAS Bown, Austin Rus
sell.
Some very careless hunters seem
to have got around to this neck of
the woods last Sunday afternoon.
A couple of them were seen to
drive away from a fire which start
ed on the Pierre road. about three
miles south of town, at about four
p. IN. A district two by three
miles was burned over. the north
boundary of it being the railroad
track. Here about 100 ties were
destroyed before it was cxtin-
guished.
Rev l. A Ball and family of
Lebanon were in town Monday on
their way home from MIR Morten-
sons, where he preached the day
before. Their team took fright
with Mrs B. and the babies in the
buggy, while he stepped in to MI
Kluth's to buy some fresh fish, land
ran away with them IL distance OF
about a block, when the team was
fortunately stopped, with the result
of one smashed up wheel and the
Oldest of the children rolling in the
dust, with no further injuries OF
breaks. Mr. Kluth obligingly
loaned them a wheel from one OF
his buggies, and the family pro.
ceeded on their way homewnrd the
same evening, thankful for theil
narrow escape.
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:. Mr. Y Mclaughlin has opened
; a restaurant in Gettysburg, ane
, promises his customers the bcs
the market affords. You will fine
l him on the south side Of CONNER
$ cial Avenue, in the rooms recent,
occupied BY the Board o. Trade
IGiye him a trial.