Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-10-27

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Mr. and Mrs. John steckman drove
down from Avon, ARRIVING here Tues |
day. MI. SGeckman was an Old time
and long me resident here and Is
making qui4e d success Of the cattle
business out 0n the reservation He
reports Bon Homme county practically |
solid for Mitchell, with more coming.
Mrs. w. r. Howell 81 Pomeroy,
Wash, il here visiting her sister. Mrs.
Olus Jahnson. Mrs. Howell was resi-
dent here twenty-five years ago, but |
has visited here only once, eleven
years ago, since leaving here. She
notes many changes here, but Is re-
ceiyinga warm welcome from the old
timers.
Misses Lnverne Wood and Maude
Kent entertained Miss Woods Sunday
Ischool class last Thursday evening al
the home 81 >. w. Kent. The little
folks were amused at finch and pit and
. guessing contest was also INDUCED
Ii. Lunch was served, the delightful
ness Of which was shown by the hearty
manner with which the children par
took.
Mrs. Fl. G. Smith has been suffering
this week from an attack of appended.
tls which her doctor hoped to control.
She became SO much worse Wednesday
night that she was taken 10 Sioux
| City hospital Thursday morning and
operated upon at noon. A telephone
message Thursday night states that
| she endured the operation nicely and
| Is n = fair way to recovery.
A good audience greeted Jas Nc
Alpin IN Hans Hanson ct the opera
house last Friday night. This ever iu-
teresting and popular Swedish dialect
play was we'll presented and greatly
epiOyed. The music and specialties
were unusually good. Henlxin 81 Hen
kin have been giving the public some
Exceptionally good entertainments
lately, fact which has been recogniz-
ed by growing business and satisfied
audiences.
i The COURIER is late this week and
under the circumstances we think We
We are doing pretty well to get out at
all. We have printed this week with
out extra help all the county ballots,
over e, 900 impressions, taken care Of
the extra election work which appears
| II this weeks paper and welcomed q
NEW baby 70 the COURIER populationl
/ mo boquets, boys, please, IL Is the
lforeman's, not the EDITORS. TO make
matters worse, the help engaged to
care for this latter event did not show
up, making 10 necessary for our fore
man TO be detained at home a day or
more. Some OF our principal adver-
Users have helped us out by allowing
Jus to omit heir advertising this week,
but this i costly both for them aud for
ns. Look out next week for big Ta
per. on time, and, as II were, crack
er.jack for Mitchell
The editor and wife expecs ID leave
~ about two weeks for trip To the
Pacific COAST This is not the ideal
time for visiting this section, but ii il
the tima ~ The year when usually
there Is = lull Ia the printing business
and a. convenient as any for the busy
printer to get away. We expect to
spend few DAYS ID Minnesota on the.
way out, making the going trip by the
Northern Pacific and returning BY the
Union Pacific we shall visit some Ia
Washington, Oregon and California,
making briei stops Vt Salt Lake City
and Denver By our return. We hope
our readers will enjoy the trip with us
10 some extent, as we shall endeavor Id
note down details that interest as, Or
that We think VIII interest you, We
shall 20 doubt meet quite number Of
former Elk Point people before our
return and II We iind any little home
sick for the old scenes we shall let yen
al know ii