The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-28

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Farmers are getting ready 70
plant corn. >#.
Roman Bros. shipped car Of hogs
to Sioux City Tuesday.
Misses Effie Buick and Lulu Baker
left Monday evening for Owatonna
to attend the State Sunday School
Convention. They went as dele.
gates from the Sunday school at
this place. ~,
O. Fl. Hawkins was a business
visitor to the county seat Monday.
The Easter exercises at the church
Sunday afternoon, attracted, q large
attendance and were interesting and
we'll received The program was
followed by the farewell sermon Of
Rev. Christianson. 5.tss s ssS
N. Long came over from Luverne.
the forepart of the week to make
some improvement on his farm east
Of town. II.
John Baird drove to Worth ington
Monday afternoon.
The ladies aid society will meet
with Mrs. jones next week. :
A family reunion was held at the
home OF G. T. Buick last Sunday.
L. D. Fancher, R. J. Jones, and
wives and Miss Rika johnson at-
tended church at Worthington last
Sunday evening. ~.
F. E. Eegleston Is building
large addition to his livery barn,
greatly increasing its capacity. "a
The road overseers will soon enter
upon their duties. There are many
opportunities for good work on the
roads this season as the past, two
years have played havoc with all
the grades and it will require q lot
of hard work to place then, in good
condition again. 81
Our grocers have started their
wagons for the season and those
living on their various routes will
he supplied with the necessities Of
life at their homes during the busy
season. sa: :ssa: 9s5
The route of travel on rural route
No. will be changed May 1 to take
in several additional families and
is made in accordance with a petit
ton that was circulated about
month ago. The change will give
the carrier two additional miles
each day or about six hundred miles
in the course of a year.
A change in the railway mail SER
vice on this line has practically
knocked it into ''smithereens".
Under the present sytem, it is i'm
possible to get any mail, other than
local matter, thru on the west bound
tram. Formerly, any mail for the
twin cities or points on the Great
Northern could be sent west and
gets to it's des tination almost as soon
Ill if sent east. At present any
mail placed in the Office after the
departure of the 1O.1 train has to
lay in the Office until the next day.
Formerly, nearly all the daily
papers came in on the morning
train, in time for them to be taken
out on the rural route. Now they
are kept until the arrival of the at
ternoon tain and remain in the
posto&ce until the next day. The
patrons of the mail service are up
in arms over the treatment they are
receiving at the hands Of the post
Office department and have circu-
lated a petition askinfg for the re-
sumption Of the old service.
Albert Bogard hove into town
Tuesday for visit with old friends.
He is at present located in the
northern part Of the state.
One day last week as Miss Alma
Bylander was riding horse, she
was thrown violently to the ground
breaking one of her arms about two
inches above the elbow. She was
Immediately taken to Worthington,
where DIR. Humiston reduced the
fracture and the injured member is
rapidly recovering.
INDIAN LAKE.