Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-07

De SMET, S. D., September Z, 1906.
Prof. A. II. Seymour vas up from
Arlington Tuesday.
Andrews Bros. this week take
space to tell of their new stock of fall
aud winter clothing.
G.. Fl. Tinkham, the furniture
man, calls your attention to special
rug sale for September.
John Sturgeon, of Marshall, MINI,
arrived Monday evening for a visit
with the three Sturgeon families.
Miss Jennie Lindsay, of Chicago,
arrived Tuesday evening to take the
position OF milliner in Mrs. Geo.
Langdon's store.
The Ladies Aid Of the NJ. K.
church will meet with Mrs. Waters
next Tuesday afternoon, Sept. H..
Picnic supper will be served.
The weather for the last few days
has been quite favorable fox the ma
turing of a corn crop. Farmers are
feeling jubilant over the prospects.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the call for the republican coun-
ty convention. We were not furnish
ed with a copy in time for our last
issue. The convention date is Tues
day, Sept. 18th.
j. +. Nusbaum took the train
Monday morning for the country west
of Pierre. He will open a telegraph
office for the G.. a. NV. at the end
of the new line and will move west
ward with the construction. He will
be absent several weeks.
Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, who
had been visiting in Minnesota and
Wisconsin for the last three months
passed through Lake Preston the
first of the week on her wac TO Madi
son where she will spend a few days
with the Goltra family before return
ing to her home in this city.
Mrs. Nj. w. Stiles and family de.
parted Tuesday morning for Albert
Lea, Mimi, where the family will
make their future home, Mr.. Stiles
having secured a good position with
Il milling company at that place. The
family have many friends in this city
and all wish them we'll in their new
nome.
The A. +. White Adv. Co. last
week decorated the Mallory Mercan-
tile Co. building with some very neat
advertising matter. The sign letter
ing is good, but where they display
ed especial ability was in the figures
used in illustrating the adv. for the
clothing department. The work is
us good as that by city professionals.
The Ell. v. Foxton Land Agency
last week sold the F. P. Hardy farm
east of town to a gentleman who in
tends to make it a home. This is a
half-section farm with first-class
buildings, fences etc, and is an ideal
farm home. We are not informed as
to the exact consideration, but have
been told that it was more than $50
per acre.
IT. G.. Warner brough the editor
a boquet Of apple blossoms Wednes-
day morning, which he picked from
trees on his place. We noticed last
week in a state exchange a men
ton Of apple blossoms but thought
it something in the line of a joke.
However, T. G. had the genuine APP
pie blossoms. Florida may be in the
perpetual orange country, but it takes
South Dakota to produce the "mak-
ings' Of two crops Of apples.
VIM. limp, Of Calma, Iowa, was
a pleasant caller at the INDEPENDENT
Office Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. limp
is the owner of the halt-section known
as the Annis farm, a mile and a
half west of the city. His son
John will move onto the farm this
fall and Mr.. limp is here to help him
get located. The gentleman is high
IL pleased with his purchase and
thinks there is nothing like South
Dakota. Glad to see the younger
gentleman locate here and we would