Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-06-22

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home.
-Chas. p. Warren transacted bust
ness at Arlington Tuesday.
st. Agnes Guild will meet Tues
day June 26th, with Miss Inez Krum-
vieda.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. V. Munger are
visiting relatives and old friends at
Hawarden, Iowa.
A good rain in Nebraska Satur-
day and Sunday knocked two cents
out from under the Chicago oat mar
ket Monday.
Mrs. III. G.. Durham and Mrs.
l.. F. Altfillisch departed Wednesday
for Chicago where they will spend a
few days with friends.
F. p. Hardy has the plans for a
nice house to be erected on his prop
erty on the west side of the city. The
building will be commenced soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.. Armstrong
arrived from st. Paul Saturday even
ing and are now located in the Arm
strong residence at the corner of
Third street and Poinsette avenue.
w. S. Andrews and family arriv-
ed the last of last week from North
Dakota to make De Smet their home.
They will occupy the Gipson resi-
dence on Third street. De Smet
people extend them a hearty vel
come.
Mrs. l.. F. Straight returned
Monday morning from a visit with
her daughter, Mrs j. f. Coulter at
Winnipeg. Mrs. Straight reports
both DR.. Coulter and wife in the best
of health and spirits, as is also that
six months old grandson.
Mrs. Mary Shafer and two sons
from Nesta, Mimi, are occupying the
G. E. Ely house north of the mill.
The oldest son has been in the city
for two months or more and has been
engaged in working at the painting
trade. Mrs. Shafer and the younger
son arrived last week.
The Madison Chautauqua opens
June Both and closes July 18th. This
is the 10th annual assembly and thus
needs no extended mention. Our
people all know what the manage
ment of the Madison Chautauqua
does to make it a success As usual
they have secured a great array of
the best talent in the United States.
The association offers two weeks of
pleasure and profit at a minimum
cost.
"A letter from A. W. Mullen states
that they arrived at Muskogee, |. T.,
in due time, that they have been busy
getting settled for the summer. So
far this summe the nights have been
very cool in that locality. Peaches
are just getting ripe, and there is all
kinds of fresh fruit on the market.
Crops are in good condition. Early
potatoes form a great source of rev.
enue to farmers in that locality. A.
w. saws that on thu 18th inst a full
train load of tubers was shipped from
MuskOgee to st. Paul. He closes by
sending best regards to all De Smet
friends
Thursday last occurred the mar
riage of Miss Jessie Ranney TO Mr.
Herbert Cleveland. Both contract
ing parties are comparatively new to
the people of this city. The BRIDE,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Ran
ney, coming to this city with her
parents the first of the year. The
groom came at about the same time.
Both have a large number of
friends who wish them a life of con
tinual happiness. The newly married
couple will depart about July LIST for
Iowa where Mr.. Cleveland is interest
ed with his father in a large stock
farm. The INDEPENDENT extends
congratulations.
If there is an easy mark in this
part of the country Geo. Spencer, of
Mathews township, says he is ''it"
with both feet. His present complaint
is that a tree agent worked him to a
finish. George bought a big lot of
fruit trees, set them out, hoed them,
watered them, and tended them more
carefully than he did his garden. The
next spring half of the trees were
dead, and the other half were on their