Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-02
Worthing Items
February %, 1906.

are wide, if shoe makers would make
shoes that lace on the side?
Mrs. Ern Madden and daughter,
Miss Melba, went to Sheldon, Iowa,
last Wednesday and returned Satur-
day evening, after a pleasant visit
with Mr.. RaineS and family.
Lee Klingler is remodeling the in
terror of his barber shop, and Messrs.
Huseman and Tate are doing the rip
saw, hammer, plane and square stunt.
WashingtOn'S birthday vas observed
in so far, that it was to our local
mail carriers, their first holiday, so
to speak.
Considerable excitement prevailed
here for a few minutes last Thursday
morning, when it was discovered that
| the roof of the State Bank, neal the
chimney was on fire, howevar by the
prompt use Of chemicals and other
devices, it was soon e~xtinguished and
thereby a very destructive fire avert
ed.
George Stangle went to Alpena. last
Saturday, to visit his brother and
family.
Monday morning, Guy, Frank, and
Elmer Woodley, and Ben and Clar-
ence Thompson, finished loading
their car with this and that, from the
most necessary article of the frontier
man, to the luxury of the Club man,
and started for their claims west of
the Big Muddy. Though we enjoy
your friendship boys, still we are glad
to see you 60 and prosper, for what
your forefathers did you can do, and
is your duty. Success and best wishes
to you all.
Mrs. Eliza Hazen left here last Sat
urday for Wagner, S. d., and will
now make her home in Wagner. We
wish her success and best wishes.
AlonzO Lowrey of Cherokee, Iowa,
is the guest Of his daughter and hus-
band, MI. and Mrs. Rob Rae.
DR.. and Mrs. j. II. Kerr, Miss Clara
Tate, Lawrence France and Oscar
Lovegren were among the number
from here who attended the Cuban
Spy play in Lennox Feb. 22nd.
The Misses Parke of Canton, came
up to Worthing last Saturday and
were over Sunday visitors at their
paternal home south Of town.
Will Ingham and II. N. Cooper
made an inter-train business trip to
our city last Monday.
j. Ernest Newton returned to his
home in Brewster, Mimi, last Mon
day, after a pleasant sojourn with
James Clark and family.
Sunday night the weather acted
like as though a blizzard was at hand
and the snow began to fall and drift,
but by morning the wind had gone
down and a coat of the beautiful
white remained, but at present it
looks like a Weary WHY'S coat.
DR.. S. A. Young of Lennox was in
our city Tuesday in consultation with
DR.. Serr, in regard to an operation on
Mrs. Henry Nutbrook, who is now
| under the doctors care.
Sunday night DR.. Kerr raised the
quarantine from the Sans home.
Mrs. Tom Davies was among the
passengers east Wednesday noon.
w. P. Warner, division freight
and passenger agent and H. G. Selby,
travelling freight ann passenger agent
Of the Milwaukee, with headquarters
in Mason City, Iowa, were in our city
Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Ingalls, returned last night
from a short visit with friends in
Sioux Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark spent
Sunday in Centerville, the guest OF
G. L. Gamble ard family.
Miss Carrie Fodness left here today
for the Twin Cities, where. she goes
to purchase her spring stock of mil
linery and will soon have a fine dis
play in her millinery store, for Easter
and other occasions.
Frank Clark, Jr., and Bob Albaugh
made a business trip to Beresford
this Wednesday.
On Washington's birthday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Buskirk were most
pleasantly and completely surprised
at their home on the old Van HOuten
farm east of town. 1t being Mrs. Bus
kinks nineteenth birthday, her
mother, Mrs. f. X. Reasy, and others
planned and carried out the surprise.
The house was Hastily decorated for
the occasion and a large number OF
friends and relatives gathered to pay
honor to the surprised, and thorough
~ enjoyed themselves to a late hour.
A. Gunderson went down to the
Hub, Tuesday a. M, and was accom-
panied by Louis Larson of Grant, and
Gunder Gunderson Of Easily, n. D..
| Gunder went to see his wife who is
now a patient in the Sioux Falls hos
pital, and we are glad to say that the
patient is doing nicely. II. H. @.
Knut Gedsted and Ole Lier of Grant
were visitors Thursday. They at
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