Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

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L. E. Sasse returned Friday from
a two weeks stay at Pierre.
-Thos. w. Elliot, of st Paul, spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. F. G..
Armstrong and her husband.
Miss Blanche Whiting returned
returned Wednesday from a visit with
relatives at Elgin and at Minneapolis.
R. w. Levitt was up from Airing
ton Monday to look after matters in
connection with the county exhibit
at the state fair.
Monday of next week will be
abserved as Labor Day. The post
Ioffice in this city will be closed after
10 o'clock a. m. until 7 p. m.
John p. Meyers, of Pipestone,
Mimi visited Supt. F. R. Jones and
family at the poor farm the latter
part of last week. Mr.. Myers owns
some land in this locality.
Last week we missed giving our
readers the weather because John
Hall happened to leave it in the
pocket of his pants hanging in his
hunting shack at Spirit Lake-John
has more than one pair.
p. O. Farrell, who sold off his
personal property last spring and
went out west of the Missouri with a
view to locating, returned last week
and told us to send his paper to
Erwin after this. ?. O. will go back
onto his farm in that locality.
A. Kucers has opened a bakery
and restaurant in the old F. G. Brady
store building. He will also handle
a line of fancy groceries. Mr.. Kucera
is a baker of several years experience
and intends to operate a place on a
par with those of the larger cities of
state,
j. H. Bouchie will hold a colt
show Saturday, Sept. Y, at the ball
park, and offers a premium of SIS for
the best colt. $40 for the second, and
S. for the third. As Mr., Bouchie
owns a Percheron and a Belgian horse
he makes two classes, and offers the
same premiums in each class.
Judge Whiting is attending a
meeting of the National Bar Associa-
ton at St. Paul this week as a dele
gate from this state. The Judge will
remain to take in the first days of the
| Minnesota state fair next week and
then go out for few days at one of
the lakes in the northwest part of
Minnesota.
--Mallery& White wish to announce
that Saturday, September lst. will
be Sweet Pea day at their store and
like all who have raised sweet peas
from the seed they gave away last
spring to bring them a bouquet-re-
member a prize to the n who brings
the biggest bouquet, n for the
greatest variety of colors and n for
the handsomest bouquet.
John Kane came down from
Huron Saturday evening and spent
Sunday with his uncle Rev. j. f.
Hogan. John started a few weeks
ago in the employ of the G. IL n. w.
as time keeper at the Blunt gravel
pit. Last week he was offered a posi-,
ton as head clerk in the Office of the
two roadmasters and bridge superin-
tendent at Huron. This is in the
line of a promotion, both as to respon
sibility and salary and would indicate
that John has good ability in rail,
road office work.
Quite a family reunion is being
held at the hvrnn of Mr.. ana Mrs. A.
D. LaBay this Week. Three genera.
tons are represented, coming from
four different states. Following are
the names of the parties who are here;
Mrs. Chas. Story, of Vermont; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Rogers, of Aurora,
ILL.,, Mrs. l.. G. LEVEL and son, OF
Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs. 0. l..
Farnham, of Butte, Montana; G.. HI,
Glendenning, Ed. Farnham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Oderkirk, of Arlington.
From here the visiting relatives &C
to Madison to visit. A most pleas,
ant time was the result of the reunion
Arlington Sun.
Mrs. Harriet Hubbard arrived
| Friday from st. Paul for a visit with
old friends, remaining here until
Tuesday when she departed for