Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
the best that life affords. The happy

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couple departed on the evening train
east and will spend a week at Sioux
Falls and Sioux City, after which they
will return and set up housekeeping.
j. d. Pierson, of st. Paul, spent
Sunday in this city, the guest of his
sister, Mrs. d. w. Wilmarth.
M. Slagle, from near Colchester,
ILL.,, bought a quarter-section six miles
southwest of this city last week.
Rev j f. Hogan departed Monday
for Rochester, n. Y, where he will
spend his vacation of a month among
relatives and old friends.
Marion Ellison, of Knox county,
ILL.,, a among the land-seekers here
last week. He bought a quarter-sec
ton a mile north of Osceola.
Miss Viola Gunnison, of Bancroft,
took the train at this place Saturday
morning for Brookings, remaining in
that city with friends until Monday.
Herbert Cleveland, who tended
bar in the Ranney saloon for several
months, was in the city a short time
the first of the week. Herbert owns
several race horses and has two or
three entered for the races at Huron
His home is now in Iowa.
ALI Lindsay and Wilson Cooper
finished a big job of plastering at Mil
Ter last week. The builder was the
same party who erected the j. H..
Lloyd residence in Lake Preston and
the boys did such a good job at Pres
ton that the contractor wanted them
to do the work at Miller. There we e
about 1900 yards in the job.
A Chicago concern has statesmen
soliciting orders in Willow Lakes
vicinity. This is the same old dodge
that has been worked vear after year
in different localities, and the wonder
is that they always find someone to
bite. The advice of the INDEPENDENT
to all who have a notion of buying
from such concerns is to take the list
of articles and prices offered by these
fakirs and bring it to De Smet where
we have merchants who will be glad
to fill the order, freight added. In
fact, they would be more than pleased
to fill such orders for it is a profitable
business. The travelling salesman
offers some second class staple articles
at what seem to be attractive prices,
but if you look closely your bill con
tains a lot of spices and such things
generally enough TO last ten years,
and at prices that furnish a nice prof
it on the whole bill. Again the ous-
side n gets the cash before you
examine the goods. 1t sends you what
it pleases and if you don't like it you
can whistle or swear, whichever suits
your taste. The home merchant will
jump at the chance to duplicate the
quality, price and quantity.
The |. j. Endersby home in this
city was cast into gloom Thursday
afternoon of last week by the death
of the wife and mother, which result.
ed from heart trouble of long stand
ing. The deceased suffered more or
less from this cause for several years,
but more severely for about three
months prior to the end. Deceased
was 33 years of age. She vas born
in Berlin, Germany, and was brought
to this country by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Fredericksdorf, at
the age of three years. On April Sth,
1894, she was married to |. j. Enders-
by. The family home was first made
in this city and later at Esterville,
Iowa, and at Brookings, this state.
In February, 1905, the family again
made their home in De Smet. She
was the mother of three children, Ar
thur, aged eleven, Iona, aged six, and
Bulu, aged three. She was a true
and faithful wife and "A kind and low
ing mother and always lived a good
Cnristian life. Besides the husband
and children there are left to mourn
her seemingly untimely death the
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Fredricksdorf, a sister Hulda, and
two brothers, Frank and William
Fredricksforf and a sister, Mrs. VIM.
Albrecht, all of Mathews township.
The funeral services were held at the
NJ. +. church Sunday afternoon, con
Quoted by Rev. Henry Preston, assist
ed by the German Lutheran pastor.
The remains were laid at rest in the
De Smet cemetery. The heartfelt