The Dickinson press., 1907-11-09

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gist, was a business visitor in the city
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ]. Peterson of
Medora are the proud parents OF a little
son, born October 9th, at the Dickinson
hospital.
Mrs. Carl Anderson and little son are
getting on nicely and will leave the
Dickinson hospital in a day or two for
their home in Medora.
w. p. Nodstrand of Belfeld is at the
Dickinson hospital for treatment and
Miss Nellie Bride is recovering from an
attack of rheumatism.
H. ]. Riesland, the optical specialist,
will be unable to come to Dickinson as
advertised on account of business that
calls him to Duluth at that time. 1t
DR.. Stephen Fisher left Friday after.
noon for Medora, where he t%umigated
the Rough Rider hotel which had been
quarantined for smallpox for several
days.
Lost-one black pocketbook, between
Antelope Creek and Dickinson, contain
ing SOS and a bunch of notes. S. reward
to the finder. Return to Otto Johnson,
Box 253, New England. Up
County Treasurer Dugald Stewart and
c. E. Dawson who recently finished the
work of transcribing the Bowman county
records, left Friday morning tor the
Bowman county seat.
Editor w. A. Carter is carrying a cane
and suffering with a sprained ankle az
the result of a fall down the Office stairs.
He was carrying a pail of water at the
time of the accident and states that it
was not his fault. .
Mrs. E. ]. Berry of Glendive was down
for the Messersmith. Wood wedding.
MIR. and Mrs. H. c. Short of Medora
intended to be present but missed their
train and consequently were obliged to
telegraph their regrets.
A party of 10 surveyors, who have
been working On the N. P. survey from
Mandan to Flasher and west as far az
the Hettinger county seat. were in the
city Thursday and left on No. 4, with
their surveying outfit. for St. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Olmstead, who
recently sold their ranch near Sand
Greek, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
o. B. F~rankenberg this week and left
Friday for Townsend, Mont, for a visi,
with their son before going to the coast
to spend the winter.
Mrs. S. P. Gotta sold this week to P
H. Rumble a corner lot just opposite ]
H. Waggener's place on Cross street
the consideration being 500. Mrs. Gotta
has been doing quite'a stroke in the reaI
estate business for the past few month.
and still owns considerable city prop
ertv.
Medora Herald: Last Saturday nigh,
was a red-letter occasion to those who
take delight in stripping the light fan
~tastic." Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Neuens gave
a dance on that evening that was a sure
hummer and one long to be remem
bered by those who were present. A
roasted quarter of beef and loads o.
other good things to eat kept the inner
man supplied to repletion. The,
danced all night till six in the morning
The Teddy bear contest at Drenkel'.
store last Saturday brought out a large
crowd OF contestants, but as yet The
"Big Teddy" remains in his den at the
store. The lucky contestant is the
holder of coupon No. $3.50. However
this party has not been located and
unless said party presents the coupon
before Saturday evening, December Is
the bear will be given to the party with
the second nearest guess. The number
of spots was 1896; nearest guess, 1880
and the second nearest was 1900.
Mrs. F. A. Little and her niece, Miss
Hunt, were in from Fayette this week
to meet the matron Of an Omaha
orphans home. The lady arrived in
Dickinson Thursday with a bright little
girl that will make her furture home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Little. The matron
visited this part of the country in the
early summer, staying a short time with
the Littles in Fayette and, although il
was not her mission at that time, she
selected the Little home as the idea
place for little Leila.
The steam from the Central heating
plant was turned on for the first tesi
Friday afternoon and Mr.. Deiters is con
6dent that the plant will be in goot
working order by the first of the week
The delay was caused by the lat.
arrival of an expansion tank which hac
been on the road for several weeks
Nearly all of the business places i,
blocks 2, 3 and 4 have been connected
and the armory building in block 19
across Cakes street opposite the PRES
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