Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-17

seeana :Annua! Gas Belt Exacs.-
ton Sept a2-25.
Miss Corpa Peck OF Ottumwa is vie
|ltlng in the city.
Miss Guida Satterlee is suffering
with rheumatism.
Mrs. Frank Huss and daughter re-
turned to Pedro today.
L. j. Robinson and wife of Phillip
are in town on their way to Sioux City.
Miss Anna Schneider of Keoknk
is a guest of Mrs. G. M. Livingstone.
Pierre celebrates four days next
week, Sept. 22-25. Arrange to come.
Mrs. Jane Prouse of Brookings is here
as delegate to the NJ. b. A. conven--
| ton.
Mrs. $. c. Baker returned home this
afternoon after six weeks vacation in
Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry karcher and
daughter Marguerite left yesterday for
a visit at Chicago.
Misses Maud and Myra Williams
have returned from an extended visit
at Rochester, MINI.
Mrs. DR., Thompson of Mt. Hamel,
Iowa, sister of Mrs. G.. M. Living
stone, arrived today.
Mrs. H. d. Fentress returned from
Duluth Saturday, where she has been
visiting the past few week.
John Nye, dealer in furniture, saws
business is good in his line, and that
better times are ahead for him.
Every article in the line of furniture
can be obtained at the Capitol Furni.
ture Store, Capitol Avenue Block.
Rev. H. W. Smith and wife of He'd
rick, Iowa, went through the city or
the way to Stanley county for visit.
Tomorrow Street Commissioner
Adams is going to start out en- clear
ing crusade that Pierre may be wearing
a clean appearance for the visitors mex,
week
This year South Dakota had the
greatest state fair in it's history, and
no small part of it's success is due to
the support so cheerfully given by the
newspapers of the state.
| This office is the receipt of copy of
the South Dakota Baptist Bulletin
which contains the program for the
convention which will be held here
from Sept. 3Oth. to Oct. 4th. The
book is indeed a fine souvenir of Pierre.
| Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the city for the following cor.
porations: The Morgan Frog and
Crossing Co., Huron, 100000; Hia
watha Oil Co., $4,000; McKibbin Coal
Co, Huron, $4,000; United Bond &
Securities Co., Huron, 100000; and the
Carhart Townsite Co., Huron, 100000
The owners of the Capitol Furni.
ture Store are daily receiving and dis
posing of at retail large quantities OF
office and household furnishings
They buy direct from the manufac-
turer, which enables them to offel
goods at prices far below the average
dealer. A look through their store
rooms will convince any person that
the up-to- dateness of the goods hand.
led cannot be questioned.
De Smet News The dry hot wealth
er, since July began, besides helping
corn out of the way of frost, has served
to emphasize the ice famine which il
affecting number of the smaller
towns Of the state. Local dealers OBJ
tanned one car from Huron, but were
refused any more. Redfeld succeeded
in buying carload from Mitchell, bu
the supply is running low there, also
Miller has been buying ice Of Pierre fo
some time
Tuesday-excursion day-a create
number Of farm location seekers cam,
to Pierre that on any former like occa
sion. Thirty three came from Omaha
in special car, through the efforts of J
l.. Lockhart who, upon the arrival O
the party, took them into the countr,
districts by automobile and other con
yeyances and showed to them the rict
and fertile lands in Hughes county
After viewing the fields of spIendi,
corn, flax and other thrifty product
expressed surprise at finding unculti
waited so many hundred acres, which
need only the touch of the husbandm al
to cause the prairies to blossom as bu
few localities in all the west can.