Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-20
Miss Louise Checker is reported

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Miss Leila West returned yesterday
from Philip.
E. shipley of De Grey was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Flossie Black came in from
| Midland Tuesday.
Miss Marie Burns of Lone Rock,
Wis, is in the city.
Edward Beckwith came in from
Highmore yesterday.
Mrs. r. o. Saunders and family
went to Highmore Tuesday.
! Rev and Mrs. Loveall left yester-
day for visit at Sturgis.
| Harold Van Ness is improving
| from an attack of pneumonia.
Miss Frances Brink returned Tues
day from visit at Mason City.
Miss Anna Hollister of Woonsocket,
is assisting on the marking BOARD.
A. F. Diver of Sioux Falls is in
Pierre looking after business matters.
| A. G. Brink was looking after bust
ness matters at Adrain, Mimi, the
fore part of the week.
| II. G. Smith and family returned
yesterday from an extended visit at
Lake Geneva, Wis.
Miss Elsie Dorothy who has been
visiting relatives on the Pacific coast
returned home Tuesday.
1 John Edgar and Miss Irene Edward
of Minneapolis, are in the cityhlook-
ing after business matters.
Leslie Gray and wife of New Port,
Oregon, are in the city, the guests Of
their nephew, B. e. Budde.
The Dode Fish dog and pony show
will be in Pierre September 3, under
the auspices of the fire department..
H. O. McMarty, formerly division
superintendent Of the Northwestern
for South Dakota arrived Tuesday on
his return trip from the Black Hills.
Hon. Philo Hall, member of congress
is seriously i'll from injuries received
as the result of a fall at his home in
Bookings. He is receiving treat
ment in Rochester, MINI.
| G. A. Rossiter, sheriff of Cherry
county, Nebraska, today secured ex-
tradition warrants for John Doe"
and Richard Doe'' who are under
arrest at Trip, being held for the Ne
braska sheriff on charge of horse
rustling.
Owing to the rush of people into
western South Dakota all the various
towns and cities have felt the need
of increased hotel facilities for some
time, and that has been particularly
true OF Rapid City. In an effort to
accommodate the travelling public
the contract has been let for the cree
ton of forty-two room addition to
the Harvey hotel, the largest in that
city, and the work will be rushed to
completion.
/ f. a. Spafford of Flandreau, e. A.
Erickson Of Elk Point, A. Norby of
Sis eton and A. r.. Anderson, mem
bers of the board of regents Of educa-
ton. |. d. Aldrich of Big Stone,
secretary of the Board, Prof. James
Wilson of Brookings college and Prof.
Willis the Agronomist of Brookings
college were passengers west Tuesday
to inspect the dry farming experiment
station in the western part of the
state.
The state fair at Huron, which
opens Sept. 7 and closes the 18th, is
coming on in fine shape this year, and
the prospects are that splendid state
fair will be held. New buildings have
been erected and everything about
the grounds enlarged, and the amuse-
ment feature has been broadened to a
certain extent SO that there will be
something doing every minute of the
day. The state fair is becoming more
popular every year and it is getting a
larger patronage.
| The Hughes County Normal Insti-
tute will convene at the High School
building in Pierre, Monday, August
3lst at s:45 o'clock, continuing in SEES
sion five days. Prof. j. Jones, Con-
ductor, didactics, South Dakota his
tory. Supt. M. NJ. Kramer, ethics,
arithmetic. Mrs. j. Jones, handi-
craft, art, primary methods. Mrs. S.
81. y. Barber, Language, reading.
| Assisted by State Supt. Ustrud, Mrs.
Sebree, M. Louise Checker and others.
Granville of Rapid City, lecturer.
4 The state superintendent depart
ment is receiving reports from d
number Of counties of the state in re-
gard to largely increased number of
applicants for teachers certificates at
the August examination, and the in
dlCatiOnS are for tho 1aruor+ n,,n,l,o,.