Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-12
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Mrs. Will Gapp was at Sioux Falls
Saturday.
Miss Edna Sandvin and mother were
Sioux Falls passengers last Friday.
Druggist Pond and wife of Fair
view, were in the city between trains
Sunday.
Canton never had 50 many people
living inside the limits of her bali
wick as now.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. ?. Eastcott arrived
home last week from an extended
trip in Minnesota.
Mrs. Josie Sogn departed for her
home in Madison last Friday after a
pleasant visit with Canton relatives.
Mrs. Mary Smith entertained some
eighteen members of the Rebekah
circle Thursday at five O'Clock, de-
liciouS refreshments being served.
Mrs, Tom Gray and children left
Wednesday morning for parts in
Texas where she will spend the win
ter with her mother and other rela-
tiveS.
The guest who tries under cover to
compromise the dignity of the hotel
Rudolph soon finds landlord Nc
DermOtt on his back with a real big
stick.
Miss Vera Lewis went down to
Nermillion last Friday for a visit
with old friends at the University,
returning home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Rood, Mrs.
Wagner and Mrs. r. p. Eastcott went
u to Lennox Saturday in Myron's
touring car and spent the day with
friends.
The new steel frame city scales
have arrived and will soon be ready
for business when your Uncle Billy
ounce of feathers to a threshing ma
chine.
Mrs. Lydia Fowler left Thursday to
take up her residence on her claim
near Keepville, Perkins county. Mrs.
Fowler was fortunate to find a home
stead near the Canton colony as it is
pretty well settled.
Mrs. E. j. Straw went up to Madi-
son last Friday where she met her
husband who had been attending to
some real estate matters. Mr.. and
Mrs. Straw returned by auto Satur-
day.
The Four Musical Stars entertained
a splendid audience at Augustana
chapel last week. A splendid reputa-
ton as musical artists preceded them
and that reputation lost nothing in
the opinion of our people after hear
ing them.
Evelyn Gurley Kane. dramatist and
artistic, will give her own dramatiZa-
tion of Ben Hur at the college chapel
on Friday evening, November 10.
Seats will be on sale Thursday at 9
o'clock at the Corner Drug store.
A very pressing need just now in
Canton is for more houses for people
to live in and especially more houses
of an up-to:date kind, with sewer
connections etc. Moderate sized houses
of this kind would bring ready re-
turns on the investment.
Hear Evelyn Gurlie Kane in her
dramatization of Ben Hur at the COL
lege chapel, Friday, November 10.
She has her W Symphony Orchestra
under the leadership of Earle Byron
Byers, which is an attraction in itself.
Seats on sale Thursday the Is.
In his haste to reach sunny south
ern Alberta real quick Wednesday
morning, Elmer Helgerson in his
automobile determined to dispute the
right of way across the Milwaukee
railroad track on Main street with a
switch engine fooling around that
vicinity but on second thought con-
cluded discretion might be the better
part of valor and suddenly took to the
ditch. Elmer explained it was all
due to the stearing gear.
Mrs. 0. L. Campbell was given a
very enjoyable birthday surprise party
on Thursday evening Of last week.
The event was we'll planned and
carried out. The SurpriSers carried
elegant refreshments and when they
reached the Campbell home they
found the lady absent and she didn't
return for an hour or more after the
house had been captured. The
absence Of their guest made no diff
ference, they were busy playing cards
and games when Mrs. Campbell came
back to see if her house hadn't
changed hands. She found a royal
welcome and soon the tables were
spread and jolly %surprisers doing duty.
After refreshments Thomas Collins,
in behalf of the surprisers, presented
Mrs. Campbell with a beautiful silver
coffee pot. Mr.. Byers says it was one
Of the happiest surprise parties he
ever attended.