Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

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back from their Illinois visit.
Miss Dora Hartman of DeIanre
township was a guest of her sister
Mrs. George Sherman, during carnival
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sherman went
oVer to Yankton Tuesday to attend
The annual meeting of the DRUGGISTS
association.
Miss Stella Abbott gives notice of
an ice cream social at Dayton Hall,
Friday evening of this week. Every
body invited.
Weather Observer Holsey reports
the rainfall Sunday night at 81 and
Monday night at al, making over
three inches in n hours.
Hattie and Rebecca Winner of
t'reeport Illinois, are here visiting
their nieces, Mrs. Baysore, Mrs.
Millage and Mrs. Kinsley.
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*. r.. Jacobson came up from Hud-
son to attend the Olsen-Petterso n
wedding and had the pleasure of
driving the groom and bride to Sioux
Falls in his ear.
DR.. and Mrs. Wendt, Ed. L. and
Mrs. Wendt, Mrs. Baker and son
Paul, e. J.. and Mrs. Straw, Miss
Mona Reynolds, Roy Smith. and
Elmer Schubert, are all home from
Okoboji, Ed. l.. Wendt coming via
Lanesboro, Minnesota in his ear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boot reside in the
TobiaSen house on East Third street,
where they are entertaining their
daughter, who is a teacher in the
state agricultural college at Man
haitian, Kansas. There son, Prof.
Boot, is also here, and is the new
superintendent of the Canton City
schools.
The LennOX Independent says:
Ho'io ooiIllSoH J. bCIdWdlC UbWIlSIllp
is another farmer vino through hard
labor and Drawing the vicissitudes of
pioneer days has gained a competency
sufficient to allow him to retire. He
has recently sold part of his land to
Il. j. GundersOn a stock buyer of
C%enterville, another tract to Henry
Auckland of Hooker, but still retains
800 acres. He and his family will
10Y to Sioux Falls.
w. F. Pickett of Wichita, Kansas,
is a guest of his brother here, and
another brother, DR.. r. W. Pickett
of Iowa City, vas here over Sunday a
guest at the elegant Pickett home
on the hill. w. E. Pickett was one
of the first settlers at Rock Rapids,
and in his younger days attended
school at Nora, Illinois, with E. D.
Warner who lives south of town. He
will remain in Canton for some time
and then visit his brother and old
friends at Rock Rapids.
George Ehrheart, who has been
running the Home restaurant for
several months, suddenly departed
Monday morning without leaving any
address. He owed several for money
borrowed, and owed merchants small
amounts for goods purchased and
about three months rent. 1t has just
been discovered that he came here
for a divorce which he got and then
skipped with the decree, leaving his
sister without means to reach her
home at Pittsburg. He made the
mistake of his life in running away.
The Canton Carnival this year was
not as good a drawing card for lovers
Of amusement as it was last year,
although this years show was up to
the standard. The show closed last
Saturday night amid a humming
whirl of fun and confetti, and all
parties were pleasantly surprised that
nothing took place to nal the social
features of the five days frolic. The
Carnival people were agreeable and
did their part we'll. The 'slide for
for life" drew big crowds, and, the
balloon ascension went off without
mishap, while the strong man and
the darkies had lots of admirers.
Joe Coplar of Harrisburg drove a
lineman down along the telephone
line to Canton Tuesday and found
considerable wire damage. He found
that the Brooks house near Dayton
Hall had a visit from an electric bolt
that ripped up shingles in great
shape. No one was injured and the
damage was not great. Joe said that
corn fields suffered but little from the
wind, and that only in spots along
fence lines. Joe thinks five inches of
water fell at Harrisburg and in other
places along the road even more. He
thinks the wind part Of the storm
was high up which accounts for so lit
tie damage to corn, but Joe said the
clouds we're down on top of the ele-
vators at Harrisburg.
Company E. State Guardsmen re-
turned last week from SPARTA Wis