The Dickinson press., 1912-08-10


On the 14th Mrs. M. A. Scherfius'
brother. Steve Thacker. is to be mar
ried in St. Paul. 1t will be a rainbow
ceremony in the Manchester church. and
the Misses Clara and Harriet Thacker,
well known in Dickinson. will act as
bridesmaids.
Mrs. F. 7. Rucker and children left
Tuesday for their home at Mott after q
few days visit with her siters. DR..
Sarah Ethel Smith and Mrs. Georgia
Babcock. They went BY auto to New
England then over the Milwaukee to the
white city.
Commissioner J. B. Stoddard and
Editor w. A. Shear of Sentinel Butte
spent Wednesday in the city. They
came down the night before for the Elk
corner stone laying. Mr.. Stoddard.
while still a large grower Of cattle and
sheep. is farming /. 900 acres this year
and has some very heavy eats and
wheat.
S. r. Shannon, who has been stenog-
rapher and assistant in the Office of
Attorney NJ. L. Mcbride for several
years, expects to leave Dickinson in
a few days MI. Shannon has two or
three good positions in view but has not
decided on anything yet. He expects
to visit his mother near Haley and else
in the cities. Mr.. Shannon has made
many friends during his stay here who
will wish him every success.
Sam Rowley, who has been manager
of the Unique theatre here for the Geo.
Webster Co. of Fargo, expected to leave
the latter part of the week for St. Paul.
Mr.. Rowley, who has q fine vaudeville
act all his own. leaves in a short time
to fulfill engagements in Vancouver,
points in Japan and China, the Phil
pine Islands and Australia. where his
old home is. During his short stay here
he has made many improvements at the
local theatre.
Will Kemble underwent quite a seri-
GUS operation on Tuesday at st. Jo-
seph's hospital. A portion of his jaw
bone was removed and teeth extracted
Mr.. Kemble has had several minor oper.
atoms during the past three months but
nothing as were as the one this week.
He seems to be getting along we'll and
will likely be able to leave the hospital
in a few days. He has had a severe
illness all the season and it is hoped
that he is now in a way to make per-
manent recovery.
The Ladies of the Maccabees were
having a good time on Wednesday
evening as guests of Mrs. ]. P. Ber-
ringer. They talked lodge business and
then ARRANGED the mselves for a pleasant
evening at 500. Mrs. Berringer served
the very best kind of a luncheon, Miss
es Rose Berringer and Fay Smith assist
ing her in the service and the local
members of Maccabees had a thoroughly
good time. The rooms looked pretty
trimmed in the colors of the order, red,
black and white.
G. E. Mcfarland, vice president of
the Bell Telephone Co. of Omaha. Neb.,
and L. D. Richardson, general manag-
er of the N. D. Independent Telephone
Co. of Fargo. were guests on Sunday of
Local Manager M. E. Hall. They took
auto ride into the country north and
had rather If a strenuous experience.
Before getting home it became necces-
sary to call for the fourth auto. How
ever. the party seemed to enjoy the out
ing and they saw some handsome
fields of grain.
The Dickinson Gun Club members
have changed their regular weekly
to Sunday morning instead of
evening, commencing with last
Sunday. On last Friday evening Stur-
geon made a perfect score of Is the
second one made over the Dickinson
trap. A. B. Dinsmore establishing the
precendent. The Gun Club members
want the game laws enforced and will
assist the officers in bringing to justice
the preseason hunter or any other vio-
lator of the laws.
DR.. F. A. Perrigo of Danville, ILL.,,
arrived in Dickinson on Wednesday on
his way to Bel6eld from which town
he went south to his farm of some Z, 600
acres, where he has $50 acres in wheat
this season. The crop is estimated to
be good enough to yield Is bushels to
the acre, and it will be necessary to
erect large granaries. DR.. Perrigo was
in Chicago on Monday and he said he
was astonished at the immense crowds
there to see Theodore Roosevelt. 1t was
impossible to get into the Congress
hotel and there were throngs of people
in the streets in that vicinity. also
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