Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-26


James Hardgering of Rapid City,
was here Saturday on business mat
ters.
Mrs. w. E. Lang left last week for
Minneapolis for visit with rela-
tives.
Will Robinson arrived Saturday
from Yanktou to spend to spend the
holidays.
Mrs. A. Drummer of Fit. Pierre, un-
derwent an operation at the hospital
Saturday.
= Mrs. H. A. Binford came in from
Manila Friday, and will spend the
winter here.
James E. Temmey, one of the pub
fishers of the Onida Waterman, was
in the city shopping Monday.
Misses Minnie and Margaret Cox
arrived Friday from Aberdeen, to
spend the holidays with homefolks.
Mrs. Herman Olson and son, left
Friday for their home at Carthage
after visit at the McAwley home.
Frank Putnam was in from Field
er Friday to meet his daughter who
returned from the Aberdeen Normal.
Engineer Bert Phelps and wife left
the first of the week for Iowa, where
they will pass the holidays in their pa
rental homes.
The fair weather emblem, famed by.
idle zephyrs almost daily since July, is
little short of remnant. Tattered as
it is, it looks good to US.
Mrs. o. S. Basford is away to Water
town, where she went the first of the,
week to care for Mr.. Basford, who is
ill of rheumatism in that city.
Misses Hattie Johnson, Beulah
Martyr, kathreyn Temmey and Nan
ME Green came down from Onida on
Friday, and passed the day shopping.
Misses Katharine Greenough, Beu-
lah Haskins, Elma Baker and Leona
Davis came in from their schools
Saturday to spend the HOLIDAYS.
Hayes Homestead, 20: H. Kirkpat-
rick was seriously injured one day this
week while helping brand horses. He
had four ribs broken and suffered inter-
nal injuries.
The committee in charge of the in
augural ceremonies desire to impress
on the people of the state that no invi-
tatons will be issued but that every
citizen is most cordially invited.
Mrs. Frank Cunningham, sister of
Mrs. P. II. Smith, arrived here the first
of the week from Gretna, Neb., and in
tends to remain until after the holidays.
Mrs. Cunningham was accompanied to
Pierre by her mother.
The Spearfish Normal orchestra will
tour the Black Hills during the holiday
vacation. This proposition among the
state schools of having glee club or
orchestra out during vacations is very
popular and results in favorable adyer-
Using for the institutions.
Turkey is willing to talk about peace
provided permission is given by her en-
emies to bring food into Adrianople. If
this concession is not granted, Turkey
will spite the visitors by starving to
death. The proposition is made ard
the Bulkan states can take it or not.
A delegation of five Sioux Indians.
from the Cheyenne reservation, are in
Washington demanding that money due
the Sioux for lands be paid withour fur
Their delay. The red man entertains
fears that the amount due for reserva-
ton lands may be scaled down.
We are in receipt of map of the
Black Hills region which includes
the western part of the state as CEN
trail Stanley county, parts of Mon
tana, Wyoming and Nebraska. 1t
was etched by Fay Jeffries, of the
State School of Mines.
The city of Aberdeen has ISSUED in
vitations to it's fourteenth annual
banquet on the evening of the Sd of
January, when it is to set up five
dollar feed to members of the legis-
lature and other citizens of the state
Aberdeen makes these functions
mighty interesting and they draw
we'll.
A. w. Ewert and j. P. Erickson ar
rived home yesterday from an extend
ed trip. Early in November they
went to Billings, Montana, and from
that place they went to Seattle, thence
to San Francisco, and later they went
to Houston, Texas.
E. c. Issenhuth Of Redfield has pre-
sented the state historical society with
an oil portrait of himself by Mr.. N. X
Brewster, who has painted number ir
the collection of oils owned by that de.
partment. Visitors in the capital pro.
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