Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-24
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PURELY PERSONAL.
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gagged in remodeling and enlarging the
, Buchanan store.
Miss Mamie O'Connell left for La
Posta this morning after spending
the Saturday recess with her mother
at Animas City.
c. d. Wolfinger, one of the division
! superintendent of the Rio Grande
Southern, was guest at the Strater
Saturday night.
w. B. Rowlands, one of the Florida
Mesa Land and Development COM
pany engineers, was among the out
of-town folk who spent Sunday at the
| Strater.
Miss Elizabeth Parkinson left for
Kansas City yesterday morning. To-
day she is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ballreich in Pueblo.
Mr.. and Brs. Ben Freeman returned
from the east last night where Mrs.
| Freeman has been on an extended WIS.,
| it. They are again domiciled at the
| Strater
| Ross McGirr went over to Pagosa
Springs this morning to confer with
his brother, Attorney Vic McGirr, re-
garding business projects in which
they are mutually interested.
George Leap, an elderly man who
has made Trinidad his home, was n
guest at the Southern last night, on
his way to Aztec where he will spend
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W. H. Holmes of tarn.ington re-
turned from the east last nighr whei e
he has been transacting business for
several weeks. He continued on his
| way homeward this morning.
W. H. Lambert, J. l.. Lambert and
r. L. Muller are over from Mancos
today making final proof cn their
homestead entries. they are stop
ping at the Southern.
Miss Mercedes Phelan went out 10
Florida station this morning where
she is known to the residel.s of the
| district a sthe school ma am. She
spent the week end in town with her
parents.
John Moss, candidate for county
commissioner, is in from the Bayfield,
section today, meeting the voters. Mr..
Moss has been a resident of the south
west since '7s so he is perfectly fa-
miliar with the needs of the county.
DR.. S. w. Morrison, former mem-
Der of the Republican party who has
recently developed horns and toofs,
politically speaking, left for his home
at Oxford this morning after spend
ing a couple of days in town confer
ring with political associates.
A. F. Hood went out to Lebanon
today to embalm the body of woman
! who died this morning. He fail
| ed to understand the name over the
phone but it seems that the remains
will be held awaiting the coming of
relatives from the east, period of
four or five days.
Miss Eli Kavanaugh, sister of the
late Milton Kavanaugh, arrived in Du-
range last night, one day late on nc
count of not making connections in
| Grand Junction. Her brother -in-law,
Harry Stultz, met her in Telluride
and broke the news of her sisters
! death.
Jim Brown played the walking
ghost, Santa Claus and the complete
role of benefactor to the railroad boys
Saturday by distributing their month
ly pay checks. Since the pay car be-
| came a superannuated institution Mr..
Brown represents the whole Joy and
| sorrow of the financial side of the
local bunch.
Miss Mabel Johnson departed for
Pueblo this morning, after spending
her annual vacation of two weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Johnson on Lightner creek. Next
March Miss Johnson completes her
training course in Minnequa hospital
She will remain until commencement,
which is the latter part Of May.
J. A. Reagan leaves for Denver the
confer with some high traffic men.
| Mrs. Dan Right visited in Denver
last week with Mrs. Henry Billings,
nee Olive Snyder, and Mrs. John Eng
lish.
Mac Wright, the very acco nmodae-
ing porter at the Strater, is home
from Alamosa where he spent most
enjoyable vacation visiting with his
friends and looking after his real es-
tate interests. He is back on duty
again today associating the 200th suit
case with the rightful owner.
Mrs. Edith MacLaren, nee Edith
Thomas, arrived in the city from Sa-
guache last night to visit her sister,
! Mrs. Joe Mckinney, and mother-in-
law, Mrs. Bernard. If any weddings
occur in the family during her stay
she will be numbered among those
present. Should history repeat itself
we expect Operator Lively to assure
us not later than tomorrow morning
that he is not going to be married.
Why the necessity for denying the
charge when his name has not been
mentioned?