Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-23


Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Saunders of In
terror, were in the city Tuesday.
S. A. McGaffee, county commits
sioner, came up from Blunt Tuesday.
A. C.. Granger was in Pierre Tues
day from Kadoka on a short business
trip.
S. S. Ruble, undertaken, went to
Blunt Tuesday on a professional
trip.
Miss Nina Gibbs of Carthage, is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Hazel
Carson.
The fall term of circuit court in
Stanley county convened in Fort
Pierre Tuesday.
The telephone rate hearing before
the railway commission, which was set
for November IS, has been continued
to December 5.
John Ryan and son of Hershey,
Wis, arrived Tuesday and are guests
at the Devine home.
Miss Edith johnson has accepted a
stenopraphic position with the Capt.
tai Supply company.
Mrs. j. B. Bessire was released
from the hospital Tuesday and went
to her home at Agar.
November l, a strong opera company
will appear in the comic drama ''The
Thief" at the Grand.
Mrs. j. W. Hall went to her home
at Harold Tuesday, having spent
several days in Pierre.
Three months ago it did not seem
possible I'll at steam heat could ever
feel agreeable again.
Rev. w. A. Wilkinson and W.. d.
Nelson went to Huron Tuesday in
the interest of the local M. E. church.
Harry Purcell celebrated his 5th
birthday at his home Tuesday by en-
tertaining a number of his little
friends.
Mrs. A. Il. Youngs and Miss Anna
Whiting entertained at dinner Tues
day In honor of Miss Ruth Peterson
Of Sioux Falls.
Arthur Coutherd of Capa, stopped
off in Pierre Tuesday for a short visit
with friends, being enroute to points
in Missouri.
This little touch of winter is only
the weatherman's way of making the
forthcoming Indian summer now due
the more delightful.
The first ice of the season to be
seen along the shore of the Missouri
was on Sunday night when the tenn
perature took a sudden drop.
Mrs. Lou Grilley, daughter of Mrs.
B. S. Andrews, left Tuesday for her
home at Wall, having spent some
time here with her mother.
u. A. Cummins, Ed Wanbaugh and
Joe Stelow returned Tuesday from a
hunting trip in the northeastern part
of the state, where they report a
slaughter of POT ducks.
John Wilcox of Laurel, visited a
daughter who is ill at the hospital
here Tuesday. Mr.. Wilcox and fam
lily will leave shortly for Minnesota.
where they will make their home.
Milo Brown, cashier Of the First
State Bank of Onida, was in the city
yesterday on business. Mr.. Brown re-
ports a fairly good business there, and
says that business men in general agree
that trade is growing better.
j.. E. Handlin of Sturgis, '.only a
newspaper man." was in the city the
first of the week. Mr.. Handlin is a
nan of acknowledged ability, and in
f1uential throughout the western por-
ton OF the state. He should be given
q place'on the state ticket.
Superintendent M. G. Helm of the
city schools, while going through
the records in the safety vault of the
high school, discovered a bronze
medal, which vas awarded the Pierre
schools for An exhibit at the Column
bian exposition held in Chicago in
1898.
State Veterinarian Barber reports
that he discovered several cases OF
CHAMBERS while on a trip to the south
ern part of the state, and that nine
head'of horses were destroyed, five of
them being the property of one Gre
CORY man, the others being in Char
les Mix county.
Walt Mason says: Backward,
turn backward, oh time in your flight,
and give US a girl whose skirts are
not tight. Give us a girl whose
charms are few, are not exposed by
too much peek-a-boo. Give us a girl,
no matter what age, who won't use
the street as a vaudeville stage. Give
na q GIRL mot fnO ohorDlv - -