The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-28
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Hammocks. Get your choice while
stock is complete, at Beck's.
Leave your orders early for flowers
for Decoration day.-Porter Pharmacy.
The Catholic Young Ladies society
will meet this evening in the base
ment of the church after May devotions.
j. s. Keegan was a morning de-
parture for Rapid City, called there on
account of the illness of a sister, Mrs.
Loomis.
A party of nineteen young ladies en-
joyed a May picnic in Park Lake PARK
last evening, enjoying the outing to
the fullest extent.
Glass day exercises of the Madison
high school will be held at the opera
house this evening. A feature of the
entertainment will be two one-act
farces.
Mrs. Ida VESSEL returned this
morning from Hudson, Wis. where
she had been called to attend the
funeral of her brother, Frank Mellon
of that place.
All members of company ID are or
dered to report at the armory at $50
a. ~, Friday, May 30, tc take part in
the Memorial Day parade.-R. M.
~Brulingame, Captain.
Mrs. G. p. Rensvold of Leroy was a
morning passenger for Canton to attend
the commencement exercises of Angus
tana college tomorrow, and witness the
graduation of her son, George.
Referendum petitions for signatures
are in circulation in Madison, relating
to a law passed at the last session of
the legislature governing state educa-
tional institutions. A clause in the
law gives the Northern Normal school
at Aberdeen certain privileges which
are not approved by the state board of
regents of education, and hence the
regents have inaugurated the referen-
dunn movement.
A party of local railway trainmen
were passengers by the north train last
evening, enroute to Fargo, N. D., to
| appear ss witnesses in a $25, 900 dam
age suit brought against the Milwaukee
company by a travelling salesman
| who alleges injuries sustained
at Bristol about a year ago. The party
comprised Felix Vidal, G. Callaghan,
N. Tuttle, Nm. Blake, Fred Wagner,
Jos. Rooney and Claud McAdams.
The ladies of the cemetery associa-
tion will serve their annual Decoration
| Day dinner in the opera house. Menu
as follows:
Baked beans Roast meats
Potato Salad
| Brown bread Rolls
Pickles Cheese
| Doughnuts Cake
Coffee
Dinner will be ready at IL O'Clock.
| Price % cents.
The remains of the late Mis-. Mary
McGillivray arrived from Winfred by
the west train this morning, accompsn.
led by the family and a numper of
Winfred friends. Friends in this city
were at the depot to meet the funeral
party which went direct to the Presby
terian church where the funeral was
held at 10 a. M, conducted by the
Rev. G.. McKibbin. The pallbearers
were the three sons, Nj. D., ID. A. and
N. d. McGillivrsy, Don McGillivray
and M. Chaplin. grandsons, and Earn
est Mcdonald. Burial in Graceland
cemetery.
Mitchell dispatch: When Edmund
J. Evans receives his diploma at the
graduating exercises Of the Mitchell
high school today, he will have COM
pleted a record for school attendance
| which is seldom equaled. The young
man started to school in the fall of
1902 at the age of six years. and from
that day to this he mas never been
absent or tardy on n single occasion.
To make this record he has risen from
a sick bed to be present in his seat
| when roll was called, and once OF
twice he was sent home late in the
afternoon when it was evident to the
teacher that he was sick. He has TAX
en- a prominent place in the school
affairs, and is particularly strong in
athletics. playing on the football team
for several years. He is the president
of the senior class of the high school,
and he is exceedingly popular with
his classmates. Edmund is II years of
age, and is a fine looking, sturdy
youth.
VIM. McNett, who suffered a frac-
ture of his left leg in a runaway acct
dent while ON a business visit in
Montana about two months ago. since
which time he has been confined in
a Sioux Falls hospital, arrived in the
city Monday evening from Sioux Falls.
His limb Is far from being healed, but
he is able to 60 about with the aid
of clutches. MIR. McNett and family
have been having their share of
trouble. In February MI. McNett
went to Montana ON a fur buying tour
and while driving in the country his
team ran away with the result above
stated. He returned to this city and
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