Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-10
Fred Baade of DeGrey, transacted

II. M. Straight is displaying a fine
line of goods suitable for holiday
gifts.
Jack Oldfeld came up from Huron
Saturday for a short visit with home
folks.
Mrs. 9. l.. Starr arrived home Mon
day from an extended visit at Cody,
Wyoming.
Mrs. H. R. Homer entertained a
number of friends at her home Mon
day evening.
Miss Marion Ihli, who teaches school
at Fielder, spent Sunday with home
folks in Pierre.
Mrs. w. D. Nelson was hostess to
the Queen Esther society at her home
Monday evening.
Mrs. F. E. Hits and Mrs. E. Halves
will give a dancing party at the st.
Charles this evening.
Elmer Middleton arrived home last
week from a several months stay in
the eastern part of the state.
Geo. Coates bought a fine bunch of
cows here the first of the week. He
drove them to his ranch near Can
ming.
L.. Z. jenkins of Lawrence county,
an applicant for the position of food
and drug commissioner, was a Pierre
visitor Tuesday.
j. l.. Eichholtz, residing near
Blunt, suffered a broken leg Friday,
when a load of hay on which he was
riding overturned.
DR.. C. j. Lavery arrived Saturday
! from Aberdeen, being called to Fit.
Pierre by the death of his brother-in-
law, John McKilllr.
Miss Margaret Lockhart departed
Tuesday for White and Clear Lake,
at which points she will visit with rela-
tives during the holidays.
G. A, Christopherson of Sioux
Falls, candidate for speaker of the
house of representatives, was a Capt..
tai City visitor over Sunday.
w. w. Soule of Rapid City, candi-
date for register of the U. S. land
office at that place, attended the state
committee meeting here Tuesday.
Mrs. H. G. Smith arrived home
Friday from an extended visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Della Nelson, at
Columbia and with a sister, Mrs. M.
McCarty at Huron.
Superintendent Helm and Prof. Raw
Inns of the city schools will entertain
the members of the high school foot
ball team at a banquet at the st. Char
les tomorrow evening.
The Osterkamp residence at Blunt,
valued at SIS, 900, was consumed by
fire Sunday night. The property car
ried $4,000 insurance. The fire prob
ably started from a defective furnace.
Bert Morton, brother of Mesdames
McCord, Wales and Fl L.. Williams,
departed yesterday for his home at
Everette, Wash, following an ex-
tended visit here and with his par
ents near Highmore.
John McKillip, of Fit. Pierre, Jani-
tor of the city school and formerly
register of deeds of Stanley county,
accidently shot and killed himself
Saturday while cleaning a rifle which
he did not know was loaded.
j. 81. Dillon, kindly remembered
here by a large number of people,
broke away from ranch life Monday
and came to Pierre. He is engaged
in farming and stockraising in Sully
county and is making it pay.
Mesdames Bronte and McEwen
entertained a company Of ladies at
the st. Charles Tuesday. The event
was in the form of afarewell, as Mrs.
Bronte leayes next week with her
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The Lyceum Poultry company of
Chicago, has a loving cup on display i in
the window at the Schubert pharmacy.
which is to be awarded for the best dis
play of poultry at the poultry show to
be held in this city next month.
General Winter stalked into town
Sunday. A light fall of snow continued
throughout the day. Since which time
snow furries have been general from
the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi
valley, while rain is falling from the
Mississippi river eastward.
Among the committeeman from
over the state who were in the city
Tuesday to attend the state commit
tee meeting were ]. E. Kelley of
Brown county, Casper Eggen, Sisse-
ton; VIM. Fried, Buffalo; j. K. Clark
Lennon: f. NJ. Scohlic TvndalI.