Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-26

Judge j. ID. Gates returned yester-
day from Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Gates entertained the Trinity
Guild at her home yesterday.
Mrs. F. L. Cooley left yesterday for
a visit with relatives at Omaha.
Mrs. Karl Goldsmith entertained the
Birthday club at her home yesterday.
j. l.. Wingfeld, state bank examin-
err, returned yesterday from Faulkton.
Nh. and Mrs. j. P. Smith returned
Yesterday from a visit at Baraboo,
Wis.
Miss Cornick was released from the
hospital and went to her horne at Philip
yesterday.
A. j. Lane will soon move his cloth
ing stock into the Pierre Dress club
with E. j. ellis.
Mrs. w. S. Dudley entertained the
Aid society of the Baptist church at
the St. Charles today.
H. M. Gardner has purchased the
Purkapile dray line and has taken pos
session of the same.
Rev. K. A. Kasberg went to Mitchell
Yesterday, where he will attend a
Lutheran conference.
Floyd Pyles was given a surprise
party at his home Tuesday night in
honor of his birthday.
Miss Edith Rozelle was hostess to the
members of the Minority Republican
Sewing club Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Mary Lange entertained a num-
Der of friends at her home yesterday in
honor of her mothers 10th birthday.
N. j.. Olson came in from Cotton
wood Tuesday, accompanied by his
brother, /. M. Olson of Minneapolis.
Jas. Mathews, who has spent the
winter at the National Soldiers Home
at Milwaukee, arrived home Yesterday.
Miss Sadie Robinson arrived home
yesterday from Marshall, Mimi, where
she went to attend the funeral of a
rela tive.
H. II. Griswold, a former clerk at
the Riverview hotel, has accepted a
position at the St. Charles as night
clerk.
Rev. R. D. Dexheimer will COM
mence his preaching services at the
Dry Run school house next Sunday
afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
The spring fever may or may not
OBJECT you. But you canr OF escape
from the baseball fever. 1t is due to
begin early next month.
Mrs. j. w. Latta and Miss Cora
Carlson arrived Tuesday from Oma
ha, where they purchased their stock
of spring millinery goods.
C. j. Olson has planned to go to
Nebraska today. He intends to clos e
up some business matters of long
standing there before returning.
E. F. Dorothy of this city was a
buyer Monday on the Sioux City
market. About sixty carloads OF
cattle were pulled into this state dur
ing the week.
One of the earliest baseball meet
ings held in South Dakota this spring
met at Howard last week and formed
plans for putting a frst-class base
ball team, amply financed, in the field
this year.
Lieut.. G. P. Titus, inspector and
instructor of the National Guard.
went to Redfeld yesterday. Lieut..
Titus will no doubt remove to that
point in the near future.
Mrs. JAS. Mckay yesterday receiv-
ed Jews of the death of Mr.. Moore.
father of the late Mrs. L. w. Elliott.
who died at his home in Illinois on
Monday of last week. Mr.. Moore
and wife visited in Pierre last sum-
mer.
Tuesday a petition was filed with
the City Auditor for the nomination
of Mrs. Carrie Whitcher as a mem
Der of the City Board of Education
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of j.. G. Williams. The matter will
be voted upon at the city election
next month.
7. j. Steele of Sioux City, has heen
announced as a democratic candidate
for congress in the eleventh Iowa
district. MI. Steele is a bright mind
and run on errands for the demo
cratic party covering a period of
thirty years. He has large interests
near Pierre.
When taken before a local justice
on the charge of being short in his
accounts while school treasurer OF
Fairbank township, in Sully county
last week, F. NJ. Bennett of Fielder.
waived his preliminary hearing and
was held for trial at the next term of
state circuit court. His bond was
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