Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Cousins of Iowa, are
visiting at the Stainer home.
Mrs: J.EH, G%ropengeiser of onida.
issvisiting with friends in Pierre.
H. G. Preston, a member of the state
Tax commission, was an arrival yester-
day from Mitchell.
Mrs. VIM. Eckert came up from
Blunt today aud will make a short
visit with friends.
Walter Mann and Miss Emma P.
1hli obtained license from the clerk of
courts to wed yesterday.
Mrs. Anna WEIGH, mother of Mrs
u b, Patrick, arrived yesterday from
Syracuse. n. j., and will make her
home in the city.
George kienholtz, formerly a Pierre
resident, is in the city from Mar
shall, Mimi, on a combined business
and pleasure trip.
The Altar society is being entertain
ed this afternoon at the A. D. Hengel
home with Mesdames Hengel, Pulles
and Hengel as hostesses.
Miss Hilda Slenga has resumed her
position at the Sugar Bowl, after a
four weeks visit at her home near
MoenvilIe, Stanley county.
DR.. and Mrs. I. F. Riggs left today
for Denver, Colo, where they will
attend the oath annual convention of
the Western Surgical association.
Mrs, d. c. Coppage and aunt, Mrs.
Babcock, who have spent several
weeks with old acquaintances in
Pierre, departed today for their home
at Red Oak, Iowa.
Jas, eastman, who has spent sever
al months in a sanitarium at Hot
Springs, has returned to Pierre. be-
ing greatly improved in health. Mr..
eastman is acting as ticket agent at
the depot during the absence of H.
q. Smith and will soon take up his
position at the freight depot.
S, h. Blackwell of Chamberlain. a
member of the state board of charities
and corrections, who underwent a seri-
Gus operation for cancer at a hospital at
Rochester a few days ago, is in a very
condition and slight hopes for
his recovery are entertained by pbvsi-
who state he may live but a few
Mr.. Blackwell will be removed
to his home at Chamberlain this week.
The Red Cross seals are now on
in South Dakota and all who
wish to help in the fight against the
plague can do so by buying a
Every cent that is raised on
this fund in South Dakota is spent in
South Dakota. The seals are ONLY 9
penny each and if every citizen of
the state would buy just one seal, a
very fine fund would be raised to
help IN a work which touches direct
ly OF indirectly every home in the
Chas. McCatfree, state immigration
commissioner, who has been in attend
ance at a meeting of representatives
from the states of North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
which has been in session in Kansas
City the past few days, was honored
by being elected president of a newly
organized association known as the Ma
tional Farm Labor Exchange. Presi-
dent McCaffree has called the first
meeting for Monday, February /, to be
held at Omaha.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Hitchcock Electric Light
Co., with a capital of S., 900. Incor-
porators, G. b. Hinkley, d. E. Chap.
lin, E. e. Cotton. James Murphy, ct
al; for the Hamlin County Mortgage
Company, Bryant. capital 1926, 900. In.
corporators, e. A, Ruben, r. S. Ru-
den, Bryant; G. j. Ruben, Hayti; and
for the Evangelical Lutheran Zion
church, and the Evangelical Luther
an Grace church at Memo; and the
Evangelical Lutheran church at Free.
man, Hutchinson county.
Judge E, G. Smith, chairman of the
general plans for the inaugural bal
January 5th, has selected the various
committees as follows: Reception
Messrs Sellers, Gates, Daugh erty:
Music, Messrs. Ewert, Lugg, Stab.
lein; Finance, Messrs. Whiting, An
derson, Henry; Decoration, Messrs
Robinson, Derr, Sebree; Checking
Room, Messrs. Bailey, Adams Eric.
son. These committees have the
authority to select additional mem.
bers, and the reception committee
have added Messrs. Linstad, Kelley,
Trnran, Quincy, McEwen, Chap.
man and Selbv to their list.