The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-18

send you a few,-H. j. Munro.
Mrs. O.. L~ongsyehaug of Dell Rap
ids has been the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. A. Stensland, during the
week.
Two houses for rent. Eight room
house three blocks west of p~ostoffce,
lights cistern and city water. Six
room house east of Washington
school, cistern, water and cellar
Mrs. A. E. Clough.
For Rent. Large front room in
modern home, suitable for two ladies.
SO per week, near high school. In
quire at house, col West Sixth street.
Phone 100 Main.
Mr.. David Adler, the coat and suit
man, on his tour of the west, will be
at Mrs. X. Knoeri's store Tuesday
and Wednesday forenoon, September
81 and %.
The county Sunday school conven-
ton will meet in the Presbyterian
church beginning on Wednesday
morning at $50 and continuing un-
til Thursday at noon. These meet
ings are all open to the public.
Chas. b. Kennedy and son, Roy of
California, arrived by the evening
train to look after property interests
here. Mrs. Roy Kennedy and chill
dren, who accompanied them, stopped
in Sioux Falls for a day or WE before
coming to Madison.
Ramona Times: Rev. j. L. Booth
returned home last Friday evening
from Mitchell. where he was in at
tendance at the big dry campaign"
convention of the A~nti-Saloon league,
and he was elected secretary for the
twelfth consecutive year, which GER
tainly speaks we'll for our reverend
townsman.
Statesmen. Pocket sideline, new.
live proposition, all merchants in
towns Of 100 900 and under want it;
pays SIS commission on each sale; no
collecting, no risk to merchants; we
take back unsold goods; easiest, big
gest paying sideline ever offered
Garfield Mfg. Co, EOS Sigel St. Chi
cago, Ill.
The remains of the late Mrs. Ma
son. who died at Oldham early in the
week, arrived by the north train this
morning and were conveyed TO Grace
land cemetery for burial. A number
of family relatives were i'm attend
ance and the funeral party was met
at the depot by Madison friends of
the early days who were associates
of the deceased lady during her resi-
denee here.
X. Alison a public sale
at auction to be held at his premises
2 ~ miles south and 2 miles west of
Nunda, Thursday. September 80.
The property to be sold includes Is
head horses. is head cattle, 100
chickens and a list of farm machin-
cry. Sale will begin at 10 o'clock a..
m. and will be in charge of Col. j..
M. Trip, a%uctioneer. and j. K. Walk
er, clerk.
Sioux Falls Press: That the con-
struction work of the new hospital
for the Children's Home pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible was
the decision of the board OF directors
at the quarterly meeting last evening
which was attended by all the Sioux
Falls members The excavation work
was begun some time ago and is
about half completed. Supt. A. ID.
Stuckeman says that by Saturday the
home will this week have placed
seven children in homes. Two Sis
tiers. one OF whom is a one armed
girl. go into the same family, and
two boys. brothers, are to go into an
other family.
A surprise party of unusual enjoy
ment was bestowed upon Mrs. ollie
Mackay at her home in East Ninth
street Wednesday evening of this
week. Mrs. Mackay had been invited
out for the evening and when she re-
turned she found about sixty self
invited guests at her home in a So
cial frame of mind that portended an
evening of rare pleasure. which FOL
followed. Luncheon which had been
brought along was served, and as a
token of remembrance of the event
Mrs. Mackay was presented with a
handsome silk umbrella, gold head.
which was suitably engraved. Mrs.
Mackay having disposed of her home
In this city will establish a home In
Florida, departing Monday or Tues
day of neXt week.
Fargo, N. D., dispatch: While pro-
hibition may not absolutely prohibit
i'm North Dakota, ii is evident from
the experiences of local merchants
that 1T does cut down to the average
individual expenditures for liquors.
leaving more money for the neces-
stiles of life and making collections
much easier. Since Moorhead has
gone dry" there has been a notice
able increase in collections and pay
ments have been made on many old
bills that have been running for
months. One local retailer stated
that among certain families he has
already noticed that a better quality
hof goods is being purchased. Another
place where a great change Is noted
is at the police station. While there
have been many arrests for ~incipient
bootlegging, the number OF DRINKS
has been greatly reduced.