The Dickinson press., 1916-05-20
LOCAL NEWS

house and garden for rent. In
quire of Pat Sexton. 1t
The Ka-na-o girls are planning for
a banquet at the St. Charles hotel
next Tuesday evening. 81
Wanted-Girl for general house.
work. Mrs. T. L. Beard, 322-1st Ave.
West. It
R. J. Ridley of Fargo, the Under
wood Typewriter Co. salesman, was
IN Dickinson for several days this
week.
Judge Fred Maser went to New
England on Thursday evening to
look after some land business, He
expected to return on Friday.
j. W. Brinton, former postmaster
and publisher of the Beach Chronicle.
was in Stark county this week with
the Non-Partisan workers. From
here he went to Wells county for a
few days.
Supt. P. S. Berg left on Wednes-
day to attend the state meeting of
city superintendent at Grand Forks.
lie has an interesting talk and dis
cussion at this meeting, which will
continue for several days.
Bankers R. E. Trousdale of the
First National at Mott, j. M. Messner
OF the First State, George Helming
OF the German State and Editor John
Charrhley of the Spotlight and Harry
Galloway of the Farmers State at
Bentley arrived via auto Thursday
evening.
Glen, the eight-year-old son of MI.
ana Mrs. Il. W. Smith of the Dickin-
son experiment station, was seriously
Ill at his home with pneumonia the
past week. He was a great deal bet
ter on Thursday and probably is now
u OF danger unless new complica-
tions arise.
Editor Harry Dence, Merchant W.
w. Beebe and Banker R. c.. Davis
were down from Belfeld on Monday.
They took the train on account of the
muddy condition of the roads. Mr..
Dence is having serious trouble from
his eye and may have to consult a
specialist in the near future.
The tank of oil for the streets in
Dickinson was shipped from Illinois
on the 10th and Should be here very
soon. Commissioner C. M. Dinsdale
is surfacing the streets and getting
ready to apply the oil as soon as t
gets along. The tank has been here
for some days. Such blocks as were
oiled last year are to be reiterated.
Rev. R. H. Craig united in marriage
at the Methodist parsonage on Thurs
day evening at 700 o'clock, Arthur
Judson of Manning and Miss Lily
Calhoun Of Cranberry, North Carolina.
The bride arrived in Dickinson that
very day and has the grace and
charm of a typical southern girl.
Further particulars concerning this
young couple are lacking, but it is un-
derstood that they will make their
home at Manning.
Last Friday as Dominik Krank.
who is employed on the Anton Frank
farm IA miles south of Dickinson, at
tempted to lift a roof onto a chicken
coop, the pully broke and the roof
Slid back, pinning the young man to
the ground. Mrs. Frank was the onlv
one at home and after several effortS
succeeded in extracting the victim. A
physicians examination showed no
serious injury, although the young
man is suffering with a very lame
back.
W. L. Richards returned Wednes-
day night from his trip to Killdeer
and Grassy Butte. He went to the
last named place early in the week
to stake out the site for the First
State Bank, lumber for which was
already on the ground. The building
will be completed within two or three
weeks and then the bank will be
opened for business. A 5000 pound
safe, fire and burglar proof, has been.
ordered which will be hauled north
and placed as soon as the building is
far enough advanced to permit.
Little Alfred, the son of Mrs. L. E.
Brown, is suffering extreme pain
from a most pitiful break in the
bones Of both his legs just above the
knees. One Of the fractured bones
broke through the skin. The accident
occurred at about noon on Neines-
day when the little fellow was
climbing a tree I'm the yard. The
limb snapped off and Alfred fell
from quite a height to the ground.
His screams brought his mother TO-
him and a physician was summoned
Immediately.
Miss Dagney Selrod, a Swedish
n1asseuse,' who arrived here from
Minneapolis a few weeks ago, has
opened parlors at the Willard hotel
for a few weeks until her suit of
three rooms in the Merchants Nation
al Bank building is fitted out. Miss
Selrod is a graduate of an arthopedic
institute in 'Christiania, Norway, and
Since coming to this country some
two and a half years ago has been
successfully engaged in her profess
sion. She will work in connection
with the doctors here.
H. Meisner, postmaster at Witten-
berg, Wis, was registered Thursday
at the Willard hotel. He was en-
route to Fryburg where his son,
Grover, runs an elevator and where
the elder gentleman still holds quite
a large tract of land. Mr.. Meisner's
son-in-law, Charles Mcdonald, who
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