The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-01

Dld you get your carnation today?
Vera Beck, of Sioux City, spent
Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Beck.
Every lady visiting 2. F. Sears, the
Jeweler, got a carnation today.
A special meeting of st. RATHER
ines guild will be held tomorrow aft
ernoon at the rectory. .
Matinee at 2:3O every Saturday at
the Lyric. Katzenjammer comedies
and five reel feature.
Katherine Esser, who underwent
an operation here, returned to her
home in Howard yesterday.
M. H. C%olgrove, cashier of the
First National bank, transacted bust
ness in Sioux Falls today.
Miss Sadie Brownlow, superintend-
ent of Trip county schools, is visit
ing with Rev. and Mrs. l.. t. Gwynn.
Robert and Wilfer Fulton, who
spent Thanksgiving with their sister,
Mrs. Frank Cleland, have returned to
their home at Iroquois.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Fl. Lehner and
young sons spent Thanksgiving with
relatives in Ramona, returning home
by the north train this morning.
We will continue to give a sterling
silver thimble to each person whose
purchase amounts to so cents or
more at z. F. Sears jewelry store to-
morrow.
Good dairy butter, 35 cents per
nrtp1 = on Mound Ar;A1rr
butter, oleomargarine, rs and 28
cents; fresh eggs, 35 cents per dozen
at Munro's. Why pay more?
DR.. and Mrs. III. H. Frudenfeld,
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Ball and Ernes-
tine Sutton motored to Sioux Falls
yesterday, where they had Thanks
giving dinner.
Chetser Journal: Friday after
noon a miscellaneous shower was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Hohweiler in honor of their
daughter, Gertrude, who is to become
rthe bride of Mr.. Frank Harder on
Wednesday, December s.. Miss Hob
weller was the recipient of many
beautiful gifts.
We are having and expecting a big
business this holiday season, and
have made preparation for it. With
better than an average crop and more
than double the usual prices. we have
much to be thankful for, and nothing
to kick about.-Osborn's Drug and
Jewelry Store.
In a fast game of football, played
before a large crowd yesterday after
noo at Aberdeen, the Madison high
school football team was defeated by
the Aberdeen high school club by a
score of 10 to 3. The Madison boys
returned this morning.
w. r. Weide. music teacher and
bandmaster, of Washington Springs,
is in the city today to confer with
local band boosters" with regard to
starting a band here. Mr.. Weide ex-
poets to return to the city next Tues
day, when he will address a>meeting
on the question Of organizing a band.
The meeting will probably be held in
the evening at the Commercial club.
Madison friends of Gene Vidal are
sending him letters of congratulation
because of the fact that following his
great showing in the Army-Navy
football game last Saturday, the Mad
ison athlete vas taken under the
wing of Anita Stewart, the celebrated
movie actress. Eastern papers de-
clare that Mr.. Vidal did justice to a
dinner to which the lady invited Mr..
Vidal and a few of his friends at the
Hotel Astor.
p. III. Brown, dairyman, has re-
ceived information that a Holstein
cow owned by w. j. Smiley, of Belle
! Fourche, has broken the worlds rec
ord as a milk producer. During the
seven days ending last Saturday, the
COW produced els pounds of milk
and 46 pounds of butter. 1t is said
that the Smiley animal is the first
South Dakota cow to come into ma
tional prominence.
Meredith, the 13~-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Zelle Steele, had his
right leg broken yesterday afternoon
when he fell down a shaft in his fla
theirs elevator at Ramona. The boy
was brought to the city this morn
ing for medical attention. He is at
the home of his parents, Egan ave-
nue..
Howard Press: Mrs. H. A. Han
son, who lived eight miles southeast
Of Howard, died very suddenly in DR..
Barthell's office at Winfred Wednes-
day afternoon. She went to Winfred
and called upon DR.. Barthel and told
him she was experiencing trouble in
breathing and requested him to get a
/ glass of water He stopned out To
get the water and on his return found
her dying. She leaves a husband and
a large family of children to mourn
her death.
J. j. Pinkerton, a form resident of
Orland township. now engaged in
farming near Aberdeen, Idaho, in a
letter to The Daily Leader, referring
to conditions in hat section says:
Wheat is selling here at $3.50 per
bushel; spuds, $3.50; oats, $2.25 per
100 pounds; alfalfa hay, SIS per ton.
Wheat on the dry land was fairly