The Dickinson press., 1916-10-14
LOCAL NEWS

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Mrs. Dan Manning entertained
fourteen ladies at dinner last Sunday
at Fishers Cafeteria. So
There is a strong rumor current
that another motion picture show
may be opened in this city in the
near future.
Dorothy, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Richards, entertained nine
guests at a IL o'clock dinner on
Thursday, for her twelfth birthday.
Mrs. F. L. Roquette entertained the
Get-T o-Gethers and their husbands
Sunday evening at a 6 o'clock prairie
chicken dinner. Covers were laid for
twelve.
S. S. Sutherland came down on No.
8 this (Friday) morning and expected
to leave for his old place, four miles
east of Manning, to spend a week
there during threshing time.
John Wock of the Dickinson vicinity
is now the owner of a section of land,
having purchased the fourth quarter
the past week from Postmaster Frank
Lish for a consideration of $4,000.
This land is situated two miles north
of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Soules have
rented the Mrs. Catherine Ray home.
on LIST Ave. West and 4th Street and
plan on moving into their new place
of residence in about a month. Mrs.
Ray is planning on going to Califor-
MIA to spend the winter.
The Dickinson Mems Glee Club held
their first meeting at the high school
auditorium last Tuesday evening and
will meet hereafter every Tuesday
evening after the choral club practice,
which begins at 7:30. All men who
enjoy singing are invited to join the
Mrs. Anna Reilly, who spent about
three months visiting relatives and
old friends out this way, departed on
Monday for her home at Indianapo-
lis. En- route she expected to stop off
in the cities and in Chicago. Her
many Dickinson friends were sorry to
see her go.
Frank J. Messmer, candidate for
the office of clerk of court under the
Individual Nominations heading, and
Raphael Gress, both prominent Rich
ardton young men, were in the city
Thursday in the interests of the
formers candidacy. Mr.. Messmer is
assistant postmaster at Richardton.
! Hospital Notes: Operations-Mrs.
May Young, city; Robert Wieglenda,
Gladstone ; James Subert, Beach;
Mrs. VIM. Elletson, city. For treat
ment-Mrs. O. T. Evanson, Emerson;
Miss Teresa Wehrmann, Golva; B. j.
Eide, Daglum; Phoebe Sibley, city;
Mrs. V. Paluch, South Heart; Miss
Stella Hegge, New England.
Mrs. James Drury, who was the
guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mike
Drury, departed for her home at
Mandan sooner than she expected on
account Of receiving the sad news of
the death of her brother up in Can
ada: She left on Wednesday accom-
panied by Mrs. Catherine Dooley, also
Leonberger.
Ieter Gress and mis- son, Raphael,
who are running a threshing outfit
this fall, stated on Thursday that they
had about ten days work still left to
complete threshing in their neighbour
hood. They had 400 acres Of their
W crop which gave them a fair
yield this season. Recently they re-
duced their cattle herd to $50 head,
having sold to local buyers.
Fred Christensen, who went east
with a stock shipment, returned last
Saturday accompanied by his sister,
Miss Emma, who for many months
was a patient at St. Luke's hospital
in St. Paul. She is feeling fine now
and accompanied her brother and his
wife back to the ranch on Tuesday.
Mrs. Christensen was the guest of
her mother, Mrs. C. N. Barker, of this
city, while her husband was away.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wock and Mrs.
Philip Wetsch, who reside a short dis
lance northeast of the city, recently
made a visiting rip to the Anton
Kupper farm u miles north of Kill
deer. Mr.. Kupper has just completed
the erection of a big barn. His crop
yield this year is as follows: Oats,
100 bushels; flax, $50 bushels; wheat,
800 bushels. Mr.. Kupper considers
this a pretty good yield for the tract
of land he is farming.
Rev. R. H. Craig and VIM. Noggle
left on Wednesday to attend the state
annual Methodist conference at
jamestown, Mrs. Craig leaving later
in the week to join her husband. The
local congregation is anxious to re-
tain their pastor and VIM. Noggle
went down to sec that they do get
him back. From Jamestown Mr.. and
Mrs. Craig will go on to Lisbon to
visit their son, Ray, and his wife and
their new little granddaughter.
Friends in the city are in receipt
of announcements of The marriage of
Miss Minnie Werness and Frank Pat
terson at Billings, Mont, on October
End. Miss Werness is we'll known
here as she was engaged here in pro-
fessional nursing until about two
years ago, when she left for Billings,
where she continued in the same line
Of work, making ker home with her
brother. The groom, it is understood,
is a commercial traveller. Mr.. and