Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-03-09
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


I'd on in Bruce, and the streets OF the
own are now we'll lighted at night.
The spring quarter of the 1855
school year at the Northern Normal
md Industrial school at Aberdeen will
,egin March 20.
The Miller creamery is turning out
IN average of 1900 pounds of butter
per week, which Is sold at Miller, Hu.
ron, Pierre and the other towns along
that line.
Custer Is to have a new tuberculo-
sis sanitarium managed by private
parties. under the provision Of articles
of incorporation which were filed with
the secretary Of state.
At a special election at Witten q
majority Of the voters cast their bal.
lots in favor OF the proposition to in.
corporate Witten as city under the
general laws OF the state.
A. G. Button, a prominent stockman
Of Highmore. was found dead in a bed
at the McGlinchy hotel. The coroner
was called and pronounced the cause
Of his death as heart failure.
Sheriff Hertz arrested Mrs. Phoebe
vandervelden, wife of saloon man
Of Gregory, and Ewalt Grewel, farm.
er living near Gregory, in hotel at
Fairfax on charge of adultery.
About forty women from outside
towns were present as delegates to
a district meeting of the Daughters of
Rebekah which was held in Webster.
Besides social time, business ses.
sions were held.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Gordon, promi.
nent pioneer residents OF Gary and
the surrounding region, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
the home of their son, F. b. Gordon, in
that city.
Rather q unique method Of raising
funds for the Selby cornet band was
used by B. p. Hotter, a local merchant.
For every pair of shoes bought at his
store during one week he donated 80
cents towards the band.
Agents of the Standard OIL company
in the South Dakota field to the mum.
/
South Dakota and part of Iowa, held
school of instruction in Sioux Falls
at which many questions OF interest 10
the agents were taken up.
The Aberdeen postoffice receipts for
February, 1916, show gain Of g..
1889 over the receipts of the CORE.
spending month in 1915. This Is one OF
the largest monthly gains ever shown
and there have been some goodly
sized ones of late years.
Mrs. Hannah Carlson, wife Of q
farmer living twelve miles from Bruce,
returned at night apparently In her
usual health. When her husband at
tempted to awake her in the morning
he found she was dead. Heart disease
was the cause. She was the mother
Of twelve children. ten of whom sur
vive her.
Mobridge grocers and butchers are
considering the adoption of a central
delivery system whereby one concern
will deliver all orders for all the firms
In town instead of each individual firm
maintaining q delivery service OF its
own. They believe the new plan will
cheaper the cost of delivery service to
patrons.
Despite the fact that It is only a
short time since the ground around
Mobridge was covered with a heavy
fall Of snow, Lewis Larson. q farmer
near there. has alfalfa which has reach.
ed height OF between four and Ave
inches, and which will be high enough
for the first cutting about the time
spring farm work starts.
Thoroughly convinced that under a
dry regime Aberdeen has been clean.
er and better town, not only from q
social and moral. but from sound
business standpoint as well, the Aber.
deem dry campaign committee is mar.
shaling its forces and perfecting the
organization Of the drys to make Ger
tain of the city remaining dry.
Aberdeen Eagles and their ladies,
to the number of ESQ enjoyed a delight.
full evening at the annual banquet and
ball celebrating the twelfth anniver.
sary Of the founding of the local lodge
A weli-appointed banquet. prepared
and served under the direction OF
Chef Frank Lipond. was the last word
in dietetics and cuisine and enhancing
the enjoyment Of the diners. gay and
beautiful harmonies were rendered by
the Bijou Symphony orchestra.
st. Patrick's Catholic church at Wa.
konda was the scene Of . triple we'd.
ding among prominent citisens last
week. The triple ceremony united
Patrick Henry Keeley and Miss Mary
Isabel Carr. John H. Carr and Miss
Mary McCarty. and william Carr and
4iss Anna McCarty. The two McCar
ltys are sisters and the thres Cars ars
brothers an1 sister. end an ars mem.
bers of prom1Aeat hniltes IN Clay
county ana old nssl1eats n this locali.
". This = asad 10 - the Arst triple
wo1ding n Wakoola, and one Of only
Il . riew ever ~ = Clay county. Tha
oAee0ony n AaoA ,eaoo was porfoensd
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