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

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The w. c. T. U. held their regular
meeting at the home of Mrs. P. H.
Rumble on End Ave. West on Wednes-
day.
The Standard Bearer girls of the
NJ. E. church will meet with Miss
Alice Beatty at o'clock on Saturday
afternoon.
F. Schlapman and son, Henry, of
Taylor autoed up in their car on Mon
day to attend to business matters and
were pleasant callers at this office
while in the city.
Mrs. G. r. Vestal of eight miles
east Of the city, drove in on Tues
day. The Vestals are farming around
100 acres this year. They have quite
stock herd also and plan on buying
still more this fall.
Ben Refvem, of the Golden Rule
store, received message Tuesday
morning informing him Of the serious
illness of his mother. He left on No.
2 that afternoon for his home at
Lane, S. D.
Mrs. J. v. Jessen was hostess to
the P. E. o. on Tuesday evening.
The program was continuation of
the Shakespeare theme and was ably
conducted by Mrs. H. w. Reed and
Miss Anna Hillesheim.
Mrs. H. w. Eden entertained as
her guest on Monday, her sister, Mrs.
w. w. Hare, who came in from the
west, having spent about three weeks
at the hot springs at Miscoula, Mont.
Mrs. Hare left on No. 4 Tuesday
morning for her home at Fargo.
Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Cooke of Bow
man came in the first of the week, the
former leaving on Tuesday afternoon
for the annual M. E. conference at
Jamestown. While her husband is
away, Mrs. Cooke is the guest of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. John Little of this
city.
]: C. Erb and son, Ralph, and
nephew, Richard Van Horn, who spent
several months out at the Erb ranch,
autoed in the latter part of last
week in Mr.. Erb's new model Ford
car. Mr.. Van Horn expects to leave
for his home at Ft. Worth, Texas, The
latter part of this month.
Adam Lefor, the prominent Lefor
merchant and banker, was IN the city
on Saturday to see his father, Adam
Lefor, Sr., who is i'll at St. Joseph's
hospital. He was accompanied in
by his sister, Mrs. George Wagner
of Chicago, who visited a few days
out there with relatives and came in
to relieve her mother at her fathers
bedside for some time.
Mrs. George Brandt and little son,
Donald, arrived last Friday from
Bismarck, where they had spent the
summer as guests Of the formers
brother, Stewart Cummings, and
family. They spent only short time
in the city, leaving for their home at
Bridger, Mont, on Sunday night, Mr..
Brandt meeting them in Billings
While here they were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Agnew.
Alfred Skinner brought into this Of
flee the other day two monster po-
tatocs, which he says are fair
sample of his IS bushel crop, which
he raised on quarter of an acre.
They arc Of the "Astonish No. 2'
variety, and those brought in weighed
81 and 26 ounces respectively. The
sight Of these large smooth potatoes
makes the housckceper's fingers long
for the pairing knife.
Mrs. Matilda. Grcgcrson, who spent
several weeks in the city looking
after her residence property on
Marguerite Boulevard, departed an
Tuesday morning for Albion, Ncb,
where she will reside for the winter
En- route she expected to stop off at
Stoughton, Wis, for her little daugh-
ter, Adeline, who was visiting with
relatives while her mother was out
here.
Alfred Gafner, who year ago sold
his ranching interests to Jeffories
Bros, came in the first of the week
from a short visit to the ranch, where
he assisted during the roundup for
the big cattle shipment which several
ranchers out north will make in the
near future. Mr.. Gafner is now q
rooming house proprietor IT Greybull,
Wyoming, and left for his home on
Monday.
Mesdames o. R. Meyer and Chris
Peterson invited in few of Mrs.
Geo. Wagner's old friends at the home
Of Mrs. Peterson on Tuesday for a
social afternoon. The ladies brought
their fancy work and also spent some
time at cards. Mrs. Wagner will
spend several weeks in the city be-
fore returning to her home in Chi
cago, the length of time being de-
termined by her fathers condition at
the hospital.