Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-21
LOCAL NEWS

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day on a short business visit.
Miss Pearl Hunkins and father re-
turned Tuesday from an eastern visit.
E. II. Wood came up from Messing
ton Friday on a short business visit.
Mrs. w. ID. johnson went to Ashton
Tuesday, where she will visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown of
Belle Fourche, passed Saturday in
Pierre.
Albert Hengel left Monday to re
sumo his studies at the Vermillion
university.
Harold Cummins returned to st
Paul Sunday, after a short visit with
homefolks here.
The Catholic ladies will hold 3
cooked food sale at the Thomas gro
Gerry Saturday.
j. d. Daley came up from Harold
Monday for a short visit with his sister,
Mrs. Stanley Stevenson.
Attorney Joe Kirby came up from
Sioux Falls Tuesday to look after mat
tiers before the supreme court.
J.. FL. Glow returned last week from
an extended visit with relatives at
points in Montana and Canada.
Dan Healey, publisher of the Miller
Gazette, was III the city Monday. He
says business is good in his town,
w. S. Doughty and family arrived
from Parker by auto Tuesday and are
guests at the j. j. Murphy home.
Gov. and Mrs. r. M. Byrne and son
Lieut.. Carroll Byrne, spent Sunday
at their former home at F%auIkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Blllinghnyst re-
turned Saturday from Redfeld, near
which place they have land interests.
c. j.. Corrick passed Sunday in this
city. He is painting buildings in Can
ming, and of course, is shining 'em up.
Herbert Gregory of the state land
department, was called to Rockford,
Ill.,, last week by the death of his
mother.
w. /. Walker arrived Friday from
Council Bluffs, Iowa, to look after
stock interests in this section of the
state.
The teachers and officers of the
Baptist Sunday school were enter
tanned at the Havens home Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Joe Pitlick and daughter, Mrs.
Sam Alleman, departed Tuesday for
Iowa City. Iowa, where they will visit
with relatives.
The Gilreath Auto company has just
received a large shipment of Ford autos
of the 1917 model, which they now have
on the local market.
Miss Marguerite Cox came in from
Wasta Saturday for a short visit,
leaving Monday for Vermillion, VIII ere
she entered the state university.
A hunting party composed of b. A
Cummins, E. M. Wanbaugh, Joe Stel-
low and Alfred Bale left this morning
for a hunting trip at Swan Lake.
Mrs. Sellars returned Saturday
from a visit in Iowa and together
with her son, G. K. Sellars, will oc.
cupy the Newbanks residence OIL
Prospect Il
visits, but found the crops about as
nearly ready for him as they ever are.
On the whole good crops have beef
harvested this year.
Hog cholera has made its appearance
in Brown county. Hundreds OF hog
have contracted the disease, which nc
doubt will prove a heavy loss to far
mers in that section.
Olney Borst passed through tht
city Friday, enroute to Rapid City
from the Mexican border, where BIS
time with the militia company from
that city recently expired.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. V. Ketchum re
turned last week from a visit will
relatives in Ohio. They were &C
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. j. X
Mcdonnell, who will locate in Pierre
Ed. d. Sutton came down from his
stock ranch in Sully county the first Of
week. He informed US that the new
savings bank, of which he is the owner
of capital stock, will open here nex'
month.
The shortage of newspaper print
paper at this time ls going to work a
hardship on many candidates who
might otherwise get a good, long
write-up if the editors didn't have al
excuse for not doing SO.