The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

ing to . cable received by Peter y
Whitcomb, q brother living n Doland
William Wrhitconb WAS in the employ
Of the government He vent to tbs
Philippines from Pender. Neb-. tn
1888
Commercial clubs and shippers Of
Watertoxn. Aberdeen. Sioux Falls.
Mitchell and Yankton have asked the
federal court at Sioux City, Ia. to
grant an injunction against the In
terstAte commerce commission and
express companies operating in South
Dakota which viii prevent the com
missions rHling for increased rates
In the state from going into effect.
In spite OF his fifteen-foot fz0 from
be top Of the highest slide In Nc
Aennan park al Sioux Falls. little
FLOYD Loyett. six years old. sustained
no serious injuries He was picked
up unconscious and was deliriouk for
some time.
Minor bruises and bad scare were
the chief results OF runaway At
Aberdeen when Mrs. John Drifting
lost control of the horse which she
was driving. Neither Mrs Drifting
nor her young daughter. who Was
with her. was seriously hurt.
Retail merchants of Mitchell were
hosts to ali the residents of that Vi
entity at a community picnic on
Labor day. All business houses were
closed for the occasion Races.
dancing, refreshments and baseball
games were the features OF the pro-
gram
George A. Lindsey. . veteran engi
nser Of the Milwaukee road. was TAX
en- Ill few hours after bringing his
train into Madison from Jackson,
MINI, and died within a short time.
He vas seventy-four years old, a vet
eran of the Civil war and entered
the service Of the Milwaukee road
forty-four years ago.
Aroused by the wholesale poison
ing OF valuable dogs and cats, the
residents of a part OF Sioux Falls
have banded together to take active
measures against the parties respon-
sible. Within the last week no less
than a dozen dogs. valued at from
$40 to $l00. and two angora cats
valued at $50 each met their deaths
by poisoning.
The Arlington board of education
believes in the value OF newspaper
advertising In one Of the Arlington
papers there is appearing a large ad-
yertisement setting forth the advan-
tages offered by the towns public
schools and emphasizing the value
of the course OF study that has
been adopted. The board believes
this method OF publicity will bring
many students into the town
A druggist at Big Stone considers
he has outwitted mail order competi-
tors. He advertised he would give
away phonograph. granting cou.
pons on the machine to every person
bringing a mail order catalogue to
his store. At the end OF three weeks
he had nine tons of catalogues oE
hand. which at the prevailing high
price OF paper, sold for more than
enough TO pay for the phonograph
and the advertising
DR.. E. c. Perisho. president OF the
South Dakota State college at Brook
ings, and lnez E. Beebe OF lps swich
were married at the home of the
brides mother. Mrs Marcus p. Beebe
Of Ipswich. The simple service o!
| the Friends church was used. with
Dr. Earle Pierce of Minneapolis, for.
| merly of Ipswich, officiating After
the wedding public reception was
held al the Beebe residence. Mr.
and Mrs. Prisho spent their honey.
/ noon on the Great Lakes.
] Three groupings OF the Northwest
for n ry, laap uuvpaSse uare prosons