The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-07
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sociation. il has been announced. from
500 to 800 hardWa.c and ~ element
dealers are expected to attend.
Al a mass meeting OF the women of
Rap.u cay tne organization or coun-
ty branch of the womens committee of
national defense was perfected Mrs.
John Brennan, of Rap-a City, was
elected chairman OF the Pennington
county branch.
Steps have been taken to establish
a new bank at Milesville. The appl.-
cation for charter has been filed and
stock has been pledged. A great deal
of the stock has been purchased by
local business men and by stock rails
ers of this vicinity.
An important transaction at Beres-
ford was the sale by j. h. Carlson OF
his large farm implement and venlcle
establishment to a company composed
of local men. who in the future will
conduct the business under he name
of the Beresford Implement co
Frank Gross, a young farmer near
Aberdeen, was feeding a power corn
shredder when his hand became caught
in the machine and the arm was
drawn into the machinery nearly 10
/ the elbow before il could be stopped.
The arm was amputated at the elbow.
While driving along the road in
wagon, alone, Otto Sommerland was
thrown from the vehicle in such
manner that his neck was broken ana
he was instantly killed. The indica.
tions are that the wagon tongue
dropped down, throwing Sommerland
out
A number of leading Lutheran cler-
gymen from different parts OF the
state gathered at Sisseton and partic.
ipated in the exercises attendant upon
the laying OF the corner stone OF the
new Trinity Lutheran church building
which is to be erected in this city this
winter.
Miss Grace o. Vincent, OF this city,
and Mr. X. V. Palmer, of Webster, S.
d., were married here recently. The
groom. formerly a law student in the
University of South Dakota, enlisted
and has left for camp. Mrs. Palmer is
teacher in the schools at belmont,
S. ID.
Every elevator, supply depot, store
house and mill in Huron is guarded
each night by armed patrols, according
to information given out by police Of
ficials. They say that hereafter any
person found prowling about these
places after nightfall will be harshly
dealt with.
While cleaning out a we'll on the
w f. Wilson ranch near Akask re-
Gently strong pressure of gas was
discovered, which, when ignited. made
a flame several feet in height he
well is l45 feet deep, and it is said
that gas at this low depth is unusual,
even in those sections of the country
where natural gas is prevalent
The largest merchandise store in
the Rosebud will go out of business
Orio Hetts, member Of the firm, and
Wayne Hotchkiss, a clerk, will enlist
for service in the war at once Ralph
Of lnt Id
tional army, home on furloughs. gave
talks to the home guards at their bar
racks. after which they attended war
| pictures at movie theater.
have caused the arrest at Douglas.
Wyo., of an individual giving his name
as +. S. Stafford. who has been
brought back TO this county on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. He induced several vic
tins Of Lead to make a deposit on
suits which they ordered from him
! and then fled with the money.
Tom Veasy, former employe of the
Milwaukee railroad, is under arrest at
Aberdeen charged with having threat
| ened to kill Supt. F. w. Melin, OF the
Hastings & Dakota division of the
| road, whose headquarters are in Aber-
deem. Veasy was discharged from the
! companys service three years ago, and
il said to have made frequent threats
against company officials since.
AS the result of a peculiar accident,
Lawrence Mussetter, the 13-year-old
son of a farmer living near Peever,
| lost one of his ears. Himself and ON.
or children improvised the running
| gear of an old buggy into an automo-
bile and were coasting down a MILL
/ The boy was thrown from the vehicle
and was dragged a considerable dis
| tance. his right ear being severed by
contact with the rough ground
Gust Janisch, farmer, is being held
in custody at Huron in connection
with the mysterious shooting OF his
wife at their home. six miles south OF
! that place. Janisch denies any con.
nection with the affair. Mrs Janisch
was brought to a hospital here and an
/ X-ray examination was made, the bull
let being located in the front part Of
the skull After the examination vas
made and the bullet extracted. she
left for her home apparently little the
worse for her experience.