The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
LOCAL NEWS
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The Dorcas ladies promise an array
of beautiful Japanese articles at their.
bazaar at the Elks hall on Monday,
December 18th. 1t
At the last ladies' drill Mrs. D. A..
Cutnaw resigned her position as serg-
cant and secretary of the company,
and Miss Mabel Currie was chosen to
fill the vacancy.
Walter Sterland was gone the great
er part Of the week on matters rela-
tive to his office al juvenile commits
sioner, with business at Medora, Het-
finger and Mott.
S. c. Schultz, an insurance man of
this city, received word that his father
was accidentally killed and he left on
Thursday afternoon for Melrose,
Mimi, his fathers home.
Mrs. Harry Young of Mikkelson
came down on Wednesday to shop and
visit until tomorrow (Saturday). She
was entertained part of the time as
guest at the r. H. Johnson home.
Mrs. Andrew Erdahl was taken to
St. Joseph's hospital on Wednesday
and submitted to a serious operation
the following morning. Last reports
have her getting along as well as can
be expected.
Mrs. Fred Schroeder, who for about
two months was a patient at st.
Joseph's hospital, was able to leave
with her little son Monday for her
home at Taylor. Mr.. Schroeder came
up to get them.
MI. and Mrs. Barney McGrane of
Killdeer welcomed on December 9Th,
the arrival of a nine pound daughter.
Mrs. McGrane and baby are here at
the home of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Sargent.
Robert Rudiselle was able to be
up a little for the first time ON
Wednesday since he hurt his foot.
He thinks it will not be long before
he will be able to put aside his
crutches and resume his work.
Mrs. Mary Walton was on the sick
list the past week and was not much
improved this (Friday) morning. Her
daughter, Mrs. w. R. Lindsey, and
baby of Fargo arrived or Tuesday and
will visit here for several days.
Ralph Lungo, the young man who
recently had his arm amputated due
to an accident in the N. P. railroad
yards here, was moved last Saturday
from st. Joseph's hospital of this city
to the railroad hospital at Glendive.
Mrs. Miles Bartle and little son,
Wendell Miles, came down from their
home near Sentinel Butte on Thurs
day to spend some time at the nome
of Mrs. Bartle's mother, Mrs. Viola
Homer, but principally to seek further
medical attention for little Wendell.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Schmierer are
| the proud parents of. a little eight
pound son, who came to gladden. their
home last Friday. Mrs. J. K. Korte,
a sister of Mrs. Schmierer, arrived on
Saturday from Aberdeen, S. Oak, and
will be here until after the holidays.
Martin and Ole Tollefson and the
~latter's daughter, Mrs. Irwin Muth,
went to Taylor on Wednesday to be
present at the funeral services of the
Iatter's uncle, Ehli Gullickson, of
some 20 miles northeast of that point.
Deceased had been i'll for a long time
with dropsey.
Word comes that Mrs. Arthur Ster-
land, daughter-in-law of Justice and
Mrs. Walter Sterland, has just re-
sumed her position as N. P. telegra-
pher at De Mores, a station west Of
Medora, after a serious operation
which kept her in the hospital for
three weeks.
Edgar and Loren, sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Cooke, residing a short
distance southwest Of the city, arrived
the first of the week for a visit over
the holidays, after an absence from
home since June, 1915. After leaving
here they spent some time in South
Dakota and later went to Great Falls,
Mont.
Mrs. Harry Palen arranged a fare
we'll surprise for Mrs. J. c. Auer at
her home on Saturday, twelve guests
being invited for the evening. After
a few social hours, Mrs. Palen served
children left the first Of the week to
Barron, Wis.
The little five and one-half years
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Johnson, residing in the eastern part
of the city, died on Thursday, follow
ing an illness with pneumonia. Mr..
Hanson, the child's father, is engaged
, in service on the N. P. At this writ
ing funeral arrangements were not
yet completed.
Mrs. j. Freed, mother of Mrs. P. B.
Corbett, left on Wednesday for Man
dan to spend several months with her
daughter, Mrs. Alex Brucker. Her
son, Amos, who finished his business
course at Bismarck a short time ago,
and is now employed in the Farmers
State Bank at Dunn Center, will join
them for over Christmas. .
Red Cross work is being carried on
full blast. The P. E. O. ladies, the
Monday Club and the Young Ladies
Auxiliary to the Dickinson Chapter
Red Cross, have each resolved them
selves into a class for the making Of
surgical dressing, and each organiza-
ton meets one day a week for this
purpose. The Red Cross will make a
shipment of finished knitted articles
on December 10th, and Mrs. Alice
. Poland, work supervisor, urges all
who have finished articles to turn
them in before that date so that they
may be included in the shipment.