The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-06

"O SaAAJ Al 5tDSh wv thAhS III
the line of warm footwear for men
and women.-Nick Bjornstad.
Special sale on apples Saturday,
December 8, at Soule's.
The Baptist Aid society will meet
with Mrs. Keller Friday afternoon.
Election of officers.
Hair work done to order from
combings. Inquire..at 703 Lee we
nue., Madison, S. D.
Leo Schnell, of Ramona, who en-
listed last week, was a through pas
senger this morning, en- route to JEFF
ferson Barracks, Mo.
Mrs. Dan Lawler went to Eastman,
Mimi, last night for a short visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Scheid.
Special sale on apples Saturday,
December g., at Soule's.
The Foreign Missionary society of
the Methodist church will meet with
Mrs. C. A. Kelley Friday afternoon at
8 o'clock. All members and friends
are urged to be present.
At the annual meeting of Ever
green lodge No. II, A. F. & A. M,
last evening the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
C. A. Berg, w. M; j. j. Yaeger, S.
W.; A. J. Baldwin, J. w; John Nun
son, treasurer; A. w. Clark, secre-
tary.
Frank Regan received a letter yes
terday from Sergt. Cliff Coffey, Mo-
tor Truck Co. No. 4, formerly at
Camp Greene, but now at Mineola,
L. /. Sergt. Coffey states that the
men are in good shape except that
some of them are having measles.
Keep the Home Fires Burning" is
the subject to be discussed this even
ing at 1880 in the Methodist Episco-
pal church. A meeting of the board
of trustees is desired at the close in
connection with the regular official
board meeting.
Ed Fletre and Hialmar Lunde, car
penters of Madison, are enlisting in
the 23rd regiment of engineers fol
road building in France, and go to
Sioux Falls Monday, on their way tC
st. Louis and Annapolis, where Tho
camp is now located. Neither. are
citizens of the United States, though
they have declared their intentions
it is said.
Thrall Bros. will sell at public auc
ton, eight miles south and one mile
east of Madison, On the old Kingsle!
farm, Monday, December 10, MIN
head of horses, six cows, "a head
- o ,r1o~ AIl ctnnrc Ann O-Vna r-nIt
red bull, eight Chester White sows
due to farrow in December, so pur'
bred Barred Rock cockerels n hens
farm machinery, household goods
etc. Free lunch at noon. Sale start
at l o'clock.
Fred Kundert, Edward Slack, We
|. ley B~eardsley and George Runkel g
to Sioux Falls tomorrow to enlist /
the signal section of the aviation
corps. After their appearance for en-
listment there will be some day
elapse before their application ca
be accepted and actual enlistmen
take place, because of their registra
ton under the selective draft. Tn
officers have to be assured of thei
freedom from actual notice to appea
before their local boards. The boy
will be home again before going to
training camp.
Leonard Stearns and Francis FIT
gerald went to Sioux Falls yesterda
and made application for enlistmer
in the signal section of the aviatio
corps. They are notified to appea
before the officers there Monda
morning to complete their papers
From Sioux Falls they go to S
Louis, where they will be vaccinate
and inoculated, and receive their out
fit, and perhaps get some preliminar
training. From there they go to tn
training camp at San Antonio, Tex.
Local thermometers recorded
low temperature in Madison la:
night. How cold it was we do ne
know. instruments indicated from
to Is degrees below zero, followin
in a great measure the degree of pei
simism of their owners, perhap
Then, too, the treatment accorde
the thermometers themselves he
considerable influence on the Tempe
ature they record. If they are e.