Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08
e. d. Henry of the state insurance
left Tuesday for Platte.

u. ID, Henry of the state insurance
department, left Tuesday for Platte.
Jay Turner has returned home from
Highland Park college at Des Moines,
Iowa.
Mrs. O. e. Sweet will entertain the
Baptist Aid society at her home to-
morrow.
Mrs. Wayne of Hitchcock, Neb., is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
R. G. Greer.
Congressman and Mrs. r. G. John
son of Aberdeen, are in the city for a
short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs, Mark Sheafe came
down from Watertown Saturday for a
visit at the session,
b. G. lsenhuth, a member of the
state highway commission, came down
from Redfield Monday.
The Queen Esther society was enter,
tanned at the home of Mrs. e. M.
Wanbaugh Monday evening.
The local Hook and Ladder company
Will give n of their popular mask
balls at the Auditorium on the evening
of February IA.
Miss Grace Lockhart, who has been
engaged as teacher in the Watertown
schools, has given up her school work
for a short period on account of i'll
health and will spend some time at
her home here.
On February %, Hon. j. E. Kelley
will lea ve for Bozeman. Montana, to
attend a state meeting of farmers,
which opens there on February 26, for
a session of a week. Mr.. Kelley will
deliver the main address for that oc-
casion.
Weep and you're called a baby;
Laugh and you're called a fool;
Yield and you're called a coward
Stand and you're called a mule
Smile and you're called a silly:
Frown and they call you a gruff;
Put on a front like a millionaire
And some guy calls your bluff.-Ex.
Lent opens this year two weeks
earlier than in 1916, and the 1917 Win
ter social season will therefore be
considerably ~curtailed. Ash Wednes-
day, the beginning of Lent, this year
falls on February 2lst. Easter, the
closing day of the abstinence period.
will be April 8th. Last year Ash We'd
ne day was March 9Th and Easter was
April 23rd,
Louis LaPlant, one of the pioneers
OF South Dakota and the Cheyenne riv-
err country, passed away at st. Mary's
hospital Monday morning, following an
operation. Mr.. LaPlant had been
failing in health for some time and had
beer at the hospital here for several
weeks. Mr., LaPlant was about n
years of age and is survived by six sons
The remains will be taken to Chey-
enne Agency, where funeral services
will be held and interment made.
Rev. Father Harrington of this city
wilt conduct the services.
Grover S~atterlee of Chamberlain,
arrived from the west Monday at the
home of his uncle, A. G. Satterlee,
until Tuesday afternoon, leaving via
Mitchell in the hope of being able to
return home. Mr. Satterlee had been
to Belle Fourche, where he filed on a
$40 acre homestead, and after laying
in Rapid City and other points, decided
on the above route as a means of re-
turning home. Train connections west
have been tied up for several days by
the heavy snow blockade.
Last evening Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Potwin were called upon to mourn
the loss Of their little daughter,
Florence, aged 5 years. The Child
had suffered the past two weeks with
blood poisoning, which resulted from
a bruise on the forehead, received in
a fall. Though her condition the
past few days had been serious, a
slight Improvement Tuesday had
brought hopes of recovery, but yes
terday the child grew gradually worse
and she fell into a deep sleep. Mr..
and Mrs. Potwln have the heartfelt
sympathy of all in their hour of sor-
row.
At a late hour Sunday night thieves
entered a building on Dakota avenue
in which a quantity of flourshad been
stored and made away with a greater
portion of the m A resident In
that vicinity happened to be return
ing home and noticing two men carry
ing off the goods, notified the police,
but to date no trace of the flour had
been made. A couple Of sacks were
left in the road in front of the build
ing and the police waited in hopes
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