Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-22
j. d. Newcomer of Rapid City,
passed Sunday in Pierre.

~ *ho DaptiSb CHuTcu sunday NOR
ming.
+. NJ. Byrne left Friday for points
in California to>look after business
matters.
Mrs. S, A Thorne, mother of A. l..
Thorne, has entered the hospital for
treatment.
e. Il. Wood came up from Messing
ton Saturday TO look after real estate
business.
Mrs. Cliff Rousseau came down from
Rapid City Saturday, being called here
by the illness of q son.
Capt. O. B. Linstad left yesterday
for Fort Crook, Neb to join company
A before the boys are mustered out.
Harold Breeden, who lis now locat-
ed at Great Falls, Mont. Arrived
Tuesday for 8 visit with homefolks.
The members of Trinity Guild were
entertained at the Karcher home Tues
day afternoon by Mesdames Gates and
karcher,
Henry Perkins returned yesterday
from Sturgis, Where he was called the
first of the week by the loss of his home
by fire.
Mrs. Fern Grace and Miss Vinez
Swepson departed yesterday for HUI
ron, after 3 several weeks stay in
the city.
A meeting of the Central South Da-
kota Alfalfa Seed Growers %associa-
tion al held atthe court house Tues
day night.
Mrs. II. p. Will of Washington
Springs, is spending the week in the
city with her husband, q member of
the Legislative body.
Mrs, G. II. Gunderson and daugh-
ter left Saturday for their home Mt
Vermillion after q several days visit
with Senator Gundeison.
The Queen Esther society was en-.
tertsined at The Methodist parsonage
Monday evening by Mrs. j. A. Ed
wards and Miss Anna HoniSter.
Mrs. Thos. Prick, who has spent
several days in the city with her
husband, Senator Frick, departed
Tuesday for her home at Yankton.
Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell of
ST. Paul, Will deliver his famous lee
tnre on THE Original IDIOT at the.
Methodist church tomorrow evening.
On Friday Of uext week those who
make up the Fifteenth session Of the
legislature will dismiss themselves
as q l~aw.enacting body and return to
their homes.
Mira. O. N. Hoyt left Tuesday for
Des Moines. Iowa, where she was
called by the illness of her sister,
Miss Minnie Rozelle, who is we'll
known in Pierre.
Farmers in the vicinity of Rapid
City, together with the business men
of that city, have decided to build an
alfalfa palace and late next summer
hold q big festival,
A Washington Anniversary supper
will be served at the Methodist church
tomorrow evening by ,be men of the
church. Special music and patriotic
decorations will add to the pleasure Of
the evening,
Miss Rose Bower. who has spent
several weeks in the city working in
the interest Of matters before the
legislature, returned to her home at
Rapid City yesterday.
w. W. Underwood, county agrlcul
tural agent. spent Saturday at Blunt.
where arrangements were completed
for the holding of a veterinary demon
stration on March 3O-3l
Social degoti0ns in The Catholic
church marked the opening of lent
yesterday, Ash Wednesday. The
Lenten period is exceptionally early
this wear and Easter Sunday falls on
April S.
Eareka Blade: Fred Hepperle is
confined 10 bis home by an attack of
asthma. The matady is peculiar in
that it affects Mr.. Hepperle in tile
winter time whereas it is usually con-
sidered q disease of summer.
Q. H. Lugg, state superintendent.
left yesterday for Lincoln, Neh,, to at
tend a meeting called by the United
States Educational department.. He
will also attend a meeting of state sup
e~rintendents at Kansas City before his.
return to the city.
The operetta, ''rhe SmuggIeman."
given by the pupils of the first six
grades of the Central school at the
high school building Tuesday evenina