The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22

Special Christmas dinner at tho
Willard hotel-12 to 2:3O and 6 to 8.
Army sweaters for the soldier boys
TOR Christmas presents. Pagenkopf y
Gerlich. 11-17-n
]. G. Quinlivan returned the early
part Of the week from Forsyth, Mont,
where he spent several days on bust
ness.
Everybody should attend the 10y
Christmas night. Special music-big
time.
J. w. McHose, who was up from
Fargo for a week, supervising matters
at the furniture store, left for his
horne on Thursday.
Everybody should attend the 10y
atty League dance in the armory
Christmas night. Special music-big
time.
Packard army shoes for civilians.
Pagenkopf & Gerlich. 11-17-tf
Mrs. Gust Bell of Medora was a
visitor in the city on Tuesday.
Miss Margery Cuskelly left last
Sunday for the Cities to consult an
eye specialist. She is expected home
this coming Sunday.
DR.. F. M. Gilbreath expects to leave
Sunday for a weeks vacation trip to
Minneapolis. En- route back he will
visit his sister at Bismarck.
Joe Cuskelly is expected, in from his
Dunn county ranch tomorrow (Satur-
day. to spend Christmas at home and
remain in for the rest of the winter.
spend the winter at Palm Beach, Fla.
Ignatz Dolezal, Jr., of seven miles
northwest, autoed in on Friday morn
ing and states that the roads are
terribly rough. He assists his father
on his 640-acre farm. Their stock,
numbering 81 head, will be we'll taken
care of during the winter, as they
have plenty of feed.
Miss Helen Jefferies,. who has
charge of kindergarten work in
Duluth, arrived on Sunday to spend
her vacation of two weeks at home.
John ~Jefferies, her brother, was ex-
pected in from Grassy Butte the lat
ter part of the week to spend the
holiday season with his mother and
sisters.
Mrs. Ellen Overlook and daughters,
Margaret and Evelyn left on No. 3
this iFriday) afternoon for Ranger
to spend several weeks with Mrs.
Overbeck's father, VIM. H. Hanson.
Her sister, Miss Florence, who has
been taking up a curse at the Valley
City normal, was en- route home, on
the train which Mrs. Overlook and
children boarded.
Maurice, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Childs, who reside on
Billings Street, passed away on Tues
day evening at 9 o'clock after a Sc
we're illness of four days with pneu-
monia. Little Maurice was born the
31st of last. May. Rev. R. H. Craig
conducted funeral service at the house
on Wednesday, the male quartet rem
dering several numbers. Interment
was made in the Dickinson cemetery.
Sympathy is extended the sorrowing
family.
AS Louis Breda lighted a match in
the Dickinson Candy shop Sunday
night, the head of the match popped
of and landed in front window where
much cotton had been used in decorat-
ing. : The cotton. ignited instantly but
quick work prevented what might
have, been a serious fire. Two small
candy boxes were slightly burned.
The use of cotton as a Christmas deco
ration should be discouraged for this
very eason Within the last few
years, asbestos has been used as a
substitute for cotton with mighty.
good results. It is to be hoped that
Santa will forego the use Of cotton
this year and it would be we'll for
him to get a shave before %venturing
too near the candles.
Some Of the college folks have al
ready arrived for their vacations and
others are expected every day. Misses
Catherine Mckinley and FaDora
Drury are coming from the Minneapo-
lis Business College in Minneapolis;
Marian Coffin is here from St. Mary's
hall, Faribault, Mimi, and has three
weeks to spend at home; Miss Esther
Ayers, due to illness, came a week
early from the Monticello Seminary
at Godfrey, ILL.,; Miss Oral Roquette
came last Sunday from the Macphail
School of Music in the Cities as also
did her sister, Miss LaVerne, who fin
ishes art this year at the University
of Minnesota. Leo Mullaney is here
from the College of st. Thomas, st.
Paul. Sophie Jahr will be home from
FargosCollege, Fargo: Misses Winnie
fred Pace, Kathleen Haggarty and
Mildred Eyer, Sacred Heart Acadamy,
Fargo; Egar Berg, University of Min
nesota; Misses Florence J%efferies,
Helen Cuskelly and Dorothy Ayers,
Agricultural College, Fargo; Misses
Beth johnson and Frances Burnett
and Frank Richards from. the state
university at Grand Forks.
AN EXPRESSION OF THANKS
To those kind friends who extended
their help and sympathy in the other
wise dark hour of our little boys
death, we express our deep sense of
th~ankfulness. The ministrations Of