Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-11

Dr. Johnson made a professional
visit to Florence yesterday.
w. N. Mcintyre was on the sick list
the fore part Of the week, but his
numerous friends will rejoice to learn
Of his Improvement.
John B. Hanten returned from the
state capital, last Saturday, having
gone down to attend to professional
matters before the supreme court.
Miss Helen Hill. after spending the
holiday with her parents in this city,
DR.. and Mrs. L. G. Hill, returned the
fore part Of the week to ook Hall.
st. Paul, to her studies.
Miss Vivian Cooke. who spent the
holidays with her parents, MI. and
Mrs. Walter Cooke In this city. re
turned Monday to resume her collie
gate studies at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Miss Lois Walklin returned the fore
part of the week to Menominee, Wis.
to resume her studies, after having
spent the holidays in this city with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Walk
lin.
Mrs. ]. G. Southwick returned Mon
day from Pierre, where, with the sen
ator, she attended the inaugural. Mrs.
Southwick expects to spend a portion
of the winter at her old home at
Warren, Pa.
The friends of Miss Helen Stone
will be panied to learn that she was
stricken with illness a few days ago
at Aberdeen, where she is attending
the normal. Her mother was sum
moned to her bedside.
DR.. and Mrs. L. G. Hill and family
are now residing in the Goepfert
Flats, on East Kemp avenue, having,
as stated some time since, sold their
residence property to D. j. Riley, in
the deal for which DR.. Hill gets a big
bunch Of North Dakota land.
DR.. e. T. Hagerman delivered a lee
ture Tuesday evening as a number
of the series given under the auspices
o fthe Epworth League OF the Meth
odist church. The address was con-
sidered especially fine by the large
audience with which the speaker was
greeted.
Messrs. Shirley and Wade have
leased the third aoor Of the Stokes
building and are preparing to accept
private pupils for instruction. They
are having the interior redecorated
throughout and expect to be ready to
open their private school by the end
of this week.
DR.. C. S. O'Toole reparted Sunday
for Chicago where he will devote
some time to clinics and medicine.
Dr.. O'TooIe Is a practitioner of wide
experience and he believes In keep
ing abreast of the times, as most of
the up-to-date physicians nowadays
do.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ladendorf re-
turned last week from an extended
eastern trip, during which they visit
ed with Mrs. L~adendorf's mother, Mrs.
Hoff, and with her sisters, the Misses
Hon who have been studying music
in Boston for the past two years.
They report a most delightful trip.
John Keegan received word last
week to the effect that Mrs. Mary
Durkin had passed way at Hot
| Springs, 8. D. The deceased was Il
daughter OF Nick Durkin, well known
by a large circle OF friends in Wa
tertown. The body was brought to
Este1line, Hamlin county. for burial
Mrs. J. E. Bird has received the
painful information that her mother
Mrs. Jacob Brooks, died at Esther
vile, Ia, the fore part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bird went to Estherville
to attend the funeral. They were ac-
companied by Mr.. A. e. Brooks, Mrs
Birds brother, OF Clark, S. D.
The weather man decided Tuesday
night that we had enough pleasant
weather. That accounts for the sud
den change. II you have any desire
to settle with him, just call on r. @
Wood. the local representative of the
weather bureau. II he can't render
a sufficient explanation. take it out o
his hide.
S. M. Owsley, who was stricken
with Illness some time ago at Militant