The Dickinson press., 1917-03-03
LOCAL NEWS

Frank Gillian of near Medora spent
several days in the city during the
past week.
Alvin Breda visited over Sunday
with his brother, Roy, and family, at
Glendive, Mont.
Miss Agnes Sherlock spent the
week end at Miles City, Mont, visit
ing with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Frank Mcdonald.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gabe and chill
dren of al Taylor e visiting
friends and relatives in this city the
latter part of last week.
Miss Ruth Butler was hostess to
four couples at a very entertaining
taffy pull at her home On Fourth
Avenue West on Tuesday evening.
III. Brekken, a brakeman on this
division, returned on Monday from
the Cities, Crookston and Fargo,
where he spent three weeks visiting.
Misses Marjory Johnson and Louise
Club on Tuesday evening, the mem
bers gathering at the home of the
former.
Miss Anna Swanson, who was form
erly engaged as trimmer in the Bowen
Millinery, arrived on Sunday from
her home in st. Paul to be on hand
for the spring rush.
Miss Reta Cooch, for years manag-
err of the Northwestern Telephone ex-
change at Lisbon, arrived last Friday
for a weeks vacation visit with Rev.
and Mrs. r. H. Craig, former Lisbon
residents.
Miss Rapp's band will be enter
tanned Friday, March 9th, by Mrs. j.
w. Bowen and Mrs. M. l.. Ayers, at
the Ayers home. All members please
bring thimbles, etc., to sew for the
Red Cross.
Mrs. Christian Thomson entertained
as her guests, her brothers, Theodore
and Hugo johnson, and Miss Theresa
Myran, all of Taylor, from Friday I'M
til Sunday. Miss Myran also had
dental work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Wiley of
Steele, this state, spent the week end
as guests of the formers brother, G.
H. Wiley, and family of this city. Mr..
Wiley, who had been ailing, was feel
ing a little improved the past week.
Miss Alice Alexander, alteration
lady Of the Roquette store, returned
on Sunday from her home at Living
ston, Mont, where she spent a de-
lightful three weeks vacation visit.
Miss Alexander commenced work
again on Monday.
Mrs. Andy Shipley of near Antelopc
Creek was in the city on Monday en-
route to Belfeld, where her sister,
Mrs. Geo: c. Weibke. resides, and both
were to leave the following day for
sister was to enter a hospital.
Philip Wagner and son, Anton, of
five miles south of South Heart, were
pleasant business callers at this Of
flee on Saturday. MIR. Wagner owns
five quarters of land. This spring he
will seed 400 acres of land, some hav-
ing been plowed last fall and ready
for spring work.
Jack B. Barbeau, son of Mrs.
Victorine Barbeau of this city, who
formerly was with the Brunswick
Bake Collender Co. of Montreal,
dealers in billiard tables and Access
series, has accepted a position as
sales manager for the Dickinson
Bottling works and will travel this
territory.
Harold Beedle of the South Side
drug store, underwent an operation
!, for appendicitis at St. Joseph's hos
pital on Wednesday morning. He had
an acute attack about two weeks
previously, which did not quite leave
him and the operation was deemed
necessary. Last reports had him
getting along very nicely.
S. M. Baldwin, who spent about ten
days in Aitkin, Mimi, visiting his
wife's folks, returned on Sunday &C.
companied by Mrs. Baldwin's brother
and sister, Elmer and Miss Minnie
Anderson, who will be here for some
time, the former being already at
work in the N. P. round house.
w. M. Nuens came down from his
ranch, IL miles north of Medora, last
Saturday to spend the week end with
his wife who is recovering from an
nicely. She was able to sit up a
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the hospital for the home of her
sister, Mrs. c.. Peterson of this city,
the latter part of the week.
Carl Hupenbecker and his daughter,
Miss Alma, left on Wednesday for
their old home at Fennimore, Wis,
where they will again take up their
residence. Miss Hupenbecker has dis
posed of her 80 acres of land near
Zenith to Lawrence Vock, a neighbor,
for a cash consideration. Mr.. Hupen-
becker will return about the middle
of March to take his two carloads of
stock and machinery back east.
The $1,000 prize which was offered
by Pagenkopf & Gerlich to any Stark
county school student, for a name for
their clothing business which they
recently purchased, was won by Jean
Black, an eighth grade pupil of the
Dickinson schools, who is making her
home with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Dickson. There were
$4,000. 1~.. srI-lzJ III H. -