The Dickinson press., 1917-04-21
LOCAL NEWS

| P. S. Rakowsky has accepted a po-
sition in the grocery department Of
the Roquette store.
Messrs. Kelly and Haggerty of
Amidon were here Monday on bust
ness conected with the automobile in
dustry.
E. K. jenkins, state distributor of
Ohio Puncture Plugger, spent a
couple of days in Miles City, Mont,
this week on business.
The offices of Attorney w. F. Bur
nett and the Dickinson Abstract Com
pany in the Dakota National Bank
building, present a bright new ap-
pearance, having just been decorated.
Two carloads of Fords arrived here
over the N. P. and were unloaded this
week. They were shipped to the
johnson garage of Amidon and to H.
Myers of Bowman. They were taken
overland to their destinations.
Miss Marguerite Rudiselle planned
a very pleasant birthday surprise on
her friend, Miss Tena Davidson, on
Thursday evening, about eight young
ladies assembling at the Rudiselle
home while Miss Davidson was at the
show.
Walter Junkin of Fargo spent sew
eral days in the city on business.
The Junkin family were former Dick
inson residents, living on Second Ave
nue. West. Mr.. Junkin recently dis
posed of his half interest in whole
sale liquor house in Minneapolis.
Mrs. P. J. Stoffels and daughter,
Miss Josephine, are visitors in the
city today( Friday.) Mr.. Stoffels had
100 acres of ground sown before the
last snow fall and plans on putting
in 300 acres more this spring. The
South Heart.
H. G. Stanley, an elderly man, who
was brought to St. Joseph's hospital
about five weeks ago, passed away on
Wednesday from cerebral hemorrhage.
His wife and daughter came up from
Richardton on Wednesday and the
body was inferred in the Dickinson
cemetery on Thursday.
Mrs. A. H. Deiters is owner of the
three Mum cottages north of the H.
Singer residence on Fourth Avenue
West, the transfer deal having gone
throu gh on Wednesday,. Nathan
Mum, the former owner, who several
years ago was a Dickinson resident,
is now at Edison, Alberta, Canada.
! Crosby Richards, who the past
winter has been taking up business
course in the Pennsylvania university
at Philadelphia, returned on Sunday.
Mr.. Richards is graduate of the
North Dakota university and was tax
ing post graduate work in the east.
His future plans are not yet definite.
+ Miss Florence Davis is expecting as
her guest today (Friday) Mrs. Anna
K. Ayers, who visited at the Davis
home for several weeks last fall. Mrs.
Ayers is en- route to her home in
Minneapolis from Seattle, WASH,
where she was called owing to the
death of relative. Mrs. Ayers will
visit here for several days.
Through the kindness of the men,
bers of the cast who enacted the
home talent play, "Saved by the
Maccabees," the production will be re-
peated for the benefit of the Diclin-
son branch of the National Red Cross
Society. The play will be given at
the Elks' auditorium, Tuesday even
ing, April 24th, beginning at 8 o'clock.
Word comes of the engagement of
Miss Gertrude Marie Lewis Of Annan-
dale, Minn., to Charles Elmer Nc
Carthy of Watertown, S. Oak. Mr..
Mccarthy is we'll known here. He is
the son of J. J. Mccarthy, who was
engaged in the show business here
for several years, moving away about
four years ago. Charles is a graduate
of the Dickinson high school. He is
a nephew of Fred Mccarthy of this
city. It is understood that the we'd
ding is to take place some time in
May.
Mrs. J. P. Danson and baby arrived
in the city on Thursday for short
visit with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. .Messersmith and, sis
tiers, Miss Caroline Messersmith and
Mrs. L. A. Simpson Mrs. Danson is
en- route to her home in Montana,
from Biloxi, Miss, where she spent
fseveral months with her parents, who
sojourned there during the winter.
Although starting north before her
folks, they arrived here week earl
ier, as Mrs. Danson stopped off in
Chicago to visit friends, also giving a
song recital in the South Side Presby-
terian church while there. 3.
Mrs. B. O. Thorkelson of South
Heart passed through Dickinson the
first of the week en- route home from
the eastern part Of the state, where
she had been to attend the wedding Of
her husbands sister, who was married
to Clayton Marvin, formerly of Me-
dora, and known to many in this