The Dickinson press., 1917-01-20
LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS
Miss Myra Wiley returned on Sun
day from a several days visit at Bis
marck and Mandan.
COMING-William Farnum in "The
Price of Silence" a $15O,OOO produc-
ton. Watch for date. Ray Theatre.
The Capital Hill sewing club met
last Saturday afternoon with Mrs. p.
F. Berringer and this coming Satur-
day will meet with Mrs. Fred Dickin-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dinius and the
formers brother, George, Ct the Fay
cite country were in the city recently
visiting Mrs. Jacob Dinius, mother of
Carl and George.
Why not buy shoes, clothing and
mems furnishings at half price ?
You can do so at the Quitting Bust
ness Sale of the Dickinson Mercantile
Co.-adv.
Miss Hattie Coils of Ranger is the
guest since Sunday morning of her
friend, Mrs. Ellen Overlook of this
city. Miss Coils expects to remain
here for about two weeks.
w. J. Motley left on No. 2 Tuesday
for Fargo to be in attendance at the
Tri-State Grain Growers convention.
He expected to be gone for several
days.
Joe Auth, a former Dickinson resi-
dent, who now is in business at Me-
dora, was in the city between trains
on Monday visiting old friends and
looking after business affairs.
S. D. Gregg, n of the prosperous
merchants north of Gladstone, was in
the city for a short time on Monday
visiting his daughter, Miss Doris, who
is attending high school here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Olson have
moved from the home of the latter's
parents, MI. and Mrs. C. L. Hager,
and are now located in a cozy flat
over the Senior & Langley hardware
store.
Mrs: Geo. Burgess of Medora, who
is we'll known to many in this city,
is ill with throat trouble at her Me-
dora home. The rumor that her Ease
was diphtheria is erroneous.
W. F. Sommers, of the Roquette G.
Co. store, received the sad news on
Monday of the death of his brother,
Robert Sommers, an old resident of
Butte, Mont. Mr.. Sommers found it
most i%nopportune to leave for the fun
eral.
Hospital Notes-Operations: Mrs.
| a nfNn MnY~Ho1 Tnfnrs V1o uoof
Gaylord; Ernest Simmonds, Wibaux,
Mont; Mrs. S. H. Lueck, city. For
treatment-Philip Wolf, city; Miss
Adela Kubic, city.
Harry Lehman who for the past
three months has been a member of
the Press force in the mechanical
department, left for Bismarck on
Monday morning to engage in similar
work during the legislative session.
G. L. Heegaard, formerly of Man.
dan but now residing in MINNEAPOLIS,
who is general manager of the line
of yards of the Mandan Mercantile
Co., spent Monday in the city, visit
ling B. H. Crawford, who is manager
of the local yard.
E. R. Orchard, in charge of the
municipal department of the state ex-
aminer's office, came to Dickinson on
Thursday from Bismarck to work on
the city books for a few DAYS, and
incidentally visit with his father, John
Orchard, brother w. J and sister, Mrs.
Welton Mcdonald.
DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Bowen and little
son, J. W. Jr., returned Wednesday
from a five weeks absence from the
city. Mrs. Bowen and son visited
during that time at her old home,
Elmwood, III. The doctor took up
special work while away at Chicago
and Cleveland.
Frank and Edgar Wead Of Rhame,
who are spending the winter with
their sister, Mrs. S. S. Louks, and
their niece, Mrs. P. A. Swanson, of
this city, returned on Tuesday from
Bismarck, where they visited for sew
eral days with friends.
Geo. Wallace, who resides close to
the Six-Mile ranch came in recently
to see his daughter, Miss Mary, who
was recovering from an appendicitis
operation. Mr.. Wallace was accom-
panied by Henry Warfield and Nose
Kostenko, close neighbors.
Mrs. Rose Dirkes of Great Falls,
Mont, who is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Brown, suddenly came down
with an attack of acute appendicitis
on Wednesday. She is ill at the Brown
home, but at the time of this writing
it is not a~scertained whether. or not
an operation will be necessary.