Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-01
From the Rural Precints
PELICAN.
~(Snowbound last week.
More Of the beautiful.

W4%E~gNdalf
~tSnowbound last week.
More of the beautiful.
John CT Iebert was calling on
neighhors the first OF the week ard
was taking a sleigh ride at the same
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Scherer were
Watertown business callers. Master
Freeman Scherer of that city accom-.
panied them home.
Mrs. Lydia Eddington and daugh-
ter. Dorothy, spent several days Wis
1ting with Mrs, Mabel Schlosser at the
James Ferris home.
Miss Myrtle Scott is taking a So
journ with friends in the city Of Wa
tertown and vicinity at present,
MIS-. Cyrus G. Holmes entertained
relatives and friends at her home one
afternoon the past week.
=. r.. Loesch held an auction sale
at his farm last Thursday afternoon.
MI. Loesch Intends to remain on the
farm, but will rent out some of the
cultivated land. He did not sell n
horses. His cattle and machinery
sold well.
Our feather stripping bee was a
grand success; got all the feathers
stripped, and had a rafting good time
besides.
Mrs. Peter Scherer and daughter.
Cora, and Freeman, the latter's neph-
eW, visited with the Thiedes on Thurs
day while the men folks attended the
Loesch sale.
John Hacker, William Conner and
August Klatt were Lake Pelican call
ers the middle of the week.
Mrs. Eddington and daughter took
a stroll n afternoon and called on
neighbors.
Mrs. zamow and son, Roy, and Dale
Zamow, the latter's nephew, attended.
the funeral of Joe Clegg on Thurs
day at Henry. They made the trip by
rail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lebert spent
Thursday with the Boxelder farm
folks.
Paul Fuerstenau, of Grover, has dis
continued his clerkship in the Grover
store, and has accepted the position
as second man at the Grover Farmers
elevator.
A stock buyer was purchasing stock
in this neighborhood on Friday of the
past week.
Mrs. Mary Hendricks visited with
friends on Friday afternoon.
Davis A. Croghan was tr~ansacting
business in Watertown the greater
portion of the past week.
The last dance of the season was
pulled off at Grover last Friday night
with a good attendance present CON
sidering the bad roads. Some turned
out with their automobiles.
The Fred Mclaughlin family were
Watertown shoppers the last of the
week. They returned home Tuesday
night by rail.
Myrtle Scott Of Watertown was a
Grover passenger Friday evening. She
took in the dance here, returning Sat
urday morning. Mrs. George Scott
accompanied her for a few days visit.
Mrs. John Hacker and children
Der, Saturday, enroute to WATERFOWL
to spend several days with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Amacher and baby
attended the morning service at the
Grover Lutheran church last Sunday.
The Albert Thiede family were Sun
day afternoon visitors at the Oscar
Anderson home.
Friends and neighbors were enter
tanned at the Mapes home on Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. r. M. Brist called on friends
the latter part of the week.
The party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank B. Lebert last Sunday
night was a grand success. All pres
ent report a grand time.
William Conner was an east-bound
passenger last Monday morning, to
spend the day in the live city.
r. c.. Benthin of the Foley district
was out joy riding Sunday. He called
on his brother, Herman Benthin, and
family.
Ruth Mapes returned Monday eve
ming from Watertown on the passen-
Iger. She had been visiting with her
city cousins and shopping.
Fred Mclaughlin is assisting Emil
Pinholt with setting up machinery.
Emeil is getting ready for the spring
trade.
Fred C.. Benthin was a business
caller in this neighborhood the first
of this week.
Jesse Mapes was a Grover business
caller Tuesday morning. The Ander
sons were Watertown callers the same
day.
1t is reported that there is another
case of ~scarlatina in the neighbor
hood. Let us hope that this will be
the last one.