Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-06
From the Rural Precincts
kAMPEskA AND HIGHLAND.
70 the Editor and Readers:

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To the Editor and Readers:
Owing to the general pressure of
business, work, on the farm, the senior
editor Cor whatever you might call
it) of the correspondence from KAN
peska and Richland has been u of
the harness with his pencil in the de-
partment and his partner, S. "a. Ken
dali. has kept up the job. Or, rather,
the. pressure of the field and yard la.
bors caused the Editor, Sr., to turn
over to the said Editor, Jr., this line
of effort after this wise: s. A. Ken
dali one day beWailed the sad fact
that she had no currency OF the
realm which she could really call her
own, in that she earned it independ.
entity. The aforesaid Senior Editor
scratched his smooth, white root and
finally stated to this younger party
that she could relieve him of this
correspondence business and take the
accrument thereof as her sep
arately earned money. She undertook
to do and for some time has endeaY-
ored- to write the items from this
END of town, We desire that your
criticism, your judgment, be lenient
il she has in any way failed, or tell
short. because of the fact this is her
first experience; shells a busy house
wife and mother; she has three small
people under constant care n all
and last, but not least, perhaps, she
does nos take to this writing act like
"a duck to water but would rather
tat, etc.
However, the senior editor will at
tempt to help her to use up the type
settlers time by some work under the
heading, odds and Ends" or some
thing similar, beginning in next is.
sue.
We trust you all had pleasant
time our national Thanksgiving day,
that you all are coming to see hat
America is right in this matter OF
war, that we all, here, live in good
old u. S.. A. oh! may America es-
cane the dire need, want, restitution
and misery, the awful havoc OF Eu-
rope beyond that the youth n the
strength of our manhood, our sons
(and not a few of our daughters) must
com in actual contact with it.
The Editor, Sr.
MIR. and Mrs. Joshua Purcell are
the happy : parents of a baby girl
which came to gladden. their home
Monday, November goth.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Tessier and the
Misses Eva and Celeste We're Thanks
giving guests at Prairie Lawn Thurs,
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F M. Brown, Ludlow
F]ahnestock and Miss Hortense Shaf-
fer were among. those who attended
the show in Watertown given by the
Clint and Bessie Robbins company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Tessier and fam
ily have moved to Watertown to live.
They have rented the farm to a MT.
Smothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Tessier called
at the Jay Miller home Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Dean went to
Minneapolis Wednesday last to spend
Thanksgiving and the holidays with
their son, Ronald, and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. McDougal, we under
stand, are going to rent b farm ant
move to Watertown some time In the
near future. ! Miss Gladys is a stu.
dent in the high school and this is
their reason for quitting the farm.
Mr.. Ludlow Fahnestock and Miss
Hortense Shaffer were dinner guests
at the Baskerville home Gf we re
member rightly Thanksgiving day.
Miss Neva Soule, who teaches II
the Oleson district, spent her Thanks
giving vacation with home folks IN
Brookings.
MessrS. Joe, Joshua and Lester U
cell were %shredding corn at the nome
place Saturday. Miss Fern Sieverts
helped Mrs. Lester Purcell with the
homework. taking Mrs. Poe PurcelPs
place. who is attending the mother
and babe at the Joshua Purcell nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Croft, MI. and
Mrs. Vernon Croft and Miss Opal Ce-
Gil were guests at the Joe Croft home
Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. Fred Sieverts n family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Purcell were din,
ner GUESTS of Grandfather Sieyerts in
WATERFOWL Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Sidney Burk and one OF. ms
several girls attended the dance ia
Kranzburg Thanksgiving evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Molln and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Cosier and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Garnes and the
Wing young people weTa guests OF ME-
and Mrs. Peter Melln THANKSGIVING
day.
Mr.. chas, WELLINGTON has returned
from IeSaS WHSTGsA @Snt ~ 100
for land His nephew, Mr. Ralph
Weed, purchased 80 acres while doBI
there. Mr.. Wellingsea iiEeg the courl
try he was III real well but has no'
as yet purchased any land
FOLEY.
al flag pole was raised ait the Foley
school on Tuesday.
Mr.. a. Hemp has purchased an
uptosdate Buick sedan.
Mr.. Il. Kerssen called on Mr. Johr
McPhee In the city, Saturday.
REV. Mr.. LIGHT, Of Rushmore, Mimi.
was an oversSunday visitor at thu
]. Krull home
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Cook ant
family of Sorth Shore and Perry
Cook were guests at the James Cooi
home Thanksgiving day Miss Doro
Inv Cook, who spent some time witt
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