Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-05
Herbert Hepperlee of Eureka. is
in the city sor q visit with friends.

in the city sor q visit with friends.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Doerr of Agar, at the hospital Tues
day.
Miss Georgia Summerside of Har-
| rold, spent Sunday here with home
folks.
Miss Marcia Baker came up from
Huron Saturday for a visit with
homefolks.
Mrs. VIM. Hopkins of Hayes, I'M
derwent an operation at the hospital
Monday.
Miss Edna Kemp went to Center
vile Friday, where she is visiting with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Partridge
have gone to Iowa points for a vaca-
ton visit.
Mrs. o. N. Hoyt went to Des
Moines today, where she will visit
with a sister.
Gov. Norbeck has spent the past
few days at Platt, where q son is ill
with scarlet fever.
A large crowd went out to the
Hurlbut ranch Saturday night to at
tend a barn dance.
Miss lima Schubert went out to Hi
sega Sunday to join the rest of the
family for An outing.
A new town has sprung up in Faulk
county and has been named Norbeck
in honor of Gov. Norbeck.
Miss Georgia Morse returned to this
city today. after spending a week with
Mrs. IT. K. Tagg, in Highmore.
Miss Gertrude Address entertained
a number of friends at her home
Monday afternoon at a porch party.
Mrs. j. I'll, Spanier and daughter,
Miss ANGELA, left Saturday for q
visit with relatives at Primghar,
Iowa.
Roy Bagby and family left Friday
for their home at Grand Rapids, Wis,
after a visit with relatives near Oko-
bojo.
A special election will be held at
Rapid City on July II to vote upon
the issuance of $40, 900 bonds for the
erection of a new graded school
building.
The Hall hotel at Fort Pierre, one of
that city's oldest land marks, has been
torn down and the lumber disposed of
to farmers for the construction of
cattle sheds, etc.
Owing to a rush of business at the
Sugar Bowl last week, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G.. Obershaw were compelled to
postpone their visit to eastern points
until today where they took up their
journey.
No housewife should let the increased
price of sugar keep her from preserv-
ing all the fruit and berries that she
can get. A little figuring will show he1
that the increased price of sugar is but
about half a cent to the quart jar.
E. B. Lee of this city and son. For
rest, of Deadwood, returned Tuesday
from a two weeks lirshing trip at
points in northern Michigan. MI.
Lee and son brought back 100 pounds
of pike and bass. They report a fine
trip.
Misses Agnes Peterson and Ada
Pratt, employees at the Capitol, left
Sunday for Big Stone lake. Miss
Peterson will go from that point to
Minneapolis and Miss Pratt to Elk.
ton, where they will visit with rela.
tives.
A commission merchant in st
Paul makes the prediction that pota
toes will drop to SO cents per bushe.
by fall. The fellow who is forced tc
live without them now, will find some
consolation in the thought of filling
up Oh them later.
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4th of July celebration at Blunt, and
all report a fine time. Many attend.
ed the smaller celebrations at vari
GUS points, while & large gathering
remained at home to take in the Com.
munity picnic held on the court
house lawn.
A pathetic death occurred Monday
near West Fork, in Haakon county.
While assisting others in the work of
branding horses, a young man sustain
a kick in the stomach from a vicious
animal. The sufferer was given imme.
date attention and good care, but ex.
pred on Monday, two weeks after the
injury.
Blunt Advocate: G. E. Gunsalus
and Roy Kitchen started yesterday to
work on the b. and Y. trail from
II Rlunt west tn tina HurIhorf plooo ~