Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Howes are in
the city for 3 short visit.

] Glo CITY IOE y SNORT WISH. H
C. d. Gilreath went to Huron Mon
day on a short business visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Miller returned
yesterday from a visit at Huron.
The Trinity Guild will hold a relic
sale commencing on October g..
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Oldaker will
leave shortly for Huron to make their
home.
The Lutheran Aid society will be
entertained at the Sterud home this
evening.
Miss Anna Damon of Fort Pierre,
submitted to an operation TT the hos
pital Monday.
Miss Elsie Harding, who is teach
ing school in Valley township, passed
Sunday in Pierre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Partridge are
moving to apartments in the Pierre
Street block for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. j. Dougherty re-
turned the first of the week from a
several days visit in Chicago.
American flags ate floating today
from almost every house top. The
Stars and Stripes never looked better
to US.
George Bogue, a member of Com
pany A, received a broken collar
bone in an auto accident at Miller
Sunday.
Miss Kalder will leave tomorrow
for Woonsocket where she will at
tend the golden wedding anniversary
of her parents.
W. d. Nelson returned Sunday
from Colorado Springs, Colo, where
he attended a meeting of the board
of auditors Of the M. w. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Robertson, for
mer residents of Pierre, haye returned
to the city to reside. Mr.. Robertson
is a mail clerk on this division.
The high school football team and
a picked team from Company A play
ed a game Yesterday, resulting in q
score Of 10 to 0 in favor of Company
A,
Federal Farm Loans at 5 per cent,
5 to 40 years, optional payment. Call
or write First National Farm Loan
Association, 2S5 Pierre St., Pierre,
S. D.. 20 a..
General winter is coming to the
relief of the Russian armies that are
defending Petrograd. He is the same
old general that helped the Russians
to destroy Mapoleon's army los years
.. ago.
A school girl was asked to write
an essay of $50 words on an automo-
bile. She submitted the following:
"My father bought an automobile.
He was riding in the country when it
busted going up a hill. L think this
ls about 20 words. The other 23O are
what my father said when he was
walking back to town, but they are
not fit for publication.
Several of the members of Com
pany A who went to De Grey Monday
to enjoy a feast of melons, were the
victims of an auto accident a few
miles east of the city. They were
making their return trip when their
car ran into the side of a bridge,
demolishing the car and rendering its
occupants unconscious. One men,
Der of the party suffered several brok-
en- ribs, while the rest escaped with
minor bruises.
The dense smoke which lowered
over this locality the first of the week
was the result of a forest fire in the
Black HILLS. Monday and Tuesday
residents of Deadwood and vicinity
were engaged in fighting a forest fire
ten miles east Of Deadwood. Help
was rushed to the scene in automo-
biles and a specialtrain was run from
Memo. The fire endangered valuable
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and the Black Hills national forest
The fire is said to have started from
lightning during an electrical storm
on Sunday.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
women of Pierre who are interested
in the work of the Council of Nation
al Defense in South Dakota was held
in the city Saturday for the organiza-
ton of the women of Hughes county
to aid in the various branches of
of work. Mrs. G.. S. Whiting was
chosen as chairman of the organiza-
ton with Mrs. C. Fl. Burke and Miss
Sadie Robinson as yice-chairman.
The organization selected the title of
The Pierre Unit of the Womans Com
mlttee and much good is certain to