The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-06

Have you looked at Osborn's ad?
Girl wanted to clerk in Sugar
Bowl.
DR. j. C. Baker, of Ramona, was a
through passenger to Sioux Falls by
morning train.
Judge Aiken, of Sioux Falls, spent
the night in the city, returning home
by morning train.
Mrs. Gaskell returned to Sioux
Falls after a visit at the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Woestman.
w. w. Bates and wife, of Long
Beach, Cal, are in the city, guests at
the home of the formers brother,
David Bates.
Joseph Pulford returned last even
ing from a visit with relatives in
northern Minnesota. He reports
sleighing good in that locality.
Regular meeting Hope Rebekah
lodge No 2. Wednesday evening.
Degree staff take notice. Practice.
Lunch.-Florence Walter, N. G.
Mrs. Rae Bergstereser, who has
been a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c, A. Bergstreser, went to Pipe
stone, Mimi, by a morning train
Mrs. A. Il. Clough returned by a
morning train from Shakopee, Mimi,
where she has been taking medical
treatment i'm sanitarium and re-
ports improvement in her health.
1t was announced today that the
funeral of Peter Holvick, who died
Saturday at his home in Leroy town
ship. will be held at the house at l
o'clock, and at the Lake Madison
church at 1880 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon.
Sheriff +. A. Keller returned last
night from a weeks trip in the north
which took him across North Dakota
to the Canadian line He reports
that crop conditions in the north are
poor many parts of the state being
hard hit by dry weather.
Mrs. H. II. Holdridge, Miss Win
ters, John w. Walden and Prof. S.
T. May appeared before the commits
sioners this afternoon with petition
for an appropriation to keep a per-
manent Red Cross nurse in the coun-
ty. The sum asked for the mainten-
ance of this office is 81 500, to be
voted directly out OF the county
funds. 1t is represented that other
counties of the state are doing this,
notably Yankton county The COM
missioners would take no immediate
action on the proposition. but evinced
a disposition to refuse the request.
Chas. ID. Hurry, of Montclair. ~
j., general secretary of the Y. NJ. c..
A., in the United States, received no
tice yesterday that he has been called
TO Italy TO prosecute the work of the
organization in and for the army, ac-
cording TO a message received last
night by his wife's sister, Mrs John
w. Walden. Specializing today ON
the significance of the summons to
Italy, Mr. Walden said today that it
might be construed TO mean that
there is a United States army in
Italy as we'll as in France, or there
would be shortly. Mr. Hurry had no
advices preparing him for the call, it
coming wholly Unexpectedly. He
leaves at once.
The heirs against the Chautauqua
association and others completed the
introduction of evidence last night.
The attorneys will file briefs and
make oral arguments before the
court in chambers, the date of which
4 is not known at this time. Ii is said
that while many of the instruments
of the court probating the estate at
/ the time of Mr.. Bakers death are
missing from the files, the records
and decree of the court are intact and
complete. 1t is further stated that
that court had complete jurisdiction
i'm that case, and that his decree EN-
bodied the findings, and the will and
intent of the heirs concerned. The
outcome of the case is admittedly
problematical.
That slow moving body, the postal
department, is catching the spirit OF
organization in this time of military
activity. 1t was recently arranged
that a central or district postoffice
should furnish all supplies to offices
within certain defined districts. gen
orally conforming to county lines
Inspector Carl Egge, of St. Paul, was
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