The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20

upon this morning for acute appendi-
citis. Miss Buffers mother is here
assisting her.
The city band went out to the lake
Sunday to furnish music with the ap-
pearance of Louis Wallis, of Chicago,
who addressed an audience on the
subject The New Democracy"
Miss Madge Porter and Miss Mabel
Daniels Leave this week for Washing
ton, d. C. Each has a position in
one of the government departments
there.
A. l.. Hart and wife, also E. j..
Hammond and wife came from Fe-
dora Sunday in their new Buick to
visit Miss Elma Hart, who is a stu
dent at the summe school.
Fred Payne and his two sons have
gone to Elk Point to visit the for
mer's parents. From there they will
go on to Oelrichs at the foot of the
Black Hills, near which place Mr..
Payne has land. He will make some
hay before his return.
Miss Hattie Krug and Miss Emma
Kruger have accepted positions in
the school at belmont. Miss Alta
Wetzel, who vas a teacher in the
Madison high school, will become
principal Of the anne school.
Miss Agnes Roberts, a graduate of
the Normal and a teacher Of some
years experience, daughter of Mrs.
IC. III. Roberts, city librarian, will
teach in the grades in the city schools
of Hammond, Ind, this coming year.
H. r. Wood, station agent for the
Milwaukee company at Lanesboro,
Mimi, spent the night in the city,
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore.
Mr.. Wood was station agent in Mad
ison 25 years ago.
Harold Williams, who is now at
Camp Fremont, Cal, has written to
a friend in Madison to the effect that
he is now in the machine gun bat
eniioh anu 10 uciiShtcu Win the "a
cific climate.
Mrs. Jess Anderson was taken
from the Madison hospital to her own
home on Sunday. DR.. Jordan, of
Chester, performed a necessary OPP
Grafton and now Mrs. Anderson is do
ing nicely.
w. f. Harvey, who attended the
Rural Letter Carriers convention
which was held in Madison Friday
and Saturday, left yesterday for his
home in Clark.
Mrs. B. F. ~Bakkedahl, her young
son and her mother, Mrs. VIM. c..
Holste, Left Madison yesterday for a
trip to Elrod and from there to Clark.
AT the latter place they will visit
with e. M. Clark and family.
Charles Marth has a letter from his
son in France which states that Har-
ry Killion had been seen. Harry had
suffered some wounds, but vas out
of the hospital now and feeling fine.
Otto Van Pelt returned to his
home at LeMars, Ia, yesterday after
a visit of several days with his broth
er, Clyde, of this city. The latter had
not seer his Iowa brother for Is
years, and it goes without saying that
a royal welcome was given the for
mer upon his arrival here.
The Young Ladies' sodality of st.
Thomas Catholic church held an in
teresting meeting at the A.. N. Smith
home last evening. After election Of
officers refreshments were served.
About Is were present.
Miss Darlene Kelley gave a z
o'clock dinner last evening in honor
of Oscar Thompson, who is home
from the navy on a furlough. The 10
young people present took an auto
ride to the lake where dancing was
enjoyed.
Ross Kelley, now a soldier in
France, wrote his brother Earle re-
Gently that he was in a base hospital
south of Paris undergoing an opera
ton for appendicitis. Afterward a
card followed the letter stating that
the operation was all over and that
everything was o. X.
BY reason of the kindness Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Osborn, the reporter
and his wife were privileged to view
both lakes, Madison and Herman,
Sunday. This was their first oppor-
tunity to see these beautiful bodies
of water. The trip was made by
auto.
Wentworth Enterprise: Word has
been received by relatives here an
%nouncing the marriage of Miss Ma
mic Thesis to Edward Crothers, the