The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
LOCAL ITEMS
As taken frCm anOtheTs lip,
And 10 led down upon a slip;
Ana +. someone has lied to us,
Please shun this Office when you Gus,
Certainly beautiful weather.

Certainly beautiful weather.
Guess there is no fake about the
peace news this time.
Church services will be resumed in
Wood next Sunday morning,
When in Winner go to Feeney's
Confectionery for a good cigar, a nice
box Of candy,or fresh fruits. 2ltf
Thanksgiving comes on the 18th
this year-two weeks from yesterday.
Well, ne certainly have much to be
thankful for this year.
F. G. Thomas shipped five more
cars of cattle from his ranch just east
of town to the Omaha market last
week. Mrs. Thomas accompanied
him on the trip.
Miss Della Ward expects to leave
this week overland for Council Bluffs,
Iowa, where she will spend the winter
with her parents. She expects TO re
turn to Mellette county next spring.
Clyde Dunning Of Sioux Falls,
State Bank Examiner, was here Mon
day examening the First State Bank
of this place. OF course he found
everything in first class condition and
the institution prospecting.
The second installment of your
Fourth Liberty Loan must be paid by
the 21st of this month. 1t is request
ed that all see to it that their pay
ments are in the bank By the 10Th.
Be sure you attend to this.
The influenza epidemic SEEMS to be
abaitIng some in this county and the
disease seems to be we'll lnder con.
troll, but we believe the wise ones will
be careful about exposing themselves
or c~ongregating in great crowds until
the disease has been entirely eradi
Gated.
If you have the request of some
soldier boy "over there for a little
Christmas from ''over here" you can
get the regulation containers to mail
your gifts in at the First State Bank
in Wood. Remember you must have
the request of some soldier boy "over
there" before you can get a container
and they should be mailed not later
than November 10th.
We were all glad to hear the authen
tic peace news, but no special demon
stration was staged as Wood to celt-
brate the event. But we are all just
as thankful and glad that the great
conflict has come to an end, as if we
had put on a noisy demonstration.
But when our boys come marching
home from oyer there, guess maybe
We will pull off something worth while
Congressman Candy was re elected
by about $500 majority. He vas the
only Democratic Congressman to be
elected in South Dakota. Senator
Sterling was reelected by a big ma.
jority as was Gov. Norbeck aud thu
entire Republican state ticket. The
Republicans have agood working ma
jority in Congress and the Senate is
Republican by a majority Of one or
two. It was a grand and glorious
victory for the G. 0. p. taken all a.
round and we are very we'll satisfied
with the result.
The United War Work campaign
to raise Sl7O,500,OO0, is on this week
and il is your duty, as a good loyal
citizen, to contribute to this work as
literally as your means will allow.
These welfare organizations have a
great work to do among our soldier
boys and their work is y more i'm.
portsnt now that actual fighting has
,eassd At the front. The campaign
,losos Saturday night 81 this week,
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