The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-11-02

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Mrs. M. Hurley is in the city from
Fairmont, Mimi, the guest for a few
days of her daughtes Mrs. G. A.
Kohlmorgan and Miss Clara Hurley,
the latter an operator at the local
telephone exchange.
Clarence o. Meyers, who resides
near Junius, has just recovered from
an attack of influenza and is again
able to be out. He visited Madison
yesterday for the purpose of having
an operation to eliminate an abscess
from the middle ear.
The Red Cross is DESTROYS of get
ting daily papers after they are read,
also magazines for patients who are
shut in. Those who can furnish
these please phone $3.50 and a Boy
Scout will call for them each day
@. McKibbin, Scoutmaster.
Miss Mabel Kvenvold was a morn
ing passenger for Egan, She hopes
soon to continue her teaching work
there, and it is likely that she will
be permitted to do so before long,
for influenza cases are few there and
the closing order will be withdrawn
in a short time.
A telegram to j. j. Sollitt today
advises him of the illness from influ-
enza and threatened pneumonia of
his son, Sidney Solicit, superintend-
ent of schools at Hudson, this state.
The telegram states that he is re-
ceiving excellent care and no serious
results are appfehended.
A party of Madison's younger
huntsmen are spending a few days at
the Beck cottage at Lake Madison
While fishing and taking shots at
wild ducks. Rolfe Schultz, Loris
Winesburg and Barrett Lowe are in
the party and reports have it that
much luck is coming their way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. VanLanningham
of this city, have been advised that
their son., Thomas, has been wounded
in action in France. The informa-
ton is that the wound is not consid-
cred serious. Tom, as he is familiar
ly known in Madison, is in the
mounted signal corps of a machine
gun company.
Two of Madison's patriotic young
women are willing to go into the
fields as cornpickers as a means OF
doing their bit to relieve the scarcity
of man power and help win the war
Farmers who need their services may
communicate with them by calling
phone 1891. Their advertisement
seeking employment appears in an.
other column.
III. l.. Rock, a single man 46 years
old, passed away at Chester from an
attack of pneumonia. He had for,
merly resided in Madison. Three
brothers of the deceased are located
as follows: One in North Dakota
another. in the state of Washington
and a third in Ohio. A. G. Hallen
DCChs VI tilo CITY, has btCh cHSdStN
to direct funeral arrangements.
Allie McGillivray, of Winfret
township, in the city yesterday, stat
ed that he had been advised thar
Howard Beckner, a former Madison
young man, was killed in action il
France July 81. Howard was a sol
of Frank Beckner, who removed
from this city to Manitou Station, o.
several years ago. Deceased hat
been employed by Mr.. McGillivray
on his farm, going to Nebraska from
which state he entered the service.
The powerful caterpillar tractor
purchased of a Cleveland firm by tn,
and was put to a test on the street!
this morning. Irrespective of roaC
conditions this type of tractor /!
capable of locomotion. Neither mut
nor roughness can stall its powers OF
its facility in laying its own track
The tryout being made today salts
factorily proves the cfty's investment
to be a good one. For levelin,
streets, grading and doing all man
ner of work where great power is de
manded this tractor exactly fills tn,
bill.
Miss Helen Lowe, who is now il
the city awaiting the r%eopening o
the state university, where she is
student, was hostess last evening to
party of 10 of her young lady friend
who gathered at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. George Beck to partake o
an informal dinner. Halloween dec
orations were in evidence and tn
evening was spent very enjoyably
Those present by invitation wer'
Maybelle Bates, Lucille Hackett
Clora Baker, Mrs. Nuna Hexom, Mrs
Oscar Querness, Hazel Johnson, Hell
en- Huxford, Ruth McKibbin an,
Esther Schultz.
WATER RENTS NOW DUE.