Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-31
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DoHf dPefS ana magazines at the
Smoke House.-F N. Beacon,
The state convention of the prohibi-
tionists will be held at Huron, February
81.
l. U. bourke was in Pierre from his
ranch near Okobojo, the first of the
week.
The cold snappy weather this week
has again opened up traffic to
the river.
II, c. Qnackenbush has returned
from q short business visit to the
Twin Cities.
Doane Robinson, state historian, re-
turned tuesday from a trip to the west
ern part Of the state.
The Catholic ladies will hold a bak-
ca sale at the Greenough hardware
store Saturday.
The Here Am l Bible class of the Bap-
list church was entertained at the Laird
home Tuesday evening.
10 ton alfalfa, 20 tons wild hay on
h9usseau bottom for SALE. H.
Johnson, Box 2S4, Pierre.
a meeting of the Capital city w. c..
J was bel at the home of Mrs. E.
f. D9fothy Tuesday evening.
The Noppartisan league OF Mon
ta"a wants Miss Rankin to make the
r!ce ion United States senator.
Mrs D, v. Hill of this city and Mrs.
W. M. Giiflths of Leslie underwent
operations at the hospitnl Monday.
Miss Ella Waylsud and Mark Hub
bard both OF Draper, were united in
marriage today by Justice Eager.
Warden G. C. Red6eld of the state
p~enitentiary at Sioux Falls, was an
arrival yesterday on a short business
visit.
Miss Phyllis Satterlee has resigned
her position as stenographer to the
governor and will leave for her home
al Mitchell.
3,'ss Gladys Bennett is assisting at
the Straight drug store while Mr..
Straight is getting things in shape, the
fire of Friday doing considerable dam.
age.
Edmund Jacobson, son of E, Jacob
sou of this city, and Miss Louise
Klein of Plaindeld, N. j., were mar
ried at Toxic, Japan, on December
"a,
Pierre defeated the Miller basket ball
team here Friday by a score of IS to z.
The Indian school team defeated the
Miller team Friday night by a score of IL
to 8.
Leo Smith arrived yesterday from
Minneapolis for a visit at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Smith.
Nj. Smith, Sr, is still in very poo
h salth.
G. w. Martindale, secretary of the
First Natianal Life Insurance company
Of this city, returned Sunday from
Minneapolis, where he attended a
gathering of insurance men.
Friday afternoon the barn of N. E.
Sheppard O Euclid avenue was con-
sumed by DANES, together with sew
eral tons of hay. The blaze is thought
to have started from an electric wire.
Mrs w. }. Parry went to Mitchell
Yesterday for a short visit with Mr..
Parry and will go from there to Camp
Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, to visit
her s@n, Lieutenant Leslie Parry.
Saturday is Ground Hog day, and
from the extreme cold weather ex
perienced the past week he should
not see bis shadow. Yesterday the
thermometer did not get much higher
than 2l9 below all day.
A meeting of the State Board of Edu.
cation was held at the Capitol Tues
da a large number of prominent
educators from the various state insti-
buttons over the state were in attend
ance and the meeting was a very en-
thusiastic one.
Among the educators in the city the
fore part of week were President W.. E,
Johnson of the Aberdeen Normal, Presi-
dent Wenzlaff of the Springfield Normal,
Prof E. L Cook of the Spearfsh Normal,
President r. L. Slagle of the state uni
veIsity.
On Wednesday the First National
Life company moved their Offices and
quarters from the St. Charles Hotel
building to the Brink Office building,
Pierre street. The company are now
nicely situated, and convenient to those
having business to transact with them.
The Macon county, Missouri, bank
ers, in annual convention at Platte,
resolved that newspaper advertising
was the best method of getting be-
fore the public and pushing their