The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-07

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to spend a day at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Fisher.
H. Fasseen announces that he will
have 20 bushels of South Dakota
grown seed corn for sale at Chris
Rensch's hardware store, Saturday,
g.. Farmers are requested
call and examine the corn:
The members of the Methodist
church are urged to be
present at the midweek service this
evening when the unit system" will
be discussed. This is a matter of i'm
portance to every member. The serv-
ice begins at 1880.
The county commissioners did not
go to Flandreau today as they intend
having learned that the commits
sioners of Moody county had gone to
Minneapolis to attend the automobile
show. The Lake county commission
ers will complete their work here and
adjourn some time during the day.
ANpatriotic service in recognition
of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
will be held in the Methodist Epis-
copal church next Sunday morning.
The boyhood of Lincoln, Lincoln, the
Lawyer and Lincoln, the war presi-
dent. are among the subjects that
will be discussed by prominent citi.
of the community
M. ID. McGillivray, of Junius,
phoned The Daily Leader today that
he had received a letter from his son,
Sergt. Donald c. McGillivray, of Mo-
tor Truck Company No. 4, 116th Sup
ply Train, dated somewhere in
France" Don says, among other
things of a family nature. that "all
the Madison boys in the supply train
are we'll and getting fat, and wish to
be remembered to their Madison
friends"
With a view to installing a stock OF
variety goods, Ole 7. Edmunds is
cleaning and renovating the interior
of the store building known as the
Proehl building, On the corner OF
First street N and Egan avenue,
The tables and shelving are in place,
and he expects the stock at about the
18th of February, though perhaps
the pe%culiarities of transportation
may make it a little later.
Isaac Gipe, of Aberdeen, state SUI,
"perintendent of public construction
was in town today. inspecting the
finished work done by Contractor
James Robertson on the state build,
ings of the Normal. There was q
considerable amount of repair work
done On these buildings during the
summer and fall, and Mr.. Gipe con,
cluded the acceptance today.
Knute Peterson today received a
telegram from Washington, ID. c., an
nouncing the death of Hjalmer Lun.
de at 5 o'clock this morning, in Wal,
ter Reed hospital, Washington. Mr.
Peterson wired to have the remains
shipped to Madison. Mr.. Lunde en-,
listed here about Christmas time
He had been a roomer at Mr.. Peter,
sons home. His parents reside in
Norway.
AT the home of her mother-in-law
Mrs. G.. Z. Jensen, at Oldham, Mrs
Hattie E. Jensen died yesterday
morning at Z o'clock. The funeral
will be held tomorrow at the home a
IL o'clock and at Ramona at / O'Clock
under the direction of f. l.. Peck anC
in charge of Rev. j. E. Booth. Buria
will be in the Ramona cemetery
Mrs. Jensen was married but a few
months, and was formerly Haiti,
Fordyce, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Fordyce.
A very successful and satisfactor!
years work for the Madison Farmers
Elevator company was attested b.
yesterdays annual stockholders
meeting when they elected all thu
former directors with the exception
Of one, and the board of director
reelected the whole official manage
ment. Nj. A. Bothel was elected di
rector in place of III. G. Mueller, an'
Mr.. Bothell was also elected vic
president. The retaining of the Off
GERS is considered an expression o
satisfaction with the conduct AM
management Of the institution TO
the year ending December 81.
The home guard benefit given a
the Imperial theater yesterday after
noon and evening gave the guard
net return of something in the neigh
borhood of $135. The returns ar
not yet complete, and the expense
are not wholly footed yet. Officer
of the organization expressed them
selves today as being very well pleas
ed with the results, and showed
thanks to the schools, merchants an'
the management of the theater TO
the work and spirit which made sucl
a showing possible. The proceed
will be used in the purchase of equip
ment-uniforms, arms and hats. l
will go far toward making the or