The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-12

Mrs. Mary Armstrong and daugh-
ter, Mary, started on their return
trip home today to Emmetsburg, Ia,
after a weeks visit with the formers
sister, Mrs. Maggie Ostrander.
Mrs. E. X. Stoddard, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
j. Fitzgerald, went to Minneapolis
today to see her husbands people.
Her home is in Des Moines, la.
The Mallory studio is in good run
ming trim again after being partially
tied up from lack of electric power.
This studio has handled ALSO kodak
prints and POI rolls of film recently.
Mrs. John Moore is in receipt of a
letter stating that Mrs. t. L. Buck
holz, who underwent a surgical op-
Grafton in Asbury hospital, Minneap-
oils, Saturday is recovering success
fully.
Miss Hilda George. of Oldham,
will be in Madison a couple of days
to see Miss Ethel Houck, after which
she will go on to Carthage to visit
with other friends. Miss George ar
rived in the city this morning.
I'thelyn, daughter of Henry Olson,
fell from a swing a couple of days
ago sustaining a broken bone in her
right arm. DR.. Hovde was called to
SGT the broken structure and reports
the young lady to be getting along
AL right.
Miss Emry, of the local high school
accompanied by Mrs. Brady and
mother, Mrs. German, also Mrs.
Brady's son, Paul, of Auburn, Ia,
left by auto yesterday for an extend
ed trip through the scenic Black
Hills section of the state to be gone
about two weeks.
Wellington Franklin, who has
been employed at Sterling, Colo, the
past four months, returned home last
evening. He reports his sister, Mrs.
VIM. Anderson. and family, of that
place, enjoying good health. Well
ington expects to be called in the
next draft and comes home to be
ready to respond.
The bean contest which was put on
by the Young Ladies' sodality at
Vreyens' store was closed Saturday.
The correct number of beans in the
jar was S24. Mae McCue guessing
826, was awarded first prize, a bed
set. Mrs. Jas. Smith, guessing 827,
was awarded second prize, an oil
painting.
Leonard Olson, son of Hilman Oh
son. a farmer living east of town,
unfortunately caught his foot in n
pump jack recently and owing to the
laoerated condition of the left foot
and toes of that foot 1t was deemed
best that he submit to the amputa-
ton of two of the latter. DR.. Hovde
attended the injured boy who was re-
moved to his home Sunday.
The lake colony numbers were di-
minished by the departure of the fol-
lowing who took trains home: Hell
en- Olson, Frances Ford, Hardy Ford,
Amy Perrault, Heleen Burgess, Mrs.
J. M. Coon, Grace Gibson, Viola Lem
mons, Marguerite Moon, DR.. and
Mrs. Mingus, Louise Cressey and
Opal Leonard to Sioux Falls, and
Ella Judd and Florence Marston to
Canton.
A letter from Rev. Martin Ander-
son, former pastor of the Norwegian
Lutheran church of this city, has
been received by DR.. Daniels, re-
questing a recommendation for his
entrance into war work as chaplain.
The general Lutheran synod, at their
last general session, granted such
testimonial and DR.. Daniels not only
highly commends Rev. Anderson as
a man of character and ability, but
will forward at once the recommend
alton desired. Rev. Anderson is To-
Gated at Morehead, Mimi.
Mrs. Flora Frost is in receipt of
a letter from her son, Culver, Com
pany C, 2Sth Engineers, in France.
Among other things. Culver says
1.-THE people here have sure suffered.
when we were marching through the
streets of the town to this camp we
saw only old men and boys and every
woman that we saw wore a badge OF
mourning. The women do all the
work and seem cheerful, but a man
can't help but pity them"
Induction call No. 1166, made up
on the state of South Dakota by the
provost marshal general, calls for
$50 white men in class ] physically
qualified for limited or special mill
itary service, to be e~ntrained during
the two day period beginning August
80, for Camp Dodge, La. No man