The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05

a weeks visit with Dan Habeger and
family. They will also attend one of
the summer sessions at Lake Mad
ison.
Miss Morse was an eastbound pas
senger today, bound for the twin
cities and Milwaukee at which pur.
chasing centers she will select sea-
sonable goods for her ladies' furnish
ings store.
A number of Madison's younger
folks made up a happy pleasure party
Sunday that had Bookings for its
point of destination. The following
boys and girls were included: Alice
Fods, Grace Nelson, Edna Dixon,
Claude McNeill, Clarence Cox and
Roland Cox. All enjoyed the day
and the trip.
The engine, generator and other
equipment for the temporary electric
lighting plant at the State Normal
has arrived and the work of Install
ing the machinery is in progress.
Supt. Quarnstrom estimates that
service will be available within two
weeks.
Fred Knutson and family took an
overland auto trip last Friday to
points in northeastern Iowa. They
returned Sunday evening, reporting a
splendid crop outlook in that section.
Iowa corn is in advance of our crop
and is certain to produce a bumper
yield.
A letter from BILLY" Stearns, who
is now at the Great Lakes training
station reached his mother this morn
ing apprising her that 'all's WELL
with him, and that he has just re-
ceived his last shot in the arm
incubation. With plenty to eat he
has a high appreciation of the care
Uncle Sam accords his boys.
Relief from the intense heat of the
last two days came early this morn
ing in the form of a copious down
pour of rain which cooled the air and
laid the dust. Reports from Sioux
Falls state that not a drop of rain
fell there. Shaving weather this for
hustling the corn along towards ma
turity is the judgment of interested
farmers.
A. A. Gaylord, recently reporter
and business manager of The Daily
News, Pomeroy, o., succeeds G.. w.
Clemens, now deceased, as news gath
erer for The Daily Leader. Mr.. Cay
lord and wife arrived from Minneap-
oils the latter part of last week and
will make their home here.
During the storm early this morn
ing the milk delivery team of the
Wilkinson station, driven by Ton
Clellan, took sudden fright and ran q
short distance, badly smashing the
wagon and splitting nearly two-thirds
of the milk and cream. The driver
was uninjured, but the loss of the
liquid goods" was considerable.
Rev. Walter Ingram, pastor of thu
First Baptist church, Mitchell, anC
family are enjoying an outing at the
lake while attending the Baptisf
young peoples assembly. Rev. Mi
nish, of the local Methodist church
has invited Rev. Ingram to occup,
his pulpit in the near future. Boil
gentlemen were formerly associated
~ministerially while engaged in tn,
same Black Hills city, hence thei,
close interest in each other.
In spite of the lure of cooling near
by lakes, a goodly number of musi
lovers assembled at Library park a
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to en-
joy the program creditably rendere,
by the city band. These concerts ar
popular and highly entertaining an,
1T is hoped that all who can will ava
themselves OF the opportunity afford
ed to show an interest in local must
cal talent.
There is always the keenest in
terest among fighting film fan
whenever it is announced that viii
lam Farnum has made a new pep
picture play for William Fox. TIL
latest Fox production Is True Blue,
in which William Farnum is the dy
manic and always thrilling star.
is a play of the rugged west for th
most part, but by way of dramati
and even comic contrast, True Blue
brings in several British types, fo
the homespun hero is lawful heir I
an earldom. At the Imperial tn,
alter, Tuesday, August g..
Mrs. w. I. Thompson, chairma
county food administration; l.. {
Atherton,( chairman county counc
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