Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
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1 had at Norfork, Gerry Luttrell, of
/ aaae army and, not knowing that there
I EgAs d Ise4s lag station tkere, he CON
I ti44ea To OMAHA. lie walked 125
niles,
I The Feaera cd clubs Of Huron baTe
5Etbscr.bed Si00 to the war victory
cam patgn 10 ne used to erect furlough
1 housea ia Europe A draft FOR that
/ anaitlt haa already been sent to the
national headquarters for the war VIC
tory commission
To show his. patriotism and at the
same time aid so far as possible in,
increasing the wheat supplies for the
United States and its allies, Albert
Ellwein, a German farmer living near
Roscoe. has devoted 500 acres of his.
land to the raising of wheat.
Brooding over the action of some
of the young men of Bryant in apply
ing yellow paint to his carpenter shop
because he did nothing for the Red
Gross or Liberty bonds, Claude Hack,
carpenter, has become insane. He
is bachelor, is IS years of age and
is we'll to do
e, M. CARRIER. superintendent of Low
er Brule Indian school, reports that
Miss Louise Rencountre, 20-year-
old Lower Brule Indian girl attend
ing the Pierre Indian school, opened
the Third Liberty Loan drive with a
voluntary subscription of $1,000. Miss
Rencountre's brother, Albert, is vol
unteer in the army.
Albert Stroman was near a railway
traok when a passenger train passed
him near Lennox. The pilot of the
engine struck a small rock and hurled
it with great force The rock struck
Stroman and injured him SO severely
| that it was several days before he
recovered. Had it struck him in the
head he would have been killed.
Correspondence courses at the Uni
versity of South Dakota are now stand
ardized with similar courses at Wis.
consin university, Chicago university
and other leading schools and col.
nounced to go into effect next fall. II
requires eight assignments for each
credit hour so that students off the
campus will put in as much work as
resident students.
Ellie Hanson, an Iroquois boy who
is in the aviation service, in a letter
to the home folks writes that he
again has been promoted. He has
been made captain Of a machine. and
this gives him an increase of salary.
AS soon as we make our first flight, !"
/ he writes, I'VE are on flying basis,
took my first flight today, SO from
now on | am drawing s99.75 per
| month"
Mrs Robert Hunter, prominent
Madison woman, has been advised
that Nels Howe, cousin had been
/ killed In action in France. The young
1 man was serving with the Canadian
interests and had been in the service
/ two years and 10 months The young
. man had been wounded several times
during that period, but not severely.
I and had returned to duty as soon as
he was sufficiently recovered. Many
/ of his escapes from death had been
/ almost miraculous.
Plans for an educational campaign
by South Dakota suffragisss were out
lined at meeting at Huron Of mem
bers of the state board OF the Univer
sal Franchise league. Among Other
things which were planned was the
organizations OF six schools Of meth
DDS at various points In the state
The suffragists OF South Dakota viii
/ nut the subject OF mere suffrage In The
4 background in the present campaign
j board members said The main oh
ject for which they are now fighting
a they said, is full citizenship.
Quietly but effectiely committee
4 81 the county council OF defense Oh
u behalf of the third Liberty loan has
called before it several alleged slack
i ers and pro-Germans residing In va
rious parts of BeadIe county The
Il committee sits as an investigating
i, committee and frankly asks stssah,
did You not buy bonds What is you
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