The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-15
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friends.
Miss Sada Jones has taken a posi-
ton with the Lake county bank to
supply the vacancies made by the
draft. Miss Jones was formerly
cashier of the Madison State bank.
Boys, you better make that date
for Tuesday, June Is at Normal gym.
For Sale. One Smith form-a-truck
attachment, capacity n ton; one
Jackson roadster.-Madison Tank
Line.
Turn out and give the boys a big
crowd Tuesday, June IS, at Normal
gymnasium. Refreshments served.
Andrew Beck and family, of HUI
ron, arrived in the city yesterday to
spend a few days in the family of his
brother, w. III. Buck. Both families
went to the lake to enjoy life in the
w. H. Buck cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Becker, ST., and
Misses Hilda and Esther Becker, par
ents and sisters of III. Becker, of this
city, and Joe Schueller, a brother-in-
law, of CORTLAND, Mimi, arrived
yesterday and are guests at the H.
Becker home, AIS Second street NV.
They are travelling by automobile.
In honor for the boys who go in
the next draft of June "a, the people
of Chester are making extensive
preparations for a public farewell.
On June 10, at Chester park there
will be a feed and an address by Prof.
L. G. Atherton. A dance has been
arranged to be held on the Smith
park pavilion.
A surprise farewell party was CIV
Mrs. HI. j. Thompson at her home
last evening by 10 members of her
Sunday school class. The evening
was spent in playing games, after
which a dainty lunch was served by
Mrs. c. r. Knutson and Mrs. r. B.
Syyerson. The class presented Mrs.
Thompson with a hand painted plate
a parting gift.
Yesterday William Uthe visited
the banks of Chester on a surprising
mission. All he wanted was all the
War Savings Stamps both banks had
and actually got them. He would
have taken $500 or $500 more If the
ha,Ee bod ba5 than for him which
they unfortunately had not. In
speaking of the incident C. E. Olstad,
director of the sales of War Savings
Stamps in Lake county, commented
on so loyal and patriotic an attitude,
and expressed a hope of the possiril-
ity of the county going over the top
in so pronounced an amount on the
day of the regular drive on June %.
At the Vicken home in Madison
last night at 10 O'Clock occurred the
death at the age of Sc of Mrs. Chris
tie Lewiston, mother of Mrs. Ole
Highland, of Center street w. The
body was taken at once to the Hal
lenbeck undertaking establishment
and prepared for burial. Deceased
made her home with her daughter,
but was taken to the Vicken home to
allow Mrs. Highland to accompany a
daughter to a hospital. The cause of
death was senility. The funeral will
be held at the norwegian Lutheran
church Sunday afternoon at $50
o'clock, Rev. o. l.. Reigstad officiat-
ing. Burial will be made in Grace
land cemetery.
On complaint Of Peter Berklow,
Earl Allen, Mark Kirchberg and Sam
Meyers, jr., were arrested last night
by Chief Winesburg. This morning
the trio plead guilty in Justice A. w.
Sponholz's court to throwing tin cans
through the compliments home win
dows and doors, and in choice of the
payment of a $40 fine or eight days,
chose the eight days in the city Jail,
The assault on the Rerklow premises
was said by the boys to be by way
of retaliation for similar doings in
the neighborhood in which Berklow
participated, but for which there
were no complaints filed. The mat
ter is a neighborhood misunderstood.
ing.