Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-18
Mrs. John Green came up from Hur-
Tuesday for a visit with friends

In the city on official business Satnr.
day.
MISS Hortense Bowen went to Sioux
Falls last week for a visit with rel
atives.
haln does not fall alike on the lust
and unjust. The latter have swjped
the formers umbrella.
George Shaw Cook of Chicago. gave
an interesting lecture on Christian
Science at the Grand Tuesday night.
Dld your boy in the trenches hear
the Liberty Bell peal forth it's beauti.
rnl chlmes? Buy a bond lest he be
disappointed.
Miss Ritcbey. a teacher in the Cen
tral school, has been ill a greater DOR
ton of the week. Her place is being
filled by Mrs. Allan.
$1,000 saved by each farmer who
uses my 6 recently patented Corn
Alfalfa machine. Address X. K.
Mfg. Co, Brookings, S. ID.
Cd Loomer of the state highway
department, spent Sunday at Nit
chell. Mr.. Loomer will move his
family to Pierre from that point.
Mrs. Harry King and children came
up from Huron last week aud visited
over Sunday at the home of her par
eots, Mr.. and Mrs. e. +. Clifford.
The Parent-Teachers association of
the Lincoln school met this afternoon.
Miss Stockett, state field librarian.
delivered an address before the gath
ering.
Leonard Harvey arrived home from
Chesapeake Bay; he has been on duty
with the U, S. Wisconsin. His sister.
Miss Flora, who is employed at Sioux
Falls, is also home for a visit.
Miss Marguerite Andinq, who is a
teacher in the schools at Mobridge,
arrived home Sun lay to attend the
"Reminiscences nuptials. Miss And
ing returned to her school work Tues.
d lay.
The Hughes county Red Cross auc.
ton sale will be held in Pierre on Fri
lay, May Bird. If you have anything te
donate-no matter how large or how
small-hring it along. 1t will all helI
to make a good showing.
Harley Stewart, who had a bad fall
from q motorcycle last week, strik-
ing on his face, will be able to re-
sumo school work next week. There
will be nc disligurement.-BIunt Ad.
| Yocate.
Mrs. Oh. Burke and daughter, Mis-:
Elizabeth, arrived home Tuesday from
a several months visit at, Washington
ID. O., and other points. They visited
with their son and father, Lieut.. Wal
ter Burke, at Camp Grant, Rockfork
Ill, on their return. trip.
Many German and Austrian women
are under surveillance by government
agents and will be arrested and in.
termed as soon as President Wilson
signs the bill which includes women
in the class of enemy aliens. 1t was
said the number is more than 100.
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When those little wbeatless meals
make you angry, think of the boys in
the trenches who are enjoying the
wheat bread, badly spattered with
mud and dirt as it may be. You are
not a true American if you are not
satisfied with your wheatless menu.
In the city election Tuesday j. b.
Binder was elected mayor; Guy Hard
ing, city commissioner, with a tie be-
tween T.. c. McNamee and A. P. Ward
for the other place. A. w. Harvey
and A. r. Potter were selected men,
bers of the board of education.
Buffalo Gap boasts of a woman
whose patriotism has stood the test
Of four wars and now is doing her
"bit" in the fifth and greatest con
hict in the history of the world. She
is Mrs. Alexandria Harper, aged 90
She now is knitting for the Red
Gross, and the articles she turns out
are well made.
A number of friends gathered at the
Smealon home Monday night to help
Miss Smealon celebrate her birthday.
Knitting occupied the time of the
guests. following which the hostess
served q dainty course luncheon. Mrs.
Smealon was presented with a hand
painted plate and a mahogany trap as a
token of esteem.
A seed dealer from Flandreau has
recently been in this county for the
purpose of buying seed corn, to re-
lieve the shortage in that section. He
made one shipment last week, and on
Tuesday of this week five big wagon
loads we're brought in from the Mar
.ietta neighborhood and shipped to
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