The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-19
Thursday. Dec. 10. 1918.

Thursday, Dec. 10. 1918.
o. E. Bonebrake Of Sioux City was
in town SUNDAY.
Mrs. Henry Beard of Redieid came
to Scotland Wednesday to visit some
of her friends for a few days.
We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors in our recent bereave-
m ent. the loss Of our beloved father, |
atrick Haney.
THE CHILDREN.
Francis Ser returned the first of
the week from Yankton College,
where he has been enrolled in the
military training department.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. Wruck left for
Sioux City Tuesday where Mrs. Wruck
will consult a specialist for her
health, which has been quite bad for
some time.
Joe Stevenson and j. o. Lee went
to Sioux Falls Saturday and returned
on Sunday. bringing a new Mitchell
auto which Mr.. Stevenson has placed
in his sale rooms.
The Bargain Stores sale starting
December 18th is a real bona fde
closing out sale, and we ask you to
come to our store and see for yourself
the many bargains we have to offer.
Solomon Beim, proprietor.
The Maxwell Mennonite Sale was
held last Monday, and although the
weather was damp and disagreeable
the crowd was quite large, and the
sale brought betwe en- eight and nine
thousand dollars.
The Modern Woodmen held a spec
ial meeting Tuesday evening and took
in twelve new members. Evidently
each. candidate was given the full
benefit, as the meeting lasted until
about four o'clock in the morning.
Nine more applications are still on
file but they were reserved for future
consideration.
Mrs. E. v. Wilcox, who accompa-
MED her husband, Capt. Wilcox, to
the training camp at Louisville, KY,
is now in Chicago having her eye
treated. 1t has been troubling her
for some time, and on the advice of
the Chicago doctor che had it remov-
ed. She is now staying at the home
of DR.. Simpson and is getting along
nicely.
Walter Wicks came home yester-
day from Yale College, at New Ha-
ven, Conn. where he has been en-
rolled in the military department.
The students in this department have
been discharged, go Walter decided to
come home for the holidays, and get
his citizens clothes. Miss Ellen
Wicks, who is attending Downer Col
lege at Milwaukee, is also expected
to arrive tomorrow, SO the family
will all be home for Christmas. Wal
ter will go back the first Of the veal
to continue with his regular college
course.
Ed. Gleason, the boy who has beer
working as night man at the depot,
was arrested Tuesday morning b.
Deputy Sheriff Treiber, charged will
tampering with mails, and was takel
to Tyndall where he was placed il
Jail pending a hearing. 1t appear
that railroad mail addressed to tn
age,.t has been tempered with, an
that frequently letters left in a DO;
at the depot to be placed on the trail
have disappeared. Suspicion reste
upon Gleason. and Monday night hi
room at the West Rooming House wa
eearched. Quite a quantity of maj
was found, rome letters having bee
opened, and some had not been me
Tested. One bunch Of letters whic
had been left at the Donley House t
be mailed last October, and had bee
: tied in a bundle by the hotel cler
and deposited in the mail box at tt
depot, were found in Gleason's rool
. tied up just as they were left by tt
= hotel clerk. The purpose in openin
the letters does not appear to hay
> been robbery, as the letters opene
II were not those in which remittance
might have been expected, but wei
II mostly letters from young ladies. 4
u the letters had never been deposits
e with the postal authorities it is pro-
~ able that mn offense spainst the post