The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-11
LOCAL NEWS.

LUIAL NEWS.
j. A. Shimerda, of Howard, was a
business visitor In Madison today.
Mrs. M. H. Peterson came in from
Rutland today for dental work.
Miss Mary Squires, office assistant
To- DR.. H. III. Frudenfeld. is spending
a few days in Huron.
Bills and posters are out announc-
ing the Mitchell Corn Palace on the
dates of Sept. 22-27.
Ralph Lingle, of Colman, had his
tonsile removed at the office of one
of the local physicians.
G.. l.. Hasvold, of the Hasvold cof-
fee store, departed by auto this morn
ing for the Huron fair.
The Baptist Aid society will meet
at the Church Friday afternoon.
Work to do. Come early.
Mr.. H~oisington and family took adj
vantage of the fine da yand motored
to Huron to take in the fair.
Walter Owens, who has been call
ing on relatives in this city, departed
this afternoon for his home at Wasta.
DR.. and Mrs. b. S. Allison drove
to the state fair today. They were
accompanied by Miss Mary Conley.
This evening is the time for all
S. s. and Y. p. workers TO be on
hand. We will slant a new teacher
training class at thi slime. l.. L..
Mann. pastor.
Mrs. G.. p. Rensvold has gone to
Valley City, N. D., to attend the
funeral of her nephew, Carl Rude,
who was killed in an auto accident at
that place last Sunday evening.
An auto party consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. w. It. Stearns. Mr.. Ed
Payne and wife, also Miss Della
Stearns. drove to Huron this fore
noon to enjoy sights at the state fair.
Contractor r. Billingsley, to whom
the city commission awarded the
contract for the erection of the mu-
nicipal light and power building, was
in the city yesterday and last evening
comforting with the board of direc-
tors of the New Madison hospital.
Mrs. George Clemens, who is now
residing at Sioux City. writes her
Madison friends that she expects to
take her daughter to Council Bluffs,
Ia, for schooling. Last week Mrs.
Clemens buried her s~ister-in-law, a
woman of only 81 years. who was
i'll for five months last winter.
Mrs. J.. e. Gilbert and daughter,
Miss Florence, returned home last
evening from Wells. Mimi, where
they have been for the past three
weeks. Both attended the funeral of
Mrs. Gilbert's sister, who passed
away at the place mentioned. While
enroute home a two days stopover
was made at Minneapolis.
A two hundred gallon gasoline
tank exploded yesterday afternoon at
the rear of r.. B. Fi~tzgerald's store,
slightly gashing Mr.. Kruger, Mr..
FitZgerald's timer, behind the left
ear. Mr.. Kruger was working around
the tank with a blow torch when the
accident occurred. The top of the.
tank was blown a distance of one
hundred and fifty feet. No oil was
in the tank at the time.
Owing to the absence OF u Sun
day school superintendent and the
need of further details being carried
cut, we, think 1t best to postpone the
Rally day program of the First Bap-
fist church one week. 1t will not
be held next Sunday, but on Sunday,
Sept. 81. However, let us rally to
the service next Sunday. he opening
exercises will be rendered by the pri-
mary Department.. l.. Mann, pas
tor.
Frank Ebert and wife departed
today for volga, where they will re-
side, Mr.. Ebert engaging in the buy
ing and shipping of butter, cream,
egges and poultry. For a number OF
years Mr.. Ebert has been engaged In
the same line here as bookkeeper for
e. Kelley & Son. He has been ex-
ce~ptionally faithful in his work and
q sa business man on his own account
he will make friends among his asso-
! ciates and succeed in his undertak-
ings.
Mrs. f. j.. Hurry, 511 Harth ave
nue. S., not only raised a fine garden
Of all kinds of vegetables this year.
but she also includes a flock of
squashes which are above the aver
age in size. Four of the squashes
tip the scales at above 35 pounds and
a fifty weighs an even 40 pounds.
The big fellow induced the omther
vine to climb the wire fence sur
rounding the garden, where he bios
sommed and budded and grew 10 i'm
mense proportions hanging on the
! fence in the bright sunshine.