The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-21

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Tomorrow being Washington's
birthday and a legal holiday. the
courthouse, public library, p~ostoffice
and banks of the city will remain
closed.
Those who have not received their
bonds for the Fourth Liberty loan
may now procure them by calling at
the banks where regular business is
usually transacted.
The funeral of the late Ole T.
Thompson will be held from Trinity
Lutheran church at 2 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, the Rev. c. X. Solberg
conducting the service.
G.. G. Lembcke, whose home is at
Ramona, returned this morning to
Camp Normoyle, Tex. after enjoying
a two weeks furlough, most of which
time was spent with his parents.
All banks of the city are now in
receipt of income tax blanks. All of
those who made returns for 1917
will receive blanks by mail from the
proper departments which they are
supposed to use.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Budde are at
Winfred today calling upon friends.
Mr.. Budde states that his family will
not be able to go to their new home
at Omaha this week, perhaps not I'M
til March J..
Rev. Solberg is conducting a series
of evangelistic meetings in Lake
Madison congregation this week.
Meetings are held every day both aft
ernoon and evening. He is assisted
by the we'll known lay preacher, l..
A. Vadheim, of G~arretson.
The generating plant at the Nor
NAL has been changed from two to
three-phase and connected up for use
on Sundays while the city plant un-
dergoes repairs. 1t is the custom to
do overhauling on that day since ii
is a time when the least use is made
of electric current.
The expert electricians from the
! lie Bron works at Omaha, have com
pleted their work on the city electric
plant and departed yesterday for
home. The present plant is now in
excellent running order and the quail
x ity of light and power being supplied
is of the best.
Mrs. Chas. Nighbert and son, oil
Washington Springs, have been the
: guests of Mrs. S. M. Sherman be-
tween trains today. They departed
j, for Ramona on an afternoon train
( A visit with Mrs. Nighbert's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sherman will be
i made before the return trip home.
John Stampe. whose home is al
Rutland, was in the city, this fore
e noon while en- route for Wentworth.
e Mr.. Stampe came home from Camp
Dodge last week and has been doing
some visiting among relatives at diff
9 ferent points in the, state. He has
! been honorably discharged from
service.
Miss Mary Harris entertained last
e evening at the /. j. Harris home on
: Washington avenue N for Mrs. Geo.
Feay, of Lane, Mrs. Kenneth Stoltz-
> man, of Clarno, also being an out OF
town guest. A three course lunch
was served. the evening being spent
at cards. Music and sociability
marked the course of the evening.
Mayor James Robertson returned
I this forenoon from Huron, where he
had been attending a state conven.
ton of the Master Builders associa.
ton. Mitchell was chosen to enter.
tain the convention next year and
Mr.. Robertson states that the ses
sions will probably be held in Madi
u son the succeeding year.
Word has reached Madison friends
and relatives to the effect that Mrs
Fred Adams, formerly of this place
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
. Backhaus, passed away last evening
at Goodrich, N. ID. The deceased
leaves a husband and three children
q Two brothers, Henry and Robert
: Backhaus, left for Goodrich yester
day afternoon.
Rev. j. E. Booth and wife, of Gro
ton, were in the city today between
trains calling on former friends ant
acquaintance. Rev. Booth is a
present pastor of the Groton Evan
g gelical church. Formerly he wal
stationed at Ramona which pastoratt
. he left only last spring. In connec
I ton with his church duties at Grotor
q Rev. Booth is also doing the editoria,
writing on the Groton Independent
in the absence of the regular editor
Jay Reeve, now state auditor. Rev
e Booth was a member of the local ex
emption board, being succeeded by
h q ariff r. A Keller