The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-04-18

she visited Rebekah lodges for ten
days.
o. L. Stroman, a representative
for the Pure Oil company whose
headquarters are at Minneapolis,
was in this city yesterday calling on
the trade.
Among the out-of-town people in
the city today were Miss Myrtle
Hanson, of Oldham; Miss Pearl Far
ron, of Ramona; Robert Geiger, OF
J%unius, and o. A. Julson, of the Lake
Preston Times, Lake Preston.
Ben Stoltzman arrived in Madison
Thursday evening and will visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stoltz-
man, until after Easter. Ben is pur-
suing a commercial course at the
Mankato Business college.
Miss Katheryn O'Brien's school
year has terminated at Artesian,
where she fulfilled her teaching con-
tract day before yesterday. She re-
turned home Thursday to remain for
the summer.
Mrs. l.. G.. Johnson, Miss Vera Nc
Intyre and Miss Helen Westall, all
of Winfred, were Madison visitors
yesterday. The latter two remained
oNe e" night and returned home this
afternoon.
Fritz Proehl returned this morn
ing from Woonsocket, where he has
been employed the past two months
at work on the e Catholic church
in course of construction at that
place.
The Community Service committee
met last evening and adopted a con-
stitution which provides for the du-
ties of its officers, lays out a plan of
service work and defines the object
for which the committee holds itselt
officially responsible.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Conley today
received a telegram from their
daughter, Miss Mary Conley, an
nouncing her arrival in New York
from overseas. Miss Conley has
been in France the past year, en-
gagged in government Red Cross
work.
Joseph Dixon was honorably dis
charged from military service very
recently and made his return to
Madison last evening. Mr.. Dixon
was with the fighting forces in
France and took passage for the
United States on March 10. He
served as a motor mechanic. Muster
ing out occurred at Camp Dodge.
John and Matt Fazendin were
down from Ramona today. The lat
ter is gradually recovering from seri-
Gus injuries received during a bad
fall from a barn roof in the early
part of the winter just passed. Mr..
Fazendin manages to get about with
the aid of two crutches. His hope
is that he may soon discard these.
J.. j. Yaeger returned from Mitch
ell today after attending the South
Dakota Optical association meeting.
DR.. Augustine, of Decatur, Ill, and
DR.. Needles, of Kansas City, Mo-,
gave lectures on ocular nerves
and muscles, practical skiametry
and demonstration of methods and
technique.
The contest of children's letters
why Mother Likes Calumet Bak-
ing Powder" during the past thirty
days closed today. The prize is So,
Powder company. A number of let
ters have been received at The Daily
Leader office and these will be
placed in the hands of judges for de-
cision.
Mayor James Robertson received
an invitation to appear before the
Lake Preston Commercial club and
the board of education and deliver
address. He filled the engage
ment last evening and returned on
a morning train. The voters of Lake
Preston are now planning on the
erection of a modern new school
building.
o. p. Anderson boarded a freight
train at Cotton this morning in the
hope of reaching Madison the quick
est way possible. 1t happened that
a car in the middle of the train
Jumped the track when seven miles
from Mr.. Anderson's destination,
him tn mako the rpmaindpr