Wakefield Couple Plan Move Near Yale After March First
Mr and Mrs Wakefield will establish residence north east of Yale following March 1 renewal date.
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Newspaper
Journal World Spirit
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Wakefield will establish residence north east of Yale following March 1 renewal date.
A Christmas mood pervades Wolsey with visitors arriving for the holiday and a well attended dance despite a snowstorm. Revival meetings end as Claude Barber conducts services in town. new residents buy land and plan to settle. A town meeting spurs hiring a marshal and forming a Commercial Club with monthly gatherings.
The Northwestern left Hitchcock near Spink county around 1880. The Odd Fellows initiated Professor Shaw, followed by an oyster supper at Hotel Northwestern. Professor Brown from Huron plays organ at the Presbyterian church for Sunday services. A musical program honored Christ at the M E church. Sadie Mortimer married L. L. Phillips with Rev. Bates officiating. about fifty guests attended. James Dawson receives treatment at Filmores sanitarium in Redfield. Typhoid cases number three in town, all progressing. J. J. Miller, early settler, dies after recent hospitalization.
F C Young returned from a visit to his old home Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs C Wright left for Wayne Nebraska last Monday. Mrs C Price was called home from North Dakota due to her father Mille's illness. Johnn Suley Jr went north Monday evening. Mrs J J Borah and sons shopped in Hitchcock Monday. Lucy Persomies the week with her sister Mrs A Miller. Young attending school in Huron returned Saturday evening for holidays.
L One left for Bert Iowa last week. Gardner is spending the winter at Neola Ia. Mr and Mrs Dunn Sundayed with the Cooper families.
Christmas plans fill Wessington with a masquerade ball, a children's tree at Tucker's hall, and extended holiday trading. Ed Shannon visits Hawarden relatives. Gene Smith heads to San Diego for Christmas with the Martin family. School closes Thursday for vacation. Local stores hire extra clerks for peak shopping. Lon Buck departs for Wolsey after meat market duties. A man’s body is found in a coal shed during inquiries.
Local notes recount sleighing good, Victor Story to follow Ben Thurston, and Fred Johnson leaving for Chicago on matrimonial business. Clifton residents joke about editor letters, knife exchanges, and a new piledriver arrival. Community cheer for Clifton-Custer Christmas tree and Roosevelt Smithsonian talk prompts swamped government humor.
A man believed to be about fifty, identified as Mr Buck, was found hanging from a rafter. Authorities have yet to determine the motive for the apparent suicide, and little is known about him locally.
Bernard Larck traps Fos ter creek this winter while John Bird visits the Shoemaker family. David Carr and A H Gilbert travel to Doland for a business trip. School children enjoy their Christmas activities as Luella and Florence Hogan attend Churton's and study. Fred Hogan buys a new 30 30 Savage rifle. Edith Churton visits from Britton to spend the holiday with relatives. Willie Paddock goes visiting again after a Sunday attempt.
Mrs. J W Dolan visited in the country this week. Miss Ursula Dolan and Miss Josephine Dolan were in Huron over Sunday. Schools plan a week long vacation and a neighborhood Christmas tree will be held at the Custer church on Christmas Eve with a program by several of the schools.
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