Sixties Golden Anniversary for Morse Couple in Wabash
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Morse marked sixty years of marriage with a gathering at their daughter A J Rowley's home 166 West Hill Mitchell friends from Boston to Los Angeles sent regrets and gifts. The couple born in 1847 in Sheffield New Brunswick wed 1847 and lived in Ohio Iowa Mitchell then moved to California and finally Wabash Indiana.
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Benjamin Morse
Mitchell
Wapwash
Ind
A. L. Rowley
Deacon Morse
Baptist Church
Curtis
Doby
Doty
The
Wabash Times-Star
A. J. Rowley
West Hill Street
Morse
Dr. Little
Preston
G. B. Work
George Barcus
Barr
Frank Morse
Henry Williams
Shoemaker
Roebuck
Dicken
A. M. Gibson
Cox
Wilson
Rector
Houser
Sand
California
Wabash
Lilly Annette Carlson Wed to A W Sundberg in Prosper
In Prosper township on Thursday evening Lilly Annette Carlson married A W Sundberg of Corsica at the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Carlson. Rev A Sundberg officiated with Elisabeth Sundberg as bridesmaid and Lawrence Carlson as best man. A six course dinner followed in a pink and white decorated dining room with about fifty guests.
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Alfred Carlson
Prosper Township
Lilly Annette
A. Walfred Sundberg
Corsica
Geo. Carlson
Mendelssohn
Elisabeth Sundberg
Lawrence Carlson
A. Sundberg
Surprise Kitchen Shower For Pearl Gregg And Lewis Piggott
About thirty Baptist church youth organized a Friday evening kitchen shower for Miss Pearl Gregg and Lewis Piggott. Guests decorated rooms with Cupid and heart motifs and read toasts attached to kitchen utensils. The couple, well liked in the Baptist society, enjoyed games and light refreshments with presents including chinaware.
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the Baptist Church
Miss Pearl Gregg
Lewis Piggott
Miss Grege
Miss Gregg
Mr. Wiggett
The
Baptist Society
Counterfeit Ten Leads to Omaha Stop
Walter Doud at the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul ticket office detects a counterfeit ten dollar bill used to buy a ticket to Omaha. An elderly man named Bark of Langdon Nebraska passes the note, exchanges it for a good bill, and leaves for Milwaukee then Omaha. Police seek more details as investigators doubt the money came from a single source.
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Walter Doud
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Omaha
Walter
Mr. Doud
White
Bark
Langdon Neb
Mitchell
Oliaton
Milwaukee
Electric rail line proposed from Bijou Hills to Mitchell
Farmers in southern Brule county push a bid to build an electric railroad from Bijou Hills directly across to Mitchell to connect with the Chicago Saint Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line. They have secured rights of way to Davison county and aim to organize a company after a Mitchell meeting with the Commercial Club. The plan envisions new towns along an air line route and taps investors in Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Brule County
Bijou Wills
Milwaukee
Vlatte
Chamberlain
Bijou Hills
Platte
Mitchell
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Davison County
Commercial Club
Aurora
Iowa
Wisconsin
Granite keeps water from Huron artesian well
Norbeck and Nicholson drilled in Huron since mid July seeking a fire water supply. They reached about 1145 feet, encountered granite, and progress stalled after six feet. If the state geologist confirms granite the $5175 contract payout stands. Some water exists but pressure is insufficient.
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Huron
Norbeck
Nicholson
Library Receives Gifts and New Books
The library announces donations from Mr. Sousa Senator Kittredge Mr. Bras Mrs. Wentzel Mrs. Carhart Mrs. Hitchcock Mrs. Tiffany Mrs. Wilson and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. New titles include The Cage by Charlotte Teller Johnson The Doctor by Ralph Connor The Lonely Lady of Grosvnor Square and Truthful Jane by Miss Kingsley among others with notes on plot and reception.
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Sousa
Senator Kittredge
Bras
Wentzel
Carhart
Hitchcock
Tiffany
Wilson
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Charlotte Teller Johnson
Chicago
Ralph Connor
Grosvnor Square
Jane
Miss Kingsley
America
Robert F. Knowles
Theologan
Social Reception Honors Mrs Augustus Hi Doyle at Third Avenue Home
An evening function hosted by Mrs. Augustus Hi Doyle drew about one hundred guests from seven to nine and eight to ten. Nellie Doyle greeted arrivals while Mrs Lyons Hitch cock Branson and Nellie Ward received. The libary hosted a punch service led by Mrs Scallin Quinn and Miss Doye. A refined menu in the dining room featured careful catering by Miss Nellie Doyle and staff under Mrs Van Wagenen. Pink carnations and yellow chrysanthemums provided tasteful decor across rooms.
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Augustus Hi. Doyle
Third Avenue West
Nellie Doyle
Doyle
James Lyons
A. E. Hitchcock
O. L. Branson
Nellie Ward
William Scallin
R. J. Quinn
Genevieve Doye
M. F. Patton
Virginia Doyle
W. H. George
M. M. Doyle
PR. H.kelley
J. E. Wells
C. W. Downey
Frank van Wagenen
University Notes on Student Activities and Football Preparations
Students raised about 82.00 for a memorial window at the M. E. church. A. Carrier of the Y M C A visited for association work. The second football team travels to Plankinton to face the reform school, with a return game a week later. Scrimmages will continue as the Vermillion game on November 18 nears. The Kappas hosted a prospective members’ reception at Rev. Dobson’s home. The band practices hard in new uniforms adding to rooter spirit. A campus bonfire and ghost dance celebrated the 100,000 endowment gift to D. W. with hundreds of students in ghost attire.
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M. E
A. Carrier
Y. M
Plankinton
Kappas
D. W
Memorial Hall
Won Diamond Medal Contest at Court House
Two boys won top honors in Friday evening contests at the court house beating four girls in each event. John Berry claimed the diamond medal for oratorical work and Ronald Dahl earned the medal in the piano musical contest. Louis Shuster presented the medals and praised the youths’ effort.
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Court House
John Berry
Ronald Dahl
Louis Shuster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diehl & Brown Drug
Anni
Dakota Wesleyan
A. T. McGovern & Sons
Dean
Olney & McDaid
Clinton
Scallin Bros
Mitchell, S.D
Prosper
Miss Carlson
Sundberg
Bill
Brule
Spearman
John Phillip Sousa
Pipetown Sandy
June Wallace
Miss Laurson
Laurson
Augustus H. Doyle
University Notes
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