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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
4
At a Midland meeting of the Old Stanley County Old Settlers Association officers outlined arrangements for the annual picnic to be held in Midland on August 13. Committees for finance program and sports were appointed with a roster of local names and organizers.
A long list of attendees and honorees spans grounds and decorations, badges, press, and membership. Notable figures include Tom Jones, J C Russell, Jake Addison, H A Howes, D Bastion, J F McGuire, and Wm Elrod, with numerous others across committees and reception roles.
Ada Schwartz of this city and Fred L Marrington of Westfork were married Monday at Fort Pierre. Rev H M Bissell officiated at the Por ter home. The bride has taught near Millsville and the groom, long a county resident, registered for war service. They will reside in Westfork.
The piece notes sour stomach from rapid eating and suggests slow chewing and lighter meals. It also mentions Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion. A Food Administration warning urges corn meal, oat meal, and barley flour to be priced below wheat flour by specified margins for mills and dealers.
The Philip Weekly Review reports on residents traveling to Pierre Mayo Hospital. It notes Red Cross meetings and fundraisers at T. P. Keyser home, local property purchases, a costly horse loss, and dances at Slovek barn and the opera house. A fire destroyed Pierre’s municipal pumping station and electric light plant.
Dr Doran a licensed physician with authority travels across towns on a single day offering free consultations and examinations. He charges only for treatment if desired, focusing on chronic ailments and digestive diseases as part of his mobile medical outreach.
Mrs G M Johnson and children left Monday night for Beresford to visit relatives and friends. Miss Laura Schimke left Saturday for Rapid City to enter nurses training at Methodist Hospital for a three year course. Ray Buswell, son of Mr and Mrs J P Buswell, left Tuesday for Rapid City to enlist in the Navy. Another son, Hubert, is in France with Battery C 147 Field Artillery. A heavy rainstorm Friday afternoon caused extensive damage across Cottonwood Ash Creek and Manila with the Manila bridge swept from its moorings. Corporal Frank Peshek in France reports a pleasant trip and asks for frequent letters from home. The community is urged to boost letter-writing to all servicemen and support committees planning season ticket sales, grounds, finances, and advertising. Mr and Mrs Philip Carley of Dowling visited in town, then went on to Omaha and Iowa.
Full committees have been named to organize the forthcoming Chautauqua to be held in Philip in June 1924. The appointed groups will oversee arrangement, program, publicity, and logistics for the event.
Mrs P H Martin of Penn Indiana reports her two daughters suffered whooping cough and after giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the cough became looser and easier to expel, according to the letter.
I have on hand good general purpose heifers for breeding purposes mainly two years old. Parties desiring cattle should see me. If stock on hand is not what is wanted, can get what you want within a short while. Wm Keene Philip Ott Read the business locals on another page.
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