Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1909 — bounty Boy in a South Dakota Romance. [ARTICLE]

bounty Boy in a South Dakota Romance.

The Minnesota, Minn., Advocate, publishes a very entertaining little story under the caption, “Story of a Little South Dakota Claim Romance.” The story has local interest because tbe hero of the tale is a Jasper county boy, being Machall Cover. The story recounts how Cover took a South Dakota claim and while proving it up boarded at a restaurant and becanie acquainted with Miss Hannah Nelson, the daughter of Olaf Nelson, of Yellow Medicine county, Minn. Miss Nelson was a young woman of great nerve and had herself taken a the South Dakota frontier and after taking a claim Miss Nelson began to work as a waitress in a restaurant, the same one at which Cover boarded. Eagle glances from the young man brought shy responses

from the girl and their acquaintance ripened to fast friendship and then to love. Taking up thd narrative at this point the Advocate describes it as follows: “We know nothing of the questioning glances, the sweet smiles, the fluttering of hearts, the moonlight walks, and the tete-a-tete, that M»chall and Hannah experienced. Cupid has not told and of course Machall and Hannah would never think of telling, but we do know that when Hannah had stayed on her, claim the required time, she hurried to her home in good old Swede Prairie, spoke highly of the climate and the real estate in South . Dakota, but. would giye her friehds nd deffnite idea of her future plans

Some close observers among her friends noticed, however, that there was a mischievous . look in Hannah’s eyes and there was an air of mystery about her.

Some few weeks sped by and then there appeared at the home of Mr. Olaf Nelson, a sturdy, handsome looking,quiet and unpretentious young man. He was introduced to visitors as Mr. Machall Cover. Why was he here? The visitors asked themselves. Hannah’s fair friends looked askingly at Hannah, but ventured no questions and Hannah offered no explanation. Some few days passed by, then the pastor was let into the secret, and on Monday evening, the eighth of April, Machall and Hannah in the presence of the latter’s family circle made the vows that united them as man and wife for life.

On Tuesday, April 16th, Mr. and Mrs. Machall Cover started for South Dakota, where they will settle down in'Lyman county, and by diligent use of Uncle Sam’s gift, work out their fortune.

Young man, go west, and girls go too, if you choose.” Young Cover has many relatives in this county.

County Treasurer J. D. Allman went to Wheatfield this morning to take the tax duplicate to the bank of that place so that property ownere oF titer north end may pay their taxes there and thus save themselves the trouble of coming to the county seat.

Miss Harriett Shedd went to Lafayette today, where she will witness the Ben Greet production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” tonight. She will then go to Otterbein to visit her sister, Miss Alice, who is teaching at that place, and will go from there to Greencastle to take up her college course at DePauw.

Mrs. William Fuller writes from Balaton, Minn., in renewing her subscription to the Semi-Weekly Republican, as follows: “We appreciate the paper altogether too much to part with it. We are also glad to see that the old state of Indiana is wheeling into line on the temperance question. Three cheers for Indiana.

Harvey Spitler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Spitler, formerly of this place but for the past two or three years residing at Aberdeen, Wash., sent a draft for $1.50 last week for a renewal of his subscription and in a postscript to his letter said, “We receive the paper regularly and wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”

The temperance meeting held Saturday for the purpose of effecting an energetic working organization looking toward the holding election, was attended by several from Remington, John Ott, Samuel Bowman, John Tharp and Editor Fred Griffin came over in the automobile of the first named. Rev. R. H. Crowder was also here.

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