The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1899-08-04

: and a vein punctured while hand
ing a broken bottle one day las
week.
5 Druggist Nelson had his yer
| andah removed from ia front OF
, the store yesterday and has put
, up a large pestle and mortar on a
post as a sign.
: II. j. Rock Of Aberdeen, who
IS canvassing in the the insur.
ance business, and who was
some years ago PRINCIPAL of the
Big Stone schools, was in town
yesterday
A seven year old son Of Fred
Grote had one of the fingers of
/ his right hand badly mangled
one day last week by getting it
caught in the tackling Of a hay
litter on the farm of julius Fen
Ger.
VIM. Cleveland & Son have
the contract for building toe ad
dltional story to the Berkin
saloon building, and which will
be used by the A. O. u. W.,
Woodmen and other orders as a
lodge room. Work is to be com
mencec Immediately.
The committee that has been
taking up subscriptions for the
harvest festival and street fair
are meeting with very gratifying
success So far, and public
meeting of subscribers and
others interested will probably
Foe held next week to further
push tue enterprise.
Members and friends of the
ladies aid society are cordillv in
vlted to spend the day and enjoy
a picnic dinner next Thursday
Aug. 10. at the farm home of
Mrs, J A Fuller. Those desir-
lug to go and not having convey
ances will please notify the pres
ldent OF the society.
The Iowa state republican |
convention Wednesday nominat-
ed the following ticket: Gov,
Leslie M. Shaw, Denison; lieu
tenant gov, j G. Milliman, Lo-
gan; superintendent of public
instruction, + G. Barrett, Usage;
railroad commissioner, Z. A.
Dawson, Waverly; supreme
judge, John c. Sherwin, Mason
City
Reports as to the quality Of
the grain now being harvested
are conflicting The extremely
hot weather Of the latter part of
July hurried the grain to matur-
ity too fast and some farmers
report their grain more or less
sbrunken and somewhat blight
ed, while others report that no
material injury has been re
ceived from the hot weather.
Attention is called to the ad-
vertisement in another column
of the new clothing firm Of e. H.
johnson & Co, who are now
up their store to the
public with very large and well
assorted stock OF goods. Owing
to the fact that the head sales
man, Mr.. Schneider, was called
east by the death Of his mother
the opening of the store has
necessarily been delayed
Rev. and Mr.. c. N. Fitch, who
had been enjoying summer va |
cation on visit to Oberlin, O., !
for a month or SO past, returned /
home last Saturday. Mr.. Fitch
spent much Of his time while |
away in preaching and evangel !
lstic work, and made number I
Of excursions to different parts /
# Ohio and east. While at Ober- a
in he was presented with 10 vol |
ames Of books from the library I
# Mrs. Fitch's father, recently j
deceased, and who was profes- /
sor in Oberlin college. |
Besides Cliff Dickerson, who I
eft the HERALD office and enlist
I'd at the organization of the ]
South Dakota regiment, two,
,ther lads who formerly worked
n this Office have seen service /
n the Philippines. One of these a
vas John Murphy who for I
of years worked on the I
PAPER when published in Big /
Stone and enlisted in the Thir- !
eenth Minnesota, and the otner !
S Fred Udell, who some years :
lgo also worked on the paper. !
IF Fred the Aberdeen News has I
he following item: Word was i
'eceived from Manila some time q
lgo that Fred A. Udell Of the !
first Washington had been pro- I
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