The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-11-15

DO not forget Stone & Sui
llvan's discount sale.
The ladies benevolent society
Will give a chicken pie supper,
Nov. 22nd, in Wood Bros. block
Where can l get a good little
heater for either hard or soft
coal? Why, at J. E. FINN's of
course.
Church or school societies de-
string Christmas trees Will do
well to leave their order for the
same as sooE as possible at
FISHERS.
Miss Bessie Downie accom-
panied her father on a trip to the
cities Thursday night, to spend
two or three days in st. Paul
and Minneapolis. Miss Hazel
Conright also accompanied him.
Miles D. Hocum. the Twin
Brooks merchant, has sold his
business to Fred w. Williams,
and Mr.. Hocun expects to move
to Minneapolis and enter the
employ of the Lillibridge crack
er company.
Mr.. ]. A. Fuller of Stockholm
township was taken suddenly i'll
last week with appendicitis
trouble which later developed
into typhoid fever. Later re
ports say that he is now some
what better.
W. Dallman claims he has the
greatest we'll IN town. When the
boring machine had reached
about 40 feet below the surface
last Monday, water came pour
ing in until in a short time he
had % feet of it.
Mrs. w. Tong, a former
resident of Milbank was on the
west bound train last Friday,
going to Webster for short
visit. Before returning to her
home in Fairmont, w. Va, she
will visit friends in Milbank.
John Storm of Twin Brooks,
came to town Wednesday to meet
his daughter Annie, who was to
arrive from Denmark on that
day. He left her in the old
country when an infant II years
ago, and had not seen her since.
Miss Shannon, who has charge
of the new reading room and IL
brary, reports that the institu-
ton is now in fair running order,
and is being well patronized. Do
nations of books and magazines
are coming in daily, and sUill
tuere is room for more, as many
of the standard sets are incom-
plete. All books will be number
ed this week.
Mrs. W. Crowl has received a
carved fan from her son Herman
who is soldering in the Philip
pines, and he also sent his sister
one of the same articles. The
fan is a marvel of workmanship
and until seen one would doubt
that such work could be done
with knife or done at all, the
whole fan being made from one
piece of wood, and of the most
exquisite fineness.
DR.. J. j. Fanset, accompanied
by his wife and brother George,
arrived home last Saturday,
having made the trip from
Texas with short stops at several
places along the route. The
doctor is quite weak and ema-
ciated, and the long journey was
a severe strain upon him. His
sisters, Miss Nina from Water
town, and Miss Josie from
Minneapolis have come home to
help care for him.
On next Monday night The
Chase Lister Co. will open a
weeks engagement at the opera
house. Monday night they will
produce for the first time in our
city the beautifulsociety comedy,
'sThe Senator daughter On
Monday night two ladies or one
lady and gentleman will be
admitted on one paid 35 cts.
ticket preserved before 6 o'clock
Monday evening. Prices for
this engagement 15-25-35 cts.
Lots of singing and dancing
Monday evening.
The Meneley concert company
gave fine musical entertain
ment at the Congregational
church Monday, but the audience
was not as large as it should
have been considering the quality
of the entertainment. The work
of Mr.. Knox the impersonator is
particularly fine, and he was