The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-04-05

Miss Blanche Kim ball, of Yer
non, has been spending a few
days in the city with Miss Bessie
Cooke.
The Wilmot Land & Loan COM
pany have gotten out a fine Sec
tional map of Roberts county,
which, to parties interested in
any way in Roberts county lands,
will be of particular value.
Mrs. Nellie Peck Saunders will
be the leading impersonator and
reader at the Chautauqua this
summer. Her letters and recon-
mendations indicate that she will
be a worthy successor to Mrs.
Beecher, who has delighted the
audience for the past two seasons.
Gene Brockman, who has been
employed as printer in the HER
AID office for the past couple Of
years, went to Aberdeen last
Saturday to accept a position in
the j. F. Kelley job office. Gene
is steady, industrious young
man, and the good wishes of his
friends go with him.
Mr. Ben Burr and wife re-
turned to their home in Alban
last week after years stay at
Napervllle, ILL.,, where Mr.. Buri
has been studying for the minis
try in the German Evangelical col
lege at that place. He will con-
tinue his preparation for the con-
ference examination at home.
The friends of Miss Harriet
Lockhart will be interested and
pleased to hear that she has been
reelected as a teacher in the L u
vern schools, where she had act
ed as teacher of the classes in
the fourth and fifth grades dur
ing the past year. There are
sixteen teachers employed in the
Luvern schools.
A number of the young men
have started out to organize a
company of state militia in Mil.
bank, and already have quite a
number of able bodied signers
on the petition for organization.
Mr.. Sherman Nixon has the pa
per, and those of our young men
who would like to be enrolled can
do SO by applying to him.
DR.. Wagner's ranch embraces
over twenty four hundred acres,
all under fence, and divided into
several pastures. Water and
feed in great abundance. He
will take in horses and cattle to
range for the season at reason
able rates. Two men constantly
on the premises, ensuring watch
full care. Engagements can be
made at the mill or ranch.
The ladies who are interested
in securing public library and
reading room, presented the
matter to the city council at its
meeting Monday night and that
body voted to submit the ques
ton at tie election of levying a
a one mill tax for the support of
the proposition, and if the en-
terprise was endorsed, to appro-
pirate small amount for the
maintenance of the enterprise.
Mr.. James McGovern, of Madi-
sou, S. D., who had been on a
trip to the cities, stopped off at
Milbank Monday to shake hands
with friends while on his way
home Mr.. McGovern was
formerly a resident of Twin
Brooks, and was greatly surpris
ed and pleased at the changed
appearance of Milbank, it having
been eleven years since he was
here. He stated that our town
had more the appearance OF
thrift than any place he had
seen since leaving Madison.
He says that our old townsman
Henry Neill is still in Madison,
and that Samuel Bald win, has
been for some time on a visit to
Manistee Mich, and is now on
his way back to Madison.
The Milbank Steam Laundry
has developed into one of the i'm
portant institutions of Milbank,
and the proprietor, Jens Peter.
son, has recently added to his
facilities new polishing machine
of the latest and most approved
make, and this with starchine
machine also recently put in
gives him y complete outfit for
doing almost any quantity Of first
class work in the shortest order
Mr.. Peterson has also recently
added to his working force an ex
perienced laundry girl, Miss Ids
pofarson late Of the Gracevill{