The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-08-30
G. w. Merry made business
trip to Minneapolis Monday.

took the train yesterday morning
for Montevideo.
Monday being Labor Day, and
legal holiday, the city schools
will not be opened until Tuesday.
a blind man discoursing mar
tial music Oh the street yesterday
attracted considerable attention.
The w. F. M. S. will meet with
Mrs. Ramer, Friday, September
6. A full attendance is desired.
Miss Nettie Green left last
night for Valparaiso, Ind, to
take a course in the Northern
Indiana State Normal school.
Mr.. Zietlow came down from
Aberdeen yesterday morning to
look after the improvements be-
ing made in telephone facilities
in this city.
Harriet M. Lockhart starts
this morning for Luverne, Mimi,
where she takes the same posi-
tion in the public schools of that
city, as she held last year.
Rev. Chader, of Summit,
stopped over in Milbank, Sunday
night on his way home from
Alban township, where he con
Quoted services last Sunday
morning.
Nels Johnson, accompanied by
John Douglas, made a lively
trip to Twin Brooks with run
away team Tuesday which re-
suited in damaging his buggy to
such an extent that it is now
useless.
Prof. S. G.. Burkhead arrived
from Wisconsin yesterday after.
noon. Up to the time Of going to
press we have been unable to
learn as to whether any Of the
other teachers from a distance
are here or not.
/ We have been little tardy
with the HERALD-A ADVANCE for
the past few weeks on account
of the scavanger tax list, as our
readers no doubt are aware o1
ere this, but from this on vii
endeavor to issue promptly or
publication day.
Chas. H Main. OF Tracy, Mimi
was in town last Saturday ano
while ia this office, expressed
himself as being very favorably
impressed with our city. He is
a member of the firm of Main &
burst, who run what he terms {
racket store in Tracy.
J. B Stone, Of the firm o.
Stone & Sullivan, returned from
the Twin Cities Saturday morn
ing, where he had been to buy {
large consignment of goods
Mrs. Stone accompanied him or
the trip. They say Charlie
their son, likes his position in st
Paul and is getting along nicely
A heavy storm Of hail, rain and
wind struck Aberdeen last Satur
day night, and for time looked
very threatening from this local.
ty but passed south of here or
it's eastward course, and accord
ing to Minneapolis papers strucl
that city doing considerable
damage to property and stoppins
street traffic for a time.
It will be gratifying to tn.
many friends and patrons Of tht
late w. F. Rust, to learn that th'
jewelry business which he es
tablished and conducted here
will be continued as heretofor,
under the management Of Mr.
w. H. Counter who has proyet
himself to be an expert in tina
line and fully capable of turnin.
out work that will retain tn,
reputation that Mr.. Rust secures
for first class work.
John Roth, secretary of tn
Evangelical Mutual ms. Co., j
making an effort to have one o
the proposed rural mail route
pass his place in Alban township
as the route recently es.ablishe
southeast from here will mis-
his place about two miles. Hi
request is certainly reasonabl
! for he no doubt receives an
sends as much mail in connectio
with his insurance business, a
. all the balance of the route con
} bined, and as he says it will b
J about as much trouble for him
, drive two miles to a mail box a
, it would be to come to towr
! When the matter is presented
, the postal authorities they wi
probably see the reasonablenes
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