The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-08

Mrs. Plant left Thursday night
of last week for a short visit to
Ionia, Mich.
Miss Nettie Phelps went to
Minneapolis Tuesday for a visit
with friends in the city.
The Misses Essie and Myrle
Burgan of Minneapolis, are visit.
ing their uncle, John Burgan.
Mr.. e. H. Lindsey was taken
down with fever the first of the
week, and has been confined at
home since.
The attention of carpenters is
directed to the notice to con-
tractors for the building of a
church. in another column.
Chas. Chambers has purchased
a new threshing rig from the
Por! Huron Engine and Thresh-
ing company of Port Huron,
Mich.
The ladies aid society of the
M. g. church, which has been
enjoying vacation, will resume
work and hold the first meeting
with Mrs. J. N. Stafford next
Thursday afternoon. Aug. 18th.
The culinary department of
the Herald is indebted to John
Hicks for a pan of fine apples
which he gathered on his farm
in Melrose. He says he has
already had several bags of fruit
from his apple trees this year.
Jens. Peterson received word
last Saturday of the death of his
mother at Alexandria, MINI. She
was SO years of age, aud had been
in failing health for some time,
and Mr.. Peterson visited her a
few months ago.
Miss Nina Lowthian entertain
ed her Sunday school class of
girls with a party at her home
on the farm Wednesday after
noon, the young ladies being
taken out in the county in a body
and they report very enjoyable
! time.
$50 pays one year g complete
business and shorthand course at
Valdez Business College, De-
corah, 10. Board and room$2. rs a
week. Tuition in Valdez Normal
School 50 month. Text books
free. Fall term, September 1.
Send for catalog.
Mrs. A. Smith accompanied
her mother who had been visiting
her during the summer as far as
Hopkins on the latters return to
her home in Iowa Thursday of
last week. Mrs. Smith expects
to visit friends in Wisconsin be-
| fore returning home.
Passenger traffic on the rail
roads has beenpar ticularly heavy
of late, mere especially on the
west bound trains. The Tues
day night train came in two Sec
tions to accommodate the large
number of men coming west to
work in the harvest fields.
About 1000 volumes for the
school libraries in this county,
were received a few days ago by
County Supt. Ramer, and he is
now busy apportioning them out
to the various districts. Each
district in the county will receive
a set of books from this lot.
Mazeppa and Madison town
ships, and district No. 3 in Troy
township, have completed ar
rangements for free text books
Several other townships in this
county are working for the new
system, and it is expected thai
others will soon take the matter
up.
All laundry left at Bailey's
drug store for the Milbank steam
laundry, is returned to the drug
store for delivery. Customer!
who leave their laundry at tina
place are requested to bear thi!
in mind and call there for it, a!
those packages are not delivered
at the houses.
The Grant County Live Stool
company, of which p. A. Morton
is manager, are making mum
Der of improvements on thei
Twin Brooks ranch, in the hills
Among other things they inten,
to erect three large barns 36x12
feet with 16 #. stone Easements
The side of the hill has been ex
cavated and leveled off, so as t.
form a building site large enougl
for the three barns; two of then
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