The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-29

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adding to his granary capacity
a 2Ox4O building for the storing of
feed.
Lee Bailey is moving in from
the farm this week. He has
rented the Knapp house on south
Grant street.
Miss Florence Haines, who had
been spending the summer va
cation at Bottineau, N. D., re-
turned home Wednesday.
S. L. Collins, of Calmar, Iowa.
brother-in-law of F. w. Meeham,
has purchased the G. L. Holmes
farm in Melrose township.
Mrs. w. Braggans of St. Paul,
who had been visiting the j. A.
Williams family for number of
weeks, returned home last Mon
day.
G. L. Wood moved his family
home from the lake this week.
They were about the last of the
summer campers to remain at
the lake.
l.. 3. Hebert is going to Lis
bon, N. D., next week, but Mrs.
Hebert will remain here for some
time, as he was unable to secure
a house to move his family into
at present.
John Burgan has added a
small dynamo to his gasoline
engine at the round elevator,
which relieves the electric battery
and gives a steady spark for dis
charging the gas.
Rev. David Perrin, of Spring
field, S. Oak, is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. E. Fem Lyman. Mr..
Perrin is a Congregational min
lister and is helping Rev. Lyman
enjoy his outing at the lake.
b. P. Mesmer has purchased
the residence on the south east
corner of Fourth avenue and
Fourth street. Mr.. Runge. who
recently purchased the building
in which the Mesmer family now
live, will remove it to his lots
recently purchased on South
Fifth street.
Mrs. J. P. Jones went to
Montevido Wednesday to look up
a dwelling house preparatory to
moving to that city, which Mr..
Jones is compelled to do by the
requirements of his work as
engineer. The numerous friends
of the Jones family will regret
to see them leave Milbank, but
wish them every happiness in
their new home.
Will Mount, who as game
warden has been on the alert to
secure violaters of the law, in
tends to have a number of active
assistants on Sunday and have
the country we'll patrolled. We
would advise our friends to 60
to church next Sunday, and re-
serve their surprise for the
chickens until the next day. 1t
will be more profitable all
around, though perhaps a little
disappointing to the game ward
ems. who are desirous of taking
in a few more victims before the
season closes.
Alfred Nelson, who with J. G.
Elliot and F. B. Roberts made
trip to North Dakota a few
weeks ago, returned last week,
having purchased a section OF
land in Mercer county, in what
is known as the Knife river
country, some eighty-tive miles
northwest of Mandan and 40
miles from the Northern Pacific
road, but within few miles of
the river. Heretofore the land
has been used by the large cattle
raisers, but it is now being
taken up by settlers. Mr.. Mel
son feels confident that the coun-
try is all right.
The members of the official
board of the Methodist church
with their wives were invited to
the parsonage last Friday even.
ing, where they made public con.
fession of how they spent the
honeymoon and other details OF
courtship days and experiences
of early married life and how
they survived them. A mum Der
of the ladies were gowned in their
wedding toggery of ten, twenty,
thirty, or forty years ago when
they were the bellies of the coun-
try. Theoccasion proved to be the
eighth wedding anniversary OF
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