The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-14

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vile. attended the party gwen
at Mrs. Middlebrooks' Wednes-
day afternoon.
The ladies aid society of the
NJ. E. church will serve ice
cream at Mrs. M. A. Copyright S
on next Thursday afternoon and
evening.
Fred Schneider, the clothier,
left for Rushford, Mimi, last
week, where he was to be
married to Miss Julia Relnert
on the 10Th inst.
Mrs. M. L.. Ecker accompanied
her cousin, Mrs. Talnter, on her
return east as far as Montevldeo,
where the ladies were to Visit
for a couple of days.
Mrs. NJ. M. Ramer, Mrs. E.. P.
Brockman, Mrs. B. F. Vosberg
and Mrs. w. w. Downie were
guests of Big Stone friends
Tuesday, while on a visit to that
city.
The machines have been busy
in the fields during the week,
and a large amount of grain is
now in shock. In fact a few
days more and but little of the
small grain will be standing IN
this locality.
Mr.. F. HIM, father of Mrs.
L. Marley, who has been visiting
the latter for a short time, re-
turned to his home at Primghar,
Iowa, during the week. Mr..
Ehlers of johnson, Mimi, has
also been visiting the Manley
family.
Grandpa William Deits, who
has been living with one of his
children in Douglas county,
Mimi. for the past four or five
months, came over to stay with
his Milbank friends yesterday.
He says he has enjoyed his life
in the woods during the summer.
While the crop now being
harvested in Grant county is
certainly one of the best ever
raised here, the continued rains
have left the low lands south of
town SO soft that the harvesters
can not be worked upon them,
and there will be large patches
that it will be impossible to cut.
Jas. Brannon, the ice man, let
his horses get away from him
yesterday morning, and they
made a lively run down Main
street getting off the road at the
depot and skipping over the
platform, where they we're
captured. The damage was
principally to the wagon.
Rev. A. D. Dexter, of Belmont,
Wis, a former pastor of the
M. 3. church here, who has
been spending a few days in
this vicinity, preached to his
old parishioners last Sunday
evening. Mr.. Dexter is con-
sidering the question of going
east or west to make his home.
Among the new residences
for which frames have been
erected during the past week
or two, is that of w. G. Nc
Pherson, who is building on the
corner of Fourth avenue Just
north of Mrs. w. G. Aliens
home. Darius Hocum's new
house on Fourth avenue and
Grant street, and j. P. Fin
negan's home in the northeast
part of town have also doomed
up.
Thos. Kippen, who had been
spending a month at his old
home in Ontario returned home
Tuesday afternoon, after a pleas
ant visit among old friends and
associates. Mr.. Kippen's home
was at Milton, a short distance
from Toronto, but he spent most
OF his time in the last named CITY.
and was greatly pleased with the
place. Mr.. Kippen states that
he will probably return to
Toronto to make his home.
N. l. Lowthian received a.
letter some time ago from a
neice, Miss Minnie Lowthian. of
Unionville, Mich, stating that
she intended to make him a visit.
but last week he received a
Michigan newspaper announcing
the marriage Of his neice to a
practicing physician, DR.. Jacklin,
OF Unionville. The young LADY
probably thought that the next
pest thing to a trip to South
Dakota was to oct married