The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-07-24

from his t2rm near South Shore
Tuesday. He says that his crop
was injured by the hail of last
Monday.
The Degree of Honor will
serve ice cream and cake in the
old Elliot building Oh Main street,
afternoon and evening, Satur-
day, July 25. Every one cordial
ly invited.
George Crawford, publisher of
the Iowa County Democrat, at
Mineral Point, Wis, and who
also dabbles in real estate, was
in Milbank yesterday, having
come up on business with the
Cline Land Co.
Mrs. G. w. Cannon with her
little daughters Bessie and Ger
trude, left for visit to her father
and brother, at Sedro, Wash,
this week. Miss Nellie and
Carrie go to Roberts, Wis, to
visit an uncle, while their mother
is absent.
Walter Bohn, the twelve year
old son of Fred Bohn, was kicked
by a horse he was holding last
Saturday. The lad was stunned
for some time and a cash was
cut from forehead to cheek, but
as no bones were broken he is
getting along nicely.
Fred Camp of Twin Brooks
was in town last Saturday,
having come in to meet Mrs.
Camp, whom he was expecting
from the east, she having been
on visit to her son Elmer at
Milwaukee, and to friends at
other points in Wisconsin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Craigo, Mrs. F..
Eastman and Miss OVERLY, were
among the visitors from Wilmot
Thursday, and attorney Batter
ton and wife and postmaster
Kennedy with a number OF
others were down from Wilmot
the same day to see the circus.
| CoM1NG! COMING Ogden s
world greatest ''Ten Nights iu
a Bar Room Twenty i've
people, two cars, uniformed band
grand, free, streetparade, concert
popular music-at noon. The
above company will exhibit under
big white tent, in Milbank
Saturday, July 25th. Admission
! 5 and 25 cents.
A party Of young ladies Wen
to the lake yesterday morning
for a weeks outing. The party
was composed of the following
Misses: Jenny yJohnson, Florence
Haines, Mae Phelan, Minnie
Emanuel, Lottie Williams, Jessie
Whistler, of Watertown, anC
Carrie Thayer, of Long Beach
Cal. The young ladies were
chaperoned by Mrs. Marsare
Gaynor and Miss May Elliott.
The remains of John Atkinson
a former citizen of Wilmot, wh'
died of typhoid fever in Manitob'
last week, were brought t.
Sisseton for interment, tn,
ceremony taking place las
Sunday under the auspices 0
!, the Masonic fraternity o
: Sisseton. Mr.. Atkinson was
man of fine character, and wa
one of the old settlers in thi:
locality, having first located a
Big Stone City over 20 years ago
A number of fields of earl,
barley are now ripe, and some O
them are being cut. The harvest
ers would be in other fields bu
! for the fact that the late rain
! have left the ground too soft t.
|, work the machines upon. How
ever, 1t is believed that a few
. days of dry weather woul'
obviate this difficulty. Th'
early oats are also about read,
for the sickle and by the first o
the month harvesting will b
, quite general.
| Miss E. G. Hall, of the tele
phone exchange received wor'
+ last week of the death of
q nephew, Rollin F. Hall, at Boston
The death of the young man wa
r particularly distressing to hel
! as when baby the boy ha
been left motherless and Mis-
q Hall had brought him up an
{ cared for him uatil she cam
+ west, when he had commence
9 TO do for himself. He had bee
. for a mum Der of years connecte
! with the Boston papers and wa
4 a director in the Boston Pres
g club at the time of his deatf
. and that association paid a gres