The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-22

Mrs. S. r. Taylor, of Vernon,
accompanied her sister as far as
Minneapolis on the latter's re-
turn to her home in Iowa last
week, and has been visiting in
that city during the week.
Editor Keefe of Ortonville, was
on the train west Monday chap
eroning a party of educators who
had been attending the summer
school at Big Stone, on a visit to
the Missouri river country at
Chamberlain.
The Big Stone friends of Mrs.
G.. F. Welch, a former resident
of that place, will be interested
to learn that Mrs. Welch was
recently married at Eureka, Cal. !,
to w. S. Van Cott, a newspaper
man of Eureka.
DR.. Homer Burgan, who has
been recreating at Big Stone
lake and with friends in Milbank
for several weeks, returned to
his home in Tracy, Mimi,
Wednesday. Mrs. Burgan re-
mains for week or two.
Little Walter Fairchild enter
tanned his young friends with a
birthday excursion to the farm
just west of the city last Satur-
day, where Grandpa Fairchild
gave them the freedom of the
farm and a picnic lunch was en-
joyed.
Mr.. F. j. Port spent Sunday
at his home in Milbank. Fred
recently graduated from St.
Thomas college in the CONNER
cial course and has accepted a
position as stenographer in the
engineers department of the c..
M. & ST. P. railway.
@VA. Will 05e'a,Af 5e at Bles.
er's drug store Friday and Sat
urday, July Goth and 30th.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dawson,
of Lidger wood, spent a few hours
in Milbank between trains on
Saturday. They had been on a
visit to Corona and were on their
way to Big Stone before return
ing home. Mr.. and Mrs. Daw-
sou were former residents of
Big Stone.
Prof. S. K. Clark and family,
the new superintendent OF the
city schools, arrived with his
family last week from his former
home at Tyndall, Bon Homme
county. Mr.. Clark has taken his
family to the lake, where they
will spend a few weeks before
taking up their permanent resi-
dence in Milbank.
The Court of Honor lodge
enjoyed picnic excursion to the
farm home of A. NJ. Hagan in
Melrose township last Saturday,
and presented Mr.. Hagan with
a mustach cup and Mrs. Hagan
with salad dish as a memento
of the pleasant occasion. All
who attended report a most en-.
joyable time The family expect
to move to North Dakota during
the year.
Messrs. Lindquist & Nelson,
the Milbank cigar manufac
turers, are about to put a new
cigar on the market, to be called
the "Sam Elrod in honor of the
next governor of South Dakota.
The cigar will be one of the best
ten cent smokers that can be
rolled from tobacco leaves, and
if you want to treat your friend
or enjoy good smoke yourself
simply ask for Sam Elrod.
B. P. Archer and wife of Ma.
zeppa. returned last week from a
trip to Washington. where Mrs.
Archer had been visiting a sister
since the early spring. Mr..
Archer thinks that while there
may be some advantages in
eastern Oregon, he is not yet
prepared to believe that our
South Dakota farmers have not
some advantages that more than
Offset some of the things that
may be found on the Pacific
coast.
Mr.. G.. S. Amsden of Madison
township sends us communica-
tion this week in regard to and
endorsing the primary system
for the nomination Of county
off oorc Tho cuc+ny, :c =, c,,o