The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-24

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Read the Minneapolis Time
offer in cash prizes for a votin
) contest.
Rev. Robt. Strutz is enjoyin
a visit from his mother, Mrs
Emelia Strutz, who came from
Holmes, N. D., to attend th
Evangelical camp meeting a
Simpson park.
Fisher has a large supply o
firecrackers and fireworks fo1
the Fourth of July.
N. j. Bleser has read abou
every cloud having silver
lining, and translated it every
drugstore should have a silver
awning. He is making the from
of his store look as much as
possible like Willie Bryan s
favorite metal.
There will be no preaching or
league services at the M. E.
church next Sunday, on account
of the camp-meeting at the lake
The Sunday school will be held
at the regular hour, and the
weekly prayer meeting will be
held as usual on Wednesday
evening.
A number of Milwaukee rail
road officials on a tour of inspec-
ton, stopped in Milbank last
Tuesday and looked over the
company property here. Among
the party was Asst. Gen, Man
ager Underwood, Asst Genl.
Supt. Sewell, Div. Supt. Fox,
Genl. Road Master Mol, Supt.
Bridges Lowith, District Car
penter Hart. The train was in
charge of Conductor sandy
Lyon.
During the storm last Sunday
evening, lightning struck the
house on the Betcher place at
Hartford, where Mr.. Stinch
lives, doing considerable damage
to the roof. The latter seven
yearold boy was out in the yard
at the time and was knocked
down by the shock, Jens Peter
son and Dan Welch were also
there aod received light shocks.
There were several people in the
house at the time, but no one
was injured.
G.. w. Silcher, optician, will be
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An accident occurred during
Monday night to an east bound
extra frq light train in charge of
Conductor South, which resulted
in the wrecking Of two cars of
wheat about one-half mile west
Of this station. The train broke
in two just behind the air cars,
while coming from Twin Brooks,
and was not noticed. When the
head end Stacked up for this
station the hind end caught up,
resulting as above stated. The
wreck was soon cleared away
and traffic was not blocked.
Otto Rodman, of Stockholm,
came up to Milbank last week.
Otto recently returned from
California, where he invested in
a ranch in the northern part of
the state. Otto believes that the
climate Of that locality will prove
beneficial to his health, and this
fact has decided him to make the
change. While making the trip
west Mr.. Rodman took time to
look over some farming districts
in Kansas and in other localities,
but he says he believes there is
no better farming country than
right here in Grant county, and
that if it was not for his falling
health he would not think of
his farm at Stockholm,
which is finely located for stock
dairying and general
farming.
A little child of Louis Schulz,
who lives a few miles east of the
city was brought in to DR..
kriesel for treatment the first
Of the week, having nearly
died from eating headache pow
der. The child had gotten hold
of some sample packages of
these, put up in the form of
lozenges, and which had been
left lying around loose, and eat
ing one or more, commenced to
show signs of poisoning. Anti
dotes were given the child and
it recovered in short time, but
the case should be warning to
persons who make a practice of
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