The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-12
Our Strandburg correspond
ent sends in a good grist of news
from that locality this week.


Robert Daniels, of Wilmot, was
in town last Saturday on his way
to Big Stone City, where he is
to have charge of the depot dur
ing the absence of the agent at
that place.
Miss Bertha Thorndike, who
had been visiting friends at Cor
ona, stopped off between trains
Tuesday on her way home to
Big Stone City and visited with
Mrs. Downie.
Mrs. John 'Neuenberg, who
had been visiting for several
weeks with friends at Roches-
ter, LeSeuer and other points
in Minnesota, returned home
yesterday morning.
James Moore came down from
Assiniboia last week to look after
harvest matters in this section.
Jim says the prospects were
good for a crop in the north
country when he came away.
Mrs. James Young and son
Ernest departed Monday night
for Odell, Ill, to visit her sister,
whom she has not seen for the
past twenty years, and expects
to be absent for several weeks.
Mrs. G.. W. Prevey and her
mother Mrs. Jones. visited
friends in Sisseton and Wilmot
over Sunday and are now spend
ing a few days in Beardsley,
Mimi, at the home of Charles
Prevey.
Miss Hazel Ryder, of Summit,
who had been spending her
school vacation with her broth
ers in Deuel. county, came up
the first of the week and re-
NAMED with her sister Ruby for
a couple of days before return
ing nome.
Carl Remus, one of the boys
who grew up in Big Stone town
ship, but who went to Delaware
last year when his father moved
to that state, came out last week
to help his brother in the har-
vest work on the Big Stone
towns ship farm.
Miss Ruby Johnson, of Mime.
apolis, who has been spending
her vacation with her aunt, Mrs.
A. J. Partridge, in Vernon town
ship, spent last Saturday in
town as the guest of her friend
Bessie Downie.
w. M. Thomas and son Donald
left for a visit to Vermont yes
terday, taking advantage of the
G. A. r. excursion, and going
via the 500 line. They go to
Luenenburg IN the northern part
of the state, where Mr.. Thomas
has a sister living.
Franz Wendland recently &C.
companied one of the parties
that made a visit to Pierre.
Franz was inclined to think be.
fore he made the trip that the
geographical center was a good
place for the capital, but his Wis
it to Pierre cured him of that.
We think the Mitchell board
of trade couldn't secure a more
certain way of procuring advo-
Gates for change of location
for the capital than by organiz-
ing parties and taking them to
Pierre.
The friends and acquaintances
of Mrs. H. J. Marvin will regret
to learn that the lady is very
seriously i'll and with little hopes
of recovery. After leaving Mil
bank Mrs. Marvin spent some
weeks with friends in Minnesota
before returning to her home at
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and
when she arrived there she had
contracted a severe cold, from
which she has been unable to re-
cuperate. Her daughter, Mrs.
S. S. Lockhart, left yesterday for
Wisconsin upon receiving a tele-
gram stating her mothers con
dition.
The Merchants bank is erect
ing an addition to the rear OF
the bank building, with base.
ment vaults, to be used for stor-
age vaults. The upper room
will be used for private Office
for the bank, and the present
Office apartment will be added tC
the lobby, giving that much ad.
ditional space to the patrons OF
the bank. A number Of other
improvements will be made,
making the bank one of the
moSt cOmmOdiOuS and hest an.