The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-16

mas cancelled It's South Dakota
engagements and will not be
here.
Henry Raum, a railroad man,
secured the quilt at the Swedish
Lutheran sale and supper, held
the home of Mrs. Erlandson,
Thursday The sale and supper
netted the ladies $50
Fisheris again sending laundry
to the Phoenix of Minneapolis.
The Rebekah degree at their
last meeting elected officers as
follows: Mrs. A. K. Crawford,
N. G.; Mrs. Margaret Gaynor,
V. G.; Mrs. @. Fansett, sec. Mrs.
Lizzie Schmitz, treas.
Fred Port who is employed as
stenographer and clerk in the
Milwaukee railroad office at Min
neapolis, came up to spend Sun
day with his friends at the old
home in Milbank last week.
Ed Lueck, of Markesan, Wis,
who had been visiting with the
W. G. Krueger family for several
days past, left the first of the
week for Eureka, where he will
visit friends before returning
home.
Prof. w. r. Van Walker, who
has charge of the school at Pier
pont, in Day county, writes that
the new six rOomed brick school
house at that place is about com
pleted and they expect to occupy
it Immediately after the holidays.
Jens Peterson has a fine as
sortment of stationery at the
postoffice lobby. Just the thing
for a nice holiday present.
The following officers were
elected at the regular convoca-
ton of Milbank chapter r. A. M.
Thursday evening of last week:
E. Emanuel, H. P; II. w. Buck,
king; w. B. Saunders, scribe;
n ). BleSer, treas; A. 2. Ryger,
sec.
". II. Gaynor has sold his $50
acre farm in sections 9 and 10,
Melrose, to Joseph Arnold, of
Lanark, Ill. The new owner
will take possession next March,
when E. E. Dubbel, son-in law of
Mr.. Arnold, will move on the
farm
Herman Ferber, a young man
about 25 years of age, was an
other victim of the corn shred
der, on Wednesday, the 3Oth
ult., losing his arm while feeding
the machine on the John KEN
holz place, in the Yellowbank
country.
Call at Emanuel's for sheet
music.
AS it has been discovered that
the girls weigh considerably
more than was expected, at
tendants at the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah weight social this even,
ing will be charged only one
quarter of cent a pound-live
weight-and not half a cent as
was previously stated.
Mrs. G. E. Mills entertained
the Excelsior Club Tuesday,
Decemb Der 6. The program, con,
sisting of music. a paper on
Sweden, one on Ole Bull and
reading on Christmas in the
North land, was most instructive.
The hostess served lunch with
decorations of pink carnations.
Work on the sewer and water
works mains was discontinued
last week, connections having
been made and the water turned |
into all of the mains. The sewer
pipe has been completed SO that
the drainage of the low plats |
westof Main street should be cas-
lily accomplished in the spring
Writing tablets of all kinds at
the postotfice lobby.
Attorney Babcock and H. L.
Spackman and w. d. Wilson, of
and Robert Hensel,
John Peterson and Tom Olson, of
Peever, were in Milbank the
first of the week, having come
down to see Attorney Bouck,
who is associate attorney in a
case in the q. S. court, in which
they are interested.
The November number of the
School Messenger just issued
by Superintendent Raberge will
be the last issue of that paper
to be published, Mr.. Raberge
having very properly concluded
Al L.