The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-18

Mrs. B. D. Gamble went to
Ips wich Tuesday evening expect
ing to be gone several days.
Mrs. A. L. Baker, of Mime
apolis, who has been visiting
friends in this vicinity for sever
al days, returned to her home
Monday.
The wife of Carl Ehlebracht,
of Vernon township, died of
consumption on the 9TH inst. De-
ceased was one of the early
settlers of Vernon, and besides
her husband leaves three daugh-
ters and a son.
Miss Mabel Kerr, who is now
living in Minneapolis, is at her
Milbank home on a visit of a
week. She was accompanied on
the trip by her cousin, Miss
Flora Kerr, who comes from
Cambridge, MINI.
Special rates, unlimited scholar.
ships, positions for all who ex-
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ments offered students who
enroll this month. For beautiful
catalogue, address Toland's
University, Mankato, MINI. Do
it now.
E. A. Marsh, general agent for
the Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
with his Office in the rear of the
Farmers bank building, has had
a Dakota Central phone put in,
the number being 1872. When
wanting any information regard
ing sewing machines, call him
up.
Joe Cannon, a former employe
of the Review Office, was greet
ing his Milbank friends for day
or two the first of the week. Mr..
Cannon has been employed on
the Mortified News for the past
two years, and is taking a weeks
vacation to visit his former home
at Webster.
A heavy rain storm last Sun
day put a stop to harvesting
operations for several days, and
did considerable damage in
lodging the grain. Southwest
of town the downpour was par
ticularly heavy, and serious in
jury to the standing grain was
suffered in other localities.
J. B. Wolgemuth, commander
of the South Dakota department
G. A. R., was in town Wednes-
day interviewing those who in
tend to attend the national en-
campment at Denver, Sept. 4 to
Z. He has secured a rate of
$3.50 for the round trip from
Milbank, which makes it a very
cheap trip, and sleeping car
rate of So for the two nights.
The Office of Nels Bergren at
Stockholm was burglarized last
Monday night and the safe brok-
en- open. About S18 in money
and $3.50 in notes and paper were
taken. Suspicion rests upon
two strangers who were seen
about town during the day. They
were of medium height, dark
featured and smooth shaven.
The Misses Martha Goodman
and Florence Haines returned
from their visit to the Portland
exposition the first of the week,
having made the trip west over
the Northern Pacific and return
ing via the Canadian Pacific.
They made stops at Spokane,
Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria and
Vancouver, besides enjoying a
two days excursion up the Co.
lum bia river. Miss Good man
stops over a week in st. Paul be-
fore returning to Milbank.
John Martens, of Melrose, re-
turned last week from visit to
the coast country. While in
Oregon Mr. Martens visited a
settle ment of Hollanders who
went out to the coast from Green
Bay, Wis, about the time that he
came to Dakota: and who are in
an agricultural locality. His OBJ
servations there gave him no
cause to regret that he has been
living in South Dakota these
years back. He says that while
he was there a drive on the roads
between the farms and town was
made almost uncomfortable by the
fine dust which filled the air,
while his friends informed him
that in the rainy season it was
many times simply impossible
with even a buggy to get to town