The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-06-29
Mrs. w. B. Saunders and Miss
Emma Hall left Monday night
for Mitchell as delegates to the
State federation of Woman's
Clubs,

Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert Clark,
came from northern Minnesota
last week for visit to friends in
Vernon township.
Mrs. George Merry met Mr..
Merry in Minneapolis last Fri
day and together they are enjoy
ing the sights of the cities.
Mrs. r. T. Rodgers is enjoy
ing a visit from her sister, Mrs.
Cory, who come from Kinks
vile, Mo-, to enjoy some South
Dakota weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Campbell
left for Minneapolis and Wiscon-
sin the first of the week to visit
friends, and will also visit at
St. Peter before returning.
Miss Helen Hoard and Miss
LYDIA King of Montevideo visited
with Miss Inez Ely over Sunday
and accompanied Miss Inez to
Minneapolis on Monday night.
Mrs. Effe Healy and daughter
Annis, who have been visiting in
and about Milbank for the past
month, left for Minneapolis and
other points in Minnesota yes
terday,
Miss Ida Loomer, who has
been spending several months
with the family of Rev. S. A.
Chappell, returned to her home
at Alexandria, the first of the
| week.
j. D. Burkhardt has new
kerosene tank and pump in his
store, one of the latest improved
devices for filing cans, which
seems about as nearly perfect as
could be made.
The railway company is plan
ming to put in side track about
half way between here and Big
Stone, that may be used for
trains passing, and save much of
delay.
Mrs. Bert Skinner an d
daughter. of Albert Lea, Mimi,
who have been spending a week
or two with the family of Edgar
Kelly, returned east Wednesday.
Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Skinner
are sisters.
Miss Harriet French, who
was an early day resident of Mil
bank, but now living at Gettys
burg, S. D., has been visit
ing at the George Merry home.
She left for Minneapolis the first
of the week.
Thos. Kippen, one of the old
settlers, who has been spending
the past year at his old home in
Toronto, Ontario, arrived from
, the east yesterday for a visit to
:, his farm interests in Grant
county. Mr.. Kippen says that
Toronto is constantly growing
and is fine city.
Miss Nina Vandervoort and
Miss Bessie Downie entertained
for Miss Annis Healy of Glen
burn, N. D., last Tuesday even
ing at the Downie home. It would
be hard to find jollier bunch of
eight girls who found their
! places at the table by a card up
on which some personal char
acteristic was written, of which
! the young hostesses were so
, familiar.
George j. Crane, of Minneapo-
lis, who was doing business in
town the first of the week, in
r conversation with the editor
: stated that he had the distinc
l ton of showing the first circus
that ever drove stakes or lifted
canvass in Milbank. 1t was in
2 1884, the show was organized at
? Montevideo, and came across
; the country from Watertown,
the road fron that town and
r through the hills being simply
! trail at that time, and the circus
J. outfit had an awful time getting
o across.
5 : The Martens boys recently
e received a large photograph
+ from their parents who are en-
5 joying a family reunion at Greer
= Bay, Wis. The picture is q
S group of Mr.. Martens and hi.
e five brothers and one sister, tn,
J. oldest of whom is rs years ant
e the youngest 56. It is not Otter
S that all ola family Of seven arr
r spared for a reunion for so man,
e years. Mr.. and Mrs. Marten
l. expect to celebrate their COLDER
vt wedding in about two years
n when they have invited thes