The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-10
South. :.
Dakota
General
State
News IN.
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A loan and trust company has been
formed at Mitchell under the title of
the Mitchell Loan. Trust and Savings
company, with capital Of $4,000.
and will commence business at once.
John Hoffman, youngest SON OF
George H. Hoffman of Bangor, died at
Bowdle Of typhoid fever, contracted
from the lemonade he drank at Ev-
lrts at the time of the recent excur-
zion to that place.
John Parsley, a farmer living near
5lear Lake, last year demonstrated
hat peanuts could be successfully
grown in South Dakota. This year he
mas another large crop of peanuts
which will give him good profit
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Farmers State bank OF
Stratford, Brown county, with capt.
tai of $4,000. Incorporators, ]. G..
! Eassett, Isaac Lincoln, F. e. Lennon,
Aberdeen; E. P. Ashford, E. S. Mel
son, Rondell.
Fire at Pierre practically destroyed
a wooden building on Dakota avenue,
occupied by the Waggoner candy
kitchen and the Tracy millinery store
on the first floor, and families on the
second The loss is about $4,000, part
| ly covered by insurance.
The stockholders of the town OF
Dallas have concluded to move to
Gregory. This was occasioned by the
railroad having missed Dallas by about
three miles. A Geddes moving outfit
| will at once begin the labors of mov-
ing the buildings to Gregory.
George Eugena OF Freeport, Ill.,, has
purchased the F. M. Smith farm near
| Huron for $4,000. The tract en-
braces 800 acres, on which is a grove
and artesian we'll and good residence
house, barn and outbuildings. The
price is considered low for tract SO
favorably located.
L.V. Peck purchased the bank stock
owned by the late William McKusick,
John A. Munro and A. Minder In the
First State Bank of Wilmot. This
gives him controlling interest. At the
same time Mr.. Munro came into pos
session of the stock owned by the
three others in the Wilmot Land and
Loan company.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Freedom Rural Telephone
company, with headquarters at keko-
ia, one of the new towns on the Min
neapolis & St. Louis railway extension
In Faulk county 1t Is capitalized at
| IS, 200 and the incorporators are John
Steffenson. Charles Halsig, Willard;
Charles Bates, Faulkton.
M. A. Davis has a fine field OF win
ter wheat adjoining the townsite OF
Flandreau, which competent judges
estimate will yield Is bushels per acre.
The berry is plump and OF beautiful
color, making it desirable grain for
seed. Winter wheat Is being sown
quite extensively here and is no longer
considered an experiment.
A dog saved the lives of Julius
Macmillan and family of Worthing
and lost his own life in the effort.
The family was awakened by the per-
sistent barking of the dog. which
slept upon the porch. On opening the
door the house was discovered to be
in flames. The family barely escaped
as the second floor crashed in. The
dog perished in the flames.
During an electrical storm lightning
struck, set on fire and burned to the
ground the big barn Of John Meyer at
Lower Alkali, twelve miles from Stur-
gis. The barn contained twelve tons
of hay,and a lot OF new harness. all
of which was destroyed. The horses
were saved. The lightning went all
through the building. The loss Is
$500. with no insurance.
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Theodore Dobbeck, first assistant
foreman in the Northwestern supply
yards, was instantly killed by falling
from car at Rapid City. He was
standing on the brake wheel OF the
car as 1t slowed down for a coupling,
and lost his balance and pitched head
long between the cars. The car passed
over his body and one Of the wheels
over his left arm, almost severing It.
It was found that his neck was broken
by the fall.
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Secretary Christianson has already
started on an advertising tour in the
interests OF the Clay county fair,
which will be held this year on Sept.
1921. The association is in good
shape financially, and it is expected
to make the exhibit this year the best
one of all. Two days have been set
apart for a race program, and about
81, 200 In purses have been hung up
for running. 4rotting and pacing races.