The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-21
M. +. Martens is painting his
home on Fourth street,

M. P. Martens IS painting his
home on Fourth street.
Mrs. W. W. Reeve went to
Montevideo Tuesday 20 visit her
sO1.
John Nlxson is down from his
land claim in Morton county, N.
OAK, and is enjoyinga visit with
old friends.
Charles Saeger of Ortonville,
who was visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Engle, last week, returned
home Saturday. Do
| Miss Menga Yonkers of Big
Stone came up Tuesday evening
to Milbank to visit her sister,
Mrs. A. M. Nixon, for a few
days.
| Mrs. Sophia Nixson took the
train for Fargo Wednesday
night, where shegoe to visit the
family of her son Burt. Burt is
engineer on the Northern Paci.
| fic.
| Mrs. John Burgan was here
the first few days of the week
packing and shipping the house.
hold goods to Wheaton, Mimi.
where Mr.. Burgan is engaged in
an elevator, and where they have
purchased home
Rev. E. G. Oeder, while on a
visit to friends in Grant Center
went down to Big Stone Satur-
day and on Sunday presented
the claims OF the hospital at Bis
mark to the Evangelical congre-
CATION. the hospital being sup.
ported by the Dakota conference
Of the Evangelical church.
| Emmett McKenna. who has
been spending the summer vaca.
tion with Grant county friends,
goes to Edgely, N. D., next week
to prepare for opening his school
there. His brothers, Frank and
Ed McKenna, are arranging to
attend the state university at
| Vermilllon and take the law
course.
Summit Signal: Summit has
been visited by burglars three
times this week. Burdine's s
store being the first on Sunday
evening when they helped them
selves to pipes and tobacco, on
Monday evening Mr.. Brustuen S
place was visited but as yet he
has not missed anything partic.
ular. Mr.. Brusten is getting
used to burglars and has placed
a placard on his safe informing
them that it is open, not to blow
1t up; on Saturday evening while
Mr.. Hanson, the shoe man, was
gone his place was broken into
and seven dollars were missing
when Mr.. Hanon retlrned.
Friends last Sunday received tele
graphic announcement of the death of
William c.. Hicks, who passed away
at his home at Bremerton, WASH, at
p. m. on that day Mr.. Hicks had
been afflicted with diabetes for the
past year or two, and went to Wash
ington about wear ago with the hope
that change of climate would prove
beneficial. Mr.. Hicks had written to
his father, who is at present sojourn-
ing in Milbank, and to his brothers
but few days before his death, but
had not mentioned his failing health,
but his brother John, who had gone
out to visit him short time ago, had
stated in letter that Will had not
improved any since leaving here. A
telegram was received Tuesday stating
that John Hicks, Jr., would leave on
that day for Milbank with the re.
mains of his brother for burial at this
place, and the funeral will be held on
Saturday at 2:30 p. m. at the home
and at 3 o'clock at the church.
Deceased was born in York county,
would have been 81 years of age. He
was the youngest child in the family
of John Hicks, Sr.. one of the very
sister aud two brothers are now living
here. 1t was here he spent nearly all
the years of his life excepG the last
few. Besides his wife and baby boy
about one year old, he leaves to mourn
his loss, an aged father, three broth
ers and sister. Mrs. J. G. RawsOn.
and Thomas Hicks of this city, Rob
ert Hicks of Big Stone and John
Hicks of Nicholson, N. Oak. Mr..
Hicks was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church. and a neighbor in
the Modern Woodmen, being connect
ted with the Milbank camp OF the or
der. He was an excellent young busi-
ness man and large number OF
! friends regret his taking OF In the
prime of life and deeply sympathize
with the bereaved wife and relatives.
| Dissolution of Partnership
The partnership heretofore exeting:between
Howard Reeve and William Reynen, under the
| Arm name of Reeve & Reynen, grain thresh.
lis this day dissolved by mutual consent.
HOWARD REEVE.
WILLIAM REYHAN.
Dated Mi,hapL 4 D. August 1, 1908.