The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-10
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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H. C. Bockoven, one of Clark q
US earliest settlers and business men.
lied at his home there.
The electric lights have been turn
I'd on in Bruce, and the streets OF the
own are now well lighted at night.
The spring quarter OF the 1856
school year at the Northern Normal
md Industrial school at Aberdeen will
begin March 20.
The Miller creamery is turning out
per week, which is sold at Miller, HUI
.on. Pierre and the other towns along
that line.
Custer is to have a new tuberculo-
sis sanitarium managed by private
parties, under the provision Of articles
of incorporation which were filed with
The secretary Of state.
At a special election at Witten q
majority OF the voters cast their bal.
lots in favor Of the proposition to in
corporate Witten as a city under the
general laws Of the state.
A. G. Button, a prominent stockman
Of Highmore, was found dead in a bed
at the McGlinchy hotel. The prone
was called and pronounced the cause
Of his death as heart failure.
Sheriff Hertz arrested Mrs. Phoebe
Vandervelden, wife of a saloon man
of Gregory, and Ewalt Grewel, a farm
er living near Gregory, in a hotel at
Fairfax on 4 charge Of adultery.
towns were present as delegates to
a district meeting of the Daughters Of
Rebekah which was held in Webster.
Besides a social time, business ses.
sions were held.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Gordon, promi.
nent pioneer residents of Gary and
tho surrounding region, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
the home of their son, F. B. Gordon, in
that city.
Rather a unique method Of raising
funds for the Selby cornet band was
used by B. P. Hotter. a local merchant.
For every pair of shoes bought at his
store during one week he donated SO
cents towards the band.
Agents of the Standard Oil company
in the South Dakota field to the num-
Der OF 30. including the eastern part of
South Dakota and part Of Iowa, held
q school of instruction in Sioux Falls
at which many questions of interest to
the agents were taken up.
The Aberdeen postoffce receipts for
February, 1916, show a gain of ST.
475.39 owe the receipts of the CORE
spending month in 1915. This is one Of
the largest monthly gains ever shown
and there have beer some goodly
sized ones OF late years.
Mrs. Hannah Carlson, wife Of a
farmer living twelve miles from Bruce,
returned at night apparently in her
usual health. When her husband at.
tempted to awake her in the morning
he found she was dead. Heart disease
was the cause. She was the mother
Of twelve children, ten of whom sur
vive her.
Mobridge grocers and butchers are
considering the adoption of a central
delivery system whereby one concern
will deliver all orders for all the firms
In town instead of each individual firm
maintaining a delivery service of its
own. They believe the new plan will
cheaper the cost of delivery service to
patrons.
Despite the fact that 1t is only a
short time since the ground around
Mobridge was covered with a heavy
fall of snow, Lewis Larson, a farmer
near there, has alfalfa which has reach.
ed a height of between four and five
inches, and which will be high enough
for the first cutting about the time
spring farm work starts.
Thoroughly convinced that under a
dry regime Aberdeen has been a clean.
err and better town, not only from a
social and moral, but from a sound
business standpoint as well, the Aber.
deem dry campaign committee is mar.
shaling it's forces and perfecting the
organization of the drys to make Ger.
tain OF the city remaining dry.
Aberdeen Eagles and their ladies',
to the number of $50 enjoyed a delight
full evening at the annual banquet and
ball celebrating the twelfth anniver.
sary Of the founding of the local lodge.
A well-appointed banquet, prepared
and served under the direction OF
Chef Frank Lipond, was the last word
in dietetics and cuisine and enhancing
the enjoyment of the diners, gay and
beautiful harmonies were rendered by
the Bijou Symphony orchestra.
st. Patrick's Catholic church at Wa.
konda was the scene Of a triple wed.
ding among prominent citizens last
week. The triple ceremony united
Patrick Henry Kelley and Miss Mary
Isabel Carr, John H. Carr and Miss
Mary McCarty, and William Carr and
Miss Anna McCarty. The two McCar.
tvs are sisters and the three Cars are
brothers and sister. and all are mem.
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