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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Death Of Mrs. John CHAPMAN

Friends of the Mrs. John Chap.
man family of Corona, received
word yester day of the death OF
Mrs. Chapman, who had been in
failing. health for some time.
The deceased lady: whose maiden
name was Catherine Ross, was
born in the Providence of Que.
bee in 1858, and was married to
her surviving husband, John
Chapman, in 1874, and five child
rem survive her-Mrs. A. L.
Brown, of Malta, Wash Dr..
Mary Ghostley, Internationa
Falls, Mimi; Mrs. F. L. Cross,
of Twin Brooks; D. w, and 6. N.
Chapman, of Skobley, Mont; j.
w. Chapman, Corona.
Mrs. Chapman has been a res
ident of this locality since 1893
and has always enjoyed the love
and esteem Of a large circle OF
friends. The deceased lady is a
sister of VIM. Ross of this city.
The data in regard to the funer-
al service was not determined as
we go to press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
SODA FOUNTAIN opening
La Fountain Inn VIII Have Next Mon.
day Night for Opening the
Largest Fountain in
the State

The proprietor Of the La Fountain
Inn, Mr.. E. c.. Grims, is advertis-
ing next Monday night for the open
ing Of his new liquid carbonic soda
fountain, three feet larger than
any fountain in the state.
A representative Of the manufac-
urers of this artistic gusher will be
on hand to demonstrate it's service
ableness and the quality Of its pro-
ducts, and the Inn will be specially
decorated and illuminated for the
occasion, and the Milbank orchestra
will furnish the music during the
entire evening.
Promptly at 1880 the doors will
be opened, and while the orchestra
is playing selection, the Boy
Scouts will march in and be the
guests of Mr.. Grims, after which
the beautiful parlcrs will he open
to the public.
The we'll known Morses candy
house of Chicago will have a repre-
sentative at the opening demonstrat
ing their pure candies always
found in glass bottles, and will dis
tribute samples of same.
The Joy Candy Co., of Aberdeen
|! will have representative here and
will have so pounds Of their fresh
salted peanuts for free distribution
among the guests.
The katchwil Candy Co., Of La
Crosse, manufacturers of hand dip
ped chocolates, the very best choc-
olates that are made, will distrib-
ute 25 pounds Of these goods free,
together with a beautiful diamond
ring which will be drawn by some
one who buys a ten cent dish of ice
cream, and this will explain the
"Tale of q Lonesome Dime.'
Richardson crushed fruits and
syrups will be the flavorings used
in the new fountain. and the ice
cream itself will be the famous
Blanchard ice cream, made by the
Aberdeen Produce Co. of Aberdeen.
from pure cream, and a represen-
tative of the house will superin.
tend that part of the service.
I Every full grown citizen Of Mil.
bank is invited to this opening
, Mcndav \. evening. Come out and
see the Milbank's fine :ce cream
parlor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Parcel Shower

A parcel shower was given at the
Fred Vogt home on Tuesday even.
ing, May End, by Mrs. Fred Vogt
and Mrs. E. ]. Engel in honor Of
their sister. Miss Mabel Saeger, a
bride-to-be. The Vogt home was
prettily decorated with carnations
and the color scheme carried out in
pink ard white. The time was
pleasantly passed until about ten
o'clock when little Winnifred Engel
appeared drawing q beautifully dec
Grated wagon heavily loaded with
gifts for Miss Mabel.
A short time was spent following
this in music and games followed
by luncheon seryed by the host
ess. It proved an exceedingly
pleasant evening for all.
The guests present were Mrs.
Fred Saeger and daughter Verna,
Mrs. E. S. Van Walker. Mrs. John
Tilleman, Mrs. Fred Dockter. Mrs.
Tom Nordquist, Mrs. A. Larson,
Mrs. Carr Bailey. Mrs. Katherine
Heickler. Misses Fauntie Nav,
Minnie Peterson and Emily Ram
harter. The out of town guests
were Mrs. Nels Nordquist and
daughter Mabel Of Corona. Mrs,
Charles Saeger and Mrs. Phillips OF
Ortonville.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Gods Country J: The Woman
A Beautiful Photoplay Filmed in the
Mills OF Southern California

"God s Country and The Wo.
man. is special Vitagraph Blue
Ribbon Feature that is bound to
take its place among the great.
est moving picture plays vet pro
duced. 1t is an eight reeler and
was photographed in the deep
SHOWS Of the Great Bear Valley
up in the San Bernardino noun
tains of southern California
William Duncan, Geo. Holt and
Nell Shipman are the principals
who enact the drama Of girl
whose mother is overpowed by
villain and gives birth to child
in the absence of her husband.
The daughter comes bravely to
the front to assume the respOnsi
bility of the motherhood. TO
preserve her own honor, the girl
just before her father returns,
writes him that she is going to
the North woods to meet her
husband. The ruse works
we'll, for a young man drifting
down stre9m on a homeWard
Journey from the wilds, beaches
his canoe near the girls forest
shelter; and falls in love with
her.
She prevails upon him through
MS great love for her to pose as
! her husband, and they 60 back
home together to protect the
good name Of the mother. A
marriage ceremony is performed
but they live in seperate rooms
until finally the baby dies and
the villain, who all the while is
trying TO get possession of the
girl is devoured by a pack ot
sledge dogs, after a sensational
battle in which the arch conspir.
ator and his fellow outlaws in
"Devil's Nest" are vanquished
and the girl who has been a cap.
tive is freed by her sweetheart
To be shown at Bentley Crane
Tuesday evening, May Is.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Musical Recital

The music class of Miss Helen
Puder gave a recital at the M. E
church on Tuesday evening, the
class being assisted by the pu'
pills of Prof Hopfner. The
young people of the class render
ed a number of difficult selec-
ztions in most pleasing manner
indicative of the training they
were receiving, and certainly
showing that many of our young
people are exhibiting musical
talent that is worth cultivat.
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Farewell Fido.

John Bien, the caretaker at the
cemetery gives notice that all dogs
trespassing upon the cemetery
grounds will be summarily execut-
ed without benefit of clergy. John
says that the dog is all right in his
place. but his place is not in the
cemetery-at least on top of the
the ground. If you really love
Fido and desire to prolong his days
keep him away from the ceme-
terry grounds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
ANOTHER FIRE
Takes Away One Of the Old Land.
marks on Main Street

The fire alarm about O'Clock
Sunday morning aroused people
from the early sleep which
comes with refreshing power on
those who WOO goddess Of rest
before the midnight hour. In
fact some Of the owl tribe had
not sought their roost when the
bell rang. The fire proved to be
in the old livery barn of the City
hotel, on the corner OF Nam
street and Second avenue. Har.
nv Schafer and Fred Vogt were
among the first to discover the
blaze. but the fire had gotten too
big start to afford hopes Of check
ing it. The building was a frame
structure, one story, 142 feet
long, and was originally built as
i stable for the hotel Recently
it had been occupied for differ.
ent purposes, and when the tire
occurred the west end was used
by Walter Martin as an auto re.
pair shop. The center had been
secured the past week by the
Farmers Produce Co., for store
room and in the east end } ;.
Farley had considerable farm
machinery and repairs stored
The Farmers Produce Compa-
rs was just getting started, and
cad on hand half a carload OF box
material for packing eggs, and
had made some purchase Of pro-
duce, eggs and hides.
The dry boards of the building
which had been standing in the
sun and weather for the past 30
years made quick and hot fire
and little could be done to save
anything in the building.
The bachelor qual ters OF Phil
lip White adjoining on the south
was also consumed in the blaze,
but Phillip managed to save some
of his household utensils.
The properties were insured
as follows: A. M. Nixon, owner
of the building, $1,000; Walter
Martens, Auto repairing and
tools and implements, $1,000; +.
E Roggenbuck, tools, $500;
Farmers Produce Co., $500.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Cows Tuberculin Test

During last week Dr.. p. G..
johnson of Pierre was here for
several days and made test of
16l cows in this vicinity. Two
OF the animals were affected,
and one was operated upon
for removal of a throat trouble.
All others we're granted license.
DR.. johnson was assisted by the
local veterinarians. A number
of other farmers made applica-
tion to have their herds tested
when DR.. Johnson makes a re-
turn visit. We understand that
Milbank is the first of the cities
in the state to put the tuberculin
test in operation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Ring Out the Old"
Ring in the New City Government.
Mayor and Aldermen Make Oath
Of AlleqidnCc to Mllbdnk

y
officers in the city government
took place. The principal busl-
ness of the old council was listen
ing to the reports Of the several
officers and departments and dis
posing Of same, reports being
read by the mayor, city treasur-
err, city auditor, the fire depart
ment and the street commission
er. The new officers were sworn
in as follows:
Mayor-Phil G. Saunders
Aid lst Ward-Geo. c. Burke
Aid I'd Ward-G. A. Lieben-
stein
Aid. Sd Ward-A. c. Grams.
The following appointments
were made by the Mayor:
City Auditor-A A Blomquist
Chief Of Police-C F. Sutchtfe
Night Policeman---Ed Murray
City Attorney Thad l.. Faller
Fire Chief. H Lewis
Asst, Fire Chief-Harry Pawson
Fire Treasurer-E. H. Benedict
Fire Secretary-F. A. Croal
Board Of Health-Dr. w. J.
Ferguson, member at large; VIM
Ross, lst ward; G.. Q Goodman,
I'd ward; julius Fenner, Sd ward
Standing committees we're ap
pointed as follows, with tn first
named as chairman:
Finance - Schnabel, Lieben
stein and Cochrane.
Water-Koepke, Cochrane and
Burke.
Streets-Burke, Liebenstein
and Grams.
Sidewalks s-Cochrane, Koepke
and Grams.
Sewer-Liebenstein, Schnabel
and koepke
Alderman Schnabel was made
president of the council and Aid.
koepke vice president.
The Herald Advance and the
Review were named the official
papers.
Ed Murray was appointed to
collect the dog tax.
1t was ordered that the state
public accountant be engaged on
his next trip to this county to
examine and report on all city
accounts
1t was ordered to build two
cross walks at head Of Main
street to the new court house
side walk, and it was ordered
that the alleyways on the east
and west side of the court house
grounds be extended to make
streets 30 feet wide, the addi.
tional ground TO be taken from
the court house lots.
The Dakota Central Telephone
company asked permission tc
make a change of telephone poles
to improve service, and the mat
ter was referred to the stree,
committee.
It was ordered that bids fo1
the construction of the filtration
plant be advertised for.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Celebrate Opening Of the Reservation

Summit citizens are preparing
to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the opening of the Sisseton
reservation with an old settlers
reunion, to be held at Summit on
the 23d inst. Messrs. O. P. J.
Engstrom, Olaf Melby, G. H.
Lien, G. E. Riley and Ole Ding.
sor compose the committe in
charge.
The circular says: A good pro-
gram has been arranged. and for
mer settlers will be taken to their
old homesteads and especially enter
tained.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Methodist Ep,sespal Church.

Public worship at ll:00 .. m. and
500 p. m. "Mother's Day" will be
observed st the morning hour; all are
invited and men Are especially urged
70 honor motherhood by attendance
at this service. Popular service In
tho evening. Sunday school at 1000
.. m. Junior League At 800 p. m
Epworth League at 100 p. N. 4
cordial Invitation and . hsarty vel
come % ell.
4. Il. Buri6, pastor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Congregational Church.

Mothers Day" viii be observed
with appropriate exercises on Sunday,
May Is
10:45 m, sermon by the pastor.
special music by the choir. Attend
this service and wear . carnation IN
honor Of your mother.
IL noon Sunday school session. Let
us see how many classes can report
perfect attendance.
3p. m, Junior G. +. meeting.
8p. m. Senior G. f. meeting.
Sp. M. Evening worship. Music
by orchestra aud choir under direc'
tiOn Of Prof. +. Hopfner. Ii not wor-
shipping elsewhere worship with Us.
Wednesday, May l6, 6p. m. pray
or and praise service
Thursday, May II, 8p. m. Prof
Hoptner's pupils recital
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11

B B Pollard. the plmber. has On
advertisement In another column.
soliciting your plumbing work. Brit
has had fifteen years experience IN
the plumbing business and he guar
antses to give you satisfactory work
at reasonable prices.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
BABY week GREAT SUCCESS
Grant COunty'S SureSt and Best Crop
on Display Last Week.

Last Friday and Saturday were
the eliminating days of baby
week, and on the first mentioned
day the babies commenced to ar
rive in charge Of their mothers-a
a few with only dad for protector.
counsellor and friend. They came
in troops, in baby carriages. by
horse and buggy, by automobile
and by railroad train, and it is
surmised that some Of them came
by aeroplane, but they all got here,
and took possession Of the K. P.
and Masonic hall adjoining. The
baby buggies around the entrances
to these places, made the landscape
look like an entrance to a. county
fair during fair time, and gave
evidence sure that the Drawn, brain
and beauty Of the coming days was
congregated in that vicinity.
The doctors held their clinic in
the waiting room Of the X. P.
hall, and with all of the instru-
ments for testing and measuring
the future manhood and womanhood
of the country they took him (or
herl and counted, measured and
weighed him piece by piece e-mus-
cles, and brain and heart, lungs
and liver, and all the other viscera
that 60 to make up the embryo
man, and labeled him with the to-
tails. While this was going on in
the entry room the rooms on the
other other side Of the hallway were
used as a feeding ground and
grooming station for the contest
ents in this infantry inspection. 1t
was here that while some of them
seemed to enjoy the fun, and were
laughing, cooling and gazing in
wonder at the funny things they
saw and the foolish antics Of the
grownups about them, there were q
lot of others who were thoroughly
dissatisfied with the way the darned
old world was being run, and had
accordingly set up a loud note of
pessimism in so many different
keys that an old bachelor would
have thought that the days Of feu-
dal Scotland was again upon US,
and the pipers were summoning
the clans for bloody fray. It may
have been that the examining doc.
tors started the fracas as we enter.
ed the sacred precincts, for the pur.
pose of making test Of lung pow
er. but if they did they must have
lost the combination, and were un-
able to turn off the current, for the
lung machinery was going on high
gear with all the cylinders working
in fine order when we escaped
The mothers were pouring oil upon
the troubled waters in various ways
and endeavoring to quell the riot,
which we understand they finally
succeeded in doing. If the doctors
really started the insurrection as
asserted for our personal disromfi.
ture, it is THEY that should be held
responsible and not the innocent
victims of their Vaccinations
Well stand by the babies-God
bless 'em. They have a right to q
hearing-and they generally get it
Some fifty-five babies were scored
the ages running from 6 months t
2 years. The lowest score was 49,
Following are the names of thost
receiving highest scores. and tht
premiums, there being two more
girls than boys receiving rewards
continued on page 81
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11

rOllOWlTS Is Cne substance OF q
letter sent by Jack MADEIRA to his
father:
Fort Barrancas, Fla.
April 3Oth, 1917
We left Jefferson Barricks at
$3.50 a. m. on Saturday April 28th,
on special train, and reached Bir-
mingham. Alabama, about 9 clock
Sunday morning. There were
about $40 men on the train, all
coast artillery. We had ten pull
mans and they must have been
about the first effort of the Pull
Imam company in the sleeping car
business.
When we reached Birmingham
we had to march IA blocks from
the Missouri Pacific depot to the
Louisiana 4 Nashville depot. The
South must be patriotic, as we
were accorded much applause on
our march. We left Birmingham
at Il O'Clock over the L. 4 M. and
reached Pensacola, Fla, about
midnight, We stayed on the train
until this a. m. and then got off
with our packs, which had been In
! the baggage car and were transfer
red onto a government boat and
taken across the bay about 9 miles
to our destination, Fort Barracas.
On reaching here, the roll was TAX
en-, and we were fed and assigned
our sleeping quarters. Not having
sufficient room we put up tents,
and Jack Martens. Koele, Hebert,
Schad, MacNeil and myself have
our hunks in one tent.
We were then lined up for in
spection, and about Is of the bunch
sent to the hospital for various
reasons. some to have their vaccin-
ated arms bandagt d, some be ecause
the typhoid incubation had given
them fever and some because the
trip which was no easy one, had
put them off their feet q little.
One of the fellows taken to the
hospital died about an hour after
wards. All the South Dakota boys
are @. K. though.
The weather is fine here, about
Is above, and it felt fine to us -
the last three days we spent at St.
Louis was cold and rainy. and we
had to stand in line for . couple
hours at time, preparing to leave
there. You will realize the hard
ship of this, but when you have to
do it without any extra clothes and
after being vaccinated and inocu-
lated. which means two sore arms,
and the loss of some good sleep,
you will see that we had to take
some punishment, and we're all
glad to leave there and come here.
One of our pleasant surprises on
reaching here was the treatment
we received from the officers.
Our eats and hunks are much
better here than we had at St
Louis. We drill 8 hours q day.
start tomorrow. and | guess thai
will keep US busy. This place, q
l understand it, is not our regular
post, but just where we get oul
drilling. We stay here two Of
three weeks, and then are cent Il
our regular posts. All Of "a fel
lows that left Milbank at the saml
time are all here and they al hk'
lit better than at st. Louis.
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Free Lecture Monday Night

As has been mentioned in pre-
vious issues, free lecture will be
given 1t the Bentley Grand on
Monday evening by Mr.. David
Goldsteins taking for his subject
Peace and War" Mr.. Goldstsin
is one Of the greatest speakers on
the American platform and oil
who 20 to hear him may depend
upon receiving an unusual literary
welcome.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
Evangelical Association

Preaching German 1000 .. m
sunday school, English 7:l5 p. m
young peoples alliance, English IL:
p m. Preaching. English 500 p. m
Prsyermeeting Wednesday 500 p. m
Young peoples Cottage prsyermeet
ing 500 p. m.
C.. A. Bremen, Pastor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11

The Milbank Cement Co. have
just completed their first job Of
tiling, in this vicinity this season.
putting down 1900 feet Of tiling
for Lewis Meyers on the old Fin
ley farm north of town.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Saunders. who
had been spending their honeymoon
on . trip to Cuba and the south and
eaat. arrived home the 6rst Of tho
week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-11
BOYS NOW IN FLORIDA
The First milbdnk Volunteers Enlisted
for Coast Defence Nicely LOcat-
ed at Fort BdrrdnCaS.

Following is the substance of
letter sent by Jack MADEIRA to his
father:
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-07-05
Left Trail of Blood.

Washington's plan was to cross the
river Christmas night with body of
picked troops, time when he thought
the German commander, Colonel Rail,
and his officers and men would be
carousing. He assembled the attack
ing force quietly on his side of the
river.
Some of the troops Washington had
ordered to join him failed to arrive at
the crossing point in time. But de-
spite that disappointment Washington
pushed on. He determined to make
the attack with the column he had ac-
companied. Washington's troops were
SO poorly clad on the march that day
that a courier from General Gates in
Philadelphia was able to trail Wash
ington's force by bloody footprints in
the snow. When men key their cour-
age to that point nothing can stop
them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-07-05
Hessian Colonel Killed.

While the officers drank and sang
Washingtons men had fought their
way into the outskirts of the town.
The British cannon was captured and
trained down the streets on their
former owners. The sound of firing
brought realization of the danger to
Colonel Rail and he rushed from the
Hunt house to form his men. He was
a brave man, but he had stayed too
long at his merrymaking. More than
a thousand Hessians had surrendered
already. Colonel Rail rallied some
men and made a show of resistance.
Almost the first fire wounded him NOR
tally.
When the Hessians saw their
commander fall, some of them started
to retreat toward Princeton. But
Washington sent detachment to head
them off and they soon surrendered.
Long before noon the Americans
were in possession of the entire city
and the British and Hessian prisoners
were being transported across the river
for safe-keeping. Washington sent
eouriers to congress with the joyful
news. 1t spread quickly over the couD-
try and enthused the cause of liberty
SO well that Washington was able to
hold his army together and face the
British in the spring with determine
ton and courage.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-07-05

1t of service is maintained throughout
the organization.
A great work Is to be done for the
American Red Cross. Its membership
must be brought up to the strength
required by the war and that is the
first business In hand. Individual men,
berships for one year, cost only one
dollar and two dollars will pay for
years membership and subscription to
the Red Cross magazine, which Is Is
sued monthly. Nearly all communities
have a chapter or other representation
of the Red Cross, but where there is
none, anyone may send In an applica-
ton for membership addressed to the
American Red Cross, Washington, D..
G. We must look to the Red Cross to
save the lives of wounded soldiers
and every American woman will want
to help In this matter.
There are many activities in the
work of the Red Cross that are In the
hands of women. The making of hos
pital supplies, comfort kits and many
other things for the soldiers will keep
big army of women busy for some
time. This part of the work Is done
under the supervision committee on
hospital supplies and workers In each
community must be trained In order
to make and pack these supplies up
to the standards required by the U. s.
army. Hospitals, churches, schools,
clubs and organizations OF all kinds
are assisting In this work. Glasses for
instruction are being formed every
where. Pupils In these closses are be-
ing taught how to make bandages,
hospital garments and everything
needed, how to pack them in the right
way, and fitted to teach others to do
this work. Unemployed and especial
ly unmarried women, can give much
Of their time to this work and every
woman will want to have some part in