The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-01-25
Local and Personal Paragraphs

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for a week or two.
Miss Alice Dore went over to
Watertown Thursday of last week,
where she is employed in the Schai-
Ter department store.
Mrs. H. L. Truman. of Aberdeen
with her little daughter, is spend
ing couple of weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Shannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernst Hauer Of Or
tonville, spent Sunday with relat-
ives in Milbank, the Geo, Tessin,
Schad and Reynen families.
Geo. Huber, the signal maintain
er at this point on the Milwaukee,
road has been transferred to Hast
ings, Mimi, his former home.
The married folks dance held
last week was a great success and a
very enjoyable occasion. Some S25
was donated to the red cross as the
net proceeds of the affair.
Mrs. C. f. Molander and Bessie
Dore left for Deer Lodge, Mont
last week, where Mr.. Molander is
employed as train dispatcher. Bes-
sic is to go to school there.
Bent Hanson, one Of Uncle SANS
soldiers, whose home is 7 miles
northeast Of Marvin, now station
ed at Camp Funston. is reported
quite i'll with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Mills of st.
Paul, and former residents of this
city, spent several days with Mil
bank friends. Mr.. Mills having
business with several banks in this
part Of the state.
Ernest Hacke, of Alban who re-
Gently underwent an operation for
appendicitis at a hospital II Aber-
deem, made his first trip to town
last Friday, when he came IN to
fill out his QUESTIONABLE papers.
There will be a meeting Of the
Luther League of the Salem church
on Friday evening, Feb 1st at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Nord-
quest. The ladies are requested to
be at the gathering early SO that
the red 0 can be started.
frank Jenkins. the manager of
the l. tkota Central Telephone equip
ment between lere and Sisseton,
was in town over Sunday. Mr..
Jenkins received word a few weeks
ago that his brother in the British
army was killed in action in a re-
cent engagement.
Prof. Arthur Berg, who was the
manual training instructor at the
high school a year ago, and who
has since been instructor in the
same department at the Great Falls
Mont schools, was in town Mon
day. He had resigned his position
in Montana, and was on his way to
enlist in the army at his home in
Ashland, Wis.
Mrs. G.. Puder and son Arta of
Big Stone were in town between
trains last Monday on their way to
Aberdeen, Mrs. Puder to visit her
daughter who is serving as nurse in
St. Luke's hospital, and Arta was
taking up some Big Stone grown
apples to the state horticultural
exhibition being held there this
week. /. d. Aldrich also took up
a display Of apples to show that
Big Stone is in the Dakota fruit
belt.
Comrade Thos. Fitch, while in
rather feeble health, came up town
last Saturday, and dropping into
the office informed Us that that
was the 57th anniversary Of the
battle Of Mill Springs, the first bat
tie in the war for the union in
which he was engaged. The union
forces were in command Of Gen.
Geo. II. Thomas, and the %confeder-
ate forces under Gen. Z%ollicotfer,
and the latter was killed as the con-
federate forces retreated south.
Mrs. C. E. Leach. with her three
sons, Cleon, Ray and Elmer, were
guests Of the daughter and sister.
Mrs. l.. w. Thirsk. the first OF the
week. Two Of the young men are
now in Uncle Sans service, Cleon
in the engineers at Camp Dodge
and Elmer is about to start in the
aviation branch Of the service.
Mrs. Cleon Leach accompanied her
husband to this family reunion.
Mr.. Ray Leach, who is employed as
pr inter- on the Milwaukee Sentine !
had not been in Milbank.for eight
years.
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