The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-05
HAND COUNTY NEWS
BY CORRESPONDENTS
YAYLAND

parted the latter part of last week
for Hettinger, N. D., to look after
business interests there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hanon and
daughters June and Clarice spent
Thanksgiving in Pierre at the home
of Mrs. Hanon's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs ID. A. Pickell and GILL
dren returned last week to their home
on the Hannum farm after having an
entire family seige with sickness at
Huron.
Wiley Cassidy, In training at h
Rapid City School Of Mines Will be
this community's first drafted man TO
be returned home. He is expected to
arrive the middle of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs II. J.. Clifford de,ar,ed
Tuesday night for a trip to Rap j City
ard surrounding country.
r. II. Skilas, Of Wayne, Ne rms "a.
arrived Tuesday night to look al .er
business interests here.
Mrs. Fred Brown, who was expected
to arrive at vayland Monday evening
was taken sick with the FLU" that
afternoon at the Pierre hospital, so 1t
was necessary to postpone her home
coming at least a few days.
(Too late for last week.
Miss valma Butler returned home
last Thursday after spending several
weeks at the Sioux Falls hospital.
Miss valma is gradually recovering
from her seige with pneumonia.
We neglected to mention last week
the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Zule-
ger and family of Horican, Wisconsin,
at the home of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. John Schmul.
w. l.. Powell, OF Hiland township.
reports the receipt of a government
telegram on Monday stating that his
son David J was reported missing
in action on November 10th. David
had previously been wounded, but had
recovered sufficiently to return to the
front lines.
Two public sales were held In this
neigfborhood last wcck-w a. Bcth-
wells sale on November goth and the
McCiain and Vance combination sale
on the 21st. Reasonably good prices
were generally obtained throughout
the sales
Nels Nelson, of Hunter, N. d., for
merry of Vayland, arrived the middle
OF last week to look after interests
here and near Miller. Mr.. Nelson
reports to have a deal practically clos
ed for a farm four miles west OF Mil
Ter.
Mrs Nick Wedmore arrived from
near Zell, s. d., Tuesday noon Tor a
brief visit at the home OF her nus
bands sister Mrs. Sina Cook
Miss Hilda Freimark spent last
week end at Vayland at the Jes NC
Cormack home, the guest of Miss Era.
Mrs Bert, Fllbach and children ar
rived Monday evening from Pierre to
spend Thanksgiving day at the home
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. h. !.
Cassidy.
Roy Cook had the misfortune on
| Monday to have his right hand caught
in the corn husker and to have a coup
lie of fingers badly injured.
Mrs. John Perkett arrived Saturday
evening from 'Minot. N. d., to visit at
the home of her sister Mrs. W. r.
Noble.
Obituary
Iosephine Perrott Tanning was born
,car Parker, s.. d, on July 22. 1894,
and died at a hospital in washington
November 81, 1918 On Decemtef rs
1918 she was married to John William
Tanning, and to this union were torn
three children, two sons and one
daughter, all of whom are left WITHOUT
the mothers care. The deceased was
victim of Influenza and the naTd-
shin of the family was added to since
all were stricken with the disease at
the same time. The sympathy OF tne
entire community goes out to the rela-
lives in their time Of sorrow.
Interment made in the cemetery at
Salem, S. d., on Saturday following
her death.