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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
Twin Brooks.

Miss Esther Redeem is spending a
few days visiting her sister Mrs Soeff-
ker
Mr. A II Schmidt and family. made
q trip to Odessa, Mimi, Sunday to
visit with relatives
George Kruger's little son has been
quite sick the past week and is i'm
proving nicely now
A A Bohn took advantage of the
sleighing to mov a small building
from his farm to that of his son-in-
law south Of town
Mr. Ed Short the new mail carrier
on Route No l out of Twin Brooks
resigned his job on Wednesday.
The Christmas drive for Red Cross
membership is on and everybody is
earnestly requested to join when
they come to town. The membership
committee consists Of Mr. Enoch Lind
quist, Mr. Paul Sample and Mrs Chas
Soeffker
F L Steward and wife were Milbank
visitors on Saturday
Mrs Walter Meyers and children
spent . few days visiting in town with
y q - UA1OA
F a Chadney and family visited in
Twin Brooks last Sunday
Mrs Chas Chavet and daughter
Bernice visited with Mrs Blanche
Kruger one day last week
Mrs A Sorenson ana the boys we're
visiting in the country last week
Mrs Gus Runge was . Twin Brooks
visitor ON Tuesday
Misc Margaret Packard came out
from Milbank on Wednesday to visit
her home folks
Owing to some trouble with the furn-
G ell u school children had half
holiday on Monday
The Twin Brooks auxiliary of the
Red Cross received q check for $40. 90
last week from A ] Frinkman, living
OF town
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13

penditures growing out Of the war
must be met by borrowing from
the people, and their magnificent
response heretofore to the govern
ment's requirements makes me con-
fident that they will not fail to con-
tinue their support to the end that
all payments resulting from war
necessities may be promptly met.
Much remains to be done. Our
brave troops must be maintained
and paid until their work is fully
accomplished and they are returned
to their homes. This is not q time
to relax u efforts. snl the Treas
ury Department is making plans for
larger and even more important
work during the coming year.
Please make every effort to bring
this statement before the people in
your district and to urge upon
them the necessity Of continuing to
hold their War Savings Stamps, the
fulfillment Of their pledges, and ad-
ditional purchases as their means
w. G.. McAdOo
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13

Below Is q copy Of q telegram re-
ceived by me from Secretary w. G..
McAdoo.
As . further urge to the readers
to do their full part in the purchase
Of War Savings Stamps. and above
all TO redeem their pledges to the
last cent. | would ask you to give
this telegram prominence in your
first issue.
Rodger L. Dennis. State Direct
or. Sioux Falls. S. D.
u most earnestly urge upon you
that your organization make every
possible effort to the end that pied
ges for the purchase Of War Saw
lngs Stamps be fulfilled before the
close Of the year. The govern
mems monetary requirements were
never greater nor moro pressing
than they are today. Expenditures
for November were greater than
ID any similar period. These ex.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
METHODIST BULLETIN.
Methodist Church Always Doing Bus
lnesS IN nilbank and Corona.

Pastor w. ]. Calfee and wife are
anxious to help in any need. No
questions asked as to any ire d.
This Church agrees with the
Board of Health that the greatest
precaution be observed at this crit
ical time in the matter of the
Flu" epidemic.
On account of himself and wife
being volunteer nurses in the homes
of the community the pastor would
suggest that the very greatest care
should be exercised by the parents
whose children are in the public
school that all rules and regula-
tions laid down by the Board of
Health are carried out by every
home most faithfully. He is also q
firm believer in the efficacy Of the
the 8 of Flu serum and the
sulphur-vapor baths. and prayer.
= Read Daily Psalm 81
= This is the greatest year of Re-
sponsability and Opportunity in the
history of the Methodist Church up
to date.
Locally we mean to do business
and that in a big way.
Our Motto-Every member pray
ing Every member paying =
Every member working.
This means our religion tied up
to practical every day life. "On To
The Finish for Christian Democ-
racy.
This battle will be won or lost
in the local church.
In order to keep the finances Of
the church let all supporters Of the
and other obligations hand
cash or checks to DR.. j. w. Pay
or mail the same to him.
It is hoped this will meet a most
generous response as the quaran-
tine has greatly interfered with the
plans for financing the
Quarterly Conference Friday
in DR.. Pays Office, Dist.
Supt. p. @. Blunt presiding.
Quarterly Conference held in the
church in Corona Saturday at 1890
A. M.
Public services still allowed in
Corona , held every Sunday at 900
P. M.
The pastors homO one block east
If the court house. Phone 173S.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
Summit

Mr. and Mrs A M Houck went te
Minneapolis Wednesday, where Nj,
Houck will consult a specialist
Henry Gerdes came over from Will
mot Thursday to spend q few weeks
with his parents
Mrs w II Fister arrived Saturda,
from Jefferson City, Iowa, and is
stopping with her daughter Mrs /
Sweeney
AZ Utne of Ortley was a caller
here Sunday
Chas Arnold of Candy, Minnesota.
was calling on old friends here Sat.
urday.
Chas Tenney and family took ad.
vantage of the good weather and au.
toed TO Watertown for . visit Satur-
day returned Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Gilbert Slaathaup
went 10 Webster Saturday to consult
. doctor
Sergeant Carl Parish visited
friends in Waubay Friday till SUM-
day. He returned from Camp
Zachary Taylor Thursday where he
was in training for commissioned
officer in engineering department,
having received an honorable dis
charge from military training Sher-
man Shart returned home Friday
from the same camp with an hon.
orable discharge.
Walter Barry received his honor
able discharge and returned home
from Camp Funston Saturday, also
Harry Beal of Mazeppa. and Wen
dell Dunn first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Coffett went
to Minneapolis Monday for a weeks
stay on business and pleasure.
Gustave Elf a farmer living east
of town died from influenza and
pneumonia this last Wednesday.
He leaves a wife and 3 children
who also are sick with the flu, but
at this writing are on the way to
recovery. The remains we're taken
to Holmquist for burial Thursday.
Frank j. Wilson is a victim of
the influenza having contracted it
while assisting at the Elf home.
Rev. Rinearson was called Mon
day south of town to conduct the
funeral service Of the young daugh-
ter of C. L. Dege who died from
influenza and pneumonia.
Word was received here Tuesday
noon Of the death Of A. M. Houck
at Minneapolis, where he went a
few days ago to seek further medi-
cal aid. Deceased had been fail
ing in health rapidly, the last few
months, with heart trouble and
dropsy. He leaves q wife, one
daughter, Margaret, who is prin-
cipal of the Summit schools, three
sons, Lawrence in the U. S. army
in France, and Norman of Croneau
Minnesota. and Stanley, Of Mime
apolis and other relatives who have
the sincere sympathy Of the COM
munity. Mr.. Houck was one of
the pioneer business men Of SUNNI
it and had large interests in this
vicinity and will be missed by
many business associates and
friends. Miss Houck left for
Lanesboro MINI, Tuesday where
the funeral services will be held.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
Cheaper than Rent.

We have . four room house with
cistern and cement walks. nice loca-
ton. near in. Sewer and water in
street. Price $1,000. 90. Owner
leaving town. Call and see US.
Martens Bros.
Milbank S. D.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13

If all Of the outstanding pledges
in this state r redeemed as they
should and must be, South Dakota
will be at least second among all
the states in the results obtained in
the 1918 War Savings campaign.
Very truly yours,
Roger l.. Dennis
State Director.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
For Sale.

Seven room Residence, large
Lot, sp1endid location, easy
Exceptional bargain
IL taken soon.
First Nltiesd Security CO,
InDo1k .. -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
Straight and Curly Hair.

The question of the manner of the
production Of the straight and curly
varieties of the hair has long been q
matter of conjecture, and hitherto no
satisfactory explanation has been
forthcoming. It is only known that
straight hair is always circular in
section and is usually thicker than
curly hair, which is ribbonlike and
fine. Each hair is provided with a seS
baceous gland opening into it, togeth-
err with muscle connected with it.
The size of the gland varies consid-
erably in different individuals and APP
pears larger and better developed in
the negro races. The muscle connect
ed with each gland has long been rec
Ognized as having an influence on the
position of the hair, causing it's erec-
ton by pulling forward the root of the
hair. Such action of these little mus
cles is displayed when a cat in rage
erects the hair of it's tail or straight
haired dog causes the hair of it's back
to rise i'll a median crest. Their in
t1uence in man is commonly observed
in the condition known as "goose
skin"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

"My hat" said Mr., Bits. ST be-
lieve mat little brute has ruined it.
declare it's too bad"
That was why Margaret went walk
Ing, n little later, instead of driving.
And yet Ethelbert had given her the
goldfish, in the first place!
A week later, this young man came
forth melancholic from an interview
with Miss Schofield. He had received
the information from her-in a gen
eral Way-there were times in q girls
life when the man who appeals to her
must be of the general type of
senior in college; and that-generally
speaking-if a girl feels that way, the
best thing she can do may be-in gem
eral-to wait for that senior. Cen
orally speaking, she added, she be-
lieved so.
AS Mr.. Bits walked gloomily down
the street he passed a grocers wagon
which bore the title, "Jacob r. Krish
& Co" Attached to the wagon was an
elderly bay horse, and attached to the
elderly bay horse was a black tail.
And on the other side of the horse,
concealed from the view Of HIr. Bitts,
stood two boys, staring morbidly at
the black tail.
'Yes, SIR" said Sam Williams, ga
niger told me that the reason mine
never turned to e was because
you have to keep zee weeks with
out ever loOkin' at H. If you look ut
it even once, just TO see how it's get
tin along, it's spoiled. Well, we kept
lookin' at 'em-a hundred times day,
l bet-and that's what was the mat
ter with 'em! That's why they didn't
turn
"Mine woulda !" insisted Penrod lat
terly. ''There wasn't anything wrong
with mine. Mine woulda turned, any
wayY
Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth Bits did
not Overhear this conversation. And if
he had, he could not have understood
it. Much less could he have traced
any connection between a hair from
the tail Of Jacob r. Kirsh's elderly
horse and the fact that Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits was destined to remain I'M
willingly bachelor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

year-old sister, appeared in the door
way.
"Penrod !"
Instinctively, he leaped between her
and the sacred bottle, that she might
not see it. He trusted no woman in
any weighty affair-least of all q sis
ter!
Papa sent me up to see what you
are doing?"
Nothing"
"Then why in the world don't you
come to breakfast?"
"Well, I am coming, amt II" His
tone was that of a person uniustIy at
lacked. What you all dressed up for
this morning?"
i never did see such a boy!'' Mar
garet exclaimed.
'You say that every day." Penrod re-
torted plaintively.
"Penrod! Are you coming?"
Eyes. I'm ready" he announced m
eXpectedly, having managed, with his
hands behind him, to conceal the bot
tie beneath his pillow.
X
Speeding from the table at the first
possible moment, he returned to his
own room, and, in the doorway, was
struck with an unnamed fear. Katie.
the housemaid was putting the room
in order; but she had not touched the
bed. Once more able to breathe, he Sc
cured the bottle and departed, carry
ing it under his jacket, in front, with
out Katie's noticing anything unusual
in his manner or bosom.
He started down the back stairs.
but retreated, hearing his mother be-
low, in conversation with the cook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
Anave Tree of MeNicn-

Chinese history records that one Hui
Shen, a Buddhist priest, a native of
Cabul, in the year 400 returned to
King-Chow, capital of the dynasty of
Isl, bringing with him from the coun-
try of Fusang, where he had been
acting as a missionary, a number of
curious articles as gifts for the en-
peror. Among these were a material
resembling silk, with very strong
threads, and a mirror. From the de-
scriptions the former is believed to
have been fibrous material from the
agave tree Of Mexico, called by the
missionary, ''fusang," the name also
applied to the country, and the lat
ter is believed to have been not I'M
like mirrors used in Mexico and other
parts Of the American continent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

swell, who said he didn't? 1 didn't
say he didn't, did ~"
'Well, who said you did say"
"Come on!' interrupted Penrod.
"Let's go back and look at mine"
"No, sir I want to watch my own
snake change, don't 1? You better
stay here and wait till he's all good
and changed, then We'll go and see if
yours"
"No, sir! shouted Penrod over his
shoulder, as he started home on the
trot "Pm goin' back to watch a good
snaker'
He passed through the kitchen of
his own home at the same gait, disre-
garding a request by Katie, the house
maid, for a hearing.
mister Penrod," she began, It'd like
to know what fer you want"
Coat fur" facetiously shouted Pen
rod, already ascending the back stairs.
"Cat fur, to make kitten britches
with !"
Next moment, a fearful howl is
sued from Margaret's room. Mrs. SchO-
field hurrying thither from her own
apartment, encountered her son in the
passageway.
"Penrod what's the matter?"
where's my snake?'
"Wheres what?"
'My snake!" he beloved. II want
my snake Where's my sna-a-ke?"
"Penrod, are you crazy?" she cried.
''What on earth are you"
'NIy snake! I left it on Margaret's
bureau and it's gone! Who's took it?
Who's been in there? Who's got my
snake?"
Mrs. Schofield began to be alarmed
in earnest her sons manner and look
were frantic, and his words, to her, in
comprehensive.
''Penrod," she said nervously, "you
must take some castor oil. There
wasn't any snake in Margaret's room.
l heard her come upstairs for some
thing a minute ago, and go in there.
If there'd been a snake there she'd
have screamed, but she went down
stairs again, and"
~ u1u IeuIOu ~ uOWuSIdlrS again.
He plunged, three steps at a time, and
exploded himself into the parlor,
where Margaret sat Cooking family
embarrassed) with Mr.. Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits (who had come to
take her to drive and was frowning)
and Mr.. Robert Williams (who had
come to take her for a walk, and was
scowling), and the gold fish (whO
were swimming).
where's my snakeT"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
Home Obedience.

In discussing criminals a thinker
said: Il firmly believe that the re-
sponsibility for the majority of crimes
rests not upon the criminals themselves,
but upon the shoulders of their pa
rents!' At first that may sound like
a very extreme statement, but upon
second thought is it after all an exag-
geratiOn? The speaker followed up
his first statement with a second: ga
child who is not taught the value of
obedience in the home will be less like
ly to respect the laws enacted by COM
munities for the good of that larger
family-humanity."
From this point of view the obedi-
ence of little folks assumes mammoth
proportions, for they are not only chill
dren, but citizens in the making.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

Proceeding to the top of the front
stairs, he heard the voice of Margaret
and Mr.. Robert Williams, Sans
brother, q senior on vacation. A
glance over the railing revealed the
collegian beautifully attired, confront
ing Margaret, who leaned against the
newell post in a way very irritating
to a brother who wished to get out
to the stable without being stopped or
questioned. When Margaret got her
back to the newell post like that, Pen
rod knew she might stay there "hours
and hours!'
Margaret" said Mr.. Williams, in a
voice wholly ineXplicable to Penrod, 81
believe you care more for the bowl of
gold fish, in yonder, than you do for
me-"
PenrOd retired from the hallway into
Margaret'S room, and feeling satisfied
that she would not come there for
long time, withdrew the treasure from
beneath his coat, set it upon her dress
ing table, and seated himself beside it.
Gold fish!
With the prospect before him Of
what was going to happen at, or be-
fore, 16 minutes of IL, the lives of 9TH
er peOple-WhO had no hope of own
ing pet snakes, Matched in the bot
tle-seemed pitifully vacant. He felt
sorry for Robert Williams. He pit
led the young man for having nothing
better to do than to talk to an unin-
teresting girl about whether she liked
him as well as she did some gold
fish in a glass bowl
A motor whizzed in the street, and,
glancing out of the window at his ell
bow, Penrod found occasion to be
sorry for another young man, evil
IDENTIFY coming to interview the uninter-
esting girl; and from various over
hearings of late, Penrod had little
doubt that this one, too, would be dis
cussing at the first opportunity, what
Margaret liked.
He was a dainty, and exquisite
young man, more than Well-to-do, much
encouraged by Mrs. Schofeld; and it
was lie WHO udu given hdISdfel lie
bowl of gold fsh-which lends some
flavor to Robert Williams dismal COM
parison. Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth
Bits was generally believed to be a
very happy and fortunate youth; he
had a yacht somewhere; he had a mo-
tor car, then at the curb; he had
money enough to buy all the candy in
town if he chose; yet Penrod pitied
him. Sixteen minutes of eleven that
morning would find Mr.. Bits utterly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

snakeless. There are some things
money cannot buy.
What time is it getting to be?"
Penrost suddenly inquired aloud.
There was little clock on Mar
garet's dressing table, but it had
stopped. Upon an impulse, he jump
ed up and ran downstairs to the kitch-
en-. There, the noisy old wall-clock
treasured him soothingly. 1t marked
fifteen minutes after ten.
"Yay, Penrod!"
This was a shout from the yard, and
going to the door, Penrod beheld Sam
Williams, radiant with excitement.
Come on over to our stable" shout
ed Sam. "Come on !! Come on and look
at him!"
Penrod did not stop for his hat;
jealous fear, suddenly reused, added
fear to his feet. And when they
reached Sans stable he was profound
ly resolved to find Sans "snake" no
more advanced toward the great trans
formation than his own. He expressed
the opinion, indeed, that this was much
further along.
"Why, how could it be-" demanded
Sam resentfully. GIVE been sittin' here
lOokin' at mine ever since breakfast,
and never took my eyes off him. Well,
sir, L saw him breathe-he did it lots
OF times You can't tell it just lookin'
at him this way. You got to keep
lookin' at him and lookin' at him; you
bet [ saw him do it, all right! And
once he almost wiggled"
Almost wiggled! Mine did wig
gle!" Penrod said-and thereafter be-
lieved it.
well, sod mine," said Sam.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
Horrors of the Sea.

A ship doctor on an English liner
notified the death-watch steward, an
Irishman, that man had died in state
room number 40. The usual instruc-
tons to bury the body were given.
Some hours later the doctor peered
into the room and found that the body
was still there.
He called the matter to the attention
to the Irishman, who replied:
81 thought you said room number 46.
I whit in there and seen wan of thin
in a bunk. Are ye deadY says I NO
says he but I'm pretty near dead So
l was getting ready to bury him."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
In the Smzshuu.

''Were the parties in the automobile
accident made nervous by the cars
turning over?'
swell, they were very much upset"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06
A Boiling Crisis.

"They say the hotels are facing e
cook famine"
''Ah, that is one over which the pub
ltc will stew until 1t roasts the hotelsg'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-02-07

Nes+e yes" said the
coral polyp, u
know that. But somehow [ would much
rather be called an insect than a
polyp. A polyp doesn't seem to mean
much"
"It means what you are" said his
mother. "But perhaps that doesn't
mean much. We aren't big enough to
think Of what we are called. We just
belong to a big group and you and
have grown friendly. That is why you
call me mother polyp. But maybe | am
your mother p0lyp after all. It really
is too much trouble to think about"
Il suppose so" said the polyp, "but
I like to call you mother polyp."
go ahead and call me it then" said
mother polyp.
"What do you think about all the
time? asked the small coral polyp.
Il think of our home" mother polyp
answered. Il feel so sorry for crea-
lures who haven't their own homes
And [ feel almost as sorry for those
who haven't beautiful homes. In fact,
very, very few have beautiful homes"
"Who have beautiful homes?" asked
the young polyp.
awe have" said mother polyp, "and
all the members Of our family. Just
think, we have an island named after
our homes. It is called Coral island.
ooh, do feel SO sorry for those who
live in wooden houses and in brick
houses. How ugly their homes are.
Think of wood and brick compared to
coral.
"And I feel so badly for the crea-
lures who build rough nests of straw
and grass and sticks. There are others
who live in holes. Horrid holes made
out Of dirt Gracious, how some peO
pie and animals can live! It gives me
the shivers.
"NoW we live and get all our support
from our coral homes. And think how
wonderful they are? Some are Of red
coral and some of pink, but all are
beautiful
eyes, the more | think of it, the more
I'm sorry for the creatures who live in
houses of wood or brick, ground holes
or rough nests.
Besides, it is SO much finer to have
a home on the Water-a coast home is
far nicer than an inland home"
"Wel, I suppose" said the young
polyp, chat it all depends how one
looks at it,"
II look at it from the standpoint of
a polyp," said mother polyp proudly.
''TO be sure we are wonderful to
have such homes" said the young
polyp. And still finer than that is the
fact that we have shoemaker in the
family"
'What?" asked mother pOlyp.
ITO be sure" said the young polyp.
"There is the coral shoemaker, and he
is a relation"
"That's so, that's So" said mother
polyp "But of course we don't wear
shoes, and so he isn't of much USE
"That's true" said the young polyp,
'but it is always useful to have one
In the family. And it sounds so bust
nesslike to speak of Cousin Coral Shoe
maker"
For there is a little creature with
Just that name and he is cousin of
our friends who live in the coral reefs.
The polyp and all his friends and
relatives live in the wonderful coral
that we have for jewelry and for Orna-
ments And they get their support
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-02-07
MeaItime Contentious.

Mealtime contentious are not only
uncomfortable and discourteous, but
from a hygienic standpoint they are
positively dangerous. Cheerfulness is
one of the most important factors in
good digestion, and people have been
literally poisoned by eating while
angry. If you must wrangle, postpone
1t till a comfortable distance from
mealtime.-Girl's COMPANION.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-02-07

coral pOlyp. COral
is a hard sub.
stance used for
jewelry and orna-
ments, you know.
Because, my
DEAR" said the
mother, "you are
q kind of animal,
and not insect.
It is incorrectl to
call you an insect,
just as it would
be wrong to call
me one. We are
two of a big fam
lily, you know"
Yes" said the