The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-06-20
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Company sold the Earl Liggett
quarter section in Geneseo town.
ship the first of the week to Eli
mer Schliesman for SIS an acre.
Some 25 votes were cast at the
school election last Tuesday. S. S.
Lockhart and w. S. Nixon were
reelected members Of the board Of
education for three years.
Mrs. l. D. Aldrich of Big
Stone City came up Monday at.
ternoon to be one of the mem-
bers of old time friends of Mrs.
M. L Ecker, who were being en-
tertained at the home of Mrs.
James Watson.
Mrs. Spencer Baird accom-
panied her mother, Mrs. Boer-
ger to st. Paul last Monday,
where the latter will visit her
and will later 60 on to Duluth to
visit her son in that city.
A. P. Ryer state dairy inspec-
tor, was in town over Sunday,
at his old home here and greet
ing his old time friends and
neighbors. He had been up at
Sisseton during the week assist
ing in the establishing Of a
creamery at that place.
Messrs. John Hicks and his
son Robert, Of Los Angeles,
Cal, arrived last week, the latter
to attend to some land matters
in the state and the former to
spend the summer months with
his son and dau ghter, Thomas
Hicks and Mrs. j. c.. Rawson.
Miss Grace Cooley. of Mime
apolis, has been spending the
week in Milbank as guest at the
John Wilcox and Ira Daniels
homes. Miss Grace is now
engaged as stenographer in the
Wyman Pat, idge wholesale house
IN minneapolis.
Prof. Henry G.. Moore, who
has had charge of the Big Stone
City schools for several years
past, has been elected superin-
tendent Of the city schools at
Lennon, and will remove to that
cit after the chautauOua meet
ing at the lake.
Messrs. E. H. Benedict, DR..
J.. F. Linse, Earl Lee and G. M.
Bowe went out to Aberdeen
Tuesday to attend the grand
lodge K. of P. Mrs. E. H. Bene-
dict and Mrs. G. w. Prevey we're
also delegates to the Pythian
sisters grand lodge at the same
place.
Mr.. f. D. Thorndike arrived
from Willow Creek, Mont, last
evening to spend a few days with
his Grant county friends and rela-
tives. He was accompanied by his
brother, Lee Thorndike, of Great
Falls. Mont, who is to spend a
short vacation with his family at
the lake before their return to
Montana.
Mrs. E. L. Mertesdorf, of Yer.
non Center, Mimi, has been Wis
iting during the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Riley. Mrs. Mertesdorf, who
before her marriage, was on the
teaching force of the Milbank
school, says she couldn't get
along at all without the weekly
visit of the Her ald-Advance to
keep her in touch with her old
Milbank friends.
G. r. Mosiman of the Delco
Light, has moved his place of
business from the former loca-
ton on Third avenue to the build.
ing occupied by the Milbank
Battery Co., on Main street op-
posite the Bentley Grand Thea
ire. This gives the Dele, a
much better location than it for
merely had, and will help to es-
tablish the Delco Light and pow
err on the farms of the county.
Levi 0 Aldrich. whose death
was announced in last week. paper
. Hillyard, WASH, was in his 85th
yelr and was born in Medina.
county. Ohio. He was q resident
of this county for about twenty
years. having taken up q homestes d
in Vernon township in the first set
tlemntt of county. For number Of
years had made his home in WASH
ington state, and is survived by his
wife. The couple have been living
with their daughter of late years.
The deceased was a man of fine