The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-06-13

Alfred Anderson, OF Marvin.
who recently returned from
France, where he was serving
in Uncle Sans ordinance de-
partment, was doing business
IN the city last Tuesday.
Burt Cochrane, who was with
the engineering force Of Uncle
Sans army over in France for a
year or more, arrived home last
week.
Rev. William Allen, of Plankin-
ton, who had come up to Big Stone
lake on a fishing excursion, was a
guest Of Rev. Calfee at the Metho-
dist parsonage last Monday when
on his way home.
Mrs. w. H. Rickel, Of Big Tim
Der, Mont, is visiting her sister
and brother, Mrs. w. G. Alderman
and +. B. Roberts. Mrs. Rickel
was a resident Of Alban township
some % years ago.
L. F. Nicho), who had been over
in the Hincklev peighborhood in
Minnesota, looking after his farm
interests in that locality. arrived
home Wednesday. He reports
crops as looking fine in that region.
G. C. Mittlebrook, who had been
for several weeks on a visit to
friends in Wisconsin and at the
home of his son Bruce in Mime
apolis, returned to Milbank the
first Of the week.
Joe Salzle. the groceryman, who
recently sold his residence proper
ty in the Martens addition, has
purchased the julius Fenner resi-
dence IN the third ward MIR. Fen
ner expects to build in the near
future.
Frank Boerger received word the
first of the week that his brother
Merlin, who had just returned with
his regiment from France, was
seriously i'll in the hospital at Camp
Dodge, and the first Of the week
Frank made a trip to the camp.
Francis Martens, who returned
from France last week, brought a
number of war relics with him.
among these being a pair Of field
shoes, a regulation steel helmet, a
gas mask fitted out in the most per-
feet manner, a Uh!an bayonet, and
a buckle from a German belt, with
the words, "Gott NIT uns,' on it.,
and a piece of a German bomb.
j. II. Lewis has received a letter
from his boy '.Budd,' who is tax
ing osteopathic treatment in a hos
pital at St. Louis, IN which he says
he is being wonderfully helped,
and is making use Of several of the
muscles in his limbs and feet. The
little Emerson girl also states that
she is greatly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Stats, who at
tended the Advent camp meeting
at Huron last week returned home
Monday. Mr.. Stats says that corn
and small grain look better here
than further west, and that much
of the low lands along the Jim riv-
err are under water.
Francis Maloy, one Of our Mil
bank boys who has been away
from here for a couple Of years
working at his trade of machin-
ist, made a visit to his home here
last.week. Francis is employed
in the Great Northern shops and
has recently been working at
Seattle and Spokane, but was on
his way to Kelley Lake, Mimi,
to work in the shops there.
The Womans Missionary So.
ciety Of the congregational
church enjoyed a Guest Day
Thursday of last week at Mrs.
Helen Olson's. Music was furn-
ished by the Misses Grams and
Miss Gladys Grove. Mrs. Bed
does and Mrs. G.. Mitte]staedt
were elected delegates to the
| WatertOWp convention.
Mr.. H. F. Roberg, who had
been with the Milbank Produce
Co. for several weeks, left last
Saturday for a trip to the coun-
try west of the Missouri, and to
look up the produce situation IN
the vicinity of Lennon. Mr..
Roberg knows the produce bus
mess from a to z, and when he
starts something it generally
winds up in the securing Of a
good market for all farm produce
in the community where he is at