The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-26

Andrew Geissinger, the garage mar
has been laid up for about a week
with a severe cold.
In response to the notice of SUBJ
scriptions due quite a number of our
friends have been making payments
during the past week, we are pleased
to state. We expect to have notices
to all during the coming week, and
trust that our readers and friends will
meet the situation with prompt pay
ment of these obligations.
Work upon the New Store has pro-
crossed rapidly during the last few
days of mild weather and the roof is
now on, so that the interior work can
be carried on in spite of the wintry
weather outside. The building is be-
ginning to assume shape and already
gives assurance that it will be Mil
banks finest business store.
Mr.. John Garfield, of Detroit, Mich.
arrived the first of the week to join
his wife on a visit to friends in this
locality, and is a guest of the Downie
family. Mr.. Garfield was telegraph
operator at Big Stone City some thirty
eight years ago, and while there mad
the good fortune to marry a Big Stone
:, girl, and as the story books say lived
happily ever afterwards. He is at
present operator in the Office Of the
Grand Trunk railway at Detroit, and
for a short vacation from his duties
ic ont 1npLipn rpor Tho ,.oonp. <f HE
former glory.
Mr.. Ed. Dore, one of the old timers
in Milbank. but who for a year or so
past has been living up on the iron
range in Minnesota, arrived last week
i, for a visit to his Milbank friends. Ed.
is employed in keeping tally of the
: ore tonnage for some of the iron COM
panies at Nashwauk, and these have
to close operation during the winter.
He says that business is good on the
range, and they haven't commenced
, to feel the depression that is being
experienced in many other parts of
the country.
The last reminder Of the ancient
days when the city was lighted By
| the two globe lamp posts was removed
: Tuesday when the Electric company
removed the posts end wiring. They
will be stored for the winter and next
summer viii be placed on the side
streets or along the trails leading in
| and oft Of the city, as shall be de-
\ cidel during the winter. The rev
lighting system is giving entire sal
~isfaction and the city has received q
great many compliments upon the i'm
p%roven7ent which it makes.
< Q. 4. Antelman, the travelling hard.
ware man vas in town Wednesday tc
make his annual payment to the Her
cid Advance. a trick he has been
! playing for the past thirty years. And
it is Just about that number of YEAR
!, since Mr.. Antelman took his place on
! the road for the wholesale hardware
firm of Janney, Semple, Hill e Co,
Of Minneapolis. He is the oldest in
service of the roadmen for this house
who has continued in the original ter
ritory originally assigned him. but
! there are now fourteen men employ
ed in this territory, and he states that
every one of them is selling more
y goods than he did when he had the
whole territory to himself. When ];
mar spends thirty a with a firm
D there must be some wearing materia
Y in his makeup and something 0
n worth in the house that he is working
for or his customers and the rubli.
generally would have gotten on to il
= as the seasons rolled by, but Mr.
Antelman still wears his smile will
e his other clothing.
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