Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-19
Cur mill is Row in full blast.

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Webster is now well fixed for
sidewalks and owes no man cop
Iper cent.
| The rains are putting the
lground in fine condition for fall
Iplowing.
| We have received commune
cation from Waubay, too late for
this week.
| Money is the root of all evil
W. w. Seyery Il Co., have plenty
of IL TO loan.
The Premium list for the fair
will De ready for distribution some
time next week.
w. W. Severy & Co., have ten
thousand dollars on hand to loan on
chattel security.
| The band boys have a splendid
musical programme for the concert
Friday afternoon.
| The largest stock of lumber
ever brought to Day county at the
Coteau Lumber Yard.
Hon. Z. Huntington and wife
started on visit to Montana. on
Monday morning.
The atmosphere Tuesday night
was evidently out of ioint--judg-
ing from its effect.
DIR. Brooks will be in town
every Saturday, ready to attend to
reiuvinating your teeth.
The teachers Normal Institute
commencing on the 30th, bids fair
to be very successful one.
Let everybody get ready to at
tend the harvest home pic mic at
Woodlands grove, on Friday.
"A. G. Hull, after two days
sight seeing visit to the county seat
of Marshall returned yesterday.
Our readers will excuse the
shortness of locals this week-we
are getting out the fair book.
The ides of September will soon
be here, and our annual fair. Are
you making any preparation for it.
-Ghattel security will get cash
any time at w. ". Scyery 4 Co.'S,
office, first door south of post Office.
Our school board will finish
the school house and thus make
room for Webster's numerous pupils
VIM. Rankin, half mile east
of Bristol, reports an average of 2S
bushels to the acre of wheat on his
farm.
The game supper given by tho
ladies of the NJ. Z. Church, on
Tuesday night, was pronounced
success.
If You want to have the best
time you ever enjoyed in Dakota.
go to the harvest home pic mic at
Woodlands grove next Friday.
ID. C. Hart, living three miles
south of Bristol, had 210 acres of
wheat in, and threshed 20, which
yielded 22t bushels to the acre.
There will be a meeting of the
Webster Alliance at the Court
House ON Saturday at 2 o'clock.
ROM. LAIRD, Sec.
We don't hear any more talk
about the new elevators that were
to be built here this fall. Have the
company interested lost their sand?
The plans and specifications for
the new Methodist Church have ar
rived, and active operations will
soon be commenced on that edifice.
There will be special commit
nication of Coteau Lodge "a, A. i.
& A. NJ, on Saturday night of this
week, for work in the Fellow Craft
degree.
Now look ont for threshing ma
chine accidents. A little care in
handling machines will prevent ac-
cidents, but don't look for anything
of the kind.
"A hunting party from Mime
apolis, was here with special car
the fore part of this week. They
were jolly crowd, and decidedly
enjoyed themselves.
You can go to the Minneapolis
Exposition for 50, go for the round
trip, which includes an admission
ticket to the show. 1t will more
than pay you to make the trip.
Tho game supper announced
for August goth, by the Ladies' Aid
of the Congregational Church, has
been postponed.
Mrs. NJ. Ecker, Secretary.
Mrs. Frank Bowen started Sat
urday morning on a visit to friends
in Minneapolis, st. Paul, Winona
and Milwaukee: We hope she will
nave all the enjoyment she antici-
pates.
MIR. Leetch is doing some good
work ditching on his addition to
Webster, which causes us to rise to
remark that we would soon be the
riproaringest town in Dakota, if we
had two or three more citizens like
Mr.. Leetch.,
MIR, Lightizcr, living south of
town, lost a valuable COW, killed by
lightning, in the storm of last week.
The stroke affected him just as if he
had been holding the handle of a
galvanic battery, and dazed him for
a few moments.
! MINNESOTA STATE FAIR.--The
@. NJ. & st. p. R'y. will sell excurs-
ion tickets including admittance to
the Fair Grounds. Sale of tickets
beginning Aug 29th to Sept 4th in
elusive. For full particulars apply