Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17


Read Gunderson's new ad on the
first page. S.
{. H. C. Stephens called on US last
Saturday. 80. :. ID, d.
/; MIR. Bennett was 2 HERALD caller
Saturday last. !. 3. a.. 4
Old papers for sale cheap at the
HERALD Office.
-Wanted-A few bushels OF corn or
oats on subscription. '"
Read carefully, cur clubbing list
and Subscribe Now.
Go to A. Gunderson for a loan be-
fore trying elsewhere. -
This is 2 good month to settle up
some of your back subscriptions.
S. O. McElwain OF Templeton made
a very welcome call yesterday.
Henry, Kneiriem replenished our
larder with some nice hams. Thanks.
Now is the. time to pay up and take
advantage of our advance price and
clubbing list.
Eff you havn't met with the Vim
dicator, be sure and call for one at
Roth Brothers. H. =, ii
John Holmes school at the Titus
District, Harmony.township, has been
discontinued. -.
Presiding elder Bradford preached
very able. sermon Sunday morning at
the M. Echurch. t. .,.'.a. VIZ.
AS soon as your subscription to
the HERALD expires send us $3.50 and
get receipt for 81 numbers.
{ Wanted,@A young man to work on
farm for the entire year. Moderate
wages. Inquire at this office
y Absolutely pure baking powder and
havoring extracts, in bulk at DIR. Ma
thias' drug store. 221tf
THE HERALD Office is prepared to
doall kinds OF job work, note heads,
letter heads, statements, sale bills, ETC.
II will make you a special rate on
your final Homestead proof. Come
and see me before starting proof
Albert Gunderson.
Announcement.
in order to avoid financial embar-
EASEMENT, we will sell all our winter
goods at cost. Roth Brothers.
II. H. Shryock gladdened our sane
tum Saturday. He is one of our plucky
young farmers who has good word
for Dakota. 1t
The HERALD family enjoyed Wis
it from Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Castleman
the first Of the week. Mrs. c. is a sis.
ter Of "ye',' Editor.
The /. 0. G. Us will give an oyster
supper and sociable in the court house
hext W ednesday evening. the 22nd inst
"A good time is expected.
MIR. Chris Clodt one of Jerauld
courty's prosperous farmers came in
Monday and added his name to our
list of pay-in-advance Subscribers.
Owing to mismanagement in this
office, the Educational column does
not appear this week. a few items OF
Urgency will be found in the local col.
umns signed /. S. B.
Travelling men will find good
place to stop at the Woodhurn House
when in Washington Springs. Geo
Price, the proprietor, will take good
care Of the tired and hungry.
Owing to repeated failures to have
3 meeting Of the North West teachers
institute it has been indefinitely post.
poned, the teachers in that district are
invited to attend some other institute
where the distance is n9t too great. i
81
We RECEIVED q letter from Peter
NVeiland at GAINESVILLE Wis, asking for
q blizzard copy OF the HERALD, as his
failed to reach him. He is glad to see
the Herald reporting the happenings
in the county, whether good or bad
secret or open, crooked or straight.
Miss Nora Miles who is teaching
in Pierce county, Nebraska, piloted
eighteen pupils through the blizzard
of the l2th ult. to her boarding place
half mile distant. She was very for
tunate in not becoming bewildered
and lost. Her sister Nettle, a Jerauld
county teacher evidently thought "dis
erection the better part of yalor" and
kept her scholars in the school house
by a good fire all night. This act Of
prudence was highly recommended by
parents and school officers.
When teachers present themselves
for their pay, school clerks should in
quire of them whether they attended
the last institute in their district or
hot, and if they can't show reasonable
excuse for non-attendance the penalty
should be applied. Sickness of the
teacher or others to whom his or her
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