Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-11

Monuments and Gravestones at Ben
lamm X Fosters. Everything from the
cheapest marble to the most expensive
bronze.
The Y. p. s. G. f. will hold q wheel
social at the home Of Mrs. Fish, three
miles south OF town, Friday evening
Aug. 10. Those having no way OF 60
ing Will find wheels furnished near the
Commercial at I o'clock. Every body
invited.
We don't believe in that old proyerb,
let well enough alone; it was good
enough for M forefathers, but not for
us. When a man wants a suit he isn't
s satisfied until he gets the best. That
means the b. X. & Co. make.-H. G.
Tegtmeier.
a glee club gave a very enjoyable con
cert in front OF the Commercial Monday
e vening TO the delight Of a large crowd.
The party were from Kansas City on
he road to Coggswell, N. D., to work
in the harvest fields and took this
method OF defraying expenses en-route.
P.J Wagner, OF Webster, was visiting
RE nds and relatives in MiIbank and
vicinity Monday. Mr.. Wagner buys
heat for Strong & Co. at Webster and
is also auditor for this district. He had
inst returned from Slsseeon where the
company owns an elevator.-Gran Co.
Review.
E. W. Waldron, of Oaks, N. d., arrived
in this city Monday. We understand he
will succeed G. Z. Anderson as manager
of the st. Croix Lumber Co.'S ward at
this point, the latter gentleman having
resigned the position in the cause of
suffering humanity and will soon start
out as a dispenser OF Patent medicines.
fhe many friends in this vicinity OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Fl. Allen will be
grieved to hear OF the death Of their 9
year old daughter, Lizzie Clara. She
had been taken i'll with measles, but her
sickness terminated in spinal meningitis
and she passed awaJ Aug. 2, at her
parents home in Burlington Junction,
Missouri.
We were in Day county last week and
were surprised to see the immense crop
of wheat and other small grain in our
neighborlng county. In our Judgment
twenty bushels TO the acre would not
be an over estimate. The cutting will
not begin on those highlands to any
extent before next week,-Aberdeen
Sentinel.
Rev. W. B. Hubbard departed Thurs
day night for Minneapolis taking his
son John for treatment for appendicitis
An operation was found necessary, was
s uccessfully performed by Dr. Abbott
and word has been received that the
| ad stood the operation well and will
recover. Mr.. Hubbard will return Fri
day morning.
Mrs. w. l.. Doe and son Roy departed
Wednesday night for Minneapolis
where they will reside in the future, w.
l.. having a situation with a machine
company with headquarters in that
city. The departure of Mrs. Doe will
c create quite q void in church and social
circles in both OF which che was quite
prominent. A large number OF friends
were at the depot to see them Oh.
The old Gibson store building has
been moved by Contractor kendall to
the lots in the rear of where Ii stood
and excavation is now going on Tor The
brick bull ding to take it's place This
building will be 25x142, feet, connected
with the present store, giving a floor
space OF 5Ox104, the rear 36 feet to bs
used Ms a warehouse. The old building
will be fitted upfor Offices ON the first
floor and living rooms above.
C. S. McKennett came over from Lily
Friday to take In the ball game. Claud
infor ms us that Uncle Barber returned
from the Omaha exposition by rail
having driven all the way down in
road cart and started back by the same
conveyance, but on arriving at a point
he found the trip was going to be toe
much for him so shipped his outfit and
took the train home. When you con-
slider the old gentleman is past 10 year.
OF age it was a pretty weary undertake
ing.
Thos. LAWYER and wife, OF Webster
arrived Tuesday morning aud have
witnessed the ball games here this week
Mr.. LAWYER is q prominent grain buyer
at the Day county metropolis and OF
the side successfully pilots the strongest
aggregation OF ball tossers in the state
He is a very enthusiastic champion Q
the great national game and is a per
feet encyclopedia Of base ball lore. un
til recent years he has umpired a grea
many games and in this capacity 1t j
safe to say he has no equal outside OF