Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-10

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SC. Crosby Of Waubay was in the city
Tuesday, displaying Clark's patent milk
cooler. one OF the best made. He has a
number OF them and is Offering them TO
farmers dirt cheap. In localities not
Fri hntary TO the creamery, this cooler
will be found to be oil inestimahle value.
John II. Lund received a wire last
Friday from q brother at Bismarck,
North Dakota. stating that ne bad met
with "a serions accident MIR. land could
not get away on account Of BIS eourt
duties, but Il brother who lives at
Mound City went mp, aud re,orts the
case as a remarkably severe ore Her
mar Lund. the young sufferer, lives al
Coal Harbor, North Dakota. and met
with the accident while freighting a load
OF merchandise from Velva. the nearest
railway point. He was walking by the
wagon to keep warm when he slipped
and fell under the wheels, hich passed
over him, breaking a leg and arm and
badly crushing them. He was not dis
covered for sixty-two hours, and when
found his arms aud legs We're SO badly
frozen that it was probably necessary to
amputate them.
The University Extension club meets
every Monday evening in the high school
building, and is ALWAYS well-attended.
Much interest is taken in the work by
the members. no pains being spared by
those assigned topics for papers to
make them complete aud interesting.
This organization cannot help but be Of
great benefit TO those attending the
meetings, Tor each subject is thoroughly
discussed by those present. David Will
liams, president l.. g. Oehsenreiter,
vice president Mrs. j. H Mccoy, srcre-
tary, aud Pro- L. A. Miller, leader. are
the principal Ulcers, and they keep the
work right mp to the line laid out by the
course oil study. The club has finished
the Egyptian and Grecian histories, and
iidS fttttutif iuhtn UP ia Il ufl WtS
"a large attendance at the last meeting
and the subjects oil the different papers
were we'll handled. John III. Lnnd gave
an informal talk on the history OF Rome
which was very interesting. Mrs. G.. o.
Norris contributed a valuable paper on
the extension OF the empire, and l.. G..
Ochsenreiter had for his subject, Car
thage VIZ. Rome, and described AT length
the causes and results of the Punic wars .
The fine weather and absence OF snow
SO far this winter have occasioned much
Joy to all Dakotans and especially to
in by the heavy SHOWS last season. A
number of the local sports have repeated
Il urged the fitness OF appointing a day
for general sports, and Tuesday was
finally selected as the date for a mid
winter field day. Tuesday AFTERNOON a
large crowd witnessed and enjoyed an
extended program at the fair grounds.
The principal event was the trotting
race which had four entries. Squire
Kendall and W. 6. Warner acted as
starters, and Jos Maloney and ThOs.
Maloney were the official judges. The
entries were Flossie b, driven by Clark
Hart, Rachel, driven by John Norton,
Oliver ID. driven by ID. Gotten, and Maek
Skiels, formerly u Brittor horse, driven
by Pinkie Smith. They got oil in fine
shape on the last heat IN the order given
above. FIossie, who had the pole, kept
ahead OF the bunch until the home
stretch was reached, when Rachael took
the lead, winning by a length, Flossle
second, oliver third and Mack fourth.
The latter horse slipped a scalper and
did not finish. Time, $40. II. G. Tegt-
meier took a hall dozen photographs OF
the races which make a strong contrast
TO the snow views taken this time last
year.
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