Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-05
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Tue price oil q Few quarts OF milk if he
needs 1T. There are seven patients. in.
GLIDING a baby, depending on the milk
Tor nourishment and it is dangerous tn
change cows. So if you must have milk
call on Mr.. Fullmer but let the cow
alone.
The Aberdeen ball team defeated the
Condo and Britton teams, and scored
two victories over a so-caIled Palace
clothing Co. nine of st. Paul. The
falace team played at Lacrosse. Wis.
on the same day as the Tacoma Park
game with Aberdeen, so it likely a rump
team was sent ont here. Aberdeen viii
nave TO go after bigger game if she ex-
poets to RAM up in the championship
class.
McCleland Hust and wife, Mrs. Otis
kerlln and children came over on the
stage from Watertown Saturday TO
spend a couple OF weeks visiting old
Webster friends. Clel and Frank
Grnby went out to the lake Saturday
night, the ladies and children followed
Sunday. Mrs. Hust and Mrs. Kerlin
are brother and sister aud are consins
OF Mrs Paul Gruby. They were resi-.
dents OF Webster some years ago.
Last Thursday q rumor was put in
circulation that Mrs Bertha Holm.
daughter OF Conrad kohlhase, had
passed away at her homein Wells, MINI.
For q time her friends were greatly dis
tressed but an investigation proved the
rumor ~uniounded, for on that day she
arrived at Dell Rapids in company with
her brother Otto. The latest news
from there states the change OF scene
and air has greatly improved her con-
dition.
The street sprinkler has gone out of
comm IssiOn for the want OF water, the
railwa y co mpany having decided it
Gould nc lon ger furnish water from it's
The suggestion has been made
that the city Use the water IN the old
city well at the intersection of Main
Street and 2nd avenue where it is said
there is a bountiiul supply. 1t would
probably prove troublesome to pump
it into the sprinkler, but it would be
worth considerable trouble ii the clouds
OF dust which sweep Main st. could be
kept down.
]. G. Bush arrived from Wells, MINI.
Monday after an absence of several
years and spent n couple OF days greet
ing old friends and Appropriateness
"Cappy" does not look n day older
than when he left, he was one OF the
first white settlers in Day county.
knows the history of Webster from it,
foundation and expressed astonish-
meRt at its wonderful growth. He left
Wednesday morning for Fulda, MINI.
to be present at a family reunion to be
held there on the Fourth.
\ The Joke is on Mike Thul and Eric
Sandvig. They had arranged to salute
Frank Wilcox and bride Tuesday morn
ing after the ceremony and seeing a
covered carriage coming DOWN the
street they proceeded to explode a few
cannon crackers in honoroft the occasion
but to their chagrln the carriage contain
ed Mrs. Small and Mrs. chsenreIter who
were rather astonished ut the reception
they received. MIR. aud Mrs. Wilcox
walked quietly down from the Court
house TO the depot where they received
a shower of rice.
Thevdo say that some young gent in
this city is figuring on an AUTOMOBILE"
foYSIse be tween Webster and Pickerel
hke. 1t is said they have II search
light that migat be handy nights, be-
sides there are no harnesses 70 break
and they put better material in the
springs, and il you lett Webster at
eight O'Clock IN the evening me could
make the lake before six a.. m. The
Elevator Store don't handle them reg
uIarly but Elliott thinks he eau get the
trade discounts. Just watch Toms
smoke next Fourth.
Married, Tuesday July B, hy Judge
Joseph j. Cowan, Frank Wilcox to
Anna +. Miller. The groomis orr on
ergetic and capable Chief of Police,
an old resident well and faoIably
known to every man, woman and child
in the community. The bride ~ a
charming Young lady possessed oil those
womanly. attributes which adorn aud
make happy a home. The happy couple
left Immediately after the ceremony for
Maud. MINI. where they will spend
their honeymoon. The Reporter extends
congratulations and wishes the newly
married folks happiness aud prosperity.
The dry spell in this section was brck-
en- Sunday by n heavy down-pour OF
rain, accompanied by some hail and "A
high wind which at times assumed cy-
CLONE proportions 1t was the most
severe Storm which has visited these
parrs for a long time and the list OF
damages to property aud crops ~ a
large one. The rain visited the entire
county. barring the south tier oil town
ships, where scarcely any rain Tell. TIE
north and west portions OF the county
caught more rain, but the east bore the
brunt of the wind aud hail and it Was
here where the most damage WAS IN
aicted. Morton township suffered most
severely from hail, a number oi crops
being Wiped out completely. Rnsk.
Racine. Waubay. parts OF Webster,
Raritan. Granville and Nntley town
ships report hail losses. In Butler town.
sbin n number OF barns were wrecked
or moved from their foundations. In
Waubay village the storm was more
severe. eight buildings being wrecked
aud one serious accident reported A
son az John Scllmeig, IA lad OF eight or
ten wears. was caught by u falling barn
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