Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-04
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T"'opVSo duu ucSp. hlCef o nave given
a thorough examination you will use
NO other.
D: W. Barras departed Tuesday night
LOT New York to meet his brother, who
arrives Saturday from England, and
VIII accompany him back to Webster.
billy expects to be gone about 10 days.
Hon. Charles H. Burke, member OF
congress, and Hon. David Eastman,
commissioner OF school and public lands,
came down Wednesday morning from
Groton, where they spoke the evening
before, and spent the day with Webster
friends.
Station Agent Bradley is enjoying a
visit from his mother, Mrs. Mary Brad
ley, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. +. c.
Bradley and two children, Ruth Valen-
tine and Gaylord, of Clinton Junction,
Wis. The folks will remain two weeks
or longer.
Mrs. r. A. Fulimer received a letter
Friday conveying the sad intelligence
OF the death at her old horne in Bellevue,
o., OF her sister, Miss Catherine White,
on Sept. Is. Deceased was buried from
st. Mary's Catholic church, of which she
was a member, Sept. Is.
W. L. and Morgan Curtis of Petoskey,
Mich. departed Wednesday morning
for home, going by way of Sioux Falls.
While here Mr. Curtis became the owner
OF an one-tbird interest in the cattle
business OF Williams & Sandvig. The
firm now owns 700 head of young t.
tie, running on their range on the reser-
walton.
j. NJ. Thornton had sufficiently recoy-
cred from his recent illness TO come to
town Saturday. One of his friends
hailed him with the remark: "Why, I
thought you were dead" "Not much"
said Jim. you couldn't kill me with a
club until after election. / will east one
to swell the republican majority this fall
and don't you forget it," -.. e..
A sewer, Is inches square, IS being
laid at a depth of s feet on the west side
of the Main street block beginning at
Flagstad's corner and extending to the
City hotel corner. Street Commissioner
Wilcox is superin tending the work.
When completed the question of cellar
drainage in that block will be solved
greatly to the relief of residents and
merchants.
There will be n political picnic and fair
for the benefit OF St. Joseph's church
OF Frank Leahman's grove, Grenville
township, on Thursday, October 25th.
Speakers Of the republican and demo-
pop parties will be in attendance. All
are invited to be present. This invita-
ton is extended jointly by the republic
can aud demo-pop committees of Gren-
willie township. Speaking willcommenee
alto II. IN.
1.-THE Ainsworth musical depot in
the Wallace Block, under the direction
|of I. c. Olson is now the popular resort
for musicians of the aity-the place
where they make purchases, of all kinds
of sheet music and musical merchandise
generally. They sell such celebrated
makes in pianos as Harry +. Miller,
Lakeside, hieni6eld, Schubert, Kimball,
Schimmel, Kingsbury and Conover. In
lorgans Clough 4 Warren, Farrand &
(Votey, Western Cottage and Chicago
Cottage,
Herman Olson departed for Fargo, n.
D., Sunday night in response to a tele-
gram informing him of the critical ill
ness OF his brother Charles, but he ar
rived too late as his brother had passed
away. He had been suffering from APP
pendicitis and had undergone an opera
ton from which he was recovering
nicely when pneumonia set in and carried
him off. The remains were taken to
Minneapolis Tuesday for interment.
Charley was a former resident of this
city and leaves n large circle OF friends
to mourn his early demise.
The two days fair given in aid OF st.
Michael's church In Nutiey township
proved q social and financial success, a
good time being enjoyed by all and a
neat sum being raised to lift the incum-
brance on the building. The Webster
band went up Sunday TO help enli ven
the occasion and won loud praise from
the parishIoners and Others for their
enterprise, good feeling and fine music.
1t is estimated that about 10 Webster
ties were in attendance and il was a
veritable Mecca for political candidates
OF both parties.
4 good congregation listened to an
able discourse at the Methodist church
on Sunday eveg:ng by Presiding Elder
Duane Riienbark. The morning sermon
on Expansion" by the pastor must
have met the appreciation of the people,
az they responded TO an appeal for be-
nevolences by contributing $3.50. The
past year has been the best in the his
tory Of the church. The pastors salary
has been paid in full, benevolences met
and all debts paid. About $1,000 has
been contributed for church work; 20
added to- tbe church and 20 baptized.
Not content with this, the trustees have
purchased n parsonage, expecting that
the good work ~wilfeQntlnue.
Rev. William Helm, pastor OF the Ger
man NJ. Il. church, will preach his fare
we'll sermon on Sunday morning ac'
1880 in the Morton church, near Chas.
Ebert's, in Morton township. MIR. Helm
aud family will leave next week for
Spencer, Iowa, where he will labor for
the coming year. He closes his second
year OF this charge, having accomplished
a great change in this field OF labor.
Three churches were bnilt in this period,
all old Indebtedness was paid Of. not a
single dollar OF Indebtedness remaining
on a church or parsonage. 1t is a mag
nifcent record % ability aud it is noyT6.
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