Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-24
LOCAL

SPECIAL efforts this week to suit che
| country trade at theCity Millinery Store
| Ladies trimmed dress hats in black aud
| white from $l.00 up. Childrens and
Misses white straw trimmed from 80
cents up A special line in Ladies and
girls ready to wear straw hats all coiors
at 75 and 80 cents and LOO. These
Nprices cannot be beat. One block west
|pf Postoffice.
City Millinery Store.
A. Ainsworth of Watertown has
established an agency for the sale of
musical Instruments in the Wallace
block in this city with I. G.. Olson in
charge. In Pianos they handle sue h
celebrated makes as Henry f. Miller,
Lakeside, Merriield, Schumnel, Keys
bury and Conover. lie organs, Clough
& Warner, Farrand & Votey, Wester n
Colleges and Chicago College also sheet
Nmusic OF all kinds and a genera line OF
Musical merchandise.
The c. NJ. & st. p. Ry. Co. will sell
excursion tickets to OrtonviIle and Riy
Stone City for lake business on Fridays
aud SATURDAYS good returning the fol-
lowing Mondays at $3.50 for the round
trip. This rate in effect until Oct. 81.
Excursion tickets sold TO the Repub.
bean state convention at st. Paul.
June p aud %, return June 30. Que
fare for round trip.
Special rates to Sioux Falls A. O. L.
W. meeting June 8 and 10.
L. A. Bradley, Agt.
One OF the most successful entertain
ments given at this place for a long
time was that at the Methodist Church
yesterday evening by the Gustava Male
quartet, whose singing delighted our
local musicians. Their fine voices Har-
mcnize splen dldly. aud the solos would
40 credit to u professional. Miss
Eisiner. who accompanies the quartet is
a talented elocutionist aud u Young
lady OF rare personal attractions,
Should they again visit our town they
VIII b. greeted by Il much larger audi
ehca-Th Ohiowan, 0hiowan, Neh.-
They will appear mt the NJ. 4. church
Saturday evening, June 9.
Z. J. Day, the Watertown tombstone
man, erec'ed in the city cemetery Sntur-
Gay a fine monument to the memory of
the late W. G. Kendall. 1t is OF a hand
some aud original dpsign-a limestone
base } ieet X 8 in. supports a white
marble suh-base 2B 1t. X II in. X 8 in
bearing the name Kendall in embossed
letters. This IL surmOunted by n mas
slfe cube OF Florence marble ~ X 2 TT.
rom POINT to point. on which is in
scrioed m A.. o. I. w. badge, his name
aye, date OF death, with the words
Farewell we will meet again." Lower
down appears Free in heart true i'm
hand" it Is II decided ornament IL the
cemetery and reflects great credit upon
it's designer.
After the immediate excitement Of the
hre had dled away, it appeared ~ great
er wonder than eyer that the city pscap.
ed at least partial destruction. The
bushels 81 cEulrred cinders covering the
southwestern portion testified STRONGLY
70 the extreme danger through which
the city had passed. When it is taken
INTO considera ton that iha gallant
night against the further prdgreSs al tbc
names was made with n limited water
supply and the chemical engine. with
frequent alarms from sections distant
from the scene OF fire, the work of tbe
hfe ngiIters appears miraculous. The
city OF Webster has every reason TO be
proud OF ITS fire department. Every
was at his post mud every order
was obeyed willingly and without
question.
Ihe ruins prove a source OF interest
to visitors to the city and many are the
calculations OF surprise at the escape OF
the city. The insurance and salvage
men were on the ground early FRIDAY
morning y the adjustment OF losses
promptly attended TO. The Griggs Co.
OF st. Paul purchased the damaged
grain OF the Empire Co. for 1926 and
the Strong Co. for$550. ID. Bonn.
saved about GOO bushels of fax
and mis- damaged grain brought 1850.
Williams and Kramer received Tor their
'alvage $500.
The Gibson loss is estimated at alb out
$50. The building which is owned by