Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-18
For Wisdom, Culture, Refinement
and a Better Civilization.

The "rradcrs" under this head are contri
the immediate supervision of Mrs. Frank
Gibson as EditOr.l
The W'C.T T. L. will meet with Mrs.
Goodwin en- til" afternoon of Jan. "A.
Tth Anti-SaIoon League distributed
last year in this state, over a million
pages of temperance literature.
1.-THE boy is the name of a new journ,
al published by the anti-cigaret league
in the interests of the boys of America.
1t has II staff of boy editors.
The Bible study for that meeting in
cludes the stories of Ruth and Vashti.
Two topics for discussion are physical
Culture" and SUNDAY School Work."
The Polk county Iowa citizens com
mittee for the suppression of intemper-
ance, has challenged the validity of 5000
names ont of $40 attached to the brew
prs' petition asking privilege to manu-
facture intoxicating liquors in the city of
Dps Moines.
The National w. c. T. L. is shortly to
organize its work in Mexico. Agitation
has been quietly in progress since 1896,
when Mrs. Helen Stoddard of Texas,
visited the field, lectured and obtained
hundreds of signatures to the temperance
pledge,
The following was written by Rhena f.
Mosher, On. of our National Y. Organi-
zers. The town mentioned Berea, Ken
lucky Berea College is located there.
have been visiting 9 union in a little
town of ab"ut eight hundred population,
a town where there arr no sal,Ons. This
little band of women Is doing such excel
lent work tina | want YOU all to know
about 1t.
They kept up what they call an" In.
dustrial " There are many poor people In
the tow, SON. of hem having come from
he mountain regions to put their child.
r"n in,o school, 20 he ". CT U. have
,cnted hall, and one dar in the week
six mon his of the Year this j. open fol
| w Tx hlIIl llVhaN al hht'u
of the country send t. them boxes an6
bnrrel~ IF 9th =. Women from M
un,Ou 90 To tn hall in the mornin "nd
gel the work ready, cutting, planning
! etc amt II he a teruoon women, abou
ffty them, c me in aud work on tnest
Icarm.nts. hey are Taught 20 sew anC
match they tri II hats, make baby h,Od
riere bedsuilts AID work on all sorts o
garments. Thes women are affowe'
five GEMS az hour for their work an'
Ithay take tb. i pay II some o' the gaI
mtnts. there IRE always III re app.
Cauts than .lt. can Accommodate 50 ~
union takes fifty women ia 'ee month
and then takes On another set Of wome.O
While tnp women sew som" n talk
10 them on =. m opic uf interest," I
mothers and tousekee oers-temperanc
purity. hygi.nic cooking. They all er
low the afternoon SO much, aud wit
some it is all the social OF religious Ill
they COM in contact with.
We know that in many homes, Their
is much good literature which is destroy
I'd. and we know also that 10 OF er home
there are boy and girls as well a. adui
who are eager Tor something fea" VI
who have not the means to obtain j
hence our plan: Permission has bee
granted us to place a table in the pos
office wherein We will endeavor to kee
a supply of good reading matter, wh'c
shall be free to those who care to ava
themselves of the privilege. This on
il not limited to residents OF Webste
lint il cordially extended to all tho
}! living in the surrounding district.
All persons who have magazines
o,har periodicals which they will devo
"a to this purpose are requested < info'
" Mrs, Mntteson who hHs the matter
charge, or any member OF our i'
union.