Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-05

ton as valet to Billy Mahaney, Tom
jackson now occupies the positian.
Chas. Matteson came over from Sum-
NIT Friday to complete the transfer,
through Webster Land and Loan Co., of
his half section farm heal Butler, TO
Will McCumber and his brother. The
consideration we understand was 81 400
and the purchasers have been offered
several hundred for their bargain.
Frank Nye, the head salesman of the
the Big Store of Andover, enjoyed his
Thanksgiving with friends in this city
Frank reports Andover as booming, and
says the Big Store is just it.
L. r. Foster has been confined to his
bed since Thursday evening with an ILL
ness which the doctors could not at
first identify with certainty, but ON
Monday it was pronounced rheumatic
| fever.
Mrs. c. L. Pike, who has spent some
time with Mrs. S. S. Yeager, departed
for Sisseton Tuesday evening, where
she will visit with Mrs. A. H. Yeager,
before going to her home in Hubbard,
Minnesota.
Irving Graham, the popular merchant
at Strand, was in the city Tuesday. He
reports a fine business this fall, and that
Strand now has telephone connections.
Like the merchants of this city, Mr..
Graham says the fine weather has made
the sale of heavy winter wear very slow.
Saturday was potato day in this city.
Our farmers took advantage of the ele-
CANT weather to market their tubers,
and struck a good market. Several
buyers were on the streets and owing to
bucking, the price went as high as GO
cents per bushel. Several car loads
were shipped.
The Hotel Webster got out a special
menu for Thanksgiving dinner, it was
an elaborate affair, the folder was neat
and tasty, the various dishes We're ele-
gantly prepared and nicely served in
courses. It was thoroughly enjoyed.
My host Mr., Mathews received many
deserved compliments. The Hotel Web
ster is fast gaining a reputation as one
of the best hotels on the Fl. and d.
E. A. Bradley, our genial, proficient
and accommodating station agent, and his
family spent Thanksgiving in Monte
video as guests of Mrs. Bradley'sparents.
Brad returned Friday morning, Mrs.
Bradley and the little folks remaining
for a few days visit and tomake it inter
esting for grandpapa and grandmama.
A feather tells which way the wind
blows. The pupils in the city schools
are progressing rapidly i'll their studies,
if you want to verify this fact, just
stand around in one of the places where
school books are sold and see the little
folks getting books and supplies for an
advanced grade and You a not doubt
the assertion.
The pupils of the higher department.
of our schools want a new organ, what
is more, propose to have it. For the
purpose of starting an organ fund, they
will give an entertainment at the opera
house on Friday evening, Dec. 6. Miss
Julia Sevesind has charge of the pre-
partitions and a fine entertainment is
promised bristol Tribune.
The Thanksgiving ball at the opera
house Thursday night was well attended
and a most enjoyable affair. Lunch was
served at Mahaney's lunch counter and
at Knapp's European Hotel. The music
was furnished by a four piece orchestra
consisting of Harry Hart, LIST violin;
Roy Smith, piano; o. w. Hanna, %cornet;
and Henry Thesis, slide trombone Forest
DeLapp caller. The boys received many
compliments on their efforts.
The people of the city W ere startled
about 10 o'clock Sunday morning by an
alarm of fire. The department respon-
ded promptly hut before the apparatus
arrived at the scene, VIM. Failing's res
idence i'll the Sd ward, the blaze had
been extinguished. The fire caught
from a defective chimney, and Webster
had another narrow escape from a ser
ious conflagation, for, had the fire gotten
a good Roadway with the high wind
which prevailed, there is no telling
where it would have stopped.
Mesdames Kading and Thurman
started to drive over TO Sisseton Satur-
day to attend the funeral of Dora, the
eldest daughtar of Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea
Jewell, which occurred Sunday. Little
Dora died Friday of congestion of the
lungs. The ladies were stopped at
Tamahe park by a telephone message to
the effect that Ethel, the second daugh-
ter Of the family had been taken down
with dyphtheria. They returned home