Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-17
Thursday, April II, 1902.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

T.. mbfttus VI IAOlulquISbs udSm DOuEIAJ
a stock of groceries from Aber-
deem Wholesale Grocery Company for
a new store to be located in the town
nomed in Day county. The goods will
be shipped just as soon as Mr.. Merten
can get his store building enclosed and
ready to receive them.-Aberdeen News.
The M. B. A. met at the Oddfellows'
hall Tuesday evening and re-~organized
with fifty members. The following
officers were elected and Installed: @.
s. Payne, president; Mrs. w. H.
McCumber, vice-president; j. NJ. Olson,
secretary; w. H. McCumber, treasurer;
Mrs. Harry Curtis, chaplain; Mrs. j.
NJ. Olson, conductor; H. A. Peabody,
physician; G. w. Bell, watchman; Her
man Messenger, sentry. Ice cream and
cake were served and everyone had a
good time.
f. p. Martin was over from the valley
Saturday and made us a call. MIR. M.
or sold Badly" as he is Familiarity
known, is an old friend of the senior
member Of the Reporter and Farmer
firm. We were boys together in Iowa,
came to Dakota on the same train in SO.
Mr.. Martin still lives on the same farm
he squated on in SO, before twas +
veyed. He is a hustler, came to Dakota
10 make a home, with little but deter
mine ton, good health and a good wife,
and is now in q position to enjoy the
fruits of their labors and laugh at the
hardships they underwent during the
pioneer day of the early SOS. We
enjoyed his visit very much talking
over the old times.
The Womans Thursday Club gave a
luncheon at the spacious home of Mrs.
e. w. Small Wednesday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. and Miss Kramer. At an
early hour the guests began to arrive
and at $3.50 the rooms were filed with
daintiiy gowned ladies, AT three o'clock
a fine course luncheon was served, about
forty-fye ladies participating. The
menu cards were decorated in wild rose
tied with pink and white ribbons, pink
ard white carnations were used In deco
ratious. Dnring lunch Misses Williams
and Cowan presided at the piano, Mrs.
Anderson sang an Italian love song
which was encored to the echo, Mrs.
Swensen rendered two selections in her
most charming manner, both ladies
adding greatly to the afternoon enter
tainment. All were unanimous in pro-
nouncing this one of the most delight
full functions of the year.
John Bradley wa the victim of what
came neal being a fatal accident last
Friday oon out at the pumping station.
A ditch IL feet deep had been dug in
search of a leak in the pipe leading from
the well to the water tank. While the
rest of the crew were eating their dinner
MIR. Bradley went down into the ditch
to make another effort to discover the
leak and had just succeeded in locating
it, when the bank suddenly caved in
burying him under two feet of earth.
The men Immediately set to work to
extricate him and in about a minute got
his head uncovered and in five minutes
more were able to remove him from tine
pit. MI Bradley was unconscious
when first taken out and was immedi-
ately brought to his Bristol home, where
it was found that the weight of earth
had inflicted internal injuries of a seri-
q nature. He is getting along nicely,
however, and last reports indicate that
ks viii recover, though he is still a
pretty sick man.-Bristol Tribune.
A. A. Kramer departed for st. Paul
Monday right, from there he viii go to
Oklahoma to look up a new location,
having sold his interests in this city and
decided to locate in a new field. Mr..
Kramer came to Webster in 1887, since
which time he has been identified with
the interests of the city. He is a wide
awake hustling, energetic business man
and vas unusually popular, has served
the people almost continuously as a
member of the city council or board of
education during his residence here. He
is a public spirited and progressive, was
always ready TO do his full share and
more for any enterprise, tending to
advance the interest or standing of
Webster or her people. In the depart
ure of Mr.. Kramer Webster loses one of
her best citizens. His family will fol-
low him in the neal future. Socially
the Kramer's were deservedly popular,
nc family could leave Webster who
would be missed more from the comun-
ity than the Kramers and the best
wishes for future prosperity in their
new home will go with them from a
host of Webster friends.
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