Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-03
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South Dakota
G.cera, State News
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of Elkton, had her leg amputated sh.
was injured some time ago In a rim.
away.
Stock raisers report that wolves ara
killing sheep in Kingsbury county
One mar living near Arlington has los,
thirty head.
Rev. l.. Harold Forde, pastor OF tha
Presbyterian church at Salem. has .,
fered his resignation to take effect ,ba
last Of December.
Mrs. Mary Anna Schaffer died AZ
Scotland at the age of ninety.thres
She was one Of the pioneer settlers q,
Bon Homme county.
Thieves entered Gorgensen's talon.
Ing establishment at Huron and car.
red away two o~vercoats and othe,
wearing apparel valued at 500 on
more.
Castal,a, which is one Of the oldes,
towns in Charles Mix county is en-.
joying a substantial growth. Several
new business houses have been estab.
lished.
Wakarda can safely claim to have
the best telephone connection of any
town of its size in the state. This fall
ninety rural and thirty-six town phones
place.
A Socialist club was organized at
Heela and the following officers elect.
ed: Chairman, M. S. Boyer; literary
agent. e. G. Cole; secretary-treasurer.
A. e. Clark.
Under the direction OF the South Da.
kota Sunday School association, a re-
liglous census was taken of Yankton
by a board OF numbering
about fifty.
Ernest Yahr OF Deadwood, fifteen
years old, accidentally discharged his
gun and the charge took effect in his
side at the waist line, inAicting a dan
gerous wound.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company is experiencing some diff
fculty In preventing the greatest
freight blockade known on the Dakota
division of the system,
Mrs. James Gavin has instituted
suit against the town OF Platte to re-
cover damages OF $4,000 for injuries
alleged to have been sustained by fall.
ing on a slippery sidewalk.
Gilbert & Grimm have disposed Of
their harness shop. stock. fixtures. etc,
at Salem, to William Webb Of Sac
City, Iowa. Mr.. Webb will take pos
session the first Of the new year.
The Missouri river is being crossed
at Evarts by foot passengers, closing
two weeks earlier than In previous
years. Capt. Sauer is taking the Win
ME out of the river for the season.
The Odd Fellows Of Frankfort have
decided on Dec. IL as the date for the
dedication Of their new lodge building.
The new waterworks system at Ga,
coma has been completed and Is 10
operation
Two freight engines on the Mllwau
kee were partially wrecked in the
yards at Mitchell by a collision. Inn
mediately after the accident Ed Wal
brun, an engineer. telegraphed his res
ignation to Supt. Beardsley.
Recently the farmers living south.
west OF IroQuois held two meetings 10
arrange for the construction Of a ru'
raj telephone line to connect with the
lroquois system. Prospects for the
building of the line are bright.
Connections have been made at Par.
ker with the Farmers telephone line.
which extends from that place and
has eighty-seyen subscribers In the
rural precincts This makes five rural
lines which connect with the Parker
system.
Henry A. G.. Rose, a Milbank ply
sician, has fled a petition In voluntary
bankruptcy In the United States court
In Sioux Falls. He schedules his LA
bilitits at s3,05S.15 and his assets at
$1,000. He says that property TO the
value Of s~1.134.50 is exempt,
The annual meeting OF the school
officers Of Clay county will be held
In Vermillion on Dec. z. G. w. Nash.
state superintendent, will be present
Each officer attending Is allowed $lSo
for the day. the money to be paid By
the district board OF which he is .
member.
Little light has been thrown on the
condition OF affairs at the Egan State
bank. State Bank Examiner Have
meyer and the committee have been
at work since the institution closed.
but have been unable to discover any
fraudulent work on the part OF the
cashier. @. L. Struble.
E. w. Taylor. n OF the leading IT.
torneys of Webster, has formed a "a"
partnership with ex-Judge A. w. Camp
bell OF Aberdeen, TO take effect Jan. l,
and will soon move to that city. MI.