Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-05
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

from Dawson, Mimi, that Mr.. Ander-
son, brother of our states attorney, had
died after a long illness with typhoid
ever. Frank went to Dawson the first
Of the week and was present at the
time Of the brothers death.
That Webster is still on the grew is
a fact demonstrated this spring by the
number Of new buildings going up.
Last Saturday our reporter counted
nineteen buildings in course of con-
struction. Webster will O reach out
aud take in a few of these small towns.
Rev. Piethmann delivered his lecture,
''The Metaphysical Interpretation of
the Bible" at the opera house Friday
evening to a fair sized audience. 1t
was an able, scholarly effort and was
well received. The subject, however,
was too great to be fully discussed in
one evening.
A wreck occurred on the Hastings and
Dakota branch near Augusta, Mimi,
last Friday night and a car of hogs,
car of mineral water, car of coal and
five box cars went into the ditch. 1t
took two days to clear the road and
during that time the trains had to go
around on the /. and d. division max
ing the run about an hour longer and
all trains were late.
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Ole Wlckre, treasurer OF Day county,
was in Langford Monday morning
attending to business matters. Mr..
ton held in Webster last Saturday, and
a nomination ON the republican ticket
in Day county is the same thing as cleo
ton. Ole has a cinch on the best Office
in Day county for two more years
Langford Bugle.
A Sioux Falls dispatch says: 1T will
be a source of genuine pleasure to many
thousands of South Dakotans to learn
that Rt. Rev. w. III. Hare of this city,
Episcopal bishop of South Dakota, who
was recently taken critically ill at the
home of his son in Philadelphia, is
much improved and will return to Sioux
Falls and South Dakota about the mid
die of May"
A farewell reception was given Rev.
p. l.. Curtiss Saturday evening at the
G.. A. r. Hall by the members of the
fret Conprapat;opa1 oL,~ob 80 Eorl-
ton. Rev. Curtiss was an especial
~favorite with the young people, and the
church regrets his departure from his
charge. He will leave this week for
Webster, where he takes charge of the
church at that place. Minneapolis
Journal.
The rattle of the drums last Friday
brought every body from their places
of business to hear our band render one
of those fine street concerts. This is
the first time the boys have been out
this summer and they show plainly the
results of a long winters practice. The
streets were soon crowded with the
lovers of music and the way they
encored them after each piece rendered
showed their appreciation for good
music. Come again boys.
The ticket as nominated at the state
convention held at Sioux Falls this
week will be found on another page of
this issue. The following delegates
were elected-to represent this state at
the national convention to be held in
Chicago in June: Finch, of Day, Davis
Of Aurora, Hughes, of Potter, Warner,
of Hamlin, Driscoll, Of Lawrence, Rings
rub, of Elk Point. The regular dele
cations from Roberts and Grant were
seated, the state convention taking the
same action as the judicial convention
held here a week ago.
f. N. lee, of .B~ritton, and Arthur
Arnett, of Webster, came down last
Thursday to look after their general
store here which they purchased from
Il. III. Blume. Mr.. Arnett will remain
here as manager of the business aud
intends to build a home and move his
family here as soon as ne can get a
suitable location. This firm intends
10 completely clean out tho old Blume
stock and when they move into the new
Issenhuth building north of the post
Office they will putfna stock of new
goods. -Redfield Journal Observer.
AT the meeting Of the board of
education last Monday evening the
teachers for the ensuing year were
elected. All of the present teachers
who applied were elected and il is TO be
regretted that the entire corps could not
be retained. The teachers elected were:
superintendent, VIM. A. Thompson;
principal. Elsie Gibbs; assistant princi-
pal, Lillian Lancaster; seventh grade,
Nellie Steady; fifth and sixth grades,
Miss Dexheimer; fourth grade, Miss
Bailey; third grade. Mrs. Ballou; second
grade, Minnie Walton; first grade,
Matte Burns.
Seven to three was the tune played
on the diamond at Bristol last Sunday
afternoon when orr high school boys