Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-25

Every person who attended the beue-
ft Monday night loudly praise each
number on the program it was cleverly
shown that Webster has talent second
to no place. The audience was very
appreciative.
/ will put up the largest copper cable
rod made for Is cents per foot; points,
balls and all complete. To parties fur
nishing their own points l will furnish
the rods for 1919 cents per foot.
+. II. Russell.
Mr.. Twinraim, who lives northeast
of this city, brought in the first load of
new barley Wednesday 20 be marketed
at this market. 1t was an a number
one grade of barley and went 45 bushels
TO the acre.
- Having opened a shop for
repairing shoes, upstairs over Hammer.
bacheI & Compauy's hardware store.
| am prepared to do repairing of all
kinds on short order.
Nick Grossman.
Atlas Knapp made a trip TO Aberdeen
Monday. He says Mrs. Knapp will not
be able to return to Webster for some
time as she is detained i'll Aberdeen by
the serious illness of her sister, Miss
Lucy Wendt.
There is but one genuine Cross Creek
Lehigh hard Goa and it is sold exclu-
sively i'll Webster by Wearne. 1t gives
more heat burns longer and cleaner
than any other kind of bard coal.
Order now.
Manson Rexford aud D.. Lull drove
over from Waubay Tuesday. In con-
versation with Mr.. Rexford we learned
that the hail storm of Saturday wrought
considerable havoc with the crops in
the vicinity of Waubay.
All records in life insurance business
has recently been broken by the New
York Life, the agents of this company
having written sixty-seven millions in
six weeks. Wearne, their local agent.
did his share.
A. Erickson and John Henry, of
Mason City, Iowa, arrived in this city
last Monday morning and are looking
over the prospects for buying a Day
county farm with the idea of making
their homes here in the future.
Another evidence that South Dakota
is forging to the front as a state of
blooded stock would be seen at the
railroad station in this city Tuesday
morning when H. o. Wicker shipped
six fine Duroc Jersey Redboar pigs to
Illinois.
Mrs. Logan, who has been visiting
the families or her brothers, David and
John Williams for a couple of weeks,
returned to her home in Chicago Wed
nesday evening. John Williams accom-
panied her home for a visit with his
mother.
The little son of George Lemon was
playing in the barn last Thursday after
and in some manner fell out of
the upstairs window and sustained a
broken arm. DR.. Herman was called
and set the injured member and the
little fellow is getting along nicely.
David Williams and w. H. Chard. of
the Williams B Brothers Lumber Com
pany, went down to Summit Monday
to estimate the damage done by the
storm Saturday night. The gentlemen
report a very bad hail storm in the
vicinity of Summit. Their yard al
that station did % suffer as much
damage rs at first reported.
Lou Gruby, who arrived in this city
about a month ago and who has been
stationed at Pickerel lake where he was
training a bunch of dogs for the fall
sport, came into the city Saturday and
that evening departed for Crookston,
Mimi, having learned that the shooting
would be better there than in this sec.
ton this fall.
G. +. Cole has returned to this city
and opened an Office in the hotel Web,
ster for the Edwards, Wood commission
company. The company having
decided that this was one Of the best
points IN the Milwaukee for the tran
sation of their business. Mr.. Cole has
any number of friends in Webster who
rejoice his return.
Erickson and johnson did the battery
work for the WATERFOWL team in their
fast game last Sunday with the volgt
team. The Volga team won the game
but a letter from there states that i
was no fault of the battery, but tina
the support was very weak. Varco ant
Rogers are with the Volga team wher,
they will finish the season. johnson
will finish the season with the Brook
ings team.
Last Wednesday morning some timt