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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
MARRIED AT WEBSTER,
Miss Lillian Lancaster Becomes
The Wife of John III. Selmser.

On Wednesday, August 10Th, occurred
at the home of the brides parents at
Webster, the marriage of John H. Selm-
ser to Miss Lillian Lancaster. The
wedding was very pretty one and was
attended by quite number of friends
those attending from Watertown being
Mrs. Selmser, mother of the groom, Mr..
and Mrs. F. l.. Smith and Miss Eva
Johnson. The rooms were darkeEed,
beautifully festoned and decorated with
flowers and other decorations, and
under the soft electric lights presented
very dainty appearance The bridal
pair stood on white rug in the bay
window under beautiful floral arch.
Rev. Mr.. Curtiss performed the cere-
mony, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Hardness.
The bride was dressed in pure white
and the groom in traditional black.
After the ceremony sumptus wedding
supper was served and the bridal couple
left onsthe east bound train.
Both the contracting parties arc we'll
known in WATERFOWL, the groom hav-
ing lived here from -boyhood. He has
held various positions of trust and
responsibility and is now the trusted
and popular agent of G w. VanDusen
& Company at this point. Nearly every
body around Watertown knows John
and everybody who knows him likes
him and has a good word to say for
him. Miss Lancaster is also well
known here, having been a teacher in
our city schools, at which time she and
Mr.. Selmser first met. She is young
lady who wins respect wherever she
goes and those who know her best love
her most for womanly qualities and her
sweet cheerful disposition. Her friends
here numbered by the score.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selmser will return
here soon and will make their home on
South Maple street, where they will be
at home to their many friends who
predict for them happy and con tented
married life and very large measure
of success, all of which the Public
Opinion joins in wishing them. Water
town Public Opinion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
OVER A SCORE PERISH
MANY HOUSES WASHED AWAY ev
FLOOD IN RHODE CANYON
IN COLORADO.

Trinidad, Cole, Aug. 25.-Accerding
to latest reports more than a
score of persons lost their lives at
Tabasco and Berwin as the result of a
food in Rhode canyon following a
cloudburst From twelve to twenty
houses occupied by Austrian and Ital-
ian miners and their families were
swept away and many of their occu-
pants drowned.
Tabasco and Berwin. coal mining
camps, having together about 1000
population, are located in Rhode can
yon, down which a torrent of water
rushed, wrecking everything in its
path. The property loss is estimated
at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
suffered mostly by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company and the Colorado
Southern Railway company. The for
mer company had mines and coke
ovens scattered along the canyon and
although they were situated mostly
out of reach of the food the tram
ways connecting the different proper
ties of the company were practically
all wrecked and the loss in this par
ticular will be immense. The railroad
company had a line running up the
mountain and this road was nearly
completely washed out.
Traffic on the Colorado and South
ern, the Santa Fe and the Denver and
Rio Grande railroads is interrupted
owing to the washouts In this vicinity
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
THE CORK TREE.
Growth. stripping and Preparation
of Its Bark.

of Its Bark.
The methods In vogue in barking and
harvesting the cork in Spain and Por-
tugal are pretty much the same. Tho
barking operation is affected when the
tree has acquired sufficient strength to
withstand the rough handling II re-
ceives during this operation, which
takes place when 1t has attained the
fifteenth year Of its growth. After the
first stripping the tree Is left in this
juvenescent state to regenerate, sub
sequent strippings being effected at In
tervals OF not less than three years,
and under tits process the tree Will
continue to thrive and bear for upward
of 100 years. III the bark Is not re-
moved artificially, II will on maturity
split and dismantle itself. This Is
caused by the fresh growth of bark
forming underneath.
The cork OF the first barking Ia
termed corcho boraio-borniZo, or vir-
gin cork. The cork OF the second strip
ping Is called pelas, or secondary cork.
The work OF removing the bark from
the tree is performed In summer by
men, who are paid at the rate OF
Is. Cd. day. The instruments used
for the work are an ak, lever and a
handsaw for the cutting of transversal
lncisions. The first process through
which the bark passes after stripping
Is that of. boiling. This Is sometimes
done In the woods, but more frequent
ly In the cork factory. in large. special
ly constructed caldrons, In which the
bark ia left to boil for upward OF an
hour. This seething process Increases
the thickness and elasticity OF the cork
and at the same time the tannin and
other feculent substances generally ex-
listing in the bark are desiccated.-Lon-
don Queen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Miss de Simpson" said the young
secretary of legation. II have opened
negotiations with your father upon the
subject vf-er-coming to see you
oftener with view ultimately to
forming an alliance, and he has re-
sponded favorably. May ask II you
will ratify the arrangement as a mo
dus vivendiT
"Mr. Won Harris" answered the
daughter Of the eminent diplomat,
''don't you think 1t would have been q
more graceful recognition Of my adj
illustrative entity II you had asked
me first T-Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Piiny tells Us that the phrase turn
ing the tables" arose from the extrava-
gance Of the Romans. In the time Of
Augustus men Of wealth spent fabu-
ious sums Of money ON tables Of costly
material, such as ivory. gold, silver,
marble and highly priced woods. espe-
cially the citrus wood of Mount Atlas.
These last were called tigrine, or pan
Uterine, from the spotted appearance
Of the grain, a. our birdseye maple
takes ITS name. Cicero. a man Of mod
crate means. gave nearly $4,000 for
one. Hence when the gentlemen
charged the ladies with extravagance
In Jewels. especially pearls. the ladies
retorted on their lords by pointing to
tie vast sums spent on tables and thus
literally turned the tables upon them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Malay Houses.

Malay houses are invariably built on
posts, so as to raise the floor from four
to six feet above the ground. The floor
is composed of bamboo, with inter
stices between stats, the earth beneath
becoming the receptacle of the drain
age Of the establishment. The uni
versal plan Of the well to do natives
is to build the house In two divisions.
the front one for receiving visitors and
lounging generally, while the rear por-
ton Is reserved for the women and
children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Among the observances OF the fam
droana, or New Years festival. in Mad
agascar is the eating Of mingled rice
and honey by the queen and her guests.
liz the same country honey is placed In
the sacred water Of sprinkling used at
the blessing of small children. Ancient
religious ceremonies Of the heather
frequently employed honey. but It was
forbidden as a sacrifice In the Jewish
ritual With milk or water Il was pre-
scented by the Greeks a. . libatio1 "a
the dead A honey cake Wne tAe
monthly food of the fohl>d eerpent
guardian q ~ arep Athene
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. Aug. 2s.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers. s5.5o06.4o; poor to me-
dunn, s4.00Q5.30; stockers and feed
ers, s2.2564.25: cows and heifers, 81
25d4.75; calves, $35o@750. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, s5.7096.3o; good
to choice heavy. s6.o096.30; light,
s5.S5T6.30. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers. s52595.40; Western sheep,
S5.00@5.40; native lambs, s5.S0Q7.65;
Western, $6.00@765.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
EARLY ANTAGONISTS.
Dissection Was Practiced In Egypt
In 300 II. &.

DR.. William Williams Keen tells
early history Of dissection The first
human anatomlsts were In Alexandria
three centuries before Christ and they
and their successors for 1900 years
were commonly reported TO have In
Obliged In antemortem dissection. Says
DIR. Keen: "Vesalius was shipwrecked
and died while fleeing for his life on
such a charge. The Edinburgh act Of
1905, giving the surgeons the body OF
one criminal annually to make an
anatomie Of was guarded by the pro-
viso after he be deld.' Even poetry
has lent its aid to perpetuate the leg
end Of the invisible girl whose ghost
was believed to haunt Sir Charles
Bells anatomical rooms. where she had
been dIssected alive on the night pre-
ceding that appointed for her mar
riage"
For long time Alexandria was the
only medical center Of the world, and
the physician Galen Cborn about 100
A. d. had TO journey from Rome to
the African city even to see skeleton.
He sent his students to tie German
battlefields to dissect the bodies OF the
national enemies, while he himself
used apes as most resembling human
beings. Human dissection was revived
In Bologna In the fourteenth century,
where Madonna Manzolina later was
professor of anatomy, undoubtedly one
of the first women doctors. II not the
very first. Leonardo da Vinci, painter
Of The Last Supper" was great
anatomist, but dissection had fallen
into disuse when vesalius finally re-
vived II about the middle Of the six
teenth century.
Even In comparatively modern times
anatomists have been the objects of at
tacks by the populace. In 1765 Dr.
John Shipper of Philadelphia was
mobbed as a grave robber. Doctors
riots In New York occurred twenty
three years later and were due to the
belief that the medical students robbed
graves continually. 1t was the lack
Of opportunity that led to the practice
Of grave robbing and originated what
| DR.. Keen calls "a set of the lowest
| possible Villains the resurrectionists."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Elephant sngncity.

A remarkable instance Of the sagac-
ity of female elephant which bad lost
her young one In a pit trap has re-
Gently been related. The mother made
strenuous attempts to rescue her or
spring by throwing quantities OF earth
and branches of trees into the pit, but
all her efforts were In vain, as the
hunters arrived before the pit was suf
ficiently filed to allow the young one
to Chamber out
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
TWENTY LABoRERs KILLED.
Number Of other Mexlcans Hurt by
an Explosion.

Mazatlan, Mex, Aug. 2S.-Twenty
Mexican laborers were killed and a
number injured by the premature ex-
plosion of a quantity of dynamite at
the port works at Manzanillo. While
it is said that the explosion was the
result of carelessness on the part of
some of the laborers, the families of
those killed have been indemnifed by
Colonel Edgar X. Smoot, the con-
tractor in charge of the Manzanillo
port works.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that no hunt
ing or hunters will be permitted on my
premises. Cheap sports who pull the
fsnce and 60 in the pasture will have to
settle their immediate differences with
. bah who weighs about a ton, and is
an anarchist In theory and practice, and
later there will be legal complication s.
DR.. j. L. Harris.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Auto Kills Prominent Indianan.

Rensselaer,. Ind, Aug. 2S.-Joseph
Fagot, q well known business man Of
Remington. was killed In an automo-
bile accident while returning home
after . visit to this city. While cross-
ING q bridge he lost control Of his ma
chine, which went over an eight-foot
snbankmsnt. pinioning Fagot under.
noath.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
MAD SLAYER LEAVES A SIGN.
TX. c. No. ~" Written on Cards by
Brutal Murderer.

Helena, Mont. Aug. 2s.-Lewistown.
the county seat of Fergus county, Is
stirred over the brutal murder there
o. Samuel Studinski, sixty-ssven years
cid. Studinski was attacked when
alone in his pawnshop. An axe or
similar instrument was used and the
victim was beaten TO death The body
was found lying in q pool Of blood
Pinned upon the breast was . card
upon which was scrawled In the VIC
tins blood "K. c. No. IA" A similar
card was found on the stove. The
place evidently had been robbed. The
legend on the cards leads to the be-
lief that \ demented man was the
murderer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Valley City, N. d., Aug. 2e.-Rev. E..
.. Peake, for over ten years chap
lain Of the Episcopal church home at
1t. Paul and well known in Episcopal
church circles throughout Minnesota,
Is dead at the home of his daughter
In this city. aged seventy-fve years.
He was a member of the Minnesota
commandery, Loyal Legion, the Mime
sofa Pioneers and the G. A. r.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
NOTICE.

school books being county
property and our settlements
with the county being spot cash
we have been instructed to sell
Tor cash only. We will adhere
strictly to this rule. Halbkat
~ company, county agents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
TWENTY MEN PERISH
STEAMER PEcoNIc LOST IN A
FIERCE STORM OFF THE
FLORIDA COAST.

Vessel ssuck by an Immense Wave
While Changing Her Course. the
Cargo Shifts and the Boat Goes to
the Bottom Immediately-only Two
Of the Twenty-Five Men Constituting
the Crew Succeed in Escaping.
Fernandina, Fla, Aug. 29.-Twenty
men, constituting all but two of the
officers and crew of the American
steamship Peconic, bound from Phila
delphia to New Orleans with coal.
were drowned by the sinking of that
vessel of the coast of Florida Mon.
day. The disaster was the result of a
fierce gale that ragged along the coast
during the night and early morning
Lashed by the storm, an immense
wave struck the vessel with terrific
force about IL: 80 a. m. The impact,
coming Just as the vessel was max
ing a turn, caused a shift of the car
60. and the vessel leaned over and
sank Immediately. The accident &C.
Cured so quickly that only two of
those aboard her-an Italian and a
Spaniard-were able to save ther,.
selves. They succeeded in getting in.
to lifeboat, reaching Amelia Beao
about noon, and on landing told the
story of the disaster.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
THREE TOWNS FEEL SHOCK
Fire Near Marquette, Mich, Causes
Violent Explosions.

Marquette, Mich, Aug. 26.-With a
shock that shook buildings in Mar
quette, twelve miles distant. the An
thony powder works, located between
Ishpeming and Negaunee, blew up dur
ing the night. There were four explo-
sions and practically every building In
the plant was destroyed.
Much damage was done in both Ne
gaunes and Ishpeming. Windows were
broken in hundreds of residences and
the plate glass fronts Of many bust
ness blocks were shattered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 29-Wheat-Sept.
7sAQ79c; Dec. S0%c; May. s3%c
Corn-Sept., 51Hc; Dec, 42Ac; May
424c. Oats-Aug.. 25kc; Sept, 25sc;
Dec. 26h @26%c; May, 2sh Q2s%c
Pork-Sept., SLABS; Oct, SASS; Jan.
sl26s. Flax-Cash. Northwestern
s1.12: Southwestern, s1.1o. Butter
Creameries. 17Q2lc; dairies, 16h q
1shc. Eggs-13h G16%c. Poultry
Turkeys. l5c; chickens, l2c; springs
lao.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
ST. Paul Union STOCK Yards.

ST. Paul, Aug. 29.-Cattle-Good 10
choice steers, s4.5od $50; common to
fair, s3.75@425; good to choice cows
and heifers, s3.50Q4.25; veals, $4,000
5.25. s5.5506lO. sheep-Year-
lings. s4,5O@5.75; good to choice ma,
tive lambs, s5.00G6.00.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
solvay Coke at Forbes Fuel Co.

Solves the smoke nuisance. No SCOT
or smoke. Costs less than anthracite
and last as iioag. Clean to handle, no
dust, no dirt, very little ashes. Does
not fill the house with obnoxious fumes
or gases. Can be burned in any stove,
furnace, range or CRATE that is suitable
for coal. Will, if properly handled,
save you at least 20 cent on every
dollar on the cost of fuel
Plenty of hard and soft coal, also
wood of the best grade, always on hand.
Our prices are right.
Forbes Fuel Co.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Notice to Creditors,

-NotiSe 10 creditors.
lang 3l4w)
State OF South Dakota,
County of Day. IS.
In county court
Horter, deceased
NouSe Is hereby given by the under
signed administrator OF the astata 80
w llllan Horter, deceased, to the creditors
o. Of and an persons having claims against
tie sald deceased, TO exhibit them, with
months after the first publication 81 this
notice, to the said administrator AT his
residence in Bristol township in the
18th, 1906
Bruno HOrter.
Administrator with the Will
annexed of the estate of
Sears 81 Potter,
Attorneys for Administrator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

Widow 0earfully)-Yes, my daugh-
tiers are now my only resources.
Friend-Take my advice and husband
your resources well
Home Notes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 2s.-wheat-To arrive
New No. Northern. s3ssc; No, 2
Northern, 79asc; Sept. todd. SlSsc;
Sept. tnew), T7Sc; Dec, 1850. Flax
On track. s1.30; to arrive, s1.1o;
Dec, S1.O31a.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis. Aug. 29.-wheat-
Sept, s1x9s1&c; Dec. s0lk as0hc;
May. SShc. On track-No. / hard.
soc; No. 1 Northern, ssc; No. 2
Northern, s4hc.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

81 am willing to do anything" said
the applicant fcf work
"All right" said the hard hearted
merchant please close the door be-
hind yor WIZ IN you go out"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
The roolt.h and the Lasy.

The fool doesn't know good thing
when he sees Il: the lazy man doesn't
seize good thing when he knows it.
Philadelphia Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
TAKES UNFAvoRAsLE TURN.
Eleven New Cases of Cholera al
Manila.

Manila, Aug. 2s.-The cholera cpl
demic has taken rather unfavorable
turn. Since S q m. until p. m. there
have been eleven new cases reported
among the natives. The total number
of cases treated since the outbreak
has been forty, with deaths number.
ing twenty-five.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
CAUSE OF DEED UNKNOWN.

California Ranchsr Killed by His Sis
ter-in-law.
Nevada City, Cal, Aug. 26.-Robert
l.. Wimberly was shot and killed at
Downievills by his sistsr-in-law, Ber-
tina Bennett. aged seventeen. The
cause of the shooting is unknown.
wimberly was killed with his own re-
volver. The shooting occurred on q
ranch one mile from Downieville. Miss
Bennett, who was Immediately placed
under arrest. refused to talk. VIM
berly leaves a wife and two children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31
Financial Statement,

L, David Williams, president of the above
named bank, do hereby certify that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
David Williams,
President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3lst day of August, 1905.
Frank Sears,
Notary Public,
(SealJ Day Co., s. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-31

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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-07

pei (wdow), lot w line of Market street.
2O9:Ia. of Twenty-first S 80 by w 125 lots
0 and 10, map of Subdivision OF Wall Tract,
being also portion of block 615, Boardman 5
map, Oakland; $40.
Continental Building and Loan Association
to August o. Tannenberg, lot 81 and n 10 feet
of lot SO, block A, FTuitvale Station Tract.
Brooklyn Township: $40.
Ellen Jones CEllen j. Tabor to Arthur Fern.
lot on line of Harold street. 1888 w of
Boston avenue, w so. 12S.40. L 90, S 12S so
to beginning. lots and o, block A, Champion
Tract and adjoining rear 16 feet of lots IL
and IS, block c. subdivision of block c of re-
vised map of Prospect Hill Tract, Brooklyn
Township; So
Amelia f. and A. D.. Wilson and Olive K.
Lathrop (widow) to George II. Lee, lots "a 10
81, block M, Fruitvae Boulevard Tract Brook
lyn Township: SO.
George H. and Nancy h. Lee to James w.
Bedsaul (single). same. Brooklyn Township;
$40.
oliver D. or o. D. and Elizabeth 9. Hamlin
to Lizzie T. Williams wife of @. W.. lot on
S line of Weston avenue, 310:412 of Tele-
graph avenue (as same existed June 8, 1888.
prior to widening to 100 feeD. 10l to divid-
ing line between lots 10 and IL. 160:10 to S
boundary of said lot 10. w 101 to point on s
boundary of lot 8, I foot W from Sc corner OF
said lot s. N 153 to beginning. lots o. 10 and
E 1 foot of lot 8. block ID. Broadway and
telegraph avenue Homestead, Oakland; 81.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-07
To SAN RAFAEL,
ROSS VALLEY.
MILL VALLEY,
cAZADER0. Etc.
Win sausaIfto Ferr,

SUBURBAN SERVICE STANDARD GAUGE
depart week Gays at at .:vo; las. SIS. 9:lo.
$50 $50, T15. $500. 1918 and II rs D. M
Depart Sundays and holidays at 7.15. 7:45
sis S:45 9:15. 9:4b. 1915, 10:45. 1:15, II: AS
a M 1918, 12:45. lis. 1:45. 2:15. 2.45. 3:15,
S:45 4:l5, 4:45. 5:15. 5:45. 6:15. 6:45. 7:15.
7:45. s:l5 for sausalito only). s:0O. 1O:i5.
IL :35 D.
For Fairfax. week days-7:4s a m, S:1s
p. m. 5:1S 2. m Sundays and holidays
THROUGH TRAINS.
1:45 a. m daily-Cazaoero and way stations
9:15 a. m sundays and Holidays-Poinr
s:15 p. m. daily sexcept sunday)-For GAIA
dero. etc.
Reyes, etc.
S:l5 .. m. Sundays and holidays for caza-
dero, etc
TICKET OFFICE+650 -sarket st.
TERRY-Union Depot. foot Of Market AZ