Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-22
William Ladd, of Webster, agent fo

Wednesday in the interest OF an excur-
sion his company expects to take south
before long. Mr.. Ladd formerly
resided near Athol and is well known
TO many sphinx county people.-Red-
field Journal Observer.
II S Demmery and son, Scott, who
have spent the winter visiting with
relatives and friends at their former
home in Michigan, returned home Mon
day night Mrs. Demmery accom-
panied them on their home journey as
far as Milbank where she remained for
a few days visit with Mrs. Mills.
The Avon Theatre Company is COM
posed of people specially engaged for
the line of plays they are producing
The company plays here three nights
opening March LIST in Heart of Ken.
lucky" abeautiful %melodrama depicit-
ing the life of the Moonshiners of
Kentucky.
The Christian EudeavOr and Ladies
Aid of the Congregational church
invite every one TO a Washington
birthday social at the home of 5. l.
Potter on Friday evening February
23rd. A musical and literary program
is being prepared Refreshments will
be served, and plans are made for a
pleasant evening. 25cents.
A school teacher who does o reside
a thousand miles from Webster heard
Que of u real estate men talking of
numerous trips into Iowa on land bust
ness and ventured this question; "Are
there many lands in Iowa yet open to
homestead entry" and then wondered
at the smiles the question occasioned.
A. M. Eastman, of Wilmot, was in
this city the first of this week and
while here closed a deal for the pur-
chase of II. @. Waughop's barber shop
of which he will take possession next
Tuesday. MIR. Waughop will leave that
evening for California to remain with
his wife until she recoveres her health.
j. Lee returned from Rochester, Min
nesota, with his brother, Tennis Lee,
who wal taken there for an operation.
The Doctors Mayhem pronounced his
disease Tuberculosis and did not oper-
ate. He will be taken to Montana as
soon as he gains a little strength in the
hope that a change of climate will
improve his condition.
Mesdames Irwin and Rieger enter
tanned the ladies last Saturday after
noon with progressive hearts and a most
delightful time was experienced by all
present. Flowers, sweet peas. Miss
Corey was the winner of the first prize,
a handsome picture and Mrs. L. j..
Dyke presided over the other end of the
table with a bottle of ketchup. Very
nice refreshments were served.
Judge ]. III Mccoy left, this morn
ing for Sisseton to open the regulnr
Before leaving the judge said that the
term would be the longest in the his
tory of the circuit, lasting at least for
six weeks. There will be a number of
important criminal and civil cases
besides the usual grist of minor cases.
Aberdeen News, Monday.
A letter from Thomas McKennett to
this office brings the pleasing informa-
ton that his daughter, Miss Addie, who
has been critically i'll with typhoid
fever at / 'aho Falls, Idaho, is slowly
recovering from the effects..of the dread
disease. Tom also sent us a picture OF
a rabbit drive out there and from the
number of "bunnies'' in the picture all
the rabbits in the country must have
gone out there to spend the winter.
About a year ago when the Webster
steam laundry was giving very poor
satisfaction the management after some
search secured the services of H.. O.
Fish who came here aud took the
laundry when it was in bad repute. At
first he had up hill work but it was not
for very long, He is an expert in the
laundry and IN a month he had so
increased his business that all of the
barber shops had given up their agencies
for eastern ~laundries, as they did not
have busin SIS sufficient to pay for the
express. Now Mr.. Fish has decided to
leave Webster and go to Redfield. He
has a lease of a laundry there with a
privilege of purchase. Redfeld is to be
congratulated npon securing Mr.. Fish,
and we trust the Webster laundry will
be successful in getting as good a man.
The usual thing has happened. We
have had two or three fairly good shows
at the opera house and people had just
commenced tr take a notion to attend
again when last night an aggregation
calling themselves The Shaw-G allager
company put on Yours Truly" to a