Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-20

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interest. Will buy well secured real
estate mortgages. No delay whatever,
money furnished same day application
is made.
Geo. +. Blake aud William Elliot
were arrested this week charged with
the larceny Of s63 from an old soldier.
Judge Malmberg after listening to the
testimony bound them over to the cir
cult court which meets in this city in
January.
We dropped into the Irwin Pharmacy
this noon ane heard a song 'If the Man
in the Moon were a Coon" we asked
Roy who was singing and he showed
us one of his new Edison monographs.
They are certainly perfect Go in and
get one. They make an ideal Christ
mas present.
John Bomberg blew in to Webster
on a freight Sunday aud was thought to
know something of a robbery that
occurred here the other day, but time
proved he knew nothing and he was
turned loose Wednesday and ordered
out of town.
II. p. Hook, of Lincoln, Neb., brother
in.law of Mrs. d. @. Kidder, Misses
Minnie and Mary Mickish, took them
by surprise Nov. 9th, had Thanksgiv-
ing dinner with them, and after a W
weeks visit returned to his home at
Lincoln Nebraska.
Leo Wood, the young man who was
brought down from Bristol, who was
thought to be insane and was confined
to the Jail, has now developed a case Of
appendicitis and it is thought that the
severe pain of the disease was the cause
of his supposed insanity.
For officers for the coming year the
Modern Woodmen have selected X. b.
Ebling, venerable consul; K. A. Ner-
ger, worthy adviser; E. L. Forbes,
banker; J. E. Mccormick, secretary;
H. o. Wickre, outside sentry; E.
Mccormick, inside sentry.
At Blanks Jewelry store you will find
a large invoice, 300 pieces, of the latest
sheet music, both vocal and instru-
mental, for the piano, organ, guitar,
mandolin, violin, banjo, etc. Call and
make your selections early while the
liue is complete Prices range from 10
cents up.
Superintendent J.. III. Hetley was
looking after the schools IN this vicinity
las, Wednesday and Thursday. The
snp~erintendent makes it an object to
see that all schools are conducted right
in other words, he makes the best
superintendent we have ever had
Andover Gazette.
Ole Ackerson was here from Bristol
Tuesday. Mr.. Ackerson has sold the
greater portion of his interests in Bris-
toll, both real and personal, and wss
here making preparations for a home.
He will move to Webster In the near
future and will open an extensive
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owns in the rear of the Irwin Pharmacy.
Miss Minnie and Mary Mickish, who
have been visiting for four months with
their sister, Mrs. d. O. Kidder, left
Dec. 10th for their home at Ravenna,
Neb., Miss Minnie who was laid up
with blood poison was just able to walk
to the train with orutches aided by her
brother-in-law, H. p. Hook, who will
accompany them to Ravenna.
Last Saturday evening Edward Nc
Cormick, the ~janitor of the court house
slipped upon the icy sidewalk aud
received a very sever fall. He went
home and summoned DIR. j. L. Harris
who upon examination discovered that
Mr.. Mccormick had broken his right
arm in two places between the elbow
and shoulder. The doctor dressed the
injured member and the patient is get
ting along nicely.
Mrs d. B. Compton received the sad
news Of the demise Of her mother, Mrs.
Wankey, at her present home in Port
land, Ore, the first of this week.
Owing to the great distance and the
uncertainty of trains this season of the
year Mrs. Compton was unable to attend
the funeral. The deceased was a former
resident of this city and has a large
number of friends who will mourn her
demise and deply sympathize with
Mrs Compton in her great grief.
Fred Bloom was in from his home
south of this city Tuesday. Mr.. Bloom
awoke early Tuesday morning aud was
not feeling very well. He soon dis
covered that the cause of his illness
was gas escaping from a coal stove. He
at once threw open the doors and win
dows of his house and then went to
look after the other members of his
family. He found three of them nearly
overcome with gas but by prompt work
they were all socn brought around in
good shape.
Joseph Paul went over to Charles
Hawkinson's new house Wednesday
afternoon to do some metal work on the
roof. He elevated his ladder to go to
work and climbed up to the top. The
ladder slipped while Joe was at the top
and precipitated him to the ground.
When he gathered himself up he found
that he had hrokau hi. r;oht foraarm