Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-24

The tenth anniversary of the Degree
of Honor lodge in Faulkton was prop.
erly celebrated last Thursday evening.
One of the principal features of the
evenings program was an address by
Grand Chief of Honor Maude II. Hyde,
of this city, which is highly spoken of
in the press dispatches of the affair.
The Reporter and Farmer has received
Christmas greetings from Otto Meyer,
of Paraguay, Sonth America. The
card was little over month in tran
sit. We thank the young gentleman
| for his remembrance and wish for him
and his mother the compliments of the
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Sasse and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Prieb, of this city,
departed Tuesday morning to be present
at Britton at the baptism of Gust Sasse's
| first son Tuesday morning and to attend
the wedding of Henry Sasse and Miss
Winnie Stranberg, which occurred in
Britton Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. @. Chapman and the
children, who have made their home for
some time past on the farm near Lem
mon, returned to this city last week
and again occupy their home on the
south side. IThey have not, as yet, made
final proof upon their homestead but
| will do 80 as soon as the land Office sets
the date of hearing. We are glad to
welcome them back to our midst.
DR.. HI. j. Herman, the company's
agent in this city, has received Model
t 1909 Ford automobile and has it on
exhibition in the sample rooms of the
Commercial hotel. This machine is
one of the BEST if not the very best
machine made and, judging from the
expressions of number of gentlemen
who have looked it over, Webster will
have several of them before 1909
passes.
There will be special services at the
M. E. church Sunday, both morning and
evening. In the evening the pastor will
deliver an address for men. The topic
for discussion will be business prop
osition on the subject of profitable
Loss" Excellent music and singing
will be rendered by special choir and
orchestra. All men are cordially invited
to attend and the ladies are expected to
come and bring the men.
A letter from John w. Arthur, who is
now located at Waukesha, Wis,
brings the information that his son,
Lieutenant Robert Arthur, of the
United States regular army, has been
ordered to the PHILIPPINES and will sail
from New York about February Is. He
will be attached to 61st Company O. A.
c., which is now stationed at Fl. Ham
ilton, N. T., which goes with three
other companies to FIT. Mills, on Cor.
regidor island, at the entrance of
Manila bay. Mr.. Arthur expects his
son to visit him in Wisconsin during
January and together they will make q
trip to Webster.
The Webster schools closed last even.
ing and the teachers departed for the
following cities where they will sojourn
during the holiday vacation: Charles
Helberg, Owatonna, Mimi; Michael
Ebert. Glencoe, Mimi: Miss Davidson,
Owatonna, Mimi; Miss Heron, Hud-
son, Wis; Miss Bradeen, Anoka, MINI.
Miss Summons, Winona, Minn,4 Miss
Cornell, st. Peter, MINI. Miss Gilbert
son, Bryant, 8, D.; Miss Celia and
Margaret McGrath, Rushford, Mimi;
Mrs. Whitecre, Mason City, Iowa;
Miss Cummins. Aberdeen, 8. D.; Miss
Oulbertson, Spring Valley, MINI: Miss
Hanson, Minneapolis and Miss Smith,
Aberdeen.
Coal Wood and Feed.