Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-06-25

Dakota by personal appointment Of
the president, reached for tele-
graph blank and wrote another one
word message OF congratulation. 1t
was this, Shake"
There will be an eclipse of the sun
beginning at about half past eight
o'clock Sunday morning, June 2Sth.
About half of the suns face will be
hidden here.
Some one has said that we are
trusting people: Pierced by the pin
trust, chilled by the ice trust, roasted
by the coal trust, soaked by soap
trust, (w)rapped by the paper trust,
bullied by the beef trust, lighted by
the oil trust, squeezed by the corset
trust and soured by the pickle trust.
The other day big rustic looking
fellow stepped up to the postoffice
window in Britton and asked for FIVE
cents worth of postage stamps.
"What denomination asked Miss
Mabel Kenner, the assistant post
mistress, "Waal, if it's any of your
business" be drawled, "Im Presby-
terrain. Marshall County Sentinel.
"The biggest and best Fourth Of
July celebration in this section Of
the state" is making its customary
appeal in the advertising columns of
the newspapers, There may be
only one peerless leader" but
when it comes to "the biggest and
best Fourth of July celebrations"
its name is legion.
A Worcester Mass pastor has
adopted businesslike procedure to
get the finances of his parish
Strengthened out and to keep account
of the cash. He has installed cash
register at the door. Each worshiper
pays as he enters and sees that his
contribution is registered. This is a
body blow to the man who has been
in the habit of contributing buttons.
South Dakota holds the tornado
freak record. A barn in the vicinity
of Armour was lifted bodily from it's
foundations and deposited in field
fifty feet away. Another tornado Wis
tied the scene, f1irted with the barn
and placed it back on the old founda.
ton. 1t is reported that the only
insurance claim that will be allowed
is for the loss Of two screws and a
nail.
We read in dispatches that Scotty
Philips buffalo taken to Mexico
recently, killed three bulls in a
thirty foot pen before a crowd of
five thousand people at Jaurez.
The buffalo is now to be shipped to
Spain to entertain royalty there.
Thus it is that South Dakotans, by
sheer force of character rise to dizzy
heights in the world. Some people
will doubtless consider this bully
advertisement Pierre Free Press.
1t is reported from Huron that
during the first week in this month
900 carloads of immigrants goods
came into the state. Mind you, that
record is for one week only. Two
years ago it would have been good
one for a month and ten years ago
would have occasioned great aston
ishment had that number of settlers
came into the state in year. The
Sunshine state will have its million
long before it wakes up sufficiently
to organize 100000 Club" The
great consolation is that the state
boosts itself.
Formerly there was considerable
comment upon the practice of young
men referring to their fathers as the
'old man." This is not disrespect-
full term, but one of endearment. In
the army captain who is liked is
called the "old man" In newspaper
work there are few offices where the
owner of the paper is not called the
old man." The best of friends
address each other AS "old man"
The follows who work around news
PAPER offices and who have been in
he business several years are often
eferred to as the "old man." Cen
rally speaking, the one referred to
IS "old man" is well liked by his
riends and business associates. If