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The Jasper news., 1908-01-16

nounce EN- DO you objeck to the
ottermobyle?' he says. I object to
anythin' That makes nay flower garden
smell like q gashouse,, says !, runs
over my hens without 30 much as
word of sorrer, an turns the occasion
al visitio' the midnight skunk into a
beautiful an fragrant mem'ry.' Then
that jackass begun an told me what
blessin' them ottermobyles was to
the farmer. How 1t brought people
into our midst, who bought our eggs
an butter. an patternized our road
houses, an eat our doughnuts. May
be so, says l. Maybe so! But i amt
noticed that I ever asst to have any
people come into my midst. My midst
amt more n middlin, strong any
ways says. and it's got all 1t can do
digestin' its own troubles without bur
denim itself with the trials of the gas
olene aristocracy from the cities. AS
for the butter'n eggs says, 'all the
butter n eggs they consume Is the
butter they spread on the country.
side, an the eggs they scramble In the
highway when their chariots o. fire
bump into our waggins goin' around
turns at forty miles an hour. They's
profit In that, an I amt sayin, that
some O. tn farmers up round here
don't load their waggins an. sort O.
lay around waitin' to be run into for
the sake Of quick sale. but that sort
TO- thing don't breed no permanent
nros no rffv ~ s 5,sss7ii.s u
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
Passing Confederate Money.

1t seems strange that, more than 40
years after the civil war and with the
confederate states of America only a
memory, every now and then some
one turns up with confederate bill
and finds no difficulty in passing 1t.
No properly informed person needs to
be told that such bills represent the
value only of:the paper on which they
are printed, and as the quality Of the
material then obtaineble was not Of
the best that value may be counted as
negligible quantity. 1t is astonish-
ng that anyone can be deceived in
this way, for the confederate notes in
their best estate are 30 widely differ
ent and SO inferior in appearance com
parea to any of the currency Of the
present time that suspicion should be
aroused in the mind of the least wary.
Yet the bills pass. Not SO very many
years ago one of large denomination
was received and change given for 1t
by business establishment In this To-
raiity, says the Troy IN. " Times.
A few. days since down the river q
800 confederate note was offered IN
payment of purchase, and the seller
did not discover the truth until he
took the bill to his bank. There must
be considerable confederate money In
existence, ,for.it was very cheap after
Appamattox and thousands of bills
were carried home by union veterans
% souvenirs. But no one need. 7be
fooled by dishonest use Of the worth
less paper If he will take the trouble
to read the inscription in big lettering
which tells how .''thes Confederate
States'of America promise. to pay
something they never can pay.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
"lt's Blamed Hot"

an on through the summer The first
thing he spoke about was the weather.
] was .settin' out in front o. my house
one afternoon, an this here jackass
came browsin' along the road, an
when he see me he stopped in front O.
the gate an said it was blamed hot.
Yes says !, but it amt as hot as 1t
was in the summer Of eighteen hun
dred an eighty-seven. when one o. my
hens fell into the well, an laid hard
boiled eggs for six weeks afterwards
He allowed that that was putty hot,
but he didn't think 1t was as hot as II
was one day when he was down to
Boston when a couple o. steers passin'
up fremont street was cooked all
through before they'd gone two blocks
SO that the guests o. the Parker house
come out an got their roast beef on
the hoof. No. says. l, 1t wasn't as hot
as that. But likewise that was q cool
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16

Health officials of New York city
have been making tour of investiga.
tion in territory from which large
quantities of milk are supplied to the
metropolis, and report that they find
sanitary conditions all that could be
desired. This is complimentary to the
farmers who furnish the milk, and
suggests that less credit may have
been given them for care and consci-
entiousness than they, were entitled to.
The average farmer undoubtedly is
honest and desirous of dealing justly
with his patrons. AS has been
abundantly demonstrated of late, de-
ciares the Troy IN. ~ Times, he has
many difficulties to contend with, and
he sorely needs encouragement That
he does SO well in the face of the
problems he has to confront is proof
OF his integrity and sound Judgment.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
q ]
Being the
"reminiscences
Of a
Nature FaAir
~ T'v
s. !. b.
1nLu Y>rJ.:~L R.u~.
(Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.) )

M W .4rN = {. n /. fIf.tf
TT am, an allus have been, first
Fclass sRd Rdpublisa4," =" said 81 WOtheE
spoon, helping himself to a handful Of
raisins out Of the box on the end OF
the counter, but must say that II
the next national convention puts a
mater fakir plank In the platform 1'lf'
be sort~of up tree. think tn presi-
dent means all. right, but sometimes
he 'pears to me to speak q little bit
basty."
Occasionally he does," said the Cap
vain. mot often preaps, but often
enough to keep things goin' some"s s. s
Now in the mater fakir proclama-'
ton O. his, .,apntinued 81, "he don't
mention that there story O. Baiaam's 8
ASS, an vet, 1T seems to me He might
OF, just as reasonable as pickins a.
feller up for sayin' that an enraged'
rabbit chewed up tn vermifofh ap-
pendix ofsa buffalo that had invaded;
the sancty of his home" ....s,.s, !.
-"You don't seem to- see that that
there Balaam's ASS was a miracle, ST."
said the Postmaster. Loyalty flying as
in duty bound, to the, defense of the
administration. "That fact makes all
the difference they is in the world"
There's a lot in what We say, ST.
said the Captain, "but ye've chose the
wrong story to hang the pint on.
There warn't nothin' extryord'nary
about that there story o. Balaamis. If
ye'd took the story o. Daniel in tn:
lions den, or that one about the bears
that come out an eat up the bald
headed man"
They eat up the c"Ndren. Cap"
said the Postmaster, "for calm the
old feller bald-headed" -
That's sold, forgot just how that
Was" said the Captain. Pm gettin'
a little rusty in my history, they're
maxim so much that's new these days,
Anyhow, Sis pint Id be stronger II
he'd brought in either o. them tales
than it is with the story O. Balaam's
ASS"
Il don't see why" said the Postmas-
ter. There's lots O. men who haven't
been eat by hungry lions, an plenty o.
kids that has been eat by bears, but
who besides Balaam ever heard an ass
make ,remarks?"
Il have" said the Captain.
"You?" cried the Postmaster.
when? Where?"
In this here town last summer"
said the Captain.
"Humph!" calculated the Postmas-
ter incredulously. ''What'd he talk
about?"
Pretty nigh everythin' under the
canopy" said the Captain. II think
must o. had dozen talks with him or
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
An Unrefined Language.

Esperanto is gaining ground. 1t has
entirely superseded volapuk, and has
other victories yet to win. 1t may do
service in the business world. and 1t
may serve as medium Of communi-
cation between members of different
nations who have no other common
tongue. But, remarks the Christian
Register. that 1t will ever become a
literary language seems to us more
than doubtful We do not believe that
1t is mere stupid conservatism that
makes us recoil from it as a medium
for transmission Of the higher forms
OF thought. In Esperanto "bulbo"
means bulb, but 1t may mean an
onion. Such language does not pre-
serve the nice distinctions which
mark the work of refined thinker
and expert writer.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
Good PsrIslan Charity

At certain places about the most
crowded quarters OF Paris one may
notice, at meal times, scores OF poorly
clad women. with infants in their
arms, entering what appear to be
small eating houses. They are eating
places, and they are maintained by
public charity expressly for INDECENT
mothers: j,
Seven such places are scattered
through the poorer sedtibnss 81 ssthe
city. Last year they furnished az
600 meals to mothers who otherwise.
w6dld doubtless have ffaSed sadfy sSf
nutritious food for themselves and
their offspring. 81 i
Mime, Henry Coullet led the move
ment which resulted In the establish.
ment OF these free eating houses. She
enlisted the sympathy and aid Of cir4S
Gle or friends, and. as sympathy ex-
tended, aid came pouring in. Canetl
GUS merchants equipped the dining.
rooms and kitchens, = 9
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16

A French scientist has produced sea
uschins without stomachs. II he could
turn out a line of land urchins with a
similar lack of the usual attachments
he could show many struggling fam.
iIy how to save money.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16
THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH. Editor.

JASPER. .....:... ...... MISSOURI
-. II.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-16

NO Better Half About Her
Friend How 8 your hsttdf halft
Henpeck better hall nothinE
she's the whole thins, Chicago Jour
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Notice of Sale of Real Estate.
Nov. 26 w-3.


By virtue of an order and decree of the
county court of Day County. South
Dako a, made on the petition of the
undersigned, frank Sears, administrator
of the estate of Joseph Schoenborn,
deceased, for an order to sell the real
estate of said deceased, at the November
1915 term ct said court to-wit: on the 2ith
day of November, 1908: the undersigned,
Frank Sears, administrator of said estate,
will sell the following described lands
belonging to said estate, to-wit: The south
half OF the northwe-t quarter, and the
northwest quarter of the southwest quar-.
ter, and Lots Three (3) and Four "a of Sec
ton Three l3), in Township One Hundred
Twenty-four tl2l) of Range Fifty-hve (55)
in Day County, South Dakota, except
about ten tl0) acres of land decided to
Right Reverend Thomas O'Gorman and
his canonicai successors, for Catholic
church purposes; which said ten acre
tract of land is described as follows: Be.
ginning on the northeast corner of the
northwest quarter of said Section g. above
described, thence running south 60 rods
and thence running west 30 rods, thence
running north go rods to the sect on line
thence running east 30 rods to the place OF
beginning; which tract lies in the north
east corner of Lot of the lands hereinbe
fore described.
Said lands to be sold at private sale on
| or after the 18th day of December, 1908
The terms of sale are as follows: One
third cash, and the balance on a credit not
exceeding two yeres, payable in gross OF
in installfnents with interest thereon at
per cent per annum; the purchaser to give
| approved security, and mortgage on the
premises sold, to secure the payment OF
the balance of the purchase money.
Offers or bids for said lands Will be re
Sears &c Potter in the City of Webster, In
the County of Day and State of South
Dakota; and all bids must be in writing
Dated this oath day o, November, 1908.
EE Frank Sears,
Administrator of the estate of Joseph
Schoenborn, deceased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
I make men fat and healthy
Who were Quarrelsome aud thin,
I am the God Of Luckiness.
NV name In Hilltken.

I make men fat and healthy
Who were Quarrelsome aud thin;
I am the God Of Luckiness,
Ny name 10 Billtken.
Bilhken is made by the Craftsman's
Guild, of Chicago, aud here is their
announcement concerning him:
THIS is Billiken. the God OF Luck,
the funniest little heathsn that man
ever idol.ssd. He sits ON his throne
aud grins AT you all day long. The
more you look at him the more 700
laugh. Yon can't have a crouch. can't
keep the blues, can't NOPE, or sulk, on
CLASH about, with snch an imp before
You.
Bliiikeu Is the craze Of the honr'
His cult is spreading all over America
His worshipeTs are increasing every
minute He is a maker Of happiness a
chaser OF trowus. You must smile
back at him When you smile you are
bound TO feel in good humor. When
you are in good humor everything
seems brighter; You work with better
vim; you see the hopeful sides OF things
instead .of the worst. He throws q
spell over you that has the same effect
as mental healing You feel that you
can DO auything-aud back of all
achievement lies confidence. That i:
why Bilhken brings luck.
tits not promised that he accom-
plishes miracles, but none the less the
country is ringing with stories of mel
aud women who claim that Bllliker has
Turned the tide for them and opened
the way TO wonderful strokes OF for
tune.
Billiken is not sold. That would
break his spell he Is loaned TO you
for 100 years, at the rate of one penny q
year, paid in advance.
Billiken is the rage in New York and
Teddy Bears nose is out of joint. Ii
fact i saw Teddy Bear turning a grind
stone in a shop window. No grind
stones for Billken-he sits in state In
shop windows and on mantels anC
tables everywhere, inviting yon tC
sickle his toes and see him grin,
while he treats you for health, happi'
ness and SUGGEST
or truth Billiken IL new Goo
worth cultivating. The supreme truth
OF this 10 o show window full of imita
lions of him, that / saw on West
Twenty. third street.
He is q new thought God. isn't he
Far and wide may he radistei
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
The Dates for the Next
Day County Institute
December 14-15.
An Able Corps of Instructors
Come and Hear Subjects of
Especial Interest to Far
mers and Stockmen
Ably Discussed.
Be Sure to Bring the Ladies
With You.
A Large List of Prizes Awarded
by Webster Business
Establishments.

Every person in Day county should
make IL point TO attend the institute
to be held in the court room at the
curt house in Webster, Monday and
Tuesday, December l4th and 10Th. An
able corps Of instructors will be present
and all the lectures and discussions will
be free. The subjects discussed are:
Horses, Meat Production, Dairying,
Fruit and Tree Culture, Dry Farming,
Crop Rotation, Grasses, Fertility, and
two addresses on household work, be-
sides the question box, which is one of
the most interesting and practical feat
ures of the institute. II there is SUBJ
ject you wish information upon. you
merely drop question in the box and
bring forth discussion and explana-
ton.
Among the speakers to participate in
this institute are: Professor Skinner,
who has been on the faculty Of the
Brookings Agricultural college for
vears; w. d. Mckee, leading live
~ o.e1e' anu ,s,0ns corn $500.
=. Asnoaln' VI NsoiasHA' ~ eApen'
sn0eu 'ns', n.s 00nau0s0l 80. Asn'
49,. 49, nsny Ien'so LOT ns'
go o's nn ~. 0'a's
S 0uss..n'en'sn' = = N's"os''A'n' q
Win ,uoh :. .,,., :, ..,.n. n.
meesinr oaouos "a, 81 n. er.srt.iuin,
,n...-ss. 90 s-.--.. 4,
- 80. .o''' - me-
oesree ana no ssssspfinng' progressive
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
3rd, Beautiful Arr Plate
Blue Front Grocery.

blue ~ out 0tCcfy
Peck hiilin wheat--lst, Sack Flour
Webster Mill.
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Peck Barley--lst. 500 lbs. ccal-Potter,
Garrick s. Potter.
End, Box Webster Court
cigars-Atlas Knapp.
Macaroni wheat-lst, "A crd Wisconsin
Maple, sawed Wearne.
2ud, four dinners-Block's
restaurant.
Peck Oats-1st, Lampert Lumber COM
pany-$3 90 coupon.
End, Hone-Eastman's
Peck Potatoes-on $500 robe Long q
Long.
End, Suit OF clothes, pressed
and cleaned-Drue.
Quart Beans-lst, Pair OF $500 shoes
Tegtmeier Il Calmenson.
End, Ham-Martin Wist.
Peck Turnips-lst. 80 90 Gordon hat or
cap-Elevator store
2nu, four dinners-Elliotts
restaurant,
Peck Beets-1st, "a cord slabs-Forbes.
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Largest Dressed Turkey-one 5-lb box
mixed chocolates-We
ster Candy Factory
2ud, 81 90 worth OF Rack
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mercial Hotel
Largest Dressed Chicken-lst, sack flour
Webster Mill
2nd, pair baby shoes-Tegt.
meier & Calmenson
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End, Box Cigars-Ed Block.
Peck Carrots-1st, Gasoline Wall Lamp,
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End, pony keg Golden Grain
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Peck Onions-1st, 81 so Sanitary Crystal
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Farmer feeding most hogs, cattle, sheep
and horses-lst, lift. whip-R. B.
Ebling, Hardware.
2ud, large package Stock
Food-Irwin's Pharmacy.
RULES:
Exhibits will be received up to IL
O'Clock, noon, on Tuesday
Show will be in court room in Court
house.
Exhibits in all cases belong to the
party exhibiting them
Awards will be made on the afternoon
of the second day and order for pre-
MUM will be sent to the winning party
See that the man i'll charge writes
your correct name and address on the
card attached TO your exhibit
In the last three exhibits named, the
number in the class or classes you wish
to compete must be registered aud con.
testant must be prepared TO swear TO
the number If called upon to do so
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Sum mons.
1927 We.

lOIl WO.
State of South Dakota,
County of Day.
In Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit
Mary c. Davis, Plaintiff,
VS..
E. w. Thomas, Defendant)
The State of South Dakota to the above
named defendant;
You are hereby Summoned and required
to answer the complaint of the plaintiff
which was filed in the Office of the clerk
of this court, at the City of Webster, in
the County of Day and State of South
Dakota, on the 23rd dav OF October, 1908
and which prays for a judgment Quieting
the title to and the determination of ali
adverse claims against the premises
described in the complaint; and which
prays for a judgment determining all
interest to and liens against the premises
described in the complaint. situated in
said county, to-wit: The southwest quar-
ter of Section IL, in Township 120, of Range
50; and to serve a copy of your answer to
said complaint on the undersigned, at
their office in the City of Webster, in the
County of Day and State of South Dakota.
within thirty days after the completed
service of this summons upon you, exclu-
sive of the day of such service; and If you
fail to answer said complaint within that
time, the plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Sears * Potter,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Webster, s. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10

He 10 the little God Of Things Az
They Ought To Be" and 10 said to be q
sure cure for the blues, the crouch,
the hoodoo germ. that solemn feeling,
hard.luck melanchoiia, the down-and.
out bacillus. Dose; One smile every
ten minutes Along with Billiken
comes this little poem:
am the God of Happiness,
simply make You smile;
I prove that life's worth living
And that everything,s worth whiIe'
force the failure of his feet
And makes the GROWER gnn,
am the God OF Happiness,
MY name is Billiken.
am the God of Luckiuess,
Observe nav twinkltng eye
Success Il sure TO fellow these
Who keep me closely ny:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Thursday, DecemberlO,, 1908.
Gotham,s New God.

New York is changing gods. Nam
mon Teddy Bears are passe; enter
"Billiken."
Billiken is little red-headed ivory
finished figure four inches high who
sits on a throne and grins n grin that
sets you giggling.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Notice 20 Creditors.

Nov. ~ WI
State of South Dakota,
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Margaret
G. Harris, deceased.
Notice ia hereby given bv the under.
signed. administrator of the estate OF
Margaret c. Harris, deceased, to the cred
itorS of, and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,within
four months after the first publication OF
this notice, To the said administrator al
his residence in the City OF Webster, IN
the County of Day, South Dakota.
Dated at Webster, South Dakota
November 10, 1908.
j. }. Cowan,
Administrator of the estate 81
Margaret &. Harris. deceased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Notice of ADpiication for Probate Of
| Will.
| Nov. 10 NJ
State Of South Dakota,l
| County Of Dav.

AOunIV Il.
Notice of time appointed for proving
Ia the matter Of the estate of Charles J.
The State Of Sonth Dakota sends greet
ing to Hattie NJ. Schultz, Edward 5.
Schultz, John A. schultz, Emma N.
Schuitx end Myrtle ]. Weiwers, heirs next
Of kin OF Charles J. Schultz, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court made
on the 18th day Of November. A. ID. 1903,
notice h hereby given, that Thursdsy.th the
10th day Of December, "A. d. 1908. az one
ociock p. m.,of said day. at the court room
Of said court, 1t Webster. IN the County Of
Day, have been appointed ae the time
ana place for proving the will of said
Charles ]. Schultz. deceased, and for hear
ing the application Of John A. Schultx,the
issueuceto him Of letters parliamentary
when and where any person interested
may appear and CONTEXT the same:
witness the Hon: John =. Lund, judge
court, this 18th dsy OF November, a. ID.
1908. at hie Office In the City. Of Webster,
County of Day, Slate OF South Dakota.
tseap Clerk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Notice TO Creditors.

In County court, Day County, s. ID,
Estate OF Cyrus Cornweli, Deceased.
Notice IL hereby given by the under.
signed, Administrators of the estate oil
Cyrus Cornweli, deceased, TO the creditors
OF and all persons having claims agains'
the 81 id deceased. to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication OF this notice
TO the said administrator at his office IN
the city of Webster, in the county OF Day
5. ID, o-
.ated at Webster, s. d., November n
1905.
Byron A. Walton. Administrator Of the
Estate. of Cyrus Coruwell. DECEASED.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
For Sale.

My residence property, corner Second
avenue and Vine street, Webster
DIR. J l. Harris.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-10
Coal Wood and Feed.

All of the best grades of coal and
wood can be had at Forbes Fuel Com
pany. Prompt delivery. phone No, 4.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-29
FEARFUL HAVOC
WAS WROUGHT
BY EARTHQUAKE

again to-day. He rushed into places
where the ruin was the greatest and
brought aid and encouragement to all.
Thousands Of people Abandoned their
homes, although terrific rainstorm
prevailed and filled the air with lamen-
tations and prayers. In some places
such as Prizzo, Cotrone, Santa Serverina
and Piscopio, the people had the courage
to enter the churches almost while they
were falling and carry out the saints.
They bore these in procession through
the open country, invoking the mercy
of God. In the mountain regions In.
land the population has taken refuge
in grottos and caves, where peasants
and priests, soldiers and persons of
gentle birth arc living In common. Their
bed i the ground and fires burn to keep
off wild animals. In Abb alone there
are 1000 people homeless.
Sea Rose in Tremendous Wave.
Extraordinary scenes are reported at
Catania, following a violent earth shock
at $50 q. m, the sea rose in tremend.
ous wave which wrecked many smaclss
A secondary tidal wave caused further
great damage and wreckage. Awakened
by the shocks the inhabitants fed panic.
stricken from their homes into the
streets and the squares. Professions
were organized and soon all the churches
were filed with weeping crowds implor.
ing divine mercy.