Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-20

Dow q Dow of this city, have opened
branch plumbing and heating shop in
Webster, sending A w Griswold there
to manage it, The News of Saturday
stated this shop was opened at Huron,
but this statement was not correct -
Aberdeen American, Tuesday.
Mrs III. III. Potter last Thursday eve-
ming entertained the fiye-sixteen card
club for Lou Potter and Miss Mamie
Sommerville and the evening is pro-
nounced by all to have been one of the
most pleasant club meetings of the
winter. Splendid refreshments were
served.
Edwin T. Colon, special agent Of
the Northwestern Underwriters age cy
of Milwaukee, Wis, who makes head
quarters in Des Moines, Iowa, was In
Webster Saturday and while here
relieved w. H. III. Mensing as agent for
the company in Webster and appointed
Rex w. Harris.
Just before Lent, in fact the last pub
lie dance to be given before Lent, will
be that given by the Ladies of the
Maccabees Monday evening, March 2
The la ties have not as yet decided upon
the hall but have secured excellent
music and as usual with their social
functions guarantee an excellent time
w. r Bates, of the Miller Elevator
company, was knocked down by a
horse Monday afternoon at the elevator
and received dislocation of the left
shoulder and severe scalp wound
He is under the doctors care and is
doing very nicely. Henry Hanson is
taking care of the elevator during the
time that Will is laid mp.
Miss Dorothy Levoy, assisted by her
mother, Mrs. L. g. Levoy, gave very
pretty valentine party last Friday after.
noon at the family residence to large
number of her little friends. It was
the party of the season and those young
folks can hardly find words to express
their praise of their young hostess and
her delightful methods of entertain.
ment.
Miss Schwartz has arranged series
of Evolutionary recitals to be given
during the week Of April Ii. She will
be at Webster the 18th, Waubay the Ia,
Britton the 18th, Bath the 18th and
probably Bristol on the 18th and Lang
ford on the 10th. Miss Schwartz has
done much in this line of work and has
always met NTH the best of success =
Aberdeen American, Tuesday.
Sunday DIR. Rockford,o Minneapolis,
assisted by Doctors II. A. ard p ID.
Peabody, of this city, and DR.. Adams,
of Bristol performed an operation on
Christ Mork, the son of Sasmus Mork,
who was thrown ont of buggy in a
runaway about three weeks ago and
y
man is at Peabody hospital in this city
and is doing as well as could possibly be
expected
A fire broke out in the feed barn
belonging to Adolph Block ON the
south side of the track last night and
dispite the heoric efforts of the fire
department the barn was totally des-
troyed. This is very severe blow to
Mr.. Block who yesterday, for the first
time, was out from three months
seige with the typhoid fever. We did
not learn whether there was any insur-
ance on the building.
In conversation with gentleman
who claimed to have inside information
We learned that when the promoters
circulated a petition in Pierpont to
urge the town board TO submit the
question of selling intoxicating liquors
at retail in Plerpont at the coming
spring election there were not sufficient
believers in the license question in the
town to get the required number of
names on the petition.
Sheriff Gross and Deputy Cease
accompanied by w. H. Goodrich and G.
E. Wheeler who were deputized for the
occasion departed Tuesday morning
with the prisoners who were sentenced
to the Sioux Falls penitentiary at the
last term of the circuit court. The fol-
lowing are the culprits and the time
which they are to serve: Barny
Schutts, for robbery, six months; Amos
Roberts, grand larceny, fifteen months;
Richard Glenn, grand larcenv, fifteen
months; Peter Milliger, grand larceny,
fifteen mt nths.
Charles b. Knott, of Bristol Grand
Master of the /. o. O. r. of this juris-
diction, was visitor ia the city Satur-
day, in connection with the coming
session of the grand lodge, which meets
here in may next Mr.: Knott is a
banker and one of the leading merch-
ants of the northern part of the state.
Last evening he paid an official visit to
the lodges Of Deli Rapids. He reports
that the order is in splendid condition
over the state, and making great gains
in membership. Sioux Falls Argus
Leader, Mondag.-
Mrs. F. w. Halbkat gave two very
pretty parties at her home on Main
street last week Friday and Saturday