Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-30
Misses Alma Aldrich and Miss

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Maude Barr departed for their homes
last evening having spent the time
since school was GU enjoying Webster
people. Miss Aldrich went to Mime
apolis and Miss Barr to Manchester,
Iowa.
A. E. Chilson came up from Minne-
apolis last Thursday evening to attend
the graduation exercises at which his
brother, Orlando, received his diploma.
Almon is looking fine and says he
enjoys his work immensely in the city.
He returned the mex day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sauer entertained
several friends on Thursday evening in
honor of their first born son, who was
baptized and received the names Allen
Conley. Gilbert Skobba and Mrs. Annie
Loseth stood up as sponsors and Rev. E.
C. H. Peithmann officiated.
If quality appeals to you buy your
screen windows and screen doors of the
the Farmers Lumber Co., they carry
all sizes of the celebrated Heavy All
White Pine kind. PROFESSIONALLY the
best screens manufactured. Farmers
Lumber Co., the home of quality.
There was a reminder # by-gone
days in Webster yesterday. We saw
"Pinkey" Smith, ST., driving a trot-
ting horse hooked to a high wheeled
sulky up Main street. 1t brought back
memories Of Jim Sheldon, Easter Boy,
Vane and racing days in Webster.
A handsome Calendar size 20 by
n inches with an original painting
of Sensational Rock" Yosemite val
ley, will be given away free with a
$1.00 purchase at Mergers store on
Saturday, June list. Come in and
get one.
Parties at the lakes Sunday who had
deferred their return until evening
were caught in a heavy rain storm.
The rain was accompanied by a high
wind which made it impossible to keep
the tops up on automobiles and buggies
and nearly all got a good drenching
before reaching home.
Miss Mary Ford, one of the popular
teachers in u public schools for the
past year, left Monday for her home in
Estelline, S. d., to spend the summer
vacation. The many Webster friends
of the young lady will be glad to know
that she will return in the fall to resume
her duties in the school.
The Members of the Catholic Order
of Foresters for this section of the
state just bad a splendid time in this
city last evening i. as the guests of
Webster Court. We we're promised a
report but presume that our reporter
had such a good time last night that it
will take today for him to recover
Anything you need in the way of
roofing car be found at the Lampert
Lumber Co.'S yards. A little neglect
now may damage you many times the
cost of the repairs. Better fix that
leaky roof; this is going to be a wet
season. Remember, we furnish one
piece or a car load of anything in our
line.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Kruger, formerly
of Aberdeen, who have been visiting
the Walter North family the past few
days, left last Tuesday for Webster,
where Mr.. Kruger has accepted a posi-
ton on the Reporter and Farmer. Mr..
Kruger is a first-class printer, and we
congratulate the Reporter and Farmer
on being able to ecure a man of his
type. -Ortley Optic.
Mrs. Frank Anderson, who had been
spending a week with her sister Mrs. R.
d. Gardner, at Britton, arrived home
Tuesday evening. The lady stole a march
on Frank By catching the fast train at
Andover going through to Waubay and
train at 500 o'clock instea d of waiting
in Andover until the 1890 train. She
found him all right even though taken
by surprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Staven motored
over to the country neal Wist, north
east of Webster and near the Marshall
county line, to attend the twenty-ffth
anniversary celebration last Sunday of
the founding of the Frozen congrega-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Ogren also
made the trip over by auto. They
report n of the largest gatherings of
the kind he'd in this part of the state.
-Britton Journal.
The condemnation proceedings
started by the railroad company against
Stone Brothers, of Andover, which
was tried to a jury here this week a
verdict was returned fixing the amount
of StoneB rothers' damages at "a, 727. "a.
The railroad company had pre- viously
offered $4,000. The local attorneys
interested in the case were H. II.
Potter for the railroad company and
Frank Anderson for Stone Brothers.
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