Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-06

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Thompson and the children went to Big
Stone for a visit with relatives The
professor went with them as far as
Milbank where he stopped to look
after some business matters.
Mrs. r. d. Peabody and children, of
Webster, arrived in the city last night
to spend a few days visiting her
brother, F. G. Huntington. She will
leave Sunday for Lennon to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Hunting
ton. She was accompanied by her
guest, Mrs D.. E. Rouse, of Columbus,
Ohio. Aberdeen News, Friday.
A party of about fifteen Foresters
of st. Lawrence court went to Web
ster on the afternoon Olympian yester-
day to attend the big gathering of
Foresters held in that city last evening.
The party arrived home on the early
morning train today and report having
been royalty entertained by the Web
ster people.-Milbank Review,
Gust Hemple and his crew, John
Davies and Morris Jefferson, returned
to town Saturday having the new resi-
dence of John Schmidt, in Racine town
ship ready for the plasterers. The
building is modern, 26x28. two stories,
three floors, and when completed will
be one of the best farm homes in that
township, and it's a cinch it is built
right for that's the way Gust always
puts m up.
j. HI. Barney, agent of the Wash
ington Wooden Mill company of Ellens-
burg, Washington. was in Webster
Saturday, Sunday and Monday and
while mere established an agency for
his goods with Chilson-H augen com
pany. Mr.. Barney is a former Man
chester, Iowa, boy-back in the days
when the editor was a boy there and
we had a very enjoyable visit with the
gentleman.
John McKeown, who has a position
as fireman on the Milwaukee road
between Montevideo and Aberdeen,
dropped off the cars here Wednesday
for a visit with his mother. Mrs. Mary
McKeown. To make Mrs. McKeown's
motherly heart twice glad her second
son, VIM, who is located in Virginia,
Mimi, where he is engaged in the
restaurant business, arrived home this
morning. Will reports that Jim" is
now engaged in Duluth.
A good Ansco camera will afford
you more actual enjoyment than any
thing you can invest the like amount
of money in. Take one with you on
your vacation trips, and in the cold
winter evenings you will enjoy the
recollection of YOUR GOOD TIMES by
looking at the baImy summer days
you captured with an Ansco.
HaIbkat, The Medicine Man.
Mrs. Frank Anderson, of Webster,
and her sister, Mrs. r. d. Gardner,
of Britton, sang a duet HE Cares For
Me" last Sunday evening in the Pres
byterian church that you have paid
seventy-five cents many a time to hear
nothing like it. Their voices blend
beautifully together and they certainly
have the thanks (f that will pay them)
of the congregation of the Presbyterian
church for the excellent rendition of
it. Come again ladies you are always
welcome .-Britton Sentinel.
j. C. Moore and wife were in Thurs
day to attend the Memorial Day exer
cises. Mr.. Moore told US that last tall
Mr.. Beachy offered him $40 for one of
his cows, but Mr.. Moore hung for $50.
He did not get it 81 kept the cow. The
animal had a calf in the early winter
and he and his wife decided to keep
track of her milk and butter made
therefrom separately. They did 80
and at the last sale of butter she had
furnished $55 worth of butter for the
market and the skim milk had been
used to feed other stock. Quite a bar
gain they made by keeping the COW.
Rev. and Mrs. Tragitt were rendered
a reception last Thursday evening by
the Odd Fellows and Rebecca's at their
hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Tragitt are about
to depart from the city and in no circle
will they be missed more than in the
the l. o. o. F, A very pleasant even
ing was spent in games, conversation
and listening to a literary program. At
the conclusion of the exercises w. w.
Downie in behalf of the lodge presented
Rev. and Mrs. Tragitt with a set of
silver spoons. Rev. Tragitt responded
and thanked the lodge and spoke feel
ingly of how much he regretted to
break his long connection with the Mil
bank society. -Milbank News.