Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-04

stefan was taking a vacation, arrived
home Thursday night. The doctor
really looks as if taking care of old
soldiers agreed with him and is in the
best of health and admits having had
a good time.
Henry Moshier, a graduate from the
blind school at Gary, S. D., has decided
to locate in Webster and engage IN
piano tuning in which line he is an
expert. Parties desiring his services
can telephone No. 70. Mr.. Moshier is
also an expert in the manufacture of
hammocks and is prepared TO fill all
orders. Samples of hammock work can
be seen at the Irwin Pharmacy.
A. E. Harthouse, wife, two daugh-
tiers, June and Gladys, and Carl Brey
came down from Minot, N. D., their
home, in an automobile for a visit with
relatives and friends at Lily, Butler,
Bristol and Webster. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harthouse were formerly residents of
these places and are having a splendid
time renewing former acquaintance.
They were Webster visitors Monday.
Pierpont, Groton and Webster are
advertising big celebrations for their
respective towns onJuly 4th. Webster
will have a two days celebration, the
4th and 5th, and will pull off some very
fast horse races. Several fast steppers
owned by T. Burridge and Phil Dicker-
son, of Langford, will be in the races
at Webster and we can look for the boys
to bring home some of the prizes
Langford Bugle.
Rev. L. V. Slocum and family, who
have been visiting here for a few days
left for their home at Winner, Neb.,
this morning. Mr.. Slocumb gave the
principal address at the M. w. A.
picnic last week. He and his family
in company with 7. e. Magee and
wife tried fishing in Pickerel lake near
Webster a couple of days but without
much success. Their many friends
were glad to see them again. Ashton
item in Aberdeen American June 20.
We see by the dispatches that Geo.
Isles died at his home in Sioux Falls
on Monday. Mr.. Isles was general
agent for an insurance company and
was quite well known in Webster hav-
ing made several trips here to look
after business matters and to enjoy
the fishing in the lakes north of this
city. Mr.. Isles leaves many friends
made during his visits to Webster who
who will extend their deepest sympathy
to his family in their sad hour Of
bereavement.
In a letter to her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Brown, here Mrs. ]. C. Edmond says
they are all well in their new home at
Moose Jaw, Sask., Can. They could
not find a house to rent and the day
before they arrived Mr.. Edmond con.
structed a two-room shack on the lot
where they are building their house
which they will use as home until the
house is finished. A postal from Mrs.
Edmond asking to have the street
address of her paper changed the lady
says: ut is awfully warm here, but
a great place. Wave a flag for me or
the Fourth"
One day of last week while cutting
a piece of spring steel at the Candy
garage where he is employed, Ivel
Stronseth placed the steel upon the
anvil and struck it with a heavy ham.
mer. A piece of the steel triangular
in shape flew from the anvil anc
inbedded itself into the fleshy part oil
his left hand. He pulled it out anc
thought that would be all there was tc
it but the hand began to swell and
pain him in the afternoon and upon
going to a doctor who dressed the
wound he found he had not got it all.
He is getting along all right now.