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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-07-18
Office in Century Biz.
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received by the city auditor
of the city of Watertown, South Da-
kota, at the city hall, to be opened
Monday, July 10Th, 1912, for re-laying
and recommending feed pipes to flush
tanks on Fourth Street S. w. Plans
and specifications for said work on
file with city auditor and city engin.
eer ".
Thos. H. Davis, ei 81
sc City Auditor.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-07-18

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Many mistakes his prejudices his
mistake made a discovery
The South Dakota grain
woman will old wear an old
gets run down the sheriff generally winds
One good accomplish far more than lot of
kindness. sss&s..- 8 %& s.IS.
before his best girl when
the hoodoo gets in his work. z5- .@a
a.: g.
The oube opportunity generally knocks an
door when he is short of money.
1t is cold day when demands That
seems to be what Teddy got at Chicago $a#
AS soon as man is elected fellows who didn't
vote for him begin to advise him what
An esteemed subscriber can die twice
Certany He can switch from democratic party
The time you want business The time f.
i when you want to step aside chance
SAD DID world to live where every
II unsuccessful. .t## aE@E.l-@9
-
Our respect for sturdy patient uncomplaning is in
creased time burden called Man
complaining about everything that happens.
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bright last CLEANS out from the grocery markat
y Waeown Lawrence Giph has Of
me neeessles of life He is certainly the white
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81 4 turnip or make whistle ont
Of pigs tail See that We are going
e have president governor
Daniel in the lions den,
The lions as tame spaniel, 35 ss3s s%
Daniel don't give
And the lions don't give ad-n for Daniel.
No with political President TAFT has
se & hs a eos g. Z r n a "
what cooked his goose n the western states
81 49,
Egan will No doubt bag enough Opinion
little satzel him canary seed for
couple of months But HIots
They never blister the tongue il
they Do They make other
people good naured They their
TAEY SAY THEY vii HuT2wE Trunk THEY'RE ALIonr
City Auditor Tom Dayissand promised ID
go the Hons den e the street carnival
hope that the lions salt she
Ekns ought mike me eating
makes him tender % MY sa ana a
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band 81 eannbals over n me islands ss
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have sc TIC
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the fender s
I'LL bet ye ten again
hardest name
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
e,r.. v.,.u. p...per, /, Rush.

Should . citizen Of the United State
attempt 10 enter Russia without q
passport be would be turned back y
the frontier should be arrive In Rus
sian waters he will not be lermi,,a
20 disembarS until he has produced tbs
necessary document, properly visrd by
a Russian consular or diplomatic 9th
Ger Indeed the mere possession Of an
American passport j. not sufficient.
toE the regulations of the Russians
prescribe tbs, the credential must be
vSea oesare the froatier Is crossed
Better to lose SGe's purse than ones
YaSSqors "a Russia, Funds may be
cahlcd Tor ana received IN the course
" a few SaGvS b.; il Is a question OF
weeks where q passport IS concerned
EaSS3tn c&c&aaS are Usually courteous
to American visitors wGG do not dis
play 700 aaach curiosity about certain
u~nSncaGNa3e Russian Institutions, but
les tatm Gaa 8 traveller In the interior
without y passport and yae luck,css
one vll speedily Sce the inside II a
Russian Sail and <sogcr or later be
conducted 10 the Nearest point of the
rroai&er-TTAvc9 Magazine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
KEPT ABOVE GROUND.

Ingenious Way Major Hook Evaded
the Terms Of a VIII.
Among ingenious W yS of evading a
will the plan followed Uy Major Hook
and recorded in Ancient, Curious and
Famous Wills may be commended:
A county newspaper some years
ago recorded the death of a Major
Hook and spoke Of him as "a singular
character" He died." says the re-
port, Ion Monday sennight at his
house, Ham street, Ham common. He
was an officer in the East India COM
pany's service and reached the age of
seyenty-five. His house was remark
able for its dingy and dilapidated CON
dition."
His wife had become entitled to a
life annuity. bequeathed to her in
these ambiguous terms: And the
same shall he paid to her as long as
she is above ground" When, there
fore. the good lady died her husband
very naturally objected TO forfeit his
income by rutting her below ground
and ingeniously devised q me of
keeping her in a room viii h he ailot-
ted ito her sole and separate use,"
placing a glass case W her remains.
For thirty years he thus prolonged his
enjoyment. If not of his wife's society,
at least of her income.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Da Vinci's Writings.

Although Leonardo da Vinci was a
voluminous writer. he never published
a single line during his lifetime.
After the masters death in France
his manuscripts were taken back to
Italy. His heirs proved unworthy,
and the precious writings were grad
ually dispersed. Loose pages were
often detached and were either given
away as relics or stolen. No attempt
was made to publish any of his
treatises. except that on painting. for
more than 800 years after his death.
This was partly owing to the great
difficulty of de~ciphering his handwrit.
ing. Da Vinci was left handed and
always wrote in oriental fashion. from
right to left. Besides this, his orthog.
raphy Is peculiar 10 himself. He alb.
breviates some words and joins others
together and employs neither stops MOI
accents, -LoRdon Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Begging the Price.

The man whose doctor had advised
him to walk downtown in the morning
looked scornfully at the panhandler
who had held him up.
"You say you want money for your
starving wife and children" he re.
peated. "Well, I don't believe you have
any"
"Well, wot of III" asked the beggar
brazenly. "Wot IL l am lynn"
The pedestrian gasped. but held to
his purpose.
II think you want this money only
to buy liuqor," he said.
"Wot If | dor'
"In that case you show yourself TO
be a liar, a vagabond and a drunkard
IA man who Is scarcely worth saving,
But listen: Do you know that the
liquor evil Is, to a certain extent, its
own corrective?"
"Wotcha drivin' at?'
"Just this. Scientists tell us that
liquor is killing Off the weak and In
ferior class. In that way you may be
said to be doing some good. Do YOU
The beggar held out his hand.
"Stop right dere, mister" he said,
"end help de good work along before
you t'ink o. somepin' else."-Bostor
Traveller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
THURSDAY, JANUARY =, lese.


NMNHH IVY
There fSaa wandering tr{he a. sra
SaharS called the TuarecS a strange
people supposed 0y some re have a.
Scenaea from ire c-uSaaers and dis
tinguisnea Is TIE wearing az wells =
cGStom that has cccaSionc8 much dis,
cusSson The Tua~acs guard their
cyes against The glare OF the desert rs
rwc vesls. one rolled round the ten
Piles and falling down In front az the
eyes the other reaching from the nos
trlls 70 the eare az the clothing, Gov.
ering tire lower part az the face Al
manner of learned arguments have
been nddncpd ia explain this custom.
but hygiene Is obviously the only mo.
tive, This Is shown ny the statements
OF the Tuarers themselves and hy
the sob-ionei mouths for flies" which
they apply TO an who do not wear thg
wells. 1t Is said that The Tuaregs
never remove their veils even az meal
times Indeed they are so much 9
part OF their wearers thar my n de
rrivea of such covering IS unrecog
nizea BIZ bis friends ard relatives
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
HARD METALS.
They Come From Titanium and Are as
Firm as the Diamond.

III Dc klS
The diamond has ever been regarded
as possessing one quality that placed it
beyond rivairy-namely. that of hard
ness. There are several gems that com
pete with 1t In beauty, and at least one
the ruby when of rare size outranks
1t in cOstliueSS. but none in the whole
list equals il in hardness. The hardest
steel cannot equal the diamond in that
respect.
But there are at least two products
Of chemical experiment that have
proved, according to French chemists,
to be as hard as diamonds. These are
produced from the rare metal titanium.
One eXperimenter. it Is claimed. sue,
ceeded in preparing titanium in the
electric furnace. In the pure form it
Is much harder than steel or quartz,
and when combined with silicon or
carbon so as to form a silicide or bo-
ride of titanium 1t matches the dia.
mOnd itself in hardness.
Titanlum resembles tin in its chem.
zeal properties, and it Is the character
istic element in the beautiful red and
brown crystals of rutile. These, in the
shape of needles, are sometimes found
penetrating large white quartz crTs-
tails, forming gems that the French
call "love's arrows."-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

A lawsuit for libel brought by an
apothecary In Pollau. In Syria, against
a young peasant reveals an extraordi-
nary superstition prevalent among the
country people. They believe that
apothecaries and doctors have the
right to kill at least one man and one
woman every year In order to make
medicines out OF their bodies. An ac-
cidental movement of the apothecary
at Pollau. Herr Kobermauser. when
giving medicine to a boy named Putz
led the latter Il believe be was going
20 be killed He ran away, but got
such a fright that he fell i'll. The in
habitants believed his story and boy
cotted the apothecary, who was at
length compelled to prosecute. Putt
was sentenced to fourteen days i'm
prisonment. but his parents. who had
spread the story, were acquitted On
the ground that they had acted in
good faith.-London Standard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

when a man whips uut n gun and
get the drop' on you there's nothing
else TO 90 but throw up your hands
and let him have whatever he wants. .
That's where you fool yourself"
said the man from the southwest IF
q man has the nerve he can face a
gun and get away with it--sometimes
j remember seeing In a border saloon
an Englishman pun q gun on 8 Mexi-
can whom he had caught cheating In
q game OF cards,
"sYou give me back the money
you've won from me or I'll blow your
head orr
lyon wiIlg' said the Mexican, look
ing calmly into the muZzle of the Eng
lishman's revolver. Well. you won't
do II just now; that guns not loaded
What's thatT exclaimed the Eng
lishman, turning the revolver toward
himself TO look into the chambers. And
on the instant the Mexican drew a
knife and planted it 10 the hilt in
the Englishman's stomach."-New York
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
ThackeraN,s First Poem.

Thackeray's momentous first appear
ance in print was a satirical poem,
published in the Western Luminary
during one OF the happy holiday times
which he spent In Devonshire when
still a scholar at the C~harterhouse.
A certain Mr.. Lalor Shell was to have
delivered a speech upon Penendon
heath. but the crowd refused TO hear
him. He had taken the ~pre@aution,
however, to send copies OF his intend
ed Grafton TO all the leading journals
before leaving town, and these, Of
course, printed It. This ludicrouS in
cident inspired Thackeray to write a
little jeu d'esprit entitled Irish Melo-
dy," telling how "NIister Shell" when
the men of Kent began a g%rieyons
shouting" found comfort in rejecting
my speech is safe in the Times ! wot
And exc In the Morning Chronicle"
Westminster Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

in the city of Webster and state of South
Dakota, has been appointed as the time
and place of the hearing OF the petilion Oh
Mary V. Soulak claiming that by a certain
written contract entered into with the
deceased in his life time, is entitled TO
a conveyance by the ~executrix OF SAID
estate II the following described prem
Uses, tO-wit. 80
That part of lots II and IL in block ~
in the Town of Sisseton, now City OF
Sisseton, Roberts county, South Dakota,
that has not been deed d to Lizzie John
son, by warran! y deed recorded in book
"O' Of deeds at page 2U7, and praying a
AT tine time and place so appointed all
persons interested in said estate may
appear and contest said petition. =.
Witness my hand and the seal - SAID
court this Dist day of December, l9ll.
Sherman NJ. Duggan
fSeaD Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
Bert f. Johnson,
Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Business Before Pleasure.

Pussy Man thurrying into newspaper
Objective lost my spectacles some
where, and | want to advertise for
them. but | can't see to write without
them. you know. Advertising Clerk
Qikely to be business manager some
day)-I will write the ad. for you, sir.
Any marks on them? Pussy Man
Yes. yes. Gold trimmed. lenses differ
ent focus, and letters l.. Q. G. on in
side. Insert 1t three times. Advertis-
ing Clerk-Yes, sir. Ten shillings,
please. Pussy Man-Here It is. Ad-
vertising Clerk-Thanks. 1t gives me.
sir. great pleasure-very great pleas
ure. to inform you, sir. that your spec
tacles are on top of your head. Pussy
NANNY stars! So they are. Why
didn't you say so before? Advertising
Clerks Business before pleasure, you
know.-London Mail
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
One Use OF the Eel.

It is difficult to exhaust the uses OF
the eel. Experts In top whipping pro-
nounce q dried eel skin an admirable
lash. and tops r by no Team the
only victims thereof. There Is that
affecting passage in Mr.. Pepys' diary:
"April "a. 1868. Up betimes. and with
my salt eel went down in the parlor
and there get my boy and did beat
him till I was fain to take breath two
Or three times. Yet for all / am
afeared It viii make the boy never
the better, he Is grown so hardened
In his tricks, which ! am sorry for.
he being capable Of making a brave
man and Is a boy that / and my wife
love very well" salt eel" appears
to have been a nautical term for a
ropes end. and 1t Is not certain that
Pepys' instrument OF castigation was
actual eols' skin But the original
'ssalt eel" laid Its mark. = London
Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Notice to Creditors

Dec, IT VT
LSs. COUNTY
County OF Day.
In the matter of the estate of Lars J.
Laugeland, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under,
signed administrator of the estate OF Lars
/. Laugeland, deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhlbit them, with
necessary vouchers, within six months
after The first publiCatiou of this notice.
to said administrator al his place of resi-
denCe in the Township of Highland in
the County of Day and State Ct South
Dakota.
Dated his eth day of December, 1911.
Johannes J. Fosse.
Administrator
Anderson 81 Waddel,
Attorneys for Administrator,
Webster, ). ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
of Rea Estate Mortgage ale

Nov, ~ WI
Whereas, default has been m de in, the
conditions of a certain mortgage contain
ing Power of Sale made by Cd. l.. SpaCk-
man and Dora Spackman, husband and
wife, mortgagorS to The iSS-tan aud
and Title Company, a C'rnnr tim, mort
gage. which mortgage Was dated the End
day of December, 1906, aud was filed for
record in the office of rrgtster of deeds of
the County of Dav and State of South
Dakota, on the I5tn day of March, 1907, at
10 o'clock a. m, and duly recorded in Book
81 of Mortgages at page 323, mortgaging
the following described lands, situate,
lying and being in the County of Day,
State of South Dakota, to-wit: Southeast
Quarter Is. r.. ~, section 1, Township Ia
North, of Range 50 west of the Fifth p, m.
And whereas, the nature OF such default
consists i'm a failure blythe n~iortgagors to
pay the inStallments of said mortgage, or
the interest thereon when due or at all.
Notice is hereby given that said mort
gage will be foreCiOsed by public sale of
the lands covered thereby and herein
before described, by the sheriff of Day
County, South Dakota, or his deputy, on
the 18Th daN of January, 1912, at the hour
of two O'Clock D.. m. OF said day at the front
door of the court house in the City of Web
strr, Day County, South Dakota, to satisfy
an Indebtedness of S~eventy-ive Dollars
and fifty-two cents ($75.52) which is due
of this notice, besides attorney fees, costs
and disbursements of foreclosure.
Dated this 18th day of November, 1911.
The SiSseton Loan and Title Com
pany, of Sisseton, South Dakota,
NoTtgagee.
Frank X. McKenna,
Attorney for MOrtgagee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
THE GIRL

The telephone girl sits in her chair and listens to voices from everywhere;
She hears all the gossip, she hears all the news,
She knows who is happy and who has the blues;
She knows all our sorrows, she knows all our joys,
She knows every girl who is chasing the boys,
She knows of our trouble, she knows of our site.
She knows every man who talks mean to his wife; 4"
She knows every time YOU ar out with the boys,
She hears the excuses each fellow employs,
She knows every woman who has a dark past,
She knows every man who's inclined to be fast.
In fact, there's a secret beneath each cute curl
OF that quiet, demure- looking telephone girl
If the telephone girl told all that she knows,
1t would turn half our friends TO biterst foes.
She could SOW a small wind thal would soon be a gale,
Engulf us in trouble and land US in Jail.
She could let go a story, which, gaining in force,
Would cause half the wives to sue 70 divorce,
She could get all the churches mixed up in a fight,
And turn all our days into sorrowing night
In fat, she could keep the whole town in a stew,
If she'd tell a tenth partof the things that she knew.
Say, reader, now doesent it make your head whirL.
When you think what you W to the telephone girl Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

TIE Diameter 81 the u is reckoned
a. $500 niles This diameter. Nv.
inc 40 its loss Of heat and the conse,
qncat condensation. is steadily being
shortened though NJ a very slow rate,
81 course The whole solar system
the sun and an Of its ~plancts-is NOV,
ING through space At a pace estimat
cd 81 about l50ooo.o00 Of miles annu
ally. Those who are srm1ns"d tu
know about the matter assure U~ 'HH
owing to certain causes. too numerous
and complicated 10 he dealt with in
this place. the planet on which we i've
receives only the 2.2J0-millionth part
OF the heat that is thrown of by the
sun Even as it Is the earth receives
annually from the sun an amount Of
heat that exceeds by a million times
the heat producible by the combustion
OF 2S0,OO0.O 900 tons Of coaL-New York
American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Cats In Ancient Wales.

An ancient statute ascribed to Howell
the Good. a Welsh prince, who ruled
In 94S, regulated the price of cats. A
penny was the price Of a kitten before
Its eyes were open, twopence until 1t
had caught Its first mouse and four
pence when 1t was old enough for COM
bat. He who stole a cat from the royal
granaries forfeited either a milk eve.
with It's fleece and lamb, or as much
wheat as would cover the body of the
cat suspended by Its tail, with its nose
touching the ground. A penny was a
coin OF great purchasing power in the
tenth century.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
The Eternal Feminine.

From the fresco paintings Of women
In the Cretan palaces Of the period
about 1000 b. @. 1t is learned that the
women Of that time pinched in their
waists, had bounced or accordion
skirts, wore an elaborate couture on
their heads. shoes with high heels and
hats which might have come from a
Partisan hat shop, while n woman
might be described as wearing a jupe
culotte.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

Parrots when In their native wilds
live In fiocks and guard themselves by
= complete police system which en-
ables them to marshal their collective
force quickly when any animal or bird
attacks one of their number. They
seem to be disciplined and trained In
lighting together. and all other birds
and animals are afraid to attack q
parrot unless the bird can be caught
alone. Even then a shrill call sum-
mons the parrot army to the rescue.
e a said that In the forests all par
rots die Of old age and that none II
ever killed By birds Of prey or other
wiId animals.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
SUMMONS
Dec. Tvs

Dec. Z. W.T.
State of South Dakota,
County of Day.
In Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit.
The Farmers and Merchants1
National, Bank, a corporation
Plaintiff, SUMMONS
J. G. Lynde, Defendant.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting
to the above named defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint of the plaintiff in
the above entitled action, VIII CHI will be
filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit
court at Webster, Day County, South
Dakota, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint upon the
subscriber, Z. A. Wells, at his Office in the
City of Webster, Day County, South
Dakota, within thirty days after the ser
vice of this m upon you, and ii
you fail to answer said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will take judgment against you by
default for the sum of Two Hundred and
| Seventy. Nine Dollars ($279) and interest
| thereon at the rate of IL per cent, from
November y, 1911, together with plaintiffs
costs aud disbursements herein,
Dated at Webster, South Dakota, this
END day of November, 1911.
c. A. Wells,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Webster, Day
County. s. D..
Complaint i'm the above entitled case
filled November %, 1911
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04
Notice of Hearing Petition For
Letters of Administration.
Dec 1+-3w
State of South Dakota, II

Dec l4-3w
State of South Dakota, IN
County of Day. COURT
In the matter of the estate of Thomas
Erickson, deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greet
ing to Martha Erickson, Minnie Eriese,
Lera Larson, Willie Erickson, Rosie Fred
erickS, Mary, Alga, Carl, Edward, Talmer,
Emil, Clarence and Bonnie Erickson,
heirs next of kin of Thomas Erickson,
deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Edward
Erickson has filed with the judge
of this court, "a petition, praying that
letters of administration of the estate of
Thomas Erickson, deceased, be issued
to III. O.. Wickre, and that Friday,
the 5th day of January, 1912, at ten
o'clock a. M, of said day, being a day
of a regular tenn of this court, to-wit
of the January term, 1912, at the court
room of said court at Webster in the
County of Day, have been appointed as
the time and place for hearing said petit
ton, when and where any person may
appear and show cause why said petition
should not be granted.
Witness the Hon. Sherman NJ. Duggan,
Judge of the county court and the seal
of said court, his 9th day of DeCem-
Der A. ID. 1911, at his office in the city of
Webster, county of Day, state ct South
Dakota.
|TSEALl Sherman NJ. Duggan,
Judge of the County Court,
Attest:
Bert f.. Johnson, Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-04

Uncle Raspberry walked into a drug
store.
"Gimme n o. dem plasters fob my
back" he said.
"One Of the porous plastersr'
mo, ! don't want n o. de pores
plasters. ! want one q de- bes'."-
washington Star.