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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW.
What a Heap Of Happiness it Would
Bring to Webster City Homes.

Hard to do homework with an
aching back.
Brings you hours of misery at
leisure or at work.
II women only knew the cause
that backache pains come from sick
kidneys.
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys. Many residents of this vicin-
ity endorse them.
Mrs. Fred Olmstead, of Williams,
Ia, says: 'For eight months q
member of my family suffered from
pains in the small of the back.
which we're worse after STOPPING.
Difficulty with the kidney secretions
also existed, the passages being too
frequent. The contents OF the first
box OF Doan's Kidney Pills brought
such great benefit. that a further
supply was procured and by the time
five boxes had been used, cure was
effected. Doan's Kidney Pills are
deserving OF the highest praise"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. Remember the name
Doan's--a1d take no other. diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
How the Iron Horse Grows.

Comparison between the largest
passenger locomotives built for the
Pennsylvania railroad and the old
est locomotive in America shows the
progress made since the first rail :
road train was put into service at
Bordentown, n. j., on the Camden
and Amboy railroad in1S31-eigbty
years ago. The Oldest locomotive
John Bulls still intact at the Ma
tional Museum in Washington.
The locomotive which the Penn
sylvania railroad has adopted for
heavy passenger service is of the Pa
cific type, and it is the most power
full passenger locomotive in use on
the road
The locomotive and tender of the
new Pacific type or K-2, as it is
called, when loaded with coal AID
water, weigh about 100000 pounds.
The John Bull. loaded for operation
weighs 24625 pounds, about one
seventeenth as much as the new an
CINE, which has six driving wheels
80 inches in diameter. The driving
wheels of the old engine are only 54
inches in diameter.
The boiler of the new K-2 type
locomotive contains $50 tubes, each
900 feet long, making a total OF
nearly mile and half of IL inch
tubes, through which the flames and
heat from the fire box pass on their
way to the stack. The heating sur
face of the tubes is 4,420.6 square
feet and, in addition, the FIRE box
has a heating surface of 1888
square feet. This space is heated to
a high temperature to convert the
water in the boiler to steam at d
pressure of EOS pounds per square
inch. The tubes in the John Pull
are Z 1-2 feet long and the tube
heating surface is only 213 square
feet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Snap Skots.

Sioux City Journal: Men are
willing to engage in the task of saw
ing others if they can see for them
selves a lively chance to land on
top.
Nor can a state of our blessed
union exalt itself by pulling anoth-
er state down.
To be great one needs in some
way to be as nothing.
When a mans wife won't speak
to him the Office of the newspaper
is to serve as comforter.
Nothing is settled until it is set
tied right. and therefore nothing is
settled.
Some men under oath soon forget
it and talk naturally.
Few people when they have brok-
en- their word stop to look for tie
pieces.
The marriage day is commence
ment day, and 1t may be an embar-
rassment to show the diploma.
Enthusiasm is like the froth on a
glass Of beer, and experts agree that
there may be too much of 1t.
No one can get hustle on him
self and be upright.
There are many lies in the name
of previous engagement.
1t is the good fortune of the
youngster to have legs as nimble as
the mind.
The poor man is cross examined
on the score of brains, but the rich
man has presumption in his favor.
The first thing to do with a busi-
ness proposition is to dress 1t up In
a becoming manner.
A man who has his career behind
him goes back to 1t for his choice
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
A Trial BY Rice.

They have peculiar methods Of try.
ing suspects In Bengal. One OF
these is called trial by rice" Every
person suspected was ordered to be
present, and all turned up. First the
people were made to sit In a semicircls
and plate" IA square of plantain
leaf was set before each. Then Z
priest walked up and down chanting
and scattering flowers. The ceremony
over one Of the clerks went to each
man and gave him raw rice and told
him to chew 1t to pulp. After about
ten minutes they were told to stop
and eject 1t into the plantain leaf.
All did so easily with the exception OF
three men. One OF these three PROMPT.
" commenced to cry and begged for
mercy. confessing everything and say.
ing that another of the three was the
chief instigator. 1t ID . curious fact
that fear. arising from an evil con.
science. prevents saliva coming to the
mouth, with the result described.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Anna Johnson to Bertha R. Far
dal-wd-1s acre in NV sw 1887
24.-$1.00.
Emma H. Bordahl to Andrew Os-
mundson-wd-lots 8, 9, 10, blk 2,
Ellsworth 100000.
T. J. Barr to Homer G. Barr-wd
-eh NV NV and NV sw 2-S7-26
$1,900.O0.
Christiana Ponsold ct al to Lydia
Curtis-wd-lot 1, blk 81, W. c.
100000.
Jonas A. Oslund and VT to Hiida
N. Carlson-wd-part of out lot
"a" Stratford.-$500.00.
w. J. Shipley and WI to Lille E.
Crowter-wd-lot 1, blk S, and
strip, w. F. & Co. addition, w. c.
$4,000.
Permelia Adams and hush to
Frances Wade-qcd-lot 8, blk 6s,
w. C.-s45.OO.
Hans E. Fardal and VT to liver
Enderson-wd-part of out lot G.,
Stanhope.-$450.0O.
Alpheus Alexander ct al to Nails
Halone-wd-wh lot Z, and all lot
8, Evergreen Lawn addition, Jewell.
$4,000.
Frank E. Lundell and VT to Eliz-
abeth Hook-wd-lots Is and 16,
blk 2, Stratford.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
RAILROADS BURN
MANY OATS this YEAR
Dry Season Cost Them Lots Of
Money-Freight Trains Start
Most Fires.

According to the reports from
railroad men, the claim officers of
the railroads have been very busy
this year allowing claims to farm
ers for damages done to their fields.
The extreme dryness of the year
caused large number of fields to be
burned. This condition has been
much more noticeable than last
year. Last year the dry weather
was in the earlier part of the sea-
son when the oats were short. There
were lots of claims for hay last year,
but very few for oats. This year
there have been very few for hay
and lots for oats.
mo, very few Of these fires are
caused by passenger trains" said l..
NJ. Fooss, division freight agent.
''They are almost entirely caused by
heavy freight trains pulling up
slight grades. The heavy load to
pull causes lots of smoke and many
sparks. LOIS or these nreS are put
out by the railroad men on the
trains if they are discovered and
then only burn slight patch in the
field. 1t is then very easy to allow
damages since you have only to
measure the amount burned, and
the farmer can generally tell his av-
erage yield"
The M. & st. L., as announced be-
fore, have spark arresters, which
have eliminated to a great extent
this loss. They are only an exper-
iment, however, and will have to be
tried out thoroughly. The other
railroads probably will use them if
they prove a success.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Returns Stolen Cash.

Usage, Aug. 26.-Henry Ander-
son, a farmer living near here,
heard a door in his house slam early
yesterday morning. He got up to
investigate and found on the kitch-
en- floor a package containing $500
and note which read:
will return all have taken ex-
cept So" There was no signature.
The money was stolen from An
dersons bedroom about two weeks
ago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Had TO Have His Char.

There have been many devotees OF
the cold cigar. Liszt was one. Mas
senet says that the able could not
play the piano unless he had cigar
In his mouth. But he did not light 1t
or smoke it; he used to eat It. He
would sit down to the instrument with
q big cigar between his teeth and
keep munching all the time he played.
When the cigar was eaten up the per.
torrance closed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
HAVE BEEN HOTTER
YEARS THAN 1911
What Some of the Old Records Tell
us of Summer Days-Inter-
I esting Figures.

There have been hotter years
than the present. Much hotter. One
who has had the time and the OPP
portunity to go into the matter, has
discovered so much hot weather,
real heat, that one gets chilly by
comparing it with the present sea-
son.
In the year 1904 the Rhine,
Loire and Seine rivers went dry. The
heat in several of the French prov
inces in 1905 was equal to that of
a glass furnace. Meat could be pre-
pared for the table by exposing it to
the sun. No person dared to ven
ture out of his house between the
hours of noon and p. m.
In the year 1918 many shops had
to close all over Europe. Not a drop
of rain fell for four months. In
1878 the thermometer rose to Ill
degrees. In 177S the heat in
Bologne was so intense that scores
of people were stifled.
In July, 1898, the heat again be-
came intolerable. Vegetables were
burned up and fruit dried on the
trees. The furniture and woodwork
in dwelling houses cracked and split
and meat became tainted in an
hour. The French revolution was
then at the height of it's bloody car
nival and many superstitious per-
sons thought that the wave of heat
following this mighty upheaval was
the curse of God.
In 1900 Spain was visited by a
sweltering temperature. Madrid and
other cities were deserted and the
streets became silent. Laborers died
in the field.
Another disastrous hot wave
swept over Europe in 1851. In the
Champs de Mars, Paris, during a
military review soldiers by the score
fell victims to sunstroke, and at AL
dershot. England, men dropped dead
while at drill, compelling the offic-
ers to suspend the exercises.
There are many living who recall
the terrible experiences of 1853 in
New York and elsewhere. In that
year New Orleans was declimated
by yellow fever. In New York 1t
appeared as if the city was on fire.
The thermometer ranged from IS
to SO degrees for seven days. In
that summer the Crystal Palace at
Reservoir was opened. On the day
of the opening the mercury rose to
SO degrees and people tainted in the
crowd and fell dead in the street.
During the week, PA persons died
from sunstroke in New York.
The summer of 1854 was another
hot spell all over the country, but
it appears to have concentrated all
its fury in the southwest, particu,
larly in the state of Missouri. Ac-
cording to the statement of an old
Missouri pioneer, after the 18th of
June of that year, not drop Of
rain fell during the remainder of
the twelve months. In describing
this remarkable drouth he says: The
dust on the pike was frightful on a
windy day. You could hardly see
vehicle just ahead of you. The old
Glasgow stage coach would roll into
Callao with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
driver, horses, harness and ALL
nearly as white as snow. Sometimes
Threats would become so
badly choked that they couldn't talk
until they took a drink of water. II
guess in those days most of us ate
our allotted peck Of dirt or more"
The year 1872 was another fear
full one in New York, 155 cases of
occurring on July 4, Of
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Much Work to Make One Doll.

man doll. Each man makes small
portion OF doll. but 1t is the same
little bit all the time, and by this di-
vision of labor about 1000 dozen dolls
can be made in day In some of the
big factories. After the men finish the
body OF the doll, the women's work
begins. They paint faces. put on wigs,
dress the dolls. and pack them for
markat
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
DIR. RICHARDSON.

Office at 713 Wilson avenue, lrSs
door south of Louis Franks cloth
ing store. Speciality, diseases q
women. Calls answered day and
night
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
DR.. R. ". HOMAN,

Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist.
Formerly assistant professor u
diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose a1d
Throat, State University Of Iowa.
Spectacles accurately fitted. HosIS
8 to IL a. M; 2 to ) p. m. Over
Burleson's. Phones-Ofice -,
house 231.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

g. T. McCAULIFF, NJ. D.
Office over Browns drug store,
corner Of Des Moines and Second
streets. Calls attended day or night.
Both phones.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

A. F. SHULTz, DENTIST.
Eight years practical experience
Office over Shipley's store. d.
Berg's old stand. {
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
DR.. H. W. LUNDELL,
Dentist.

Successor to DR.. G.. W. Clark. Or
er Louis Franks clothing store. Mar
tin phone 1853.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

WESLEY MARTIN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Collections.
Phone No. A. Office in CrarJ
block, Second street, Webster City
Iowa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Our Business Directory.
F. J. DRAKE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

homeopathic.
Diseases Of women speciality. 4
complete Xray and Electrical Equip
ment Office 712 Wilson Ave. Both
phones at Office and residence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
DIR. F. A. BoYsEN,
DENTIST.

DENTIST.
Over Aug. F. Mueller's hardware
store. Martin phone 281. Indepel-
dent phone 166.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
G. F. TUCKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Webster City, Iowa,

Will practice in all the courts "a
Iowa. Office over The Hub.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

DIR. F. E. WHITLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Webster City, Iowa.
Office 718 Des Moines street. re-.
idence 1893 First street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

Try a local in this paper.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

cures permanently ene cases ne under.ass
SAD sends the incurable home without taking
fee from them. This Is why he continues i
visits year after year, while other doctors hSs
made few visits and stopped. Dr.. Shallents
ssr Is an emineutly successful specialist In .
snronic diseases proven by the many cur.
Elected In chronic cases which have BIZ "'ed 81
skill OF all other physicians. His '7sp.
q srience and extensive practice Nayt al .:
b proficient that hs can name IA | 10, =.
aA5e In q few minutes.
Treats all durable cases Of Tataryh. NJ.
Throat and Lung. diseases. Aye a l.
Stomach. Liver and Kidneys. Gravel, hholn
ttsm. Paralysis, Neur algia, Nervous aid H.
diseases, Blood and Skin diseases, EIii-rs
Brght's Disease and Consumption Ia "
stage; diseases OF theBladder and Femhletfr
Liquor and Tobacco habit. Stanmerine q -
and sure methods to prevent its recurrence avs
A never-falllng remedy for Big Neck.
PILES, FISTULAE and RUPTI RE- t'-.ar''i
.sed cured without detention from busite>
Special attention given to all surge
cases, and all diseases of the Eye, Ea
Nose and Throat
Granu.a.s
nds. Cataract, cross Eyes Strengthened wit.o'
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-08-31
CHAPTER XVIII.
Notice to Leave.


At fifteen minutes of midnight when
Miss Thorne. followed by Signor
Petrozinni. entered the sitting-room of
her apartments In the hotel and turned
up the light they found Mr.. Grimm al
ready there. He rose courteously At
sight of him Miss Thorne's face went
deathly white. and the escaped pris-
oner turned toward the door again.
Il would advise that you stay, your
Highness." said Mr. Grimm coldly.
Signor Petrozinni paused, amazed.
You will merely subject yourself to
the humiliation of arrest If you at
tempt to leave. The house is guarded
by a dozen men,"
Your Highness7" Miss Thorne re-
peated blankly. you are assuming
a great deal. aren't you. Mr.. Grimm"
Il don't believe" and Mr.. Grimm's
listless eyes were fixed on those of the
escaped prisoner. Il don't believe that
Prince Benedetto d'Abruzzi will deny
his IDENTIFY"
There was one of those long tense
silences when eyes challenges eye.
when wit is pitted against wit, and
mind is hauled around to a new, and
sometimes unattractiye. view OF a sit
uation. Miss Thorne stood silent with
rigid features. colorless as marble;
but slowly a sneer settled about the
lips OF Signor Petrozinni that was.
and he sat down
You seem to know everything. Mr..
Grimm" he taunted
Il try to know everything. your
Highness." was the reply. Mr.. Grimm
was still standing. I know. for in
stance, that one week ago the plot
which had your freedom for its pur-
pose was born: / know the contents OF
every letter that passed between you
and Miss Thorne here. notwithstand-
ing the invisible inf. know that four
days ago several thousand dollars was
smuggled in TO you concealed In a
basket of fruit; ! know, with that
money. you bribed your way out. while
Miss Thorne or one OF her agents
bribed the guard in front: know that
the escape was planned for tonight
and that the man who was delegated
to take charge OF II is now locked in
my Office under guard. II may inter
est you to know that It was l who
took his place and made the escape
possible. ! know that muchi"
"You-you-!- the prince burst out
suddenly You aided me to escape7''
Miss Thorne was staring. staring at
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-08-31

companied by one Of the guards. en-
tered the warden's office. The masked
man glanced around at them, and with
a motion OF his head indicated the
door leading to the street They
passed through. closing the door be-
hind them
For a little time the intruder stood
staring down at the still body. then
he went to the telephone and called
police headquarters.
There mas been Jail delivery at
the prison." he said in answer to the
hello" of the desk-sergeant at the
other end of the wire. Better send
some of your men up to investigate" :"
Who is that?" came the answering
question.
The stranger replaced the receiver
on the hook. stripped on his black
mask. dropped 1t on the floor beside
the motionless warden. and went out
II was Mr.. Grimm!
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-08-31
Ono Theory Is That the Old Saying
Originated In the Printing
once.

Seyeral explanations have been
given of the origin Of the phrase
Mind your P's and Q's." One is that
II is derived from an old custom of
hanging n slate up in an alehouse on
which was written p or Q-that is.
mint or quart-against the name of
each customer according TO the guam
tity which he had drunk; to be paid
when the wages were given on Satur>
day night.
Another explanation given in the
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette is that
the sentence originally was Mind
your toupees and queues" The tou-
nee was an artificial lock OF hair and
the queue the pigtail of olden time.
A riddle used to be in vogue as fol-
lows: who is the best person to keep
the alphabet in order? Answer: A
barber. because he ties up the queues
and puts toupees In irons"
Charles Knight gives the most
plausible explanation. az follows:
Il have always thought that the
phrase Mind your P's and Q's' was de-
rived from the schoolroom or the
printing office. The forms OF the
small p's and as In the Roman type
have already been puzzling to the
child and the printers apprentice. In
the one the downward stroke is on the
left Of the oval: in the other. on the
right.
Now. when the types are reversed.
as they are when In process of dis
tribution they are returned by the
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-08-31

them with her eyes widely distended.
and her red lips slightly parted.
why did you assist him?" she de-
manded.
"Details are tiresome, Miss Thorne."
replied Mr.. Grimm with the utmost
courtesy. There is one other thing
l know-that the Latin compact will
not be signed In the United States"
The princes eyes met Miss Thorne's
inQuiringly, and she shook her head.
The sneer was still playing about his
mouth.
Anything else of special interest
that you know" he queried.
Yes. of interest to both you and
Miss Thorne. That is merely II the
Latin compact is signed anywhere. the
English-speaking countries Of the
world might construe 1t as a casus
belli and strike soon enough. and hard
enough. to put an end to 1t once for
all"
Again there was silence for a little
while. Slowly the princes eyes were
darkening. and a shadow fitted across
Miss Thorne's face. The prince rose
impatiently.
We'll, what is the meaning Of all
this? Are you going to take me back
to prison?"
No" said Mr.. Grimm. He glanced
at his watch. II will give each of you
one-half hour to pack your belongings.
We must catch a train at one o'clock
Leave the city," gasped Miss
Thorne.
'Impossible!" exclaimed the prince
"One-half hour" said Mr.. Grimm
coldly.
"But-but it's out of the question:
expostulated Miss Thorne.
"One-half hour" repeated Mr.
Grimm. He didn't dare to meet those
wonderful blue-gray e!es now. "A
special car with private compartments
will be attached to the regular train.
and the only inconvenience to you
will be the fact that the three Of rs
will be compelled to sit up all night
Half a dozen other Secret Service
men will be on the train with us
And then the princes entire manner
underwent a change.
mfr. Grimm" he said earnestly, II
is absolutely necessary that / remain
in Washington for another week-re-
main here even II ! am locked UP
again-lock me up again II you like
can't sign compacts in prison"
twenty-five minutes" replied MI.
Grimm quietly.
But here" exclaimed the prince ex'
plosively. Il have credentials which
will insure my protection in spite OF
your laws"
Il know that" said Mr.. Grimm
placidly. Credentials OF that nature
cannot be presented at midnight. and
you will not be here tomorrow &c
present them. The fact that you have
those credentials. your Highness. is
one reason why you must leave Wash
| ington now. tonight"
CTo BE CONTINUED