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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22

at the rear end of the street car
which the girls were about to board.
And as the coroner's jury finds him
guilty of carelessness,' ten year
old girl lies dead and another girl
is lingering between life and death.
Is it necessary that some loving FAM
lily must be shattered, that the life
of some person must be sacrificed,
that the parents of this little girl
must bear the pain and sorrow of
the loss of loving daughter before
these laws Will be recognized? This
is the third accident OF similar
kind which has occurred in Denver
in the past month. Have the other
men been punished for their neglect
and carelessness? Not yet. Will
this man be punished? We do not
know. But it is certain that similar
accidents will continue to occur un-
til these careless and neglectful per-
sons are shown ~. Icy must re-
spect the lives ah1 sfseTties 81 9TH
ers. We hope this man will be pun
ished. We are sorry for him. We
are sorry for any person who is SO
wrapped up in himself and his own
pleasures that he fails to consider
others. We trust and hope he will
be punished for the lesson it will
serve to teach others. Steele's car
toon. taken from the Sunday Denver
Post, portrays the attitude of the
general public in regard to needless
accidents of this character. They are
occurring daily and we read of them
in the papers and cast them from
our memory. But when the victims
are nearer home, how sad. how
tragic and how needless they ap-
pear, .1 Ess
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
That Denver Accident.

The Freeman-Tribune recently
contained the particulars of an auto
accident in Denver in which two
daughters of Mrs. Alta Woolsey-
Spencer, former resident of this
city, a sister of l.. S. Woolsey, were
run down and the younger of the
two killed. We have just learned
that the eoroner's jury brought in a
verdict that Geo. Brand. driver of
the auto, was Guilty OF careless
ness" Whether he will suffer any
punishment for this or not the En-
glewood, Colorado, Tribune, publish
ed at the home of the Spencer fam
ily. seems to be at loss to tell. in
its comments on the finding of the
jury, the Tribune says:
1t is law in Denver that an au-
tomobile driven along side Of a
street car must stop at the rear END
of the car when 1t is not in motion
Brand knew this law and he delib.
erately broke It when he did not stor
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
FEE SPLITTING BY
DOCTORS OUTLAWED
Practitioners Must Hereafter Avoid
all Unprofessional Conduct
Under Penalty.

Des Moines, July 21.-The hold
ers of certificates to practice medi-
cine in Iowa will have to take care
lest they run afoul OF some of the
new laws and lose their certificates.
The state board, as reorganized, will
meet on Wednesday and probably
one of the first things will be to
provide for making known some OF
the new legislation. The list OF
things for which certificate must
be revoked by the board of examin-
ers when evidence has been submit
ted has been materially enlarged,
and one feature was added that is
new to the state. 1t is a strong stat
ute in regard to fee splitting by doc
tors, or division of fees as between
the doctors who send patients to
hospitals and those who operate on
the patients after they are sent
there.
This new law includes the follow
ing as one of the things defined as
unprofessional conduct on the part
of doctor: .a.
"The splitting or division. or
agreeing to split or divide, any fee
or charge paid or to be paid on ac-
count of any operation performed or
to be performed upon any patient,
with any other person for any SER
vice performed or agreed to be per-
formed, or in any consideration of
such other person accompanying.
bringing or referring to him a pa
tient for any treatment or operation
without the knowledge and consent
of the patient or the person having
the patient in charge or the patients
administrator or executor in the
event of the patients death"
1t came to the attention of the
leaders of the legislature that such
fee splitting is becoming common in
connection with the many hospitals
of the state, and this was adopted in
an effort to outlaw such practice.
Just how it Is going to be enforced.
or detected, is yet to be shown.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Complaint on the Avenue.

Property owners on the south end
of Wilson avenue are exercised over
the way the curb and gutter is be-
ing laid. The claim of the survey
ors is that the street was never laid
out right in the first place, and that
according to their lights, or their
measurements, the curb Is staked
out as it should be; but some prop
erty owners claim that there Is a
difference in some places Of five or
six feet in the widths of the park
ing on that street, some places the
parking on one side is sixteen feet
wide and on the other side twenty
two feet. However, the matter has
been taken up with the city and we
understand it will be fixed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Grange Pie Social.

The social meeting of the Fair
view grange, held at the Doty farm
home last Friday evening, was a
brilliant success, about one hundred
people being present and spending
the evening in four courses OF fun.
First bright, enjoyable program in
which Miss Iva Bartlett took prom
inent part, and In which Miss Esther
Butler deserved honorable mention,
Next came the toothsome pies "iike
mother used to make" The balance
of the evening was spent in various
games and amusements till late
hour, when the mercury dropped of
into the Ice cream freezer and there
in compounded some very delicious
ice cream, which was served with
cake. after which all departed for
their homes declaring they wished
the grange would soon have another
meeting of the kind.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
II IS NOW twelve
STRAIGHT GAMES won.
The Jewell Ball Team Travels the
Same Road Of all who Meet
the White sox.

Jewell was given a defeat Satur.
day afternoon that will not be for
gotten by the fans of that town fol-
some time. The jewell ball team
was loaded for the White Sox but
when the game was over and the
smoke of battle had cleared away the
score stood 13 to in favor Of Web
ster City. Jacobson. Hill, and two
Seyeroids of Story City were playing
with Jewell as was Perkins of Ro-
land, while the regular Sox lineup
played for Webster City. Emil Lar
son pitched for Jewell and sixteen
hits were taken from him by the
sluggers from the north. Huston
let Jewell down with five hits. Six
men on each side famed the air for
strikeouts, the honors being evenly
divided in this line. This makes
twelve straight games won by the
White Sox and large per cent of
the contests were won by hard hit
ting.
This afternoon the Hawaiian
team plays at Athletic Park in this
city. This should be very inter-
esting game, as the travellers have
met good many of the fast teams
in the state and come away with the
long end of the games.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Thumb Nearly Severed.

While playing with a bicycle
this morning, Master Carl McPheet-
er, the nine year old son of Mrs.
Ramsey Miller, who resides on the
east side. injured the thumb on his
left hand very severely. The little
fellow was handling the chain on
the bicycle and in some manner it
became tangled and caught his
thumb, running between the thumb
and index finger, nearly severing
the former. The boy was immedi-
ately taken to physician and the
wound dressed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
New superintendent.

Ft Dodge Chronicles: Superinten-
dent Sullivan has arrived in the city
from Chicago, where he formerly
had charge of the Springfield di-
vision Of the Illinois Central rail
road, and has taken up the manage
ment of this division.
II can make no definite statement
at present as to my plans for this
year until / have made a careful
study Of the situation on this d.
vision" said Mr.. Sullivan this noon
II expect to spend the next week o,
two going over the division and will
make my plans accordingly at the
end of that time"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Making Dreams Come True.

Golfers Weekly: It Is not given
to everyone to purchase the lost de-
lights of golden houred boyhood.
But Edward Tilden, Chicago's mil
lionaire packer, has found it posi-
Bile to retrace the road TO yesterday
and to reclaim from eternity at
least one halcyon day which. as a
Boy, he was denied. A half century
ago a tanned, barefooted country
boy with big lump in his throat
stood by the roadside near Delavan,
Wis, and watched circus caravan
disappear over the hills. That was
as near as he had ever come to see
ing a circus. The red gods had
called; he could not follow. And as
his hopes faded away. and his
visions of sawdust ring and pink
lemonade were buried in his heart,
forever. he vowed that sometime
he'd come back and take every kid
in town to the circus How faith
fulty ne kept MS promise. S,oVV
youngsters of his boyhood home can
tell you. On recent June day the
boys and girls from miles around
were treated to a circus. an aero
plane flight and a picnic on Mr.. Til
den's Wisconsin estate. All, and the
bitterness of years was swept away
by one look into their happy faces!,
They at least had not been cheated
true. That day will be written in
, their calendars in gold letters,
while a correction will be made on
I that kept by country boy nifty
years ago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Foot Badly Smashed.

o. l.. Riley, farmer residing
north of Blairsburg, suffered bad
ly mashed foot few days ago by a
horse stamping upon it. Mr.. Riley
was working in the hay field with a
hay buck when the accident happen
ed, the horse stamping upon his left
foot. 1t did not hurt him much at
first and he kept at work, but later
the foot began to pain him and up
on taking OFF his shoe he found the
large toe was badly mashed and the
nail off. The injury is causing Mr.
Riley much pain and he will be fore
ed to quit work for some time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Bubble Fountains Here.

The four new bubble fountains to
be presented to the city by c. A,
Brennecke have arrived and are now
on display In the show window OF
the L. v. Mills plumbing shop. Mr.
Mills has already begun the work OF
installing them. One of these foun-
tains is to be placed on the Brown
drug store corner. one on the Gran
dali corner, the third at the postof.
fee corner apd the fourth in the
city park in the east part OF town
This distribution is certainly good
tains will no doubt be duly appreci.
ated by the public.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Picket's Charge.
Fifty
Tribune:

Eds. Freeman-TrlDune. Fifty
years after the event seem to have
brought about renewed interest in
the cavalry charge under Picket at
Gettysburg. The public mind ap-
pears to be under the impression
that charging body of mounted
troops can produce wonderful re-
suits. During the civil war the sec
retary Of war issued orders saying,
.The cavalry is the eyes and ears
of the army" and experience has
demonstrated that when cavalry is
otherwise 1t is used amiss. Its WON
derful efficacy in charging is either
poetry, blunders or fiction. think
it may be safely claimed that no cav
airy charge in modern times has had
the slightest effect on the result OF
the battle. The most important cav
airy charges of the worlds warfare
have been total failures or great
blunders. Cavalry is an indispensi-
BILE arm of the military service, but
iif hurled against veterans infantry
| or fortified defences it will be used
amiss and will be destroyed, It is
mounted for facility in necessary
movem ents II is under fire far more
| frequently than the other arms OF
the service, but 1t fights on foot. We
had at Gettysburg about ninety
thousand men and confronted about
an equal number OF the enemy. The
iline Of battle was probably about fif-
teen miles long Picket's charge was
only local incident in some part oi
the line. How many men he had Is
not at hand, but probably no more
than composed the Light Brigade
that marched into the Jaws Of
DEATH Noble Six Hundred.
! Veteran.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22

Gus conditions at this road crossing
and the fact that no lights were dis
played when this accident occurred
looks like gross carelessness. 1t Is
very likely that the ones responsible
for Saturday nights mishap will get
some experience as result Of this
accident that will impress upon
them the necessity Of recognizing
the provisions of the law in such
cases.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Russian Thistles and Quack Grass.

There is patch OF Russian
thistles on the Chicago G. Northwes-
tern railroad grounds just north of
the Grempel harness shop and a
patch of quack grass little further
north near the railroad water tank.
The city authorities ought to call
the attention Of the proper railroad
officials to the presence of these
pests and have them eradicated. The
patches are yet quite small and it
would take but little work to dig
them out. If permitted to go to
seed, the job to eradicate them will
be greater than at present.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Ellsworth Couple Wed.

The marriage of Miss Alma E
Handeland to Mr.. Anton Peterson
both of Ellsworth, took place. on the
afternoon of July 18th, at the Eng
lish Lutheran parsonage in this city
Rev. M. L.. Mehck officiating. The
bride and groom are both well and
favorably known young people with
a promising future and have the
hearty congratulations Of many
fneno-.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Officials Here.

j. P. Cantillon, superintendent Of
this division of the Northwestern
railroad, and Geo. Bonner, trainmas-
ter, were in the city today having
the depression between Second street
and the Northwestern freight house
filled. This has for number OF
years been filled with water whenev-
er it rained, but from now on this
place will be level with the rest Of
the alley.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Fine Display Of China.

Miss Grace Rouse has many pieces
of hand decorated china on display
in the show window Of the Mrs. j.
Fl .Birdsall millinery store. These
pieces of china are some that she
finished during the past school year
at Mount st. Joseph college in Du-
tbuque. They are beautiful. many OF
them being in the new bird designs
that are SO popular. Miss Rouse will
sell them at a very low price.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
The Cradle Roll.

Word has been received here by
Mrs. ]. H. Hoag announcing the ar
rival of baby girl, Margaret Eliz-
abeth, born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Powell of Avusa, California, on July
90. Mrs. Powell was formerly Miss
Nellie Hoag Of this city
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Resting Comfortably.

Pearl Dickerson, the farm hand
who was injured by fall in the hay
barn at the Amos Godsell farm Sat
urday, is resting comfortably today.
Three ribs were broken by the fall.
and it will probably be some time
before he will be able to resume his
work on the farm.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Is Still Missing.

David Cantonwine, who was plac-
ed under arrest. on the charge Of H.
legal fishing last Wednesday evening
and allowed to spend the night at
home on his promise to appear be-
fore Justice Knowles next morning,
has not yet been seen by Mr..
Knowles. Dave has evidently ov-
erlooked the engagement"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
Condition Still Dangerous.

Miss Clarene Mueller, who was
taken dangerously Ill Saturday with
appendicitis, underwent an opera
tion late Saturday night. Her con-
dition yesterday was such as to give
great alarm, and while still danger
ously i'll, Miss Mueller is doing as
well as possible, considering the
conditions found by the operation.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22
WEBSTER CITY, 1owATUEsDAY, JULY az, 1918.
Petition Filed in Court.

r. G. o'Connor has filed a petition
in the Office of the clerk of the dis
triet court asking judgment against
J.8E. Bateman for $155 and interest
alleged due for a mare defendant
bought of plaintiff at public sale
on Feb. 20, 1913.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22

Lost, between Webster City and
the j. A. Bel .een place, valuable
back comb set with brilliants in
grape design. Finder please leave
at this office or Mrs. C. c. Stone.
diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22

The n. l.. Rood home is receiving
the fine addition Of new sleeping
porch on the east side of the house.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-22

! Geo. S. Neel has purchased of Han
! son & Tyler silent Waverly cleo
itric Victoria phaeton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-25
FOR SAFETY AT SEA.

Failure Of the sixty-second congress
to appropriate 10000 for the expense
OF preliminary arrangements for par
t%icipatfOn by the United states in the
international conference rOr promoting
safety Of life at sea, a movement
which was initiated in this country
shortly after the Titanic disaster a
year ago., is retarding preparations for
an international consultation at Lon
don in June or July.
Commissioner of Navigation T. r,
Chamberlain, Of the department of
commerce, had planned to have tech
meal committees consider every phase
Of shipbuitding, navigation and sea-
manship, representative of the leaders
in every branch Of tho maritime in
dustry being invited to express them
selves. This programme is being held
in allegiance pending an appropriation
by the present congress.
The assembling of the conference
proper, it is expected, will be called
probably late this summer or early in
the autumn.
The limitation of liability Of ship
owners is a phase of the shlpninp
question to be discussed by the inter-
national maritime law conference at
Brussels in September. representa-
tive Montague, of Virginia, and Ed
win w. Smith, of Pittsburgh, have
been invited to continue to represent
the United States, and United states
Judge Henry G.. Ward, New York, has
been added to the delegation. other
selections will be announced later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-25

1906, the last case of yellow fever oc-
CURED on the isthmus.
This is really a wonderful recital
a fairy tale Of science" The differ
ence between the, fairy tales Of sci
ence and other fairy tales is that the
fairy tales of science are true, Sta
%tistics. presented by Colonel Gorgas
illustrating the efficacy of American
sanitation in the canal zone are i'm
pressiVe. When the French were try
ing to build the canal they died like
flies. With an average force Of TO-
600 employees, the French lost %, 900
men during their construction period.
In about the same length of time the
Americans, with a total force Of 49,
900 employees, lost a total Of 1000
men. The French with an average
Of 1900 white employees, lost from yell
low fever during their construction
period 1000 men. During the same
length Of time the Americans, with
an average of 5000 white employees,
lost from yellow fever only eighteen
men.
The steam shovels with which the
canal has been scooped out are a
great invention, but how trifing even
epoch-making mechanical device
appears compared with a discovery
dotes the Of illness AMI
cuts down the death rate Of white
in the tropics.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-25
Daddy sBedtime
~ It's a Poor Rule
Of0YV That Can't Be
Broken Sometimes.

~ VELYN had been told that it was bedtime, but she coaxed to be allowed
TO say up until she had finished the picture she was painting.
- when Evelyn starts anything she doesn't like to stop till it ia
done" Jack said.
I'm remarked daddy; that reminds me of q story of the tortoise.
me tortoise Dragged that when he began anything he ever STONED until
10 nu II mshed' might be a good plan sometimes. but it is not wise to
make a rule that you never break
One Day the tortoise a he was crawling along through the woods came to
an old half rotten tree trunk.
Inc ue trunk "a covered with mushrooms, and when he saw them the
tortoise smacked his lips, for he was very fond of mushrooms.
5 he climbed up on the tree trunk, and he began to eat and eat
ra nat 1t looked is though it might not take him long.
Just then MI. Rabbit came hurrying along. You'd better Or RICH bona
ana hide Mr. Rabbit cried; the dogs are out hunting
Mt Tortoise didn't stop eating. Do You se all these fna mushroonsy bo
asked. -"
time to look at them very carefully.
Very foolish of you Mr. Tortoise answered. .You,d beHar .or s,a horo
a De with m You can't tell when you'll come across nice mushrooms like
i don't care Mr. Rabbit said. I'm afraid if I stop the dogs will get a
De at mi: Come along, MI. Tortoise. 1t isn't safe for you to stay there. You
may get killed. wv
NO. replied Mr Tortoise obsunateIy; I've said 1 wouldn't leave here until
L q nmsned the mushrooms, and when / say a thing I keep nv word,
a III right answered Mr.. Rabbit There come the dogs. I'm goinp,
III dos rushed up looking for Mr.. Rabbit They looked inside the old
noho tree on which the mushrooms grew, and they couldn't find him.
Inen mey looked on top OF the tree, and they found MI. Tortoise.
Hoorayv they parked. Then they grabbed the tortoise and pulled him Off
the log and shook him and bit him until he was sorry he had ever seen those
mushrooms.
Poor Mr., Tortoise, the hunters got him. and I'm sre if he hadn't been
dead q would W agreed that it was very foolish OF him not TO hve broken
his rule that time"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-25
OYER HALF OF ALL SICKNESS CAUSED
BY CLOGGED UP WEAKENED KIDNEYS
HUNDREDS ARE SUFFERING WITH KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DON'T
KNOW IT. BAcKAcHE, BLADDER DISORDER AND
RHEUMATISM ARE THE RESULT.

1t is a well recognized fact among
physicians today, that the greater
part of all sickness can be avoided
by keeping the kidneys working
properly.
This is even more important than
Tor the bowels to move regularly,
because the kidneys and bladder are
the flterers and sewers of the body.
II you suffer with pains in the back
or sides, bladder or urinary disor-
ders, lumbago, rheumatism, dizziness,
puffy swellings under the eyes or in
the feet and ankles, nervousness.
tired and Worn-out feeling, or any of
the many other symptoms of kidney
trouble. don't neglect yourself anoth-
er day and run the risk Of serious
complications. Secure an original
package of Croxone, which costs but
a trif1e, take three doses a day, for a
few days. and you will be surprised
how entirely different you will feel.
CroXone cures the very worst cases
because it removes the cause of such