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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

The supreme court of Kansas has
released a man from the peniten.
tiary because he was convicted OF
robbery while in fact he was guilty
of only burglary. What do you
think OF that?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Up to this time no one has SER
iously suggested that William How
ard Taft ought to run for the pres
idency in 1916. William is about
the deadest has been" that ever
was.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Senator Cummins no doubt con-
siders that the result of the election
was worth all it cost him-$15O. 1t
was an easy victory for the sena-
tor. Nevertheless, Maurice Connol-
ly succeeded in throwing a scare in
to the Cummins camp.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

The Des Moines Capital has cut
off all exchanges and the Manson
Democrat has increased it's adver-
Using rate from 12k cents to Is
cents per inch. That is progress.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

It begins to look now as though
the people were going to see to it
that President Wilson lives up tc
the no second term pledge of the
democratic platform.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

We have not heard a word about
the drainage of Wall Lake since the
election. Wonder what is the
trouble?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

The British battleship that is I'M
able to find the German warship it
has been sent out to destroy appears
to be lucky.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

If the ballot is too long, why not
return to annual elections and elect
only half as many officers as at
present?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Simply to be in this world, what
ever you are, is to exert an influence
an influence compared with which
emre language and persuasion are
feeble.-Horace Bushnell.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

enough, if he lives up to his prom
Use. Some people thought the new
senator from Illinois might be Gin
sanely reactionary," like Aldrich
Cannon and Taft used to be.
A nineteen year old lad at Som
erville, n. j., is serving four
months sentence in Jail for killing
rabbit out Of season. While it is
all right to enforce the game law,
the intliction of such a penalty as
that is a disgrace to the state Of
New Jersey. The governor has been
asked to pardon the boy and he
ought to do it without delay.
LaFollette has been called kick
err, but according to the statement
of a we'll known eastern governor
Wisconsin has the best laws OF any
state in the union, due primarily
to the efforts of LaFollette. The
people will realize that fact some
day, but probably not before the
great Wisconsin commoEer is in his
grave.
Lloyd-George, chancellor of the
eXchequer, in pleading for war
loan of $2,25O,0O0,OOO, declared
that when the war is over England
will find it comparatively easy to
pay her debts, because she will have
no competition in the markets Of
the world except that of the United
States. That is one way of saying
that Germany is going to get licked.
Turkey has the advantage of
some of the other countries in the
European war. She begins fighting
with an empty treasury, hence has
no money to lose. Moreover, it is
understood that Germany and Aus
tria -Hungary is furnishing the
wherewith for the Turk to carry on
his aggressions against the allies.
The old robber and murderer has
not yet lost his cunning.
The administration ought to do
something for Maurice Connolly,
who stood in the recent campaign
as the personal bona fide champion
of President Wilson in Iowa. Yet
Maurice, fell outside the breast
works and is now entitled to his re-
ward. Ed. Meredith has secured an
eight thousand federal job and Eds
fight was short compared to that of
Maurice.
The British government says the
war is costing Great Britain nearly
100000 per day. How much
in human life it is costing per day
may be gathered from the state
ment of Mr.. Asquith few days ago
that the losses up to Nov. first were
$1,000. The war had then been in
progress ninety days, hence Great
Britain's loss is little more than
600 per day.
There is now talk Of awarding a
Carnegie medal to Maurice Connol-
ly, because of the courage exhibited
by him in being a candidate against
Senator Cummins. Well, what is to
be done for A. C. Savage, the stand
patter who had the wonderful nerve
to run against the senator at the
June primary? Mr.. Connolly is not
the only one who offered himself as
sacrifice upon the altar of his
country.
The Freeman-Tribune took no
stock in the published reports that
Germany would not permit the ship
ment of foodstuffs to Belgium do
mated by the people Of the United
States. Word now comes from Ber-
lin to the effect that Germany is
pleased at the efforts being made
to relieve the distress among non
combatants in Belgium and that she
will do what she can to aid the
movement
Much progress has been made
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24
Unclaimed Letters.

List of letters remaining uncall-
ed for in the Webster City postoftice
for the week ending Nov. II, 1914:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Senator Sherman says he will be
"sanely progressive" That is good
enough, if he lives up to his prom
Use. Some people thought the new
senator from Illinois might be Gin
sanely reactionary," like Aldrich,
Cannon and Taft used to be.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Much progress has been made
throughout the United States in the
past few years in the way of pro-
viding compensation for laborers in
jured while on duty. The follow
ing states have already enacted
workmen's compensation laws: New
York, Massachusetts,, ohio, Connec-
ticut, Illinois, Wisconsin. West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, Ore
gon, Nevada, California, Arizona,
Texas, and Louisiana. 1t will be no.
ticed that among the foregoing
named states only those of Texas,
Louisiana, Kentucky and Arizona
are reliably democratic, while such
rockrooted democratic states as vir-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

ginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma and
Arkansas have no use for a compen-
satiOn law
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

Window glass, any size, at Teed's.
t-f-d-eod-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

President Wilson pines because he
is not possessed of a name that per-
mits his closest friends to address
him Familiarity, as Tom, Teddy or
Bill. But the president better not
advertise his sorrow too much or
they will be calling him Woody"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

OF course we all respect Presi-
dent Wilson and are proud of his
exalted character and personality,
but many of US disagree with many
of his policies, yet broad-minded
men will admit that the president
may be right though they do not
agree with him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

ne Freeman and Tribune, both
papers, per year $3.50
Yhe Daily Freeman-Tribune by
mail, per year ............$ $500
Delivered in city, per year -. $500
q. L. Hunter. Business Mgr.
W. F. Hunter ............. Editor
Simply to be in this world, what
ever you are, is to exert an influence
an influence compared with which
emre language and persuasion are
feeble-Horace BUSHNELL
We have not heard word about
the drainage of Wall Lake since the
election. Wonder what is the
trouble?
If the ballot is too long, why not
return to annual elections and elect
only half as many officers as at
present?
When Billy Sunday gets through
shaking the trees in Des Moines
there will be few nuts left for any
one else to gather
The British battleship that is I'M
able to find the German warship it
has been sent out to destroy appears
to be lucky.
Judging from present indications
there will be no shortage next year
in the crop of republican presiden-
tial possibilities.
The colonel has not yet issued
that statement regarding the results
Of the late election. Possibly he is
seeking more light, for it appears
very dark from the moose viewpoint.
The Des Moines Capital has cut
off all exchanges and the Manson
Democrat has increased it's adver-
Using rate from 12k cents to Is
cents per inch. That is progress.
1t begins to look now as though
the people were going to see to it
that President Wilson lives up to
the no second term pledge of the
democratic platform.
Perhaps the extravaganza issue
raised against Gov. Clarke cut little
figure in the election, but Senator
Cummins' majority was 10000 or
$4,000 larger than that of the gov
elnor.
The supreme court of Kansas has
released a man from the peniten-
tiary because he was convicted of
robbery while in fact he was guilty
of only burglary. What do you
think OF that?
As Ed Meredith is not a demo-
crat, or was not up to the day of
the June primary, it is not likely
that he is very much distressed over
hn l.
Senator Cummins.
Up to this time no one has SER
iously suggested that William How
ard Taft ought to run for the pres
idency in 1916. William is about
the deadest has been" that ever
was.
This great European war is the
only one on record where both sides
win all the victories. 1t is much
like political battles in this coun-
try, when both the democratic and
republican parties are able to figure
out a victory.
Senator Cummins no doubt con-
siders that the result of the election
was worth all it cost him-$15O. 1t
was an easy victory for the sena-
tor. Nevertheless, Maurice Connol-
ly succeeded in throwing a scare in
to the Cummins camp.
President Wilson pines because he
is not possessed of a name that per-
mits his closest friends to address
him Familiarity, as Tom, Teddy or
Bill. But the president better not
advertise his sorrow too much or
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24

When the men of the United
States were killing each other by
the thousands in 1876 Europe was
wondering when the slaughter
would cease. And that was a war
- which men of the same blood and
of peace were fighting.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
I HERE'S A POET WHO
( CAN'T PRAISE NATURE

Berton Braley in Golfers Weekly.
Nature never made much OF a hi,
with me.
Possibly the fault is mine. but there
is a good deal to be said on my side,
nevertheless.
They call her "Motler Nature" and
talk about her loving kindness and her
bounty to every living thing. while an
the time she is about the most waste
iul. Improvement and cruel mother
Imaginable.
She gives the Goldfish several milton
eggs-and secs that only three or four
or them reach maturity. She soWs L.
OOO,O 600 pine seeds and only raises one or
Two trees from them; she grows bcauti-
1ui trees in the jungle-and ~invents
parasites to choke and destroy them
Shc breeds myriads of insects which
nave no purpose whatever save to tor
ture and Kill useful animals. or to de-
YOUR or blight lovely and valuable
plans. She makes little animals by
the thousands so that larger animals
can eat them, and under her benign
maternal care we see the noble results
OF her policy of survival of the fittest
winch. IN most cases. means the sur
vtval of the most ruthless and cruelest.
a human mother who would turn her
CHILDREN loose to fight and Stay and eat
each other as nature does would be con-
sidered a menace to the world and
would either be hanged OF. seuuestered
In an insane asylum. but a lot of peo-
pie profess a deep admiration for ma
ure's method of conducting her affairs.
l don't. AS 1 remarked before. she is
not only cruel. she is wastcful. ANY
human institution which threw away
as much as nature does would be in
bankruptcy inside of a week. Leave
nature to herself and she produces the
Jungle-about as stupendous an exam
pie OF waste, uselessness and virulence
as one can imagine.
III admit that brief sojourn with
nature is refreshing. Her air is highly
rccommended-and justly so; her sun
Slime has a tonic. and, to my mind.
beautitying effect upon most skins;
and she occasionally produces vario1s
scenic effects which man has found it
impossible to equal. and which are very
pleasing to the eye n stimulating flo
the mind.
But the visit with nature should be
Drlet; or. at any rate. a brief call suf-
fices me. Ii j linger long with nature r
find her other guests ~irritate me. She is
too catholic in her hospitality. She vel
comes me. it is true. With more or less
open arms, but she also welcomes mos
Iuitoes. wasps, snats, caterpillars.
tlcks. and other such pests, which get
sociable with me immediately and Who
either feast on me or on my food
DO not care to be Il snob. nor wo,,ld r
haVe nature become one. but | do think
she might be a trifle more select.
Fake her all in all. then, I regard ma
ture as q good deal of a bluff. This
may be presumptuous in me-but when
one considers thai nature. ,lnaided
made the apple II the peach inedible
ana produces cacti and weeds. and that
the only time she is really usefu, is
When nan applies his intelligence and
iabor to her amateur efforts. my pre-
sumption may not seem so great. She
Is very Well in a dilettante way and
ner hospitality is all right. as hereto.
loae hoted' Tor a short period. but for |
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
The Mystery of
the Bou1e Cabinet
Is BURTON E.. STEVENSON
Copyrght. 1913. by Burton E. Stevenson.
CHAPTER xlI-(continued).
Copyright, 1913. by Burton E. Stevenson.

Perhaps If they concealed them
selves suggested. I'll fellow might
venture back and be nabbed.'
But Godfrey shook his head.
Il don't want him to venture back -
ne said. Il want To scare him off. /
want him to see we're thoroughly on
guard He hailed a passing cab. and
paused with one foot on the step. i've
already told You. Lester" he added,
oyer his shoulder, that I'm afraid OF
h,m' per'aps YOU thought l vas iok-
ing. but wasn't. I was never more
serious in my life. The Record Office
ne added to the cabby. and jingled
away, leaving me staring after him.
AS turned homeward, I could not
Out ponder over this remarkable and
mysterious beng with whom Godfrey
was so impressed. Never before had /
known nm 10 hesitate to match him
SER with any adversary; but now. it
seemed TO me. he stunned the contest,
or at least feared it-feared that he
might be outwitted and outplayed. How
great a compliment that was to the
mysterious unknown only i could guess!
ana then | shivered Il little as / re-
called that hooking and ironic laugh
Ter. And L quickened my step. with a
glance over my shoulder: for if Cod
Trey was afraid, how much more reason
mad to he. 1t was with a sense of re-
iief. of which 1 was a little ashamed.
that l reached my apartments at the
marathon and locked the door.
Just before | turned in for the night,
L heard from Godfrey again, for my
telephone rang, II it was his voice
that answered.
II just wanted to tell you, Lester"
ne said. that your guess was right.
The mysterious Frenchnan came over
on La T%ouraine. landing at noon yes
terday. He came in the steerage. and
the stewards know nothing about him.
What time was it he got to Va%ntine's?
About 2. 1 should say"
so he probably went directly there
from the boat. as o thought. That
accounts for nobody knowing him. The
steamship company is holding a bag
belonging to him. I'll get them to open
II tomorrow. and perhaps we shall find
who he was"
But Godfrey" 1 broke in. "how about
this other fellow-the man with the
nerveS!"
Don't let him. do that. Lester!" he
laughed We're in no danger so long
as we are not around that cabinet!
the storm center. 1 can't tell
you more than hat. Good night" and
he hung up without waiting for me to
answer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
EASY DISH WASHING.

.Sopyflght. 1914. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)
Easy dishwashing. There is no such
thlng. That would be the verdict OF
perhaps half the h~ousekeepers in the
country.
But there is such a thing as easy dish
washing. and there is even such a thine
as pleasant dish washing.
Preparation for the actual washing is
necessary forerunner OF the work.
When all the dishes are in the kitchen.
sort them. Put the silver in one place.
the glasses in another. the butter plates
n meat dishes in another, and more
whlcn salad and dessert have been
USED. In another. Then see that the
Sihk n the table on which the clean
dishes are to be placed are clean.
Save plenty of hot water. If you
nave not a good supply of hot water on
al; nave a great kettle or a small
noiler on the stove fitted with a little
faucet near the bottom. and heat plen-
~ OF water in this. Draw it off hrough
the iaucet to facilitate matters. You
AN even. have a rubber piping lead
from the faucet to the sink.
WASH the glasses in soapy water
first, and then put in the silver. Dry
the glasses Immediately. while the sill.
yer IS in the water. Have a
bowlful Of boiling hot water in which to
rinse all things as they come from the
DISH water. and make the motion Of
taking h dishes from the soapy water
dipping them in the hot water. ana
putting them in the drainer a habit. A
wire dish drainer is the best sort.
Next wash the silver and put It in a
Mare basket to dip 1t in the hot water.
Dry " Immediately But first, while
y y standing In the hot water. put into
the S0apy water the cleanest dishes.
BY the time the silver is dried they
VIII De easy to wash.
by TINS time the water will need
changing. But first put into It the
more greasy dishes, while you are dry
In8 9 Lrst lot. Then remove them
rom q soiledl. soapy water. pour il
water. to which add q tahlesnoonf,,i of
ammonia. Shake the soap shaker In -
until It II frothy. and then wash All the
greasy dishes. While driving them.
soak the pots and pans. Rinse thar,
thoroughly with scalding water.
TO make the task Of dish washine
easy after meals wash such dishes a.
you can beforehand. Many Of tho
cooking utensils can be got out OF fhe
way then. "''
~ " g good plan to have on hand In
k1tchen some paper napkins-they
can be bought for 8 cent? per IOO-or =
FOIL OF paper toweling. Those can Ia
used 20 advantage In getting the dishes
ready TO wash. Often the 9reasiest
dishes can be rubbed with the paper ia
remove much q The paper can
aas0'bo used TO s'ecrape'' the dIshes. for
which it Il much more desirable than =
sharp knife.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
CHAPTER XIII.
A DISTINGUISHED CALLER.

IL was shortly after I reached the Of
flce, next morning, that the office bow
came IN and handed me a card with an
awed and reverent air so at variance
WIN mis- usual demeanor that I glanced
at the square of p~asteboard in some as
onishmen Then. / confess. an awed
and reverent feeling crept over me.
also. for the card bore the name of
Serene Hornblower.
mat ann Is quite unknown outside
the legal profession of the three great
cities of the east. New York Roston
and Philadelphia; for Serene Horn
blower has never held a public office.
mas never nlade>a public speech. has
never responded to a toast, has never
served on a public committee, has new
er' SO far as know, conducted a case
In u or addressed a tury-has never.
in a word. figured in the il.
any way; and yet his income would
make that of any other lawyer in the
country look like 80 cents.
Fol Serene Hornblower is the
"con1ldenl1al attorney Of most OF
our best families" He has
held that position for years, and it is
said that no case placed un~reservedly
In his hands ever resulted in a public
scandal. He accepts clients with great
care: he has steadfastly refused the
business OF Pittsburgh millionaires, re-
m~unerative as it was certain to be:
but he seems to take a sort of personal
pride In keeping intact the regulations
of the old families. even when their
scions embark in the most outrageous
escapades. 1t you r descended from
the Pilgrims or the PATRONS, Mr..
Hornblower will ask no further recon-
mendation.
His reputation for tao and delicacy
is tremendous; and yet those who have
found themselves opposed to him have
never been long in realizing that there
was q most redoubtable mailed fist
under III velvet glove. Altogether a
remarkable a whose memoirs would
make absorbing reading, could he be
persuaded to write them-which IL
quite beyond the bonds OF possibility.
l had v met him either profession
ally or personally, and It was with
boy to show him in at once.
Serene Hornblower did not look the
part. His reputation led one to expect
q sort of Cross between Uriah Heep
M Sherlock Holmes. but there was
nothing secretive or i%nsinuating about
his appearance. He was a blum and
hearty man Of middle age, rather
heavy-set. fresh-faced and ciean-
shaven. and with very brirht
blue eyes-evidently a man with
good digestion and q comfortable
conscience. Had I met him on Broad
way. I should have taken him for q
ripe and finished comedian. There was
about him an air which somehow re-
minded me OF Joseph JeffersOn-per.
hans It was his bright blue eyes. It
may have been this very appearance
OF blun sincerity and honest down.
rtghtness which accounted for his sue
cess.
We shook hands. and he sat down
n plunged at once. without an in
stant's hesitation. into the business
which had brought him. Looking back
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
"rhe Red Cross oirIeen,."

That the Red Cross nurses are ali
and more than has been claimed for
them when it comes to genuine pluck
is borne out by an Irish soldier, Sergt,
T. Cahill. who in the course of a re.
cent letter to the home folks, wrote:
1.-THE Red Cross girleens, with their
pretty faces and their sweet ways. are
as good men as most Of us They arc
not supposed to venture into the firing
line at all. but they get there all the
same. and devil the one Of US burst
s,.en them away"
Exactly suitins Dignity.
II Alaska were z British posses.
aiea. the governor could have = royal
title"
What's that?"
They could make him keeper Of
the seals..
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02

tconsinued next vsalu1
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-01

The French appropriation is from
official figures as announced by NJ.
Ribot, minister of finance; the Eng
lish estimate by the London Statist;
the German total from IAN authorita-
tive source" in a Geneva paper, and
the other sums from various conserva-
tive estimates which have appeared
in one place or another. The items
various" represents the probable ex-
pense to which Servia, Belgium and
the neutral countries of Switzerland,
Italy, Roumania, Turkey, Greece, Iiol
land and Denmark have been put.
This vast total does not include the
destruction of property where fight
ing Is taking place nor the wellnigh
incalculable losses to Europe of 90
100000 men under arms being taken
from production. There are no indi,
cations in France that exhaustion has
set in. but it is evident that the &C.