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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

During Chautauqua week the l..
A. s. Of the Congregational church
will serve ice tea, lemonade, pop. Ice
cream and popcorn at the band-
stand in court house park. 7d3s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

The residence OF Mrs. Minnie Ny
er at 529 Bank street is receiving q
new coat OF paint, which will vastly
improve its appearance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

Potatoes SOC per peck. Home
grown. Could not be nicer. Kearns
Grocery. ID
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

have just SO trimmed hats left
that I will close out at $3.50 each
while they last.
7d3f1 Merle E. Smith.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

For rent, cattle pasture. Call ]
B. WEIGH. Martin phone 1910.
S-2sf2t2.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

Drawing paper at this once.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received until
July goth at 1880 p. m. at the Har-
mony Center school house, in the
Independent District OF Harmony
Center, Webster township, Hamilton
County, Iowa, for the erection of a
new school house or the remodeling
of the old one in said district. Plans
and specifications are on file with
the county superintendent and with
the District Secretary w. A. Elkins,
Route 6, Webster City. Work to be
commenced within five days of let
ting of contract and to be COM
pleted by Sept. 1, 1914.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
w. J.. Sharkey,
11f4 Pres. Of Board.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07
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The Y. P. &C. e. of the U. B. church
will hold an ice cream social at the
home of Chas. E. Quinn on First
street, Wednesday evening, July s.
7d2
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-07

SO trimmed hats $3.50 each while
they last. Merle e. Smith. 7d3f1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05

In front of each Ear he carried a neat
Area of Human Ivy. so that he could
speak up at a Meeting of Directors
Until the year 1895. the restricted Side
Whisker was an accepted Trade Mark
of Commercial Probity.
The Facial Landscaping, the Frock
Coat and a steadfast devotion to Toilet
Soap made him suitable for Exhibition
Purposes.
Frances became almost fond of him.
after the Honeymoon evaporated and
their Romance ripened into Acauaint-
anceship.
1t was a gladstone day for both when
she traced the Dope back through
Swigget County. Pennsylvania, and dis
covered that she was an honest-to-
goodness Daughter of the American
Revolution.
Willoughby could not ask a repre-
sentative of good old Colonial Stock
to ride around in a stingy Coupe with
a Coon planted out on the Weather
Seat.
He changed the Terms in several
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Man she had to put up with carried a
Throbbing Heart even If he was an IN
tellectual Nudge
In the year 1918, a slender Young
Thing. all of whose Habiliments seem
ed melting and dripping downward.
came YEARLY from Stateroom B. as the
Train pulled into Reno. Nevada.
She seemed quite alone, except for a
couple of Maids.
After she had given Directions con-
corning the nine Wardrobe Trunks and
the Live Stock. she was motored to a
specially reserved Cottage at the cor
ner of Liberty Street and Hope Avenue
Next day she sat at the other side Of
a Table from a Lawyer removing the
poisoned Javelins from her fragile Per-
son and holding them up before the
shuddering Shyster.
She had a Tale of Woe calculated to
pulp Heart of Stone. In blocking out
the Affidavit, her sympathetic Attorney
made Pencil Notes as follows:
Her name was Ethel Louise. favorite
Daughter of Willoughby and Frances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05

a third matrimonial venture he ofte'l
goes through mock wedding wiki
pigeon or plant, SO that his next NJ
may be his fourth and not his 'hir'i. In
one part OF India, TOO. - az astroloss
predicts that man VII haV" ~ "
wives this j taken 10 Diear t-at MS
first wife viii die. VolyCSmv not BENG
in vogue So II his wife falls sick. the
devoted benedict goes through : mocN
marriage with plantalu tree, which
is then destroyed II IS believed that
This is fulfillment o. the prophecy and
that the real wife VII recover.
Indian wedding ..-toTns are weird
and wonderful. In the Fu|jaub HIma-
laran area a wedding ma. ho solein-
nized without the presence - either
bridegroom or Il priest The former
personal belonging to represent HIM.
To take the place OF the priest water
skin often is inflated with the nearest
mullahs holy breath and the marriage
solemnized miles away by debating 1t
into the brides face
Another reason for child marriage in
India is dreau - increasing the nGnl-
ber of unhappy ghosts which walk the
earth. no sp;r;; according TO Indian se-
lief. being quite - miserable and bother
some as one Who has heer denied the
bliss of realized loN". The husbands of
most Of these girl wives. h. The VIZ 3re
adults. the figures showing Ihat whereas
nearly i".alo.o@ girls t:ntet s.Niser a-e
wives, the boys under Jh2t age who ara
husbands number ONLY 3.5sl'-.' These
facts explain the appalling number o.
child widows in India, those Under twenty
numbering no less than >o9e" or these.
moreover. more than @f.mst are aged be
tween i've and ten. while more than ZOO
child widows are aged i've and under.
MANY OF these census statistics are
sheerly amazne-for instance. those
about lepers, Regarding the actual work.
era among these unfortunates. some grue-
eene information is given. Nearly 600 OF
them are engaged in agriculture in differ
cat forms which. remarks the chief
enumeration. lis probably the safest outlet
Cor their energies " But 1855 are raisers OF
farm stock which implies that they con-
stantly handle animals supplying milk.
cheese. etc Isl are connected with in
austrics OF dress and toilet 50 with food
industries and +22 with trade in food
xtuns" Fourteen male lepers are hotel
or restaurant keepers, IL practice med'-
cine. Rs are schoolmasters. IL are police
men, IL are engaged in religious duties
and 6 find places under public admins
tration.
Copyright, 1914, by Curtis BrowaD
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place. practically everybody is married
The age statistics show that the great
majority of the unmarried of both sexes
are quite Young children. three quarters
of the bachelors being under fifteen years
OF age. while a somewhat larger proper
ton of the spinsters are under ten. Only
one bachelor in twenty-four is over
thirty. and only one spinster in fourteen
is over fifteen. This. to us. amazing
state of things is due to the fact that. in
India marriage is not looked upon as
luxury. but as an absolute necessity for
man and woman alike.
According to Indian belief, every man
must marry in order to beget a son who
will perform the funeral rites and thus
rescue his soul from hell; while in the
case of a girl. it is incumbent on her
parents to give her in marriage at an
age when most girls in civilized coun-
tries are still at their lesson books. Fail
ure to do so is punished with social os-
tracism In this world and hell-lre In the
next. 1t would be hard to illustrate the
popular feeling on this subject better
than by quoting from letter setting
forth his claims to a title which was
written by an Indian gentleman" serv-
ing in native state. He says: IT man.
aged to accomplish the marriage of the
rajahs sister. who was then twenty-nine
years old. and a great disgrace to the
state!"
among the Hndoos and Panthans, the
comparative scarcity of women was
found to be out of all proportion to the
number of men, this being explained by
the terrible extent to which, in spite of
stringent laws prohibiting it. the siaugh-
ter of girl babies is still carried on. Up
to a few Years ago. in many tribes. fe-
male infants were killed at birth Usual
~ they We're drowned in milk or poi
soned with ''bhang' or by preparation
of opium. Others were suffocated or
killed by pouring ice-cold water over
their heads. while some were allowed to
die a cruel. lingering death. Today.
among the khatris the Raiputs. the Jats
and all classes OF the Sikhs girl babies
are neglected to such an extent as to
amount to deliberate murden In Gam
jam, for instance, villages were found by
British officials that did not contain a
single female child.
The reasons for this terrible slaughter
of the innocents are many and various.
In the majority of cases, however. the
parents are inspired by motives OF econ
omy. girls being sacrificed to avoid the
necessity, in the future. Of buying hus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05

habitants of an area of over 1,so3.657
square miles was $4,000. and the re-
suit is the discovery that. since 1901,
when the last census was taken. the
population OF this amazing land, three
times as large as the United States,
has increased from 2s4.36l.o56 to
BIS, 1896. of which number. by the
way, the 'literates," lie, those able to
write letter and to read one, which
is the test employed, number only
slightly over eighteen million.
The incidents of the taking Of the
census were both comic and tragic. 1t
was the more difficult. as the officials
explain. ''on account of the long lines
of railway. the big rivers on which
boats travel sometimes for days with
out coming to the bank. the forests to
which woodcutters resort often for
weeks at time, the numerous sacred
places which. on occasion, attract many
thousands of pilgrims" and, they might
have added, the ferocity of many of
the tribes and the dangers from wild
beasts. Likewise, the terror with which
the mere idea OF being counted inspired
some communities.
Fearing that some dire disaster wouio
befall them if they suffered themselVes
TO be enumerated, one small aboriginal
tribe fed from forest to forest, Dut
wherever they fed they found the
census devils pursuing them. ana IN
the end they had to yield and were
duly counted
In MANY parts of the country, too, the
"numHrators found IT almost imposs1 Die
to get the natives to disclose their reai
ages on account of belief on their
part that TO tell ones real age Is 10
reduce the span of life. and also 10 en-
able ones enemies to set the FORCES OF
black magic against them; hence all
sorts of ludicrous replies were given
on this point. and in most cases the
officials were forced to guess the ma :
tives age as nearly as possible and let
II go at that
Nor did the naive ideas of some Of
the dusky enumerators themselves heip
much in the direction of accuracy.
Some of them. in reckoning the num-
Der of a family. counted N not only
their pots and pans and other mouse
hold utensils. but the ghosts OF their
ancestors. certain devils ana some
times the very idols which they wor-
SHIPPED. One of the latter. by the way.
was solemnly described by the census
tsker as being 200 years OF age and
speaking of the Hindoo Language
Other native census takers were led,
by an excess of religious zeal: TO swell
The number of their fellow-pehevers by
the hasty inclusion of any dusky
Gallo" and to seek a mild satisfaction
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under his Wammus. he spread his Wild
Cat Currency on the Counter and pur-
chased a Sc Clock, with jig-saw orna
ments. a shiny coat of Varnish. and a
Bouquet of Pink Roses on the door.
Susan burst into Tears when she saw
it on the Wall. alongside of the Turkey
Wing, and vowed that she had married
the Best Man in the World.
Twenty years later. Jennie, the first
begotten Chick at the Log House in
the Clearing, had matured and married,
and was living at the County-Seat with
Hiram, Money: Changer and Merchant.
Railroad Trains, Side-Bar Buggies.
CoaI-OiI lamps and the Civil War had
come along with a Rush and disar-
ranged primitive Conditions. The From
tier had retreated away over into
Kansas.
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bands for them. For while. IN some In
dian districts. ''bride-prce is paid.
1t is usually the husband that has TO be
purchased by the parents of the bride-to-
up. The bridegroom price. il SENS. IS
now affected largely by the educational
qualifications of the potential lord. a
lNayastha graduate In Bengal usually
feiches from 800 TO 1000 rupees. or from
Sltn to $3.50. and there have been cases
where As much as 10000 rupees. or
$500 has been paid. And even in districts
where the bride is usually bought. The
parents of girl are sometimes willing
to pay for a bridegroom who has cap
tured few scholastic laurels
Different queer superstitons, too. are
partly responsible for the slaughter of
girl babies. One tribe. called the Khords
who either murder or neglect their fe-
male offspring. are Influenced by the be-
lief that souls return 10 human form in
the same family. but that they do so
only II the naming ceremony on the
seventh daN after birth has been per
formed Infants dying before that cere-
mony do not return No as the Khonds
like the other natives or India. ardently
desire male offspring. this heiief is a
powerful indueement to tho Instructor
ing the number ~ female souls which
might DO rot.orn Ia tho family.
In india. there are no fewer than I?
4l2 6i2 girls ~ under sixteen who are
wives. and ,Nr.. AZ under the ase OF six
who also have entered tho married state
The astoundinsiy early asa al which
girls are married there il accounted for
by the census tahera ey pointing out
that astroloEcra Indicate certain ace s,rx
occurring generally once Ia ten ,r WE'VE
years. a. especially auarieiapa frs mar
riaSe and whom theao come tauna even
possible unmarried sirl. cf however ,ei,-
der years. IN married "a acme i,ete,n -.
some thing Even unborn tatea arc
married to ono another. and II. after
birth. they are discovered {" he - she
same sex tho marriage 10 declared null
and void. In some casos a little siri is
solemnly married TO u man who IL mar
ried already, and who afterward divorces
her; In others she is married 10 bunch
OF flowers. which is then thrown in a
we'll.
These mock marriages in India are
quite common. A third marriage Is re-
garded there as unlucky and when a
man has lost two wives and IL planning
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in attributing to their enemies theo-
logical views tending parlously to
danination.'
Several of the enumerators. and more
of their assistants lost their lives in the
performance of their duty. One of the
latter. who had left his home on account
of the ravages of A man-eatine tiger,
volunteered to show the enumerator the
way to his own village, and then. just
as he reached it, the brute pounced upon
him and carried him off, nothing further
being seen of him. 80 That he could not"
declares the conscientious native official.
be included in the census" In various
districts. too many of the census staff
had to march by night through forests
infested by man-eaters. and had to carry
torches to scare them away.
How the approximate number of one
savage tribe was discovered makes an
amusing story. The tribe in question,
which is called the Show Pen. inhabits
the interior OF the Great Nicobar Island.
of the western coast of India, and as it
is made up of 'frreclaimable savages"
the census officials abandoned any hope
OF getting even an idea of its numbers
By an odd coincidence, however, a day
or two after the enumerators arrived
IN Great Nicobar to take the numbers
coast one of these communities received
message from the Show Pen to the
eject that they were on the point OF
attacking them. This was accompanied
by two tally sticks. on which notches
were cut. indicating the number OF fight
ing men in each Of their settlements. the
different settlements being marked off
by lateral notches. Needless to say. the
enumerators took prompt advantage of
this remarkable instance of politeness in
This great census which. Its takers
proudly point out. was completed with
a rapidly mot approached even in the
smallest European states;n brought aIa out u,
shows that whereas part of the popu-
lation of India INDUCES in the bloodiest
of human sacrifices to propitiate its many
and singularly unpleasant gods. others
hold human life SO sacred that they are
forbidden so much as to use the word
cut"
Strange new discoveries regarding the
complicated laws of caste have been
made and also as to the religious OBJ
servance Of the Hindoos. the Moslems. the
Buddhists and all the other queer scots
who owe allegiance to the British Raj.
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admired her for having made such a
Success of her Life.
They dwelt in g. two-story Frame
with countless Dewdads and Thingum-
hobs tackled along the Eaves and Seal
Hoped around the Bay Windows.
The Country People who came in to
see the Eighth Wonder of the World
used to stand in silent Awe breathing
through their Noses
Out on the Lawn. surrounded by
Geraniums. was a Cast-iron Deer which
seemed to be looking at the Court
House in a startled Manner. It was
that kind Of Court House.
In her Front Room the daughter of
Rufus and Susan had wonderful Wax
Flowers. sprinkled with Diamond Dust;
a What-Not bearing Mineral Specimens,
Conch-Shells and a Star Fish-also
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In the very Township where. of late,
the Beaver had toiled without Hindrance
and the Red Fox dug his hole unscared.
people were now eating Cove oysters
and going to see East Lynne"
Hiram was in rugged Health. having
defended the flag by Proxy during the
recent outcropping of Acrimony be-
tween the devotees of Cold Bread and
the slaves Of Hot Biscuit The Substi-
tute had been perforated beyond repair
at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain,
proving that Hiram made no mistake
in remaining behind to tend Store.
When Jennie moved in where she
could hear the Trains whistle and be-
gan to sport Cameo Brooch. she could
barely remember wearing a Slip and
having Stone Bruises.
Hiram was Near. but he would
loosen up a trife for his own Fireside.
The fact that Jennie was his Wife gave
her quite a Standing with him. He
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for the Pioneers. In those good old
Chill and Fever days no one ever
blamed it on the Female of the Species.
Those who had the Shakes allowed that
they were being Jared by the Hand of
Providence.
When the family ran low on Quinine.
all he had to do was hook up and drive
fifty miles to the nearest Town, where
he would trade the Furs for Necessities
such as Apple Jack and Navy Twist,
and possibly a few Luxuries such as
Tea and Salt
On one of these memorable Trips to
the Store. a Mood which combined
Sentiment with reckless Prodigality
seized upon him.
He thought of the brave Woman who
was back there in the lonesome Shack
shooting the Prairie Wolves away from
the cradle, and he resolved to reward
her
With only three ellis of Stone Fence
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The Groom wore a Swallow-Tail.
Most of those present had seen Pic
lures of the Dress Suit. In the Fire
side Companion, the Gentleman wear
ing one always had Curls and the
Wood Engraving caught him in the
act of striking a Lady in the Face
and saying Curse you
The Feeling at the County-Seat was
that Frances had taken a Desperate
Chance
The Caterer with Colored Help in
White Gloves, the ruby Punch suspect
ed of containing Liquor, the Japanese
Lanterns attached to the Naples, the
real Lace in the Veil, the glittering
Array of Pickle-Jars, and a well defined
Rumor that most of the imported Ush-
ers had been Stewed. gave the agitated
Hamlet something to blat about for
many and many a day.
The Bachelor of Arts grabbed off by
the daughter of Jennie and the grand
daughter of Susan was the owner of
Real Estate in the congested Business
District of a Town which came into
Public Attention later on through the
efforts of Frank Chance.
His front name was willoughby, but
Frances always called him Dear" no
matter what she happened to be think
ing at the time.
Part of State Street had been wished
on to Willoughby. He was afraid to
sell, not knowing how to reinvest
So he sat back and played safe. With
growing Delight he watched the In
earned Increment piling up on every
Corner. He began to see that he would
be fairly busy all his life jacking I'D
Rents.
The Red-Brick Fortress to which he
conducted Frances had Stone Steps in
front and a secret Entrance for lowly
Trades People at the rear
Willoughby and his wife had the high
courage of Youth and the Financial
Support of all the Money Spenders
along State Street, so they started in
on Period Decoration. Each Room in
the House was supposed to stand for a
Period. Some of them stood for
good deal.
A few of the Periods looked like Ex-
clamation Points.
The young couple disregarded the
TollGate Period land the Log-Cabin
of the Louies until the Gilt Furniture
gave out.
The delighted Caller at the House be-
side the Lake would pass from an East
Indian Corridor through an Early
Colonial Ante-Room into a japanese
Boudoir and, after resting his Hat,
Renaissance Drawing-Room to meet
the Hostess. From this exquisite
Apartment, which ate up one years
Rent of a popular Buffet near Van
Buren, Street. there could be obtained a
ravishing glimpse of the Turkish Cozy-
Corner beyond. including the Battle
Axes and the Red Lamp.
Frances soon began to hob-nob with
the most delicatessen Circles, includ-
ing Families that dated back to the
Fire of 1871.
She was not at all Dizzy. even when
she looked down from the Mountain
Peak at her yappy Birthplace. $4,000
feet below.
Willoughby turned out to be a salts
factory Housemate. His Voltage was
not high, but he always ate Peas with
a Fork and never pulled at the Leash
when taken to a Musical.