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Evening star., 1915-01-17

The Cincinnati club may sign Harris
of the Bay City team of the South
Michigan League, who hit we'll over
800 and had a fine record In scoring
runs and running bases. He has play
ed both frst base and the outfieid, and
looks like q coming star. President
Hermann has made an offer for him,
which 10 quite likely to be accepted.
Evening star., 1915-01-17
) HAVE b0WLED WELL HAS A GOOD MARGIN
Columbia Team Leads in the
Fourteenth Street League.
GARRISON JUNIORS SECOND
Spioss Has Proved Best Bowler Of
the Season, Having
High Average.

The Columbia Covering Company has
big margin on the team In the rum
ner-up position in the Fourteenth
Street Duckpin circuit. The Columbia
quint has a six-game lead over the
club in second place. the Garrison Ju-
niors.
Evening star., 1915-01-17
HOLDS TWO MARKS
Jasper Has Records in West
minister Duckpin League.
TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Greens and Whites on Even Terms
in Battle for the Top
Berth.

Jasper holds records in two depart
ments in the Westminster Duckpin
League. He has rolled the highest
game registered by the players this
year and also has the best mark for a
set to his credit. Jasper has a count OF
14O in one of his contests and has
knocked down 1854 pins in a set.
Whites and Greens Tied.
A tie exists in the league for the team
leadership, the Whites and Greens each
having won twenty-one games and lost
fifteen. The Blues and Reds follow in
the order named.
The averages follow:
Evening star., 1915-01-17
spioss Has Best Average.

Spioss holds the best average for the
season. one of 1921. The second best
average is credited to Gwynne of the
Zellers & Co. outfit.
The team standing and records for
the season follow:
Evening star., 1915-01-17

High average-Hafe. 100.
High game-Jasper. 40.
High set-Jasper. 354.
High fiat score-Dauterich. 90.
Greatest number strikes-Hafie. II.
Greatest number spares-Jasper. 81.
Evening star., 1915-01-17
CUBS ARE IN FRONT
Leading in Southwest Junior
League by Two Games.
DENNIS IS BEST BOWLER
Has Obtained Highest Average
Gotten by the Players
This Season. !

The Cubs are leading the Southwest
Junior Bowling League with twelve
games won and six lost. The nearest
team to them is the Browns and they
are exactly two full contests behind.
The Yankees and the Nationals are
tied for third place. each having won
seven and lost eleven times. Tho
Browns have registered the highest
team set, game and greatest total OF
pins.
Dennis Is High Man.
Dennis of the Yankees has proved
himself the best bowler in the league,
having an average of 9S-9 for eight
cen games. He also has counted the
most spares-2s.
The standing of the teams and rec
ords folIous.
Evening star., 1915-01-17

High individual game-Solem, l31.
Second high individual gamc-Beuchert, IL;
High diyidual set-Stincncomb. i26.
Second high Individual set-Farlee, 1923.
High fiat game-Solem, S6.
High team gane--indians. 528.
High team set-Indians. 1.457.
Evening star., 1915-01-17

Eddie Collins batting average for
eisht years with the Athletics aver
and his poorest work was done in his
second year out. when he hit for .273.
Evening star., 1915-01-17

The twelve men in the American
League that Walter Johnson hit last
season had just decided to chip in and
give the speed king a present in rec
ognition of his hop to the Feds. but
now they will keep their money and
buy arnica-
Evening star., 1915-01-17
GANDILS WILL GO TO
BALTIMORE FRIDAY

The Gandils will make the trip
to Baltimore next Friday night
to meet the All-rtnr quint OF that
city. The Gandils won the series
played here recently by q close
score, and the final series of i've
xnmes IL likely to prove very
close and interesting, as the Bal
tim0feans are sure to have the
advantage ON their own floor.
Evening star., 1915-01-17
Schedules in Bowling
Leagues for Tomorrow

National Capital League-Y. NJ.
C.. A. w. Climbers.
Masonic LeaKue-Naval vs. Leb-
anon.
Phi Mu Sigma League-Alpha
vs.. Beta.
Commercial League-WashinG-
ton Times VS.. Merchants Trans-
fer Company.
Arcade Lea rue-Center Mar
ket W.. Mount Pleasants.
Sout ern hallway Clerks
-eague-Managers vs.. BOokkeep-
ers, Mechanical VS.. Treasurers,
Tie and Timber vs.. Law.
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
League-Auditors vs. Transporta-
ti0n.
Capital City League-Ivofy
.5oaps vs.. Havenners.
Pepco League-Purchasln De.
oartment W.. Bookkeepers.
National Bankers' LeaEue-
Central VS.. Continental TruBt
Company.
ts..ental League - Land
once VS.. Treasury.
District League-Shermans VI.
Belmonts.
Royal ArcaAum Lea4ue-Das-
irict w. Capital.
Meant Pleasant League-C0-
lumblas vs. Parks. i
Evening star., 1915-01-17
Nothing Succeeds Like Success,
and l Am Successful.

While this sale may sensational must not be CONFUSED
with the legitimate principles
modern tailoring to effect positive clearance
Evening star., 1915-01-17
COLUMBIA DUcKPIN LEAGUE.

STANDING OF TEAMS.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
wy. SH|PLEY Starts
Store IN WILLIAMS
Interested with G. A. Cotton in Gen.
eral Store-0ne of Six
Enterprises.

w. V. Shipley of Mason City, one
of the proprietors of the Shipley 4
Black dry goods store in this city
will March 1st, in company with C.
A. Cotton of Iowa Falls, open up q
dry goods and grocery establishment
in the Skevington block in Williams
Mr.. Cotton, who has had years of ex-
perience in the business, will be the
local manager and will remove his
family from Iowa Falls to Williams
This business move will be the sixth
in which Mr.. Shipley is interested,
the others being as follows:
The store run under the name
Harry Moore & Co., at Goldfield ;
the Mercantile store at Buckeye;
Shipley & Minger at Iowa Falls
The Sterling, at Mason City; Ship
ley & Black at Webster City, and
Shipley & Cotton at Williams.
Mr.. Shipley is keen business
man and the establishment in this
city has always carried goods of d
high quality, which system is du-
plicated throughout the ring of bus
mess enterprises in which he is in
tereSted.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
ALI are Worthy.

Jewell Record: AS announced
some weeks ago the present school
superintendent, Mr.. e. F. Snow, who
is serving his second term and who
has made a good superintendent, is
a candidate for the appointment.
Last week the Record announced the
candidacy of a second aspirant for
the position, Prof. o. T. Petit, head
of the Williams schools and school
man who has proved exceptionally
capable and satisfactory in his work
there. And this week we have the
name of a third candidate to an
nounce, that OF Prof. Levi Neese,
now head of the schools at Klemme,
Iowa.
Prof. Neese is a Hamilton county
product and has taught in the
schools of Hamilton county nearly
twenty years. He taught four years
at Kamrar, leaving there to accept
the position he now holds at
Klemme. He is now teaching his
second year at Klemme, his wife al
so teaching in the schools there. Mr.
Neese, as well as the other two can.
didates, is eminently we'll fitted fol
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
A Card.

Eds. Freeman-Tribune: AS my
husband, Louis Hanen, has publish
ed notice in your paper about my
leaving his home, / desire to say a
few words to my friends and the
people of Webster City. l wish it
known that l never would have left
my home and husband if his children
hadn't made it impossible for me
to stay longer. l was forced to sign
away all of wife's rights to hus-
bands home, or have a law suit and
l could stay no longer and take what
I have had to since Mr.. Hanen's
sickness, so I agreed to take what
was rightfully mine, and receipt
in full for what Mr.. Hanen had let
my son have, and leave his home. |
was forced to do this, or stay and
stand a law suit, and still take the
abuse that l had to take while there.
I never ran Mr.. Hanen in debt. /
washed and ironed to clothe myself
while was in his home and certain
ly pay my own debts but none of MI.
Hanen's debts. | am sorry for Mr..
Hanen. He certainly has my best
wishes.
Mrs. Lewis Hanen.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23

board and asked that the proceed
ings. be dropped at once and the,
were. 1t is the opinion of those who
know, that the melancholia charged
against her is caused entirely by her
husbands neglect and ill-treatment
and that the act of Thursday was
brought on by such conditions. To
this effect the former neighbors of
the woman on east First street and
vicinity have prepared a petition
which they have addressed to the
board of insanity ct Ft. Dodge, stat
ing the occurrences during their res
idence here.
g., The woman is about thirty-five
years of age and was we'll liked by
all who knew her in this city.
Those interested in this city in
ler release from the charges against
her in Ft. Dodge, are the Sam Arm
Did family, who lived in the same
yard with the Clay family, J. M.
Nh'tson, the Joe Berg, the Servis
,amily and others in the block, all
If whom testify to her sanity.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
UN|VERSAu|ST LADIES
TO serve BANQUET
Six Societies Bid on Serving Of Two
Course Banquet for Drain
age Men.

The bids received by the CONNER
cial League for the serving of the
banquet to be given in honor of the
state drainage convention in thi:
city Feb. 25th, from the various
church societies were opened Fri.
day afternoon. Six church societies
submitted bids for the serving OF
the supper-the Congregational
Catholic, Christian, Baptist, Metho'
dist and Universalist aid societies.
The Congregational ladies bid SOC
a cover, the Catholic ladies 75c, and
the four others all alike-50c. These
four bids were then numbered and
the numbers shaken up and drawn
the Universalist society being the
number drawn.
The menu to be served was sub
mitted to each of the church socie-
ties some time ago and they bid up
on the same, the league guarantee
ing an attendance of $50 at the ban
quet with a possible IT'S or 200.
The menu to be served is as fol-
lows:
Honon Steak Mashed Potatoes
Spanish Rice or Escalloped Corn
Jelly or Jam Bread or Rolls
Butter Pickles
Ice Cream Cake
Coffee Cigars
The banquet will be served on
Thursday evening. Feb. 25th, at the
Elk's club at 6 or $50 o'clock. The
armory opera house orchestra will
furnish music during the supper and
at the conclusion several fine vocal
musical numbers will be rendered,
aside from the excellent toast pro-
gram which is being arranged.
This program is not yet complete
enough for publication. H. NJ. Spar
Doe, president of the state drainage
association, will be toastmaster and
there will be five or six other num-
bers on the program.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
SLASHES THROAT
With A RAZOR
Former Webster City Woman At
tempts Suicide at Home in
Fort Dodge.

| Fort Dodge Chronicle: Mrs. Ella
Clay, wife of l.. l.. Clay, an employe
of the Fort Dodge Gas & Electric
company, attempted suicide this
morning at her home by slashing her
throat with a razor. She inflicted
upon herself a serious wound but did
not sever any important arteries or
other organs. The attempt occurred
at 10 o'clock this morning just be-
fore she had started with her hus-
band to appear before the county in
sane board. The woman had contem-
plated the act. Some time ago she
had purchased a razor. Her husband,
knowing her temperament, had not
kept razor in the house for seven
years.
Mrs. Clay has suffered from mel
ancholia for the last seven years,
and for time was an inmate Of an
insane hospital in Illinois. From
SAlo lOOpALo1 SAC w 1ClCdSCu ahA
pronounced cured. 1t is just lately
that she has again shown symptoms
of a return Of the nervous disorder
and the husband asked that she be
examined by the insane board.
She had planned her act in ad-
vance. When her husband asked her
to come with him before the board
she seemed to acquiesce readily. AS
they were preparing to leave the
house she asked him to go to the
other room and bring her gloves. AS
he turned to do he- bidding she seiz-
ed the razor and made slash at her
throat. He seized her before she
had inflicted more than one cut.
The wife is at the hospital resting
easily. The board conducted the
hearing there and it is almost sure
that she will be sent to the hospital
at Cherokee. ~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Won Signal Honor.

Eagle Grove won a signal honor
last Wednesday night at the Wright
county declamatory contest which
included representatives from five
towns, including Belmond, Clarion,
Dows, Eagle Grove and Goldfield.
This honor was awarded because OF
the efficient training of contestants
by the Latin teacher of the Eagle
Grove high school-Miss HELEN
Mari Smith, born and reared in this
city.
Eagle Grove through her repre-
sentatives in this contest won first
place in oratorical, dramatic and
humorous classes and was awarded
silver loving cup as a permanent
possession. This makes the third
loving cup won by Eagle Grove in
declamatory contests.
Miss Smith is teacher of Latin in
the Eagle Grove high school and
also oratorical trainer and her de-
cided ability along this line was
evinced while she was in high
school in this city and later in her
college life she displayed histrionic
talent to marked degree. Her
friends in this city will be interested
to know that this honor has been
conferred upon Eagle Grove because
of Miss Smiths ability as a trainer.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Sues Cedar Falls Man.

Cedar Falls Record: H. S. Bourne,
of Webster City, has begun action in
district court against c. NJ. Fuller
ton, claiming defendant was negE-
gent in operating an automobile on
the streets in Webster City on Aug
ust IS, 1914, and because of this
negligence, plaintiffs automobile
was damaged, when the two autos
|collided. Mr.. Bourne asks that he
be given judgment against defend
ant in the sum OF $500. The allie
cation is made that the defendant
was driving his car on the wrong
side Of the street at an excess rate
of speed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23

the place and he has strong support
in his candidacy, as is also true in
the case of each of the other two
candidates.
According to the Interpretation Of
the state school law as given by the
state superintendent's Office and the
attorney generals Office, all three
candidates now in the field are full
ly eligible to the position to which
they aspire. 1t is a field of capable
and deserving candidates and who
ever wins in the race the Office is
sure to be we'll filled.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
PROHIBITION IS
NOW WORKING WELL
Reports From Des Moines are to
That Effect-Drunkenness
Decreasing.

Des Moines Tribune: Just an ev-
en- dozen drunks have appeared be-
fore Police Judge Meyer since Tues
day morning. Each morning since
the saloons closed the feature of the
court has been the absence of the
score or more of regulars who al
ways appeared for the usual SEN
tence.
Today there were but two men
who answered the charge of intoxi-
cation. Both were not to be classed
as "old soaks"eeither and merely fell
off the wagon when some eXtraord-
mary temptation of slight nip was
offered last night.
Bootlegging has not begun to any
great extent so far. The officers are
keeping sharp lookout and al
though it is expected for awhile, as
the quantity of booze stored in Des
Moines is known to be large, yet
the police think bootlegging can be
suppressed.
The closing of the saloons has
been followed by a very quiet period
in every line of petty crime. Wheth-
er this is because conditions are bet
ter or indicates the calm before the
storm the police are unable to say.
That trouble will be encountered
when the changed conditions become
settled is expected, but where it will
break is not known.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Scout SNOWFALL Fight.

The snow balling contest hel.
Friday afternoon on the meadow
back of Mercy hospital by the loca
troop of boy scouts, was largely at
tended. Forty-fve scouts engaged
in conflict and each side had the
privilege of holding once the posi-
ton of attacker and defender of the
fort.
Owing to the scarcity Of snow just
now, there was not enough to build
a fort, SO a peninsula of Brewer s
creek answered for the bulwarks of
defense and each side had the op-
portunity of winning while occupy
ing the position Of defense. When
boy was twice struck by snow
ball he was killed and out of the
fight. Following this contest anoth-
er was held on the brow Of the hill
near the fence which was defended
by a line Of boys with armfuls of
snow balls. The attackers each had
three snowballs and in this skirmish
to reach the fence, the side COM
manded by Kenneth Neel won.
March 18th is the date chosen for
the scout benefit program at the Or
pheum theater and the program Of
fered this time will be an unusual
one, being a scout play in six reels
acted by real live scout troop on
Long Island. A complete synopsis
Of the play will be given in the near
future and per cent of the bene.
fits received as a result of the ticket
sale will go for the defraying OF
camp expenses this summer.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Foreman Here.

George Dubbs, foreman for c. F..
Atkinson, the contractor and build
er, is spending the day in this city
on business. Mr.. Dubbs has been re-
siding in Cherokee during the erec-
tion of the Cherokee State Bank
building, which is now completed.
He will return to this city to reside
within a few weeks, in order to over
see the erection of the new county
house which Mr.. Atkinson recently
contracted to build
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Kamrar Team Wins.

Jewell Record: The Kamral
checker team won revenge from the
Jewell team in a tournament played
last night in the bank rooms of the
First National Bank of Jewell. Score
was Sc to 80. Att Alexander, H
Hood, j. T. Belman and DR.. Allen
played for Jewell, and F. H. AleXan.
der, George Carson, Jackson Groves
and Col. Metcalf for Kamrar. The
latter is Webster City champion
who played with Kamrar by mutual
agreement.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Loses End of Finger.

George Twogood, who is employ
ed in the Brown Skate factory, Sat
urday forenoon had the misfortune
to lose the entire end of one Of his
forefingers while at work at the
press. The injury has not incapaci-
tated him for work at the factory
and he is at his place today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
PetersOn-DaViS,

Married, at two O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, Miss Alice Peterson and
Mr.. Earl Davis, both of Stanhope.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. c. V. Pence at the Christian
parsonage. The groom's brother and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Davis of
Stanhope, attended the couple. They
expect to make their home on farm
about two miles south of Stanhope.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23

The foregoing article was pub
lished in Thursdays edition of the
Ft. Dodge Chronicle and is of more
than passing interest to friends and
neighbors of the l.. L. Clay family
who lived, here during the past sum-
mer. Lafe Clay, as he is known,
was an employe of the retarder fac
tory just east of the city and the
| family resided at the corner of First
and Union streets. They left this
city some time last October for the
Gypsum City, but the memories they
left in the hearts of their neighbors
were not pleasant ones.
1t seems that the family original
ly lived in Illinois and the unfortu-
nate wife of Clay had been confined
for a number of months in a hospi-
tai for the insane in that state. FL
nally through the efforts of friends
she procured a release only to find
that her husband had decamped
with the eleven year old son, leav-
ing her in darkness as to his where
abouts. At last she found trace of
him and joined him in this city
much against his will. The couple
are the parents of two children be-
side the son, an eight year old
daughter and twenty-one months
old baby
Neighbors testify that during
their residence in this city, the hus-
band continually abused her, at one
time horsewhipping her when she
followed him to the retarder factory.
This affair was witnessed by Sidney
Miller, an employe of the factory,
and the eight year old daughter,
who afterward told of the occurrence
to the neighbors.
The woman was jealous of her
husband, perhaps not without cause,
and had followed him to see if her
suspicious were Justified.
In the opinion of neighbors the
poor woman needed kindness more
than anything else in the world,
but got little of it. She was good
mother and kept her children as
well as most women, with far less
to do with. Soon after the horse
whipping episode, in July or Aug
ust, 1914, the husband swore out in
formation against his wife, charging
her with insanity. Sheriff Nelson
went to the home and stated after
ward that if the woman was always
as sane as she appeared then, there
was little ground for such proceed
ings.
AS soon as the neighbors found
out what the husband was attempt
ing to do they appeared before the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Mabbott-McC0llough.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Mabbott have
issued invitations to a large number
of friends and relatives to the mar
riage of their daughter, Ethel Marie,
to George William Mccullough, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Mccullough,
on Wednesday evening, Feb. Gath, at
1880 o'clock, at the Mabbott home
on Elm street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Chiropractors Going Away.

Grigg & Grigg, the chiropractors
who have been located in this city
for about a year, expect to leave the
latter part of this month for Waver-
ly. There are no chiropractors or
osteopaths located in Waverly and
Mr.. and Mrs. Grigg feel that the
field there is very promising.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Real Estate Transfers

Will Morrow and VT to James
Dundon, ct al-wd-W F. & Co. ad-
dition to W. c., lot 10, blk s.
100000.
Lewis Ingerbritson and VT 70
Richard L. Ryberg-wd-ek lot
and e1s lot 8, block and all the
buildings in town of Ellsworth
$95O.OO.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Cradle Roll.

Born, Friday night, Feb. 10, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Maxon, residing
on west Second street, an eight and
a half pound girl, Mary Marguerite.
The evening world., 1915-02-26
WALKS TO DEATH ASLEEP.
rssaG Mother P1unges From Fifth
rfesr window.

Mrs. Pssha lgnats. twenty-five. who
lived with her husband and two children
on the fifth floor Of the tenement Al
No. lss West yifty-sixth Street. wal
found dead last night In the courtyard
In the rear Of the building.
Mps. Isnats was . sleepwaiker. She
Ny down In the afternoon with hei
two children. Neighbors heard the
youngsters crying early last evening
ana. being unable to get into the apart
ment. called Policeman Froegal He
went to the rear to climb the fire es-
cape ana there came upon the body OF
the woman.
The evening world., 1915-02-26
Very Special
SILK PETTIcOATS
regularly 500. .2.05

800 Silk Jersey Top Pctticoats
with l4-inch accordion pleated
messaline flounoc and silk under
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