Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-27

weeks they have visited relatives.
Misses Florence Leonard and
Birdie Waitman left Saturday for
Clear Lake to spend several weeks
with a. party of girls who have taken
a cottage there.
Rev. Arthur Metcalf left today
to join his wife and daughter at
Park Rapids, Mimi, to spend his
months vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Bauer and
son and daughter of hardwood.
Iowa, are in town for visit with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 4
Fred Bauer. They made the trip
overland in their car. hardwood is
in Lyon county, the extreme north
west county OF the state, and Mr..
Bauer says the corn in this section
| is some better than in his locality.
Mrs. Alexander Mcconnell left
this morning for Kansas City, Mo-,
called by the sudden death of her
sister, Mrs. F. j. Close, No partic.
ulars are known.
Miss Jennie Smell, who is en-
ployed in the John Mahoney home
near Duncombe, spent Sunday visit
ing her parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Pettibone
and Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Kamrar
have returned home from a several
weeks overland trip to points in
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gates Of
Fort Dodge spent Sunday with Mrs.
Gates mother, Mrs. Alexander NC
Connell Their little son, Phillip,
who has been visiting Mrs. Neon
nell several weeks, accompanied
them home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Burgess re-
turned Saturday from a five weeks
stay in Rochester, Mimi, where
Mrs. Burgess underwent surgical
operation. She arrives home very
much improved in health.
WIN. Devine spent Saturday
night in this city with the W. H.
Perry family while enroute from
Mason City to his home in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Homan Of
Epworth, Dubuque county, passed
through the city this noon on their
way to Storm Lake. They are trav-
cling by automobile and Mr.. Homan
says the worst roads he has encount-
cred on the trip are between here
and Williams. They took dinner at
the home of their cousin, Mrs. w. r.
Hunter
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Parkhurst
and daughter Helen of Moravia, N.
Y, are expected to arrive in the
city today for visit at the home of
their son and brother, S. S. Park
hurst and family.
MFR. and Mrs. George McIntire
and little son of Iowa Falls and Mrs.
A. I. Bennett OF Alden spent Sun
day at the James O'Connor home
south OF town.
Mrs. A. J. Barr returned this
noon from weeks visit with q
daughter in Gilbert.
Mrs. z. It. Lillard of Los Ange-
les, Cal, is in the city for a visit
with her niece, Mrs. ]. S. Melvin
and other relatives
Tomorrow morning the wealth
er permitting, the J. S. Melvin and
Bascom Huddlestun families will go
overland to Perry where they will
spend the day with the Harry Hud-
dlestun family.
Mrs. J. i. Ford of Des Moines,
who has been spending a month in
this city with her daughter, Mrs.
w. H. Perry, returned to her home
Mrs. Emma Johnson returned
Saturday TO her home in Iowa Falls
after visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Arthur TTeanor and family.
Miss Bertha Teal went to Wat
erloo for an over Sunday visit with
friends. Today Miss Teal leaves
for Marble Rock where
she will attend a house party Of Des
Moines college girls.
Mrs. G. Osmundson and daugh-
ter, Miss Oritha, and their visiting
relative, Miss Frances Merz of Cam
bridge, Ia. spent Sunday at the
Ralph Hurd home in Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Burlescn
went to Chicago last night on a few
days business and pleasure trip.