Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-29
Williams News.


| Ray F'itz Henry and family have
left for their home at Lake Crystal
/ Mimi, after weeks visit at the d
w. Fichorn home
/ The Misses Ruth, LeVonne and
Jeanette Martinson returned from
their vacations Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Benz. HELEN are, the
proud parents of baby girl, born
Thursday, Aug. oath
Miss Carrie Oswood is assisting at
the c. A. Cotton store this week and
will take the place of Miss Iva Hall,
who has been in the store since ii
was opened, and has resigned to
teach during the coming term at a
school south OF town.
| VIM. r. Foster went to Iowa Falls
Saturday evening on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rick and family
and Mr.. Simpson and Harley are
back from their trip to Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Stevens held a
successful sale on Saturday afternoon
with w. Loban as auctioneer. 1t was
a trying sight to some of the old time
lneighbors of this pioneer couple to
see theiN goods up for sale. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stevens will go on to Ames
| Wednesday where they have already
Ma. ,,,l n f1t-
ems have always been held in the
| highest esteem in this community
and they will be sorely missed How
ever, they take with them our best
wishes for their future success and
happiness.
AT this writing the Chautauqua is
drawing to close, this evening be-
| ing the last number on a very sue
cessful program. Although carloads
of people came from surrounding
towns for many of the numbers and
the town folks turned out very well,
indeed, it is to be feared that we will
not have the Chautauqua again next
year as sufficient number of men
could not be found to back it. The
present guarantors have gone into
their own pockets to make up def
icit for four years now and they feel
lit is time to lay down the burden,
No one can blame them and they
should have the gratitude Of the en-
tire community for their endeavor to
help us have something as beneficial
as the Chautauqua, but it is not
within the limits of reason to expect
them to go on making up deficit
year after year. They ran behind
about $500 and the men each had
to put up Sc.
DR.. and Mrs. Boysen and Dr.. and
Mrs. Larrabee We're among those
who autoed over from Webster City
to hear DR.. Gordon Sunday after
noon.
Oliver Shane of Lake Wilson,
Mimi. came Saturday for a short
visit at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 0. Shane, who got home
from their Illinois trip just in time
to greet their son.
7. NJ. Hughes of Webster City
spent Monday in town.
Mrs Horner is visiting at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Frost.
Mrs Carnes will remain at the
home of Mrs. Thos. cambridge until
her daughter. Mrs. c. NJ. Stevens,
gets settled in her new home.
E. l. Johnson drove to Toledo with
his daughter Leah, who will teach
there during the coming school term.
Sunday was bad day for acct
dents in Williams. Rev. l.. E. War
die injured his ankle Sunday morn
ing in the Chautauqua tent, while he
was getting ready for the commune
ty service. He was taken to Webster
City where it was found that the
bone was broken and ligaments torn.
Ray Lynch broke his collar bone and
the little son of Jim Brighton broke
his arm in two places.
Sunday morning, the house half
mile east of town belonging to Reub-
en- Hurd, tenanted by Ivan Smith,
took fire from defective chimney.
Neighbors helped carry furniture,
etc, from the house and to fight the
fire which they succeeded in con-
filming to the roof
Rev, w. S. Y. Critchley, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church preached q
sermon on the Outsider" in the
chautauqua tent Sunday morning,
which was declared by many in his
audience to have been the finest SER
mon they ever heard in Williams.
DR.. Gordon, the evangelist was
at breakfast Monday
in the VIM. p. Bossenberger
home
Miss Bertha Bossenbergeer is
spending her vacation at the home
nf hpr narpntS Mr. and Mrs III ROS-