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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Will Have Two Entrances.

Among the other improvements
which are being made by w. D.
Brown upon his brick buildings now
occupied by his store and the Ship
Icy & Black dry goods establishment,
there will be another entrance cut
into the drug store upon the north
east corner. From the same lobby,
the entrance to the drug store, the
the Offices above, will furnish exit
and entrance. The drug store has
been handicapped for some time by
frances and the new plan will OBJ
viate this.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
GUS STEIN HAS UNf0R-
TU||N|ATE ACCIDENT
Was Driving New Allen Car-Auto
Runs off Hill and Turns
Completely Over.

Gus Stein, who resides south Of
town and is the new owner of an AL
len touring car. experienced an un
fortunate accident Sunday after
noon while driving in the northwest
part of the city. Mr.. Stein was &C.
companied by Glen Stark of the Lex.
ington garage, who was coaching
him in the management of the auto.
mobile, and the back seat was occu.
pied by Mr.. STEMS brother, brother.
in-law and little son. Mr.. Stein was
driving down the rather steep in
cline at the south entrance of No.
komis park, when under the stress
of following directions he did not
fully understand, turned the wheel
in the opposite direction to that in
tended, and the car shot off the hill
turning completely over and striking
nearby tree. The axle, wind shield
and top were broken and other min
or damages done but the occupants
of the car escaped with no injuries
other than slight bruises. with the
exception Of Mr.. Stark, who suffer-
ed a deep cash on his arm which
necessitated the taking of several
stitches. 1t seems almost miraculous
that the members of the party escap-
ed without serious injuries and are
to be congratulated on their good
fortune.
The car, after a couple of hours
work, was repaired sufficiently to be
driven to the garage. Mr.. Stein had
purchased the auto only last Satur-
day evening and while he bemoans
the damage to the car is still very
thankful that the accident proved
no worse in the loss of life or limb.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Real Estate Transfers.

S. S. Morrison to Lydia C. Morri.
10, r. and part of 1G
blk 8, and 3, 4, 5, blk 7, Blairsburg
800.
l.. B. Young and VT to w. II.
hrenfuss-wd-w one-third lot T.
blk 81, w. C.-$3, 100000.
J. S. Davis and WI to A. F. FL
wd-se 36-S7-26.-$26,000.
Lars Larson to Martha, Hanna
wd-lots II, Is, 10, 20, blk g., M. &
H. addition, Ellsworth. 10000.
l.. S. Pickett to J. A. Harrell-wd
lot 13, blk 10, w. F., & Co. addi-
ton, w. C.-$1 100000.
Ole B. Hamre to l.. e. Thompson
-wd-n one-half NV 34-SS,23.-
S16,O0O,0O,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Another Company at Eagle Grove.

Eagle Groves Times Gazette: Ben
Borway is corresponding with Adj
Gen. Guy f.. Logan, of Des Moines
as to organizing another Machine
Gun company here in Eagle Grove
If they do, it will be cavalry ma
chine gun company, and the men
will be mounted, if called into SER
vice.
The Cavalry Machine Gun com
pany will call for "A men, as fol-
lows: One captain, one first lieu
tenant, two second lieutenants, one
first sergeant, one mess sergeant,
one supply sergeant, one stable ser
geant, two horse shoers, five SER
geants, six corporals, two cooks, one
mechanic, one saddler, two buglers,
end AZ privates.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08

ust 1st. The chauffeur was trying
to avoid pile of sand by the curb
ing and in turning out, turned di-
rectly in front of street car which
must have been coming at some
speed. Mrs. Newland, who was in
the back seat, was thrown fifteen
feet and her skull fractured. She
died within few moments. Her
companion was injured internally
and the chauffeur was so seriously
hurt that he is not expected to live.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
COMRADE GEORGE CALK|NS

of timber land to change the seem
cry. At Texarkana the boys stole d
wagon load of melons. The old codg-
err wanted twenty cents piece and
the boys wouldn't give it, rather
didn't have it to give, and so one of
them stole melon and while he
was the victim of an exciting chase
the old farmer was pillaged Of the
whole bunch. l didn't get any mel
on, but helped to eat one big one,
the second that day. The train stop
ped a little later in Redwater, Texas,
and as | didn't have to drill with
the company, l strolled over in the
peach orchard near by and picked a
peck of peaches, put them in my
shirt and went back to the car to
eat peaches until l was tired and
gave the balance away. Say, but
they were good, just the same. When
we woke up in the morning we found
the car had been turned around and
about half of the boys declared we
were going north. They turned us
at San Antonio from where we pass
ed through some small oil fields
straight for here. ~
We arrived about 6 o'clock and
would have been unloaded earlier if
we had not run pair of car trucks
off the track which delayed us about
two hours. We got out to the camp,
about one and half miles from
town, about 10 o'clock, unloaded,
and marched up through the other
regiments to the tune of locusts.
They are about as big as your thumb
and very unmusical. We went up in
to patch of cacti and mesquite
brush and halted. l took my bun
die and hiked over and reported to
Capt. Martin.
Of course | was glad to find that
all of the rough work was finished
so / ate dinner and cleaned up dur
ing the afternoon and went to non
com. school. Slept fairly well cx-
cept when the guards were changed,
as c company was on guard last
night and today.
1t started to rain in the night and
poured down for about five minutes
and you couldn't see a cloud in the
sky. 1t has rained quite a little to-
day.
Besides having cacti and mesquite
brush, we have lizards, scorpions,
rattlesnakes, and forty
different kinds of spiders, flies and
Bugs. Oh, we have plenty of mid
hight visitors!
| will probably be on light duty
or about ten days yet but l can i'm
prove my time by studying and get
ing all the military stuff that l can
or we cannot tell how long we shall
tay here. Some think we shall not
,e here over sixty days, or just long
nough to get the camp cleaned up
or the regulars that are to be NOV
d here.
| signed pay roll since arriving,
md may get some money before
ong. We sure need it!
1t is hotter when it is rainy here
han when it is not Yesterday was
airly comfortable, not much hotter
han in Iowa. In the shade it Isl
Dol and one, can always feel breeze
rom the Gulf.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
latiyes and friends.

fatiyes and friends.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Pierce, thu
Robert R.. Downs family and Mis-:
Mary Tilghman motored to Eagle
Grove yesterday and spent the da!
picnicking near the river.
Miss Marguerite Meyers of Rad
cliffe arrived here today to visit fol
a few days at the Mrs. S. 0. Osborn
home
Miss Irene Stauffacher, who has
been visiting her sister, Miss Min.
ME Stauffacher and other relatives
in this city, for the past week, re.
turned to her home in Renwick to-
day.
Masters Edmund and Joseph
Loyer of Cedar Falls, who have been
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. J
D. kimmel, for a week, returned to
their home this afternoon.
Miss Gladys Laus of LeMars
and Miss Luella Reimers of Ogden
are expected to arrive in the city
today or tomorrow for weeks Wis
it with their sorority sisters, the
Misses Ruth Mag and Elsie Heiden.
At the end Of the week the girls plan
to go to Lake Okoboji to the sorority
camp for an outing.
Mrs. C. c. Hall and daughter,
Miss Lille, left today for week S
visit with daughter and sister liv-
ing in Ledyard. Mrs. Halls broth
err, w. S. Montgomery, of Allison,
who has been here visiting at his sis
ter's home, accompanied them on
their visit.
Mrs. A. E.. Arbogast and three
children of Emmetsburg, who have
been visiting the formers mother
Mrs. Joe Martin and family, return.
ed home today.
w. J. Barnes, proprietor OF the
LaVogue Style shop, left last night
on a goods buying trip to Chicago.
The Chas. A. Bratnober family
of Williams drove overland yesterday
and spent the day here with the A.
E. Rasmussen family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Isham, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Barnett and the
Enoch Olson, j. p. Rasmussen and
w. J. Birdsall families all motored
yesterday to Lake Conan, the little
summer resort near Story City, and
spent the day, returning in the ev-
ening. The resort which centers
round a lake made from flowing
well, is literally patronized this sea-
son for fifty or seventy-tive miles
around and boasts of a band, boats,
stands, etc.
Mrs. G. w. iced left yesterday
for an extended visit in Perry and
Buffalo and other points in New
York state and also in Pittsburg,
Penn
Miss Maude Hclmick returned
home this noon from months trip
through the east and visits with rela-
ives in Illinois and Des Moines.
Mrs. f. A. Patterson and Mrs
Miller will leave tomorrow
morning for oxford, Kansas. called
~ the illness of the formers father.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Details of Accident.

Details of the automobile accident
which occurred August 1st at Gree
ley. Col, in which the sister of Mrs
F. A. Pierce of this city lost her life
were given in letter to relatives
here today. Mrs. Pierce's sister,
Mrs. Cora Newland, was in an auto
mobile, with lady friend, the car
being driven ny a chauffeur of Gree
ley on the evening of Tuesday, Aug
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Did not go to Brownsville With Com
pany C-Tells Of His Trip to
That Point Later
On.
AMONG COTTON AND NEGROES
Plenty Of Midnight Visitors, Such as
Rattlesnakes, Lizards, scor-
pions and Bugs.

Geo. Calkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thos. Calkins of this city, who is ;
member of Company c and was de
tanned at home on account of sun
stroke at Camp Dodge, Des Moines
joined the boys about a week after
they arrived at Brownsville, Texas
Mr.. Calkins accompanied the First
Regiment from Des Moines and took
J a different route to Texas than that
Travelled by his regiment.
The following interesting letter
received by his parents is therefore
considerably different from those
written by other Webster City boys:
We left Des Moines Tuesday about
IL O'Clock and went down and
around st. Louis into Illinois, along
the east side of the Mississippi
across part of Missouri, through the
middle of Arkansas and Texas and
arrived at Brownsville about
O'Clock Saturday morning. I had a
fairly nice trip. Most of the farm
ers are threshing in Iowa and ILL.,
nois. Some of the crops are good
and some did not beat anything
around Webster City. We crossed
the Missouri river and it sure is a
muddy, dirty stream as compared
with the Mississippi, which we
crossed a little later into Illinois.
We passed west of st. Louis through
swampy country with nothing extra
for buildings except the Southern IL
linois penitentiary, pretty stone
building on the outside-as for the
inside can't say. There were few
prisoners to be seen through the
bars, and they waved at us as we
went along. I mailed card, or
rather dropped it out of the window,
st that place.
From there we went through some
more swamps until we crossed into
Missouri. AS for Missouri, it's crops
are nothing. extra Or anything else,
except as to razorback hogs and
darkies. We stopped at one place
and went in swimming in river,
and got ready for a vegetable dinner
which was served us at Campbell,
Mo. 1t was some feed, too. Saw|
quite a. large number of white peo-
pie here. The next morning, how
ever. we rode about fifty miles with
out seeing a white person.
We were then in Arkansas, pass
ing through fields of cotton, cane
and peanuts. The cotton is in
bloom but none of it is ripe. Moth
ing special happened that day and
j saw all the cotton l ever wish to
see, just one field after another, un-
til we passed Little Rock. There we
entered the Ozarks, guess, and rode
until dark through foersts of yellow
pine and some oak. Most of the men
went in swimming late in the even
ing, but | didn't like the looks of
the pond, so stayed out. The next
Friday, we We're some dis
lance into Texas and could see more
cotton but there were some pieces
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-08-08
Adopted q Baby.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Hotchkiss
have adopted baby girl which is
five weeks old today. The adoption
papers will be made out this week
and the little ones name will be
Mary Ava Catherine Hotchkiss.
The Washington times., 1916-11-19

although she had bad time at nrst
she is Improving now. The length OF
their stay here will depend upon the
rapidity OF her recovery.
When they leave town, they Will 80
to New York for a short stay, then
to Chicago en- route to santa harbara,
where they will spend the greater
part OF the winter. Later on VIII
come visit to Palm Bench and Au-
gusta Ga, and their return TO wash
ington for another visit In the spring.
MY husband and are tramps. with:
out a home" Mrs. Wilson announced
to me In the most delightful voice
imaginable, sweet, soothing ana low
toned
Then she explained that they both
love to travel. They have a nice little
car which they have shipped from
place to place and which they
thoroughly. enjoy during each stop.
Some day they expect to settle down
and build home.
AZ least they talk of II from time
to time and In the past six months
have selected sites In at least twenty
different parts OF the country.
We'll really decide eventually
Mrs. Wilson told me, but added that
! they were finding 1t immensely df-
! ficult to make selection with the
country so large and SO full OF beau
tifu1 places.
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Regarding Pocahontas Buffers
Marriage TO Captain Woodson.

No wonder Pocahontas Butler and
Captain woodson, OF the Medical
Corps, U. s. A., elected to. be married
away from Washington. With a
place like Elliott, the Buffers fine es.
tate in North Carolina, in the family,
no bride could resist the lure IT q
country wedding.
Imagine fine old mansion. n jolly
house varty of friends and relatives
nathciC Cd for the Thanksgiving hpli
days and I'm the afternoon the wet
dir=, ,,,ith all the old-time plantation
nnUh2here of hospitality and cod
cheer. Hasn't that an alluring sound!
'' -.
!,lliti came To Mrs. ru:'cr frnr, her
people. the Faisons, and the present
estate IA part Of the original grant
5I.iui the crown.
She manages the plantation herself
and keeps IL in a state of smiling pro
ductivcneRs by the aid OF a little
colony OF negroes, who call Elliott
"home." and couldn't be persuaded "a
leave. Some few OF them boast the
recollection OF the days "befo' dc
war;" and many werG bn!Jl n parent
VIII. ere once slaves to Mrs. Buffers
fcrSthr>. .....
All he good 'hings unI'' Which the
huS,uts bic table groans 81 such high
Usra n. Thanksgiving and ShristipIs
&c grown ON the estatH.
-,
The woods will be rifed of their
fIscrSnt Jinc, "a gGulcp Df its chIy.
sp!li!iGrnU,ns. yellow alf white. md
at ~ late blooming roses - inake
sect. TIE great rooms Tor The 'nar
The Washington times., 1916-11-19

the poor little children "a Belgium
who 90 sorely need our aid. fF III
M Mrs simon Well; Mrs; Abr:sT;. , LIZ
browne, Mrs. Carl Droop. Mrs. Carl
CaseE Mrs. Easily Smith, Mrs. q: u
Williamson. Mrs. q; ~ p9hnggen. Mrs,
III ~ Ames Mrs. ~ ", Baines' MIS-
lev W. ai scw Tas Mrs. Ser f. BRA BranSsn-
burg, Mrs. J. l.. Cassin, Mrs, w. II.
ianeock Mrs. .GileslF. HeiipTin. Mrs.
a.. y Howenstein Mrs. X. Jonfss'
9siitsseii. Mrs NJ Z. saef Rsad NM mrs.s #
Smith and Mrs. william Weaver WAL
be hostesses at the tea which the
BYard Of Lady Visitors Will give az
Street G nssa Mo sH%. from rom ustl
o'clock. Tea will be served and there
home made cakes and candy, :. Tae
siaS To- greet siaty their fr ass wl Ds
The Southern Relief Homo 2403 Penn.
syivania Avenue, will hold Thanks
giving offering on "wednesday, 'Novem-
Der %. from to o'clock. when con-
tr:b9tlon OF any .descrlpuoh. such az
clothing. household furnishings. food
and tho like will be gladly received
owing to the increased number In this
nome this year the need Is most i'm.
perative. A committee will be on hand
at the home to receive the offerings.
Prior to that date anything for tho
home may be sent to Mrs. r. y. shep'
herd at her residence. 1873 Biltmort
street. Tho Southern Relief ball this win
| ter Will be- given February 5. Sill
Thomas Upton Is among the tnterost.nt
friends of the Southern Relief Home t.
whom an invitation has been sent.
Mrs. Shepherd entertained few
guests informally at tea at the home OF
Friday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth, presiden
OF the homo. was among the guests
Tho house into which the home hal
recently moved contains some of thu
most historic pieces OF furniture tina
ever carno out OF the South. Including
I an old mahogany desk used by Genera
Washington at Mt. Vernon. The guest
were shown over the house and met
number OF the interesting old resi-
dents Of the South now living at tn
home.
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Among Those Who Gave"
Toward the Fund.

The Spanish ambassador, the Schell-
ings. Paderewski. Fritz Kreisier. Clar-
ence Mackay, Otto II. Kahn. Mr.. and
Mrs. william II. Bliss-thcy are here
this winter and have an apartment at
Massachusetts avenue and Eighteenth
street-were among those who con-
tributed. The response was so generous
that after the loving cup was purchased
A.OO0 remR ined-' This was converted
into a draft and presented to the Span
ish composer at a little gathering at the
Scheliing home,
The loving cup went down with the
Sussex and. since the draft on the
, Fifth Avenue Bank for 1900 has never
been presented for collection, II is pre-
sumed that II went down also.
Fortunately. MIR. Schelling preserved
a duplicate and after certain formal.
ties were observed the money was sent
| to the Granados children In spain. \
large sum In gold which the compos
: er of "Goyescas' carried was lost.
MIR. Seedlings sister. Miss Julia
Schelling. who Is now member OF th'
musical faculty at National Park Semi
nary, arranged u recital for hor broth
err last year In Spokane. WASH. where
! she was then living. The entire re-
ceipts over $1,000. were forwarded u
the Granados fund In view Of Mr.
Schelling's inability to be present a.
1 the Granndos benefit given nj the Me
| tropolitan Opera House In New York
| Miss Schelling IL herself talented
! musician. and is well known for hei
/ lecture recitals.
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Railroad'Y. I'm. c. A. Opens
Membership Campaign

AZ ~ o'clock tomorrow, both noon
s sna m ny ,sr TIE campaign commit,
branch OF the RAILROAD ". VI. &. "A.
will visit the yard shops and urge
necha,lnics and workers to- join the
e, n. Mckenzie, master snaechanic.
inga. These meetings are the local
part Of a nationwide Campaign by
the Railroad Y. M G. A. (or more
members. In four days 1s.S35 mem
bers were obtained from the entire
country. 49,.
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Items OF Social
Interest

The Junior League ofsthe National
Junior Republic Will entertain at n
card party and tea dance at tho vii.
lard ON December 2, from $3.50 to .
Miss Nellie Johnson, one of the sea-
sons debutantes is chairman OF the
young ladies' committee In charge of
the ball to be given ON the evening OF
international Federation OF Catholic
commttee are Mise Mary Lord An.
drews, Miss Ada Morgan Hill, Miss
hs asScth MIA ssmt SSs ala severe. N' q
the seasons debutantes. Including
Miss Amy Bennett, Miss Marguerite
Clark, Miss Reeves Harria. Miss Mef-
garet futile, Miss Adelaide futile,
ford, Miss Roberta Wiley, and Miss
Ralph snowden Hin is chairman OF
the floor committee, snd has assisting
him Bowie Clark and number OF
prominent young men.
Miss Mary Helen Howe. soprano. ha,
returned from Accomec, Va, where she
was the visiting artist Of concert given
Her program numbers included 'viss
d'Arte," from the opera OF Tosca tPuc.
cinD "a fors g lui," from the opera
e Trsyas rr.n ysr9p jama aS.h sSnf
| ern Song" (Ronald). and 'iI;Ecstacy'
! tArditD. but so ENTHUSIASTICALLY was
Miss Howe received that she was com
PEELED 10 lengthcn her selections by
| many encores. Miss Howe remained
several days at Accomac. where she was
entertained by u former pupil Ellen
Edwards.
The Belgian Relief Sewing Circle
| formerly meeting at the residence OF
. Mrs. John A. Logan, will assemble nj
| the apartment OF MRS. Samuel Hous.
| ton Carr, THE "Balfour." corner oi
| Sixteenth and U streets, at 9 o'clock
| Friday, November 90. All members are
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Sussex Case Past, but
Its XietinnH Remain.

How soon the world forgets! When
the torpedoed Sussex went down the
world was shocked by the tragic death
OF Enrique Granados. composer OF the
spanish iiGoyescas," and his wife, ana
by the thought of their little orphaned
children in SPAIN.
Now the Sussex is but clause In
certain notes OF protest---but the chill
dren are still fatherless and mother
less. That they are not In desperate
want Is due to the generosity of
Grapndos' friends and to the care
with which Ernest Schelling preserved
the duplicate of a bank draft.
Let me tell you the story. MIR.
SchellinR. who. by the way, IL TO play
In recital at the Belasco Theater
Thursday afternoon, was Senior Gran
ados' closest friend in this country.
II memory serves, IL was he VINO
first introduced. us to "Goyescas In
the form OF morse1s. impressionistic
sketches-if a painters term may be
permitted--for the plano. before these
pictures of Spain were ever made into
an opera. ..-y -
AT any rate, II was Mr. Schellins
who got up the subscription FOR the
/ purchase OF a loving cup to be pre-
scented to Granados, In token OF APP
probation of his work, Just before
he sailed on his last Inflated voyage
The Washington times., 1916-11-19
Captain Parker
Retired From Marines.

willie Parker has been retired
from the Marine Corps. Capt. VIII
liam ii. Parker, u. s. NJ. c., retired,
doesn't that sound ancient and i'm
portant? He was stationed at Port au
Pripce, Haiti at the time or his re-
tirement in september. and since
lily in Portsmouth,, N. II. No, they
aren't coming back to Warrington
to live They haven't decided lust
whern they will settle. but j think
they viii agree ON Boston or come
place In its neighborhood. -
Captain Parker's sister. Marion.
decided some time ago, as so many
l society girls have done in the past
few years, that she wanted some
ing around to parties. She studied
l stenography, took a position IN n
| l.. Rust's' office, and filled II Win
considerable success. NOW, however,
she has given that up and is serving
as chaperon at the Holton,Arms
| School. She makes her home at the
school and is delighted with her
work. -...i ....s ... 90.
Harry Law is back In Washington;
and, just think, he Is a captain al.
ready! 1t seems just the other day
he went into the Marine Corps. or
| course, you remember him. Every
body knew him, and there never was
L
| ington. lie Is stationed at the MA,
| rIne Barracks, having just completed
several years of sea duty aboard the
| ' ernvpnt.
| In spite OF wartime rigors,
! Countess Won Goetzen, Captain Lay
| mother. continues to make her nome
i'm Germany. where She has house
| In the vicinity OF Berlin. As Mrs.
I.ay--Msy Lay, everybody called her
the countess was a very popular
person in Washington. and her mar
riage to Count Won Goetzen, then an
| Gtta.'nc Of the German embassy, Gre
~. /. n great deal OF interest.
Count Won GoetZen filed number
of important government positions,
I was once governor OF German prov
ince in Africa, and enjoyed the friend
ship OF the Kaiser. Indeed. the
Kaiser once spent a week at the
won Goetzens' house, IL I'm not mis-
taken. Countess Won Goetz"n seems
To- have pretty completely severed her
| connection with her own country, and
even since the counts death, these
many years ago, her visits to the
United States have been few and far
between.
oh. that insistent clock! 1t has
| chimed twice since I started, and as
I've an engagement ] must be OF
| somewhat belatcdly. Fondly yours,
| JEAN ELIOT.