Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-02
Williams Items.

Williams Items.
Miss Letha Tilghman of Webster
City spent the week end here at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. C.
M. Tilghman. Miss Letha is think
ing seriously of entering some train
ing school for nurses, with a view
to making nursing her profession.
Miss Jane Record of Duncombe,
who has been keeping house for her
uncle, Mr.. Mills, was called home
Wednesday by the illness of her sis
ter. Miss Record expects to return
as soon as her sister is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Sloan, Jr., have
moved into the house formerly oc-
cupied by the Pettits.
Mrs. Studivin, wife of the man
who is here working on the county
map, came Saturday from her home
in Toledo, Ohio. to be with her hus-
band. They are rooming at the
VIM. R. Rick home.
The Presbyterian l.. A. S. will
meet at the home of Mrs: A. Graf
funder on Wednesday afternoon. AS
this is the first meeting of the aid
society in long time, it is hoped
that all members will be present.
Mrs. Ray Rhodes, a former resi-
dent and business woman of this
place, is here from Los Angeles for
a brief visit with old friends. Mrs.
Rhodes is en- route to Pittsburg, Pa.
Henry Bossenberger has a man.
moth pumpkin on exhibition in the
window of the H.>P. Talcott store.
The pumpkin weighs AZ pounds.
We're v. Martinson has returned
to his studies at the Chicago veter-
mary college, where he has secured
"a position that will help him pay
part Of the expenses of his school
year. We're is bright, ambitious
boy and will surely succeed in his
chosen profession.
Many and mysterious are the
plans now going forward for the big
masquerade, Oct. S. Nimble fingers
are busy creating costumes calcu-
lated to completely disguise famil-
lar charms and display others only
half guessed at. Competition for
the prizes will be keen.
The Andrew Caruth family and
Mr.. Matthew Caruth and his visit
ing daughter, Mrs. Morehouse, au-
.toed to Charles City Friday.
Rev. John w. Todd, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, was called to
his former home, Shenandoah, Sun
day Afternoon by the death of an old
friend whose relatives desired to
have Rev. Todd officiate at the fu-
neral. The absence of the pastor
gave other members of the church
the opportunity to hear Rev. w. D.
Spiker of harrisburg, who preached
very able prohibition sermon in
the NJ. E. church on Sunday even
ing. Although purely a coincidence,
Rev. Todd's sermon in the morning
was closely linked to the talk in
the evening: for he spoke of getting
in touch with God and likened the
process to the familiar one of con-
Meeting a copper wire to a battery
in order to get electricity. Rev.
Spiker showed how man Cor Incl
dentally a woman) who had this
power might release it in direct
service for humanity. Rev. Spiker
believes that some of the power
that God has poured into the souls
of His children should be expended
in fighting the liquor traffic on
October Is.
Quite a number of people from
here went to Des Moines Sunday
and paid a visit to Camp Dodge.
Among them were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. /. D..
Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs. Hartwig and
the Misses Alma Olmundson and
Martha Ostrem and Earl Johnson
and Frank Counsel. The two latter
groups took the Misses Esther and
Carmen Martinson to the camp with