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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
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school began yesterday in the fvt
school buildings and almost every
teacher who was absent from the
city during vacation Is back at her
desk. The children are greatly rest
ed and refreshed by the brief respite
from studies and the glorious. wealth
,er prevailing almost through the en-
tire two weeks has been in good use
by coasters and skaters. Teachers
also ere strengthened by the two
weeks Of freedom from the grind OF
school work and the next thing ON
the docket is the preparation for the
mid-winter semester exams.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Leave for Florida.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Younkee and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Neel expect to
leave Wednesday for st. Petersburg,
Florida, where they will spend two
or three months. Mr.. and Mrs. Neel
spent the winter last year in Florida
but this will be the first visit to the
land Of flowers for the Younkees.
Both parties expect to tour the state,
visiting several points Of interest.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
From Rochesfer, linn.

a. O. Buck rs. who resides { tH1is
east Of this city, returned home
Saturday bringing his wite
from the hospital at Rochester.
Mimi. where they have been since
Dec. 18th. Mrs. Buckles was taken
to the Drs. Mayo in q desperate con-
dition at that time with tumor IN the
head. and today is considered out OF
danger. Mr.. Buckles reports Gale
Pearce, whom he visited Friday
as practically out of danger. The
young man is now able to take nour-
ishment.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Gone to Legislature.

Senator d. C. Chase went down to
Des Moines Friday afternoon to be
present ut the republican caucus held
Saturday and to be on hand at the
roll call, which occurred yesterday
morning in the state house at 10
O'Clock. Representative Rube Nc
Ferren went to Des Moines several
days ago to be on the job in good
season. The legislature will adjourn
today for couple day and lit
tie of importance will be done the
first week. !
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Petition In Court.

M. L. Mcclure has filed q petition
in the county clerks office asking for
a writ OF replevin to recover proper
ty now in the possession of Clinton
The property consists
Of corn. hogs, cattle, etc., which
plaintiff bought OF defendant for $5,-
166, but defendant refuses to surren-
der same according to contract,
that he sold 1t too cheaply.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
WILL A. HUNTER
CALLED TO REST.
Brother Of Capt. ]. r. G. Hunter
Passes Away Recent Resident
Of Wayne, Neb.

Will A. Hunter, brother of Capt.
". r. C. Hunter and uncle Of D. z.
and w. F.. Hunter Of the Freeman
Tribune, breathed his last at 9:45
O'Clock at Mercy hospital Friday
might. Mr.. Hunter arrived in this
city a week before Christmas to visit
his brother and other relatives He
had been afflicted with chronic all
ments for some time and two days
after his arrival here took to his bed.
later the patient was removed to,
Mercy hospital that he might have
better care and also on account Of
the concurrent serious illness Of his
brother. His death was due to hard
ening Of the arteries and prostatic
and kidney troubles. X
/ Will A. Hunter was native OF
Ohio and was born Nov. TO-. 1S4S,
making him 6S years of age at his
last birthday. He came to Iowa In
the late fifties and made his home
for some years with his brother, the
late ]. D. Hunter, the latter at that
time being publisher of the Hardin
County Sentinel at Eldora. Later
he lived with his parents and also
with the family of his brother, Capt.
Hunter. at Oskaloosa, Iowa. From
Oskaloosa he moved with his parents
to Red Oak and Malvern. Iowa. Dur
ing the past twenty-five or thirty
years he had been in the employ Of
q prominent horse buyer and livery
stable proprietor in Wayne, Neb.,
who was also a former resident Of
The deceased. had never married.
He was the fourth son in q family Of
six child tive sons and one
he parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. a. Hunter. and sister, Mrs
c. r. Scott. q long time resident Of
onaha, Nsp.. ana enc = brother, I. p.
a Old rsSfdent of tiiis city,
have preceded him to the great BE-
vond. The surviving members Of tie
family are Chase and Sam
Of Brownsville, Oregon, and
The brother Of this city.
On account Of the serious condi-
ion OF Capt. Hunter, brief private
funeral was held at the D. L. Hunter
home Sunday afternoon, with Rev.
Arthur Metcalf of the Congregation
II church, in charge. Interment was
made In Graceland cemetery.
Later. Since the above was put
n type, Capt. Hunter has passed to
ais final rest
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Goe, to California.

Harry Munson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew J. Munson, who recent
ly left here for Minnesota, departed
today for Los Angeles, CAL, where he
expects to remain permanently. hav-
ing accepted employment in the elec-
trical department of the Southern
Pacific Railway Co. Mr.. Munson was
employed in the National Sewer Pipe
plant here, leaving several months
ago for Des Moines and returning
here before his departure for the
west.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Cancel Engagement.

Manager Kearns received mess
age today from Cedar Rapids, inform
ing him that on account of illness In
the troupe, the Mamie Weir Players.
booked to appear at the armory opera
house al this week, were compelled
to cancel their engagement.
Those who bought tickets in ad-
vance for this attraction can have
their money refunded at Teed's.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
WEBSTER CITY BOY
SCOUTS H0A0RED
Harold Clifton and Glen 0lmstead
only Iowa Scouts to Win
Honorable Mention.

The January number Of Boys Life
:--the national organ Of the boy
scouts contains very fine pict-
ure Of : group Of Webster City
scouts. named Hunting for Lost
Trail 4 s1tprize went with the
picture. Each month the magazine
publishes q few pictures Of the best
scout troops Of the United States and
canada and the Webster, City troop
has been in the picture page a NUM-
Der Of times. IN addition to the pict-
ure, the Webster City troop gets an
honorable mention in the list Of Life
and Star scouts for United States
and Canada. In that list the only
boys from lows winning that honor
are Harold Clifton, SON Of Mr.. and
NrA v. +. clikt0n. and Glen DIM
stSa1 song ~ IT. and Nh. John =.
Olmatead. These were the only boys
IN lows TO become Life and Star,
scouts last month. and in the list.
which includes only about forty boys
or less, there are boys from Colorado.
massachusetts. Connecticut. Canada
Michigan. Ohio and two
or three other states. The honor
carries With 1t the work of attaining
At least fve merit badges and pass
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Win Probably Call Rev. Barnett.

The English Lutheran church.
which was to have held its regular
annual meeting this evening.
will postpone the meeting for anoth-
er week and hold 1t on Tuesday ev-
ening. Jan. 18TH The officers and
trustees for the year will be elected
and the church will probably extend
a call to Rev. w. F. Barnett Of Mem
don, H., who supplied the pulpit
Sunday.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Returns from Rochester.

Mrs. w. w. Pearce returned home
Saturday afternoon from Rochester
where she went two weeks ago. call
ed by the critical illness Of her son
Gale. The latter is doing nicely now.
Mr.. Pearce will remain with his son
until he has completely recovered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
New Soft Drink Parlor.

c. w. Alexander is the proprietor
of new soft drink parlor just open
ed in the former Star restaurant To-
cation. The place is to be known as
"The Non-Tox Place" and will deal
in soft drinks and cigars exclusively.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
An Outside View.

Ellsworth News: 1t appears that
|up at Webster City certain editor
had his noodle considerably over
heated by the Bromley meetings and
began terrible howl about law vio-
lations in that staid and sanity city.
The said editor was especially
wrought up over violation Of the
liquor laws and headed an oficial
brigade to run to earth the disciples
of Bacchus and illegal liquor vendors
generally. In last weeks issue he
announced to an astounded world that
he had unearthed bunch Of his fell
low sinners in basement who show
ed every indication of having fndulg-
ed in bacchanalian revels but when
he and his fellow officers arrived on
the scene, alas. the amber fluid was
all gone and he was unable to bring
the offenders before his Honor, Mum
icipal Judge Geo. f. Tucker, for lack
of evidence. 1t appears that the net
results OF this holy crusade was to
rush three friendless negroes out Of
town and this was accomplished by
the sheriff without the aid Of the re-
former editor. It is undoubtedly
true that at Webster City as well %
elsewhere in this sinfhl world there
is more law violation than there
should be, but that our county seat
has developed into such q horrible
Sodom and Gomorrah as this editor
would have us believe, is not in ac-
cordance with the facts. Also his
hints that the county attorney and
sheriff are remiss in performing
their duty will not be believed by
those who know these excellent ofilc-
ials.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

Earl Mccullough, who has been
an efficient clerk in the Sheldon Bros.
grocery store for the past several
years, has resigned his position. Mr..
Mccullough is taking few days Of
much needed rest and as yet mas
made no definite plans for the futr
ure.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

Miss Laura Brock has accepted the
position OF bookkeeper in the Star
laundry Office recently vacated by
Mrs. Della Shagren, who is taking a
course in the Waterloo Business coll
lege.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Oyster Supper at Oak Glen.

The ladies aid society of Oak Glen
will serve an oyster supper next
Thursday evening, Jan. II, at the
church, beginning at $40 and COM
tinning until all are served. All are
cordially invited.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

L. S. Fairchild, five miles north Of
town, who has been very i'll with an
attack Of lumbago, is again able to
be about.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Farms for Rent.

We have three farms for rent. One
nicely improved so. one 200 acre
farm and one good quarter. See US
at once. Whitman & Hs-apton.
M 3d1t1f1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

Two Percheron mares and two stall
lions for sale at my farm between
here and Dows. Frank Gragert.
4 12-26d1f2t2s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

Has Steadily Grown All
Must Work Together.
4 ... -.
For a number Of years there has
! existed In this community a charit,
association sort OF court Of las1
appeal, 80 to speak where those
who we're far enough down and out
might 60 and ask for help: With
the knowledge Of this, the Good Eel.
low work was established in this
city through the columns Of the
Freeman-Tr Tribune two years ago and
has fiourished. With the idea Of as
sisting any and all who might need
help by asking through the columns
of the paper Tor articles Of clothing
or whatever seemed to be needed,
with no names used. and supplying
them either In person or by agent,
the work has grown. broader and
broader.
The idea was also to assist any
other charitably inclined organiza-
tion Of the city and this has been
done almost weekly. Money has
been received, but, never solicited.
Children have been sent by their
teachers from the school room, fitted
out with shoes and no one been any
the wiser but the recipient and the
one who made the purchase. This
was the ideal way and there was no
discussion Of the case with outsid-
ers. The one extending the aid knew
OF II the one receiving knew. Of it,
and no one else. This is the only
ideal way In which TO give helping
hands, The thought with. most SEN
sitive women that their hard luck is
being discussed with others by the
one giving Aid is alone enough to
make them 20 without clothing and
other necessities. All of course are
not 30 sensitive. and there are the
shiftless and no account women, as
well q the no account men. I !;
since the eomplste reorE orEanization
81 81 the charity association and = hahs
ii II visiting around and making in-
4qairies specially III regard TO chill
dren.s clothiHts there has grown less
and less need tor another source Of
aid. All should work together for
one purpose. One thing which has
been at the bottom Of the fntility Of
business. social or church affiliation
ID this city, seems to be selhshnees.
Each club, each church, each clique.
etc, has stood on and pulled in It's
own way and with several pulling
different ways at once, there has
been no great thing accomplished.
The system is wrong.
No great good can be accomplish
ed without complete afiliation and
working together Of all who are in.
terested in the common cause.
There will still be calls for Good
Fellows, for anyone who has two
coats to his back has an opportunity
to. be . Good Fellow by passing one
OF them along. But there should be
one avenue for moneys to go into a
common treasury and one avenue for
its outgo. There is every chance for
the charitable associations Of the
city to be defrauded by the unscrup-
ulous poor as long as Tom. Dick and
Harry have money to spend for tho
cause.
The Good Fellow movement is an
escellent one .nu ~" ne.s, =. :, -
Inn 0onl.ss
= A"'ney -,
The Washington times., 1917-09-30

First aid to animals. and physical
development.
If the Boy Scout organization Of
fered awards for good address. fne
bearing, and generally commendabIs
demeanor. Tsu Kwang Kwan would
at once have three more badges to
tack on his already picturesque uni
form.
Calls Scouts Great
With his sunny face beaming. this
star Oriental scout says. The Boy
Scouts are great" II he said the
same thing TO one OF his feIIow-coun-
trymen, it would sound something
like this: Ton tse guam Jsu ge kon
dah."
II the Chinese scouts should hear
this. they would most heartily agree.
There are numerous boy scouts in
China, Kwan says. There are not as
many as there arc in America. but
they have just as good a time. Tsu
kwang kwan has just returned from
Peking. where he paid his fellow
scouts a visit. Some OF them wear
pigtails. but their uniform is very
The Washington times., 1917-09-30
RECORD BREAKING
FIELD READY FOR
LAUREL OPENING

The finest horse flesh in America
will be seen in races next month at
Laurel. which throws open its doors
to sport lovers tomorrow.
Seven races a day, including a
steepIe chase, will be the program the
management Will hand out to the
thousands of devotees to horsS rae
ing, who will fock to the race track
once activities get under way.
Never before in the history of Mary
land has such a gathering OF high
class thoroughbreds been stabbed at
one track. Every available inch OF
barn room has been taken, and many
horsement have been compelled to
seek reservations outside the course.
All the prominent stake horses in
America, including. steeds like Omar
Hhayyam. Housless. Sunbriar. and
scores of others will make history at
the Laurel track.
Washington society will be repre-
sented at many of the big meets,
which fascinate and and interest horse
lovers of both sexes. Now that the
glory of the Bennins tract has faded,
every one is looking to Laurel to
take its place in the racing limelight
A special train over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad will leave the city
at 1 o'clo kctomorrOw afternoon to
take the first days crowds out to the
course.
The Washington times., 1917-09-30

msladies. The real and true cause
which start Al their diseases was moth
ing more nor less than weakened
condition brought on by lack of iron
in the blood.
Not long ago a man came to me
who was nearly hHlI century old
and asked me TO give him a prelimi-
nary examination for life insurance.
was astonished to find him with
blood pressure OF boy of go and as
young man; in fact a young man he
really was Notwithstanding his age.
The secret, he said. was taking iron
nuXated iron had filled him with re
health: at 40 he was careworn and
nearly all in-now at 30, after taxing
NuNated Iron, a miracle OF vitality
and his face beaming with the buoy
ancy of youth.
Iron is absolutely necessary to
enable your DIUod to change food into
living tissue. Without II, no matter
how much or what you eat, your food
merely passes through you without
doing you any good. and as conse,
quence you become weak, pale. and
Sickly-looking. just like a plant try
ing to grow in a soil deficient In iron.
II you are not strong or well you owe
IL to yourself to make the following
how far you can walk without be
coming tired. Next take two hve-grain
tablets OF ordinary nuxated iron three
times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again
and see how much you have gained.
have seen dozens of nervous. rundown
people who were ailing all the while
double their strength and endurance
and entirely rid themselves OF all
symptoms of dyspepsia, liver. and
other troubles in from ten to fourteen
days time simply by taking iron in
the proper form. And this after they
had in some cases been dOctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit.
But don't take the old forms OF re-
duced iron. iron acetate or tincture
OF iron simply to save a few cents.
The iron demanded by Mother Nature
for the red coloring matter in the
blood Of her children is, alas! not
that kind OF iron. You must take iron
in a form that can be easily absorbed
and assimilated to do YOU any good.
otherwise II may prove worse than
useless. Many an athlete and prize
fighter has won the day simply be-
cause he knew the secret of great
strength and endurance and filled his
blood with iron before he went into
the ARRAY; while many another has
gone down in inglorious defeat slim
ply for the lack OF iron"
The Washington times., 1917-09-30

II is conservatively estimated
that over three million people
annually in this country alone
are taking Nuxated Iron. Such
astonishing results have been re-
ported from its use both by doctors
and Iaymen. that a number OF phy-
sicisns in various parts OF the coun-
try have been asked to explain why
they prescribe IL so extensively and
why it apparently produces so much
better results than were obtained
from the old forms OF inorganic iron.
. Extracts from some OF the letters
received are given below.
DR.. Ferdinand. King, a New York
Physician, and Medical Author says:
There can be no vigorous iron men
without iron. Pallor means anaemia.
Anaemia means iron deficiency. The
skin OF anaemic men and women Is
pale. The iesh haoby. The muscles
memory fails and they often become
weak, nervous, irritable. despondent.
and melancholy. When the IRON goes
from the blood of women, the roses
20 from their cheeks.
In the most common FOODS OF
America, the stArcheS, sugars, table
syrups. candies. polished rice, white
bread. soda crackers, biscuits, maca-
roni, spaghetti. tapioca, sage, farinar
Disseminated cornmeal. no longer Is
iron 10 be found. Refining processes
have removed the iron of Mother
Earth from these impoverished foods,
and silly methods OF home cookery, oy
throwing down the waste.pipe the
cooked are responsible for another
rrayA iron loss.
: Therefore, IL you wish to preserve
your youthful VIM and NlGor 10 ripe
old age, you must supply the iron de
nciencv in your food by using some
'orIn OF organic iron just as you would
use salt when your food mas not
enough salt MI.
DR.. A. j. Newman. late Police
OF the City OF Chicago and
former House Surgeon, Jefferson Park
Hospital, Chicago. in commenting on
Nuxateu Iron, says: 1T has been my
particular duty during the past six
years to assist in keeping ChicagoS
nve thousand bluecoats in good health
and perfect lighting trim so that they
would be physically equipped to with
stand ali manner of storms and the
rayaRes Of natures elements.
Recently was prompted through
an endorsement of NuNated Iron By
Surgeon Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
New York, to give II a trial. This
remedy has proven through my own
tests Of ii TO excel any preparation
i have every used for creating red
blood. building up the nerves
the muscles. and cor
rscting digestive disorders"
DR.. Z. Sauer. a Boston physician
who has studied widely both in this
,ountry and in great European Medi- |
al Institutions, says: LAS | have said
4 hundred times over. organic iron is
he greatest OF all strength builders.
II people would only take Nuxated
instead of dosing themselves with
drugs, stimulants and
alcoholic beverages l am convinced
hat in this way they could ward on
preventing II becoming or
ganic in thousands OF cases and there
oy the lives OF thousands might be
saved who now die every year from
pneumonia, grippe. ltidney, liver, ]
aeart trouble, and other dangerous
The Washington times., 1917-09-30

TONTSEGUANJAU

It's pretty tough when you have a
name SO hard to pronounce as Tsu
Kwapg Kwan, but when you're the
eighteen-yesr-oId sen OF the president
of the Peking and KIingal railrc> l.
in China, and you're the best Chinese
Boy Scout in the universe. it might
be worse.
Tsu Kwang Kwan lives at 2Ol1
HilIyer place northwest. and today
he was sporting the two highest
awards inI the gift Of the Boy Scout
organizstion-the life" and star"
badge.
Has Many Awards.
Here are the other merit marks
that have been awarded TO him
Scholarship and craftsmanship.
Firemanship and Workmanship,
Life saving and interpreting.
Swimming and pathhnding.
Carpentry. electricity. chemistry,
Athletics and personal health.
First aid and public health,
The Washington times., 1917-09-30
FELLOW-CONGRESSMEN
ATTEND HILL FUNERAL

NORwALK, Conn, Sept. 3O-The
funeral OF Congressman E. ]. Hill yes
terday was attended by a large dele
cation from Congress and many men
prominent in the political and civic
affairs OF Connecticut
Twelve personal friends OF the de-
ceased were honorary paIlbearers,
while the guard at the bier where
the body reposed an escort were from
the Masonic and Odd Fellows fra
ternities.
The Washington times., 1917-09-30
D. c. POLICE SEEK
II DRAFT DODGERS

District police. aided by agents OF
the Department OF Justice, today be-
gan a hunt for seventy-one mt who
have been classed as deserters from
the United States army, following
failure to report for examination un-
der the conscription act
A list containing the names OF the
men was placed in the hands of the
police last night by Daniel J. Dono-
van. acting adjutant general OF the
District. and under the terms of the
ruling a reward of $50
is payable for the arrest of each OF
the seventy-one.
The Washington times., 1917-09-30
SHAMED BY ARREST,
WOMAN HANGS SELF

Ignominy OF an arrest for drunken
ness prompted Mrs. Gertrude Martin,
thirty-three years old, 22s V street
southwest, 10 attempt suicide by
hanging herself with a stocking to a
bar OF a cell at the Third precinct late
last night
AS the stocking frightened about the
woman's throat she involuntarily
screamed. Officer D. W. Thompson
hurried to the cell and found Mrs.
Martin gasping for breath. He quick
Iy cut the stocking, placed the uncon-
scious form of the woman on the floor
and rendered first aid.
Mrs Martin was taken TO Elmer
gency Hospital and later sent to the
Washington Asylum Hospital