Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-13
TWENTY WEN YEARS AGO.
From the Freeman-T Tribune.
March "a, 1897.

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The school board held a meeting
Monday night last and organized for
the ensuing year. c. /. Eberle was
elected president. r. G. Clark and F.
A. Edwards, the newly elected MEM
bers, were sworn in and the neces-
sary committees were appointed by
the president.
Married, in this city, March 16,
1897, at the home of Rev. j. r. Faus
on West Walnut street, Mr.. o. w.
Bige and Miss Mary Spratt.
Miss Nell Woolsey entertained if
teen or twenty lady friends at her
pheasant home on Prospect street
last evening. Games, music and con-
versation furnished the evenings
entertainment. Light refreshments
were served and a most enjoyable
evening spent. -
The social given to their teachers
by the high school pupils of the 10th
grade last evening was pleasant
success. The gathering was held in
G. A.. R. hall. Refreshments were
served and an enjoyable social even
| ing was the outcome.
A. R. Wolgamot and family have
moved into the Quincy residence on
First sereet, recently purchased by
Mr. Wolgamot.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Angin are
the happy parents Of a new daugh-
| ter, born to them last night.
! Miss Blanch Let's was the recip-
lent of surprise birthday party last
evening at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. w. Let's of Popular
Grove. Quite number of her young
friends of this city were present. The
hostess was the recipient of beau
tiful opal ring as a memento of the
event. A sumptuOus spread was serv-
| ed and mcrriment reigned supreme
until a late hour.
j. A. Rahto of Jewell, and Miss
M. =. Whitson of harrisburg, were
united in marriage yesterday at the
M. E. parsonage, Rev. J, w. Mahood
officiating.
| Mrs. E. Edwards Sunday school
class gave her a pleasant surprise
at her home ON South Seneca street
last night. A large crowd was pre-
sent and most enjoyable time is
reported. t
Mrs. L. N, Call of Sac City, Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. r.
Whitley.
About the most serious loss re-
sulting from the high waters in this
vicinity was the loss of large guam
tity of cord wood piled up on bottom
lands close to the river. On the
Funk place just south of town about
a hundred cord floated away toward
the Mississippi and people down the
river will have an opportunity to fish
for cord wood with success.
P. G. LaBarr, who has been engag-
ed in milling on the Boone river for
several years. said he never saw the
water recede SO rapidly after flood
as it did Sunday. It went down over
three feet during the day.
We hear that Clinton Wyckoff has
bought the J. A. Goudie residence
property on the corner Immediately
west Of the new home of C. A. Will
liams (the present S. S. Parkhurst
and j. r. King home). This is
very desirable location and with
some additions can be made one OF
the pleasantest homes in Webster
City. The consideration was report
ed at $3.50.
The local disciples of Ike Walton
are congratulating themselves anu
each other on the recent raise in the
Boone river, which will allow the
fish to come up stream, and visions
of long strings Of. gamy bass and
fat pickerel are already floating be-
fore their imagination.
The high waters have taken out
the dam at Bones mill at Tremaine
post Office. The mill is the property
of p. B. Osborne and it will be con-
siderable loss to him. We under
stand Mr.. O. has an engine and that
the mill will not be compelled to
stop running on account of the loss
of the dam. So far as we are able to
llearn, this is the only dam or bridge
in Hamilton county that has been
swept away by the present high wa
ter.
August Schwandt, of Renwick,
who recently purchased of Samuel
| Bateman the small farm half a mile