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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
In Memoriam.

Achsa A. Brown was born in o.
wego, N. Y, March S, 1874; died in
Webster City, Iowa, Aug. s, 1917.
Married March 21, 1867, at Barra-
boo, Wis, to Levi Cottington. She
is survived by her husband and all
of her six children, two girls-Mrs.
Elnor C. Hill and Mrs. Faith G.
Downs, and four boys, Sydney j.,
J. R., Omro and L. B. Cottington,
all of whom were at her bedside
when she died; also fifteen grand
children and one great-grandchild.
Her mother died when she was two
years old and she was adopted by s.
]. and Jennette Brown, who cared
for her as if truly their own, and
made her life pleasant. At years
of age they moved to Reedsburg,
Wis, where she lived until she was
married.
She came to Hamilton county,
Iowa, in the spring of 1868, and
lived on the farm until January,
1899, when she moved to Webster
City, which was her home up to the
time of her death.
She knew the privations and trials
of the pioneer life and accepted
them with the cheerfulness and
bravery of a good woman. Her joy
and comfort were in her children,
who all grew up to manhood and
womanhood under her loving care.
In religion it was hers to love the
broader view, the more kindly hope.
The funeral was held at the fam
lily home on Bank street, conducted
by Harry +. Shook, former pastor
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
Goes to Eldora.

Eldora Herald: Miss Della Krue-
ger of Webster City has accepted the
position of permanent secretary for
the Eldora Commercial association.
Miss Kruger has had five years
practical experience and has just
completed a postgraduate course in
business efficiency and law at Wa
terloo. The members of the asso-
citation feel that they are very for
tunate in securing the services of
this young lady, who is known to
have exceptional ability along these
lines.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
Verne Buxton First Sergeant.

DR.. and Mrs. o. C. Buxton Sat
,urday received dispatch from
their SON Verne, who has been sta
toned at Fort Riley. Kansas. with
the medical training corps since his
enlistment in the service a few
months ago, saying: "Have been
made first sergeant. Am ordered to
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Aug. 20.
We go as medical aid to artillery
branch of service" The young man
then adds that he is feeling fine.
Verne is certainly to be congratu-
lated on his appointment of first
sergeant, which is that of senior
non-commissioned officer. The first
sergeant of the company is the right
hand man of the captain. He is the
bookkeeper Of the company, the GUS
todian and the maker of the records
of the company. In fact, he is the
executive of the wishes, the policy
and the order of the company COM
mander--a post with many respon-
sibilities to have been attained at
ter his brief service.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
Letter From the East.

Charlie Middleton, who is with
the C. E. Atkinson family in the
east, writes in part as follows, un-
der Pittsburg date line of the 18th
inst, to his mother in this city:
We left Pittsburg Tuesday morn
Ing and travelled as far as Medford
Springs the first night. We went to
the springs, and in radius of $50
feet a lime spring, a magnesia
spring and a sulphur spring may be
found, and not more than three
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
GOMPERs' LOYALTY
MAKES SOM. ENEMIES

l. j
Washington, Aug. 27.-What
promises to be bitter struggle
within the American Federation OF
Labor, with the leadership of Sam
uel Gompers possibly at stake, Is
developing as a result OF the deci-
sion of Gompers and the executive
officials not to take part in the Rus
sian-called international socialist
conference, September 9 to 16. The
American Federation of Labor, Com
pers stated, will not participate in
the Stockholm conference principal
ly on patriotic grounds, believing it
might prove embarrassing to the
government. Gompers maintains
the decision will remain unchanged,
despite the decision of the British
labor congress to take part.
1t is admitted the British action
will add to the munition of the So
cialists and pacifists in and out of
the American Federation of Labor,
who have been vociferous in de-
nouncing Gompers for his co-opera-
ton with the government through
the council of national defense. The
decision of the British, it is assert
ed, will widen the breach between
the so-called radical and conserva-
tive factions in the federation.
Gompers is leading the faction in
the federation, which believes that
only by cooperation with the gov
eminent in the war and the tempo
rary sacrifice of some of labor's pre-
negatives, can labor become a truly
great power in the readjustment.
The socialists and radicals believe
the surrender of labor's privileges
will weaken the movement.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
The "Smoke" Barrel.

The soldiers "smoke" barrel, in
front of the Orpheum theater, is
proving popular. A nice box Of
sinking suppiiiies was sent diowTt6,
day by the business men of Wool
stock and included, SO packages OF
tobacco. A new slide has been Sc
cured to be thrown on the Orpheum
screen, which says, Drop cigar
cite in the red, white and blue bar
rel outside. If you haven't a Gig
arctic, drop in penny. 1t will
buy one"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
Death Of Aged Mother.

Mrs. Harriet Hallett died Saturday
morning at 3 o'clock at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. M. I. Appleby,
1O42 Walnut street, after an ex-
tended illness, at the age of sc
years, IL months and days.
Short funeral services were
held at the home that afternoon at
1880 and the remains were taken
to Clifford on the 1852 train for
burial. The deceased leaves large
family of grown children.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
P'L||ENI SUPPLIES
AT CANTOhMEhT

Camp Dodge, Des Moines. Aug. ~
With only about ten days before
the first increment of conscripted
youths from Iowa, Minnesota, part
of Illinois and the Dakota's arrive,
food stuffs were. piled high in the
storage buildings fof the Thirteenth
district cantonment, here in Beaver
valley. The supplies have been ar
irving for several weeks and include
foodstuffs of all sorts.
There was greatest activity all
through the camp. today. Carpen.
tiers worked hardest as they ham
mered and sawed the boards into
shape for the buildings not yet com-
pleted. Everywhere men We're work
ing on the company streets and re-
moving rubbish that clogged the
thoroughfares.
The railroad companies also were
putting in their finishing touches
on the spurs and other facilities
I for transporting men and material.
1T was announced today that very
few of the conscripted men will see
T Des Moines on their way to camp.
Only men arriving here on the Bur-
lington and Wabash will pass
through downtown Des Moines. 1t
is estimated that less than per
cent of the men will pass through
Z the Des Moines yards.
Men brought into camp on the
minneapolis & st. Louis railroad
will go to camp by way of Perry
on the interurban. The interur:ban
Railway company has made ar
rangements to pull all troop trains
over its lines. The members of the
national army coming into camp on
the Milwaukee will be transferred
to the interurban at Granger. Men
transported on the Rock Island, the
Great Western and the Northwest
.ern will come in on the interurban
via new transfer points to the north
of the city and on the roads new
freight lines near Colfax
The quartermaster's corps here
was the busiest army department on
the site. One hundred and thirty
men working under Captain Falken-
thai are busy provisioning the
camp. The staff is increasing each
day in storing away the September
supplies which are Just about com
pleted. The supplies for October
have been ordered and will begin
pouring in soon, the quartermaster's
department here said. Groceries
have been arriving at the rate OF
about nine cars each day. On Sep
fem0er the supplies Tor November,
December and January will be or
Nered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
quarters Of 4 mile away is an iron

quarters Of mile away is an iron
spring. 81 b 4,
In going from Pittsburg to Gettys-
burg it is almost entirely through
mountains and valleys. You will be
going up mountain road and all
you can see is the top of mountain,
and all at once you reach the top
and look into beautiful valley with
a town in it perhaps ten or fifteen
miles away, but doesn't look further
than from our place to the fair
grounds.
We crossed the Allegheny, Cum
berland and Blue Ridge mountains.
Upon reaching Gettysburg the first
thing to greet our eyes was reg
ular army camp of 10000 soldiers.
The regiment with which Lieut..
Soderholm was stationed at Browns
vile, Texas, is stationed here-the
Fourth U. S. infantry. After pass
ing through the camp we went into
town and saw the hotel in which
Lincoln finished writing his famous
Gettysburg speech. It stands just
as he left it.
Tuesday morning we hired guide
and visited the old battlefield. On
the way out we passed the home of
Jennie Wade, who was killed the
third day of the battle. She was in
her home baking bread for the SOL
diers when a bullet went through
the door, hitting her in the back,
killing her instantly. Her house
stands as it did then, full of bullet
holes, even the windows being full
of holes. The home is now used to
exhibit relics of the battlefield. We
were all through it. BY the way, a
statue has been placed at her last
resting place by the w. r. G. OF
Iowa.
Now we are upon the battlefield,
where stand 1896 monuments and
statues. The field consists of %
square miles, 10000 acres, 2,50O
acres being in roads and mineral
rights. There are 81 miles of roads,
35 miles of which are macadamized.
Three hundred and eighty five can
ons are upon the field in the exact
places they occupied at the time Of
the historic battle. Five large steel
towers have been erected for obser-
walton purposes and 100000 has
been expended upon the field by the
government and the states that had
men in the great battle. There We're
10000 Union men and $4,000 Con-
federates, or total of 175,00O men,
engaged in the three days fight;
$4,000 Confederates were killed,
wounded and missing, and the Union
losses were $4,000 in killed, wound
ed and missing, 10000 on both
sides being killed outright, and in
the three days Of grief and struggle
500 tons of munitions were used.
and now, fifty-foIr years later.
are here camped 10000 young sol
diers upon the same field. They are
training to- enter great conflict
which may be as bad or worse.
When one stops to think about it, it
makes his heart ache.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28
Teachers, Meeting.

Teachers of the city schools will
meet at Lincoln high school build
ing at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
All city teachers are requested to
attend.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

The ladies aid society of Breeze
Hill will meet with, Mrs. Winnie
Walker on Thursday evening, Au-
gust 30.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

Miss Odessa Short has resigned
her position with the Farmers Il
Merchants Telephone company and
accepted the position at Traver's
photo studio formerly held by Helen
Alexander.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

Paints for everything. any size. at
Teed's. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

Silver and gold magazine PEN
ellis at Teed & Teed's. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

The varnish you want, any size,
or anything at Teed's. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

You save money II you buy II
It Teed & Teed's. d-f-t-t1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-28

Sterling belts for gentlemen at
iced & Teed's. d-f-t-tf.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19

omees, and things like that. ws1ad q
man after him Ill tho tins. Of course.
Here's his report"
The detective offered Donald Leaf
from q pocket notebook blackened
with memoranda in . minute hand
the majority of which was a simple.
concise record of an active mans busy
morning, all going to indicate hurried
preparations toward change Of ad-
dress, the final item alone excited I'M
common interest on the part of Don
aid.
stopped at Walton" he read to him.
self-''lunched in grill with woman he
picked up in lobby. Headwaiter says
woman is Iris Mayne, common to the
town. 10y: Is this the Badger
Queen?) Joined at lunch by boy with
hangover whom Mayne called from
the other side of the room. Couldn't
find anybody who knew boy. Mayne
and boy hurried away before HurOki
finished. II. then returned to resi-
dence.'
els he still there?" Donald inquired,
returned the memoranda.
"That's all I was waiting for-to get
him bottled up. We've got cops and
p!ain-clothcs at both ends of the block
in addition to our own men. He won't
CONTINUED tomorrow
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19

Daily Review. 20 cents Per molsth
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19
Work On Union Bridge 4 Con-
shucion Company Shipyard
Progressing Rapidly
Grades Established and Ties Being Laid On
Yard Spur Tracks. Company Office .Foun-
dalton Now Laid

now being made to build six ships at
a time instead of five. This will en-
able the contractors to safely carry
out their agreement to build ten
ships within specified time and
also to take advantage of the gov
ernments offer to take all excess
ships they are able to turn out. By
increasing the capacity of their yard
to six ways, the ship construction
will demand about two hundred
more employees. The six ways will
probably employ minimum of
twelve hundred men.
The elegant corn and cane crops
growing on that part Of the land to
be occupied by the shipyard are be-
ing pushed aside to give way for the
larger work of shipbuilding. The
contractors are enthusiastic over the
splendid site they have secured and
its many natural advantages will
save them a great deal of expense
in their preparatory work. That
there are many other desirable sites
for such operations in Morgan City
and Berwick is well known and it is
said that other shipbuilding compan-
ices are looking this way with view
Of locating. Secretary Palmer OF
the Chamber of Commerce of Nor
gan City and Berwick is receiving
numerous communications along this
line and early developments are ex-
pected. The firm of Janse Bros,
Boomer, Crane & Howe are said to
be holding their lease privileges on
a Berwick site and it will not be
surprising if this company meets the
changes brought about by General
Goethals just as they were met by
the shipyard locating on Tiger Is
land. Big operations. were planned
by this New Orleans concern and that
they are still active in the matter is
apparent from messages coming
from members of the firm.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19

way, mothers all broken up about this
row with Patria and And som
1. It's driving me mad. I've always
been foolish about her and-and all
that-and it seemed pretty tough to DC
cut out even by you. But you were al
least white. And now the papers say
she's going to marry that damn
Greaserw
The boy paused. Donald regarded
him uneasily. There was no question
ing the evidence of his furred enuncia
ton, his abnormally flushed face anc
unsteady eyes: he had been drinking
and drinking heavily. A dangerous
caller one to be got rid Of with Gil
possible haste.
sWell?" Donald suggested coldly.
swell =. l just wanted to ask
you for Patria's address. She was at
the Ritz, but she's left, and
thought you might know where could
find here"
I'm sorry-I can't help you out"
There was little pause. Rodney's
gaze wandered past Donald and be-
came fixed. His face even more deep
~ congested.
"You liar!" he said quickly.
With a groan Of dismay Donald
rounded on his heel, to see, poised
lightly on the threshold Of the adjoin'
ing bedchamber, Patria-a charming
vision Of innocent loneliness In the
neRligee which she had donned over
her nightdress when reused BY the
sound Of voices In the sitting room
but 4 vision Of disastrous omen IN
Donald's sight
$50 this-w Rodney began furf'
ously.
II he failed to complete what he
would have said, It was thanks only t.
the hand with which Donald forcibly
sealed his lips.
"Be quiet, you young IDIOT"
With an oath the boy broke away
aimed an uncertain blow at Donald
and ran from the apartment.
Without daring to look in the direc
ton Of the girl, Donald snatched ~
his coat and, struggling into it, pur
sued.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19

A steadily increasing crowd OF
workmen are going rapidly ahead on
the preparatory work for the big
government shipyard being installed
here by the Union Bridge and Con-
struction Company. Under the dir
ection Of the company civil engineer,
Mr.. H. J. Bedford, the switch from
the main line and four spur tracks
to different parts Of the yard are
being built. The grades have been
practically completed and many ties
are in place. This work will be rush.
ed to completion on receipt of the
needed ties and rails. Head Carpen-
ter, Mr.. Chas. Stewart, has laid the
foundation for the company Offices
on the west side of the yard and in
few days more the building will be
ready for occupancy. Mr.. J. F. Will
helm, chief of yard and construction
for the splendid company and one
of the leading members of the firm
who have contracted to build ships
at Morgan City, says that upon re-
ceipt of rails and piling the work
will be rushed. As soon as the spur
tracks and switch are finished SO
that material can be placed upon the
ground, the work on the ways for
six big ships will begin at once. The
fir.t lot of ships contracted for are
to be of wood but the ways are to
be constructed so that steel ships
may be built after the wooden ships
have been completed. Messrs Bierer,
Prouty and Blum are assisting in the
Office work at the yard and at the
temporary quarters in the directors
room of the First National Bank.
The plans of the construction
company have been enlarged upon
since the splendid site they now oc-
cupy was leased from Mrs. M. M.
Young. A five-way yard was origin
ally planned but preparations are
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19
ARCADE TONIGHT

s Rebelling against being put to bed
by anyone but her mother, two
year-old-tot who took part in the or
phan asylum drama, Cheerful Civ
ers," thoroughly convinced Bessie
Love that the job of being nursery
governess is not always as easy as it
seems.
81 In the play great part of The ac-
ton centers about the amazing adj
ventures of the group of youngsters,
famed as the Triangle Riddles, when
they start rescue expedition to
take Miss Love away from the home
Of wealthy woman in which she has
secured employment as q maid of al
work. AS a intimate Of the orphan
age Bessie had been an adopted
mother of the flock, thus the child
rem could not understand that she
had passed out of their world. AS AL
Of the youngsters are mere infants
the adventure proved too strenuous
for their powers of physical endur.
'ance. When they reached the rich
woman's home they all were tired
and hungry and sleepy.
+ At this juncture of the story tn.
author worked in a scene which CAV,
Miss Love the task Of filling tn,
youngsters little stomachs witt
bread and milk, putting on thei
nighties and tucking them into bed
This plan was carried out nicely, an,
the directors was congratulatin
himself upon the intensity humorou
tsituation when his attention was al
tracted to a miniature riot that ha
broken out in the nursery scene.
Il The revolt conferred about Mis-
Love. Its instigator proved to be tn
baby of the orphanage brigade, VIII
had but that day been added to tn
juvenile playing forces. He was lout
lily bewaling the fate of being put
bed and had worked himself into
, tantrum of anger and fright. H
, actions caused sympathetic on
burst from the other children, an
it was several moments before tt
d young star and the director could a
lay the fearful tumult.
: Later the mother of the rebellio,
' infant, who was called to assist wi,
3 his disrobing, explained the myste1
:. of his conduct. He had never spent
). night away from his mother, and !
: thought being put to bed in the fill
t scene meant business. When b
z mother assured him that he wou
E not be separated from her and til
; the nightie stunt was only make b
lieve he consented to being tucked
with the rest, and the camera mi
) presumed cranking.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19
CANNING GOODS

Canned foods spoil because bac-
terra or heterogeneous are put up
alive with the food and gradually
extend their colonies of descendants.
Therefore if you can seal foods in
jars and then by some process kill
the germs inside of the jars, the
food will keep. The process by which
this killing is done is called steril
ization, says today's bulletin from
the National Emergency Food Gar
den Commission, cooperating with
this newspaper to urge the house
wives Of Morgan City to preserve all
excess food this year that might be
wasted.
These germs can be killed by heat
Careful laboratory studies have de
veloped the amount of heat neces
sary for sterilization and the length
of time which jars of foods should
be kept at the given temperature
The heat of live steam or of boiling
water is sufficient to kill these or
ganisms, and this heat does not have
to be maintained for very long inter
walls. Instead of the hours of cooking
in the old-fashioned way of cannins
jars may be sterilized in most case'
in a few minutes.
There are several methods of steri
ization, many of them requiring
more or less expensive equipments
The best of all, because it is tn
simplest and cheapest, and becaus
Fit can be done with implements, il
every kitchen, is known as the cold
pack canning method. It is the meth
! cd taught in most domestic cannin
schools and by various department
of agriculture and state uniyersitie.
You can buy expensive equipmen
for cold-pack canning. But wasf
boiler with a tight cover and equiv
ped with false bottom, which eve
an amateun carpenter can maxi
will do the prick as quickly and .
satisfactorily as any Of the cost
equipments.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-19

IN the WrockAoe 81 NJ u
disarmed his temper. II just couldn't
bear to disturb You, after all you'd
been through"
WELL" /. he grumbled un-
comfortably. il *How + Miss
! Channing1
"Still asleep-the lamb !"
"Tll run over to the hotel. /. .
Or, wait q minute"
A hapchance glance at himself in q
pier-glass had shown him figure
clothed In garments shockingly the
worse for close contact with fire and
prolonged immersion In salt water. He
was in no shape to be seen in the
streets.
"Y6u'll find Z change Of clothes for
me in that hall closet, " he said. "Please
fetch It instantly. / want to clear out
Of this with the least possible delay.
The woman hustled on, brought back
all he. desired. made herself scarce,
He effected the change with all posi-
BILE expedition, but was still in hia
shirtsleeves, knotting his tie, when Z
knock sounded on the hall door.
~ Donald hesitated only IN instant BE-
fore opening the door. This would I'M
doubtedly prove to b Ryley, Z BIZ
ahead u time. And Ryley was both
intelligent and Trustworthy.
hut Il VA Rodney Wrenn whd
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