Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-19
Williams Items.

The animal seems to be gaining a
little at present under proper treat
ment.
DR.. R. E. Wilson has purchased a
Ford touring. car. 1t will be harder
than ever to secure a date" with
the popular dentist from now on, and
his patrons must not be surprised
If he appears at the office with
strange smudges upon his hands and
attire. Vive la Ford.
Fred Jones returned Thursday
from short visit with relatives in
Alden.
Mrs. Frank Millsap' went to Des
Moines Wednesday to attend the
graduating exercises at the Method
ist hospital. Her daughter, Miss
Lydia, graduates at this time, but as
she has some time to make up she
will remain until fall.
The w. C. T. U. met at the home
of Mrs. M. l.. Carver Thursday and
decided to start the making of sup.
plies for the soldiers. Mrs. Frank
Daniels was appointed superintend-
ent of this department, and through
it it is hoped that our town will be
able to make and forward supplies
to the Red Cross. Only old material
is to be used at the start, and every
one who has old white table linen
or muslin is urged to bring it to the
Enterprise office. From there it will
be taken to the work room and made
up into useful articles for the boys
at the front. When the work room is
opened it is desired that every wo-
man and girl in the community shall
feel that it belongs to her and that
we want her to come in and learn to
make these articles. Nothing that
is not made according to certain def
mite specifications will be accepted
by the Red Cross, hence the neces-
sity for place where everybody may
learn the right way of making sup
plies. The w. C. T. U. also voted to
assess their members for fund that
is to be used to purchase and equip
an ambulance.
Mrs. VIM. Foran and four chill
dren left Friday for Bloomington,
ILL.,, to visit relatives for several
weeks.
Mrs. M. E. Everett returned to
Clarion Monday after short visit
at the home of her son, G. A. Hill,
who has been i'll for several weeks
with lumbago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Walkau and
children and Miss Louise Bossen-
berger autoed to Webster City re-
Gently.
Miss Mary Watkins went to Wa
terloo Saturday for a short visit
Mrs. Clyde Todd of Webster City
visited Sunday at the home of her
brother, Carl Walkau.
Mrs. w. R. Foster went to Water
loo yesterday.
Jack Loban went to Oelwein yes
terday on business.
Glenn Stark and carload Of
young folks autoed to Des Moines
Sunday to take Esther Martinson
back after visit here.
The Misses Ostrem and Osmund-
son of Jewell have been here since
school closed with the O'Connor chill
dren, but will leave for home as soon
as Mrs. O'Connor returns from Col
orado.
John Handfelt and carload of
relatives motored to Alden Sunday.
A. Swanson, A. Westwick and DR..
F. S. Carey have purchased new Ford
cars.
A new cement culvert is being put
in a quarter of a mile west of the
Sweedler farm. Jim Oswood took the
concrete mixer and timber for the
forms out Thursday and started the
work.
There was an auto accident half
mile east of town Friday evening
that has caused a good deal of COM
ment. Carol Rick, driving the fam
lily Lexington, started to race with
another car and hit cement culvert
squarely in the center of the front
axel. The car ran about 100 feet
after it struck the culvert and turned
over into the ditch, but not a thing
was broken, although the axel and
three wheels were badly bent and
will have to be replaced. Looks like
the Lexington was made of pretty
tough material. Besides Carol there
were two other young men in the
car at the time of the accident, Rex
Crabtree and Ray O'Neill. None of
the boys got anything more serious
than superficial scratches.
Jack Murphy has a new Stude-