Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-02
BOYS ! ON BORDER l| !.
HAVE VI: BIG FEAST
Many Boxe. Sent From Webster City
Arrive in Good shape-0thers
Reported on the
Way.
MADE THE SOLDIERS HAPPY
Temperature At Brownsville Reached
Ninety Eight in the Shade
on Dec. 25.

"a ~ ~ 49,
The Ellsworth squad-Satter boys
included-had pictures taken with
just a few more clothes on than ma
ture had endowed them with, and
then it was uncomfortably warm.
We are all Of us swelled up like
the front end of a school boy and
that was brought on by attempting to
eat the top layer off each box of
goodies that were sent here from
home.
The only reason on earthawe have
for wishing we were home, is be-
cause wife, relatives and friends are
there. On the other hand we know,
positively, that were all our rela-s
tiyes and friends here, we could not
have expected to fare SO we'll as we
did under existing circumstances.
And, speaking Of being sweliedi up,
we are still wondering what shape
we would have been in had the ex-.
press companies kepttall of the boxes
together, so they would all have ar
rived on Christmas day. Two huns
dred individual fruit cakes, sent by
the Webster City Savings Bank,
cakes and cookies, from Mesdames o.
j.. Henderson and Ellen Brown;
cakes from Wesley Drake, candy from
Ps Fl. Treanor and Mrs. Hunter; ci-
CARS from Nathan Boynoff,; writing
paper and envelopes from Frank
Worsing, are among the packages
that came for the band today. We
just got word that more boxes were
coming and we have all wondered
why we could not get along nicely
: without-the cooks for a week or two.
And the way the Ellsworth people
remembered their boys on, the border
is something to be remembered.
From Ellsworth came cigars, candy,
cookies, cakes, canned goods, ETC., un-
til the Ellsworth squad talked Of
asking for an addition to their tent.
Holt, Williams and Peterson, Geo. H.
Wheeler & Co., ThesEIlsworth News.
The Ellsworth Drug Co.., Mrs. F. j.
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Watts,
A. Reynolds, and others were among
the contributors from Ellsworth;
and then there were also others who
done their bit by assisting in the
purchase OF cigars and candy, as we'll
as to pay the express on the large
box.
Personally, We we're remembered
far better than we deserved-but
don't any of you get it, into your
heads that we are going to return
anything, cause we're not.
OF the Sill cash, sent here by
Webster: City friends, the band re-
ceived $27. The band also received
a check for SIS from the Knights of
Columbus, making us a cash purse of
$32. There are 81 in our company
and each man received a dollar bill,
with the compliments of the donors.
With the remaining dollar we pur-
chased a carton OF cigarettes that
were used as one Of the desserts at
our Christmas dinner.
Your Uncle Falstaff has been ask
: ed to thank the people Of Webster
City and Ellsworth for the generos-
ity shown by them and were we ex-
pected to extend thanks on u own
accord only, it would be an easy
Z matter, as we would say just what
we pleased, but the band bound us
down to say what they wanted us to
say SO we will be more careful. But
our thanks are sincere. We will say
thatteverything possible was done by
Hamilton county friends to make the
guards a pleasant Christmas Day.
Only one thing might have been add
ed to help cheer the boys and that
could not come from Hamilton coun-
ty. 1t had to come from General
Funston.-Especially do we wish to
thank our good friend Dick Horsley
for the effort and successful manage
ment OF the large Santa Claus deal
he staged in behalf of the boys on
,be border. And, in case SHAVE
rRt said it right we will add: Thank
yotr, every n of you who helped
make a regular Christmas for us
here. Thank you-from the bottom
of our hearts,"
The band and ~sergeants of head
quarters company played Santa Claus
to Captan Hale of this company and
gave him a inc ~ionnging robe.
We got 50 many happy surprises
ourself that we will have to add an