Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-31

lof the meeting, and many of the vet
erfnarians in the county have beer
asked to give papers upon disease!
|of swine. This should be of Interest
Ito any man who is raising swine
anywhere in the county, and it viii
|pay the farmer to take day of
and hear what the various men have
to say about the diseases that affec,
their hogs and how to cope with
them.
There was another of the popular
barn dances at the Jack Murphy
farm Friday night and everyone re-
ports e good time.
Harve Gerber and Frank Woods
went to Wall Lake on fishing trip
one day last week, and it is reported
that they caught over 800 finny
beauties. Being fair to middline
truthful person, this correspondents
does not vouch for this story. 1t was
told her by someone who had heard
it, from someone else, so in repeating
it she mentions that fact to save her
own reputation for approximate We
racity.
An auto load of folks spent sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Rankin. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bower and Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Bow
err and their children of Payton
made up the party.
The Ray T. Johnson family and
the J. Atkinson family were among
the Williams folks who spent Sun
day at Clear Lake.
Mrs. Craven, a sister of Rev. NJ.
L. Carver, the M. E. pastor here, is
seriously ill and will undergo an
operation this week. The illness will
keep the Carver family in Peru for
some time yet, at least until Mrs.
Craven is out of danger.
e. d. Harding has a new Overland
car that he purchased from Andrew
Caruth. He gave his old car to his
son.
Lloyd Sweedler shelled corn at the
Austin Hartwig elevator the latter
part of the week and got 50 per
bushel for it. He had 2,400 bushels,
SO he netted tidy sum.
The Peter Rolling family autoed
to Jewell Sunday morning for visit
with Mr.. Kolling's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rasmussen Rolling.
The work shop was open Satur-
day /and several women sewed for
several hours. Old table linen and
white material is still needed badly.
The Hans Larson family of Stan
hope autoed over and spent Sunday
afternoon at the Peter Rolling home.
Mrs. e. I. johnson is in charge of
the committee on sandwiches in this
place and it looks as though Will
liams would furnish her allotment
of 600 sandwiches. The women met
in the city park and planned their
campaign Sunday afternoon. The
will be taken to the M.
E. church early Wednesday morning
and packed in hampers ready to be
taken to Webster City for the SOL
diers doings. A great many people
from here are planning to attend the
celebration. Anyone who reads this
in the Williams territory who has
not been solicited by any of the
committees, send or bring as many
big, fat sandwiches as they have
time to make to the M. E. church
Wednesday morning by 8 o'clock and
they will be gladly received and
taken to Webster City. This is to
be done for the benefit of the SOL
diers, SO consider that this announce
ment means you if you have not al
ready promised sandwiches.
The Rolling family fished and Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Smith in Alden Tuesday. Mrs.
Rolling got Mrs. Smith to join the
w. C. T. U. while the was there, thus
combining business with pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartwig and daugh-
ter Lucille autoed to Conrad Sunday
for visit at the home of Mr.. Beltz,
Mrs. Hartwig's brother.
Fred LANCE is suffering from an
ugly cut in his arm that is hinder
ing him in his work.
Mrs. w. P. Bossenberger went to
Iowa Falls today to give another ex-
animation in the home nursing
work. She will go to Cedar Falls to
examine a class Wednesday or