Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-10
Williams Items.

Mrs. j. B. Tedrow received a COM
munication from the attending physi-
clan at the Battle Creek sanitarium
telling her that they could do moth
ing to check the progress of DR.. Ted
rows disease, and she left Saturday
to join him. They will return home
about the goth if the doctor is able
to stand the trip.
Bob Bingolf, Webster City con-
tractor, has his equipment and men
here working on the, roads, grading
and getting them into good shape.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Foster spent
the latter part Of the week in Fort
Dodge and Waterloo, and Agent Pat
Steinbauer has been relieving at the
Illinois Central station. Mr.. Foster
would have taken a longer vacation
had Mr.. Steinbauer been free to re-
lieve him longer.
The Farmers elevator shelled corn
Friday and Saturday, paying $40
a bushel for it. Lots of farmers are
sorry they shelled earlier with corn
at this figure.
E. Perry Of Garner, accompanied
by Miss z. Hyde, was. in town the
latter part Of the week.
Ben HELEN is working in q cream
separator at Garner.
The Misses Bossenberger and Mrs.
&c. Walkau spent Friday in Webster
City. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Rolling and Hazel
Fisher autoed to Kamrar Saturday
for visit at the Rev. L. E. Wardle
home. Hazel will stay for about q
week. Margaret Rolling, who has
been visiting at the Wardle' home,
returned with her parents.
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Olive Thompson Thurs
day afternoon.
The Fred LANCE family autoed to
Eldora Friday evening to attend a
dance.
J. H. Murphy purchased nine sheep
from Andrew Hames last week. j.
Fl. thinks sheep are paying propo-
|sition, while Mr.. Hames thinks they
are a nuisance.
l.. E. Pound is getting tired of his
four-cylinder REQ and wants to trade
it in on six. L. E. does not like
to have anything pass him on the
road.
Miss Caroline Bossenberger drove
to Iowa Falls Saturday evening to
take the fast train to Chicago. She
will take "a post graduate course at
the Mary Thompson hospital, spec
ializing In anaesthetics and twi-
light sleep, under DR.. Sarah Van
Housen, the best known woman sur
geon in the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Borschel
went to Iowa Falls Sunday. Mrs. B.
remained for visit with relatives.
The Clifford Walker family au-
toed to Alden Sunday and spent the
day with Mrs. Walkers parents.
The John Sloan, ST., family of
Iowa Falls spent Sunday here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sloan, Jr.
John Fitschen of Williams and w.
l.. R. Perry of Webster City started
on trip east Sunday to see some
land in Virginia. They will go to
Washington, d. c., to see congress
while it is in session. Mrs. Hancock
will stay with Mrs. Fitschen during
her husbands absence
DR.. Macdonald of Fort Dodge oc-
cupied the pulpit in the NJ. E. church
Sunday morning.
The farmers from Rose Grove
gathered in town recently and gave
the Norwegian Lutheran church par
sonage a glistening coat of white
paint, which adds much to the at
Effectiveness of the building.
Neal Shane of Iowa Falls spent
Sunday at the home of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. o. Shane.
Mrs Albert Johnson of MARSHALL
town, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Woods, met with painful &C
cident Sunday. She was in car
bound for Fort Dodge when they
came upon a washed-out culvert near
Lehigh. The car overturned and
Mrs. Johnson's shoulder was injured
and the collar bone broken. She is
at present at the home of her par
ents here. The other occupants OF
the car met with minor injuries.
Rev. NorAtad of the Norwegian
Lutheran church of Jewell spoke at
the N. L. church Of Williams Sunday