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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19
GLEASON CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST CHURCH.

METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. S. A. Martin, Pastor. n
Services second Sunday at liza.
m. and 1880 p. m. Third Sunday
at LA. m. Fourth Sunday at 1880
p. m. Sunday School each Sunday
morning at 9:45. Frank Margrave
Superintendent.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19
Molasses Labels

Get your molasses labels at
the Enterprise office-25c per
100. 20-4t
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19

For Sale-One five-passenger Ford
automobile. Splendid running Or
der, speedOmeter, shock-absorbers,
solid rubber filters in tires, eliminat-
ing all. punctures and blowouts.
Call or phone mel. ]. Tatum, M,
D., Gleason, Tenn.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19

Mr.. Jesse Bates, sterling young
man of Sharon, and Miss Hattie Saw
yers, Of this vicinity, were united in
marriage at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Evans in Gleason on last
Thursday, Rev. C. H. Felts, offici-
ating. May JOY and happiness be
theirs all the days of their lives, is
the sicere wish of their legion of
friends,
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Chas. Felts. Pastor.

Services every third Sunday at II
a. m. and 7 p. m, Sunday School
each Sunday morning at 9:45, Mr..
James, Superintendent.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-10-19

~ ltIU5G4Oy3 Viii
Bishop & Bishop Land and Auction
Company. Agents. 29-2t
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
PETITIONS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT
A Number are Filed in the Clerk S
Ofice-Asks for Guardian for
Mr.. 0ppenheimer.

The Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co.
have filed petition in the county
clerks office asking Judgment
against w. H. Bahrenfus for $3.50
alleged due for a popcorn machine.
The Staver Carriage Company
asks Judgment against H. L. Pringle
for $232.S5 claimed due on note.
The National Sewer Pipe Co. ask
judgment against E. J. Harmon al
legged due on note.
The State Bank of Stanhope de-
mands judgment against F. Peter
son and Alfred Peterson for $500
said to be due on note.
Freda. Cppenheimer asks that she
be appointed guardian of Joseph OPP
penheimer.
The First National Bank of Will
liams wants Judgment against T. F..
Thompson, Priscille Thompson and
Melinda Thompson for s322 alleged
due on note.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

may be Drowned in the oven first,
and they will not freeze. A pan of
warm water placed out, will last a
long time without freezing and the
birds will appreciate this. Only cas-
ual attention to the tree trunk after
you have placed suet out for the
birds will without fail show you the
following birds each day: Nuthatch-
es, bluejays, downy and hairy wood
peckers, chickadees and juncoes. The
English Sparrows are pests we have
with us always. but they will not
keep these other winter birds away
from the tree where there is some
thing good to eat. Do not forget to
feed the birds.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
"Unavoidahly Detained"

Sunday and yesterday rum
ors-were flying thick and fast in the
business district that Henry Nathan
son Of this city and Adolph Piliiger
of Jewell had been missing since
Saturday night and were thought
either to have been the victims OF
foul play or had been overcome by
the cold and frozen to DEATH The
rumor grew out of the fact that the
Brin and Williamson families in this
city We're greatly worried over the
of Mr.. Williamson
Saturday night.
The young man had called his
family over the telephone from Fort
Dodge early in the evening and told
them to expect him home on the
night train, but failed to put in an
appearance after that train came in.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the
train was in and that he, in company
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
One on Chauncey.

They are now telling this one on
Chauncey Swiney. 1t happened when
he was working for the Hanson &
Tyler garage: He was demonstrat-
ing car to Mrs. O'Hara who was
about to buy. Mrs. O. invited Mrs.
Murphy to go along and see how the
critter worked, but admonished her
mot to talk to the shoffer, as it
took his mind from his work." When
the ladies were comfortably seated
in the rear seat Chauncey drove Off.
He wanted to show 'em what his car
could do and whizZed around the
corners on two wheels. Mrs. MUIR
phys breath was almost taken away.
After standing it as long as she could
she said: "Mr. Shoffer, l was told
not to talk to you but l think you
ought to know that Mrs. O'Hara has
not been in the car for the past ten
or fifteen minutes
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

the social center and lodge room
for the functions Of society and fra
ternities. 1t was in those days that
a strong man might stand at the COR
poration boundaries and throw q
stone to S. an acre land, when the
highways ran twisting across the
prairies, avoiding sloughs with black
rushes and the song of the mosqui
to was the vesper song at twilight
and some song also. Then the little
lakes were full of fish and the prairia
grass swarmed with Chickens" and
nobody had anything" and all were
poor and nearly everybody happy.
And now Wright is gridironed
with railroads and gravel is upon her
highways and the farms that sold for
IS an acre are aristocrats at $500
and the old straw stable has given
place to fine big red barn with the
name of farm and owner painted in
the gable, and the lakes are dried
and the chickens gone and folks are
classy and "cliques" accumulate
and--well it's 1917 instead of 1878
land instead of the stage with its
dusty top and bedraggled team pull
ling up to the two story frame house
that served as a house of public en-
49,. -.
trains at two railroads to lead the
way to n modern hotel room with
bath at Clarion, and the brakeman
calls "Clarion, Clarion, change here
for Chicago, Omaha and points west
and north for Clarion is big town
with new hotel, railroad division
point and the capital of one of the
best counties in Iowa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Feed the Animals.

DO not forget the animals these
days of severe cold. Give your dos
and cat plenty of water just as you
would in mid summer, for the ey-
IRENE cold calls for water just as
frequently as the heat of summer
each being conducive of great thirst
Remember the horse in his stall: he
should be well blanketed these days
and the thought of him shivering all
night in his chilly stall should wake
up some thoughtless owners of
horses. The birds should receive es-
pecial attention just now when every
bit of vegetation is covered with
snow and ice. Tie with a string, 4
lump of suet to the trunk of the
tree by your home and if possible ar
range board somewhere, free from
snow or ice, and place thereon meat
and bread scraps. The bread CRUMBS
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
COMPANY c MAY
NOT COME HOME soon
Believed at Washington That No
More Troops Will be Mustered
Out at Present.

1t is not likely that the Second
Iowa regiment now on the border, oil
which Company c Of this city is a
part will be ordered home in the neal
future, as has been expected. The
crisis with Germany may upset all
such plans. OF course if war is de.
clared the guards will have to remain
in the service. The following sent
out from Washington is an indicator
OF what may be expected.
Possibilities that the national
guard forces will be kept in service
were seriously discussed here today
in connection with the German
crisis. 1t was pointed out in we'll in
formed quarters that if war comes
there will be new mobilization OF
troops which would include guards
men recalled from the border,
guardsmen who did not go to the
border and some of those on the bor-
der.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
new. REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF OVERLAND CO.
Clyde B. Mason Appointed to Sell
Overland Automobiles in
This Vicinity.

Clyde 3. Mason has been appoint
ed as local representative of the
Automobile Com
pany to succeed A. r. Huffman, who
recently acquired an interest in the
Rockwell City Advocate. Besides
being the retail agent in this vicin-
ity, Mr.. Mason has been appointed
as one of the state wholesalers, seven
of whom are located in Iowa.
AS was set forth in these columns
recently, the Overland people are
considering the matter of securing
or erecting new building in this
city for their business, two or three
different locations and propositions
being under consideration at the
present time. Mr.. Mason says this
matter will probably be settled by
the company within a very short
time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Attend Banquet in Fl. Dodge.

A number of the Webster City Gus
toners of the Leighton Supply Com
pany of Fort Dodge We're in that city
Friday to attend a banquet given
for them by the company. The meet
ling lasted two days, Feb. 1st and
End, and comprised a school for their
employees in connection with the
banquet and entertainment provided
for their out of town customers.
Among those who were in attend
ance from this city were c. H. Cliff
ton of the National Sewer Pipe Com
pany: A. f. Mueller, H. S. Nye and
Carl Horn Of the Mueller Hardware
Company; w. e. Hawley and Earl
Lovelace OF the Central Heating
Company, and Fred Peterson and
Hans Kolbeck of the Closz e Howard
Sieve factory.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Likes Her Work.

Letters received by friends in this
city from Mrs. Anna Hebdon, who
was recently appointed head of the
domestic science department in the
girls reformatory at Mitchellville,
state that the new work agrees with
her and that she finds her duties very
pleasant. Mrs. Hebdon has fifty
girls under her supervision in the
kitchen and is making the most Of
her opportunity to assist these girls
in every possible way.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

Clarion, the busy little county seat
of Wright county, has just finished
a brand new $4,000 hotel and the
versatile pen of the editor OF the
Marshalltown Times-Republican dips
itself in the ink of Renaissance and
writes tale which might as we'll
have been the tale of Webster City,
in Hamilton county, in 1878. The
tale would run in much the same
vein to the present time as far as
the new hotel. and there would have
to stop, for the new hotel in Web
ster City has not yet taken the form
OF bricks and mortar, but remains Il
much wishedfor improvement.
The tale of Clarion is as follows
Clarion has finished and opened a
good new hotel, one entirely ade-
quate to the needs of the travelling
public. 1t is modern house and a
credit to the Wright county capital.
1t is good thing for the town. A
good hotel is an asset to the COM
munity. Often it pays much larg-
or dividend to the community than
to those who have money invested
in it, for hotel property is not al
ways good income property. But it
pays the town and paying the town
it pays the investors who are u.s.
ually men with interests very closely
identified with the growth and good
repute of the town.
Clarion has progressed long way
since Simmons kept hotel" in the
frame building and Joe Rowan was
county treasurer. DOC" Garst the
principal practitioner and Deacon
Hathaway the editor of the only pa
per. Then Wright had no railroad
and the stage line to Webster City
was Clarion's most convenient con-
neetion with the outside world. 1t is.
long time since the squat old court.
house, long since obliterated, was
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
The Census.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. X Brandrup, who
reside on west First street, are the
parents of ten pound son, born
Feb. 2, 1917.
A baby daughter was born to Mrs.
Arthur Stahl of Highview, Jan. 25th.
The case is sad one, as Mr.. Stahl
passed away last June, leaving his
young wife. a bride of few MONTHS
Born, Feb. 5. 1917. a fine nine
pound daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. John
outskirts of this city. This is the
second child and second daughter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

with Mr.. Pfiiger, had been seen to
get off the train. After that they
seemed to have disappeared. Mr..
Williamson put in an appearance
early in the forenoon Sunday at his
home and was surprised that his
family had worried over him.
He had been "unavoidably detain-
ed" during the night, he said, and
had no idea his family had -searchers
out for him. All's we'll that ends
we'll and neither of the young men
had frozen to death or met their
death through foul play, much to the
satisfaction of their friends.
The San ToX medicines, only at
Il 4
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

II. Milton Jacobs, who was an en-
ploye in the Webster City Mercantile
a couple of years ago, is conducting
a big hotel in Jacksonville, Florida,
known as the Hotel Nelson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Real Estate Transfers,

F. J. Glaman and VT to Martin
Glaman-wd--lots s, 8, 10, IL, Il,
13, Ia blk II. and lots 5, 6. Z, 8, 8,
10, II, u, IS. IA. blk IL, Jewell
Junction. 100000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06

A box social will be held at the
school house in District No /. about
three miles southwest of this city,
on Friday evening, Feb. 9th. A pro-
gram will be given by the pupils be-
ginning at 1880. Miss Edith Evans
is. the teacher of the school, and the
public is cordially invited to attend
the social.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Small PoX.

The Moberly home, six miles north
of this city, is quarantined with
small poX, Norris Moberly, the grown
son of the family having the disease
in a comparatively mild form. The
body of the patient is broken out but
other symptoms are not alarming.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-02-06
Paints and varnishes at Teed's.
Public Sale POSTPONED,

The T.. P. Cook sale scheduled for
Feb. LIST, on the old Meissner place,
was postponed on account of the Sc
we're cold until Monday, Feb. u. Ten
head of horses, SIS head of cattle, 20
Duroc Jersey brood sows. and some
farm machinery will be offered at
this sale. Remember the date, Feb.
18th. beginning ut 10 a. m. flt1d1
The ladies aid society or the Unit
ed Brethren church will meet on
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. S.
A. Christensen on First street.
New cuttings in cut glass at Teed
& Teed's. diff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07
(Mr Caudle Forgets Their Wedding Anniversary

ty-five years ago you were a gentle, ten der person and you remembered every little day and hour wa were together. thought l was marrying the most thoughtful and considerate man in the worlC To think how you have changed. Men are all angels while they are court they are devils No, MT. Caudle, I'm not talking nonsense; the truth is you've got ten to the point where 1t makes you mad for anybody to talk but yourself! No body ever tells me I talk nonsense but you. Whats that you say? YoLl get up if l don't stop, and go downstairs and sleep the rest of the night on the sofa? Oh, no; you won't, MT. Caudle; I've put one over you this time; I've locked the door and I also hid the key; never can have a moments conversa- tion with you in the daytime. but here safely tucked away in bed at night after our irksome cares are over, we can chat.
 You can't get away, so you needn't squirrn and wriggle like that"
 Now then, MT. Caude, let's talk com fortably and rationably about our we'd ding anniversary. After all, great many people don't get along as well after 25 years of married life as we do; you are aggravating, MT. Caudle; you'll have to admit it-and nagging and peevish, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07

"Oh, dear, oh dear! To think that should live to know that my own husband would forget our wedding day. The great event in a persons life. What ye say, MT. Caudle? Oh, dearl oh. dear! You were a very different man. MT. Caudle. 25' years ago, sir. Whats that? I was very different woman: enthusiastic, thoughtful. young? Whats that? I'm no spring chicken. now, myself? Well, all I've got to say Is that you are the same old goose, sir. Oh. you needn't roll your head and toss about on your pillow like a ship at sea- You heard what I said : the same old goose, sir, only worse. If m no spring chicken, sir, whose fault Is 1t but yours? You who have brought gray hairs to my poor pefuddled head ; you who have brought wrinkles to my face; you who have worried me to death with your cavortings and your ridiculous goings on; you-you-you And now 1t has come to pretty pass after the devoted wife I've been to you for 25 years, that you should forget our wedding anniver- sary- What are we coming to? All the sentiment in life gone All the sweetness and all the thoughtfulness? Whats that you say. MT. Caudle?
 Sentiment at 40 is disgusting? What would you have then. sir? I'm surprised to hear you talk SO, MT. Caudle? Twen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07
The Wonderful West

John A. Slelcher In Leslie s.
 Wonderful west. Bounding but not boasting. Watch the rapid settlement along any of the transcontinental lines. First you see the unbroken prairie, look ing like a wilderness, then the pioneer in his dugout or cabin, then the ploughed soil and the crop of wheat or corn. Next comes the barn and last the home the bank account and the automobile. For miles and hundreds of miles I watched the wheat ranches along the St. Paul and the rapid succession of prosperous towns that have sprung up within the decade. We had just crossed the line from North to South Dakota at Lennon and spoke to Harry Carter, the veteran porter of the Pullman, about the growth of this section. 'Yes'' he said, i've are going to stop for a moment at >Iackintosh. Nine years ago there were none of these fine little places along the line There wasn't anything at Macintosh but sign board Then the settlers came in. They planted the prairie. They raised the wheat. The elevator came and the houses sprane up and here are all these cities. They wouldn't be here but for the St. Paul" Let us give credit where due.
 What a transformation in the wild and woolly westl'' It is now the mild and winning west You ought to have seen the cowboys come riding down to this train nine years ago. said the Pull man porter. There was nothing of these towns in South Dakota but few tents and shacFs and the hootleggers selling l'H"o~ had the call The cowboys would ride down from the ranch and jump cn the diner to get a square meal. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07

would pull out their revolvers and shoot to pieces the electric bulbs in the car They would leave their horses at the station where they got on, ride to the next station and come back and get their horses and ride back to their ranches satisfied with their spree. Now look around. You don't see no cowboys and no saloons. It's all automobiles" And so it is. The farmer with $2 wheat is an independent sovereign. But the richer some men get in money, the poorer they are In contentment. Harry Norris, stew ard on the St. Paul Olympian, told me of Dakota farmer who had two sec tions of wheat land. on which he had averaged a crop of 35 bushels to the acre. worth s50,000 He sold it and his banker, feeling good over his customers pros- perity, asked the farmer, "Well, how are you getting on?"
 Fair! Fair!' was the answer.
 . "Fair?" queried the surprised banker. You are doing handsomely this year, aren't you? You ought to be pretty well satisfied"
 "Yes. yes," said the farmer, ''but see how it is taking the life out of the ground!" M
 After we crossed the Missouri at Mis- soula the rich wheat and corn area con tinued, trees appeared on the level prai- rie, the settlements were larger and finer, and We realized that we were rapidly leaving the fringe of frontier life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07

all that, still, I console myself with the suore, Mir CaudIe, and that helps good deal"
 Now, MT. Caudle, that I've reminded you that next Tuesday is our wedding anniversary-the twenty-fifth anniversary -our silver anniversary. I think we should have a party. Whats that; you can't afford it? It's all tommy-rot? Hypocrisy? Well, many people celebrate their wedding anniversaries even if they do fight and scratch during the year like cats and dogs It is only what couple owes to their children; to keep up appearances and try to keep some little sentiment alive What's that you say? You've an engagement for a poker party that night at old Tattletales? How dare you, sir? never heard of such a thing! But then what could I expect You neglect rng and persecute me and place me in a ridiculous position before all the world about every conceivable thing. so what could L expect? Moth ing-absolutely nothing! Not only have YOU failed to remember our wedding an niversary, sMr Caudle, but you haven't even thought of giving me 8 present. Didn't know 1t would be our silver anni- versary Thought 1t was our golden wedding? Why, MT. Caudle, 50 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07
How to Fight the Liquor Habit

Do you honestly want to stop drinking? Then read an article on liquor by Booth Tarkington in the January American Magazine in which he writes about a man who says:
 They tell me there are dipsomaniacs, and there may be some abnormal people who can't turn the trick; but I almost doubt it. And I don't believe there's the slightest question of will power Never for one second did I consciously exert any will, there wasn't anything real to exert it against. I didn't say to myself, I will or T won't I said, I've had my last, and knew that it was true. It didn't take the will power, or the strength. of caterpillar. It didn't take any. I just rested little. got my head clear, and saw that I preferred a real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-07
Influence of the "Lubok"
finger, in Cartoons Magazine.

J. Finger, in Cartoons Magazine.
 In Russia the humorous and satirical papers are read only by the educated classes. Though such publications as Boudilnik, Loukomorye and Novi Sati- rikon have been publishing countless war cartoons refecting every phase and turn of the great struggle, these perodicals do not reach the primitive, illiterate people of the widely scattered villages.
 It is the cartoon, of course, that reaches and influences the masses, and in order to reach the masses several of the Russian journals began publish ing the cartoons in separte sheets. They were known as "luboks,' or posters, and while many of them were crude and even savage in their execution. carried their message directly to the hearts of the people.
 Tons of these luboks have been turned out. They have gone every where. into the remostest communities where books and newspapers are never known One doesn't need to know the alphabet in order to understand a lubok. It's meaning is clear and on the surface. And when you consider that