Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-12
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1
ing Of the marriage of Miss Jessie
| Gerber, daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
VIM. Gerber of this place, to Roman
Sargent of Fonda. Jessie has been
employed at the telephone office in
Fonda and her romance began there.
The wedding was performed in Fort
Dodge by the grandfather of the
groom, who is minister at that
place. Mr.. Sargent had enlisted in
the engineering corps and he expect
| ed to go on with his company to the
front, but when he applied for his
transportation papers Saturday they
| were refused him on account OF his
marriage. The groom is employed
by the Hardy Auto company of Fon-
da and the couple will make that
their home for the present. The
writer joins with the many friends
of the bride in wishing her and her
husband long and happy married
life.
Mrs. A. H. Fifield lost a handbag
containing $24 in the waiting room
of the |. c. station one day last week.
There have been several cases of
scarlet fever in this vicinity during
the last few weeks, and parents will
help to limit the spread of this high
ly contagious and dangerous disease
If they will keep their children away
from the premises where there is q
case.
Rev. T. G. Smith, who has occu-
pied the Presbyterian pulpit for the
last few months, left for Calgary,
Canada, Monday, where he will spend
the summer with his daughter. DR..
Smith made many friends during his
stay in Williams and they vii. re-
greet his departure.
Adolph and Arnold Klemme, Ralph
Baker, Peter Rafflinger and Glen
Best, all of this place, have Joined
Company C at Webster City within
the past week.
The E. !. Johnson family are keep
ing open house these days. At pres
ent Mrs. Johnson's father, John Tom
linson, and Mrs. T. w. Tomlinson
and three children of Mena, Ark,
are visiting them. Harold Tomlin-
son, who recently finished his work
| at Ames, is also a guest at the John
son home.
Miss Carmine Martinson was a
Webster City visitor, Saturday.
| Mrs. Will Wilkinson and Mrs. VIII
Atkinson were Fort, Dodge callers
Saturday. ae
Miss Ethel Johnson expects to
leave Thursday for Minnesota for a
short visit to Fort Smelling.
Eleanor Davis was in Webster City
Saturday. an
DR.. ]. B. Tedrow has not been in
very good health lately. and relatives
are alarmed about his condition. He
has form of Kidney trouble, and he
has felt the effects of it recently. He
is planning to go to his old home in
Michigan soon for much needed va
cation. DR.. Tedrow has been in
practice here for many years, and
his state of health is alarming many
of his old friends and patients, who
are hoping that his rest will aid him
in regaining his health.
Merle and Donald Caruth of Web
ster~ City spent Sunday at the An
drew Caruth home.
With Chautauqua we'll started, the
guarantors have found themselves
each about $40 behind. 1t is too bad
that town the size of this one can
not put on a Chautauqua without
running behind each year. 1t al
most seems as though 1t were boot
less task for few people to be con-
stantly paying out for something
that the majority of the town peo-
pie did not want Prospects for a
Chautauqua next year do not look
very bright.
Roy Atkinson " Des Moines and
Halle Renwick spent Sunday at the
parental home.
! Pat Steinbaugh of Parkersburg
| was in town Sunday visiting his
girl"
Margery and Will Sloan were down
from Iowa Falls Sunday for visit
! at the home of their brother John.
Everybody should be thinking
about the canning demonstration that
is coming here soon. 1t was held in
Iowa Falls last week and the large
hall in the school building was
crowded to the doors. This demon
stration is well worth while, and the
writer hopes that our school build.
ing may be opened for it. The school
is the one building that everyone In