Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
CONfTO-CHURCH
SIGN ASSURED
Fine Electrical Device to be Erected
on Top Of the Mercantile
Building on Second
Street.
CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES
Will be Lighted With Electric Lamps
Burning not Less Than 1000
Watts an Hour.

A fine Come-to-Church electrical
lsign is to be erected soon on top OF
the three story building IN Second
street owned by the Webster City
Mercantile company and the sign
can be seen for miles in any direc-
ton from Webster City. 1t will tow
err 20 feet above the roof of the build
ling, will be So feet long, will weigh
|about 5000 pounds and contain ap-
proximately 5000 cubic feet of steel
construction. 1t will be lighted by
not less than ten lights consuming
not less than 100 watts of electricity
each per hour, which will be equiva-
lent to 10000 candle power each
night. 1t will be maintained for
three years and the cost of the elec-
trieity consumed in that time will be
from $500 to 5000. The sign will be
insured and erected according to the
plans and rules established by City
Manager Vollmer.
1t will be maintained by a num-
Der of Webster City merchants and
w. B. Rood of the Webster City Saw
ings Bank will look after collections
and care for the finance without
charge. Following r the firms and
individuals contributing to its SIP
port:
Webster City Savings Bank, Farm
ers National Bank, First National
Bank, Mercantile company, c. H.
Clifton, Vienna Cafe, l.. A. Lehn-
hard, w. H.. Bahrenfus, f. C. Rueg-
nitz, Parkhurst & Lavender, Web
ster City Implement company, Coyie,
|Coonrod & Coyle, Louis Frank, H. +.
|Pringle, c. G. Gustuson. Chas. T.
Smith & Son, Isham & Rasmussen,
Wardrobe. shipley & Black, Foster
Furniture Company, Sheldon Bros,
w. G. Winter, D. F. Shea, P. Schom-
er, Aug. F. Mueller.
The sign will be manufactured by
The American Advertising company
of Des Moines and erected and main
tanned through the Fowler Bulletin
System, also of Des Moines. The work
of building the sign will commence
at once and it will be installed and
put in operation as soon as possible.
It will be the largest Illuminating
board in the state. The next largest
is that used by Hanson & Tyler at
Fort Dodge, but the n here will
contain fifty square feet more OF
lspace than the one at Fort Dodge.
The soliciting here was done by Rev.
C.. v. Pence, assisted by Rev. &c. c.
Williams of Humboldt, and Rev, W.
J. Todd of the Methodist church of
this city.
These Come To Church" bulletin
boards are made of steel. The board
will be maintained for three years
and on it for the first year will be
the picture Of a beautiful church and
to the right of this will be the words
in big letters four feet in height,
Come To Church" and also the
words, "The Churches of Webster
City Will Welcome YOU"
The second year there will appear
on the sign the famous picture of
Ruth and Naomi" This is one of
the most familiar pictures Of the BIZ
BILE and everybody will recognize it.
1t has a most beautiful thought and
there is not a scene in the greatest
of all books that has any more en-
dearing and devoted sentiment clus-
tering around it. This picture is in
~coloring and as displayed by floods
of electric lights will make it a most
fascinating one. The words suitable
to the picture, "Whither Thou Goest
II Will Co." will also be upon the
sign.
The third year the famous picture
by Hoffman, ''The Prodigal Son."
will be displayed from this board.
This is a most enhancing picture and
there is nothing so touching to the
human heart as this picture OF the
Ierring boy returning home after his
years of wandering amid the allur-
L. r. ~r,n Il n 4
after all there is no place so restful'
SO wholesome and possessing SO much
real contentment and joy as being
sheltered within the pastoral roof OF
Jour Heavenly Father. 1t is a picture
that everyone will look at twice be-
fore going from it. 1t is n OF the
master pieces of the world.
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