Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-08-21
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Moines.
Miss Kathryn Voss of Jewell,
who has been visiting at the ]. M.
Whitson and Henry Voss homes and
working in the Whitson & Voss gro
Gerry store, went to Kamrar this
morning to join her Jewell relatives
at the Harvest Home Festival.
DR.. and Mrs. o. c. Buxton and
two little sons are home from a mo-
tor trip to Des Moines, where they
spent the week end and attended a
dinner party given in the home of
the Doctors brother, B. H. Buxton,
in honor of their visiting brother,
J. S. Buxton, of Keedysville, Md.
The latter left here recently for an
other short visit in Des Moines be-
fore returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Peterson and
son Harold N. and Irving Whiteford
and the latter's sister, Miss Elver-
eta Whiteford, of Hedrick, guest
In the Peterson home, motored to
Lake View Sunday and spent the
day.
Col N. p. Hyatt accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Varick c. Crosley and
Mrs. F. E. Whitley on a motor trip
to Des Moines this morning. The
party expect to return home this
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T.. Stuart and
son Lee, Kenneth Mott and Mrs.
Hattie Stuart motored to Fort Dodge
this morning to spend the day.
Miss Loree Buxton and brother
Gerald have returned from a week
end motor trip to Dayton, where
they visited relatives. They were
accompanied home by Miss Violet
Bjork of Dayton and Miss Erma Ide
of Van Cleve. The former will spend
several days in the Buxton home,
but the latter young woman conclud-
ed her visit this morning.
Mrs. Roy Crouthamel and sis
ter, Miss Rilla BARLEY, went to Des
Moines this morning for VISIT with
friends.
Lieut.. Gerald o. Blake went
down to Des Moines this morning on
a short business sojourn in connec-
tion with his military services at
Camp Dodge, which will begin on
Aug. 20.
Mrs. Ray Elliott and little
daughter, who reside eight miles
south of town, spent yesterday in
Fort Dodge.
Geo. Baxter of Salt Lake City,
who has been visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Baxter, in the
west part of town, will leave today
for his home. Mrs. Baxter and the
children, who have been visiting
here, will remain because the for
mer is i'll with nervous breakdown.
Earl Baxter will accompany his
brother to Salt Lake City, going
overland. He will remain there and
enter the carpenter contracting bus.
mess with his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Milholland
and children of Alden and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooley of Odeboldt motored
through here yesterday in the Mil
holland car en- route to Alden after
the former family had been guests
for several days in the Cooley home
The autoists stopped here for din
ner at the Ed McFarlane home. The
three families resided in Odeboldt at
one time and are old neighbors and
friends.
Little Miss Gladys Ores of Ea-
gle Grove came yesterday to spend
week at the John Crawford home
on Pleasant street.
Mrs. f. w. Fitch of Boone spent
between trains yesterday with Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Miller of the Miller
lunch room. Mrs. Fitch's son, Gail
Fitch, is member of the Second
Regiment band, and she came ex-
pressly to visit him. The band
failed, to return from their trip yes
terday, as expected, however, and
Mrs. Fitch didn't get to see her son.
Miss Ruth Amundson of Eagle
Grove, who spent Sunday with her
sister, Miss Lena. who is in Des
Moines studying the fall styles pre-
paratory to resuming her work, ar
rived here yesterday to spend short
time with her sister, Miss Olga
Amundson, before returning home.
Mrs. F. M. Beal and visiting
niece, Miss Ruth Moore, of Newton,
ILL.,, went to Woodstock yesterday to
visit the formers daughter, Mrs.
Coy Parrish, and family.
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