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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
MARRIED go YEARS
Such IL Distinction Claimed for MIR
and Mrs. John Pfund.

Ada, Mimi, June 23.-Sixty years OF
welded life is the distinction claimed
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Pfund. pioneer
residents of this city. The couple were
married at Red Wing, Mimi. June II,
1857. Mr.. Pfund Is a veteran Of the
Civil war. They came to Ada in 1873.
Three children are living. Louis Pfund
and Mrs. d. G. Jones of this city. and
Mrs. Charles Brown Of Spokane, Wash.
There are six grandchildren and one
great grandchiId -.r--.. -.=.s.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
NINE Violate cIcARET LAW.

Minot, N. D., June 23.-Nine men
charged with violating the North Da-
kota cigaret law have waived ex-
animation and have been bound over
to the district court. The men, who
are mostly poolroom operators, are
Dave Phillips, d. Mitchell, Herb Bum,
John Moore, j. II. Peterson, Frank
Hoey, Sam Loomis. John Willis and T.
H. Kastatchkeff.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
FIRE LOSS $500
Blaze Breaks Out in Parsonage at
Grand Forks.

Grand Forks. N. D., June 23.-Fire,
starting from an over-heated chimney
in the attic of st. Mary's Catholic
parsonage, Belmont avenue. resulted in
damage to the residence of approx
imately $500.
Rev. Father j. O'DriscolI, pastor, was
not at home when the fire started,
and before he returned, Chief John
Fitzgerald and his firemen had the
blaze well under control. The kitchen,
dining room and attic were badly dam
aged, but other sections of the house
suffered little, other than from smoke.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
CALL OFF REUNION.

Wahpeton, N. D., June 23.-Officers
and trustees of the Richland County
Old Settlers association have an
nounced that the annual reunion has
been called off, stating that the money
which would be spent could be used to
better advantage If invested in a Lib
erty Bond, or contribution to the Red
Cross.
A. G. Divet is president Of the assoc
citation, and George Van Arnam, sec
rotary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
BURTNEss VISITS CITY
Candidate From First District Spent
Several Hours in Fargo.

Olger B. Burtness, candidate for
congress from the First district and
endorsed by the Republicans at the
district convention held in Grand Forks
this week, spent several hours in Far
go late Friday.
Mr.. Burtness arrived in the city on
train No. Of the Great Northern at
$40 o'clock and left on train No. /.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
FARGO BOY TO SAIL
Edward Stern With Harvard Medical
Corps Expects to Leave for Front.

Edward Stern of the Harvard Medical
corps, writing to relatives in Fargo,
says he expects to leave Allentown,
Pa, within so days for the battlefields
Of France with the other members of
the corps.
Mr.. Stern states that the medical
corps members are encamped at the
state fair grounds near Allentown,
ready to leave on moments notice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23

Although the fire was in close prox-
unity to Father O'DriscolIs library,
books valued at over $4,000, remained
unframed.
A small amount of insurance was
carried on the house.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
LOOK FoRwARp 10 FouRrH

July is being looked forward to,
by the farmers of Anterior township,
as the day for their big celebration
which is made an annual event. The
events this year will be staged in
Oliver grove, short distance south Of
RarnesyiI1A
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
OLD sETTLERs 70 pIcNIc.

New Rockford, n. d.. June 23.-The
early Old Settlers picnic, dated for
June 81. is going ito be hummer"
The New Rockford band, regarded as
one OF the best organizations Of the
tendance. Races and ball games have
been planned for amusement attrac-
tons
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
NORhANDEN ENDORSES
BURTNESS FOR CONGRESS
Will Become Worthy Successor to
Late n. T. Helgesen, Says Grand
Forks Publication. y

Grand Forks, N. D., June 23.-The
Normanden editorially endorses the
Republican nomination of o. 3. Burt
ness for member of congress from the
First district, and says:
"The Republicans Of the First
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23

we have, whether IL is high volatiIa'
or our own smokeless COAL
Extracts from the minutes Of tlha
meeting held in New York, Feb. 81
1918, and OF other meetings were read
against the protest Of counsel for the
daPondumfa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
GET FARGO ORATOR
Hon. 3. r. SpaIdine to be Fourth of
July Speaker at Leonard.

Through the efforts Of the Fargo
Spalding of Fargo, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the Fourth of July
celebration to be held at Leonard this
year. Request for a speaker was made
to the league.
Picknicking, baseball, races, parade
and a bowery dance are part of the
days program.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-23
HOME GUARDS ORGANIZED.
w. n. Bentley Appointed First Lieuten.
ant of Breckenridge Company.

Breckenridge, Mimi, June 3D.
Rreckenridge's company OF home
as Company B, Ninth battalion, Home
Guards of Minnesota, and George w.
Wagner appointed captain. The other
temporary officers are: w. H. Bentley,
first lieutenant; C. P. Rice, second
lieutenant and Ben Schlotte, first SER
geant. Conrad Paulson, L. A. Shirley,
Horace James and e. c. Schlattman,
corDorals
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26

of her wish that he may go to France
to do his share in protecting the
freedom and the rights of the coun-
try which has given his people the
only chance they ever had, and she
breathes the hope that he may, you
know, you can never tell, see his aunt
and cousins so lovingly cherished in
memory!
Then she spoke Of the other cou-
sins and relatives remaining in Ger
many and the look of joy fades and
she whispers, ut is hard, too hard"
So, good American friends, does
this woman's story bring home to
you the work you may do, the work
you are privileged to do, through the
Red Cross association that ministers
to friend and foe alike? Who can
tell whether the wounded boy in no
mans land is not your brother in
ties of blood-as he truly is in the
great plan, for the Divine Teacher
has said, Eye shall be as brothers,
one to another
1t is a fitting close to say that un-
known to her friends, Mrs. Hanke
contributed to the cause SO dear to
her heart all the money she happened
to have in the house when the Red
Cross solicitors called-a total of "a
cents. Like the woman of old, she
gave all she had.
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turned from several weeks visit
with friends in Rome ift.5T

turned from a several weeks visit
with friends in Boone.
Mrs A. B. Hicks and Mrs. G.. S.
Hicks, who have been making short
visit with the Frank ]. Greenwood
family, left this noon for st. Paul and
other points north and west. en- route
to their homes in Tacoma, WASH, af-
ter an extended trip through the east.
p. J. Keough left this noon for
Superior where he is working on a
job of ditching.
p. w. Lee went to Algona this
noon on business.
Mrs. J. H. Bosworth and chill
dren returned this noon to their
home in Goldfield after a week end
visit at the Harvey Bosworth home
in town and with the E. L. Under
wood family, four miles northeast of
town.
Mrs. Earnest Simmons and chill
dren and Mrs. Howard Simmons and
children, who have been visiting the
Chris Stein family, Il miles south of
town, left today for their home in
White, S. D.
Mrs. J. H. Hoag went to Rolfe
this noon to visit her brother, J. l..
Moore and family.
DIR. O. G. Buxton went to Des
Moines Saturday on business. Mrs.
Buxton and three sons, Gerald, Ruel
and Ohio, left that day for Van
Cleve and the doctor went to that
place from Des Moines, where they
will remain until tomorrow visiting
relatives.
Miss Pauline Snyder of the Ship
ley & Black dry goods store returned
this noon from week end visit with
friends in Waterloo.
The Misses Anna Beerman and
Emma Horn spent yesterday in Fort
Dodge with relatives of the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Wilson and
daughter, Miss Blanche, spent yes
terday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson's nephew, H. L. Burket, and
family, northeast of harrisburg.
&C. w. Black was Waterloo Wis
itor yesterday. '.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
WEBSTER CITY WOMAN Tells
INTERESTING LIFE STORY

when the need of that great organi-
| zation of mercy, the sending of our
soldiers to France and the whole flu
tture of the worlds history, was
touched upon in the parlor of the
little home.
The story has its beginning in one
of the southernmost states of the
German empire, where, under the
overpowering heights of the Alps,
the little home nestled in peace and
security until the death of the moth
|er, when Josephine-the present
Mrs. Hanke-the youngest child,
was only a mere babe. For several
years the father, native of Switzer-
land, kept his family together and
the little girl received the devoted
care and attention of an older sis
ter, now living in France, where her
two sons were born that are now
fighting in the French army against
the kith and kin of their mothers
family.
However, their remaining parent
soon Wearied of the struggle alone
and departed for his native heath,
leaving his half-grown boys and girls
to the tender mercies Of the state.
Under the laws of the commonwealth
they were placed with neighboring
families to remain until they reached
/; The age of 16, when they would be
deemed self-supporting.
This period for the little jose
phine marked the passing of every
glimmer of childish joy, and the fate
of Little Orphan Annie was mild,
indeed, compared with the existence
she was to soon know, for the mis-
tress of her new home was hard
woman, merciless as a taskmaster to
not only the strange child but to her
own son and two daughters as we'll.
From long before the dawn, the lit
tie girl was kept busy scrubbing the
cold stone floors, helping with the
cooking and homework and working
in the fields, the women and chill
dren furnishing the power on the
farm where horses and machinery
were little used. The woman's own
two girls broke down under the over
sburdening labor and succumbed to
early graves. This seemed to soften
the foster fathers heart, and never
afterward was he unkind to the lit
tie stranger, but the mother contin-
ued unmoved until her son, in bitter
outburst to his toiling comrade, ac-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
(From Mondays Daily.)

Earl R. Allen and wife of Iowa
Falls, the former nephew of II. W.
Ridge Of this city, were guests here
Sunday.
Frank Barry of Los Angeles
Cal, is guest in the DR.. G. 7. Nc
Cauliff home.
Little Miss Frances Merritt OF
Eldora spent Saturday here at the
Jesse w. Mason home.
The Misses Olive Olson and Ma.
bel Bergeson of Ellsworth visited
here Saturday with Miss Ella Graf
funder.
Miss Ais Mason, who teaches in
Des Moines, has arrived home to re.
main for the summer.
Mrs. Theodore Schmitz and son
Frank and nephew, F. f. Jones, OF
Austin, are here to spend fortnight
at the home of the formers sister
Mrs. Fred B. Downward, and family.
Miss Jess Rummels, who has
been visiting the f. M. Altman fam.
lily the past week, returned to hel
home in West Branch today.
Miss Orpha Berggren spent yes
terday in Fort Dodge with her sis.
ter, Mrs. Hazelle Berggren-Sands
and also with Elsie Wiegert. The
latter returned with Miss Berggrer
and spent last night here.
Mrs. Carl Reipke and little son
Carl, of Window, Mimi, are expected
to arrive here tonight for visit
with Mrs. Reipke's sister, Mrs. C. G.
Miner, and family.
David Rice of Renwick is visit.
ing at the Mrs. Cora Mott home, one
and a half miles northwest of the
city.
Mrs. Elmer Norton of Indepen-
dence is guest in the home of hel
sister, Mrs. Peter Pappas, and fam.
lily.
Miss Margaret Hall of Williams
is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Kellogg, on the east
side, and also other relatives 'ant
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Altman have
returned home from a visit will
fho;, UNrap,Dpf
Mrs. F. A. Beebe and little
daughter of Hampton are guests IL
the home of the formers brother
DR.. G. I. McCauliff. Miss Mary Pow.
Ter of Cleveland. O., an old college
friend of Mrs. Beebe's and DR.. Nc.
Cauliff's, is also visiting at the Nc
Cauliff home.
Miss Florence Leonard has re-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
Her Portrayal Of Early Childhood
Days in Germany Reads
Like Tale From the
Dark Ages.
FOSTER MOTHER VERY cruel
Mrs. John Hanke, Residing in North.
eastern Part Of Town, Is an
Interesting Woman.

Through the work of the Red Cross
committee, who undertook the soli-
citation of subscriptions in human
ity's worldwide cause, by house
toulouse canvass of this city, brave,
true and tried hearts have for a
efleeting moment lifted the curtain
of reticence through sympathetic
loyalty for the land of their adop-
ton. Thus they have revealed, all
!. unaware, the pathos and tragedy at
tendant upon conditions of poverty
and despair in the land of their birth
to the point where they turned their
faces forever westward and en-
barked upon the voyage which
brought them to America-and great
opportunity. Add to this the cher
ished memory of loved ones long un-
seen-the fathers, the mothers, the
brothers and sisters-left behind,
and engulfed in the silence of three
endless years, with sure knowledge
of carnage and destruction, of suffer-
ing, death, and worse, back there.
Great has always been the oppor-
tunity of the emissaries of the Red
Cross, and if the campaign for funds
results in better understanding of
the problems of the stranger within
our gates and a uniting of future eff
forts for the common good, it will
go far in bringing about the state OF
universal peace SO greatly desired.
SO it is in the interest of the Red
Cross movement, and with the per-
mission of those most intimately
concerned, we give our readers
the story of Mrs. John Hanke Of this
city, as she toldssit little by little to
q Red Cross worker a few days ago
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
knowledged the part his mother had
played in his sisters sad and untime-

knowledged the part his mother hat
played in his sisters sad and untime-
ly end.
Despite the Willingness to forgive
memories of the saddened, forlorr
childhood come unbidden to the
young-old woman of today, broken ir
health as a result of her early eX.
periences. One of these is a little
incident which happened in the har'
vest time Of her eleventh year. The
child suffered from a painful skin
disease, and her arms, face and neck
were badly affected by it, but never
theless she was compelled to go into
the fields and gather the bearded
wheat as it fell from the sickle, bind
ing it into sheafs. The days labor
resulted in poisoning the flesh from
the constant friction with the grain
and in torturing pain for many days
thereafter.
For children in circumstances of
this kind the government provides
an allowance to cover the expense of
giving them special instruction or an
apprenticeship in self-supporting
trade. But in spite Of the manifest
longing of the little girl to learn to
sew, her mistress pocketed the fee,
and aside from the schooling received
before her thirteenth year the child
remained unlessoned and untaught.
When she was Is, Josephine de-
,termined to leave the unhappy
household, even though they had a
claim upon her for another year., and
by travelling afoot for many weary
miles in the country where only the
rich know the joys of riding in mo-
tor car or tram owing to the scarcity
of horses due to the heavy demand
for them in the army, she at last got
employment on a dairy farm. Re-
turning to her former home, she met
the cruelest invectives, and although
her mistress closets reaching to the
ceiling were filled and OVERLOOKING
with linen and wearing apparel, not
even the simplest and most necessary
garments were given her on the de-
parture after the years of toll and
deprivation.
Journeying afoot back to the
place which is to become her new
home, she begins her duties as "a
dairy maid. To meet the demands
upon her she must arise in the wee
small hours to prepare the food for
the cattle, which is a mixture Of
bran and potatoes mashed, and not
the corn fed in this country, before
the hour of milking. She learned to
care for the cows, as well as the
dairy products, and for her long
days of heavy manual labor received
a wage of so cents week. For
eleven long months, until the need
of clothes became imperative, she
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
A Long Motor Trim.

Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Atkinson and
son Edgar and their chauffeur, Chas.
Middleton, leave Saturday on mo-
tor trip east They go from here to
Chicago, which, will be as far as Mr..
Atkinson will so with the party.
From there the balance of the party
go to Detroit, Cleveland and other
points, with Pittsburg, Pa, as their
final destination. Mrs. Atkinson and
son. will spend several weeks visit
ing the formers mother, sisters and
other relatives who reside in Pitts
burg.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

(From Saturdays Daily.)
Miss Leith Berryhill of Kamrar
is spending the day in this city.
Mrs. Henry Smell and little
daughter and Mrs. E. l.. Boozell went
to Woodstock this noon for an over
Sunday visit with their sister, Mrs.
N. P. Olmstead, and family.
Miss Flossie Kaufman left to-
day for her home in Rolfe, after a
visit with the P. E. Doughty family,
three and a half miles northwest of
town.
Miss Gayle White of Woodstock
spent the morning here.
Miss Addla Peterson of Callen-
der and Miss Sophia Ostlund of Dun
combe were in the city this morning
en- route to Gilmore, Mimi, where
they go to attend the wedding of a
relative, Miss Ostlund's father. John
Ostlund, accompanied them to this
city.
Miss Carrie Brown of Waterloo
spent between trains here today
with Miss Bertha Teal, while en-
route to Rolfe to visit another friend.
These young ladies were Des Moines
college friends.
Little Miss Viola Bateman, who
has been visiting at the Sam Bate
man home, and her brother, Lewis
Batema guest of the Carl Fielder
and Ed. Vulgamot families near here,
left this noon for their home in Eagle
Grove.
Miss Hazel Whitman will re-
turn to her home in Waterloo the
fore part of next week, after week
spent with Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Poland
and other relatives and friends.
Lieut.. Gerald O. Blake, station
ed at Fort Smelling, Mimi, has been
given a short furlough and arrived
here this morning to remain until
tomorrow night with his wife and
parents.
Miss Nettie Hurd, an employe
in the Hahne printing establishment
is enjoying a six weeks vacation and
left today for Lynd, Mimi, to spend
the time with her parents.
Mrs. Lura Neese, 1000 Second
street, returned today from a sew
eral days sojourn with friends and
relatives in Jewell and Stanhope.
Harry Kearns of Vinton re-
turned home today following short
sojourn at the home Of his brother
j. v. Kearns, and family. Mr.. Kearns
was on his way home from Nebraska
where he was called by the death OF
brother, and spent the short time
here en- route.
Mrs. C. w. Black left yesterday
for her former home in Centerville,
called there by the illness of her
father.
Miss Ruth Donaldson, a student
in the University Of Wisconsin at
Madison, is home to spend the sum-
mer vacation with her mother, Mrs
w. S. Weston, and family.
Miss Mary Bailey returned yes
terday from visit with her sister
Mrs. Douglas Huff, and family in
Woodstock.
Little Miss Mathel Dysart
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. r. S. Dy-
sart, went to Des Moines yesterday
afternoon for a weeks visit with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Harold Henderson and
baby daughter of Kamrar spent yes
terday here at the Will A. Bauman
home.
Miss Elleah Himmel returned tc
her home in Radcliffe yesterday fol-
lowing visit with the /. ]. Sayrs
family.
Mrs. Rhoda Johnson and little
daughter Ruth went to Ames yester-
day for a week end visit with rela-
tives.
C G.. Heller returned to his
home at Canton. ILL.,, overland yes
terday, after a visit at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. s
Heller.
Mrs. John Hoven and daughter,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26

Mrs. Richard Schwoeglen, of Madi-
son, Wis, returned home today, fol
lowing few days visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Bauer on west Division
street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-26

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