Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-22

j. P. Tuttle is having new corr
crib built on his farm north of town
Frank Counsel, cashier of thu
State bank, is spending the week al
the home of his parents in Little
Rock.
Casper Edvenson is building 6
new cattle shed on his place.
Geo. Rick of the Rick-Cotton store
was in Webster City Tuesday or
business.
Miss Alice Crabtree spent severa
days in Webster City the first of the
week.
: Mrs. A. Gear went to St. Anthony
last week for the funeral of hel
mother, Mrs. Simon Kersey, who
died very suddenly from paralytit
stroke. The writer extends sympa,
thy to the daughter in her hour Of
loss.
Mart Kearney of Goodell was in
town few days ago looking after
his farming interests, and he went
back the owner of brakeman
piano, purchased from the w. H
Rick & Son furniture store.
Franklin and Doyle, who have the
contract for the pumping plant, have
started work on it. The plant will
be just back of the city hall.
The high school pupils are busily
engaged upon their food conserva-
ton essays. The best essay will be
sent to the county superintendent,
and these finally go to the depart
ment of public instruction. The
four best essays in the state will rec
ceive mention in state paper. Here
is hoping that Williams gets one
of the four.
Well, we'll! From all indications
Williams is to get into the race with
a candidate for the state senate in
the person of Everett I. Johnson of
the State bank. If this rumor is
true, and we hope it is, we will have
more to say anon upon the subject.
The second intermediate tots are
Riley booklets. This is a
splendid thing for them, as chill
dren cannot know too much about
Riley, for he was the children's poet
Of this century.
The Ionian Serenaders will begin
the entertainment course on Friday
evening, Nov. 9. The evenings en-
will consist of songs,
readings and vocal and instrumental
solos and group selections. This
promises to be an unusually good
and everyone should
get their tickets early" not only
,or this one number but for the en-
ire course.
There was box social at the
Murphy school house Meuday even
ing that was we'll attended. The
program of recitations and songs was
very good. Thirty-four baskets were
sold and $35 was realized. The
highest price for double box was
$4.25, and the highest price for a
single box was $3.50.
Miss Anna Barnett OF Webster
City spent Monday at the home of
Mrs. Harvey Hill.
Ralph Marvel of the Ebony stock
farm of Blairsburg was in town the
first of the week with load of fat
hogs for Stock Buyer ONeill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Butler and
the two Misses Butler were county
seat visitors Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Meyers returned from
her visit at Manchester Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Hurd of Columbus,
Mont, formerly Miss Daisy Gibbons,
came the first of the week for visit
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Gibbons.
Mrs. John McCarley and sister,
Mrs. Will Rick, were Webster City
visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. B. Ricke is visiting this week
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
H. Hendrick, of Menominee, Ill.
Geo. Talcott spent Sunday in Fort
Dodge.
Will Chantrill went to Omaha
Monday and brought back AZ head
of feeding cattle for fattening at
his farm.
The l.. A. S. of the Landstad
church will hold a bazaar and din
ner on Thursday afternoon, Octo-
Der %.
The writer shipped a box contain
ing bushel of apples to her sister
in Chicago a few days ago, paying