Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-07-31
PERSONAL IRHFs.
lFrom Saturdays Daily.)

dale, Indiana, who is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Fl. Meeks, received dispatch
yesterday telling of the sudden ill
ness of Mr.. Southard's mother, and
Mrs. Southland returns home tonight
on this account.
Mrs. John w. Powell Of Hem
lock, Ohio, arrived in the city last
night and will spend several weeks
here visiting her mother, Mrs. B.
F. Nickerson.
Geo. E. Broughton leaves to-
night for Springfield. ILL.,, for two
weeks vacation visit with relatives.
!: Miss Lenora Seeley is expected
home tonight following an extended
vacation visit. at the home OF her
brother at Waverly, this state. i
The Misses Frances and Maxine
.VanMeter of Des Moines are guests
of Miss Ruth Dudley.
DIR. and Mrs. Ward Hannah, the
w. A. Miller, w. 0. Mcconnell and
j. B. Hughes families, and Messrs.
Ray D. Hughes and G. L. Shyrock
left today overland for Dodge's
Point, Clear Lake, for weeks out
ing, the families having secured cot
tages at this popular resort.
Mrs. Jesse w. Mason is expected
home this evening, following a
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
H. Hoyt, who are spending the sum-
mer at Lake Okoboji.
The Misses Amy and Irene
Frank have returned home from a
weeks pleasure stay in Chicago.
Miss Mildred Kinser, daughter
|of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kinser, returned
yesterday from visit with friends
in Eagle Grove.
Mrs. Walter Davis, nee Miss
Jennie Christensen, returned to Ea-
|gle Grove today, following short
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Christensen.
Mrs. Fred M. Webb and two
daughters left for their home in
Kansas City yesterday, after an ex-
tended visit with the formers ia
ther, A. A. Cook, and wife. 4
Mrs. J. L.. Mathews of Brecken-
ridge, Mimi, arrived here yesterday
for visit with her mother, Mrs. j..
H. Fawcett, at the Frank WEIGH
homo. 4
Mrs. E. w. Knudson and little
daughter Louise were here yester-
day from Jewell
Mrs. Leonora Page of Rowley
| is Visiting her son, OIL. Page, and
wife of the Farmers restaurant. F..
E. Outing of Cedar Rapids, cousin
of Mr.. Page, has returned home, fol-
lowing a visit with the Page family.
The Misses Josephine and Ruth
Hummel will arrive home this even
ling from Iowa City, where they have
been attending the six weeks ses-
sion of summer school at the state
university. Miss Josephine took a
course in special work connected
with her vocation-that of high
|school teacher. She will remain with
her parents until August s, when
she will leave with Miss Hyde of
Des Moines, secretary of the Des
MOines office of the Northwestern
Railroad company, to spend the re-
mainder of the summer in the east.
They expect to visit New York City,
Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Wash
|ington, D. c., and also to enjoy a
sojourn in the Allegheny mountains,
visiting at the summer home Of a
Des Moines friend. III
Miss Ruth Hummel has been
spending the past six weeks fitting
herself for library work, preparatory
to accepting a permanent position in
the Kendall Young library.
Charles Oscar, a member of Iowa
Field Hospital No. /, stationed at the
Des Mo:nes fair grounds, is in the
city for few days visit with Grand
ma Clifford and the J. A. Holman
family. He says that his company
is getting actual experience in first
aid and caring for wounded SOL
diers as a result of the terrible acci-
dent few nights ago when two SOL
diers were killed and another seri-
ously wounded in an automobile
wreck, as well as through minor ac-
cidets that happen frequently in the
congested district.
Miss Hazel Stilson of Corwith
arrived in the city last evening for
a short visit at the James Kephart
home on Wilson avenue.
Miss Ella Keough and her Wis
iting aunt, Mrs. E. C. Claude of Des
Moines, went to Eagle Grove this
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