Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04

Sunday to remain for several week!
and look over various farms with 8
view to locating there next spring
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Duffy and
daughter Alice attended the state
fair at Des Moines last week.
VIM. Zilske of near Buckeye was
in Williams Saturday, shopping and
calling at the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilkinson OF
st. Louis autoed here the last of the
week for a visit at the Will Wilkin-
son and Mrs. Olive Thompson
homes. They made the trip in a
Knight car and had all kinds of tire
trouble, finally getting an adjust
ment on their tires at an Overland
garage, where they were given new
tires. After that they made the trip
| without trouble.
Mrs. We're v. Lopez came the lat
ter part Of the week to spend the
| week end at the parental home. She
will return to Des Moines today.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Lopez have given up
their apartment in Des Moines ow-
ing to the fact that he has been
scheduled for duty at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. His date for leav-
ing has not yet been set, but his
bride expects to accompany him
whenever he goes.
Miss Laura Johnson has gone to
Mason City to take business course
at commercial school there.
Cartney Bros. recently sold one of
their farms, 240-acre tract in Rose
Grove township, to Mr.. Sims, a
banker in Duncombe, for $500 per
acre. The place was formerly own
ed by Casper Edvenson, and Cart
ney Bros. bought it at auction a
year ago for $162 per acre, realiz-
ing in the neighborhood of $1,000
on the deal. Patrick Crilly, who
has tenanted the place during the
past year, has re-rented it for the
coming year.
Nearly $500 has been donated for
fair expenses since the soliciting be-
gan. Another attraction has been
added since last week, and that is
the canning exhibit by the women,
to which the committee very gladly
gave space. Every woman in the
territory is eligible to enter and may
exhibit as much or as little of her
years canning as she cares to. 1t
is to be hoped that many women
will enter, and let us all see what
good things have been prepared.
There are to be three prizes, S. for
first prize, So for second, and 50 for
third. There will be a judge from
Ames for this exhibit Canning is
SO distinctly womanly that no one
need hesitate to exhibit on that
score. A number of women are
working real hard over their cam
ming, and the judging will be close.
All of the exhibits will be shown
in one large tent on the Chautau-
qua grounds. The races and street
events will be held on the street
north of the tent, and the band con-
cert and address will be held in the
park. The speaker has not yet been
secured, but the committee are try
ing to secure Hon. J. r. Files of FIT.
Dodge.
Hamilton county is anxious to
have all her women organized in the
national council of defense, and as
preliminary move every organiza
ton of women, whether religious,
fraternal or social, is asked to ap-
point member to represent them
on the towns committee, of which
Mrs. VIM. P. Bossenberger is chair
man. Any woman who desires to
JUN udy SlFc ueE uduS W mis-.
Bossenberger at any time, and a
chance will be given all the women
to join on fair day. There are no
dues to pay and no obligations ex-
cept the desire to cooperate with
the government in helping during
the war. This is national organi-
cation, and all women should be-
long to it.
Marcus Foster, who has been
working on farm near Buckeye, is
here to go to school this year.
Miss Leah Johnson returned yes
terday from her visit, with the
Schultz family at Toledo.
Miss Louisa Bossenberger autoed
to Iowa Falls Saturday and brought
her two sisters and Miss G. Feldman
home with her. The party came |
through from Chicago on the fast