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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
SLIPPERY ROADS
CAUSE ACCIDENTS
Many Accidents Saturday Night on
Hawkeye Highway Due to Slip.
perry Roads.

The slippery roads caused by Sat
urday's inclement weather resulted in
several auto accidents around this
city. None of them proved serious
however. Ted Schroeder skidded as
he neared the Cooper school house on
the Hawkeye road north of Stonega
and his big automobile went into the
ditch, causing some minor damages.
Mr.. Schroeder, who was alone In the
car, escaped without scratch. The
radiator hood was bent "a trifie, one
lamp was broken and few other
things about the car damaged.
e. F. Snow, who was driving west
near the Beisner farm some four miles
east of town, skidded on the slippery
road until his car was facing directly
east-entirely the opposite direction
from which he was going He was able
to right it, however, and started on
only to begin slipping around in the
mud again. The result was he finally
went into q ditch, but was lucky
enough to escape without any damage
to car or occupants.
A Ford car, the names Of the oc-
cupants OF which could not be learned,
tipped over in the ditch near the poor
farm and drivers of automobiles along
the different roads leading to town say
they saw about five different other
cars in the ditch and no less than
twenty deep ruts in the mud which
had been made by skidding cars.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Congratulates Women Here.

&c
Mrs. Alexander Groves is in receipt
of a recent letter from Herbert c..
Hoover congratulating the women OF
Hamilton county on their earnest eff
forts, patriotic spirit and loyalty which
helped to make possible Iowa's not
able record in the food pledge CAM
paign.
At yesterdays meeting of the IoWa
State Council of Defense in the 5 ate
house, resolution expressing pride
III the women of the state was passed,
as follows:
The Iowa State Council of Defense
is proud of the women of Iowa, proud
-, heir loyalty, proud Of their spirit
and proud of their earnest efforts.
Iowa has made a,notable record in the
food pledge campaign, having the
proud achievement of exceeding each
and every state in the union in the
number of cards signed, according to
population. Cards are still coming in
large numbers"
Mrs. Groves reports that she is still
receiving cards from signers in Hamil-
ton county and urges all who have not
yet signed food pledge card to do
so.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Take Boys and Girls Along.

"It is due every farm raised boy
and every farm raised girl in Iowa
that they should at some time be-
tween the ages of 10 and IS be taken
to the International Livestock Expo
sition at Chicago" says Prof. w. H.
Pew of the animal husbandry depart
ment at Iowa State college.
Il believe this year would be a
good one for giving them this chance.
Our baby beef, pig and corn club boys
and girls-over 100 Of them-will
leave Ames November 80 for there
Our college home economics depart
ment from Ames is giving a food dem
onstration there. So think this year
is the time to take the boys and
girls"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
MRS. WHITLEY IS
H0N0RED At meet
State Council of Defense Mt Its Meet.
ing Asked Her to Speak on Won.
ems Work.

Mrs. F. e. Whitley of this city
chairman Of the Iowa Women's Coun-
Gil of Defense, was highly honored
last week. The state Council OF De-
Tense held a melting in Des Moines,
which meeting she was invited to at
tend. She had meeting of the
women's council the same day, how
ever, and was unable to go. But after
the women's meeting she was invited
to address the State Council and did
so, followngsthe passage of a resolu-
ton thanking the women of Iowa for
their showing in making Iowa the
first state in the union in the food
pledge campaign.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Texas Going ..Dry,.

w. A. Conklin, an old Hamilton
county boy, brother Of Stanley A.
Conklin, southwest of town, in busi-
ness letter to the Freeman-J Journal
from Fowlerton, Texas, under date of
Nov. 81, says:
Money is scarce down here. We've
been looking the poor house in the
face long time. Talk about meatless
days. II Hoover and the president
would come down here and board with
us three or four months, they would
go back home thoroughly convinced
that southwest Texas is certainly be-
i hind the Standardization in, it's food
conservation policy, and it would re-
qllire several weeks for them to get
the fat back onto their ribs, that was
there when they left the executive
mansion.
No rain since August 10, 1916, and
the twelve months prior to that date
were SO dry that cookie burrs could
MT sprout. I have not had a sprig Of
any kind of greenstuff growing in my
garden in three years. The sky is still
cloudless and as blue as indigo, while
the ground is SO dry, that it does not
absorb the static electricity and in
many instances gins and garages have
been compelled to stop their machin-
cry on account of it becoming electro
fed so heavily that the cotton would
cling to the saws and pipes Of gins
and workmen il garages become
charged with electricity until sparks
would fly from their finger tips.
The cattle situation. in distressing.
Cattle men are endeavoring to carry
their starving and dying herds
through, to when rain does come, on
$40 hay and SOS ton oil cake, and
are feeding their work horses and
mules corn that costs them $4.95 per
two bushel sack. The stock men of
Texas need, according to conservative
estimates, s5O,OOO,OOO to enable them
to take care of this drouth situation.
Yours truly,
w. A. Conklin.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Directors of Hamilton County Corn
and Small Grain Association Held
Meeting Saturday and De.
cided to Postpone.
TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES
Will Cooperate by Giving Way to
z Red Cross, Liberty Bonds and
Y, N. C, A.

The board of directors of the Ham
ilton County Corn and Small Grain
association held a meeting in Web
ster City Saturday and decided TO
postpone the annual corn show. They
are anxious to cooperate in every
way with the government during the
war and they feel that all other act
ivities should give way to the Red
Cross, liberty bonds, Y. M. c. A. and
other similar movements.
Dates Have Been Set.
Z. The date for the show had been
fixed for December 10, IA and Is and
some preliminary work had been
done. President Frank Webb, how
ever, believed it best to postpone the
show and called the directors together
for this purpose Saturday.
No future dates have peen sci for
tho show.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Culture Test to be Made of Every
School Child in City Under Di-
rectiOn of the State Epidem-
iOlOgist.
PHYSICIANS TO MEET TONIGHT
City Board of Health Takes Hand
Toward Checking Dfphtheria
Cases Here.

The city board Of health today took
a hand in a move toward probing the
cause of diphtheria in Webster City.
There are above twenty cases now
under quarantine and yesterday City
Physician E. E. Richardson was in
structed to bring the state epidemic
logist here to investigate conditions.
The city board OF health will meet at
the council room tonight and every
physician here has been summoned to
this melting. The board of health will
ask each one of them to report every
suspicious case of throat trouble.
Iowa City Men Arrive.
DR.. Boyd, of Iowa City, state cpl
demiologist, and his assistant, ar
rived here last night in response to
the request of the city board OF
health. They spent the morning in
vestigating homes in the city that are
under quarantine, looking for pos
SlUlo CAUSE III IullhS UuItcI duu oClASA
possible contagion carriers. This
afternoon these men, assisted by City
Physician Richardson, are taking Gull
lures from all children in the south
central school building. This work
will be continued until a culture has
been taken from every school child
in the city. This is taken from the
throat and nostrils by the use of a
small ball of cotton. AS soon as the
culture is taken the child is sent
home and will not return to school
until the smear" or culture has been
examined. In this way physicians
hope to locate any carriers of diph-
iberia bacili. 1t is hoped to COM
plete this work this week, during
which time each student will lose
about three days time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

Over one hundred and twenty-five
young people attended the Methodist
Epworth League social in the church
basement Friday evening and enjoyed
something altogether different in the
form of military entertainment. The
army" assembled at the call of the
bugle. The bugler was Wesley
Schaub, chorister in the church. DR..
Drake, who is lieutenant with a
medical reserve corps at Fort Riley,
Kansas, entertained the company with
a very interesting talk on things mill
tary, exhibiting the gas mask and the
medical mems supply belt and ex-
planning their uses. DR.. Drake also
answered any questions the people
wished to ask and much helpful in
formation was CLEANED in this way.
Later, DR.. r. T. Chipperfield acted
as colonel, and captains, lieutenants.
sergeants and corporals were chosen
for the different companies by con-
tests. A grand march ensued. Mr.,
Schaub sang "Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground" in pleasing manner,
and this was followed by playlet in
which Geo. J. Long acted the part Of
the engaged man without half trying
AS he looked back over his bachelor
days" he thought of all his old girls
and as the memory of them fitted
across his wandering mind, the girls
themselves appeared in tableau.
After this interesting little enter
tainment, Miss Ella Buchanan gave a
splendid review of the new war book
entitled, "The Three Great Things"
which was followed by the mess call"
Hard tack and cocoa were given the
soldiers and America and The Star
Spangled Banner sung before taps"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Taken to Fort Dodge.

Chief Thompson took Taylor to Fort
Dodge, where the federal court put
him under bonds. The bond is low
but in cases of this kind ii a bond is
forfeited, the defendant loses his citi-
zenship along with it..
It is alleged that Taylor called
President Wilson thief and Herbert
Hoover a CRATER. 1t is the intention
OF the police here to take strict meas.
ures from this time on against all per-
sons charged with unpatriotic actions
or talk.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

The choir of st. Paul's Universalist
church will meet for rehearsal with
Mrs. Forrest Prater, $40 First street
Tuesday evening at 1880 and every
member is urged to be present. A
meeting of the Clara Barton Sunday
school class for Red Cross work will
follow the rehearsal.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
DAILY HOOVER HINT
) MEATLESS DAY MENU

s4ts'
!" Salmon loaf:
/" / can salmon (may use any
fish).
= 1 cup fine stale bread crumbs.
s / egg.
= 3 tablespoons melted fat.
4 Salt, pepper, and minced pars-
= ley.
One half cup milk, more or less
= to bring the consistency to shape.
Strain off liquor and save it.
Remove all bones and skin. Mash
8 the fish finely. Add the bread
5 crumbs, beaten eggs and milk,
*sand other ingredients. Make into
= loaf and bake.
/. Sauce for above:
Is / cup sweet milk. =
tablespoon cornstarch.
1 tablespoon fat.
= Liquor Of fish.
y egg.
Juice of l lemon.
8 Make as white sauce. Eggs
may be omitted and tomato used
in place OF milk, when lemon.
would also be omitted.
$50
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Home From Hospital.

Mrs. Harley Shaffer, who resides
seven miles northeast Of town, was
able to return home from Mercy Hos
pital yesterday. Mrs. Shaffer has
been convalescing from major opera
ton performed 4 fortnight ago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Mrs. DOOlittle Ill.

Mrs. F. A. Doolittle was taken to
Mercy hospital this morning and will
probably have to submit to surgical
work. Mrs. Doolittle was taken i'll
last Thursday, but the nature of her
trouble has not yet been determined.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Little One Very Low,

The baby daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Ray Park, who is very ill at the J.
N. Omstead home, became worse yes
terday and consultation of physi-
clans was held in the evening. At
noon today the baby took another turn
for the worse, rallying again this
afternoon. .,..ss ai1AIal
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

Mrs. Mary j. Young ,leaves tomor-
row for Chicago for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Max Whitacre and
family. Upon her return from Chi
cago Mrs. Young will go to. Phoenix
AriE., where she will spend the win
tfr with her son, E. A. Young, and
fife. ,ls.,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
CALLS WILSON
THIEF; IS PUT
UNDER BONDS
Henry Taylor INDUCES in Unpatriotic
Talk at Maxon Barber Shop on
Seneca Street and is Taken
to Fort Dodge.
) COMPLAINT MADE TO THE POLICE
Police OF City VIII Take Strict Meas.
ures From Now on Against all
Enemies.

Henry Taylor, who says he lives in
Minnesota. but who is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Webster City
has been placed under bonds in the
sum of $500 under the espionage act
It is charged that Saturday at the
Maxon barber shop on Seneca street
he was guilty of unpatriotic talk
Complaint was made and Chief ot
Police Thompson took the man in
charpn
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
PHYSICIANS OF THE CITY
ENTERTAIN THE DENTISTS
DR.. F. J. Drake Gives Address on
Army Life.

The physicians of the city enter
tanned the dentists at six o'clock
dinner last evening at the Elks club.
Following the dinner, Lieut.. F. j..
Drake, stationed at Fort Riley, gave
a very interesting talk on army life
at the cantonments.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

Earl Nelson has. accepted position
as a mechanic in the Hanson & Tyler
garage. The Nelson family are now
making Webster City their home and
their household goods vii be shipped
here from their former home in Ger
mania in about week. They have
rented residence on west Bank
street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
.Lpdy, To Enlist.

H. l.. Ludeman of Milford, who was
in Webster City last week for short
stay, expects soon to enlist in the U.
S. marines. "Ludy" will be well re-
membered as former popular all
around base ball player
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
j. G, Sullivan Serious,

The condition of J. G. Sullivan, who
has been i'll at his home for some
weeks, is considered quite serious.
His ailment is heart trouble.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
The Weather.

Rain or snow tonight. Warmer east
and central portion. Tuesday unset
tied Probably rain or snow east por-
ton Warmer extreme east portion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

ct testament"
The "Y" this soldier says, is an in
stitution without which the soldier
boys would have to spend many lone
ly hours.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Appendicitis OperatiOn.

Mrs. +. G. Jarmin of harrisburg sub
mitted to an operation for appendicitis
at Mercy hospital today. Late reports
this afternoon indicate she is doing
nicely.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

A. r. Gardiner of Humboldt, man
ager OF the Lane-Moore lumber yard
in that place, is in town on business
today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

No. Is, the northbound passenger
due here on the Northwestern at 7:1O
a. M, will hereafter arrive at 7:05,
the time it used to get here.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

The Ladies Aid Society OF Cass Gem
ter will hold a bazaar and supper
the Cass Center church December
1917
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

The War Mothers will meet Friday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. F. w.
Entriken to do Red Cross sewing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
Diphtheria.

Mrs. j. w. Dill has severe case Of
diphtheria and the home in the west
part of the city is quarantined.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26

The Choral Society will meet to-
morrow evening with Miss Rosalind
Cook. The sopranos and altos will
meet at 7:4o and the entire chorus at
s.,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-11-26
SOCIETY AFFAIRS

**********:** ** *********. -. :
The Tuesday Bridge club will be
guests of Mrs. Robert Beck Tuesday
at a / O'Clock luncheon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
ShipbuiIdlnq Delay.

As Senator Weeks has said, what
the people are beginning to want Is
results, and what business wants Is
assurance that progress is being made.
Our best hope is yet far In the future.
Senator Underwood named II when
he announced that one steel company
had guaranteed to turn out the first
steel ship In six months and there
after one day. II the shipping board
had been awake II would have started
that work six months ago. and the
yard would have been turning out a
ship day now. But the yard itself
Is not yet in existence II, as is sup
posed. the 60 acres bought by the
American Bridge company mt New1k
has been bought to form its site. The
boards delay Is becoming national
danger. Chairman Denman Is report
ed as saying that ship construction is
vital to American success In the war,
and that billion dollars Is a cheap
price to pay If it turns the balance be-
tween victory and defeat. Very good.
but surely victory is delayed by the
delay of that which Is vital to victory.
II the president could rush the work
we might he almost persuaded to bow
TO him as an autocrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
GOT HIS FRYING PAN BACK,
Nevada Gold Miner In New York Loses
UtensiI, Valued Not for Itself
but for its Contents.

Not many persons who come to the
Waldorf-Astoria travel with n frying
pan as an important part OF their bag
gage, and when guest from Nevada
telephoned down to the office that his
frying pan was missing, and that he
was anxious to catch train for his
home inside OF half an hour. there was
CONSERVATION among the clerks. says
the New York Times. Investigation
showed, however, that the man from
the quick divorce state had not been
trying to lower the cost of living by
turning his room into kitchenette
during his visit. He Is part owner of
gold mine out in Nevada. and when
he came east he brought the'pan along
to show his old friends here what pan.
ming gold was like. He had been dem.
onstrating this during the morning be.
fore an interested group. using the
washstand as a sluice, when, receiving
sudden call. he put the pan with
some gold in II in the handiest spot,
and hurried downstairs. When he
came back later to pack his grips, the
pan was missing. Investigation re-
vealed that the maid who attended
the room had found the frying pan,
and Its presence was such an unusual
thing that she had turned II over to
the housekeeper for safekeeping. With
Its contents intact, II was restored to
It's owned in time for him to catch his
train.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
FIGHT FOR MARKETS
Competition viii Be Keen After
the War.
Now 10 the Time to Make Ready fov
the Struggle for Commercial Su-
premaey In Which We Shall
Be Involved.

Large American corporations with
sufficient financial power to extend
their scope to foreign markets should
not wait for the termination OF the
war or the final establishment OF
economic alliances. The economic al
lance adopted ut Paris should be
recognized for what II Is, namely. a
temporary device designed mainly for
political effect upon the enemy.
When the war ends, American In
dustries must stand on their own feet.
No economic alliance will protect them
In foreign markets or in their own
markets. There will be the sharpest
kind of competition, and as Germany
has been the chief competitor of this
country In the past, especially In cleo
trical and chemical appliances, prepa-
ration should be made now for meeting
the concerted attacks OF Germany
when the blockade Of her ports Is at
an end.
Small concerns, especially In the alb
sence of the export cooperation law
which has been promised for so long
time, cannot expect to establish the
position of the United States In for
eign markets. The major work must
be done by the larger corporations
whose resources and general organiza-
ton enable them to compete with large
aggregations of capital In foreign mar
kets. The fight for commercial SUI
premacy will not only be waged in Eu-
rope, but In the Orient and South
America, as well as In our own field.
Germany is preparing for 1t now. Eng
land is likewise preparing for 1t. The
United States should prepare as well,
and whatever is done In this direction
will be as useful In war as II Is sure
to be In the commercial struggle later
on.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
When the Statue Nodded.

Before he attained TO the front rank
in his profession, Fred Kitchen, the ia
nous comedian, used to tour Europe in
an acrobatic turn with partner named
Royal.
One week they were at the Edo
RADIO theater. Naples, and after the
performance they went for stroll
along the famous embankment, known
as the Waterfront. E
"Pretty soon" said Fred, in tell
ing the story, 1--WE reached statue,
and 10 II nodded grnvely toward u.s."
"'Did you see that statue nod?' said
my partner.
"T certainly did said I. -
"'Well,' said he, I'm going back to
the hotel and to bed before I get
run in. It's that COMPOUNDED Capri
wine
$50 ashamed of ourselves. back we
went, and sneaked up to bed.
But at breakfast time next morn
Ing both of us seemed to be amazing
ly fresh considering our dissipation of
the night before, ard we could not I'M
derstand why we had such good ap-
petites until the waiter said:
"'Did the gentlemen feel last nights
slight earthquakeT"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
somethina Possibly Overlooked.

According to dispatch, Secretary
Of War Baker has chosen as his third
confidential adviser Mr.. Felix Frank
furter, law lecturer at Harvard. The
other two are Frederick Paul Keppel,
dean of Columbia university and doc
tor OF literature, and Walter Lippman.
one of the editors Of the New Repub-
lie. There is something about these
names, that suggests confidential con-
fabs over Dutch lunch" and the
gentlemen will undoubtedly have pleas
ant, intellectual communion. But
oughn't there to be man IN the bunch
who knows something about war?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-30
VenaI Justice.

Former President Taft, during q
visit TO Texas, said at dinner In
Galveston:
''There is n story which illustrates
the importance of keeping our judges
out of business or trade.
Its a story about magistrate who
was also -four and feed dealer. A
farmer was brought before the man for
failing to notify of case of cattle
disease. The magistrate delivered
judgment as follows:
"'You are fined So for this offense,
with $3.50 costs, making $3.50. and 50
you owe me for your last bill Of feed,
or SI~.50 In all-$16.50, or thirty
days."