Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05

Carmine will take much needed va
cation before resuming work again
Andrew Caruth autoed to Blairs-
burg with DR.. Bossenberger Friday.
Andrew thought he could sell several
of his nobby Bucks to prospective
purchasers, but he had a harder prop
osition in some of them than Doc
had in the mule he went over to
treat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin T. Petit of
Hornick are in town visiting at the
VIM. Gerber home. They leave for
Eldora Monday, where Mr.. Petit has
been elected head of the school. Both
Prof. and Mrs. Petit will attend sum-
mer school at Highland Park this
vacation. Mr.. Petit was principal
of the school here for several years
and they left a score Of friends be-
hind them when they left.
An important business change was
made this week when the Orpheum
was transferred to a newcomer. Or
pheum Wilson, unique Snowman, has
sold out AMI left Wednesday with his
family>for Montana. Orpheum's soul
was cramped in the confines of lit
tie town, even with such a medium
of expression as the dead and gone
"Shillalah" afforded him. Ennui sat
heavily upon the versatile Snowman
and even the joys of cooperative au-
thorship could not hold him to our
town. The Wilson family made many
friends during their stay here and
they will be missed by their circle.
It is to be hoped that the new owner
of the opera house will run shows
that are less sensational and cleaner
than those shown by his cratic
predecessor.
John Sloan, Sr., of Iowa Falls was
in town Sunday visiting at the home
of his son.
Oscar James has traded his Marion
car that he bought from Mr.. Parr to
Mr.. Wilke for new Saxon Six.
S. A. Jones of Big Lake, Mimi, was
in town Saturday greeting his many
old friends and neighbors.
The Misses Mary and Letha Thigh
man spent Sunday in town.
The town folks drove out to the
cemetery Sunday afternoon with
flowers for the graves. 1t was too
rainy for the exercises at the ceme-
terry on decoration day, so part of
them were carried out today.
Leah johnson. who has been teach
ing at Toledo, returned home Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sabin of Arm
strong and Mr.. Sabin's mother drove
over for visit at the home of Mrs.
Sabin's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Rankin. Mrs. Sarah Carnes of Idaho.
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin,
also is visiting them. Mrs. Rankin
seems somewhat improved the last
few days.
Several boys from this vicinity,
among whom was Will Davis, left
Sunday evening for enlistment. Mr..
Davis joins Company G of Webster
City.
The Royal Neighbors had very
meeting here on Satur-
day. There was large attendance
and the Presbyterian ladies' aid So
ciety served the dinner and supper.
They cleared over $50.
Mrs. Ida Laude is planning to
erect a new home on the lot south
of the Matthew Caruth home. The
small house which stands upon the
lot is to be moved to the rear Of the
lot and a modern home erected where
it stands. Franklin & Doyle have the
and will begin work soon.
Mrs. w. P. Bossenberger went to
Iowa Falls Monday morning to hold
the first of the Red Cross classes that
have been organized there. Two
classes of twenty members each are
but only one will be
ready to start work Monday. These
classes are in home nursing and ele-
hygiene, the work that is
required of any who desire to equip
themselves as nurses aids. Assign
ments for base hospital work will be
made upon the basis of twenty-five
aids to each Red Cross nurse.
The Red Cross nurses who went
abroad during the war only served
six months and then their places
were taken by fresh groups.
June 5.
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