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noon. The musical score specially
written for the production and in
terpreted by splendid special or
chestra will add largely to the
charm of the entertainment.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
tainly "onto his job !"

tulAAy OAASO Liz wv
Ellery Clark, the effeminate son Of
the rival Ivory soap Clarkes, was a
real gem of a dude-''there with the
goods" monacle and all. Wilson
Caruth slipped into this part as easily
as he would don an old coat-his lisp
ing was so easy, and his dislike for
work so prominent that he made an
ideal fop.
Miss Mabel Cowden, who spent
weeks of time in drilling these young
people, certainly received good re-
turns on the investment, for the play
was great success.
Between acts, the high school or
chestra dispensed delightful music
with Miss Rosalind Cook directing and
also playing first violin. The high
school is very proud of it's orchestra.
This is the first event held in the ar
mory for long time and good deal
OF work was necessary in regard to
stage arrangements and lighting. It is
pleasure to know that Edgar Atkin-
son had charge of the staging, and the
arrangements were especially good.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

( 3 ! 4l
ganization. Over, 1000 persons sal
down to the Banquet Of the Allies
as it was called.
The speakers at every session were
notable men. Among those attract.
ing the most comment were the
French Ambassador Jusserand, Dr.
Lymon Abbott, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, Rabi H. S. Wise of New York
City, Ex-Ambassador Strauss, United
States minister to Turkey for many
years, and Sir George Adams Smith,
of the British legation, who took the
place of the British ambassador upon
the program, Ambassador Reading
being i'll.
Former President Makes Statement.
This organization has it's beginning
in the purpose of the league to secure
and enforce a permanent peace. The
keynote of the convention was sound
ed by Expresident Taft at its opening
and reiterated by each succeeding
speaker-"We will fight to win this
war, in order that we may secure a
permanent peace"
Following the meeting, pleasant
day was spent by the Iowa part in
sightseeing while on a trip through
the Valley Forge country.
The Webster City ladies returned
home Friday evening after nearly a
fortnight in the east.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
PICNIC DINNER IN
CHURCH BASEMENT
Officers and Teachers Of Methodist
Sunday School Hold Business
Meeting.

The officers and teachers Of the
Methodist Sunday school gathered in
the basement of the church Friday
evening for a picnic dinner at $3.50
Places were laid for between twenty
five and thirty and delicious repast
enjoyed.
Following a social period, business
meeting was called for the election of
officers to fill vacancies in the Sunday
school corps. Lester Staley, the form
or secretary, has entered military serv-
ice, and Richey Mccullough was elect
cd to take his place. The death of
Leslie Calkins left vacancy in the
assistant secretaryship. Arthur Wahl
will take that place. = Miss Mildred
Stevens, who leaves III a week or ten
days for Iowa City to take a course in
nurses training, has occupied the posi-
ton of assistant librarian, and will be
succeeded by Miss Alice Crawford.
Miss Ada Bell was appointed superin-
tendent of the primary department,
taking the place of Mrs!W. "A. Bauman,
who removed from the, city. a >
Plans were also talked over for the
yearly observance of children's day in
the Sunday school. ~ "t.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
IOWA MAKES GAIN
IN HOG SUPPLY
Hamilton County has More Young
Pigs Than Ever Before In its
History is Report.

According to reports made by
farmers who watch such matters
closely, Hamilton county has more
young pigs at this time upon her
farms than ever before in her his
tory. This is most encouraging, as
hogs are going to be in great demand
at least another year and prices are
bound to be high.
That the state has Is per cent more
hogs than last spring is the estimate
of the animal husbandry extension
men of Iowa State College. This
estimate is based on reports of the
county agents over the state. Eighty
five counties reported, sixty showing
an increase These figures are en-
couraging in view of the high price
of meat and the scarcity of meat
animals say the extension men.
However, the percentage must be
kept increasing and it is the duty Of
every hog-raiser to bred all the sows
for fall farrow that he can take care
Of
Earlier in the year a considerable
increase was seen in the number Of
sows kept for spring farrow. Later,
uncertainty over the poor corn crop,
the car shortage and the unstable
hog market caused many men to sell
a part of the sows. This Increase
in pigs must be attributed, therefore,
to the fact that a larger percentage
of the total farrow was saved. The
percentage saved was greater by 3
to 20 per cent in nearly all counties
of the state. This was made possible
by better care and by the weeks Of
good weather which favored the
narrowing season.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Lieut. SoderhOlm writes.

In the course of business letter to
tie FreemanJournal, Lieutenant N. L.
Soderholm, formerly Of this city, now
Of the 125th Machine Gun Battalion at
Camp Cody, tells of being transferred
to Camp HolabirdC Colgate at Balti-
more, Maryland, to attend an instruc-
ton school in motors. He says in
part:
You may wonder what the reason is
that l am back in Gods country, or
back in the states" as we would say
in Camp Cody. Well, on May II, I
was ordered to report at Camp Hola-
bird Colgate by the 18th for six weeks
Instruction in motors-that's quite a
piece of luck, don't you think? / left
Sunday and made the trip by way of
FL Paso, New Orleans, Montgomery,
Atlanta and Washington, arriving here
Thursday. 1t was quite an interesting
and enjoyable journey, especially af-
ter having been confined to Camp
Cody's sand and dust storms for eight
months.
Captain Dunn of Eagle Grove, my
company commander, and Lieut..
Hayden Of the company, are also here
for the same instruction for, as you
know, the 125th Machine Gun Battalion
is a motor organization and we must
be expert in the use and repair Of such
motor vehicles as Quad-Nash trucks,
machine gun trucks, automobiles,
motorcycles, etc.
After completing my course here
will, of course, be sent back to the 34th
division, though hope may not have
to join it at Camp Cody; rather at the
point of e:nbarkation, as no one with
a rational mind would care to be sent
back to Deming after being north for
six months.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
DE-
MANDS ON RED CROSS
Campaign Director Of tho Central
Division Sends Dispatch Urging
Contributions.

Chicago, May 25.-Special to the
Freeman-Journal: With the larger
number of our boys taking part in
battle with the French and British
on the western front, together with
the biggest expansion of the army
here at home, extraordinary de-
mands are made upon the Red Cross
which could not be foreseen when
the call for $1OO,0OO,OOO was made.
Will you urge the people to go the
limit in oversubscribing their quota,
to the end that the Red Cross may be
able to meet the situation adequately.
Bernard E. Sunny,
Campaign Director.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
DOWNARD'S JEWELRY
STORE BURGLAR|zED
Thief Enters Place, Secures $249.5O
Worth of Booty and Makes His
Getaway.

FRAY night some thief entered the
jewelry store Of Fred B. Downward on
Second street and secured jewelry and
other articles worth $24950. There
is no clue. The thief, it is believed
gained access to the store through the
front door, having in some manner
secured key. The door was locked
this morning and the back door was
barred from the inside. Mr.. Downward
took an inventory of the missing goods
and found that three bracelets, six
lavallieres, a pink cameo breach and
nine fountain pens were taken. The
matter was reported to the authorities
as soon as the theft was discovered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
MERLE CLARK WRITES
FROM CAMP IN FRANCE
Webster City Young Man Writes In.
tercsting Letter on Army Life
Mt Front,

Jack Zeigler, the barber, is in receipt
of a letter from Private Merle E. Clark
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Clark, who
live on Walnut street. 1t was written
April 26. Merle is member Of Com
pany C, 16Sth Infantry in France--the
famous Rainbow division. He has
been in the front line trenches twice
and has met some of those Germans
meaning he has been lover the top. y
Says his letter in part:
This is rainy evening and all the
fellows are staying in their billets
Some are singing-believe me, it takes
more than the Germans to take the
life out of this bunch.
We have been in the trenches a
couple of times and have met some
of those Germans. think it was
about three to one in our favor who
went to sleep. The rats in the trench
es are as big as cats-some size.
How is the mud in Iowa this spring
If you saw this mud you would think
that the mud in Iowa was mere dust
They have real mud here. The ground
is a sort of yellow in color and sticks
hike glue.
All, or most, of the people wear
wooden shoes. And as for French
girls who are so beautiful, l have not
seen them yet and we have been al
most everywhere in France.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
GIVE TREASURES
TO THE A|RNEN
IRIkElKFSIAi
Harmony Club now has Three and
Half Barrels Of Treasures and
Trinkets Contributed by
Webster City People.
HALF BARREL WANTED YET.
Will be Melted and Proceeds Used
, to Buy Comforts and Equip Hos.
pitfalls for Airman.
HALF BARREL WANTED YET

Webster City has poured out her
treasures to help Americas fighting
men. Not a single patriotic move
ment hero has failed of its purpose.
One of the most interesting cam
paigns yet conducted has been that
of the Harmony club, under the
leadership of Mrs. w. A. Crandall,
which has solicited the treasurers
and trinkets of local citizens.
Want, Four Barrels.
So readily has response been made
that three and half barrels of silver
and gold stands waiting at the Gran
dali store for shipment. All these
pieces of silverware and gold will be
melted down and the proceeds used
to buy comforts and to equip hospi-
tails for the airmen of the American
army. The shipment is waiting, how
ever, to make the three and half
barrels four. Surely this can easily
be DONE
To Wait Few Days.
1t is estimated that the cOntribu-
tons already made weigh in the
neighborhood of 300 pounds. Three
hundred pounds of unused articles,
broken bits of gold, etc., yet all told
it will yield a very considerable
quantity of pure metal. The Urea
sure and Trinket" committee asks
Webster City people to fill that half
barrel. 1t isn't money they want,
just unwanted bits of gold and silver
trinkets, discarded jowelry or table
silver, or triple-plate.
Each article in the barrels must be
listed and this process will take a
day or two longer. During that time,
additional contributions will be re-
ceived. This is one of the easiest
ways Americans have had to help the
wings of the United States.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
To Teach In Williams.

Miss Lila Neel, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs w. A. Neel, who completes her
work in the State Teachers college at
Cedar Falls with the present school
year, has received an appointment as
teacher of domestic science in the
Williams schools next year. Miss Neel
is expected home soon to spend the
summer vacation here.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
STORM DAMAGE
NEAR RADCLIFFE
Well Known Williams Lady Visits
Scene of Disaster Around Rad.
cliffe and Buckeye.

Mrs. w. P. Bo3senberger of Williams
made visit to the storm wrecked dis
trict around Radcliffe and Buckeye a
Gay or two ago and writes the follow
ing very interesting and vivid impress.
sions of her trip for the Freeman
Journal:
A gaudy necktie futtered from q
tree, mattress spilled its husks from
Gaping wound, gilt oval that had
once held picture swayed from the
jagged branch Of tree, a square Ioi
blue and white oil cloth was fast sink
Ing from sight in the loose dirt of the
road, as car after car passed over it
and black cat, looking more like a
victim than symbol of disaster, skunk
out of sight under pile Of debris as
though ashamed of it's mud baked coat
Such was our impression of the
storm wrecked area near Buckeye as
we rode through it today. The whole
district looked as though some
drunken Titan had been rioting there
uprOoting trees, twisting telegraph
and electric wires in vicious tangle
knocking over barns and houses and
scattering their contents to the four
winds, permitting others to stand but
stripping them of windows, curtains
and even doors.
We passed what had once been a
windbreak of noble trees, now so de-
molished as to be worthless. We can
imagine the Demon Wind, pausing a
moment to laugh at the gallant green
barrier interposing itself between him
and the house it sheltered, and then
screaming his contempt as he rushed
against it and sent it sprawling out OF
his way. Fences, orchards, fields, all
of the things that it had taken man
years of patient labor to perfect, were
demolished or swept clean in few
seconds. Dead stock, in little crumpl-
ed heaps, dead pigs whose tense
muscles betrayed that they had died
while fleeing from the awful storm,
dead chickens whose feathers had been
stripped from them as though the mad
indecency of the storm begrudged them
even that poor shroud.
A weller of boards, rags and uten-
sils, heaped in confused piles or
crouching at the base of tipsy trees;
buildings that lay in wild abandon
along the road or half down leered
vacantly at the stream Of passersby.
A mother hog struck down by mortal
blow, the spark of life still Pickering
and the little brood sucking and play
ing around her lay along the road side.
The ruined homes and fields bring
tears and slow ache to ones heart
end then out of all this woe star
shines through for neighbors are gath
ering at the ruined places, kind, tired,
anxious neighbors, with their horses
and wagons and their kind, capable
hands; neighbors who have forgotten
that their own fields are waiting for
them, are busy lifting and clearing and
restoring the wrecked belongings;
stacking the hay to save it, clearing
the yards and orchards and replacing
fences. All of this work is going on
quietly and steadily under the direc-
ton of men who perhaps never have
thought of themselves as heroes and
yet that they are, for they are getting
down under the other fellows burden
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
VS. g.
Cheap Electricity,

The Central Iowa Light and Power
Company, which has contract run
tricity to Lehigh at three cents per
kilowatt hour, has asked the city
council to give it a raise to four
cents. Under the circumstances the
council ought to comply, If it can do
it legally. Three cents is small
price, probably confiscatory. Over at
Williams and other towns Supplied
by the Iowa Falls company at rate
of ten cents the company is asking
for an increase.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

ences be avoided and forgotten, and
that, united as one people with one
purpose and one language, we fight
shoulder to shoulder for the good of
mankind.
In Testimony Whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the State Of
Iowa.
w. L. Harding.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

and lifting it so that the whole weight
does not fall upon him and crush him.
And so if the storm proclaims the
physical superiority of the elements,
lit also serves as background against
which mans moral superiority is in
delibly etched.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
-W.S.S.-

Farmers living southwest of the
city are complaining over the con-
dition of the road south of the Catho-
lie cemetery to the corporate limits
of the city. The road is badly drain
ed and is almost impossible after a
heavy rain.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
.-W.S.S..
New Steps at Court House.

New cement steps have been built
to replace the badly worn stone steps
at the east entrance of the court
house. A much needed improvement.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
MSS

Miss Velva Mertz, who is employed
in the w. Z. Spinharney store in
Grundy Center, is here to assist in the
Spinharney store for two weeks.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

Mrs. w. F. Smith and baby have ar
rived here from Ada, Mimi, to remain.
Mr.. Smith is manager of the Wool
worth store. They will reside at 5s5
Water street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
WIS 6

Ross Doty has returned to his duties
as mail carrier at the postoffice. Patsy
Cunningham was substitute carrier
during his absence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Attend Philadelphia Conference.

At the end of four days, the party
left for Philadelphia, where the con-
ference of the League to Promote a
Permanent Peace was held. Ex-
President William Howard Taft Isl
president Of this great national or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27
|Life'sProblems
Are Discussed
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

Dear Mrs. Woodrow:
will you help me in the heart
breaking predicament in which
| find myself? Do not refuse to do So
for you are the only person to whom
| can turn.
Il am the mother of two little
children. My husband is a prosper
Gus businessman, we'll thought of in
the community, but he is a different
person in the home. l have known
nothing but abuse and ill-treatment
since my marriage. l am not allow
ed cent of money He never speaks
to me that he does not use profane
and disgusting language, and he fire.
quently threatens to kill me. l am
allowed only the most formal ac-
quaintanceship with people, as he is
afraid / might tell how / am treat
ed. and he often goes for weeks with
out speaking a word to me, although
we sit at the same table three times
a day.
"If there were only myself
living. But 1 must think of my little
ones first.
Il am broken down in health and
spirit, and the doctor says he can
not understand what has come over
me since l have been married. l can
not tell him-I am too proud.
MY family does not know any,
thing of this, as I have kept my sor-
rows to myself. 1t would break my
mothers heart. She is such a gentle,
honest soul, and the disgrace would
half kill her.
But what can / do2 How can l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27
How to Conserve
Canning and Packing For Win
ter's Use Explained I'm Detail by
National War Garden Experts
DRYING sTRING REANs

Whether in town or country, we
all need to eat some green vege-
table every day in the year. String
beans are among the most valuable
and palatable ones. 1t saves storage
space and the cost of jars to dry
them.
Select green string beans in prime
condition for table use. Wash care
FULLY and string. Very young and
tender beans may be dried whole.
Moro mature beans may be clipped
at both ends. Also they may be cut
NOT snapped-into small pieces.
They may be slit lengthwise. too. be-
fore cutting across. The free dry
ing manual sent out by the National
War Garden Commission. Washing
ton, gives detailed directions for dry
ing fruits and vegetables A 2-cent
stamp will bring it to you if en-
closed with your request.
Blanch string beans six to ten
minutes, according to size Cold dip,
drain and remove surface moisture
by gently pressing between clean
towels. Spread thinly on trays, first
putting down paper or thin muslin.
Beans may be dried in three hours,
but frequently unless the air is ex-
ceptionally dry longer time is re-
quired. Start at 110 degrees F.. if
applying artificial heat, and raise
gradually to 145 degrees f. The
Commission will glady answer any
questions written on one side of the
paper and sent in a self-addressed
stamped envelope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27
TOO BUSYp

I'm sure 1 don't know what is
happening to my kitchen these days.
exclaimed a woman the other day.
, My grocery bills are appalling. I'm
afraid we are wasting fearfully in
every way. but l haven't time to
consider economies or to watch the
ordering or cooking to see that the
food administration wishes are
carried out. I'm too busy"
Too busy.
This is the universal excuse to-day
of women who are letting their
households run amuck. Never be-
many compelling forces drawing
women outside their homes. So
much Red Cross work to be done!
So many committees on which to
serve! So many hundreds of kinds
of war work calling daily for our
brains and hands. But it is es-
sential that we put off thought on
the various war relief activities and
work out some plan by which we
can apportion our time and strength
to those things most worth our
while.
One of the first questions facing
the woman who is running a home
is; rs food conservation worth
while?"
Before giving the answer let us
ask ourselves rs the saving of hu-
man lives worth while?"
1t it is, then food conservation is
worth while; for the program of the
U. s. Food Administration for saw
ing food in American kitchens is
the only way to save the lives of
millions of people in Europe, who
might otherwise die of starvation.
Is not this reason enough to put
aside everything we are doing at
present, If necessary, rather than to
say, No. I can't follow the program
of the food administration for the
conservation of food, I'm too busy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27

for you than the pose of silent
sufferer.
Your first duty is not to offer
sacrifices to your pride and to save
your mothers feelings. She must
be considerable of weakling If she
cannot see the fact that her daugh-
ter is not happy.
And what is this digrace that
would half kill her? Your marriage
to an unworthy man may have been
an error of judgment on your part,
but it can hardly be called a dis
grace. That you are the victim of
ill-treatment should excite her pity
and sympathy and her desire to
help you, and not throw her into
Mysteries.
Don't think of yourself so senti-
mentally and speak of yourself as
broken in heart and spirit. We can
all of US stand considerably more
than we like to think we can. Re-
gard yourself, instead, as an indi-
vidual with inalienable right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. This is an occasion for all
of the common sense that you
possess.
Insist on having a plain talk
with your husband. Say to him:
II am not going to be drawn into
any Argument, neither is there any
use in going over all my faults and
failings. We will simply face the
facts; anything else is side
issue, not worth discussing. We do
not live together harmoniously. I
refuse to remain longer in the at
mosphere that prevails in our
home, or to bring up our children
in it.
"If you wish to take the matter
into the courts I am perfectly will
ing to have you do SO, and would
really prefer it. In any event, you
will have to provide properly for
the children. | do not care who
knows the circumstances which
have forced me to this step, and |
am now fully and finally deter
mined to do the best l can for my
self and the children
A tyrant is always a coward.
Take this attitude. Mean what
you say, and be determined to
stand by it. And you will probably
have very different home life
from the one which you are now
"enioying"