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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

es, under clothing, etc, FOR Junior
sewing. Teachers may secure the
work by calling at the Red Cross
workrooms in this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

The Congregational ladies aid
society will meet Tuesday afternoon
at 2:SO with Mrs. II. ]. Buell., 72S
Elm street. Come prepared to sew.
A 25 cent tea will be served by the
March committee.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
ID. wv. s. Club aCarry On..

I, u. w. S. stands for United War Sis
tiers and the club meets once each
week for Red Cross sewing. The fol-
lowing finished work has been turned
in to Red Cross headquarters
pajama suits.
16 abdominal bandages.
20 towels.
10 bed shirts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
ADD 40 ACRES
TO CEMETERY
City Buys Annie j. Parker Forty, AID.
Joining Present Cemetery on
theWest, Paying $500 Per
Acre.
POSSESSION IN MARCH 1919
Estimated it Will Furnish Adequate
Addition for Twenty Years
or So.

At a special meeting OF the city
council Saturday evening, the Annie
J. Parker forty acre tract of land west
of Graceland cemetery was purchased.
The price was $500 an acre-a total
of $4,000. 1t is estimated that this
addition will furnish the city adequate
cemetery facilities for the next twenty
years or so.
The city agrees to pay Miss Parker,
who lives in New Orleans, $1,000
when the contract is signed and $4,000
more in March, 1919, at which time
possession is to be given. Graceland
cemetery at present contains about
rs acres and with the new addition
will comprise 65 acres.
The city is planning number Of
improvements when it takes posses
sion of the Parker forty. The road
north of the present cemetery will be
extended west to the north and south
road which runs past the Parker ad-
AllllUI. HIS WILL llldhe d lllOle Gull.
venient entrance for persons residing
southwest Of the city.
The new addition is fine piece Of
land and will add much to the appear
ance of Graceland cemetery, beside
furnishing plenty Of additional room,
which will be badly needed soon. Miss
Parker was present with the council
Saturday evening, but was obliged to
cave to catch train before the final
papers could be made out. They will
be sent to her for her signature.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

FOR SALE-extra good purebred
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs. 81
per setting of IS. L. N. Mason.
Phone 21F31O. 23d-f-j-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Can You Beat This Story!

Inspiring instances of loyalty to the
United States by citizens born in Ger
many, or of German parentage, are
coming to light in Red Cross work
every day.
In an Iowa town, during the mem
bership drive for the Red Cross, q
Germantown citizen whose income
was SOS a month, on which he sup
ported himself, his wife and six chill
dren, enrolled his entire family IS
members at one dollar each!
The sacrifice this involved was re-
vealed in an impressive way The
man told the Red Cross chairman that
he had laid aside Sc to spend at Christ
mas for his children, but all of them
had agreed to use the money to pay
for membership dues in the Red Cross.
A neighbor child was telling this
mans eldest DAUGHTER of the wonder
full things she IS to get at Christ
mas. The chil6 of the German-born
citizen listened calmly and then re-
joined:
"But we are going to get 100 per
cent. And we can keep it always, and
that is our Christmas gift
The one hundred per cent was the
sign they hung in their window that
told the world every member of the
family was a member of the Red
Cross. The children, to the smallest
tot, understood the meaning OF mem
bership and cheerfully gave up the
customary Christmas toys and cand-
les.
When the news of the patriotic sell
sacrifice spread through the town
many American-born citizens who had
not enrolled their entire families il
the Red Cross were stimulated to suci
action, and the campaign was great!
strengthened by this one example.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Obituary..

Mary G.. Mead was born August "a,
1851, at Ticonderoga, New York.
When she was sixteen years old she
came with her fathers family to Ham
ilton county, Iowa. Her childhood and
youth passed without particular in.
cident In 1871 she was married to
David James Hook. To this marriage
there was born one son, Theodore
Frank Hook, Of Calgary, Canada.
There is also an adopted daughter,
Mrs George z. Kent, who resides near
5tanhope, Iowa. $1,000 :
Mrs. Hook spent her entire married
life in Hamilton county, having resi1-
ed here for more than fifty years.
She had not been rugged for some
time. During the mild weather last
autumn she was able to get out con-
siderable. but when winter set in s.
vas confined to the house continually.
She suffered two or three sick spells
and recovered. Her last acute illness
was for only about four days and she
passed away March 25, 1918, aged 67
years.
Early in her married life she united
with the Methodist Episcopal church
and continued a faithful and consistent
member of tie same to her death. She
spoke of her departure without trepl-
hation and expressed desire to de
mart and be with Christ" and those
who had gone before. She had good
" circle OF acquaintance and friends
who knew her to hold her in highest
esteem. BLESSED are the dead that
die in the Lord from henceforth; yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors and their works 40
follow them"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
.W.S.S.-

Fine, thrifty, state inspected straw
berry plants of both everbearing and
spring varieties. Gossard Straw
berry Co., S42 Water street. Phone
o31o 3-29d-f-jtf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

Miss Gladys Winchell is employed III
the Frank B. Smith drug store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
A Language All Understand.

Language All ONucAsiHus
Italian soldiers have found that the
American Red Cross worker speaks
language they can understand perfect
ly, namely the language Of sympathy
and help.
A Red Cross nurse reports unusual
scenes in an Italian military hospital
in Rome. She distributed to each OF
700 wounded soldiers pair OF WOODEN
socks, cigarettes, chocolate and heavy
underwear. What need of an inter-
prefer there!
Nearly every soldier, even the most
severely wounded, insisted upon shak-
ing hands with her. They called down
blessings upon her and sent greetings
to America.
When she left, every Soldier able to
do so walked to the window and waved
farewell.
At another point along the Italian
line, $4,000 soldiers were made happy
by gifts from the American Red Cross.
And not long afterward they attacked
the Austrians with vigor that their
commanders attributed largely to the
revival of their spirits through Red
Cross ministrations.
Thus the money given to the Red
Cross is helping to win the war as
well as relieving immediate distress.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
.-W.S.S
The Birth Record.

Birth records filed the past week
with County Clerk Swiney follow:
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Thompson, Ellis
worth, a girl, March 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emit T. Schweppe,
Webster City, boy, March II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Jones, Web
ster City, boy, March %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Kennedy, Lib
erty township,a girl, March 25.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Harmon,
Lyon township, a girl. March %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Edwin McGona-
gle, Ellsworth, boy, March q.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Nelson,
Lincoln, a girl, March is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Nicoli Waugh,
Randall, a girl, March 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Sven E. Swenson,
Jewell, a girl, March 16.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
-W,S.S

Chapter E. L., p. E. O., will meet
with Mrs. d. M. Kelly tomorrow even
ing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

FOR SALE-Pure Buff Rock eggs for
Matching. A. NJ. Crosby.
3-2Sd6jlf1"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

Which, translated, means:
Gentlemen from America
Our dear Allies.
We had very much pleasure from
your moving picture. We won't forget
your affectionate thought you had fof
us little children.
The thankful pupils Of the school Oh
B.
Z February.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

-W.S.S.-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
M0GULS LACKING IN
ENTHUSIASM IN WAR
Captain Huston Raps Owners oil
Major League Clubs.
Baseball Paying Too Much Attention.
to Dollars and Cents-it Was
Boss of Yankees Who Suggest
ed Drilling Of Players.

Capt. 7. L. Illusions scathing ar
raignment OF big league baseball men
for what he calls lack of interest to
the proper extent in the war may be
traced, to a large extent. to the state
ment given out by Captain Huston,
almost year ago.
At that time Captain Huston was in
training camp near Detroit, Mich, he
hammered the interview out on q small
typewriter while he sat on camp
stool in a tent.
1t was the part owner of the Yam
KEGS who suggested the idea of drill
ing American league ball players.
which was gobbled up by Ban John
son, president of the league, so quick
ly that Ban was given the publicity
that went with it. The fact that Cap
tain Huston was the originator was
lost sight of in the praise for Johnson.
Seeing into the future, and Outlfn-
Ing forthcoming difficulties for base
ball, Captain Huston suggested In this
statement that drilling be prolonged
in the American league by having the
accomplished men in the clubs drill
companies of fans who would act as
a sort of home guard in case of need.
In this manner, Captain Huston point
ed out, there would be some good from
the drills so periodically paraded be-
fore the fans last summer
Instead of taking up Captain Hus-
tons suggestion johnson and his col
leagues ignored it to such an extent
that it has now been dropped from
the league. There will be no drilling
at all this summer in the American
league. Captain Illusions missionary
work in the American league has gone
for naught, which may account for
some of the bitterness his letter from
the land of fire and birthstone carries.
Captain Huston points out a grave
and forceful fact: That baseball is
paying too much attention to the dol
lars and cents of business, rather than
to the business of exerting everything
in the interest of the war. The Amer
lean public is patiently standing for 1t,
but whether it will continue to do SO
is qustiOOn. The action of the mag
mates in raising admission fees above
the cost of the war tax will not serve
to make the public more patient.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SPORTS
President Pilkinoton of Amateur Oars.
men Talks of Athletics After
End of War.

jim Pilkington, president Of the Ma.
tiOnal Association of Amateur Oars
men, sees a brilliant prospect for all
athletic sports when peace is declared.
Pilldngton, whose active association
with the governing body in rowing
goes back to 1S76-wlthin q decade Of
the end Of the Civil war-believes that
conditions following the great war will
be much the same as those which were
experienced here In the reconstruction
period.
The Civil war. or rather the ending
OF it, gave sport its impetus in this
country" said Jim.
Because Uncle Sam is practically
making athletics compulsory in the
land and naval forces. hundreds and
thousands of young men who never
before engaged in sport have become
active and enthusiastic athletes. 1t Is
easy TO see what the result will be
when the war ends"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11

tonseed hullS, and alfalfa hay IS a
good ration for fattening calves.
Silage is the best roughage for fat
tening any class of cattle.
More care is necessary In feeding
calves than In feeding grown cattle.
At the present prices corn siage Is
a cheaper and better feed for fatten-
ing beef cattle than cottOnseed hu!ls.
Huls and cottonseed meal make an
excellent feed for a short feeding Pc
riod, but do not produce good gains on
cattle after the third month.
1t is not entirely satisfactory to use
corn stOver as the sole roughage.
When Johnson-srass hay costs $40
and bulls 81 per ton 1t is more profit
able to feed the huls alone.
Summer feeding on pasture is usu-
ally more profitable than winter feed
ing.
Finishing cattle early In the sum
mer is usually more profitable than fin
fishing them later In the season.
Fattening steers on grass and cot
tonseed cake is nearly always more
profitable than grazing them without
feed
Thin steers when put on pasture
make larger and cheaper daily gains
than fleshy ones.
Pound for pound cold pressed cot
tonseed cake is not equal to the COM
mon cottonseed cake.
The use Of a small amount Of corn
in addition to cottonseed cake has
proven profitable for feeding steers
on grasS.-FrOm Farmers Bulletin No.
$50.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
USE Of TRACTORS
IN SAVING LABOR
Greater Acreage Made Possible
by Improved Machines.
INCREASE CORN PRODUCTION
Larger plows, Harrows and Other I'm.
plements, Make 1t Possible to Ae-
eompIish More Work Per
Man on Farm.

prepared by the United States Depart
nlent of AgricultureD
The more extensive use of labor saw
Ing Implements will make it easier in
1918 to approximate the record-break-
ting acreage Of 1917, especially when
employed in sections where corn Is
now grown probably but on a more
limited scale than is desirable because
present methods require a large
amount Of man labor. The more gen
eral use of recently developed and i'm
proved tractors that are adapted TO
the uses of the small farm as well az
the large farm would tend to increase
the acreage and TO effect a saving IN
labor The use Of larger plOws har-
rows, and Other implements used in
fitting the land would make 1t possible
20 accomplish more work per man.
Similarly the substitution of two-rOw
planters and twO-row and double cnl-
tiyators in place of smaller and less
efficient implements would make 1t
possible to do the same amount OF
work with less expenditure of labor.
Replant Missing Hills.
In some corngrowng sections It Is
the practice to replant missing hills
as soon as the corn is up to stand
Frequently this Is done by dropping
kernels by hand and covering with
hoe A labor-savlng and quicker meth
Od would be the use of small hand
planters. These could be used to adj
vantage for the first planting also in
sections where comparatively small
areas are planted and where 1t is at
present the custom to drop the corn
hy hand and cover with the hoe.
II is the practice In some localities
10 plant a much larger number Of kerr
nels than the number o. stalks de-
sired and to thin to the desired stand
when the corn plants are about 6 TO 8
inches tall This method may be sat
;,.actory where plenty OF labor is
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when sn l'
gets up in the morning TO start tAe %! -
work. "Oh! how my back aches. JUL
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules taken "
day eases the backache Of tomorrow,
taken every day ends the backache 10.
all time. Don't delay. What's tae o gi y
of suffering? BegIn taking COLI u
MEDAL Harlem OH Capsules TO-DAY az.
be relieved tom orrov5. Take three or io..
every day and be permanently. tree tree, !.y y.
wrenching, distres sing back pam; bu' SO -
sure to get GOLD MEDAL since ~ ~
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil has oeen mn. .na
National Remedy of Holland, the GoSe,as
ment of the Netherlands having sLanSs.
a special charter authorizing us PIX
ration and sale. The housewife OF ~
land would almost as soon be WIZ! ..p.si
bread as she would without her i'm Ss1
Dutch Drops" as she quantity calls ~, ~" I,
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules I' ,bs
the one reason why you Will Iho .,,t ~
women and children Of Holland 30 Stun
and robust -t,,nal
GOLD MEDAL are the pure. oF! ia
Harlem OH Capsules imported uoL
from the laboratories n HaaIIstinr,, riAI
land. But be sure to get GOLD ~ sod
Look for the name on every Don. yss-
by reliable druggists in sealed pa 10.
three sizes. Money refunded II uEdrD ID
not help you. Accept only the 15T.
MEDAL. All others are iIhita''''S
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
RASPBERRY FOR SPECIAL USE
Varieties Come From Different Parts
Of America and Europe-Adapted
to Different Uses.

From the United States Department Of
Agricultural
The varieties of raSpherr1es under
cultivation have come from different
parts Of North America and Furope
and are adapted to different conditions
or environment and to different uses
Thus the Sunbeam and Ohta originat-
ed in South Dakota and generally with
stand tn, trying conditions of the cold
winters there. The Superlative. which
originated I'm Europe. where the win
tcrS are milder than In most raSpher-
ry-grnwing sections of this country. ia
grown opjy ~ the Pacific coast
states Tie King is desirable variety
throughout the region between the
mississippi river and the Appalachian
mountains. where raSpberries succeed.
IN New York and New England. how.
ever. II has proved. for the most part.
lntST''r 10 many other varieties.
IN selecting the varieties of rasp
FERRIES TO cultivate in any locality
Is usually Important 10 consider q
The hardness Of the canes. (2) the pro,
dUctiyeness Of the variety. and (s)
us fitness for the particular purpose
TOR which the crop Is 70 be used. In
The oharacterlzatious here given spe-
cs' attention has been paid to these
points
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
STARS ARE OVER DRAFT AGE
Bill kilifer, Frank Baker
and Zimmerman.

While daily reports announce the
fact that some major league star has
been chosen In the selective draft,
there are great many classy players
In the majors who are far above the
age for selective service
The following players in the major
leagues are above the draft age limit :
Jimmy Austin, Frank Baker, Jack
Collins. Gravy Cravath, Jake Dau-
bert, Larry Doyle. Arthur Fletcher.
Charley Herzog. Heinie Zimmerman,
Larry Gardner. George Gibson, Ivan
Howard. Bill Kilifer, John Lobert,
Sherwood Magee. Fred Luderus.
George Mcbride, Eddie Plank. Jack
Murray, pode Paskert, Frank Schultz.
Bert Shotten, Oscar Stanage, Terry
Turner. Jir'uy Walsh, Leon Ames.
Larry Cheney. Eddie Cicotte. Jack
Coombs. james Levander and Harry
Sallee.
Eddie Plank is the Nestor Of the
veteran squad of exempts, the family
Good Book accrediting him with forty
two summers. George Gibson probably
is the only one with son in the army.
Gibson evidently got an early start in
the matrimonial game, as he now is
only going on thirty eight the same
age as Dode Paskert. Gravy Cra-
vath and Frank Schultz are in their
thirty-slxth years, II the records are
true
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
Two. Row cuItlvator is a Labor Saver.

Two. Row CuItivator is a Labor Saver.
available, hut where It is desirable 10
economic labor it would be advisable
o plant tested seed Mt about the same
rate rs the stand desired and do no
thinning.
A more general use of efficient har-
vesting machinery would permit Il
more economical use Of labor. A corn
binder with an attachment for elevat-
ing the bundles Of corn into wagon
should be used much more extensively
than it is for harvesting enSiage corn.
There is also on the market a machine
that converts the corn into ensilage
in the field, eleyating It into a wagon,
from which It is sucked or lifted into
the Silo. The use Of either of these
machine, especially the latter. would
do away with the necessity of much
laboriouS work.
Harvest by Machinery.
A large percentage OF the cutting
and shocking of corn is done by hand
labor. in some sections, because OF
unfayorahle topography or other rea-
sons. II is not practicable to use ma
chine cutters. However, the greater
part of the corn that is now cut by
hand labor could he harvested by ma
chinery, eConomizing labor and doing
the work In less laborious manner.
Much Of the corn that is now huSked
from the shocks could he handled more
economically and with saving in feed
value OF slower by substituting ma
chine huSEers and shredders for hand
labor. The use of corn pickers would
accomplish similar results In the case
Of corn huSked from the standing
stalks, Unloading and clevatine ma
chiuery mt the crib should be intro
duced and more generally used In
mauy sections where il is now I'M
known or not commonly used Where
such facilities are mott available crihs
should he constructed a such man
nor that they can be Sled aud emptied
with the least possible labor For
leyr ground. double cribs with an Gle
waited driveway and approaches that
wiil enable the loads 70 be driven
through The cribs and dumped or
srooped our OF the wagons without any
nigh pitching are very satisfactory.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease s .5'..s1s !,
enced by constitutional co.ttto-.tsl rest.
nnenfl0F Halls IT'S cATARRH M12 ~ -
is taken Internally and acts ta ~ re- sy..
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces a., o. CINE
tenn. HALLS CATARRH - as seass.
destroys the foundation o. ~, in BROWNS
the general 1g heaith and assists 1 -sss :,
doing its work 500 % fer -, .TkRRH
MEDICINE falls to clre .-.a
Druxrists 75c. TEST 4nlo'liais .,t-5a
r + Cheney 4 ca. To.edo' ms
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
POWDER IN SHOES
AS WELL AS Guns
Foot= Ease to Be Added to EQUIP
ment of Hospital Corpg
at Fort Wayne.

Under the above heading the Detroit
Free Press, among other things SAYS.
'"The theory is that soldiers whose feet
are in good condition can walk further
and faster than soldiers who have corns
and bunions inoased in rawhide"
The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises
men in training to shake Foot-Ease in
their shoes each morning.
One war relief committee reports, of all
the things sent out in their Comfort Bags
or Kits" Aliens Foot--Ease received
the most praise from the soldiers and
men of the navy. 1t is used by American,
French and British troops, because it
takes the Friction from the Shoe and
freshens the feet. There is nofoot com.
forter equal to Aliens Foot-Ease, the
antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken
into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot
bath, the standard remedy for over 25
years for hot, tired, aching, perspiring,
smarting, swollen. tender feet, corns,
bunions, blisters or callouses.
Why not order a dozen or more 25c.
boxes to-day from your Druggist or
Dept. store to mail to your friends IN
training camps and in the army and navy,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
TIMELY POINTS FOR
SOUTHERN ST0CKMEN
Pasture Grass Planted on Waste
Land Is Profitable.
purebred Bulls Should Be Used for
Grading Up Native Stock-FiniBh-
Ing Cattle in Early Summer Is
Recommended.
prepared by United States Department
of Agriculture)

prepared by United States Department
of Agricultural
Good pastures are essential for prof
liable beef production. Plant pasture
grasses over the waste lands.
Use purebred beef bulls for grading
up the native stock.
Always select the best heifers FOR
breeding purposes.
Eradicate the ticks on the farm.
Use the coarse folders. straws, and
the stalk fields for winteriug the breed
ing herd.
Wean the calves when the pastures
get short. Put them in the cOrndelds
and pea fields while weaving and teach
them to eat cottonseed cake or cotton
seed meal.
Raise and finish beef cattle on the
same farm when possible.
mixture of cottonseed meal. cot
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-11
Mattx prepare. to Pitch.

Christopher Mathewson has aroused
Cincinnati fans by warming up in prac-
tlce at the Reds training camp down
South. Big Six says that he doesn't
intend to pitch regularly this year, but
that In cases of emergency he wants
to be In shape to enter the box.