Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-02-18
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LOCAL BRIEFS

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FOR SALE-pure bred 1O3 oats. W.
o. Mcconnell. I-22d-fjImox
Chas. E. Hoffman is confined to his
home with an attack of pleurisy.
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Mrs. Will A. Bauman, who has been
i'll for several days, is now on the
road to recovery.
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WANTED-girl for general house,
work. Inquire at S54 Second
street. l4d6tlJl
Mrs. Chas. Parish was operated on
for appendicitis at the hospital today
and is doing we'll.
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w. e. Browns condition is i'm
proved today. In fact, he is better
than it was thought he could be so
soon after his serious operation.
WIS.,
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Robson are the
parents of fine seven and half
pound boy, born Saturday morning.
This is the third child in the family
and the second son.
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The Women's Missionary society of
the English Lutheran church will meet
at the home of Mrs. p. Mature, 620
Division street, at 1880 tomorrow even
ing. Mrs. Charles Goehring, leader.
Miss Oritha Osmundson resumed
her duties as saleslady in the
Seymour Eichmann store today. Miss
OsmundsOn has been unable to be at
work for week because of a
sprained ankle.
WIS.,
The Old Timers bowling team Of
this city, composed Of B. a. Wilson,
II.
Chanrer went to Waterloo this morn
ing to roll in the state tournament
w. W. Pearce accompanied them and
may also participate.
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Boone Ncws-Republican: Probably
the largest price ever paid for a farm
of so acres or more in that locality
was the consideration last week when
the John e. Peterson farm in Garden
township passed into the hands Of
Robert ReynOldson. The considera-
ton in this deal was $275 per acre,
or $4,000.
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Harold Bish, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. J. Bish, has enlisted as mechanic
in the aviation section of the United
States army. He has passed the re-
quired examinations and expects to
be called shortly to camp at San
Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. Bish is former member OF
Company and has had great deal
of training in army life.
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Mrs. Geo. S. Barner and baby
daughter, Romano, Jr., are sick in
bed with grippe and complications.
Both mother and baby were taken
i'll Saturday night and from the
symptoms it was first thought they
we're suffering from ptomaine poison
ing. This, however, proved not to be
the case and they are better today,
although they will be confined to
their beds for several days.
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A. C. Hoot's condition is improved
today and he seems much brighter.
Mr.. Hoot has been seriously i'll
since the first of January, suffering
with what was first thought to be
sciatic rheumatism and was later
pronounced severe case of neuritis.
The attending physician decided that
much of the trouble was caused from
the PATIENTS teeth and to eradicate
the disease, Mr.. Hoot submitted to
much dental work last week. This,
it is hoped, will bring relief to his
suffering, which has been intense.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Dawson, who
are spending the winter in California,
were recent visitors at the big eX-
hibit of southern California products
in the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce. They also attended the lee
lures and moving pictures that are
part of the daily program. The ex
hibit is the largest of any in the