Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-25
THE GERMANS, AFTER CROSSING
RIVER S0MME, ARE DRIVEN.
BACK ALL ALONG THE Line
Battle Continues Along Whole Front Germans
Reach British Trenches AT But One Point And
Are Thrown 0ut---The Hun Losses Are Heavy
Williams Items.

| mere were QuilG uullUcI VI
visitors to the county seat Wednes-
day, among them the Misses Matilda
Carr, Nellie Miller, May Mason and
Francis Maury and Mesdames Lester
futile, Chas Robertson and VIM.
and H. A. Rick.
John Ricke is confined to his bed
| by a serious illness. This is parti-
cularly sad, as Mrs. Ricke has been
! i'll ever since the death Of their
| baby over month ago, and is still
| unable to be up.
DR.. Frances Carey was in town
a few days ago, being back from Ft.
Riley on a furlough. The doctor was
looking well and expecting to see
service in France in the near future.
There was large group out Thurs
day afternoon at the Red Cross work
shop. A great deal more work could
be done if there were only more
equipment, especially sewing ma
chimes. The Talcott Hardware Co.
donated a new machine as long as it
was needed and several other used
machines have been brought in also,
but more could be used. The money
secured from the sale of the farm
produce at the fair last fall was
turned in to the local chapter. II
amounted to over $40.
Lula Walker got a badly sprained
finger in the basket ball game at
school Thursday.
Another serious injury occurred at
school recently wnen little Edith
Fisher fell from the teeter board
and broke both bones in her left
forearm. She is getting along nice
ly, however.
Carl Wulkau is in receipt of let
ter from his father who is spending
the winter in Live Oaks, Fla, to the
effect that he is dangerously i'll.
1t looks as though Williams were
going to have some fine gardens this
year. A number of people have
started early stuff in improvised
cold frames. There ought not to be
a vacant lot in the town this summer.
If there is any that people do not
care to use or rent they ought to turn
it over to team of some of our am
bilious boys and let them copy the
plan Of the Boy Scouts of Webster
City and have a garden all their own.
While we are on the subject OF gar
dens, it might be well to give, public
ity to the fact that the Illinois Cen
trail r. r. has offered portions of
their right of way for cultivation and
any one interested can get further
information by applying to w r.
Foster, agent for the |. c. here. The
county seat is to have city wide
garden contest and we offer an
amendment that that suggestion bel
extended to take in the whole coun-
ty. A county wide garden contest,
with board made up of some one
from each community, would be pro-
ductive of great good for we would
learn by hearing what others were
doing. The writer would like to see
the Freeman-Journal, which is real
ly the county organ, start garden
corner, where advice could be asked
for and received. Let's go into this
garden business with determination
to make it really worth something.
Mrs. Clifford Walker went to Fl.
Dodge Thursday for couple of days
visit at the home of Mrs. Arthur
Walker, who has been in poor health
for the last few weeks.
Mrs. j. Whalen was Blairsburg
visitor Thursday
An engagement Of interest to our
readers has recently been announced;
it is that of Miss Mono Worries,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b. Worries,
of Liscomb, to Frank Cowles, OF
Mason City. Mr. Cowels is a gradu-
ate of the vocal department of ELS
worth College, Iowa Falls, and is
teaching music in Mason City His
fiancee is also an accomplished mu-
stefan. The wedding will take place
within a few weeks.
Mrs. NJ. L. Carve: went to Fit
Dodge Thursday to take baby Edith
TO a specialist. The child has had a
bad cold and an abscess in an ear that
ruptured few days ago and neces-
STATED care.
Mrs. Matthew Caruth was pas
senger TO Webster City Thursday.
There is a new daughter at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Galy Edven-
son, born Wednesday. Mother and
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