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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

in and ride. Among them was a charm
ing gray haired mother who sat in the
front seat with him, but apparently
she did not know the kind-hearted
driver. Nevertheless, she wasn't
averse to talking. Wasn't it a
shame" she remarked to the k. h.
gentleman, that Rube McFerren was
beat for the senate? / don't know
Sparboe, but don't think much Of
him." she ran on. 81 know him. re-
marked the k. h. g., but don't know
a whole lot that is good about him.
II think it was simply awful" went
on the good lady, 1.-The way he paved
Boone street clear out to his own
house and it didn't cost him cent
1T sure didn't" he replied. And just
then one of the good women in the
rear seat, wiser than the lady in front,
spoke up, you may let me out at this
Mr.. Sparboe," said she, that's
where 1 live" And from that time on,
in the front seat Jagged!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
PERSONAL BRIEFS
(From Fridays Daily

MIR. and Mrs. l. w. Hyatt mOtOred
to Marshalltown yesterday to spend
the weekend with their son.
H. N. Beck has returned to his
work in Perry after spending few
days with his family here. A. G.
Beck, brother, of Saskatchewan,
has left for his home after visiting
short time with the Becks here.
MIR. and Mrs. G. E. Johnson, S54
Bank street, left yesterday to spend
week with relatives in Alden.
Mrs. Clarence Black and little
son Harold of harrisburg were callers
7 here yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Shields and daughter
of Williams were shoppers here yes
terday.
Sheriff Nelson was in Jewell to-
day on business.
Miss Dorothy Coats has returned
home to Iowa Falls after a weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Ray Isham
and family, of Cass township.
Miss Janet Jordan of Moulton is
visiting at the home of Miss Joseph
inc Hummel.
Mrs. J. NJ. Richardson went to
Des Moines this morning. Her
daughter, Miss Claire, is spending
the day in Ames.
F. A. Huddlestun is Des Moines
visitor today.
Miss Elsie Heiden, who taught in
Traer the past year, is home to spend
the summer vacation.
Mrs. E. H. Reinheimer and three
children are visiting Mrs. RS mother
at Oelwein for three-~eeks.
Mrs. E. E. richardson and Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Burns returned yester-
day from Omaha where they accom-
panied the doctor on his way to
western camp. Mr.. Burns returned
to his duties at Camp Dodge yester.-
day.
Mrs. Geo. S. Jacks is off to Glen
Ellyn, H., for visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. C. latham and family.
j. w. Mccoy of TaleXico, Calf, |
is here for a two weeks visit at the
home of his only brother, B. Mccoy.
20. A. Cragwick and G. E. Peter
son of Ellsworth are business visitors
in Webster City this afternoon.
Miss Belle Wyckoff went to Fort
Dodge this morning to spend the week
end with friends.
H. M. Sparboe is spending the day
in Des Moines.
Mrs. J. w. Caruth and baby are
spending the day in Fort Dodge.
Mrs. Adolph Timm and little
laughter, Ella May, and Mrs. A. J.
Peterson of Fort Dodge, who have
been visiting with the Fred Buettner
and other families, left this morning
or Mrs. Peterson's home in Fort
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rosa of Los
Angeles, an aunt and uncle of Mrs.
!. F. Cash, are spending week at the
lash home. human Caldwell of De-
.orah is also visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cash.
Rev. C. V. Pence left for Manson
,oday where he will speak this after
1oon at the Christian Endeavor Dis
riot convention now in session there.
Jack Strane Of Iowa City is in
he city for an over Sunday visit at1|
he Mrs. J. B. HUFF home. Mr.. Strane
S graduate of the dental depart
nent of the State University. He
las enlisted in the reserve corps and
S now awaiting his call for service.
A. w. Arnold, field secretary for
he Greater Iowa association, was in
Webster City yesterday calling on
members of the organization and
Meeting some of the business men.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Two Enlist for Mechanics.

Two young men from Stanhope en-
listed under the call for auto mechan-
les. They are Edwin W. Butte and
Carl A. Johnson. Both leave for Ames
tomorrow where they will enter the
college for government schooling in
mechanics.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

Mrs. Henry Ingertson and Ted
Breitenkamp each underwent opera
tons for the removal of tonsils at
Mercy hospital Saturday.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
As Others See Us.

Friend Sparboe is both kind hearted
and chivalrous. And so, when re-
turning home the other day from a
funeral in his Hunka Tin limousine,
he invited a half dozen ladies to get
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

J. L. Rogers of Woodbine is acting
as agent at the Illinois Central
station during the absence of l.. w.
Kuhl, who is spending fifteen days in
the east.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Will CHANGE
: DRAFT STATUS
New Regulations Will Change Status
OF men Married Since the Draft
Law Went Into Effect in
Country.
TO INCREASE MEN IN CLASS l.
Men Married Since May IS, 1917, to
go Into Class 1 ii they are
ChildleSS.

New regulations changing the draf
status OF men married since the draf
law went into effect were issued in
Washington yesterday.
Lieut.. Col ]. S. Easby-Smith re.
presenting Provost Marshal Genera.
Crowder, speaking in Chicago gave
the following outline of the new
regulations:
Men married since May IS,
1917, will be placed in class 2 if
they have children. Those not
having children will be placed in
class 1.
Men who became Il since June
5. 1917, if married since Jan. Is,
1918 (the date the bill requiring
youths attaining y to register
was introduced in Congress),
will be placed in class l. If mar
ried between May IS, 1917, and Jan.
10, 1918, they will be placed in class
2 if childless and in class if they
have children.
Draft Officials Notified.
Lieut. Col. Easby-Smith announced
the new regulations during an ad-
dress delivered before meeting Of
draft officials at the Studebaker
Theater.
Approximately 100000 registrants
have married since the draft, he said.
OF this number 100000 asked for de-
ferred classification and so per cent,
or 100000 were so classified.
The great majority of these men
will be reduced in classification
status as result of the new regula-
lions many being made available for
induction into the military
service.
Other Announcements Made.
Other important announcements
made by Lieut.. Col Easby-Smith fol-
lows:
More than 100000 of the 3,O00,-
900 Americans now under arms came
from the ranks of registered men. OF
the total 100000 were drafted. Only
about 100000 are men outside draft
ages.
Coincident with the revision OF
their deferred draft lists, local
physical qualifications of registrant
boards should re-examine into the
rejected as physically un-
it.
Men held for special or limited
service will have their de-
'ects corrected so as to permit their
entrance into the army. Maryland
las already begun this work, using
private hospitals and volunteer ply
;icians and surgeons.
2,OOO,OOO Available.
Present plans call for using class
men only, of whom there are be-
ieved to be approximately 2,00O,-
100, including last weeks registrants.
Questionnaires to be issued in the
lear future for June 5 registrants
liffer from old questionnaires and
provide that medical students be |
placed with divinity students in class
i.
New regulations prescribing the
standards OF physical examination
we're discussed by Lieut.. Col. Easily
smith, who said they will operate to
aise somewhat the physical stand
I'd bt-1 I'd
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Gothic Journalism.

with Jack Combs nursing a swol-
len wrist Uncle Robbie has only fOul
hurlers and each of these men has
went the route during the two con-
secutive double-headers with the
page.
We have saw some funny grammar
in lot IF the hick papers that come
to our desk, but Mr. Munsey has went
further than the limit, we should say
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

Miss Teresa Reinhardt has accept
ed position as clerk in the WhitsOn
e VOSs grocery.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

F. L. Miller is victim of measles
and has been quite sick.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

They never fail who die in a great
cause.-Lord Byron
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

Fred Pierce has accepted a posi-
ton in the Woodwork store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Advertising Squad for Summer Chau-
tauqua is in City Distributing
Programs and Putting up
Advertising Matter.
DATES JULY 12-1S INCLUSIVE.
Season Tickets to be Sold for s. at
the Banks and Drug Stores
About City.

About City.
Advertising squad No. / for the
Webster City chautauqua is in the
city today distributing programs and
putting up other advertising matter
Tickets this year will be sold at So
for the season. They will be on sale
at the banks and drug stores. T. B.
Mouer will act as superintendent, or
platform manager, this year and Miss
Ada Golden will be supervisor in
charge of the children's work. The
musical programs each day will be-
gin at $3.50 and o'clock p. m. and
the lectures at and S:45 o'clock p.
m. The children's work will start at
8 o'clock in the morning and the
morning lectures will begin at 10
O'clock. The dates are July 1918
inclusive and the program in full
follows:
Friday.
Opening exercises and announce
ments.
Entertainment-Jes Pugh.
Afternoon address-"Thru Trench
and German Prison Camps
Lowell, of the Canadian Expeditionary
Forces. Followed by organization of
children.
Evening OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Pugh.
Evening lecture-"How to Live 100
Years"-Dr. Chas. E. Baker, physical
director to President Taft.
Saturday.
Morning-children learning to
build animals. ;.
Afternoon-Me lodies-Knight Mac
Gregor, the great Scotch baritone.
Afternoon lecture-"Moon shine
Hon B. F. Mcdonald.
Evening-Music and Mirth-Knight
MacGregor.
Address-"The Man for Now"-Dr.
Chas. S. Medbury.
Sunday.
Grand afternoon concert by the
Bostonians, the leading women play
ers of the world.
Lecture-"What l Saw in France
Frank Cole, just returned from six
months experience with the boys
"over there"
Monday.
Morning-children training animals
dor their circus.
Morning lecture-"The Immigrant
Paul Lee Ellerbe. II
Afternoon-Williams Jubilee Sing
ers.
Afternoon lecture-"A Voice from
the Black Belt"-L. c. Jones.
Evening-Williams Jubilee Singers.
Tuesday.
Children in athletic stunts.
Morning lecture-"Personality Plus
Frank Weller Allen.
Afternoon Musical Prelude-The
Mikado Orchestra.
Address Financing the War;
Fred Dale Wood.
Evening-The Mikado Company.
Wednesday.
Children rehearsing circus acts.
Morning lecture-"The Crescent
and the Cross"-L. T. Guild.
Afternoon address-"The World
War, Why we are in It"-"Cyclone"
Davis.
Evening-Business Travesty, 1T
Pays to Advertise"-a stirring !
comedy.
Thursday.
Children finishing their circus. At
1880 Grand Parade through streets
by Riddles Menagerie, followed by
circus performance in Chautauqua
tent, assisted by Reno, the great
magician.
Grand Musical Finale at o'clock
The Royal Grenaders, an orchestral
singing band.
Fred Pierce has accepted a posi-
ton in the Woolworth store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17

1t was noon
And the Little Chicago was
Quiet just like a
Boiler factory and about
AS cool,
When little stranger
Came in and stole
A toOthpick,
Remarking nonchaIant1y
To the beautiful waitress
(Yes, the beautiful one)
"G'mornin',
Is Ducky Drake in?"
And the waitress,
Seeming the odor
OF wheatless beefsteak
And meatless bread
And porkless beans
And useless pancakes
And cottageless cheese
And other stuff more
Or less
But mostly less"
Looked at him,
Looked at this visitor,
Who had coasted in,
And then she replied,
Retrieving the toothpick
He had hooked
And putting it back
Where it belonged,
"No, sir!
Mister Drake
Amt here,
He has just went
Out to lunch!"
And, since Ducky
Is proprietor of the
Little Chicago
He ought to be able to
Go out to lunch
Without exciting any
Squawks,
So will you please
Shut up!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
COMPLETE CnATAUQUA PROGRAM
DISTRIBUTED IN BOOKLET form
STORIES OF THE
STREETS AND TOWN
: **+**.:* %*+*@@**%.:.:
On Our Lake Front.

I. 49,: !.
On Our Lake Front.
Friends out in the vicinity of the
National Sewer Pipe company's plant
bring in the report that Wallie Weston
and Bill King are planning to lay out
their beautiful new lake front just
west of the factory. They say the
beach out there is something wonder
full!
We understand Julius Bermann had
another dream the other night, but
we'll, we can't be giving that bird free
all the time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
CARL s. CLEVELAND, ID. C.
The.up-to.the.minute

n CH1KVFKACIUh
Palmer school graduate. Ruth H.
Cleveland, assistant. Svenson build.
ing. Phone 792. Office hours 2 to 5
and 2 to s p. m. BY appointment at
other times.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
DIR. +. f. WHITLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Webster City, low

webster VJy, IOWA.
Office us Des MGines street. Resi-.
dence, 726 First street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Thursday,

Children finishing their circus. At
by Riddles Menagerie, followed by
circus performance in Chautauqua
tent, assisted by Reno, the great
magician.
Grand Musical Finale at o'clock
The Royal Grenadiers, an orchestral
singing band.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23

Devitalized physique invites pneu.
monia. Overheated, crowded, badly
ventilated rooms, cars, shops or other
places should be avoided. Too many
persons in this ~orld are too much
afraid Of fresh air, especially if it be
a bit cold. AS a rule they would much
rather breathe over the air that some
one else has already breathed. If you
have any doubt about this, just try
to open the ventilators in a crowded
street car on a cold day and see what
happens to you. Nutritious food is
harder to get, for price, than it
used to be; but fresh air does not
cost any more now than it did before
the war.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23

Italian unity, the dominant preoccu-
patton Of all patriotic Italians the last
800 years, owes its actual accomplish
ment to the strong hand and daring
initiative of the royal house of Savoy,
William Kay Wallace writes in Scrlb-
ner's. 1t was the head of this ruling
house, guided by the wise counsel Of
his able minister, Count Cavour, who
presented the question of Italian unity
to the attention of Europe, thus secur-
ing the active assistance OF Napoleon
III and the cooperation of the French,
without which the task of driving out
the Austrians would have been impos-
sible. This is the debt that Italy owes
its present ruling dynasty. And though
republican sentiment is still strong
throughout the peninsula, and the i'm
pelling force in the creation Of united
Italy, "love of liberty" still remains,
the kings of the house of Savoy have
reconciled themselves so we'll with this
modern spirit that today they are not
to be considered constitutional mon.
archs in the much diluted form as in
England, but rather what may be just.
ly called representatives cf "royal re-
publicanism."
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

Default having been made in the terms of the
Mortgage described below, by the failure of
the mortgagors to pay certain installments se-
cured thereby when due or at ALL and to Ray in
and such defaults still existing, and the
mortga gee electing to. all sums secured by said
mortgage are hereby declared due and
payable and the interest on prior mortgage
and the taxes which said mortgage was com
this mortgag ge are included in this notice
Notice is hereby given that a certain mort
gage, made executed and delivered by Marit
Anderson, formerly Marit Nelson and John An.
Geo. B., Clifford d Co. a corporation, as mort.
gagee, dated July 20 1916, and filed for record
in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for
Cavalier county Mort Dakota. on August II,
1916, and there recorded i'll Book 81 of Mort
CAGES, at Page 1853.
Will be foreclosed by sale of the premises in
such Mortgage, and hereinafter d. scribed at
the front door of the Court House. in the CITY
Of Lanedon, County of Cavalier. State of
North Dakota on the 27th day of May. 1918, at
day, to satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage Oh the day of sale
"Ihe prem ises described in said ;nnrtga &c and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are 10
Gated in Cavalier county, North Dakota, and
described as follows. to.wit:
The Northwest Quarter of Section a. in
Iownshi y l59, North of Range 60. W, st of the
Fifth Principal MERIDIAN.
There will be due on said mortgage on the
day OF sale; tie sum of $s4? II. hesdes the
costs and disbursements OF this foreclosure
Dated at Grand Forks North Dakota, this
4th day of April, 1918
GEO b. CLIFFORD & Co.,
MURPHY & TONER Mortpnrce
Attorneys for Mortgagee.
Grand Forks North Dakota 1914
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23

When the allies come to the final
stage of insisting upon the restoration
of AlsaceLorraine Bismarck himself
may be cited with effect, says London
Chronicle. That statesman did not
foresee Mr.. Sydney Brooks metallur.
gical arguments, but he became a con.
vert to annexation-like a good Ger.
his monarch willed it.
And this was the ground he found for
getting good out of evil: "In the in.
terest Of Germany as we'll as of all Eu.
rope, our policy must aim at enfeeb.
ling France as much as possible, and
rendering her Incapable for long
time Of breaking the general peace"
Substitute Germany for France, and
you have it in a nutshell.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
Fire Bug Runs Amuck at Calvin

a Fire bugs made an early morning
httempt on Tuesday of last week to
urn to the ground the Calvin home
If Peter Thoreson, who with his
lamily were away at the time for a
weeks visit with friends. The fire
was discovered by Elias Porter, whose
residence property adjoins that of the
Thoreson 8. He saw it just as he was
retiring. After the fire had been ex
tinguished with few pals of water,
an examination showed that coal oil
had been scattered over the back
porch and the floor of le;n to shed
as we'll as the lower walls Of the rear
of the building A half burned
match, evidently dropped in the hurry
of getting away was among the proof
pointing to the fire being of incindary
origin. Suspicion is said to point to
local parties and an investigation is
under way. the county officials and
state fire marshal, having tax en- the
affair in hand A strong wind was
blowing at the time.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
PLEA FOR MORE Fun.

Young life demands definite work
and definite play. It also demands in
Its healthier manifestations a certain
period of rest. Much Of the delin-
quency of the day in large cities is
due to the habit of roaming the streets
at all hours of the night. 1t is due
to restlessness engendered partly in
deed by lack of parents care, but also
to a defiance of orderly life that takes
the place with section of young peo-
pie Of independence. A more COM
plete understanding of life, at it's best,
gotten by associating with those who
are broad-minded and appreciative Of
the need for recreation and rest, is
what will prevent delinquency. "Big
brother" movements have their appeal
and place. The only trouble here being
its probable fathering by overzealous
dogmatists in religion. No boy wants
to be preached at. He wants to be
amused, by being with worthwhile
comrades. A "big brother" who plays
comrade and not preacher is a val
liable asset. Loneliness of soul is
keenly felt by many boy, himself un-
conscious that he is so suffering, says
Milwaukee News. 1t is when he Is
lonely that he finds occupation with
a "gang." The natural social instinct
is merely perverted.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
[OFFICIAL,1 go.
City Ordinance No. I78
n Ordinance Relating to the Licensing of
Dogs, Prohibiting Their Running at Large
at Certain Times and Providing for Their


Dogs, Prohibiting Their Running at Large
at Certain Times and Providing for Their
Destruction.
BE IT ORDAINED By THE City COUNCIL, GF
THE CITY OF LANGDoN. North DAKoTA:-
Section 1,-License of Dogs. No dog. either
male orfemal le, shall be owned, kept or permit
of Langdon, unless the owner Or owners, keeper
or keepers, shall first pay to the Chief of Police
of said City the sum of $500 annually for each
male dog, and the sum of S5 % annually for
each female dog, so owned, kept. or Permitted
to run at large within the limits of said City of
Langdon,
D p SECTION ii 2Lsame. H.; When Due And. Where
Payable:-The license upon dogs hereinbefore
specified and established shall be BILE to the
City Auditor as herein provided by the owner
or owners or keeper or keepers of such dogs.
between the first day of April in each and every
year and before the first day Of June of each
year, and any such dog found in the City of
Langdon on or after the first day of June. on
which the license has not been paid. shall be
taken up and destroyed, and in case of the fail
ureby, or refusal of the owner or keeper. to
pay the license on any such dog. such dog shall
to the Chief of Police, or other person author
izcd to collect dogs, upon demand for the pur-
pose cfkiiiing ,i and DESTROYING same.
to Run at Large 1t shall be nlawful to per.
nit any female dog to run at large within
the City of Langdon at a time when such fe
and decency. and any, such female dog found
runni', at large in the City of Langdon is here
by declared to be a public nuisance and the
Chief of Police shall cause such offending fe-
male dog to be taken and killed at once
whether same has been licensed Or. not and the
owner Or keeper thereof permitting such fe-
male dog to run at large shall be liza BILE to the
penalty hereinafter provided.
section 4.-Penaliy.--A person owning or
keeping any dog, male or female, which is per
mittee.d to run at large, and refusing to pay
the license therefor as herein provided. and
refusing to surrender such dog to the person
authorized to collect dos upon which license
has not been paid or any owner or keeper of
a female dog. who permits same to run at large
and become public nuisance as hereinbefore
defined. whether such female dog has been Ii
censed or not, shall on conviction thereof be.
fore the Police MAGISTRATE of said City of
Langd"n be fined 10 a sum of no, less than five
nor more than twenty-five dollars
Section s. All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances in conf ct herewith are hereby repealed
Passed the 9th day Of Nav \. ~, 1918,
tn Attest: G JOHN J. POWER, Mayor.
Approved the 9Th day of Ma A. D.. 1918.
JOHN J. POWER, Mayoa.
Courier Democrat., 1918-05-23
Anotner1P Alphabetically Coming

A big Patriotic Rally will be held
in the Auditorium, Thursday. May
80, 1913, commencing at 500 p. m.
Mrs. DR.. Ferguson, of Canada, will
tell US Of her experience in the
hospital work and relate many in
cidents concerning our boys cover
there Her subjects for the even
ing will be: 1.-THE Red Cross, It's
Origin and Its Work" and Eight
Months in British Garrison in War
Time" Her talks ale interesting.
People all over this state as we'll as
Canada, where she is constantly
called upon to give these addresses
The program will consist of music
by the Lorraine orchestra, tableaux
and patriotic songs, A complete out
line will be pu blished in next
weeks paper.