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

citizenship is on and he has misera-
bly, failed BY all means disfranchise
him.
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According to Mrs. Bland-Tucker,
when the kaiser decided to establish
in Germany he discarded
from the public schools fairy tales,
folk tales, songs, games, etc. The
kaiser understood that men who were
familiar with the little stories that
delight children would not make as
good butchers and murderers as men
who had these things taken from their
child life. The sort Of campaign that
has been carried on in the provinces
governed by Prussianism has harden
ed the hearts of the people. This may
explain why certain Germans in this
country gloated over the sinking OF
the Lusitania, with it's human freight
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Humboldt, with a population of only
2.O61 voted last week to issue bonds
for 100000 for the erection Of a new
school house this year. The people of
that enterprising little city believe in
looking out for the interests of their
children even If it does cost more than
usual to build school houses now. The
carried by a vote Of better
than two to one, as follows: For the
bonds, 39S; against. 1875. The women
did nobly, giving bonds 226 votes and
recording only Al against them. When
it comes to caring for the children of
their own town the women OF Hum
boldt are not hindered by the love OF
a dirty dollar.
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The garbage accumulation OF
towns of the size of Webster City
is giving some concern to the govern
ment 1t is recognized that the waste
in this direction is considerable. The
garbage ought to be gathered up
daily and fed to hogs. The people OF
Webster City would be glad, we be-
lieve, to give garbage to anybody who
would take it away. At the prevail
ing price of hogs some enterprising
farmer living near town could make
it pay to establish regular routes and
take all the garbage from the homes
of the city. In some towns this is
being done and appears to be working
satisfactorily.
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It requires considerable nerve for
democrats to acuse republicans OF
playing politics in face of the political
letter President Wilson sent to Wis
consin a few days ago urging republic
cans to vote for the democratic candi-
date for United States senator and the
appearance of Vice President Marshall
upon the stump in the Wolverine state
to urge the election of the democratic
nominee. It has been said that Wool
row Wilson is the most partisan presi-
dent that ever occupied the white
house, even playing politics now, dur
ing the most critical period of the
most critical war in the worlds his
tory. He knows and the entire coun-
try knows that the republican nominee
for senator from Wisconsin is loyal,
Just as loyal as the democratic nom
inee True, in the early stages OF the
world war Mr.. Lenroot took the view
that there is such thing as country
being too proud to fight and that 1t
was not wise for this nation to expend
a lot of money and energy in war
However, many loya!
citizens took that view, Woodrow Viii
son among the rest, and he is the last
man in the country who ought to raise
the question of loyalty against men
who have proved true since congress
declared that a state of war existed.
WIS.,
A DESERVED REBUKE.
Irvine l.. Lenroot, republican candi-