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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Raising Money for Red Cross.

Stratford Courier: The North
Marion school taught by Bliss Leota
Fry, made splendid showing at their
pie social held last Friday evening.
The receipts amounted to $6626. The
greater portion of the proceeds have
been donated to the local Red Cross
and the balance to the Junior Red
Cross. The school patrons as well as
the teacher and pupils are to be con-
graduated for this splendid showing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Take Odd Fellow Degree.

harrisburg Leader: A class of six
harrisburg Odd Fellows took the
Patriarchal Degree in the Encamp-
ment at Webster City last Friday eve
ming. They were L. E. DeMoss, War
rem Hayes, Clifford Wilkinson, c. w.
Jensen, Will Streveler and Frank Nc
Comb. Will Ballantine, Ralph McNee
and S. M. Terrell went along to see
that they got all that was coming to
them. They report good feed and a
fine time!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

CaSS Items.

Jim Kepler served on the grand
jury last week.
j. Daniels has bought Maxwell
auto.
Several ladies from Cass attended
the E. O.. w. club meeting at the Mrs
Mesecher farm home last Wednesday.
J. Shoemaker has bought a new
Ford car.
The box supper at the Pleasant
Wood school was we'll attended. After
the fine program was given the boxes
were sold. They brought $17.
Most Of the farmers are pretty well
along with their seeding.
Mrs. o. H. Hensell, who visited her
son at Alexander last week, was ac-
companied home by her son and wife
who will make a short visit
April 1.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
-W.S.S
Buys 100 Acres,

DR.. Forrest F.. Hall has just pur-
chased a fine 100 acre farm, we'll i'm
proved, a mile west of Alden, pay
ing 5000 per acre for it. The deal
was made through the NJ. w. Scott
real estate firm of this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

is conceded and that he will perform.
the duties Of his position fearlessly
and impartially, if elected, is not
doubted by those who know him
best.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Weather Forecast for Week.

The U. S. weather bureaus predic-
ton for the week beginning today
follows:
For upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys: Generally fair.
Somewhat colder in the early days OF
the week, followed by rising tempera-
ture after the middle of the week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
for a visit from Deer Trail, Colo.

for visit from Deer Trail, Colo.
Mrs. NJ. B. Slocum, Of Sioux City.
is spending the week and with her
niece, Mrs. A. C. Matters. Mrs. Slocum
is enroute home from Hot Springs,
Ark, where she has been for some
time for her health. ~
Masdames F. Daniels and A. Mayors
spent Friday in the county seat.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
.W.S.S
A Baby Daughter,

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Boynoff are
rejoicing over the arrival of fine
baby daughter this morning. She is
the third child, all daughters, in this
family
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01
Big Farm Meeting.

Jewell Record: That was a great
meeting that the folks of the "Farmers
Gct-Together Club" south of. Jewell
held at the knudson school house
Friday night of last week County
Agricultural Agent Chris Christensen
was the speaker and the school wa,
filed to the limit of it's capacity. Nj
Christensen spoke on "The Farmer
and His Relation to the War" very
live topic. He told the women folks
what they should do in the matter of
saving wheat, meats, and sugar, anil
in reducing the family living expenses,
and the men folks what they should
do in the matter of furnishing the
government with money and, particu-
larry, with foodstulfs. 1t was a splen-
did address on a very live and impor-
tant subject and the people who heard
Mr.. Christensen were more than well
pleased with his talk.
-W.S.S.-
Do not risk having a poor corn crop
by using INFESTED seed. d.f.j.ti*
Y
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-01

DO not risk having a poor corn crop
by using untested seed. d.f.j.tf*
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17
GOV. CAPPER SAYS SPECIAL
SESSION IS NOT NECESSARY
Legislature Will Not Be Called =
Thinks That Soldiers Can Vote
lJnder The Presauk law


Legislature Will Not Be Called -
Thinks That Soldiers Can Vote
Under the Present Law.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. 11.-.There
will be no special session of the state
legislature this winter.
Governor Capper today announced
finally that he would not call the leg.
islature to Topeka in extraordinary
session. With practical assurances
from S. M. Brewster, attorney gen.
eral, that the soldiers in France may
vote under the present statutes, the
governor said he did not believe a
special session justified. Matters 9TH
er than the question Of the soldiers
voting can, in the judgment of the
governor, take care of themselves
until the regular session.
For several weeks the governor has
considered the question of calling the
legislature to Topeka to enact emer-
gency laws. Chief among the meas
ures proposed was law providing
for voting by the Kansans serving
with the national army overseas
Many other measures, including rati-
fication of the federal amendment for
national prohibition, were said to be
considered by the governor. The
question of an emergency fund for
state institutions, state aid for home
guards, state control of quasi public
industries, compulsory arbitration
and other enactments will wait until
the legislature comes in 1919 at the
end Of the governors term.
Should unseen problems arise con-
corning the right of soldiers to vote,
the governor said he might later de-
eide to call the legislature together
for few days. His statements today,
however, indicated clearly that he
had abandoned all thoughts of spe-
cial session at the present, at least.
at has never been my desire to
call special session., said the gov
ernor. "Nonetheless, if we might
have given the soldiers the right to
vote, session would have doubtless
been justified. General Brewster has
assured me the matter can be handled
under the present law. AS for ratifi-
cation of the amendment for national
prohibition, it was largely matter
of sentiment. The sentiment would
hardly have justified special session
and an added expense of $4,000 to
$50, OO0."
A poll of the legislative members
by the governor brought responses
from about two-thirds of the men,
bers. Slightly more than one-half Of
the members said they did not favor
a special session for the lone purpose
of ratifying the liquor amendment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17
RAILROADS ASKED TO HELP
BRING IN STRANDED FL YER

Ii you see an aviator flying across
country and he lands in wheat field,
the first thing to do is stop a Rock
Island train and help the aviator get
back to a town.
Anticipating the time when await
ors will be seen cruising around over
the country, T. H. Beacon, general
manager for the Rock Island, has is
sued instructions from his office at Ell
Reno, Oklahoma, to employees of the
road, telling what the government de-
sires the public to do when a plane
comes to the ground.
The instructions follow:
"When machine comes down, the
public is warned to keep away from
it as soon as it is established the
aviator is uninjured, and not to touch
its controls or instruments. If no mil
itary guard is available, the police
are required to furnish protection for
the machine.
"When a machine falls out Of con-
troll and is wrecked, the authorities
are urged to see that no part of the
wreckage is disturbed except to the
extent necessary to free the aviator.
1t is indispensable that any means of
determining the cause of the accident
be preserved to avoid other similar
accidents.
Railroads are requested to ask all
employees to keep watch for aviators
landing in isolated regions and fur
nish assistance. AL trains or steam
ships are requested to stop for
stranded aviators."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
THANKS JOUETT SHOUSE

Washington, January Is. - Con-
gresham Jouett Shouse of the Sew
enth Kansas district has heceived a
personal letter from the national leg
islative committee of the Anti-Saloon
League of America thanking him for
the part he played in securing the
passage of the resolution providing
for the submission to the states of the
prohibition amendment. The letter
reads as follows:
"Dear Sir:-The legislative COM
mite of the Anti-Saloon League Of
America thanks you most heartily for
your vote to submit to the states the
national prohibition amendment.
"The passage Of that resolution by
congress will in years to come be
recorded in history as an epoch-mak-
ing event. We congratulate you upon
the part you had in it.
Gratefully and sincerely yours,
JAMES CANNON, JR., Chmn.
WAYNE B. WHEELER, Sec.
ARTHUR j. BARTON.
ERNEST H. CHERRINGTON.
EDWIN C. DINWIDDIE,
Legislative Superintendent.
P. A. BAKER,
General Superintendent.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17

G. W. Sawyer, Liberal attorney
was here Tuesday defending a farm
err by the name Of Elledge, who was
accused of being an accessory to the
theft of a load of broom corn. He
had no trouble in securing an acquit-
tai. The county attorney had bad
case against the man and he was &C.
quilted for want of evidence. 1t
seems the hired man took the team
and swiped the brush unknown to the
accused party.-Tyrone Observer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17

Every time we hear someone who
has no intention of going to the front
criticisng the boys who have offered
their lives to their country for using
tobacco, we wonder how long we
would be in winning the war if we
had to depend on those who do not
smoke and those who howl about the
use Of tobacco land who perhaps do
things ten times worse themselves) to
win it. We are Of the opinion that
Kaiser Bill and all his Hohenzollern
relations would be residing here in
America before such howlers had the
task accomplished.-Meade News.
And the editor Of the Meade News
is a lady.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17
LITTLE CHANGE is EXPECTED
Luman Osborn Says Rock Island Will
Not Curtail Service Yet.

Luman Osborn Says Rock Island Will
Not Curtail Service Yet.
The Rock Island railroad will not
curtal service or make any radical
change in any departments at the
present time, according to Luman Os-
born, division freight agent, who re-
turned this morning from Kansas
City, Mo-, where he was called to at
tend a meeting of officials. Plans for
conducting the business of the road
under government control were talk
ed over by the officials.
A rumor that passenger trains No.
"a and 33 would be discontinued jan
uary 10 was denied by Mr.. Osborn,
who said he had heard no talk of such
a plan.-Hutchnson News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-01-17

Use Skived Tire Reliners. Ask
anybody. Evans Harness Shop.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

Now that women feel 1t duty to
make afternoon gowns do service Tor
evening wear, the ingenuity of costum-
ers Is put to the test. From one or
the great Paris designers comes the
lovely gown pictured above and 1t Is
I triumph of french discernment and
good taste; for 1t is quiet enough for
daytime wear and distinguished
enough for evening. 1t is Of black
satin with embroidery in silver thread.
This combination appears also In
French millinery from the most au-
thoritative sources, but in hats black
frame velvet is used instead Of SATIN
We may accept this gown as critic
rion in hues and general make up OF
styles for the coming season. 1t has
a narrow, plain underskirt Of moderate
length and a straight hanging Over-gar-
ment vaguely confined to the figure by
an easy girdle terminating in sash
ends. The girdle is made Of satin
and that portion that encircles the
waist is embroidered while the sash
ends are plain. The skirt portion OF
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

There is really an endless assert
ment of blouses all ready for women
who look to the blouse more than ever
to provide them variety in their ap-
parel. Since We may not have so
many frocks, what with the scarcity
of wool and labor and everything, we
must turn TO the blouses made of cot
tons or those Of silk to add the spice
OF variety to skirts and suits that are
serving overtime.
Blouses are of two characters
those that are moderate In price-any.
where from about three dollars to
eight or ten-and those that emplov
lavish or difficult handwork that
brings their value up to two or three
times the outside price of those i'm the
other class. 1t seems inconsistent to
talk of wartime economy in the same
breath with these extravagantly priced
aHairs, but 1t Is not always so some
OF them are remarkably durable. The
/ oiouses that most women will huv
/ however, are the moderately priced
/ models that are new and smart in de-
sign. French wolfe, fine batiste and
georsette crepe are the materials n
se'ect-no matter what the price-for
II IS NOT in the materials but in ths
/ noes and other decorative features
mat take much time to make that tbe
~.sn Naiue lies. Women who know
how TO do exquisite needlework haxs
'he advantage because they can a,
ms eNacting handwork for themselves
me organize Is another material tina,
ae'ps solve the problem of daint,
blouses at moderate prices.
Georgette remains a great fayorit.
ana the two new models shown In m,
p"ture Tor IAN are Of this delicat,
hd beautiful material. They ar,
! unong the considerable number tn.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
Yellow Fever.

pr. Walter Reid of the United
States srmy discovered In 1aso Tho,
yellow fever was communicated N
man through the bite of mosoulto
During the nineteenth century deaths
from yellow fever at Havana were fro.
auently as high as 1900 per annnm
or at the rate Of AS per 100. 900 ishahi.
tants. A year after Doctor Relds dis.
eoNery they had ceased altogether Tn
TO that year the mortality from yellow
fever had been as follows: 1904 sos
1891, S6: 1892, a57: 1894. 4a4. $50,
NJ: lSa l.eSa: 1897, SIS: 1898 1as
Se. las; 1900, $40; 1901. Is
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

the overdress Is as long as n.
skirt at the back and cons,
shorter in front. This is , /
velOpment of the tunlc skIr
is destined to reappear Ii
gowns. The embroidered band
back portion is not SO wide 4 /
the front.
The sleeves and collar are !
ly interesting because they n
new departures. Both are Il I
possible but each Is Original
sleeves are cut full length al
but are trimmed away at the y
til the upper portion extend.
few inches below the elbow. /
standing collar is of black crey9
cite and is supported by 4 d
small, unnoticeable wires.
Satin in black and In dart
promises to be of all fabrics q
used for afternoon gowns. M
ed skirts and new tunic skirnI
and silver tinsel in embroId9Q
is sure to be followed by 4
in conjunction with them.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
When You Put -

When You ru
We are not doing n'uea
of fancy work nowsan ~.
takes up all our spare - =
we devote our enerf. II
you will have occasioA ~
lace on a curving eds =
centerpiece-and If you "
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divulged by a woman "a
enced In such things. -
a little roll and tie y ),
that it will not UNIV -
straight edge in no.
edge, and about nall -
lace. Wiring the wstei d
lace. still in the litfS ~
dry the inside viii
so that 1t will mesmn
outside. and so you -
nculty In fitting it .
Of the centerpiscA
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

Military AeronautIcs at the University
OF Illinois, he was commissioned
first lieutenant and was ordered 70
duty In Washington with the
schools division. On October % he
was promoted to captain. and on De
cember II he was ordered to ITALIA
ferro Field. Fort Worth. Tex. where
he remained until his death.
Post Field. Fort Sill, Okla. named
In honor of Second Lieutenant Henry
b. Post. 25th infantry; reported for
aeronautical duty Mt Signal Corps
Aviation School. San Diego. Cal. May
20. 1913. On December IS. 1913, he
made an altitude record for the army.
attaining a height Of 10000 feet. On
February 0. 1914. at San Diego, while
attempting 10 make an American alti-
tude record. he was killed. having
flown up 12,14O feet.
Rich Field. Waco, Tex. named In
honor Of Second Lieutenant Perry G,
Rich. Philadelphia Scouts: reported
for aeronautical duty Mt Fort William
Mckinley. p. l.. March. 1918. and was
killed by a fall into Manila Bay No
vember 10. 1913.
Rockwell Field. San Diego. Cal.
named In honor Of Second Lieutenant
Lewis q. Rockwell. 10th infantry: re
ported for aeronautic duty Mt College
Park. Nd, July 8. 1912. and was killed
at that place September %. 1912.
Scott Field, Bellevile. H.. named fol
Corporal Scott. who was killed at Col
lege Park. Nd. on September %. 1912
while flying as passenger.
Selfridge Field. Mount Clemens
Mich. named In honor OF First Lieu
tenant Thomas Selfridge. r. A. Or
September II. 1908, he was killed Will,
flying as passenger with Orvill'
Wright at Fort Myer. Va.
Souther Field. Americas, Ga. named
after Henry Souther, U. s. r.. OF Hart
ford and Boston. He was head Of tn,
Aircraft Engineering Division Of tn,
Army Air Service when he died. II
August. 1917. He died In line of dut.
at Fort Monroe. Va.
Camp Taliaferro. Fort Worth. Tex
| uHiutu tpI isttuNtuuut "utttf ~
Taliaferro; detailed for aeronautica
duty from the infantry March IS
1913. held certificates as pilot. exper
aviator. military aviator. and JUNO
military aviator. On September II
1915. he made an American duration
record for pilot alone. remaining In tn
air hours 4S minutes. He was kille
ut San Diego on October II. 1918.
Taylor Field. Montgomery Ala
named after Capt Ralph l.. Taylor
who was commissioned captain I
the =. II. c., A. s., May 3, 1917, an
ordered to active duty at Mlneola o
. May %, 1917. He was killed In a
accident at Mineola on August .. 1911
Wilbur Wright Field. Fairfield (Da,
: toni. Ohio. named after Wilbur Wrigh
: and was made by the government I
include the pasture where during thos
> years Of experimentation from 1904 I
1907. inclusive. Wilbur and orvill
Wright made numerous flights.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

Camp Crane. Allentown. p4.-u
took two sergeants and first lleuten.
ant TO convince Mollie King. motion
picture actress, that women are not
wanted to drive amhulances for Unc,e
Sam In France when she tried To en-.
list In the "Usaacs" here.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
SALESWOMAN "SHlPS"
NORTH AS STEWAROESS

Boston. -- Resourceful Mrs.
Marie Cowan OF Chicago Is back
In the United States and happy.
She makes" the big towns Of
South America for Western
corset manufacturing company.
Passenger ships are few and far
between on the South American
run now. She waited around
Chilean port for 30 days and
then, because her firm was yell
ing by wire. she shipped north
as "stewariess.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

An ethnolosist says the natives az
New Guinea are the shortest.uved peo.
pie In the weird because they eat
beetles and drink seawster. Not erery
short life's merry one.-Louisv,lls
GNA~nkAa.lnmraal
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

either slip on over the nesa
along one shoulder. In lN
the left two colors are uss
at the front in color lOn,
white of the blouse Q!
Hemstitching is used In '0'.
cottons and in silks to inu !.
coming touch of color 3!
white blouses. This D'Os
round neck finished WIN =
bands Of ribbon laid osa
which are among new ~ !.
The blouse at the risns
gette in a pale color o'.'
tache in the same snso~
on the shoulder under .
ornamented with two
cred balls
FIJI ]
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-05
BEWARE THE CLOSED MIND.
Keep Always In Toach With New Ideas
 and New Methods.

Senator Lodge ill an address deliver ed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology coined remarkable phrase in warning the students to beware or the closed mind," n gentle renroof of the cocksureness of the newly gradu' Rted. Senator Lodge said:
 Beware of the closed mind. This sounds like a paradox when addressed to young men, yet it will, l think, bear examination. It Is truism to say that the danger of maturity, and especially of age, Is the closing or tue mind to new ideas. Habit, most powerful of influences. hard experience, the very passage of the years, all alike tend to stiffen the muscles aud to harden the arteries of-the mind Gs they do those Of the body. It Is misfortune With which advancing age must struggle and the effort is severe and too often either neglected or fruitleSs.
 But the same peril GeSetS youth, al though not for the same reason. The great mass of young men 90 forth rom our universities, our institutes and schools, prepared to learn and eager for the knowledge which experience alone can bring. Yet the disease of the closed mind turks all about them and, curiously enough, Is most likely 10 ar feet the clcvercSt, the ableSt aud the most ambitious. This comes from their very talents, from the high conil- dence which youth ought always to have, and from the somewhat nasty conclusion that because they have thought for themselves nobody else has performed tue same feat LC.Cre.
 Tt Is well to remember that the very greatest men died learning, like Bacon and Pasteur. The greatest benefac- tons to humanity, the greatest services to human thought, have not all been bestowed or rendered by men under twenty-five or even under forty years of age. a fact sometimes worthy of re- membrance. Do not, then, fall victims to overconfldence and close your mind. The injunction Is as important Tor youth as for age-easy of attainment for the former, difficult for the latter possible for both. The past and the present, youth and age, new and olu' all have their place in the sun; all are needed for the widest learning, for the highest achievement, for the best de velopment of mankind
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-05
MENTALITY OF THE ARRIVING
 IMMIGRANTS

Mentality of the Arriving I'm migrant" is the title of a publica- ton to be issued by the Public Health Service.
 This publication deals with a psychological experiment which was conducted by officers of the Public Hesith Service at Ellis Island, New York during 1914.
 The experiment consisted in eX- aminins 296 literate and illiterate immigrants, above the age of nine. by means of questions, puzzles and other psychiatric tests in order to fin1 out the mental status of the normal or average immigrant al the time of landing. During the in Testlgatiou which continued over q number Of months. fully 15,0O0 test were applied to these immigrants.
 The volume shows how the vari- ous tests were executed by the different alien groups and throws light upon many points in connec- kIon with racial psychology. After the presentation of the data in each test, 3 discussion of the test Is entered into. The bulletin con- taIna a number of new tests new