Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-14
Williams Items.

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tent here used as skating rink. has
closed it, The big rink has been
crowded every night and the dance
was also well attended, so Mr.. Clark
son takes away a goohly sum of money
with him Would that the Chautau-
qua and lecture courses We're patroniz-
ed as well as skating Kinks.
d. w. Fitchorn recently closed a
deal for the Il. F. Hall farm of 81
acres at $191 and fraction per acre.
Receptacles have been placed in the
stores and the cooperation of the
school children has been enlisted for
the saving of the various nut shells
and fruit pits that the government has
asked for. Already some of the CON
tafners are pretty well filled.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Jno. Larson and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Cutler of Garner We're
recent visitors at the Peter Rolling
home.
Rev. Fleisher. who was expected
here to begin his pastorate in the NJ.
f. church, was delayed on account Of
the death of his mother.
Mrs. John Johnson recently received
4 very interesting letter from Miss
Anna Hanson, a Red Cross nurse in
France. Miss Hanson. who was one
of group of nurses to go 10 Russia
in 1914. has twice given up good p, 81
lions with fine salary to serve with
the Red Cross She writes with I'M
diminished enthusiasm of her w''ris.
Every graduate nurse who is eligible
ought to at least serve her minimum
six months in some branch of Red
Cross work. =
Zene, Fred and George Talcots
started for Chicago overland Monday
to, spend few days in the city BY the
lake.
Mrs. Smith, Mr.. Rankin's sister. who
has been caring for Mrs Rankin for
the past summer. has gone to Sioux
Clly WHERE sHe VIII hS'P iio"N ~
her daughter.
The Rick Cotton store is to be NOV
ed into the place now occupied by the
Williams Clothing Store after Novem-
Der LIST and Julius hermann. the Web
ster City clothier, is to put in a line OF
mems furnishings.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fell of Mcintyre
are making an overland trip to this
part of the state to visit former
neighbors. Mrs. Geo. Bremen of
Usage accompanied them. They spent
Monday at the home of Mrs. Edward
Sweedler and Tuesday mt the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mclaughlin, and
from there went to Alden.
DR.. Heating is down with an attack
Of Influenza Miss Bertha BoSsell-
berger. who was at the Jno. Stuhmer
home. is also i'll with something re-
sembling Influenza.
Jessie Blodgett is ont of school with
a sore throat and laryngitis.
Mr., Gay. a tree surgeon. IS mere
from Des Moines for some work.
Among other jobs he is doctoring the
orchard on the Henry Bossenberger
place, The fine fruit trees on the place
have been attacked with some sort OF
disease that has not yielded to ordi-
nary spraying and care and Mr.. Bos-
senherser has lost so many OF them
that he decided it was time he got
IN expert to look after them.
John Clafence Stuhmer, eighteen
vo,r old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stuhmer died ut the farm home near
here last Tuesday Of Spanish lnilu-
enza. the first death of the Kind III
this vicinity. Clarence was the eldest
son and had just passed his eighteenth
birthday. The sympathy OF the COM
munity goes out to the bereaved ones.
Mrs. VIM. p. Bossenberger left
Wednesday to attend the state W. Z.
r.. e. convention at Perry as dele
gate from Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. M. Trumbauer
recently entertained Mr.. Us father
J. Il. Trumbauer. of Webster CITY, IN
honor of his 10th birthday.
The latest contribution for the Re'i
Cross to be turned in by w. w. Loban
is 50. The donors were Thos. Thorson
of Fort Dodge, the man who worked
here on the school house, Robert
Shields and B. w. Nelson, each 81 the
rest of the sum. ST, was half OF Mr.
Loban's sale fee from the auction OF
Mrs. NJ. j. O'Connor's goods. As usual
w. w. has, contributed double the
amount of the others. He thinks there
is no better place for dollar than the
Red Cross.
Quite a number of people in this VI
cinity have influenza, among whom are
Miss Lottie Aumiller, Bertha ana Car
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