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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
Advertising Hints.
Storm Lake Hears Long.

City Manager G. j. Long spoke be-
fore mass meeting Of Storm Lake
citizens Wednesday evening upon the
subject of Municipality Owned Elec
trio Plants The Storm Lake Pilot
Tribune has the following to say of the
meeting and Mr.. Longs talk:
There is but one answer to the
electric light question In the minds OF
those who heard Manager Long OF
Webster City at Carney hall on We'd
nesday evening, and that is a munich.
pal plant.
about 100 of the business men and
users of electric energy attended the
meeting which was presided over by
Judge James DeLand who introduce
ed Mr.. Long, and when that gentle.
man had finished his remarks and
had told the assemblage OF what II
has been possible to do in his city,
every man in the audience was con-
vinced that there is but one solution
Of the situation in Storm Lake and
that is to erect, Mt the earliest possible
moment, municipal plant. Time
and space forbid entering into all OF
the arguments set forth by Mr.. Long
in support of his contentious. Discus
sion brought out that we are paying
considerably more than twice the
amount for electric energy than is be-
Ing paid in Webster City and that we
are paying between twenty and thirty
per cent more than the people Of Sac
City are paying where the plant is
owned and operated by the same CON-
pany which operates the plant In Storm
Lake. Mr.. Long disabused the minds
of all Of any idea that the light funds
Of Webster City fall heir to many
things which makes it possible to make
the records which have been made there
and he insists that If great savings can
be made for the people of Webster City
they can also be made for the people
of Storm Lake.
, "A. l.. Whitney shed considerable
light on the entire subject when he
reviewed the situation in It's entire
ty and the upshot of the meeting was
a motion for the appointment OF a
committee to at once circulate petit
ton addressed to the city council ask
ing that body to call an election to sub
nit the question of the issuance OF
bonds for erection of municipal plant
to the voters OF the city. The commit
tee was appointed and is at the present
time mt work on the proposition"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
When tho Car sticks.

A resourceful motorist whose car has
been stuck in the mud does nol Always
have to fall back on pair of mules to
get free.
When the car gets stuck AMI the
wheels refuse t. take hold, feed In
some old newspapers between the
tires and the mud. Usually only t:w
will have to be , rked in before the
wheels will begir to grip and che car
start forward. mis- method Of handl-
ing diGicnl. lation is SO simple ana
SO uniformly successful, that every
motOrist should know Of it and carry "a
pile of old newspe pers, unless he Is
equipped with some other apparatus
for such contingency.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
Two More Farm Sales.

The Bascom Huddlestun farm OF 3OO
acres, five or six miles south OF the
city, has just been sold to Chas. J,
Singer at $500 per acre.
The BENZ. Mccoy quarter section,
five miles northwest Of this city, has
passed into possession of farmer liy-
ing near Fort Dodge, the consideration
being $2S7.5O an acre.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

lily in the two kinds. The small oven
/ will come up to 500 degrees F. in five
minutes while the range oven requires
twenty to thirty. Therefore, if The n'en
| is to be used for only a short tine the
small oven would be a great advan-
| tage.
The small oven, nevertheless, has its
disadvantages. A cake so big that its
edges are rather close to the sides of
the oven will not Be we'll baked, be-
cause the heat at the sides will lie much
greater than in the center. liShes re-
curing an even temperature, very
high or a very low temperature for a
certain length of time, are not success
fully baked in the small oven unless
close attention is paid to the regulation
Of the heat. This is true because the
temperature Of, the oven is variable.
Its sides are thin and the bottom does
not well retard the passage of heat.
For the breakfast mullins or the baking
powder, biscuits for dinner, however,
the small oven. is excellent.
If one dish of the meal should re-
quire the range oven, plan to bake as
much Of the remainder of the dinner as
possible, for in that way the heat will
not be wasted. For instance, if the
main dish of the meal is to be big
casserole of tomato, cheese and rice, it
would be wise to choose baked potatoes
rather than boiled, and baked dessert
in preference to pudding made in the
double boiler. If oven room permits,
mullins or biscuits, would add greatly
to the meal and would require little ex-
ira fuel:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
ion, ever took upi arms following the

ton, ever took upiarms following the
verdict"
The speaker found little new in the
questions now before the peace confer
ence, so far as America is concerned.
We have always held to the idea Of
popular freedom and with this idea we
have conquered the civilized world.
!. Roosevelt in 1910 proposed an inter-
national police force to enforce the de-
eisions Of The Hague court, so that
even the League Of Nations idea is not
a new one to Americans. The Ameri-
can flag stands for all these ideals. 1t
has splendid past and great posi-
bilities for the future. and" said the
speaker in closing, I'VE will always
enjoy liberty ourselves, If we live up to
the level of the flag"
Following the singing of America by
the audience, Rev. Arthur Metcalf de-
liyered the benediction.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
FORT DODGE WINS
FROM THIS CITY
Nationals Lose Close Ball
Game to Independents
5 to 4.

Due to few minutes of rather loose
playing, the Webster City Nationals
yesterday lost game of ball to the
Fort Dodge Independents at Riverside
park in this city to'5.
A good crowd was out and the game
was closely played except for one in
ming. BritsOn and Mesecher were the
local battery and Lyle and Harker for
the visitors. Britson had fourteen
strike-outs to his credit and gave but
four hits. Lyle had nine strike-outs
and gave eight hits. -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

Stuck In The Mud,

The recruiting circus" with seven
big trucks and other army equipment
which went to Fort Dodge from this
city few days ago, came back through
here Wednesday afternoon on the way
to Boone. They left here on the. road
to Stanhope and soon after passing the
j. f. Adams place, south of town, got
stuck in the mud and remained there
all night.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
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SCHOOLS AND APPROXIMATION.


k* X Xxx kk 4 4 4 4 4
The Review (New York The agency
par excellence for Americanization is
the public schools 1t is the formative
years that produce the complex of
ideas, habitudes and traditions which
make the American. Said shrewd Ro-
man priest: ..Give me the first six
years of child's life and you others
can have the rest" 1t is, therefore. in
the highest degree necessary, If the
"melting.pot" is to turn out consistent
and genuine product, that the public
school shall be kept up to the highest
possible level Of excellence. But a
school, like home, is not geographic
cal location-a mere matter OF latitude
and longitude-nor vet is it the mass OF
inorganic matter which we fashion and
pile up and call an Constitution" 1t is
an atmosphere. And, as the atmosphere
Of the home is generated by the guiding
personalities in it, so is the atmosphere
Of the school generated by those who
supervise and give the instruction. II
we want good schools, the sine qua non
is good teachers. But the good teacher
is the specialist or an artist comparable
with the good doctor or preacher, and
cannot be picked up at any street cor
ner. He must also possess character,
in addition to technical equipment. lie
must have quality, and quality is some
thing that must be paid for. The Ia
borer of this order Is certainly worthy
OF his hire. Yet the profession Of teach
ing stands chance of progressive I'M
poverishMent by reason of the made
quacy Of its material rewards. The
teacher may be willing, and generally
is, to take the vow Of poverty; but he
will not continue always to take that
of penury. He can not give out the
virtue that is in him IL he is never free
from petty and sOrdid harassment. II
we are anxious to Americanixe-and
there is nothing that we should be
more intent on doing, in our own in
terest, If for no loftier reason-we must
not be blind to this vital method, must
not neglect 1t In favor Of methods OF
more immediate impact but of less
comprehensive character.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
Kamrar Doings.

Louis Iverson and sister, Miss Selma.
were passengers to Webster City Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Terrence were
business visitors in Ames Tuesday.
Harry Carson. Jr., is working at the
Severt Berven farm this summer.
Asher and Robert Cordes spent sew
eral days at the A. B. Cordes home
last week.
Att Alexander of Jewell was bust
ness visitor here Tuesday.
Mrs. J. w. Hawk of Webster City
visited Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
f. Ryland.
Mrs. Klaas Rigter and daughter
Martha and Mrs. NJ. H. Hendrickson
and son Donald We're passengers to
Webster City Wednesday.
Mildred and Keith Seamands spent
several days last week at the E. w.
Brewer home.
Mrs. Carrie Alexander was passen-
ger to Webster City Monday.
Mrs. F. F.. King and children were
Webster City callers Tuesday.
VIM. Kennedy and family and Lee
Kennedy and family visited Sunday at
the ]. h. Kennedy home.
Mark Terrence was passenger to
Webster City Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Fl. A. Cordes and daughter Miss
Bertha were passengers to Webster
City Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Henry Grandgeorge of Wool
stock visited with her cousin, Mrs. NJ.
J. Smith, Wednesday.
Mrs. j. d. Terrence, Misses Jennie
COrdes and Hope Terrence were passen-
gers to Webster City Thursday.
Mrs. George Carson visited Thurs
day with her, father, Mr.. Bergman, at
Stratford.
w. Il. Studley was business caller
in Webster City Saturday.
Arthur Ankrum of Harrisburg was a
business caller here Wednesday.
Miss Gladys Nelson, who has been
suffering with gathering in her head.
is improving slowly.
Miss Emma Arnold and Mr.. John
Taper were united in marriage We'd
nes6ay evening.
NJ. J. Smith and Harry Studley
were business callers in Webster City
Wednesday.
Chris Rocker passed away mt his
home Saturday after lingering illness
with kidney trouble. He has been bed
fast for eleven weeks. Death came as
relief to the patient sufferer. The
funeral was held this. forenoon at the
NJ. T.. church, conducted by Rev. Farm
ham.
Mrs. Frank Miller and children went
to Webster City Friday to spend sew
eraI days at the Peter Miller home.
G. c. Jaycox was business caller
in Webster City Thursday.
Wayne Berryhill of Buffalo Center
is NlSlllilS TclutNSS u ~" way
Mrs. S. G. Thompson visited ner
Mrs. Fred Jensen, in Webster
City, Friday.
Miss Hope florence returned TO
Ames Saturday after short vacation
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Kennedy and chill
dren of Harrisburg visited Friday at
the II. A. Cordes home. Asher and
Robert Cordes returned home with
them for few days visit.
Mrs. Guy Cormaney and Mrs. ii. O..
Brill and son Elton autoed to Webster
City Friday.
Miss Mary Cordes of Iowa Falls
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs III. A. COrdes.
Mrs. George Naber and baby Of APP
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

Mr. and Mrs. Gale Bickford Of AM
boy, Mimi, are the parents OF ten
pound baby boy, born Thursday. Mr..
Bickford is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l..
Bickford of this city and Mrs. b. is a
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Smith
Of this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

100 acres, improved, nice level land
with excellent drainage. Heavy black
soil, Blue Earth county. Minnesota.
Only III miles from good town ON road
that will be paved this year without
assessment on adjacent property. Price
$751; 80 per acre; easy terms. Whit
ham & Hampton Land Co, Webster
City, Iowa. Phone 211. 6-16d6f1j1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

Times Republican: Whether or not
Il dollar is worth only half Of its for
mer value, Iowa land at $500 an acre
is $500 an acre land and hog is hog
and bushel of corn is bushel and
eggs are eggs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
Trades For Farm.

f. d. Curtis has traded the site Of
his Hampton greenhouses for an ~
acre farm near Bows. He reserves the
greenhouses, which he is moving to this
city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
FREE LECTURE
TO MERCHANTS
National Cash Register Co.
Send Lecturer to Web
ster City Next
Week.
BUSINESS METHODS
Discusses Troubles of a Mer-
chant and How to- Cure
Them.

One Of the best things along educa-
tiOnal lines that has come to notice
recently, and which has secured great
deal of cOmmendable publicity from
newspapers and letters of endorsement
from business Organiza tons in the
larger cities, is the lecture and moving
pictures on retail merchandising that is
being sent out by The National Cash
Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio.
The Webster City Chamber of Com
merce has been able to secure this en-
tertainment for the benefit of. the mer-
chants and clerks of Webster City
and it will be presented at the Chamber
OF Commerce Wednesday evening, June
%, at $50 o'clock.
What Lecture Covers.
The title of the pictures is "The
Troubles of a Merchant and How to
Stop Them and is pronounced one of
the cleverest pieces of work ever pro-
duced covering retail merchandising.
The wideawake business man today
is eager to keep pace with the latest
ideas of stOrekeeping and better ideas
in merchandising and these pictures
and lecture come to this city at an
opportune time. Thelecture covers re-
tail failures-thei causes; store orga-
nization; newspaper advertising; win
dow display: clerks efficiency; selling
methods; credit business, and system
in retail business.
Advertising Hints.
Any one of these subjects would be
OF great interest to the merchants and
clerks, and the one in particular which
should receive favorable consideration
from the business man today is the
value of newspaper advertising-judi-
ci0usly and constantly used. The lee
turer will give some useful hints along
these lines, as well as other phases
Of efficiency methods that will be help
ful to the merchant and clerk.
There will be no charge for admis-
sion
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

Plansifter and Hamilton -four 24A1a
lbs. $1.55, 40 lbs. $40. For sale at
mill or your grocer. Guaranteed best
13d2f1s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
Hon. Charles E. Pickett of.
Waterloo Gives Char
acterizati0n of AM
erican Traits.
PIONEER IN FREEDOM
Annual Flag day Program
Held at Elks Club House
Sunday.

A decent respect for the opin-
ions Of mankind.
The sacredness Of treaties, which
under the American constitution
become a part Of the supreme law
OF the land.
A distinct national trait of char
acter, born with the founding of
the republic, for arbitration be-
tween nations.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

The Victory" liberty bonds, which
were paid for upon application, have
been received by Webster City banks.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Traver, who have
been visiting relatives here, left today
for their home in Aberdeen, 8. d.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

G.. ]. Long, city manager, has pur-
chased a new velie car.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

FOR RENT-good room house md
acres Of land. See Geo. w. Lee.
12d-t-f-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
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SOCIAL EVENTS.

The monthly meeting Of the w. r. G.
to have been held this week has been
postponed.
The Past Noble Grands association
of this city will go to Jewell Wednes-
day afternoon to meet with the mem
bers in that town. A large representa-
ton is expecting to 60.
The Thursday NeedlewOrk club will
meet Thursday for o'clock luncheon
at the home of Mrs. F. E. Brown. The
hostesses will be Mesdames Brown,
Chas Younkee, Jennie Ainslie.
The F. L. e. d. club was entertained
by Miss Laura Leonard Saturday even
ing, the occasion being her fifteenth
birthday. There were nine members
present. The guests gave her novelty
chain as a remembrance. Light re-
freshments were served.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16

LOTS FOR SALE-best building site In
the city In 1900 block ON Wilson ave.
nue.. George w. Lee. 4-25d-f-j-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-06-16
THE WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT

The Housewife and Her Business; Tasks Planned
Ahead Save Time; Gas Bills Drop When Tricks
OF Cooking Range Are Known; Housewives
May Save Money by Learning to
Read Meter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

, with another. with view to friendship.
ADVENTURE x-offioer, public school,
hnguist, welcomes suggestions.
NAVAL officer. young. distinguished SER
vices, wishes introduction into London
society.
DO you like getting long letters? OFFICER.
lately demobilized, sole asset capacity
Tor writing amusing letters, will write
10 you; references If needed; 5 guineas
G25) for three months effort
BORED bachelor (demobilized nator)
seeks thrilling and romantic adven-
lures
LADY would appreciate compapionshfp
TO ride horseback through London.
GENTLEMAN, "a, feeling stale. wants
CHEEKY week-ends with congenial com
panion.
Stranger means Just that in England
and not as in America, Hello, whoever
you are" The Englishman has his few
crories to whom he holds in a life-and-
death friendship. He seldom moves. He
seldom changes his interests. His neigh
oors remain the same throughout his
natural lifetime. He has happiness in
select old friendships, but they are not
perfect friendships until long seasoned.
The war disrupted thousands of these
little circles of cronies Many a demob-
ilized soldier has been unable to find a
single one of his pre-war pals; they
were all killed. Families have been for
chilly scattered. Businesses that former
" gave occupation went to the wall be-
fore the armistice and are not now in a
position to re-employ old hands That
means restart by employees elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

The Fl glish have been bewildered by all
this change.
| Consequently a great wave of lone
someuess is sweeping the country If it
once were regarded as decorous not to
speak to a stranger alongside you in a
| train or opposite you in a restaurant
really a concession to that shyness-it is
now a national curse. The man who
once shank inside himself publicly and
during his working hours, and was able
to endure it in anticipation of rich
hours of companionship with old friends
in the evenings, is frequently denied
that consolation now.
It is a case of people, people every
where and not chummy soul in all the
crowd. I have been told several times
by Englishmen, with genuine sincerity
too, I am sure, how greatly they envy
US Americans for being mixers" And
it is a pretty lucky gift to be able to
approach any interesting stranger and
learn, without Introduction or pretext, in
about five minutes, his name, business,
married or single, religion, hobby, poll
tics, opinion on the league of nations and
choice in salads An Englishman cannot
do that
If the lead is up to an Englishman he
VIII beam dt the person he is to enter
tain and devote himself whole heartedly
in showing that he wishes to be friends,
but it seems he has a fence around his
heart and he cannot quickly find a key
to the gate. He would regard it as indeli-
cate TO ask a personal question, but
would welcome the inquiry addressed to
him and think nothing of the boldness
of the stranger. At least, 1 believe so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Humble Heroes of France

Lee Shippey, in the Kansas City Star.
II should think" said little Mademoi-
selle Madeleine. that you could write
story about men like that. There are so
so humble, and yet they have been so
heroic"
About whom" I asked, looking about
The crowded car. We were on the Metro
the Paris subway. Surely you don't
mean that stumbling fellow who just
punched our tickets?"
Yes, the ontrolour-cohductor. you
Americans call him. But he isn't shamb-
ling. Don't you see the ruban which
shows he has been wounded? And don't
you see he is eptitled to both the Croix
de Guerre and the Medaille Miitaire?
1t is only for great and unusual valor in
battle that a common soldier is given the
Medaile Militaire. 1t means he will have
a pension, too, when there is more money
in the treasury national. Yet he and
thousands like him are back in civilian
life now, doing the necessary daily work
of9France as modestly and unassumingIy
as if they never had done anything I'M
usual"
That started me to observing, and every
day now / notice men in humble callings
who won distinction in the recent war.
The actor who struts even the cheapest
little theatre in Montmartre, the baritone
driver who pilots one-scared, but safe
through stormy seas of traffic, the waiter,
who brings Cne's food in even the two
franc fifty table d'hote restaurant and
even the barber who shaves one is likely
20 wear a Gecoration-or a tiny ribbon
showing he is entitled to wear a decora-
tion-gven only to such distinguished
service to his country that his descend
ants will have reason to be proud of it
for many generations. One sees the tiny
ribbons much more often than he sees the
decorations on men in civilian clothes,
partly because of becoming modesty, and
partly because some of the poor fellows
have had to sell the precious medals
the ribbons are all they have left
1 have seen such ribbons on men in
every occupation mentioned in the fore
gong paragra ph-ribbons I never would
have noticed but for what Mademoisele
Madeleine said. Most of them signify
that the owner is entitled to wear the
Crolx de Guerre, but frequently one sees
the Medaille Militaire, and occasionally
even the Legion dHonneur on men in
humble places
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Beware of the DESTROYER
Admiral Sims, in the Worlds Work

Admiral Sims, in the Worlds Work.
The Germans learned the futility of
operating with submarines against the
fleet early in the war, and the man
who taught them this lesson was Com
mander Weddingen, the same officer
who first demonstrated the value of
the submarine in practical warfare. 1t
was Otto Weddingen who, in Septem-
Der, 1914, sank the old British cruisers
the Hogue, the Cressy and the Aboukir
an exploit which made him one of the
great popular heroes of Germany A
few months afterward, Commander
Weddingen decided to try an experi-
ment more hazardous than was that of
sinking three unescorted cruisers he
aspired to nothing less ambitious than
an attack upon the grand fleet itself.
On March IS, a part of this fleet was
cruising off Cromarty, Scotland; here
Weddingen came with the U-29 dove
under the destroyer screen and fired