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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
Lehigh Doings.

The teachers of the Lehigh schools
were in attendance at the \. w.
Teachers association meeting at Fort
Dodge Friday and Saturday.
| Miss Strain is still in Rutland be-
cause of the serious illness of her
mother. Mrs. Marsh is teaching Miss
Strains school during her absence.
The basket ball team who played in
Boxholm Friday. night were obliged to
leave their autos at Harcourt and re-
turn by way of an interurban. car.
Miss Alice Melrose is teaching the
Cutting school.
Rev. Project preached two very in
teresting sermons Sunday, March Is.
at the Christian church. Mr.. Project
may he persuaded to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of the late
pastor Of this church.
The ladies' aid of the Christian
church met Thursday with Mrs. Henry
Seigel.
The ice went ont OF the river a few
days ago and the old Des Moines is ON
the way to high water mark.
lee Townsend is the new manager
of the Lehigh Products clay pit.
Dr.. Bond. district superintendent OF
the Methodist church OF. this district,
will lecture ut the church Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Breenecker of Iowa City is
Goa aching the contestants for the decla-
matory contest in the high school. !.
Mrs. Winfield Scott is very i'll.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ding
man. March IA, 1919, a daughter.
Miss Hamilton, employed at the
Fort Dodge wholesale grocery house,
recently visited Lehigh relatives.
Mr.. Porter is rushing the work ON
the new opera house.
The st. Patrick dance at Confess
hall was an enjoyable affair and was
largely attended.
March %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

Men who think themselves powerful
and great must have care these days.
Look at Count Won Arnim. He has
been pampered all his life and was a
typical German gentleman. He owns
a large estate and people in the vicin-
lily who needed fuel trespassed to the
extent of going upon the land held
by the count to get driftwoOd. The
count spied them and shot among
them. wounding some. 1t was not
many days until the counts castle
was PLACED and the count murdered.
Moreover, no effort is being made to
bring the. perpetrators OF this out
rage to justice. In fact. a large ma
jority of the people who knew the
count refuse to hook upon his murder
as an outrage.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
Income Tax Time Extended.

Instructions to receive income tax
returns until May l without charging
penalties, provided the persons making
the return file an affidavit giving cause
for delay, have been received by A. r.
Swisher, income tax inspector ut the
court house
The new instructions are virtually a
two months extension of the original
time allowed for filing of income tax
returns, Mr.. Swisher said. The only
difference is that each person must file
an affidavit with his return to show
why he neglected to make the return
at an earlier date.
Very few returns have been made
since last Saturday. Mr.. Swisller said
Most of the people who have to file in
'dividual returns already have done so.
although there are no doubt a few who
have not yet complied with the law.
Income tax blanks for corporations
have not yet arrived. a large number
of corporation officials have applied
for these blanks. Samples of the
blanks have been received The cor
pOra ton blanks contain six pages.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
Obituary.

Selmer Anderson was born In LID
erty township September 3. 1909. anf
died March II, 1919. He was there.
fore nine years, six months and seven
days old. Selmer was the youngest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sock Anderson
and is survived by an elder brother
and sister, Ruth, aged IL. and Thomas
aged II.
Selmer was Il grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. T. Nerbo of Jewell and Mr.
and Mrs. Erick Anderson of Liberty
township Selmer was victim OF the
prevailing malady, the flu He was
a very bright and attractive child and
will he greitly missed in. the family
circle and by his friends and play
mates.
Interment was made in Liberty Cen.
ter cemetery.
And the stately ships move on
To their haven under the hill:
But o, for the touch of u vanished
hand
And the sound OF a voice that is
still.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
UNSAFE LANGUAGE.

That President Wilson. fails to APP
preciate the real situation in this coun
try is quite evident from some OF his
official acts. The appointment OF Geo
ID. Heron, the notorious socialist adj
vOcate of force, is one proof Of this and
his retention in Office of Louis f. Post
another unsafe radical, is another. Mr.
Post is at present assistant secretary
of labor, position that ought to be
filed at this time by man of poise
and logic. Yet in an address at Seattle,
the town where that fine specimen OF
American official, Mayor Hanson. stified
bolshevism in its recent attempted re-
bclIion against the city government, Mr..
Post recently spoke as follows:
Every scandal and abuse of nation
al confidence which has occurred SO far
in the war has been identified as the
work of profteering business men.
Whose are the minerals that God
put in the bowels of the earth? Whose
the forests? Whose the lands upon
which our cities are built? Whose the
water power? We know whose they
are in the terms of the law, but whose
are they in terms of democracy?
I've do not want 'restora ton, rs
some put it; we want reconstruction
l do not want to see restora ton. Oui
soldiers are coming back home and
they are going to ask, Whose country
is this we have been fighting fory We
must rise up with them and demand
that the country belongs to the people
rather than to the few who bought il
up in times past.
let it soak into your minds that
interna tionalism is the idea that Amer
lea now stands for. . 1t may indeed
be that. before the end of this thing
nationalism versus internationalism
will be the biggest issue we have ia
face"
This is dangerous doctrine for gov.
eminent official to be broadcasting at
this time These questions ought to be
discussed in sOberness and seriousness
and not in q manner calculated TO in
fame ignorance and the enyious who
have failed to secure through frugali-
ty what they deem their share of the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
War Record Being Complied.

County Agent Chris Christensen and
Secretary Want Hui Of the Chamber of
Commerce are working in conjunction
with the Kendall Young library to Sc
cure the names and war records Of all
Hamilton county men who We're in
United States military service during
the war with Germany.
County Agent Chris Christensen
plans to Incorporate the names OF the
men already secrred--something like
800 or 7OO-into the premium list book
let for the Hamilton county agricultur-
al exposition to be held next fall. A
copy of this booklet will be sent every
soldier known with the request to
briefly fill out in a blank space afford
ed for the history Of his part in the
conflict. r. f'''si''ttst iii,a
The effort conclude the names of ev-
cry enlisted man from Hamilton county
will continue during the next few
months and it would greatly facilitate
the work of the enterprise il the sol
diers themselves would volunteer the
information desired. They may get in
to communication with Mr.. Christensen
at the county agents Office in this city
or with Mr.. Want Hui at the Chamber
of Commerce. The records will be used
to compile permanent war history for
Hamilton county.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

The newspapers have a good deal
to say about the men who are planning
to overthrow this government. But
what ABOUT the thousands of liberty
loving, loyal Americans who don't pro-
pose to have it destroyed. They may
not say much-may not even get their
names in the paper often-but when it
comes to taking part in defending and
maintaining the best government on
earth, believe us they can be counted
on, full size and as big as any Bolshe-
wiki would care to tackle" notes the
Oelwein Iowan.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

Now they are saying that William
Hphenzollern has cut one thousand
logs since he retired from the head OF
the German government four months
ago. That is pretty good record for
that vicinity. Somebody has figured
ont that the cx-kaiser has earned
about fifty cents day according to
the wage scale in Germany for such
service. Well, that is something and
Mr.. Hohenzollern is entitled to some
credit for doing it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
What the Ames Experts Chose.

-
The seeds that we are giving away
We're not chosen at random. We got
the opinion of the experts at Ares as
to the best varieties of the various
vegetables we are offering. Read the
result in the al we have elsewhere in
this paper and then decide for your
self it you can get along without these
delicious vegetables and fragrant flow.
erS: Remember we start giving them
out Saturday morning. Ii you want
a package don't put off coming for it.
Given to anyone. depositing $1,000 or
more in our Savings Department, as
long as the several hundred packages
we have last.
Hamilton County State Eank.
21d2f1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

While the servility of which Mr..
Roosevelt used to talk is far from the
question. rational study Of the situa-
ton is apt to lead men possessing great
independence of thought to conclude
that in this matter it is hardly possible
to do better than to follow President
Wilson.-7Des Moines Register.
Some men possessing great indie
pendence of thought think it better to
push the president along, as they did
when he was hesitating about getting
into the war, than it is to hang onto
his coat tail. The coat tail hangers
are something of load, while the shov
ers help carry the burden.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

~ . afs 4 Z i. - i 4
he fiecked his cigar ash absent mind
eddy into the Kettle on the stove. lies
in the fact that this Boob don't even
know the difference between Hen
and Rooster. Brace up, Watson.
here's the story. Tell me what you
make of it. 49,
"a Country Geek brings SkinnE.
BOOSTERS in to Julius hermann on a
debt. Julius puts the. Birds in a
neighbours Chicken House to fatten
them. Meanwhile the ROastary Club
hears of it and in the fertile mind Of
Earl Mason Plot is Hatched. He
plans to Purloin the Birds, and serve
them up before the Club with Bermann
as his own Guest at the table, He
keeps his secret well. telling it to not
over Dozen Friends. And then one
night he Swoops down on this quiet
Chicken Roost, picks out the bird with
the Biggest Comb and makes away
with it. But to make sure it is the
Right Bird he goes into a Neighbours
House to inquire whether he had
julius Rooster The neighbor smiled.
why, no. said lie. that Rooster you
have is Hem Further search re-
vealed the Fact that the hermann
BOOSTERS had disappeared. The Plain
Truth is, Watson, that julius sneaked
his BOOSTERS into his basement Just the
day before the Mason Raid. And the
very day after this Unsuccessful At
tempt at larceny, he invited Mason and
| a lot Of other Lowbrows over to his
lshome to Chicken Dinner!
"Now, Watson, what / don't UNDER
stand. and the one, Link in the chain
that / can't locate, is how Bermann
ever had Sense enough to stake those
BOOSTERS in his Basement. This was
IA I.owbrow Aggregation, Watson, and
YOU are possessed of "A rather LOwbroW
Mentality, what do yon make OF it!'
Recovering the poker from the floor
and giving the fire another punch just
I as n gust of wind and rain fairly
forced the door open and drenched
poor Holmes, Watson with some effort
Espoke. II don't know, Holmes" said
he. II don't know unless some Boob
Slipped Julius a Hunch!"
Bah! just like you,' retorted the
Great Detective. s'you try to make a
Simple Matter Of a Real Mystery. My
stick. Watson, Tn going out for a
walk in the rain.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
Mrs. F. A. Edwards Passes Away

Mrs. f. A. Edwards, who has been
very i'll for some weeks at the hospital,
died Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Ed
wards underwent major operation
more than month ago and was about
ready to be taken home when she suf-
fered partial stroke Of paralysis.
Later a second followed, since which
time she had been very low and her
death had been almost momentariiy
expected for several days.
Mrs. Edwards was one Of Webster
City's best known and most prominent
women. She was past GO years OF age.S
She was born Dec. %, 1858 in Irving
ton, Kossuth county. When she was
but six months of age. her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Howard, moved to
Webster City and since that time she.
had always been resident Of this city.
On Oct. 10, 1870. she was married
to F. A. Edwards, who preceded her to
the Great Beyond several years ago.
A daughter. Mrs. III. NJ, Carson, is the
only immediate. member Of the family
\ surviving
Mrs. Edwards has long been pronl-
inently identified with the social life
OF this community and with all that
meant for its progress-and moral un-
life. Her passing is sincerely mourned
by all who knew her.
The funeral was held this af-
ternoon at o'clock at the family home
on First street, conducted by Rev. n.
II. Spicer of Rochester, Mimi, former
pastor of the local Uni, ersalist church..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

If some of the movie stars paid in
come taxes on the salaries their adver-
Using agents say they are getting, the
tax would amount to 'steen times as
much as their actual incomes. When it
is reported that this or that star is get
ting $500, 600 per year, it would be alb.
solutely safe to cut off at least one CT
pier and in a majority Of cases it
would not be far out Of the way to cut
Off two.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

WHY FARMER OPPOSES
4 DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW

The farmer works by the sun more
than by the, clock.
One hour in afternoon worth two III
morning.
He cannot gain time by rising an
hour earlier, as time to start field
work is gagged by time the dew dries
off
In harvest, farmer must work TIL z
o'clock or later to make up for late
start. but help wants to quit at 8
O'Clock.
( Compels farmer to eat dinner ut IL
o'clock, standard time, and work from
II to 1; which is hottest hour Of the
day.
Farm families cannot attend enter
tainments, as they begin before the
chores can be done.
Families are deprived Of attending
levening church services, unless at a
country church. i
|, School children must leave home
while the stars are shining. Il
Works hardships on merchants i'll
country towns. as. they must open hour
earlier for town trade and stay open
hour later for farm trade.
Farmers suggest city people go to
work an hour earlier without chang
ling clocks.
All entertainments in the small
Towns We're over with by the time the
farmer was ready to start FROM his
home last summer, SO they stayed at
home II the farmer can't go to an en-
without losing the better
part of the afternoon he stays at home,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

Leaders of congress say it will be
impossible for the new congress to en-
act the necessary legislation before the
expiration of the fiscal year on June
30 unless congress meets in special
session at least as early as the middle
d May. There is every reason to be-
lieve these leaders are correct in this
view. Hence ii is to he hoped the
president will arise to the emergency.
bury his consuming partisanship for
"a short time and call congress into
special session That is the remedy.
Nothing is to be gained. except perhaps
politically by censuring congress for
failure to enact this legislation during
the late session. That water has already
passed the mill and cannot he used
again. Then why shouldn't the presi-
dent, even at the expense of his van
ity. relent and do the thing that is
admittedly for the best interests of
the country!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
POLICY ON TRIAL.

Inc nOn-pHfllSaIl leaSue HAS capiui
ed the government of North Dakota in
a fair contest before the people and
according to the principles Of self
government is entitled to put its poll
cies on trial. always, Of course. re.
speeding the rights of the minority
The legislature has put through a
somewhat radical legislative program
and the country will watch the out
come with genuine interest. Following
are some of the features Of the new
policies to be tried out:
State owned mills, warehouses, ele'
vators, marketing facilities and pack.
ing houses.
State building association through
which farms up to a value of S1O,OW
and homes up to a value of $4,000 can
be- secured by small payments down
and the payment of the balance in in
stallments covering period Of twenty
five years.
State owned bank to handle So
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funds and will do Il general banking
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public utilities and bank stock will be
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

There is no more reason why the
people of Hamilton county should pay
their automobile tax at Des MOines
than there is why they should pny
their other taxes there. If the legis'
lature would authorize county auditors
or county treasurers to collect this tax
it would take a step in the right direc
ton. While. the legislature is about il
might as well do the thing right.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
0steouath Coming.

DR., 4. \. Gordon. osteopath, late OF
Cedar Rapids, more recently in the
service of Uncle Sam at the Great
Lakes training camp has decided to
locate in Webstey City for the practice
Of his profession, He has leased tlla
Office rooms over the Penney store
formerly occupied by DIR. Buxton, and
will he ready, for business about the
10Th of April.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
COULD BE EASILY FIXED.

The Sioux City Journal and Senator
Kenyon are two pretty good Iowa
authorities on the English language
and they ought to know what the
Monroe doctrine stands for. They say
the proposed constitution of the. pro-
posed league Of nations eliminates that
policy. In this they have the backing
of the judgment of such well know men
as Senators Cummins. Lodge, Penrose.
Hale, Harding. Johnson. Reed. LenrOot
and dozens of others. even Mr.. Bryan
being inclined that way. Disputing
the assertion that the Monroe doctrine
would be abrogated by the proposed
league of nations constitution may be
found such authorities as the Des
Moines Register, President Wilson.
Vice President Marshall. Senator
Lewis, the presidents cabinet and
other leading democratic politicians.
With such an array of talent and
patriotism on each side how is the
f,roletariat going to decide? The stu
alton at least warrants the conclusion
that there is grave doubt as to just
what the effect would be on the Mon:
roe doctrine if the proposed constitu-
ton of the proposed league were real
ity. Then why not amend the consti-
tuition to quiet this question, That is
very easy thing to do and there
would be 10 disposition to refuse to dc
it but for the wilfulness of President
Wilson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin is of
the opinion that congress can 10y resO-
luton terminate the war with Ger
many at any time it sees fit. hence the
senate cannot he coerced into subscrib-
ing to a league of nations constitution
which it does not endorse. If the
senator is not within legal bounds he
is certainly within the bounds of rea-
son. Congress is the power that can
declare war and certainly it should be
the power that can declare the ter
mination of war. The senator says he
favors the general plan of the league
as proposed and feels quite certain
that there will be a league organized.
However, he says he will not he con-
cerncd into voting for Il league con-
stitntion which, he does not endorse no
matter if such a proposed constitution
is made part of the peace treaty.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
March .:

ton. What North Dakota has done
proves conclusively that there is no ex-
cuse for forceful means to accomplish
the rule of the majority in this c"dn-
try. What the people of that state
have done the people of any other state
can do However, it is wise now for
all the states to wait and see what the
actual results will be.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

Gov. Harding pard0ned one crimi-
nal guilty of rape and as result got
into peck. or rather a bushel, OF
trouble. President Wilson pardoned
forty-tive men convicted of espionage
or held for espionage and not much is
said about it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
WEBSTER CITY FREEMAN

The next Liberty loan campaign
called the Victory loan-will soon be
on and the people must respond liber-
ally. This money must be raised and
if it is not raised through the sale of
bonds, it will be raised by taxation.
Take your choice.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

1t may be true that there are mil
lion or two bolsheviki sympathizers in
this country ready to start something
and ready to fight to the death to over
throw the government, hut that is no.
thing to get really excited over. There
are at least twenty million men in the
United States who are ready to fight
to the death to preserve the best gov
eminent in the world and if they ever
find it necessary to don war paint and
go on the war path they will make
short work of the b0lshevists and all
cutthroats who sympathize with the
bolshetiki way of reformation by force.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24
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Stories of the
Streets and TOlgn

s's < : =. :
Art Pose,
Who is a small
Shrimp
And who writes
Signed stories
For the
FreemanJOurnal
Just like Rev. Metcalf
Does.
Pulled whale of
y A homer
The other day.
1t all happened
Enroute to Des Moines.
Art took the morning
Jerk water, 4
Which always packs
EN- on the platform
But Art is. Il
Pretty wise
Little owl and you bet
He had a seat.
Well, at Ames Sec.
Baker and Gen. March
Got on the train.
The Generals aid, i
Maj. Somebody,
Hailed the brake to
Save seats for the
Brass buttons, but
The brake on this
Here train Amt no
RespectOr of persons.
Them guys has gotta take
Chances
Just like the common heard"
Said this here rOundhead
And so the Baker gent
And the general
Stood up all the way
To Dies Moines.
1t seems that Art
Had never met these
Birds
In his business.
And SO he just sat
There putting
Vile 6 cent seegars
And reading the
Police Gazette.
He missed the Big Chance
For il he had given mp
His seat
He wOuld have been
Famous today
And every paper in the
Land would have
Had his name in print
And beside Sec. Baker
: Might have taken fancy
To this fashion plate
And appointed him
As flunky-in-Ordinary
To Somebody-Or-O Other
In TilnbucktOO.
And now Art goes
incoming around
Munbling that famous
Poem containing the
Lines,
s"Of all sad words
OF tongue
Or pen,
The saddest are these:
1t might have been