Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-21

ling of the return Of soldier relatives, as
everyone is interested in knowing when
1.-THE soldiers get home and their exper-
fences.
! The Lutheran aid society which was
to have met at the Fred Nelson home
Thursday was postponed until Tuesday
on account of the bad roads.
The services held i'll the NJ. E. church
during Passion Week We're very inter-
esting and well attended. Tuesday ey-
ening pictures of Mexico were shown.
This country is one that is of vital i'm
terst to everyone just now on account
of the many changes taking place there.
Wednesday evening the pictures were
on India and Rev. Flesher explained
the caste system that has kept that
country in bondage for so long. He also
told of the appalling ignorance OF the
Ipeople-an illiteracy due to sO7called re-
ligious influences and not to any OPP
preston of the British government. as
the anti-England prOpagandists would
| like to make people believe. It is this
Influence that has produced Ignorance
and darkness in other English posses
sions also. 1t is no fairer to blame
Great Britain for the; illiteracy and pow
Ierty in India and Ireland than it is to
blame the U. s. A. for the same c0ndi-
ton in the Philippines. An interest in
home and foreign missions was awaken
ed by these meetings
The w. G.. T. u. met at. the home OF
Mrs. Olive Thompson and sewed Thurs
day afternoon. they hope to have a
box ready to ship soon.
Rev. Hoon of Alden conducted the
services at the NJ. p. church Thursday
evening, speaking on the problem pre-
sented by the negro in the coming recon-
struction period He cited the fact
that in the south the Negro was dis
franchised and he said that the soldiers
who came back from France would not
tamely submit to 'disfranchisement. We
will have to begin to practice demo-
cracy as well as preaching it toward
the negro
The Masons met Thursday evening
and admitted Harry Lockwood to the
third degree. There We're also men ex-
anined for the second degree. After
the meeting the members enjoyed re-
frcshments at the Hughes cafe. Among
those who recently passed the third de-
gree are Frank Daniels and DR.. VIM.
T.. Bossenberger.
Mrs. Frank Jewett returned home
Thursday after spending several weeks
lin Webster City and harrisburg visit
ling relatives.
The high school pupils are preparing
la play for graduating night entitled,
lean of a Sudden Peggy" 1t is said to
have lot Of pep and go to it.
Prof. Waldo Anderson took the 9th
grade pupils around town Friday morn
ling and pointed out the different vari-
|eties of trees to them during the general
science hour. White birch, American
elm, boxelder, Scotch pine, black locust,
thorn locust, willow, European larch
lof which there are only two specimens
in town., cottonwood, soft maple and
white poplar. The class was not out
long enough to get all Of the trees, but
from the accounts Of the pupils it was
very interesting lesson.
The AZ Club met Friday evening at
the home of Mrs. Angie Crabtree.
Mrs. Chas. Bratnober returned Fri
day from her trip to Storm Lake ana
other points. Her husband met her in
Webster City and accompanied her
home.
Mrs. T.. Martinson and daughter Es-
thcr went to Eagle Grove Friday to Wis
ii the formers sister, Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. C. Wilkinson and two children
Of Harrisburg and Mrs. NJ. Watson and
daughter Bessie of Alden were Friday
visitors at the O. Thompson home. Mrs.
Watson went to Harrisburg Saturday
for an over Sunday visit.
williams was quite excited over the
airplane that flew gracefully over the
town Friday. The driver was young
man with relatives in Harrisburg and
he came in his plane for a visit. The
driver alighted in the field at the Hard
ing place and so people near there got
a good view of his machine.
Lieut.. Victor Westphal, son OF the
Lutheran minister here, came home
from Camp Dodge Saturday evening,
having been honorably mustered out az
ttA service in France.
Our Cedar Falls students, the Misses
NJ. Millsap. Lucille Hartwig and Blanche
Whalen. spent Sunday at home.
4 Joseph McCurday. Jr.. came Thurs
day from Chicago. for visit at the
home of his father, Joe McCurdy. Joe
recently returned from Scotland where
he was assembling mines The young
.. o., tl,,.ao vaapS In tho phi1iO-