Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-06

here all summer, part OF the time with
4 the carpenters and part Of the time
picking corn, left for his home in st
Louis d few days ago to spend the win.
! ter.
i Miss B., Bossenberger went to Iowa
Falls Wednesday to special Paul Moore
who was operated on for appendicitis
| AT the watch night services at the NJ.
e. church New Years eve, at which
about fifty people were present, the fol
lowing officers were elected to serve for
the coming year in the Sunday school :
Supt., f. W. Hartwig; Asst Supt., Mrs.
John Johnson; Sec, Roy Hanson ;
Treas, Peter Rolling Librarian, Allin-
son cambridge. These officers all serv-
ed last year and their services were ap-
preciated as is attested by their reelec-
ton. The usual watch night services
were observed and there We're light re-
freshments served during the evening.
Della Woods has been out of school
with influenza the past week.
Miss Nellie Miller is quite i'll with in
fiuenza and her sister, Miss Mary, who
who is on case at Steamboat Rock,
has been sent for.
The f. L. Jewett family spent Christ
mas at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. p. L..
Hunt of Harrisburg.
Miss Mary Tilghman has been on the
sick list the last few days.
Mrs. Ed. Robertson has been having a
bad attack Of asthma. Both the Rob
ertson children have been ill with in
fiuenza but are conyalescing.
Mrs. George Doyle recently received a
letter from her son, Geo. A. Doyle, who
is with the American EXpeditionary
force in France in motor truck ord
nance division. George wrote the letter
just after Thanksgiving and he said the
boys had fine turkey dinner with all
of the regulation trimmings and that
they certainly enjoyed it. He is busy
most of the time on repair work. for he
is an expert carpenter and machinist.
The day he wrote he had been repa iring
the cOmpany's motorcycles. George told
of the men having just received hip
boots and leather jackets to help keep
them warm and dry. He could not tell
when he would be home, but said that
he was enjoying it abroad.
G. M. Trumbauer has purchased the
former Laude home.
There was a dance in the opera house
New Years eve given by the young men
around town. Miss Atkinson furnished
the music with, an accompanies on
traps. There was a good crowd present
and all enjoyed themselves.
Mrs. Trumbauer's Sunday school
class was entertained at the Glen Ricke
home New Years eve. The class and
their escorts went out in hobs and they
found steaming oyster stews awaiting
them. The enjoyable evening passed all
too quickly for the young folks.
Chas Bratnober left for Kansas City
Sunday to start his new work for the
Goodrich Rubber Co.
Mrs. Laura Talc0tt entertained about
a dozen young people Monday evening
in honor of her son, Lieut. James Tai
citt, who was here on visit.
Jas. O'Neill had lot of hogs in the
stockyards the first of the week which
he was unable to ship owing to the lack
of cars. However, he, got a car Thurs
day and sent them on to Chicago. Joe
Roskoff sold GO fine hogs to Mr.. O'Neill
Saturday at $16.70 per hundred. Joe
feels like millionaire about now.
Anna Westwick, Galy EdyensOn, Prof.
Waldo Anderson, Gladys Roland and
Miss Louisa and Mrs. w. p. Bossenber-
ger were among the visitors at the coun-
ty seat today.
Miss Elsie Jewett was Harrisburg
visitor today.