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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Seriously III With Influenza.

Mrs. I. c. O'Connor and niece, Nina
Waddell. who resides at the O'Connor
home southeast Of this city, are both
down with tile Spanish Influenza. The
latter has been in a very critical con-
dition but rested somewhat easier last
night. Mrs. O'Connor is not quite so
well today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Printing Machinery for Sale.

The Freeman-J ournal has for sale
one Babcock standard pony drum
cylinder press, paper cutter, proof
press, one dozen type case racks, 100
news and California cases, lead and
rule cutters, mailing galleys, cone pull
leys, and small linotype furnace.
This printers stuff is for sale on ac-
count Of the consolidation Of the Free
man-Tribune and Journal Offices and
will be sold cheap. diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Farm Brings $4,000.

Fort Dodge Messenger. NJ. +. 'Healy
and Seth Thomas have sold to Henry
Luhmann of Burnside township. 24O
acres of land, located in Section 80,
Burnside township, for $4,000 per
acre. The total consideration is SGO,-
600.
This land is located three miles d.
rectly north of Dayton in choice
farming community, and was purchas-
ed by Healy 4 Thomas i'll 1916 at
$1,000 per acre. They Immediately
improved it by thing the land and
erecting buildings.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
aldehyde to 80 gallons Of water. 1t is

aldehyde to 80 gallons Of water. 1t is
well to have a reserve supply of cold
solution for lowering the temperature,
should it go above 122 degrees f. The
original quantity of solution should be
maintained throughout. the process by
replacement from the reserve solution,
which prevents it from becoming too
weak. The formaldehyde solution does
not weaken through evaporation. But
too much heat may injure or delay
termination.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Have A Garden.

Get your seeds free with . deposit
OF $1,000 or more in a savings account
at the Hamilton County State Bank.
Eleven vegetables and five flowers.
Iowa grown seeds, put up by the Iowa
Seed Co. A complete garden. Come in
md ret yo,,rs at once. 4d4fl
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

they were most adapted. Many divi-
sions of the army have whole road
building gangs, equipped with most
modern road building implements 1t
is these implements which@ will be
adopted and used.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
A Busy Month For Poultrymen.

April should be busy month IN
poultry raising. Future success de-
ponds on good work now. Do not
handicap the chicks by unnatural re-
trictions. Let them hustle around.
Standardized chicks can rough it as
well as mongrels-even better. Let the
chicks have plenty of liberty and keep
their quarters clean. Gct@in touch
with your county agricultural or home
demonstration agent for advice on
knotty problems.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Farm, Fer Sale.

100 acres, Z miles from Webster
City, miles from town. fully improv'
ed and buildings nearly all new, wei
tiled, and easy terms.
5d3f1 Whitman, & Hampton.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Land in northwest Iowa is also way
up" A 30O-acre farm north Of Rock
Valley recently sold at $S03.30 per acre.
A 213 acre farm mile and half
from Alton sold at $500 and a 60 acre
dairy farm adjoining Sheldon sold at
$40 per acre.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Mrs. Henry Hildahl of Jewell is a
visitor in this city this afternoon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
UNION temper
!, ANcE SERVICE
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith,
State President w. C. T.
IT,, Speaks at Union
II Meeting.
is NOT SWAN SONG.
Mrs. Jones Gives Short Talk
To Local Liberty
Workers.

Yhe utteranceS OF the workers III the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
nowadays are not by any means a swan
song, according to Mrs. Ida 3. Wise
Smith of Cedar Rapids, president of
the Iowa w. G. Z. u, in her strong adj
dress ut the union service in the Con
gregational church last night. Instead,
the victories already won, bringing war
time national prohibition next July and
federal constitutional prohibition,
which goes into effect January 16, 1920,
has simply opened wilder field for
educational effort and made it possible
Cor dry workers to make good, on the
slogan, "A Dry World by $780,
w. C. T. u. in Charge.
The services were well attended and
were entirely in charge of the w. c.
T.. U. officers and workers. Mrs. James
White, president of the Hamilton coun-
ty union, presided and introduced the
speakers. Scripture was read and
prayer offered by Rev. Efiie McCollum
& . l : j . +
Jones and there was inspiring music
~ 'ne oolsi e'''l lionai enu''n .''oii' W
iec'eu ~ MSS N'''n 10y. ~ i'4'',''
of the local women Liberty loan work
ers, Mrs. Jones spoke for few min
u'es apo ''l 'ie eoiuiis 'i.'o's .o"n az"
its claims upon all of our people. Mrs.
White then presented Mrs. Smith,
Y WHOSE Y attrae'i'e peisoiiaii's' s'i",sn'-
Aoiwaiu eioque'i''s anu ueep en'''os'a."
nap'e i'ei ~ ,a nei as "i'n
aei every nn'iiu.e =. 'ne LINE
NAls' ollll''i SPANS
MIS- .ili''n ca''loi'e'i an pe'e'. -
prohiDitiOil 70 ieaiiAc tl'al .le ii4'''
uueiiisse - no''isi we" ~
uut ll'at ,i'eie - ". ions ny ~ ''"s''
= tue gums aiiea'y maui aie ~ ~
heiu anu LIS. sen'i'i'en. ~ "a"
nls'nt - - r. enso ~. wv N - :. !.
.he leNene Wy = s -, So.
Wy Aoi.ee na.' an' - -
~ et'nipaAsn vas ns'>' - 'i,s
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ny oplnlon "ii'n :. nA''s 49,
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tileir o lp arg tioiinl'
Jaw e'iiofeelnen' WIN 'e - . ''
WIS ''A'''n =. =,
pSrie"ees as' sup ~ s'ep' ny
results iih'e peen oio"sn'
luz 'iia' ii'e'eau - -.
seiise VI ueep anu son
n''0i '''"'.o"
was -
'iea'e's ~ a.A 10 - 49, ..,,
CENTURY 'ne w. - = n''' -
ins 1Aio' ~
cisn si'anns peop
'i'i's
'a''e' 'n". ny
iiVl ~ ope"'s
""s ~ 80
pay ioi equa. wa.
pie'en' "u INV
.ho ~, ,,:.,,
'eis " 'ne
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MIS- ''n.'" o..a ~ -
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aion'
non uoiiai iunu " '.s
ins ~ eAa''0 -,
- - $3.50 :.
gifts Tor thls Iuhd at the ieetihs' pu'
bespoke generous response "heh Inc
iipportionment. However, the presi-
dent of the local union, Mrs. Anna Heb
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Mrs. Carrie Alexander of Kamrar is
a Webster City visitor today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Roy Frank Of Renwick. breeder of
Aberdeen cattle and Duroc Jersey
hogs, sold car of cattle at a breed
er's sale at Waterloo. One of his bulls
brought $1,000 and his entire Offering
averaged $647 per head.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

When the lambs come. keep them
warm and free from chills, for the first
few hours are critical. Clean wool
from ewes udder
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

StbV per aCie.
Roy Frank Of Renwick. breeder OF
Aberdeen cattle and Duroc Jersey
hogs, sold car of cattle at breed
er's sale at Waterloo. One Of his bulls
brought $1,000 and his entire Offering
averaged $647 per head.
-
When the lambs come, keep them
warm and free from chills, for the first
few hours are critical. Clean wool
from ewes udder
An abundance of ventilation is a
necessity to health in every home. In
most sections of the country the addi-
ton of sleeping porches will be found
well worth while.
In considering the breed of chickens
best suited for the home flock, pay lit
tie or no attention to those which are
not of local Importance that is, not be-
ing raised successfully in the commun-
ity. except On the advice of experts.
Grown on good soil and properly ham
died, sweet clover makes fair quality
of hay which may in many cases be
substituted with advantage for the
more valuable alfalfa and clover hays.
80 4 {.
OF the total number of farms in the
United States, according to the last
federal census, the number worked by
owners was shown to Ike 3,94S,722; the
number operated by managers, 5S,104 !:
and the number operated by tenants,
2,354, G76.
No questions are of greater import
ance to the farm family than the
farms water supply and the disposal
of its sewage. The prospective builder
should make certain that these prob
lens are solved before he does any
thing else, for they lie ut the founda-
ton of the entire households health
and comfort.
The first requisite in the care of food
is absolute cleanliness in the storage
place. This is not to be attained by the
use of soap and wafer alone. Fresh air,
sunshine, and whitewash or paint are
important aids.
-
Cold. damp, poorly lighted and venti-1
lated poultry quarters favor the spread
of such diseases as roup. Such conta-
gious diseases as these are difficult and
sometimes impossible to control unless
given attention in the early stages.
Wherever preventive measures fail
separate sick birds from the flock as
soon as there is evidence of disease and
then obtain expert advice to effect a
clIre
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Farm News Department

Chris Christensen and Home Demonstration
Agent, Katie Lucille McRobcrt
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

An abundance Of ventilation is a
necessity to health in every home, In
most sections of the country the addi-
ton of sleeping porches will be found
well worth while.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

In considering the breed of chickens
best suited for the home flock, pay lit
tie or no attention to those which are
not of local Importance that is, not be-
ing raised successfully in the commun-
ity. except On the advice of experts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

The first requisite in the care OF food
is absolute cleanliness in the storage
place. This is not to be attained by the
use of soap and wafer alone. Fresh air,
sunshine, and whitewash or paint are
important aids.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The office Of Windham comfy food
administrators ceased to exist Saturday.
Ronald, 10. son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
q. Sercombe of IS Washington street,
broke both bones Of his left arm Just
above the wrist Saturday afternoon
when he slipped and fell on the cellar
stairs.
Private Gerald Winchester Of Gull
ford came home Saturday and found
that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hooker
Winchester, had gone TO South London
derry on account of the death from in
flucnza Of their daughter 5 husband.
\. r. Hopper fireman on tho West Riv-
CT railroad, that Mrs Hopper was Sc
riously i'll and that both Mr.. and Mrs.
Winchester were i'll, all having intluen
"a Private Winchester went to South
Londonderry that evening Mrs Hop
per was reported in Il critical condi-
tion this morning. bur Mr. and Mrs
Winchester were able to be about the
house
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
PERSONAL.

Miss Ruth Baldwin visited in Green
field over Sunday.
Miss Helen Childs and Miss Bernice
Pike spent the weekend in Greenfield
with Mrs. Ina Mcdonald.
Miss Rose Pellerin spent the week
end in Springfield, Mass, with Miss
Petty Guertin.
Mrs Harry PIumcr has returned TO
Hartford. after visiting her parents,
NJ and Mrs. Peter Pellerin.
Fred S. Knight, who has been con
fined to his bed since Dee. % with in
fluenza, is slightly improved.
Mrs E. S. Hewitt is ill., Miss Vida
Hewitt. who has been i'll and unable
TO work the past week, is convaleseent.
The three children Of Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Sullivan of 5 Maple street, who
have been i'll with influenza, are able
to be dressed.
Miss Una Rice. formerly of this
Gown, who has been employed by the
Greenfield Tap and Die Co., went t
Boston Sunday, where she has taken {
i position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06

bath in the same remarkable solution
to insure their most superb effect. There
arc rich and splendid lacquers and ena-
mels. used chiefly for the decoration
and preservation Of rare woods, which
are dissolved cotton in liquid form
When Madame tak.s her afternoon
airing the windows in the automobile
curtains through which she peers are
probably also made Of dissolved cotton.
Which is not mentioning the awful fact
that her favorite movie hero never
could strut across the silver screen were
! it not for the dissolved cotton which
is used as the basis of films.
All these women who have been
winding cotton bandages for the Red
Cross are probably wholly ignorant of
the fact that the wounds which will
later be dressed with those bandages
are inflicted by eotton-made into
smokeless powder and other forms of
ammunition by the dissolving process
8 This is funny world, sure enough
Nobody knows what is what-most ev.
erything is something else, ism i it?''
And he hurried away, his arms full
of various colored sateen and hair
brushes and the pearls which had once
/ been 4 cotton boil
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
AS OTHERS SEE us.
Manners OF Western Peoples Impresses
Chinese Dignitary as Barbarous.

The Westminster Gazette prints some
interesting TRANSACTIONS from a volume
written by Chinese dignitarv. Ho
kuei Fang, who few years ago was
sent as imperial high commissioner on
Il diplomatic mission to Europe. On
his return lie published his impressions
of manners and customs. fashionable
and philanthropic, such as prevail
among us. We reprint extracts enough
to show Barbarians. as he calls
western peoples, how they sometimes
appear to a highly educated Chinaman:
~ had heard that their women were
more honored than their men, but |
should never have thought that this
alteration was so general and profound.
Thus, on a narrow pavement. the man
always gives way to the inferior Great
ure. A husband allows his wife to
walk side by side with him, and no
! body laughs He may even carry par
cells for her without being Knocked at.
| And that is not all. Men wait at the
table until the women are seated. and
then sit beside them and show them
all sorts of attentions. l have even
| seen a man serve wife at meals be-
fore his own fatherl
| men the women go out IN the eve
ming they uncover their bosoms. In
order 70 make their waists seem small
and their busts large they wear under
meath their dress 4 kind of iron cage
The determinations which result are very
grave.
4 Most of the. men have short hair
which they do not shave off the from
of their heads. This makes them lool
like our prisoners and outeast heggars
j As head-covering they have a sort o
: tube, which sometimes has springs in il
, 1t is extremely hideous. The sleeve
; of their garments do not come Owe
5 their hands, SO they hide these in bag
of white skin.
$ Their prisons are places of pleas
| IRE for scoundrels who are CAREFUL
: tended Only one fear exists: that tn
a prisoners are not comfortably lodged
A
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
THE USES OF COTTON.
Ivory Toilet Articles, Automobile Cur
tains, and Movie Films.

One New Orleans window dresser has
ideas which cannot possibly be ex-
pressed in decorations. The articles
which pass through his hands arouse a
train OF thought which would do cred
it to Epictetus, or whoever the gentle
man was who perpetually permitted
everything to remind him Of something
else
The other day. says the New Orleans
Times Picayune, he was contemplating
display of cotton goods His assist
ants were fastening up the lengths
OF white muslin that so effectually
screen him from vulgar public gaze
while he works his wonders. And he
waxed loquacious.
Talking of cotton, he began, eye
ing a heap of feminine frippery with
more than satisfaction, tWhv, people
don t begin to realize how many things
are made of cotton. When Miladi hangs
up her pretty blue and white cotton
kimono and seats herself in her leather
upholstered chair to view the new ivory
toilet articles which grace her white
enamel dressing table, she doesn I stop
to think that they are all made of the
same material
:" Yet they probably are. The leather
/ (unless it is the genuine article, which
doubtless it is not is nothing more o.
/ less than numerous coatings of dissolved
/ cotton spread over strong cotton cloth
and dyed to the desired shade. The
ivory toilet appointments, disappoint
ing as it might seem to the fastidious
are made from pure white dissolved cot
ton. We had people ask me why ivor,
so often smells like camphor. Well, it !
because it ism t ivory-it's cotton dis
solved in eamphor.
Miladi is doomed to further disil
lusionment, the wise one sighed
9 The very pearls which carress he
shapely throat are, in all probability
i cleverlv manufactured from this sam
dissolved cotton. Take these beautie
in this box here-lustrous and delicate
~ tinted. yet they grew in somebody
cotton field. Wouldn t believe it, woul
/. you? And there are a number of pr,
cions metals which have received
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
POSTER is FREED.
Confined from Page H.

Schools and academy and travelling quite
extensively in preparation for life Of
Hsefu citizenship. have my faults. like
al other mortals, but in Che sum total
of life | believe have done some good in
Iifc
I'm giving me my sentence ! ask the
rqcmbers of this honorable court 10 cN
Is rrc ','ooce With 1rn through the past
three years and endure my mental and
fBy.cM suffering and humilation; en-
,lbrc all the cpithets chat the evidence
has shown were hurled at every possible
opportunity: endure having animals shot
down on my own premises; being shot
and obliged 10 seek refuge in my own
bindings endure the many threats and
attempted attacks especially tho enc
upon this sad occa sion; endure what
did on my own premises the fatal night.
then ask yourselves If the bands OF pa
thence were not justified in breaking t
let the divine right Of self-pre~cvation
assert itself
Il am profoundly gricvcd over the sad
mess Of this awful circumstance. YET
cannot feel that ! have violated any law
Of heaven or earth, hit | must suffer foi
il and Will not complain"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06

pulp 1t has little aeidity and resembles
a tender good-flavored orange more than
a grapefruit or tangerine. When fnlly
ripe it is so tender that extra care may
be necessary IN packing Tor shipment. In
this regard and in its rather free Iind Il
resembles the tangerine, hut * better
when halvcd and eaten ike a grapefruit.
Ii requires no sugar, and the pulp IS 50
tender ii can be removed with a spoon
without cutting the segments; moreoxef.
there is little or no tendency for the Ilrice
TO squirt when the spoon Is Inserted3 IN
The segment: While the Thornton frnit
is not as attractive i'm appearance as she
Sampson. ii Is milder IN tiaver and Is PFC
fel1ed on this account. The fruit OF Both
sorts should receive thorough spraying
to produce clean, bright tangclos Cit,us
scab is especially dishguring on the Samp
son tangelo. which seems to be rather .~if~-
!eeptible 70 this disease.
The success of these two hybrlds, us,ag
the tangerine and grapefruit as parents.
has led to the creation Of hundreds OF sd
ditional hybrlds between all the Alanda-
! rim types of oranges including several va
rieties of tangerines. the King and Sat
Suma oranges, and the better types Of
grapefruit and pummelo Among the tan
! gelos resulting from such crosses are some
OF much promise. but further testing X
necessary before any OF these viii he
recommended for general planting
There j. also reason to hope that cssnker.
/ the most destructive OF citrus fruit dis
eases. may be harmless To the taIieelo.
though both the grapefruit and taneerrne
are highly susceptible Tests are now he
ing made at the College OF Agriculture,
| Los Banos, Philippine Islands, using \
large number of tangelos supplied from
material under test in this country. SHOW
ia wide range d susceptibility, some. Of
the tangelos being apparently canker re-
sistant.
The fact that the Natsu-mikan, fruit
similar 10 a t;fngelo and possibly spon-
taneous hybrid OF an orange OF the Naa-
DARN type with Japanese pummelo, seems
10 he decidedly canlser resistant. both IN
= japan and in this country, confirms the
belief that canker-resistant tangelos may
be expected from AIandarin-pmnniclo
: crosses. especially when one or, prefer
,ahly. both OF the parents are canker re-
sistant
Hybrids between canker resistant pun
melos and other citrus fruits were made
in Japan in 1915 and subsequent years
through the cooperation OF several OF the
imperial and provincial agricultural ex.
pertinent stations The resulting crosses
are being tested for canker resistance
both in japan and in the PHILIPPINE Is.
lands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
NOT EXTINCT AFTER ALL.
Reported the Passenger Pigeon" is
Cnce More i'll Evidence.

The reported return of the North
American wild pigeon, commonly
known as the passenger pigeon, may be
a fact of Importance in connection
with our future food supply. The
American Game Protective association
appears 10 credit the testimony of a
sportsman. the vice president of the
Connecticut State Game board. that he
has seen several specimens of this once
plentiful species. 1t is only a few years
since reward of $4,000 was offered
for one undisturbed nest of this bird
and was unclaimed. 1t has been com
monty supposed that when the last
known individual of the species died
in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoologi-
cal Gardens on Sept. ] the passenger
pigeon had become extinct
There are persons still living who can
remember the great flights of pigeons
which in their time literally darkened
the sun. Dense columns eight or ten
miles long were not uncommon. and cal
culations made by careful observers
agreed that in some of their migrations
the column. mile wide was $50 miles
long. Audubon estimated that the ay-
erage flock contained 1,250,000, 600
, birds, and that they consumed more
, than S.300.0 GOO bushels of mast in a
day s feeding. Their habit of setting
at roosting time in great bodies as big
as hogsheads on limbs of trees made
them easy to kill and the slaughter was
enormous. Even this, however, could
/ hardly have accounted for the complete
/ disappearance of the species, the last
! previous appearance of which in the
/ wild state has teen set by naturalists
! as April, 1906. One great nesting
ground, four by twentv-eight miles, is
I reported to have existed in Michigan
as late as 1886
The complete and sudden disappear
anee of a whole species, formerly Sc
1 prolific, gave an almost romantic. tingt
to scientific speculation upon the sub
! ieet One theory was advanced that
this was due to an epidemic; another
was that a great storm had driven thC
birds far out to sea during migration
AID that they had persisted en- massc
These were mere guesses. and no proof
was ever adduced.
Rediscovery of the bird. therefore
possesses exceptional interest to lover
of wild game. The assistant curator o
! birds at the New York Geological Gar
! dens is authority for lie statemen
that IT can be bred in captivity Wit
{ comparative ease. There is hope tina
:. it may be re-established on the cont
) nent by setting newly raised specimen
r free and protecting their breedin
$ grounds From the point of view o
the true sportsman, hunting the pas
: senger pigeon lacks, interest. but til
Y market hunter may view il differently
c Most of the food material which
!, converts into edil,le meat would othei