Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-14
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

friends in Webster City last evening.
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Miss Mary Closz and Mrs. f.. NJ. JEFF
fers are home from business trip to
Chicago.
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Miss Edna Gilbert Of West Union is
here visiting DR.. Mary Nielsen Hotch-
kiss for a few days
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Miss Bernice Campbell, northwest of
town. who attends school at Eagle
Grove, spent Sunday at home with her
parents, MI. and Mrs. Frank Campbell.
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Mrs Peter Meyers underwent seri-
GUS operation at Mercy hospital Sat
urday evening and is doing very nicely
at present.
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Miss Alice Peterson returned to her
home at Algona this noon, having spent
Sunday in this city with Mrs. Paul
MatsOn.
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Mrs. George Millett returned home to
Jewell Saturday, following weeks
visit here with her daughter, Mrs.
Adolph Ferrell, on Stockdale street.
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Miss Eta Meller, who is taking n
nurses training course in the hospital
at Wayerly, spent Sunday in this city
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.. J.
Meller.
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Miss Gladys Calkins, who until rec
emily has been bookkeeper for the
American express company in this city,
has accepted position as bookkeeper
at Sheldon Bros. grocery store.
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Horace. Lausley Of st. Paul arrived
here from Iowa City this noon, where
he attends the state university, to
spend the day ut the Sam Bateman
i.hOme.
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Miss Ada Bell, who teaches in the
schools at Rosie, and has been visit:
ing few days here with her mother,
Mrs. Hannah Bell, returned to Rosie
this noon.
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Mrs. John Hanlon arrived home from
Moline, H., Saturday morning, having
been called there by the serious illness
| OF her father. He had improved but
very flittlewhen she returned.
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Harry Nail of Woodstock spent Sun.
day in this city with friends. He has
Just returned home from overseas, re.
ceiving his honorable discharge from
Camp Dodge.
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J. 8. Gingery, who has been working
in the Foster furniture store in this
lefty, has accepted a position with the
furniture firm Of Kubitschek 4 Kastler
at Eagle Grove. The family will prob
ably move there later.
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Mrs. George Nichols of Ogilvie
Mimi, returned to her home this noon
following a weeks visit here with her
cousins, Mrs j. N. Garth and Mrs. p
w. Lee She will stop at Minneapolis
enroute to visit friends.
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Mrs. W.. ID. Ballantine of harrisburg
lis visitor in this city today enroute
home from Jewell where she spent Sun
Iday with her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Gabriels0n and family. She was &c.
companied home by hex little grand.
daughter.
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DIR. Effie McCOllum Jones went to
Humboldt this noon where she will
speak this afternoon in the interest OF
the Fifth Liberty loan. She speaks at
a mass meeting there this evening and
at Marshalltow and Albion tomorrow,
wednesday she will speak ut Oelwein
returning home Thursday.
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Chas. Closz has just returned from a
ten days business trip to Canada and
eastern points. Mrs. H. F. Close and
little daughter, Elizabeth Irene, ac-
lcompanied him as far as Ann Arbor,
Mich, where they expect to join DR..
H. F. Closz and will make their home
there. sf,Qs
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| Miss Matte Porter Of Fort Dodge.
who has been taking care of Mrs. l. G.
Layman at Mercy hospital for couple
weeks, returned home today. Mrs.
Layman underwent major operation
recently and Is getting along very well.
She accompanied Mrs. Porter home
this morning for n short stay.
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Helmick Bros. purchased monster
hog from M. Seiser east Of of town Sat
urday, which they claim is the largest
hog that has ever been on the market
in Webster City. The hog weighed $40