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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Invents New Inner Tube.

A pinch proof inner tube for auto
tires, one side Of which is reinforced
so that it is protected against damage
from the rim Of the tires, toes OF the
casing beads or tools employed to re-
move the tire. is the invention OF u
Webster City man. Charles ii.
Flalierty.
The patent was applied for Jan. 10,
and number Of companies have writ
ten the local man asking that they be
allowed to manufacture the tube. He
has not fully decided to which com
pany will be awarded the contract, but
is favorable to The Iowa Cord company
of Des MOines.
Mr.. Flaherty has been working on
the tube since last May at the vul-
canizing shop he and his father.
J. w. Flaherty, owns at 526 Second
street, and the invention has been COM
pleted since early last fall. He has
had several offers for the purchase OF
the patent rights but does not desire
to sell them at present.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Pleasant Surprise Party.

The member OF the Luther League
and choir of the English Lutheran
church gave a pleasant surprise party
Friday evening at the church as a
courtesy to Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Beisner, who were recently married.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beisner went to the
church supposedly for the purpose OF
attending the regular meeting of the
Luther League, but were pleasantly
surprised to find almost fifty Of their
friends gathered. A delightful even
ing of games was enjoyed and deli
cious refreshments were served. The
honored guests were presented with a
cut glass cream and sugar set.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
CHAMPION CORN
Ills BU. 70 ACRE
Fifth Place to ]. A. Westrum
of Hamilton Coun-
ty.

IOwa'S best acre of corn in 1919 was
grown by Scott county man, Leroy
A. HaineS, of Princeton, and yielded
111.6 bushels Of dry shelled corn. On
that record he was awarded the Ray
lnond A. Pearson silver trophy cup,
offered annually by the Iowa Corn and
Small Grain Growers association. 1t
was won in 1917 by F. G. Rim OF
Humboldt county and in 1918 by Chas.
D. Kirkpatrick Of KeOkuk, county.
Second place in the contest went to
l.. j. Meyer of Iowa county whose acre
yielded 1868 bushels Of dry shelled
corn. The ranking Of the other lead
ing contestants was as follows: Chris
Kinsell, Benton county, 1882 bushels
\. e. Johnson, PocahOntas county,
1O1.47 bushels; 30. Westrum. Ham
ilton county, 1926 bushels; Emil
Kroeger, Scott county. $3.50 bushels
G. V. Gitfin, Palo Alto county, N.72
bushels: Harold Nielsen, Moaona
county, 02.S4 bushels; Louis Schmitz
Plymouth county, SS.94 buhels; L. v
Carter, Hardin county, S4.27 bushels.
None of these acres Of corn was
grown through methods of pampering
and high, Improbable fertilization
Each acre was part of a larger field
which was entered late in the growing
season by the contestant, and the or
binary good methods OF the farmer
were employed. The Scott county acre
was grown on land that was moi
MANFRED last year, but the land was
in good condition from previous fertili
yer reatments, and the crop was care
fully handled throughout planting and
cultivation
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Pastor Goes to Norway.

Jewell Record: A meeting OF the
congregation of the Bethesda Lutheran
church was held Monday night to con-
slider communication from Rev.
Wicks, of Red Wing. Mimi, concern
ing the call that had been extended to
him to become the pastor of the churcl,
here. Rev. W;sks wrote that he plans,
as soon as the school year at Red
Wing is ended, the fore part Of June,
to go to Norway to visit his aged par
ents, whom he has not seen for thirty
years, and, accordingly, could not ac'
cept the call here unless it might be
conditioned upon his not being requir-
ed to begin his duties here until his
return from Norway the latter part Of
August Consequently Rev. Wicks
withheld his formal reply to the call
until he could find out whether or. not
the church is willing to wait for him
until that time, but intimated that in
such an event he would accept.
The communication was presented
to the congregation Monday night,
and without any unfavorable discus
sion whatever. and without single
opposing vote, the congregation voted
to grant Rev. Wicks the time that he
requests for his visit in Norway.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Another Fire Al Williams (!

i Williams, Iowa. Jan. 81 Special
Williams was visited by another dis
astrous Main street. fire yesterday
when the A. w. Ross harware store an
plumbing shop burned to the ground
Nothing was saved but the cash regis
ter. The loss is probably $1,000. with
no Insurance either on the building OF
the stock.
The fire occurred about l2:4o
Mr.. Ross was home in bed sick and
both clerks were at dinner. The build
ling was frame structure and was to
tally destroyed. The origin of the fire
is a mystery. Mr.. Ross was conte:n-
plating tearing down the building IN
the spring and erecting a new ono.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

1t is peculiar, TO say the least, that
law will give the women the right To
vote in Iowa at an election where the
question of a bond issue is considered
hut denies the right to have the votes
counted as cast! The legislature GER
tainly pulled a boner' when that law
was enacted. The code says that 1.-The
right of any citizen to vote at any city
town or school election upon the ques-
ton of issuing bonds for municipal o.
school purposes shall not be abridged
on account of sex" In another section
the law provides that bonds may be
issued upon the vote of Il majority oi
all the electors, and the supreme
court has decided that only a male vOt-
or is an elector. We presume the idy
conflicts with the state constitution am
of course the legislature cannot go cc:i-
trary to the constitution. However,
the matter viii be Strengthened 0lt
when the suffrage amendment to tie
federal constitution is in effect, as the
state cannot override the constitution
of the United States. In the meantime.
the women of Iowa can continue 10
vote. if they want to, but their votes
will not be counted.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Nav Consolidate.

A movement is now on foot for a
consolidated school ut StratfOrd, and
petitions are to- he circulated in that
community soon to secure signatures
for such action. The consolidation
would take in probably six or seven
school districts including several in
Webster county, and would adjoin the
Stanhope consolidated district on the
west. There are already adequate
buildings in StratfOrd, and there would
be only small expense in the consolida-
ton
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Work ON Storm, Sewer.

Stratford Courier: Work on the new
storm sewer is going on as rapidly as
the cold weather will permit. The
sewer pipe came some time ago and
has been laid along the line OF the
ditch and 1T the present time the ditch
is being dug to full depth and the pipe
laid in Most Of the digging is com
paratively shallow but there. are a few
places where the ditch will Ike pretty
deep and one. place through a little rise
in the ground where it will take q
twelve foot ditch to keep to the proper
fall 1t is expected to have 1t com
pleted on contract time bearing extra
ordinary bad weather, and If It Is, It
will take care of Il great deal OF the
water which has been such nuisance
each spring and early summer.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
I'VE suppose our Republican friends

I'VE suppose our Republican friends
do not want to describe the miners as
criminals. louisville Post.
OF course not. Far from it. How
ever, that is what President Wilson
said they were-in a roundabout way.
He declared. didn't he, that the coal
strike was mot only unjustitied. but
unlawful" If the Freeman-JO IS
memory serves it right that was the
language used by Mr.. Wilson. Attor-
nes General Palmer pursued a course
that, proved he held the same idea.
Yet the attorney general, with the con-
sent of the president. compromised
with the instigatOrs of this unlawful
strike. The Louisville Post is GER
tainly unwise from partisan stand
point, to accuse Republicans. even by
Inference, of describing the miners as
criminals
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Gets Home in Trade.

V. II. Wehrheim, as agent, has just
sold 800 acres of land located between
Iowa Falls and Ackley to o. w. Bige
of this city. AS part of the deal, Mr..
Wehrheim takes the Bige home in this
city on First street, formerly the A.
K. Burleson place. and he and his fam
lily will move into it March /. having
rented their farm southeast OF town.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

Is James w. Gerard guilty Of lese
majesty in declaring himself a canlli-
date for the democratic nomination fur
president without waiting for MI. vii
son to make up his mind whether or
not to ask for a third term? That is
a. question that needs an early answer.
A lot of aspiring democrats are waiting
for the president to speak, but we are
glad there is at least one in the United
States who does not ask permission Of
the White House to become a candi-
date.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Rlacksmithiny,

have moved from my former leca'
ton on Des Moines street near the
Christian church, to the basement sheI
of J. C. Smiths transfer and storage
building. Entrance ut the rear. I an
better prepared to do your work than
before. Jimmie Johnson. 11-SdSf-j-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

Mrs. Frank DObson, for ten years re-
cortler of Polk county and now chair
man of the woman's republican state
club, predicts that the republican ma
jority in Iowa will he the largest this
year ever given in the history Of the
state.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

The people of Iowa, regardless of
party, are glad that E. T.. Meredith of
Des Moines is to be in the presidents
cabinet as secretary of agriculture. Mr..
Meredith is Il man of considerable exc
cutive ability and has demonstrated his
success in a business way.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Flu in Jewell.

Jewell Record: This community
has had run of influenza the past
week. The first case Of the disease
was reported Wednesday morning and
was promptly placed under quarantine
Additional cases were reported every
day thereafter, the disease spreading
very rapidly, and a few cases Of pne,i.
monia also developed. In all over
thirty cases have been placed under
quarantine in this community, but the
physicians believe that the spread OF
the disease has now been checked and
that the situation is greatly improved
Most of the cases have been light com.
pared with year ago and it is be.
flieved that there is no danger OF a
serious epidemic of the disease.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

Those socialist assembiymen in New
York who are denied the seats to
which they were elected are like the
women voters of Webster City who
voted for the gas franchise only to find
that their votes do not count. They
can be candidates and elected to office
but they cannot hold the office. Poll
tics is a great game.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Kate Schroeder to Earl Stuart
lots &, blk > j. NJ. f. Add w. c.
81 400.
l.. j. Wilson and VT to Edward and
Severena Lundy-lot 6 blk Lawn
Hill Add w. C.-S1.S00.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

When Ed. Meredith gets to Wash
ington he must have Il care. 1t is UNI
safe to visit cellars in the capital
city. He might get away with such
things in Manson. but not in Washing
ton. The new secretary of agriculture
should consult Champ Clark before
taking chances. Champ knows the
rOOeS
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

E. a.
Senator Calder Of New York has
succeeded in getting through the Unit
ed States senate = bill intended to
facilitate the marriage of discharged
soldiers with alien women: AS the
literacy test of the immigration law
now applies, soldiers who met their
intended wives abroad are prohibited
from sending for them and marrying
them in this country unless they can
comply with that test. The only re-
course is for the soldier to return to
Europe, marry his wife there. and
bring her back with him. Mr.. Calder
has had called to his attention specific
instances where men have been COM
PEELED to make the ocean trip to COM
ply with the technicality of the law.
His bill provides that the secretary of
labor may admit such women upon the
request of an eX-soldier, if the mar
riage takes place at some United
States immigration station.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

One of the leading bankers of Chi
cago, +. ID. Hubert, holds the eXcesS
profits tax responsible for large
part of the high cost of living, as many
others do. Mr.. Hubert is on the inside
and knows what he is talking about.
This tax" he declared in recent
newspaper interview, falls most
heavily upon those Of limited means.
1T is passed along to the consumer in
all cases. For every dollar the gov
ernment gets i'll excess profits taxes
the consumer pays ten" Just how far
this fax is responsible for present high
prices nobody can know definitely, but
that ii has its share Of responsibility
there is no question. Congress and tile
administration ought to devise some
better plan of raising the necessary
revenues to carry on the. government.
Mr. Hubert says that about $1.125,-
100000 will be paid this year i'll ex-
cess profits taxes and thinks this will
cost the consumer more than $1O,OOO,-
100000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

There is still hope. Attorney Cen
eral Palmer has not yet despaired OF
bringing some protiteer to book. The
a. t. moves in mysterious ways, but
he may yet land crook. WhOSknOWs!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Mrs. j. w. Schroeder Seriously Ill.

Mrs. J. W. Schroeder, formerly Of
this city, is seriously i'll at her home
in Omaha, according to Il special de
livery letter received this morning by
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sheldon. Mrs
Schroeder has been i'll with the infiu
enza, and her condition is considered
extremely grave. 81
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Dealers get Coal Now.

I Stratford Courier: StratfOrd deal
ers are getting a little coal every week
now and from one to three cars have
come here each Of the last two weeks.
One dealer states that he has nine
cars in transit. The cold weather OF
the past week has taken lot of fuel
and the coal will no doubt be taken
as fast as it comes in for some weeks
to come yet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
Postpone Contest.

Ellsworth News: The Jewell Ellis
worth declamat0ry contest which was
to have been held Friday evening Of
this week has been postponed by or
der Of the board Of health. While the
tiu situation here is not serious It has
been thought best to curtail public
meetings wherever possible. No
definite date for the postponed meet
ing has been set.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02
lettings About the
County.
Sells Fary1.

jewell Record: Last week Chas.
Sidenstucker and NJ. o. Theodorson
sold to Carl Egland the 40 acre farm
northwest of town that they bought
last fall from Lewis Westre. Egland
paid $412.5O ain acre for the farm,
which is rented to Gilbert Fetzer for
the coming year at $40 an acre.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

WANTED-compete girl for general
Homework. No washing. Apply to
Mrs. Geo. r. Crosby, 527 Walnut
street. 22d3J2lI
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-02-02

Call on, US for the best in job work.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
Monkey Convicted a Killer.

A monkey was brought into the
court at COnstantinople in connection
with the murder of the manager Of
the Ackermann circus, which had been
giving performances for a season in
the Turkish capital.
A married couple named Starr, who
were members of the circus troupe,
were suspected of the crime and ar
rested, but no evidence could be dis
covered against them. The judge
thereupOn resorted to reconstruction
of the crime. The circus manager
had been murdered at a moment when
he was feeding an Indian monkey
named Scamp. Starr and his wife
were conducted to the cage.
The instant the animal, which had
previously shown much affection
toward them, saw the couple, it
broke into a furious rage, throwing
itself against the bars of It's cage in
its attempts to attack the STAIRS.
At a subsequent sitting of the court,
the monkey was led in and had hardly
caught sight Of the STAIRS when it
again flew into a paroxysm of rage.
The spectacle produced a great i'm
preston on the court, and, nOtwith-
standing their emphatic denials, Starr
and his wife were judged guilty
North China Herald.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
Pocket Radios.

During the war radio outfits were
made so small and light that they
could readily be carried N a small
aerOplane. An even more compact ap-
paratus has now been devised which
is trundled about In a wheel chair.
The antennae consists of a network
of wires forming a square of about a
foot, which is not even raised above
the level of the seat. The receiving
apparatus is tucked away under the
seat. As the chair Is wheeled about
the boardwalk by the sea, messages
are picked up from ships many miles
at sea. The operator sits in the chair
Swept by ocean breeze" and listens
in on all manner of radio messages
transmitted from the ships to the
shore stations, or the other way
about, or from one ship to another. 1t
is possible to pick up messages from
ships thirty miles or MOI. sea. The
same apparatus may be carried by an
AUTOMOBILES or even a bicycle.-Boys'
Life.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
Sound Of Falling Drops.

Some curious observations have
been made on the sounds Of
splashes of drops. Not only is the fall
of the drop below a certain small
height unheard. but there are other in
tervals or zones of height from which
the drop may fall without sound. The
boundary between two zones is so
sharp, moreover. that a difference of
a fraction of a millimeter in height
may change a silent fall to one giving
a sharp click. A drop Of water strikes
water silently when the fall is from
less than about two inches, between
two and one-half and three inches.
and more than four and One-half
inches; but the width of the zones in
creases with the size of the drops.
When the sound produced is softer
than the characteristic sharp click, the
drop has usually left bubble.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
RUM&>NJfE WORTH WILL
Occasions When Things Of Greater
Moment Than Old Clothes May
Be Disposed OF.

Did you ever attend one? Here on
table is old Browns silk hat that
he wore to church many years and
low that he's gone it has been sent
| by his family TO the rummage sale Il
be disposed of for the benefit of the
church.
And there on the counter Is an old
china pug dog that used to guard the
mantelpiece In somebody's house.
| And on rack hangs the Prince Al
bert coat that some fellow wore when
he was married and which his wife
kept as a treasured thing through the
years; now she has given it away be
cause the sentiment that attached to
it is dead and has fluttered away like
last years leaf.
They are handy institutions, these
! rummage sales, enabling one, as they
do, to give away for good purposes
what he no longer needs or wants or
| cares for. He holds on to such things
long time and then one day he gets
tired seeing them around and away
they go 70 the rummage sale, the sec
Ond-hand store and the rag shop.
But the rummage of minds and
characters most people hold on to and
cherish forever. To their dying days
they keep old and wOrnOut prejudices
land fight hard for them.
They hold and feed cankering hates
and envies as things of great value,
worth treasuring in their hearts.
They keep fast TO habitl, knowing
they are bad, but lacking the will or
the courage to throw them off.
They cast off only good resolutions
and intentions because they interfere
too much with comfort.
The next time you gather together
your Old clothes for the rummage sale
and you have packed it all in one
bundle, suppose you say to yourself ::
Lets see, what have 1 left out?
What else is there that l ought to
get I'd of? What passions, praii9dices
and habits are littering up my mind
and character?"
You will not be able to get rid of
this rummage as easlly as you can
dispose of your old clothes, but once
having taken stock of 1t you will know
yourself better. The first step to self
Improvement is to become acquainted
with your defects.
81 know everything except myself"
said the celebrated vagabond, VillOu.
Detroit Times.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
Deadly French MlstraI.

The mistral is a famous wind which
blows cold and strong in southeastern
France. In the districts where it pre-
walls the trees all lean toward the
southeast, and the gardens must be
protected on the northwest side, from
which the wind comes. by lofty walls.
One winter in Marsellles a carriage in
which a woman was driving was blown
bodily into g canal by the mistrAl and
both the lady end the horse we're
drowned. In consequence Of this &C
cident and of other manifestations Of
the power of this destructive wind Or
ders were issued tIat no vehicle should
be allowed TO drive alongside the
canals or the waterfront OF the bar
,or while misral was blowing.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27
Dance to Wireless Music

The music as heard aboard the in-
vehtor's yacht Electra was said to
have been very distinct. An instru-
ment upon which Mr.. Marconi had
been experimenting was used for the
entertainment.
News is exchanged daily between
London and Naples by means of the
Marconi wireless telephone.
c. NJ. Tremaine. director Of the Ma
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27

tional Bureau for the Advancement
IF Music, New York city, considers
this an indication of the inevitable
spread of music to- every corner of
Sthe earth.
"Who knows but that we may yet
be dancing to music from some of
che planets ~ he said when shown the
above dispatch. IF the Puritans Of
Salem had heard music apparently
coming from nowhere. they would have
been justified In believing in WITCH
craft.
Leaving all humor aside. there is
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-27

Peru will celebrate the one num-
dredth anniversary of her independ-
ence next year.
Changeable jaws enable a new
pinching tool TO BE used for 10 DIFF
ferent purposes.
Tar-macadam has given the best
service of any kind Of street paving
tried in Calcutta.
To induce a man to keep his chest
thrown out a Connecticut inventor
has patented harness to which is at
tached bell that rings if a weareF
allows his chest to recede.