Webster City Tribune (Newspaper) - May 9, 1902, Webster City, Iowa VOLUME WEBSTER MAY 1902TWELVE THE ORSTED ThreeCornered Fight Causes Great Com motion on Wren Bets TWO LANGUISH IN CITY As the result of a vicious street fight George and Ed Wren are now confined in the city jail and Ole Wren is a fugitive from Its the same old story of booze its transformation of men into row was the of an habitual bad feeling which at certain periods out among The period of quiet had been longer than usual and when the storm barst the grand finale was more vicious than The out break occurred at the corner of Second and DBS Moines A quarrel among the three ended in blows and good hard It is only way the Wrens have of set Citizens interfered to stop the battle and hold the combatants until the police officers should It was a difficult task but after a desperate George and Ed were over In the melee Tom made good his escape and has not yet been cap As soon as officers Ash and S tit ton arrived the handcuffs were placed on the Wrens and they were hauled off to They will be given a hearing in the morning after having sobered up a A citi zen interested in the maintenance of law and order suggests that the water the hose on them in the given the We that the ball and be Work is the worst sort of punishment that can be administered to class of Mayor sentenced George Ed Wren io thirty days in the city hearing list even the city The sentence im sed is the maximum punishment a GO TO MASON Parity Staff Receives In to Attend Ceremonies at Orphans Purity staff of this city has received an invitation to par in the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the orphans Mason City May The staff are asked upon this occasion to exemplify the work of in and It has not yet been decided whether they will ac cept the It is thought staff will The ceremonies will be on a grand scale and made an event to be remembered within the circles of Odd All Odd Fellows orphans will be eligible to the care and train ing of the which it is expected will lie completed within the present Has Plate Martin has a novelty in the slot machine vtt ia called a name plate You drop a nickel in the slot and out comes a neat aluminum with your name in large plain raised letters upon The machine is not all After dropping in the nickel the lever preyed On top of the machine Is a circular alpha betic and number with a groove at each letter or number and a The letters of name are turned successively opposite the lever and the lever unshed down upon Before yon begin the is pressed upon the word and whin through upon the ord when the name plate the same as given in the slot The machine is sample piano polish at Childrens Day at tiu Great Webster City June School children will be admitted free June at Web ster City Teachers should send in at once the number of pupils and to secre Webster on receipt of which the tickets will be forwarded at once Number of tickets asked together with one teachers free These tickets admit to the main where will be found two immense elevated stages and huge amusement arena where 60 world famed circus and vaudeville acts take ten big side shows in full Ferris the miniature the smallest train of cars in the world carrying pas sengers and using coal for The great Madison Square Garden cycle the smallest and fastest race track in Millie Almas mon ster Five won trapeze the fashion plate La Gette walking the the great flying Ida the flying perch thril ling and sensational hand and head fire electric bands of Williard Temple of Music direct from Over 100 new includ ing Little the smallest Ameri can a favorite with the A child can learn more in an hour here than can in months of study out of so it is both a pleasure and to take your Oar officers and employees always see that every lady and child is given the most careful attention and prefect protection and about the We famish the tickets and Now fathers and it is your Turn in and give yourselves joy by helping us to make all the little ones Get ready Bring the Great Webster City Carni June A COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Business Men Meet in City Hall and Perfect Organization to Further In of the The business men of the city met in the second session last evening in the city hall and effected a permanent or A large and enthusiastic gathering of men was The organization will be known as the Webster City Commercial Its purpose is to promote the manufactur mercantile and other business interests of the The stock of the is to be sold at per with a capitalization of A goodly share of the stock has been The annual dues were fixed at The league earnestly requests that all live and uptodate business men are interested in building tip the and hence enhancing their own Interests shall secretary of the will attend to all requests for The meeting last evening was called to order by Ellas temporary The minutes of the previ ous meeting were read and The report of the subscription tee showed It approved by the The committee on constitution and in corporation reported a constitution and articles of These were adopted article by article The chair appointed ft committee to nominate officers and a board of di rectors for the first They re ported the following president Ellas first vice president second vice Furman treasurer R and Martin board of for the first The report was adopted and the above officers unanimously The meeting was then adjourned and the president called a meeting of the board of directors to elect a secretary and adopt bylaws governing the Beaumont was elected secretary to hold office during the will of the board and to receive such compensation as the board may from time to time report of the committee on bylaws was read and section by The secretary was directed to collect mem fees and prepare the articles of incorporation for filing with the county recorder and to purchase sta and necessary supplies im The meeting then ad The league is starting in on a busi basis and will command the hearty approval and generous support of wideawake The up building of the city is to the interest of The league ought to prosper and the city cannot but feel the effects of the energetic efforts put forth in its The league will furnish infor mation to outside manufacturers and mercantile interests concerning the advantages the city has to and any inducements she may decide to hold forth to such The whole purpose of the organization is to build up the city and welcome all live and legitimate business interests to the EVERYTHING Scenes at the Felt Shoe Factory in Arranging Matters to Start MACKOWN IN Everything is rush and hurry just now in the factory of the Northwes tern Felt Shoe Company over in Park the and one of his wort arrived night and yesterday began active operations in arranging the interior of the plant for the reception of the new which will soon Work will be commenced at once on a two atory brick 26x30 the first floor to be used as a boiler and engine the second as a drying new power boiler has been bought and will be placed in position in a few The entire interior of the factory IB being rearranged for expediting work and when MacKown says he will have a model establish It is expected now that the factory will be making shoes before the close ofthe present MacKown will bo at the factory office daily from 8 until 13 oclock arid from 2 until at which time he will receive applications from parties desir ing employment in the A of all applicants will be kept which the working force of the insti will be No children will be employed under 14 years ot Five more experienced workmen from the will arrive in the the 18th be employed in the establishment These men will have charge of the cutting and will new em ployes the art of making felt Four traveling salesmen will be started out next week and it is ex their orders will be sufficient to start the factory with a force of Opie Beads Heal The following from an eastern paper will be appreciated by the people of Webster City who met or heard Opie Read during his recent lecturing visit to the town It appears from a statement made by a Chicago publishing firm that the has missed his successful he may nave been or may yet be as a story It ie alleged by the publishers that in they employed Read to write two novels a year for six In payment he was to receive a regular salary of a week 10 per cent royalty on the This arrangement continued until when it is declared Read owed the firm four novels and had overdrawn his account to the ex tent of If the statement of the publishers is true Read has clearly been wasting his efforts on A man who can display such financial ability ought to be a captain of Opie Reads proper place is not upon the lounge at the Chicago Press but in that seething vortex which is known to the world as Wall Memorial Day Mayor who was appointed by the city council to make arrange ments for Memorial has ap pointed the following They are requested to meet at the council chamber Friday May at 8 to perfect arrange A full meeting of all the com is desired Executive Committee on Don Wesley Committee on Daniels Committee on Carl Committee on Chief DAY JULY 4 Cocaine Fiend Offers Brakeman His Watch for a Shot of His Favor ite The Marshalltown says that passengers on the Northwest ern Colorado special the other evening had a splendid chance to see what effect a habit can have over a Among the passengers in a chair car were a man and en route to from New The woman had accompanied her husband east in order to be with him and watch over him while he was under going a course of treatment for the cocaine All the time he was taking the treatment it seems a friend on the a brother was administering the drug in hypodermic injections and counter acting the effects of the The wife happened to learn of the fact by discouraged and started with her spouse for the She had watched him care fully all the had kept money from even accompanying him to barber shops and paying for his Finally the and after attempting to bribe many on the train for a shot of his favorite offered the brakeman his gold and chain if he would tele graph ahead and have a physician at the to give him a hypo in the arm while the train The offer did not tempt the trainman at all and the passenger had to continue without his The man is said to own a large department store in Annual Log Rolling Day to be Celebrat ed in This City on Nations The annual log rolling day cele by the Modern Woodmen of America will be held this year on July The committee having in charge the setting of the date have so The advantage of holding the celebra tion on the nations obvi Webster City has not celebrated e glorious fourth for three Should she decide to go in with the joint celebration im mense crowds could be drawn to the Every town in the county has a lodge of Modern Should the business men decide to celebrate the we believe they the Woodmen festivities would form the nucleus for a grand The carnival precedes the fourth by a For four days the city will be thronged with The busi ness men will reap the benefits of this without any previous effort being put forth on their It might possibly be argued that people from the sur rounding country and country towns would not come to Webster City to celebrate the fourth after having so shortly before attended the Woodman day will bring to the city a big representation from every lodge in the They will bring with them their These will induce others to come and in this manner we may be assured of a large It will be remembered that Woodman day last years brought a large con course of people to the Webster City and Fort Dodge played a game a of ball in the morning and one in the The celebration was held on the old fair grounds on the east Jerry Green was orator of the A big parade was held in which the various degree staffs ap in races and other amusements made up a fine cele All this would famish the nucleus for the biggest Fourth of July event in the of the Our business men should think it It appears to us to be a good opportunity for a rousing The Woodmen committee having the matter in charge have assurance from the other county camps that if Webster City will do her share toward a Fourth of July celebration that they will nil The country towns all cele the fourth last year and if Web ster City will put up a monster cele bration this year they will nil be with In the Footsteps of A from says that the William Sun known ns the baseball evange has closed H series of at securing in all OOi con verts in four weeks A large tabernacle was erected for the use of the and between and people heard him apeak every afternoon and The evangelist is not a regular salary for his but is given the collections taken up on the last Sunday received for his work at Fair That Satisfied which comes from wearing a nicely fitting suit of clothes ia realized by two classes of viz Those who patronize the best merch ant and those who wear the elegant high class garments we One class looks as well as the and when it comae to the question ot price the advantage is all on the side of the wearer of Our for it costs only half as much as equally good clothes made to We show tne greatest line of fine Suits ever shown in any house in Webster and place on sale this week a very special made by Schloss Bros of which is Equal to the Best garments Our Special Price This One Price ONE OrTHE LATEST Class of Following is a list of those graduat ing thin year the city high school Paul David Laura Bell Robert Wilson Stearnsi Lettie Belle Metta Florence Robin Maude Ellen Catherine Elizabeth Annie Cole Charlotte Ruth Maud Edna Emily Bertha Ellen Florence Emma Harry Andrews Thomas William Arthur Ben Leigh Curtis Mary Jane Max Martin Earl The class now consists of twenty members although at one time in the year there were Tne class of 1001 had members while twentyone graduated with the class of Of this class fourteen will graduate from the Latin Scientific course and six from the English or Literary The commencement exercises will occur the last week in The class will give a class play in the Will sou opera house on Wednesday even May as one of the features of the commencement The play will be put upon the stage by Miss McKeuzie and Miss Cooley of the high On Friday night of this week the class of 1003 will banquet the outgoing class at The This promises to be an elaborate banquet and is a high compliment extended by a lower to a higher Other announce ments of the commencement program will be made as occasion calls for Unsanitary and the grand in regular ses submit to the court the following report of the result of tin examination of the Hamilton county jail the jail is in an unsanitary it is unsafe for the retention of JOHN This is the report submitted by the grand jury at the close of its recent session ju regard to the Hamilton county Being unsanitary and unsafe is about two as serious objec tions as could be lodged a yet when the board of supervisors sought to build a new prison some of the blooming political cherubs outside of Webster City said it was only scheme of the politicians of this place to build up the town at the expense of the whole The mistake tho board made was in sub the They should have gone ahead and wade tho neces sary Canvasser wanted at 510 Second ITS DRINKING Dont wait until you are thirsty Thirst isnt necessary for the en of our Extra good soda is good any Theres satisfaction enough in its delie Our soda isnt ordinary isnt made from ordinary mater Its the kind of soda that re quires the best grade of fountain lots of skill and con science in the Its tho kind that affords little profit and makes How About That Day The council as yet has done nothing in regard to putting in the day elec current petitioned for by a num ber of business men desiring to use the The matter was referred to the electric light but pro seems to be the rule with that committee and they had no report to offer at the recent session of the We know of one gentleman who ie anxious to add another industry to Webster City if he can secure electric power to operate his and the council is in possession of this in Of course some of the gentlemen who are employed at the power house may be opposed to this as it would undoubtedly transfer the wear from the seat of their trousers to the soles of their a contingency that would call forth the heartfelt sym pathy of all humane But for all that we should have this and the council should inquire into the probable getting the information from some source not unalterably op posed to the If you are looking for a good piano or organ at a reasonable call at tho Scott music The sooner yon the better the stock to pick Second hand 6rgans at
