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Webster City Tribune

Location

Webster City, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1906

Page

2

Christmas Bargains at Stanton Hoyt's Large Grocery

Daily bargain days run through Christmas at Stanton Hoyt's Large Grocery Lamp and China Store. The ad touts Indian hand made baskets at 10 15 and 29 cents, discount lamps and jardiniers, Pickard china at 20 percent off, and cut prices on groceries and canned goods with numerous 10 to 25 cent items and specific product discounts.

Stanton R. Hoyt Pickard Richelieu Oregon Thompson

Xmas Candy and Nuts at Low Prices

Advertises low prices on mixed candy and assorted nuts with bulk options. Mentions special prices for Sunday schools and farmers offered high prices for butter eggs in cash or trade.

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Schweppe sale draws small crowd amid bad weather

Neighborhood notes report a poorly attended Schweppe sale last Wednesday with stock selling fairly. A Friday evening school house meeting appointed committees for a Christmas tree event. Local children in the area show cases of chicken pox, and Mr and Mrs Riley hosted a family dinner with grandchildren. Mr and Mrs Adams hosted a lively party for young folks with a good time reported. Des 10.

F. D. Riley al Adams

Local Notes and Movements Round Webster City Area

A. W. Bugbee sails to Colorado to tend homestead and build a house. Newlyweds wed last week in Webster City. Robert Carden and Mrs. Bunnell visit John Berlin in Fremont township. A. J. Rhodes relocate to Webster City. D. W. Kennedy spent Sunday at Fort Dodge. Geo. Lemon visited Fort Dodge Friday. Mr. Jensen returns from Fort Dodge where he served on jury duty.

A. W. Bugbee Colorado Webster City Robert Carden Bunnell B. Cooter John Berlin Fremont Township A. J. Rhodes D. W. Kennedy Fort Dodge Geo. Lemon Jensen

Local Residents Reach Outbound Visits and Funeral Attendance

Mrs Della Davenport visiting sister in Waterloo returns home Wednesday. Mrs John Streveler and others depart for Marshalltown to visit relatives. Mrs Weiss and daughters Mary and Laura in William a two trains apart. Mr and Mrs A J Brown attend sister-in-law’s funeral in Red Oak and stop in Des Moines for implement men’s convention. H W Stafford also attends.

Della Davenport Bradford Waterloo John Streveler H. A. Dodge Stanley Marshalltown S. Weiss Mary Laura William A. J. Brown Red Oak James Brown Mr. Brown Des Moines H.W. Stafford Dee

Local Schedules and Social Visits Mentioned in Town Notes

M. L. Hendrickson travels to Chicago Sunday with stock shipment. Mies Williams leaves Webster City to start a winter school term east of town Monday. Mrs. Boughton of Woolstock visits daughter Mrs. OC Nelson. A large Elka entertainment draws a big delegation Monday. Mrs. W. G. Seamands and Mrs. J. Riley hosted Jawell relatives last week. Misa Allen visits sister Mrs. J. H. Neel in Webster City. Mrs. W. T. Studley spent time with relatives there. Dec. 11.

M. L. Hendrickson Chicago Mies Williams Webster City

Local social notes and visits from Webster City area

Mr Lenhart joins the new blacksmith. Smith Veach builds a barn. A Briles moved to Webster City after a sale. Clyde Goodman of Williama Jn visits his parents. Grace McDaniel Edith Bell and Viola White visit Florence Yangolas over Sunday. Mrs G W Twogood visits George. A box supper and bazaar to honor Mr and Mrs J F Webb. Mr and Mrs Fred Smith host friends for a dancing evening on December 12.

J. F. Webb Fred Smith

Visit and school enrollment noted in Stanhope

R. T. Oliver had a visit from his father at Cole recently. Misa Jennies Welty traveled to Webster City last Monday to enroll as a pupil at Webster City High School. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stark returned.

R. T. Oliver Cole Misa Jennies Welty Webster City J. A. Stark

Elks Benefit Concert Ends With Grand Finale and Applause

Part one featured performances by Hester Hall and Edna Helmick with songs Sweet Thing and Lovey Dovey. Part two included Caro Inman and others, plus Ex Cel­sior Quartette, concluding with Auld Lang Syne and a serpentine scene. The event should net about $850 for the Elks.

Hester Hall Edna Helmick Caro Inman O. J. Henderson Ray E. Aall Excelsior Quartette B. J. Mullins Mra L. B. Ruegnitz Siaging The Elks

Local Notes Sketch Winter Happenings and Departures

Community columns recount visits and travels among residents of Jewel and Williams areas. Joe Jackson and L. L. Morris family news, ice skating reports, a Seidenstucker party, public sales, and school transport ideas appear alongside obituaries and farm updates.

Local Notes From Webster City and Nearby

Last week events in Webster City include E I Johnson visiting on Monday and W Hartwig recovering from typhoid fever. A wind incident injured Mrs. Wm Hennig, now under a nurse care. M E church ladies plan a basaar and supper for Dec 15 in the new church basement. John Allinson assists D D Linton in the blacksmith shop as roads stay rough and horses stay shod. Mr and Mrs J W West adopt an eight month old boy from Des Moines Children's Home. The council orders a curfew whistle at Payne’s electric light plant for 8 PM. Mrs Vorbes’ cousin Miss Neal left for Columbus Ohio last Thursday December 11.

Elke Armory House B. F E. Keltz Willie Dye F. F. Brown Tottle W. B Kearns Ed Carey Carrie Melle Willie Lye W. H. Cook Dixie Webster City N. M. O’connor Willie Melis Sis Hopking Carrie Mella Misses Brown Clark Inman Merrill Oppenheimer Whitley Fishleigh Mauch Richards Irene Bayless Orpha Winnifred Travie Margaret Brown Cook Woolsey Tatham Brown Richard E. I. Johnson W. Hartwig Wm. Hennig M. E. Church John Allinson D. D. Linton J. W. West Childrens Home Des Moines Payne's

Local Notes and Household News From The County

Ed Beer of Eagle Grove visited Sanday at the Schropfer home. Anna Lang spent last week in Webster County visiting relatives. Andrew Van Landshoot has a lame leg. John Bimon won third at the Webster City colt show. Snell Bros bought a used engine to shell corn. Geo Wagner returns from Nebraska where he looked after land interests. Lenhart plans to start a blacksmith shop in Highview. Elias Jensen visited his parents Sunday. John Simon hauled 765 chickens to market. gate broke and the flock scattered before he rounded them up. Frank Mallinger spent Sunday afternoon at the Lang home. Readers are urged to note the continued story from the Litchfield Mfg Co on the business end of their 1907 spreader. Bee page 10. fill Try the daily a month.

Ed Beer Eagle Grove Sanday Schropfer Mies Anna Lang Webster County Andrew van Landshoot John Bimon Webster City Snell Bros Geo. Wagner Nebraska Mr. Lenhart

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