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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
6
A long list of social visits and travels circulates as residents from Ankeney, Des Moines, Omaha, Blairaburg and other towns are noted. Clergymen, engineers, and professionals frequent the area with trips to Chicago, Storm Lake, and Des Moines.
Northwest Iowa Conference laymen gathered in The Willson parlors to plan a $50,000 endowment for superannuated Methodist preachers. Executive committee members from Rock Rapids Emmettsburg Lake City and Sioux City plus regional leaders attended to discuss boosting an existing fund currently between $10,000 and $20,000. The fund provides interest to veteran ministers no longer able to preach.
State board of health data for July and August shows Hamilton county with 11 deaths each month, well below many counties despite population. Across 99 counties, 54 had fewer July deaths, four matched 11, and the rest exceeded it. No increase here while August totals rose elsewhere. health remains good locally with minimal fatalities this period.
A severe blaze in Fort Dodge destroyed the main building of the Western Stoneware Co plant with losses over 20000 dollars. A torch explosion in the boiler room started the fire and the fire department could not reach the site due to hose length limits. A crowd of about forty thousand reportedly gathered to witness the flames.
A promotional note advertises 30 pounds of granulated sugar for $1.00 when a $5.00 order is placed. The offer appears under the banner The Big Store with a line of numerical tokens and an explicit price condition.
Adjutant General Thrift urges the Iowa National Guard to extend ten day encampments by two days to allow full training. He seeks an $18,000 annual raise, a $100,000 annual militia appropriation, and funds to build a state arsenal on land near the state house. He also proposes sending one regiment to the Jamestown exposition with minimal extra cost.
Mrs. Emogene Brewer hosts the Friday Club gathering this afternoon at her Third Street residence. Members attend a social hour with light refreshments in a friendly neighborhood setting.
Des Moines hosts the fifty-second annual Iowa State Teachers Association session on December 26 27 and 28. The program features prominent educators and public speakers from across the country and is described as unusually strong.
State Superintendent Riggs estimates that Iowa rural schools will lack about 2,000 teachers this year due to failures on the new State Board Examination and increased migration to other, better paying jobs.
At the recent meeting the M. E. Sunday school board elected officers for the coming year Superintendent J L Peterson Ags t Supt Prof J M Holaday Bec Almeda McCollough Treas John Arthur Organist Metta Robingon Chorister Robert Sraock Arrangements are under way for a Christmas tree and a short program on Christmas Eve.
Seventh Day Adventists in this city are circulating a petition asking Congress to defeat a pending bill that would require closing certain Washington DC businesses on Sunday. A local follower canvassed stores gathering signatures, noting Adventists observe Saturday similarly to others keeping Sunday and oppose government compulsory observance of any specific day.
Firefighters battled a blaze at the Great Western Cereal mill plant causing extensive damage. A second hose line was added but water turned on late. Firefighters prevented spread to nearby structures, keeping losses to the plant around 20,000 with half insured. The plant and adjacent land valued at about 40,000. some basement machinery may have survived but awaiting cooling for inspection.
A dice box and five dice vanished from a billiard ball and cigar store last Monday and reappeared last night, leaving patrons puzzled. The Monday papers mentioned a grand jury due to convene Tuesday, but its relevance to the disappearance remained unclear, with some winking at the alleged connection.
A Webster City young man is rumored to be taking tables chairs bedroom furniture and other household goods into a rented house. The town debates whether a cage should be set for the bird and notes that it is not good for man to be alone.
J. R. Sterling received a letter from his son Will of Chicago asking whether his brother Ralph of this city gave a nickel to a blind man twenty years ago. A Webster City Boeater copy stated this. it is unlikely the act occurred since Ralph was only five at the time.
A public auction on December 20 1906 at a Webster City area farm offers eight horses including bays gray and driving stock, extensive cattle including Short Horn bred herds, twenty two calves, one registered Short Horn bull and several Duroc Jersey hogs, plus farm equipment and miscellany. Terms require cash under five dollars and 12 months on notes with security. Lunch provided.
Transfer notice shows E Willson and wf convey to The Elk Im peasement Co an unspecified lot 11 bik 96 in subdivision O-ss, with warranty deed terms noted. The terse entry lists involved parties and parcel reference but lacks full legal description and date.
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