Iowa Rebekah and Odd Fellows Back Child Welfare Station
Iowa lodge members support a proposed state child welfare research station. Officials note 100,000 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs backing the effort, with endorsements from seven city Chambers of Commerce and multiple county medical societies. Nurses and social workers urge enlightened parenthood, arguing for scientific study to ensure every Iowa child has opportunity for healthy development.
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Deg Moines
Rebekah and
Odd Fellow
Iowa
Rebekah Judges ‘of
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men’s Associations
Wright
Floyd
Chickasaw
Visited His Father After Fifty Years apart
C G Hall a retired farmer from Webster City Iowa recently met his father near Ravenswood West Virginia for the first time in over fifty years. The reunion followed decades of separation begun at Dubuque when Hall was a small child during the Civil War.
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Freeman- Tribune
C. G. Hall
Weet Walnut Street
Mr. Hall
Dubuque
Ravenswood
West Virginia
Webster City
Mr. Henley
Laettick
Henley
Hall
Contemplate A New Laundry Building On Des Moines Street
Hanson and Tyler own the Des Moines street lot north of the fire station where a fine new laundry building may be erected. W D Stevens proprietor of Star laundry with Inda Stevens and E A Butcher of Mason City may back the project. The three enterprising partners would create a modern facility with the latest contrivances, adding a substantial new structure to Des Moines street.
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Des Moines
Hanson & Tyler
W. D. Stevens
Star Laundry
Inda Stevens
Red Oak
E. A. Butcher
Mason City
Mason Family Plans California Trip and Exposition Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Mason will leave Monday night for Los Angeles to spend a month with Mrs. Mason’s sister Mrs. Fred EB Estes and family. They also plan a San Diego exposition visit. Mrs. F. R. Mason and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Mason will remain at the H. P. Mason home with two boys Masters Franklin and Charles during the parents’ absence.
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Harold P. Mason
Los Angeles
California
Jewell Record Wins County Printing Contest
The Jewell Record defeated the Ellsworth News in a county printing contest by showing 1,249 bona fide subscribers to the News 1,367. The News had 134 nonresident or nonbona fide names, while the Record’s list was smaller but mostly valid. The board upheld benefit assessments in Walker drainage district No 161 in Williams Township and Kirchner No 164 in Hamilton.
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Pg Homa Br “Siparvivors
Jewell Record
Ellsworth News
Hamilton County
Williams Township
Hamilton
Icebound trees lure birds to suet feeding
After a Sunday storm leaving trees heavily iced, a city reader suggests placing suet in tree limbs out of reach of pets to attract birds. A woodpecker reportedly spotted the treat first and called others to the scene, drawing more birds to feed.
Exposition Trip Planned by Local Group in March
A party of five or six from this city plans to attend the Panama Exposition in San Francisco this spring leaving around March 1. Likely leaders are Mr and Mrs Chas W Dalin from east of town with possible companions Miss Amy Wrank Miss Minnie Helmick and Miss Nettle Bossert and perhaps a young woman from Wlinola. Rail rates post March 1. Early travel advised to beat summer heat.
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San Francisco
Chas. W. Dalin
Amy Wrank
Minnie Helmick
Nettle Bossert
Wlinola
Hospital association debts wiped out and improvements completed
Webster City residents celebrate clearing the hospital association’s debts for interior and exterior repairs and a new elevator at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Dubuque. Mrs. J L Kamrar and Sister Mary Agnes fund the balance. 1915 notes recount past fundraising and the plan for a new piano at the high school.
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Hospital Association
J. L. Kamrar
Mary Agnes
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Webster City
Kamrar
California
Petitions Filed in District Court in Webster City Area
Multiple actions filed in district court including a divorce petition by Pearl Smith against Robert Smith alleging cruel treatment and lack of support. Administrators seek deeds for Park addition property in Webster City. Banks and individuals request various judgments for sums owed on notes and checks. Names include Pearl Smith Robert Smith BE Neese Hiram Carey Harry Coglizer Lena Mallow Herman Olander Mary Olander J. P. Olander Dan Marcus Arthur Thoreson Edith Thoreson E W Skeers A L Caquelin and Thomas Jacobson.
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Pearl Smith
District Court
Robert Smith
Webster City
BE. H. Neese
Hiram Carey
John Whaley
Harry Coglizer
Park Addition
Lena Mallow
State Bank of
Stratford
Herman A. Olander
Mary Olander
J. P. Olander
Mary C. Olander
Co. A. Jerdeman
Dan Marcus
Mr. Jerdeman
Arthur Thoreson
Edith Thoreson
John Peterson
E. W. Skeers
First National Bank of
Clerk of
A.L. Caquelin
E. L. Stenson
Thomas Jacobson
Ash for councilman from Webster City's First ward
The notice endorses R H Ash for councilman of the First ward citing thirty nine years in the ward and prior service as a Webster City policeman for eight years. It notes his profession as contractor and builder and urges voters to support him. Also reports Paul Sterling's return home from Mercy hospital after appendicitis surgery on Willson avenue.
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R. H. Ash
Ash
Webster City
Paul Sterling
Mercy Hospital
Willson Avenue
Boy Scouts Run Flower Drive for Sick in Fifth Anniversary
Scouts of the local Boy Scout movement celebrate five years by carrying ten dozen pink and red carnations to honor the sick. They pledge fifteen cents each for a common fund, distributing flowers across the city from east to west while seeking names of the ill. A grateful recipient praises the gesture and notes the cheer it brings, signed by Mrs. Geo. S. Jacks.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Movement
America
Dr. Buxton
Illinois Central
Murray McMurray
Geo. S. Jacks
Banks Must Not Pay Overdrafts Comptroller Warns Banks
Comptroller Jno Skelton Williams in Washington emails national banks urging end to overdraft payments. The letter asks boards to pass a resolution barring payment of overdrafts when funds are insufficient and to send certified copies with director names and receipt acknowledgment.
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Williams
Treasury Department
Washington
First National Bank
Offic
Jno
Skelton Williams
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Frank L. Daniels
Roy Ford Rutledge
R. B. Rutledge
Ramray
C. H. Kamphoefner
Hannah Cordes
Chas. C. Rutledge
Ruby J. Daniels
Glee Club
Lincoln High School
Maree Johnson
Clarine Mueller
Miss Mueller
Mildred Boysen
Rizpah
Ruth Maxon
Fenetce Wassett
Grace Worthington
Louise Swanson
Girl’s Glee Club
Hester Huff
George
Worthington
Harley Monroe
Mozart
Edith R, Lew
State Bank of Stratford
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