Social notes outline local visits and travels
Local items list numerous residents and visitors in Webster City and nearby towns. People like John Sloan, Miss Frances Fitch, Miss Tara Pearce, Miss Ethel Bateman, and others travel to Kamrar Ames Des Moines Ogden, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Woolstock and Renwick for dances visits weddings and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Clifton
Tara Pearce
Frances Fitch
Kamrar
Ladies’ Club
Ethel Bateman
Sam Bateman
Ames
J. N. Haddox
Stratford
J. H. Neel
Kamvar
E. E. Empie
Ogden
Des Moines
W. B. Kearns
Blairsburg
Williams
Florence Burnett-Alford Land
Maggie Burnett
Woolstock
A. Woodard
C. E. Atkinson
Ft. Dodge
Edith Balantyne
W. J. Caruth
Alden
Local residents listed visiting and traveling this week
Wednesday notices report Mrs. Max Loeb of Abia visiting Mrs. Oppenheimer and family. Mrs. J. H. Neel of Kamrar, Dr. Belle Conrad, Henry Cordes from Kamrar, and G. A. Walrath of Blairsburg in town. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frank plan a ten day Chicago trip for spring clothing. E. A. Shroeder, M. W. Scott, J. W. Pearce, and Mrs. Hemmen also appear on various business and visiting itineraries with Theo Closz returning from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Loeb
Abia
Joe Oppenheimer
J. H. Neel
Kamrar
Belle Conrad
Jewell
Henry Cordes
Louis Frank
Chicago
G. A. Walrath
Blairsburg
E. A. Shroeder
Webster City
J. W. Pearce
Duncombe
M. W. Scott
E. H. Hemmen
Kamrayr
Theo. Closz
Brutal Punishment Alleged At Ohio Children's Home
Assistant Matron Clara Sterling confessed to driving a tack through a boy's tongue after he refused to confess theft. Sampson Fowler, seven, had his tongue pierced with a tack by hammer while forced to rest it on a chair. Mayor Defenbacher fined Sterling after confession. Separately in Nevada Missouri, brakeman F L Smith admitted stealing a $3000 railroad payroll from the Eldora train and led officers to the money in the express car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Dover
Ohio
Clara Sterling
Sampson Fowler
Humane
Jackson
R. W. Chapman
Defenbacher
New Philadelphia
Nevada
F. L. Smith
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Smith
Evans III Thomas in Command In Fleet Visit
Wireless messages from Connecticut report Admiral Evans in poor health with rheumatic gout and Admiral Thomas assuming command of the Atlantic fleet. The battleship fleet reached Callao after a voyage from Punta Arenas with a warm Peruvian welcome and ten days of hospitality planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans III
Thomas
Callao
Connecticut
Evans
Charles M. Thomas
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Smyth Channel
Lima
Washington, D. C
Thomas Tthat
Navy Department
Fort Fisher
Hampton Roads
Surrender of Port Arthur Headed to Death Sentences
Long dispatch reports Lieutenant General Stoessel condemned to death by a military court for surrendering Port Arthur to Japan. General Fock reprimanded for a disciplinary offense, Smirnoff and Reiss acquitted. Court recommends commuting Stoessel’s sentence to ten years in a fortress and removal from service. Public demonstrations and sympathy for Stoessel occur outside the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
Fourth East Siberian
Smirnoff
Reiss
General Stoessel
Temperor
William
Germany
Satiroff
Tsunoda
Nogi
Fortune to a Woodchopper
In Albia Iowa on February 20 191? Dame Fortune smiles on Clarence Fenton and his wife as he inherits a $25000 Illinois estate through a grandmother’s death. The 20 year old farmer continues wood chopping and plans to run his Monroe county farm after the inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin
Fortune
Clarence Fenton
Albia
Monroe County
Snowbound Passengers Reach Winterset After Night in Snow
A Rock Island train with 100 passengers was snowbound all night four miles from Winterset. By morning the travelers could walk to town for food. on board President Cornell of the bank and a news agent refused to leave the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Austin
Ladies’ Club
Kamrur
M. H. Brinton
Wisworth
J. A. Williams
Aurora, Til
Geo. R. Strever
FF. W. Ginn
Storm Lake
Bible Institute
Lola Polmatter
Renwick
W. O. L. Brown
H. F. Miles
Geo. Wilson
Etta Christian
Lake Mills
Elmer Christian
Radcliffe
Eunice Richardson
W. W. Wyatt
Des Moines
Rock Island
Winterset
Cornell
Flood in Indiana Worsens Across Southern Regions
Indianapolis reports a deepening flood in southern Indiana as swollen rivers rise again. Thousands more acres of lowlands are submerged, adding to widespread concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
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Burleson
Cass Center Church
Col. M. L. McCollough
E. F. King
the Tribune
John Sloan
Josephine Baker
Centerville
Geo. J. Mauch
Marshalltown
O. J. Henderson
Story City
Martin Christian
Frank Christian
Scranton
Ole Hitriem
Ellsworth
D. A. Kent
B. M. Johnston
St. Louis
Mr. Johnston
G. T. Dingman
Homer
Hamilton County
South Dakota
Edwin Olson
Jewel
Chas. Utz
Robert Downs
Highview
Levi Cottington
C. BE. Atkinson
Fort Dodge
Louise Jensen
A. J. Leonard
A. H. Maxon
Wesley Martin
C. H. Clifton
P. W. Lee
Samuel
Chester Ermold
Freeport
E. R. Foster
Ralph Jones
Mr. Foster
Gilbert
Thos. van Langen
Bryant Huff
Willams
D. Vorkes
O. L. Gilbert
Thompson
Fremont Township
Brietjenkamp-Gannon
Tack
Kiss Stoessel
Arthur
Smiroff
Tut
Armory Opera House
Sweet Singer
Harry S. Brummell
Ole Olson
Teed’s
Plansifter
Kansas
Minneapolis Maid
Thunderbolt
John Alden
Stearns
Stearns Mill
F. Guy Stearns
Tabor
A. G. Weat
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