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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
London and Paris report that three American sailing vessels the Birge Francis M and Barbara were torpedoed by German submarines. The first mate drowned on the Mirage. all other crews were rescued and visited a local home in Iowa Falls.
Local briefs list Mrs. Julia Pringle of Wood Lake leaving after visiting the Drake and Russell families. Melvin Drake and family returning from Goldfield. Myrtle Jacobs returning home ill from State College Ames. Dot Sunter Closson and niece visiting Paullina. Della Krueger visiting Randall. T Larson and family en route to Wagle Grove. Palma Hendrickson-Alexander visiting Kamrar. N Beck traveling to Marathon. Mrs. Ruehle visiting Emmetsburg then Carthage. J H Streveler visiting in Blairsburg and Swaledale. Lillian Henning returning to St Paul. Prof. D M Kelly addressing Ringsted graduates. A A Cook on two week East trip. Bill Millard visiting. A B Mikesell and family Chicago visit. Mrs. P A Janeway guest of Mangum sister. Mrs. Talcott visiting for Will Talcott’s graduation. Monsing and Schmoldt families visiting Des Moines and Duluth. Hazen visiting West Des Moines. Torrence family visiting Kamrar for Hope Torrence’s graduation. Geo Hoffmans visit Hartley. Christenson to Blue Earth. Osmundson family among others.
The column records visits and errands around town including David Strouse of Mt. Pulaski staying with the Arthur Bennett home, Mrs. D Cooter and Lacey Darnell from Webster City, and county capital visitors Howard Vans Bert Jondal and Ray Legg. It notes corn shelling for J M Hoover and crews working on the Crooked Creek railroad switch, plus Cass township residents K Syvertson and D S Darnell. Date given May 30.
Mr and Mrs Wm Dinsdale and children visited the T C O Conor home from Alden to attend the commencement. Several locals traveled to Webster City for visits and ceremonies. Names include Miss Sabra Markwardt Ruth Hemminger Marian McPhillips Verna Read and others with ties to Alden Webster City Parkersburg Colo Menlo Hazleton Center Point and Des Moines.
Readers are urged to attend the Chautauqua week from June 9 to 13 after weeks of patient training led by Miss Ethel Johnson. The pageant participants have worked faithfully and the event promises value for attendees.
The front delegates' congress calls for the next general congress of workers and soldiers to order Nicholas to be moved to the fortress of St Peter and St Paul. A lax guard at Tsarskoe-Selo prompted the Petrograd district commander to demand tighter security to prevent an escape.
Western state railroad commissions urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise passenger fares to boost road revenue rather than approve a 10 percent general freight rate increase. They filed data showing earnings and depreciation to claim railroads are financially sound with growing business. Shipper witnesses argued no emergency justifies a freight rate rise west of the Mississippi and north of the Missouri.
Mr and Mrs Archer Osmundson drove to Cambridge to visit relatives on Wednesday. They were compelled to leave their car and return by rail today because heavy rain made the roads muddy.
Forty Highview ladies planned removal to Knitterim near Fort Dodge with a car trip through western routes. In Webster City, Misses Eppley Cordes Graham were feted before teaching staff changes, while Mrs. Chamberlin hosted a luncheon for thirty ladies with spring decor and music. A picnic near Nokomis park shifted to a 6 pm dinner due to weather, featuring a bride to be Miss Marion Lee and a playful progressive story game.
In Algona June 1 Mr and Mrs J G Bowyer share a letter from their daughter describing delays and unrest after leaving Petrograd. She notes the revolution is a big success but Russia remains disorganized and that travel via Siberia to Korea took two weeks, with a report from Yokohama.
An observer recounts harsh wartime conditions in Russia including three days without water and awful food on trains, the czar’s weak stance amid pro-German influence, and widespread unrest. He notes governors in Archangel and Vladivostok delaying munitions and suspects German-Russian leadership in late imperial Russia. Living conditions in Petrograd worsen as prices soar.
In New York a 5 year old boy, Robert Bonner of Bonner Place, is described as a dapper “little sergeant” of the United States Marines. He wears a full regulation uniform with chevrons, medal, and brass buttons and refuses to take it off even for bed. His father, Bonner, is proud that regular Marines have accepted his son as a comrade.
Reports from Petrograd note workers demand a six hour day and threaten plant closures across Russia. Many workers have already struck while soldiers roam the countryside and attend schools, gaining education previously denied. In Missouri, tornado death toll rises to seven with heavy rains causing hunger and roadblock distress. For sale asparagus plants one year old, 60 cents per hundred by J A Golden 827 Elm St. Phone 6451.
New York June 1. The U S marshal orders ban Germans from twenty half mile zones around armories and naval stations in New York. About 15 000 to 20 000 males over 14 face restriction as permits allow limited residence and work. Social visits prohibited and internment possible for violators. Classified ads offer help in Freeman Tribune.
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