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Webster City Tribune

Location

Webster City, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1914

Page

4

Road work and visits mark West Independence notes

Carmony of Kamrar has been doing road work in the area this spring. John Schweppe and family visited Saturday night with H. B. Schweppe near Bethel and at the Hop Wools ey home near Homer Sunday. W. D. Chalfant's father and mother, back from California, visited the Chalfant home early this week. Thursday and Friday rains were welcomed in the vicinity. Mrs. W. C. Campbell and daughter Nellie of near Mulberry Center visited the Price Campbell home Tuesday. June 12.

West Independence Carmony Kamrar John Schweppe H. B. Schweppe Bethel Hop Woolsey Homer W. D. Chalfant California Chalfant W. C. Campbell Nellie Mulberry Center Price Campbell Ed Normandin Ellsworth Blairsburg Parsons W. §. Ritchie Robi. Ritchie Cleone Jewell J. W. Eppard Abram Coble John Witmer Mary Rothrock Lenhard Webster City Rothrock Norway R. J. Skilbred Adolph Westwick Frank Pearson Lincoln A. B. Coble Ellen Rothrock O. W. Ruffell Chicago M. J. Mattice C. W. Myers Tressa Myers Clarion L. H. Sours The Christian Church Lake City James Daniels Christian Church Convention Ruth Rex Jane Walster Marble Rock Clyde Rex Ellen Brown O. J. Henderson Vinton Mary Alexander Brown

Local News Notes and Family Visits

The item lists local happenings including corn fields thriving with second cultivation, the eight months old son of Mr and Mrs Harvey DeFrance being ill, Mrs Arthur Adams returning from Austin Minnesota with her two brothers, visits by Mr and Mrs H B Craig and son Marian of Stanhope, Mrs F A Buffum visiting her parents in Maxwell and staying with friends in Webster City, Mr and Mrs Dallas Richards of Pleasant Hill with sister Miss Peal visiting the F G Kesler home, and Selmer Adams purchasing a new Buick car with electrical options. June 10.

Harvey DeFrance Arthur Adams Austin Minn H. B. Craig Marian Stanhope N. M. Woodard F. A. Buffum J. N. Maxwell Webster City Dallas Richards Pleasant Hill Miss Peal F. G. Kesler Selmer Adams Dallas Snyder John Weiss Claude Buzick Ray Allison Duncombe P. W. Keith Minnesota W. W. Douglas Rose Bryles Roy Martin W. J. Streveler Williams Dr. Jarman Marguerite Merryman EF. Snow W. H. Cook R. G. Austin Ames State Agricultural College Coburn Players G. D. Hathway Waukansha Wis Floyd Billings Drake Law School Des Moines W. C. Crosley Abstract G. H. Knox Redlands Cal N. L. Maxon Calgary Alberta Laura Beck H. N. Beck St. James Samuel Bateman Ward ‘Wannah Goldfield Yester Marian Lee Dorothy “Tuttie Grinnell W. C. Burleson Fort Dodge Gladys Lambert Sioux City H. R. Dodge Thelma Grace Crittenden Gowrie Lulu Seymour

Miss Mildred Swanson and Glen Kauffman wed in Cedar Rapids

The couple married June 6 in Cedar Rapids. The report notes ongoing attendance at children's day exercises in Jewels Sunday evening and that moving pictures draw large crowds each night. Local residents C A Dick and family from Webster City visited Stanhope Tuesday.

Mildred Swanson Glen Kauffman Cedar Rapids Tillie Munson Alma Osmundson Allie Olofson Anderson C. A. Dick Webster City Stanhope Clarence Dick Harry Read Toledo Ethel Davis Des Moines Hazel Riley Woolstock Shelly Dick Lake City

Local notes on residents and road work near Blairsburg

W A Spangler and son Frank consult a specialist in Eagle Grove for Frank's eye condition. Ditching and tile work along the county road east of town near Woolstock advance toward a premier state road. A large oil traction engine and two twelve foot scrapers operate from the Hamilton county line northward. Moonlit events include the Chase Lister show in Eagle Grove and a ball game in Webster City with multiple local attendees. A variety of visits, calls, and social activities populate the week from Blairsburg to Jewell and Ames.

W. A. Spangler Frank Eagle Grove John Reimer Duncombe Woolstock W. T. Jones R. R. Jones Edward Brock Jewell W. A. Doughten E. J. Pool Excelsior B. H. Malaise Irvin Morrison M. G. Malaise Ed Frye Frye Mr. Frye R. P. Hirt D. H. Huff

Personal Briefs From Kamrar And Surrounding Towns

Mrs. Emery Dakin and baby near Kamrar visited her parents the Tewalts. Lena Amundson returned from Holmes to stay with sister Anfin Weeks. Ruth Amundson remains for summer. Mrs. F. D. Young travels to Des Moines to visit her daughter Max Whitacre. Miss Gertrude Suller returns to Ft. Dodge from visit with Mrs. Hanen. Elsie Heiden and Verna Bailey plan Yellowstone trip with visits to Laramie and Pocatello then summer in Yellowstone.

Emery Dakin Baby Kamrar Max Whitacre Gertrude Suller L. C. Hanen Ft. Dodge Elsie Heiden Verna Bailey Yellowstone National Park Laramie Wyoming Pocatella Idaho Yellowstone Park Stanton R. Hoyt Decorah Mr. Hoyt Des Moines J. H. Spinharney Cherokee W. E. Spinharney EE. C. Lindebach Ellsworth Duncombe Gertie Moversten Elsworth Mercy Hospital

Chase Lister Show Draws Families in Eagle Grove

Families spent Wednesday evening at the Chase Lister show in Eagle Grove, traveling in the former’s car. Miss Mary Bailey of Webster City visited the D. H. Huff home earlier in the week. Earnest Mourlain bought a fine new automobile. June 9.

Chase Lister Eagle Grove Mary Bailey Webster City D. H. Huff Earnest Mourlain

Burnstedt Nominated for County Attorney in Jewell

J E Burnstedt wins the Jewell county attorney nomination in a jubilant local scene. Town gears up for a grand Fourth of July with Mayor Anderson leading committees and plans for a banner celebration in a shaded park with a new drinking fountain. Sprinkler bids go to O J Tyler at sixty dollars a month as Walter Kirk and family travel for Walter’s operation in Des Moines.

Jewell J. E. Burnstedt Anderson O. J. Tyler Frank Kirk Walter Chas Sidenstucker Des Moines Claude Campbell Jewell Record Hamilton County Iowa

Local Market Prices Note Corn Oats Butter

Market listing shows shelled corn at varied price points and ear corn with limited figures. Oats and butter prices appear, though the text is garbled and partial.

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Neighborhood Notes Saratoga Robert Perry Allen H. W. Stafford Elsie Posseh Fred Grove G. T. Vance Iowa Falls Geo. Sloane Margret Donald McNab Harris E. B. Miller J. H. McNee Odd Fellows Opera House Barnard Newes Bert Walrath Rock Valley Hallie Arbergast Rachel Hale R. R. Stafford Ames and Perry Excelsior Spring Chas. Scott Annie Whitmer Mrs. Hans Brock of Leona Teget Northeast Liberty Miss Chipman Buzick Miss Beaver Detmer C. R. Hoffman S. E. Club S. M. Ferrer John Longenecker Pennsylvania Minneapolis R. L. Doolittle E. Ackley Lillian B. B. Club Jake Gish Rochelle Ill T. B. Larrabee Norwich Clarinda Sara M. Riggs Iowa State Teacher’s College Cedar Falls Mt. Vernon A. E. Bullock W. F. VanDorn Renwick J. Welch Earl Cotton C. J. Keyes Elfa Quel of City F. C. Worsing Nellie Callahan Father Barry Elma New Haven Osage Ily Maakestad Randall Alice Harding Bertha Burton Miss Burton Elmer Sandahl Ruth Nelson C. P. Christenson N. C. Igon Louisa Bauer Bauer Carl Bauer Margaret Hanrahan Ruth Thompson Roy C. Tyler Orpha Berggren Eva Hurst Frank Johnson Cleghorn W. N. Merrill West Second Street Gardner’s E. W. Wagner & Co Isis Theatre H. M. Sharpe Northwest Drouth Central West Argentina United States Russia Australia India E. W. Wagner & Company Poet Sey Manhattan Oppenheimer Bermann al Gorrell Stock Company Sdatr
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