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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
2
Des Moines visitor Miss Armstrong returns from Iowa Falls and stays with Mrs. L M Peterson. Prof Jones of Ames College spends Sunday with Bryant Huff. Several locals travel to Stanhope Clinton Des Moines and Milwaukee for visits and business.
Postmaster R. G. Clark reports three new large package mail boxes arrived to replace rusted out units. The heavier weather resistant boxes are described as prettier and sturdier, with installation planned within a day or sixty.
Webster City reports the armory for Company C will be built on a fifty foot strip of land west of the Willson flats after purchasing land from Mrs. Flora Fitch for $700. Earlier plans favored land east of the Northwestern Felt Shoe factory at $2,400, a saving of $1,700. The financing includes stock subscriptions from citizens, with Captain Hyatt and Lieutenants Teed and Land to canvass buyers. Groundwork and construction are anticipated soon, though funds are not yet in hand.
The letter from Webster City urges Hamilton County to fund a hospital, noting Dr. Lewis’s free services and a past operation for Venice Roe. The writer laments the lacking elevator in Webster City’s hospital and asks readers to back substantial donations to start or improve local facilities.
A photo page in the Des Moines Des Moines Sunday Register and Leader highlights fifteen June brides including Mrs Ollie Metcalf born Ostaway of this city. Her friends praise the honor given to her in the publication as a popular local bride.
The Kendall Young Library in Webster City will begin interior decoration next Monday by the renowned Chicago firm Spier ling Linden. The project, estimated at two to three thousand dollars, will feature Ambere bronzes terra cotta and colored glass and aims to rival the finest public and private interiors. The library, funded by the late Kendall Young, is lauded as a monumental civic achievement with strong local praise from officials and observers.
Taken up by C P McVicker of Blairsburg Iowa on May 1 1905 one dark red yearling bull with short horns Dated June 16 1905 This notice appears in the auditor A Cragwick office printing job at this office.
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