Neighborhood Notes From Webster City Area Social Roundup
Local residents share visits and travels with family friends and neighbors. Mrs John Snell hosted a Sunday visit with her sister Mrs Chris Myclebust of Thor and others from Webster City joined in. Nearby residents including August Beck Carl Larson and Perry Phillips spent time in Webster City with a new J I Case threshing machine ready for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Snell
Chris Myclebust
Thor
Bilsie Jaques
Webster City
L. D
Mulberry Center Notes On Rain Visitors And Accidents
Rain transformed the countryside as Mrs. Butler of Rutland visited her sister Mrs. H E B Ashpole. Over 100 friends surprised Mrs. Edgar Pringle with games and refreshments. The Prin Ble family entertained guests, then left for home. Floyd Berleen, a Webster City cutter, and Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Geo Rees and son. Oscar Riley suffered a serious horse kick Monday noon and is resting now. A J Kahl surveyed his farm for tiling preparations with Dr Williams from Webster City making a call. Ad Sherman visited the L E Miller home on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Center
Butler
Rutland
Edgar Pringle
Prin Ble
Family Royal
Merry Makers
A. J. "Kahl
Dr. Williams
Webster City
Ad Sherman
L. E. Miller
Des Moines Visit Highlights Local Families and Friends
M H Hendrickson and daughters Bertha and Clarice spent a weekend in Des Moines visiting relatives. Several Webster City and Kamrar residents gathered for Sunday visits, including Clara Christenson, Carrie Peterson, Hazelle Cormaney, Mrs Arch Neege, Gladys Clabaugh, John Whaley, Paul Cordes, Bennie and Willis Cordes, the Miller and Oaken families, and Harry Arends. The Methodist Church held a Children's Day program Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Hendrickson
Bertha
Clarice
Des Moines
Clara Christenson
Carrie Peterson
Webster City
Hazelle Cormaney
Kamrar
Arch Neege
Gladys Clabaugh
Herman Arends
John Whaley
Neese
Hattie Studley
Local Social Notes and Farm Weather Report
Miscellaneous items from June including drills crediting participants and organizers. Rain Friday night revived farmers and crops. Social visits include Mr and Mrs Chas Casto and children in Lehigh. B C Naylor and bride hosted at C B Boynton home before moving near Stratford. Visits by J L Peterson and daughters, Misses Jessie Pierce Gladys Boynton at county summer school, and Mrs B's relatives from eastern Iowa. June 21.
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Chas
Casto
Lehigh
B. C. Naylor
Bride
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Boynton
Stratford
J. L. Peterson
Homeland
Jessie Pierce
Gladys Boynton
Harley, Earnhardt
Ten Pound Daughter Born in West Freedom
West Freedom notes list a birth on Tuesday June 20 a ten pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Andrew Olson. The column also records visitors Mrs I R Mulholland and children of Webster City, social visits at the Dealton Woodard home, and local updates including Frank Dalley staying with brother Art, Charley Miller's house project, Amos Godsell’s Saturday visit, Hans Juhl driving to Webster City, Harry Smith resigning from Edwards Ditch Contracting Co, Hang Oleson visiting Fort Dodge and Webster City, and D W Dutton anti saloon worker's local calls. June 22:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Olson
I. R.mulholland
Webster City
Dealton “Woodard
Frank Dalley
Art
Charley ‘Miller
Amos Godsell
E. M Mulholland
Hans Juhl
Harry Smith
Edwards Ditch Contracting ‘Co
Hang Oleson
Fort Dodge
D. W. Dutton
Farmers and townsfolk notes from Iowa township
Snell Bros shelled corn for Ollie Nelson. W A Jones visited Duncombe on business. Norah Anderson recovered from measles. Bassett left for Cherokee to visit his daughter Anna. Rain cheered farmers Friday night. Ice cream social drew attendees from here to Duncombe. Flagstad Farmers Grain Co directors met. Widick shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago. Boone family visited Levi Omstead home. Anderson and White visited Webster City. Gypsies passed through town, not welcomed. Post & Son shipped several carloads of grain. M Morsely of Ames visited. Flugstad Farmers Grain Co officer election set for next Monday June 22. Waterloo woman Mildred Winner confessed to passing a forged $800 check. She was arrested wearing costly jewelry and claimed it funded several bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snell Bros
Ollie Nelson
W. A. Jones
Duncombe
Norah Anderson
Thomas ‘Bassett
Cherokee
Anna
Flagstad Farmers Grain Co
Wm. Widick
Chicago
O. M. Boone
Levi Omstead
H. F. Anderson
James White
Webster City
Geo. W. Post & Son
M. Morsely
Ames
Flugstad Farmers Grain Co
Woman Injured in West Grand Avenue Collision
Mrs. J. B. Blank and Mrs. Sam Harris were thrown from a car when it swerved into a delivery truck of the Evans Piano Co on West Grand Avenue in Des Moines. Mrs. Blank suffered a possible base skull fracture and was taken to Mercy hospital. Mrs. Harris had a sprained wrist. Driver Carl Byer and truck driver W. Hall gave conflicting accounts of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. B. Blank
Seventh Street
H. Sayler
Byer
Hall
Bellevue Worker Murder Suspected After Body Found
Peter Freiden, who quit his job the night before, was found on the Northwestern right of way near Bellevue with throat cut and injuries indicating foul play. A coroner's jury ruled death by violence, noting he was on his way to the depot and had trouble with his employer W J Herrig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Peter Freiden
Freiden
W J. Herrig
William Kelster
Explosion at Gasoline House Burns Pasco Store Owner
A Pasco store proprietor in Galt entered a gasoline house with a light between 9 and 10 pm. The gasoline tank exploded and hurled debris a block and a half to the school building. The man suffered severe burns but escaped. The town residents extinguished the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Pasco
Galt
Personal Briefs Highlight Local Summer Travel and Visits
Long list of residents and visitors in Webster City and area. News notes include Cady Chase Jr returning from the University of Minnesota, Mrs A N Alcott visiting Dr F J Drake’s home, many relatives traveling to Lake Okoboji and Eagle Grove, and numerous callers to or from Williams, Clarion, Des Moines, Ames, Maquoketa, and Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cady Chase, Jr
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
C. T. Fenton
Fenton
Frances Estes
Los Angeles
Primghar
O. H. Montzheimer
Frances Graham
Chicago
Harvey Pettibone
Mary Oleson
Williams
J. A. Foster
Arlington
Finns
Independence
Will
Arch ‘Foster
Jeanette’ 'Fools of
Manson
Eva Whiteman
Geo. S. Neel
Des Moines
Wmrs
Flora. Fitch
Ames
W. J. Kennedy
California
Minneapolis
Fred McCartney
Nellie Martin
Baby
Maquoketa
Harold Sterling
Eagle Grove
Addie McGee
the Willson
Beaman
Ethel Zitterell
Gertrude Graham of
Burt
BH. A. Iliff
Marion Greenwood
F. J. Greenwood
Clarion
Ellen Houskins
Tressa Meyers
Bertha Lyon
Jim Lyon
Fonda
Lyon
Joe A. Bishop
Joseph Martin
Cedar Rapids
Jacob Ostrander
Iowa Anti-Saloon League says druggists unlikely to be punished
Des Moines reports Attorney M S Odle argues state liquor law defects make prosecutions ineffective. He cites Supreme Court rulings allowing druggists to dodge penalties by surrendering permits and testifying they held none. Odle urges law change before more cases proceed. Also: Iowa City woman kills herself. Marengo note cites life for Brandenberger bail set at 25000 as new trial looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
M.S. Odle
Iowa Anti-Saloon ‘League
Supreme Court
Odle
High ‘Court
Brute-Beating Maryland Farmer Dragged by Women in Seaford
In Seaford Delaware on June 23 three young women attacked James Harper a Maryland farmer after he beat his horse in High Street. They pulled him from his carriage whipped him severely until he begged for mercy. Harper fled as police arrived leaving his team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford
Del
High Street
James Harper
Maryland
Harper
Five Year Term Given in Audubon Horse Theft Case
Frank Peterson was yesterday sentenced to a five year term at Anamosa by Judge Arthur for stealing a team of horses last spring. Peterson pled guilty. This was Judge Arthur's first appearance in Audubon district court, succeeding Judge W R Green who was elected to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Frank Peterson
Anamosa
Arthur
Peterson
W. R. Green
Congress
Deck Hand Drowned on Streckfus Excursion Steamer Sydney
Dubuque June 23 George Alderson of Burlington 23 years old a deck hand on the Streckfus excursion steamer Sydney fell from the craft while tied up at the wharf at 7 30 last evening and was drowned. A thousand people witnessed the drowning but the body never came to the surface after going under the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuane
George Alderson
Burlington
Streckfus
Sydney
Body Identified as Eva, 15, Town Girl from Clinton
The body found in the Chicago River is identified as Eva, 15, of Clinton Iowa. Authorities believe she ended her life in a state of despair after arriving in Chicago in search of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clinton
Eva
Fire at Nelson Brothers grocery sparks gasoline tank blaze
In Council Bluffs on June 23, clerks and customers evacuated the Nelson Brothers grocery at 827 South Main Street after a clerk stepped on a match igniting a fire that spread to a 600 gallon gasoline tank filled with oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council ‘Bluffs
Nelson Brothers Grocery
South Main Street
Iowa Falls and Storm Lake Join 800 Postal Savings Depositories
Washington July 23 Postmaster General Hitchcock announced fifty newly designated postal savings depositories bringing the total to 800. Among the new offices listed to receive deposits on July 22 are Iowa Falls and Storm Lake in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Iowa Falls
Storm Lake
Our New County Map
The Freeman Tribune presents a Hamilton county map up to date through March. It covers drainage ditches rural routes and highways and serves as a reference for business people and farmers. Cloth maps cost 3.00 and paper maps 2.00 with orders to Freeman-Tribune Webster City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman-Tribune
Hamilton County
Webster City
Iowa
For Sale Items: Oak bedroom set and furniture
Sale offers two oak bedroom sets one other bedroom set settee bed springs mattresses and chairs plus a Fischer piano and Staver rubber tired buggy. Call Ralph Stearns 826 Second Street Martin phone 718 21d4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer
Ralph Stearns
Second Street
Martin
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Oscar Classon
Tom
C. F. Olson
Hamilton
Homer
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Flugstad
Waterloo
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Galloway-Gibson
Mose Jacobs
Gether
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C. BE. Atkin
Willson Ave
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Macomb
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Lehigh Argus
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Ellsworth
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Galena
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A. M. Barnett
Blairsburg
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Anti-Saloon League
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Dubuque
Benson
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Brandenberger
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