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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
4
Community notes recount visits among residents of West Vincent and nearby areas. Families such as Hosteliers Swaney Parker and Arends are mentioned with social visits, church institute attendees in Webster City, and local business developments like barn construction and buggy purchases. Children’s activities, fishing exploits, and school terms conclude with ongoing social gatherings and church club meetings.
Andrew Oleson and family attended Henry's wedding at Hagle Grove on Tuesday. Homer M. BE Sunday school plans a children's day program next Sunday evening June 27. Jake asks about Chautauqua as most neighbors intend to attend for music and lectures. Berleen of Webster City visited grandfather. Ben Lilygard went to Webster City to work on the Catholic parsonage.
Pleasant View reports Mr and Mrs F J Lane and children of Webster City spent Sunday at the Wm Dinsdale home. The Lasher home hosted a literary event last Saturday with plans for a picnic next month to be scheduled. Emery Coons barn was struck by lightning Sunday night but no damage occurred. Chicago boys short and harpist Sarah Wathena Brown are slated as attractions at the Chautauqua this year. they are ordinary talented youths chosen for this program. June 1.
Alden area social notes record visits and family gatherings. The piece notes departures and homecomings, including Ensign Christensen's return after four months absent and Miss Amy Goodwin's return from Nebraska to near Iowa Falls. It also covers worship, Chautauqua dates, and the death of C N Eaton in Blairsburg, highlighting his public service and character.
Crosley, a top Iowa Wisconsin insurance official, praised Webster City fire department for controlling the blaze with minimal stock loss. The Jewell Record proposes laying interurban track on Second Street after Crooked Creek railroad sale. The state board of control plans to expand Oakdale tuberculosis facilities, seeking 50 million in future appropriations to treat more patients, while criticizing excessive fairground grandstand spending.
John Dewitt of Williams was in Webster City on business for the Implement Company. He reported extensive spring activity in the cultivator trade noting they had sold eighty six cultivators and would have sold more if supply had allowed.
A reader letter criticizes the busy business man for neglecting proper chewing and digestion as he dashes out for lunch, calling him the most reckless about health.
An old remedy claim describes Mi o na tablets as helpful for overworked stomachs and dyspepsia. It says take after meals to aid digestion and purify stomach and bowels, boosting vigor, sold for about 60 cents.
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