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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
4
A busy list of residents and visitors includes Christina Peterson’s return to Jewell, Lou VanLangen in Kamrar, Mrs. Nott and Miss Deakman from Beagle Grove, and many others traveling to or from Kamrar, Jewell, Belmond and nearby towns for visits, business, dances, stock sales, and family events.
Warren Collins of Alden returns home after visiting friends here for several days. Frank W. Skinner of Waterloo, representing Underwood Typewriter Co., is in town today. Ray McDermott, former typesetter now in Montana, visits old friends. W. W. Shipley, J. W. Funk, and H. G. Conger of Town Falls were in the city for business yesterday. Mrs. Paul Wille of Williams sees friends between trains while en route to Killam ar. Fred Lindemeyer in town visiting friends. Jeff departs for Williams. G. I. DeMott of Blairsburg conducts business here. J. H. Funk of Iowa Falls, who has been at court here.
Mrs FE Benedict of Town Falls arrives for a short stay at the Kamrar home. Elsie Jewett visits Kamrar. Mr and Mrs Henry Cordes of Kamrar are in town. Mrs WH Brown of Division I street travels to Ridora then. Mrs Joe Oppenheimer to Des Moines to visit friends. Aublin goes to Duncombe on business. Mrs John Willeo of Williams visiting. W O S Brown to Renwick on business. Mrs Henry Davidson of Wort Dodge departs for Hagile Grove for a visit. Mrs Jamey Brin returns from Chicago after a visit. Several locals — Crosley, Hunter, Pettinger, Monson, Lee, and Garth — head to Des Moines for the Republican state convention. Henry Peterson of Elsworth visits friends in town. H U Hendrickson noted in incomplete record.
Misses Marie Welch and Nora Tormey hosted the S. S. S. club Tuesday night at Mrs. John Robinson’s Boone street home. A two course supper was served. Green and white shamrock decorations set a festive tone. A most enjoyable social evening concluded the gathering.
Miss Frances Graham and her mother were surprised by the advanced seventh grade pupils with a lively farewell gathering in the gym last evening. Games contests and music filled the night followed by refreshments and a souvenir spoon presented in friendship.
Mr and Mrs John Spangler plan to move to a Highview area farm prompting a farewell pound party hosted Tuesday night by about twenty five neighbors. Attendees included Albert Curtis Churk Olmstead Steve Barber T J Bozell Harmon Balsley Fred Olmstead Oscar Kepler and two children Miss Winnie Curtis and several Olmstead and Barber relatives and neighbors.
Mrs. Pearce of Baimrar receives two farewell surprises at her home in the city as friends and the Kamerar M B E church Ladies Aid visit to bid her goodbye. A luncheon follows with a mirror and brush presented in appreciation of her friendship.
Arlo Whitbeck an aged farmer near Auburn Fayette county was murdered and robbed in his barn yard last night. His body was found after a search began. A blood smeared stake lay beside the corpse indicating the weapon used. Officers sought clues but found none.
Beloit Wisconsin March 20 reports say a roaring oil well on the Charles Luthers farm northeast of Beloit has begun emitting tumbling noises again. The story notes the well previously roared weeks before the San Francisco quake and stopped at the quake’s exact hour.
Joseph Nastny, a Bottemian resident, was arrested for making anarchistic threats to kill unknown persons. Authorities deem him insane after the March 20 incident in Iowa City.
H K Randolph has been ill for several days with kidney and stomach trouble. He was not improving this morning and a Miller ambulance took him to Mercy Hospital around noon. He is now under careful nursing and medical care, but remains very ill.
Members and friends of the Acht Uhr club of Kamrar surprised Mrs. Pearce with an evening visit at her home and presented a souvenir spoon as a token of friendship. Dainty refreshments were served and the gathering was described as a delightful social time for all.
Husbands lured members of the Sorosis club to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hjorn for a well appointed evening. Guests enjoyed a two course supper with green and white decor and green carnations as favors. Afterward they played progressive 500 while the hosts proved adept and gracious.
Paris dispatch reports An André Tardieu quotes President Roosevelt describing his fight against plutocracy as part of opposing socialism and anarchy. Roosevelt emphasizes patriotism, conservatism, and readiness to defend himself by appealing to justice.
Washington reports that Britain has pledged to defend China against any aggressor, signaling a tighter Western alliance amid Japan's regional ambitions. The shift follows tensions with Tokyo over the Tatsu Maru incident and a visible easing of yellow peril rhetoric as Western powers align.
In Buxton Iowa, March 20, John W Tolliver was shot dead by Jack Massey at mine No 14 after Tolliver threatened a young colored woman in Massey’s presence Massey arrested and to be brought to Oska loosa jail.
Pittsburg early today destroyed a Ben Avon Chinese laundry and the proprietors Hop Lee and Kim Gie were burned to death. Firefighters searched for the two missing men as residents chased the blaze through streets saving nearby homes from extensive damage. A strong gas pressure in several houses made the scene perilous as stoves glowed hot and walls heated dangerously.
Governor Guild remains in a critical condition after a week of rheumatism and grip, with no appeal scheduled this morning as of midnight report from Boston Massachusetts.
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