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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
4
A tangled blast of editorials and letters weighs Iowa politics as the Times Journal and Capital clash with Des Moines urging loyalty to party nominees. The piece notes Miss Annetta McFarland teaching in Emeriah Russell district near Webster City.
Tuesday evening a social gathering honored Rev J R Faus and Mr C Wastman with a surprise birthday event. Mrs E helped organize the outing inviting both men to Faus home where attendees presented each man with a substantial appreciation for their service to the church. The affair yielded a very enjoyable time for all who attended.
Miss Myrtle Sullivan entertained Tuesday evening at Aunt Mrs. A R Burleson’s home on First Street in honor of Mr and Mrs H G Highee of Dubuque. The guests enjoyed 500 and ice cream, cake, and refreshments. Attendees included Irene Merrill Bessie Counts Ruth Merrill Alta Green June Oppenheimer Dr R W Pete Leonard Mason Philip Merrill Melvin Reynolds and Mr and Mrs Ben M Johnston H G Nighbee of Dubuque.
H A Maxon hosted a watermelon and musk melon party for his intermediate Sunday school class and a few visitors on Tuesday afternoon. The home grown fruit from Roy Mikel’s patch disappeared to a gramophone tune as games like baseball croquet and swings took place with several boys named among attendees.
The senior class and faculty enjoyed a picnic supper Tuesday evening in the woods near the old cement block factory. A bountiful repast was shared and the class hats have been chosen by the seniors with black crush hats and a scarlet band for both boys and girls.
The New Empire Land Co owners have placed large tracts of fine farming lands in Spink and Faulk counties with Geo. W. Lee of this city for sale. Cheap excursions go every Tuesday and farms are offered at bargains. See Lee at 720 Des Moines Street. Also note Miss Marie Faus, eleven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Faus, is very ill with pneumonia and pleurisy.
The Hamilton County Fair Association faced a deficit of $600 or more in 1908 after gate receipts of $1,128 and a $1,019.25 purse shortfall. With 90 to 100 stockholders, the group will cover debts by assessments on holders, blaming low turnout and high admissions for the shortfall.
The Freeman Tribune and Stanhope Mail advocate forming a Hamilton county historical society to collect records of early days. They urge county wide membership, regular meetings, preserved relics, and a Webster City library room for exhibits honoring pioneer memory Charles Aldrich.
Henrys Minstrels and Henrys Big Minstrels booked to perform at the Armory Opera House on Monday September 21. The organization presents a coterie of finished high class artists scheduled for the event.
Webster City reports Judge W. D. Evans has resigned from the district court bench to join the Iowa Supreme Court. A banquet hosted by the Webster County Bar praised his six years on the bench as Senator Dolliver lauded his character. Evans handed his resignation to Governor Cummins, who is expected to appoint him to the high court.
The program lists star comedians Bob Mclaughlin Pat Crawford Billy Baxter and Georgie Foster as featured minstrels. Henry touts high salaried song birds and new hits. Scenic effects require two cars and include moving clouds rippling waters and a Dixey Land afterpiece. A noon street parade is planned.
Goodwin Yaun, recently from Omaha, was found unconscious with a crushed skull in Hol Roos barn Odebolt. He died at Ida Grove hospital. Companion L L. V. Daniel fled. authorities seek him. Inquest finds Yaun struck on left head by unknown assailant.
The Standout Conference backs Major Lacey as a potential United States Senate candidate. He plans a campaign push to win support and compete for the office.
A Des Moines gathering decided to support Hon. John F. Lacey of Oskaloosa for United States Senate over Gov. Cummins. Lacey pledged a peaceful, party loyal campaign and was authorized to form his campaign committee within days. He stressed unity of the Republican ticket from Taft onward and said he would avoid bitterness in the race.
A review lauds Parsifal Wagner as his last and greatest work. It calls the production a powerful exposition on redeeming love and Christian symbolism, praising its lifelike action and moral, instructive fabric.
Taft plans to visit Iowa on his western tour with stops possible in Des Moines. Governor Cummins will open with speeches at Fort Madison September 29 and Guthrie October 1. Other speakers include Seth Lowe October dates, Dobson at Humboldt fair September 17 and Story county fair September 28, and Emancipation Day Davenport event with C W Rogers and A F Dawson September 22.
The piece, Wagner’s Parsifal, hailed as a pinnacle in poetry music and philosophy, will debut at the Armory Opera House on Saturday September 19. The four act production runs about forty minutes per act with a 7 45 pm curtain first act and strict seating rules for latecomers, trumpeters signaling start times.
Sherman Johnson aged 24 died from brain hemorrhages after being struck in the temple by a baseball on September 6 in Rock Island. He had remained semi conscious since the injury and died yesterday.
Dr. Fred Scidmore a veterinary surgeon discovered a clamshell in the Fox river near Elgin containing 342 pearls all pure white and averaging about three-eighths of a carat each. He plans to take the pearls to Chicago to ascertain their value.
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