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ESTABLISHED IN 1817. DR. MARKLEY LECTURES of Winter'! The Initial Number lecture Crane is Given at the Methodist Church. A LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT ,i rn^mmmmrnrn ..... ''Harpstrings and Heartstrings" is Subject-—A Discourse Upon Music. The first number on the winter's lecture course, given under the man agement of the ladies aid society of the Methodist church In the church auditorium Friday night, was a pronounced success. The large au ditorium was filled with a represen t&tlve audience of Webster City men and women who know how to ap preciate a high class entertainment. Dr. Monroe Markley, of Denver, Colorado, was evidently at his best in his famous lecture, "Harpstrings and Heartstrings." The lecture was highly entertaining and instructive. It was in fact a poem both in thought and delivery. As the title would indicate, it was an interpre tation of the music of^Che heart, and iL ||§|arkley's skillful touch proved It to~ oe a "Harp with a thousand strings." His presence, his thought, his de livery are all like a sweet breath of Heaven from the Columbine moun tain sides of Colorado on a fair sum mer day. The poetry of the1 moun tains, their deep dark canyons and santkisBed snow-crowned, lofty peaks, have all appealed to hla lov'e for and appreciation of the beautiful in God's great world, and especially In "God's great out of doors." And yet, like humanity's true poet, he finds the sweetest music in the hear^ of struggling humanity. His dictton is line, and really fineness seems to be the chief quality of the man. his voice ia pleasing, remarkably well suited to his theme, while his de livery Is well night faultless. He mingles wit, hWmor and pathos like the master artist mingles, his colors oft the canvas. At the* 'close Of the lecture con gratulations were' offered on every hand to the ladles aid society on tfsir choice of the first number. These ladies are further to be con gratulated on the fact that, looking over the remaining numbers, one can readily see that the entire course is of the same quality as the first num ber. Such a Ah array of good things will no doubt be enthusias tically supported by the Intelligent cltlsenshlp of Webster City. Thanksgiving night will be the mot date, with the Jess Pugh Con cert Company as entertainer®. The'Mystery Solved.*'"' The women of west Walnut street who have been behind locks and bolts ever since a mysterious man wearing white pants and carrying a lighted lantern'was seen in that part of town a few evenings ago, can now venture out of doors after sundown, as the mystery has been solved* The "offender" is one of Webster City's well known and liy* abldlng cltisens and was entirely in nocent of the consternation he has caused. The man Uvea on Willson avenue and has been taking care of a few furnaces and heating plants for people who were temporarily out of town. He carried a lantern In or der to enable him to see while in the basements looking after the fires. On the night when some of the worn*?, of west Walnut were scared almw. Into hysterics he was going after his daughter who had been to a party in that part of town. Now that tho I strange man has been accounted for the. ladies who have been so cruelly kept at home can make up for lost time. S Boys Land Near Mallard. L. E. Crowter returned home a few days ago from Mallard, Iowa, where he purchased a farm through the real estate agency of Wesley Vance, formerly of this city. Mr. Orowter thinks land around Mallard ia eheaper than In any part north western Iowa. MRS. P. H. SHAFER DAS BAD ACCIDENT Well Known Old Resident of Ham v/ ilton County Palls and Fractures Hip. Mrs. P. H. Sfrafer of Blairsburg met with a very painful accident Friday that resulted in the fract uring of 'her hip. Mrs. Shafer, who is quite an aged lady, started to the barn at her home. She did not know that it was so slippery and had tak en but a few steps when she slipped and fell. It was impossible for her to .arise and she was carried into the house and medical assistance was sent for. Upon the arrival of the physician a fracture of the hip was discovered.1 Owing to her age it was impossible to administer an anesthetic and the operation of set ting the broken bone was very pain ful to Mrs. Shafer. Mrs. W. A. Barton Dead. Mrs. W. A. Barton, of Blairsburg township, died Friday evening at about 7 o'clock. The deceased was 66 years of age and was a native of Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband and five sons. The fam ily reside on the R. Meyers farm in Blairsburg township. The funeral service was held at the family home Wednesday after noonl .-a.- .J*?.-/ CHAMPION CHECKER PLAYER VISITS CITY Plays Four Games at Once While Blindfolded—Col. Metcalf torn* Honors. Wetrater City checker players had an Interesting time Saturday on the occasion 'of Newell W. Banks' visit to this place. Mr. Banks Is the champion checker player of Ameri ca and those who witnessed his per formances here do not doubt his claim to the title. ,r Mr. Banks held forth in the par lors of The Willson Saturday after noon and evening and also remained over in this city wfctil yesterday morning, when he left on the seven o'clock train over the Illinois Cen tral for Dows, where he will meet the checker men of that place. Besides the local checker players who met Mr. Banks during his stay here were three experts from Ne well. 6ne of these, John Redfleld, succeeded in winning one game from Mr. Banks, as did also Col J., P. Metcalf of this city. One of the marvelous displays of prowess given by Mr. Banks while here was the playing of four games at one time With four different checker men while he himself was blindfolded. Mr. Banks sat with his back to the boards and directed hid men in the four different games from memory, carrying the positions upon the four boards in his mind throughout the contests. Mr. Banks won all four of these games. Dur ing his visit here the champion probably played forty or fifty games and the two mentioned above were the only ones in which he was de feated. Mr. Banks is making a tour of the country meeting checker players. A small admission is charged to wit ness the contests in the places he visits to defray his expenses. The local devotees- of the game chipped In their mites to assist the cham pion on his way. It Is needless to add that Col. Metcalf is feeling rather chesty ov er gettihg a look in with the ebam plotrand thereby adding to the laur els of Webster City as a notable checker playing center. JsA Fi~ t/.A Mr. Banks Is twenty-four years of age and, con sidering this fact, his record as champion checker player of America is something remarkable. 1 a young man only Boat Meetings Nightly/ Rev. J. W Peterson will preach in the salvation army hall Wednes day evening, Nov. SSrd, and the ser vices will be continued every even nlng by the local peat. All are cord ially Invited to attend thes meetings. Capt T. R. Wallace. S Local High School Football Squad Bested by Algona High School Saturda Wii-M £$• tv?rv Afternoon. a# SCORE BOARD WAS 89 TO 6 5 kTi Game was Flayed in Algona—-Home Boys Seemed to be, Greatly jiCf Confused^: The football game between the lo cal squad and the fast aggregation at Algona. Saturday afternoon prov ed one of the greatest" surprises cf the season to both the members of the home team and local rooters. Although the "dope sheet" said that the home team would return victors, the score read 29 to 6 in favor jf their rivals. I Though no plausible excuse for this defeat at the hands of the Al gona bunch ..can be offered the roughness displayed by them was uncalled for. It seems the high school in that place were determin ed to win from the local eleven and the roughness displayed in the game, with the assistance off the field offlcials, discouraged the Web ster City boys. In the first quarter Webster City was penalized forty live yards. The penalties placed up on them during the entire session amounted to about onefhundred and fifty yards. However, taking the en forced losses into consideration there was little excuse for the poor example of football put up by. (he home squad. In the first quarter the locals played their opponents com pletely off their feet. This was ac complished by the old style gaane, however, the forward pass being .of tittle advantage to them as a gainer of ground. When the whistle sound ed for the next quarter Webster City still thought that the victory be longed to |hem. In this quartbr with smashes by the back field the ball was carried across the field easily by the home boys. Their opponents seemed help lesB. After carrying the oval until it was very near the goal line, Cap tain Dodge tried the forward pass. This play started the scoring by Al gona. One of the Algona back field caught the pigskin and went through the-entire line for a touch (Town. The same player repeated the performance the next quarter with the same result. During the last three quarters the home team seemed to have lost their "pep" and in spite of the short but plain talk handed to them by the coach, they were at the mercy of their oppenta. Coach Moyer was greatly surprised at the poor showing made by his pets. For some unac countable reason the locals seemed to be confused most of the time. This confusion in a contest of this kind is generally laid to "cold feet," but In this case Prof. Moyer does not think that was the -trouble. Helmlck did not show up in his usual form. This is the first game when he has not done some wonder fuL,work. McKee, another football idbl, fell short of his usual game, while France, who is considered one of the fastest ends in the country, missed several chances. 'Talcott, the player who took the place left va cant by the abaence of Daniels, how ever, did his share of the playing. Dodge, the sturdy captain of the squad, pulled off some startling tackles, but his management of the team was not up to the usual stand ard. 'This lack of "pep" is thought to be the result of the long rest that was forced upon the eleven by re cent /weather' conditions. To sum up the session of Saturday, all thai, can be said la that the locals were outclassed by a team who are their Inferiors in almost every way. The line up for Saturday was a* follows: Algona Webster City A. Krensinsky..R & Talcott Wilson ...Meller Kuhn .*• Mahoney Potter .........G Groves.. Anderson ... -t Sterling B. Claj-k X. Stebblns 5. Krentinsky..L B.. France 1',"^ WEBSTER CITY, IOWA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1911 ALGONA WINS THE VICTORY it£ THE ELK'S BOWL-is 1 ING TOURNAMENT & The first week of the Elks' tourn ament for the present season ended with the team led by R. E. Channer with the highest total. The .total made by "Bob" and his bunch was 2071. The trophy offered to the winners of the tournament is a sil ver loving cup. This cup will be left in the possession of the winning team for the 'remainder of the sea eon. It will then be "put up for the winners of the session next year. However, if one team should win the tournament for three successive seasons, the trophy will be their permanent property. The following totals 'were' made last week by the teams designated by the captains named: Monday's game— McCauliff \'.v... 1807 Tyler 1764 Tuesday— Wlteon 1933 Staling 1640 1 A Team Headed by R. E. Channer Wins Highest Total for Week Just Closed v* 2071 2045 Channer •. J$cDon»ld Friday King ..... 1971 1811 ANCIENT I0WA^ RAILROAD HISTORY The Building of the Iowa Central Into Eldora—Citizens Paid $8,700 for Shops. Wri'04 Eldora, Nov. 20.—While going over the papers In the office of Wil liams ft Huff, Hon. H. A. Huff ran across some of the original papers in the condemnatory proceedings previous to the building of the Iowa Centaal railway into this city. One Of these was the report of the sheriff's Jury appointed to appraise certain land'damages for-a tract sit uated in Hardin county. The report is dated at Bldora May 80, 1867. and is signed by J. M. K. St. John. George Whitney, Gardner Spencer, Joh? Lytle, J. N. Bradfield and N. M. Pouts, all of whom are now de ceased except the first named gentle man who now resides near Beatrice, Neb. The railway was built into Eldora In the year 1868 and was at first known by the name of "The El dora Railroad and Coal Company,' its original promoters being resi dents of this city. The report above referred to was signed by Hon. Enoch W. Eastman as attorney for the railroad company and who was afterwards elected, lieutenant gov ernor of Iowa.4:^' Another now unique paper and relic of other days was also discov ered by Mr.JHuff. This is the pro posal of the* same railway company to the citlsens of Eldora regarding the location of the Iowa Central ma chine shops which were first located In Eldora and afterwards secured by Marshalltown—many Eldorans believe by a deep laid plan of scheming. To this paper Is attach ed the signature of many of the first settlers of Eldora and Hardin coun ty and opposite the names is set out the amount each of these gentlemen agreed to pay In the event the shops were located In Eldora. The amounts thus subscribed run from $500 to $50 and a pleasing feature disclosed by this list is that each of the twen ty-two signers are marked as hav ing paid the amount thus agreed and stipulated. Of the twenty-two men who signed the paper agreeing to pay the $5,700 to the railway com pany death has claimed all but two. These are John Porter, of Boise, Id«- Peterson Dodge Barton McKee L. New gent. Berggren W. Newgent .F Helmlck Time of quarters 10 minutes. Touch dowse, Barton I, L»- Newgent 2, Wilson 1, W. Newgent 1. Hel mlck 1. Goals kicked by Newgent, 4 by Berggren, 1. .. to you. ho, and Hon. W. J. Moir, of Eldora. In the prospectus of this railway he found the original list of officers to have been as follows: President, C. C. Oilman, of Eldora vice presi dent, Thppiu Kensqtt, of Baltimore, Md. treasurer, R. A. Babbage and secretary, Charles Collins, with the address not given. The articles of incorporation as originally adopted and which ap pear in the aboVe referred-to pros pectus bear the date of Sept. 1, 1868, and are signed by eleven of the men who were the pioneers in the making of Eldora. All of these signers have since crossed over to the great beyond save one—W. J. Moir. And as one looks back Into history it Is discovered that not one of these original promoters but who afterwards carved his name deeply Into the annals of the state and county. The original incorporators were as follows: C. C. Oilman, E. W. Eastman, W. J. Moir, Henry L. Huff, R. H. McBrlde, D. D. Chase, Joseph Edgington, Gardner Spencer, J. Q. Patterson, S. R. Edgington and J. M. Scott A Home that Offers Health and V=V', ft?!'. •,! Comfort Is, of course, the primary object of all homebullders. It was health par ticularly that led our forefathers to the building of frame houses because of their freedom from dampness, a feature of no little importance if One is to be free of achy rheumatic pains, etc. When you're young and husky, however, you are apt to ov erlook this possibility, but you can profit by the advice of some of our good old neighbors who can talk from experience. Ask tljem what they think of a frame house. Com fort will follow health and there's no comfort like a cosy home you know Is your own. If you're think ing of building there's a lot of things we can tell you from exper ience with frame houses that you'll be glad to know.' Let's talk It oVer. "There's No Place Like Home." dlfl Young ft Clifton. Fine Plat Book. Henry Oeist, the draughtsman, has Just completed a plat book of Hamilton county. It shows every piece of land In the county, together with the name of the owner thereof. Mr. Gelst has been at the work about six weeks and it is a very fine Job, as is everything of this charac ter executed by him. If It is true as asserted by the president of the Commercial Trav elers' League, that the "drummers" of America give $50,000,000 annual ly In tips, isn't it also true that "the house" really pays them, and In the end the consumer? asks the Uu buque Telegraph. All citlsens. according to the Sioux City Tribune, "are divided in to two classes, those who had their storm windows on when the Wissard came, and those who were going to put 'em oil when they got time.'}' 'Ml, ^-.'V '«f: Closed like a pair of drawers. No seam, buttons or opening in the crotclj. Perfectly smooth,' elastic, comfortable. No binding, bunching or chafing. The .White Cat Union Suit with Posed Crotch U| {Patented) is the first union suit really comfortable You will never know real underwear satisfaction till you try it Gome and let us show it ,** m*?K MEETINGS ^.®,W""(S t\ if te t:fr'' t: w*n Ho. »v Notice the cfotch fe®-' }Uvr.. 1'.1 of this Union Suit. It is closed W Mb *4 i It a- ARE CLOSED i§# Campaign of Evangelistic Serrioea Chunk Came to aa End I S a 1 fcf iSaWHIl Sunday marked the close of v, HEN'S MEETING IN AFTERNOON S & .Dr. Calfee Preaches on "Phoinf ...dthe Facts."—Closing Ser vice at Night. tka gospel meetings at the Methodist church. The snow of the morning cut down the attendance a little, but in the evening the church was filled to overflowing, a number turn ing away for lack of room. The chorus choir had been Increasing !a size until Sunday night it completely covered the platform, and under Mrs. Bowen's leadership they did very effective work. Mrs. Bowen's solo work at all the services Sun day was of the highest order, being greatly appreciated by alL Dr. Calfee's sermon Sunday morning was on "Jleaven," a study of the Christian's hope of something better and brighter than our earthly existence can give. At the men's meeting in the afternoon, Mr. W. S. Bowen gave a manly appeal for Christian service by Christian busi ness men, and Dr. Calfee gave an address on "Facing the Facts." The evening sermon was a masterly plea for an Immediate surrender to Jesus Christ. Every Illustration in the sermon was to show that sin was harmful and debasing, not because the preacher said so, but in the very nature of things. This last sermon of the evangelist was one of the very best he has preached here. During his campaign in this place. Dr. Calfee has dem onstrated his ability as a strong gos pel preacher, "a workman that needeth not to be ashamed." With his plain preaching there has been so much of kindness and good na ture, that he leaves no sore spots, and the future will probably show that hie campaign has been a strong factor in building up the spiritual life of the church and the commun ity. Dr. Calfee will be kindly re membered by many people In Web ster City for years to come. 4.t the evening service, Dr. Calfee expressed his appreciation of the co operation of Christian workers, re gardless of denominational lines, and also for the generous offering given him. S