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MORUL SERVICE
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A large concourse of people gather
ed in,the spacious rooms of the Elk's
home Sunday afternoon, ai 3 o'clock
to attend the annual memorial ser
vices of the order. The upper room,
was seated with chairs and decorated
with many* pots of growing ferns.
The\musical program of length
gifen by Mrs. O. T. McCauliff, Miss
Miekieson, Messrs. W. B. and
podge, R. E. Hanrahan and £3.
inot, assisted by Miss Rosa
k. organist, and Lloyd De-
Violinist, was one of the best
it of selection, execution and
represented, ever given in the
&any expressions of pleasure
the musical numbers, have
from members of the
to! memorial eulogy was given by
tof of the Universalist church,
L. HaywoOd, who is also
jplain Qf the order. The Eulogy was
masterpiece, splendidly prepared
Splendidly given.
'he spirit Of the Age" waa the
topic ,£f the speaker's dlscoura*
wis derived from the German
incomparaWS^Tife 'OT'lhe^BtWS*' ex
patiates ^pon the spirit,of the hive.
HoW the Wlitch has no life ot its
own, w^rnil in worfdrous mystical
harmony with Its fellows, dying with
in a fhort ttfne if segregated from the
others. That unpeen spirit strikes the
hour when the* hive is to swarm it
tells when the clover is blowing. Rev,
Haywood made of this a parable
through which he interpreted the
theme chose?. W\'^^WS^S(.
It is true of any *given age^df bis
tory that there has been a spirit of the
age. This ate has a character—a per
sonality—absolutely different from
any othervera of time. Look St each
period of history and we will fee that
it is marked by"* feature.p||||
The spirit of our age is at once the
highest and the lowest—the noblest
and the basest—of any nation in his-
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It is iest lliua&ated by* 61fte "6f our
poets. The poet is the prophet of the
Bpirit of man. Walt Whitman, Whom
Rev. Haywood regards as the greatest
of American poets, for almost four
years gave, his life during the Civil
war to the nursing of wouqded sold
(ers. One night as he sat by the
deathbed of a Vermont boy—broken
by battle—whose life was fast ebbing,
Whitman in his agony of acute per
ception and ability to sympathize, felt
the cold perspiration break out upon
his own brow, as on the brow of the
lad, and stretching out his* arms in
voluntarily criqd, "I am that man!"
The expression serves as a pene
trating searchlight upon the spirit of
the age.
The evidences of the spirit at work,
are shown in the earnest efforts now
being made to stop child labor in the
humanitarian measures now taken in
the treatment of the insane—those
with sick minds. No longer do we
shut them up. in a mad house. We
take then) to physicians in hospitals.
We hope to see the spirit revolutionis
ing our penal system which has been
said to be next to the saloon as a
degrading factor. Moral cripples
should1 be sent to moral physicians, as
well as physical unfortunates.
This
Bpirit
is only another name for
fraternity. This is a fraternity age,
despite the great war waging which
would set this fact at variance.
This great war has waged under the
condemnation of the world. We have
formerly taken our victorious gener
als and killers of men and made them
our presidents. The business of being
a soldier is a necessary jone but the
men we are going to crown with
laurels are men like Colonel Ooethala
women like Jane Addams—men
like Commander Booth of the Salva
tion Arm. Tfcese are the people we
glorify in oof day. there are forces at
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work infinitely stronger than this
war. Science, lor example, knows no
racial prejudice. '.:,iy:
The greatest things in the world( is
the spirit of fraternalism which
"I am that inan!" .Fraternities are
being organized everywhere. There
has never beeji an agfr—with one or
two exceptions—in .which there was
so much incipient fraternalism as
now. c.
We hear the question—"But how
can I be a brother to] men who are
not brothers to me#' Each of us is
born short" as Wwn HaWley Smith
says. There are men so vain they
take offense at the least thing. Men
Who gossip and slander, poisoning the
life of some other man-
How are we tQibUild brotherhood
out of this? There if a book within
these walls, which ha*t in the center of
it three. short word*, "Love your
enemies." The meaping of a fratern
ity is the creating of ligaments which
bind us together. Men we bind to
us with hoops ot steel, are going to
continue to be fcfHijMl to us even
though one of .the#^ should die
There is a sentence ,which says "What
Soever shall be bound on earth, Bhall
be bound in heaven."- These were the
few beautiful words,for.those who had
lost, for a time, thfiirv loved one.
ReV. Haywood olosed ,'with a few
consoling words to tbpse who had
been for a time deprived of their com
panions and the services ended with
the closing ode by the lodge and au
dience in unison, .followed by the
benediction pronounced by Rey,
Arthur Metcalf.
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B«sting(His Bmes. mmm.
Lehigh Argus: -The rest room at
Webster City has had a rest since
Your Uncle Falstsff" has been at
the head of the Webster City Her
ald. It sometimes makes a difference
and probably Uncle Falstaff has oc
casion to real his w»ery bones in the
room he formerly made such a noise
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ir. Jones Speaks on
the Church on Christian
Dr.- Effle McCoUuin Jones complet
ed her week of sermons at the Uni
versalist church Sunday night when
she spoke to fall bouse on the
claims of the chareh on Christian
people. ,It was one of the finest ser
mons ever heard in the church and
held the audience la a grip of inter
est from first to last, was sparkling
with wit, keen in satire and full of
thrusts that went btteeath the skin.
Preaching from the text, "If ye
love me^ feed my- sheep," she laid
bare the miserable.^fallacies where
with men deceive themselves into be
lieving the church' has no claim up
on them. One after another of the
usual excuses for not!'Supporting the
church were dealt 'with and exposed.
Not being interested In the sermon,
finding Jhe service .formal or dull,
knowing as much *s the preacher,
otc., etc.,' all these were described
and 'all were pointed out aa mean
ing in the long ran that the man
who makes excus* la simply taking
the position, "What will the church
do for me."
But the ChrlstlAn, she' said, did
not approach the church In any such
attitude. He looks upon the church
as an agehey throufb which to be
Of service to the community and asks
himself, "What cap I do in the
church and through the church."
One can't assume an attitude of In
difference to an Institution which
has done moat to create our civiliza
tion and which would leave the com
munity in anarchy if it were remov
ed. Every man' is under moral obli
gation to lend his influence to some
Christian church, whatever be his
opinions. The Chrlstlon will work
in the church whethfer it amuses and
entertains him ot not.
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Arm Broken*
Ray T. Johnson of Williams met
with the misfortune of breaking his
right arm while cranking his car
yesterday afternoon. He wasin Ft.
Dodge when the accident* happened.
The large bone between the elbow
and wrist was fractured. Mr. John
son came to this city today and had
X-ray examination made to see
that the broken bone was properly
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12 YEAR OLD GIRL
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Parents are Looking for Her—Sup
posed They Took a Train
Bound for Chiqago.
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Lehighi Dec.: 4,-^The ..parents of
Secundia ^amprinQ( 12-yea^-pld
rlno, ati looking for her. ^Yesterday
morning Secundld 'left for school.
On th« Way fhe met Joe Lombardie,
age 23,' who was a -boarder at her
home. He suggested that they take
trip. Secundia was willing. Hir
Ing a .lireTy ca'i they went to Fort
Dodge..
Em&ett Holmes, day ticket agent
at the'l. C. station, identified a plct
ure of Lombardie as the man who had
coihe to his window and Imrchased
two tickets to Chicago, after inquir
ing the fare to Coaldale, Pa. "He
seemed nerrdus," said Holmes. "I
did not see the girl around the"sta
tion." They left on the 11:10 pas
senger yesterday morning.
Lombardl'e seems to have toeen an
Intimate member of the Samprino
family circle, as a picture shows
him ^playing his accord ian with Se
cundia, her brother and mother and
sisters crowded around him. It Is In
the hands of the sheriff.
SEARCH WARRANT
REVEALS MONEY
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W. I1. Pultoa, Sales Manager, Found
With Marked Money Upon
His Person.
Ea. McFarlane faced a rather try
ing situation Saturday, when he be
came convinced by actual proof that
his sales manager, W. F. Fulton, of
the Thompson Sales Managing com
pany, was neglecting, to place all of
the money taken in by him in the
cash rekister, but was putting some
of it into his pockets. Accordingly
Mr. McFarlane got out a search war
rant and Sheriff Nelson took the
man into custody at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and-searched his pockets.
One $2 bill, marked for the purpose
of trapping Fulton, and a 25 cent
piece marked, were revealed by the
search. The case was tried in Jus-
tlce Tucker's court late in the after
noon and the-money returned to, the
rightful owner. U:4
Suspicion began to be directed
against the man who was assisting
in the big sale now .being held in
the McFarlane store 'about a week
ago, when clerks first 'began to no
tice that he did not always visit the
cash register after' he had made a
•ale and received the money. Sev
eral Instances are cited when he
would/sell articles and only turn in
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a small portioh^of the money receiv
ed. According)^, Mr. McFarlane set
his trap by marking money which
was l)roug8t into the store Saturday
and exchanged] for goods, the cus
tomers selecting Mr. Fulton to wait
upon them.
The sales dbtnpaqy was notified
that the servicf* of Mr. Fulton, who
was receiving iti&ommlssion upon the
'sale conducted |here, were dispensed
.With and theyfiave sent an investi
gator to. this c|ty who arrived here
yesterday.
.Mr. Fulton defends himself by say
ing t|iat he .-.1mmk4 tiipjeB, hn
lister after a- sale was made but would
give the'ehange from his own pocket
that lie had no intent to defraud,
This assertion, however, is not be
lieved by the members of the' clerk
ing force. Fulton will probably take
action to enforce the payment of the
last two-checks tendered by Mr. Mc
Farlane to him for his commission—
payment upon which was immedi
ately stopped when thi% affair occur
red
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WEBSTER CITY, 10^ 4, TUESJAy, DECEMBER 7, 1915.
WE'LL NEED A COUPLE OF RIAL DOGS WHEN THE WAR IS OVER.
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Mrs. W. Boak Celebretc.
Eighty-Sixth Birthday—*
In Good Eealth.
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Her
Mrs. 'W. W. Boak celebrated her
elghty-aixth birthday anniversary, in
a quiet way, at her home on north DCB
Moines street on Saturday, Dec. 4th.
A few of her immediate neighbors
and friends Joined the, three daughters
who live in this city—Mrs. Elva How
ard, Mrs. C. D. [Carpenter and Mrs. J.
E. Quackenbush—in a noon time re
past suitable to the occasion. A num
ber of blndly remembrances were re
ceived. both from children from away
as well as those in this oity. One of
these was the long accustomed birth
day cake, bearing eighty-six lighted
candles so indicative of a long and
well spent life. 'X'f.-
Mrs. Boak came to this city from Ml.
Pleasant, Iowa, with .her husband in
1855^ preempting the claim upon
which their farm was located north of
this city. There was but one real es
tate transfer of the land comprising
this farm, until Mr. and Mrs. Boak
moved to town a number of years
ago during which time Mr. Boak has
-passed on.
Mrs. Boak is one of, if not the most
remarkable, woman of her years In
this section of the state. She retains
all her faculties and walks the mile
from her home to those of her daugh
ters in the south part of the city, as
briskly as a girl. She goes to market
or shopping whenever she desires and
deos not think of fatigue.
Her energy and activity of early
years while more modified, as suited
to her present needs, are characteris
tic of her today as they undoubtedly
were when she moved here sixty
years ago.
The Freeman-Tribune joins with
others of her friends in wishing Mrs.
Boak maoy more happy birthdays.
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LITTLE CHILD Dl$ I
Of DIPTHERtA
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Fo^r Year Old Son, of Mr. aihd Mrs.
Charlei Ingertson Snccnmbi to
Disease
Raymond, the four year old son
faf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingertson,
theira Friday at 7 o'clock at tltefr
home on, Grove street aft^r a four
days illness. The child Ws taken
sick with throat trouble on.Tuesday
but the parents, not teallllng the
seriousness of the malady, did. not
call a physician until 'Thursday
night at midnight. The doctor at
once saw the futility of treatment
but used the anti-toxin to the limit.
It proved too late, however, to save
the little .one's life and attention
has been turned to the remaining
two sons and infant vdaugh
ter, who have been given the
toxin treatment aa a preventative
The child was the youngest of the
three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ingert
son and was the sunshine of the
home. The sympathy of the entire
communtty is extended to the- par
ents in this trying time.
The funeral was held at 3:30
Saturday p. m. and on account. of
the quarantine of the home the ser
vices were private, with interment
in Graceland temetery.
A dispatch was received in this
city by friends Saturday afternoon
announcing the passing of Mrs.
-Amos Cram, for many years a resi
dent ot this city, death being caused
by hardening of the arteries. The
dispatch was not unlooked for, com
ing so soon after the news of her
dangerous illness.
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Mrs. Crum passed away at 8
o'clock Friday evening at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Faith Crum
'Broadie, at Pierson, la. Her daugh
ter, Ruth Crum of Oshkosh, Wis.,was
also with her in the last hour. Mrs.
Crum had gone to the. home of her
daughter last summer for a visit, in
tending to stop off in this city for a
sojourn with old friends while on
her return to her home in Oshkosh.
Sophronia L. Burch was born in
Rochester, Mich., in 1889, receiving
her education in the Ypsllanti Nor
mal school, also in Michigan. She
was married in 1864 to James Wat
son, being the mother of three chil
dren, of whom two died In Infancy.
Mr. Watson only lived five or six
mm
In August, 1888, Dr. Amos Crum
\*as appointed to the pastorate of
the UniVersalist church in this city,
which he held for two years. In
October, 1892, Dr. Crum was again
called to the pastorate in this cit y,x
holding it at that time for about six
years. During that time the chil
dren received their high school edu
cation here. Since then they have
resided in Bay City, Mich., and Du
buque, la.
Mrs. Crum was a woman of large
personality, possessed a keen, bright
mind and was a pleasing speaker.
She was an ideal wife, mother and
friend.
The remains arrived Sunday night
from Pierson, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. James Broadie and Miss
Ruth Crum.
A large plate of glass has. just been
put into the east side of the Isham
& Rasmussen display window to re
place the giass cracked last year.
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MRS. AMOS CRUM
PASSB THIS LIFE
Remains Brought to This City SOB
day Night—Lived Long and
Useful Life.
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years and'iMrs. Crum was again unit
ed in marriage in 1871 at Muskegon
Mich., to Amos R. Crum. To this
union were born five
whom three survive. The
children are Mrs. Maud Knight of
Plummer, Colorado Joseph A. Crum
of Oshkosh Mrs. Faith Crum-Broa
die of Pierson, and Miss Ruth Crum
of Oshkosh. There are also seven
'grandchildren.
children^, of
living
After lier children were out of the
nursery, Mrs. Crum tdok a se'veral
months course at the Ryder Divinity
sphool, a department of Lombard
College at Galesburg, III. She was
later ordained to the ministry and in
after life held two pastorates, one
at Boone and the other in-Manches
ter. For a time, she was also state
missionary under the Iowa Univer
salist Convention, but gave up active
work nine or ten years ago, remove
ing from Manchester to Oshkosh,
Wis., where she resided until her
death.
Number of Them' Have Already
jBeen Received at the Webster
City Post Office.
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Santa Claus' mail is beginning to
arrive at the Webster City post of
fice. At this season Santa gets his
missives from every post office in
the land and most of them are an
swered. Postmaster Bauman, with
his hands full of work, is unable to
deliver them personally to Santa
Claus, so he has handed over the
letters sd hill of confident expecta
tions to a Webster City womaii who
will try to see that Santa attends to
the wants .thus expressed. One of
the letters was so entirely to the
point that it was thought no breach
of confldeuce tp print the contents:
'dear santa—please bring nue a
indian suit and some crayolas and
some picture books, a little puppy
dog, and some candy, your good lit
tle boy."
This lette/ bore unmistakable
signs of having been pounded out on
the typewriter with one little finger.
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On Saturday Afternoon and Evening,
—Henry Finek Sustains Dis
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RUSHED TO MERCY HOSPITAL
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Blinding Light on Anto Causes Col-
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Several automobile accidents
curred hereabouts Saturday after- s^r
noon and evening, the most serious
of which happened about one mile
Vest of the National Sewer Pipe
plant in the west part of the city.
Wm. Christian' and Henry Finck,
both of this city and vicinity, were
driving east, returning from Fort
Dodge, in the Studebaker ear belong
iftg to Mr. Christian. Witnesses say
they were racing with a Ford car,
and that they were under the influ
ence of liquor.* sAt any rate there j|.
was liquor in the car. Losing con- ^J|
trol of ,tt^e machine, it ran into the
ditch at the side of the road and'!
turned entirely oVer.y Mr. Finck was
pinioned in the back part of the auto
and was found to be h^dly injured.
Mr. Christian escaped with a cut cp
the chin. Several cars were in the
vicinity of the accident and a crowd
soon gathered.
Mr. Finck was rushed to Mercy
hospital in the car belonging to Fred
jOlmstead, who happened to be pass- I
lng.. His only injuries known ,so far
are a bruised, fisce and a
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badly wreerfei
aside, from the wheelB and engiiie.
Another acclderit' "occurred about
7 o'clotk Saturday evening at the
W. W. Pearce corner, at wftl&oh av
enue and First street, when a truck
belonging to BIHngson, Mathre
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Co., driven- by N. R.* Dickson, was
struck by a IJord car driven by J.
George Thompsvn, son of Mr. and.
Mrs. G. *D. Thompson. Dickson waa
driving south and ,yo\ing Thompson
was turning north on Willson av
enue. The blindlhgi light of an au
tomobile standing^ in the vicinity
was the cause of the- au-to driver's in
ability to see the dray coming. Dick
son was thrown froip his wagon and
his gold watch—an heirloom in the
family—broken to pieces. Asid6
from bruises and scratches he was
uninjured. The Thompson car suf
fered a bent front axle anfl the driv
er escaped unhurt.
Some time between 6 and 7 o'clock
Saturday evening, a Ford ear being
driven opto Division frpm Seneca
street, skidded into the curbing and
broke a|i axle. The occupants of
the car were uninjured, although the
car spun around fike a top for a 'min
ute. it was imposslb|$ tq. learn the
name
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Some are all Cotton, some all Wool, and some are Cotton
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