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1926
Webster City business interests will observe Labor Day for the first time
For the first time in its history, Webster City will be closed on Labor day, which falls next Monday.
It will be the opening day of the county fair and, in as much as business will be closed all day, there will be no closing on Thursday, which will be Watermelon day at the fair. Oil stations and restaurants, however, will be open all day and the food stores at least half a day. The Freeman Journal will also publish as usual, as a fair edition had been planned for that day before any movement was a foot to close.
There will be no program during the day other than that at the fairgrounds. Besides business in general, all factories will be closed. The fair will formally open at noon and a full afternoon and evening program will be given on the grounds.
The observance of Labor day in this city heretofore has been limited to the closing of the banks and post office. But this year practically everything in the city will b e closed and it is expected that the merchants and their help and the laboring men will make a day of it at the fair.
Miss Helen Berg, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, circulated a petition in the business district obligating merchants to close and it was universally signed.
1966
Babcock, Rice, Hughes named as extension leaders
The appointment of three extension leaders with multi-county responsibilities has been announced by Marvin A. Anderson, dean of University Extension at Iowa State University.
The three leaders and the areas they will serve are:
Clarence E. Rice, extension leader, area development for Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Carroll, Greene and Boone counties.
James E. Hughes, extension leader, farm management for these same nine counties, plus Winnebago, Worth, Mitchell, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Floyd and Franklin counties.
Clarence E.l Babcock, extension leader, crop production for Hamilton , Webster Calhoun and Pocahontas counties.
All three will have offices in Fort Dodge. They will be housed with the Webster County extension staff in the Federal building, Dean Anderson said. All will report directly to Lloy Reid, who is district extension director for the area around Fort Dodge, plus the counties around Mason City.
1971
August bows out after record-setting drought
Early summer predictions of a record corn crop in this area and across Iowa didn't anticipate one of the driest Augusts in history, which we have experienced this year.
Throughout the county, corn stands bleached and dried in the fields from want of rain and soybeans, which had also been expected to yield peak harvest are turning yellow in dry fields.
The consensus of farmers by the Daily Freeman-Journal is that yields will be less than had been expected, but that the dryness has been far from disastrous.
What the decrease will be is only a guess yet. Maybe 20 bushels for corn, says Wilfred (Bill) Groves, a Kamrar area farmer.
Groves has been chopping corn for silage and so has taken a close look at a part of his crop. "From looking at the corn since we started to chop, I'm surprised it is as good as it is with the minimum amount of rainfall we have received," Groves said.
1981
W.C. Products Company signs General Electric pact
Robert C. Kepler, vice president of marketing for the Webster City Products Company announced today the signing of a contract with the General Electric Company to produce compact laundry under the General Electric label.
"This is the culmination of several years of negotiations with General Electric and we are pleased that this fine company has contracted with Webster City products company to build products for them, " Kepler said.
"Based on industry forecasts, it now appears that with this new business, coupled with our increasing Laundry Center sales, Webster City Products Company will have a major market share of the compact laundry units in the U.S. in 1982.
1986
Commission's goal is to serve those who served
They serve those who served their country.
The Commission of Veteran Affairs, 914 Willson, offers monetary aid and help in preparing Veterans Administration (VA) forms to Hamilton County's 2500 veterans.
Indigent veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War and Vietnam may apply for assistance, which is given following county general relief income guidelines.
"Veterans making an application here for aid, such as for rent or utilities, must show an honorable discharge," added Clarice Markwardt who has been director of Veteran Affairs since 1974.
Markwardt also assists local veterans in filling out VA forms to be sent to the regional office Des Moines.