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Show U PATRIOTIC 1 MEETING AT I HYDE; PARK Hr Ilytlo Park, April 10. A rousing Be'' patriotic meeting was lielil horo Sun- Wn"; day evening In honor of four of our Hfe' young men who havo enlisted In the 'vWRSt u S- arlny- Tnc names of tbo young vMlBF ,non nro Andy Chrlstoffersen, Fonton Mhf Wlte, Edwin Hansen, nnd Lyman f wgB Balls. Several othoryoung mon aro In.' talking of onllstlng. Mr. Loronzo jMk 1'oterson was chairman of tho mcot- aU Ing. Thp brass band wns presont, fjm nnd played several patriotic selec- tigi tlons. Our quartet singers, Messrs. bL- V. F. Dallam, George Seamons, II. S. Hi McQuarrle and Arthur J'ctersen, sang SB-'' threo flno numbers. The first spcak- nHt' or was Joseph Waltc, Sr. Mr. Walto IBr,' Knvo a flno talk upon tho principles - BR of freedom nnd government, nnd ' K. urged nil to do all In their power j"NH to overthrow all tyrants nnd oppress- ' flB; ors. Deny tho right of any man or ,- not of mon to onslavo tholr fellow- Ka, men. Tho principal speaker of tho WP evening wns Atty. J. W. Gardner of 2, Logan. Mr. Gardner deplored tho ' ft fact that tho United States woro 1 drawn Into tho war, but showed plnlnly that war was preferable to I militarism nnd to slavery nnd op- i iircsslon. Referred to history to f show how In past nges patriotic men 1 had sought to establish truo frce- II & dotn and liberty and had glvon their - vM lives to establish tho liberty that n'4U many peoplo now onjoy. Believed Vll " t,mt t,, UnItocl statcs wero KoI"s &PU H ' t0 wnr for U8t nni1 r,Blteous prln-JtK,V' prln-JtK,V' clplos, nnd that tho right would wt eventually prevail. Gavo somo tltne- ' ly counsel to tho recruits. , B A largo number of friends of Mr3. Phoobe J. Hjdo gathered nt hor home A Monday afternoon In honor of Mrs. 1 1 Hydo's fiftieth birthday. Mrs. Jean 'I r Llndqulst of Smlthfleld favorod tho i I , gathering with somo beautiful slng- t I ing nnd Mrs. Sadlo Hnnccy, Mrs. m j Mnry J. Seamons, nnd Mrs. Wanda ijt Aahcroft gavo recitations. Miss m r Abble Hyde read a poem written for I $". tno occasion by Mrs. Hyde's son, M F Arlo. A delicious luncheon wn9 ,1 ' sorved, nnd ninny wishes of happy : Bf returns of tho day were offered by Bj?f" tho guests. i IB' A largo crowd of Jolly dancers at SlBP Wellsvlllo enjoyed tho beautiful mf music of tho Hydo Parle band, Mon- Wjti day night. ' Mr. Goorgo Nlelson Is enlarging r 9 ' his house. ' m Mrs. Junius Chrlstcnscn recently 'B offered two hundred nnd twenty-flvo P ; offered tow hundred nnd twonty-flvo Vfl ' dollars for. Thero havo been sovernl J , valuable horses die hero lately. f Mr. William Purser Is suffering ' jV with appendicitis. ,"9i r Mrs. Christine Jncobsen of Bloom- sH t ing ton, Dear Lake county, spent sov- H cral days hero last week lsltlng rel- tK ft- ' ntlvcs. |