Webster City Freeman

A Corporation With a Soul.

Jewell Record: We sometimes hear that corporations have no souls; but evidently even Standard Oil does really have a heart and a sense of justice.

When the doctors told Eddie Biegeler that he would have to lay off work for a few months, perhaps for a year, until he recovers somewhat from the ill effects of the gassing that he received while in his country's service in the war in France, the one thing that he worried about the most was that some other man would get his job as manager of the Standard Oil filling station here, and that when he was able to return to work again, his job would be gone. And so, to save him that worry, Eddie's wife asked the oil company to permit her to occupy the position until Eddie could get back to work again.

It isn't the habit of the Standard Oil company to employ women as managers of their filling stations, and for several days it was uncertain whether or not Eddie's wife would have her request granted. But when the matter was put to the company officials, consideration being given to the fact that it was in his country's service that Eddie received his disability, Mrs. Biegeler's request was granted by the Standard Oil company; she will hold down the job until Eddie gets well, and when that time comes, Eddie gets his old job back again.