Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24

New subscribers still keep comiug
our way. Scarcely day but some
one says, "Send the Twice-a-Week to
me year; l don't like to be a week
behind on local happenings"
"Prof." o. D. Eastma MS card as il
appears in the Ossian Bee, either
shows utter incompetence on the part
Of the compositor or monumental igno-
rance Of names and subjects ON the
part Of the "Prof.''
Xmas is coming, and in order that
everyone has present, we have or
ganized a hard times counter where
we have some rare bargains, and have
marked the goods down to suit the
times. A. H. CAwARD.
The Congregational Sunday school
will have a aChristmas tree and an in
teresting program on Tuesday evening
at 1880, to which all are invited. A
Christmas offering will be taken for
Sunday school missionary work in our
own county.
The Elma Register reports the death
OF John Dormady, in Alton, on the 1S
inst. Deceased was among the earli-
est settlers Of the county. Some years
ago he went to Vermont where he was
working in the marble quarries, re-
turning to Howard county some 25
years ago. He was poor but honest.
Miss Hattie Counselmann, who for
some time has been engaged as
trimmer in II. S. Caward's millinery
parlors, left yesterday for her home
in Washington, this state. We under
stand she will not return, which will
be unwelcome news to host of friends
and acquai ntances.
These persons have credit on our
books for the Twice-a-Week Pee Dee;
John Meyers, +. R.4Thompson, A. B.
Libbey, b. o. Markham, M. H.
Tinker, Gust Stern, Cresco; P. j.
Gessel, Lourdes; Geo. Wells. F. w.
Frisbie. LIE Roy; j. S. Fravel, Denver,
Colorado; Alex Hutton, Maple Leaf;
Martin Belts, f. F. Belts, Cresco:
j. B. Mitchell, proprietor of the
New Oregon Nursery, was in Austin,
Minn., Friday and Saturday of last
week attending a meeting of the
Southern Minnesota Horticultural So
ciety, and reading a paper on "Points
for the Amateur Orchardist." /" a subject
on which he is perfectly able to give
good advice. He reports a large at
tendance, and good meeting.
The PLAIN DEALER takes asmall de-
gree OF pride in its holiday issues of
its TWICE-A-WEEK, the first instalment
of which appears in this issue, appro-
pirate to Christmas anniversary, ,and.in
the issue when the new year is usher
ed in, it will have an appropriate hol-
iday paper. A merry Christmas and
a happy New Year to all its friends
and patrons.
A stranger stopped at the Park Ho-
tel Saturday night and now landlord
McGinnis wishes he had kept right on
going, before he took $50 from the till
on Sunday morning, which Mr.. Nc
Ginness had placed there just before
going out to do his chores. He is not
known to.anyone by name, hut good
description is had and he will probab-
ly be apprehended. This is the sec
ond time Mr.. McGinness mas been
robbed, once during fair time of about
s15.
The county Sunday school mission
ary work is still progressing. Several
meetings have been held in Howard
and Winnesheik counties and much
interest aroused among all denomina-
tions. Nearly one half the required
amount has already been raised, and
the American Sunday School Union in
cooperation with our county associa-
tlons will place a missionary in this
field about the first of next March.
The outlook is quite encouraging for
b ter work for the boys and girls
of Howard and Winpesheik counties
Saturday morning word was receiv
ed from Hampton, Iowa, that James
Caward had died the night previous.
He has been seriously i'll for some
time and the end was not unexpected.
The remains were brought here for
lnterment. the funeral taking place
from the home of John B. Caward on
Sunday afternoon, in charge of the G..
A. H.. Rev. Taylor officiating. A bio
graphical sketch of the deceased will
be published later in these columns,
satisfactory data not being attainable
at this writing.
The Brownies will appear in the
opera house on Friday and Saturday
evenings of next week, january 3rd
and 4th. They'll all be there, the
Prince, the Sailor, the policeman,
Prof. Katchakoff, Wagner Won Strauss,
Donnis O'RourlSe, Afraid-of-the- Dog,
the poet, Cholly the dude and all the
rest OF the brownie band. OF course
the FAIRIES will be there with songs
and dances, and Tutti and Frutti, the
lost twins, will turn up safe and sound
during he evening. The admission
will be 20 and 80 cents, and Is cents
for children under -. Don't forget
the Brownie band.
1t was in the year 5199 after the
creation OF the world, 1851 after the
deluge, 2015 after the birth of Abra
ham and 1920 after Moses and the de
liverence of the people from Egypt
lO32 after David became king, in the
Goth week of years according to the
prophesy of Daniel, in 1873 Olympiad
in the year 752 after the building O
Rome, in the 42nd year of the reign o
octaviantugustus, when the Who'll,
| world was in the aninurnant Of ,oaano