Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-28
cREsco HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA. TUESDAY, JULY e. 1896

Memorial Post will have a meeting
Saturday to ascertain how many will
attend the G. A. r. meeting at St.
Paul. Those designing to 60 who
: cannot attend should send in their
names.
Eli Carson, of Union. Iowa, a
former resident of this place and a
brother-in-law OF G. r. Humphrey, has
been renewing old time acquaintance,
here abouts. We are sorry to see him
in poor health.
The new Catholic school building
at Protovin will be dedicated at 10 a.
M, Wednesday, Aug. 10. The ladies
will serve dinner on the grounds and
in the afternoon a general entertain
ment will be given.
| S. M. Cole, one of the pioneers OF
the county, having resided here since
1904, was recounting to us those who
were in the county when he came, not
one such remaining. There are few
he named who came year or more
later.
James Redmond, former resident
OF Cresco and a section boss for long
time on the G. M. & St. Paul Ry. here,
died at Minneapolis last week and was
brought to Cresco and laid to rest be-
side his wife in St. Joseph's cemetery
Saturday.
The collector for the the Tw1cE-A-
| WEEV pr AIM In rSr, 10 o11.o,a ~, -
land. Ii you are going to be absent
from home, examine your last receipt
learn what you owe tor the PLAIN
DEALER and leave the money with
your wife. tt
INSTRUCTION IN MUsIc.-$1O.0O per
term, twenty lessons-piano or organ
furnished for parties without extra
charge. Pupils are not compelled to
take two lessons week unless they
desire. for further information apply
to Miss LAURA1NE MEAD. tfly
Mrs. A. G. McCulloch has leased
the room occupied by Harrington
Brothers, and will occupy it with a
new and complete stock embracing
the latest and best, as soon as Earring
tons occupy their large new store
which will be this week.
Dan Shea of Decorah is out for the
democratic nomination for congress
which means M. j. Carter, pronoun-
ced gold standard man. What the
people want is a change in financial
policies. In what does Carter and Up
4 n If RI 10 -,
j. G. Webster says this is positively
his last year as secretary OF the fair,
that he is going to make it the BEST
fair in the history of the society and
to this end asks the hearty co-opera-
tion OF all citizens within the borders
OF the comfy and adjoining town
ships. He ought to have it.
Following the precedent of com
petitors and others, satisfied it will be
to the mutual interest of all concern
ed, we will, on August lst, inaugurate
the cash system in our business, un-
der which plan we hope to meet all
former customers and many new ones
l.. S. THAYER,
The early part Of last week we OBJ
served H. c. Salisbury, N. b. Wheeler
and H. c. Burgess, disciples OF Izaals
Walton on their way to the trout
brooks of Minnesota. The vacant
seat beside Mr.. Wheeler was probably
in reserve for l.. H. Burns who has q
very taking way with the fnny tribe.
One CT the publishers of a Chicago
daily writes to Robert Phelan to learn
why he is cutting down his orders for
that paper. Robert replies that the
people here are getting into the free
silver band wagon, and that to retain
the names of those yet taking it the
publisher, with his paper, must climb
in with them.
We wish to give notice to our
customers that on August 1st we will
commence doing a strictly cash busi-
ness, following the precedent OF many
of our competitors. We nope to meet
all our old customers and many rev
ones under this arrangement, satisfied
it will be to our mutual advantage.
| JOHN BYRNES.
Nearly all the subscribers to the St.
Paul Globe in this town have ordered
the Globe stopped to their address
and others will. The Globe is pub
lished in the interest of Wall street
and the national banks, its owner be-
ing the president of one in st. Paul,
and it is proper that it gets its sup
port from the class it represents.
Sunday afternoon and evening there
was an immense downpour of rain in
the north eastern part of our state.
We understand there was another
washout on the Milwaukee road in
Bloody Run probable, and in conse-
quence there was no train Monday
morning from east of Calmar. The
extent of the damage is unknown at
this writing.
We, the undersigned, will, on the
first day of August, 1896, commence
doing a strictly cash business. We
will have to do business in competi-
ton with those who have adopted this
system, and the only way to meet that
competition successfully is to adopt
the same system ourselves. Thanking
you for past favors and hoping to be
favored with your patronage in the fu-