Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-08

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in and be shorn-more cooling this
hot weather then ice-cream or lemo-
made.
The beautifully engraved diplomas
issued by the American Business Col
lege, Omaha, Neb., for graduates are,
beyond doubt, the finest ever seen.
They are steel engravings, 22x2s
inches in size.
Services in Grace Episcopal church
next Sunday at 10:45 A. NJ. and 80
p. NJ. Subject of sermon at morning
prayer, .'Truth and Life and the Way
Ihereto;" at evening prayer, 1.-The
Struggle for Victory"
House and lot to rent directly north
OF the public school. House has four
rooms and summer kitchen. Abund-
ance of small fruit, good we'll of wa
ter and barn. Enquire of
u ED CHAPEL.
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.--$10.O0 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 LAUHAINE MEAD. tt
Louis Drake was driving editor
Adams family horse Monday evening
and in the dusk drove into fence
recently built across Il hitherto travel
led road, a post penetrating the ami
NAL and cutting the jugular vein,
death ensuing in a very short time.
The following persons during the
past week renewed their allegiance
to the PEE DEE: Frank Walton, John
Steinman, AL Daughenbaugh, w. X.
Howe, b. Hunting, p. Connolly, j. j.
Van slyke. G. G. Upton, Chas. Mason,
e, h. Eddy, Cresco, II. 2. Leland, Ce-
dar Falls.
| There is nothing better than q prac-
tical business education and there is
no better way to acquire it than by
taking course of instruction in the
Mail Department of the American Bus
mess College, Omaha, Neb. Read
their offer of free course by mail in
todnys issue.
Whatever your pursuit In life may
be, a thorough business education
is what you need. The American
Business College, Omaha, Ncb.. now
offers free business course by corre-
sponlence, and we would advise our
young people to investigate the matter
and profit by it.
John Drier, Joseph Shafcr, John
Rathert aud L. Riley left on Tu, sdays
train for Missouri, looking for land.
Mr.. Drier has been there but a short
time since and has gone with the in
tention OF making a purchase. The
others to look the country over and
they too may invest.
To advertise our College we will
give thorough course Of instruction
in double and single entry Bookkeep-
ing and Commercial Arithmetic by
mail free of charge to u limited num-
Der of persons, This course will be
completed in forty lessons, No charge
for diplomas. Address the American
Business College, Omaha, Neb.
The American Business College,
Omaha, Neb., the noted school of cor
respondence, offers u fine opportunity
for young people to obtain u practical
i business education at home without
charge for tuitio.. This is a rare
chance. AS the offer will be open for
Il limited time only, the readers OF this
paper who wish to secure tho course OF
instruction free should apply at once.
While the American Business Col
lege, Omaha, Neb., now offers to give
a complete course of instruction in
business by mail to limited number
free of tuition, we would suggest the
wisdom to young men and women who
desire to obtain Il business education
to avail themselves ot this splendid
opportunity. We understand the offer
will be open for few days only for
advertising purposes.
Mrs. J. j. Lowry left Wednesday
for a visit with hor sister, Mrs.
Ed. Hughes at Portland, Oregon, and
expects to be absent some two months.
Their youngest child accompanied her.
She will be met probably at Glyndon
by her sister Miss Nellie Mullen of
Crookston, Mimi, who will accom-
pany her to the Pacific, Coast, Mrs.
Creamer, of Crookston, sister Of h:.,s.
| Lowry, will keep house dnring their
visit, for Mr.. Lowry and the boys.
Strange happenings in Dccorah, ac-
cording to the journal, 1t says; One
of our young men got himself into a
very embarrassing position recently,
He took his best girl to an entertain-
ment, and at the close it was an
nounced Il collection would be taken
to defray expenses. Running his hand
down his pants pocket he turned to
his girl in despair and eNclaimed: 81
haven't got IL cent. | changed my
pants and forgot my pocketbook. s.
The girl reached down in the folds OF
her dress and exclaimed; 81 did, too, !"
Last fall farmers were holding their
hay for a high price, putting figures
upon it so high that nearly every per-
son in Cresco having horse, fed straw
and grain, the farmers to large ex-
tent also feeding their horses in like
manner, with the result IL large quanti-
ty OF the best quality of hay is being
bailed and shipped away. On We'd
nesday, j. c. Webster was shipping
the finest quality of timothy hay
bought from q. +. Webster at $a.Oo a
ton delivered at Uresco, the baling be-
ing at the cost of the purchaser. Such
hay ut the commencement of the