Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-02

corn and laundry starch, at five cents
it is all right
Caward, the Grocer.
The American Business College
Il Omaha, Neb., has an ad in the col
umns of this paper Offering complete
business course by mail free. Did yo,
read itp
| G. b. Maxfield, OF Mason City, ar
rived yesterday and is visiting rela
tives. He has sold ont IN Mason ant
will soon move to Oregon.-Leroy In
dependent.
| A carpet bag of letters in the pos.
session of some Des Moines attorney.
written by Howard county man with
the admonitioh "burn this letter.
seems not to have been needed.
The beautifully engraved Diplomas
issued by the American Business Col
lege for graduates are. beyond doubt
the finest ever seen. They are stee
engravings, 22x26 inches in size.
This is the season for machine oils
and axle grease. Don't forget that
we have the best goods and make the
lowest prices.
| CAWARD, the Grocer.
Joseph Howe came home Saturday
from Madison, Wis.,, to see his mother
who is quite i'll, and returned on the
Monday train. He is engaged as one
OF the engineers on the G. e. N. w. Ry.
The College News, a pamphlet is.
sued by the American Business Col
lege, of Omaha, Neb., recently con.
tanned over two thousand testimonials
OF students and graduates of the A. B.
IC.
The Daughters of the King will
meet with Mrs. w. r. Mead on Wed.
nesday at the usual hour. Tea will
be served ut 6 o'clock and each
member is requested to invite one
guest.
The board of supervisors convened
in session yesterday. This is one of
] the sessions of the board at which the
semi-anuual settlement is made with
treasurer and other officers of the
county.
james Hall, one of the pioneer set
tiers of this county, was attacked by
paralysis last week. We are pleased
10 report that he is able to be about at
present and may recover altogether.-
Elma Register.
The Ladies' Cemetery Association
will give an entertainment, ..Rebec-
cas- Triumph at the Opera House,
June 10, fer the purpose of raising
funds for the purchase of fountain
for the grounds.
We have received copy of the
premium list for the 43d State Fair to
be held this year at Des Mcines, Sep
tember 4th to 11th. AS in other years
one fare for the round trip will be
granted by all railroads.
The inquiry made in the PEE Dee as
to the identity of the man bound over
to appear before the Mitchell county
grand jury charged with the crime of
rape discloses that there was another
instance of "too much Johnson
The population of Saratoga is in
creasing there having been born to
MIR. and Mrs. A. D. Armstrong Sunday
May "a, a daughter, and to James
Murphy and wife the same day son,
the two neigbbors being about half u
mile apart.
INSTRUCTION IN MusIc.- $1,000 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 LAURAINE MEAD. tt
Howard Marshall has received a
telegram from his son Arthur, an
nouncing that he and his wife and her
sister Bertha, are all safe. The latter
two were expected home yesterday,
but did not come-probably delayed
on account of the storm.
The contract for the new school
house was let to James Byrne, lately
OF Sioux City, for 1888, which covers
the cost of the building complete. Tho
stone work and plastering has been
sub-let to Jas. Thompson, and work
was commenced Yesterday on the job.
The z. d. was provided with ia mess
OF we'll grown green peas from the
market garden of Bents s. Upton, on
the 3oth of May for our Sunday dinner
OF last Sunday. We very much doubt
il any other market or private garden
in the county could furnish green peas
in May.
Aaron Salmon OF Cresco, was united
in marriage Thursday of last week,
to Miss Lillian Harper, at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES mother in this
city, Rev. f. j. Lockwood officiating.
The young couple left. Friday for
Cresco, where they will make their
future home.-Osage Press.
Your attention is called to the ad-
vertisement of the American Business
College, of Omaha, Neb., which ap-
pears elsewhere in this paper. The
fact that they offer to give complete
course of lessons to limited number
by mail free of charge shows that they
have faith in their ability. Young
people wishing to prepare for business
lie should avail themselves of this
offer at once.
The Luther College band band con-
cert last Friday evening was not greet
ct by as large an audience as the en-
tertalnment merited. Taken as n
whole the numbers were good, but the