Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-11

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it is all right
Caward, the Grocer.
Try sack of that Great Jersey
Cream flour and you will have the
best. Amundson & Lofthus.
Sole Agents.
The Cresco Fair management are to
have the only diving horses in the
world at the fair this year. They dive
from 80 foot platform of their own
accord.
Mrs. D. Platt, Supt. of Floral Hall,
and Mrs. N. b. Wheeler, Assistant,
are guarantee that Floral Hall will
be one of the attractive places at the
Cresco fair.
All the children within thirty miles
of Cresco know j. G.. Webster and
G. d. Nichols. Whyp Because they
are sending them free tickets to the
fair on children's day.
Aid Society of the Baptist church
will meet with Mrs. l. cvi Fuller on
Thursday afternoon of this week. A
cordial invitation to all to be present.
Gentlemen to tea at 6 a,
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.
The principal reoson why Howard
county excels in her fair is, they are
not afraid to put money into good en-
tertninments. The people not only
want good exhibits, but they want an
entertaining program.
The Howard County fair manage
ment most cordially invites all the
children under fifteen years of age
within a radius OF forty miles to
attend the great Howard Counay fair
on children's day, Sept. 9. Free.
The Fair management take the right
view of the hard times when they de-
cided to have the high divers and
diving horses. They believe that the
harder the times the better the at
traction must be to draw the crowd.
James w. Connery, Chas. Monahan
and John Doyle of Deerfeld, accom-
panied by lady friends spent the Sab
bath in Cresco. Connery and Doyle
are half brothers their parents having
been former residents of Howard
Center.
Mrs. Chas. Fields of Cresco has been
visiting her sister Mrs. l.. Cutting.
j. G. Webster and family came over
from Cresco Saturday and returned
Sunday. His little daughter Winnie
remains at 0. P. Yager's. s.-Riceville
Recorder.
The State Agricultural report shows
the receipts of the Howard County
fair larger than any other county in
the state, except counties having
larger county seat cities, even count
ing them. we were seventh in the
entire state.
The collector for the the Tw1cE-A-
WEEK PLAIN DEALER is abroad in the
land. Ifeyou 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. If
Gordon Brothers and John Watts
have a new Case horse power thresh-
ing machine which they will operate
in this vicinity this fall. Farmers
have lots of 10 cent oats and plenty
Of horses and it takes lots of oats this
year to buy coal.
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. tfly
The Fair management at Cresco
contemplates hew departure this
year in the way of evening entertain
ments on the grounds. Diving horses,
high diving, trick bicycle riding, and
many other interesting features will
be given. Watch the papers.
The good farmers of Saratoga
township say they owe the Howard
County fair something yet on that
road grader given them for the best
attedance at the fair. They say every
family in Saratoga township will be
represented at the fair this year.
VIM. Goetsch in Albion had his house
struck with lightning Sunday night
last he and his wife being absent.
The children were knocked down but
were not injured so but they put. out
the fire and prevented the house from
burning. None of them were injured.
Hon. Reuben Noble, OF McGregor,
died Saturday, Aug. 8, 1896, aged IS
years, 8 month and "a days. He had
been a resident of Clayton county SO
years. He had been district Judge
and member of the legislature as a
republican, was speaker of the house
in 1854 and '55 at the time the prohi-
bitory liquor law was changed to get
the German vote in wine and beer. AS
a railroad attorney he was democrat
or republican as the railroad interests
required, but always for the railroads.
The Editor of the PLAIN DEALER and
ID. A. Lyons were pitted against each
other as delegates to the congressional
convention, Lyons loosing. Had the
real issue been understood the vote
would have been 16 to against him.
There was no contest between any
others. A few probably thought the
contest was between w. r. Mead and