Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
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The big vote of Cresco and Vernon
Springs township was a big surprise
to everyone. The total city vote was
500 as against 585 at the spring cleo.
tion which was called big vote. Tho
vote of the entire township was 889
a gain of 144 over that of one year
ago.
The following persons have credit
on subscription account with the PEE
DEE: VIM. MARI, Riceville; G. F. Yar-
rington. Goodell; Philip M. Herold.
VIM. Fitzgerald, Geo. Bly,, John
Derr, Mrs. John Stockman, Cresco;
John Haley, Lourdes; Jas. Smith,
Acme.
The ladies OF the NJ. E. church will
hold their bazaar Nov. 10, and 20 in
Lyric Hall and will appreciate patron.
age from all friends. There will bo
sold all kinds of fancy work, children's
clothing, ladies underwear, gents
nightshirts, bedding of all kinds,
towels, aprons, busting caps and all
useful articles,
Post Office applicants will be numer-
Gus, several names being already men.
toned in this connection. One appli-
cant who is already out with his petit
tion is A. D. Patterson, who for near
~ seven years was the efficient depu.
ty under both Webster and Glass.
Other candidates will probably soon
make their presence known.
The finest suite of dental rooms in
the state are those of w. B. Ousley,
over Lowry's new drug store in the
extreme southwest corner OF tho
building. The light is the best that
can be had, west and south, in the
operating room The first room Is
nicely furnished as waiting room;
OF from which is room to be used as
laboratory and work room in tho
preparation of plate, also small side
room. Every thing is SO nice that II
will almost be pleasure to go there
to be hurt, something the Dr.. says
never occurs in his Office.
Clerks in the various departments
at Washington were sent home to
vote for Mckinley, and compelled TO
pay their fare which the railroads
generously put at half rates. A. B.
Frisbee came to Cresco arriving on
the noon train. Tuesday. Before go-
ing to Washington he lived in this
place out never owned home here.
For a time he lived in the house,
where Geo. BLY, lives and after that in
the house where Mrs. Hughes lives
opposite Mr.. Darrows. But what an
b ,ur,.i,y to send men one thousand
miles to vote who never owned a home
at the place they are sent to and who
own and occupy homes of their own in
Washington.
The unsolved problem of money
and prices before the country will be
intensified as time passes, without re-.
llef Changes in the tariff will not
increase the prices of farm products
generally, although upon an article Of
which the country produces less than
1t consumes, it would. There is no
question but high tariff levied upon
foreign wool would raise the price Of
the domestic article for the reason
stated that we use more than we pro.
duce, But it is not probable that
even that crumb will be given the
wool growers of the west. The manu-
tactures are in the east, they con
'trlouted largely to the republican can.
paign fund while the wool growers Of
the west voted for Bryan generally.
The manufacturers demand cheap raw
material. and as between that class
and the financial backing it furnished,
ana the class which was opposed to
them, it will not take the party man
ayers long to decide.