Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-10

Percy A. Clemmer, and his sonsin-law,
G. j. Peck, will conduct the business.
Should the change occur, the old IA
miliar pioneer drug store will hardly
appear familiar with the doctor absent
from its desk. DIR. Clemmer has been
a conspicuous figure in Howard county
for forty years, both as q physician
and as business man.
The following persons have credit
for subscription to the TwICE-A-WEEK
PEE DEE: John Hyke, Lourdes; John
A. Cray. Jas. Stafford, Lime Springs;
Thos. Nj. Novak, Protivin; Geo. Smith
Chester; Peter McGrane, Elma; Thos.
Weakland, w. c. Cottrell, John Wendl
Cresco; l.. S. st. John, Florenceville;
Jos. Walker, Maple Leaf, G. w. Gragg
Saratoga; d. A. Norton, Burr Oak;
Geo. Bartholomew. J. w. Humphrey,
Cresco; VIM. Goetsch, Flor, nc: willie.
| We, the undersigned business mon
of Cresco. do hereby agree to close
our places of business ut 8 p. M, on
all evenings except Saturdays, begin
ming Monday, January 13, 1896, and
continuing until April 13, 1896:
Anderson & Sobolik D. Platt
G. I. White z. +. O'Malley
Amundson & VIM. kellow Jr
Lofthus M. Mendelson
+. A. Glass t. j. Lomas
P. Connolly Lomas & Kessel
Alliance Store j. j. Lowry
Geraty & Terry Miller & Webber
r. S. Caward Jno. Byrnes
j. B. Caward,, G. D. Nichols & Cc
A. H. Caward j. j. Clemmer
VIM. Connolly johnson Bros.
4 The attraction at the opera house il
fast gaining in favor. Jolly Della
Pringle, supported by Geo. T. Adams
and her merry company, opened Mon.
day to fair business, but each nigh,
the crowd has grown larger, as il
should, for we have never witnessed
such clean. smooth, artistic. perform.
ances for so little money. The play.
are all new and bright, and not old
worn out trash, such as most roper
toire companies give us. Miss Pringle
has made herself favorite with al
Cresco theatrc-going people, and vii
always be welcome in the future. To
night they play .Eccels Girls;" Friday
dangers of a Great City, Saturday
Tangled and "Humpty Dumpty
at the Saturday Matinee, when II doll
will be given away. Matinee price II
cents to all. Saturday night. d hand
somo rocking chair will be given away
which is on exhibition at Meverden'
furniture store opposite post office
Prices during the engagement, 10, q
and 80 cents. Everybody should go
The To Council, at it's regula
meeting Monday. took the pref liminar,
steps toward organizing Cresco as
, city Il the second class, passing ;l
| ordinance CT. ating and dividing thu
oity into three wards and providin:
for the election of two aldermen iron
each, at the + g liar election in March
The first com rises all the territor
south of MARKET street, the secon,
ward all the rritory east OF Elm
street and nor h OF Market street; tn,
third ward embr ces all the, territor,
west of Elm stree and north of Mar
) ket. One aid rm IN from each ware
will serve two yea $, the other serv
ing but one. Tho! eater one alder
man from each wa d will be chose
annually for a term of two years. .
polling place : i'll b. appointed, With
each ward at hich the annual elee
! tion will be l., d, and suitable booth
y must be provided. The first ward wi
prob bly, have its election inithe Kot
liska building, if it can be obtained
the second ward in the court room
i and the third ward in one OF th
}, O'Malley buildings on Railroad stree
y or in the O'Malley hall over the store
I The other offices to be filed are th
}. same as heretofore, and their tern
the same.