Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-24

1 toNlu, lOSG Cnllu recently Oy dip
liberia, and another was reported to
be in critical condition on Wednes-
day, with little prospect of recovery.
Mrs. w. l.. Henderson returned the
first of the week from Wisconsin. ac-
companied by her daughter, Mrs. A.
r. johnson, OF Lime Springs, and her
husband, who met them at Prairie du
Chen.
Mrs. John Phelan, former resident
of Winneshiek county, living on the
Iowa river, now of Spirit Lake, Iowa,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Griff eager,
OF Kendallville, with daughter near
LIE Roy, and among many old time
friends.
The collector for the the Tw1cE-A-
WEEK PLAIN DEALER is abroad in the
land. Ii you 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
INSTRUCTION IN MUsIC.-$10.0O 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 LAURA1NE MEAD. tfly
Uncle Powell says lightning is get
tin too thick in his neighborhood.
During the storm Of Tuesday a bolt
struck tree in his yard and jumped
to the chimney and came down the
stovepipe and caused the tin and fix
lures to dance a merry jig.
Following the precedent of COM
petitors and others, satisfied it will be
to the mutual interest of all concern
ed, we will, on August 1st, inaugurate
the cash system in our business, un-
der which plan we hope to meet all
| former customers and many new ones.
L. S. THAYER,
We wish to give notice to our
customers that on August 1st we will
commence doing strictly cash bust
ness, following the precedent of many
of our competitors. We nope to meet
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ones under this arrangement, satisfied
it will be to our mutual advantage.
JOHN BYRNEs.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. @. Perry and the
children went to West Union Wednes-
day afternoon, where the professor is
engaged as an instructor in the Fay
ette County Teach ers' Institute, teach
ing arithmetic, history, photography
and the effects of stimulants and mar
cotics. Mrs. Perry will improve the
time by visiting with her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. j. w. Helmer.
The 10Th of July, DIR. Clemmer COM
pleted his fortieth year in Howard
county. In his practice as physician
at that day, he made frequent visits to
distant parts of the county, and with
out roads or fences and the houses
miles apart. At that time, a night in
the neighborhood of the Lockies would
leave him without a house between
G. w. HOLSTERS and that of Mr..
Locke.
A short trip through the country to
ID. Z. Andrus' place on the McHugh
farm, thence past E. A. Bents' farm to
the county line road, disclosed the tact
that the grain harvest in that direc-
ton is we'll advanced On the William
Eddy farm the harvest of fine crop
OF wheat was going on. All the farm
ers who have orchards planted will
have an abundance of apples, notably
the farms of DIR. Clemmer and Mr..
Bents in that direction.
Here is the list Of those fortunates
who bask in the smiles of the PLAIN
DEALER force. Cash was the cause in
every instance: A. w. Isbell, Calmar;
Virginia Barton, Louisville. KY; j.
B. Enright, Maple Leaf; Frank Gro.
we'll, Granger, Mimi; AL Woodward,
Cloquet, MINI; John Pecinovsky,
Protivin: G. A. Wells, Lime Springs;
Patrick Riley, Elma; D. P. Andrus,
w. F. Weber, M. Michel, w. l.. Huck-
ms, John Porter, Cresco.
| The Valdez Business College and
Normal School offers business course
that is conducted by expert account
ants and practical business men. But
two colleges in America pay larger
salaries. The Normal School faculty
is composed exclusively of experienced
Normal School graduates who have
been educated attthe best Normals in
the United States and Canada. The
above school Is the largest and best
equipped private school in the West
Drop postal for catalogue.
We, the undersigned, will, on the
first day of August, 1896, commence
doing a strictly cash business. We
will have to do business in competi-
tion with those who have adopted this
system. and the only way to meet that
competition successfully is to adopt
the same system ourselves. Thanking
you for past favors and hoping to be
favored with your patronage in the flu
ture, we remain,
Yours truly,
MILLER & WEBER.
A copy of the National Bimetallist
will go to every subscriber OF the
PLAIN DEALER, and we call special at
tention to its contents. 1t is one OF
the best of the silver papers of the
United States. under the editorial man
agement of Ex-Congressman Bartine.
March IL, it issued u thirty-six page
|edition which is more complete and
instructive discussion of the silver
question than is anywhere else to be
found in the same space. That num-