Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-07

date of April from Grinnell to L. j
Lomas as follows: "John Dillon ar
peared here tonight before largest an
best pleased audience Of the season.
AT opera house, Wednesday, April IL
w. D. Garrett has disposed of hi
harness business at Chester and bough
a like one at Hawkeye, whittier h,
removed the first of this week, where
by Chester loses and estimable famil,
to the gain of the good people O
Hawkeye.
1 DIR. Keith came in from Orookston
MINI. on the afternoon train Saturday
and took the ten o'clock train for his
home at Belleville, Ohio. He expects
to return the latter part of this weel
or the early part OF next week and viii
remain probably in this vicinity fol
several weeks.
j. B. Caward & Co. have opened OF
| the second floor of the r. S. Caward
store as fine a stock OF ssup-to-date
millinery" as is shown in the large
cities, comprising all the new styles
in desirable styles of hats and bonnets
with the best of ribbons and the finest
of feathers and flowers.
Some one sends us a COPY of the
Crookston Times containing write uI
OF the town in which is brief men
ton of j. F. Cramer, former efficient
city marshal of Cresco, now at the
head of Crookston's police force and a
member of prominent firm of dealers
in agricultural machinery.
The Republican nominates G. R.
Story for Auditor and b. N. Hendricks
for clerk of the court. Why didn't il
complete the ticket by nominating
Danl. Platt for supervisor. 1t would
have had Il ticket worthy of the full
vote Of the east half of Howard
county, especially on supervisor.
The legislature having drained the
treasury of the state will adjourn sine
(. die on the 18th instant. That rumb.
ling, scraping noise that was thought
to have baen the rumbling of an earth.
quake was caused by the treasurer OF
state scraping the bottom of the treas.
ury for funds to pay the expenses OF
the legislature.
The following persons have come
down with the wherewith for theil
PEE DEE: Geo. d. Holdren Devon,
JAS Macarthur Hopkinton, Hollistel
Lumber Co. Manchester, Mrs. nj. E.
Long Lourdes, John Dunagan Maple
Leaf, Frank Praska Protivin. JOSEPH
Martin Elma, Jas. Costigan, VIM. Ed
| dy, Ira Richardson, Cresco.
S. Radford, of Riceville, Iowa, pre-
sided over the county convention ir
1868 at New Oregon in Howard
county, which convention sent dele
gates to the republican convention
favorable to the nomination O
William B. Allison for representative
in congress. Mr.. Radford vas dele.
gate to the last republican state
convention.-Des Moines Capital.
The Geneva, Illinois, Republican
published by Chas. b. Mead, now
comes to us as the Twice-a-Week
Republican. This move shows progress:
and a disposition to keep step with
the procession. Charley has struck
the right pace, and we are much dis.
appointed in Geneva if its enterpris-
ing business men fail to keep step to
the Twice-a-week music of the worlds
progress.
Geo. d. Holdren who has been but.
ter maker at the Saratoga creamery
has disposed of his house and property
there, and accepted the position of
butter maker for the Devon creamery,
and has gone there with his family.
The proprietors of the Devon cream.
cry have made no mistake in securing
his services, and beside that have Sc
cured an estimable family to reside
with them.
Easter exercises at Grace Episcopel
church Sunday afternoon by the child
ren were very pretty and interesting
The program consisted of music and
recitations and were really good, all
the selections being appropriate to the
day and occasion. The church was
filled to its utmost capacity by deep
ly Interested people. To each of the
Sunday school children as we'll as t.
their teachers was presented some ia
vorite potted Towering plant. Easter
cards and easter eggs were distributed
among all the scholars and to severa,o
j the visitors. After Sunday exercises
were over the society organized a par.
ish meeting with A. G. Darcy in the
chair and Dana Mead secretary. Mrs
Barrett made her report as treasurer
and rendered her resignation which
was accepted and MIR. A. G. Darcy
was unanimously chosen treasurer
All The other officers of the past yeal
were continued after which the meet.
ing adjourned.
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