Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-29
Having sold out my goods to Mr..


Roberts, it becomes necessary that I
have the money due me on account.
Persons indebted will find me in the
Office with j. Nj. Cannon, over Platt's
store. Settlement must be made at
once upon all accounts outstanding.
June 2S, 1897. JOHN BYRNEs.
People desiring cement walks will
find it to their advantage to call on
John Finstadt, who has been engaged
with Carlson at the work for two or
more years. BY permission he refers
to w. Il. Owen as to the quality of his
work. Orders left with Anderson &
Sobolik will have prompt attention.
The Cresco Literary and Debating
Society will give free entertainment
Friday evening, July 2, at Normal
Hall. An excellent program, includ-
debate, will be presented. Every
body. old and young, are invited.
Bring your nickles and dimes for the
collection and help the young people
along.
Quite a number of Cresce people
will avail themselves of the low rates
for trip to California, starting today.
Among them are Mrs. DR.. Clemmer
and daughter Mary, Mrs. M. H. Culbert,
Mrs. Blackman, Mrs. John Farms
worth and daughter Mary. A pleas
ant trip and safe return is the wish of
their friends.
We are informed that S. S. Culver
is to take the place in the Cresco
Union Savings Bank hetotore held by
Mrs. Ahern. No better selection could
have been made. Mr.. Culver has in
tegrity, business capacity, and enjoys
and is worthy of public confidence.
Mr.. Thomson is to be congratulated
upon the wisdom OF this selection.
The country south and west of the
old town of Vernon Springs, seems in
tested by veritable plague of rats.
One farmer living southwest of town,
killed 1Os rats while taking away the
house-banking ir the spring. and E.
M. Eldridge caught SO in a trap at one
time lately, and at A. G. Darey's, the
catch for the two nights recently was
26.
1t is always a pleasure to note the
success of the boys of Cresco, two of
whom we note below. William Noble
Smith graduated last week from the
State University of Wisconsin,, at
Madison. Arthur Frank Smith gradu-
ated two weeks ago from the Madison
High School. These boys will be
remembered by our people as the sons
OF l.. e. Smith, formerly of the Times.
We still think of them as boys but their
years indicate they are men.
The reply in the Arena, by John
Clark Ridpath to Henry Clews, is
worth years subscription to that
magazine. Mr.. Clews wrote an arti-
Gle entitled, "The Citadel of the
Money Power. Wall Street, past,
present, and future" Mr.. Ridpath
gave the article of Mr.. Ciews:: in the
magazine and under the title, 1.-The
True Inwardness of Wall Street, pro-
ceeds to reply to Mr.. Clews, and COM
pletely wipes the earth with his sophis-
tries. A more crushing reply, we
have never read. A reply full of in
trovertible facts and logic.
The new recruits enlisted under the
PLAIN DEALER banner during the past
week are, j. D. Jones, John Sberal,
w. E. Cleghorn, d. D. Dayton, Frank
Boyle, A. D. Patterson. The pay-ups
for the same time are j. N. Fulton,
Mrs. b. F. Moulton. A. N. Wentworth
Anthony Albo, w. E. Gle ghorn, P. M.
Banning, Theo, Halweg, Andrew Hal
liday, Henry Holmes, j. G.. Webster,
Walter Dell, w. G. Breedlove, Cresco;
D. d. Dayton, Frank Burns, Richard
Frost, G. II. Wetter, Lime Springs;
J. }. Lydon, Lourdes; Miss Name
Cavanaugh, Milwaukee, Wis; r. w.
Jones, Michael Ryan, Bonair; John
Reilley, Davis Corners; M. f. McCabe,
Plymouth Rock; l.. j. DeGraw, Ches-
ter.
The pupils recital given by Miss
Lauraine Mead's pupils, assisted by
Miss Name Thaler, violinist, of Cal
mar, Miss Nellie Sims, elocutionist,
and Mrs. w. B. Lent, study in del
o'iV0 OSSiy uutuUeF WAS SranQ
success, Saturday evening,
and the seventy or more of the friends
of the pupils who attended were high
ly pleased with the entertainment. 1t
was apparent to all who had attended
previous recitals that the pupils had
made great proficiency and that all
had made great progress in musical
science. The exercises in !
Kindergarten work by four
little Misses who had been in the class
but three weeks, showed better
knowledge of the scale than many
who have BEEN long in musical stud
possess.