Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-03-26

grades OF cooking and table syrups.
Try just one gallon.
ANUNDsoN s. LoFTHUs.
John Epps has his dray gayly paint
ed and on the streets, all ready for
the spring business. OF course John
ny Brown did the artistic brush work.
Amundson & Lofthus sent out two
complete elegant set of dishes yester-
day as wedding presents. One went
to Saratoga, sent by Sheriff Camp
| bell.
80 sets of harness, heavy and light,
all hand made, from the best material,
at Lewis M. Coles. They will be sold
as cheap as goods of the quality ought
to be sold.
Holt Nichols returned yesterday
morning to Willow City, North Dako-
ta, stopping a few days in Minneapo-
apolis to attend to some business for
The firm for which he is employed.
y Frank Crowell of Granger was in
town the first of the week. He is the
Bee man OF this region. He sold over
5000 pounds of last summers product
OF all white clover honey and the fines,
possible in texture and flavor.
T. j. Lomas advertises a list of
articles with the prices they are to be
had for ut his store. After time he
will give prices upon other articles in
his line of trade. and the prices will
be right, and will command purchas-
ers.
An auction sale of personal proper
ry. consisting of shoats, brood sows,
COWS, and heifers, brood mare, poul-
try, corn, sulky plow. and other prop
erty will be held on the John Miles
farm II miles east OF this city, Thurs
April 1st., commencing at one o'clock.
The advantage of buying direct
from the eastern manufacturers and in
connection with two other large buy
ers of clothing and mems furnishings,
give G. u. Nichols 4 Co., advantages
which they claim to have over all other
concern in their line of business in
this section.
The city ordinance taxing hawkers
peddlcrs, and others, is really pro
tective tariff instead of one for reve
nue., and is as legitimate for Crescn as
a protective measure against Lacrosse
Chicago, or any other city, rs is {
similar measure against foreign coun-
tries.
The date of s'the Emancipate6
Woman" will be given in next week.
issue of this paper. 1t is an entertain
ment no one can well afford to miss
for besides being very novel and en-
tertaining in itself, it the boys maidel
appearance, and they all. show won
derful ability.
| Henry Boughner was taken sudden
| ly ill Tuesday afternoon and taken t,
i DR.. Connolly's store for treatment
and after a couple of hours was takel
to his home where he required tn,
constant attendance OF physician
through the night. Neuralgia of tn,
stomach is the difficulty.
. The attendance at the teachers in
stitute the first day was 1856, the larg.
est first days attendance ever had a
an institute n.the county. Such al
attendance at the start demonstrate
the great interest the teachers hav,
in their profession and the value the,
attach to the work of the institute.
The entertainment "Kings Daugh
ters,n is now being rehearsed by tn,
best local dramatic talent in the city
1t will be given Easter week unde
the auspices Of the society of tn,
Daughters of the King. Several novel
ties will be introduced that are en-
tirely new TO Cresco audiences. Watct
for further particulars.
The Gem Fence machine is all tha
it is ad dvertised TO be. The farmer cal
make hog fence two feet high at al
expense for material of thirteen cent
a rod; and an eight wire fence fo
stock at sixteen cents rod. Th,
labor of building it he can perform
putting on the stay wires, at the rat,
of from 80 to 40 rods a day we SHOULD
judge from seeing the machine op
Grated. At the end of each wire run
ming horizontal in the fence is heav,
coiled spring requiring eight hundred
pound pressure to close it. It's effec
is to always keep the fence straight
and tight. Step in at Graf's feed de.
pot and see how practical 1t IS.