Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03
Albion and Bristol.
Old lady Brightman Is very sick.
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Old lady Brightman Is very sick.
Mrs. Burnham is still improving.
Old Mr.. Rice is said to be quite
sick.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. John
Keune, a daughter.
A Mr.. Brigg is engaged to teach
the Granger school.
DIR. Gowdy was called to visit
Assessor Mason who is on the sick
list.
The German Lutheran school build
ing begins to loom up nicely.
julius Peterson, of Jasper, Minn.,
is shaking hands with Granger and
Hesper friends.
Mrs. John o. Jones is suffering
again with her old complaint, the
rheumatism.
Mrs. Silvey Andrews and little
daughter, of Decorah, are visiting in
Granger and vicinity.
Prof. Jones and his brother-in-law
are meeting with very good success
canvasing for school supplies.
George Matters, of Locust Lane,
was guest at Broadacres for a few
days last week.
Mrs. Charley Newmiller and little
daughter Ruth, are visiting in Pipe
Stone county.
Miss Ada Fox who has the ability
to teach school as we'll as energy to
keep house is working for Mr.. E.
Burnham during his wife's illness.
Miss Sallie Williams, of Spring
Valley, who recently returned. fremaa-,
trip to her old home in Maryland, is
a guest at Woodlawn.
The great feat of walking in the
middle of the road without the aid of
a balancing-pole, from Granger to
Florenceville, was accomplished one
day last week. The reckless party
came very near falling off several
times.
G. N. Volden, of DEBORAH, made us
pleasant CALL he is brother of our
friend DR.. Nelson. Mr.. Volden.
formerly First Assistant in the Hos
pital at independence, but now
specialist in Des Moines.
An eight pound girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dowty, of Oak
land, Iowa. Mrs. D., was formerly
Franzie Beto, of Florenceville.
The Reinfelt girls are young ladies
whom the appendage (hired girI has
no terror. Miss Anna is helping Mrs.
Andrew Michael during the busy
season and the building of that fine
house.
Miss Ada Robinson has been so ill
that DR.. Gowdy has been called to
make several trips to Ivy Glen.
We do not care to discuss the pros
and cons of that shooting affair but
sincerely hope the like will never
occur again in this neighborhood.
In company with Julius Peterson
we were shown over that handsome
home by Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Michael, and we called on Mr.. Dell
Horizons, Charley Brightman's, E.
Burnham's, and Dan Wortman's. We
found these good people (Which it is
pleasure to know busy with their
harvests and usually well.
| Now let us have farmers tele-
phone in Albion the same as Bristol
has and connect Cresco with Preston
if you will, then we may feel like we
we were keeping abreast of other
energetic, progressive localities.
Fair Oaks people believe in enioy-
ing this world as they go along. They
have lately added an elegant escri-
toire to their already comfortable
home. Mrs. Diamond informs us the
farm is being over run with rats and
that she has already lost one hundred
chickens ou. of her flock, the work
of these troublesome rodents.
Several couples of young people
came over from Harmony for ride
and gave us an open air concert last
Friday evening.
The Pleasant Hill people say they
are much pleased with the progress
their little daughter is making in
music under the instruction of Miss
| Lauraine Mead,