Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Dawse, of GAINESVILLE,
Wis, are enjoying the autumn breezes
at w. w. Foye's, arriving Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Dawse and Mrs. Foye
are sisters.
The speed program at the Howard
County Fair will as usual be a big
attraction. and as it belong to the
quadrant circuit, good field of horses
is promise ed.
G. s. BLY, is improving slowly from
his attack of illness, his son George
and family, who have been at Lime
Springs assisting in caring for him,
returning Wednesday.
Those who are willing to distribute
good democratic literature may get it,
English or German, free, by address
ing A. R. McCook, Secretary Rlceville
Bryan Silver Club, Riceville, Iowa.
| Leslie Barnes represented ST..
Joseph's Court, c. O. F., of Cresco,
and D. j. O'Donnell, St. Joseph Court,
of Elma, at their annual convention at
Dubuque, on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.
Land seekers will do we'll to see
E. r. Thompson and learn from him
about the lands which he has personal
| ly examined about Benson. Swift
County and surrounding country in
Minnesota, and OF which he can give
prices. 9St2.
( Geo. Story went to Wisconsin We'd
nesday evening to attend the funeral
OF cousin of his wife, who had been
there for some time assisting in the
care of the deceased, who was visl-
tor at their home in Cresco about a
year ago.
| The Winnebago indians are the de-
cendants of those about whom Long
fellow threw so much of romance
And we doubt not but thatsome direct
descendants of old Iago, the prince ol
all liars, will be found among them at
the Howard County Fair.
The Decorah Fair has secured a
special train service on the G. M. &
st. P. Ry. for the Fair which occurs
Aug. 80, to Sept. 2. Trains will leave
Lime Springs at 1902 a. m. and Cresco
at 7:47 a. m. and returning will reach
Cresco at 1920 p. m. and Lime
Springs at 1855 p. m.
The dairy exhibit at the coming
Fair is expected to bring forth a fine
display of butter and cheese from the
various farmers and firms OF the
county, and as Howard county butter
and cheese takes rank among the
the best, this display will be OF great
value and iaterest to the dairymen oi
the locality.
A new feature at the Howard County
Fair will be the school exhibit, and
already the work is being prepared
for exhibition. The school exhibits
at some of the neighboring fairs
notably at Preston, are very complete
and interesting and there is no reason
why Howard county schools cannot dc
| just as we'll, and no doubt they will.
The band concert tonight will be
the last unless the bowling young
idiots who persist in running ant
screaming while the band is playing
can be kept quiet. 1t seems as though
the parents could make their children
keep from disturbing the band an
everyone who comes out to hear tn
music, and if the boys music is no
appreciated, they propose to dis
continue their concerts.
Jas. Smith and Jas. McGourty, tw'
farmers from near Acme, made us {
, pleasant call on Wednesday. The
! say Hoyt's Rough Riders need no
have gone to Dakota to lose themselve
or find rough roads to Practice on, bu
could have been accommodated b
, coming out in their neighborhood
> where they have no roads, their roa
tax funds being, as is the case else
where, diverted to other localities.