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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
IOWA GRAND LODGE.
Annual Meeting in counoil Bluns of
Masons and the Election of
New Officers.

The fifty fifth annual communication
OF the Iowa masonic grand lodge held
three-days' session in Council Bluffs.
One thousand delegates were in at
tendance, the largest number in the
history OF the lodge. Grand Master A..
K. Dewey made the annual address and
the reports of the grand officers were
made. The financial report showed ex-
penditure of $24,5o2 and balance in
the treasury of s2e,o17. Mason City was
selected for the meeting next year. The
following officers were elected:
Grand Master. Crorn Bowen, Des Moines;
grand secretary. Theodore s. Parvin, Cedar
Hapids; grand treasurer, Almore Stern,
Logan: grand senior warden, WiTber Fid-
dler. Davenport; grand junior warden
George w. Lipe, Council Bluffs,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
DRAPED THE POSTERS.
The Citizens OF webster City object
to Pictures of Circus Women
In Airy Costume.

A circus billed Webster City, using
the ordinary show poster and erecting
9 great number Of billboards. The next
morning the Autographs Of the lady
riders and those Of the female perform
ers not clad in dresses to their ankles
were pasted over from the waist down
with white paper and all the Autographs
representing the female performers
were taken from the show windows.
The work was done by the city police,
acting under orders from Mayor Burle-
son, who received complaint from q
local minister.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Genuine Democracy.

William J. Bryan has some wonder
full epdowments, which account fof
his selection as the standard bes,p,
of the democrats in 1896 and for the
greatest achievement In the history
of American politics.
He has the happy faculty ofsaying in
plain and forcible words, that all can
understand, just what he believes to
be true. The plain, common people
want no interpreter to understand
what he means. His own views, as
we'll as those who differ from him,
are tersely stated with candor
which challenges admiration. He
never abuses or misrepresents his OPP
ponents nor deals in vituperation,
however strongly assailed.
While he makes frequent and long
speeches, his power of condensation
of saying much in few words-is a
remarkable gift. Take single ex-
ample. He says: "The Republican
programme now embraces three per-
nicious doctrines, viz:
81. Foreign control of our primary
money.
SO. National bank control of our
paper money.
80. Trust control of the taxing
power.
That these are doctrines of the Re
publican party no intelligent man of
any party will deny. That they are
pernicious doctrines Bryan and the
leaders of the democracy make very
clear.
By the way, the friends and adj
mirers of Bryan think he made mis-
take in rendering his services to the
government in the conflict with
Spain. They claim that there are
plenty of men who could fill his place
in the army, while his rare gifts as an
orator and statesman qualify him
pre-eminently for the more important
conflict with the money power. Men
of his peculiar talent to plead the
cause of true Democracy are scarce.
will doubtless make good soldier
but his place is in the recruiting SER
vice of the old fashioned party of
which Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln
were consr icuous leaders Cincinatti
Inquirer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
The bishops Joke.

Bishop Short, who held the see Of St.
Asaph, occasionally put questions to
candidates for ordination that appar-
emily had no connection with the dis
charge of their parochial duties. One
such question was, (Which has the
greatest number of legs--a cat or no
cat" AS might be expected, this Great
ed litter, but the bishop repeated the
question, and desired some one to solve
the problem. At last one of the candi-
dates, smiling, said: 81 should think,
my lord, cat" NO." retorted tho
bishop. there you are wrong for eat
has four legs and no cat has Ave."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

The government has decided to is
sue $500, 100000 worth of per cent
bonds for the benefit of the thieves in
Wall street who have not done AN
honest days work in the last ten
years, yet who have accumulated
millions of dollars by robbing the
poor. These bonds will cost the peo-
pie the great sum of $3.50, 00O,O 900 in
ten years as interest. Had the gov.
eminent issued $500, 1000, 900 legal ten
der notes they would have cost the
people nothing in the way of interest
and at the same time would have paid
all debts contracted by the govern
ment. Again have the gold bugs rob-
bed the country.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
The dime novel and The stor

The dime novel and the story paper
are the real danger that confronts re-
publican institutions in America. Too
lew OF the present generation read
that which makes them intellectual
~ strong; that which develops the
full stature of the intellect, enabling
them to grapple with the problem of
independence and self government;
problems as necessary to be under
stood now, as in the days when Paine
penned the Rights of Man and when
Jefferson penned the Declaration of
American Independence. Entire "
too few Cresco boys care for these
fundamental truths.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
a YER,S
PILLS Cure
Dyspepsia
Kindergarten Music.

kindergarten MUSIC.
Miss Lauraine Mead is prepared to
receive pupils on the piano, organ
and guitar for the summer months.
Will receive limited number of chill
dren for the Atkinson Kindergarten
system OF music. This system teaches
the elementary part of music by
means of movable notes, card games
OF note and rest values, block. draw,
all quarters. Bergen game, Sebasto-
pol. tiddledy-wink, games of chords
and triads, musical history game and
others; thus teaching the drudgery of
music in amusing plays. The charge
for kindergarten lessons is ESQ for
four lessons per week or So. so for the
entire term Of ten weeks which will
include forty lessons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
OUT OF SUPPLIES.
Defect In the State Board of Control
Law Can be nemedied by State
Institution Trustees.

a (
The law creating the state board OF
control failed to make provision for the
sustenance and maintenance Of the
state institutions during the month Of
July. Following out its direction the
board Of control, which assumes charge
OF the institutions on July /. can pur.
chase no supplies for them until Au-
gust. Having discovered this defect in
the law the board of control submitted
the question to Attorney General REM
ley and he has filed his opinion with
the board. He indorses the suggestion
OF the board that the present trustees
appropriate and use out of the fundsre-
manning in the hands of their local
treasurers sufficient sums 10 buy sup
plies required for use and consumption
OF the institutions during the month Of
July.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
ordered to- Ccase Ru.ine...

The Iowa Telephone company has
been ordered by the city council of Des
Moines to quit business. A resolution
passed unanimously orders the com
pany to cease from placing poles in the
streets and alleys Of Des Moines, and
to cease from the use of those thereon,
and instructs the city solicitor legally to
proceed to compel the removal of the
poles, If the resolution is not complied
with. The company has had no fran
chise for year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

Ii the proposition made by Senator
Wolcott and accepted by the senate
had been adopted by congress the
$40, 100000 of silver seigniorage in the
would be coined in the next ten
months. On account of the change
made by the conferrees, seventy
months, or nearly six years, will be
required to coin it. One OF the obiec-
tions made to coming the silver at the
rate of not less than 100000 a
month was that it would cause an in
flation of the currency. While opposed
to free coinage, Matthew Marshal,
the famous financial writer of the
New York Sun, cannot resist the
temptation to puncture this objection
and exposes its hypocricy. "Consider-
ing" he says, ''that the same men
who profess to be terribly alarmed at
the probable outcome of the senate
seigniorage measure are at the same
time exulting over the prospect of
adding to the country's currency, as
soon as the new bonds can be printed
several hundreds of millions of dollars
by the national banks, their fears of
the effect of coming the seigniorage
seems rather simulated than real.
The bank currency will be, in effect,
government currency, the govern
ment being ultimately responsible for
its redemption in gold, whereas silver
dollars and silver certificates stand on
their own bottom, and need not to be
redeemed unless the government
chooses"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Horses Come HirLer

A horse buyer In Marshalltown says
that he is now paying $40 to $40 per
head more for horses than he did last
year at this time. This refers to heavy
horses, weighing 1900 to 1900 pounds,
but they must be without spot or blem-
ish. Ordinary driving horses, livery
stock, are worth no more than year
ago. He mentions as another fact that,
In all of his experience in buying horses
In Iowa (13 years., he has never seen
as few two-year-old horses as at pres
ent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

On May the LIST Dewey won his bril-
liant victory at Manila. On the same
day Admiral Sampson with twice as
strong feet, was in front OF Havan-
ma. Who was it that kept Sampson
from winning as signal victory at
HAVANA on the same day, and who
is it that has kept his hands tied ever
since? 1t has been over six weeks
since that victory, and nothing worth
mentioning las been done since.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
SPEAKS AT TORONTO.
Prof. Hale, a Chicago Educator, Urges
the Need of Humanistic Studies
in Schools

The event of the day at the annual
convention of the Ontario (Ont.) Educa-
tional association was the address OF
Prof. w. Gardner Hale, Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. The biggest Lecturer
room In the Normal school was crowd
ed to the doors. Prof. Hale's subject
was The Value Of Humanistic Studies"
and his lecture was forcible argu-
ment against the charge that no edu-
cation is valuable unless 1t is industrial
or technical. He began by calling att
tention to the prevalence of the CON
demnation of collegiate training. This
condemnation was directed chiefly, he'
said, against the most distinctive of the
humanistic studies namely, Greek and
Latin. He defined the purposes Of edu-
misunderstanding, expression, informa-
ton, outlook or horizon and apprecia-
ton. He outlined the growth OF hui
manism from the rise of Petrarch,
whom he described as the father of
modern thought. He declared the actu-
ating spirit Of the revival of learning
in the fourteenth and fifteenth CEN
turtles was the study of humanity, the
teaching of the dignity of man. He
discussed the matters of industrial and
technical education at length, freely adj
mitted its usefulness, but declared that
science was incapable of solving the
problems of human life. He declared
in conclusion that the day would never
come when man would be described as
manufacturing animal.
Sarcasm.
Mrs. Bingo-Bella's green dress looks
perfectly killing.
Miss Tremlow-Bought 1t In Paris
didn't she?
Miss Bingo-Yes.
Miss Tremlow-Paris green is apt ia
be -killing-Judge.
Had Caught Her Fish.
HAS Saply any property7"
Fer stern papa demanded.
Yes, sir" the blushing maid replied;
II know that he Is landed"
Judge
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Plan. Improyements.

improvement projects dropped in
Sioux City with the financial crash of
1898 were revived at monster mass
meeting Of local business men. A per-
manent organization was formed and
committees appointed to promote the
construction Of railways, packing
houses and manufactures, rush grading
and paving, establish parks and gen
orally develop the city. Ample funds
were subscribed for carrying out the
work.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Wheat Growine Too E..t

Railroad men coming to Mason City
from the west state that hundreds OF
farmers have gone into their wheat and
oat fields in the western part of the
state with their mowers and are utting
off the tops. It's hoped in this manner
to stop the rank growth and give more
favorable oppQytpntty Tor heading.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Is "A GREAT MENAGERlE.

- n OkEAl MENAGEklEs
Ringling Bros Aviary. Aquarium and Wilt
Animal Display.
| Ii would seem impossible for ever
| great circus like that of Ringing
Bros Worlds Greatest Shows t.
transport a complete geological gard
en- from city to city, but the untirine
proprietors of this famous amusemen,
institution have accomplished thi
seemingly Incredible feat. Thei
Geological display is not merely me
nagerie. 1t is wild animal exhibit
ion, an aviary, an aquarium and pal
marium. all combined in one magni
ficently-complete display. The zoo.
ogical department is in itself remark
ably comprehensive. There is scarcely
an animal known to the naturalist
from the anthropoid ape to the colos
sal hippopotamus that is not repre-
sented. But the collection does moi
end there. This season the manage.
ment has introduced an entirely new
and novel feature under the huge
menagerie pavilion. For the first time
in history ORTHODOXY is given care
full and scientific attention by com
prehensive collection of thousands Of
living specimens of the -plumaged
birds of Occident and Orient. II is 9
revelation to the naturalist, and de
light to the thousands who take
pleasure in observing the wonderful
variations in bird life. The ornithol
ogical display as we'll as the geological
collection is exhibited In series oil
massive, gorgeously decorated and
Swiss carved dens and cages, surpss.
sing anything of the kind ever before
placed on exhibition. The aquarium
is complete display lin itself, al.
though it is exhibited as part of the
menagerie. In huge aquariums are
displayed mammoth hippopotami,
seals, sea lions, Polar bears, croco-
diles from the Nile, and other am.
phibious and water-frequenting ami
mails, while great storks and fiamin.
goes, wild geese and graceful swans
glide back and forth upon the water,
giving an air of absolute realism to
the scene. Upon an elevated platform
in the midst of garden of palms, the
ladies' orchestral symphony club pre-
sents an hours program of popular
and classic musical selections prior to
the performance in the hippodrome
amphitheatre. In the center of the
menagerle is the pachydermium, con-
tanning the greatest display of big
and little elephants ever seen in single
exhibition. This remarkable display
contains twenty-five of these sagac-
ious and always interesting animals,
everyone of which has been educated
to perform the most marvellous feats
of trained animal intelligence. In the
general display the children have not
been forgotten. The monkey picnic
is feature of never-ending delight
for the little folks. A mamoth cage
is fitted-up as playground, with a
miniature merry go-round in the CEN
ter, upon which the frolicsome monk
eys ride and gambol into playful mer-
riment. The effect is extremely laugh
able. Many other novel attractions
are offered in the menagerie. From
the moment visitors enter until they
pass into the amphitheatre there is a
constant succession of surprises, and
the thousands who visit the show
when it exhibits here Tuesday, July
9Th will remember it as long as they
live.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Soldiers In Hard Luck.

A car containing soldiers from Iowa
caught fire on the desert near Reno,
New, and the soldiers lost all their
clothes. They passed through Reno on
delayed passenger train, clad in their
underclothes. Several were quite bad
" burned about the head.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Will the War Now be Pushed
VioorousIy,

The Administration having rid it.
self of the great obstacle in the way
of action, we hope the war with Spain
will now be pushed to an early and
a successful conclusion. The obstacle
in question has been the objection of
the bond grabbers to an early termi-
nation of the war without an issue of
bonds.
While Sampson and Schley have
been rowing the seas, presumably in
quest of the Spanish fleet (but miss
ing them as effectively as if they had
had instructions to do SOY and Dewey
has been patiently waiting at Manila
Tor the promised but long delayed re-
Inducements, to enable him to follow
up his brilliant victory by taking pos
session of the PHILIPPINES, Shylock has
been maintaining a very effective
blockade of Congress, and refusing
permission to win lesser victories, such
as the conquest of the PHILIPPINES and
Porto Rico, and the freeing Cuba, un-
til the great preliminary struggle in
which bonds were the spoils had been
decided in his favor. This great vic
tory having been won, the Admins
tration is now at liberty to proceed
{ with the minor details of the war,
which it will probably do, provided no
further obstacles are interposed by
the powers behind the throne; and
with vigorous policy it can soon
end the war.
= For why should it not? Since the
beginning of this very one sided strug-
gle, it has been apparent, not only to
our own people, but to all nations of
Europe, that there could be but one
result, and that result victory for
American arms. The engagement at
Manila proved how vastly superior
are our warships to those of Spain,
and in every instance in which test of
Workmanship has been tried, the
same degree of superiority on the part
of our sailors has been made mani
fest. And then, too, in addition to
Spain's poor navy and poorer service,
her treasury is almost depleted and it
has been with considerable difficulty
that she has managed to prosecute
the war thus far, as defensively as we
have acted through the whole affair.
In fact it is known that the bank of
Spain is on the point of suspension.
and when it does, Spain must of ne.
cessity sue for peace.
With the odds overwhelmingly in
our favor; Spain bankrupt, her best
ships bottled up in Santiago harbor,
Blanco and his army prisoners in
Cuba, the PHILIPPINES within our
grasp, Porto Rico defenseless, there
can be no reason since Congress has
surrendered 30 the dictators of the
administrations policy, why this ad-
ministration, with over two hundred
thousand soldiers under arms and
ready for action, and navy that is
among the best in the world, should
prolong this one sided struggle
against the puny power of Spain.
The progress of the war from now on
will indicate whether the bondhold-
ers will be satisfied with one issue of
five hundred million. or whether they
will demand more.-The Caucasian.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
EasilY Mnxea.

! Mrs. Gibbs-Y Four wife is such sym.
pathetic woman, Mr.. Tibbsl It takes
very little to move her.
Mr.. Tibbs-You're right, madam.
Eleven times in four years, and she's
looking for a new house -Bits;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

The Republican party howled and
kicked about the two hundred and
sixty million bonds issued by Grover
Cleveland, but now authorizes double
that amount. The Republican party
is hypocritical and treacherous.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

The people of the United States
do not want bonds. They put Cleve-
lands party out OF power because it
issued bonds. They will put Mr.. Nc
Kinley's out for the same reason.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

MM Il. EDWARD HARDY, the Jolly man.
IVA ager of Sheppard Cos great store at
Braceyillc, Ill, writes: II had mover
been sick a day in my life until in 1890. I
got so bad with nervous prostration that I
had to give up and commence to doctor. I
tried our local physicians and one in Joliet.
but none gave me any relief and thought
1 was going to die became respondent
and suffered untold agony. could not cat,
sleep nor rest. and it seemed as If could
not exist. AT tho end of six months was
reduced to but shadow of myself, and at
last my heart became affected and was
truly miserable. took six or eight bottles
of DIR. Miles Neryine. It gave me relief
from the start, and at-last cure. the great
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
This Ought to De stoppe,

"That was an awful tragedy at st.
Louis the other night"
What was it? ! haven't read the pa
per to-day"
"One Of the bridesmaids at wedding
playfully threw her slipper after the
happy couple and hit the groom
Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
Farms for Sale.

I have a large number of very fine
farms for sale In Howard county.
Some at special bargains. If YOU
wish to purchase it wifi pay you to
visit me. Prices are very reasonable
and terms to suit purchaser. / also
have farms In Minnesota and Dakota
for sale on installment plan. Why
pay high cash rent when the money
may be applied toward home OF
your ownf Respectfully.
JOHN NJ. CANNON, Cresco, Ia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

I'm afraid of you." said Miss Kittish
to Mr.. Callow, saucily.
That's stwange," replied Mr.. Callow.
"A few minutes ago you-aw-said that
you were afwaid of nothing. doncher
know"
We'll. what of that ?'-Detroit Free
Press.
Al druggists Nj 81. Niiss' Paia p.,A
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
1yspepsila
Deg,.ades

its victims. It puts them in
the power of the weakest organ of
the body and makes them it's slaves.
They must eat to suit it, drink to suit
it, and live a lenten life Of self-denial.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24

est blessing of my life.
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases Of the heart and
nerves free. Address.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-24
A Welcome Change
What Happened to Young Man
at Deer Creek
How He Permanently improved
Ms Condition.

81 suffered for three years with what
were called ringworms on my cheeks. At
times my cheeks were entirely raw. I
received circular in which I read that
Hoods sarsaparilla had cured others af-
ficted as was and thought would try
1t. ] bought six bottles and when had
taken two I noticed a change in my con-
dition. I continued with the medicine
and when had taken six bottles was
perfectly cured. It is now two years since
my cure and Lam certain that it is per.
manent. lowe it all to Hoods sarsapa-
rilla, the great blood purifier" PEDER I.
HENDRrKsoN, Deer Creek. Iowa,