Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-12


century tea in Woodmen Hall, April
10. Supper served from five to nine
o'clock. Everybody cordially invited
Brown & Hall haze built an addi-
tion to their paint shop for use as a
vanishing and finishing room for car
riage work and other fine painting and
are now prepared to do the best OF
work.
c. r. Graves has sold the Riceville
Recorder to F. E. Dano who is main
tanning the excellent reputation it had
under the management OF Mr.. Graves
who now is in charge of the Usage
| News.
| WANTED TO PAsTURE-Horses and
cattle at my place miles west and :
mile south of Cresco. Plenty of shade
and running water. Inquire of Chas--
Byrnes, Cresco, or Will Shafer on the
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Marshall of How
ard Center, came over from that place
Saturday, and visited Mrs. Marshall's
folks, the Locke family. They re-
turned the following day.-Mclntire
Gazette.
The Fireman's Auditorium, at New
Hampton, caught fire last Wednesday
noon, but was saved after half an
hours bard work, although much
damage was done principally to the
interior.
IL inch black pipe 81 so per 100 #.
Ii :" galvanized 81. so per 100 #.
81 g well casing $500 per 1o0 #.
5 9. " /" $2S.OO per 100 #.
at the Cresco Novelty and Plow Works
for spot cash.
The little girls will be deligh ted
with the dolls and other interesting
things in the Fish Pond. Little fish
will bite for fve cents-bigger ones
for ten cents, at the Bazaar, Opera
House, April 12.
NoTIcE-Having sold most of my
own land, | am now prepared to plow,
plant or seed gardens for any one.
Drop me a postal card if you want me.
Alsogarde plants for sale.
G.. N. RUSSELL.
This is the 57th day since the Maine
was blown up in Havana by means of
mine exploded by Spanish treachery
and villainy. We suppose it is all
right inasmuch as Mckinley has
avoided all allusion to the matter in
his state papers.
Thos. A. Connery has traded his
farm near Maple Leaf to Joseph jim
derle, for one at Charles City. He
will get another crop off his old place
before giving possession. Mr.. Jinderle
will be better suited on account of
having all his land together.-Elma
News-Register.
John Shaw and wife, who settled In
this county in 1855, departed for their
future home in Wisconsin, near Clin-
ton, last evening. Both are well
along in years, Mr.. Shaw being nearly
81, but well preserved for their years.
Their son-ln-law, with whom they
live, owns a large farm about four
miles from Clinton and another at
Stanton, Wis, rented at $11OO year.
You need never have any cases of
Diphtheria or Membraneous Group in
your family. You can avoid it and
shun it's presence. Get rid of it. Book
worth one dollar sent to your address
for thirty nine cents in stamps which
will give you the key to all these
diseases. Will teach you in one hour
more than you ever thought OF. Ad-
dress Melville g. Keith NJ. D. Bellyille,
Ohio. At.
The Ladies named below have been
selected by their friends to be voted
for in silk quilt contest at the Opera
House Tuesday evening, the 18th inst;
Miss Gertie Caward, Congregational
Miss Kittle Barker, Methodist.
Miss Emma Woellstein, German
Lutheran.
Miss Emma Anderson, Norwegian
Lutheran.
Miss Mary Lyons, Roman Catholic.
TIE new cottage nearing completion
built by James Byrnes assisted by
John w. Thompson for g. B. Laub, is
one of the finest finished and best con-
structed of the many beautiful homes
in Cresco. Mr.. Byrnes has fully DEM
onstrated in the work upon the school
building in the first ward and in the
construction and designing of the resi-
dence for Mr.. Laub that he is fully
competent to do as good work and
that he is as reliable contractor as
can be found in the county, or state.
Mrs. Minerva Powell, youngest
daughter of Rev. N. Pullman and wife
OF ex-Sheriff j. F. Powell, recently
passed away at their home in St. Paul.
She was first married to A. L. Lee, at
New Oregon, one son being born to
them. After his death she married
Jerry F. Powell; two daughters were
born to them, both married and reside
in Minneapolis. Her remains were
placed in vault contemplating inter-
ment in New Oregon cemetery by the
side of her first husband.
EASTER BAZAAR.
Tuesday next, April, 12. Supper