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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
To the Citizens Of eresce!

About the 23rd of March, board
was appointed to get bids for The
building of a parsonage for the M. E.
church; there were four bids re.
ceived by this board, as follows
Crittenden s. Co, 81, 1870, M. Johnson,
So, 1873, Byrnes, So, 1852, John Birtwistle
$2,150. The bids were opened and
voted upon before the official board
Before this time there was an under.
standing between John Farnsworth
and Martin Johnson that if he, John
son, got the job, the plans and speci
fications would not cost them any.
thing; if he did not get it, they would
cost them $50. In putting this to a
vote Mr.. Farnsworth said that de-
Quoting $40 for plans, Mr.. Johnson's
bid was the lowest; some voting aye
and some not voting at all, others not
understanding it fully. There was
nothing in the specifications as to
who was to pay for the plans and
none of the other bidders was
informed OF it by Mr. Farnswotth, as
to payment of $40 for plans. 1t looks
as If johnson was to have the
contract at any sacrifice, and why
call for other bids? He had to. But
the transaction has not given Cresco
carpenters an equal chance with
johnson. The president of the build
Ing committee, John Farnsworth. i'm
nediately telephoned his beloved
friend rh'.' he job was his. On the
following day. he sends one of his en-
esarias no the secretary Of the Ladies'
Aid S"cier, TO So. If they could get
hold of 5000 tn pay for work IN the
building. Their money was to go
first no matter for what purpose, and
who dare to object to the great con-
trolling pillar of the M. E churchi
But the eud is not yet.
JOHN BIRTwIsTLE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

Wednesday a viciously inclined lad
of ten or twelve summers with
slung shot was throwing stones at
the globe on the lamp post at the
railway station, evidently desiring its
destruction. On general principl es
the city marshal ought to take tn a.
class of lads in custody long enough
to capture, confiscate and destroy
their implement of destruction. The
same class of boys are using the
same weapon for the injury and de-
struction Of the birds, little knowing
or caring for the fact that in the de-
struction of insects harmful and de-
structive to vegetation, the birds are
of vast benefit to the farmer and the
gardener. A few years ago Mr.. Early
V. Wilcox of Otterbien University, a
noted Qrnithologist of Ohio, exams
ined the crops. of nearly one hundred
birds in every one of which was
found insects destructive to vegeta-
ton and in only one or two did he
find fruits and seeds showing depre.
dations upon the crop of the farmer
and the gardener. 1t is to the inter-
est OF tue farmer and the gardener
that these songsters shall not only
multiply but that they shall be pro-
tected from the depredations of the
small boy" Although we have q
garden of small fruits we encourage
the presence of the birds among them
not caring fig for what they may
eat of it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
Death Of James e. Bennett.

Captain James E. Bennett died in
his sOth year at Warsaw, ILL.,, on Sun.
day, from a general weakening of his
nervous system, though his mind was
clear to the end.
James E. Bennett spent twenty-one
years catching whales. He sailed
three times round the world and navi-
gated every ocean on the earth. He
was cast away on coral reef on the
Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean,
where he was picked up by passing
ship and brought home with his crew,
he being first mate at the time. He
was for twelve years captain.
He left the sea just before the civil
war and went to Howard county, Ia,
to ra Use his family, all of whom sur
yive him except one son, William
Seaborn, one of the twins who were
born under the American flag fifty
miles out of the harbor of Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands. He leaves wild
ow, four sons, and four daughters, all
but one Of whom are practicing phys
icians and one, John c. Bennett. an
Atty. i'll Chicago. Captain Bennet's re
mains at his request will be inferred
in the family lot at Riceville, Ia, be-
side his mother and son.-C Chicago
Daily Tribune, March %, '98.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
THE RECEPTION
Given by the Art Department of the Cresco
Normal School.

Given by the Art Department of the Cresco
Normal School.
On Thursday evening of last week
Normal Hall was filled with invited
guests to a reception rendered by the
art pupils of Mrs. M. o. Perry, an in
novation i'll Cresco, and one that
proved decidedly popular. The pro-
gram of the evening consisted of
short but select one of musical selec-
lions, both vocal and instrumental,
and several recitations, both humor-
GUS and pathetic. We will particular
ize but one-the whistling solo by
Master John r. Boughner, who
really has a most wonderful 'whistle"
and one VIZ nth careful cultivation.
The fute-like tones and the novelty
of the thing brought forth an enthus-
lastlc encore, which was responded
to.
After the completion of the eve
ning's program, the guests were in
vi'ed TO enter the Business College,
which was splendidly lighted and
decorated for the occasion, with a
profusion of blooming plants and
foliages from the Garden City Green
Houses, and here were displayed the
painting of the class and of Mrs. M,
0. Perry, which reflected mnch credit
upon both pupils and instructor.
There were among them paintings,
which, had there been the name of
some noted artist on them, would
have won many plaudits, but having
the name, or no name, of some Cresco
girl, they were passed by with the
simple acknowledgement that they
were very good. This is the tribute
paid to artists of world wide fame,
go into ecstasies over some medium
production, of theirs, and pass a
better one from an artist who has
their fame to earn with much in
difference.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
o'MaIIey's Opening.

The annual spring opening at
Q'Malley's last Thursday evening, as
usual, attracted throng OF ladies and
plentiful admixture of the opposite
sex to view the new creations in the
milliners' art and to see the superb
display of seasonable goods. The
window display is unusually fine and
is not bit behind the many beautiful
displays that have heretofore delight
ed All ben ,il..r Mr.. O'Malley has
recently pa, in one OF the new acety-
lene gas plants and 1t was used for
the first time that evening, the
brilliant light greatly enhancing the
effect Of the beautiful display.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
CIemency Rccommen ded.

Atlanta, Ca, April 2.-The prison
commission recommended to Gov. At
ldnson that the sentence of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Mobiles, who WINS to have been
hanged Friday at Macon, be committed
to imprisonment for life. The governor
postponed the execution and will no
doubt indorse the finding OF the com
mission. The case of the negro, Gus
Families, sentenced to hang with Mrs.
Mobiles as an accomplish in the muir
upon, but it is believed that he, too,
will receive a Communication of SEN
tence. Mrs. Mobiles is over 60 years Of
age and is in failing health.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

been greater by about 100000 bales than
In 1895. from the largest crop ever raised,
and while the mills are now nearly all ac-
tive the consumption does not exceed the
maximum.
'The iron and steel market shows no
decrease for with works fully employed,
and some additional works put into oper-
alton for government purposes.
Failures for the week have been 22O
in the United States. against 260 last year,
and q in Canada, against AZ last year.
Bradstreet's says:
"a week of rather quieter general trade
and of smaller distribution, due to easily
explainabie causes. closes quarter which
has been eminently satisfactory to nearly
oil branches of trade and productive of an
unprecedented business in many favored
lines. The heavy foreign demand for our
products, particularly agricultural staples.
and the active domestic movement in most
lines are evidenced by the heavily increased
bank clearings reported for the quarter,
and the effect on the commercial mortality
is favorably reflected in total, for the
first three months of 1893. of failures and
Of liabilities involved. smaller than in the
corresponding period for four years past.
Current demand and distribution at the
east have been interfered with by the un-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
certaInties growing Out OF our unsettIed

certainties growing out of our unsettled
foreign relations.
Good weather at the south favors an
early planting season, but business based
upon this has not been of such volume
as to make up for the queting demand
noted at number of coast cities and at
river points. where high water is limiting
business to some extent. Export trade at
New Orleans is reported checked by In
creased freight and Insurance rates groW-
ing out Of the present unsettled foreign att
uation. Freight rates are reported weaker
on the Pacific coast, and trade is rather
quieter at most cities. The outlook is for
a heavy crop of wheat in the state OF
Washington this year. Boat building and
IRON manufacturing are reported active in
the Pacific northwest. The price situation
is. on the whole. quite encouraging this
week, oats. flour. print cloths and hides be-
Ing the most prominent among the de-
creases mentioned, while wheat, corn, lard,
coffee. cotton and sugar are higher, and
the list of staples unchanged In price APP
pears the most numerous
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

St. Johns, n. F., April 2.-The sealing
steamer Iceland arrived Friday with
$4,000 seals. She reports that the steam
err Aurora has $4,000 and the Diana co.
900. The Iceland has the heaviest seal
cargo she has carried in IS years. Her
captain was obliged to throw overheard
a large quantity of coal and provisions
and he feared to leave the ice foe until
the vessel was almost in port, as he was
anxious to get the full benefit of the
smooth water within the foes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
HOLY WEEK

Services In Grace Church Conducted by
Rev. A, v. Gorren.
Tuesday: 7:30; Evening prayer and
sermon. Text, first and second words
spoken by Christ from the cross.
Wednesday. 7.3O p. NJ; Full Litany
and sermon. Text, third aud fourth
words from the cross.
Thursday: 1880 p. M; Holy Com.
munion and sermon. Text, fifth word
from the cross.
Good Friday; 1880 p. NJ; full Litany
and sermon. Text, sixth and seventh
words from the cross.
Easter Day, Queen of Festivals,
services 1O:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
We extend cordial invitation to all,
to come and worship with us at these
services. The organist is preparing
especially good music for our Easter
services.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

Seals didn't go sparkin' around at
your aye when | was gal,n said
Grandma Threescore, severely, as she
looked at her grand daughter with a
Touch OF prioe in her censure. "They
didn't know what beau was till long
after they was grown women.'' "Giris
had Boaz IN the days of Ruth re-
Piled Elizabeth, demurely, "long
before you were born, Grandma. !"
"Ruth was a widder-woman," replied
Grandma triumphantly, peering over
her spectacles aud looking around for
some one else to tackle her on Bible
ground. Bob Burdette, April 8.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

right whether the outcome be peace
or war. The speeches made were all
ringing in tone, but there was no mere
jingoism in them. The Iowa legisla-
ture met the situation as a solemn duty.
The scene was impressive, and when
the 100000 were voted to send soldiers
to the front there was cheering which
was mingled with tears of the women
present.
Columbus, o., April a. Senator Riley,
has introduced bill to appropriate ST.
100000 to put Ohio on war footing.
An effort was made to pass the bill
under suspension of the rules but it
was found that there were not enough
senators present to take this step and
it was referred to committee on finance.
When the friends Of the measure found
that it could not be passed in the SEN
ate Friday, Representative Parker, of
Cleveland, introduced an identically
similar bill in the house. AS in the SEN
ate it was greeted with much excite
ment. The lack OF quorum, however,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
More Aid Sent to Cuba.

New York, April 2.-shipments of re-
lief supplies to Cuba continue to be
made regularly by the Central Cuban
relief committee. The steamer Bergen,
of the Munson line, which left New
York Friday, carried 10000 pounds of
cornmeal, 10000 pounds of clothing and
$4,000 pounds of assorted provisions
and medicines, to be delivered at Sagua
In Grande
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
Laundry Work Wanted.

Having had experience in the steam
laundry for two years, am prepared to
do special work on pillow shams, shirt
waists, lace curtains and skirts at my
residence at the head of Pine Street
and north side OF third street adjoin-
ing Mr. Middlebrook's.- Tnos.
Moen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

Racine, Wis, April 2.-Over 200 car
penters, painters, paper hangers and
plasterers quit work Friday pending
settlement of their differences with
the contractors over the wage scale for
an eight-hour day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
Bad FIRE at Lincoln. Neb

Lincoln, Neb., April 2.-Fire which
started shortly after nine o'clock Fri.
day night in the wholesale and retail
carpet and furniture house of \. NJ. Da-
Wis g. Co., had at midnight totally de-
stroyed that building and contents.
The Richards block, a four-story-
basement brick building adjoining on
the west, will also be total loss. The
loss already is placed at between $685.
600 and $15o,ooo, and there is danger Of
the fire spreading to the east. carrying
with it the entire block.
The Iowa Mutual Fire of Burlington
has cut down the salary roll of its Off
GERS and been relicensed by the state
auditor. The certificate was withheld
on account of the extravagance Of the
salaries paid.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

Notice..

We have in stock Items celebrated
crackers, and highly recommend them
to all lovers of high grade goods
Amundson & Lofthus.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
THE INSTITUTE.
An Up-to-Date List of the Howard County
1nstltutes Enrolment.

DIVISION A.
cREsco.
He len Chaplin Lola Burke
S SI,,W Gr GDe Marcella Ahern
Rose McNamaPPa n Mary WATSON u EHsal nenAn
Abbie Watson Ardus Waness
F E Howard W Eugene Smith
Mary Shields Mayme = Walsh
Della Bartholomew Anna Frost
Elsie Perry
KENDALLv1LLE.
Florence eager
LINE SPRINGS.
Alice Jones
ACME.
Fannie Brown
ELMA
Anna eastman Lizzie A Martin
Nellie Glennon Gertrude eastman
MELVILLE.
AR McCook Gertrude Dargan
CHESTER.
Anna Laws Edith Mckenzie
LoURDEs
Kate Norton
LEROY
Clara Smith Eliza Upcraft
Nellie Judson Stella Howe
NATIONAL, IOWA.
A Sherman
Julia Wallace Birdie Wallace
DIVISION b.
CREsco.
Gertrude Caward Edna Hendricks
Merrill Davis Mabel Potter
John r Miller Ida F Andrus
Mamie Sisco JH Briefly
Ella Shields Id eager
Chas Isaacs Annie Finegan
John f Ahern Mabel McPhers on
Alvina Prinz Rena Fish
Cora Little Mayme Barth olo NEW
Grace Fuller Lillian NJ James
Myrtle Millard Lettie Shields
L Nora Brooks Jessie Mintey
Stna Grinde Laura A Morey
Nellie A Wilson Ella Shields
Jennie Grinde Ethel Cole
Sarah Il Kratz May Humphrey
Hattie Moore John Ahern
Dora Carver H Stinson
Willie M Carman
ELMA.
Emma Fangater Lucena Jessup
Maggie Richardson
LIME SPRINGS.
Bertha A BLY, g " Moar
Joshua r Williams Jennie Jones
Thomas Jones Mary Shea
CHESTER.
Fannie Smith
sAuDA.
Carrie Natvlg Georgiana Ellefson
RroEvILLE.
Agnes Dargan
IouRpEs.
= Flaherty Maggie Grimes
Nora Norton Mrs T. Long
Annie Foley Lizzie Foley
GRANGER.
Stella springsteel
DIVISION G.
CREsco.
Minnie Natyig Ethelyn woodward
Genevieve Kelley Clara eager
Edith Moulton Winnie L Jones
Maggie 1SaacS Mile Culbert
Joe Dvorak ThoS r Jones
Bertha Prtnz Belle Helmer
Lora gilbert Florence River
viola Glass Alice SwenSOn
Allce PlOpper Alice Davis
Irene Woodward Mabel Everingham
May Blackburn Bert Macleod
Lottie Mead Mabel Fuller
Lucy L. Lewis Florence Want
Leo Barnes
KENpALLyILLE.
Ethel Fifield
CANTON, MINI.
Matte Thomas
CHESTER.
Ida johnson Alice Smith
John Noonan
MAPLE LEAF.
Thomas Connery
LouRDEs.
Maggie O'Brien Mae laherty
Marguerite Flaherty Lizzie Flaherty
ELMA.
Cora Dormedy Florena Haaf
Le0la Potter Anna English
Gert1e Biwer
FAYErTE.
Francis simonds
ROY.
Edward River
LINE SPRINGS.
Jennie Griffith Francis Rose
Florence Nye
BoNAIR.
Nina Webster VIM H Davis
Ella Barnhart
DAVIS CORNERS.
John Reilly
pRoTrvlN.
Jennie Mlady
sAupE.
John jacobson Louise jacobson
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

A Life for SOC.
Many people have been cured of
Kidney diseases by taking soc
bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure.-For
sale by j. J. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

A CARTOON FROM BLACF
I'VE have to-day trained our camera
across the Atlantic. We have had the good
fortune to surprise in New York waters
the interesting scene which is faithfully
reproduced by our instantaneous machine.
The Yankees. with remarkable military
genius, have found way to strengthen
powerfully. and in the twinkling of an eye,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05
MAP OF THE WEST INDIA IsLANDs

also prevented immediate action, and it
was referred to the house finance com.
mittee
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-04-05

Edaeats Your Bowels With Cascarets.
~ Candy gatnartic. euce cOnstipation forever.
i0c. 25c. II G @ fell. druggists reiund monsy.
II Hat sHgfva fYE4s saa E 5 S:s;;s VITA
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Washing Milk Vessels,

All through the warm weather, par
ticular care is needed to cleanse ves-
sells that have contained milk. If any
particle of milk is left in the crevces
or corners of vessels, it will sour and
affect any milk that is afterward add
ed. Many people in cleaning milk from
vessels wash them first with scalding
hot water. This is a mistake. The hot
water only coagulates the albumen,
causing it to stick more closely to the
sides of the vessel. If 1t be of tin, the
souring of the milk soon eats through
the coating of tin, and causes rust on
the iron beneath it. What we call tin
Is merely iron with very thin tin coat
Ing. No such vessel is fit for long use,
as the tin will wear through, and all
the more quickly If the coagulated al
bumen, made by hot water ard milk,
requires hard rubbing to remove it.
The right way to clean milk vessels is
to rinse them we'll with cold water
and then scald them, to destroy any
germs that the cold water may have
left.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Farm and Garden Notes,

Corn fed hens do not produce the
best chicks.
A dozen hens will do we'll on the
Oh dlnary waste OF q family of six per-
sons.
A swill barrel will not be damaged
if cleansed and ccalded once in
while.
DuckS will work for hours to gather
grain that has been dropped into
trough of water and they like it best
when fed that way.
Tn ordinary farm work it is not neces.
sary to have shoes on the horses. Oc-
casionally there may be one that needs
shoes but the exception only proves
the rule.
From weak stock expect frail chicks,
and they will die from slight causes.
Only when the breeding stock is in n
vigorous condition can we have strong
and quick growers.
TO utilize all food products to the
best advantage, the by-products, as
well as the others, require variety of
feeders. Even on a small farm it
often pays to have q few of all kinds
of animals.
On high priced land summer feed
ing of grain, especially to milch COWS,
is often good economy, The acre
age of grass required is much re-
duced. The extra food will show in
butter, too.
There is no disinfectant and deodor-
izer as good as sunlight and air. Keep
the barns and stables as light rs pos
sible, and the stock will be much more
comfortable and healthy than if kept
in semi darkness.
1t is useless to attempt to keep we'll
animals in a healthy condition where
they are compelled to eat and sleep
with the sick ones. Quarantine regu-
lations are absolutely necessary for
the successful handling of herds when
disease once finds lodgment among
them.
Ii fruit orchard Of any kind needs
fertilizing, and you do not know what
food constituents the soil most needs,
you can venture to spread raw bone
meal and potash literally; whether
you want the carbonate, sulphate or
muriate, you will find it in unleached
wood ashes.
Keep the sod away from the base OF
young trees for space of about twelve
inches all around. A mulch of some
grass clippings from the lawn, placed
where the sod is taken up, helps to
keep in the moisture. Coal-ashes
heaped about the base of fruit trees is
quite beneficial.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

with artificial shelters made by dig
ging shallow holes in the ground and
partially covering them with bit of
board OF fiat stone. In such places
toads will often remain for many
days, sallying forth at night to seek
food.
The enemies of the toad are hawks,
owls, and, worst of all, small boys,
who stone and kill many of them. DR..
@. f. Hodge states that he found 200
dead or wounded toads in single
day on the shores of small pond on
the grounds of Clark University. The
loud cry of the toad at spawning time
readily betrays its presence, and small
boys, and sometimes those of a
larger growth, gravitate toward the
pools as naturally as do the toads
themselves. There have been excel
lent laws enacted to protect insectiv-
orous birds. Why should there not
be as stringent legislation against the
destruction of ds?-American Agri-
culturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Ths readers of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis-
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a const tu-
tional disease. requires constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by buildingup the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails TO cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
THE MERRY SIDE. OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

SiIcnced-A Twofold Indiscretion-AIis-
apprehension-The Mountain to Ma.
homet-His Command of Language
oratory-A Baseless Appeal, Etc, Etc.
The kicker was ready his feelings to t ell
Concerning his various woes,
For his dinner was cold, and ill-tasting as
WELL
And his bed was too hard for ,epose.
But his eye chsnced to light on the paper
that night
Which told Of the lads far away
And the life tnat they led in TIE thick or
the fight,
And then he had nothing to say.
And the mercury rose to the top of the
glass
In the air that was heavy and still:
And he had to deduct when his money he'd
pass
A share for the government till.
Existence seemed only merciless moll,
With little to bid him be gay;
With only new promise OF trouble and
toll
But the kicker had nothing 70 say.
Washington Star.