Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-20
1t is officially stated that the
Oregon is safe.

~ Is onclally stated that the
Oregon is safe.
A destructive cyclone visited Penn
ington, Osseo, Madison, and Marsh
field, Wis, the 18th, leaving path of
destruction and death.
Wives, you who have to sit up ev-
cry night until late (not for Your hus
bands return from from the telephone
office) but just to get the latest war
news, try and persuade your better
half to take you to the Opera House
May u, where you can get all the war
news.
Miss Lauraine Mead is prepared to
resume work in musical instruction at
Florenceville and Granger and will be
there Tuesday the "a, to make pre-
llmlnary arrangements and fix dates,
and would like to meet her former
pupils and as many others as may
wish to receive musical instruction.
In ancient days Sampson went to
war with the Philistines armed onlv
with the jawbone sof an ass, with
which he put them to flight leaving
1000 OF them slain. Our Sampson
who went to war with the Spaniards
equipped with job lot of Washington
jawbones has not been quite so sue
cessful, but we are looking tor a dis
patch that will say: s:Cantharides. ~
The advent OF spring has revived
the demand among owners and renters
OF high priced farms for cheaper lands.
No part of the country has attracted
more attention, or offers greater in
ducements. than Central Minnesota,
the Red River Valley and North Dako-
ia. The Northern Pacific Railway
Company is Offering hundreds of
thousands OF acres at low prices and
easy terms to actual settlers. See it's
add in another column. tt
Wednesday, being on the south side
we paid momentary visit to the
public school building getting there
just in time to grace the tardy list.
We found Miss Chaplin and a few of
her pupils remaining in one of the
most pleasant and tidy school rooms
TO be found and was pleasantly shown
through the building. The city and
the school board have right to be
proud OF their school ground and of
the first ward school and of it's in
structors.
We are in receipt of timely and
valuable pamphlet entitled "WAR
FACTS" little booklet by w. B.
Getty of the Chicago Times-Herald,
which contains great deal of valu-
able and interesting facts and figures
pertaining to the war, statistics and
general information regarding the
armies and navies of the United States
and Spain; also Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Philippines and the Canaries. Will be
sent to any address on receipt of 10
cents. Published by '.CHICAGO AND
THE SOUTH" Chicago, Ill.
An exchange tells the truth when it
says "we newspaper men are lot of
suckers" We believe it. We write
and fill our papers with articles
cautioning the farmers against a lot
OF travelling peddlers and advise them
to deal with the men who live here
and can be found, if there is anything
wrong tn the goods, or the transaction.
Recently we saw men selling steel
ranges from wagons at fully one third
more than they could be bought for
in Cresco. We wrote up half column
of expose in the interest of farmers
and dealers but the thought that deal
ers lack the enterprise to let farmers
know through the press about their
goods and prices induced us to sup
press the article.