Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-11-24
Albion and Bristol.

Husking and threshing in this Vi
entity is about over.
The Woodmen Hall makes a very
decided improvement to our valley
town since Jay Kennedy's artistic
brush swept over its exterior.
Mrs. Clink entertained her daugh-
ter, Mrs. WaltnKendall, for couple
of days last week.
Old Mrs. Jones goes to Minneapolis
in few days to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lang entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendt of Big Springs
last Sunday.
Florenceville school opened Monday
for the winter term with Miss ISaacs
as teacher.
Mr.. PhippinS has moved his family
onto the III. o. Serfling farm.
We managed to enjoy ourselves very
we'll during recent visit of our moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Moses Brace, of Spen-
icer.
Cob pipes one cent each and the
best washing machine on earth for 81
at III. Il. Williams.
"A gentleman from Lime Springs we
understand has moved his family into
John o. Jones' Florenceville tenement
house.
A Mrs. Wentworth, of Cresco, come
over Sunday to visit Mrs. Eben Slaw-
son and was taken very i'll.
The new furnace in our church is
giving the best of satisfaction for
which j. L. Drummond deserves a
reasonable share of credit.
Thanksgiving invitations are now in
order, but as yet we have not had a
'darned' chance to refuse.
Will Henry and bride now occupy
rooms under Mr.. HIS paternal roof
and Rich Kruger and bride occupy
the Sherbonde house across the way.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Michel
Sundayed with Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Lang.
Hooker Serfiing has moved into the
tenament house in Granger that John
| o. Jones purchased of the Woodmen.
We are much pleased to hear that
Miss Smalley is giving the best of
satisfaction in our Granger school.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walters are
comfortably settled at Stone Terrace
their new home that they purchased
of John Dempewolf.
| John BrOnner has erected good,
substantial and commodious residence
which takes the place of the only
shabby one there was on Golden Ridge.
A croSs-eyed professional beggar
land no doubt big fraud) is canvass
ing this section offering to pray for
anyone that will take the stuff for
money as food.
Mrs. Abbie Nelson and daughter
Cora, of Kendallville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gill Donaldson and son Farley, of
Prosper, were recent guests under our
roof-tree.
| A part of the rooms in the Hosford
house is now occupied by tia
| Willoughby family.
1t is said that Uncle Billy Owen
while not rapidly sinking still is grow
ing weaker day by day.
Old Mrs. Hughes, of Bristol, is so i'll
that a conSulta tion of physicians were
called recently.
Charley Newmiller and family and
Grondma Jones worshipped at the
WEIGH church last Sunday.
While we are held by our professed
christian neighbors as a fit subject for
ostracism, we desire an interest, only
good standing who took in the Wood
men dance.
G. +. Robinson went over to Preston
/ Iho IL lloi1lC LIZ Ne ~. OllI WIN
had been called to serve on the grand
jury.
Mrs. Eliza Mason, Mrs. jeff Cole,
and son Willie Arnold made us a
pleasant call last week.
Miss Abba ST. John who is attend.
ing school IN st, Paul writes she is
much pleased with her surroundings
and is endeavoring to profit by the
privileges now being given her.
Tuesday afternoon, Hank Billing
hams team made lively run from
the mill, across the bridge, and north
to the church, thence east on the
state line and landed in G. f. Robin.
sons yard, where they ran against a
tree demolishing the wagon ano
harness, but the horses escaped injury
They had been left standing Withou1
being hitched.