Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-07-11

We earnestly hope every reader of
the PLAIN DEALER will carefully and
thoughtfully read the article from the
Arena by William II. Davis entitled
the National Duty" Delusion. 1t
seems to us that beside being able
and logical that it is full of truth and
right reason.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Perry, of Cresco,
favored us with duet last Sunday,
from the American Volunteers Col
lection. We shall expect more such
inspiring strains in August. Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry and the boys are spending
few days with the Helmer families.
-Fayette County Union.
Decorah Public Opinion says that
Messrs. and Mesdames e. r. Miller,
c. S. Miller, E. A. Miller and Geo.
Champlin, of Cresco, were present at
the third annual family reunion of
the Gibbs family at the residence of
P. Roney, at Trout Run. 13 families
were represented by 49 persons.
Whether it is the superior mental
caliber of the class, or more successful
efforts by the instructors is not possi-
bic for us to determine; but we are
quite certain that for general excel
lence of thought and superiority of
manner and me thod, no commencement
we have attended in years has excelled
the exercises of the graduating class
of Valdez Normal School, Decorah
Rep, June 20.
The Calmar Co,uer has this to say of
John M. Cannon on July 4th: John
NJ. Cannon made favorable impress
sion as a public speaker, delivering his
address in an unassuming, pleasing
manner not taking the dramatic,
'spread eagle" style which is common
with the general run of speakers and
which is distasteful to the average
listener. 1t also speaks of the Cresco
Band as "a very fine organization.
Tuesday afternoon word was
brought to Elma that Valentine
Friedolf had attempted to take his
life by cutting his throat with an ole
knife. He cut an ugly cash about
four inches long, laying bare hi.
jugular vein. AT the time the deco
was committed, he was at home ant
only his wife was with him. DR.
Torpey was called to attend him
Several stitches were taken in th,
wound and it is thought nothin,
serious will occur from the wound
unless blood poisoning should set in
Elma Register.
Our doctors are quarantining cas-
at John III. Hayes that came fror
Austin, Minn., of sister of Mrs
Hayes for smallpox. The lady say
that two yeras ago she was atflict
ed with precisely the same troubl
which the doctors then treated fo
, eczema, which it no doubt is now
There is MS doubt but the smallpo
4 doctors of Cresco would quarantine
case of the itch if severe to find just
tication for their folly. The physit
ian here with the largest practice {
them all, DIR. Buck continues to trea
; them all for chicken poX, with salts
) factory results in every case. Th
only doctor in Cresco who ever ha
smallpox cases is DR.. Price, and it
= no tlattery to say he is as we'll read d
any physician in the county, besid
, having had experience in McGregc
+ where there were many cases that b
tended during the war, several death
q resulting therefrom; and he says theI
has not been case of smallpox i
CreSco this year. During the war TIL
smallpox was in the family of the ed
tor of the PLAIN DEALER, three CASE
: in our family and one beside in Ne
S Oregon, that of Miss Mary Enrigh
: With all these cases the editor of tn
: paper was perfectly familiar and
. probably as competent to judge of th
t present cases as our physicians WI
S never saw a case of the real disease.