Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-08-01


manufacturing feed cookers that hold
from l2O to 200 gallons. Just the thing
for preparing food for hogs. Farmers
are invited 40 see them.
AT Decorah Institute. Typewriting
and Shorthand are taught the year
around. The charges are one dollar in
addition to the regular monthly tuition
Fall term opens Sept. 4th.
The Daughters of the King will hold
their annual election of officers on
Wednesday, August End, at 2:3O p M,
in Grace Episcopal church. All mem
bers please be in attendance.
Today at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Lester, near Kendalville. occurs
the marriage of their daughter, Ida to
Fred G. Todd. A more extended
notice will appear in a later issue.
James Byrne when in Dubuque last
week completed a contract with Mr..
Allen for the new store building he is
to have erected for shoe store, ad-
Joining that of Geo. H kellogg.
Parties wishing to have bowery,
dining hall or stand privileges for the
Howard County Fair should make ap-
plication at once to the Secreta
G. A. L. LOOMS.
There will be a grand harvest ball at
Saratoga, Iowa, on Friday evening.
Ang. 11th. Good music will be fur
nished, a good supper served and sew
eral selections by the Saratoga band.
Mrs. w. L. Whitney weet to Cresco
yesterday for visit with relatives. :.
Mrs. w. j. Thomas has been enjoying
a visit from her sister, Miss Alma
Combs. of Chester.-Ridgeway Record.
The stone foundation for the Con-
church will be ready for
the joists in day or two. 1t is very
solid and substantial piece of masonry
and is credit to Mr.. Pierson who has
the job.
Prof, BreeEenridge's plan oflaying a
good foundation in the common
branches, before attempting the
higher, is still being carried out at
Decorah Institute. Fall term opens
Sept. 4th.
Swenson's faultless gruhbing ma.
chimes go to every part of the country
where there are stumps and trees to
pull from the ground. A car load will
so to st. Paul next week for distaibu-
tlon from that point.
Fred Swenson has the contarct tC
put steam heat in the court house ir
Austin MINI. in a store at Grafton n
d., in the residence of DIR. Freemire
at Chester, and in the store of Fred
G. Woellstein in this city.
Hon, Wm. j. Bryan is announced t
address the democrats of Iowa in The
Auditorium at nes Maines, on The
evening before the meeting of the
State convention, August 18th, his
subject being "Political Issues
Mrs. e. G. Strayer, of CreSco, was /,
guest at the Kaye residence a part OF
the past week. a. w. ISbell came
Gown from Cresco, Monday, and re-
mained in town until Tuesday after
noon when he went to Olin, Iowa, tC
take charge of a drug store. -Calmal
Couries.
All departments of the Valdez Nor
NAL School will open August %. Com
mon School Teachers Review, Firs1
Grade Certificate, Normal, High En-
glish, Elocution, Physical Culture ant
P9nmanship eaurses. Text books are
free. Day board, ST.. 75 per week; room
SOC. week. Rates of tuition low: strong
faculty. Drop postal for catalog.
The best place to study shorthand
and typewriting is at Valdez Busines
College. Decorah, Iowa. Its catalo,
shows a large number of students il
paying positions. Its graduates ar
wanted by business men because the.
can do the work. For full inlormatio
in regard to the combined course il
bookkeeping and shorthand send TO
casalog. FAN term, Aug. IS. Winte
term, Oct. 81.
Mss Amy Watros has been com
PEELED to resign her position as hook
keeper and cashier at the Alllanc
store, owing to her failing sight. Fo
several years she has been the mos
faithful of any about the store, scarce
ly ever being absent, and in additie
to performing the duties for whic
she was engaged, selling more goot
than any Of the clerks. Once hefol
she rendered her resignation whic
was not accepted. The company wi
find it almost impossible to fill til
vacancy created.
| Miss Mary Glass returned to h
home in Cresco last Saturday afte
several weeks visit in Elma..
| Mrs, Mclaughlin of Cresco is sta
ing with her daughter Mss. j. f. He
during the absence of Mr.. Hess. -.
r. ID. Kelly engineered another b
trade between Cresco parties and He
ry Kiene last week, by which Hen