Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-28


hogs, wagons and all kinds of farm
implements some time in the early
part OF March. Full announcement
will be made by posters.
The Christian Endeavor society O
the Congregational church will have a
Chestnut sociable at the home of Mrs
3. c. Barnes next Friday evening. A
very interesting program has beer
made out and very pleasant time is
assured all who attend. Admission
ten cents. money to help on the new
church.
/ What is a frarchisep The Kansas
City Star furnishes this answer; It is
something wherewith you may ap'
proach another man and say: "Let's
organize company to do so and so
and capitalize it in 100000 L have,
here, a franchise. It's worth $4,000
and I'll put in for that and you put in
$150,000, in cash.
Messrs. Flemming & Howard, deal
ers in farm implements, have fitted up
a very comfortable office adjoining
their implement house, and are pre-
pared to attend to the needs of farm
ers in all lines of high grade lmple-
ments, wagons, carriages and buggies,
all of which will be represented in
these columns in due time.
Commissioner W. A. Dissmore, is
suffering from fractured upper Jaw
bone caused by a hay rack falling on
him while lifting the rack from a
bobsled. Tuesday of last week. He
experienced some difficulty in eating
but with the aid of soups, manages to
get along nicely under the circum-
stances.-Nelson County Observer Feb
oath.
Allen Miller returned home from
Chicago Monday morning, and is as
sisting in the Lime Springs Bank.....
S. A. Miller bas leased the Opera
House of c. P. Nash for the coming
year.. Mrs. A. E. Marsh entertained
her daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony Marshall, Friday and
Saturday of last week. Lime Springs
Sun.
The subscriptions to the Congrega-
tional church building fund have reach
ed that point which insures the build
ing of the new church the present sea-
son. A meeting of members of the
Church ard Society will probably be
called for some time next week for the
selecting building and other COM
mittees, and making preliminary ar
rangements to commence active opera
tlons, the letting of the building con-
tract. etc. The building on the church
lot Is offered for sale; also. the present
church building and jlot. Republican
The board of directors of the Agri-
cultural Society held meeting Satur-
day last and transacted considerable
business, the most important of which
was the raising OF money for the pay
ment of premiums in the Young
Peoples and Educational departments,
which can be had at any time by ap-
plying TO the Secretary, c. A. L.
Loomis. A lease was made OF the
grounds for two years and on account
OF Robbie Thomson attending school
at Ames, Erwin Barker was chosen
Superintendent of the poultry depart
| to succeed him. The Board, and every
member OF it, is earnestly at work,
and the Fair this year will be all right
and financial success.
A. r. McCook's lecture Friday even
ing at the Congregational church was
a rare treat to all who attended. This
was his first appearance on the lecture
platform, and Notwithstanding this, he
handled his subject, ..Literature as an
Educator" in mastery manner, and
demonstrates his ability to handle 9
live topic to perfection. His lecture
was spicy and witty from beginning te
end, and was not only pleasing, bu1
instructive as we'll. Riceville may
well be proud OF so able young
scholar. Any attempt to outline the
lecture would be an injustice to the
author, and space will not permit the
full text. 1t should be heard or reat
to he appreciated. -Riceville Recorder
The question of granting franchise
for putting in an electric light plant il
to come before the voters at the an
nual election in March. The terms
upon which the grant is to be made i.
not made known in the proclamation
OF the Mayor. Having faith in muni
cipal ownership of all such convent
ences as water, light, and street trans
portation, were in hopes the question
OF providing these by the city nigh
have been submitted to the people In
stead OF the proposition that has been
The most thriving cities of Europe an,
in all parts of the United States tn
tendency among the best governed
toward municipal ownership, as furn
ishing the best service at less rate
than when the same service is fror
private ownership. AS said by tn
Dubuque Telegraph, Municipal own
ership would tighten the white man
burden"
} Hon. Washington Gardner, pas
, commander of the G. A. R., ex-secre
tary of state Tor Michigan, and no,
s one of the professors in Albion Colleg
, Michigan, will give lecture unde
, the auspices of the Cresco Band,
the opera house on Wednesday of mex
week, March 8th. His subject will b
announced later. He is pronounce
!, by the press and eminent men, Dor
= orator, earnest, logical and forcefu
!. with unsurpassed descriptive powers
: The band boys are endeavoring t
give our people some first class ente]