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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
g. y. Nichols & Co.
LEADING cLoTHlERs,
CRESc0, IOWA

Miss Emma Anderson left last, Fri
day for a visit at Omaha, and will be
absenta a couple of weeks.
For SALE CHEAP,-A good work
horse weighing about 1400 lbs. En-
quire of n. B. WHEELER.
Wanted-A first and a second girl
girl, at the Verback house at once.
MRS. GEO. CHRYsT.
Special inducements in young mems
fall suits and overcoats. Lowest
prices in town.-The Owens Clothing
Co.
People who burn the Lamp of Rea-
son need Rocky Mountain Tea. Great
est reason producer known. 35c.-J.
FL. Luers and DR.. VIM. Connolly.
Mrs. Alice Knight of Idaho is with
her mother, Mrs. Geo. Reeves, and
other friends. She will be remember
ed as Alice Drhum by Cresco people.
Philip Goettelman, justice Of the
peace Of Bluffton township, Winnie
sheik county, was a Cresco visitor
Saturday, making this Office brief
call.
Chicken pie supper Wednesday,
Sept. 26th, over Kellogg's s music store,
will be the supper of the season. The
Episcopal ladies always serve fine
meals.
You must 60 away from home to
hear the news. The Postville Review
of last week says: A daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kapler,
of Cresco, last Monday.
i Loved by the people, hated by it's
would-be rivals; the foe of disease, the
friend OF humanity-Rocky Mountain
Tea, made by the Madison Medicine
co... III. Luers and DR.. VIM. Con-
molly.
1 When you are born the Creator
| starts you going and you go long
time, If you grease the main spring Of
life with Rocky Mountain Tea. Great
lubricator. j. 81. Luers and DR.. VIM.
j, Connolly,
| II "a Wise Woman" comes this way
again she will have a full house. The
show gave good satisfaction. 1T is a
high class farce comedy, full Of fun
and go and every one in the cast is a
comedian and an artist.
The only medical man who has ever
originated anything Of value in regard
to the cause, prevention and cure OF
CANCER, is DR.. Melville G. Keith, OF
Ohio. He uses no knife, plaster OF
poison drugs, but we are willing te
satisfy any interested party that
J, cancer can be cured without any cut.
ing and will stay cured. ,s3tf.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.. 100 WILLIAM ST, NETWORK.

''QUo,vADIs" which will be produc-
ed at the Opera House on Oct. 3rd is
one of the most pronounced popular
successes of the year. Its combina-
tion of dramatic and scenic merit
gives it an unusual title of considera-
tion. 1t has been said that Wilson
Barrett got the idea for his melodrama
from the book, QUO vADIS." If he
did not he certainly came as near to
certain of its episodes as accident ever
allows. The discovery by the Roman
lover of the Christian girlin the house
of the patriarch to whom she has
fled for refuge and the arena scene
itself have the look of being some-
thing more than condolences, though
the giant was left out of SThe Sign of
the Gross" and the struggle between
Ursus and the bull was not given.
The play QUO vADIs has dared a paral-
lei with the Barrett production. The
indication that comparison is not
feared is not to be wondered at. AS
picture play alone, QUO vADIs has
an attractiveness which memory, at
at least, does not give to "The Sign
of the Cross" as drama.
Wednesday evening at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kelson, occurred the marriage of Mr..
Len Grobel to Miss Clara Kelson. They
departed Thursday morning for
Minneapolis where they will spend
their honeymoon. The best wishes of
their friends go with them......A the
home of the bride Is parents, northeast
of Ridgeway, occurred the marriage Of
Mr.. Dana Eager, of Plainield, Wis.
to Miss Grace M. Gardner. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. z. T
Gardner and enjoys the respect and
esteem of large circle of friends here
who join us in extending bost wishes
for their happiness and prosperity
They will reside at Plaintield......O Or
Sunday evening occurred the death o.
| little Mabel May, the nine months ole
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Franl
Blackburn. The little one was con
stant sufferer until relieved of it
pain by the merciful Father calling i
back to the home from whence i
came. Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Heald, of Cresco, at th
German NJ. E. church, and the re
,, mains were laid to rest in the GENE
terry adjoining. .-Ridgepay Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
Prof. and Mrs. Duffell, Oct. 4.
DR.. ogg, Dentist will be at Granger

Prof. and Mrs. Duffell, Oct. 4.
DR.. Ogg, Dentist will be at Granger
Hotel, Oct. 1-2.
Big reduction on all shoes at w. 3.
Aliens shoe store.
Peter Orvold was down from Le-
Roy one day last week.
BALED HAY:-Upland wild hay fine
and nice at N. Graf s. Co.'S. 3tf.
Little Esther Hayes was quite sick
the latter part of last week.
Mrs. I. J. Booth returned Friday
last from her Minnesota visit.
Miss Bea johnson. went to Postville
yesterday to visit a schoolmate.
100 beautiful designs in new fall
shirts. The Owens Clothing Go.
Frank Sweeney and wife, of Chicago,
are guests at the Freehauf home.
For SALE-Nine calves, Ssteers and
one heifer. JOHN McDoNoUGH.
". T. DAILY, Physician and Surgeon.
Office over DR.. Connolly 8 drug store.
/ have a cheap driving horse for sale,
gentle and kind M. p. LYDoN.
Get our reliable shoes before buying
elsewhere.-W. f. Aliens shoe store.
All shoes at less than cost the next
thirty days at w. F. Aliens shoe
store.
Miss Bertha Merrill, of Nor thfield,
Minn., is the guest of Miss Abbie
Converse.
James Kearns was over from Rice.
vile last Saturday, on land hunting
expedition.
Investigate the merits of Gokeys
New York shoes for men. The Owens
Clothing Co.
We are showing the largest line Of
new sweaters in town. The Owens
Clothing Co.
Tuesday, Oct end, until noon Fri.
day, Oct. 5th, are DR.. Flsk's nex1
dates at Cresco.
Save money by buying your shoes
at our Summer Clearing Sale.-W. f
Allen 8 shoe store.
A sple ndid assortmento new under
wear direct from the mills. The
Owens Clothing Co.
For RENT.-A five room cottage op
posite Primary school. Enquire Of
Mrs. Daskam, Cresco.
Mrs. + B. Rowland and Mrs. S. A.
Miller and her little son Neil, of Lime
Springs was visiting among Cresct
relatives few days last week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
Saratoga Caucus.

The Democrats of Saratoga town
ship will meet in Caucus in Wood
mems Hall Oct. l, at 1880 p. m., to
elect delegates to the county conven-
tion and to put in nomination town
ship ticket
BY order of Committee.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
For Sale or Rent,

24o acre farm in Chester township,
Howard county. For terms address
JOHN A. CRAY, Lime Springs, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
AT
J.B. CaWard & Co.'s

~ " yum VI U W OU1 v
Large size Cotton Blankets at Q0o]
per pair WV
Nice Lace Curtains at, per 4 OK
pair sAo
Children's Fall Jackets at + M
200, 1.75, 1.50 and A.OO
Ladies' Fine Black Under 4 M
skirts at @sSS
Children's Extra Heavy 1no
Brown Hose, per pair NV
Ladies' Black Brocaded q E0
Brilliantine Dress Skirts AsOO
Ladies' Flannel Shirt Waists 4 M
Infants Il. Soft Sole Shoes, s5c, loo
25c aud AOS
A Large Canvas Covered g E0
Trunk for osOO
A Ladies' Calico Wrapper, choice ma
terial, nice style, we'll made 1Eo
"a very desirable garment Wv
Beautiful Black and Colored 4 M
Underskirts, $50, 2, 150 AsOO
II M Jor Infants Angora Hoods
A'NO "a bargain.
x En for Ladies' Fine Seal Plush
OsOO Cape, extra long.
On yard for remnants nice Tennis
IOS Flannel.
lHEo for Ladies' Tennis Flannel
SOO Nightgowns.
I25c-4Oc for for Ladies a!l ns, New
GO pair for Mems Custom Made
W. Kip Boots, just the thing for
rough weather.
I1Oo yard for Wide Fancy Ribbons
lAON suitable for neck and sash
Il You get the best Mems 90 Fancy
Shirt that is made, 2 col E0n
i lars and cuffs for wv
l&1 per yard for Good Black Faille
i ~ or GrOs Grained Silk.
Ladies' Knit Shawls, LOO, tE0o
il Toe and wv
IL E0 for Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes
i lowest Prices on Carpets and
1Ea pair for odds and ends Of KiG
. SOS Gloves, regular 1 90 and 1.2i
70o each for Remnants of Lace
Nv from 2 to yards long.
o'''s'si s;, Kinds. 19c to So
/ Mems Work Shoes, per pair ST
Boys Work Shoes, per pair Q0r
Mems Custom Made and Warranted
Fine Vici Kid Shoes, new and &C
: desirable styles, per pair, VS.
0c-o SOC to 75c on Ladies' Mic
00VO Style Kid shoes usuall
sold at 2.25 to 800. 25c to soc pal
saved on Children's Shoes.
COX buys the Best Sewing Ma
@6O chine Made.
r sILvERWARE PREMIUM TICKET
+ with every purchase for the askin
4 r r Ga.wa.rd r. Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25

To prevent consumption quickly
cure throat and lung troubles with
One Minute Cough Cure.-J. II, Luers
Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25

Great efforts are made to self alum baking
powders under the plea that they are SO many
cents pound cheaper than Royal The admis-
sion that they are cheaper made is an admis-
sion that they are inferior. But alum pow:
ders contain corrosive poison and should
not be used in food, no matter how cheap.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
For Sale or Trade.

A full blood Poland China boar, a
superior animal. Call on farm one
mile south of Cresco, for terms.
AVA @. HANSON.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
House for Rent.

The A. L. Upton house. For terms
apply to Mrs. A. L. Upton, Cresco, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
For Sale.

Forty acres of land miles east Of
Elma. For price and terms apply to
John Machovec & Bros, Lime Springs,
Iowa. 103t4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
IS a PERFECT WONDER OF vALus

We are leaders in this line and show you the
Pest Selected Cleanest Manufactured line of CLOTHING
that can be the eastern market Our Garments
are Nicely Tailored with Good Trimmings and the Fit IS
Unouestoned Don't fail line before you buy
No trouble to show goods.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
The Absolutely Pure
BAKING POWDER

is the baking powder of general
use, its sale exceeding that of all
other baking powders combined. {
Royal Baking Powder has not
its counterpart at home or abroad.
Its qualities, which make the bread
more healthful and the cake of finer
appearance and flavor, are peculiar
to itself and are not constituent
in other leavening agents.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25
Democratic Rally!

at the opera house, Cresco, on
Tuesday evening, Oct. 2, at
7:30 p. IN. Good speaking and
campaign songs. At the close
of the meeting a Bryan club
will be organized. Watch for
further announcements.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25

The New Oregon cemetery associa-
tion will hold the next regular meet
ting at the home of Lizzie Morse, We'd
nesday, Oct. 3rd.
Come one, come all and get Rock
bottom prices on Flour, Feed and
Seeds. We also exchange flour for
wheat and satisfaction guaranteed.
Warehouse No. ia; Phone 81, Market
street, Cresco La. N, GRAF s. Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-25

Our selection is large enough to
suit every pocket book, man and
boy in the county.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
KILLED THEIR JAILER.
Two Inmates of Missouri Bastilc
Murder Its Custodian and Escape.

West Plains, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-County
Jaler Alfred Henry, while feeding the
prisoners in the Howell county Jail
Yesterday, was overpowered and kill
ed by two prisoners, Ben Richardson
and Ed Grady. Richardson was un-
der sentence to the penitentiary for
burglary and is an escaped convict
from the Tennessee penitentiary.
Henry had gone to the Jail 10 feed
the prisoners and, not returning home
at the accustomed time, his wife be-
came anxious and sent a neighbor in
search of him. His body was found in
Il pool of blood on the Jail floor. The
prisoners had escaped and locked TIL"
door after them. 4 posse was organ
lied and is securing the woods. 4 re-
ward of 81 900 is offered for their cap
ture \ report by telephone announc-
ed the! appearances two miles south
of here. headed for Arkansas. Intense
excitement prevails and talk of lynch
ing is freely indulged in.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
THE CABLE BROKE.
Two Wen Killed and Three Badly IN
jured by an Elevator Accident.

New York, Jan. 19.--Two men We're
killed and three possibly fatally in
iured in the falling of an elevator yes
terday in the storage warehouse of
O'Reilly Bros. At the time of the ac-
cident the elevator was at the ninth
floor of the building and had just been
loaded with five wheelbarrows filled
with frebrick. There were five men
on the elevator. Just as the elevator
started downward one of the cables
broke, letting the elevator loose, and
it went down to the basement with
frightful rapidity. The total distance
of the fall is $40 feet. The elevator
was crushed to splinters. On the way
down it tore out the brick partitions
and did so much damage that the iron
counterba lance weights were loosened,
allowing them to fall on top of the ell
evator. The weights killed the men
in the elevator. The dead men were
crushed in a frightful manner.
The injured men bore no marks on
their bodies. nor were any of their
bones broken. They were all uncon-
scious, however. and were removed to
a hospital. They are in precarious
condition. The superintendent of the
building. Thomas Berry, was arrested.
lie claimed that the elevator was reg
ularly inspected by licensed inspectors
and that no warning was given of the
parting Of the cable.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
REFORM is NEEDED.
Public Schools of Washington Are
Far Behind the Times.
As Congress Makes the Laws for the
District of Columbia All Citi-
zens Are Interested I'm
This Matter.
Jspecial Washington Letter.l

You have often been told of the
splendid educational advantages which
are afforded to young men and young
women in this national capital, but
there is another story to be told on
that subject.
Higher education is desirable only
for those who aspire to high places in
public affairs and in social life. Com
mon school education is desirable for
the masses. Every child should have a
common school education, and it were
better far that every child should learn
to read and write and cipher than that
a chosen few should have collegiate and
university advantages.
The common schools of this city are
not worthy of the national capital, be-
cause they are not conducted on COM
mon sense principles. Consequently
the children receive educations which
are impractical, because they do not fit
the boys and girls for practical contact
with the world.
In the first place, surprising as it may
seem, grammar is not taught in our
common schools, nor in our high
schools. One of the young lady gradu-
ates of the high school, near relative
of the narrator, this evening said:
al am now going to college and am
studying Latin and Greek. 1t is abso-
lutely necessary to study grammar in
order to learn the first principles of
those languages, and hence | am study
ing grammar. I never studied gram
mar while | was in the public schools
here, nor in the high school. What |
know of English grammar was learned
by absorption, by the lessons learned
at home, when my speech was correct
ed by my father and mother. So far
as the public schools are concerned,
might have been graduated in complete
ignorance of the correct methods of
speaking or writing my mother tongue.
Moreover" she continued, they did
not teach spelling in the public schools,
and very few of the high school gradu-
ates know how to spell correctly. In
Latin and Greek / find that it is abso
lutely necessary to know how to spell
every word, in order to be able to use
the dictionary intelligcntly, when at
tempting to translate sentences and
paragraphs into English. Hence | am
beginning, although a high school
graduate, to turn my attention to the
correct spelling of the English Ian
guage. OF course, l am not poor spell
er, but l am not a good speller because
spelling was never taught me in the
public schools"
This statement is so surprising that
1t would not be deemed worthy of quo
1ation or belief, but for the fact that
the writer has personal knowledge OF
its truthfulness. High school gradu-
ates have attempted to write short
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
RAILROADERS GET MORE PAY
The IL. & q. and Pittsburg 81 Lake Erie
Roads Advance the Wages of Em-


pittSburg. Jan. 1S.-Firemen and
possibly conductors and engineers all
over the Baltimore d Ohio railroad
system proper are to be the subjects
OF a substantial wage advance dating
from January /. The advance will be
close to 10 per cent. 1t will vary, il
is understood, on different parts of
the system so as to equaliZe the scale,
and for the most part the advance will
be about S per cent. 1t goes to all
firemen, however, the men of the
yards and the men of the road
The Pittsbur@ q Lake Erie manage
ment sent out notices yesterday to the
various division headquarters an
nouncing what will be a sharp ad-
vance to all its yardmen. This is also
in the nature of a readjustment of
wages, the plan being to advance as
near to common standard the men
of all the yards. In general the adj
vance averages about 10 per cent. All
yardmen, including conductors, engi
neers. tiremen and switchmen of the
yards. will be paid the advanced scale
from January l.
1t is understood that the new scale
will fix the wages for the men of the
local yards of the Pittsburg q Lake
Erie as follows: Day conductors %
cents an hour; night conductors 2G
cents an hour; day brakemen or
switchmen 10 cents an hour; night
brakemen or switchmen 20 cents an
hour: engineers % cents an hour.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25

scholastic excellence by their own ex-
ertions, and it is equally all right for
the sons of wealthy men to be carried
through the schools and colleges. But
the sons of rich men seldom amount tc
much, and the Clays, Lincolns and Gar
fields are but few and far between. The
common schools and high schools
should be conducted for the purpose of
giving practical education to the mil
lions who will soon be men and wom-
en-, bearing upon their shoulders, minds
and hearts the burdens of the repub-
lie, and they should be well grounded
in the first principles of education.
In all of the grades of our public
schools the teachers are required, will
ingly or otherwise, to make excursions
into the hills and woods surrounding
this city, taking the children with them
with the alleged purpose of studying
botany and geology. The days thus
spent are picnic days, and they come
quite often. The children are obliged
to pay their own car fare, no matter
how poor their parents may be. This
is as unfair as it is unwise. The chill
dren do not need botany or geology, nor
will they ever have need of knowledge
of those branches in after life. But all
of them will have need of knowledge of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
EIGHTY YEARS OLD.
Miss Susan B Anthony Has Reached
the Four Score Mark.
suffragists VIII Observe February
Is, 1900, as n Day on which to Pay
Tribute to Theik kDistinguished
Leaders Work.

The National American Woman Suf-
frage association will celebrate the
efghtieth birthday of their great lead
er. Susan Il. Anthony. in a manner
beftting her grand work for human
iry. A committee appointed for this
purpose is making preparations for a
public meeting in honor of The event.
which will take place on February Is,
in Lafayette opera house, Washington,
d. c.
In the evening of the same day there
will be card reception for Miss An
thony, at which she will receive with
members of the birthday committee.
The occasion will be one of interest in
many ways. Those having the ar
rangements in charge are:
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, chair
man; Rachel Foster Avery, secretary;
Harriet Taylor Upton, Ohio; May
Wright Sewall, Indiana; Mary b. Clay,
Kentucky; Emily NJ. Gross, Illinois;
Mrs. Senator burrows, Michigan; Mrs.
Senator Warren. Wyoming; Lucy F..
Anthony, Pennsylvania, and Harriet
Stanton Blatch, of England.
Prominent women representing all
phases of woman's work and expert
ence will present to Miss Anthony
their greetings, and express their
sense of recognition of what her Ia
bors have meant to their respective
efforts. There is not a woman to-day,
no matter what her position, who has
touched any of the really vital issues
of life, who has not been helped to
some degree by the efforts of Miss An
thony and her compeers.
This celebration will follow the close
of the National Woman Suffrage con-
vention, which will be in session In
Washington from February s-15.
When Miss Anthony began her work
woman was a chattel in the eye of the
law; shut out from all advantages OF
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25

hand and transcribe their notes on the
typewriter, and have demonstrated
their utter inability to do even that
kind of work. because they do not know
how to spell.
For example, graduates of the Wash
ington high schools acting as stenog-
Faphers for years for your cOrrespon-
dent have written out the word 'al-
right" suppOsing that the words ''a!l
right" so commonly used, constitute
out one word spelled as above. Scores
Of them use the word ''anythink" for
anything. Hundreds of them say: Il
taken" or "he taken" for Il took" or
''he took
The young men and young women
who sseak and spell in that manner are
gr rlduares of the Washington high
schools. There is not a common school
in the Ohio, Mississippi or Missouri val
teys, or in the lake region, where the
first principles of practical education
aru so neglected. There is probably
no: teacher on the prairies who would
not be ashamed to graduate pupils i'll
such ignorance of spelling and gram
mar.
Elocution is something of which the
pupils in our schools know nothing
The teachers are graduates of our high
schools. They were never taught spell
ing, grammar or elocution, and hence
they cannot teach what they do not
know. Therefore it is that our boys
and girls do not know how o read well.
If asked 20 read a column or a para
graph from newspaper they stammer
and stumble over it like children in the
infant classes.
Instead OF teaching arithmetic as it
shOlld be taught. the children are given
lessons which they may learn or not
according to their home influences
and when they have been graduated
they are unfit for any business requir-
ing computation. Hundreds of them
do not know the multiplication tables
and yet they have diplomas setting
forth that they have completed theil
educations.
1t is all right for such young men as
Henry Clay Abraham Lincoln or James
4. Garfield TO carve out educations for
themselves ana attain the highest