Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-02-16
Albion and Bristol.


Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jones of Bristol
recently entertained their nephew,
Johnny Jones of Clay county.
The party at jeff Coles Wednesday
night of last week was great success.
A rattle and oyster supper on Satur-
day evening last was given at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Krueger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris CHS Brel is
taking care of their infant grand
daughter whose mother died recently.
The bad roads furnishes one of the
principle topics to comment on these
days.
Prof. Bateman will lecture every
evening this week in the Amusement
Aall in the Granger school building
and bills are posted announcing the
subjects.
The prize offered for the best lady
waltzer at the grand ball given in
Woodman hall, Feb, 22d, is a hand
some toilet or jewell box, SO the mana
ger Mr.. Jay Kennedy tells us, and will
be well worth competing for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Nash Of Prosper,
came to .see US Wednesday and re-
mained until Saturday on account of
snow blockade.
Mrs. DR.. Haskins of Canton was
called by phone again Saturday morn
ing, notifying her that her mother
Mrs. Adams was worse. She hired a
livery team to bring her and said the
roads were almost impossible in places
r. R. Wlckham received box of
fine oranges that came o. X. without
getting pinched by Jack Frost.
i Mrs. j. T. Drummond passes the
time these cold days quilting quilt
that she pieced years ago when she
and Johnny were first married.
Mr.. Morton of Decorah came Satur.
day to visit his niece, Mrs. ChaS. Serf.
ling, who is very low with consump
tion.
Mr.. Prey, our barber, is nicely set
tied and is having plenty to do, his
furniture is tirst-class, that he il
skilled in his profession we have per
mitted him to demonstrate to us.
John Michel had very sick horse
last Friday and called G. r. Robinson
; to see if by his skill and experience h
could not relieve it.
II. o. Serfing ted, or tool
!. away to feed, another fine bunch O
cattle last week.
Bills announcing three grand ball
}. in as many different localities ar
y posted in our town for Feb. %. Ho'
; many of our readers recalled that MOI
u day of this week was Lincoin's nat;
day.
= The program given by the Blue Jay
,, last Friday night netted $50 in spit
= of the storm, everybody went HON
= we'll pleased and all are loud in thei
. praise of our teachers, Misses Small
= and Isaacs for arranging and maxim
~ the entertainment such a decided SUI
). .e cess.
:, Will Hardy while in Riceyille purcha
- ed quite a number of calves and as I'll
= heavy fall of snow made it imposSib
to drive them he hired teams ar
hauled them home.
Poles are being scattered along tt
d. route for the'newtelephone line in Bri
s. tol, from James Berning's to Grange
I'd ,d Harry Ryan who has been for son
e, time the guset of the Cole family is a
er fiicted with the chicken pox, he
n much better at this writing and hop
=, . to join exodus to Dakota Wednesd;
v. of this week.
a. a. B careful my friend or you may {
H. H. yelop into brilliant tattler." Viii
you may be the wittiest and perha
the prettiest, you lack yards and var
of being the smartest man in our v;
!, ley. If you will but keep a stri
~ watch on the female portion of yo
- :, own household, it is all that socie
- - can reasonably expect of a man
W lavishly endowed with suoh pusilal
-, ~ nous traits of character.
,st The friends of Mrs. G. F. Robins
II will be sorry to hear that she has.be
in quite i'll and confined to her bed TO
ha number of days past.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Fisk, nee E
Thomas will please note that N
Fisk's many friends in this vicin
ne are right in line with their co ngra
he lationS.
E a Fifty guests last Monday event
lev assembled at the home of Asa Fo
,ht parents in Albion to bid him fareW
and God speed as he was to leave
Dakota wednesday. The evening '
De- spent in dancing and social enjoyme
rg A supper consisting of oysters plen
s sss fully served was enjoyed by all loy
ts- bivalyes present. Albion looses one
her most popular young men who