Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-07

WANTED-Everyone having watches
and jewelry to repair, to bring them to
us. Does your head ache?-Are your.
eyes weak and need glasses? DR.. Taylor
who is in our employ will test them
free of CHARGE. Ell. Luers Drug Co.
Editor Haislet, of the Ridge,cay
Record, was in Cresco between trains
Tuesday, which meant from one to
6 p. M, the afternoon train having
been delayed four hours in consequence
of the wreck Of the meat train near
Adams.
The capacity Of the Opera house
was inadequate for the theatre going
people who desired to attend. Frank
E. Long always has troupe that
draws the multitude. He has been
playing to full houses all the week, a
new and popular play. each night.
Philip M. Herold purchased from
Geo. w. Locke one Of his young Aber-
deem Polled Angus bulls at 1925 at
the fair, and sold three younger ones
from his own herd at s85 each at the
fair. The Black Polls were the only
class represented at the fair.
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 "a, Mar
ket street, Cresco, Ia.
N.GRAF s. Co.
T. J. Lomas and wife returned home
from their Wisconsin visit on Tues
day. The train service gave them an
hour in the historic town Of Prairie
du Chen, another in the classic town
of North NcGregor, and still another
in the manufacturing town Of Calmar.
The P. F. O'Malley Opening, Tues
day night, was largely attended by an
admiringcrowd. The millinery display
under the supervision of Miss Sims
was exceptionally fine. The windows
land the other handsome decorations
bore evidence of the skillful workman
ship of Miss Woellstein and Mr.. Chas.
O'Malley.
Bring your prescriptions and family
receipts to the ]. Fl. Luers Drug Co.
After you pay the doctor for your pre-
scription you can take it where you
please. We have the largest and most
complete drug stock in Cresco and use
nothing but pure drugs. Prices the
most reasonable in the city. Try this.
ii. II. Luers Drug Co.
| The only medical man who has eyel
originated anything OF value in regard
+ 10 Utrc CszucC, prUI0nu1urr anu Ouic-o.
CANCER, is DIR. Melville @. Keith, O.
Ohio. He uses no knife, plaster OF
poison drugs, but we are willing tt
satisfy any interested party that
cancer can be cured without any cut
ing and will stay cured. s3tf.
4 Prof. j. F.,JoneS, who has had four
years as principal Of the public school
in Harmony, but is now the nominee
of the republican party for the office
; of County Auditor after fair contest
with three other applicants for the
nomination. The PLAIN DEALER
kLows Prof. Jones and believes him
competent aad honest and entitled to
a solid vote from Bristol, his home
town for years.
Frank E. Long and his excelleas
company have been showing to crow:
ed houses all this week, presenting d
first class repertoire which have giser
the best of satisfaction. Mr.. Long az
ways meets with hearty welcome
here and his merits as an actor are
we'll received. He is supported by an
able company, each one being an ar.
tist in his line. Saturday afternoon a
matinee will be given at 2:30; admis.
sion 10 cents. Saturday evening an
Albion bicycle, one of the finest made
will be given to the person holding
the lucky number.
| The Cresco Republican, in speaking
Of the prohibition nominees of the
county concludes its article with this
question:
/ "Why then is not the prohibition
party OF Howard county an annex OF
the democratic party-the only party
in Howard county that ever favored
| free whiskey."
| That we have free whiskey is true,
the bootlegger, the blind pig, the hole.
j in-the-wall as we'll as the pharmacists
being entirely untaxed, the sins of the
| former classes all being attributed to
the pharmacists. Common sense and
truth however attribute this to re-
publican legislation which neither
taxes or prohibits.
/ The editorof the Cresco Times draws
too. largely upon distempered imagi1
nation Of what the PLAIN DEALER
said of Mr.. Lincoln after his assassi.
nation, attributing to it words that it
| did not publish and thoughts it never
entertained. A few grains of truth
would serve its purpose quite as well
as columns of faleshood. On Friday,
April 81, 1865, the PLAIN DEALER