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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
COULDN'T GET AWAY.
Efforts of Sioux City Ex-Alderman
to Desert His Wife Are Frus-
trated by the Woman.


Charles Moore, ex-alderman of Sioux
City and a well-to-do hardware mer-
chant, has been heard from after an
absence and silence of year. He has
been discovered by his wife, who, as a
matter of fact, was the one he was
most DESTROYS of getting away from.
Twenty years ago Charles Moore was
married to woman who was ten years
his senior. They have never lived hap
PLY together, and finally, after polit-
zeal and financial troubles, Moore
skipped out from Sioux City, telling no
one of his destination. He has turned
up at Waterville. WASH. where he has
been living with a brother-in-law. In
some unknown way Mrs. Moore learned
of his whereabouts and went straight
out after him. To his amazement he
met her on the streets of the town one
day, and she insisted on going to his
home with him. He refused to take her
and 81 scene ensued. AS result, he
called upon the sheriff for assistance,
and Mrs. Moore was given the alterna
tive of going to hotel or to Jail. She
chose the latter Moore will try to get
a divorce. although Mrs. Moore prom
ises to remain in Washington to fight
it out.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Easter Egg Rolling
A Washington Pastime

MN F ALL American cities Washington,
(V the nations capital, is the only one
w which has distinctive Easter cele-
bration. How and where the Easter Monday
egg-rolling originated, no one now living in
Washington can tell; but that the beautiful
slopes of the white house grounds, where the
annual event occurs, give it inviting encour-
agement no one seems willing to dispute.
With every year the crowd of youngsters
engaged in the harmless sport has increased,
and the egg-rolling has finally grown to the
Importance of festival. The public schools
are closed on Easter Monday, and thousands
of children swarm about the enchanting
white house grounds. These are prettily d.
versifed with little hills and intermediate
valleys, and on the knoll above the steepest
of these grassy slopes the children gather.
Baskets and boxes are quickly emptied, and
the sport of rolling the colored eggs begins.
1t has no apparent object, unless it is to test
the strength of the egg shell and see how
many times it will go humping over rough
places without breaking. Some of the little
tots try to roll their eggs against others to
see which will break; others run after their
eggs as they roll down, to catch them before
they reach the bottom, so that they may not
break. But they are not long lived. Even
the hard-boiled egg has its limit of endur-
ance. Before long the first corners have seen
the best of their colored treasures broken
and scattered over the grass. But the new
corners constantly bring fresh supply, and
keep things rolling"
a view of this pleasing scene leaves a
never-to- be-forgotten impression on the
adult observers mind. In every direction
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
IOWA STATE NEWS.
LAKE NOW A MEADOW.
Beautiful Body of Water Southwest
of Belm8hd Drained Dry by
Iowa Farmers,

Ten years ago Wall lake, situated
live miles west of Belmond, was one of
the prettiest lakes in Iowa. Only two
miles in length by one in width, it was
nearly surrounded by stone wall,
varying in height from ten to twenty
feet, and supposed to have been built
by prehistoric race. The lakes aver
age depth was IL feet, and it contained
an abundant supply of game fish. Be
ing free from rushes and having a
sandy bottom it was a famous pleasure
resort. Nor was that all.
The little body of water had its SEN
sational features, in the way of sea
serpents and ghosts. One of the SER
pents, measuring II feet and six inches
in length, was captured and is now in
the possession of Walter Elder at
Clarion. In those days sailboats and
rowboats sped to and fro over it's
CLASSY surface, and the hunter and fish
erman were in yeritable paradise.
But the lake has vanished. and the
boats and fish have succumbed to the
inevitable. Farmers have drained the
lake and converted it into rolling
meadow, torn down portions of the
stone waEl, and erased the monument
left by once powerful race. Wall
Lake is supposed to have been the cap
ital of race of mound builders, and
later possession of the Indians. Evil
dence has been produced to substan-
state this theory. Situated near, but
much higher than the Iowa river, and
commanding a view of the surrounding
country, it was an ideal location.
Many weapons of warfare and uten-
sils for domestic use have been I'M
earthed. Several Indian canoes and
bushels of Indian arrow heads have
been found. At the lakes outlet there
are several large mounds which have
yielded human skeletons whose stature
is similar to that of our race. Further
search will be made this season.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
AN ARMY POST.
Congress Passes Bill to Establish
One in Des Moines to the De-
light of the citizens.

The bill to establish United States
army post in Des Moines has been
passed by congress. DR.. Lewis School
er, chairman of the committee of Des
Moines citizens who have in charge the
matter of securing a location for the
post and pushing the project generally,
says:
I'VE delighted with the success of the
bill in congress. Now that the post is as
sured, the thing for our committee to do
is to find a place for it. We will go about
it at once. The only requirement of the
bill is that Des Moines shall furnish the
ground Four hundred acres are needed,
with ground that is level enough for a
parade and drill ground, and good drain
age. The government makes no further
demands; nothing about the location. 1t
may be on railroad or not. OF course
any piece of ground within Is miles of Des
Moines must be reasonably near some rail-
road. The post will be within that distance
day., and Will re one OF the greatest pleas
ure resorts in or aholtr Dcs Efones. 1t will
be fitted 40 more e lb orate.N than any of
| our parks are now. ana viii be worth going
to sec The post means Si,5O0,000 invest
| ment here ard the addition of town OF
| 1,e00 people to Dcs Moines. il Will distril-
| ute $l.UO0000 here every wear The com.
| mittec has n;iinbcr % locations in view.
| but ii is not certain hat we VIII accept any
| of these
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
ce

brated in Easter the advent of spring, which
to them was, as matter of course, time for
popular rejoicing after the hardships and
terrors of long and rigorous winter. Our
Saxon ancestors glorifed the day as the fore
runner of summer with its fat crops, its out
door life and its opportunities for COM
munion with nature.
The bold and intrepid missionaries who
christianized the heather nations of the
north deemed it wise to adapt old and treas
ured beliefs and ceremonials to the nobler
religion, and thus Easter was put to new
and better uses. Scriptural brightness was
made to succeed darkness, sorrow was sup
plantediby joy.
Easter has always been a gentle festival
and has ever had a softening effect on man
kind 1t is day of good fellowship and of
kindly feelings which unite all men into one
brotherhood.
To the Christian the day comes as CLEAN
of sunshine comes to nature after dreary
days of darkness and storm, because the
resurrection is the great proof of the divin-
ity of Christ; and the open tomb must for
all time be the evidence of the truth which
the Saviour preached to men that man is
saved through the sacrifice of God made
man.
TdtHer InOInaS y. C0Daty, rector OF the
Catholic university at Washington, in SER
mon on Easter declared it to be "the feast
of hope which tells man that death has not
conquered us, that beyond the grave there
is life, and from death there is resurrection.
1t tells that Christ is the source of our faith,
the source of our hope, and by Him we live
as in Him we believe, whom also we must
loxe. AS the grain planted in the tomb of
the earth terminates and bursts forth into
the glory of the harvest field, so human ma
ture inclosed in the tomb of death will ger
inmate and burst forth immortal in the
fields of the eternal husbandman.
winter covers the earth with its mantle
Of sorrow and nature seems in death, but the
bright sun of the spring morning sees the
stone rolled away and nature bursts forth
into life. The fields are clad in verdure, the
trees bud forth and fragrance comes to the
flowers, and all men hear the voices saying:
If God 80 clothe the grass of the field, which
to-day is, and tomorrow is cast into the
oven, shall He not much more clothe you,
Dye of little faith
And SO Easter brings to us the pleasant
hope of resurrection, to believe in Christ, to
hope in Christ, to love in Christ, to possess
Christ.
Easter brings us the risen Saviour, our
hope, our joy. We must live with Christ in
the grace of His redemption, if we would
rise with Christ in the joy of His resurrec-
tion ("
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
A.AA-.A...1a-,I~
Tourist Sleeping Car Service To
Texas, Old Mexico and California

Texas, Old Mexico and California
via Chicago Great Western Ry to
Kansas City and Missouri, Kansas s.
Texas, San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
and Southern Pacific Railways through
Dallas, San Antonio, Ell Paso, and
Los Angeles to San Francisco. Only
through car line from the Northwest
to Texas points and connecting at
Spofford junction for all points in
Old Mexico. These cars are in charge
of an experienced official and leave New
Hampton every Saturday at 5:l3 a. m.
reaching Dallas the following Sunday,
San Antonio on Monday, ri Paso on
Tuesday, Los Angeles atnoon Wednes-
day and San Francisco early Thursday
These are Pullman Tourist
Cars similar to those run on all trans
lines and the charges for
berths are about half those regularly
charged. TO persons who have made
the trip to California via other routes,
this Southern route will prove a most
delightful change, and to persons CON
a trip to Texas Or Mexican
points, ii furnishes facilities hereto
fore unoffered. Full information
furnished by any Chicago Great West
arn Agent, or f. H. Lord, G. p. s.
/. A., lib Adams ST., Chicago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

the eye is caught by the tender spring
bushes of poisoning nature, cleaning here
and there from banks of hyacinths, daffodils
tulips and bewildering variety of other
dubious treasures, and again from the bud
laden boughs of trees and shrubs. And over
the thick green grass romps and plays mot
ley picture of young America. Tiny tots
crow from the baby carriages that dot the
lawns and walks; little toddlers bend down
in eager waiting for the brilliant-hued egg
that mamma or nurse rolls toward them;
bigger boys and girls dash in and out in Wig
orous sport, chasing one another joyously,
and still bigger boys and girls saunter along
and seek vantage places whence they can
view the throngs and feel the fancy peculiar
to spring steal over them.
By noon the crowd usually is already
large; at ere clock it is little less than ire
men dous, and still new arrivals in long, un-
broken lines make their way through every
entrance to the executive mansion reserva-
ton. At two o'clock picturesque multi
tude is gathered together. At 2:3O cheer
goes up, for then the United States Marine
band takes its place in the music stand, and
when the leader raises his baton every pulse
brings forth. Truly, Easter Monday is
SioiiOuo Ae1y 1Oi eAS WY o uAlN Slllo VI w uS11-
ington, and If limbs are weary and fatigued
when the crowds turn homeward at sun
down, hearts still throb with pleasure and
memory stores away another treasure to
gladden. coming years.
The egg-rolling always affords pleasure to
the occupants Of the white house, and it Is
said that President Cleveland took an active
interest in the sport, even before Baby Ruth
was old enough to share in its enhancing
runs President Grant, also, gave unlimited
liberties to the children, and President Nc
Kinley is reported to be an interested OBJ
server of the doings of his little guests.
The fact of the matter is that any presi-
dent who should seek to abridge the privi-
leges of Washington childhood on Easter
Monday would find himself abhorred by the
coming citizens of the republic; and, no mat
ter what his merits as q chief executive, he
would never hold high place in the hearts
of the joyous and patriotic youngsters of the
capital CITY,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
CIlnrcll,,,cn Meet

The Iowa conference CT the United
l;rethren church met in Cedar Rapids
in fifiy-siNth ANIMAL session and the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, j. NJ. Rudy. Cedar Rapids; vice
president, f. l. Platt, Central City: sec
rotary and treasurer, J. L. Nichols,
Vinton; secretary Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor, Mrs. Sherman Hill,
Hampton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

In Mexico Easter is an agreeable era from
which people like TO date. $50 many years
last Easter" "Three casters ago" are the
common expressions everywhere. The eel.
ebration begins on Easter eve. The Plaza
Mayor is crowded with booths displaying
every conceivable holiday ware. Talcw can
dies with shades of white paper burn on
every booth. Boys GO winding through the
crowd selling little cakes like sepulchres.
crosses and crowns of thorns. The wild gay
ETY. is intense.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Free Library.

Davenport will soon have free
public library, the gift of Andrew
Carnegie. Mr.. Carnegie has offered
the city $4,000 building if 1T will
provide a site and $4,000 year for it's
maintenance. The city council has
decided to submit to the voters at the
municipal election April the ques-
ton of purchasing the site.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
A Wonan,s Weariness.

Women's sensitiveness makes them
subject to more ntense WEAKNESS than
men. The melancholy, depression and
exhaustion they suffer is due to slug
the system with impurities, poisons
the blood and skaters their nerves.
Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron will
cleanse the system, revitalize the
nerves and and give strength and en-
ergy. Sold only by J..H. Luers Drug Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
An Iowa singer.

The London Musical Courier contains
delightful notices of an american So
prano, an Iowa girl. now singing in
concerts in many of the larger towns
nF England. The singer is Miss Blanche
Ruby, of Winterset. At birmingham
she was the most successful of all who
sang there, at Manchester she was the
success Of the evening. and at Liverpool
she attracted especial attention.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Almost Blind,

Ny little four year old girls eyes
were SO weak from birth, that She
could not stand any light at all. Was
treated by several physicians without
benefit. My neighbors induced me to
buy Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron
from Mr.. O. Daugherty, Banock, Ky.
Three BOTTLES not only restored her
sight, but made her strongcra and heal
thier than she ever was in her life.
DAVID KISSING.
Sold only by ]. II. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

Positively cures piles Beggs German
Salve; has been curing them for 20 years
II suffered agony with bleeding piles;
physicians said that nothing bnt an
operation would relieve me, but Beggs'
German Salve cured me-" w. NJ. Met
calf. Plattsmoutll, Neb. Tomas & Son.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
His Econon,x.

Mrs. Murkle-John, you know promised
to get along without tailor-made suit if
you would get me seslskin coat last fall.
Mr.. Murkle-Yes, dear, and it was a
beauty that got, wasntit?
Mrs. Murkle-It was, indeed, love- Dear
me! shall have to get terribly swell
Easter outfit TO keep folks from thinking we
are slipping backward in money matters
Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900

Words worthy to be cut in imperish-
able granite and planted along the
wayside of every public highway in
America. "Money is made to be the ser
cant of na,a-and protest against all
cories that e,sthrone money and deJases
mankind. = Wilziam J. Bryan.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Try Aliens Eoot.Ease.

- ooo-f1t1sC'
A powder to be shaken into The shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and
hot, and get tired easily. If you have smart
ing feet or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
1t cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures
swollen and sweating feet, b,isters and callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it TO-DAY.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for CSC
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olms-
tead lie Roy N V COW a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

Purities the blood-cure diseases: keep
the blood pure prevent disease, these
two laws of health constitute the mis-
sion of Beggs' Blood Purifier, the great
Spring Medicine. ''best blood medicine
on the market, y says Mrs. James Nc
Bride, Apalachicola, Fla. Lomas s. Son
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
YOuETRy

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price
OF % cts, so cts, and S1.00, does not
cure take the bottle back and we will
refund your money. Sold for over fifty
years on this guarantee. Price 25 cts.
and so cts. j. Ell. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
rry Grain-o. TRY era no,

Iry Ufa1h-U! Try Gra n-O!
Ask yom Grocer to show you a package of
GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the
place of coffee. The children may drink it with
out injury as well as the adult. All who try it
ike it. GRAIN-O has the rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from puie grains
and most delicate stomach receives it without
distress. the price ofcoffee. 15c and rs cts
pa ege. Sold by all grocers. WI
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
WORTHY of Trust.

II don't see why you feel disposed to trust
that man for SO large an amount. lie has no
standing in either Bradsireet's or Dun's."
That may be, but | happen to know that
his wife has decided tc get along without IA
new Easter hat this year, so he must have
ney."-Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
The Test of Approval.

She has got her Easter hat
And there's much delight in that;
But to her complete enjoyment twill confer
When she sees just how it strikes
The enamored man she likes,
And the woman that she hates and who
hates her.
Brooklyn Life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

"a severe col settled on my l,ngs
ard | though was going to die OF
consumptiol,: I'eggs' Cherry Cough
Syrup completely cared me. III. H..
Lawton, Boise City, Idaho. Has been
curing throat and lung troubles for 20
years;-an old family remedy. Lomas
& Sor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is prcventablt? Science
is q icid,l. The worst cold or cough
can be cured with shi!oh'a Cough and
Consumption Cure. Sold on positive
guarantee foT over fifty vea-S.
j. III. Liicls Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Personally Conducted Tours to California
in Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars

PERSONALLY Conducted Tours to California.
inPuliman Tourist Sleeping Cars
Via Chicago Great Wester railway to
Kansas City and Santa Fe route to Los
Angeles and Southern California. Only
line having new Pullman touristsleep-
ers equipped with wide vestibules.
steam helt aud gas light One of these
new new sleercrs leaves New Hampton
at l2:3o +. n. every Monday, via Chicago
Great Hestc,i, for Califorlia, via Kan
,as City, and reaches Les Angeles the
following Friday morning. These IT, re
are personally conducted by up' .f,e srs
need official, who aceoupe lbs INC
train To its dystinati,n. ;ie cas- arc
well equipped for q Tor !; ipuricy and
Ire Iesi as co ,li, as Tie standard
'iceEeis, Wnile tr' price for double
I'LL ...li 90, only arout one-half. Hull in
"T,nat ion furnished by any CHICAGO
!. reg "a y Weatern Agent, or II. Ii. Lord,
y. /. Y e. a.. 1l3, Adams St. Chicago
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
\ Ecnther nrain

He ticklet his wife with feather:
But she laughed with pleasure ut tina E
For it was an ostrich feather
To wear Ger her Easter hat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
EARLY Chris,;nu,, batter

Easter as at first Observed by the early
Christians was thanksgiving lasting eight
days. This was al first reduced to three
days, afterward TO two, and finally to the
single day, Easter Sunday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
Old Easter Customs
Many Of Them Still in Vogue

NM ANY curious Easter customs and
NW\\ superstitions have come down to
u Y A us from the old Saxon celebration
Of the day. One is that tie sun dances in the
sky on Easter morning, and in Deyonshire,
England, young girls still get up early to see
the planet skip about. Ii an east wind is
blowing on Easter morning it is custom in
some parts Of Germany to draw water and
wash in it, thus avoiding all danger from
the east wind during the coming year. In
the county of Sussex, England, the peasants
believe that if the sun shines CD Easter day
it will shine, if only little, every day in the
year; if it rain, every day will see rain, if
only few drops In Continental Europe
The peasants formerly celebrated the day by
putting robes on one of their number, crown,
ing him with tin crown and saluting him as
king.
In Russia the feast is celebrated on Easter
eve. All night long the streets are brilliant
ly lighted and crowded with people in new
clothes. AT midnight mass is said in all the
Greek churches. Russians call Easter
s.The Opener of the Gates of Paradise"
InGreece men and women greet each other
with a kiss, exchanging red eggs and the
customary Easter greetings.
In Rome, naturally, the celebration of
Easter is most splendid. Formerly the pope
himself said mass in st. Peters. The day
was ushered in by the firing of cannon. st.
Peters was brilliantly lighted and SPLEEN
didly decorated, and the Papal guards, in
full uniform, formed a double line from the
altar to the shrine of the apostles. AT nigh.
st. Peters was lit by hundreds of thousands
of tiny oil lamps. Later they were eXtin.
guished and as many basins of golden fire
were lit at the same time. The ceremon /,
have lost some of their splendor in recent
years, but are still magnificent.
A Phenomenon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13

To Cure La Grippe in "a Hours
No remedy equals WARMERS WHITE
WINE OF TAR SYRUP for this terrible
and fatal disease. If taken thorough
ly and in time, it will cure case in
"a hours, and for the cough that
follows La Grippe it never fails to
give relief. Price 25c and 5Oc.-J. H.
Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-13
The Meaning of Easter
A Christian Feast of Hope


ASTER, at once the
most joyous and i'm
pressiye of Christian
I e s t ivals, gets its
name from Osterr, a
heather go d q e s 5,
deity of spring and
of flowers. The an
eient Teutons and
C,onJipo1,;opc oa1a