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The age-herald., 1901-08-23

AbAbAdAs SHOWERS FRIDAY AND PROBABLY SATURDAY; LIGHT EAST TO SOUTH WINDS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
MORE CENSUS FIGURES.
Gives Persons OF School Age, Males Of
Militia Age and Those of Vot-
ing Age in Iowa.

The latest bulletins of the census
bureau deals with statistics relating
to the persons of school age, males
of military age, and males of voting
age, in Iowa and all other states in
the union, and those figures relating
to Iowa are the most interesting.
The bulletin shows that Iowa has no
less than 767,370 persons who are of
school age; or, in other words, are
between the ages of and 20 years,
OF this number the native born num-
Der 743,3oS, and of the foreign born
24,554 are white. The boys of school
age number 1890, and of these the
large number of 375,1S2 are native
born. There are 18TH foreign born
white boys in the schools and 1888
negroes. That the state might in an
emergency be able to raise great
army of her own is shown by the fact
that there are 457,S6O males who are
of military age, and of this number
393,201 are native born. The foreign
whites of military age number TO-
40, and there are enough negroes
in the state to form three regiments
OF their own, there being 1873 cit
liens of that color who would be sub
ject to military duty. There are
635,29s men of voting age, 477,273 be-
ing native born, and 1896 being
foreign born whites. Of negroes en-
titled to vote Iowa has 4,441,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

have been gathered, with these and the
wild turkeys and deer there were ample
materials at hand for such royal home
feast as Thanksgiving day always brings.
Here is the way Gov. Bradford showed to
the pilgrims in 1921 what they had to be
thankful for:
They BECAME now to gather in We small
harvest they had and to fitte up their houses
and dwellings against winter, being all we'll
recovered in health and strength, and had
all things in good plenty; for as some were
thus employed in affairs abroad, others were
exercised in fishing about codd and bass
and other fish, of which yey took good store
OF which every family had their portion.
All We same, there was no waste. And now
began to come in store of foule, as winter
approached, of which this place did abound
when they came first (but afterward de.
creased by degrees), and beside water foule
there was great store of wild turkeys, of
which they took many, besides venison,
etc. Beside, they had about peck of meal
Weeke to person, or, now, since harvest,
Indian corn to We proportion"
The quaint narrative may help to recall
to those who sit down at the bountiful
Thanksgiving dinner the simple, heroic
times in which the American festival Of
ThstMHtNnt orlg!nstsd.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
IOWA STATE NEWS.
STATE UNIVERSITY.
for Appropriations and Gives
Some Interesting Statistics.

The twenty-second biennial report
Of the state university has been filed
with Coy. Shaw. Appropriations are
suggested as follows:
Additional one-tenth mill building tax.
Medical building to replace burned struo-
ture, SOC, 900.
Electrical and physical apparatus, $l.000
Library, $1,000 per year.
Law library, 1880 per year.
Medical library, $1,000 per year.
Publications. $1,000 per year.
Additional grounds, $4,000.
Repair and contingent, $500 per yeay.
The regents say they assume that
no more fimsy fire traps are expect
ed to be erected at the university.
The college of law has no lecture
room; there is no armory and no ade-
quate assembly hall; there is no gym
nasium; the museum of natural his
tory, worth $4,000, the libraries, which
are scattered through half dozen
buildings on account of the lack
of room, are subject to loss by fire
because OF inadequate accommoda-
tions. These unfortunate conditions
urge the board to ask for an addi-
tional tenth mill building tax.
The total attendance at the univer-
sity has increased 20 per cent. in two
years, and 80 per cent. in the college
of liberal arts. The present support
income is $125,O0o. A 20 per cent. in
crease would add $4,000. The
courses require 80 per cent. more
time for study to fit for graduation
and for a proportionate increase in
work by the faculties. An addition
to the annual support of $4,000 is
asked.
President MacLean's report shows
On increase of 44o students, to 2,122
students attending the institution.
They come from 30 states in the
union, ten countries in Europe and
one in Asia. Seventy-seven per cent.
were born in Iowa. Nebraska and
Kansas have furnished large NUNS
Der also. Ninety-two per cent. are
residents of Iowa, coming from every
county. The average age is "a years.
The 142 accredited schools have pur-
nished sS5 of the students. Thirty
three have been added to the staff Of
instruction. There are now seven col
leges in the university. There are 10
fellowships worth 1925 and scholar
ships worth $125 annually. Twelve
new departments and two schools
have been added There are now 81
departments and the schools of polit-
zeal and social science and the Iowa
summer school of library training.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

I'M thanksgiving as religious festi.
val was defined by Washington as
- "a day set apart for public acknowl-
.dgment of benefits and mercies received
rom God" The custom for its origin NAV
,e said to be English, the first great national
thanksgiving in England having been pro.
ilaimed in November of the year that saw
The defeat Of the Spanish armada.
Ordinarily, however, this festival of the
iome is rightly considered as having
originated in New England in 1921, or $50
Eears ago, when, after having gathered a
,ountiful crop of Indian corn, the pilgrim
;athers joyfully rendered thanks to Him
Who had been with them in all their out
goings and incomings, for which let His
loly name have the praise" to quote from
! chronicle of the time.
This fact also explains why Thanksgiving,
though coming at the end of November, is
'egarded, and always has been SO, as kind
,f American harvest home. 1t is the harvest
If the golden corn which was the main
eliance of the hardy pioneers of America
ind its ingathering marked the close of the
lear's agricultural labors.
And the season has other advantages and
Inducements for such a festival When the
Fellow maize is garnered, the ruddy apples
~ Ia ths bin and Ahs auas tom M woods
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

I'D like to ask the privilege of bein' mar
ried in your house, Sarah"
ITO be sure. To be sure" was the prompt
rejomder. Anything to see you started
well in life, if it is little late" And thus
the matter was settled
Miss Polly Bascom began at once TO pre-.
pare for the greatest event in her life Mr..
Lawson was man of her own age, a timid
bachelor who thus far had escaped the
pitfalls of love, and who, like Polly, had
come to the conclusion that ere long it
would be too late TO wed.
His courtship had extended over a series
OF months and some said that at the last
moment he would back OUT and leave
Polly still in the matrimonial market.
Thanksgiving morning found Polly ready
for her nuptials. The whole neighborhood
was on the qui vive. And why shouldn't it
be? Polly Bascom and Eph Lawson. Did
you ever?
Il say, Polly, what if Parson Trimbls
had asked you tirst?" queried Mrs. Thorn
son, as she looked at Polly in her wed.
ding gown.
But he didn't. He had more than ona
good chance, Sarah, and you know that
| don't want to miss this one" and Polly
laughed as she surveyed herself in the mir
ror.
The hour of seven came on apace and
the little parlor in the Thomson home had
been arrayed for the occasion. The few
guests who had been invited had come, and
Parson Trimble, accompanied by an itin-
Grant minister OF his own persuasion, was
| likewise on hand. But the bridegroom was
strangely absent
Il knowed he'd back out. These old
bachelors hain't got the spunk of an"
He'll come" said Polly. "Eph said be
would and that settles it."
It'll be sorry Thanksgiving for you
Polly, If he doesn't"
| The hour passed and no Ephraim. The
| guests looked at one another and alvey!
ended by stealing IA glance at Miss Bascom
She was Illustrated as Mrs. Thomson
said If she let this opportunity slip sht
said she would be married on Thanksgiv
ing, when she did marry, and it would b.
| long year before another came round.
Seven-eight o'clock struck.
Polly" said Mrs. Foster, "are you goin
to disappoint us? We've come to see 20,
| married and there's no Eph here. II
| couldn't screw his courage to the stickin
point an"
Polly blushed and looked across tn,
room where the parson sat.
81 didn't think Eph would act that way,
she said. ITS treatin' me rather shabbily
but just wait. I'll show him a thing or two
for no man can triae with the affections o
Polly Bascom."
In another moment the bride-to-be hat
crossed the room and held out her HAND
| to the parson.
81 wantto say that disown Eph Lawson
"a man who hasn't the courage to lead 6
young lady to the altar" she said. II don't
like to disappoint my friends and-to
morrow won't be Thanksgiving. So, Parsor
Trimble, if you can take me for better o,
worse-take me yourself. mean" here
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
MISS BASCOM's WEDDING.
A Thanksgiving Episode Which Faded
Happily for All Concerned.

g Avs w !. ss Ike. Pc. Polly, you don't
II ry Eph Lawson?" and Mrs.
Thomson took her hands from the dough
and looked at the prim figure at the win
dow, for Polly Bascom was trim and q
mite over 49,
"on Thanksgiving day, Sarah. I'd like
to know if l haven't as good right to-"
''To be sure you have; but there's the
parson, who lost his wife last year and
who wants another helpmeet."
And there's the Widow Jones and Miss
Sickle" said Polly. 81 can't help the par
son out this time"
Really, I didn't know it had gone so
far. Why, what have you done towards
the weddin'? This is the twenty third"
And I'm as ready as l ever will be-"
''As ready as you've been for 20 years, |"
and Mrs. Thomson went back to her work.
Suddenly She looked up.
who's goin' to give the bride eway?" she
asked, abruptly.
"We're not goin' to have any such hMa-
lutin' proceedings" pursed the bride-to-be.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
NEW TOWNS CREATED.
Garden City and Sherman, in John.
son County, Start Off with the
Most Encouraging Prospects.

The new town of Garden City,
johnson county, has sprung into ex-
istence and starts off with a goodly
amount of business enterprises and a
considerable population. Upwards Of
$4,000 worth of lots were sold at the
opening of the new town and but q
limited number were placed on the
market and all were business lots,
the sale is regarded as an exception
ally good one. Most of the principal
lines of business will start with the
new town as soon as suitable build
ings can be erected, including two
lumber yards, two elevators, two
banks, drug store and the usual
smaller lines that go to make up g
new town. Garden City, as well as
Sherman, the next town south on the
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern,
are located in rich agricultural dis
trict, well populated with German,
Norwegian and American farmers, so
that these, together with the new
town of Buckeye, are regarded as for
tunately located and endowed with
good prospects for the future. The
town of Sherman will be placed on
the market in a few days.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Administrators Notice.
Estate Of Joseph Kostka, Deceased.

Estate OF Joseph Kostka, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the subscribers
have been duly appointed administrators
to the estate Of Jseph kostka, late Of Protivin,
In the County of Howard, State of
Iowa, deceased, intestate. have
taken upon themselves that trust by giving
bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the Estate of the said
deceased are required to exhibit the same; and
persons Indebted to the said Estate are called
upon to make payment to
j, j. LUKES.
HENEN LUKES,
cresuo, NOV, g. 100, A0s't isWs
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Cheap Rates Again to the West.

On Oct. 18th Nov. 5th and 10Th and
Dec. Bird and 18th 1901, the Northern
Pacific will sell Home-seekers excurs-
ion tickets to western points reached
via its line, at one fare plus So for the
round trip. For further information
regarding rates, write G. d. ROGERS,
d p. A., N. P. r., No. SOB Locust ST.,
Des Moines, Ia, or address CHAs. S.
FEE, G. P. & t. A., N. p. r., st. Paul
Mimi. dec. Is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Failure in Kansas city.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 2O.-Invol-
untary bankruptcy proceedings were
instituted in the federal court late
Tuesday afternoon against Tamblyn
& Tamblyn, live stock commission
merchants, trading at the Kansas
City stock exchange. The petition
states that the firms liabilities are
S25n Om No assets IRE uinnn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
AN AWFUL DEED.
Unknown Butchers Take Lives Of Q
Californian, His Wife
and Baby.

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 2O.-The dead
bodies of A. p. Wilcox, wife and two
year-old son, were found in their home
at Downey, ~ miles from this city,
Tuesday All the bodies were horribly
mutilated, and the bloody condition of
the premises indicated that the muir
derer or murderers had met with Q
fierce resistance. Wilcox and his fam
lily had been shot and then literally cut
to pieces with knife. The crime was
discovered when neighbor called at
the house and found the place evident
ly abandoned On forcing the door he
found the dead bodies of the murdered
family stretched out on the floor The
woman had been shot while carrying a
plate from the stove to the table. The
baby lay in the middle of the room,
while the disemboweled body of the
father was stretched near the door.
1t is supposed the crime was commit
ted two or three days ago. No clew to
the perpetrators has yet been found
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Modern surgery SURPASSED

while suffering from piles" says
u: +. Carter, Atlanta, Ga, 81 got De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salye and was
entirely cured" Cuts, burns, bruises
quickly cured. Beware of counter
feitS. Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
The Turkey.

Draw near the roost and thou shalt hear
The poor fowl sorrowfully say:
''I'm to be slaughtered, much fear,
To make Yankee holiday!"
Chicago Tribune,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Mother and ChiId Burned

Centralia, ILL.,, Nov. 2O.-Mrs. Mary
Mannering and her four-year-old
daughter, Edith, were burned to
death at Xenia. The child caught her
clothing afre from the stove and the
mother. in trying to save her, was
fatally burned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Reliable and Gentle.

There are pills and pills. You want
a pill which is certain, thorough and
gentle, Mustn't grippe. DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers fill the bill. Purely
vegetable. Do not force but assist
the bowels. -Shuttleworth Drug 90.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Threw yitrioI

A strange woman who signs her
name as Julia Moorehouse threw
vitriol in the face of Mrs. George
Wadsley, respectable lady in Fort
Dodge. The cause for such action is
unknown. Mrs. Wadsley keeps the
office of DR.. Bishop, where the as
sault was committed. The act was
the elimination of persecution to
which Mrs. Wadsley has been sub
jected at intervals since last August.
DR.. Bishop has also been the recipient
of indecent letters signed with the
same name.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
The Turkey GobbIer.
Though of his size he boosted,
He's now no cause to whoop;
If tender he is roasted,
II tough he's in the soup.
--JUtHs.
Yiewpotnta,

Cora-The football players must be thank.
ful that the games are ever for the season.
Merritt-Yes, indeed. 1t must be great
Ballet for them to feel that at last they
~ ct hair.aat.-Judss. :
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
A Strange Case.

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 2O.-James A. Har-
ris, aged 81 years, potter by trade
and father of ten children, went to
sleep on the morning of November z
and all efforts to awaken him have
80 far proved unavailing. He seems
in sound sleep and has been kept
alive by milk and wine, which have
been forced down his throat. He had
not complained previous to Novem-
Der Z, and his family and the attend
ing physicians are at loss to under
stand the case, though the physi-
clans say they think it is case of
hemorrhage of the brain.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Gathered Them In


eve gave a waits dinner Thanksgiving
day"
"a waits dinner?"
Eyes; to five old maids and five old bach
elors. Chicago Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Seasonable.

"A chap out in far Albuquerque
Wrote east in hand rather juerque,
That II still in the mood,
And the walking was good,
He'd be home for his Thanksgiving tuerqu
Richmond Dispatch.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
OUR REVENUES.
Collections During Fiscal Lear E1-
ceeded the Estimates by the
Sum of $11,555,561.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-The annual
report of the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue shows that the total re-
cepits for the year ended June 80,
1901, were $306,s71 $3.50, OF $11, 555,561
in excess of the estimates, about the
same amount in excess of the re-
ceipts for the year ended June 80,
1900, and $33,000,000 in excess of the
receipts for 1899. The receipts from
the several sources of revenue are
given as follows:
Spirits. s116,o27,s79; increase, s6,15s162
Tobacco, $624S1, 907; increase. s., 126, 500.
Fermented liquors, SIS 639, 907; increase, 81
1888. Oleomargarine, $2,5lS, 101; decrease,
$2o.6sS. Filled cheese, $l4.6a0; decrease, ST.,
All. Mixed flour s6,606; decrease $3.50
Special taxes not elsewhere enumerated,
s4,165.75; decrease, ss499o5. Legacies, ETC..
$5,2ll ,Ses; increase. s2,S27, 4O7. Document
airy and proprietary stamps, $s9,p41, OS6; de-
crease. ST. S2S. Banks and bankers, ST..
9lS; increase, s457. Miscellaneous, $751;
ops; decrease, S75,277
The receipts from all internal rev.
enue sources for the first three
months of the current fiscal year
ended September 80, 1901, were $73,-
1856, decrease, as compared with
the corresponding period last year OF
$5,355,3s6. Upon this basis the COM
missioner estimates the receipts for
the current fiscal year will approx
mate $2s0.O00,000. The percentage of
cost of collection is 1855 per cent. The
expenses for the previous fiscal year
were $4,653,6s7.74, or 1853 per cent. of
the collections for that year. The
percentage of cost Indicated above is
the smallest in the history of the bu-
reau. The estimated expenses for the
next fiscal year are $4,000. AGO.
Bank Failure.
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 2O.-The Metro
politan bank failed Tuesday as result
of a run which started over a misun-
derstanding with regard to suit filed
against defunct bank of similar
name. The deposits amount to $780,
600. Dwight Phelps was subsequently
appointed receiver.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

Polly blushed again, IN do the best can,
and Eph Lawson will learn to his sorrow
that he can't trife with my affections"
Parson Trimble coughed little, he said
it was rather sudden, that he hadn't thought
of such thing, though all knew he had,
that he didn't care to infringe on another S
rights; but that he had always regarded
Miss Bascom as an unexceptionable woman,
one who would make any man happy
walk up to the fodder, parson, the sup
pers gettin' cold," broke in Mrs. Thomson.
"And If Polly don't get husband this
year there's no tellin' when she will" said
Sally Truaxe.
And when the party filed into the dining
room Parson Trimble led the way with his
new wife, and Polly wondered what Eph
Lawson would say when he heard that
there was at least one woman in the "dees-
trict" who had mind of her own, and
would not let her affections be trihed with.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Minneapolis
Cold Storage Co.
Eight Cents Pound Saved Right O
the Farm.


Hauling milk to creameIs is worth not less
than 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Warm skim milk from the Iowa Dairy Sepa.
ratOr is worth not less than rs cents per 100 lbs
even If fed to SIC hogs. 100 lbs milk skinned to
40 per cent cream will give you 80 lbs.
skim milk at 25c ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 49, &c
cB With per cent milk this is over cents
a pound saved on every pound of butter fat in
your milk. With any other system it is abso-
lutely lost.
Creamery skim milk is too acid to feed and all
the valuable food products out of the milk
Here is profit for you right at home over and
above what any creamery can possibly pay you.
Write your agricultural paper for truth of these
statements.
WE WILL BUY YOUR CREAM,
One can or 1000 cans for one day or one year,
and pay you on the basis of the New York mar
ket, the highest market In the country. For
butter fat In cream we will pay on the basis of
New YORK quotations for extra creamery but
ter as follows:
Within 100 miles of Minneapolis, 9 cents less
than said quotation on day cream is shipped.
If your shipping station Is within $50 miles Min
neapolis and New York is quoted 90 cents, we
will pay for butter fat in cream, 90 cents track,
we paying express and returning cans free.
You are notified every day of Just the exact
amount of each shipment.
Compare our price with what you are getting
now. Buy an Iowa Dairy Separator, skim your
milk at home, ship us the cream, and you will
get paid for milking COWS.
Cans received at Cresco and Bonair,
IL. w. DAVIS, Gen'l. Ag't Cresco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Disinterested Family joy.

For this all are grateful, venture to say
That gifts are not looked for on Thanks
giving day.
Chicago Record
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving.
What though you have no earthly goods
Nor laurel on your brow,
# you have not malaria,
Be thankful anyhow.
washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
!; Fey y" Tagged Out, !"
international Live stock Exposition, Chi
cago, December SO, 1901.

cagO, december 3-O, 1901.
For this event, which includes also
the annual convention of the National
Live Stock Association, the Chicago
Great Western Railway will. on Dec.
"a, sell excursion tickets to Chicago,
good to return Dec. 9Th, at one fare
plus $500 for the round trip. For
further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or j. p. Elm er
G. P. A., Chicago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

Thanksgiving Discrepancies.
Health waits on moderate poverty.
Fate's wisdom oft we question.
The man whose dinners best is he
Who has the worst digestion.
Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26

A Thanksgiving Benefactor.
"a burglar carried off one of our tur-
keys"
"You don't say SOP
to be thankful for"-Detroit Free Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-26
why Thankful

------<
Why Thankful
What are we thankful for?
That is a question
That sometimes puzzles cen a dinner
guest;
The rich are thankful for good digestion.
The poor if they have something to di-
gest
Judge.