Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-05-21
s1.oo PER YEAR

The art Of hardening copper, known
to the ancients has been lost, but the
art of hardening steel has been
mastered by ]. G.. Holmstrom. Re-
member this if you want good Job
done on your corn shovels.
$l.OO sack for Washburn Crosby
flour, the above speaks for itself. Best
flour in the market Highest grade
Patent. For sale by N. GRAF & Co.
Thanking you in advance for your
patronage we remain yours truly.
Into each life some ruins must fall,
Wise people don'tsit down and bawl;
Only fools suicide or take to flight,
Smart people take Rocky Mountain
Tea at night.
DIR. VIM. Connolly.
For RENT-A good, room house,
convenient and in good lacation aud
neighborhood, one door south of will
Tillson's, on north Elm street. Pos
session given June 1st to 10Th. En-
quire of James Byrne or J. B. Barber
A case of diphthcria is reported in
the family Of P. M. ierold of New
Oregon township. We hope it will
not prove serious, and that no more of
the family, in which there are thir-
teen children at home, will be afflict-
ed with the disease.
Choice farm of 160 acres near Cresco
with good house and barn, we'll, wind
mill, grove and pasture. Price $4,000
per acre. Any one desiring a first
| class farm should come at once as
bargain of this kind WILSON be taken
john u. Cannon, Cresco, Iowa.
| A. Mcbride of Orleans twp, Winnie
shiek county, is having erected one of
the celebrated self-governing Perkins
II TT. wood wheels on his large stock
farm. Ed Miller and D. Beaman are
doing the work which bespeaks for
Mr.. Mcbride good job.
G. T. WATRos, Agt.
McIntire votes on proposition to
extend its corporate limits over one
fourth of the township which it is
located. The proposition is to be
voted upon the 7th of June. II the
town had not had an unusual degree
of modesty the extension promised
would have taken in David, Riceville
and LIE Roy.a
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 or
poison drugs, but we are willing to
satisfy any interested party that
cancer can be cured without any cut
ing and will stay cured. s3tf.
The various committees who have
the 4th of July celebration in charge
are hard at work and promise the
biggest parade and celebration Cresco
ever had. The finance committee re-
port that twice the amount hereto
fore usually subscribed can be obtain-
ed, and this with the earnest work or
the committees insures big success.
25o acres of the choicest land in
Howard county, with about go acres
very heavy oak timber, balance all
under cultivation; large barns, Que
o0xSo, the other somewhat smaller:
fine residence; machine shed, corn
cribs, we'll, windmill, fenced and cross
fenced, and all modern conveniences.
Price S55 per acre. The best bargain
in Howard county.
John NJ. Cannon, Cresco, Iowa.
Browntell t277s7 is looking fine and
acting well this spring and his new
sons and daughters that have put In
an appearance this spring are re-
ceiving much favorable comment,
and every man that owns one of them
are returning the dams for more OF
them. The produce are good sized
bays and blacks, and for action shown
would surprise you. No use talking,
| blood will tell. He certainly has
bright future in store as stock horse.
Warren White died at his home In
Harmony, Mimi, last Saturday after
noon, and was buried in the New Ore
gon cemetery, Monday, the funeral
being from the Baptist church. A
large delegation from the Harmony
| NJ. w A. camp attended the fnnera)
Mr.. White has, as is generally known,
been i'll for some time and seemingly
was much improved for time, but
the battling disease conquered in the
the end. We will endeavor to give an
obituary notice later.
In travelling oyer this little world
we find st. Joseph cemeteriesin every
Cathollecommunity. THERE'S no doubt
that be takes good care of the dead,
i. Said to be gate keeper of the heav-
ems also. AS st. Joseph is getting
along in years he only attends now to
gates of heaven-has appointed over
seerS to his cemeteries to keep them
in trim with the progress of time, but
some Of ST. Joseph's oyerseers put on
big style, who often forget that we
are dead the longest. When St. Joseph
was young and attended his ceme-
| terieS himself, they were kept clean,
as he is said to be man of purity.
Honor the dead is as old as the human