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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
The Gossip Of Fashion
from The French Capital
Mid-winter Hats and Opera cloaks Now Occupy
Prominent Place in the Realm of the Mode
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grand lines, who looks unusually we'll
in her plain gowns, but for all this
the papers always describe her gowns
as being set off with bit of brill
liant color, either in the form of a
vest or other little accessory, and it is
intimated that she is losing her pres
tige in the league because of her
penchnnt for this sort of mild femi-
nine decoration.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11

The will of Frank Williams, late OF
Johnstown, Pa, makes bequest OF
s3o0,o0 to Lehigh university, for the
benefit of worthy students. The viii
provides that the income be loaned to
students at the university who are I'M
able to pay their way through col
lege. Their notes are to be taken for
the amount borrowed. and the money,
when returned, is again to be placed in
the fund.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Elaborate Ope,a CIoaks
the Vogue Of the Moment

nARISIAN society has always been
partial to the opera. The worlds
famous songsters never lack Tor
an audience in the French capital,
and a brilliant audience at that. There
are probably more new and elaborate
gowns prepared especially for the
opera than for any other occasion
that comes in the French winter sea-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Distinctions,

Mrs. cobwigger-so they are not in
your set2
Mrs. Proudfut-No, indeed. They
go to gymnasium, while we attend
a physical-culture class.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
A Furry.

Mr.. Gotham docking over the mar
ket reports)-The paper says there was
quite furry in beef yesterday.
Mrs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. me! Did
some steers break loose IN. Y. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11

Such little pills as DeWitt's Little
EARLY Risers are very easily taken, and
they are wonderfully effective in
the liver and bowels. Shut
tleworth Drug Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
A Perpetual Parting.

IAN umbrella is good deal like a
fellows hair" remarked the Observer
of Events and Things; "if you lose it
you seldom get it back agar" -Yon-
kers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Reach In Guayrn..

Caracas, Venezuela. Jan. 1.-THE
United States training ship Buffalo
and the Scorpion have arrived ut La
aCuayra
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Eormer Governor DenI

Goldsboro, N. c., Jan. Former
jov. Curtis H. Brogden is dead at the
age Of IS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11

At Louisville, KY, man who drinks
is suing a saloon man for $4,000 dam
ages. His story is that when he asked
for beer the saloon man put whisky in
it without his knowledge; that this
insidious mixture was too much for
him; that he fell on the floor, bumped
his head, became unconscious, and on
coming to suffered great distress, phys
ical and mental.
Forty-four years ago Mr.. Braman
wrote and published book called
Conformation About Texas" In it he
predicted the engulfment of Calves
ton. He spoke Of the town as doomed.
81 should as soon think" he wrote,
..of founding city on an iceberg as
on Galveston island. if ! looked to
its safety and perpetuity."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-09-20
HandkeTChieiS.

Children's Fancy Handkerchiefs DC
Ladies Plain bemstitched h'dkfs l0c
Gentlemen's hemstitched h'dkfs- 1Oc
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
The production of "Romeo a,

Ihe production of "Romeo and
Juliet" by VIM. Owen and his COM
pany at the opera house last Tuesday
evening was witnessed by a large
audience who were we'll pleased with
their rendition Of this beautiful play.
This company is always a prime favor
ite with CreSco audiences and is
always sure of Il warm welcome.
The verdict is unanimous the world
over that Washburn-Crosbys Gold
Medal is the best -four on earth in
Uniformity the year round. The
greatest output of the largest mills in
the country, the test flour in exist
ance are some Of the reasons of the
wnrld's demand for this -four. Every
bedy buys it at S1.0O sack. The
"Orango Blossom" Fancy Patent al,
95c a sack. The very best High
Patent at9oc asack. The Lily White
! Patent at soc a sack. Corn Neal,
Breakfast Food, R He'd Oats, Bran,
Shorts, Corn, Oats, Hay aud Law
Grass Seed Ehesc goods are just as
we represent them. win always sell
at bnttom prices FOR cash. The above
prices subject tn market change.
Yours for business,
Il. GRAF & Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Decorah View of the Game.

Whenever Decorah and Cresco lock
hornS In an athletic contest of any
klnd, there is excitement enough to
satisfy the most craving appetite.
4este rday's foot ball game was no ex-
ceptlon. Cresco rooters, two hundred
strong, came down with their team
determined to carry off the honors.
Under the leadership of DR.. Morton
the Cresco team played magnificent
iy Strong game. They made good gains
around Decorah ends and in the first
half kept the ball mostly in Decorah
territory. They were within two
yards of Decorah's s goal three different
times but Strong rally each time on
Decorah's part held them for downs
so that neither side scored during the
hrst half. Decorah's strength was In
line smashes with Moore and Deco
rah's big guards to make the holes.
And in the second half they played
Them for the only touch down and goal
OF the game. When Decorah was ON,
cresco's twenty yard line, Landers
was sent through for Is yards and De-
cFaa's full-bac', made up the other
0wo in the next.scrimmage for touch
down. During the rest of the halt
Decorahs goal was never in danger.
sresco Was penalized twice for offside
playing and undue roughness. The
fhe buckins OF the line by the De-
corah backs was the leading feature
OF the game. The game was undoubt-
edly the most exciting ever played on
Decorah ground, and at the same time.
1t furnished the best exhibition of
loot ball ever seen by Decorah crowa,
| Williams of the Iowa University team.
refereed the game and he did it un-
partially, and his decisions were high
ly satisfactory. The Decorah team is
TO be congratulated upon the winning
q great victory over snch strong
team as Cresco had.-Decorah journal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Cfesco Southwestern Electric
kaiiW2y

a preliminary meeting Of Cresco
capitalists and business I,.eu was held
in the law office of Reed & Reed, Mon
day morning last, looking to the or
ganization of an aSSocia zion TO be
known as the Cresco Southwestern
Electro Railway Co. Officers We're
elected and articles of Incorporation
will be drawn up. 1t is proposed. to
incorporate under the laws of the
state, with a capital of $4,000. Cres-
co Republican.
This is one of the most important
moves yet mada in the general inter
est of our city. For over four years
the PLAIN DEALER has been urging
from time to time movement look
ing to an electric line Of railway, west
and southwest. The probabilities
are that it will be made in the direct.
ion of Charles City, where, connect
ing with its line to be built toward
and to Des Moines, Cresco will be
placed in direct communication with
the various lines of railway crossing
over the state from east to west.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15

The young people of the city have
organized club and will give a series
of select dancing parties in Platt's
hall every two weeks this winter.
Mead's orchestra will furnish the
music.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Wheeler, ac-
companied by the grandchildren,
Florence and Ruth, leave for Grove
City, Florida, early next week, to re-
main until the robins return north in
the spring.
Miss Sarah Aga, Mr.. Atkinson, Miss
Lottie Larson and Mrs. Griffith of
Ridgeway came to Cresco, Saturday
to attend the Sherwood concert, be.
side several Others whose names we
ldid not get.
Ryv. Il. P. EubankS, of Decorah,
made 4 visit to Cresco Thursday,
| looking after the welfare of Grace
Episcopal church, in which he is cX-
pectcd to hold service Sunday, Nov.
24tr, and perhaps once or twice a
month thereafter.
| o. G.. Wanless and family left for
! Anoka Minn., Wednesd ", where they
will tnakr their f,ltnr, home. Mr..
| Taa:rss l., oae of the most reliable OF
men, thoroughly equipped By ednca-
i tion and moral character for any Sti,-
tion in business or life.
"A few extra good Poland China
swine, male and female for sale, extra
'Egood bone and form, 81 miles east OF
Lime Springs and "a northwest OF
Bonair. Farmers who have been using
| light bone sires should improve this
opportunity for heavy honed sires.
5tf G. E. MoREY.
| Steve PEGGY, that's me. Am selling
Bran at. cts. per hundred
jShorts .......... 40 cts. per
Corn and oats. -. Sl.10 g /"
Corn meal ...... 1.10 g I"
Mixed ration. ..... LOO IS +"
, Name at top, Number here, ~, "a
and 26, Market ST., Cresco. Free de
b livery. Terms cash.
Mr.. Arthur Belts Of Orleans hrough
lin an ear of corn selected from hi
field of u acres which gave yield o
53 bushels to the acre, a total of Ga
bushels. The ear representative o
!. this fine crop is 13s inches long, ha
4 ia rows on the cob with 70 kernals t.
= the row. Mr.. Belts says it is the bes
4 crop of corn he has ever grown, AM
. that it is so among his neighbors, th
best they had for several years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15

The ladies of the NJ. Z. church will i
give chicken pie supper and apron
sale in the dining room of the church
Nov. 2l>t, from 5 O'Clock till all are
served.
The Republican says Mrs. Strother,
Mrs. Chaplin and daughter Helen, are
planning fer trip to California early
in January to remain for two or three
months.
A Thousand things by it are done
far better than most things do one.
We refer to, Rocky Mountain Tea
made by Madison Medicine Co. 35c.
DR.. VIM. Connolly.
Elmund Vance Cooke, The Ohio
Poet, at the Opera House Monday
evening, You are invited to take
"Pot Luck with Poet" at the Opera
House Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Il. Laidlaw leave
| for the wintaramong friends in Michi-
gan, MASSACHUSETTS, New York and
Indiana, intending to be absent ui'-
I'll some time .t.ward spring.
There will b. a dance ia Grange
HAL, Kendllleiile, Thursday evening,
Novcmbc 2sth. The floor managers
are L. Welsh, Il. Clark and L. nuddy,
tickets 80 cents, supper at Clinks.
We have secured a choice asaort-
mcnt Of Rugs for our SPECIAL RUG
SALE this week, and invite you to in
spect them. The prices will be very
reasonable. The Fields Co.
I'd leave my happy home and cross
the deep blue sea,
Rather than be without Charley and
my Rocky Mountain Tea,
=. DR.. Connolly.
Our Special Rug Sale this week will
give you an opportunity to select from
a large assortment of choice rugs. All
the new patterns and oolofs.
The Fields Co. &
Bill Nye once said, aNone Of the
! Younger poets,apd few of the Older
ones hayestoached my tough old heart
; aud made me better man as Mr.
! Cooke of Cleveland has done" A,
: Cresco, Monday evening, Nov. Is.
Some of the election. returns were
sent in without the signature of th,
election judges and clerks. The care
lessness or ignorance that makes sucl
+, a condition possible in a community
t where 95 per cent. of the people eal
!. read and write would hardly seen
possible,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Start soon in the New School If you

Start soon in the New School If you
want lessons
If you want ahappy surprise visit
the New school.
Have you read the latest books?
Clemmer has them all.
Hon. G. G. Upton is on a business
trip to northern Wisconsin.
We have anything you want in
books.-D J. j. Clemmer.
John A. Cray was transactiDg bust
ness in Cresco on Tuesday.
Over seventy ladies are now taking
instructions in the New School.
DON'T forget to visit the Dressmak-
ing and Ladies Tailoring school.
There willbe another dance at York,
Mimi. ON Tuesday of next week.
A large hard coal heater and a good
cook stove for Sale.-ChaS. CaWard.
Attend the Cresco Normal this
winter, in the new Geraty building.
For SALE OR RENT-House and B
lots in first ward. III. CRoXTON.
j Six good rooms to rent over the
Racket Store. Enquire of N. B.
Wheeler.
Don't you want new bookf Call
aud look over our new stock.-Dr. j.
j. Clemmer.
Just received; a complete assort
ment of all the latest copyrighted
books at Clemmer's.
L. K. Goodall is on the sick list .anG
has been for over week with slight
improvement at present.
DR.. W. T. DAILY, physician and sur
geon. Office over Fields Furniture
store, opposite postotfice.
T. r. Powers and T. M. Hoyt hay'
been up from Decorah the past fey
days looking after business matters.
The Cresco Normal opened its frs
winter term on November 4th. Ih
second winter term begins Jan. 6, 1902
The board of supervisors have bee
in session most of the week attending
TO the election returns and routin
matters pertaining to bills against tn
: county.
Brings attractiveness to listless, nn
: loyable girls, making them handsome
marriageable women. That's wha
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35i
, DR.. Connolly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Excursion Tickets.

slo.75 for round trip to Chicago on
sal: december I'd to Gath inclusive,
good to return Dec. Sth.
Only Sl0.75 fIom Cresco to Chicago
and return. Don't forget the date.
2oG NJ. j. WHITE, Agt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Coal! coaI!!coaI!!!

OF course it is getting cold. Why
not try pricos on BEST Wilmington
Lump and Hooking Valley COAL. at
Cresco Brick and Tile Works,
Letus give you prices in car lots.
@. A. MARsHALL.sJR.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
Special Rug Sale

this week. A large assortment of
colors and patterns to select from. Do
not miss seeing them,
The Fields Co,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
FUR COATS.

The greatest string of fur coats you looked at
We have them in all furs and prices. Dogs range from
$1,000 to $2OOO Russian Buffalo from $500 to $3000
Coons from $4,000 to s6O0O Remember sole
agents for Gordon& Ferguson furs for and
We handle all grades and guarantee every garment that
leaves our store. Be sensible and to US and get
the best coat for the least money
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17

with a brlm slightly pointed In front
and pressed down at the back; II Is
first covered with four doubles Of tulle.
two pale blue and two pink, forming
horizontal folds almost entirely COW
cred with a length OF cream Yelling
Brussels sprigged net-also folded
along the front and arranged at the
back so as 10 form three fiat she'll
shaped ends fastened by an ornament
i'm slmlli I'm form, like high comb
TOques OF this shape approach very
nearly 10 the amaZOn-shaped hat
which some milliners are advocating
again. A hat Of this form Is also
from the novel way In
which IL Is trimmed 1t Is IN pale law
ender chip Of n nacre tone. and has
a ow-domed crown; the brlm bending
down back and front Is entirely con
cealed by two large palms sweeping
round from the frOnt-whcre they are
fastened by a dull silver ornament Of
loop form. clasping the edge Of the
brim-to the back. These palms are
made OF poppy petals Of n pale lilac
tone glace with two shades Of gray.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
New Tailor Made Gowns.

Every girl needs one tailor frock,
and it is well, when possible, to sup
plenent this with another of wool.
The sO-called tailor frocks this year
are like those made for older women
and on n more elaborate scale than
was considered smart last season The
tlaring skirt with at attached ruillc
is favoritc style, and when the plain
gored skirt is used, great deal of
flare is put around the foot The ruff
file is trimmed with band of taffcta
or with braid, or is headed with some
bright Persian trimming
The Eton jacket is seen more than
any other jacket form, although It
cannot be called the smartcst The
leading tailors turn out a pretty little
jacket somewhat On the REFER style,
shorter in the back than in the front.
double breasted, and tight.6tting at
the back and sides, with loose fronts
and narrow revcrS. This rather leads
In favCr at present That the Eton
jacket allows for so nuch trimming is
one reason for it's popularity. especial.
ly for the spring, and certainly batistc
Russian lace, fancy collars and rcvers.
such as combine so effectively with
TIE Etons, add greatly to the general
effect Of the cloth suit.-Earpers Ba.
Zar.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
From All Sides.

Comparatively few women study the
back view of their toilets with the
same attention TO detail that they be-
stow upon the front" remarked Nine
", the well known dressmakcr. 81 do
not believe that one woman i'm fifty,
after she has dressed with the greatest
care and elaboration. studying the cf-
feet in every lock Of her hair, every
fold of her stock, the set of her veil,
and all the other ilfinitcsimal but i'm
pOrtant numbers of small things that
go to make up n becoming toilet. ever
takes hand glass and looks critically
at her back and sides. They are like
children who dress paper dolls, be
slowing no end of care and taste on
the front, but leaving the back TO it's
fate. Fortunately for them, dress
makers consider the back OF gown
quite as carefully as the front, and
IL is owing to their perception Of the
fact that It will be equally seen on all
sides that its owner is fit to bc seen.
/ am continually preaching to my
customers about their indifference to
their backs, and | beg of them TO
make II rule never TO leave their
rooms without taking n hand glass and
carefully looking ut themselves on all
sidCs."-Ncw York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
Best Methods For Cultivation.

am very much Interested in the
very injurious to them. All stirring of
the soil Is In Itself a benefit TO a crop,
but IL is easy TO disturb the roots of
plant or tree If the plOw or hoe goes
down deep and so do 1t harm | am
sure that cultivatOrs do not watch such
things at all carefully as n rule and
so they may be destroying Il great
many small roots without knowing II.
There Is n great misapprchension
among farmers as to the real thing nc.
compllshcd by cultivation, so that In
many cases there would be very little
Of II done If IL were not necessary 70
kill the weeds.
Practically all Of our Commoncst
weeds are tap rooted, and If allowed
10 get Il good start must be torn out
deep down TO kill them. ON the other
hand. all of our garden vegetables and
field crops are very shallow rooted,
with the exception of root crops, SC
that deep cultivation is Injurious 10
them. The obvious way out of this iii.
lcmma is TO cultivate very shallow ana
often. Any weed from seed is killed
10y merely breaking it in two, If done
before 1t gets past its first stage OF
growth. so that shallow cultivation an
swers every purpose. Let us plow IN,
planted soils deep, but cultivate the
surface only -- John Chamberlain, IL
'ncrican Agriculturist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
4AP --HHgs-
MIY2>ws"Wear MI2

Lace flounc2s are pcrccptibly prom
incnt as garniture for summer skirts.
Long gloves, and possibly silk mtts.
are made necessary by the short
sleeves.
White pearl buttons SO tiny that they
are IA mere speCk are much used for
trimming.
Dainty little bolcros Of embroidered
bastistc decorate many bodice among
the thin gowns of foulard ana veil
ing.
Pongec coats strapped with taffcta
Of the same shade and stitched with
silk are wonderfully chic for summer
travel.
edge with tiny ruchc or narrow
knife pleating are n pretty feature of
the white gowns.
An odd but pretty hat of the pan
fine straw at its edge The top of the
hat is Il soft French gray. while the
under layers are pink and cream.
Poplin will be very popular this
summer, and It is beautiful in the light
colors. For warm weather wear 1t is
especially appropriate and Comforta-
bic, being light in weight and easily
shedding dust
Tan in all its varying shades, from
paleSt biscuit color To the deeper and
more useful tones, is the dominating
color of the season, not only for
gowns. but also for coats and parasols,
besides many of the small accessories
Of dress.
Imitation jcwcled chains and bead
chains OF all sorts are very much
worn, not only 10y young girls, but old
or women as we'll and they are either
short or long rs you choose. The
matrix turquoise is quite as popular
rs any stone, but there are Venetian
bead chains Of all colors in which
young girls seem TO delight.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
wher. It Costs Money to Die.

"Thc only place. as far ms law is con
cerned, where IL costs money 10 die
from natural causes is aboard n steam.
ship" remarked n vessel owner The
purpose of the law was excellent
enough. There was n time when emf
grants Were being brought TO this
country in very large numbers, or by
the shipload' as II is termed There
Is no doubt that there was crowding
in the ships that brought them, and TO
prevent this law was passed impos.
ing upon the ship a fine of $40 for
every death that occurred during the
passage from natural causes OF per.
sons over eight years OF age. This put
a stop To overcrowding. or. az least. IL
is supposed that It did. which Is about
the same thing Ships DO not fancy
having TO pay fines OF this kind. OF
course. i'm comparison with the great
army of persons who are brought
across the ocean from month 10 month
there are very few deaths. for the sta
tisticians have been kind enough 60
show beyond a doubt that the steam
ship is the safest means Of transporta.
tion in existence. but just the same.
there are a considerable number in the
course Of a year. ar."-washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17

illustrated cxcmplifies white Loulslne
silk with cream guipurc, lunches OF
black velvet ribbon and handsome but
tons I'm delicate Persian enamel But
the design is equally well suited 10
crepe de Chine peau de sole, taHcta'
Korea crepe, and to the fayorlte Lght-
weight wool crepcs, albatrOss and the
like. as well as 10 batiste, SILK null
and similar delicate fabrics
The foundation is "A fitted lining that
closes at the centre front and on which
the waist proper is arranged. The
backs are laid in straight tucks that
are overlaid at the waist line 10 give
tapcring effect. but the fronts are
tucked n short distance below the
yoke only and fall in becoming ful-
ness below. The sleeves are in bishop
style, tucked at the upper portion, and
are finished with straight cuffs at the
wrists. The neck is completed by a
stock of lace run with black velvet
ribbon, that is entirely unlincd, the
body lining being in this Instance
omitted.
TO cut this waist for aswoman OF
medium size four yards OF material
twenty-one inches wide, three and five.
eight yards twcnty-seven inches wide
three and half yards thlrty-two
inches wide or two and one e-eight yards
forty-four inches wide will be re-
quired, with one and IA half yards of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-17
A Unique English Society.

The League Of Busy Bees is the at-
tractive title Of n recently formed So
cety in England, which has two foid
object; that is, 20 assist housewives In
their many domestic difficulties, and
also find work for women who are
obliged TO earn their livelihood.
Among the features Of the society Is
that of undertaking by means OF
competent staff the duties Of spring
cleaning. by which the mistress Of the
house can be spared all the trouble ana
worry incidental TO IT, Upholstery
nendirg and renovating, as well as
artistic furnishing, are specialtles OF
the league. PhilanthropIc English
women will have the management OF
the different departments.