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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Many improvements to Be Made.

Many improvements are to be made
this fall on the Iowa Central by the
bridge and building department. "A new
steel tufntable will be built. at Mon
mouth. and coal shltes win be erected
at oskaloosa. Odds, Hampton and Mon.
mouth, and the contracts for drilling
two wells at Abingdon and Cramers
have been let.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Fish for Clear Lake

The state game warden has deposit.
ed carload of game fish in Clear lake.
There we're about 10000 fish in the
load and they were secured by seining
the bayous in the Mississippi at and
in the vicinity of Sabula, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Two Terrors Sentenced.

The notorious Dan Wren and his son
George, who for years past have ter
rorized Webster City when on their
drunken sprees, have been sentenced
by Judge Richard to two years in the
inebriate ward at the Cherokee state
insane asylum.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Bitten by a Horse.

| Herman Dobbert, young farmer
while harvesting horse at LIE Mars,
was bitten in the face by the beast
His lower lip was almost torn off. PLY.
sicians are fearful Of blood poisoning
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Special One Way coIonist Rates

Very low rates to California anc
Arizona points via the Chicago Grea
Western Railway. Tickets on sal,
daily during September and October
Five day stop-overs allowed at certain
California points. Through tourisi
cars. For further information in
quire of any Great Western agent, or
]. P. Elmer, G.. P. A., Chicago. Ill. $50
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
SHYLOCk

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
flesh. There are many
Shylocks now, the GONZALES
cent, the consumptive, the
sickly child, the pale young
woman, all want human flesh
and they can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
and blood, bone and muscle.
Itfeeds the nerves, strengthens
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great giver of human flesh.
We will send you couple Of
ounces free.
SCOTT q BOVINE. Chemists.
4o9-4l5 Pearl Street. New York.
500 and SIoo; all druggists
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Look OUT for Fever.

Biliousness and Liver Disorders at
this season may be prevented by
cleansing the system with DeWitt's
Little Early RiSers. These famous
little pills do not grippe. They move
the bowels gently, but eopiously, and
by reason of the tonic properties, give
tone and strength to the glands
Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Application for Parole.

An application has come to Cover.
nor Cummins for the first parole of an
inebriate since the hospitals for dip
somaniacs were first established. The
application is from a young man who
was sent to the Mount Pleasant hos
pital from Des Moines. It is expected
the governor will be overwhelmed in
a short time by applications for pa
roles
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Convicted Of Contempt Of Court.

George W. Smith and wife of Gill
man have been sentenced to five
months in Jail and fine of $500, hav-
ing been convicted of contempt of
court. They had been enjoined sew
eral months ago from selling liquor
anywhere within the Seventeenth jul
dicial district. The evidence not only
showed they sold liquor, but did so
openly and even solicited patronage.
Not only that. they ran a wide open
gambling house and kept licentious
women in the guise of diningroom
girls.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24

10 cents refunded for every package ofPUT
NAM FADELESS DYES that falls TO give en-
tire satisfaction. The only dyes thus guaran
t+fd. Monroe Drug Co., Unionyille, Mo.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Mysterious Assault at Keokuk.

The Keokuk police department has
been working unsuccessfully to solve
a mysterious murderous assault on
Thomas H. Pond, leading business
man of that city. Mr.. Pond went into
his back yard and saw man inside the
fence. who shot twice at him, both
shots missing their mark. The man
escaped down high Mississippi river
bluff near by. A similar but unsuc-
cessful ATTEMPT to shoot a wealthy
farmer there recently causes the sus.
picion that lunatic is trying to ex-
terminate the wealthy citizens of Keo-
kuk.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Iitination Ended.

The long drawn out litigation which
accompanied the accounting of the
Homestead Publishing company was
brought to a close at Des Moines by
James M. Pierce's purchase of the en-
tire plant for s162,010.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
OF INTEREST TO lOWAys
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Plans Practically Completed for 0edi
cation Of Monuments to Iowa Sol
diers at shiIoh-Des Moines
M.4.. N.;4i.i.aa
Water Criticised.


The plans for the dedication of the
monuments to Iowa soldiers on the
battlefield of Shiloh were largely com
pleted at meeting of the dedication
committee of the commission at Des
Moines. President Roosevelt and his
cabinet, the Iowa delegation in con-
gress. Governor Cummins and staff,
the legislature and distinguished Iowa
citizens and veterans of the Civil war
are to be invited to attend. Governor
Cummins will make the principal dedi-
catory address and will formally turn
the state and regimental monuments
over to the national commission. On
May 81 the regimental monuments
will be dedicated. One of the features
of the event will be an address by
some noted Southern author,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
criticises Des Moines Water.

DR.. Eli Grimes, bacteriologist to the
state board of health. has created a
sensation by q sweeping criticism
of the water supply of Des Moines.
Some months ago DR.. Grimes said the
water should be boiled. In reply the
Des Moines Waterworks company's
chemist endeavored to show the water
was pure. Now DR.. Grimes is out in a
statement in which he enters at length
into the nature of the water He says
it is not natural, that it is contaminat-
ed with animal matter, and that, un-
less there is a radical change in
things, the water will cause needless
sacrifice of life and health. He again
urges that the water be boiled before
using.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Insane Woman Attemnts suicide

Declaring she will yet kill herself.
Mrs. Alexander Gibson, wife of prom
inent business of What Cheer, was res
cued from deep we'll, where she had
thrown herself with the intention of
committing suicide. She is insane.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Wanted!

100 horses 8 years and upwards,
weighing 1000 pounds and upwards,
for the Eastern markets. Will be at
Ruddy's barn during the spring and
summer. 6etf ID ANpEnsoN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
High Price for Farm Land.

A new record in that part of the
state IN real estate prices has just been
made in the sale of an improved farm
south of Gundy Center for $1O7 an
acre.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.

Ask to-dayifor Aliens Foot-Ease. a
powder. 1t cures Chilblains, Swollen,
sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet.
Az all druggists and shoe stores, g25c.
lave
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Mother Gray's Sweet Powder. for Chill

49,, dren,
Successfully used by Mother GRAY.
purse ia the Children's Home in New
York, Cure Feyerishness, Bad Stom-
acb, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the, Bowels and DESTROYS
Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
They 1,ecer fail. AT all druggists. Csc.
Sample FREE. Address Allen s. Ohm.
stead, Lie Roy, N. Y. l4w6
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24

70 cure COns. pa zion rOrevos,
GaRcCascnrets Candy Cathartic. 100 or 2ss
4 q 6. g. sA2 % cara. utsz3sssa Nses. EraG
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Real Revolutionary Daughter Dead.

Mrs. Mary Ann Burr died at the age
of ninety-five at Iowa Falls. She was
the only real Daghter of the Revolu-
ton in the country. Her father was a
soldier under Washington,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY

Democratic Ticket.
Secretary of State.
RICHARD BURKE,
Of Mrhaska County.
Auditor of State,
]. S. M'LUIN,
of Guthrie County.
Attorney General,
JOHN DENNISON.
Of Wright County.
Treasurer of State,
R.U. CHAPMAN,
of Des Moines.
sndge of Supreme Court dong ttrm)
THOMAS STAiLErON,
Iowa County.
Clerk of Supreme court,
JESSE TRIP.
of Jasper County.
Supreme Court Reporter,
JOHN f. DALTON,
of Calhoun County.
Judge Supreme Court Short tsrm)
w. II. QUICK,
of Woodbury. County.
Railroad Commissioner,
THOMAS benson,
OF Fayette County.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Charge Against oto's Bank.

It is charged against the Otto bank,
which failed fortnight ago, by the
representatives of other banks, that
Its proprietors, Cutting & Willett,
mortgaged the same property as much
as three times. In each case the mort.
gage was first mortgage and dis.
counted by other banks upon the re-
quest of the Otto institution. Further,
1t is known the firm wrote a letter
to the Holstein Savings bank, repre-
senting that Charles Spengler, a
farmer, was worth 100000, when, as q
matter of fact, he was insolvent. On
the strength of this the Otto bank Sc
cured from the Holstein bank between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
Ex-Governor Drake Seriously iii.

Ex-Governor Drake Seriously III.
Advices from Centerville say Gov
ernor brakes condition is no bet
ter and he is seriously ill. The attend
ing physician fears pneumonia. Tho
pain from his injured ribs is extreme
ly severe. He was suffering from cold
and said he believed he would take
a hot bath and go to bed. In the morn
Ing when his daughter called him for
breakfast he told her he fallen in the
bath tub and thought he had broken
rib. A surgeon was called and found
one rib broken and another torn loose
at the end. Pleurisy and some fever
have deyeloped.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24

We had the the pleasure of listen
ing to two speeches by Capt. A. Z.
Sortor last week, one at Elma the 9TH
er at Riceville. Both were largely at
tended and carefully and atten lively
listened to, being made up by men of
allparties in about the proportion they
are among their respective commune
ties. Botl speeches were along bust
ness lines having no further connect
ion with politics than exists between
business and political economy as
such. The rain and the sunshine
made our bountiful harvests, the lack
OF these elements made poor harves is
abroad, and hence an immediate de-
mand for all our food StuffS and our
cotton for food and clothing of the
naked and furnishing millions of Eu-
ropean countries. For these products
produced by the labor OF our people
nearly $500, 900, 900 of money came to
them. And from the gold mines of
the Klondike of the Northwest and
from therich deposits of South Afri-
ca came to our shores nearly $500, 000,-
600, and from these sources came the
prosperity that we enjoy and not from
any legislation Of our National Con-
gress. Then there has been since 1896,
when we were told that the country
had money enough, over 5000, 100000
silver dollars coined at the ratio of l6
to 1, which we were then told was dis
honest money. From these sources
the money in circulation among the
people has been more than doubled
since 1895, giving the impetus to bust
ness prosperity which was then claim
ed would result from an increased cir
culation of money among the people.
Alongthese lines and with this array
of facts did Capt. Sortor hold the at
tention of the audience for nearly two
hours, giving all classes of listeners
abundant food for thought. The sturdy,
toiling yeomanry of America are capa-
BILE of creating untold millions of
wealth in the field of production and
all they should ask of the government
is that the trusts and combinations
of capital shall not be permitted to
harvest what Others have produced.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
For Congress, 4th Cong. District.
A. l.. SORTER,
of Cerro Gordo County.

County Ticket.
For Auditor,
JOSEPH BAKER,
Of New Oregon.
For Clerk of District Court,
JOHN cHIHAK.
OF Paris.
For Recorder,
JOHN OWNS,
of Vernon Springs.
For County Attorney,
JOSEPH GRIFFIN,
of Elma,
For Supervisor, ard District,
RUFUS SEAVY,
OF Jamestown.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
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Especial Washington letter.
AHERE is an unconfirmed report
that Ex-Governor Leslie NJ.
Shaw, secretary of the treas
,,nxr ic ,.cc.sx.,, M.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

The late Sol Smith Russell married
a daughter of William t. Adams,
more familiarly known to the Ameri-
can public as "Oliver Optic" The au-
thor was very fond and very proud of
his talented son-in-law. Eugene Field
used to tell a story about this feeling
On the part of Adams. AS Field de-
scribed it, a modest, quiet and benev-
olent-looking man was sitting one day
in the rotunda of the Palmer house,
Chicago. when a stranger seated near
him made the remark that he be-
lieved he would see Sol Smith Russell
in the evening.
Excuse me, SIR" said the old gen
tleman to the stranger, but that is a
wise determination. Mr. Russell is
the greatest comedian we have on the
stage to-day. He possesses remark
able histrionic talents"
"So?" interrogated the stranger
with a smile.
"He does indeed replied the old
gentleman warmly, land what is more,
| assure you that he is as clever per-
sonally as he is professionally. In
fact. you would no. take Mr.. Russell
for an actor, as he s entirely free
from those habits .nat are not infre
uuently the result )f the exciting life
behind the footlights. He does not
play cards and is exceedingly temper
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

The establishment of 300 free rural
delivery routes in Tennessee and the
consequent abolition of from $50 to
700 postoffices has wiped from the pos
tai map the majority of the historical
towns in the state New and pros
porous towns have sprung up near the
villages which were notable in the
early days of the republic. and they
have been selected as distributing
points for the mail.
A striking instance of this process Is
Bean station, Granger county, where
William Bean in 1863 built the first
cabin put up by a white man in Ken
lucky, Tennessee or western North
Carolina. This office will hereafter be
supplied from Tate Spring.
Another noted office that becomes
extinct is Nollichuclly where Jacob
Brown opened the first store in Ten
nessee or Kentucky or. in fact. any
where south of the Ohio River, in 1772.
and where it is thought that Russell
Bean, the first child born in Tennes-
see first saw light. 1t was for brav-
cry in a battle with Indians at this
point that John Sewer won the cog
nomen, Nollichucky Jack.
A few hundred yards from this office
is the gigantic beech tree which bears
the famous inscription. ID. Boon cilled
bar in the year 1900" But it is
thought that the pioneer had been in
what are now Tennessee and Ken
lucky before he carved his name on
the tree.
In North Carolina is the battlefield
of Kings Mountain. where John Sewer
turned the tide of the Revolution by
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02
y ,sEsMsE k rs & y s assS KS Nh sE u
OLD LANDMARKS GONE
Famous Tennessee Postoffices Oblierated by tho
March o Progress

defeating Gen. Ferguson and his Brit
ish hcsts. Sycamore Shoals postos-
fee, where Sewer of Tennessee, Col.
Campbell of Virginia and the South
Carolina forces met to drill for the
office A free rural delivery route is
now supplying the town.
Farmington. Marshal county, which
lacked only one vote of being made
the capital of the state instead Of
Nashville, has been abolished on ao7
count of rural delivery.
route leading from Jefferson City,
jefferson county, passes and supplies
what was formerly Loyton, the place
where Davy Crockett met and won
Polly Finley. Here the first Sunday
school in Tennessee was organized. In
pioneer days the Louisville, KY, and
Charleston, S. c., stage coach line had
its main station at this point.
The town which came near being
the first capital of the state, Kings
port, Sullivan county, has suffered the
same fate, owing to a mail route run
ming from Fall Branch. Kingsport
was once the home of John Sewer,
and he is said to have at one time
decided to make it the capital of the
state instead of Jonesboro. and failed
to do so owing to the hatred he had
for a prominent citizen of the town.
A route from Loudon. Tenn, takes
in the small office at Old Fort Loudo1,
where was the first white fort in the
state. Campbell's Station, Knox
county, the birthplace of Admiral
Farragut, exists no longer as a mail
point.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

Six days out of a week Jones is a
hardheaded and rather shortspoken
business man, put when he gets his
feet up on a Sunday he is something
of a philosopher.
81 give thanks daily for ping pong,
declared he one day when | had hap
pened to stroll in. 1t was evident
that he desired to draw me out.
"And yet" said l. argumentatively,
''the game seems to me to lack sig
nificance-even distinction
"Obviously." he replied. not little
petulantly, "its spii ltual appeal is not
large. | was about to say that l am
grateful to ping pong because it has
proved the entering wedge for tennis.
This year marks the renaissance of
tennis"
Then you play" said l.
No" he replied. but l believe in
tennis, because, like all other Anglo
Saxon games, it has reinforced our vo-
cabulary. Sports should be the feeders
of language 1t is tie test of the true
virility of an amusement that it lends
something to popular parlance."
Instance briefly" suggested l.
why, take tennis" said he, the
game has probably furnished us with
the word stroke. So, we say a man
has made a good stroke in business. l
will admit that 1t is a matter of ais-
pute whether it was tennis or cricket
that first gave the word. In either
case my point is made.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02
You have seen him

ate in all things. You have seen him
act, 1 suppose?"
"Oh. yes" replied the stranger.
May l ask where you saw him
last?"
In Milwaukee" said the stranger,
land he was sitting behind three of
the biggest jacks ever laid down."
q don't believe that l quite catch
your meaning" murmured the old
gentleman. ''What was the play?"
Three of a kind" was the laconic
answer. ''It was very good play.
too
"Comedy?" asked the old gentle
man.
ut was tragedy" answered the
stranger simply. SOL raked in the
pot ,.., 49, -,
tleman. You don't mean to tell me
that Sol was playing cards?"
You catch my drift, replied the
stranger, but what has that to do
with you. anyway
why, it has everything to do with
me- Sol told me that he never played
cards"
Told you?" persisted the stranger.
who are you?"
"v-ho am ~" reraated the old gen.
tleman. why. I'm w. T. Adams. Soils
fa.her-in-law."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

4 CRITICISM OF GOLF y
Bee Not Reinforced G
Vocabulary
@0%D%O% @>GS(~G%(>@>G

Baseball gives us the excellent
metphor for an actress, novelist or
professional man, who has met with
popular favor, and who we say has
made hit That little phrase is a
pure gain to the speech of the day.
"Chess has made its humble contri-
button; villains for these many years
have been 'checkmated.'
PHRASES from cards are the best of
English Ministers will preach against
euchre and eNhist and use the word
discarded fifteen times in their SER
mon. The gentlest women are indebt-
ed to the racetrack and the prize ring
for a large percentage of their voca-
bulary."
And the point of it ALL" said I.
''Why, I've just been out watching
them play golf. They were dressed
in brave scarlet, and | was hoping
that here, too, we had a sport that
would strengthen and enrich speech,
but | come home and buy book Of
golf terms, and what do | find? Nib
lick, bunker and foursome'-for
pure weakness that last word is the
worst of the lot; but the whole list
lacks a spinal column. There isn't a
phrase of the thirty-seven that cries
for recognition mot one of them would
help a man to save himself They
have no personality or atmosphere.
Golf is the one game with a highly
specialized vocabulary thai hasn't
done a thing for idiom. Golf tcchni-
calities are a dead language"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

sufficient vitality, an operation for
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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

NOTRE DAME. INDIANA.
zone mile west of the University OF Notre Dame.)
Thorough English and Classical Education,
including Greek Latin. French and German On
completing the full course of studies students
receive the Regular Collegiate Degrees.
The Conservatory of Music Is conducted on
the plan OF the best Classical Conservatories OF
Europe.
The Art Department is modelled after the
best Art Schools of Europe
Prepa ratory and Minim Departments. Pu-
pills are here carefully prepared for the Aca-
demfc and Advanced Courses. Gymnasium un-
der direction of Graduate of Boston Normal
School OF Gymnastics. Bookkeeping Phonog-
raphy and Typewriting extra. Every variety of
Fancy Needlework taught. For catalogue ad-
dress
DRECTRESS OF THIS ACADEMY.
s. M~rys Academy Notre Dame P. O.. Indiane
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are I'm
necessary.
necessarily.

"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM Travelling
for years on the road. with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health SO completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when had gained
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

Tdo not believe Ptso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds--JoHS
BOYER. Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. IS. 1000
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

The Wlfe-oh, George, I've lost my
bathing suit! What shall l do? The
Husband-Don't say anything about it
and it won't be missed.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02
Sensible tdousekeepers.

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third nore for
the same money. but also because of
superior quality.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

After 1t is all simmered down the new
woman seems to be pretty much the
same old girl.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-02

cO Q5-oent's Gold Filled Watch open face, screw
20. bezel Elgn movement, guaranteed yrs. %
pd Hoios Co., ,lo4s soentral Park Ave Chicago.