Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-28

A. D. Lent was an over Sunday
visitor at the Q. P. Lent home this
week. -. Louis G. Krumm drove
down from Cresco Wednesday evening
for a shortvisit with his grandmother.
He says the crops are the best this
year they have been since he lived in
Howard dcounty.-Ft. Atkinson Times.
Miss Anna Munson of Saude accom-
panied by Misses Caroline and Mary
Natvik of Cresco were pleasant visitors
at this office yesterday. The Misses
Natvik are spending a week or two at
Saude visiting relatives and friends
having lived there until six years ago,
when they moved to Cresco.-Lawler
Dispatch.
Mr.. Samuel Boulderstone, of
England, cousin of Lomas brothers,
of Cresco, is on his way to pay them a
visit, see the country and get his
health restored. He was to have sailed
a week ago last Saturday and is in
company with John Sims, of Florence
vile, who is returning home from a
visit to his old home across the big
pond.
Cresco is at last to have real cir
Gus, not one of the big ones but one
of the best of the smaller ones. Coll
mar Bros. Big Railroad Shows, will
exhibit here on Wednesday, Aug. IL,
pitching their tents on the Morgan
pasture lots just of town. They
require about twenty cars to trans
port their outfit, and have always re-
ceived good recommendations on their
visits to neighboring towns in the
past few years.
The Preston Times has been mis-
representing some of our fishermen,
alleging that the party from here who
made the big catch of trout recently
at Root river were seining and that the
seine was seen in their wagon. They
did have minnow seine having been
bass fishing previously in the Iowa,
but no one will believe thatsuch genu
inc sportSmen as FL. G. Salisbury, Roy
Platt and Carl Terry were guilty of
breaking any game laws.
On last Saturday evening, under
the management of Mrs. Barney, a
surprise party was planned by sixteen
ladies, who took possession of Mrs. G..
M. Van Leuven's house and helped
her celebrate her birthday. The
surprise was complete success and a
very pleasant evening was spent. In
honor of the occasion, the ladies pre-
sented Mrs. Van with painted olive
dish and fork, also an apron. Mrs
Moss and Frederick gave her q salad
dish and Mr.. Van, q vase. After
dainty refreshments had been served
the ladies departed to their homes,
wishing their neighbor many happy
returns of her natal day. Usage Press.
Mrs. Henry Burgess, Of Cresco, is
visiting relatives here. -. Ruth Hess
is visiting friends and relatives in
Cresco. -. Benedict tia Glass returned
to her home at Cresco Saturday after
a visit with her cousin, Mae Keefe
-. Hazel Reynolds came over from
Cresco Monday with Mrs. Wachtel at
whose home she will MAKE an extended
visit -. Eva Glass and Monte Barrett
returned to their home at Cresc1
Saturday, after short visit at the
Sid Fravel home "a. Mrs. Leo Wach'
tel and Mrs. Oliver Perry drove tc
Cresco last Sunday to see Mrs. Art
Reynolds who is very sick at that
place. =. Mike Fitzgerald drove cyel
from Cresco Sunday. He returned
Monday accompanied by May Dwyel
who will visit relatives at that place
I-Elma New Era.
W. 81. Klemme, the Ridgeway i'm
lplement dealer, has joined hands witt
Senator Lyons OF Cresco, In the fgh1
against the International Harvestel
Company. II all implement dealer!
would take up arms and battleagains
trust made farm implements they
would In the course of time confer OF
the farmers Of this country grea
favor, do them justice in twofol
manner, firstly, by adjusting the pric
Of those commodities which, If ono
fully controlled by the trusts, will b
exorbitant aud beyond the limits G
right and propriety; secondly, b
busting" the trusts which, If pei