Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-09-22
CRESCO HOWARD COUNTY, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER % 1903

/0ON1 - 1OW "A, j. UIOCUH
A. r. McCook, the democratic can.
didate for State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, is Howard coun.
ty product of whom the state and
party may we'll be proud.-Allamakee
Journal.
G. L. Moore, Of Flemington, Mo-,
formerly of Chester, was Cresco Wis.
itor Monday, making a pleasant cal
at the P. D. office. He says he has an
abundance of fruit but will not ship
to this section.
Remember to notify the Secretary
at once how many people you can care
for duriug the Street Carnival, as we
are having great many inquiries al.
ready for rooms and the Hotels are
nearly all filled now.
Mrs. S. A. Sutton, of Cresco, spent
several days this week with Mrs. Nc
Robert. !. Miss Isaacs returned to
Cresco, Friday, after stay of several
weeks here with her aunt, Mrs. N. G.
Meyer.-Calmar Courier.
Mrs. M. A. Combs and sons Ben and
Burr have departed for Chicago where
she will keep house for the boys while
they attend school this winter. They
will be missed by large circle of
friends. Chester Herald.
Orders for Chas. A. Stevens s. Bros,
latest styles in ladies ready to wear
garments, taken at Miss Barth s room
in the Mrs. j. j. Mason home by our
Agent, MRS. GEO. CHRYsT.
Hours from 1870 to 5: p. m. ftf
The voting for the Carnival Queen
is started in earnest and this week will
see a hot contest. A fine souvenir will
be presented to the Crowned Queen
by the carnival management. Every
one work hard this week to win.
Pauline DeLange will teach in the
round Grove school the coming fall
and winter. She has just spent two
years at the Iowa State Normal School
and is one of Howard county's first
grade teachers Howard County
Teacher.
Elmer Woodward came down from
Rochester, Mimi, for an over Sunday
visit with relatives In this vicinity.
He reports his wife to be recovering
nicely from her recent operation, and
that they will probably return to Dell
Rapids on Friday of this week.
20 finely bred heavily boned Poland
China fit for service. for sale at
reasonable prices II mile west Of
Cresco. Also aAScotch Short-Horn
bull seven months old, perfect beau
ty, the best of the breed.
w. j. WEBSTER.
Joe Burgess, Robin Damon, Clar.
ence Thomas and Bert Salisbury left
yesterday for Iowa City to attend the
S. U. I. Ted River and the Davis
boys went down last week and are in
the foot ball camp which has begun
work in advance OF the opening of the
University.
There will be an administrators
sale Of the personal property of the
Verback estate, on the farm miles
north Of Cresco, Oct, I, when $50 head
of fine grade cattle, lS head Of horses
80 hogs and large lot of machinery
will be sold at auction, on liberal
terms.
The Cresco Street Carnival manage
ment have secured Josephine, the
aerial wonder, is free attraction.
She will appear in open air in her great
ring act, concluding her performance
with dive for life, most thrilling
and sensational feat; distance to
ground over 40 feet.
We have several times this fall
mentioned and seen mentioned the
ripenening of strawberries, but
L. Curtis, OF Kendallville, has the
honor Of bringing in the latest, having
on Saturday last, the 10th of Sept,
brought US in several fairly we'll rip
ened Strawberries, and this, too, af-
ter our frost of last week.
We regret to hear that Mrs. M. e.
Long, who has been in failing health
for the past year is very low, all her
children having been called home.
Her daughter, Mrs. Eta Winters Of
Vesta, Mimi, Mrs. d. F. Pope, of
Hudson, Mass, and Mrs. ]. O. Brophy
OF Milroy, Mimi. and her sons Mr..
Jno. M. Long Of Elma, and Jas. L..
Long Of Jamestown, N. D., it being
the first time they have all been to-
gether in seventeen years.