Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-20
Rural Mail Routes out of Cresco.

of the territory heretofore included
and will take in portion of that here
tofore In route No. 2. The course of
route No. 1 will run east from Cresco
past Oak Lawn cemetery to the coun-
tY line, thence to the corner north of
f. 3. Eddy's farm, thence east past
the farm of the late Smith Curtis,
thence south past the Eddy cemetery
to the regular highway from Cresco to
Kendallville, thence northeast into
the latter place. From Kendallville
the route leads northeasterly past the
James Lester farm to the Elliot cor
ners, thence east two and half miles
past the ]. C.Todd farm, thence south
one mile and half, thence west
through Plymouth Rock, thence
southwesterly and west to the corner
at the church near the former Lew
Brown farm, thence south one mile
to the corner of Ben Hea dington S,
thence west to the county line, thence
to Cresco past the Oak Lawn ceme-
terry.
Route No. 2, conducted by j. J..
Fessenden, goes north on the Granger
road to the Verbeck corners, thence
east to the ]. E. Wells corner, thence
north two miles, thence west one mile,
thence north one mile, thence west
to the Michel corner, thence to Gran
ger, Minn., thence returning to the
Michel corner, thence east one mile
and half to the William Bigalk
farm, thence south one mile, thence
east to the county line, thence south
to the Darrow farm, thence west half
mile, thence south one mile, thence
west to the Ashley church corner,
thence south to the Upton school
house, thence west by P. A. Wanless'
residence to the Granger road, thence
south to Cresco.
Route No. 3, with w. G. Fish in
charge, remains unchanged, leaves
Cresco on the Howard Center road
and goes west to the Tinker corner,
and south to Fl. c. Salisbury's, thence
west to the school house on the north
west portion of the Patrick Woods
farm, thence south to the Klingel
school house, thence west to the Clancy
corners, thence north to Davis Corners,
thence east on the Riceville road to
| Cresco.
Route No. 4, with Durfee in charge,
leaves Cresco going south to Jackson's S
corner, one mile thence east to the
county line, thence south five miles
to the Kratz farm, thence east two
miles, thence south two miles, thence
west one mile, thence north one mile,
thence west to the county lire, thence
south to the Kostohryz, Lukes and
Mlady corner, thence north to New
Oregon Village and Cresco.
Route No. 5, with Jerome G. Mich
OILS in charge, goes west from Cresco
to the Thomson farm, one mile thence
north to the Steinman school house,
taking in the county farm, and return
ing to the corner at the school house,
thence north past the DeLange school
house and the late James Nichols farm,
and following that road to the corner
north of the Smith Slawson farm,
thence west to the stone school house,
thence south one mile, thence east one
mile, thence south four and a half
miles to the corner west of the county
farm, thence west one mile, thence
south one mile to the Kapler and
Meyers corner, thence east to Cresco.
Route No. 6, conducted by VIM. j.
Patterson, leaves Cresco on the road
east from Market street to the county
line, thence south and east north OF
the railroad to Libby's school house,
thence east one-half mile
thence north one mile and half
thence east four and a half miles
thence north one mile, thence ives
two miles, thence north one mile
thence west two miles, thence soutl
two miles, thence west half mile
thence south one mile, striking th
road that goes east from Market stree
, four miles east from Cresco, thenc
west to Cresco.
Route No. I, in charge of w. R
Mitchell, goes south through New
Oregon Village to corner of the GENE
terry, thence west one mile to tn
Morse school house, thence south t.
the corner of the Smart farm, thenc
west to J. ]. Volkerings and Johl
Lundak's corner, thence south to tn
south line of section 9-97-11, thenc
east two miles to the southeast corne
Converse's Willow Grove farm, thenc
north one mile to Ed. Slama's corner
thence west one mile, thence mort
two miles, thence east one mile to th
John Blackburn farm, thence mort
through New Oregon Village t
Cresco.
Route No. s, in charge OF o. I
Lovejoy, goes southwest throug
J. Vernon Springs to the Darcy cornel
!. thence west to the w. II. Ferrie CO.
e ner, thence south past Joe Haubrik'
j. thence west to the corner of th
o Daugherty farm, thence south throug
! Schley to the southwest corner of I'll
8 Hooper farm, thence east to the JOB
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