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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
SECOND H0N0RS
GO TO De KhYFF
Frenchman Awarded That Place in
Big Auto Race.
CONTESTANTS DISPLAY NERVE
Omcial Time of the Various Partici.
pants IL Announced Protest
Against Winner Found to
De Trivial.

Dublin, July Ar. de Knyff Friday
was officially declared to have won Sec
ond place in the automobile race Thurs
day for the James Gordon Bennett cup.
M. Farman was third, minute separat-
ing him from Knyff. Jenatzy won the
cup by IL minutes.
The international authorities pug
zled all day long over the times and fig
ures in connection with. the race, in
which they required the assistance Of
several expert accountants.
Nerve of Foreigners.
Consul General Evans, who saw the
race ut one of the most difficult corners.
said:
The way the Germans and French
men went at full speed around the curves
was the nerviest bit of work have ever
seen in my life, though Foxhall Keene
was not whit behind in daring"
Jenatzy, who is credited with goine
down one hill at the rate of 80 miles,
said to representative Of the press:
1T must have been something like
that. The first time negotiated It !
saw big rut. got my wheel in 1t, stayed
there, and swung around the corner at
the end in safety, and at top speed. The
seventh and most critical time ] lost the
rut, but still hoping to find It, / kept up
the speed, failed to get the rut. and
had to take the corner anyhow"
Jarrett and his chauffeur, who were
injured in the race, are progressing
we'll.
General opinion In Ireland discoun-
tenance the holding of further motor
races in this country, as they are too
great a dislocation of the regular orderof
things, to say nothing of the risk Of
life and limb.
Omcial Times Announced.
The official times, as amended by the
international delegates, follow:
Jenatzy, 6 hours, 80 minutes: DeKnyff,
hours, 80 minutes. 40 seconds; Far.
man. hours. 81 minutes, "A seconds;
Gabriel. z hours. II minutes, SO seconds;
Edge, 8 hours, 18 minutes, AZ seconds.
Jenatzy's average speed was 49N
miles per hour, excluding stops, the rec.
ord for the James Gordon Bennett cur
race.
Protest II Lodged.
London. July 4.-The Globes Dublin
correspondent telegraphed Friday that
q French representative has protested
against Jenatzy being awarded the cup,
on the ground that he received assist
ance at one Of the controls.
Investigation showed that the pro-
test referred to was entered by manu-
facturers and was dismissed as trivial
at the request of the French delegates.
It was only one OF number Of protests
similarly treated.
Enthusiasm I'm Germany.
Berlin, July 4.-The victory of Ger
man representative, Jenatzy, in the
race In Ireland for the James Gordon
Bennett cup, has awakened great en-
thusiasm among automobile sportsmen
and manufacturers of motor cars. The
latter expect an increased demand for
German machines from abroad. Prince
Henry Of Prussia hes telegraphed to the
Automobile club, expressing his satis-
faction at the glorious victory Of our
domestic industry"
VA Efrn ~ rt.tn.-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07

visson Tor this purpsse u made " the
last congress.
After listening TO speeches from Gov.
Cummins. Senators Allison and Dolli-
yer and Congressman Cousins; and La
cey. the convention adjourned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07

Bucharest. Roumania. July 4. Rains
have overlooked the Pruth. Sereth and
other rivers in Moldayia. Several IA
talities have occurred, and thousands
Of acres OF wheat and maize have been
destroyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Po.tmnster Al TronbIe.

Clinton, Ia. July Adams Hanson,
postmaster OF Almont, this county,
..last night emptied the contents OF .
shotgun into the abdomen Of George
LAshelle, farm hand. Hanson gave
'hiiAself up and is out on bail. The shot
psaetrated six intestines. I.Ashslle Will
nfA
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Announcement.

Acknowledgement.
! hereby announce myself q capdi-
date for Superintendent Schools for
Howard county, subject to the action
OF the coming republican convention.
CATAERINE q, CL1NK.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Dropped Dead.

Waterloo. Ia. July Andrew Nc
chimney. one OF the wealthiest men In
the state and millionaire. dropped
dead of heart failure at his home FRI
dow
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
NOVEMBER 10.

Through to the Carson Monday
next NJ. o. Walkers line Of four horse
stage coaches will commence making
daily trips from this place through to
tue cars. BY this arrangement, the
Ipeople of this section OF Iowa are
'placed within "a hours ride Of the city
of Chicago.
s'B. d. Everlngham of co. I, Jsth
Iowa Regt., is at homo, and will leave
for the regiment in y few days. Per-
sons desiring to send any messages to
their friends will have an opportunity
"The cars are now running on the
McGregor Western railway to Ossiap,
a distance OF 40 miles Of railway hay-
ing been constructed and successfully
put in operation within about one
year.
"Official Canvas On our first page
may be found the official canvass of
Howard county. 1t gives, as will be
seen, q republican majority of 200 in
the county.
'Fat Hogs n. p. Davies and the
Messrs Day OF DEBORAH, have forward
I'd from this place nearly 500 fat hogs
for eastern markets during the week,
and today Col. jenkins passed through
the town with nearly as many more
for the same destination. They have
paid uniformly about sS per cwt., live
weight. From the speciman droves
we think northern Iowa will bea hard
rival to be beat In quail ty in any mar.
ct, east or west.
NOVEMBER %:
"Died-1n New Oregon, Iowa, at
the residence Of VIM. Arms, brother
in-law Of the deceased, Nov. Is, 1864,
Asa Page Jr., late boatswain OF the
U. S. Steam Packet Gen. Lyon, in the
3lst year of his age"
"a supplemental draft was had in
Dubuque on the 18th inst, to ill the
deficit for this county. The number
drawn was four, the deficit two. Fol
Albion township the names are John
Bronner and Marion Starkey; fol
Howard township they were Samuel
u. Huckins and Mr.. Pettinger."
DECEMBER Q:
"Married-In the town Of Paris, on
Wednesday, Nov. 23rd, by Rev. Father
Lowry; Mr.. Frank Guyette Jr, and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Hon. Franllin Wen. Dead.

Constantine, Mich, July 4.-Hon.
Franklin Wells. president of the state
board OF agriculture. died here Friday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
NOVEMBER %:
DECEMBER 2:

s.Married-In the town Of Paris, on
Wednesday, Nov 23rd, by Rev. Father
Lowry; Mr.. Frank Guyette Jr, and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Quality VIII be Remembered When
Price Is Long FORGOTTEN.

A batch OF facts aud testimonials
that farmers should carefully and
candidly consider.
The inquiry for repairs on machines
twenty years old speak volumes for
the Minnie" and will bear fruit
against the trust made and controlled
machines, which can afford to pay
thousands to a farmer for statement
derogatory to a machine outside the
trust. All such statements are "roor--
backs" manufactured by agents.
The "Minnie" Harvester Company
authorizes the statements that ''old
war horses" in the harvest field, such
as Mr.. Conthurst has, can be supplied
with all needed repairs. There have
b en- no changes TOR the past IL years
because it was not necessary, wise or
|expedient to change, in fact our pa
irons would not stand for any change
il a machine which has been nearer
perfection than anything ever yet de-
vlscd.
f.rther comncnt is unnecessary. It
is proper to add, however, that what
Is true OF the binder is also true, to
almost the same extent, Of the rest OF
the machine. The bull wheel has not
been changed, its height remains the
same; likewise the elevation, the steep
deck. the packer trip, the width of
the platfo etc. In short, no vital
principle has been sacrificed, or essen
tial feature modified, and thus the
splendid efficiency aud durability Of
s'the best harvester and binder on
earth" are still preserved for the pres
ent and future generations. Here Is
the record OF one Of them.
TWENTY TWO YEARS HONEST WORK,
AND CUT THE 1902 CROP.
Cabery, ILL.,, June !, 1912.
MINNIE HARVESTER Co,
indianapolis, Indiana,
Dear Sirs: This is to certify that
have a minnie" Binder that bought
twenty-five (22) years ago 1t has cut
from thirty (30l to two hundred (2O0)
acres per year stree. / have spent
scarcely anything for repairs in all
this time. 1t cuts, elevates and binds
better than any other machine in my
vicinity. l can recommend the
"Minnie" to my brother farmers all
over the world. / have repeatedly
went thr. ugh my harvest without
rniSSin no q bundle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
Partly QuaIifi e d.

I'D like ter be a judge" said the
chronic loafer, as he dropped into his
accustomed seat at the corner grocery.
''They amt got nuthin' ter do but set
on the bench all day an look wise"
WELL" said the grocer, ''you could
do the settin' on the bench all right"
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
DETECT THE MINT THIEVES.
Japanese Use the X-Rays to Catch
Employees Who Conceal Coins in
Their StOmachs.

A firm in Philadelphia has recently
sold to the japanese government one
of their X-ray machines for a novel
purpose, reports the New York Post
The representatives of Japan who
placed the order said that in the
governmental minis great many
gold dollars are coined and there has
been considerable loss through dis.
honest employees swallowing the small
coins and thus taking them out Of
the minis. There has been no way
of preventing this until a clever Off
cial suggested the use of the X-rays,
and the machine was ordered at
once.
1t is not proposed to put every en-
ploye to the test when leaving the
minis, but he will be searched by cleo
tricity from time to time, unexpect-
eddy, and any one of the employees
may be called up at any time to un
dergo the test. Tt is believed that
the fear of detection will prevent the
stealing, at least in the form now
used. 1t is suggested that machine
might be used with profit in the
South African diamond fields to make
the black laborers honest. The field
for X-rays in this direction seems to
be large.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

"Along the Caribbean sea-" said an
artist who has recently returned from
those parts, cit is a common thing to
see men and women and children sit
ting on the banks of streams with
their bare legs soaking in the water.
They have a strange reason for this
strange conduct. They are much
troubled by little insect-a kind of
tick-which buries itself in their flesh,
and is very hard to dislodge; and SO,
when the ticks have got in them they
go to the water, bury the infected
parts beneath the surface and keep
quite still. The fish have a fondness
for ticks, and they hasten to the
cleaning human flesh they see, and,
pulling the ticks out, devour them. In
that manner in the Caribs fish are
called upon to act as surgeons. Eff
cient and painless surgeons they
make too"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
SEEK A LOST SHIPS GOLD.
GUS Quest ON New Zealand's
Coast.

An American schooner lately ar
rived in New Zealand with a party
who propose to search for long-lost
treasure. Nearly 40 years have passed
since the ship General Grant left Aus
tralia for London with cargo of gold
and wool. At one of the Auckland is
lands, near New Zealand, she met with
a frightful fate. She was sucked into
a sort of colossal cave, but it is possible
she might have got out if a huge wave
had not lifted her so high that the
masts, striking the roof, were driven
through her bottom. Through the
openings thus made the water rushed
in and she speedily sank. Only one
sailor and two children were saved.
After some months on the island
they were picked up by a passing
steamer and taken to New Zealand.
Several attempts have been made to
recover the large quantity of gold
that went down in the General Grant,
but they were all failures. 1t remains
to be seen whether the American adj
venturers will be more successful. If
they should recover the gold is it their
property? That seems a nice legal
point.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
AN ARISTOCRATIC TUBER.
The Variety known as "The North
ern Star" LIS One of the Fairy
Tales of Finance.

The romance of potatoes is but i'm
perfectly understood by the majority
of those who eat them every day.
Nor do they usually occur to the
Spectator as a basis of operation.
Yet the history of the variety known
as 'The Northern Star" is one of
the fairy tales of finance. 1t was
brought out last year, says Lon
don paper, by grower in Markinch,
in Fifeshire, who parted with few
tons at the extraordinary price of
e1,210 a ton. To this rate, which
works out at about ten shillings a
pound, he religiously adhered. At
this rate two pounds were purchased
by a firm of dealers belonging to
Bardney, near Lincoln. From these
two pounds they have this year
grown 1870 pounds, and are so pleased
with the result that they have
bought a quantity more at the rate
of $500 a ton. Two other growers,
Mr.. Kline, of Manham-le-Fen, and
Mr.. Blades, of Epworth, purchased a
ton at the same figure, and have
paid more for subsequent consign-
ments After this the story of the
King Edward VII. potato, which be-
gan to sell at e12 los. ton and
rose to $40, seems quite tame,
though it would have been sufficient
ly remarkable under any other cir
cumstances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

of Plymouth Rock microbes and
scare :. way love. Science says the
only way persons should show their
affection for each other is by shak-
ing hands, but love smacks it's lips
and yells for more microbes.
You can't head off love with a lit
tie, six-legged microbe or a volume
of statistics or shrek of scientific
alarm or club or anything else.
Love isn't made according to the
rules of science. Scientific heart
ne'er won fair lady. Science is one
thing, love is another The scientist
slips around with his skull-cap down
over on ear and lodges microbes at
every turn, but the lover braves ev-
cry danger and kisses his girl on the
mouth all the way home from the
oyster supper. The scientist says:
Look not on the lip when it is red"
but love says, "hand me a kiss on
the mouth, and don't stop to take
out the microbes" Love stands at
the front gate in the evening and
kisses to his. hearts content, while
science club in hand, is out trying
to get the drop on a little covey Of
microbes.
The scientist is always on the look
out for them. He is detective i'm
citizens clothes, poliecan in dis
guise with a 48-caliber microscope
in his hip pocket and breach-load-
ing test-tube under his belt. The
scientist of to-day must be, in fact,
a greater detective than the detec-
tives themselves.
With him it must be Old Sleuth the
Sly-FoOted Scientist, md How he
Pulled the Gang of Fried Omelet Mi
crobes; Sherlock Holmes, the TWEEN
tieth Century Scientist, and His
Thrilling Encounter with a Stewed
Prune; Case AZ, or How a Secret
Service Scientist, Disguised as Ho-
tel Waitress, Unearthed the Plot of
a Can of Oysters.
The ordinary detective has an easy
job. He sits in his Office on Monday
morning with his feet on the table
and valuable cigar in his mouth.
sad-eyed man, wearing pair of ear
mitts and faded umbrella, comes
timidly into the room.
Throw up your hands and state
your case," says the detective in
heavy, baritone voice.
Somebody has subtracted a horse
from me-" replies the man.
Remove your ear-mitts and be
seated" says the detective, 'but
don't make false move. L want you
to tell me the nationality of the man
living next door to you, his GRANDPA
theirs maiden name, and whether or
not he is in the habit of staying out
late at night?
what is the size of his foot, and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

for he thinks and speaks only in low
ing tones of all mankind, and of all
things on earth. His scrap book of
drawings, covering all of the old land
marks of this city, is particularly in
teresting when exhibited in his parlor,
on winter evening, and explained by
him in his vivacious manner. He says:
II have often laughed at the officers
of the old times, who used to think
that because the navy yard was two
miles and half from the white house
and navy department. they could do as
they pleased without any of their con-
duct or misconduct being found out.
when Commodore Goldsborough
was in charge of the navy yard, n
though he resided in the northwest,
he knew what was going on as well
as any modern sleuth. He went to
the quarters of the commandant ev-
cry day to attend to official business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

fenced in when the city was laid out,
and the commissioners planned to
leave it undisturbed.
Tens of thousands of visitors to the
national capital view the navy yard,
are guided through the great gun fac
tory by officials, and have the public
places explained to them, but very few
ever have the opportunity to talk to
"the oldest inhabitant; the man who
knew all about it almost century ago,
at time when the navy yard was
thing of the imaginary future, as was
also the capital city. And, for that
matter, in those days the success of
the republic itself was problematical.
William Birth, IS years of age, deaf
as a post, who can learn nothing of
modern things except through his eyes,
is an interesting conversationalist
He says: 81 used spectacles from the
time 1 was so until 1 was almost 70
years old; and then my eyesight came
back to me. For more than 20 wears I
have used no spectacles. NY eyesight
is as good as that of any young man
or woman on earth. was Dragging
that was growing young again, when
my hearing began to fail. Gradually
all power of discerning sounds left me,
and am thus isolated from the world;
but read all of the daily papers. and
I know thing or two, anyway"
This wonderful old man is as Iowa
BILE as another Saint John. the Aged:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
Sad, But TrT

Sad, But True.
Ella-My face is my fortune.
Stella-Well, we can't all have
money.-N. Y. Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
THE SCIENTISTS WAR AGAINST THE
KISSING HABIT.

- HERE is a good deal of
public interest in the cru
NM ~ SADIE which science is max
&WEX ing against the old-fash-
r4&z toned mouth to mouth
kiss. These efforts are be-
ing renewed with great vigor this
winter, but statistics do not show
that the evil is being stamped out
at a very lively rate of speed.
According to some of our most
profound, logical and bald-headed
scientists, the kiss, when delivered
from mouth to mouth, is badly af-
ficted with microbes and is. there
fore a frightful menace to good
health. You can sock a kiss on the
cheek, or the forehead, or the ear.
or the necktie, or the collar, but not
upon the mouth.
But, Notwithstanding the warnings
of science, the old mouth-hold kiss
this winter is being used as extern
sively as ever.
Science can send a message across
the Atlantic ocean without the ne
cessity of wire or anything else
much but money, science can hold
a microbe on the end of a fork and
tell it's family history as far back
as it runs, science can take tree
of the forest and convert it into any
thing from a book of poems to d
wooden leg, science can tell you the
age and voting precinct of every star
in the sky, and it can make gum
overcoat out of tapioca pudding, or
a tapioca pudding out of gum-over-
coat, but science cannot step into
sthe dim parlor on Sunday evening
and break up the kissing-bee that
is being conducted there under the
auspices of the Microbe association.
You can't mix sentiment and sci
ence, and you can't drive out a herd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
Ghent,a RreWeries.

The business most in evidence in
Client is that of the breweries. In a
population less than 100000 there are
more than 100 establishments, large
and small. Notwithstanding this COM
petition, American enterprise has en-
tered the field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

The new president of Hayti is IS
years old. 1t is evident, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, that the young
men have not as yet assumed charge
in HaVti
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29

HERE is a good deal of
public interest in the cru
SADIE which science is max
ing against the old-fash-
toned mouth to mouth
kiss These efforts are be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-29
London,s sanded Streets

Each year about $4,000 is expended
in sprinkling the streets of London
with sand, to prevent horses from slip.
ping.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22

do not believe Robin has become a Wiz
lain, and agree to seek him out Thus
In tho second act the scene falls nat-
orally In the splendid and barbnrous east
Snt1pnrat The Crusaders III nrmor. Sara
Gems, lnfldol stnke-uhnrt1,ers
H An amusing episode here Is whore the
sheriff buys number OF young girls
FOR Il huretn and ACQUIRES IN the lot
17rinr ,Tuck, who has been going about
n tho disguise OF d houri The climax
OF tle not Is tho drugglng by tho sheriff
az f,obllr Robh has been loft In charge
of tho Crusadcrs' banner. This tho Bher-
IA seisos, and then leads on band Of
anranens, 9 who defeat and capture Robin
and his comrades, In the third act the
sheriff and Guy are making merry In
an I'D hnrorlial hall over Robins down.
ri, nnd over the season which Is that
Of twelfth night. Suddenly Robin him
ae1g bursts In on them with his COM
rades and for an ending the evil char
actors & yet their deserts and the good
como ~ their own. There are twenty.
foi,r musical numbers, an overture and
100 'entr'actes. The song Of '"rhe Monk
and the Maggie is like in character to
ia 5"Old Cross ii Bow song of Robin
Hood 4, There Is a sextette CLEO, song
~ nrhe CobblerAf,d the 1Blue Bottle Flies"
and 4 bass song called "'rhc Cellarcr's
roast, There is also n martial refrain,
0rha STANDARD Watch which IS deity
introduced III the themes OF the finales.
The original company Includes ~. Q.