Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

lean secure for you a 100 acre home
stead in Oklahoma, suitable for mixed
farming and grazing, at total cost Of
only 5000. Address, o. d. RuBBE1L,
Enid, Oklahoma.
Great spring tonic. Drives out all
impurities. Makes, the blood rich.
Fill you with warm, tingling life. A
spring blessing is Rocky Mountain
Tea: 81 cents. Sold by DR.. Connolly.
Makes mother eat, makes father eat,
makes grandma eat, makes grandpa
eat, makes the children eat. Rocky
Mountain Tea does 1t. Agreatspripe,
tonic. 35 cents. For sale by DR.. VIM.
Connolly.
Watch for the Bazaar and Easter
Market to be given by the ladies of
the M. E. church,. in the church
parlor, April 10th and 1lth. Come
every one and see what the ladies
have to sell,
The johnson Racket Store stock is
being appraised previous to final set
tlement. Mr.. Thomas, an appraiser
OF the insurance companys, Mr.. G. L.
White and Frank Lomas as referee
are doing the work.
John S. Stevens and Mary Rosetta
Sovereign were married Wednesday
evening, March 25, Rev. ]. B. Smith
officiating, and will at once commence
housekeeping in the house recently
purchased from DR.. Bowers.
Miss Julia RyFnes will spare no
pains in showing and telling her Gus
toners all the latest designs in Paris
fashions, both in millinery and dress
trimmings. Ladies, see my hats and
learn my prices before buying.
Erwin Barker is doing some good
athletic work at Iowa City. An &C.
couut of recent indoor field meet at
S. 2. l. in the Dea Moines News made
special mention of arecord of 5 feet A
inches made by him In the high Jump.
Dick Enright and Roy Brown have
formed partnership In the black
smithing business and rented the old
Cady shop on west Railroad street.
Both are we'll known as capable work.
men and will no doubt enjoy a good
patronage. a5t&
Stewart Bailey, with the A. N.
Kellogg Newspaper Company of Min
neapolis, was Cresco visitsr on We'd
nesday, on his way to visit his brother
and other Decorah relatives and
friends. Stewart is agrand all around
newspaper man.
The WopdmeR OF the World are per-
feeting arrangements for their annual
ball to be given Friday evening, April
18th in the Opera House. Their pre-
vious dances have Invariably been a
success In every way and the camp
proposes to make the next one eclipse
all past records.
At the meeting Of Cresco Camp 12l
w. O. w., held last Tuesday evening,
Dana Mead was elected clerk to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Otto Johnson. The Consul Com
mandeEs chair made vacant by the
foregoing change was filled by the cleo
tion of DR.. j. J. Ahern.
The School Board, after consulta-
ton in the matter, have decided that
another election is necessary to make
legal the proposed issuance Of bonds
for greetings a school house in the third
ward, and have fixed Monday, April 20.
as the date. The proposition will be
to issue bonds not to exceed $4,000.
As do not intend to have a formal
opening this spring, Invite the ladies
of Cresco and Vicinity to call and in
spect one OF the largest and most
complete lines of pattern hats and
street hats ever brought to Cresco.
Come early and take your choice.
Miss, JULIA BYRNEs.
Amos D. Combs, one of the early
settlers of Howard county died at his
home in Chester the first of the week
and his remains were consigned to the
tomb on Wednesday. 1t is also re-
ported that Mrs. Combs is dangerous
ly i'll. We are without facts for a
more extended mention of the deceas-
ed.
Hon. D. A. Lyons returned yester-
day noon from Des Moines, where he
went to present q petition for and
urge the issuance Of pardon to Joe
Mulick, Of RiceYille. sentenced to the
county jail for one year for man.
slaughter. Mr.. Lyons was successful
in his mission, and on Wednesday the
pardon was granted, as is eminently
just and proper.
Inanother column appears the Elma
New Era 3 advertisement of their pi-
ano contest which, while only fairly
started, is already creating good deal
of interest in the vicinity of Elma,
which will doubtless spread to Cresco
before the contest CLOSES on June 1st.
Perhaps one of the contestants is a
friend of yours. Hso, pay your sub
scription and give her the benefit OF
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