Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-07

We are showing the largest line O
new Easter neckwear In town.
OWENS CLOTHING Co.
Lenten services in Grace Episcopa
church Sunday. Its church fair, fes
tival, sale of fancy and useful article
will be held In the opera house Tues
day evening, the 14th.
r. A. Wildman the popular princi
pal Of Chester's public school was !,
pleasant visitor in this Office last week
He will be candidate for count,
superintendent, and will make an eff
| ticient public servent If honored with
the Office.
The establishment of four new ru
raj delivery routes out of Cresco has
disarranged our mailing galleys and
all on the new routes have not got
receiving boxes so that we are delayed
In reconstructing the galleys, hence
patrons must be patient for few
days.
Cresco was full Of farmers and their
wives on Saturday, there being more
teams In the city than our hitching
places for. The stores generally were
overrun with customers, the Alliance
store as usual taking the lead. 1t
had over fifty deliveries to make in
the city after four o'clock.
Wesley Swenson's s show window is
again creation of art. 1t is taste
fully draped in white and and decor
ated with choice lot of goods taken
from his we'll selected stock of goods.
Mr.. Swenson's displays are always an
artistic treat, and each succeeding one
excels his former efforts in that line.
Land in this vicinity that sold for
$2o or less, fifteen years ago, now sells
for $50 to $75 per acre. The same
will be true in regard to the land that
John w. Gardner has advertised in
this issue of the PLAIN DEALER. We
know this land and know that you
will make no mistake If you buy it.
The eldest son of Dan shugrue liv-
ing southwest Of town, was so severely
kicked by horse Sunday morning
that he has but little chance for re-
covery. He was alone in the barn at
the time and the particulars are there
fore not known. His skull was badly
crushed and he is suffering from inter-
nal hemorrhage.
Ed and Chas. Miller doing business
under the name of Miller Bros, have
opened pump and windmill shop in
the old foundry building, and will also
continue their we'll drilling. Both
are experienced workmen in their line
and solicit your patronage, believing
it wiilbe to your advantage to consult
them before investing elsewhere.
Sheriff Campbell has a Decorah
citizen, John Christopherson, alias
"Bulljack", boarding with him at
present. A short time ago Joe Block
had quantity of junk stolen and soon
after "Bulljack" offered some junk
closely resembling that stolen to De-
corah dealers, who were suspicious and
refused to buy. Since then the junk
capuot be found. A pal of Chris
tOpherson who offered to steal it from
him is in the Decorah jail and a Cresco
party supposed to be implicated is
under surveillance.
DR.. Will Mayo was down from
Rochester last week, and Saturday
performed two operations for gall
stones, one of the patients being lady
from Harmony whose name we did
not learn, but who we understand, is
getting along nicely. The other two
patients were Cresco residents, Mrs.
John Farnsworth who had ten gall
stones taken from her, but is doing as
we'll as can be expected now, although
for time she was very i'll from the
effects of the operation; and Mrs
Miles Graf who was operated on fol
floating kidneys, and is also recovering
nicely.
A case has been filed in the distric
court against the Clear Lake schoo
board, based upon the fact that the
would not allow Chas. Comstock's bo
to attend school because he had no
| been successfully vaccinated. c. 81
Allen, Mr.. Comstock' Is attorney, claim
that the authority exercised by tn
State Board of Health in compelling
school children to be vaccinated whel
there is no smallpox in the commu
ni4y, neither a threatened outbreal
of the epidemic, is not warranted
The case will be tried during the mex
term of the district court.-Clea
Lake Reporter.
4 Soon after Marshal Harris took th
three fellows from the train last Wed
nesday, VIM. Bathen picked up A
calibre revolver in the snow righ
where they got off. 1t was full of load
ed shells. The supposition is that on
of tho fellows drnnned it as he Steppe