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, 1903-12-24

Miss Arabella Paxton had long since
said goodby to her youth, but nobody
had accused her Of doing it with resig-
nation.
What were you thinking Of TO start
Cousin Arabella off in that merry-go-
round?' asked Mrs. Jennings at the
county fair. She had just received her
dizzy and ~disheveled relative at the end
of a trip on the flying horses.
"You needn't look so severe at me-
said Slr. Jennings reproachfully when
Cousin Arabella had been deposited on
a settee and left to recover her equilib-
rum. "She heard a woman say the
machine was enough to scare anybody
put of ten years growth, and after
that she was possessed to ride in it"
, 1903-12-24
A Cautious Answer.

A writer on New England and New
England people some years ago said
that the caution Of the New Highlander
in giving an answer to q direct ques-
ton was illustrated to him one day
when he asked an eastern friend whose
family were not noted for very active
habits Was not your fathers death
very SUDDEN"
Slowly drawing one hand from his
pocket and pulling down his beard the
i~nterrogated cautiously replied, WAL.
rather sudden for him"
, 1903-12-24

A certain had three leg am
putation cases In II week. The unusual
number of serious and similar opera
tons naturally caused ak in the sur
geou's household, and his little dauGh-
ter was greatly interested. A few days
after the last operation the surgeons
wife and daughter were rummaglng in
the attic. In Il trunk was found a
daguerreotype depicting a girl OF about
eight years Of age The portrait
through u peculiarly of pose showed
only one leg of the subject, the other
being doubled up under her in a man
ner truly feminine.
Whose picture is that, mamma p
asked the surgeons daughter.
Mine. 1t was taken when / was a
child not much older than you are
now"
Did you know papa them"
mo, dear. Why do you askY'
Il thought maybe you did cause
you've only got me leg
, 1903-12-24

The Servians have long been noto-
rious for the cruelty exercised by them
in the punishment of political prison
ers. They are confined in subterranean
cells. with just enough air TO keep
them alive. The fortress at Belgrade
contains a deep well. dating back to
Roman times. which Is believed to con
tain the skeletons of many Of these
prisoners.
, 1903-12-24

A correspondent tells the London
News that being at Falling. in Norfolk
he asked permission of a local marsh
owner to walk over his meadows.
what for?' he wanted to know. "Oh.
10 do a little botanizing,' was the re-
ply. There was n pause while the
landowner scratched his head. Then.
slowly and suspiciously, Not with a
gum"
, 1903-12-24

DIR. Holmes said the lamp of a mans
life has three wicks-braln, blood and
~breath-and TO u down any one of
them makes the other two go out. The
wounds "A man viii survive and "
disregard SO long as his head. heart
and lungs are unhurt have long been
one of the wonders Of war history.
, 1903-12-24

I'm after II servant girl said Haus-
keep; "one with a good, big appetite
preferred"
That's rather an unusual request"
began the employment agent.
"Well. i've got TO put II stop to this
business of having things warmed over
the next day ."-Philadelphia Press.
, 1903-12-24

DR.. Sawyer. Laramie's popular
dentist, will come to Saratoga during
the holidays, prepared to do all
kinds of dentistry at reasonable rates.
He will have an office in the Water
loo hotel. Watch the papers for dates.
II 3-3w.
, 1903-12-24

queer why ~ bAsDAig u irouSNehu'
An Arabian bride Is arrayed in all
her dresses. one over the other. She Is
perched on IA high stool, so that they all
hang down over 1t, and one by one
they are taken Off with much display
and admiring comment from the
guests. The hast is, of course. the most
beautiful. The bridegroom is hidden
in some corner where he can see his
future wife's dowry, which, however,
he may not ouch.
, 1903-12-24

Whatever music there may be in the
instrument called man cannot be
brought out fully and entirely until a
woman takes 1t In charge and plays
upon the strings of it.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
, 1903-12-24
strayed.

From Foreman's mill on South
Spring creek, Dec. llth, mich COW,
mulv, dark red with considerable
white on lower part of body, branded
RE on left side. Finder please mott,
fly d, NJ. Foreman, Box 125, Saratoga
Wyoming.
l2-I7 If.
, 1903-12-24

Say. old chap, 1t isn't nice OF you to
refuse to lend me that V. One friend
should always be willing to help the
other"
True, but | object TO invariably be-
ing the other New York World
, 1903-12-24

Widow TO decentralization must
really wait awhile for payment for
the mourning dresses. We are still too
sorrowful to consider financial matters.
, 1903-12-24

Gentlemen's clothing cleaned, re
paired and dye. Ladies' and chill
dren's remodeled, by
Mrs. NJ. j. McCoun, at residence.
, 1903-12-24

Rich Heiress-Are you sure you love
me?
Hard Up-Love you? Why. | wor.
ship the very ground you inherit
, 1903-12-24

Super-No, sir. the ghost hasn't walk
ed for two weeks.
Crittick-I saw the leading man with
a wad today. He must have got his
salary
Super-Oh. yes; he's the star.
Crittick-What you might call n
fixed" star, ehY-Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1903-12-24
urrortunately the ONLY wny.

"of curse you wouldn't marry a
title?"
Not If there was any other way of
getting one answered the severely
practical girl.-Chlcago Post.
, 1903-12-24
SPRING CREEK LUMBER CO.,
W. A. Petty. Propr

Have purchased the Mowry say mill and will open it for business June l
1909. All kinds of Dressed Lumber, Dimension stuff. House Logs. etc, to
sale at the mill. Orders solicited.
, 1903-12-24
Pasture for Rent.

Horses and cattle taken to pasture
for the winter.
S-2'-tt. Jesse Fout4.
, 1903-12-24
@EW
Horse Pasture for Rent.

have abundance of Horse pasture
for rent at reasonable rates. Apply
to l.. G. Nelson, Saratoga, Wyoming.
10 l-tf.
, 1903-12-24

P f


4 Garlic branded left side. armar
y hall uyurcrup On right half uudercrop
y un left, horses branded left shouldar.
3 Range . and Spring creeks. p. o.
address Saratoga or Encampment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
OF INTEREST TO loWANs
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Application Made to the Governor for
Pardon or Parole for Frank A. No.
vak-Executive Councils
Authorize ce+ Ae;da
Authority Set Aside.

Application has been made to Gov
ernor Cummins to grant pardon or
parole to Frank A. Novak, who is serv-
ing life sentence at Anamosa peni-
Tertiary for the murder of Edward
Murray at Walford. Benton county.
The case that resulted in Novak's
sentence and Imprisonment was one Of
the most remarkable in the criminal
annals of Iowa. Novak ran a store
at Walford and had met with financial
reverses. One night early in Feb
ruary, 1897, he drugged Murray, took
him to his store, crushed his skull,
robbed him and then burned the store
over his body. Novak escaped and
entered on remarkable flight through
British America and into Alaska. He
was finally captured months later by
Detective Perrin, who had relentless
ly logged his footsteps. He was
brought back, indicted and in Novem-
Der, 1897, was convicted of murder in
the second degree. 1t is not probable
the release of the prisoner will be al
lowed, as there is strong opposition
to it from Benton county authorities,
on the ground that the crime was es-
pecially brutal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
not BATTLE WITH ROBBERS
One of a Trio of Safe-Blowers Is
Killed and a Second Is Wound
ed in Ohio.
ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK NEAR CLEVELAND
Omcers and Citizens Aroused and
Head Men OF at Bedford, Where
Desperate Running Fight Occurs
None of Robbers Bullets Take Eff
fect-One of the Men Escapes.

Cleveland, O., March 3O.-A desper-
ate battle was fought early Saturday
between three robbers on one side and
officers and citizens on the other, at
Bedford, a suburb, resulting in the
death of one of the robbers and the
wounding and capture of apother.
Many shots were exchanged before
the fleeing men We're finally brought
to earth.
Very late at night three masked men
entered the town of Garrettsville, 25
miles east of Cleveland, seized the
night policeman and bound and
gagged him. The officer was then
marched to the post Office, where he
was compelled to witness an attempt
to blow open the safe by the maraud-
ers. They finally after working some
time, gave up the job without securing
anything of value. They then entered
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
FIRE IN PENITENTIARY.
y afosm-corn Factory at Joliet
1arned-Convicts show Excel
lent Discipliue.

! Joliet, ILL.,, March 30.-A fire at the
penitentAary at night broke out in the
broom department, where large sup
ply of broom corn is stored. Warden
Murphy, the guards and convicts
fought the flames, but they threatened
to spread, and the city fire department
was summoned. After two hours
fighting the FIRE was extinguished. It
was kept within the walls of the shop,
. huge two-story stone structure. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. Cause Of
are unknown. There was intense ex-
element among the convicts, but per-
feet discipline was maintained.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Business Opportunities tor All.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Mime.
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago
Greast Western Railway, the very best
agricultural section of the United
States where farmers are prosperous
and business men successful. We have
a demand for competent men with the
necessary capital for all branches of
business. Some spesial opportunities
foreamery men and millery. Good
location for general merchandise,
hardware, harnesses, hotels, banks and
stock buyers. Correspondence Soiioi-
ted. Write for maps and Maple leaf
let's: w. ]. REED, Industrial Agent
eO4 Endicott Building, st, Paul, MINI
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Octopus

the store Of E. e. George, where they
secured small sum Of money. Later
they stole a horse and.buggy and drove
to Ravena, where they boarded a
Cleveland & Pittsburg freight train
for Cleveland.
Meantime the authorities had been
aroused at both Ravena and CARROTS
vile. kilograms were sent to Bedford
and when the train arrived number
of deputy sheriffs and posse of cit
liens were on hand, armed with guns
and revolvers. The three burglars
jumped from the train as it drew up
to the station. They Immediately
drew their revolvers and running
fight began. The robbers fred rapidly
as they ran toward an open field, while
the officers and posse poured in
volley after volley upon them. Finally
one Of the pursued men dropped to the
ground dead. A second was so badly
wounded that. he left trail of blood
in his footsteps and soon threw up
his hands in surrender. The third man
escaped.
The men have not yet been identi-
fed. None of the officers or citizens
injured.
Name of Wounded Robbsr.
Subsequently the captured robber
was taken to the Office of United States
Marshal Chandler, where he gave his
name as James Bradley, 23 years old,
Of st. Louis, Mo. He asserted that he
did not know the name OF the robber
shot to death, or OF the one who es-
capped. Further than this Bradley de-
cilned to talk and he was locked up In
the county Jail.
a snlsisl 4iltstsh 4fsn aarxsttl.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
LoMAS g. MILF
DRUGGISTS
A Sweet Breath.

Is a never failing sign Of healthy
1 tomach. When the breath is bad TIE
stomach is out of order. There is no
remedy IN the world equal to Kodol
Dyspepsia cure for curing INDIGESTION,
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Mrs. Mary S Crick, of White Plains,
Ky, writes: 81 had been a dySpeptic
for years-tried all kinds of remedies
but continued to grow worse. BY the
use of Kodol began to improve at
once, and after takirg few BOTTLES
am fully restored in weight, health
and strength and can eat whatever l
like, Kodo1 digests what you eat and
makes the stomach sweet. Shuttle
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
MADE TO KISS THE FLAG.
Seaman ON Revenue Cutter Seminole
Panished for Calling Old Glory
/, "Dirty Rag"

Boston, March 30.-An unusual
scene has been enacted on the United
States revenue cutter Seminole, lying
An this harbor. One day this week,
one of the seamen, veteran tar.
broke out in the forecastle in violent
abuse Of pretty nearly everything.
He proceeded in his vituperation
without being molested until he
called the United States flag dirty
rag and INDUCED in other unpatriotic
sentiments.
A quartermaster standing near re-
ported this language to Capt. Rogers,
Commanding the Seminole, and the
aatter took prompt action. All hands
avere called to general muster, and
the captain addressed them on the
enormity Of the offense committed
by one of their number. Then he
eompelled the culprit to kiss the flag
six times and to repeat after him an
obligation never to speak disrespect-
fully Of it or to allow anyone else
20 do so in his presence. The name
o4 the offender is not made known.
!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Authority Set Aside.

The executive councils authority in
the matter of fixing assessments on
telephone property has been deliberate
ly set aside by the board of supervis-
county. and the assessment made by
the council cut down. Undoubtedly
the Linn county authorities will be
sharply rebuked, and the executive
council will proceed to demonstrate
that Iowa is bigger than Linn county
by compelling the assessment to be al
lowed to stand as it fixed it. AS the
executive council views the matter,
there is no warrant of law whatever
for excepting farmers telephone lines
from assessment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Diamonds valued at $1,000 were
stolen from a Minneapolis jewelry
house by unknown persons.
Macabebe scouts defeated San
Miguel force after brisk battle.
The enemy left 45 dead on the field.
Chicago bankers expect little
money relief from the bond refund
Ing plan Of the treasury department.
Michigan railroads have begun suit
in the federal court to restrain the
state from collecting taxes on the
ad valorem system.
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed
Q row of two-story brick business
houses and most of their contents at
Tyler, Tex, the loss being about
100000.
Chicago iron, sheet metal, and
steam pipe workers on buildings I'M
der construction will strike on April
! unless agreements are signed by
unions by that time.
The Mills & Knight company, of
Boston, one of the oldest printing
and book houses in New England, has
assigned. Liabilities, $e1,279; assets,
nominally about the same.
Rev. L. La Fountaine, of Chicago,
IS years old, has returned to the
Roman Catholic faith after SO years,
during which he was ordained as a
Presbyterian minister and raised a
family.
Miss Helen Gould's plan for social
study in connection with the Ameri-
can Institute for Social Service in,
cludes sending abroad DR.. w. H. Toll
man, director, to study social better
ment in human progress and indus
tries.
Admiral Dewey may be reprimand
ed for an interview declaring the re
cent American naval maneuvers IL
the West Indies intended as an oh
jeot lesson for the kaiser. Germany
he declared, was unable to send
feet to equal it.
Actors in the famous farce, "Me
Fadden's Flats" were driven from tn
stage Of the new Star theater, a
New York, by 200 members Of tn
Clan-na-Gael and Hibernian orders
who threw rotten eggs and vegeta
bles at them because of the satire o
their race.
MADE TO KISS THE FLAG.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
RESCUE WORKER WOUNDED.
Lieutenant BERTHE Faux shot by an
Enraued Wife,


Lieutenant BERTHE Faulk of the Res.
cue Workers, widow, was hit in the
forehead by bullet from revolver
in the hands of Mrs. Frank Ball at
Sioux City. The thick wood of the
door took most of the bullets force
and the lieutenant's life was spared.
Frank Ball, husband Of the woman
who was in the room with Lieutenant
Faulk, escaped injury. He has gone
to South Omaha. Fearing further
violence and perhaps more shooting,
the rescue worker has asked the police
to protect her. Lieutenant Faulk de-
clares she did not know that Ball was
married and said she thought she
could convert Ball and allowed him
to come to her room. Mrs. Ball fol.
lowed him there failing to get admit
lance when she demanded il, fired a
revolver twice through the door.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Due Notice is Served.

Due notice is hereby served on the
public generally that DeWitt'S Witch
Hazel Salve is the only salve on the
market that is made from the pure,
unadulterated witch hazel, DeWitt's
ands of cases Of piles that would not
yield to any other treatment, and this
fact has brought out many worthless
t the genuine DeWitt's 'S Witch Hazel Eel
Salve are never disappointed, because
it cures. Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Violated Game Laws.

Thomas Jackson, a Fonda poultry
dealer, was fined s100 for violating the
game laws in shipping wild ducks out
Of the state. Hart Roberts was fined
$40 on the same charge. Deputy
Blackburn, who filed the information,
was told to leave town or suffer the
consequences. He left the next morn
| in1
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Not Illegally Restrained.

After a two days hearing Judge
O'Donnell of Dubuque has refused to
grant the writ of habeas corpus to
Mrs. Margaret Laughlin of Wabasha,
Mimi, for her release from St. Jo-
seph's hospital for the insane, holding
that she is not illegally restrained of
her liberty. After the proceedings
Frank Laughlin, brother of the plain
tiff. whom the latter alleges has pur-
pose other than the restoration of her
impaired health in having her con-
fined in the asylum, and County Attor-
ncy Hammond of Wabasha. Mimi.
came to. blows. They were separated
before either was badly injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Noted Men to Speak.

e. L. Coffeen, superintendent of
the executive committee of the North
eastern Iowa Teachers association,
has fixed upon Mason City as the place
for holding the next meeting and the
dates for Oct. Is, 16 and II. He an
nounced that in all probability three
of the speakers will be Mayor Seth
Low of New York, Senator Beverage
and Booker T. Washington.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
sues for Heavy DAMAGES.

W. p. Dickinson, who has just been
acquitted of the charge Of embezzle-
ment at independence, has sued Ham
ilton Browne, the prosecuting witness,
for an accounting. Dickinson asks for
money due him for personal damages
to the extent Of 100000. The First
National bank also sues Hamilton
Browne for the $4,000 note in question
in the embezzlement suit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Good For Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imme-
diate relief in all cases of Cough,
Group and Lagrippe because it does
not pass Immediately into the stom-
acb, but takes effect right at the seat
of the trouble. 1t draws out the infla-
nation, heals and soothes and cures
permanently by enabling the lungs to
contribute pure life-giving and life
Sustaining oxygen to the blood and
tissues. Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Boy Buried Alive.

By the caving of sand pit on the
farm Of Will G. Tyrrell, near Alexan-
der. Vern Yaw, aged six years, was
killed and his grandfather narrowly
escaped death. The elder Yaw was
buried to his neck and was almost
dead when found. The little boy was
buried alive,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
viii Send a Fun Regiment.

The decision has finally been
reached to send full regiment of
Iowa troops to the dedication Of the
buildings at st. Louis, April 30. The
regiment has not been selected. Ad-
jutant General Byers will go to st.
Louis this week to look after the ar
rangements for the troops.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03

LET ME SAY have used Ely s Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly
recommend it for what it claims.
Very truly, REV III. w. Hathaway,
Elizabeth, n. j.
TRIED Ely's Cream Balm and to
all appearances am cured of catarrh.
The terrible headaches from which
/ long suffered are gone-W. ii: Hitch
cock, late Major U. S. Vol. and A. A.
Cen, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Balm does not initiate or cause
sneezing Sold by druggists at so cts.
or mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
ST., New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
i,ls states that the ROBBERS, after fall

VILE states that the robbers, after fall
ing TO blow open the post Office safe,
entered the office of w. ID. Cushman, on
the upper floor of the same building,
where the latter was sleeping. Cush-
man was tightly bound and gagged,
after which the robbers took $50 and a
watch.
About 500 in cash was found.on the
body of the dead robber at Bedford,
together with a number of fuses, skel-
etor keys and burglars tools. Both
men were we'll dressed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Important Judicial Decision.

Judge P. B. Wolf of Clinton has made
a decision which will have bearing on
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of property in this state and
which is the first decision on the ques.
ton involved, that Of the power of
assessors to assess taxes on property
in the hands of trust company as
trustee. The court holds such prop
erty is liable to assessment, both for
county and city taxes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Church Conference Closes.

The forty-ninth session of the Iowa
annual conference of the United
Brethren church has just closed at
Moravia. Among the resolutions
adopted was one indorsing the move
ment for organic union of number
of churches similar in doctrine and
policy. Gladbrook was selected as
the place for holding the next con-
ference.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
viii Erect a Central School.

A special election was held in Tay-
lor township in Marshall county to de-
termine whether or not the township
should vote tax Of $4,000 for the cree
ton Of central school. The proposi-
ton carried by five votes. This is the
first township to adopt the central
school system.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Various Kinds of Trouble.

AS result of religious revival at
Luton by Rev. D. G. Bason, purporting
to live in Indianapolis, daughter has
been driven from home, a choir has
been broken up. friends of forty years
are estranged, merchants have stopped
selling tobacco, and Bacon has been
threatened by humiliation by mem
bers of secret orders which he at
tackled.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Programme Completed.

The programme has been complet-
ed for the meeting of the Northwestern
Iowa Teachers association at Sioux
City April 16, II and 10. when 1000
pedagogues will be in attendance. The
programme includes the names Of such
men as State Superintendent R. G..
Barrett, Henry Sabin of Des Moines,
President Seerley of the state normal
at Cedar Falls and Rabbi Emil Hirsch
~ Chicapo
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-03
Transferred to Sweden

Omaha, Neb., March s0.-Brigadier
James loft, in command of the middle
westsrn division of the Salvation
Army with headquarters here, has
been assigned to the command OF the
army in Sweden. Brigadier loft has
been connected in an official capacity
with the Salvation army for 1s years,
snd was one of the promoters Of the
Institution in Sweden.