Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-12
A Change in the Business.

A Change in the Business.
With the new year slight change
in the PLAIN DEALER was made, w.
R. Mead selling his interest in the
Office to his brother, F. J. Mead and
to F. Dana Mead, son of the latter,
w. R. Mead continuing as its editor.
The publishers will assume the
name, of Mead Publishing Co. as its
future proprietors The policy of the
paper SO far as political measures and
principles are concerned will remain
unchanged.
The new publishers and proprietors
of the paper assume its entire indebt-
edness and the individual indebted
ness of its late members pertaining to
the business of the office, and the
accounts for subscription and adver-
tising are theirs. Advertising con-
tracts will be carried out by them and
all prepaid subscriptions they will fill
for the time paid to.
Heretofore the editor has been book
keeper, solicitor and and collector for
the office. Relieved of these duties
he will be enabled to make the editor
ial department. more servicable to the
paper and OF more interest and value
to its patrons.
Fred Cole was down from Austin
last Friday.
Morton Fields went to Austin
Saturday noon.
Frank Kalishek was up from Proti-
vim last Monday.
James Stafford was down from Lime
Springs, Yesterday.
H. P. Anderson was down from
Lime Springs last week.
Senator D. A. Lyons left, Friday
afternoon. for Des Moines.
G. P. Nash was down from Lime
Springs Saturday on business.
DR.. Ahern, front room over the E.
R. Thompson Abstract office. tf-59
For SALE.-My residence property.
This is bargain. A. L. AMIDoN.
Willis Shea of Decorah came up
Friday to attend the leap year dance.
A marriage license was issued last
week to Peter Peters and Frances Po-
loney.
Marvey Marsh was down from Lime
Springs to attend the leap year
dance.
DIR. Hecht, OF Hawkeye, was the
guest of DIR. and Mrs. Morton few
days last week.
For Short-Horn Bulls and Heifers,
call on P. NJ. Banning, 2i miles south
east of Cresco.
DR.. j. w. Jinderlee, Physician and
Surgeon. Front rooms over Sobolik' IS
Hardware store. 1Otf
G. NJ. Van Leuvan was in the city
last week looking after the ST. Paul
Dispatch interests.
Roy Watros and Robt. Damon re-
turned to Iowa City Monday to re.
sumo their school duties.
Dr. W. T. Daily, physician and sur.
geon. Office over Fields Furniture
store, opposite postofice.
Misses O'Malley, Of Austin, and
Shea, of Owatona, were in attendance
at the dance Friday evening.
Ingwald Steensland has made ar
rangements to enter the clothing
/ business at Hutchinson, MINI.
Miss Louise Pecinovsky went to
Faribault, Mimi. Friday morning to
attend the st. Mary school there.
/ A few very fine young Jersey Rec
boars for sale very cheap. Enquire o,
Chas. Schultz or at P. A. Glenn mer's
store.
| LOST: Black monkey muff between
depot and Park Hotel or the hotel ant
4 Hobe Middlebrook's 's residence. Finder
please leave at this office.
| For SALE-A two year old, full
blooded Polled Angus bull: also q few
full blood Light Brahma roosters.
/ b. P. NORTON.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. Q. Lenth have. beer
entertaining the latters brother, DR.
q. j. Reardon, CT Minnewaukon, s.
D., who returned home last Thurs
day.
| Henry Scholz came up from Gutten
burg, Iowa last Friday to visit hi
brother, Will, and take in the Lear
Year Dance. He returned Saturday
evening.
| Word comes to Cresco friends from
| Mrs Stlmson, Of Duluth, that hel
father r. D. Cady died at the home
Of bis brother in South Dakota, or
the 17th of last month.
| VIM. Woodward returned last Sat
urday from his Ohio and Pennsylya
mia visit, and after few days stay ir
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