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The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Head About to Burst From Severe
 Bilious Attack.

II had severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst when l got hold of free sample of Chamberlain $ stomach and Liver Tablets. l took a dose of them after supper and the next day felt like new man and have been feeling happy ever since,o says Mr. J. ". Smith Of JulIn, Texas. For bilious mesa, stomach troubles and constipation these Tablets have DO equal. Price s3els For sale by J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Subscriptions to Magazines.

We will duplicate any price adver- tlsed this season by any responsible party for any periodical or combina. tion of periodicals.
 We want your annual subscriptions or renewals to magazines. newspapers, aud periodicals.
 LANDYoIGT X NABAkIN.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
A Costly Mlstak G.

Blunders are sometimes very expensive Occasionally life is the price of a mistake. but you never be wrong If you take Dr Kings New Life Pills for Dyspepsia. Dizziness, Headache Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough 25c, at all Drug Stores.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Heart FIutuerng.

Undigested food and gas in the stomach, located just below the heart. presses against it and causes heart palpitatlon When your heart troubles you ID that way take Herblne for few days. You will soon be alright. 50c. Sold by J. T. San
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Mothers. Be Careful

of the health of your children. Look cut for Coughs, Colds, Group and Whooping Cough. Stop them in tlme-One Minute Cough Cure is the best remedy. Harmless and pleasant. Sold by J. r Sanders.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

Hearst Will gam by Operating III Buy
ton Is that new paper there will cut
on 10000 circulation which his New
York Evening Journal has there now.
1t may seem odd to speak Of cutting
on circulation as an advantage but
that is precisely the case when as with
the Evening Journal, the circulation
10 already bigger than any local adver-
tiser Will pay corresponding rates for.
Local advertisers are not much bsne-
dted by circulation in Boston. BY
starting q paper there Mr.. Hearst can
make the Boston advertisers pay for
circulation there; New York men
won't.
The Boston press is far inferior to
that OF Chicago, where Hearst"s Ameri-
can stirred things up so theoretically:
competition will do it good. It will in
crease the pay Of Boston newspaper
men. which is now low. Constant wars
OF competition have had that effect in
New York. where the pay of competent
newspaper writers is probably tho
highest IN the world.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

~ .'usy. holding. CONF
ban" to control three Of his separate
journalistic corporations. This hold,
ING cofilpany mas issued a hlIllon DOL.
lars worth Of bonds. all Of which Mi;
sHearstaastainR II later he should ssrI
f1%sof them that's his. own aifair I
presumethe new company will finance
the new paper which Mr.. Hearst is 70
start In Boston. where his venture will
surely have a big swing.
1t is q common mistake to assume
that Boston is a staid town. which In
sists upon things solid and dignihed.
1t Is really frivolous place, just the
town to appreciate big headlines. while
the surrounding manufacturing vii
lagos are full Of advanced political par
Eisans, who ~ GnGthing but conssrvir
Eye A1atAlx adYsntaga tha4 ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
OWEN LANGDON.
HOW TO LIVE 400 YEARS.
According to This System 1t Requires
Giving Up of Pleasures, Phys
eAcal and Gastronomic,

- E
JOSEPH salomonson thinks a short ana
merry lie of 80 years or so is not TO be
compared with life Of 400 years with
all the,.tsth left out. Nj. Salomonson is.
not 400-ySears Old yet, but thinks he will
be II he follows his system. Mr.. SALON.
onson is native Of Belgium, arrived at
Philadelphia on the Haverford, and went
at once to New York to visit BENJAMIN
Lust, who is going to try salomonson's
idea at a New Jersey sanitarium.
The first requisite for attaining this
great age is a thorough knowledge Of
the Works Of Richard Wagner. Then you
must eat no animal food or salt, drink
nothing, not even water, wear robe
and sandals, wear your hair long, and
sleep on the ground, with the sky for y
coverlet.
That 10 Mr.. Salomonson's system. and
he declares that 1t will work.
Not Until Asked,
Shea girl seldom marries her firs,
love.
HsThat's 50. The custom Of the day
requires that she shall wait for her Hrst
sf'-PAilaaslphtA Ledger.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

It is the correct thing in New York
for very wealthy bachelors to dwell
In mansions Of their own and there
entertain. Mr.. James Henry Smith.
the silent man Of Wall street." is
soon to erect q house remarkable
enough to suit q remarkable man.
Mr.. Smith was almost unheard Of
up to the time when his bachelor uncle
died in London q few years ago. leav-
ing to the nephew an estate which paid
the greatest succession tax on record
In the British metropolis. Since then
Mr.. Smith has come rapidly forward
In social circles in New York, and has
had the best OF chaperonage for his
lavish entertainments and his new
house will doubtless be- the scene Of
highly considered functions" Mr..
Smith is one OF the heaviest owners
In the St Paul and others western
lines and Is credited with acting in
harmony with the Standard Oil party
In their. administration. He Is anxious.
", but with scant hope. eyed by New
York mammas as the most desirable
match in the city. -
The house Mr.. Smith is to build will
be remarkable. In the flrst place q
seven-story hotel was pulled down to
make room for It, as part OF the ex-
traordtnary campaign which q few mill
lionaires have undertaken to prevent
trade from going up the avenue beyond
the house Of Miss Helen Gould. In
the second place. It will be- the most
conspicuous example in; the city Of
tasteful and lavish decoration: for the
commission for its erection was not
given to any architect. but to Arm Of
decorators
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
To De continued
HAS PRINCES HEART.
Chicago Girl Declared First Love Of
German Heir.
Royal Youth Met Miss wakenela n
Ball at Court and Immediately
Succumbed to the Girls
Graees.

In . recent article on the crown
prince OF Germany, Count Wolfe Won
Schterbrand relates how the young
prince has fallen 9 victim to the
charms of American girls. The count
records that at the Berlin court it Is
said the princes first love was for .
Chicago girl. Here is his statement:
This is Miss Wakefield, your i'm
perial highness.' said Mrs. White, the
wife Of the then American ambassador
in Berlin, DR.. Andrew D. White, Is
she bent her stately head. The crown
princes youthful features lighted up
in delighted smile, and his blue eyes
dwelt lingeringly on the graceful. girl.
ish figure before him.
1.-THE little incident occurred in Jan.
uary, 1899. Miss Mamie Wakefield,
then Just about sweet II. the young
fellows own age, was the daughter Of
q well-to-do Chicago merchant and .
distant relative Of the late ex- United
States Senator Farwell. OF Illinois.
This young lady, on the strength Of
special letters OF introduction. had
prevailed upon Mrs. White to present
her at court, the fitting occasion being
the hrst large reception after New
Years. 1899.
CAT the reception in the famous
white hall in the imperial castle. with
its subsequent large court ball, In
which some 600 couples participated,
Misc Wo1ynAaI1
figure. Her large. dreamy eyes, black
as sloes. and her dark tresses and will
lowy form made strong impression
on the crown princes heart. He was
then but II, tall and manly for his
age, and still. very susceptible.
HE undoubtedly showed the young
girl unusual attention, and court Cos.
sip at once commented upon the fact.
At three subsequent occasions
another court ball. a bal costume in
FebrAany,aand at q fete given by the
Russian, ambassador. Count osten,
Sackent- met the young heir to
the imperial throne In that winter and
the early spring,
(, Her name by that time had been
psrsistently coupled with his, and be.
cause Of time and other circumstances
The young girls aunt, Mrs. Tarriss. OF
|. Indianapolis, was summoned at the
instance OF Mrs. White. and conducted
her niece home by easy stages-that
Isl, after short stay in Vienna, Brus.
|. sells and Paris. -
81. Before, they parted, however. the
crown; prince, made. Miss Wakefield q
costly .present--namely, his miniature
portrait aset.-in diamonds and pearls.
':She has. since married,aT hear. young
and successful Chicago business man. =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

METROPOLIS. peeu assembled so
IFb4 quickly. The rank
and tle did not of course get such ex-
traQFdinarily advances. They came
floating in from other cities, some
from far California. And they woke
up Shs town again. Some Of those
men have found that when their con-
tracts expired their services were less
valuable. But it is not Mr.. Hearst's
fault that they did not save their
money while they were getting 1t.
ST. Louis and San Francisco having
aided In the education of New York.
along came man from Chattanooga,
Mr.. Ochs, and turned the New York
Times into one-cent paper. He also
taught New York to think New York
thought. 1t thought the experiment a
failure. But Mr.. Ochs. without sacri-
flcing the. quality Of his paper has run
It upsto nearly 100000 circulation and
now has combined the Times and Led
ger Of Philadelphia into strong pa
per, hesides building l6-story homo
for his New York paper. So much for
Chattanooga.
The latest Instructor In journalism
- Mr.. Strauss from Des Moines. Ia.
The Commercial Advertiser is the old
est paper In town. For years 1t was
conducted by Hugh Hastings. Of the
famous Albany Regency. For 20 years
1t has lived at this poor dying rate"
Mr.. Strauss has renamed it The Globe
for. the characteristic reason that
newsboys can yell that better-dropped
the price to one cent and sells the pa
per for 25 cents a hundred wholesale.
At that rate he loses money upon the
actual cost Of the white paper.
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett Is the
only New York newspaper proprietor
Of consequence who was brought up in
the city. Its publication business ia
constantly revolutionized by men from
smaller. towns.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

bOl0l0f a the hooiia
union army, law 'oeA
yer, Journalist, legislative reformer.
The World made him wealthy in fve
years. He bought the site Of Its pres
snt building with q single check, the
profits Of less than year He erected
q million-dollar building the next year,
paying for it as it went up with his
weekly profits taken in across the
counter. Meanwhile he had overturned
every newspaper tradition. Managers
were no longer content to sit and take
what advertisements came in, but. went
out and hustled for them. Pictures
were printed. The journalism that does
things was introduced.
Some Of the World people seeded
to take hold Of the Recorder, forgot
ten paper, which in its brief day had
an extraordinarily able stan. In
week the wages Of capable men went
up 50 per cent. and they have mover
lost the advantage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

III ta rs q 3. d r ~ =
Twas like playi Indeed all Paris is
like play nowadays. OF course you
know the rest
A gesture of negative came from the
hand that lay III Lady Cath arine's lap,
The busy gossip went on.
The regent, be sure, was angry
enough at this cheapening of his own
wares before all, and perhaps tits true
he had fancy for the woman. At any
rate, It's said that this very morning
he quarreled holly with Mr.. Law. The
latter gave back words hot as he re-
ceived, and SO they had it violent
enough. TITS stated on the Quinuuem-
polk that another must take Mr.. Laws
place. But II Mr.. Law goes, what will
become of the system? And what
would the system be without Mr.. Law?
And what would Paris be without the
system2 Why, listen, Lady Catharine!
l gained 10000 livres yesterday, and
my coachman, the rascal, in some man
ner seems to have done quite as well
for himself. doubt not he will vet
build a mansion Of his own, and per-
haps my husband may drive for him!
These be strange days indeed. only
hope they may continue, in spite Of
what my husband says"
"And what aays he?" asked Lady
Catharine. her own voice sounding to
her unfamiliar and far away.
why. that the city is mad, and that
this soon must end-this Mississippi
bubble. as my Lord Etair calls 1t at the
embassy"
''You did not tell me, Lady Emily"
said she, with woman's feigned indif-
ference, what was the name of this
poor woman of the other evening""
"Why, so had forgot-and it's said
that Mr.. Law. after all, comported
himself something of the gentleman.
No one knows how far back the affair
runs, nor how serious 1t was. And in
deed l have seen no one who ever
heard of the woman before"
"And the nane?"
"'Twas said Mr.. Law called her
Mary Connynge." es5,g
The big fly, deep down in the crystal
cage, buzzed on audibly; and to one
who heard IT., the drone of the lazy
wings seemed like the roars Of thou
sand tempests.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
c., M. s. ST. PAUL r. r,

f
Train rs leaves Cresco as follows:
PASSENGER GOING EAST.
p. m. Daily except Sunday, for
McGregor and Dubuque.
$50 p. m. Daily for Chicago.
$50 p. m. DAILY except Sunday for
Milwaukee.
FREIGHT.
$50 M, carries passengers to Calmar
IL NJ, accommodation.
PASSENGER GOING WEST.
4:30 a. m., for ST. Paul & Minneapolis,
connecting at Austin for South
ern Minnesota points.
12:4S p. M, for st. Paul & Minneapolis
FREIGHT.
lilo p. M, accommodation.
1910 p. M, carries passengers.
Coupon tickets on sale for all points
In q S. and Canada; also Steamship
tickets. NJ. j. WHITE, Agt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

upon the avenue
where he keeps
bachelors b a III
with the aid of q
complete star Of
servants. He has
given generously
and unobtrusively
of his means to
Yale university
and Is ono Of the
men In New York
" no are less
known than they
d 9 serve to be,
though quite a.
Al aa
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

balancing Of city
gossip. But then
n 9 " spapen in
New York are al
ways doing things.
The report that
Mr.. Hearst has
m OIL tg q g Q d his
newspapers for a
million dollars has
gone all over the
country and In
that form doea
him, an injustice.
What he has done
ie to organize a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
The Mississippi Bubble
BY EMERSON HoUGH
Asseee a. Toe yfsy - kAs Css1sr' "TAs Git a. ses
Halfway Assss." Ehs.
tceDyrisht M b 1ns.yea HoueA.1
BY EMERSON HoVGf

-:...ag as though spelipouno. salute,
sir. as l do, the chief gem of France,
and her who is most fit to wear it,"
John Law stood, as though he had
not heard him speak. There swept
through the softly brilliant air, over
the flash and glitter of the great ban
quet board, across the little group
which stood about it, a sudden sense Of
a strange, tense, unfamiliar situation.
There came to all presentiment of
some unusual thing about to happen.
Instinctively the hands paused, even
as they raised the bright and brimming
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

Journal. He need
ed men. He could
get them gradual-
ly, but that wasn't
his way. Instead
he would hire $50
a7Iweek men for
$R5 q week and
give them COM
tracts for one. two
or three years as
was necessary. It
was expensive, but
In a very short
time he had a fine
stan. In no other
way could It have
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
Cu1ieus.

Bessie-what do you think q Mo-
me Gliding?
Flossie-I don't kaow-why?
Bessie asked her what she though
about my wearing q veil at my wed
ding, and she said that ordinarily shs
didn't care for wells, but she advise
me. by all means, to wear one. III
you suppose the creature meant to r.
aect upon my good looks7-Bostoa
Transcript.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

10 now to get!
When I came to
the town 1t was
Attic t g d most
shockingly by dry
rot. N 9 W 9 paper
writer's earned low
wages. Advertis-
Ing rates were
high in proportion
and managers new
o. canvassed for
business.
First came from
st. Louis Joseph
Pulitzer, private
Q o l dier In the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

Training Financier Vanderbilt, he has
already shown some aptitude for BUSH
ness. Two years ago his faith
or turned over to him some OF The
directorial responsibilities he had ex-
ercised, justas John D. Rockefeller has
more recently surrendered to his son
his dictatorship in the steel trust.
Young Whitney will be far richer
man than his father was. New York
remembers when the elder Whitney
was a. practicing lawyer. He first en-
tered politics by serving term In early
life as city counsel. Wealth beyond q
modest competence was not in his sight
until he married Flora Payne, daughter
Of the Standard Oil senator Of Ohio. H.
B. Payne. Mr.. Payne purchased for the
young couple Norman baronial man
sion upon Fifth avenue, paying for 1t
$500. at a great bargain. Modified
within according to modern ideas it is
still one of the most satisfactory houses
In New York and it is the city home of
Harry Payne Whitney. 1t stands oppo-
site the home Of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt. The marriage of young
Whitney to Gertrude Vanderbilt was as
natural as the espousal of two young
village lovers who have lived across
the street and played together in their
childhood days.
The share in her fathers estate OF
Mrs. Whitney was $10,000,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

"Mr. Dabble." said a lawyer to q VIZ.
ness in the box. at the times These
papers were executed you were specu.
latinE. were you not?"
Eyes, SIR"
You were in oil?"
II was"
And what are you in now?"
bankruptcy" was the solemn reply.
-Tit-Bits
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

Time-Card for Elms, Iowa.
In Effect Jan. 3, 1908.
SOUTH BOUND
Leave for Arr. from
Dubuque, Chicago 1920 m. $40 p. m.
and points East. 4:ss :. m. Sap Sac :; M
Des Moines, Kansas 1890 a, m. 3:14a.
ClIy ana tne Seuth 1913 a. m. s:3e a. m,
Wese. 1894 p. m. STOP. m.
NORTH BOUND,
st. Paul, Minneapo- S:14a. m. 12:q0a. M
apols and the 1896 a, M asa a. m
Northwest. $50 p. m. 1878 p. Ia,
546 p. M. 2:45 pm.
All Trains Daily
". B. DUNKLEE. Agent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

SSASIOSAo OAS NUM-
b err of young
Americans VIII q
have l n b critic d
large responsible
ties W hile yet
young. Like Clar-
ence Mackay and
Alfred Vanderbilt
at the time Of the
deaths of their re-
spective fathers,
Mr.. Whitney is .
thorough sports
man. Like Mr..
Mackay again and
unlike the younger
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

The Newspaper Kaleidoscope.
That newspaper letters should so often
speak Of newspapers. may betray bad
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

An Iowa professor says Latin IL
foolish. The Chicago Record. Herald
remarks that he Is not holding q
Latin chain -.---..- =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

To Cure a Cold IN One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's AL druggists refund the money
IL 1T fails to cure. Il. w. Groves sig.
nature Is on each box. 26c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK
What Is Being Talked About In the
Eastern Metropolis.
YOUNGSTERS WITH FORTUNES
Some of Them Must Garry Grave Re-
probabilities with Their Money
"A Glimpse at the Newspa-
per Field.

New York.-By his fathers death
Harry Payne Whitney is added to that
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
On tn. WRONG Trail

"It Is no more than right that the
strong should aid the weak" said the
slandlady.
Z "And yet" rejoined the sarcastic
boarder, II fail to see how dropping :
hunk of butter in the coffee would benefit
II any."-Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
waking I'm New York.

Perhaps New York hasn't needed
that waking up process which Boston
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

New YOrk's Rich Bachelors.
Oliver Payne. a bachelor Of studious
tastes. occupies fine mansion
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
out of the Runni,

Out of the RunniaR.
Ills chance in life il rather poor
one. isn't it,"
What makes you thiak soi''
Hes absolutely honest"
why, his chances ought to bs good,
He'd make q frst-class circus freak
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
The Rush to NEW Yor.

Only few years later came from
San Francisco Mr. Hearst and took the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08

summer and Winter.
Each time its share Of toll will brinR.
No idling need we know.
Wnen there's no snow for shovsliNg
There will be lawns to NOW.
-WashinRton Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
Wifely strate

Mrs. Rafferty,, it's foine husband
Dinnis is to ye now, stayin' homo all
tho tonne takin' care Of little Jerry"
Sure, Mrs. O'Brian, an it's me foine
brain that's responsible for 1t. Yister.
day OF chopped UP his wooden leg 20 q
he couldn't go out. sssss ~.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
ON, now smart,

Bill-A man downtown took his alarm
clock and set 1t on the railroad tracks.
Jill-Well, what of it?
'Why, even that didn't disturb the
sleepsrs. "-Yonkers Statesman
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
Hard to Say .eNo. ;.

A man who's polite finds it hard to refuse
A lady's request, SO you see,
Now that leap year has come. he'll be quite
in fix
If one says: "wtl you please marry.
mel?
-phfladAIphJo pu1IA<Jo W
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-08
IA. q. u. M.

Regular meeting Creseo Lodge LIST
and 3rd Tues. each month, In O'Mal-
leyS Hall. Visitors always .wslcome.
e. b. WOODWARD, GEO. MILLER,
Recorder. M. w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05
Laughed Back to Health.

A special from Great harrington. Mass,
says: For ten months. in fear Of death;
so heartily that she is saved.
Last July she swallowed watermelon
seed 1t lodged in her throat. and at a
consultation OF physicians It Vas decide q
would Kill her. The x rays were, used;
hut the seed could not be found. and
hope for the Girl was abandoned. She
was critically III for several weeks, but
Of the doctors. She has been weak and
sickiy and subject to throat trouble since.
To-day, while romping with Edith Chase Sc.
that She was seized with a At Of coughing
In the midst Of it the watermelon seed
flew from her mouth. It was as perfect
as when she swallowed i:
Grove Inn, say that Florence was as well
a Jaw hours after eject!ng the seed as
she waa before the accident,