Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-26

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Mabel Fuller, the latteran experienced
trimmer, are in Chicago buying new
and complete stock of millinery and
will occupy part of the Kellogg Music
Store. Watch for announcement of
their opening date In the next PLAIN
DEALER.
B. D. Everingham and family have
been enjoying visit from his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ida Sherwood, who arrived
with her husband Sunday evening
from their home in Minneapolis. Mr..
and Mrs. Sherwood left yesterday for
visit with relatives at Kansas CITY.
Mo-, and In Kansas.
A nearby exchange gives place to a
column article advocating in the
strongest manner possible the idea of
staying by the home merchant, es-
pecially the home grocer, against the
raid of the mail order houses in the
big cities. The doctrine is q capital
one, but 1t is we'll to remember that
there are two sides to 1t. The paper
in question carried advertising to the
amount Of just eight inches for the
local grocer. This is too often the
case. The obligation is not one-sided
matter.-Decorah Republican.
A tennis tournament at Decerah
Wednesday between Cresco and De-
corah, resulting in q victory for the
latter place, their players being ex-
perienced and used to playing in the
sun, while the Cresco boys take the
shade for theirs. and the extreme heat
of Wednesday wilted the boys. Carl
Reed, Q. O. Burgess, James Sobolik,
e. ]. Thomas, Rev. Henriques and ].
A Cutting played for Cresco. against
Q. +. Baker, B. A. Algyer, @. S. Marsh,
G. NJ. Stevens, Maurice Daubney and
81. e Riley.
Mr.. John 81. Davis, n. Accts., who
is to be the new director of the Com
merclal Department at Cedar Valley
Seminary, was for i've years P rincipal
OF Piedmont Business College, Lynch
burg, Va, and leaves that large school
with its $50 students, and Ole, 900 build
ing to take up the work jim Usage. He
has no superiors and few equals in the
state. With new equipment and a
nice room, Mr.. Davis will so build up
the department. that larger accommo-
dations will be needed in year or so.
II the attendance in the shorthand
and typewriting work increases as
much next year as 1T did last year,
the room viii ch they devote exclusive.
ly to that purpose will not accommo-
date the students. Their instructor
is very thorough and painstaking,
In keeping with the time honored
custom of inaugurating the glad and
gala day of days OF rest and recreation,
pleasure and profit, interest and
instruction, education and entertain
ment, diversion and delight, happiness
and hilarity, merriment and music,
wonderment and wisdom brought to
every community by the new, great
Norris & Rowe Shows; by presenting
upon the principal thoroughfares the
day of the show, grand gratuitous,
spectacular street parade. 1t will be
done this time In manner so over.
whelmingly magnificent that no
language in its praise may seem
extravagant. This will best serve to
show the many new Wild animals and
dens Of rare beasts, trick ponies,
horses and elephants, lions, tigers,
bears, camelS and 80 many other
beasts that Messrs. Norris & Rowe re-
Gently received that 1t is utterly Inn
possible to enumerate them all in this
article, suflce to say that there will
be shown over one hundred acts of a
nature startling even to the modern
circus world. Norris s. Rowes new
Big 2-Rtng Circus and Double Me-
nagerie will give two grand perform
ances at Cresco, Friday, Sept. End.