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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30


Great plans are being made by the
state department of agriculture for next
years state fair, and in addition to the
swine pavilion, steel grand stand and
administration building. it is proposed
to judiciously spend Sis 900 from the cash
on hand in the treasury. Iowa swine
breeders have raised protest against
the treatment which they have been
accorded by the management. Ths
breeders say that in view of the inn
mensity of the industry the prizes Of.
fered should be much larger.
Ames Wins Judging Contest,
Especial Correspondence
Iowa wins at the International Live
Stock exposition! This announcement
has just been received from Chicago.
where the last exposition was held.
Bronze statues of horse and steer W ere
offered for horse. cattle, sheep and hog
Judging. Iowa agricultural college, of
Ames, whose students were under the
direction Of Prof. Curtiss, carried the
first honor in the horse judging contest.
and thus covered their school and them
selves with glory. A Canadian instttu-
ton won second place with Iawas rival.
the Michigan agricultural college, con,
tenting itself with the third ribbon. The
successful Iowa team was made up of e..
p. Thomas. James L. Cutter. j. D. Ask by.
]. A. Mclean, r. K. Bliss and G. r. Scott
The bronze statue of horse was award.
90 the victorious youths as q trophy Of
their skill,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Hope for Iowa Amendment.

Senator Titus, author of the Iowa BIZ
ennial amendment, sees victory in the
decisions in like cases in the supreme
court of Wisconsin. Questions have
been raised in the Badger state as to the
validity of amendments and have alway
been decided in favor of the bill, he de-
clares. The senator came to Des Moines
on business recently. and when inter-
viewed on the question of testing the
amendment, said he doubted if any such
move could be made. When asked how
he would meet the criticism that his
measure was not submitted in proper
form, he cited a case which was decided
In the Wisconsin court, and declared that
the language of the Iowa and Wisconsin
constitution is identical on the ques-
ton. Mr.. Titus says he does not consid-
er the omission of the words "of Iowa"
worth the trouble which has been fo-
cused upon the deficiency.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
WOMAN HAS BROWN BLOOD
Autopsy on PATIENTS Body Dis
closes Results Which Puzzle
New York Doctors.

New York.-Dr. Philip O'Hanlon, the
eesoner's physician, while performing
- autopsy on the body of woman who
Ned suddenly at the Presbyterian hos
pital the other day, found that the wo-
Mans blood was of dark brown, choco-
lAte color instead of the ordinary color
q human blood.
The hospital surgical staff, when the
discovery was made, expressed much
Surprise over the matter, as did DR.. Sol
~. the pathologist, who was also pres
ent
The person in whose body the brown
Mood was found was Mrs Katherine
o'Leary, who became suddenly ill while
whiting friend, Mrs Mary Sheehan,
md died an hour later at the hospital
Mrs. O'Leary was hurriedly taken to
The Presbyterian hospital, where the
physicians were unable to diagnose her
ease, but finding her heart failing, they
did everything in their power to save
Der. DR.. Solley, who Is an authority on
blood diseases, was present when the
woman died.
bral thousand autopsies in the hospitals
ef New York, was directed by Coroner
Jackson to make the autopsy in this
ease. It was then the discovery was
made of 4 color he had never seen be-
tore in human being. DR.. Solley made
microscopic examinations of the blood
md found red corpuscles in the brown
blood. but he was unable to learn muon
about the cause in the absence of q
chemical analysis.
IN Speaking of the case, DR.. O'Hanlou
Aid:
~ found peculiar condition of the
blood fluid throughout, and a dark
chocolate color. All Of the blood YES
sells were stained with this chocolate
brown. The brain was anaemic and
very pale. Upon cutting the lungs fluid
emerging from them was of a dark
brown color"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Lunacy on the increase.

Insanity is on the increase in Iowa.
This fact is borne out by the figures
which have just been made public by
the board Of control There are now
in the insane hospitals of the state
$3.50 persons suffering from nervous
diseases, an increase of 27S over the
total of last year. New cottages are
being constructed at Clarinda and
Cherokee, fact which shows the fore
thought of the legislature and of the
board of control. The number of in
ebriates is falling off, the total now in
the hospitals being 81. as compared
with LOT reported last year. A net
increase of 100 is shown in the number
of wards of the State The total is now
1884. Following is tabulated state
ment of the balance of cash on hand
In the funds of the institutions:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Census Must Be Accurate.

Secretary Davidson, of the executive
council. has notified the county audit
ors that the census which is to be
taken soon must be accurately record
ed, and he sends with his warning a
set of Instructions for use of assessors.
General data Of the state is to be taken
with the census. including live stock,
fruit, vegetables. etc. Information is
to be secured, by the assessors, con-
corning those who raise fowls, animals
or produce, but who do not come UNI
der the classification OF farmer" For
census purposes, a farmer" is any in
sdividual owning and cultivating three
or more acres of land.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30

City, says that the system of bacteria
culture stations throughout the state
is about half completed. Already ADD
stations report regularly and, accord
Ing to the statement of the Iowa City
man, there is room for as many more.
Dr. Albert declares that the system
employed in Iowa is the next to the
best in the country. only one, that Of
Vermont, surprising it. At the next
legislature DR.. Albert will introduce q
bill providing for the simplifcation Of
requirements made upon physicians
regarding vital statistics.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
REVOLUTION Imminent,

A sure sign Of approaching revoltand
serious trouble In your system is ner.
vouSness, sleepleSsness, or 81 omach up.
sets. Electric Bitters will quickly dis.
member the troublesome causes. 1t
never fails to tone the stomach, regu-
late the Kidneys and Bowels, sttmu-
Run down systems benefit particular
ly and all the usual attending aches
vanish under its searching and thor
cugh effectiveness Electric Bitters is
only SOC, and that is returned III ii
don't give perfect satisfaction. Guar.
anteed by P. A. Clemmer, Druggist. =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
HID MONEY IN BOOKS
ODD HALLUcINATIoN OF AGED
i INDIANA MAN.
Imagined Friends Were Trying to
Force HIM to Divide His Wealth
Interesting Search On for
Missing Bills.

An insane hallucination that his ac-
Quaintances are in ring to force him tc
divide his money and desire to be gen.
erous, caused by the childishness of old
age, has resulted in William G. Castro,
of Indianapolis, 70 years old, losing $500.
and he has employed an attorney to try
to recover his loss. Since lost ad. +"
was inserted in daily paper few days
ago the searching of library books has
been a favorite pastime, because the lost
$500 was hidden in book taken from the
public library and returned The old
mans loss was $500, but 500 has been
recovered from one book. Although the
money was placed III library books sew
eral weeks ago, Mr.. Castro has just con-
fessed his loss.
Castro has imagined that his friends
and acquaintance, who held their hands
to their faces in a certain manner, were
members of clique that was after his
money. He imagined that this clique
was determined to get all he had, and
when he saw persons with their hands to
their faces he divided without question
ing.
Several weeks ago he went to the pub
lie library and noticed one of the women
librarians had her hand to her face. He
went to bank and drew $100 and after
placing the bills in the book handed it in
with handkerchief around it. He said
nothing of what he had done.
Because of his old age and childish
nj AL IN ~
this, and the book was placed on the
shelf Later, the old man noticed the
librarian had her hand to her face again
and drew $500 from the bank and placed
It in another book This book also was
placed on the shelf.
The first discovery was made when
Miss Paddock, librarian, noticed 500 in
bills in Dickens "a Tale of Two Cities y
She advertised the find and this was re-
covered.
Since it was learned that Mr.. Castro
had placed altogether $500 in books a
search has been made. The eccentric
old man reads bool-s that seldom are
taken from the shelves at the library,
and his scope of reading is so great that
all classes of boofs from children S
books to classics have been searched
but in vain. Mr.. Castro said nothing OF
his loss until he went torepair his house
Z and his attorney asked him about his
bank account.
The hallucination of the old man is
supposed to have been caused by prop
erty troubles which he had many years
ago when his wife was forced to divide
property that was left to her Since that
time he imagines that people want him
to divide with them.
Miss Paddock and Miss Hughes. at the
library. have been making a close search
for the missing 5000 but it is though
that books in which the money wa.
placed have been given out, and hopes o.
the recovery are slight
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Big Marble Find Announced.

The discovery of vast deposit Of
rich marble which was made years ago
by Clement L. Webster has recently
been made public by the awarding of
the gold medal to the company which
exhibited the stone at St. Louis. The
corporation which owns the land on
which the deposit was found, is locat-
ed at Charles City. This find is of ma
tional as well as state Importance, as
the Floyd county product is declared
to equal in quality the imported Ba-
varian article. A German magazine,
after one Of its representatives had ex-
amined the Iowa product at the expo
eition, said that the German stone
must in time concede a place to the
Charles City marble, because of the
rare quality Of the latter. The marble
IS an article of commerce is used
mainly in lithographing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Disconcerts the Pastor.

A prominent English clergyman
once congratulated an old lady on her
bravery il fighting her way to church
against terrible tempest, but re-
ceived the disconcerting reply: My
husband gets so cross-grained after
meals that l have to get out of his
way, SO might as well go to church."
,-Chicago Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Founder e Red Cross,

Henri Dunant, now 76 years old and
living near the lake of Constance, was
the originator of the Red Cross move
ment It is 45 years since he began his
work and 40 since the international con-
vention at Geneva. Dunant was first in
huenced by what he had read of Flor
ence Nightingale's work in the Crimean
war.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
The Precocious Rhetorician.

"Waldo, you mustn't eat any more
pork. You are perfect pig"
Il assume. said the Boston boy.
shat is intended as a figure of met
onymy, which substitutes the con-
tainer for the thing contained"
Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
TAKE
WIN o.
cARDe90
At HOME

Are you a sufferer2
Has your doctor been unsuc.
cessful?
Wouldn't you prefer to treat
yourself-AT HOMER
Nearly 1900, 900 women have
bought Wine of Cardui from
their druggists and have cured
themselves at home, Of such
troubles as periodical, bearing
down and ovarian pains, leucor-
rhea, barrenness, nervousness,
dizziness, nausea and despond-
ency, caused by female weakness.
These are not easy cases.
Wine Of Cardui cures when the
doctor can't.
Wine of Cardui does not irri-
tate the organs. There is no pain
in the treatment. tits a soothing
tonic Of healing herbs, free from
strong and drastic drugs. It is
successful because it cures in q
natural way.
Wine Of Cardui can be bought
from your druggist at s1.W a
bottle and you can begin this
treatment today. Will you try it2
In cases requiring special directions,
address, giving symptoms, The Ladies'
Advisory Dept, The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
AN Unprofessional Act.

In q recent hill-climbing contest with
automobiles, w. X. Vanderbilt was de-
clared loser because he turned his ma
chine aside to keep from running oyer
al old man. The judges probably re-
gatded Mr.. Vanderbilt's act as unprofes-
SIGNAL and demoralizing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
FORGOT to Notice It.

Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck-How
did you enjoy the matinee?
Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple-
Splendidly. | was with box party.
Oh, while think of it, what was the
play?-Chicago Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Not Much Help.

Scientific measurement has demon
strated that the great star Arcturus
sends about as much heat to the earth as
a man could feel from candle burning
six miles from him-so you might az
well lay in full supply Of coal for tha
wiptGr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30

Winterset.-The trial Of Amos w,
Hanson. who was indicted by the
grand jury for obtaining money by
false pretenses. is now on in the dis.
trict court, and has assumed consider.
able proportions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Thoughts.

"a penny for your thoughts, dear?"
said the young girl who had Just said
Yes"
I'D give four dollars to know your
fathers without speaking to him."
said the young man, with feeling
Yonkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Yette

A man who loved his cigarette
Would beg one from each man he mette
He died one day
And people say
They think that he is smoking yette.
Chicago Chronicle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
.CreSCO Union
Savings Bank
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashier

That is to.say, depend up
on yourself. Have you'a.Sav-
ings account?
The man or woman who ex-
poets to make money had bet
ter learn how to save some
thing out Of their present in
come.
Fortune is for those who by
diligence, honesty and fru-
gality place themselves in a
position to grasp hold of for
tune when it appears in view.
Application in youth makes
old age comfortable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Ssasonable

And now the restaurant garbage can
The seasons story tells;
Where once we saw only melon rinds
We now see oyster shells.
Chicago News
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Liked Tin,

DO you like your tip before or after
the meal, my MANI" asked the rich
looking diner.
Both, sir, was the walters prompt
reply.-Yonkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Glory.

" understand that her mother ia
ono Of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution"
Yes, but the thing that interests
me is that the girl herself is the
daughter Of a millionaire. IN Y.
. Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Riggs Reports on Teachers

Advance sheets of the state school re-
port have been given out by State SUI
perintendent Riggs, and it is shown that
there are fewer male teachers in Iowa
than last year, and that the number of
female teachers have increased 1893 dur.
ing the year. The average monthly wage
OF the women instructors has increased
from $3.50 to 1881 during the past
twelvemonth. 1t is pointed out that
tnere are 10000 more teachers than there
are rooms and the cost of supporting
the schools this year is about quarter
OF million dollars more than 1t was In
1913 Following is summary of school
statistics for 1904 and 1919.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Esch Candidate for Senator,

La Crosse, Wis, Dec. Congress-
man ]. j. Esch, Of this city, has an
nounced his candidacy for United States
venator to succeed Senator Ouarles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
II Would Empty the House.

II Would Empty the House.
Young Diamatist (proudly)-So
sorry can't give you a seat for the
first performance of my new play, old
man. The fact is that every seat is
booked
His Friend--oh, well, I'll just wait
until the end of the first act; there
will be plenty of room then.-Brown
Book
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
For SaIa.

The west half Of the southeast
quarter of section ~, township 80
range u, Howard county, Iowa. En-
quire of John Rathart and Stephen
Dotzler, Bonair, Iowa, or ]. A. Dreier
Billings, Mo. 15tf.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
MOI Literarv Enonrh

A Chicago man who could quote Plato
and Schopenhauer committed suicide.
He probably felt that this town was no
place for him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Contrary to Fer Experience.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins, II wish were bookmaker.' -
"Why?"
people seem SO generous and good
natured about giving bookmaker
money" Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30

GLOW can you want to marry my
daughter if you have never met her and
know nothing about herr"
But know all about you, sir.'-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Charlie Lost.

Patience--pid you say Charlie Half
back asked for her hand?
Patrice-Yes
How did he come out?
ooh. her father won in the k.ck-otf, /
t6fItvt. nIsxlDutt o5ksstmn6,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30

Culture Stations Half Complete.
Henry Albert In charge Of the state
RAssssuaeetsA 1ksusptssY q lUWo
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Consumption

q There is no specific for
consumption. Fresh air, ex-
ercise, nourishing food and
SCOTS Emulsion will come
pretty near curing it, if there
is anything to build on. Mil
lions Of people throughout the
world are living and in good
health on one lung.
g From time immemorial the
doctors prescribed cod liver
oil for consumption. OF
course the patient could not
take it in its old form. hence
it did very little good. They
can take
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30
Plan 1905 State Fair.

Total amount exp'nded $40. PSI, $50 SO, $3.50
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-30

Q "a SToR e a.
Bears the n1hs Kind You Have Always Bought
''s,a Ct lZtzfzzzzs1
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-27

ance Hard fighting continued on the
18th. On the 18th the operations dis
tincty favored the Japanese. Oyama
reached his high water mark OF the
18th, when the Japanese defense
stormed across the Shakhe end the
Russians seemed about to retreat to
the Hun, several miles north
Up to this point the Japs had cap
tured a large number of guns, vari-
ously reported at from seventy to IL,
and had lost none. Gen. Oku, in COM
mand Of the japanese left, was doing
the hardest and most successful fight
ing. Opposite him lay the Russian
right, which was desperately clinging
to the railroad. If Oku could shove
this Muscovite flank off the railroad to
The eastward Kuropatkin's entire
army would lose its main line of COM
lnunication.
Oku bent hts army into the shape OF
hook and tried to insert the tip of
the hook across the railroad behind
the Russians. Maj. Gen. Yanada's
mixed brigade was the tip of this
hook. At first he tore up things on
the other side, but the tip was not
strong enough, and a sudden Russian
blow separated it from the shank. The
net result, fourteen Jap guns captured,
1,500 men prt out Of action. and the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-27
OWNS TRAIN HOLD-UP.
Bandit Wounded in st. Louis Battle
Looted Illinois Central Special.

Bandit Wounded in st. Louis Battle
Looted Illinois Central Special.
believing himself about to die, Will
liam Morris. alias Blair, the leader Of
the three suspects who killed Detectives
Shea and Dwyer in desperate battle in
St Louis. and who was himself wounded
III vital organs, confessed having been
Implicated in two train robberies, after
his Identification by railroad men as one
OF the four men who robbed the Pullman
passengers on the Illinois Central "Dia-
mond Special between Harvey and
Madison, ILL.,. Aug. 1. Identification was
made by Lawrence B. Combs, conductor
OF the train which was robbed; W. Z.
Sheppard, the baggageman, and William
Ii. Burch, fagman at Madison YES"
said Morris. I'm going to die and
might as well tell the whole thing. We
took a tramp and had him rifle the peck
cts Of the passengers in that robbery.
held up alone the Big Four station agent
at NATION, Ill. This was two weeks
ago. L got $43S and hammerless re-
volyer. | used this gun in the fight yes
terday afternoon. We held up a special
worlds fair train at Columbus Junction,
Iowa. the latter part of July. We got
nothing in that Job"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-27
MUTILATED BY SLAYER.
Rhode Island Man Killed and Almost
Disem boWled in Minuesofa.

Rhode Island Man Killed and Almost
Disembow1ed in Minnesota.
As the story of the death OF the man
supposed to have been Thomas Fontaine
of Woonsocket, R. l., whose body was
found one mile from Mentor, Mimi, be-
comes known, it indicates that a brutal
murder was committed. Fontaine and
Joseph Guilmette, both of whom came
from Rhode Island. had been in the vi
entity of Mentor for several days. Last
Friday they appeared at the Lapage
farm. and in a conversation with Fon-
taine discovered that Re and Lapage
came from the same vicinity in the East
and knew many of the same people. Fon-
taine owned a farm in the East and
was fairly well-to-do. He carried con-
siderable money, but the amount is not
known. Monday afternoon the two men
were seen passing along the railroad by
several members of the Mareaux family.
Fontaine later was found beside the
track. A bullet had entered the head be-
hind the ear, and the body had been
dragged face downward over the ties.
After being rolled down an embankment
and dragged into the brush along the
track the remains were almost disem-
boweled