Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-12

a. ouo AIe III MCJregor, recently, q
young lady kept getting in the way of
the firemen. Atlastthe hose foreman
got weary of walking around her and
exclaimed, "If you don 'tget out of the
way I'll turn the hose on you., Blush
ing until her auburn locks looked black
In comparison with her cheeks she re-
piled: "If you just wait TN turn them
myself when I get home; I was dressing
when the fire whistle blew and got SO
excited I didn't know which way was
putting them on. Gutenberg Jour
nal.
The American Boy for January CON
tains five complete short stories,
namely, "The Defender OF Aracena, .;
by William Murray Graydon-a New
Mexican Indian story; 1.-THE
Boy Of Many Tongues, by the author
OF "Dickey Downey"-a school story;
IAN Adventure With Wolves,n by
Tom Chapman an animal story; "a
Real Pirate, by George Fl. Coomer
story of the sea; and .sMy First
Steeple Chase" by T. e. Donaldson
an English story Of sport. This num-
Der contains seventy-tive illustrations,
each one OF interest to a boy. Sub
scription price S1.00 Sprague Pub.
fishing Co., Detroit, Mich.
South America is but little known
to the people of the United States.
Common interests should unite the
bonds Of friendship between those Of
the North and of the South. The first
step toward closer ties is a knowledge
of the evolution and building up OF
the South American states. But
aside from this fact, the story OF the
overthrow Of the wonderful Inca
Empire by Pizarro and his little band
|of desparadoes is one of the most
thrilling and fabulous tales of adven-
ture in all history. 1.-THE Dramatic
History Of the South" by Cyrus
Townsend Brady, in the January
Cosmopolitan, proves over again the
old law that ''They that take the
sword shall perish by the sword.n
i f. A. Eckstein attended the closing
| out sale of Chester White swine OF j.
/ Waltermeyer at Marshalltown, Dec.
/ 18th, where he purchased nine head Of
| the choicest animals in the sale, con-
lsisting of two choice yearling sows,
bred, five Quilts and two boars OF
August farrow. This new lot Of hoPa
is unrelated to their old stock, SO they
will be able another season to supply
| all their customers with new unrelat~
ed stock. Mr.. Eckstein has also pur.
chased two more Quilts of the leading
breeders of the state. These new adj.
ditions will make the z. A. EckStein
3 Bro. IS herd OF Chester White swine
one OF the largest and best In the
state. MIR. Eckstein is at Ames, Iowa,
this week attending the short course
IN stock Judging and institute work at
the Agricultural college, Roy
independent.
| Charles P. Van Leuven has been APP
pointed manager of the Edwards,
| Wood & Co.'s commission house In
this city. He entered upon his duties
with the new year...At half past
nine on New Years eve at the home
| OF the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
7. Rucker, occurred the marriage. OF
their daughter, Mrs. Jennie Loomis
to A. @. Green. Only relatives and a
very vew intimate friend were pres.
ent. Rev. D. I. Coon pronounced the
words that legally united them. Con-
CALCULATIONS over, bride and groom led
the way to the dining room where q
bountiful wedding supper was served.
For the most part during the last few
years the bride has lived In New
Hampton. The groom has been a
teacher for some time in the public
schools and is at present principal OF
the school at Otranto. Usage Press.
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