Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-29

James Glass, son Of L. j. Glass,
residing in the west part of town, had
the misfortune to slip on a banana
peeling that had fallen by the way
side and fracturing his arm near the
elbow, last evening.
Now is the time to clean house
clean your system first, drive out the
microbes of winter with Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea. It will keep you
we'll all summer. IS cents. Tea or tab
lets Sold by DR.. Connolly.
| WANT young men that have been
raised on the farm and know some-
thing about land to travel for us on a
straight salary of $40 per month and
expenses. TERRIL & EVANS,
Real Estate Firm.
/ Dodd Bldg, Quincy, Ill. 62w4
Wednesday, Fravel and Reames,
arranged before Justice Graanis, for
assault with intent to commit great
bodily injury on the person OF Joe
Block, by agreement with the prose-
eution to leave town for six months
following their jail Csentence, were
given 25 days each In the county jail
on charge OF assault and battery to
which they plead guilty.
Il =
Cresco friends have received cards
announcing the marriage of John
Mullholland and Miss Harriet Page
on Wednesday, April goth, at the
home of the bride . brother, Weathers-
field, vt. Miss Page, is sister Of
Joshua Page, Of this city. After the
wedding they left for st. Louis where
they will spend the summer; Mr..
Mullholland having charge of the
Caward Grubber Exhibit at the Expo
sition.
Tuesday evening Henry O'Rielly, Of
this city, met with what might have
been a very serious accident, were it
not for the timely assistance of Chas.
F. Stinson, the new landlord at the
Strother House. Mr.. O'Rielly was
returning home on the evening
passenger and attempted to get of as
the train was nearing the depot, still
hanging to the platform railing he
was dragged several feet when he lost
his hold and fell beneath the wheels.
Miss Luella Larson was the guest Of
Dr.. Ahern and family at Cresco, sew
eral days last week j. George Harris
of cresco, was transactiDg insurance
business in DEBORAH last Wednesday.
y. the board OF Howard county has
ordered The sheriff; to appoint a depu.
ty and they are going to make him do
1t. We very much question the, atl-
thority Of a toard OF. supervisors to
force county ofilcer to sr;s.a7t ssSrr;ss.a t a dep
uty, especially where the code does not
provide for his salary. DEBORAH Jour.
nal. &
The little boy at the Frank Howard
home was quite Severely burned Sat-
urday, by catching file from the gaso-
line stove. Prompt action on the part
OF the mother who wrapped her skirts
about him saved him from probable
death .,...J. Q. Mcneil was called to
Cresco last week to settle death
claim against the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. of New York, Of which he is
agent. he paid to Mrs. John Daley
Of Cresco, the sum OF $4,000 for the loss
OF her late husband. Life insurance
Is q great thing. and "Mc" has good
company. Elma Record.
The Glenville Herald is responsible
tor the statement that the magnificent
success OF the Farmers Cooperative
Grain s. Merchandise Company OF
Rockwell, Iowa, doing business OF
$500, 900 q year, has ruined the town,
driven ont the people, destroyed the
home market for farmers produce
and reduced the value of land. II
| the above statement isn't true 1T
ought naturally to be true because
the theory is to DO away with the
middlemen, build up the big cities-
manufacturing and wholesale centers
from which farmers may obtain
their supplies without the interven-
tion of village tradesmen, except
those employed Ia the sorting and
distribution of goods In the co-operat-
i've warehouses. lie Roy Independent.