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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Body Of 4 Suicide Found.

The badly decomposed body Of Hen
~ steinhoff was found in thicket Of
brush on the bank Of the Des MONIES
river. near Fort Dodge, by two boys
who were hunting. Steinhoff had been
missing since June "a from his home
In Kalo, small mining town below
Fort Dodge. Beside him was a par.
tally filled whisky bottle. which was
supposed to contain poison. In his
clothing was q letter dated June 90,
asking God to forgive him for his act,
indicating that his death was premedi-
tated,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Great Western Extension.

The Great Western railroad has Sc
cured the right of way from Talmage
to q point within two miles Of Cres-
ton, the center Of the Burlington busi-
ness OF Iowa. The road took over the
old abandoned Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy track, which was decided back
to the farmers three years ago. The
announcement has been made that the
Great Western plans to build Into
Creston, and tap the country south and
west Of there and eventually build west
to Omaha. connecting with their Fort
Dodge-St. Paul line.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Bad Fire at Woodstock.

Fire at woodstock, small town
north of Webster City, last week,
wiped out three large buildings, en-
falling loss Of $4,000, with insur-
ance amounting to about $4,000. The
buildings destroyed are: The Allen
general merchandise store, the Wool
stock Drug company and the Harmon
livery barn. The blaze started in the
basement of the general store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Blows Top Of His Head on.

Just for a joke. Dave Evans, miner
near Centerville, blew the top of his
head or, dying almost instantly. His
sister, Mrs. Thomas, asked him to I'M
load q gun. Just to frighten her he
fred the gun SO as to blow OF the top
OF his hat. He thought 1t would be
interesting to play the trick again,
but he aimed too low and the charge
struck his head.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Texas Fever Among Cattle.

A few weeks ago a stranger ap-
peared in the vicinity Of East Peru, Ia,
and sold at least four farmers mum.
Der Of good looking cattle from Kansas
City. A few days ago peculiar dis.
ease broke out among the cattle. State
Veterinarian Koto discovered 1t to be
the dreaded Texas fever. A strict quar-.
antine Ia established and the sick an,
simals killed and buried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Premature Blast Hurts Two,

BY premature explosion OF dyna-
mite at the Ellsworth Stone company's
plant at Iowa Falls, Manager Jones
and a workman named Cole were bad
~ injured. They were placing three
sticks Of dynamite for q blast In q
drilled hole. A piece Of stone rolled
in and in tamping sufficient conclusion
resulted to set of the blast, striking
both men in the face. It is thought
Jones will lose the sight Of both eyes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04

After hearty meal dose OF Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will prevent an attack
nf Indigestion. K0dol is q thor lugh
digestant and guaranteed cure for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Gas on the
Stomach, Weak Heart, Sour Rising,
Bad Breath and all Stomach troubles
Sold by j. 81. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
plunged over 4 CHI.

Miss Neva Manning. aged sixteen,
lies in critical condition as the re-
suit Of an accident at the Devils
Backbone" pleasure resort twenty
ave miles northeast of Independence.
While driving upon the top Of cliff
her horse plunged over precipice 100
feet high. The horse was crushed to
a shapeless mass. Miss Manning re-
ceiyed serious injuries, but is stili
alive.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
FOR SALE.

Z. The Joseph Glass farm In New Ore
gnn twp, consisting of 240 acres with
in four miles of Cresco. This farm is
one OF the best farms In Howard
county, good buildings, forty acres OF
good timber on which the wood alone
is worth $4,000 per acre. The farm
must be sold to close the estate. Ac-
tual value, $500 per acre; appraised
value In order to effect quick sale,
10000 per acre.
E. E. T.. GLASS shass, Executors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04

Wisconsin democrats greeted Mr..
Bryan at banquet in Madison as
the next candidate Of the democratic
party for president. Jerry Sullivan,
candidate for governor in 1903, re.
turned to Des Moines the other day
from an eastern trip and reported
that it is the conviction Of right.
thinking eastern democrats tnat the
Nebraskan should be nominated. Mr..
Sullivan is himself for Mr.. Bryan.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
A Little olrl's Sad peath,

Gertrude stockley, aged ten years,
was burned to death in q box Of lime
OF the home Of her uncle at Lonetree,
Ia. She was watching the workmen
when she fell into the box. Although
conscious when taken out, she lived
but few minutes She was the daueh,
ter OF Rev. Ernest stockley. pastor Of
the First Unitarian church at Des
Moines.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashier

ROBERT THOMSON, Cashier
That is to,say, depend up
on yourself. Have you.a Saw.
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 whob 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, 1905-08-04

Never In the way, no trouble to carry,
easy to take, pleasant and never fail
ing In results arc De Wits Little Ear
ly Risers These famous little pills are
aaana a 5
Ills resulting from constipation. They
tonic and strengthen the liver. Sold
by j. II. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
BY MEAD PUBLISHING co
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY

j. d. YOemanS of Sioux City, former
Interstate commerce commissioner has
come out in an interview in the st.
Paul Dispatch, in which he throws
Geld water on the Panama canal pro-
ject. He intimates that it has not
been undertaken in good faith, and
that 1T will never be built. He says,
"Eveaybody down there wants to do
what Wallace did, or what the boss Of
the whole works is doing live In New
York and run it by proxy. Why
should Shonts or Wallace be
chosen to run 6 canal anyway? They
never did piece of work in their
: lives of this sort or anything calcu-
lated to equip them for doing it. Ev-
cry man selected SO far to do the work
has been picked from transconti-
mental railroad. Would you pick a
competitor to build compel ting bust
ness? They may be all right, but
none of it looks like a canal to me-"
Speaking of the work itself and of
the prospects Of ever getting done
with it, Mr.. Yoemans says:
The Panama canal is the biggest
humbug of the age. / have no hesita-
tion in saying that in my opinion
there will never be canal built
there. No important American en-
gineer, who was not paid for it ever
lo,,r3ad tho n nj n;op fJ,o% tboro xno,,ia
be canal there. The last monthly
report of work done shows that twill
take ITO years to finish it. The weeds
grow in oae end faster than they car
ry the dirt out of the other. No en-
gineer has ever found a rock or clay
bed in that celebrated Culerba cut,
where the United States has done
most OF Its work. There has been a
cut of $50 feet there and thirty inches
of rainfall in thirty hours down those
banks. Does any one suppose that
the alluvial soil WON'T wash down in
there to make mud canal too thick
for a government dredge boat to keep
afloat in? The Nicaragua route was
feasible, and for that reason it was
abandoned. I was member of SYM
dictate prepared to build canal for
s12o, 1000, 900, which would have car
ried 27,000,000 tons of merchandise
annually. We were prepared to do
the work in four years. THIS looked
too much like canal and the great
influence behind the present trans
continental transportation business
suddenly ceased opposing the canal
project and pushed the clamor over
to Panama. The men who run our
big railroads know what Panama III.
By the Nicaragua route as projected,
ship could leave New York harbor
and arrive In San Francisco In eigh-
teen days. No freight train is now
scheduled to go overland inside of %
days. That's what stuck in the Mic
aragua project. Red tape, civil SER
vice reform and yellow eyes will do
the rest.
The Wallace Taft affair has caus-
ed the people to give their attention
to the Panama canal again and it is
the first thing to come before the
public that would indicate the cor
rectness OF the view taken by Mr..
Yeomans.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04

Mr.. District Attorney William Tray
ers Jerome has {: golden opportunity
to achieve notably good work by
sending to the penitentiary the emil
nent !scoundrels who have been rob-
bling the Equitable policy holders. Has
he the nerve? Mons verrons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
3. 3. Henderson Better.

Former Speaker David B. Hender-
son, who is suffering from paresis, is
much improved He has left his
apartments in a Dubuque hotel and is
living with his son-in-law In the west
ern part of that city. He drives about
the city once or twice week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Crops In Northwestern Iowa.

Reports from all parts OF Northwest
ern Iowa indicate one Of the biggest
crops OF corn and small grain In years.
The hot weather Of q few days ago
put the corn In tassel and the cool
weather following is said by farmers
to be the best thing that could have
happened for the oats, which are slow
In maturing. In many places the oats
are already being cut.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
They Can't.

They Can't.
I repeat what havo said moro than
once In these letters, and that is that
the Republicans cannot economic.
That fact cannot be stated too often.
1t ought to be carried constantly at the
head Of every Democratic newspaper
In the land. There must be economy
The Republicans cannot economical"
should be among the Democratic slo-
gans from now until we come into pos
session Of every branch Of the federal
government.
That Republicans cannot economize
is demonstrated beyond a peradyen-
ture by studying Republican PROPOSE
tons to cure the deficiency in the rev
enues. They all look not toward cut
ting down expenses, but toward dis
covering new methods Of raising rev.
enue. There is only one exception, and
that is in the proposition to cut of the
supply Of flower and garden seeds,
which is about the only thing except
mail facilities which directly benefits
the farmers. am not particularly
stuck on the garden and flower seed
3
distribution. have long insisted that
one Of two things ought to be done as
to that-either 1t should be cut of en-
hrely Or enough seeds should be u.s.
signed to Representatives to supply
every householder in their districts.
But as the people are the benefciar1es
Of the seed distribution, nothing is lost
nv n ayconf that fhora ara ron MANY
government officials employed to pur-
chase them and to superintend the dis
tributlon. AS 1t is, the privilege Of
seed distribution does a representative
about as much harm rs good. For en-
ample, there are betwixt $4,000 and
1900 voters In my district. Mysal-
lowance is 1900 packages Of garden
Dsedh 100 u tower seeds and . fen
tpl9et u KfaHJ ktA tohaooo $50, NJ;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Hundreds Of Negroes rested.

Nearly 1000 negroes, while holding
An annual celebration at burlington
one night last week. were arrested for
violating the high license liquor law.
The party failed to secure a liquor
license. Bonds were furnished and the
picnickers allowed to go home.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Baseball Kills i Boy.

Lloyd G. Grout, fifteen years old,
son Of R. A. Circuit, travelling auditor
OF the Rock Island railroad, was
struck on the head by ball while
playing in game at Cedar Rapids
and died in sly hours.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Peculiar Disappearance.

]. d. Runyan, Of Butlerville, o.,
laid the peculiar disappearance Of his
painful symptoms, of.indigestion and
biliousness, to DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. He says: "They are perfect
remedy for dizziness, sour stomach,
headache, constipation, etc.. Guar;
anteed at P. A. Clemmers Drug store,
price Csc F.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
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$500 sSpSAS 0SSNe0 ~
one out Of every four voters In my dis
trict. But If for every dollar Of ex-
penditure by the federal government
the people were benefited as much as
they are by every dollar Of the expendl-
lures of the agricultural department
there would be no kick coming from
the great body Of taxpayers.
To cut of the appropriation for gar
den and flower seeds, however, would
be to stop the spigot and to leave the
bung wide open, for the appropriation
for seeds amounts only to the pitiful
sum Of $242, 600 per annum, Just about
the one-hundredth part Of the present
deficit, less than one-twentieth Of the
cost Of battleship! The amount ap-
propriated for seeds would support
only 121 Of our soldiers in the Philip
pines! So that to cut off the seed dis
tribution will not be more than a
drop In the bucket.
Hazardous capers.
] have said that Republican propo-
sitions to exc out the dwindling reve-
nues all look to increasing the income
rather than to diminishing the outgo.
General.Senator Charles Dick Of Ohio
proposes to reimpose in time OF
peace the stamp taxes levied to carry
on the Spanish war, a risky caper
surely. In that General-Senator Dick
simply voices the desires OF the stand
patters. Now comes Hon. Jesse Over
street Of indianapolis, chairman Of the
committee on postofflces and post
roads. and announces his panacea,
which is to raise the postal rates on
second class matter from / cent per
pound to or cents, another hazard
GUS caper. 1t will be observed that
both Dick and Overstreet propose
more taxes instead Of reduction Of
expenses. Overstreet, like Dick, rep
1essnts the stand patters.
It is said that the president is much
disturbed by the deficit and is urging
his committee on economy to out to the
bone, but he will discover, even II he
has not already discovered, that 1t is
much easier to order economy than to
secure 1t from Republican congress
and from Republican officials.
There is only one way known among
Americans to secure economy In the
public service and that is to turn the
Republicans out and put the Demo-
Mats in.
I can suggest a plan In very few
words to make buckle and tongue
meet-sell the Philippines, give them
away, or, what is better, let them set
up for themselves any rate, get rid
OF them. Then we could muster 10000
soldiers out Of the service, thereby saw
ing $40.00O,000 year, which is more
than the deficit. It would also enable
us to let up on the greatest navy ever,
thereby saving $4,000, 900 to S5O, 0oo,-
600 more year by year.
I offer that programme to the Repub-
Leans in the spirit Of comfy and patri-
otism. It would save them much men
tai wear and tear II they should adopt
It. but will they7 Not on your life.
They want more revenues to distribute.
1t helps them stay In power. It makes
them feel good to handle the coin of
the realm.
How long, o Lord, how long will the
people stand these outrageous exac-
lions? Perhaps day will come when
they will rise up and hurl the Repub-
leans from power, for we are told that
oven the worm will turn at last.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
Twenty-se ven soldiers have

Twenty-seven soldiers have desert
ed the United States army at Fort
Des Moines since April 25. Increase
the navy, by all means. .....If the
United States navy is inadequate,
why not cut down christening expen-
ses and build several frst-class battle
ships with the money! Des Moines
News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-04
yer.yLow atas

Very. Low ate9
to st. Paul and Minneapolis and re-
turn via Chicago Great Western Rail-
way.
Tickets on sale daily 70 Sept. Both.
Final return limit Oct. 31st. Also
equally low rates to Minnesota, North
Dakota, Colorado, Utah, and Wy
oming points For further informal
tion apply to any Great Western
Agent or j. P EN- G P. A, St.
Paul. MINI. sept30.
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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-10
The Eagle Mates But Once

The married life of most birds could
be taken for a model even by members
of the human family. There is, for
instance, the staid, dignified and home
ly bald headed %eagle-the glorious en-
blem of the American republic. He
mates but once and lives with his n
mate until he or she dies. If left a
widower-even a young widower-the
bald headed eagle never mates again.
He remains alone and diSconSolate In
the nest on the rocky crag or in the
branches Of a tall pine that formed his
domicile while his mate was alive. No
other female eagle can tempt him to
forsake his disconsolate life. With
him, once a widower, always a wild
over. The golden wOodpeckers live
in a happy married state, mating but
once. If the male dies his mates grief
is lasting, and she lives a widowed bird
the rest of her life. So, too, the male
woodpecker never seeks another mate
after the death of his own. He taps
on a tree beside their nest day and
night trying to recall her; then at
length, discouraged and hopeless, he
becomes silent and never recovers his
gayety.-Chicago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-10
BILLION S. GRASS


Agricultural Editors wrote about it,
Ayr. College Professors lectured about it,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about it..
while in the farm home by the quiet fire.
side, in the corner grocery, in the village
p~ost-ofice, at the creamery, at the depot,
in fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for 5 to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always a theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from one kernel of seed, IL #.
high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, ETC., and is
good for so tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
25c a ton, and Speltz at zoe a bu., both
great food for sheep, hsgs and cattle, also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big catalog
and many farm seed samples. "a. c. IL
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-10

OF all the diseases known, with
which women are afflicted, kidney dis
ease is the most fatal. In fact, unless
early and correct treatment is applied,
the weary patient seldom survives.
Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pink
ham, early In her career, gave exhaust
i've study to the subject, and in pro-
ducing her great remedy for woman's
ills Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound-was careful to see that it
contained the correct combination of
herbs which was sure to control that
fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles.
The Vegetable Compound acts in har-
mony with the laws that govern the
entire female system, and while there
are many Sc called remedies for kidney
troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is the only one espe.
cially prepared for women, and thou
sands have been cured of serious kidney
arrangements by it. arrangements OF
the feminine organs quickly affect the
kidneys, and when a woman has such
symptoms as pain or weight in the
loins, backache, bearing down pains,
urine too frequent, scanty or high col
ored, producing scalding or burning,
or deposits like brick dust in it; un-
usual thirst, swelling of hands and feet,
swelling under the eyes or sharp pains
in the back running down the inside
of her groin. she may be sure her kid
neys are affected and should lose nc
time in combating the disease with
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, the woman's remedy for wo
mans ills.
The following letters show how
marvelously successful it is.
Lydia E. PInkham's Vegetable COmpOun
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-10
Rare African Animals.

There are two animals practically
unknown to the outside world. These
are the pigmy, or Liberian, hippopota-
mus, and the Derbian Gland. The first
named is just what it's name implies,
a pigmy hippopOtamus, differing from
the larger and common variety in three
respects only. In the first place, it is
much smaller than the common Hippo
potamus amphibius, being no larger
than an ordinary fair sized hog; in the
second place, it differs somewhat from
the common hippo in the character of
it's teeth, and in the third place, in
| stead of spending all it's time in the
rivers and lakes in large herds, it
wanders about through the jungles
singly or in pairs, much after the
manner of swine in search of mast.
Owing to the fact that it does not go
in herds, and is hard to distinguish
against the dark background of jungle
thickets, it is an exceedingly difficult
animal to hunt or find. If anything
the legs of the dwarf Liberian hippo
potamus are a trife longer, in proper
ton, than are those of the common
river hippopotamus.
Next to the Liberian hippopotamus
the Derbian Gland of West Africa,
which the Mandigoes call "Jinke
janko," is to-day the least known of all
rare and strange animals.
Even though Great Britain, France
and Liberia own practically the whole
Of the Northwest African coast, no
specimen of the Derbian Gland has thus
far reached Europe or this country,
and next to the okapi it is indeed the
least known of all game animals.-Out,
ing.