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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23
Beaver Creek and Vicinity.

OSNVSA StOSA OhN
The threshing machines are still at
work in this vicinity.
DR.. @. G. and j. E. Roberts were
callers In Chester Friday.
Miss Helen Hill spent a few days of
last week visiting with her friend.
Miss Marie Burnes.
Quite number Of our young men
are very busy trapping. Game seems
plentiful this season.
Mrs Hiram Shafer, who has been
on the sick list for the past three
weeks is now able to be about once
more.
Mrs. M. N. Burns and baby, and
daughter Sylvia, were visitors at the
home of 81. Lidtke and family Thurs.
day.
Will Cray returned from Nebraska
the first Of last week where he has
been for few days on business. He
reports several inches of snow in that
place.
T. e. Roberts and family and BROTH
er G. Roberts we're visitors at the
home of Henry Kraft and family of
Saratoga Sunday.
The party which was to have been
given at the home of M. N. Burns
and family, last Friday evening was a
failure on account of the severe rain.
Calvin Burns was a Lime Springs
visitor Sunday.
School opened Monday with Joseph
Auwers OF Cresco as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw of Lime Springs
were visitors at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Hall, Monday.
Miss Amanda Lidtke was a Lime
Springs visitor one day last week.
Miss Flossie Brantner had the mis-
fortune to fall on the frozen ground
while at play, breaking one OF her
arms. We hope to hear she is better
ut our next writing.
Miss Lille Parchman spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Parchman.
Miss Florence Phifer spent her va
cation at her home in Chester, she re-
turned in time to cake up her scheo
work in Beaver Creek. She is staying
with her aunt, Mrs. R. Sanhorn.
Chas. Bacon spent Sunday with his
uucte, Mr Darwia.
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tending the lectures which are giver
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23

G. M. q St. Paul Ry., will give
Thanksgiving excursion rates Of one
fare and third. Tickets on sale Nov.
28th and Goth. M. J. WHITE, Agt.
Asa M. Dorwin and Mrs. Eva Ba.
con, OF Lime Springs, were married in
the Strother House Parlors last Fri
day, the 10th, by Rev. John Gammons
The Perseverance Band of the Albion
M. e. S. S., will hold a fair and serve
oysters afternoon and evening in the
Darrow school house, Friday, Nov.
3Oth.
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held in the M. e. church Thanks
giving morning at 1920 O'Clock. Rev.
Hinman of the Congregational church
will preach the sermon.
O. E. Knoke and wife visited over
Sunday at the home OF the latter s
sister, Mrs. Joe Kaupel, of Ossian.
Mrs. Knoke remained for longer
visit, returning Wednesday.
In every cline it's colors are unfurled,
It's fame has spread from sea to sea;
Be not surprised if in the other world,
You hear Of Rocky Mountain Tea.
Sold by DR.. Connolly.
Boardman Cooley, representing the
Dubuque Telegraph.Herald, is in
Oresco engaged in compiling direct
ory and credit-rating book for the
Howard County Business Mems Asso-
citation.
Mrs. G. b. Miller and family are
enjoying visit from her brother,
Clarence Russell, and his wife, who
arrived last week from Albion. Neb
to which place they moved from
Cresco in 1874.
James Ondrasek will give a dance
In his hall at Scbley on Wednesday
evening, Nov. 2sth. Music by the
Star Orchestra, Supper will be served
down stairs. Plenty OF good stable
room to be had.
l am prepared to do buckwheat and
feed grinding at my Vernon mill
promptly and will guarantee satisfac
tion In every instance. Will pay the
highest cash price for buckwheat.
FL. @. SALISBURY.
Taken as directed, it becomes the
greatest curative agent for the relief
of suffering humanity ever devised
Such is HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents Tea or Tablets.
DR.. Connolly.
f. ]. Snopek and wife of Cresco were
visitors at the e. T. Griffin home last
Friday. They stopped off here while
on their way home from a number OF
days visit at Manly and Mason City.
The ladies are sisters.-Lawler Dis.
patch.
| Your stomach churns and digests
| the food you eatand If foul, or torpid
or out of order, your whole system
suffers from blood poison. Hollister I
Rocky Mountain Tea keeps you we'll
35 cents, Tea or Tablets.
DIR. Connolly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23

Remember the Thanksgiving enter
tainment.
John Kane OF Elms, was Cresco
visitor today.
House for rent in west part of town.
Enquire at the Palm Cafe.
N. A. Blackburn, lawyer. Office
opposite the National Bank.
DR.. j. j. Ahern, Office at residence,
two blocks north of M. e. Church.
Toulouse Geese fer sale cheap II
taken at once. MRS. M. 2. LYDoN.
W. L. Barker and E. A. Church at
tended court at Decorah this week.
Switch sale for ten days.
MRS. HARVEY MITCHELL.
J. E. Carrell, from near tElma, was
Cresco business visitor on Thursday.
Mrs. d. G.. Addie returned Wednes-
day from brief visit at Arlington,
Iowa,
Regular quarterly meeting Of the
Baptist church will be held on Mon
day next.
DR.. W. T. Daily, physician and sur
geon. Once over Lomas 3 Milz'
Drug Store.
Miss Marion Wallace visited this
week at the G.. r. Baker home In
Ridgeway.
]. d. Beadle, Doctor Of Veterinary
Science. Once over Whites Livery.
Once phone, 313}; house, 313}.
II you want farm loan at q low
rate of interest, see American Loan
& Trust Company, Oresco, Iowa.
Hair chains and fobs made to order
Vibratory facial massage and mani
curing at Mrs. Harvey Mitchell's.
Mrs. Anna Humphrey and son Loe
left the first of the week for visit
with relatives at st. Ansgar, Iowa.
For RENT:-My house two blocks
north of High School.
F. e. ERLEK.
MAN WANTED-To work by the
month. Married man preferred.
B. P. NORTON.
Regis te red Shropshire buck for salt
or exchange for another equally al
good. ALBERT WALLACE.
viii pay highest market price fol
raw Furs at my Auto shop on west r
3. ST.. ARTHUR WENTWORTH.
Frank Bronner sold his team O
draft horses few days ago to w. NJ
Jones of Lime Springs, receiving s34l
therefor:
LosT-Buckskin glove and mtttel
between John A. Anderson's s and tht
Postofflce. Finder please return tx
VIM. PATTERSON.
II you want correct abstractinl
done and cheap prices too, it will pa.
you to see the American Loan s
Trust Co., before ordering you
abstract.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23
South New Oregon.

Mrs. J. Prasek and son Frank called
at the f. Panoch home, Sunday after
noon.
Max. Svoboda and wife visited at
Jim Vrbas, Sunday.
A. z. Johnson delivered a nice
bunch OF cattle at Cresco, last Satur-
day.
Will Valvoda spent Sunday after
noon with the Svoboda boys.
Mrs. j. Pizinger and Miss Morvetz
helped f. Panooh dress poultry, one
day last week.
Little Eddie Slifka is on the sick
list.
Herman Kull is threshing this
week.
Joe Syoboda gathered load OF
poultry In this vicinity, this week.
A large crowd attended the sale Of
John Breigel's, on Tuesday last
For Sale.
Show Gases, Mirrors and Hall FIX
lures. CONNOLLY Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23
As Decorah Views the Game.

The DEBORAH high school baske tball
girls met their first defeat of the
season last Friday at Cresco when the
high school team of that place won
fifteen points over our girls-the score
being q to 10. Both teams played
we'll but 1t was plain to be seen from
the start that Cresco had the game.
Good team work was displayed by De-
corah but they were easily outriyal
led in basket throwing by their op-
ponents. .-Decorah Republican.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23
Group.

A reliable medicine and one that
should always be kept in the home
for immediate use is Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. 1t will prevent the
attack II given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears. For sale by j.
81. Luers Drug Co. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23
For Rent.

For Rent.
Store Building fifty feet deep, equip
ped with shelving and counter, full
glass front; most central location in
village of LIE Roy, one door from post.
office, formerly used as a Racket store.
Good opening for any class of busi-
ness. Address OF. n. MEYER,
LIE Roy, MINI
For Sale.
Hard Coal Heater, Cook Stove ard
Gasoline Range. CONNOLLY 60.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-23

FOR SALE.
I have the best line of Poland China
boars for sale have ever raised, and
have big line to choose from.
w. J. WEBSTER
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Palace of Beauty!

+ The Dress Goods Store Of Newberry-the Store
that sells the newes. of the The shopping pub
lie have found ot where the fashion center OF beauti-
full merchandise Is for last week the selling OF nice
Dress Stutfs was tremendous. and this week we are
going TO make it greater Read these prces' the low
est Of the, low. ".. ...r".
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Notions!

In notions we have just received big lot Gilt Belts
at Csc. each.
A big let Turnover Collars S and lOc each.
% Il 900 Cans Menen's Talcum Powder IL l-2c can
900 Post Cards, for SC. .... -.
60 Bolts Collar Ribbons in black red andnavy loc. yd
100 fine Back Combs lOc. EACH
900 Linen Handkerchiefs, Oc. kind, for 25c.
100 fine Corset Covers, Lace Inserting Csc. each.
100 doz fine Ribbed Vests. lOc, kind, SC. each
500 Self Opening Umbrellas soc. each.
Great line Ladies' and Chidrens Sailor and Street
Hats In fact for every want in fine merchandise for
Men, Women and Children come to Summer Bros,
they can supply you cheaper.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Shoes Shoes and Oxfords.

The shoe house Of the Carollnas carry more
shoes up stairs than lot Of Stores carry in Stock
tremendous output enables us to buy and sell 100
cases while our competitors selling two or three.
Ask to see these makes Hannah & Son for men
Burt g. Packard kerrect shape for men and Queen
quality for ladies the finest line we have ever opened
just placed display Shoes and Slippers for the little
folks shoes for every walk In life shoes for every foot
bring EN- to Summer Bros
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Great Display of Fine Ribbons!

Great Display Of Fine Parasols and Umbrellas.
Great Display Of Hosiery in plain and openwork.
5000 yds. Chambry and Madras Ginghams this
week SC. yd .'.
80 fine ACCORDION peated skirts in Wolfe and Pan
anla a $3.50 Skirt for $4.75.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Great Sale 1914 Bleach Sheeting!

5Obolts 1914 unbleached Sheeting lmit'd II &c. yd.
SO bolts lO4 bleached Sheeting, limited. l9c. yd.
100 large Bed Spreads at CSC. each.
1000 large SC. Towels at &c. each.
. Another wagon load E'nbroideres at l0c. yd.
900 o0c and 75c. Corsets this week at 800. each.
case fine Lawns and Muslins Sc. yd.
3 cases fine Lawns and Dmities, l5c. value only
lOc. yd. &#."..
Great sale fine Bleaching just received.
5000 yds, soft MoIohon Mill Bleaching. We are
going to give every customer that trades $500 WORTH
10 yds free as an advertisement.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
Great Sale of White Lawns.

1000 bolts fine Boofkod Lawns at l-3c. yd
100 bolts fine and sheer 40 In Lawns at &c. yd.
IS bolts fine and sheer 40 in, Lawns IL l-2c yd.
Every yard worth S cents mere
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
WEDDED AFTER FORTY-FIYE YEARS

ding should take place at the home OF
Mrs. Casweli's sister. Rogers arrived.
arrangements were completed. and IA
was then discovered that. though there
are three preachers IN Lawrenceville.
all three were cut OF town. One OF
them. Rev. y. j. Brown. pastor of the
Methodist church. was scheduled TO
return at $50 that night. The bridal
party concluded 10 wait
In the late afternoon IL was discov-
cred that a marriage license was nee
essary. something the man from the
West knew nothing about Some one
remembered that Just across the line in
New York State marriage licenses ara
unnecessary. and so the problem was
solved. Parson Brown reached home on
schedule time, and half an hour later
the minister and his vile. Mrs Rogers
and Mrs. CaSwell ard several invited
friends made ND party which crossed
the dividing line into New York State.
The party halted at the edge OF a for
est, and, under a large oak tree, with
the stars furnishing the only illumina-
tion. the wedding ceremony wa per-
formed
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

A novelist could hardly conceive
more~romanflc tale than one the climax
of which was the open air wedding
Just across the New York State line.
near Lawreneevifie. Pa. of Susan III.
Caswell of Rummer6sId. Pa. and
George A. Rogers Of Reynolds. Neb.
Forty-fve years age the principals
in this wedds g. then youth and lassie
at district school near Athens. Brad
ford County. were sweethearts. But
young Rogers. barely OF an age to en-
list. went into the Civil War nd at it's
close he drifted to the Far West.
where he married Ills girl sweetheart
became the wife of n Bradford County
man.
A few years ago the wife of Rogers
died. and three years ago Mrs Cas-
welfs husband died In course of time
a correspondence was resumed betw cen
the old-time lovers. the result being an
engagement to wed.
Friday. May "a, was the day fixed for
Rogers to come and clairQ his bride.
and the arrangement was that the well
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

likely enough to vine Up IN the divorce
room. "a several have done during the
past few months, since the fire. The
wife who goes -bughouse' over some
new religious prophet, such as Dowie
or Creffleld. and who refuses her hus-
band pork as a matter of religion when
that meat il her husbands especial IA
vorlte. - likely enough. also, to be be-
fore Judge Graham sooner or later. The
stingy man who gives even a lOng-suf-
fering wife only one dress In three
years. as 3 certain divOrcee recently
was made n divOrcee for doing. can
reach but one possible consequence. un-
less meanwhile the code of marriage be
invented and he be made an apt and
swift pupil of its tenets.
There have been not a few cases OF
late months wherein Ii has been the
woman who drinks Too much; and
perhaps she has had as much cause
the man Is usually supposed to have.
There has been one case where a woman
was complained of on the ground that
she visited the doctor too often An
other. where a woman was accused Of
preventing her husband from promo
tiOn in his occupation. And still an
other. wherein a woman was so inc0n-
siderate as To demand a divorce be-
cause. during the great catastrophe Of
April 1890 last. her husband compelled
her to walk over eOrpses of animals in
order to escape to the ferries
Whether the code of marriage will
cover these eases remains TO be learned.
but they are frequent enough. eonsid-
cred as a whole. to make them very
vital part OF the divorce problem.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

after he had taken just one bite OF the
pie, he frequently beat me-"
And all this after only one bite.
Where was the fault2 The Judge evf-
IDENTIFY thought that 1t was not with
Marion. at any rate, although none OF
the misery breeding dishes were of
fered in evidence. for be granted her
the divorce she asked for Sand both Mr..
and Mrs. Smith were released from
each other to go out and make another
try of It elsewhere: Marion with her
pies and Henry with his temper,
Was the problem one of ethics, or Of
religion, o. OF plain, home-spun domes-
tic common sense? Or was 1t deeper
than either OF these? Did tie trouble
lie in the roots OF the human nature of
the parties TO the marital contract?
Some day. when many thousands of
such cases are gathered together and
studied and ciassified-not by NUM-
bers and statistics. but by their real
interest. their human feeling, it may be
possible to point the way to avoid
their recurrence. But that is for the
future We shall have to wait for the
answer.
Take the mother in-law instance
1t was a very ordinary little instance,
scarcely big enough for four inches in
the newspaper But beneath the sur
face of 1t was a whole book full OF
lessons ia love. IN chivairy that a man
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
Why Husbands Drink.

The husband who stays out late at
nights or who comes home too fun to
float safely through the doOrposts Is.
of course. the perpetual figure at the
divorce court. But even beneath his
ultra a-ordinary Incidents there lies
something that viii be worth studying
when pesple turn their eyes and ears
from the abstract side of the marriage
problem to the plain human nature Of
it all Some men drink because they
learned II before marriage. Some drink
because 1t is better than marriage
Some drink because the biscuits of the
breakfast table are leaden and the cof-
fee Ia slumgulliOn- But there are few
who might not be persuaded to let the
drink alone IL there We're something
more seductive at home. Even Mrs.
Marion Smith. whose husband beat her
because tue pies were bad. succeeded
In having him give up the whisky. 1t
Is only question of what the man and
woman are made of respectively and
whether unitedly there Is anything in
them THAT makes them fit
The man who takes delight in cali
Ing his wife ugly. when she is particu-
larry fond of being called pretty. is
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Probably. But jus, the same old
mother-in-Iaw question which. take it
ali in all, is too deep to be settled by
hEmorists,s or by law, or by religious
rsgulation# If man cannot get along
with his mother-in-law 1t may be that
II would be just as well for him to
make up his mind to get along without
his wife. For there are few wives who
can get along without their mothers
ol, for the matter of that, who wish to
dc so, even for Loves great sake. A
mother is a duty to daughter. And
a wise husband recognizes the fact and
adjusts his life accordingly.
At least. this point of view is posi-
BILE, and is open to argument. To set
tie 1t, or to educate large numbers of
men and women in regard to It, might
be more effective than to bother with
deciding whether a minister should re-
marry divorced persons. or whether
thuse who are entitled to remarrage
shall be restricted to the ones who are
innocent Of causing the divorce.
In the Dawson case, implied above
the restiveness of the male, as against
the home-cultivating propensities of
the woman. was the essence of the diff
ficulty.
Frederick G. Striker got hit with the
Klondike fever in 1897, and after eight
years of domestic life in fairly perma-
nent surroundings felt that he must go
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

women can long spare finally sent Mr..
Strikers wife away from him. and-as
events proved--lost her to him forever.
In July of this year Mrs. Striker ap-
piled for and was srapted divorce-
Whether MIR. Striker won his fortune
and had that much compensation for
the breaking up of his family is not
told.
Probably so long as there exists be-
tween men and women this fundamen-
tai difference in temperament such in
cdents will cause more or less domes-
tic unhappness. Occasionally there
will be such a match as Jack London
describes, wherein the woman takes as
well to the mans life as the man does.
but it is apt TO be only occasionally.
Meanwhile. there will be thoughtful
observers who will be asking whether
ii is not more important TO adopt some
method of bringing the occasional SIM
ilaritieS of sexual temperament to-
gether than il is to determine whether
or not this particular couple should be
permitted to marry second time.
There was yet another very striking
case before tho local courts recently
striking. because 1t introduced the lat
est phase of womap's life-in fact. what
Is generally called the modern wO-
man. An Oakland woman. addicted to
dishes, stoves and cooking. was sued
by her husband for divorce ON the
ground that She neglected the cook
ing, the washing and the housekeep-
ing He got the decree. presumably
because the wife was as willing TO get
away from the obligation TO the pots
and kettles and the butcher as he was
10 have her away from him. But the
whole incident might have been more
happy. If there had been something in
the wind of modern things TO caution
people to think of their different tastes
before rather than after, marriage. 70
mfngle brains and batter seems a 5 inn
possible as tos expect an artists studio
to have no cohwebs. Resides, it is not
impossible that woman is going away
very rapidly from the domain of the
kitchen. just as the man has graduated
from many pllases of manual work
AMI the sympathetic husband OF the
future may feel that he gains more
by hurrying the process than he does
bv Knocking the teeth out of the wife
who resists it. and setting his planta-
grade foot ipxgiofty pride upon the
beaten woman's stomach.
At any rate a little of this point of
view might perhaps have adjusted even
tne case in Oakland wherein frank ID.
Cruess got a divorce because his wife
neglected her domestic duties out of
sheer laziness rather than out of in
tellcctnaIity. 1t is not to be taken for
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Pull the covers on your wife.
This is one way-a new ene-tO the
Divorce Court.
Kick at the pie because IL isn't made
as you had IL before you were married.
This Is smother wax-a little cid, hut
still I'm use-to the same destination.
Refuse 10 take your mOther-in-Iaw
East when your wife requests IL.
This Is still third way, not 80 eOm-
mon, but just effective. IL enc may
Judge from a recent case In the San
Francisco courts.
Then, fl none Of these ways succeeds
try going to Dawson against your
wife's Will and msking her stay there
till she gets ~cOId feet" 80 badly, both
hEurativeIy and literally, that they
stick fast TO your back every move yOu
make.
And, finally, IL these devices are not
sufficiently paltFy either for her OF for
yOu as n means of putting end 10
love and a romance which began
beautifully that neither of you thought
anything in the wide world could ever
separate you, trump up some other I'M
possible and unreal excuse TO cover up
your own faults and make the court
believe that anybody aud anything but
yourself Is the cause of your troubles.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

takes the pies motner made" seriously.
Here comes a real instance Mrs. Mar
ion Smith being the victim
Marion Smiths husband is a painter.
and he and his wife had passed their
time together for about two years,
when on July IS of the current year
they went before Judge Graham to
make mutual complaint. Said Marion,
in effect. her pies, no matter how
Valiantly she worked with them, could
never please her husband. He com
plained of them. He grew mad over
them, slapped her, choked her. and,
finally. threw her down and placed
his foot in triumph upon her PROSTATE
form. She continued:
Almost from our wedding day
Henry made me dread mealtime. lie
would take bite of bread and glare
at me awfuliy. Then he would say
dreadful things about the entree and
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

owes to his wife. in tact that wife
may exercise with a husband, and
on.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lsaing ap-
preached the Judge who presides over
so many cases In San Francisco where
in mismated or unhappy couples tell
their stories over the bar, and to his
immense amazement came down the
aisle together hand in hand
What do you want a divorce for?"
exclaimed the court. You look loving
enough for a bride and groom"
You see, Judge" smiled ldrs. Laing.
''he was going East without me and I
thought If filed a case against him 1t
would keep him home.''
What about your allegations of cru
city? Has he abused you?"
when he first spoke about going
East he wanted me to go, too; but did
not like il when ] wanted to take
mamma"
The mother-in-law question againf