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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
MRS. FISH, SOCIETY LEADER.

The social elect have practically all deserted
the hot city for the cooling breezes of Newport.
There Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is as usual the lead
ing parsonage. Let her career be viewed from
successful social being of her day and generation
Mrs. Fish has given more novel, not to say
bizarre social functions" than any other per
son in or beyond the pale Of the so-called 400"
She is the original entertainer, par excel
lence, of the Newport summer colony. Whatever
she does makes that jaded coterie OF nlulti-mil-
lionaire families sit up and display decided inter-
est. Incidentally, the same effect is noticeable
pretty generally throughout the country
Mrs. Fsh's Fourth of July contribution to the
entertainment Of Newport and the gossip OF ma
ton was to have been bathing suit dinner, but
a downpour of rain caused the plan to be changed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Some time ago it was announced
that Upton Sinclair would solve the
servant girl problem. 1t is now an.
nounced that Mr. Sinclair will run for
congress. | suppose Upton is choos-
ing the lesser of two tasks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Gutter Upsets; sailors Drown.

Portsmouth, England, Dec. 49,
Nine sailors belonging to the crew of
the battleship Hindustan were drown
ed Monday owing to the upsetting of
cutter in which they were returning
to the warship. There we're 40 men
in the cutter and all were thrown into
the water. Owing to heavy fog the
boats in the vicinity had difficulty in
rescuing 81 Of the sailors. Many of
the latter were unconscious when
picked up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Nose Bitten of by Horse.

William Powers, a Fort Dodge farm
VT, lost his nose by the bite of vi
cious horse, which completely severed
1t from his face as with knife.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Evangelical attended
which these
slss OF hundreds
h
The effect
in
n mbers
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

For chapped and cracked hands moth.
ing is quite as good as an application
Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIge. Put
II on before going to bed, use an old
pair OF gloves and see what q differ
ence the morning will bring. Sold by
j. Il. Luefs Drug co:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Happenings in Gotham,
Gossip Gathered Here and There the Busy
ing Gospel with Aid Of Megaphone-Wha New Workers. Are
Drinking These Hot Days.

NEW YoRK.-Preaching the gospel through
a megaphone is the latest. Many persons while
passing along the upper section of West street of
late have been startled by the sound of preaching
and singing apparently coming out of the air from
nowhere in particular. There is no church in the
vicinity; there may be no street group near to
explain 1t. The illusion is produced by large
megaphone which makes the voices carry for
surprising distance with the effect of being
spoken In ones For some little time a street
service has been held daily at West and Bethune
streets In which a large megaphone plays an inn
portant part. The audience reached in this way
may be scattered over several blocks and even
the passerby street two away is likely to
have his attention suddenly arrested.
The services are carried on by the Young
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

ing S O owl hanAy
tiers are kept as busy queezing lines
rickeg the favoite The head delight dispenser there said
THE rckey the call
and seldom switching
Its the rckey with the
Cadillac Scotch
to Good for home products? Wee lots of
so takes anything kind of
inclination a fzxle"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

A Kansas City ice man started with
$500 capital and in - months made
$4,000. | refrain from asking, "How
would you like to be the ice MANI
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Few great men have great sons. The
handicap of being the offspring of
noted parent is usually too great to
overcome.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Just a Minute.

suppose some Of the muck rakers
would have investigated the glue trust
long ago but for fear of getting stuck
up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Probing Shortage of indian Accounts.
Muskogee, |. r., Dec. 24.-Charles
p. Scliooley, special inspector of the
interior department, has begun an in
VestiSation to ascertain the amount of
9hortage in the accounts of the In.
dian agent here, placed at between
$4,000 and $1,000, which recently re.
suited in the suspension of Lyman X.
Lane. financial clerk
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Wrong Bottle Kills Capitalist.

John Wilkie, a capitalist of Abba, is
dead as the result of drinking carbolic
acid from bottle which he had mis-
taken for another containing whiskey.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28


then begins himself and down the keyboard
There thing taking yhie the mighty
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
FAvoRITE DRINKS FOR HOT WEATHER.

What is the New Workers. favorite hot wealth
er drink this summer? What it ought not to be-
of course.
Gin rickeys first, hghballs next and last, the
new one-the Water Wagon Here it is:
First you take long glass; in it you put
piece of ice the size of an egg; then two spoon
fuls of sugar, the Juice of lime, next a large
drink of brandy, and half as much port; stir well
or shake in mixer; add sufficient settler or car.
bonic to fill the glass, and quaff.
This is called the water wagon" because
four OF them are warranted to put you on the
front seat of that equipage.
But though the water wagon" has achieved
great popularity along Broadway this summer, it
is by no means the only hot-weather drink The
gin rickey is still In the ring, and the highbal is
failing aly Eath ie
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Msz2zess.-sss ,gs37
e.. )pEllE|'ll!!tE1
rKkr1f UNCLE BY
Mind Meanderinos.

Most people are glad they do not
have to associate with their ancestors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
YOUNG MUSICAL GENIUS.

In nineyear-od Michael De Vito we have a
musical prodigy who even surpasses Mozart Josef
Hoffman and Kubelik, who as youths were re-
garded as marvels His requirements surpass
those OF any of his predecessors and he is
the leader, conductor organizer and general man
ager of full-sized grown-up orchestra, which
appears in public.
Michael began the study Of music when he
was but four years old He is the son of Perry
De Vito, musician, and the lads early training
Is due to his fathers desire to bring him up in
the same profession. But the elder De Vito had
no idea that the little fellow would develop such
wonderful talents At seven or eight the lad
could play well violin, mandolin and piano. His
study OF the old masters was thorough and he
went far ahead of his instructors. Early, too he
showed the ability to direct the PLAYING of other
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Now Boston Book,

Patience.-Have you seen the new
Boston love story?
Patrice--No; is 1t illustrated?
"Yes; ITS illustrated with refrigsr-
ntofs."--Yonxers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
A Milwaukee clerk sto

A Milwaukee clerk stole $4,000 to
spend in Chicago on an expedition of
pleasure. The idea of anybody ex.
pecting to have good time in Chicago
on such paltry sum as that!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Clubs and sick friends who need
sitting up with, are two strenuous
problems of evil that must be settled
by the women themselves. They nust
never expect help from the husba Ids
who enjoy these liberties.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

e @. Dewitt & Co., of Chicago, at
whose laboratory Kodol is prepared,
assures us that this re remarkable dtges-
tant ard CORE ctive for the stomach
confirms fully to all pr ,visiors of the
National Pure Food and Drug Law
The Kodol laboratory is very large
one, but If all the sufferers from indi
gestion AID stomach troubles could
know the vtrtnes of Kodol it would be
impossible for the nnappfacturerss to
keep up with the demand KodOl is
sold here by j. Fl Luers Ord Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Open the bowels and get the cold
out Of your system. Kennedy's Laxa
tive Cough Syrup opens the bowe's
and at the same time allays the In.
tismation of the mucous memb anes
Contains Honey and Tar. Drives oul
the cold and stops the cough Abso.
lutely free from any opiates Con.
forms to the Natlona! Pure Food and
Drug Law Pleasant to take Sod by
J. r. tuers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
CAN ASSESS FRANCHISES.
State Supreme Court So Decides in a
Case From Lake Cjtv,

1t is legal to value fTara' Uses for
taxation in Iowa. THIS is the unani-
nous ruling of the state supreme court
and has been put in the record in an
opinion in case from Lake City,
There the assessor attempted to value
the physical property of the electric
power company, a private corporation,
and added to it what he considered
the value of the franchise held by the
corporation to use the streets of the
city. The company baked on this
and went to court. Judge Powers de-
cided that the assessor could assess
the tangible and visable property, real
and personal, but could not assess the
value of the intangible property, such
as the franchise under which the plant
was operated and without which it
had no value whatever. The supreme
court disagrees with the judgment and
has entered an order reversing it. II
is matter of vast Importance in every
Immunity in Iowa, or it would be,
ID the assessors and boards of review
undertook to assess corporation prop
erty of this character as they do the
property of other taxpayers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
IF you see frog up in tree,
Pull his tail and think Of mo -

Thus writes rural correspondent
to his home paper--but won't If
see a frog up in a tree, I'll take an
other drink, and see two frogs, and
be thoroughly happy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28
Municipal! owenrghip Experiment.

The city of Dubuque Is making an
experiment which will be watched with
keen interest from all directions of
the United States. The waterworks
plant, under municipal ownership man.
agement, has been an utter failure,
and the trustees have claimed this was
due to existing conditions under which
they were compelled to labor Now
Mr.. John Morrison has stepped into
the management of the plant for three
months, during which time he agrees
to work without one cent salary I'M
less with the same machinery and
equipment he reduces the cost of OPP
GRAFTON % per cent. He is to have alb
solute control and without installing
new machinery he is permitted to
make such alterations in the old as his
experience in mechanics may suggest.
The superintendent who has had
charge of the municipal plant under
the direction Of the city trustees was
employed at salary of $1,000 per
year and each Of the trustees draw a
salary of $500 per annum. The plant
has gone deeply in debt and the trus-
tees have asked the city council to
levy tax of one mill to wipe out this
obligation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

Everybody's gone but father,
He stays here in town.
Mother and Ann are getting
Their faces tanned and brown.
Costs almost a fortune
no get this coat of tan
Nobody pays the fiddler
But my old man!
~~wMe.&
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-12-28

s:ssgsef dyspepsia Cure
Isga~.s >vs---ss+ z1-.a Ea1
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09

zine and is to much of a populist to
be protectionist, has procured some
late information from Buenos Aires,
which says:
The advance pillow which sells in
this country for SIS, is sold in Buenos
Aires for SO.
The hay tedder, which cost you $45,
is sold in Buenos Aires at $50.
The mower cost you sos; it costs
the South American farmer $40.
You pay $25 for horserake; down.
trodden South Americans pay SIT.
The feed cutter No. 8, for which we
pay 500 goes to the poor foreigner
at $50.
The Ann Arbor cutter demands $40
of us; it is satisfied with $28 in Bue-
nos Aires.
The cultivator which is priced to
you at $50 is sold to the South Amer
lean for $22
Foreign competition makes the diff
ference in prices between the United
States and South America. Foreign
competitor trust at home, but it has
full opportunity in the larger markets
of the world
That the people at home are fully
protected from the incursions of for
eign competition is made evident from
the fact that the Maryland Steel COM
pany, not long ago, was awarded
contract for two dredges to be used
in making the Panama canal, for
which the government is to pay 1852
900 apiece. A foreign concern offered
to sell the same kind of dredges to
tn govrnmnt for $4,000 apiece, a
saving of $4,000 on the two.
The government is protecting it.
self against the cheap labor of the
east, as the old theory recites.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
MULCH VS.. CULTIVATION

We find the straw mulch fine
thing to keep down the weeds, and to
conserve needed moisture for main
tanning rapid growth of fruits and veg
etables. Tomatoes, melons, cabbage,
in fact almost everything grown in the
garden will do better with good mulch
ing than with the average cultivation
given on most farms. 81
A neighbor has raised potatoes in
this way for many years. The pota-
toes are planted shallow and covered
with several inches of clean straw and
that is the end of it until digging time.
They do not need to be pIowed nor
hoed When the crop has been gath
cred this mulch can be turned under
and will add humus to the soil, which
is lacking in many of our gardens.
We can keep down the weeds and
produce a fair crop of vegetables and
berries, work can be done at any
time and the result is nice, clean
patch and an increased insurance
against drouth.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Summer Care of Hens

This is the time of year when hens
are apt to be neglected, yet it is of all
seasons the one when they need at
tention most. In winter it is reg
ular part of the chores to feed the
hens" but when summer cones they
are often left to shift for themselves,
with scanty rations aside from what
they can pick up about the yard. This
is frequently insufficient
When the egg supply begins to fall
off and broodiness makes itself con-
spicuous, interest on the part of the
caretaker begins to lag and biddy re-
ceives little attention. To add to the
work in another direction, there are
the chicks demanding feed and fresh
water at short intervals, SO that other
matters are apt to be neglected in
the pressure of duties generally.
First, let a few words be given tC
the broody hen, too often the recip
lent of gross neglect, if not of actual
cruelty. The best way to deal with
her is also the most humane. Instead
of following one of the cruel practices
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Nail Wounds in Horses Feet

1t has long been known that nail
pricks and other similar injuries in
the horses hoof may lead to an in
lection followed by the formation of
pus under the horn of the hoof and
a serious general disease of the horse
or at least the loss of the hoof. In
a bulletin of the South Dakota sta
ton results have been recently re-
ported in number of cases from ap-
plying a strict antiseptic treatment
to injuries of this sort The method
consists in pairing away the horn of
the hoof from the affected part until
the blood oozes out. The hoof is then
thoroughly washed in solution of
bichlorid of mercury at the rate of 1
part to 500 of water after which alb
sorbent cotton saturated in a solu-
ton of the same strength is applied
to the wound and the whole hoof is
packed in cotton surrounded by a
bandage and we'll coated with tar.
This prevent any further filth from
coming in contact with the wound.
The operation must usually be done
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Agricultural Department

by a qualified veterinarian. Suisse
quent treatment however can be ap-
piled by the average farmer since all
that is necessary is to pour little
of this solution of bichlorid of mer-
curry upon the cotton which projects
from the upper part of the bandage.
The cotton will absorb enough of the
solution to keep the wound moistened
and hasten the healing process. If a
remedy of this sort is not adopted in
the case of foot wounds in the horse
the owner runs considerable risk of
serious infection either of blood pois-
oning or lock jaw
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09

sometimes recommended, such as con-
fining her III d barrel containing water
place her in large, comfortable coop
and supply feed and water as usual.
Two or three days will probably be
sufficient to cause her to forget all
about setting, when she may be turned
loose again. Some women, SO tender
fly. will shut a broody hen in foul
coop and leave her for days without
food or drink, to suffer fortunes from
hunger and thirst, and this with
never a single qualm of conscience.
1t is well to remember that broodi-
ness is perfectly natural to the hen
when she has finished laying. In a
wild state all birds sit after their
quota of eggs is laid, and biddy knows
nothing else. Treat her humanely IN
til the period is over Results will
repay you.
During hot weather hens require
plenty of food. Nature provides for
a renovating process at this tine, and
we see the fowls dropping their feath-
ers and getting ready for the new
coat soon to appear. This feather
making is drain upon vital forces,
and it needs nourishment to make up
for the loss If in confinement, ami
nal food of some kind should be sup
piled; also skim milk, if possible.
Green feed is easy to procure at this
season, and fowls are so greedy for
taste of it that it hardly seems pos
sible any should be denied it. Food
of a stimulating character is benefi-
cial during the process of refeather-
ing, and corn and buckwheat are both
useful in starting hens along toward
early laying after the moulting period.
Water is a necessity with hens at
all times, yet we know that many
times an insufficient amount is pro
| vided. In hot weather suffering GER
| tainly follows such deprivation. An
| ample supply should always be within
easy reach, and it will be found that
hens drink the last thing before going
to roost and the first thing upon leav-
ing it in the morning.
Scaly leg often attacks hens in sum
mer particularly those past their
youth, and while this article does not
in any way deal with diseases of fowls
it may be we'll to mention the fact
that lard and kerosene made into a
paste and rubbed over the affected
parts is a sure cure. A good washing
with warm water and pure soap
should first be given and the parts
thoroughly dried.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Disk the Alfalfa

In a dry spell just after the alfalfa
has been cut and stacked, it has
paid us well to disk the land We
disk both ways, then harrow smooth.
The increased yield is often Is to 40
per cent of a full crop or cutting;
hence, man might make $40 to SIS
a day at this job, if well and prompt
ly done. This applies to alfalfa three
years old or more. Some, however,
have disked it when only two years
DID, and report good results. In the
case of young alfalfa we prefer to
use a sharp lever harrow.
In thin stand, the disk may be
set at a sharp angle; with a thick
stand at less angle Set the disks deep
enough to cut through the crust
formed, and turn over well the soil.
Besides thickening the stand Of al
falfa, Fastening its growth and con-
serving the moisture, much good will
be done by eradicating weeds, cut
worms, grass, etc.
We often see fields where weeds
and grass are crowding out the al
falfa, and nothing is done to check
their progress. For best results, and
to make it easier for the team, the
disks should be sharp. Repeat the
disking after each successive cutting
If crowded for time, at least make
sure of the bad or alkali spot. Get
all you can out of the alfalfa crop
this season; prairie grass is short
and thin.-B. B. Rice, Hall county
Neb.
Protected Farm Machinery
Ton, Wafcou who p~intc mapa
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Watch the Horses Feet

If your blacksmith knows his bust
ness your horses will be properly shod
but do not lay the foot trouble of the
horse to the door of the blacksmith,
for chances are you are at the bottom
of the trouble because you will not
keep the floor of the stables clean and
thus avoid thrush There is no rea-
son why there should not be a gutter
between the horses, such as are be-
hind the COWS, and thus avoid to some
extent the possibility of the horse
standing in his excrement. Then keep
close watch of the hoofs and see that
they are cleansed daily. An excellent
way to do this is to have few blunt
sticks of hickory, stiff brush or two
and one or more coarse sponges. Go
at it in this way: With the sticks
dig out substances and then cleanse
with the stiff brush, and finally wash
with the sponge, using tepid water,
in which dozen drops or teaspoon
full of carbolic acid has been mixed.
Try it, keep it up and avoid thrush.
loading our work horses down with
heavy harness when lighter ones will
answer every purpose and be a great
deal more comfortable and less pain
full to the animals. The lighter the
harness can be made the cooler it will
be for the horse, and the better will
he be able to do the work required of
him. The kind and thoughtful far
mer will always dispense with all I'M
necessary harness trappings, especial
ly as soon as the spring work begins.
The satisfaction of seeing good
stock in ones stables and pastures
itself adds much to the pleasure OF
farm life, and when we consider that
from the practical dollar and cents
view, it is certainly more profitable
to rear and feed the improved class
there appears no sensible reason fol-
neglecting to effect the needed i'm
provement in the only way by which
it can be done, and that is by the use
of good class of pure bred sires.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09

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