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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
What Do They Cure.

The above question is often asked con-
corning DR.. Pierce's two leading medi-
cines, "Golden Medical Discovery" and
eFavorite Prescription"
The answer is that 1Golden Medical
Discovery is most potent Alternative or
blood-purifier, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially, favorably in a cura-
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces. as of the nasal passages, throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach. bowels and
bladdeHacuring a large per cent. OF catar-
rhal cakes whether the disease affects the
nasal passages, the thxoat, larynx, bron-
SSa oMe,ls st9 una ea.Ssl dysppspasdia
uterus or. other pelvic organ,S Even in
the chronic nlceratiYe STAGES Qf t6eSe
affections 1t is often successful in affect
The TEaYorlte Presentation is advised
l Esa5 5fs s SIS Of
@sdsat sS5 M5Ms% aHy III IT
is a powerful Yet gently acting invig6fate
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worn
out, over-worked women--no matter what
has caused the breakdown, rFavorite
Prescription will be found most effective
IN building up the strength, regulating
the Woxanly functions, subduing pain
and bringing about a healthy, vigorous
condition of the whole system.
A book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula OF both medicines and
quoting what scores of eminent med
ical authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians of all the schools of practice
as guides in prescribing, say of each in
gredient entering into these medicines.
The words of praise bestowed on the
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writers should
have more weight than any amount of
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for theguidance of
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcoholic, nom
secret, and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed of glyceric
extracts of the roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants. They are both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
afford to accept as a substitute for one of
these medicines of known composition,
any secret nostrum.
DIR. Pierce's Pellets. small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and in
vigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
ache. He ate several of them. The
tablets contained strychnine and tie
little fellow was almost Immediately
seized with cow alsions and died be-
fore physician could be summoned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Plain Talk.

Clearly the adequacy Of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad compapy's reward
of merit to Conductor Haywood for
knocking down. overpowering, disarm-
Ing and capturing n train robber does
not commend itself to one Of my most
esteemed constituents. Colonel J. B.
Moran. editor and proprietor of the
Wellsville Record. and he is not at all
mealy mouthed about expressing his
opinion, for he says
A gold watch and $500 was the reward
received by Conductor Haywood from the
Alton and rha Burlington railway com.
panes for overpowering, disarming and
delivering a train rol3ber TO the officers
of the law. The insigni1capce or the re.
ward would lead one to think that ail
act less daring than volunteer battle
for life against great odds would eatitle
u conductor to a ham sandwich wrapped
in tissue pAEer and tied with baby ribbon
Surely that's hot 4ight off the shovel
and to the point. Perhaps Colonel
Moran never read that rich and .raeg
passage wherein Wiiliam Makepeace
Thackeray describes llo'v the noble
tutor Of the Prince OF Wales was made
an earl for a mistake In pr9sedy and
Horatie made e ba95n for winning the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
An Honest Man.

When Alexander Pope said, ''An hon.
est mans the noblest work Of Cod" he
was not thinking of Colonel Charles
Fremont Cochran, who died the other
day at bis home in St. Joseph, Mo-, for
Cochran was not born when Pope was
writing, but II that famous line is
true Cochran WAS the noblest work Of
God, for a more honest man never
lived or more courageous. He served
with distinction eight years In con-
gress. prior to which he had been a
state senator and editor in Missouri as
well as prosecuting attorney and law
yer In Kansas. In everything he I'M
! dertook he demonstrated marked abil-
, ity. He possessed the most amazing
quantity and quality Of information of
al the men with whom ! have been as
ISOLATED, and be could speak at mo-
ment's notice Interestingly on any SUBJ
ject. used to tell him that bis head
ras sort Of literary "old curiosity
shop." Where he learned all he knew
and why ae took time and trouble to
learn It were always mysteries. His
fellow members dubbed him liking Of
the cloakroom" because he stayed in
the cloakroom of the house so much
and discussed SO many subjects there
In. In utter abandon Of speech Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself does not go
ahead Of him. A more Independent
man never lived. There was no half
way business about his opinions touch
ing men and things. He spoke right
out in meeting. His nay was en-
phatically nay and his yea empAatical-
Iy yea. Positive himself in all things,
bis pct aversion was q trimmer. Per
haps his bluptpess made him enemies
unnecessarily, a thing about which he
seemed to care not at all, though he
was kind hearted and amiable, with
his intimates even playful and humor-
Gus. The word policy seemed to have
no place in his lexicon. Had he been
more charitable in constituting the con-
duct and judging the motives of those
who differed with him he might have
gone further and accomplished more
He was Il stanch li.iftisan and hard
fighter qualities which oonlinehd them
selves to virile mind.
His Christian name, Charles Ere.
nsnt, puzzled me for some time.
knowing thnt he had lived long in
Kansas, l concluded thal his father
must have been IA Republican. When
I had become well enough @tou;l.ntcd
With him. asSaq him =, e re RID
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Homework Promotes Health.

"A busy woman has made the salts
factory discovery that her homework
provides her with all the physical cul-
ture she needs for securing health and
good looks.
She enlarges her chest and arms by
using a carpet-sweeper, strengthens
her back by hed-making, and improves
the shape of her wrists and hands by
making pastry.
In her opinion, the hardest work
Chat which makes the worker pant
strengthens the lungs, but to aid this
result it is necessary to breathe deep
ly and inhale pure air. To get the
fullest benefit from her housework
however, a woman should rest for an
hour each day. This is the best rem,
edy for faded nerves and wrinkles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Ro.,s Pastor who Aids Him.

Rev s. r. Ferguson of Cedar Falls
is mourning the loss Of five diamond
rings valued At $500 and considerable
other property, which he believes to
be the result Of an act of charity on
his part 4 few days ago a hoy
tramp, claiming that his name was
Clyde Geer, applied to the minister
for assistance. The boy was in d pitt
able condition, almost starved and
clothed in rags, The minister tcol,
him into his own house, clothed and
fed him, and cared for him until the
boy disappeared. When he did not re-
turn, saaich Of the house was mac
and it was found that the diamonds
and other property had also disap-
peared,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
NEWS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Girl of Thirteen Alleged to Have Been
Given by Her Mother to Man
in Exchange for Team
Of Horses.

Traded at the age of thirteen to a
man by her mother for a team of
horses, is the remarkable tale told by
Alma Toepfer, fifteen-year-old wife,
who had her marriage to Toepfer set
aside in Judge Brennan's court at Des
Moines.
The girl, who was married to Toep-
fer two years ago. after her mother
had made the alleged trade, appeared
in court clad in short dresses and with
her hair done in braids. She was OBJ
viously only child, and her testimony
as to her married life moved Judge
Brennan to Indignation. Pba court
directed an investigation of Toepfer.
who, according to the testimony, is
now living with the mother of the girl
wife.
Toepfer is thirty-fve years old and
the little girl testified that he had oft
en- abused her after marrying her. She
was rescued from him by the humane
society which started her annulment
action for her.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Left by Wives; End Their Lives.

Unable to effect reconciliation
with mis- wife who had entered suit
for divorce, S. e. Ankema, druggist
at Cylinder, committed suicide by
hanging himself with his suspenders,
in room at his home. He is said to
have been drinking for some time past
and this is said to have been the rea.
son his wife left him. Peter Boysen,
well-known farmer living near Dona-
hue, hanged himself to the bed post
In his room. The reason for the sui
eide is said to be that his wife had
left him and begun suit for divorce.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Runs Before Gun and Is Killed.

Charles Freezing, fifteen years old
was instantly killed while hunting
rabbits on the Freezing farm, four
miles south of Jesup. The boy was in
company with man named Hertz
berg, and Just as the latter had aimed
at a rabbit the boy ran in front of the
gun. the charge blowing the entire top
of his head off. The boys father was
nearby and ran quickly to the scene
and gathered up the brains of the boy
In a bucket. The coroner investigated
the shooting and returned verdict
entirely generating Hertzberg.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Two Men Commit Suicide.

j. P. Peterson, a farmer north Of
Leon, committed suicide by hanging
to a telegraph pole. He threatened
the life of any one who would interfere
with his purpose to take his own life.
He was cut down five minutes after
he hung himself, but never regained
consciousness. R. A. Cowan of Leon
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. He got out of bed at o'clock
in the morning and went down stairs
His wife followed him soon after, and
found him lying upon the kitchen
floor. Medical aid was called, but he
died before the doctors arrived.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Find Man Asphyxiated.

Carson Cooper, druggist Of Bux-
ton. Ia, was found dead in bed in a
Des Moines hotel. An open cock of a
single gas jet in the room and a
strong odor Of gas permeating the at
mosphere showed how he had met
death. 1t is not believed that the man
committed suicide, but that the gas
Jet accidentally was turned on after
he had turned it out
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Gratuitous Advice.

Whatever effect Mr.. Secretary of
State Roots monarchistic speech before
the Pennsylvania Society of New York
may have had in this country, it seems
to have set English editors on fire.
With one accord they agree that we
have outgrown our constitution, and
they unanimously urge us to discard
1t, make one up to date and thereby
break into really first class royal So
ciety. This advice is entirely gratui-
tous. In fact, it is supertiuous, pro.
gided Root can induce the courts to
constrpe the constitution out of exist
cnce. His plan would be much cheap
er, and, as it is more insidious, II
would perchance be more successful
In convention Roots scheme would
stand the same chance that Hamiltons
monarrhic scheme stood in the con
vention OF }7S7 and not one whit bet.
ter There Is an old saying, Beware
of the Greeks bearing gifts" a dictum
applicable to. the Britlshers' advice to
us to get us modern constitution
Truth to tell, they never did like oul
prevent our being in position to
make one. Certain American states.
men mixed up in that performance
We're honored by having their names
in bills of attainder and would have
been immortalized by being hanged il
the forbears of our present British ad-
visers could have laid hands on them.
Throw physic to the dogs" is a ia.
miliar comment and in this instance
we are likely to throw advice to the
dogs, 1t is so cheap, don't you know,
These British advisers are only repeat
ing the ancient performance Of the sly
fox who advised all other foxes to
have their tails cut off because he had
been forcibly separated from his own
caudal appendage. The foxes had
sense enough to reject his suggestions,
and surely we have as much gumptioD
as foxes have. No doubt Car Nichot
las. Kaiser Wilhelm, King Victor EN-.
manuel, the sultan of Turkey, the all
koond Of Swat, Leopold of Belgium
and all the rest Of the crowned heads,
great and small, will join in the advice
of the British savants that we go
straightway and get US new and
more fashionable constitution. While
the constitution needs amending in
some respects aud vii! in all human
probability be amended Ia due time
we don't need new constitution. WI
have managed to wigwag along with
the old one, made by the fathers, fol-
III years. and, Notwithstanding the
opinion of the Britishers and all other
monarchists. we can wag along with i,
for good while yet. Signs are not
wanting of determination on the part
of the American people to return to
democratic principles. Mr.. Secretary
Root and his British admirers misread
the signs of the times-that's ALL
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Pound Cake.

Fine pound oaks calls for a pound
of butter Geaten until soft and creamy.
Have ready and add alternately one
pound of sifted powdered sugar. one
dozen beaten eggs and one pound Of
sifted flour. Add half teaspoonful
of nutmeg, scant teaspoonful of salt,
two tablespoonful of brandy and beat
steadily for ten minutes; then turn
into a loaf pan lined with several
thicknesses of paper, the last well but
tered. Bake this in a moderate oven
for an hour or more according to
thickness
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
SEASONABLE DISHES
RECIPES THAT WILL TEMPT
CoLD-WEATHER APPETlTES.
Well Liked and Easily Prepared Is
Beefsteak Broth-Proper Way to
Boil Rice-Making Pork APP
pie Pie.

Warm Gingerbread.-Put one cup
of sugar, molasses, butter, and
sour milk into bowl. Add
three well beaten eggs and four
and one-half cups of -four sifted with
level tablespoon of ginger, level
teaspoon of salt, and the same of Gin
namon. Beat well and bake in shall
low pan. Serve by cutting through
the crust with a sharp knife and then
breaking apart
Beefsteak Roll.-Cut two small
slices from the top of the round and
half an inch thick Melt rounding
tablespoon of butter, add one small
onion minced fine, and cook five min
utes. Dredge the meat lightly with
flour and brown in the butter one slice
at time until we'll scared. Take up
the meat and add one-quarter cup of
bread crumbs and one tablespoon of
chopped canned mushrooms, a season
ing of salt, pepper and thyme or rose
mary. Spread over the steak, roll up
and tie with strong thread. Put in a
casserole or covered baking dish and
add water to half cover the meat. Put
on the cover and cook about one hour
or until the meat is tender. Take up
one-half cup of mushrooms and pour
over the meat.
Onion Salad.-Cook some Spanish
onions in boiling water until tender
y>,,t O{ cnff npn11oh n hrnok ri
While they are cooking change the
water three times, always replenish,
ing with water that is boiling. Set
away to chill we'll, then serve on let
tuce leaves and cover or mask each
onion with mayonnaise dressing.
Correct Way to Boil Rice.-To cook
rice SO that the grains will separate
use plenty of water in cooking and
have the. water boil rapidly. Put a
teaspoon of salt into six or eight cups
of boiling water and add one cup of
we'll washed rice. Cook for few min
utes by placing the saucepan directly
on the range and stir occasionally
with fork and not with spoon,
which will break the grains. Set the
pan into another of boiling water, COW
err and cook about 20 minutes. Drain
off all the water and set the pan I'M
covered back into the hot water and
leave the cover off, but lay piece OF
cheese cloth doubled over the top
Let the water continue to boil in the
under pan for ten minutes, when the
rice will be soft, dry, and the grains
will separate.
Cream Biscuit-Sift two cups OF
flour with four level teaspoons of bak.
ing powder, a saltspoon of salt, and a
level teaspoon of sugar. Rub in one
quarter cup Of butter and mix with
six tablespoons of sour milk and two
tablespoons of cold water to which
has been added one-eighth of 1eve1
teaspoon of soda, which is the same
as a saltspoonful. Roll out, cut in
rounds, and bake. >.
Pork Apple Pie.-Line small baE
ing pan with good paste, fill with
pared and sliced apples according to
the sourne.ss of the apple. Cut two
slices from pound piece of salt pork,
and cut these into shavings and
spread over the pie. Dust on about
three dashes of white pepper and not
more, cover with paste, and bake.
Serve when partly COOL
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
A SUMNER ROMANCE.
His Presence of Mind.

"oh, Harold" exclaimed the lovely
girl at the summer resols. Isn't the
view lovely from here? Let's sit down
~ the shade of this noble old beech
and enjoy IT,
Il think, Nellie" said Harold, you
will find the shade better on the 9th,
or side of the tree"
Then, while she was seating herself
on the spot indicated, he fingered be-
hind just long enough to take out his
knife and erase his own initials and
those of his last summers girl from
the bark of the noble old beech
Chicago Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Gums RecolI Kills a Farmer.

Samuel Wlsner, for forty years a
farmer living in the vicinity of Eldora
and veteran of the Civil war. is dead
from the effects of injuries received
nearly week ago while examining a
shotgun. He attempted to raise the
hammer af the gun when it suddenly
was discharged and the force Of the
explosion was so great as to Jar the
mans intestines, the gun being held
against his abdomen as 1t was dis
charged. Wisner leaves considerable
property.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Conductor Badly Injured,

Alex Van Myers, conductor of a
Rock Island switching crew, probably
was fatally hurt while at work in the
yards at Waterloo. He was riding on
the foot ladder of a box car and failed
to notice that loading chute project
ed so near the track that the car could
not clear. The chute struck Van
Myers, knocking him from the car He
is badly injured about the back and
his hips and is thought also to have
serious internal injuries.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04

Food don'td st? because The stom
ach lrcsS some 5ne If tie esst ntial df-
. sttn's or he digestive juices are
n t prop-'lY balanced. Then, too. it
is ttiS nndigested food that causes
saurness and painful indtg stion. Ko-
dol For Indig' s'iun should be used for
retief. Kpdol is solution # vegeta=
BILE acids dlgesss what you eat,
md cHrrects t'le Deficiencies of ths
digestion Kod i conforms to the
National Pure Fn"d and Drug Law.
Sold here by ] FL Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04

" " ~NAN'ANA -
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these: 1t might have
been.
Those lines must come to the mind
of every Democrat in the land as he
thinks off, how easily we would have
elected a majority Of the members Of
the SiXtieth congress had the president
fired the colored troops and expressed
his opinion about the japanese middle
ten days before the election. We would
have carried the country hands down
and not only had the next house, but
would have had twenty-five or thirty
members to spare. There is no way
of getting at the precise figures with
any reasonable amount of labor and
trouble. but there must be from thirty
to fifty Republican members Of the
next house who would have been de-
feated but for the colored vote, which
as rule is cast solidly for the Repub-
icans. That vote counts for little in
the cotton states because in one way
and another it has been eliminated to
large extent, but from the southern
line of Kentucky and Missouri north
ward the colored man votes as freely
as the white man, and his vote is
counted. It's in that region where his
influence at the polls is felt most. But
for the colored vote Missouri's delega-
ton in the Sixtieth congress would
stand fifteen Democrats and one Re-
| publican instead of twelve Democrats
and four Republicans; the Kentucky
delegation would contain only one Re.
publican instead of four; the Indiana
delegation would have not to exceed
two Republicans-perhaps not that
many: the Ohio delegation would show
UP with majority of Democrats. and
so on to the end of the chapter. The
presidents illumination as to the Japs
would have given us a full complement
of Democratic officers in California
and majority of the California dele
CATION in congress. That was case
in which procrastination saved the Da
con of the Republicans. Too bad, toe
bad!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Her Wisdom.

"Girls!" quietly called old but emi-
nently astute Aunt Broadhead.
"Maam?" they replied, as they fut.
tered obediently to her.
always remember, girls, that when
man processes to have fatherly
interest in you his own daughters
need it, that your own fathers can suf-
fciently supply you with it, and that
It is the oldest Of all stories, save one,
In the world. "-Puek.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Killed by a Train.

Ed Wambier and his two daughters
were run into by the Chicago and
Northwestern passenger train as they
were crossing the railroad track in a
wagon at the first crossing north of
the Irvington station near Algona The
eldest girl, realizing the impending
danger, jumped from the wagon and
avoided serious injury; the younger
girl was seriously injured and died
the next morning. Her skull was
crushed. The father was seriously, if
not fatally, injured by having three or
four ribs broken and hurt internally.
He will probably die.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
Accused Of Kidnapping.

Accused of kidnapping the eighteen
yearold daughter of enc Of his neigh
bors, ]. Graft, a prominent stockman
at Winterset. who has wife and
three children al that place, has been
arrested at Pella: Jessie Orr, the vic
tim, is less than eighteen years old.
and was the belle of Winterset.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
jelly strainers.

A Jelly and soup strainer should find
a place in every kitchen. Some cooks
prefer flannel bag, which is almost
9 necessity for cleaning and straining
jeilies in elaborate cooking; but many
authorities advocate the use of a
coarse linen cloth. This material IL
less easily spoiled by contact with hot
liquids than flannel, while it is cleaner
and more satisfactory in the long run
for ordinary plain cooking.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
cummins as Santa Claus.

Governor Cummins gave a Christ
mas gift in the form of pardon to
Thomas Smith of Abba, who is serv-
Ing sentence for shooting man
while doing duty as an officer Smith
arrested drunken man, and was as
saulted by hoodlums, one of whom he
shot fatally
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-04
How Il Happened.

Taraptnla Tom-Why did Bill plug
tn tenderfoot?
Lava-Bed Pete-It all come O. Bills
distressin' ignorance o. legal terms.
T. T.-How wuz that?
LIB. P.-Well, Bill owed tn short.
horn some money, an was sorter slow
abopG payin'. So the stranger writ
him letter sayin', Il will draw on
you at sight" An Bill thought that
meant gun play, so when he meets
up with the stranger he draws first.
+ was misunderstanding. Cleveland
Leader.