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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Farmer Frozen to Death.

George Munson, for twenty-five
years hermit living on a farm near
Osceola, was found frozen at his home
by neighbor. He died shortly after
ward. For more than quarter of a
century he had lived alone on his prop
erty, and search made at his direc-
tion shortly before his death revealed
his savings hidden away in various
corners of the house. Over $1,000 was
discovered. Ninety.tive dollars in gold
pieces were found. musty with age. in
an old tin baking powder oan. From
between the leaves of an old code of
the state of Iowa 500 was extracated
and small wads and little rolls Of bills,
faded with age, were tucked away in
trunks and boxes. The money was
taken to the bank at Murray. He was
the owner of 200 acres Of rich farm
land
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
NEWS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Former City Marshal Steele Of Garner
Wrecks Bank With Bomb
and Kills Another Man
and Himself.

Two men dead, score of others
injured, two of whom may die, and
the beautiful interior of bank build
Ing laid in ruins, is the result of a
bomb dropped in the Fourth Street Ma
tional bank at Philadelphia by a man
demanding loan of $4,000 for which
he could show no collateral.
The perpetator of the outrage was
blown to pieces by his own engine Of
death. Nothing is left to tell who he
was but q bunch of keys found in a
fragment of clothing belonging to the
bomb thrower. A plate on the ring
holding the keys bore the name of "R
Steele, Garner, Iowa." and the police
are looking up the man. The other
man killed by the explosion was w
2. McLear, the cashier Of the bank
who had been talking to the stranger
and had refused his request.
Among the most seriously injured
are William Crump, colored, private
messenger may die; William Wright
bank employee, may die; Thomas B.
Rutter, Lansdale, Pa, fractured skull;
| oi1h i-eAoSios SASih y. O01uAhlSi
clerk; G. R. Horton, clerkI Miss Julia
Brady. stenographer.
The same insane belief that the
world owed him living and should
be compelled to pay it to him which
made him unpopular at his forme
homo in Garner, Ia, is believed il
Iowa to be responsible for the desper
ate act of Rolla Steele, who wrecked
the Philadelphia bank.
Six years ago Steele lived IN Gamer
where for time he operated har
vester machine shop. Failing to Sc
cure enough work at this he travele,
over the country selling patent med
cines He was thirty-five years oil
and weighed about $50 pounds. H
had wife and two children, who ar
at present living in Chicago
Steele was city marshal Of Garne
for number of years and was alway
+ considered quiet, peaceful man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
HEARST NEVER TO RUN AGAIN
Announcement Made to independence
League Men in New York.

New York, Jan 4-William R.
Hearst reiterated at a meeting of the
city committee of the independence
league that he will never again be a
candidate for office. Mr.. Hearst said:
81 myself am not and will not be
again candidate for any Office, but !
am as much interested as ever-and
even more interested than ever-in
the promotion of the principles of the
Independence league. 1t seems to me
that we can all feel satisfaction upon
what has been and is being accom-
plished, and it seems to me that as pa
triotic citizens we need not care par
ticularly what individuals put those
principles and reforms into effect as
long as they are actually being accom-
plished for the benefit of our fellow
citizens.
L believe that the league will &c
forward to further and greater
achievements, and | heartily offer you
my friends, my best services as fel
low worker to those ends"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
sroRMs WILL SEEK A PARDON.
Man Convicted of Killing Mrs. Rath.
bun and Daughter After Freedom.

puH anu G0uSillCI ftlkVt E"IOVNoiIs
Asking for an absolute pardon at the
hands of the Iowa legislature this win
ter for a most brutal murder commit
ted just seven years ago d. Storms of
Burlington presents an interesting
figure, having escaped from the most
dramatic effort to lynch man ever
made in the Middle West. So heinous
was Storms crime that a mere adver-
tisement for lynching mob posted on
a tree caused the assemblage of 5000
men headed by full brass band. This
blood-thirsty crowd with cries of
hang the murderer" made an on
slaught on the Jail. Sheriff Smith in
tercepted the attack, however, and es-
tablished strong guard with rifles
and revolvers, placing them in every
window of the Jail. Finally, when the
crowd threatened to batter In the door,
the sheriff told them that Storms had
been taken to Anamosa and he permit
ted committees from the mob to
search the jail. Walls were torn down
In places, but the prisoner was not
found After watching the Jail for a
number CT hours longer the crowd dis
persed. In spite of this strong senti-
ment of an eye for eye and tooth for
tooth over the murder of Mrs. Fanny
Rathbun and her thirteen-year-old
daughter, Storms escaped with a
sentence Of life Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary. Storms was q
broom peddler and Is alleged to have
attacked the little Rathbun girl and
upon the mother coming to the girls
1t Is alleged, with an axe There were
| no eye witnesses of the tragedy. 1t is
said that Storms once confessed t
committing the crime.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
WISE COUNSEL FROM THE SOUTH.

~ want to give some valuable advice
to those who suffer with lame back
and kidney trouble, "says J. r. Blan-
kenship, OF Beck, Tenn. II have
proved to an absolute certainty that
Electric Bitters will positively cure
this distressing condition. The first
bottle gave me great relief and after
taking few more bottles, I was com
pletelY cured, SO completely that 1T
becomes q pleasure to recommend this
great remedy" Sold under guarantee
at p. A. Clemmer's Drug Store. Price
SOC. q
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Wants a New Constitution.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 4.-One of the
igan house of representative was the
question of a revision of the state
constitution. The speaker will ap-
point constitutional revision COM
mittee of 10 members Gov. Warner
strongly favors revision, which will
overshadow in Importance all other
legislation this year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Spouse Returns With Fortune.

Believed to have been dead for forty
years and long forgotten by his young.
est children, James r.. Rhodes, resi-
dent Of Lake City, returned home last
week and sought long and patiently
to find the home of his old wife or
some Of his married children. He has
found them. In 1870, Rhodes, after
settling on the raw prairie, became
dissatisfied at his lot in life and went
out West to see if he could find for
tune in a gold mine. He left his wife
and three children. Another boy was
born three months after he left. For
q number Of years he wrote home reg
ularly and seemed to be amassing
great wealth in Nevada. Then came
the Navajo Indian massacre and ar
end of the letter writing. His wife be
lieved he was killed and gave up al
thought of ever seeing him again
Rhodes came from Alaska, where he
has been for thirteen years. Rhodes
brought enough gold dust with him tt
enable the old couple to live in peace
and quiet for the rest of their lives,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Oil Tanks Arrive.

Two large oil tanks, the first Of a
shipment Of twenty which are to be
erected at Council Bluffs by the Uncle
Sam Oil company, which contemplates
making Council Bluffs its distributing
center for Iowa, have arrived in that
city. A storage plant and a pipe line
from the Missouri river is to be built
the intention Of the company being to
transport oil from the Kansas fields to
Council Bluffs by river.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Built Bonfire in Barn.

Cautioned by their mother not to
play outdoors in the rain, Clifford,
aged six years, and Lola, aged four,
children of L. L. Young, farmer liv-
ing near Hawarden, went into the
barn and built bonfire. The children
barely escaped from the burning build
Ing in time to save their lives, the
barn and contents, including eight
horses and much grain, being entirely
destroyed. The loss is $4,000, with
some insurance
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Governor Pardons Woman,

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. Airs. Lena
Margaret Lille, of David City, Neb,
in the penitentiary for life for the
murder of her husband, Harvey Lille,
about nine years ago, was Thursday
granted an unconditional pardon by
Governor Mickey. 1t was his last
official act before retiring from Office.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Shoots Man in JeaIous ANGER.

Maddened because the girl he loved
went to a church entertainment with
another man, Frank Orr, Rock Is
land employee at Valley Junction, at
tempted to forcibly embrace Miss Lulu
Higgins at her home on the Indianola
road. He shot and seriously wounded
Ira Bogard, who attempted to inter-
fere. Miss Higgins jumped from a
window to escape the unwelcome at
tentions of the man who loved her and
Bogard wrested the revolver from his
assailant before Orr escaped.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Slap on Back Wa. Fatal.

Startled by friend who suddenly
slapped him on the back, A. R. Hay
den of Gilmore City slipped on some
ice and fell, sustaining facture of the
skull and other injuries which caused
his death an hour later. He was a
prosperous farmer in Humboldt county
and was candidate before the pri-
maries for representative.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Dubuque Man May Die of Wounds.

AS the result of quarrel over the
proceeds of cock fight held in sa.
loon in Dubuque, John Spoo lies in the
hospital so badly out with knife that
he is expected to die. Dutch" Kauff-
man, with whom he fought, is being
held by the police pending develop
ments. Besides the possibility of
criminal proceedings the humane So
oiety has secured the naNes of all per.
sons interested In the fight and claims
TO have the cooperation of the mayor
IA starting wholesale prosecutions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11

property have been wrought by ter
rible billiards. which are raging
through southern Russia
In one province from which incom-
plete reports have been received 100
deaths have occurred due to the
storms. The death list will run
equally high in other provinces.
Huge drifts of snow have blocked
the railroads and all highways, put
ting an end to traffic and commune
cation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
You'll never have to quit
drinking Arbuckles.'
Don't let any man switch you
over to coffee that pays him Big
profits at the expense Of your heart,
stomach and nerves.
s5o.ooo, 900 Phone Mercer On.

San Francisco, Jan. 4.-The Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph
company and the Sunset Telephone
and Telegraph company have been
merged, and their systems, reaching
every part of the Pacific slope, will
be taken over by the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. The
consolidated company has been cap
italized at $5O,OOO,OOO Vast i'm
provements are planned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
THE ''RA|NY DAY"

In everybody's life the pro-
verbal rainy day" is pretty
sure to come, sooner or later.
Fortunate indeed is the
person who, when it arrives,
is prepared for it.
The way for persons of
moderate means to guard
against the needs of the
"rainy day. is to inaugurate
now a systematic plan of
saving. Most persons who
are improvident do not mean
to be SO. They either do not
understand the Importance
of small economies or they
have neglected to save
because they have never tried
practical system.
Building up a Savings
Account in a bank is the
greatest incentive to system
attic saving.
And when you save a little
as you go, you are ever pre-
pairing for the demands of
that future rainy day.
Start a Savings Account
to-day in the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Ends Life at Houaework.

While her children played merrily
about the kitchen where she was pre-
pairing dinner, Mrs. John Dubes, wife
of young farmer near Des MONIES,
suddenly took a dose Of strychnine
and staggered to the bed, where she
died just as her husband rushed to the
door, summoned by the frantic cries
of the children. No reason Is known
for the deed. The young woman. left
a husband and six children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11

Mothers who give their children
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup in,
variably indorse It, Children like IL
because the taste is so pleasant. Con-
tains Honey and Tar. 1t is the Origi-
nal Laxative Cough Syrup and is I'M
rivalled for the relief of Group. Drives
the cold out through the bowels Con.
forms to the National Pure Food and
Drug Law. Sold by j. FL. Luerg.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Child Kills Himself.

Seeing his elder brother place a
loaded pistol In dresser drawer, Carl
Mathis, four-year-old boy OF Sioux
City, removed the weapon and, point
ing 1t toward his own head, pulled the
trigger. The ball passed entirely
through his head, killing him instant
IL.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Killed by Street Car.

Theodore Boehmler of Cedar Falls
was instantly killed in Des Moines. He
was hit by traction car He was
senior member of the hardware firm
of Boehmler Bros. His business
partner, John, suicided Nov. 20.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Killed Woman and Himself,

H. A, Drake of Little Sioux county
shot and killed Mrs. Lucy Way, his
housekeeper, and then killed himself.
Dependency is given as the cause Of
brakes act. He was fifty years old,
the housekeeper thirty-fve.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
RoLLIsTER'S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets

a Busy Medicine tor Busy People,
Brings Golden Health and Renewed vlgor,
A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Liver
and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema, Impure
Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels. Headache
ana Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
tioLLIsTER euG COMPANY. Madison, WIS.
GOLDEN IT'S FOR SALLgW pEoPkE
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Kaiser to Have Biggest Warship

i London, Jan 5.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says the
kaiser has decided to eclipse the
world SO far as armored cruisers are
concerned. After the elections the
government will ask for authority
from the reichstag to greatly increase
the tonnage of such cruiser, al
ready authorized, so that the new
ship will have displacement of TO-
600 tons. The vessel is to have Tur-
bine engines, which, it is planned,
will make her the speediest cruiser
in the world. 1t is also designed to
make the ship more powerful than
any existing battleship.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Notice in Probate.

TO Whom It May Concern:
You and each Of you are hereby notified to
appear at the Court House in Cresco, Howard
;ounty, Iowa, on the 18th day OF March A. d..
1917. at 2 O'Clock p. M, to attend the probate Of
and Testament Of 81. a. Goodrich late " Of
Howard county. Iowa, deceased, at which time
and place you will appear and show cause, II
any why said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto SUBJ
scribed my name and affixed the seal of the
District Court this 1st day of Jan, 1907.
EUGENE IRVINE,
36ts clerk Of District Court.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
Preliminary Report Ready

Washington, Jan. Sit is the ex-
pectation of Secretary Taft that when
the senate conyenes next Monday and
resumes discussion of the case of the
discharged soldiers of the Twenty
fifth infantry, he will be able to fur
nish that body with preliminary re-
port of the result of the investiga-
ton into the Brownsville (Tex.) af-
fair which has just been concluded by
Assistant Attorney General Purdy.
Clear up the complexion, cleanse the
liver and tone the system. You can
best do this by dose or two of De-
Wits Little Early RlSers. Safe, re-
liable little pills with q reputation.
The pills that everyone knows.
Recommended by j. q. Luers Drug Go
.ssa.c~--s Fs--4 ;,yts T,,-s3 'sSSss NJ s.;sss
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11

That our American forests abound in
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues is abundantly attested
by scores of the most eminent medical
writer's and teachers. Even the untu-
ness of many native plants before the
advent of the white race. This informa-
tion, impaired freely to the whites, led
to-day we have rich assortment of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
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DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests abound in most valuable medicinal roots
fo4 the cufe>Qf most obstinate and fatal dis
eases. II we,wonad properly investigate them;
and in lsAfrsatfSn OF this conviction. he
poirfss' with pride>0 the almost marEelnuA
cures Effected by his nGnIden- Medical Dis
covery,n which has prQYen Itself to be the
most efficient stomach tonic liver 1nYigoI-
atQr. heart tonic and regulator and blood
cleanser known e medical science; Dy .peo y
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield to its curative action. The
reason tUhy 1t cures these and many other
affections. is clearly shown in a little book
OF extracts from tho standard medical works
which is mailed fires to any address by DR.. R
v. fIefC0k Oh ouudlOs ~. IL W alA oeuuAuS
request for the same.
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Not less marvellous in the unparalleled
cures it is constantly making Of woman's
many peculiar affections weaknesses and
DISTRESSING derangements. is Dr.. Pierce's
Favorite> Prescription>>a as is amply attested
by thousands otiapSoAc led testimonials con-
tributed byNc2afeful paffents who have been
cured by It ofcatarrhaln elyic drains. palnf1l
PERIODS. irregnlarities: prolapsps and QtheE
displacements- causeI by weakness. ulcer
atIon OF uterus and Kindred affections. often
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
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Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
native, medicinal roots. The processes EN-,
pioyed in their manufacture were original IA.
with DR.. Pierce. and they are carried on Dy
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
aid of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose. Botf
medicines are entirely free from alcohol an!
all other harmful. habit-forming drugs;
full list of their ingredients is printed OF
each bottle-wrapper.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-01-24
BUILT OF FOSSIL BONES.
Cueerest House ir "A ,H,.'5r.d Is In
 Wyoming.

''The queerest house iii the world" said zoolog,st, lis undoubtedly the famous Bone cabin of Wyoming, near the Medicine Bow river This cab in's foundations arc Quilt of fossil bones.
 Bones sf dinosaurs :Sws of the diplodocus, teeth of the brontosaurus knuckles of the iehthyosaurus, vertet- brae of tho camarasauc9s, chunks of the barosaurus, the cetiosaurus, the braciliosaurus, the stegiosaurus, the the orintholestes or bird-catching di- nosaur-all entered into this wonder ful cabins foundations, making it the most curious and the most costly edi flee, not excepting the Pennsylvania capitol, in America.
 This hut was built by a Mexican sheep-herder, who had happened by chance on the gTandest extinct animal bed in the world. This was plot of about 50 yards square wherein lay in rich profUsion the bones of all the animals of the reptilian age. The heaviest and the lightest, the largest and the smallest, the most tranquil and the most ferocious lay side by side.
 The place was evidently once a river bar, and the dead bodies that hoated down the stream were here arrested, to lie for hundreds of thou sands of years till sheep-herder came along. and, roofing among the the building of the worlds queerest cabin"
The Carlisle independent., 1907-01-24
University Bonds.

Treasurer K. c. Key of Fayetteville reports that the university bonds, amounting to $9,0C9, will be due on July 1. against this indebtedness the city has on hand in the sinking fund $7,076.70 and a tax levy for this year of mills, which will make a revenue of about 5000, making a total Of $12,076.7O that the city will have on the 1st of July with which to pay off the bonds. The council voted recently to invest the $7,076.70 in improvement district notes, which bear 6 per cent interest and are due July l. This will further increase the city's resources about 210.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-01-24
Che Over.
defendants

St. Louis, Jan.-The troubles Cf Frank Bockage. travelling salesman for the L. D. Manlcy Implement Com pany, have accumulated. Arrested and locked up on charge of em- bezzling money from his firm he is now facing a charge of bigamy, two womeo, each claiming to be his wife, coming forward to his assistance when they learned Cf nia arrest. Wife No. 1 ia Josephine Huppert, who claims to have papers to show that she was welded to Bocklage at Washington, Mo, November 20, 1900 Clara Froh- berger is wife No. ?. She claims that she became Mrs. Bockage April F. 1906, in Little Rock, Ark. She states that justice of the peace performed the ceremony. This afternoon Book lage expressed a desire to plead guilty 10 the embezzlement charge and ac- cept the minimum penalty, but when informed by Judge Muench that this would be no bar to a prosecution for bisamy he changed his mind.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-01-24
A Busy Day at Hot Springs.

Sheriff Williams and other officers, had a strenuous day of it at Hot Springs recently. A poolroom was opened outside the city limits, and the officers made arrests after arrests in an effort to stop the betting but as fast as one set of operators were ar rested new ones would step in and the bets were takn just the same Each set was arrested after each race. There is some doubt about making the charges against the men stick as there is no statute upon the books of Ar kansas that applies especially to the situation. The arrests are all based upon public nuisance charge, but the poolroom was located outside the city limits and aloof from other habita- tions, in order that no nuisance charge might be preferred by nearby resi- dents