Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-01

Geo. ID. owens, EeO. 5Gn, ana ne Will
show you where 1t is located.
II you want correct abstracting
done and cheap prices too, it will pay
you to see the American Loan &
Trust Co., before ordering your
abstract.
@. W. Baird delivered the best lot
of pigs that has been delivered here
yet, he had eight pigs born In Aug.
that weighed nearly 200 pounds each.
Lime Springs Record.
The Woodmen OF the World are
making preparations for a moving
picture show and concert to be given
in the opera house Friday and Satur-
day evenings, Feb. Sth and 9th.
N. Damon came down from Cresco
Thursday, and from here will go to
La Grande, Oregon. Hon. D. A.
Lyons of Cresco has been a guest at
the home Of Atty. Dan Shea this
week.-Decorah Public Opinion.
Joe Glass will give raffie dance in
the hall at Kendallville on the even
ing of Saturday, Feb. 9th. Music by
Morton's Harp orchestra. Supper will
be served by Allie Daskam. Walter
Eddy and John Gaul are the floor
managers.
It's q good old world after all;
II you have no friends or money,
In the river you can fall;
Marriages are quite common and,
More people there would be,
Provided you take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. VIM. Connolly.
Do not forget that Geo. b. Owens
will conduct an excursion party to
Texas Feb. 5th, leaving Oresco at 2:o2
p. M, and as he is working among
old acquaintances will be glad to con.
vince you that he will look after your
interest and assure you apleasant trip
The Frankson excursion party re-
turned home Monday and report very
favorably the conditions down there.
To the number of 54 land.seekers who
went down there was over 6400 acres
sold, and there is large crowd
booked for the next excursion, Feb
ruary 5th.
Frank Kosatka, Plain Dealer
reader from near Protiyin, who gets
his mail on r r. D 2 from Oalmar
was in Cresco yesterday to market a
load Of hogs. Mr.. Kosatks says he
wants to buy Black Polled bull and
anyone having such an animal for
sale will do well to communicate with
him.
Ben Headington made record
breaking hog sale on Tuesday, ID eliver-
ing to Dan Barnes the four heaviest
hogs ever sent to the stock yards by
one man at one delivery. They were
Duroc. Jerseys and totalled weight
of 226O lbs. s6 SO per cwt was the
price paid which gave Mr.. Heading
ton S146 80 as the proceeds of his sale.
Joe Glass will have an auction sale
on the w. K, Barker farm 81 miles
northeast of Cresco, on Tuesday Feb.
18th, commencing at 10 a. m. Six
head of horses and colts, four COWS,
fifteen head Of young cattle, fifteen
shoats, full set of farm machinery,
and large lot of miscellaneous ar.
ticles will be sold on the usual terms.
Finegan is the Auctioneer.
Fred Gerber has rented his farm on
the county line road, four miles south
east Of Cresco, and will have an auc.
tion sale on Tuesday, Feb. 10th, COM
mencing at ten O'Clock. Five head of
horses and colts, eleven head of cattle,
chickens, machinery, oats, corn, hay,
potatoes and wood will be sold on the
usual terms. Free lunch at noon.
Finegan is the auctioneer.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. A. Marshall leave
next Monday for st. Louis and the
south on couple OF weeks trip. At
st. Louis Mr.. Marshall will attend
the annual meeting OF the National
Brick Makers Associat tion. From
thence they will go to New Orleans
to participate In the Mardi Grss fes-
tivities, with weeks stay at Biloxi,
Miss, one of the famous winter re-
sorts of the south.
3. B. Moore lieein critical condi.
tion at the home OF his daughter, Mrs.
Q. W. Farnsworth, as the result OF q
stroke Of paralysis on Wednesday
night, up to which time he had been
In his usual health. His entire left
side is affected and he has not re-
gained consciousness since he was
stricken. Owing to his advanced
age, nearly 95, no hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery, and the only
one OF his daughters residing away
from here, Mrs. ]. w. Woodard, of
Ellendale, N. D., has been summoned
and is expected to arrive today.
Skin Disease of Twenty Years standing
Cured.
want you to know how much