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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
HAD AN AWFUL TIME.
But Chambsrlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy Cured Him.

It is with pleasure that | give you
this unsolicited testimonial. About a
year ago when / had severe case of
measles / got caught out in hard rain
and the measles settled in my stomach
and Bowels. had an awful time and
had it not been for the use of Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcea
Remedy could not have possibly lived
but few hours longer, but thanks to
this remedy / am now strong and we'll
/ have written the above through
simple gratitude and I shall always
speak a good word for this remedy. ~
SAM. H. GWIN, Concord, Ga. For sale
by W. +. Mia, F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
Dads Well Aware

Cresco would be too dead to skin if the
farmers of Protivin, Schley, Lourdes.
Granger and other towns that sell their
cattle, hogs and grain.in Cresco were to
take their money back and spend it
with their home merchants. Golden
Link flour has no equal. Dad is
selling one car load at cost, or less, to
let the people know there is better
flour than they have been buying. DAD.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
Another Game for Cresco.

The ball game yesterday resulted in
a victory for Cresco by a decisive score.
While Hawkeye has good team and
several extra good men, they are no
match for our team and several costly
fumbles added to the troubles of the
visitors. Hawkeye put up three pitch
ers but Cresco had on its batting
clothes and welded the wood with fear
full ferocity at times. On account of
the hard work in store for Scheutz du-
ring the next week, Workman of Lime
Springs officiated in the pitchers box
for Creseo and pitched a good game,
growing better as the game progressed.
Following is the score by innings:
R..H
Hawkeye.... .0-0-2-0-0-1-O-O-0.. SO
Cresco. IDOL 6 Pix. IL
Umpire Rev. w. R. Hill.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
20 Close Business Houses.

On the two afternoons Of the Home
Coming" the three banks of the city
will be closed during the entire after
noon. The other business houses Of
the city will all be closed from 2 to 4
o'clock.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
Notice.

Beginning August 2eth, milk &c per,
]. McDonough
M. Flood
I. l.. Eaton
John Farnsworth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
orth to your new field of labor. !

forth to your new field of labor. And
these good wishes and prayers are to
the, effect that you may overcome all
difficulties which you may meet in the
new city of your choice, even as you
overcame them while here in our midst:
and that you may finally reach that high
goal in your profession towards which
we have observed you always striving
while laboring here among us, and
towards which we know you will con-
tinue to strive with an eye single to
honor. justice, and mercy.
And now, before you go, in behalf Of
the friends sitting around this table
who have partaken of this love feast
with you, and in behalf of the many
friends of this city and community
round about, who would gladly have
participated in these ceremonies had it
been possible to have them do SO, 1
have the bonor to present you q little
token. In its physical form it is only
an instrument of time and will pass
away. In its emblematical form it is
representative of-our friendship, our
esteem, and our love as long as time
shall last, for friendship and love are
human attributes that are governed by
the laws which are eternal and abide
forever. Take it, wear it, and keep it,
and may it ever be reminder to you
as it is and will be to us that
Wherever we may wander.
North, South. East or West.
Old tunes are sweetest.
And old friends are best"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
Races at Elma August 1920.

Wednesday and Thursday, August
% and 20, are the dates of the second
annual race meet at Elma. Big purses
for races on both days. Ball game
each day. Music by Elma Cornet Band.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23

At the close of DIR. Kessel's remarks,
Mr.. Upton arose and with a voice
trembling with emotion thanked the
assembled company for their spoken
and material tributes of their friend
ship for him, and assured them that in
the new home he could not hope to find
the friends he would leave in Cresco
and that he was not leaving with the
idea that he was too good or too big
for the town, or because of. any fault
of the town or the community, but
that he had heard the call to the far
west and was obeying it just as his
father had heard and obeyed over a
half century ago when he settled in
Howard County.
Mr.. Upton and family expect to
leave to-day for their new home and
will be followed by hearty Godspeed
and best wishes for the success they
anticipate and which they so richly
deserve.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
For Rent.

Ny farm of 800 acres, one mile out
side corporation. Good buildings and
plenty of water. Enquire of
VIM. FITZGERALD
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23
F. A. MILLER
General Passenger Agent
CHICAGO

columns the next issue thereafter. The
purses are as follows:
THuRLDAY, SEPT. 10. 1907.
5000, for 2:3O Trotters.
5000, for 2:2O PAGERS.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1907.
$500, Free for all Trotters.
$3.50, Free for all PAGERS.
$1OO for Runners, half mile and repeat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-23

.DeWitt's Little Early Risers don't
sicken or grippe. Small Pills, easy to
take. Sold by Edward T. Lomas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
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/ Z.EDITORIALSszR /
Opinions of Great Papers important Subjects.


immigration Only recently has it attracted much atte
tion A somewhat similar fall however, is also notes
able, varying degrees, in many other lands. Even
roOmy Australia exhibits like phenomenon Germany
and Russia the chief exceptions to such tendency
among the leading countries of Europe The main
plantation according Professor Ross of this willfu
restriction of the size Of the family the desire of
parents observe higher standards of life for them
selves and for children they do have In order
maintain these higher standards under the
of modern life the number be provided for in the
family is limited
On the whole Professor Ross regards this movement
in the line of diminishing birth rate 'salutary," in
which respect he differs from President Roosevelt The
subject obviously of basic Importance to social
and national future would be interesting to know
what Professor Ross thinks of the fact that the dmln-
uton birth Is most marked, not among wage
earners but among those best qualified by intelligence
and surroundings good chdren.-Chcago News
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
sub.rety OF the Footman.

Stuyvesant Fish was discussing in
Philadelphia the March panic
THAT was delicately put" he said,
referring to a remark that indirectly
cast a blame for the panic on certain
source. whether your remark Is true
or false. it was couched delicately. 1t
reminds me of the story of the foot
man.
"A footman called his master up by
telephone and said:
~ regret to inform you, sir, that
your house is on fire and fast burning
down.
"'Oh,' cried the master, what ter
rible misfortunei But my wife-is she
safeY
"'Quite safe, sir. She got out among
the first
"'And my daughters-are they all
righty
"'All right, sir. They're with their
mother
There was pause. Then:
"'And what about my mother-in-
lawr
THAT sir said the footman, suave-
". was what wished to speak to you
about, sir, particular. Your mother-in-
law Is lynn asleep in the third story
back, and KNOWN your regard for her
comfort, sir, | wasn't sure whether |
ought to disturb her or not, SIR"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
BOOKS THE coNvIcTs READ.

Works Trade Are Most Popular,
Followed by the Languages.
What kind OF books do convicts read
Contrary to the general belief, this
class of men, at least in the federal
prison at Leavenworth, do not show a
marked desire for the blood and thun-
der" stories. nor even f. other light
fiction.
The most popular books among the
prisoners In the 7,0O0-volume library
of the penitentiary are text books and
works on the various trades and Ian
guages.
Among the languages Spanish is the
most popular, and In the last few years
several prisoners have taught them
selves to read and write the language.
The text books upon French and Ger
man come next in popularity, and these,
as the Spanish books, are always out
of the library.
The trade books are even more pop.
ular than the works on languages and
those upon plumbing and engineering
especially are often spoken for months
in advances.
The demand for books on blacksmith.
Ing, bricklaying, stonesetting and other
artisan labors are always out of the
library. Many of the prisoners are
excellent workmen, as the new build
ings which are being built by convict
labor Indicate
Books on poetry and the standard
novels are read by the prisoners to a
great extent and the mathematical
works are always In demand. Many
of the prisoners read Shakespeare AM
the works of Bryant, Longfellow and
Whittier have many admirers. Dick
ems is popular author often asked for
Robert Louis Stevenson's novels fine
many friends among the convicts, as do
the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
1t is not unusual for prisoners to ask
for books upon theology. A prisoner i.
allowed to take a book from the II
brary for two weeks at time If NJ
other prisoner desires 1t then he may
have the time extended another tw,
weeks. Dozens of the prisoners sub
scribe for newspapers and magazines
Among these are many technical jour
nals.-Kansas City Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
Time VIII Tell

Continued efforts are being put forth
in official circles at Washington TO as
sure American producers and wage
earners that they are not going to be
injured by the tariff concessions to
Germany. All this is the merest guess
work, for the persons who negotiated
the agreement did not of themselves
know, and took pains not % obtain any
information from those In a position TO
know, whether or not the notification
OF our customs administration laws
wocId prove detrimental to American
Industry and labor. Time Will tell
Meanwhile it is pertinent to inquire
II the concessions are so harmless.
and If German manufacturers are not
going TO get bigger chance in the big
american market. why were the con-
cessions so strenuously demanded?
In a few months 1t will be known
with certainty whether we have hand
ed Germany prize package or a gold
hrick
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

Ring, we called him, wonderful dog
that came and took up with the Eighth
Missouri Volunteer Infantry. to which
i belonged during the Civil War. He
was just O common black and white
dog, but was possessed of qualities that
made him great fayorite with the reg
1ment. The most remarkable and, TO
me, valuable trait Ring possessed was
his ability and sense TO point the hid
den enemy-pickets, spies, and sharp
shooters.
When / was accommodating near the
rebel lines he more than once saved
my life by coming to stand and point
ing an unseen picket, thus warning me
In time to keep from being discovered.
We never trained him. yet he seemed
TO know exactly what to do at all
times. He would noiselessly steal on
ahead of scouting party, and the mo-
ment he saw or scented danger would
come to stand, just as trained bird
dog when pointing quail.
A bullet through the shoulder disa-
bled him for awhile, and when be re-
covered bis usefulness was gone, and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

Said General William F.. Draper. in
a letter quoted at the recent meeting
of the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers:
I know that If the tariff is reduced
In some lines it will either stop bust
ness or cause wage reductions.
On the same occasion Mr.. J. l.. Tat
tersall. a writer from England. assured
his hearers that England doesn't de-
sire the United States to change its
tariff, for this would make her Sc
rious commercial rival!''
The difference between these two ex-
presslons consist in the fact that one
of the gentlemen was talking of what
ne absolutely knew when he said that
I'm some lines tariff reduction would
either stop business or necessitate wage
reductions, and the other gentleman
was talking through his hat" Ten
years OF the Dingley tariff have cost
Britlsh industrialists fully a billion
dollars n lost sales of British products.
Would England be sorry to have such
tariff removed? Tell that 70 the
marinesi
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

A gentleman who had occasion to
90 to an inland New England village
ten miles from a railroad was met at
the station by an old fellow who look
ed as if he might have just awakened
after a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. His
horse and buggy were in keeping with
their owners ancient appearance.
Here we air at last" said the driy-
er, when they finally came to three
houses and a blacksmiths shop.
This isn't much of a place. is it?''
said the depressed stranger, looking
around.
Ion. you don't see all o. it from
here" was the reply. ''Thar's two
more houses over behind that hill thar
an cooper's shop jest around that
bend in the road thar Come to bunch
'em all together an it's considerable o.
place-but o. course it amt New
York. Woman Home Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

this duty fact. the who work the roads too
often destroy beauty when they should protect it. En-
,ghtened park commissioners encourage the growth
of bushes small beside the highway at great
expense but in the country regions these very bushes
are away, misdirected zeal for making things
tidy
Ten women banded together into association for
identifying and cleaning the town can accomplish Won
ders There a certain village where such committee
has wrought something like miracle. They have put
sidewalks in condition by picking off the stones cut
ting drains keeping the turf at the edge neatly
clipped Waste barrels have been set in different parts
of the village; they empted twice week, and
eve the streets of the hateful windbown papers The
bill board nuisance has been abated The have
painted in pleasant green old covered bridge which
had been disfgured with advertisements for twenty
wears They have also set up welldraned iron water
ing trough, in place of an unsanitary wooden one.
Finally each of the has cultivated at
tractiye flower garden in front of her house, and
taken down separating from the street Thus
at one they forced the citizens keep
and mems off the streets and built up healthy emulation
i'm lawns gardens until the whole village literally
blossoms like the rose-Youth's Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
INVENTED ARTIFICIAL PEARLS
Sflvery Luster a Pond Tint Set .
Beadmaker Thinking.

sflvery Luster a Pond Tint Set
Beadmaker Thinking.
The string of artificial pearls wa.
very beautiful. But for the regularity
of the beads any one would have
thought it rope of real pearls worth
kings ransom, says the New Orleans
Times Democrat.
'I'll tell you," said the jeweler. as he
wrapped up the deceptive necklet, 'how
the wonderfully perfect artificial pearl
came to be invented.
"a rich French beadmaker, Noise
Jacquin-he lived in the seventeenth
century-found pond in his garden
covered one morning with lovely sill
very luster. Amazed, he called his gar
dener. who said ii was nothing-some
albettes had got crushed, that was all.
Athletics were little silver fish
bleaks-the Leuciscus alournus. The
gardener explained that If you crushed
them they always gave the water a
pearly sheen like that Joaquin put
on his thinking cap.
"For six years he worked with beads
and bleaks, wasting millions on both.
But finally he achieved success. He
learned how to extract the pearly lus-
ter from the bleaks' scales and to cover
a glass bead with II.
What he did-and his method is
still used-was to scrape the scales
from the fish, wash and rub them and
save the water. The water, decanted,
gave off lustrous fluid of the thick
ness of oil, a veritable pearl paint, a
magic fluid that imparts lovely pearly
sheen to everything 1t Is applied 20.
at takes 1000 bleaks to yield an
ounce of this pearl paint"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
The oldest DOMESTIC Fowl.

Most persons, if asked what is the
oldest domestic fowl. would answer
without hesitation that 1t is the hen.
But this is Incorrect
The excavations in Asia Minor,
among the ruins of ancient Babylonia
and Assyria, show that long before the
old races knew anything about hens.
they had domestieated the goose, as is
proved by the wall paintings and
scriptures These show geese in a va.
rietyf of ways; but no hens and ducks
can be found in a single picture of
those early ages. Portraits Of the lat
ter fowls do not begin to occur until g
considerable period after the geese alp
pear. The ancient city of Babylon
must have been a mighty center Of
goose-breeding, for the goose is a
prominent subject of inspection and
sculpture.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
The Human shield.

The approach OF Decoration Day
caused Admiral Dewey, at recent din
ner, to praise the bravery of the Amer
lean troops during the Civil War
Both sides alike were brave" he
said. North and South, soldiers and
sailors. And the bravery of the raw
recruits was a thing to be seen to be
believed. There used to be circulated.
though, good story about Connect
cut recruit. This young man, after he
had gotten initiated, fought heroically ;
but in his first engagement ne was very
nervous.
"A chum of his was in the line ahead
Of him, and when the bullets began to
fly the chum began to dodge.
"Thereupon the recruit shouted ex-
citedly:
Hey. Jim, don't duck. I'm behind
VEN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
POIfCl| Comment.


aooSeNeit on Home and Woman.
President Roosevelt's speech at
Lansing had little to do with politics,
but was devoted rather to ethical ques-
lions.
The industry OF the home" was the
theme Of his most striking remarks.
This, he said. was the one really indis-
pensable industry for women. The best
crop is the crop of children, the best
products of the farm are the men and
women raised thereon. Nothing out
side of home can take the place of
home; the family relation is the most
fundamental, the most important, OF
all relations. No leader in church or
state, ia science or art or industry.
however great his achievements. does
work which compares in Importance
with that of the father and mother.
who are the first of sovereigns and the
most divine of priests
This sort of preachment, while ii
must fall under the usual criticism of
Mr. ROosevelts remarks on ethical and
religious topics, that it is not espe-
cially novel, yet has the advantage of
being true. and America can not hear
too much of ii. The country needs
often TO be reminded, in this age of
sudden wealth and its excitements,
that the plain duties of life are, after
all, the chief reason why human beings
are on the earth and that they can not
be neglected without bringing disaster.
Home is the origin of all mans activi-
ties and that home should be made
and kept pure and wholesome. Father
hood and motherhood are the most inn
portant things in the world. and too
much care and thought can not be
given TO them
Women should be grateful TO the
President for his frequent insistence
on these truths, for upon their accept
ance depends women's position in the
world. 1t is only when men honor and
respect the mother, in distinction from
the society leader. the Industrial work
er or the intellectual prodigy, that
woman has her rightful place as the
creature Of first Importance on the
earth.-Chicago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27
The Reunion.


You ask me il l am going. Well, now,
I'd like to go
Cr to the big reunion, but really l don't
know
Whether I'll feel just like it, when the
day comes round.
/ amt SO very spty now, but when
hear the sound
OF fife and drum come floating down from
the hilltop grove,
l shouldn't be surprised if that would just
make me move.
/ amt so great on music, but when hear
a fife
A squealin' / can't keep still, couldn't
to save my life.
And drums, well now | tell you, / do
believe a drum
Would toll me on to marchin' right up to
Kingdom Gomez
You see my two boys, Abram and Jim,
they both went out
And listed at the first gun. / didn't sit
and pout
AS many woman did. but l turned to
and worked,
Packed and filed their knapsacks, and
never even shirked
When the day of parting came, and my
boys marched away
Out of my sight and hearin', but o.i my
hair turned gray
Before year was over OF that weary,
worryin' time
That's never half been told of in story OF
in rhyme.
me again.
One died at Libby, thankful for deaths
relief from pain:
And one fell dead in battle-the field
was stcutly fought.
/ was never reconciled, l can't feel as
ought.
Ny daughter Ruth was readin' out loud
the other day
About Roman mother who lost her
sons. but say.
| 1 can't feel just as she did. Them Rom
ans amt like folks,
Never was-sometimes l think they're
| tough as old black oaks!
| Oh, yes. the war is over, and youne
Tred Payne tells me
ought to get some new. idees. and mo-
forever be
harpin' and twangin' upon the same
old string
AboLt the war. and such things; but
can't learn to sing
New songs at my time of life. Ny day.
are almost done.
And don't know as / care. I'm kind o
tired, for one.
No, you can count me out this time, bu
in little while
I'm going to reunion that'n make III
angels smile,
Chicago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

skates I've suffered that. Do yor
think I'd laugh If | saw man hav-
ing his leg amputated or giggle If he
lost all his money and got thrown out
on the street with his family on a cold
winter nlght?"
NO." replied the man with the
aquiline nose. "But l wouldn't have
cared If you had laughed I'm only
sorry that she will have to leave us
so soon. but then my wife isn't her only
daughter"
The man In the crush hat snickproj.
We'll, that is a pretty good joke" he
said.-ChicagO Daily News.