Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-07-12

The ball game yesterday afternoon
between Elma and Cresco resulted in a |
victory for Cresco, the score being to
5 in favor of our boys. Particulars of
the game will be given in our next issue.
There will be sociable given on the
lawn of the German Catholic church on
Wednesday evening next, the 18th,
commencing at six o'clock and contin-
uing until all are served. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Andrew Smith is again placing the
Dodd & Struthers lightning rods. Don't
wait until your building is struck, but
leave your orderwith Smith at once and
your building will be made safe from
lightning. A. Smith, Cresco, Iowa.
At the annual meeting of the Nation
al Educational Association now in ses-
sion at Los Angeles, Supt. E. G. Cooley,
of Chicago, has been nominated for the
presidency of that organization, which
is the equivalent of an unanimous cleo
ton.
The Dan Patch surveyors broke camp
here on Tuesday morning and left for
DEBORAH, which will be their headquart-
ers for a couple of weeks. Their work
had been completed to a point about
eleven miles east of Cresco when they
moved.
Messrs. F. j. Uriell and Frank Nu-
gent went to Cresco, Monday, and
brought back with them two Hereford
bulls equal to if not superior to any of
their kind ever brought to this city,
purchased from Upton Bros. Elkader
Democrat.
The handsome new catalogue of the
Oelwein Business University is just off
the press. The President of this Uni
lversity is desirious of having every
young man and woman, who is interest
ed in business education, send for one
| of these catalogues. S9tf
We forgot to mention last week that
Miss Margaret Donovan had returned
home after spending the past six weeks
at different points in South Dakota and
in Cresco visiting with relatives. Her
cousin, Leslie Fitzgerald, of Cresco,
accompanied her home. Waukon
Journal.
Being again badly cut by the hail
and therefore will be short of feed, /
will make some exceptionally low prices
on either sex of my Poland Chinas.
have about 100 head on hand of extra
long, heavy boned pigs. This offer is
for short time only.
w. J. WEBSTER.
The Cresco Department Store occu-
pies our front page this week to ac-
quaint our readers with the bargains
this store has to offer at it's regular
July clearing sale. Buyers know that
a sale at this store means an unequalled
opportunity for economical buying and
a careful perusal of this announcement
will prove profitable to buyers every
where.
Miss Ruth Connolly, assisted by Mrs.
&c. G. O'Malley, soprano, and Miss
Martha Kessel, accompanist, will give
a violin recital, Tuesday evening, July
I23rd, in the Methodist church. This
will be the first opportunity given the
people of Cresco to hear Miss Connolly
after her two years study with Prof.
Manger of Dubuque. She has made
Igreat progress in her work, as her very
successful recital at the Conservatory
in Dubuque will testify.
On Wednesday, July 8, very pretty
wedding ceremony was performed, in
the presence of only a few intimate
friends, R. F. Gibson officiating, which
united for life Mr.. Henry L. Chaffee,
of Elysian, Mimi, and Ella B. Gruber,
of st. Paul. The bride and groom are
both residents of Minnesota, and left
on the 1:3O Milwaukee train Wednes-
Iday night for trip through the North
west, and will reside in Elysian, Mimi,
where Mr. Chaffee is prominent hard
ware merchant. DEBORAH Journal.
Mrs. G. Weaver and daughter, Miss
Gertrude, and Mrs. R. M. Noble depart
this evening for DEBORAH to attend the
Chautauqua this week, as guests of
the A. D. Bradish family. Mrs. Noble
will return Saturday but Mrs. Weaver
and daughter will go on to Cresco and
visit the A. G. Darcy household ten
days. Mr.. G.. Weaver departed Monday
evening on well earned month s vaca-
ton which he will spend at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. David Patterson, of
Bozeman, Montana, and it goes with
out saying that the visit will do all
parties more good than eight million
bottles of guaranteed tonic. Riceville
Recorder.
Notice to Trespassers.
All parties are hereby warned not to
trespass with dog or gun upon any
premises owned or occupied by the
undersigned under penalty of prosecu-
ton. See Sec. 1850 of fish and game