Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13

There will be farewell reception
for Mr.. w. Forty and family in the
Baptist church next Tuesday evening
at 7:3O o'clock. A program and picnic
supper will be given. Members of the
church and congregation are invited.
Buck wheat grinding has commenced
at the Florenceville Roller Mills. Ord
ers for -four promptly filled. We will
grind every day from now on instead
of every Friday as heretofore.
ABE Pr1vAT.
! A. o. U. W. Regular meeting of
Cresco Lodge, No. $50, on Tuesday
evening, Nov. 17th. AS at this meet
i ing occurs the nomination of offices
for the ensuing year. a good attend
ance is desired. F. D. MEAD, M. w.
For a good suit of Tailor made
clothes, call on D. Amundson. Also
agent for Thompson's Steam Laundry
Co., Albert Lea, MINI. Repairing and
cleaning done to the best of satisfact-
faction. Prices guaranteed the lowest.
d. AMUNDsoN, Cresco, La.
The ladies of the Evangelical church
will serve dinner on Saturday, Nov.
2Sth, in the Fred Martin store building,
and hold their annual sale consisting of
quilts and comforters, outing night
gowns large and small, calico aprons,
childrens' dresses and many fancy and
useful articles.
In offering minstrel show for the
annual Thanksgiving benefit the Gene
terry Association feel that they have
returned to the style of entertainment
which will most nearly give the people
what they pay for-what they most
enjoy-one continuous round of song,
fun and frolic-a cure for the blues.
Detailed program later.
The Aid Society of the Baptist church
will hold their annual fair and supper
Thursday, Dec. 8, 1908. They are now
making outing flannel garments such as
night shirts, night gowns, shirts anc
dressing sacks and would be glad tc
make one Of these garments to order
Any one desiring same, kindly let Mrs
Champlin, the chairman of the come
mittee know soon.
], Mike Doherty will have an auction
sale on Wednesday, Nov. 25, commenc
ing at ten o'clock at his place five
miles southwest of Cresco and Al mile'
northeast of Schley. Included in thu
sale are 10 head of horses, a. head O
cattle, % shoats and pigs, corn. oats
straw. hay and farm machinery. Thu
usual terms given. Finegan is tn
!. auctioneer.
We handle the following daily papers
Chicago Journal, Chicago News, Chica
go Examiner, Chicago Record Herald
Chicago American, Minneapolis Jour
nal, Minneapolis Tribune. Subscrip
9 tions taken for any of these for fror
! one month to one year. Sunday pa
n pers Chicago Examiner Chicago Rec
2 ord Herald, Minneapolis Journal, Min
II neapolis Tribune, Blade and Grit
It Leave your orders.
n KELLOGG & HAMILTON.
Arthur Barker expects to start fc
Il Spokane, Wash, about Nov. 2lst
: visit his mother and brother and tn
4 Upton family. The firm of Upton
II Barker have been doing real estat
Il business out there and have large lis
| of properties that would make suitabl
investments, and Mr.. Barker invite
| persons who are interested to consu
him any time before his departure ar
he will be pleased to obtain any info
nation which they may desire relati,
to the country and the opportuniti,
for making investments.
WANTED-2, 900 bu. of corn. Enqui
of c. D. NICHOLS.