Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-04

| Hay and straw for sale; will delive
in Cresco. Also 6-horse power Fuller
& johnson, oil cooled Gasoline Engine
with shafting and betting to run separ
ator and feed mill, which will be sole
with engine or separately. Northern
Iowa Phone, East Bonair No. 2.
1 1O4tf w. T. FoRRY,
| Last Sunday C. H. Witte the Demo
cratic nominee for county recorder died
of heart failure near Ft. Atkinson. He
had gone into the country with party
of friends and was playing ball. While
running bases he was obliged to stop
and said he felt faint. In few NOM
ents the end had come. -Decorah Journ-
al.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zundelowitz left
yesterday for Milwaukee. where Mr..
Zundelowitz was called on business.
Mrs. Zundelowitz wishes US to tell her
many Cresco friends that she has en-
joyed their hospitality immensely dur
ing her stay here and that both she
and Mr.. Zundelowitz hope to make
Cresco their future summer residence.
The members of the Baptist choir
wish to express their thanks and ap-
probation to all who assisted them and
SO literally donated to them for the sup
per given Thursday evening. Especi-
ally do we thank Mr.. Allen for the lot,
Mr.. Otto johnson for making the good
coffee, Mr.. Kellow for the coffee and
our editors for their advertising so
freely.
The last ball game of the season in
Cresco was played last Tuesday and
won by the Minneapolis Keystones by
score of 2 to 0, although Scheutz
pitched great game striking out
eight men and giving the Keystones
but two hits. Errors by Cresco gave
the Keystones both their scores.
Patrons of the game got the worth of
their money, but the game was not
patronized as it deserved.
P. H. Lickteig has decided to move
to Cresco and accordingly has arranged
for an auction sale on his farm four
miles west and one mile south of Cres-
co, on Tuesday Sept. 18th, commencing
at 10 o'clock. Included in the sale are
two horses, two colts, 18 head of cows
and young cattle, 16 6shoats, hay, straw,
corn in field and farm machinery. Free
lunch. The usual terms given. John
John Finegan is the Auctioneer.
Wis. for a week 8 visit with relatives
in this vicinity. He has been employed
in Madison this summer as superintend-
ent of the city play grounds, and for
the next year will be employed as di-
rector of athletes and physical culture
in their public schools. This is a new
departure for the Madison schools but
it will be in capable hands for Mr..
Jones has had much experience IN this
line of work in the east and moreover
will add the enthusiasm of a natural
interest in athletics.
With the game at Riceville today.
the Baseball Association ceases to have
supervision of the Cresco ball team.
However the team are trying to ar
range for series of games in other
towns under their own management.
The season has been fairly satisfactory
financially to the promoters, being
virtually self sustaining. The thanks
of the community are due the Associa-
tion for the good quality of good clean
sport furnished and for the excellent
personnel of the players selected to
represent Cresco on the diamond.
Admirers Of the sport of wrestling
will be pleased to know that Manley
PEGGY will meet Tony Thpmpson, the
Monticello, Iowa wrestler, on Tuesday
Sept. 18th, at the Armory in Cresco.
1t will be. remembered that the two mer
met few weeks ago and wrestled one
hour without fall This match viii
be to finish, catch-as-catch-can, two
out of three falls; winner to take 6(
per cent of gate receipts Several pre-
liminary bouts will be staged. Ad
mission SO and rs cents; kids Is cts
Money refunded to those not satisfied
with the match.
Married.