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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA.
News Of a Week throughout
the State.
WOMAN EDITOR PROPOSES
She Nssds Man to Do the Fighting
and Swearing, But She DselInss
Ono Offer.

Exasperated over having lost coii-
test for the county printing because
she was 4 woman, Miss Elizabeth
Soham, editor Of the Storm Lake vi.
dette, asserted her leap year preroga-
tive and in a recent issue OF her paper
made the following proposal.
"A constant fight for what right
fully belongs to her is wear and tear
on the nervous system of any woman,
and we have come to the belief that
in order to stay In newspaper work
and maintain our health we will have
to marry some good printer who can
do the fighting and swearing for us.
1t Is leap year and this may BE- con-
siderod an proposal by any ono who
would he qualified. to fill the vacancy
so evident in the vidette ONCE
G. \. Craig, the bachelor editor Of
the Lytton Star. believing that pro-
posal of marriage coming from such
a talented woman could not be turned
down. has written his acceptance. In
his paper he says:
1--WE believe We are eligible to MI
the vacancy which Sister Soham feels
exists In her print shop. We're a Mis-
souri, Democrat of forty years. stand.
ing: considered smooth printer: as
to our fighting qualities, suffice to say
we come from family that kills; on
the swearing proposition our press
feeder says that we would be there
with the goods, as we swear in seven
different languages at once when
things 60 wrong on press night.
"But before we would agree to take
up LiK1ie's burdens she will have to
show credentials as TO her eligibility
to the vacancy which we have known
to exist for some time ut our wig.
wan. She must know how to make
pancakes, fry ham and eggs and make
good coffee; she must have the stay.
ing qualities to chase a soiled shirt
up and down q washboard until 1t be
comes clean; she must know how to
darn socks and the gable end OF our
trousers, etc. II the fair editress
feels like filling q vacancy for a va
eAnoY being filled We stand ready Ia
close the DEAL"
Miss Soham, however, formally do
elined the offar of Mr.. Craig to take a
partnership through matTimony In her
weekly publication.
~ can cook and can darn all right
and am not at all afraid that Mr
Craig can't damn properly. or i'm
properly, but he won't fill the bill. SC
the vacancy In my ONCE still exists
and tho offer is open If the right man
comes along" said Miss Soham ovel
the telephone.
| Her paper was issued and in 1t Is
published forceful refusal to the
bachelor editor of the Lytton Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Leading the Young Actress on 10 the
Stage He Waved His Hand for ST.

lence.
the audience be enraged because her
songs were to be sung in English In
stead of in German?
"Senta" sang. Only the manager
could detect her agony Of nervous
ness, her anxiety lest she should break
down. Only he knew that what she
sang that night she sang at sight. On
the faces Of the crowded house at
fEst appeared looks of establishment.
Why could she not sing In German, as
everyone else in the opera did?
Then, as the play went on, and
song after song resounded sweetly
from the mysterious actress who was
taking the leading part, enthusiasm
grew, and loud cheers arose amidst
the hand-clapping for the English
"Senta." On everyone's lips the ques.
ton hung: Who was this actress?
Who was it that had turned seem.
ing failure into a splendid success?
A sigh of relief escaped the stage.
manager as the curtain fell amidst
loud applause from the audience and
cries for "senta." Leading the young
actress on to the stage he waved hi.
hand for silence.
:.Thfs little lady," he said, twas
until this evening only chorus
girl" He got no farther. With one
accord the audience rose. and loud
and repeated cheering told that the
little actress had made the most Of
her opportunity,
seldom does such golden chance
fall to the lot Of an obscure choru,
girl, but 1t is very much to be doubted
whether. if the opportunity occurred
more frequently. many would rise t.
the occasion 40 Scents" did.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
ROBBERS IN GUN FIGHT.
citizens, Aroused by Explosion, Give
Chaea IA Handlfe

b + y
Citizens, Aroused by Explosion, Give
Chase to Bandits.
Five bandits attempted to blow the
safe of the Northwestern National
bank at Alton between 4 and o'clock
IN the morning.
Aroused by the explosion, 300 citi-
zens, armed, rushed to the scene and
opened fire on the retreating bandits.
over forty shots we're exchanged, the
plato glass windows in number of
stores we're shattered. During the
confusion the bandits made their es-
cape, supposedly to Sioux City.
Although not securing any money.
the explosion of nitroglycerin. wrecked
the safe. which contained $4,000 in
cash. A posse of citizens is searching
for the bandits.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.
To % Conducted in lows by Newly
Organized Federation.

Amid scenes Of intense enthusiasm
and followed by the singing OF the
DoxoloEy. the state convention Of
temperance workers at Des Moines
formed federation Of all temperance
organizations snd churches to begin a
campaign for the adoption Of prohi-
bition clause In a constitutional amend
mont. A thousand delegates were In
attendance and when they scatter to
their homes they will begin at once
the organization of local branches of
the federation. In the resolutions
adopted the convention declared that
all candidates for ONCE, high or low,
should be sounded on the prohibition
question In order to make it distinct
Issue In politics.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
ITO be continued)
THE THIEF.

A wicked sort Of thieving lass
Is pert and pretty Nancy,
When first we met--'twas in the spring
At once she took my fancy.
! thought Of her, dreamed Of her;
Her image in my breast
Kept me awake-I could not sleep;
She robbed me of my rest.
] grew unhappy II for long
Fate kept us far apart
The truth did discover soon.
shs robbed me Of my heart #
But when lid press her with my love.
And ask to name the day,
Shed blush and laugh and Just evade
And then she'd steal away.
When her own way she wanted sore,
Shed ptquant be, and arch,
But soon rs was or my guard,
Then she would steal march.
Her father said, will you. then. roll
Me of my daughter, pray?"
''Oh, no." said I, you promised me
You'd give her. sir, away"
Baltimore American.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
SAYS PlCKARD WAS LYNCHED
Aged Physician Sheds Light on Fate
of Murderer,

In q letter to the Burlington
Hawkeye. DR.. George P, Neal, aged
eighty, well known physician
OF Fort Madison. Ia, states that VIII.
lam Pickard, who murdered William
Teets at Louisville, Ia, in 1879, was
lynched and secretly buried the night
following his crime. Pickard has al
ways been considered fugitive from
Justice. Two weeks ago Nicholas
Pickard. supposed to be the murderer,
was arrested in Texas and brought to
Iowa to answer for the crime. He was
released when Identification failed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

Never particularly investigated the
matter"
Don't believe such thing exists"
said Ives.
Not cockroach on the Laughing
Lass. Ever know of an old hooker
that wasn't overrun with rats?'
mo, nor any one else. Not above
water"
.Found dozen dead rats. No sound
Or sign of live one on the Laughing
Lass. No rats, no mice, no bugs Gen
tlcmen, the Laughing Lass is charnel
ship"
sNo wonder Billy's tender nerves
went wrong" said Ives. with irrepress-
able flppancy. "She's probably haunt
ed by cockroach wraiths.n
"IIe'll have chance to see," said
Trendon. Captains going to put him
In charge"
"By way of apology. them" said
Barnett. That's pretty square,"
Captain Parkinson wishes to SET
you in his cabin. Mr. Edwards s.it
I'M orderly, coming In.
"A pleasant voyage, Captain Billy
said Ives. Sing out If the COLLINS Eli
yer"
Fifteen minutes later Ensign Ed
wards, with luartermastcr, Timmins
the bo's'n's mate and a crew, was
heading a straight course toward his
first command, with instructions tc
keep company and watch for signals
and intention to break into the brass
bound chest and ferret out what clew
lay there If it took dynamite. AS he
boarded Barnett and Trendon, with
both of whom the lad was favorite,
came to sinister conclusion.
Its poison, l suppose" said the first
officer.
-And mighty subtle Sort agreed
Trendon. Don't like the looks of it,
He shook a solemn head.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Fortune for His Old Love.

Mrs. J. E. Watts, a pretty and &C.
complished widow Of Des Moines. has
Just received bequest OF $4,000 from
the estate of H. G. Hendricks. who
committed suicide at Chattanooga. He
fell in love with her at Hampton years
ago, but because she was more than
twenty years his junior she refused to
become his wife. He always loved her,
and before taking his own life he pro-
vided will giving her a large share
of his estate. He left his mother $780,.
900 and a brother $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Bones Found ia Ruins.

The charred bones Of Peter Acker-
man, a farmer fifty-two years old who
lived near Allison, were raked from
the ashes by neighbors who visited the
scone of q fire that destroyed the Ack-
srInan home. Alderman had lived
alone in little shanty since the death
OF his mother several years ago, and
his absence since the fire created won
der as to his whereabouts. There
scarcely are enough bones left to
bury. The suicide theory is advanced
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
HELD UP AND ROBBED.
Cafe Clerk Loses Two Hundred Dol
lars a Muxxle Of Revolver.


The night clerk at Brentwood cafe.
in East Iowa Falls, was held up and
forced to disgorge the contents of the
cash register. About 2 a. m. a stranger
entered the cafe and called for lunch.
Having finished he rendered the clerk
the pay therefor, and as the clerk re-
turned from the cash register with
the change he was confronted by the
muzzle OF a revolver, and told to hand
over the contents of the cash drawer,
which was done. Still covering the
clerk, the customer backed to the door
and was Joined by pal and disap-
peared. The police were promptly no
titled. but they have no clue. The
robbsr secured 5000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

ensign excitedly. "You don't near
you found dead"-
Keep your temperature down, my
boy. No. You were exactly right.
Not a living being aboard"
Thanks for nothing" retorted the
ensign.
Neither human nor other" pursued
Trendon.
"yNhat!'
Food scattered around the galley
Crumbs OH the mess table. Ever see
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Summer Resort Burned.

The Orleans hotel, a $4,000 summer
resort at Spirit Lake, burned to the
ground from some unknown cause.
But one family resided in the building
during the winter, and they escaped
%%i \ he.,{ injury The PPliIlldiIRg was the
PROPERTY of 4. NJ. Brown, who recently
traded an automobile garage at Min
neapolis for 1t.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
John c. Hubinqer Dead.

John c. Hubinger, at one time one
Of the richest men In Iowa, inventor
q elastic starch and founder Of a
large independent starch works, died
At keokuk of pneumonia He was
come years ago an extensive telephone
promoter. owning numerous lines and
exchanges from Keokuk to st, Paul
and Minneapolis. He finally became
interested in SO many projects that
he lost all his fortune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
ALL THREE KILLED.

.Interurban Car Hits Carriage At
Princeton.
A northbound car On the Iowa and
Illinois interurban struck a buggy oc-
cupied by three men at Princeton.
killing George Barlow. thirty-two years
cid, and probably fatally injuring
Albert Henry and another man,
name unknown. The victims were
taken to Clinton, and the injured were
placed in hospital.
Later Henry and the unknown man,
who was found to be Emil Cashier,
died of their injuries
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

Bert Barber of Elton, Wis, says. az
have taken four doses Of your Kidney
and Bladder Pills and they have done
for me more than any other medicine
has ever done. am still taking the
pills as want a perfect cure. /" Mr..
Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. They are sold by q. T..
Tomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Boy Wins Corn Prize.

Charley Johnson. young boy liv-
ing three miles north of Hawarden,
won second prize in the corn growers
contest for Northern Iowa. He re-
ceived $50 In cash. The ten-acre field
from which the prize ears were taken
averaged 81 bushels an acre.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

At times when you don't feel just
fs semsthn ss aaSs away Ssa hat viii
stimulate for q time but something that
will positively do the work that the the
normal conditions, something that will
make the food digest. To do this you
must take natural digestant like Ko-
dol For Dyspepsia. Kodol is a scientific
preparation Of vegetable acids with
natural digestants and contains the
same juices found in healthy stom-
ach. Each dose will digest more than
8, 900 grains of good food. 1t is sure to
afford prompt relief; it digests what
you eat and is pleasant to take. Sold
by E. T. Lomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Keeping Open House.

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working prop-
erly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills regu-
late the action of stomach, liver and
bowels so perfectly one can't help feel
Ing good when he uses these pills. ESQ
at P. A. Clemmer's drug store. +
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Politician InstantIy KilIed.

H. F. Smith, candidate on the Re.
publican ticket for the nomination of
sheriff OF o'Brien county, was killed
by chunk of ice. which fell upon his
head. He was assisting In loading the
big cakes into box car when one
slipped, hitting him on the forehead.
Mr.. Smith was a pioneer resident Of
Primghar. He leaves a wife and six
children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

The trouble with most cough RENEE
dies is that they constipate. Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently but
but promptly on the bowels and at the
same time it stops the cough by sooth-
ing the throat and lung irritation. Chill
dren ike it. Sold by E. T. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Stranded to Death by a Cow,

While leading COW by long rope
down steep hill, Jay. the twelve
year-old son of George Patchin.
wealthy farmer near Oskaloosa. tripped
oyer a stone and fell. the rope wrap.
ping around his neck. He was dragged
sixty yards and stransled to death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Victory for Cedar 5Rapid..

In the district court at Cedar Rapids
Judge Ellison dissolved an injunction
brought by the Cedar Rapids Gas COM
pany to restrain enforcement of an
ordinance providing for 9O-cent gas.
The decision holds that the 90.cent
gas rate is compensatory and is big
victory for the city.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Rescuers Too Late.

Richard Millett, who lived alone in
Z little cottage on his farm near Ha-
warden. was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed his home. Neighbors
who saw the flames went to the res
cue and carried his body out, but life
was extinct:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

Celebrate Seventeen Anniversary.
s, Al. Richardson and wife celebrat.
ed their seventeen wedding anniyer
sary at Mason City. The claim made
for them Is that they are the longest
married couple in the United Statss
They are ninety years OF age.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Suspicious.

The waiter-Will you have your
cheese served out under the trees.
sir?
The diner-Yes, yes; there's more
air out there!- Yonkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Business Section Burned.

The business section of Leighton,
northwest of Oskaloosa, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was $50, 900.
There was no fire protection.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

DeWitt's Carbolised Witch Hazel
Salve is best for cuts, burns, boils,
bruises and scratches. tits especially
good for piles. Sold by e. T. Tomas
Drug GO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
q A9ToHIA.
pea., N. ,Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
s's. q lzf7zzzl

ltUse DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
pleasant little pills. They are easy to
take. Sold by E. 7. Losnas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
COUNTY TREASURBR'S BALANCE SHEET.

the Honorable County, Cresco
Gentlemen: herewith Bal
ance sheet which hereby certify full
collected and dsbu by
1907 December 81, 1907 inclusive Respectfully submitted,
KAKAc,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07

NlILLY EDWARDS came on deck
k with a line Of irritation right
HID angling the burrows between
u his eyes.
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A Valuable Invention.

An Industrial novelty of excep.
tioHal interest is new substance
"celiite'-so named by its Inventor
DR.. 4. Eichengrun Elberfeld, who
described it in recent lecture de-
livercd before a scientific associa-
tiGn at Dusseldorf. While resem-
bling celluloid in sorle respects, it is
distinguished in being non-combusti-
bic. Moreover, it is available not
only for the manufacture of hard
finished, articles of all descriptions,
but for elastic utensils. In all
cases the things made of cellite are
transparent as glass, not breakable,
and not affected by water. The in
ventor is convinced that cellite will
be substituted IN many cases for
glass, gelatine, celluloid leather, and
rubber. First, however, means must
be found for reducing its cost.
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The ONLY Difficulty.

locum-on-the-Podge was looking
UP. The mayor was a clever person,
Who won limericis and things, and
some of his talents he turned to
the enlightenment of his fellow
townsmen.
His first serious effort in this d.
rection was a lecture on the seH,
this subject being chosen probably
because Slocum IS an inland tow,
and it is highly unlikely that more
than one per cent of its population
will ever have anything to do with
the briny-eXcept citing fish.
"There are depths in the sea- de-
clare the mayor, where the loft
lest mountain ranges could easily
be hidden from view!"
Up rose the local wit.
"May l ask a question:" he haz-
arded respectfully.
"As many as you like" said the
mayor, for he felt that ne knew his
subject.
"One will d." replied the wit.
"How will you move the mountain
ranges?"
The cate of the next lecture has
not been definitely fiXei.-Birm-
ingham World.
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The Chilly Congressman.

There is a member of the House
Of Representatives whose manner is
SO habitually frigid that it has been
declared to give one cold to shake
hands with him.
One day Hemenway Of Iowa OBJ
served to Uncle Joe" Cannon that
he thought the man under discus
sion was certainly a "cold PROPOSE
ton
"Yes," assented Cannon. why,
I understand that It's the custom in
his town when you give that chap a
dinner party to ice the clarzt to keep
1t at the same temperature as tho
dining room"
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IL.
SHE WE'LL UNDERSTOOD.
hrs. Robinson was Careful to Fol-
low Instructions.

DR.. Curebody, the family physi-
clan in order to maintain wholesome
a.! in sict piEg looms, laid in :
large stock of thermometers. These
be distributed among the patients in
those households where he consid-
cred they were most req Iired.
He took particular pains to point
out to ecch family in turn just how
the thermometer would in i:cate the
proper degree Of tempe -ature.
''It is so simple" he Informed
good Mrs. Robinson, that child
could understand it.
Two days later he called again at
Mrs. Robinson's house and observed
his Thermometer proudly upon the
wall, hanging upon the end Of a
string.
"Well, ma am inquired Dr.. Cure
body, have you followed my In
structions?"
Yes, sir" answe' ed the worthy
dame. I'm very careful about that
ere temperature. l watch the thing
all days long 1t hangs there, just
to see If all is going we'll"
"And what do you do when the
temperature rises above sixty
eight" asked the doctor.
"Why, SIR" answered Mrs. Rob-
inson with perfect selt-assurance. Il
take it down and put it outside till
it cools off a bit!"-World's Wit.
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their long, slender tails with their
erectile spines at the end, capable OF
infiicting severe and dangerous
wounds, are frequently called sting
rays. The common sting-ray feeds
on oysters, clans and other valuable
mollusks and in the Atlantic waters
Is known as the "clam-cracker.
Of the skates, the commonest as
we'll as the smallest species On the
Atlantic coast Is known as the to-
bacco-box; the largest is aptly called
the barn-door On the Western
coast of the United States is found
the big skate. which reaches length
OF six feet, two feet larger than its
Eastern relatives.
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COMMON SKATE.

Because of its habit of rolling it.
self up when caught tie common
skate has been called bonnet skate. y
1t is also known as the hedgehog
ray"
On the New Jersey coast the trawl
fishermen cut off the broad, fleshy
wings, and they are sold for sad
dies" sometimes bringing five and
even ten cents pound. These men
call the fish "possum," sea pos
sum-" and "bob-tailed skate. AS a
rule anglers throw the fish back into
the water as being of no value.
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The Jokes Of the Sea-,

The rays and skates are the jokes
of the sea. Their bodies are as fiat
as the pancakes made by the man in
white on a gridddle in the window
of "beef-and" restaurant. Their
eyes look upward and they have tails
as slender and tapering as whip of
ringmaster of a circus.
In the United States the most
common rays are called skates. y
The whip-tailed rays, because of
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-03

Pain "ill depart in exactly 30
minutes me OF DR.. Shoop's Pink
Pain Taj is taken. Pain any
where. lemher, Pain always
means con rastion, blood pressure
nothing else. Headache is blood
pressure ,thache is blood pressure
on the se5 tive nerve. DR.. Shoop
Headache 'Tablets-also called Pink
Tablets -cl ;"kly and safely coax
this blood pressure away from pain
centers. Painful periods with wo-
men get ir..ant relief. 20 Tablets
CSC. Sold b. Dr.. J. G. WannaMaker
Mfgg. Co.
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blame the Makeup Man.

A newspaper cannot be too careful
in printing news. A Western paper
ran two paragraphs recently like
this:
"A baby hippopotamus was born g
the Zoo, last Friday
"At the present time it loks NOR
like Bryan than an- one else.
Local and editorial paragraphs
should be separated.