Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27

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de, Oregon, where his brother Walter
| is located, in an effort to regain his
shattered health by the trip. He was
accompanied as far as Minneapolis by
Hub Edmonson.
For Rent or Sale-A quarter-section
located in Winnesheik county, nine
miles northeast of Cresco. Nearly all
4 the work land is now plowed. For
terms enquire at my residence in Cres-
co. THos. GILMORE.
Joshua Page returned the first of the
week from visit with daughter re-
siding near Knoll, S. D., and as the
result of the trip, Mr.. Page took mp a
small piece of government land there
and will leave this week for that place
to reside.
Chas McCullow, Bert Graf and John
McDermott returned Wednesday to
their school work at Cedar Rapids.
Bert will complete his commercial
course soon and will at once commence
work for the Merchants National Bank
of Cedar Rapids.
The Enterprise is the name of new
paper established at Alta Vista by Ross
and Frances Hargrave. Mr.. Hargrave
was at one time an employee of the
Elma New Era. Their first number
was well filled with local news and adj
] vertisements and we wish them suece IS.
, R. w. Beadle arrived Tuesday from
: Hopkinton, where he has been visiting
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Doan. He says that Mr.. j. D..
v Doan, who has been spending the whit
J. er with his son at Hopkinton, is again
u very i'll and that his children are with
e him.
e We are now prepared to accommodate
~ the public with meals and stabling.
= Board and lodging by week So. 80; meal
- tickets 15c meal. We have a first
u class bath room in connection with hot
y and cold water, free of charge, for our
: patrons. The M. Barrett Restaurant,
. Market st. Ed. BOYLE, Prop.
- Mrs. B. F. Strohm arrived last Mon
e day from Dakota City, Neb., for an
) extended visit at the home of her
: daughter, Mrs. A. w. Isbell. Mr.. and
$ Mrs. Strohm have recently sold their
Nebraska home and will move to Ore
!, gon, where Mr.. Strohm now is erecting
some buildings on land owned there.
u Mr.. Eaton was nominated for asses
% sor by the largest caucus ever held in
N Cresco and should receive the vote of
every participant therein. He has
Igiven excellent satisfaction in the past
Y and there is no reason for his removal
now. Voters should be CITIZENS first
and republicans or democrats after
wards, and vote for Eaton for assessor.
b John McCook, C. A. Marshall, Her.
i man Kull, F. E. Howard, John F.
Daley, B. A. McAllister and F. D..
IS Mead represented Howard county at
the Democratic State Convention at
. Cedar Rapids this week. Howard
/, county was honored by the Fourth
II district in the selection of John Nc
! Cook as the first of the district dele
# gates to the Denver Conventions
m The item in the Times concerning the
ID Plain Dealers record for law enforce
ment is the veriest clap-trap buncomb,
. and is best answered by the fact that
v the Plain Dealer has the largest circula-
ton of any paper in Howard county,
and could never have lived it's fifty
y years had one-tenth the accusations
), against it in REGARD to it's hypocrisy
and opposition to law enforcement been
y true to any extent. whatever.
Miss Bessie Johnson, daughter of Mrs.
Andrew Johnson, died at her home in
Cresco, Monday, and the funeral is
i being held to-day, Rev. Otterson, of
,r Lake Mills, officiating. The entire
community sympathizes with the
10 bereaved mother and other relatives.
Deceased was lovely young woman
= with many accomplishments. After
le the death of her father several years
!, ago she and her sister conducted the
clothing store successfully till they had
" the misfortune to be burned out. She
will be sadly missed by large circle of
y friends. Burial will be in the family
lot in Oak Lawn. Times.
all Miss Abbie Benedict, of Minnesota
> is visiting at the home of Ed Cenek,
e the Supreme Judge at Lourdes. We
are Informed that attorney Jos. Grit
e fin is making good in Cresco and is en-
: Joying lucrative practice. Joe knows
is the kinks in the law about as well as
any of them and is pretty shrewd in
planning the conduct of case. An
thony Marshall of Cresco, was in Elma
a few hours last week while on his way
to New Hampton. He will be candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
county clerk before the coming primary.
He is one of the substantial farmers of
the county and has many friends
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