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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
PRISONER is AN INVENTOR.
Burglar in Penitentiary Is Machlnist
| Of Marvellous Attachments.

Philadelphia.-With inventive ge-
MUS unsurpassed by dozen machin-
lists in the world, John Edwards pre-
fers a criminal life, and glories in his
exploits as burglar rather than in
his many remarkable and useful in
ventions.
The police records of the country
know this man as John Svetak, Kings
ley, Stores, Reeves and many other
aliases. In trying to escape from the
Eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia
the other day he fell from the prison
wall, distance of 30 feet, and broke
his leg. He has more than ten years
OF prison life before him, taking no
account Of detainers from other cities
in all parts of the United States
Edwards is a machinist of really
marvellous attachments, and has per-
fected device that he claims will re-
move all the present objections to
electric automobiles He has also per-
fected and disposed of an attachment
which not only increases the speed
OF the operator but reduces the cost
Of operation. He says that shoe
manufacturer near Boston has agreed
to buy device of his with which to
make shoes for the government. Ed
wards says this device will reduce the
cost OF making pair of shoes fully
20 per cent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
GOT LICENSES; DID NOT MARRY
Many Persons In Idaho Thought Per.
nit All That Was Necessary,

Wallace. Idaho. - Investigation by
the county recorders department Of
Shoshone county has brought to light
an extraordinary condition OF affairs
with regard to the Issuance of mar
riage licenses in this county. For
many months the department has been
puzzled ct the non-return of marriage
licenses. issued to Films, Poles and
others Of foreign nationality, OF whom
there are many employed in the
mines. No official notice had ever
been taken Of this, as the depart
ment was under the impression that
many Of the marriages had been per-
formed in other counties and returns
made there.
Accidentally, however, 1t was dis
covered that many foreigners in the
district have for years believed that
all that was necessary to carry out the
marriage was simply the taking out of
license and no minister of the COS.
pei OF justice of the peace was en-
ployed to perform the ceremony. In
one case marriage papers were found
framed IN cabin just as issued by
the county recorder years ago, and a
family OF seven children had been
raised
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
ENLIST TO DODGE ALlMoNy.
Society Young Men Find New Ave
nue. Of Escape Open.

Washington.-The army may soon
rival South Dakota in the divorce
courts!
Enlist and escape alimony" could
In truth be written in big letters on
the attractive blue and white posters
that tell what fine thing it is to
serve Uncle Sam.
Now it is expected that society
youths whose affairs of the heart with
chorus ladies" and other attractions
of the bird and bottle" variety have
brought on unhappy marriages may
escape the consequence by enlisting.
That the varsity stroke oar will act
as nle closer. while the cotillion lead
er whose gayeties caused embar-
rassment may serve as Captains or
Derby" ia prospect of the near flu
ture.
And all this because the war depart
ment has declined to comply with q
request that an enlisted mans pay
be stopped for the purpose of paying
his family alimony prescribed by the
court.
1t Is held that no responsibility such
as Is placed on officers under the six
ty-first article of war rests on enlisted
men. and there is no precedent under
which the failure on the part of such
person to support his family may be
made the basis OF charges.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
NEGRO MAN is TURNING WHITE.
Drinking from Spring Containing Ar.
senic Is Given as Cause.

Tulsa, Okla.-Jackson Warribale, a
Creek negro, who lives five miles
southeast of Mannford. is slowly turn
Ing white, and from slim negro,
weighing less than 14O pounds, he has
changed, within three months, to a
portly man weighing 225 pounds.
Warribale's case battles the most
skilled physicians In this section OF
the country.
About two years ago he moved to
the Harjo allotment, where he now re-
sides. His metamorphosis dates from
that time. He attributes 1t to drink
ing water from mineral spring on
the Harjo place. Certain it is that
soon after coming onto the Harjo
place the transformation from black
to white began
Large white blotches appeared here
and there over his body At first he
thought the blotches were ringworms,
and tried to check them, but without
avail. Gradually the patches enlarged.
until now Warribale has almost
emerged" from his native black skin.
The change in color has been accom-.
panied by remarkable improvement
In health. When Warribale came to
live on the Harjo. place he gave evil
dence of being afflicted with consump-
ton. To-day he is robust and strong,
and ill-healthsis thing of the past
Recently chemical analysis was
made Of the spring from which the
negro has been drinking, which
showed it to contain sulphur and ar
senic in heavy quantities Only two
other springs of like nature are known
IN the world, one being in Mexico and
the other in India. Both have won.
derful reputation because Of their
curative powers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
The Lady,s opinion.

A certain member Of congress from
New England went to southern state
some years ago to make few cam
paign speeches. 1t was his first ex-
perience in the south, and he had
considerable to learn. One day he
stopped at farm house for dinner.
I'm sorry. ma'am." he said to the
lady presiding, but / don't eat hot
bread
Why don't you?" she asked, being
quite as inexperienced in northern
customs as the Congressman was in
southern.
Because 1t is indigestible and un-
healthy"
What kind do you eat p.
Cold bread, always
She looked him over carefully. siz.
ing up his scrawny form from eyery
point OF view. and after a survey she
remarked with q sniff:
Well. it seems to me that It's about
time you had a change Of Diet
Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
pouahnut Is Deadly ',

Youngstown, O.-Mrs. Mary Won
derlich of Coalburg, near here, is in a
serious condition from injuries
caused by the explosion of a dough
nut. Just what caused the explosion
has not yet been determined. Several
opinions have been advanced.
Some think Mrs. Wonderlich did not
make the hole big enough to accom-.
modate the air the dough surrounded
Others believe that air gathered in
the folds of the dough and the heat
from the lard caused 1t to explode. Al
all events, the doughnut blew up, not
even the hole remaining.
Mrs. Wonderlich may never cool
doughnuts again.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27

On the official ballot this fall each par
ty ticket will be headed by its presi-
dental nominees. Voters, other than
democrats, whoh wis to vote for Mr..
Bryan should remember that to have
theirvote effective, they must mark in
the square in front of the name of each
and;every presidential elector following
the namesof Bryan and Kern. Democrats
who wish to vote straight party tick
ct must be sure to mark cross in the
square in front of every name on the
entire length of the ticket.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
BEST WO0DCHOPPER
vERMoNTER CUTS AND PILES
FIVE CORDS IN A DAY.
Maxwell Evarts Wins $4,000 as Re.
suit Of Faith In His Native State
Great Feat Witnessed by
Prominent Men.

Windsor, Vt.-Vermont has proved
It still holds the wood chopping cham
pionship of the world. Edward Moot
the other day cut down, chopped up.
split, and piled five and one-half cords
Of wood in ten hours and so minutes.
The feat was the result of the boast
OF Maxwell Evarts, son of the late w.
M. Evarts, at a dinner in Washington
last winter, that the Green Mountain
state possessed the huskiest chopper
in the world. Following his boast
wagers to the amount of $4,000 were
made by Evarts. Charles T. Treat.
treasurer of the United States, took
$4,000 of this wager and several sena-
tors agreed to cover the other half.
The original wager was that Moot
could handle five cords in day. He
did it in an hour and half less than
the required time and had an extra
eighth OF cord in his pile and an ex-
ira half cord of chopped and split
wood on the ground.
Mr.. Moot besides receiving 500 for
his days work from Mr.. Evarts Is said
to have won considerably more than
that by backing himself.
The contest was watched by a num-
Der of distinguished men whom Mr..
Evarts had brought from Washington.
New York, Boston and by some 1000
residents of the state, who had gath
cred to encourage the state champion.
Most conspicuous among the guests
were L. F. Lore, president of the
Delaware & Hudson railroad; L. A.
Coolidge, assistant secretary of the
United States treasury; Samuel G.
Blythe Of New York, and A. B. Kit.
tredge of South Dakota.
Woodchopper Moot laid out row
Of axes, all sharpened to keen
edge, shortly before the rise Of the
sun, in the edge Of Eastwood growth
Refreshing himself with drink OF
brandy and milk, he made ready for
the contest. His son. Frank, stood
close by ready to hand the chopper
his axes and wedges as needed.
At $50 Mr.. Moot drove his ak into
the first tree. At 2:30 he had finished
chopping and splitting the five cords
stipulated, and the piling was about
one-third completed.
Moot stopped twice to eat during
the morning. taking two lunches, los
ing ten minutes each. After three
o'clock, realizing that he would easily
win. he worked more slowly, but al
1922, an hour % minutes before sun
set. he laid the last stick in place amid
the cheers of the crowd.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Birds Fly Backward.

Port Jervis. N. Y.The drought up
this way has caused queer freak In
nature. Highway commissioners in
the country districts repairing the
roads with fine crushed stone are
bothered because the top dressing is
blown away by winds through lack OF
rain to hold it down. Migratory birds
going south fly backward to keep the
dust out of their eyes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Groom, the widely known
proprietor of the Groom Hotel, Vaughn,
Miss, says: For several months suf-
fered with severe cough, and con-
sumption seemed to have its grip on
me, when friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery. began TAX
ing it, and three bottles affected a com
8plete cure" The fame of this life say
ing cough and cold remedy, and lung
and throat healer is world wide. Sold
at !: A. Clemmer's drug store. Soc
and $l.0O. Trial bottle free. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Notice Of Appraisement.

n sSAHK Sc o I8MAs In District Court
In matter OF the Estate Of Albert G. Darcy,
Deceased.
TO the Treasurer ofstate, w. w. Morrow,
and Mrs. Sarah II. Darcy, Peter James
Darcy, Catherine Julia Darcy, Leonle Marie
Darcy, Albert Pierre Darcy. Alice Julia
Darcy, Almond Chas. Darcy, Roger Eue,
Darcy I2 Louis Geo. Darcy, Llclen N. Darcy,
Katherine Darcy, Julia Darcy, and Mrs
sarah F. Darcy and John Farnsworth as Is
Executors of the Estate of Albert g. Darcy.
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned duly appointed and
qualified appraisers Of property charged or
Collateral Inheritance Tax, will, at O. clock
p M, on the oath day of November, A. ID.
1908, at Il. r. Thompson's Office at Cresco,
Iowa, In said County and State, proceed to
appraise the property of the estate OF said
decedent subject to the Collateral Inherit
ance Tax as provided by law.
Please take notice and govern yourselves
accordingly.
Dated October 18th, A. d. 1909.
E. r. TIIOMPSON,)
B. F. DAVIS, JAppraisers,
j. >. LOWRY,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Blaze Fatal to Couple.

Cleveland. O.. Oct. 21.-An attempt
to light fire with kerosene cost the
life of Mrs. Mary Bookak. 1919 West
Seventh street Tuesday. inflicted
burns upon her husband, Lawrence
from which he will probably die. and
came near burning their infant child
asleep in an adjoining room
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
ADOPT White QUEEN
MEXICAN INDIANS HONOR WIFE
OF MINE OWNER.
AcoIamation Ceremony Follows Night
Of Hubbub by Tribesmen Garry
ing Gifts-Friendship Won
by Acts of Kindness.

Mexico CHy.-The Indians of Zacu.
alpam have adopted In due form and
ceremony an American woman for
their queen. The person who has
just been SO highly honored is Mrs.
Maria Perry Eisenhart. wife of H. L.
Eisenhart, an American mining man
who has rich mine in the Zacualpam
district
Mrs. Eisenhart won the warm
friendship of the Indians by her many
acts of kindness toward them She
visited them in their humble homes
and administered to their wants when
sick. She interested herself in their
everyday life and traditions. She
had little outside OF the lowly In
dians to afford her amusement or
arouse her interest in the remote
mountain mining camp where she and
her husband lived She had no idea,
however, that the distinguished honor
of making her queen Of the tribe was
to be conferred upon her. The In
dams who inaugurated the movement
to make her their queen went about
the arrangement SO quietly that it
was not until all of their plans for the
big event were finished that she be-
came aware of what was about to be
done.
On the day selected for the impor-
tant ceremonies several hundred In
dams went to the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eisenhart at three o'clock in the
morning and began making great
hubbub. They added to the noise by
discharging firearms and beating up
on tin pans. Mr.. and Mrs. Eisenhart
at first thought that their home was
being attacked, but upon going to the
door they were informed by the lead
er of the unique celebration that they
had come to do special honor to Mrs.
Eisenhart and that it was but the be-
ginning of the ceremony which was
to mark the event Of making Mrs.
Eisenhart their queen.
The noise on the outside Of the
house was kept up until daybreak,
when whole families of Indians began
arriving from remote parts of the
mountain region, each Of them carry
ing some kind of present for Mrs.
Eisenhart. The presents were depos-
tied in one of the rooms of the house,
and Mrs. Eisenhart welcomed each
guest in true regal style.
The officials of the Indian village
called during the morning to pay
their respects, all of them pledging
their support to her reign over the
tribe as their queen The ceremony
of GROWING Mrs Eisenhart as "Reina
de las Sierras," or queen of the noun.
tains, took place at ten o'clock In the
morning upon an elevated platform
which had been erected for the pur.
pose. 1t was an impressive event, In
which aged Indians participated The
chief of the tribe placed a beautiful
silver-trimmed crown upon the head
of Mrs. Eisenhart, and she was off,
cially declared to be queen of the
Zacualpams. This crown was the
handiwork of expert silversmiths
among the Indians, and is of unique
and beautiful workmanship. The sill.
yer from which 1t was made was OBJ.
tanned from the mountains and
smelted in a crude way by the In.
dams.
The duties of Mrs. Eisenhart as
queen are purely nominal She il
consulted on many simple affairs oi
the tribe. and her wishes and orders
are implicitly obeyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Where Bullets Flew.

David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y, a
veteran of the civil war, who lost a
foot at Gettysburg, says: The good
Electric Bitters have done is worth
more than five hundred dollars to me-.
/ spent much money doctoring for bad
case Of stomach trouble, to little pur-
pose. l then tried Electric Bitters,
and they cured me. / now take them
as a tonic, and they keep me strong
and WE'LL" Soc. at P. A.. Clemmer's
Drug store. II
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Rritist1. Bark Wrecked.

San Francisco. Oct. 21.--A cable
message from Sydney, received by the
Merchants Exchange, reports that the
British bark Fifeshire, bound from
New Castle, Australia, to Oregon, was
totally wrecked on Gilbert island. All
on board were saved and landed at
Sydney.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Eixe Perish ln Eire.

Mount Sterling, KY, Oct. 20.-A tel
ephone message from Patntsville.
Johnson county, Monday says that
during a fire there George Stafford
and three children were burned to
death. and Mrs. Stafford. becoming
frightened lest she would burn. jumped
from a second-story window and broke
her neck
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Makes 4 travelling Kitchen.

Yardley, Pa Cornelius O'Conneil,
who resides across the canal from the
Johnson trolley power house, claims
that the vibration caused by the ex.
haust has moved his cookstove four
inches from its proper resting place.
But a petition presented to Judge
Stout, to abate the nuisance will not be
acted upon by the court. it being
claimed the matter was not properly
presented.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Referees Sale

OF the residence property in Cresco,
belonging to the Mrs. Vim. Macken-
burg estate. Good z room house with
cellar and about one acre of land, well
and cistern. Small barn. Enquire Of
d. BALDNER, Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Tough.

It's tough to see your wife arrayed
In lovely peek-a-boos;
To see her in lownecked gown
And pumps instead of shoes
To see her on summers day
AS cool as apple float,
When she won't let you come outside.
Unless you wear coat.
Detroit Free Press
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
The Banker Dead; What About the
Depositors?

w. L. Culbertson, Ga years of age,
and president of the First National
bank of Carroll, Iowa, is dead by his
own hand.
Culbertson took the money of the de-
positors and specialized in western
lands. Examiners found the bank to be
insolvent, owing depositors hundreds
of thousands of dollars more than :the
assets, in all probability. When Gull
bertson learned that his methods had
been been found out he shot himself
That disposes of Culbertson, except
that it ought to be observed in passing
that he bore an honored name in the
community and had the peoples trust.
But it doesn't dispose of the deposit
ors. What about them? They will get
back so much of their money as is left
after the expenses of the receivership
have been met. But every man who
owes the bank on note will have to
pay. That is what the republicans call
just-to compel the creditors of the
bank to pay the bank in full, but not
to compel the bank to pay its creditors
in full.
The year before last there were
thirty two bank failures in Iowa and
twenty-one Of them were due to the
use of the depositors' money in specu-
lation in lands. cattle, the Chicago
board of trade. etc. Seven of the bank
ers, if we remember rightly, killed them
selves. But that didn't put any money
in the pockets of the defrauded deposit
ors. 1t simply kept the bankers from
being put in Jail.
In the face of such a record, some
men have the supreme gall to rise up
to the fitness of their stature and say
that to protect the depositors against
loss of his savings in the bank would
induce wild cat banking. What kind of
banking should one call that done by
the thirty-two, and more especially the
twenty. one? Singed cat banking, per-
haps, the depositors being the cat.
They say, too, that the guaranty plan
would lower the 'ttone" of banking.
We admit that your concern is not for
the tone, but for your money. If that
banking system which admits thirty
two bank failures in Iowa in year
has thigh tone," what, pray. is a
low tone?"
They say too, that it would be un-
just to compel other banks to stand
the loss due to the failure of gilbert
sons bank. This is to be said in re-
ply, that if this state or nation should
compel bankers to unite to pay losses,
the bankers would voluntarily unite to
stop losses. They would secure laws
making it impossible for Culbertson to
borrow SO much of the banks funds;
they would have an examining board of
their own, clearing house board and
through this they would wat h each 9th
er; one bank knows what its neighbor is
doing. but it isn't to,its pecuniary in
terest to protest against its neighbours
wrong doing; under the guaranty plan,
it would have financial interest, and
informed about wrong doing would
speedily protect itself by informing on
the bad bank; and the good bankers
would secure the adoption of other laws
to ensure that the one black sheep
among the hundred sheep would not be
permitted to do much damage to them,
to itself, or to anybody else. Telegraph
Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
CHARGED with Attack ON Spouse.

Papillion, Neb., Oct. 21.--A warrant
was Tuesday issued for the arrest Of
Mrs. Emil Ruser of near Papillion.
|. charging her as principal and access
sorry in the attempted murder Of her
husband q week ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27

NATIONAL TICKET.
Vice President. ..JNO. w. KERN
STATE TICKET
United States Senator. CLAUDE R. PORTER
Governor. FRED Il. WHITE
Presidential Electors at Large
..................J. L. CRAIG; G. @. LOOMS
Lieutenant Governor. ..............D. A. RAY
Secretary of State. JULIUS RUGE
Auditor of State...............C. Il. MUNROE
Treasurer of State JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Attorney General. CHARLES A. ROGERS
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Observation-Disclosures. CAP 4. MILLER
Clerk ofSupreme Court
Observation-Disclosures GEO. b. WHITTEMORE
Railroad Commissioner M ACK j. GROVES
Judges of Supreme Court
...............A. j. HOUSE: d. w. HIGBEE
DISTRICT TICKET.
Gongr essman. ................ NJ. L. GEISER
Presidential Elector. Fl. H. HOWARD
COUNTY TICKET.
Representative. .......... HERMAN KU1IL
y Auditor. Observation-Disclosures. IS. A. MILLER
Clerk of the Court. ...........W. F. CARTER
Recorder. ......................W.F F. SCHOLZ
County Attorney JOSEPH GRIFFIN
County Superintendent
-. ................ EMMA FALLGATTER
Sheriff. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. @. LENTH
Treasurer. .......-...... CHAS. p. McNALLY
Coroner. ......................,..C. ID. ROOME
Member of Board of Superv isors, End Dist.
....-..................... j. CHYLE
Member of Board Of Supervisors, Bird Dist.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. C. II. WALLACE
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
Mail Orders.

Mott & Co., want your Mail orders
Special attention given them, Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly yours,
2tf MOTT & Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27

Doan's Reg llets cure constipation,
tone the stomach, stimulate the liver,
promote digestion and appetite and
easy passages of the bowels. Ask your
druggist for them. rs cents box.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27

Torturing eczema spreads its burning
area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops its spreading, instantly
relieves the itching, cures it perma-
nently. At all drug stores.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27

Walk Around World on Honeymoon.
London--A novel tour has been
carried out by M. and Nine. Eugene
Gruard, who have just crossed from
Dover to Calais. They say that they
started on their wedding day in 1896
from Paris to walk around the world.
In IL years they have toured through
Europe. Siberia. Japan. North and
South America, and North Africa.
They have walked 10000 miles. they
say.