Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-20

meet your wants. have the best dry
batteries on the market. Repair shop
fully equipped. Vulcanizing speciality.
The A. w. WENTWORTH GARAGE.
Dog poisoners are again at work in
town, Geo. Chryst having two valuable
pups killed last Saturday morning. A
person who will vent his spite against
an other upon an innocent animal is one
of the most contemplate things on
earth.
The 64th semi-annual conference of
the Decorah District will meet at the
M. E. church in Decorah on September
9th and 7th. Rev. r. w. Luce of the
Cresco circuit is on the program for a
sermon during the afternoon of the
second day.
Miss Winifred Barker, who has been
visiting with Mrs. w. B. Webster a
couple of weeks, left for her home in
Cresco, Iowa, on Tuesday. She will
stop over for few days for visit
with her sister at Maiden, WASH
Port Angeles (Wash.) Leader.
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ROBERT N. CLAGGETT,
News Agent.
Lloyd Harville and Miss Nina Bradt,
brother and sister respectively of Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Harville, accompanied
Mrs. Harville to Cresco from visit at
her former home in Grant County,
Wisconsin, and after short visit re-
turned yesterday to their home in Wis
consin.
For the latest eye glasses and the
new invisible bifocal lenses, see Karl
D. Fisk about them. The new fused
Kryptok bifocal lense makesy you young
again. That is what they say who use
them. At the Strother Hotel, Cresco,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 23rd, 24th and 25th.
Misses Grace Christen and Anna
Haberly returned yesterday from
Cresco, where they have been visiting
with relatives for a few days. -.
Mrs. o. Singer, of Cresco, and Miss
Cornelia Peterson, of Inwood, Iowa,
arrived yesterday for visit with their
sister, Mrs. l.. Monson. .-Decorah
Public Opinion.
Iowa City's new motto, "See Us In
crease" is very appropriate for that
hustling city. Iowa City has fine bust
ness and educational advantages. 1t
is also city of houses This means so
much to those seeking suitable loca-
tion to do busines and educate their
children. Address Box 3S, Iowa City,
for further particulars.
We have made arrangements for &
regular weekly letter from Saratoga,
the initial one appearing in this issue
We are sure this feature will be APP
preciated by our readers in Saratoga
and vicinity. We still wish correspond
ents in other localities and will be
pleased to make arrangements for cor
respondence from other localities not
now represented in our columns.
Our last issue contained brief item
concerning ball game between the
Plymouth Rock Pick-ups and the Ahern
team, furnished by one of the former
team, to which the latter team takes
grevious exceptions. They claim that
the score, instead of being 10 to in
favor of Plymouth Rock. was to a in
favor of the Ahern team, and that
Mallaney struck out II and Ahern ID.
Ray Harmon went up to Cresco Fri
day for short visit with his mother.
-. Miss Sadie Miller of Cresco, came
down yesterday for visit with Mrs.
P. Rooney. >. Edwin Olson went to
Cresco Thursday to visit his sister,
Anna Olson, in the Kessel Hospital :.
Carl Peterson, left this noon for Min
neapolis, where he will try to get some
wrestling matches. While here Mr..
Peterson has become known as man
of gentlemanly bearing and nice
man to meet. He is wrestler 'from
way back" Mr.. Peterson tells us that
he has been miner in the Rockies and
in Alaska. In the latter place he spent
several years. He has done considera-
BILE wrestling and, we believe something
of a boxer. He maintains that his
name is Peterson. We hope that he
will make his appearance in these parts
again. .-Decorah Journal.
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