Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06


tauqua on Wednesday afternoon of
this week.
w. F. Milz, accompanied by Frank
Walton, Ed Paul, Fred Howard and d.
Amundson, left yesterday to look over
the Alberta, Canada, lands for which
Will is agent.
Walter Klein and family came down
from Minneapolis last Friday for few
days visit with Cresco relatives and
friends. Walter is now a proofreader
on the Minneapolis Journal.
Mrs. Carl Metcalf (nee Genevieve
Dissmore) and little babe arrived last
Saturday from North Dakota for a
visit of two or three months at the
home of her aunt, Lauraine Mead.
Joseph Kapinos and wife returned
last Friday from Spillville. Iowa,
where they attended the funeral of the
formers father, Anton Kapinos, who
passed away there the 26th of June.
Don't break your back over lawn
mower that don't cut freely. Our
grinder turns them out sharp and true,
at the Auto Repair Shop.
A. w. WENTWORTH.
If you want bookkeeping or steno-
graphic position, plan to enter the Oel-
vein Business University or the Wat
erloo College of Commerce. Fully
three calls to every graduate we can
turn out. Catalog free.
The school board of the Independent
District of Cresco held their annual
meeting last Thursday evening and
among the business transacted was the
election Of c. l. White to his 43rd term
as secretary of the district.
During the storm of Saturday, the
26th, small cyclone passed over the
south part of Oak Dale township,
covering an area about 20 rods in width
and about four miles in length. On the
Geo. Waters farm large barn and hog
house were totally destroyed.
We have secured correspondents
from Orleans and Elma. Items from
the former place appear today and the
initial Elma items are promised fol
Fridays Plain Dealer. Who will take
up the work at other places, especially
Riceville, Saratoga and Davis Corners!
Grandma Held, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Richie and family, Mrs. Rosa Richie,
Mrs. Anton Richie, and Elmer Richie,
all residing in the vicinity of Spillville
and Fort Atkinson, arrived Saturday
last for few days visit at the home
of Joe Herold and with other relatives
Jim Boyd and Buff Wilson are serv
out four months sentence in thu
county Jail for illegal liquor selling
They came back to Cresco on Saturday
and the evening following were placed
under arrest. Yesterday morning they
were taken before Justice Barker ane
each plead guilty on four counts.
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| The various members of the Fleming
family arrived last Saturday to partici
pate in their regular semi-annual re
union at the old homestead northeas
of Plymouth Rock where the younges
son, L. H., resides with his mother
Those present are 7. l.. and VIM. o
Mason City, with their wives; Jack +
and wife of Chicago, and Chris of Min
neapolis. The family makes practic
of gathering at the old home on Jul
4th and Christmas each year.
The B. d. Everingham home is file
these days by the return of all tn
children excepting two. They cam
last Saturday as complete surprise
the parents. Those at home are Frank
r of Ottawa, Kansas; Charles, of Gler
wood, Mimi; Mrs. A. R. McCook, g
Shell Rock, Ia; Mesd., Weir and Clifford
of Kansas City; Mrs. Hurley, o
Worthing, S. D.; Mesd. S. R. Waite
and Sherwood, of Minneapolis; Mr..
john Farnsworth, of Cresco. Mrs
Mabel Kratz was kept at home by il
ness and Will could not get away fro
his work to attend. 1t is needless {
: add that most pleasant reunion is
e progress. The children will remain f,
e varying lengths of time, some leavir
r for home tomorrow and others will r.
main week or more.