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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04

judges-the ballot box being entirely
out of our possession-we will continue
until the close of the contest to issue
ballots on money paid in directly to this
Office or by contestants until the close
OF the contest, so those who may wish
to ascertain the amount of their SUBJ
scription account before voting may
have the opportunity. The ballots
thus issued may be voted by the
party to whom issued or we will deposit
them in the ballot box for those voting
if they SO desire.
1t is needless TO remind the girls that
the time is growing short but ten days
remain in which to hustle-but we do
wish to again remind those who have
promised aid to some contestant that if
they do not respond soon, they will lose
the opportunity of helping and en-
couraging friend, and may have to
experience the regret that perhaps it
was their forgetfulness that caused
disappointment to some one of the girls.
We realize there will be disappoint-
ments. There is only one piano-we
wish we could afford to give away one
to every hustler-and but one girl can
win.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
OBITUARY.
SPRIGGs.

John William Spriggs was born in
England Nov. 8, 1910.
When he was four years of age he
came to America with his parents.
They settled in Racine county, Wis,
where he lived till 1870. In that year
he married Emma Jane Crane of Union
Grove. Wis. In March, 1870, they
came to Iowa and lived ona farm in
Bluffton twR. until five years ago.
To this union nine children were
born. Those now living are William OF
Esmond, S. D., Fred of Maddox, N.
d., Walter of North Yakima, Wash,
Mrs. Mae Peck of Ridgeway, Iowa,
Grace and Leo Decorah.
When they left the farm they came
to Decorah where they resided until
his death on May 27, 1909.
He volunteered in the first year of the
war in Co. Y, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry.
He enlisted Aug. 7th, 1862, and was
discharged July 4th, 1865.
Services conducted by Rev. Gam
mons were held at the home in Decor
ah last Tuesday. The remains accom-
panied by members of the G. A. R. of
Decorah were brought to Cresco for
interment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
A Shooting in Burr Oak.

Sunday evening wild stories of big
shooting affair murder, and threaten
ed lynching reached Decorah. Deputy
sheriff John Blaess received several
hurry-up calls from Burr Oak, each
reporting an affair worse than that of
the proceeding report. The truth of
the affair seems to be that John Har-
oun of Burr Oak believed Mordecai
Cassel and Will Halse to be breaking
into his house and shot at them. The
bullett entered Casseps leg. This was
about four O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
DR.. Emmons was summoned to care
for the wound and Cassel was taken to
the hospital in Cresco. Mr.. Halse was
taken to Decorah and lodged in jail
He was charged with burglary. Mon
day morning he was arraigned in justice
court and pleaded mot guilty" AS
soon as Cassel RECEIVERS sufficiently he
too will be taken to Decorah upon the
same charge. e.-Decorah Journal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Predicts Big Corn Crop.

Prof. P. G. Holden, the, corn expert,
says this is to be a great corn season.
In commenting further on the subject,
he says: 81 feel in my bones that we
are going to have in Iowa this season
the best corn we have ever had. There
will be less oats sown than for num-
Der of years. 1t will be busy season.
Instead of getting our cold weather in
May and June we have had it in April.
! don't put myself up for weather
prophet but mark my prediction that
Iowa will show up better than ever.
Years of careful observance and study
of weather conditions make me opti-
mistic when we have what everybody
declares is backward season. With
all the water in the ground we are
bound to have magnificent hayicrop. "
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
But Aldrich Is Leader.

The Decorah Republican says: "Sen-
ator Nelson of Minnesota. too, has also
been read out of our party by Aldrich,
of little Rhody. Nelson can afford it
if the spokesman of the millionairesdoes
assail the loyalty of the republicans of
the broad prairie states of the west.
Behind the representatives and sena-
tors of Iowa and other prairie states
are the masses. Against these the
pocket borough Mr.. Aldrick owns, or
thinks he owns, count as nothing COM
pared with the thirteen votes in the
electoral college from Iowa, the twenty
seven from Illinois, or the eleven from
Minnesota.
But it will be remembered that SEN
ator Aldrich and his associates frame
republican platforms and name repubii-
candidates. Then the representatives
and senators of lIowa, Minnesota and
other republican states, and republicans
generally, march to the polls and vote
the Aldrich ticket
Mr.. Aldrich may come from "pocket
borough, /" and Rhode Island may be
inconsequential when compared with
Iowa, Illinois or Minnesota. But when
Aldrich speaks the. senate acts in ac-
cordance with the Aldrich decree; when
Aldrich speaks republican conventions
carry out the Aldrich program; when
Aldrich speaks republican presidents
and congressman repudiate their pledg
es; and whatever the Aldrich program
may be the republicans of Iowa, Mime
sofa and Illinois tamely fall in line and
follow the Aldrich banner. So what
does. Rhode Island care?
This republican paper need not worry
about Senator Aldrich "assailing the
loyalty of republicans, Mr.. Aldrich
counts confidently upon the loyalty
of republicans, whatever republic
can congress may do. Who will
say that he is not justified in this
position by the history of his party?-
The Commoner
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Weather-Crop Bulletin.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 80, 1909. =
The fore part of the week was cloudy,
wet and moderately cool, but more
fayorable conditions prevailed during
the latter half of the week. The
average temperature was, however,
slightly below the normal except over
the northwestern counties. The ram
fall was general from Sunday evening
to Wednesday, but it came in gentle
showers and was of great benefit to all
growing crops. Quite general showers
also occurred on Saturday night caus-
ing an excess of precipitation for the
week in all parts of the state except
over the northeastern counties where
there was deficiency of one-half to
over three-fourths of an inch.
All of the corn on high and well
drained lands has been planted, but
much of the low ground, probably 5 per
cent of the total corn area has been too
wet to permit plowing or planting. The
itahio nave HcScSoieoIcu ooiHS AspiealILiS
but no more than usual and not nearly
as much as last year. Cultivation is
becoming general over the southern
half of the state and many fields in the
northern counties will he ready for the
first blowing during the coming week.
The stand is generally very good, but
cutworms are doing considerable damage
in certain localities on sod ground. Ali
small grain, grass and potatoes are re-
ported as being in good condition and
growing rapidly. Fruit trees now show
an abundance of bloom in northern
districts and the indications are still
favorable for bounteous crops of fruit
in all districts.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Say !

Dad says although he is an old man
he remembers mothers pleasant look
and smile when she said Children,
dinner is ready" But mother use1
pure, unbleached -four same as Royal
Patent that Dad is selling to gray
haired mothers now that wore nankeer
pantlets then. Try sack and be con
vinced.
Purina Baby Chick Feed, $2.4O pei
cwt. All kinds of chicken feed, grair
and feeds at DADS. Phone, No. l91
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
To Those Interested.

l hereby take this way to notify all
holders of the Continental, Hawkeye,
Iowa State, Atlas and Century Insur-
ance Companies that they have COM
piled with the law and are attaching
the HAIL CLAUSE covering all direct
loss or damage to property specified in
the cyclone, tornado and wind storm
policies for small cost of and cents
per hundred each year, and as it will
be impossible for me to see each one
personally and if you want the HAIL
CLAUSE attached to your policies write,
phone or call on me.
O. w. CLARK.
Cresco, Iowa, Local Agent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
NANCY FROST WINS THE RING
The Piano Next---The Close is Near
at Hand---Help Your Favorite
Without Delay.

Nancy Frost, of Lime Springs, is
wearing the elegant Diamond Ring
awarded in the New Subscription con-
test which closed Tuesday. The two
leaders in the race We're the winner and
Gertrude Haubrich, although nearly all
the contestants turned in lists of vary
ing size.
The report of the judges in the Ring
Contest is as follows:
Cresco, Ia, June 3, 1909.
The result of count of ballots for
PLAIN DEALER Ring shows Nancy Frost
wins with 36, 300 votes.
E. P. FARNswoRTH.
E. j. THOMAS.
A. j. THOMSON.
A. ]. Thomson, of the Savings Bank,
assisted in the count as Mr.. Tillson was
out of the city.
We are greatly pleased with the large
addition of new names to our list, and
especially so with the fine list of names
turned IN by the winner, as most of
them are from a territory where Cresco
papers have hitherto had small lists of
subscribers.
Miss Frost is greatly pleased with
her ring and may we'll be, for she has
won prize which will endure for years
and be constant reminder of pleasant
days spent in hustling for the PLAIN
DEALER.
(
Just as we predicted in our last issue,
the vote of nearly all the contestants
shows decided increase, and the enor-
nous gains made on new subscriptions
alters the standing of the contestants
considerably. Nancy Frost steps up to
second place, Gertrude Haubrich takes
third place and Lucy Christ is fourth in
the list. The order of the others re-
mains unchanged. Grace Patterson is
still safely in the lead with comfort
able Margin and her friends are con-
fidently predicting that she will be in
the lead in the final count, June 18th,
although the closeness of the five lead
ers, especially the first three in the list,
makes the result uncertain until the
judges complete the final count. We,
who are supposed to know all about
it, would not hazard nickle- and feel
sure of winning on the final disposition
Of the big prize-th Piano.
On Saturday afternoon of this week
at 4 O'Clock the ballot box will leave
our Office and will be in charge of w.
H. Tillson at the Cresco Union Savings
Bank where all voting must be done
during banking hours until z p. m.
Tuesday, June 18th, when it will re-
main for two hours or until O clock, in
charge of the judges, for the reception
of any belated ballots or money paid in
accompanied by blind voting forms
which may be obtained of the Judges,
at this Office or of the contestants.
While all voting after Saturday must
be done under the supervision of the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Auction !

If you have any household goods or
anything else to dispose of will have
an auction sale every Saturday on the
streets of Cresco, weather permitting.
See me for farm or any kind of sale.
My terms will be reasonable and work
satisfactory. Office over Sobolik &
Petersen's Hardware Store. Office
Phone No. A; Residence, No. 4l2.
ELwIN M. STocKMAN, Auctioneer,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
See Usik

We have some bargains in lands and
city property, also eighty acres well
improved one and one half miles from
Court House bargain if taken soon.
List your land, houses and lots and
other property for sale Or rent with us,
we can find you buyers or renters and
our charges are reasonable. Call and
see us. Office over Sobolik & Peter
sens Hardware Store, Cresco, Iowa.
STOCKMAN & Dorm.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Cresco, Iowa, Local Agent
See Us.

See Us.
For sale at bargain, good six
room house in Baldwin's addition.
Five room house in Beadle & Strong 's
addition easy payment.
For RENT Several good houses.
STOCKMAN & DORM.
Over Sobolik & Petersen Hardware
store, Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
To Whom 1t MAY Concern.

All parties having accounts against
the undersigned are requested to pre-
sent them to me at my. residence, and
all parties owing me are requested te
call and make settlement.
DIR. ia. BARRETT.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Weather Report.

For the month of May, 1909, by Ar
thur Belts, U. S. Weather Observer.
Mean max. 68.7 degrees.
Mean min. AT degrees.
Mean 56.7 degrees.
Max therm., 5th, 95 degrees.
Min. therm., 1st. End, 3rd, 27 de-
grees.
Precip. 3.36 inches.
Snowfall 2. 80 inches.
Wet days IL.
Clear days 1S. fair 8, cloudy S.
Warm days r.
Cold days 4.
Ordinary days Is.
Prevailing wind south.
May, 1907, was 5.5 degrees colder,
all other Mays of II years warmer.
The 5th was the hottest May day on rec
ord. Last frost the 4th. Good month
for the farmer. Killing frosts the first
four mornings. Thunder showers on
dates. Gale and little hail the Both.
Sleet lst and End. 7OS hours thaw; 3l3
hours of sunshine or about 6S per cent.
For Sale.
At private sale at my residence the
following articles:
New surrey only run six times.
Rubber tired top buggy and extra
seat.
road cart or sulky.
l single harness (nearly new and
other harnesses.
coal heater.
round oak.
gasoline cook stove (3-burnep.
oil heater (smalD.
piano (cost new $500.
Estey organ (nearly new.
Bedroom suits, chairs, hall rack, in
fact everything in line of household
goods, garden tools, carpenter tools,
paper hanging outfit and other articles
too numerous to mention. Must be
seen to be appreciated. Call and in
spect. Everything must be sold.
MRS. S. B. CARPENTER,
405 Elm Street,
| Telephone No. 9. Cresco, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
EPERNON.

The French Percheron Stallion EPER
NON will be found at DIR. Buttons
Barn, during the season of 1909.
LEE BLooMENRADER, Groom.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
THE TOTAL VOTE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.


We are handling the following we'll
known reliable Fire Insurance Com
panies which write Hail Insurance on
property. Connecticut writes hail in
surance of GROWING CROPS.
Capital and
Assets.
Connecticut of Hartford. -. S z, 500, 600
New York Underwriters . %, 100000
Hanover of New York -. $500, 900
Royal of England. .2s, 600, 900
Hamburg Bremen of Ham
burg, Germany ........... $500, 600
American of Newark, N. j., g, 563, SIS
State of Des Moines .. 629, 744
Fidelity of Des Moines .. 2OO, 900
Sioux of Sioux City, Iowa. 300, ,563
We guarantee when we write you,
in case of a loss, your Policies will be
written so you will get your money.
1t will pay you to let US figure with
you before placing your insusance..
STOCKMAN & DORM.
Office over Sobolik & Petersen's s
Cresco, Iowa.
Pony Stallion.
will keep my Shetland Stallion for
service during the entire season at my
farm east of Cresco. S. A. SUTTON.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Methodist.

There will be no preaching service at
the M. E church next Sabbath, June
9Th, on account of the removal of the
pews for the placing of the new carpet.
Sunday school and Epworth League
will be held as usual.
In the evening will occur Union Me-
mortal Services at the Congregational
church for the Royal Neighbors and
the M. w. A. The sermon will be de-
livered by w. R. Hill.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
MISS LAURAINE MEAD.

The largest and most complete line
of engagement and wedding rings will
be found at w. o. SwENsoN's,
The Leading Jeweler
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Married.

CENTER -PEcINovsKY--A the home
of S. A. Converse, Tuesday evening,
June lst, by Rev. H. J. Hinman, DR..
Charles D. Center, of Quincy, ILL.,,
and Miss Louise Pecinovsky of Cresco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04

WE BAKE A BIG VARIETY
of bread, rolls, cakes and pastries. You
can have a new kind every day for
month if you like. Even if you are
fine baker your skill is necessarily
limited in its scope.
SUPPOSE YOU TRY OUR BAKING
if only as change from what you have
possibly grown tired of. When you
have tasted our fine bread, cakes, etc.,
it is more than probable you will see
how needless it is to bother with home
baking when ours is SO good and SO
varied.
THE NEW HOME BAKERY
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04

M. H. Tinker left Thursday morning
on trip to Minnesota.
For RENT The T. j. Gilmore residence.
Enquire of M. j. FLEMING.
N. A. Blackburn, Lawyer; office
opposite the National Bank.
DR.. w. T. DAILY, physician and
surgeon; Office over Glass's restaurant.
Purina Baby Chick Feed, 81 cents
per pound or $2.4O per cwt at Pecoy's.
For RENr-5-room cottage. W. E..
HAVEN, over Kellogg's Music
Store. 78tf.
E. E. Coppins and A. j. Evans have
opened moving picture show at lie
Roy, Mimi.
The standard bred sta llion, Foxneer
No. 49422, will make the season at
utton's barn.
WANTED-A girl to do general house
work. Enquire of Mrs. H. w. Shuttle
worth, Cresco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dawley were over
from Elma the first of the week, re-
turning Wednesday.
If you want a farm loan at low rate
of interest, see American Loan & Trust
Company, Cresco, la.
Ingvald Stensland, of Hutchinson,
Mimi, visited relatives at Saude and
Ridgeway this week.
james. Meikle was up from Frank
Vile the first of the week, a guest at
the home of his son, L. D. Meikle.
Mrs. Fred Goddard and little son, OF
Nekoosa, Wis, arrived last week for a
visit with relatives at Kendallville.
If you want to buy or sell Real Estate
call on Geo. H. Owens. Office over
First National Bank, Cresco, Iowa.
We are now carrying full line of
Single and Double Harnesses.
FITZGERALD & WOODS.
| DREssMAKING-On One and half blocks
west of Park Hotel corner.
Phone 268 MRS. w. H. MILLER.
For RENT-My six room cottage op-
posite Park Hotel.
MRS. FLORA SEARLEs.
For SALE-A Shetland pony one
year old. S. A. SUTTON,
r. F. D. No. 6, Cresco.
JUST ARRIvED-A nice assortment OF
Staver Twin Auto-seat buggies.
FITZGERALD & WOODS.
Drop in and see one of the Wagon
Box Spreaders. C. C. MCINTYRE,
59tf Agent.
c. A. Marshall, accompanied by his
wife, has been at Davenport this week
attending the Masonic grand lodge OF
Iowa.
The w. o. L. C. l. A., will hole
their next meeting at the home.of Mrs
w. K. Barker next Monday Afternoon
at 2:3O O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Elderkin left
Tuesday for visit Of several weeks
With relatives of the former residing
in Pennsylvania
John Vopava, from near Protivi1
called at the Plain Dealer Office the
first Of the week, and the P. D. will
visit him regularly hereafter.
| For SALE-Two good houses in Cres
Bargains. Address
| w. E. DoAN,
| Hopkinton, Iowa.
| For SALE-A 10-horse power gaso
line engine in good running order. 4
bargain if sold soon.
CREsCo NOVELTY Works.
If you want correct abstractlng dor
and cheap prices too, it will pay you t
see the American Loan & Trust Co.
before or aering your abstract.
| For No. ground oats and corn
cracked corn, home grown seed corn
and wheat and oats for chickens, cal
at the flour and feed store of F. A
Glass.
Mr.. S. PEGGY informs US he will b
granted a patent on his Mothers Re
! volving Work Basket and Display Stan
"a new and useful invention for tn
I housewife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thuerk, of Cresco, th
Micsao Macon apd Woroy, ond uanv
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
instruction In Music

/ am prepared to receive all of my
old pupils and any new ones desiring
instruction in music.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04

A most beautiful and up-to-date line
of Fine Umbrellas, Parasols and Hand:
bags will be found at
w. o. SwENsoN's, the Jeweler.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-04
Mrs. ]. Morgan.

Health is valuable asset for rich or
poor. Mrs. j. Morgan of Neosha Falls,
Kan, says she would not take $500 to
go back to where she was before TAX
ing DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. She
suffered from chronic Indigestion for
fifteen years and last winter she
thought she would surely die, but she
took this great herb laxative compound
and was cured. 1t is absolutely guar
anteed to.do what is claimed, and if
you want to try it before buying, send
your address for free sample bottle to
Pepsin Syrup Co., l19 Caldwell Bldg,
Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold by all drug
gists at Soc and 81. 90 bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
cHINA'S NEW REGIME.
Eleanor Franklin Egan Writes of It In
 May Everybody's.

The power of the Prince Regent of China, Tsai Feng, is almost, if not quite absolute as was that of the great Dow ager Empress. In a set of laws govern ing the regency issued by the grand sec retariat on December 13, 1908, appears the following: "The ordinances and cere- monies of the regent are of the most august character, and an imperial edfct should be requested setting time and designating officials to make the an nouncement at the temple of ancestors. The prince regent, also, should reverent- ly receive his commission and seal before the sacrlficial table of the great Empress Dowager. The government of the nation, military and civil, the dismissal and appointment of officials and their promotion and degradation are all left to the determination and decision of the prince regent
 The power of the new Empress Dow ager of China, widow of kuang Hsu, will probably prove to be negligible quanti- ty. She is not an Empress Mother and could therefore never hope to take the place left vacant by her predecessor, even if she had the personal strength and mentality of that great woman. The only mention that has been made of her since the death of the Emperor was in one of the laws governing the regency, in which the regent is given permission to consult with her If he should ever have occa- sion to do so But it is added: "Others shall not arrogate this privilege to them- selves and ask instructions of the Elm press Dowager nor shall they presume to transmit the same on their own author ity." This effectually annuls any power she might have hoped to wield and makes of her a mere reict living out her use less life In the narrow confines of the palace and awaiting her turn to take the fairy ride and ascend to the far coun- fry