Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-11-30
ELMA.

rather Gum was business caller il
Rlcevllle Thursday evening. He re
turned to Elma Friday afternoon.
Elizabeth eastman spent a few dav.
the first of the week with her sistel
Mrs. Fair of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Croker spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Casey south of town.
Tom eastman was business Gale,
in Elma Friday.
Willard Stringer was up from Alta
Vista one day last week. MIR. Stringer
is employed in Waterloo and came up
to spend Thanksgiving with relatives
III Elma and Alta Vista.
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Torpey came I'M
Monday evening from New Hampton
for a brief visit at the home of Mrs.
Iorpey's mother Mrs. Ellen Nah ,nev.
They returned Tuesday morning.
Verna Doyle of Waterloo is visit
ing relatives and friends in Elma and
Alta Vista this week. She came up to
attend the O'Nel Tierney wedding
which took place last Wednesday.
Sister M. Frances left here Wednes-
day afternoon for Charles City where
she went to spend Thanksgiving with
her mother.
Lucy Hendricks of Riceville spent
Wednesday afternoon in town visiting
with friends.
Charles Rowley spent few days
last week with friends in Dennison.
Iowa. He returned Friday.
Cecilia Huber came from Waterloo
to spend Thanksgiving with her par
ents at this place.
Leo Ryan who has been employed in
Mason City for some time spent a few
days last week with his parents in
Elma.
Sarah Brennan of St. Paul who is at
tending the |. C. A. at this place left
here Wednesday for her home where
she will spend a few days with her
parents.
A large crowd attended the Mantz-
Locke dance in the opera house Wed.
nesday evening and all report fine
time.
Mrs. Jane Sullivan is spending few
days in the country this week with her
son Kay and her daughter Mrs. Glen
eastman of Cecilia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Noonan spent
Thanksgiving at the William Owens
home in Elma.
Rev. j. j. O'Brien of Riceville spent
Tuesday afternoon in Elma guest of
Rev. Father Gum.
MIR. Mccain of St. Paul is spending
few days this week with his cousin
Mr.. W. j. Murray.
Elizabeth Jordan went to McIntire
Wednesday evening to spend Thanks
giving at her home.
Norma McCusker spent Thanksgiv-
ing IN the country at the home of her
cousin Mrs. Patrick Riley.
Misses Mabel and Eva Roche came
down from Austin, Mimi. last week to
attend the Roche Riley wedding. Miss
Mabel returned Saturday but Eva
stayed to spend Thanksgiving at the
parental home.
Mrs. Ed Hughes and sons Donald
and Neil came up from Chickasaw last
Friday evening for short visit with
the Rowley and Howard families. They
returned to their home on Monday.
Mrs. Cole Costello, nee Mae English
came down from Minneapolis last week
to spend Thanksgiving with her par
ents.
Eva Tierney is spen ling her vaca-
ton with her mother and sister of
Elma this week.
The Mission held at Cecilia last week
was a grand success. A very large
crowd filled the church every evening
and their attention was held by the
eloquent lectures of Rev. Father
Enth = L.
ablest speakers of the times. He be
longs to the same order as did the
jesuit Father that held the Mission in
Elma last year: A large crowd from
Elma attended his lectures several
evenings during the Mission.
Nettie Ries came up from New
Hampton for visit with her friend
Hortense Gallagher last Wednesday
evening. She returned to her home
Thursday afternoon.
Pierce eastman spent few DAYS
last week at the I. eastman home.
Miss Katie Murphy of Rockford,
ILL.,, is the guest of her grandmother
Mrs. Catherine Ryan. Miss Murphy is
teacher at the public school in West
Union.
Loretta Conway and Cassie Keefe
who have been attending school ii
Cedar Falls at the State Normal came
up Tuesday evening to spend Thanks
giving with their parents.
E. II. Porter went to Oelwein las
Wednesday evening to spend Thanks
giving at his home. He returned Fri
day morning.
D. j. O'Donnell went to Chicago tn,
first of the week to attend to bust
ness transaction and to visit with rela
tives at that place.
Hiram Boni is here visiting with hi
many friends and relatives this week
Oscar Scheutz of New Hampton wal
a visitor last Wednesday evening. III,
visited friends and also attended tn,
dance in the opera house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Richmond an,
family of Riceville spent Thanksgiv
ing at the home of Mr.. Richmond
brother Ezra of this place. They re
turned to Ricevile on the evening
train Thursday.
Harry eastman was an Elma Gale
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. S. V. Chapman entertained he
mother and sisters last week. He
mother Mrs. Elmlra Richards lives a
Mcintosh, S. d. One of her sisters
Mrs. Bessie Clemmensen is also of Nc
lntosh. The other sister, Mrs. Netti,
Scott and little daughter Moxlne, liv
T at Cedar Rapids. They have all re
turned to their homes
d. j. O'Donnell returned home Sat