Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-13

Owen Murray wishes to thank tn
M. w. A. of Cresco for the flower
sent him during his stay at the hospi
tai. Mr.. Murray went home Saturda!
considerably improved in health.
Mrs. S. w. Harris and Mrs. Chas
Yates left Monday afternoon for Mus
catine, Iowa, where they go as dele
gates to the W. r. c. convention
which convenes there this week.
Good threshing machine for salt
including engine, separator, etc, all il
good condition On sale for 80 days
only. Enquire of
SToCKMAN & MACARTHUR.
DR.. Kessel left Sunday night for :
trip to Chicago From there he goes
to Grinnell, Iowa, to be present at the
graduation of his daughter, Miss
Martha, who finishes her course there
this week.
Mrs. B. p. Evans and daughter
Mrs. DR.. Damon, Mrs. B. F. ! avis
and Mrs. j. Fl. Jones went to Lime
Springs Monday to attend the funera
of Daniel John, which was held Mon
day afternoon.
Marriage licenses were issued during
the past week to Frederick H. Luh.
man. age 20, Chester, and Vera B.
burns, 20 Lime Springs; and Johnnie
o. Natvig, q, and Clara A. Trieder,
81, both of Cresco.
Mrs. William Herzog and two
daughters, and Miss Lucy Schaefet
left Monday afternoon for visit with
rela tives at Fl. Atkinson. Miss
Schaefer will also visit in Ossian be-
fore her return home.
Chas. Mckay, of Harmony, under
went very serious operation at Mercy
Hospital Sunday morning, at which
time he suffered the removal of one of
his kidneys. At this writing he is i'm
proving as well as could be expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Perry drove to
Cresco last week to visit Mrs. Perry's
sister,. Mrs. Brownell went over to
Cresco Friday to visit at the Vance
home and be present at the graduation
of Vincent Vance from the High school
-Riceville Recorder.
Miss Jennie Gibbons, who has been
teaching in Montpelier, Idaho, the past
year arrived last Thursday morning
from Chicago where she has been
visiting her sister, for a visit at the T.
j. Gibbons home and with numerous
other friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. Joe Becker went to Austin
Monday for a brief visit with her
daughter, Miss Irma, who has been ill.
Mrs. Becker expects to leave to-mor-
row for Westbourne, Canada, for a
visit with her two daughters, Miss
Lora and Mrs. A. J. Taft and family.
Mrs. DR.. Sanford and two children
of Pennington. Mimi. and Miss Tassie
Richards who has been teaching at
Devils Lake. N. D., came last week
for visit with her parents, w. l..
Richards and wife, DR.. Sanford came
Saturday night to join them in their
visit.
Clark Miles who is taking a course
in the Forestry " Department at the
University of Minnesota, came last
week for a visit with his mother, Mrs.
Fred Miles, at the S. S. Culver home.
He expects to return Tuesday to
northern Minnesota where he will con-
tinue his studies.
Tom Jores who has been visiting
Lime Springs relatives since the con-
ference meet at Minneapolis, was the
guest of Cresco relatives Saturday.
Mr.. Jones will return Thursday to the
University at Columbia, Mo-, where he
will be one of the instructors at the
summer school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deforest Thayer, who
have been visiting her mother. Mrs.
Susie Jones, completed their visit here
and left for visit with Mr.. Thayer's
brother Charles at. Mason City, and
the M. L. Thayer family at Clear
Lake, Iowa, before returning to their
home at Kansas City, Mo.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Taft were called
from Monticello, Mimi, by the serious
illness of the formers mother, Mrs.
Mary Taft, who has been confined to
her bed for the past two weeks and on
Saturday suffered second paralytic
attack. Mr.. Taft arrived on Friday
and Mrs. Taft on Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. Will Mayo and daugh-
ter Phoebe, and Louie West, autoed
down from Rochester, Saturday, the
DR.. being called here for consultation
with DR.. Kessel at Mercy Hospital,
and performing two operations.
The party returned home Sunday, Mrs.
DR.. Kessel accompanying them for
visit with friends there.
Miss Violet Libbey was a Cresco Wis
itor last Monday Mrs. Jacob Butt
was at Cresco yesterday. -. Miss An
ME Ellingson and Mrs. A. C. Ellingson
were Cresco visitors yesterday. Mrs
A. W. Dorm. daughter Winnifred, and
Elsie Hess drove down from Cresco
yesterday to visit at the j. w. Griffith