davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
Duroc Jersey Swine for Sale.

Fifty head of young boars and gifts,
one yearling boar, prize winner and
a few yearling sows due to farrow
soon. These hogs are of the same
good size and quality that won sweep
stakes over all breeds for our herd at
the recent Winneshiek county and
Fillmore county fairs. We have bar
gains for quick, buyers as our corn was
destroyed by hail, and stock must be
reduced at once. Farm on state line,
one mile southwest of Prosper.
G. H. WILLsIE, Prosper, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
IN PROBATE.

In the District Court of the state of Iowa. in
and for Howard County.
In the Matter OF the Estate of
John Makovec, Deceased.
Notice OF appointment of Administrator
With the VIII Annexed.
TO Whom 1t May Concerns:
Notice Is hereby given that the under.
signed has been appointed and has qlaIIli ed
as administrator with the will annex ed
Of the estate OF John Makovec late
of Howard County, Iowa. deceased. An per-
sons In any manner indebted to said dcceas-
ed or his estate will make payment to the I'M
dersigned: and those having claims against
said deceased or his estate vii present them
In manner and form rs Il, law required. for
allows nce and payment.
Dated this 18th day OF October, A, d. 1911.
JOHN KAkAC,
Administrators with the will annex ed
Of said estate.
Reed 4 Pergler,
Attorneys for Administrator.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
Zapata's Campaign Thrives In Mexico
In Spite Of the Government.


Mexico City, Oct. 23.-Two bridges
blown out on the Inter Oceanic rail
road, one station burned and two small
battles with federal troops is one days
record of the Zapata campaign.
The apparent inability Of the gov.
eminent 20 capture Zapata or to put
down his insurrection leads to the be-
lief that the paciflcation of the south
will remain for Madero when he as.
sumes the presidency next month.
The new executive also must deal
with five other uprisings.
The bridge destroying and burning
expedition occurred near the state line
of Morales and Mexico. The station
at Nepantla was burned. A train load
of troops was sent to the raided dis.
trict from Cuacutla. The skirmishes
were at Tetictlics and San Vicente in
Morales. The rebels were defeated
but fatalities were small.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
Masons Remember Albert Pike.

Washington, Oct. 23.-More than a
hundred Scottish Rite MasOns, who
have been attending the biennial con-
Glove here joined in pilgrimage OF
tribute to General Albert Pike, and
placed floral wreath on his grave at
Glenwood cemetery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
DRY FARMING CONGRESS ENDED
Farm Women Elect MinneapoIitan on
Executive Committee.


Colorado Springs. Oct. 21.-The
sixth annual convention of the Inter
national Dry Farming congress and
the first of the international congress
of farm women came to close. Four
teen hundred delegates registered fol-
both congresses during the week. The
congress of farm women elected Mrs
Leslie Stavert, Winnipeg, Canada
president; Miss Irma Matthews, Okla.
homa City, first vice president; Mrs.
Clark w. Kelley, Devils Lake, N. D..
second vice president; Mrs. John D..
Widtsee, Logan, Utah, third vice presi'
dent; Mrs. John T. Burns, Colorado
Springs, secretary-treasurer.
The executive committee includes:
Miss Jennie Buell., Ann Arbor, Mich;
Mrs. Stevens, Nebraska; Miss Bull.
Minneapolis; Mrs. J. F. Sheppard, Far
20. N. D., and Miss Cora Mines, Win
nipeg, Canada.
iNsURREcTIoN HEAD ELUSIVE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
The Deadly Auto.

Warren, Pa, Oct. 23.-Dr. James
A. Gass and Mrs. Gass of Shehield.
Pa, were killed when a locomotive
struck their automobile at Stoneham.
five miles from here. A 10-year-old
son, Fred, a deaf mute. escaped in.
Jury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
Uuitarians At Washington.

Washington, Oct. 23.-More than
1900 Unitarians, including laymen
and leading clergy, are here for the
twenty-fourth national conference OF
the church.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
For SHE.

100 Duroc Jersey pigs that were far
rowed in March and April. These pigs
are sired by BIS Model No. 97439, is
thief No. l045S9 and Calmar Roy No.
104587. We furnish papers with every
pig sold. Write, or better come and
see them
MRS JOS. BoUsKA & Sons,
r No. 2. Calnar, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
FIGHTING At eEncHAzl SAVAGE.

Turks RepuI6ed BY Italians After
Fierce Onslaught on Camp.
Tripoli, Oct. %. - The fighting at
Benghazi, e. between the Italians and
the Turks, has been Of the fiercest
character. After an engagement which
lasted all day, Oct. 10. the Turks
returned to the charge during the
night. They made a savage onslaught
upon the Italian camp but were re-
pulsed. The Turkish losses were very
heavy and the Italian dead numbered
not less than 100.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Nine acres of land with good build
ngs, 81 miles south of Cresco For
particulars call on ANDREW SMITH,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27

eIkS New home IN 0otndW.
New York, Oct. 23.-Members of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
are gathering here from almost every
state to attend the dedication of q
new home for the mother lodge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27
u. u. NlURPIIY.

Attorney for Plaintiff.
The foregoing original notice collected
from the averments OF the petition men,
toned therein Is hereby approved by ME
and ordered published for u period of four
consecutive weeks In the Cresco plain Dealer
weekly newspaper published at Cresco.
Howard county, Iowa, the last publication
to be not less than ten days before the first
day Of said term.
Witness my hand this 2lst day OF October.
1911. a. n. lIOBSON,
Judge 18th Judicial District of Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-10-27

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07

to bring suit against the company: he
was put off by the claim department
for over year, finally bringing the
matter to my attention and 1 prevailed
on the company to send the man
his So as the claim was a just one
Many instances of this kind are re-
ceived in the mail by the board, but
usually the applicant is Informed that
the board can do nothing, having no
jurisdiction in the premises. 1t is not
fair, because the man happens to be
poor and the claim small, that he
should be deprived of his just dues.
A law along these lines would result
in great benefit to the citizens of Kan
sas.
"I have always been stickler for
service and accommodations for the
travelling public, and am of the opin-
ion that the laws applicable to this
subject are sufficient, and I mean to
see to it during the next two years
roads in this state get good service.
Many branch lines need the attention,
also, of the board
Mr.. Ryan has been active as a mem
Der of the commission during the past
four years, and is entitled to the credit
for several rules and orders that have
resulted in convenience to the travel
ing public; the bulletining of the trains
was through an order suggested by
Ryan and this has resulted in much
SOou, recently, however. the OrQef mas
been allowed to lag and any new rule
looking toward an improvement in this
direction will be welcomed by the citi-
zens of Kansas who have already
shown their confidence in Ryan by Civ
ing him great, big majority for a
third term at the last election He is
an old-time telegrapher and a member
of the Order of Railroad Photographers,
an organization comprising about 50,-
900 members in the United States. and,
therefore, on account of his experience
in Geographic work, would be quail
fled to suggest rules for the movement
of trains
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ED HOWE HERE.
Atchison x-EditOr About to Publish
New Book.

Ed Howe, formerly of the Atchison
Globe, now OF Smiths Quarterly, hap
Ply as a clam, came over to Topeka
today from Atchison with an arnful
of manuscripts, which he turned over
, to Crane & Co. 1t is the material for
a new book, to be called Country
Town Sayings" which will include
many of the best paragraphs which
have made the Globe famous.
AS Mr.. Howe left home this morn
ing a member of the Globe staff hand
ed him a pocketful of subscriptions
that had come in over night to his
new magazine.
The New York World recently print
ed the following editorial about Mr..
Howe:
but he is more commonly known as Ed
Howe, and sometimes they call him Old
Ed Howe, although he is only fifty-six.
For thlrty-three years he has edited the
Daily Globe out in Atchison. Kan, and
now he is rich enough to quit work and
loaf with his soul.
According to New York standards,
Atchison is not much of town. Broad
way would be bored to death there in
fifteen minutes; but Ed Howe put Atchi-
son on the map and has kept it there year
in and year out. He is the spoiled child
lowed him to remain sane, presumably
in the belief that this eccentricity of
genius advertised the state. To show the
extent to which this coddling has been
carried, they even permitted him to dis
cuss the Osawatomie speech nationally
and intelligently.
Out in Kansas they are mighty fond of
Ed Howe, in spite of his incorrigible men
tai maturity, and the readers of every
exchange editor knows about the Atchi-
son Globe. The World reprints some OF
the Globe paragraphs on its editorial page
almost every day. But Ed Howe has
literary claims. too, entirely apart from
the hard day-labor of newspaper making.
He wrote a story once entitled 1.-The story
of a Country Town., and if the rewards
of literature bore any relation to merit,
sold.
We are glad Ed Howe is rich enough
to quit work. but we hope he makes
enough bad investments SO that he will
have to turn out an editorial or a para
graph from time to time, for we shall
miss him dreadfI1I1v
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PEARY TELLS HIS STORY
Explorer Appears Before a Congress
SionaI Committee.
w Washington,

Washington, Jan. Captain
Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer,
retold the story of his trip to the
frozen north at a hearing before a
subcommittee of the house committee
on naval affairs, the purpose being to
furnish proof of his attainment of the
North pole on April 6, 1909, in con-
nection with pending legislation for
national recognition of his achieve
ments.
He produced all of his original
memoranda. Cross examination by
Representative Macon of Arkansas,
who has announced his opposition to
recognition of the explorer, was de-
ferred on account of the time taken in
reading data. The committee ad-
journed until next Tuesday.
Mr.. Macon asked especial light on
sfthe thirty hours Pearv was at the
pole" and Mr.. Peary read from his
log book detailing his four hours
sleep, his journeying beyond and back
to the camp. Peary said he made no
entries in his book on his return, April
8, and not until the afternoon of
the 9th
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AND BEN PROMISED.
sShoreIy'' He Will Never Sell Liquor
Again.

Ben Jordan has promised to quit
peddling liquor for at least the fiftieth
time. He's a great promiser is Ben.
He has promised to go to the soldiers
home. He asked Judge Dana to dis
miss the charges against him and
promised never again to appear in
court charged with a crime. Judge
Dana looked solemnly at the prisoner
a minute and granted the request.
When Jordan entered the court room
this morning his head was bandaged
and he leaned heavily on his cane.
Carefully the old negro felt his way
along the corridors-for old Ben Jor-
dams eyes are not as strong as they
used to be. In the court room, John
Schenck, retiring county attorney, told
the court of Jordan's promise.
'sOld Ben was one Of the first men ]
prosecuted when came into the coun-
ty attorneys Office said Schenck, "he
has peddled booze as long as the old
est residents can remember He has
no excuses to make. He says, how
ever. if we will let him off this time
he will go to the soldiers home and
never return. That looks like a good
save Shawnee county a lot of money
Now. there's that welt on Ben's head.
1t shouldn't prejudice this court in the
least. That welt is the result of ceIe-
bration of Ben's eightieth birthday. This
is a good time to close up an old account
and / am in favor of it,
Jordan said the court. will you
promise that if we let you Off this time,
you will never, never come back?'
Homes yer honur,' said the old negro
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arrive, and this will result in not only
an accommodation to the travelling
public, but to the employees of the roads
as well, who are usually bothered to
death answering the telephone and
queries of passengers at the station.
If this plan is put into effect, and I
intend to suggest that it be inaugu-
rated, it will prove of great conven-
fence.
I'm travelling over the state I find
that the law with reference to riding
on freight trains is being ignored gen
orally. I know of one road who have
abandoned all their regular trains on
one division, and operates only extra
freight trains and in that way evade s
this law which requires all regular
freight trains except those carrying a
majority of live stock, to carry passen-
gers This is a good law, and if en-
forced will not bother the railroads,
but, on the other hand, will result in
a great convenience to the men who
are required to drive froEl town to
town in many sections of the state,
in order to cover their territory
"I hope this legislature will also give
serious consideration to a law giving
the commission power to adjust claims
of every description. 1 have in mind
an instance of a man who now lives in
Lawrence, who had a claim against the
railroad for breaking his tool chest
the claim amounted to about Sc. The
man was poor and could not afford
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annual tour of the state prison and the
impressed him that after visiting the
convicts he exercised wholesale Glenn
ency, paroling 100 long term prisoners,
forty of them convicted of homicide
and twenty being life convicts.
These are the lines of Byron which
so worked upon the governors hui
man sympathies that he sat down and
wrote out the documents liberating the
prisoners:
my hair is gray, but not with years,
Nor grew it white
In a single night,
AS mems have grown from sudden
NV limbs are bowed, though not with
toll,
But rusted with a vile repose,
For they have been a dungeons spoil,
And mine has been the fate of those
To whom the goodly earth and air
Are banned and barred-forbldden
fare
ST gave the matter careful consid-
eration,'' said the governor, land L
could find no good reason for keeping
these men who have served SO long
and so disastrously to their own
health and happiness"
These paroles are issued only TO
prisoners who have good prison rec
ords. and in practically every case
members of the board of pardons were
heartily in accord with them.
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IMPROVE THE SERVICE.
Mr.. Ryan Says This Should Be Effort
of Railroad Board.

Frank J. Ryan, member of the
present board of railway commission
ers, and who will on Monday next be
sworn into office for a third term,
talked to a State Journal representa-
tive yesterday about railway matters
of general interest to the people of
Kansas. Mr.. Ryan said: While the
question of freight rates is an impor-
! tant one, and should by no means be
| lost sight of, there is another matter
of great Importance to the travelling
public, and that is the problem of
getting better service on the various
railroads. Among the first things that
[ shall request of my new colleagues
is an order directed to the railroads,
requiring them to adopt the Michi-
gan plan of bulletining their trains.
The present plan of posting the ar
rival and departure of passenger trains
would be all right if the railroads
| themselves would observe it. but in
many places they absolutely ignore
| the order. Many times I have ar
rived at a station and inquired about
! the arrival of train, and was in
| formed that the train was, say, ten
minutes late, when in fact 1t would
be an hour, and some times three or
| four hours, before the train would ar
rive.
| 1.-THE Michigan plan requires that
| the railroads post in a conspicuous
place in their depots the time of ar
rival and departure of all passenger
trains and. if late, the time must show
| on the board how late it was at the
| station thirty or forty miles away. For
instance, a man goes to the depot 70
! take a train for Lawrence, and reads
| on the bulletin board No. IS thirty
minutes late Now the natural ques-
| ton is, Where is the train? Is it
| thirty minutes late at Dodge City or
| thirty minutes late out of Usage City
which is about thirty miles away from
/ Topeka?
| The Michigan plan reads, for in
stance. mo. 4 passed st. Maryis 40
minutes late, will arrive at Topeka 80
minutes late In that way a passen-
! ger knows exactly when the train will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
ALL CARS TIED UP.
Street Railway Traffic Halted by a
Broken Wire.

On account of a broken lead wire at
Fourth and Kansas avenue at 1:4O this
afternoon the Topeka railway lines were
tied up for twenty minutes. The break
was serious one and made it necessary
Tor every car in the city to remain still
whether on curve, across a street cross
ing or at the end of the line
The result was that hundreds of patrons
say IN their seats many blocks from their
oHlces waiting, GUESSING and praying that
was approached by a tardy stenographer
or clerk this afternoon and given an ex-
by this article.
All along Kansas avenue business men
and out of town people sat on their suit
cases and grips waiting for the cars to
the railway stations where a number of
AFTERNOON trains go east 20 Kansas City
and chicago. The Rock Island and Union
Pacific especially have many trains at
this hour. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
MATTE TROY CAUGHT.
Negro Woman. Charged With Murder,
Arrested at AtchiSon.

Matte Troy, the negro woman who
escaped from the asylum Monday
morning, was caught Friday afternoon
in Atchison, and was today returned to
Topeka. The woman escaped from the
asylum while the patients were march
ing to breakfast. She was scantily
clad and it was believed that she had
either frozen from exposure. or was
given assistance in her escape.
The Troy woman was arrested sew
eral monthes ago on a charge of pois-
oning an adopted son in order that
she might secure the payment of an
insurance policy, under which she was
beneficiary Before the trial Mrs.
Troy apparently lost her mind and was
sent to the osylum. 1t is probable that
she will be tried for the killing some
time in the coming session of the dis
friof court
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Il shorely PROMISE
..en this case is dismissed" said the
The little crowd in the court room this
morning smiled as old Ben Jordan walked
out OF he building. He is a relic of the
old days when liquor was easier to find.
When prohibition law began to pro-
laibit and whisky was hard to buy, Jordan
was one of the men who came boldly to
the front and helped provide a supply of
refreshments from over the line. He is
an old soldier and few days ago cele-
brated his eightieth birthday. This even
ing Jordan promises to start for Leaven-
worth, where he will stay for keeps in the
Soldiers, home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
PEACE IS DECLARED.
Deadlock in Tennessee Legislature
Comes to an End.

Nashville, Jan. Peace was declared
between the contending factions in the
lower house of the Tennessee legislature
this afternoon. 1t was agreed by both
sides that all contests be withdrawn The
insurgent members have signed an agree
ment to report at the bar of the house
next Monday morning and be sworn in
The poultry show closes tonight at
10 o'clock. When you come down
town, don't return home without see
ing the vests greatest poultry show
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co1lided during a fog here at o'clock
this morning, causing the death OF
two persons, DR.. K. Aking, dentist, OF
Dallas, and H. d. Reynolds, Pull
man conductor, of Austin.
Several persons on both trains were
slightly injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
weekly BanA Statement.

New York, Jan. THE statement OF
clearing house banks for the week Give
days. shows that the banks hold $500 900
more than the requirements of the 25 per
cent reserve rule. This is an increase of
81, 1858, 800 in the proportionate cash reserve
as compared with last week.
The statement follows:
DAILY AVERAGE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
HOLSTLAW RESIGNS.
Self Confessed Receiver of Bribe in
LOrimer Election.

Springfield ILL., Jan. 7.-Governor
Deneen this morning received a formal
letter of resignation from Senator D.. w.
HolstIaw of Iuka, who confessed to re-
ceiving bride in the I.orimer matter
Governor Deneen said he would present
Senator Holstlaw'5 letter to the senate
next Tuesday.
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Decrease.

The members of the family of Mrs.
Margaret J. Clark, deceased. wish t.
extend thanks to the many friends
who have offered their sympathy and
services during her long illness, and
also for the many beautiful floral Of
feringS. r. A. CLARK.
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Z. ~. pcnWeu
0ndertaker and Embalm0
S11 Quincy St.
Both Phones 102
Old Soldier Tortured.

For years 1 suffered unspeakable tor
ture from indigestion, constipation and
liver trouble" write A. K. Smith, war
veteran at Erie, Pa, but DR.. Kings New
Life Pills fixed me all right. They're
simply great" Try them for any stom-
ach, liver or kidney trouble. Only Csc at
Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-07
POEM, STILL PLEA
ByrOn's prisoner of Chillon"
Got 100 COnvicts Freedom.
Paroles Granted by Governor
Conner of Alabama.
Had GOOD RECORDS.
Board of PardOns in Accord
With Executive Action.
Twenty Of Number We're Under
Sentence for Life.
HAD GOOD RECORDS

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. THE 9TH
er day Governor B. B. Conner. who
likes poetry. picked up Lord Byron's
works and read '"The Prisoner of Chill
lon He was about to start on his