Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-26
HOWARD IOWA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 1911

]. Mrs. A. o. Elvidge came up from
Dubuque to see her sister, Mrs. S. G
Twamley, who is patient at Mercy
hospital, returning home Friday. Alst
her brother Louis Bernatz and wife
from Ossian. and Mrs: M. Bernats
/ from Cedar Rapids. a,
L. H. Fleming and wife of Decorah,
T. l.. and w. R., of Mason City. M. C.
of Minneapolis, and J. F. of Chicago
arrived last Saturday for the annual
Christmas reunion of the Fleming
family at the home of their mother
near Plymouth Rock.
If you are thinking of buying, sell
ling or exchanging your farm for a
smaller one or a larger one, call in and
talk it over. possibly have just what
you want. GEO. H. OWENS,
Offices opposite Court House over Mott
e. Co.'S. Store Phones: Residence,
295; Office, 1854.
| Claude Morton has returned from his
trip to Virginia and says the talk of
cheap land in Virginia is all bosh-that
good land is high and hard to get and
that the cheap land ia worthless.
Curtis Miller, who accompanied Mr..
Morton, is still visiting relatives in
New York and Connecticut.
DR.. D. M. Parker is to temporarily
supply the Cresco circuit made vacant
by the resignation of Rev. Irving
Melott. DR.. Parker expects during
the holidays, to hold at one of the
points, probably Kendallville, Bible
institute and plans to give it an evan
gelistic turn. -Fayette Reporter.
The members of Grace Episcopal
church will have their annual Christ
mas picnic supper and social evening
at the home of Miss Lauraine Mead,
Wednesday, Dec. q, at 7:lO o'clock.
All the members of the church and
members of the Guild are invited.
Bring your lunch baskets and your own
dishes.
A special meeting of the churches on
the Cresco circuit is called at the
Albion church Wednesday afternoon
Dec. 9th at 2 o'clock. All members
and friends of the church at Bonair,
KendallvIlle and Albion are requested
to be present to consult together and
form plans for the future work on the
circuit.
Arrangements are being made to
give program consisting of readings
and vocal and instrumental music in the
Albion NJ. E. church next Friday even
ing, December 29th. A large attend
ance is desired. No admission will be
charged, but free will offering will be
asked for the benefit of the Ladies Aid
Society.
r. P. DeCamp advises us of the
death of his father, VIM. DeCamp, on
Thursday night, Lee. 2lst, at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. E. Cleveland, at
Waukesha, Wis.,, aged Sc years. He is
survived by four sons and three daugh-
ters. The funeral was held yesterday
with burial in the family lot at Wau-
watosa, Wisconsin.
Mrs. M. A. Williams underwent
surgical operation for cancer at the
Cresco hospital Wednesday, her son
Arthur and daughter, Mrs. F. N.
Meyers being with her during the try
ing ordeal. The results thus far are
very satisfactory; she rallied we'll from
the operation and is getting along
nicely. A host of friends, both old
and young in LIE Roy hope that she
may be restored to good health once
more, and the Independent joins them
in extending her the seasons greetings
while she is compelled to pass this
Christmas day away from her family
and loved ones.-Le Roy Independent.
w. M. Lemon of Beaulieu, Mimi,
and James B. Lemon of Mair, Sas-
katchewan, Canada, who with their
families are visiting relatives in this
vicinity, called on the Plain Dealer, the
former to show some potato and corn
samples from his farm. The potatoes
were monsters, weighing over lbs.
each, smooth and said to run all of
good quality. A small patch Of pota-
toes dug by Mr.. Lemon yielded at the
rate of 400 bushels per acre. The corn
was hardly up to the Iowa standard
but was good enough to show that
with average seasons, good feeding
corn can be grown we'll up to the
Canada line.