Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-09-24
COUNTY NEWS
LIME SPRINGS.

A. Wells was a Chester visitor, be-
tween trains.
o. H. Bush. was a Cresco visitor,
last week.
Frank Morrison, of West Union, was
in town calling on friends.
The Welch Cavanistic Metho list
church has received coat of paint
that makes it look as good as new.
Mrs. o. H. Bush and Mrs. Joe
Smith. who have been in Canada visit
ing friends, returned home last week.
Rev. Williams writes home that he
is enjoying himself greatly. He has
had to contend with blizzard and the
ground was covered with snow.
Rev. Maxwell closed the conference
year Sabbath evening and left for Mar
shalltown, Friday, to spend the week
attending conference. There will be
no preaching service in the Methodist
church next Sabbath.
Fred Maurer has hauled in his hay
crop and shipped it to Chicago; Mr..
Jones did the bailing.
Mr.. Hubbard rejoices in another
addition to his family; this time it is a
girl, and all are doing well.
Mr.. Leary, of the Gilchrist Elevator
Co., spent fewshours in town on busi-
ness, last week.
DR.. Plummer was up from Cresco,
Thursday, calling upon his brother.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Thom-
as. son. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas are
we'll known in Lime Springs; they now
reside in Chicago.
Mr.. Converse was up from Cresco in
the interests of the Short Course to be
held in that city this winter.
Fred Gates arrived in town from
Montana where he has been for some
time. He reports the Lime Springs
folks to be prosperous, and the crops
this year are fine.
The council held a business meeting
Thursday evening. After some discus
! sion, the contract for boiler and pipes
for the street was let to a Fort Dodge
company. The sum was 50, 400.
Mrs. r. w. Davis was at Cresco Fri
day, between trains.
Mrs. L. P. Sanborn is visiting at the
home of her daughter.
The men who are sinking the city
we'll, after weeks effort to draw up
the bucket that became wedged in the
tubing 80 feet in the ground, were sue
cessful Friday evening.
There was one addition to the Metho
dist church last Sabbath.
M. Converse was up from Cresco in
the interests of the short course to be
held in that city this winter.
Mrs. King, Mrs. Knudsen, Mr.. and
Mrs Del Horton were Cresco visitors
Thursday.
Geo. johnson took drive overland
to Upton to visit friends for a few
days.
John Davis is sinking a well opposite
the Presbyterian church. Mr.. Bald
win, of Chester, is doing the work.
Mr.. Davis expects to Guild a stable in
the near future.
John Thomas returned from Mime
apolis, after few days visiting friends
G. A. Jones was down from Mime
apolis visiting his father a few days,
returning Thur day.
MIR. and Mrs. Curtis Chapman came
up from Upton to visit at the home of
Mr.. Hill south of town.
There was picnic down at the river
Saturday evening. The weather was
not of the picnic variety, but the
young folks did not care for that. The
following persons from Cresco were
there: The Misses Reid. McCook,
Kratz and Mr.. Wells. From Lime
Springs were Prof. Jordon, Misses Pro-
basco, Sullivan, Owens, Messrs O'Con-
nor, Cray. Harrison. Davis and Neil
Miller. They had a fine time.
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Hughes, who have been visiting in
Wales, returned Saturday morning.
p. M. Woods and wife returned from
Austin Sunday evening. They were
visiting friends and taking in the sights
at the fair.
Mrs. A. r. johnson is the owner of
fine new piano.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powell, who have been
in town few days visiting friends, de-
parted for Minneapolis Monday where
they reside.
Lester Moore went to Cresco to work
in the Times office. Lester has devel.
oped into quite newspaper man. He
spent few days at home with his
parents.
H. w. Owens and wife. after few
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turned last week.
Earl O'Connor was "a Cresco visitor
Sunday.
Miss Westby. of Cresco, was an
over Sunday visitor at the home of
Miss Josie Taraldson.
Miss Bell Petit came down from
Austin for an over Sunday visit with
her mother.
After few daysvisit with friends in
Illinois Mr.. Carlson and his two boys
returned home Friiay.
Rev. r. v. Griffith, who at one time
was pastor of the Welch church,
preached in the WEIGH church Sunday
evening. His friends are pleased to
see he has recovered somewhat from
his recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Nichols were
visiting at the home of r. w. Hughes
over Sunday.
r. Davis and w, W. Williams depar-
ted for Canada. They expect to spend
few days seeing the sights there.
Oscar STRAIN has gone to spend the
winter in California. Quite number
of our citizens are planning to spend
their last days in that land of sun
shine. They have invested in land
with the idea of moving there to live.
John Mouw. Sadie Bush, Floyd Bush,
and Josie Island, went to Decorah to
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