Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-26
COUNTY NEWS
LIME SPRING.

LIME SPRlNG.
Twelve degrees below zero was not
so bad the first day of spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Horton went to
Cresco Thursday to visit friends.
Miss Madge Perry came from Cresco
Friday.
John H. Jones was a Cresco visitor
Wednesday.
Rev. Burns, Free Methodist pastor
at Plymouth, was calling on friends
Wednesday.
Edgar Potts and daughter left We'd
nesday for Mason City and other points
to visit friends.
Mrs. Owen Jones, of Chester, has
been visiting friends a few days re-
turned home Saturday.
Mrs. Capper and Mrs Thomas, of
| Chester, was down on business Satur-
day.
Miss Rose May Jones was at Cresco
Wednesday.
D. w. Haven and wife it Monday
for Coco, Cal, where they expect to
live.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Thomas was the scene of social gath
ering Wednesday, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. w. 0. Thomas. A very pleasant
time is reported
A number of ladies were entertained
at the Methodist parsonage Friday.
The location of our new creamery is
not yet decided upon, but it is likely to
be at the end of Main street near
where the ice house has been built. 1t
is expected work will begin soon as the
contractor is on the ground and the
brick have been ordered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Thomas came
from Minot N. D., with the remains
of their year old son who died with
pneumonia. The funeral was held in
the WEIGH church Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Hugh L. Jones left Monday to
visit her parents in st. Peter, Mimi.
Lizzie Parchman returned home Sun
day evening after an over Sunday visit
with friends.
Richard Williams has returned from
Minneapolis.
Everybody ought to hear the negro
singers in the Methodist church. April
3rd.
the question of waterworks.
Il. Fl. Jones, of Bristol, is very sick.
His brother has come from Mank alto to
visit him.
Jay Roberts came down from Chest,
er on business. Friday.
Miss Florence Powell, after spending
few weeks in town, returned Monday
to Minneapolis where she will work du-
ring the summer
Chester Wednesday.
Biney Wells reports that the. watch
he lost has been recovered. A man
who saw the notice in the paper re-
turned the watch to him. 1t pays to
advertise.
A large number Of Herman Parch-
mans friends went down to help him
celebrate his silver wedding in Cresco
Thursday Among the number were
Herman Lidtke and wife, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Parchman.
Mrs. Nina Burns, from Aurora, S.
D., is visiting friends in Lime Springs.
Miss Annie Princen who has been in
the Cresco hospital for sometime, re-
turned Thursday.
Miss ona Black came home from
Cresco where she has been teaching
school. She is enjoying a vacation
now.
Will Roberts came up from DEBORAH
Friday.
Miss Bertha Dahl, who is teaching in
York, was in town Saturday on her
way to Hayfield, MINI. She has
weeks vacation.
Miss Emma Parchman came up Sat
urday from Cresco to visit friends.
Miss Frances Ellwood left Saturday
for Mt. Vernon, where she has been
attending school.
After several months contest in vot
ing and gathering votes for the pony
offered by w. o. Thomas & Son, the
final hour came Saturday at 2 p. m,
when one boy, Willard Horton. was
made happy, he being the one who had
the most votes. A goodly number of
boys and girls felt sad because their
hopes had been blighted.
Fred Younkers, of Meadville. Pa,
Ferdinand and Charles Younkers, of
Fox Lake, Wis, have been in town
visiting at the home:of "Biney'' Wells.
The Younkers are brothers of Mrs.
Wells.
Mrs. Hoopman was down from Chest
er, Wednesday.
Miss Rita Stevens was Cresco visit
or, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Woodland, of
Sioux Falls, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Babcock,
of Glendale, S.. D., came Thursday to
visit friends on their way home from
Cresco where they had been attending
the funeral of j. W. Woodland.
Mrs. Rev. Hughes was a Cresco
visitor, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Thomas, OF Minot,
N. d.. who are visiting friends here,
went to Cresco, Friday.
Miss Josie Taraldson was a Cresco
visitor, Friday.
L. B. Thomas, who came to attend
the funeral, returned to McIntire, Fri
day.
ORLEANS.
Mrs. Frank Lickteig and daughter