Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-26

James C. Evans, of Caledonia, MINI.
spent few days of the past week Wis
iting at the home of his brother, A. j..
and with other Cresco relatives anc
friends. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Amandus Schneider,
of West Union, and Geo. Adams and
family, of McIntire, arrived Wednes.
day to spend Christmas at the Frank
Miller home.
August Bandle autoed over from
Alta Vista on Tuesday bringing his
daughter Leona who will visit at the
Rev. Pless home while taking treat
! ment of S. Callison for her eyes.
Dell Berry arrived last week from
ShuIlsburg, Wis, where he has been
for several years in the employ of a
lead company, for stay of indefinite
length at the home of his mother.
Elmer Woodward, of Cohagen, Mon
tana, who was called to Bonair by the
illness of his father, returned home
last Thursday, going by way of his
former home at Dell Rapids, S. D. :.
SrRAYED-A Collie Shepherd dog,
yellow and white stripe in face, about
18 months old. Reward for informa-
ton resulting in its recovery
WILL DREW, Rt. ], Cresco, la.
Soon after the first of the year, Mil
Ter Bros, the undertakers, will occu-
py the building now occupied by the
Palm Cafe. In addition to their under
taking business they will carry stock
of furniture.
A. G. Genshow is confined to his
home with broken leg, both bones
being fractured above the ankle. The
injury was incurred several days ago
while e;ndeavoring to quiet customer
in his restaurant with too large load
of booze.
The Howard County Medical Asso-
citation held its annual meeting last
Tuesday morning with most of the
physicians of the county in attendance.
DR.. Warren, of Chester, was elected
president, DR.. DAILY, vice-president and
DR.. Hess secretary and treasurer.
The home talent party that was ad-
vertised to be given in the Odd Eel
lows hall by the Epworth League 'will
be postponed until the day after New
Years, the evening of Jan. 2, 1914, at
O'Clock. This play, 1.-The Elopement
of Ellen" is to be given for the pur-
pose of adding to the piano fund.
Your Csc will help. Friday evening
January End.
The armory has been sold but not to
Ransom White as reported in the Plain
Dealer of last week. He made an
offer on the building but before the d.
rectors of the Armory association
agreed on the sale, Messrs Ohmacht &
Zimmerman raised the price to high
er figure than White offered and
secured the property which will be
used as garage and work shop. Pos.
session is given Dec. 30th, but the
building will not be occupied by its
new owners until next spring.
An employee at the Robinson laundry
caused considerable CONSERVATION on
West Main street early Saturday
morning by manufacturing a little
earthquake of his own. He mistook
some gasoline for kerosene and tucked
it into the fireplace Of the boiler to
start the fire. The explosion that
promptly followed blew out the front
of the building, bulged the back end
and Jared the block But odd to say,
the promoter of the affair escaped in
Jury, but he was scared stiff. Wat
kon Democrat.
Walter Kline, a former Cresco boy
who learned the printers trade in the
Times office and for the past Is years
has been employed in the Twin Cities,
passed away last Saturday at the Ma
tional Printers Home at Colorado
Springs, where he had been taken
about three weeks previously in hope
of relief from asthma, from which he
has been a sufferer for several years.
He was about so years of age and
leaves wife and daughter. A. w.
Gillette and Mrs. J. H. Beadle went
up to Minneapolis to attend the
funeral. 1911!