Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-03
COUNTY NEWS.
OTTER CREEK CLIPPINGS

OTTER CREEK CLlPPlNGS
| June brides have vanished and ont
half of 1914 is gone.
The Meeting Of the W. NJ. S. of tn
Evangelical church will be at the HON
of Mrs. VIM. Kratz, of Cresco, mex
week Wednesday afternoon.
Preparations are being made to oh
serve Children's Day in our variou
churches in the near future.
The contestants for the Plain Deale
auto are on the home stretch. Tn
nearer the goal the harder they all at
tempt to reach it first.
The auto fever claimed another vic
tim last week when ]. j. Kreitzer pur
chased Ford from our local agent
Jim has been trying to master tn
thing since he received it, and succeed
ed fairly well. -
Amel Koch has the foundations com.
pleted for the new house and barn he
is going to build after harvest. Car.
penters from Spillville will have build
ings in charge at that time.
Sam Kuntz and some of J. G. Kirsch.
mans folks were out motoring on the
roads here last Sunday for pleasure,
sight seeing, etc.
Frank Kuntz, of DEBORAH sutoed up
in his REQ on Monday to greet friends
and acquaintance.
Rev. l.. N. Day and wife, of Cresco
were pleasant callers here last week one
evening, then taking the night passen-
ger for Winona, Ind, to attend sum-
mer school of missions. They will be
gone about ten days.
Corn, in many fields has attained a
growth of about three feet or more.
and farmers are cultivating same for
the last time.
John Hopperstad and family from
near Ridgeway were pleasant callers
west of the river last Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Winfield Kratz dined
with the latter's parents MIR. and Mrs.
N. Armstrong, of Ridgeway last Sun.
day, also passing the balance of the
day together.
The German NJ. E. people will hold
their Sunday School picnic at the river
near the home of J. G. Kirschman this
week Saturday. Everybody come and
have good time.
John Butz land his helpers on the
road grader were at Protivin last
Thursday afternoon to get the share
on their grader sharpened. At the
present time they are grading the
roads southwest of Ridgeway.
uMrs. Theo. Kratz has been visiting
her daughter Mrs. Dan Kruger, of
Florenceville, Howard Co., since last
week Thursday. and while they made
the acquaintance of neSly arrived
granddaughter number two, of which
the parents are very proud
Mike Kratz's folks were pleasant
callers at Cresco last week Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Hornberger and
Charley were pleasant Sunday after
noon callers at the G. Schild home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch and Miss
Leona were callers at Cresco last week
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kratz, Wesley
and Walter autoed 10 Fl. Atkinson last
Sunday to spend the day visiting some
of their relatives down there
Albert Milk and family autoed to
Protivin last Sunday morning to attend
church services and greet friends and
acquaintance.
Sam kuntz near Ridgeway Is going
to have the electric lights installed in
to bis new residence. r. Griswold, of
Ridgeway will do the work for him.
Theo. Kratz and fsmily autoed up to
Florenceville last Sunday to spend the
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Krue-
ger. ILL.,
j.. Kalashek's hired man had a
runaway last week one day. The team
ne was driving took fright at an en-
CINE used on the road grader. run
away and dragged him through several
barb wire fences, cutting him up quite
badly. He was rushed to Cresco by
Fred Butz in his Ford car when phys
ician at once treated his wounds. The
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