davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Will Commence Work at Once.

Owing to the vagueness of many
details in the architects plans for the
new opera house, no contractor would
make straight bid on the work, and
after considerable discussion. the job
was given to Martin Johnson on a per-
centage basis; that is he will superin-
tend the work under the control of the
building committee, and will receive a
small percentage of the total cost of
the building as compensation for his
services. We believe this plan will be
highly satisfactory to all, as it assures
the erection of the building at practic-
ally actual cost, and gives the commit
tee the benefit of the advice and assist
ance of competent and economical
contractor.
1t is planned to commence work on
the foundation footings to-day, and the
work will be pushed thereafter as
rapidly as possible.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
COUNTY NEWS
SCHLEY

MIR. and Mrs. Severt Knutson, Car.
rie and Inez Rethamel and Bert Rein
hart spent Sunday evening at the Fred
Rethamel home.
T. J. Hooper and son Vern were
Cresco callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Fosse attended
the Chautauqua at Cresco Saturday
night. sE
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Derr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Derr and baby, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Bilek, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
! Derr and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ohmacht and children spent Sunday at
the John Bilek home near Maple Leaf.
Fred Decker and family called at
the T. J. Hooper home Sunday after
noon.
Geo. "Opens spent Sunday at the
Henry Rethamel home with his wife
and family.
Mrs. H. S. Ohmacht and children
and Edna Evert from St. Cloud, Mimi,
are spending the week with the John
Onmacht family. ;
Joe Barnes transacted business at
Cresco Saturday.
Mrs. James Ondrasek and father
MIR. Malek attended Chautauqua at
Cresco Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris spent
Sunday at the John Harris home.
Louis Derr took in the Chautauqua
at Cresco Saturday night.
w. Chitek and Louis Ondrasek and
lady friends attended the dance near
Saratoga Tuesday night.
A heavy wind storm passed over our
locality Tuesday night, breaking off q
large number Of trees and wind mill
towers, but otherwise not much dam.
age was done.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
OBITUARY..

Evelyn Leone, infant daughter ot
Lester and Mabel Walker. was born a,
Howard Center March 2l, 1914, and
passed away June %, 1914, aged three
months and one day.
Funeral services were held at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dingel
Tuesday afternoon, June %, at two
o'clock. and interment was made in
the Howard Center cemetery, Rev
Meyers sof Bonair, officiating. The
breaved ones have the sympathy of the
community and their many friends.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to all the friends who so kindly
assisted US during our recent bereave.
ment
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dinger.
Five gallons of gasoline for zoe at
our store-no delivery at this price.
F. C. WOELLsTEIN.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
DOUBLE VOTE OFFER
DURING THIS WEEK
The Plain Dealers Big Auto Contest Will
Close Friday, July 3rd.
During This Week Just Double the Regular Vote Schedule
Will be Given on All Subscriptions
Less Next Week.

Watch must so to this district regard.
less Of who wins the automobile.
Miss Lucy Letter, Bonair. !. .l36, 25(
Mrs. Morris Harrison, Chester. .92, 45C
Miss Edna Maurer, Chester. j.. .s3. SOC
Miss Rachel Kintz. Lime Sp'gs. Is, $50
Distr1cs No. 3.
Comprises all territory lying in
Howard county west Of District No. I
and south of the Riceville road. A
$50 Diamond Ring and SIS Gold
Watch must go 70 this district regard
less Of who wins the automobile.
Miss Mae Harris, Rt. 8. .235, 300
Miss Harriet Doherty, Rt. g.. .234, 800
Mrs. Louise Jarosh. Lime Spgs .23l, $50
Miss Maud Bigley, Lime Sp'gs. .224, $50
Miss Marie Kennedy, Elma. 90. .125, 100
District No. 4.
= Comprises all territory lying out
side OF Howard county. A $50 Dia-
mond Ring and SIS Gold Watch must
go to this district regardless Of who
wins the automobile.
Mrs. Mike Hruska, Rt. H.. :. 1886, 400
Miss Stella Fleming, Rt. .230, l5O
Miss Kathryn Walton, Rt. ...226, 45O
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Old Settlers Picnic.

The annual picnic will b, held at the
A. E. Bents grove on Saturday July 4.
No better way, no more restfuI way to
celebrate the 4th than to attend our
annual picnic Let every old settler in
this vicinity plan to be present. A
short program, with music to fit the
occasion, will add to the pleasure of the
day, with plenty of time for a good
old fashioned visit. Be there and list
en- to the tales of pioneer days, and
spin some yourself. Bring we'll filled
dinner baskets. Don't miss this an
nual gathering Come early.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26

new ideas of the wonders of electricity
and the small knowledge Of its possi.
bilities yet possessed by scientists.
His demonstrations of the storage of
light were the most interesting of all.
The demonstrations with the gyroscope
and its practical applications were
really marvellous. 1t is such lectures
as these that make the chautauqua of
value to community, for we confess
to little liking for the ''hot air" and
political buncomb of many chautauqua
lectures
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Methodist Church.
Absolutely Puro

The morning preaching service will
be in charge Of Rev. W. P. Stodard,
representative of the Methodist Hos.
pital at Des Moines. The Sunday
School will convene at 1l:3O, and it is
most desirable that each one shall plan
to be present. The Epworth League
will meet at 7:15, and will welcome all
her friends at the devotional meeting.
The evening preaching service will be
theo second Union service at the Con-
gregational church at 8. Prayer
meeting "Wednesday evening at 8 p.
m. Allare invited.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Chautauqua for Cresco In 1915.
VOL. Lv. NO. { :. a

At the closing session on Tuesday
evening, the superintendent announced
that although the Commercial Club had
been compelled to pay $50 deficit in
their guarantee of $l4OO in season tick.
cts sales. the Club had signed con.
tract for 1915 guaranteeing a season
4 ticket sale of 700 tickets at So each.
S.In addition to this number, the COM
%mittee will be furnished SO additional
tickets, the proceeds of which, if sold,
Ito be retained by the Club and used to
Realance the deficit pad by them during
khe past two years.
Taken as a whole, the Chautauqua
ave general satisfaction. The musical
eatures were the weakest, Quintano's S
: |and and the grand opera quartet be-
hg the favorites, and the only musical
l Spmbers possessing real musical merit.
The band was the equal-if not the
N erior-of the bands sent here by
Redpath people in the past. Quin-
ltadno's conducting was not so spectacu.
sslar as that of Thaviu and Kryl, but he
always had splendid command of his
producing some especially
Ssplendid effects from the bass section
| of the band.
Ex-senator Cannon's lecture on Nor
monism attracted more attention than
Others of the course. Born and reared
i'm the Mormon faith, he renounced it
on account of the treason of its teach
ings and its officials, Mr.. Canron put
ting his love for his citizenship in this
republic ebove his church. His state
ments concerning the control of the
Mormon church over the political poll
.cies and finances of the country were
astounding to many. We wonder how
many of Cannon's republican auditors
remember the efforts of Apostle-Sena-
tor Reed Smoot to retain the sugar
tariff for the mormon sugar trust so
that it might buy more ''chloroform"
for the Gentiles.
OF the feature lectures, those by the
R 4wei family and Montraviile Wood
and daughter, were highly enjoy able
and instructive, and left new ideas and
information with their audiences.
The lecture by the Raweis was
great argument for foreign missionary
work as we'll as a revelation of the
native intelligence which must have
been possessed by people who could
Heap from cannibalism to educated,
christian civilization in 60 years.
The experiments and demonstrations
hy Mr.. Wood and daughter gave many
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Please Explain.

In the county papers of May, Mr.. Thorn.
as Bohen advertised hail insurance at
cost and below, and stated that the
average cost for five years in the Home
Mutual was l6 cents per acre on ba.
sis of $1,000 per acre. That would
make an average of Sl6.0 per $1,000.
4 would like to have him explain how
| be, runs insurance below cost, and
where he gets the average of l6 when
the last state auditors report, page
ll3, gives the average cost per $1,000
for five years at $23.49, and on the
same page amount paid on losses a:
S2.33l.l2. Amount paid agents, ST..
1863 60. Amount paid officers, $4,000
Making SIG, 1863. GO paid agents and Of.
dcers against 81, 3Sl.12 paid the farm.
ers who were hailed out and had this
protection against hail. On page 1l9
OF the report the year before the
Home Mutual gives the average year.
ly cost per $1,000 at $26.S5. Paid
agents .$l4. 448.3 .36 and officers $4,000.
Office employees $2,2O2.OO making
$26, $50 36. Losses paid $l2, 1884, 70. Re.
ceipts from assessments $44, 67093. Is
this below cost? The state auditors
report for the same year on page l21
shows the Mutual Hail Ins. Assn. of
Des Moines receipts from assessments
$3l, 33l. 38. Losses paid $25,5SS 50.
Commission paid agents 50, 70O.2S Paid
officers So, 1885, 60. Office employees,
$868 80. would like to have the
Home Mutual agent show US how he
runs the insurance business below cost.
James N. Smith, County Agent
Mutual Hailst orm Ins. Assn. of
Des Moines, Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
District No. I.

Comprises all territory lying in the
townships of Albion, Vernon Spring.
and New Oregon. A $50 Diamond
Ring and SIS Gold Watch must go
to this district regardless of who wins
the automobile. see
Mrs. Aaron Watts, Cresco. 1886, 800
Mrs. G. w. Meyers. Bonair. . 235, 200
Miss Frances Meyers, Cresco. .235, l5O
Miss Mary Rink, Rt. 3......... .234, 200
Miss Nellie Daily, Bonair 80. .233, $50
Miss Emma Mlady, Rt 4 ..... 233. 100
Mrs. Bert DeWaile, Cresco. i. :. .231, $50
Miss Julia McCarville, Rt. 8. .2SO, ,9jo
Miss Mathilda Lusson, Rt. 5. ..l39 $50
Miss Amanda Miller, Rt. 5. la 400
Miss Emma Pecinovsky .1l4, 800
District No. 2.
Comprises all territory lying IN
Howard county west Of district No..
I and north of the Riceville road. A
$50 Diamond Ring and SIS Gold
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26

Bessie Button and Albert Wildman
were united in marriage, Wednesday
evening, June oath, at the Baptist
parsonage, Rev. Schaffer officiating.
The young couple will reside in Cresco.
The PLAIN DEALER extends congratu-
lations.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Grace EpiSCOpa! Church.

There will be services in Grace
Episcopal church next Sunday. morn.
ing and evening, at the usual hours,
lO:45 a. m. and 7:3O p m, conducte
by Francis Anthony, of Faribau!r,
Minn. Music by quartet choir. All
are cordially invited to atterd these
services.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
kerSt-.-Hdrt.

On last Friday evening at p. m. at
the home OF the bride, occurred the
marriage of Henry Kerst to Mrs. So
phia Hart. In the presence of q few
friends they plighted their vows
and were joined in the bonds of wed.
lock by Rev. Will Kirwin. pastor of
the Methodist church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kerst will reside in their home com.
m unity near Vernon.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Fourth OF July Closing.

We, the undersigned merchants,
agree to close our stores all day July
4th.
Signed -
The Acme Grocery E. G. Glass
Clark Bros. F. C.. Woellstein
Alliance Mer. ASIA. Lewis & Bowers
Zbornik Bros. The Hub
Mott & Co. Petersen Bros. Co.
Kraft, Odell & Co. Kellow & Son
VIM. F. Allen Nichols Clio. Co.
Lomas E. Farnsworth -.
Stores will be open till 1000 O'Clock
or later on Friday evening, July 3rd.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
MARRIED..

Miss Rose Kaupel and Charles Glass
we're. united in marriage, Monday.
June 22nd, at a. m., at the Roman
Catholic church in Ossian, Rev. Father
Thiltgen officiating. Only the immed.
late relatives were present.
The young couple will make their
home in Owatonna, Minn., where the
groom is employed as cigar maker. A
host of friends join with US in wishing
them long, prosperous life.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Vote Schedule for This Week.

this weeks offer before the closing
hour on Saturday night at o'clock.
And then if you have any more to turn
in by the closing hour the contest man.
ager will be ablc to wait on you :, much
quicker. If there is any one in the
Office at 9 o'clock who has not been
waited on, the contest manager will
see that every, one gets their subscrip.
tions in on the big vote offer this week.
The biggest and best special vote Of
fer for the remainder of the contest is
in effect this week. Beginning last
Monday morning and ending Saturday
night at nine O'Clock contestants are
given just twice as many votes as the
regular schedule calls for. And next
week, the last week of the contest,
the vote schedule will be very much
smaller. S@F
Those who wait for better vote
offer for next week will be sadly disap.
pointed. The Plain Dealer positively
goes on record that the schedule for
next week, the lastweek of the
contest, will be much smaller than
for this week.
Out of town contestants may mail
their subscriptions. Saturday, just 50
they are mailed in time to bear post:
mark of June 9th, and they will count
on the double vote offer.
The leadership in the big contest is
constantly changing and many records
are being made by contestants who
heretofore have been lying quiet and
saving wood, instead Of telling what
they could do if they tried. Real work
is what counts in this mammoth gift
distribution and the work done this
week will count the most.
The time is getting mighty short un-
til the closing day Of the contest. Just
eight more working day until the end.
One week from Friday night, .on July
3rd, the Plain Dealer will award abso-
lutely free of any cost, one Ford Tour
ing Car, Four Diamond Rings and Four
$500 Gold Watches. Every contes-
tant who works in the contest up to
and including the last week and who
does not win prize will be paid cash
commission Of 10 per cent on every
dollar she turns in during the CAM
paign.
No one contestant has such big lea1
that it cannot be. overcome during tn e
offer in force this week. Votes count
up very fast this week and only few
subscriptions are needed to put you in
the lead in the paper this week.
If you don't work Iyour very hardest
this week and make every minute of
your time count, your chances of win.
ming the Ford Auto or any of the eight
other prizes will 60 glimmering. Make
it this week and be winner.
, Final Instructions will be printed in !
next weeks paper; also the names of
the judges will be given. Three prom.
inent men of Cresco have been selected
to make the final count and to see that
every contestant gets square deal.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Can't Keep It Secret.

The splendid work of Chamberlain 8
Tablets is daily becoming more widely
known. No such grand remedy for
stomach and liver troubles has ever
been known. For sale by Fred Lowry.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-26
Notice..

NV dental office will be closed from
Monday, June 10Th, until July 9Th.
DIR. J. C. FUELING.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02

lated, not on the buy-a-set. but buy-a-
book plant IL is not pleasant thing
to think what goes on in these homes,
the killing routine. the dead level of
petty thought, or else the mad effort
to find something new to do. On the
other hand, nothing is so easy to OBJ
tain as a workable library of good lit
erature. A book purchased here and
there, IL necessary, at the second
hand shop; some rarity OF old lore;
some random masterpiece of some all
but-forgotten author; and then the
old. solid standby, taken in moderate
doses, the better of the moderns, the
occasional--very occasional-fiash in
the pan OF some unripe contemporary
entry in the best seller" marathon.
Thus, buying a book" becomes a
habit that brings cheer, that sweet
ems life. that in the days when the
library" has unimaginably grown all
over the place brings that almost
dearest of all quiet pleasures, the
the charm of "reminiscences.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02
NO FALLING OFF IN JOBS

Does the bartender imagine there
would be fewer jobs for such as he
if the liquor traffic were abolished?
If he stops to reason it out he will
know better. 1t would require many
more men to produce and handle the
food and clothing which the money
taken in over the bar would buy, and
he would get a better job.
Does the driver of the beer wagon
think that if the breweries were out
lawed he would be joining the army
of the unemployed? Let him bear
in mind that the money now spent for
drink would, If spent for lumber and
other building material, employ a
greater number of men-teamsters,
carpenters, bricklayers, masons and
others-to build the houses sober
workingmen would then be able to
own or to rent.
Similarly, the bottle makers, coop
ers, machinists, and all the allied
trades" now supplying the breweries
and distilleries, would be working for
the legitimate industries which would
under prohibition increase their bust
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02
REASON IN TARIFF

In the political history of the Unit
ed States for the past two decades the
tariff seems to have been the rock
sinister upon which both of the great
political parties have split No tariff
legislation has ever been entirely
satisfactory to the electorate. In al
most every instance a revision of the
tariff either up or down has always
been followed by the retirement from
power Of the party making the re-
vision.
1t would almost seem that the rea-
son for this has been that the taric
has been either excessively high or
excessively low Numerous opinions
are now being heard to the effect that
what the people of the country really
want is a moderately protective tariff,
one which will not furnish too much
protection to American industries
which are able to stand on their own
bottoms and still one which will en-
able American manufacturers TO mar
ket their goods in the United States
and at the same time pay the wages
which the American laboring man
must have to live in the way that an
American laboring man should live.
1t would appear that we have had
too much of the extreme in our tariff
legislation. Perhaps the political
party which will introduce a little
reason into the tariff and follow the
counsel "of not too much" will be
able TO produce tariff schedule which
will not result in political retirement
and which, better than that, will
make for the very best interests of the
country at large
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02
RIVER RIDGE

Blanche spent Wednesday night
and Thursday with her sister, Mrs.
John Schlosser of Ionia.
Thomas and Herman Schlosser of
Ionia spent the latter part OF the
week with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Antcliff.
VIM. Wright assisted L. Antcliff
with his work Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Bidwell were
the Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gaunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Clark and
sons Floyd and Fay, Blanche and
Gladys Honeywell Mr.. and Mrs.
Schouten and j. b. Sanders enjoyed
Thursday evening at the pleasant
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Bidwell.
The evening was spent in music and
stories and fine time was enjoyed by
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark are soon TO
move to their new home near Brink.
NJ. l.. Bidwell and wife spent Sun
day with T. Fl. Antcliff and family
Mrs. George Wright called on Mrs.
II. III. Antcliff, Friday.
City Treasurer Moore and son re-
turned from their hunting trip Tues
day. A fine time was enjoyed by
them but it seems the deer were
scarce or their eye sight poor for they
secured none.
Mate Antcliff called at his parents
home Friday afternoon
William Antcliff is on the sick list.
Mrs. T. II. Antcliff and Blanche
spent Saturday afternoon in Belding.
Mrs Jens Knudsen spent Wednes-
day with Mrs. Matte Bidwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Getting spent
Thanksgiving with friends in Beld-
ing.
Geo Hetchler called at VIM. Ant
cliffs Friday afternoon.
Lois Wright spent Friday evening
with Miss Blanche Antcliff.
Miss Vernie Hustin spent Thanks
giving with friends in Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jones spent
Saturday in Ionia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Getting Of Morley
spent Thanksgiving with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sam Rhodes.
Andrew Main spent Saturday even
ing in Bedding.
c. Alberts took supper Saturday
evening with T. II. Antcliff.
Geo. Hetchler spent Friday after
noon in Belding.
Ed. Mosure and Smith Nichols re-
turned last week from a successful
hunting trip. Each secured a deer.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Bidwell spent Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. T. III. Antcliff and
Blanche.
sM. l.. Bidwell is suffering with a
very severe cold.
Gladys, Edith and Elsie Austin
spent Saturday afternoon in Bedding.
Clarence Dickerson Of near Green
Vile was in Bedding on business Sat-
urday.
Miss Blanche Antcliff spent the lat
ter part of the week at home with her
parents. ~
T. III. Antcliff called on his brother,
VIM. Antcliff Sunday
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02
JACKSON MAN EATS A SQUARE
MEAL AFTER WAITING IS YEARS

taken this remedy with remarkable
benefit. 1t is known everywhere.
Mayrs Wonderful Stomach Remedy
clears the digestive tract OF mucoid
accretions and removes poisonous
matter. 1t brings swift relief to suf-
ferers from stomach, liver and bowel
troubles and many declare 1t has saw
ed them from dangerous operations.
Many are sure it has saved their lives.
We want all people who have
chronic stomach trouble or constipa-
ton, no matter of how long standing
to try one dose of Mayr's Wonderful
Stomach Remedy-one dose will con-
vince you. This is the medicine so
many of our people have been taking
with surprising results. The most
thorough system cleanser ever sold.
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy
is now sold by leading druggists every
where.
1.-THE first dose must give you abb
solute satisfaction or we don't want
your money. 1t is sold with the
positive understanding your money
will be returned by your druggist with
out bubble or question"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-02
THE BELDING BANNER
OF INTEREST TO TAXPAYERS

There Is greater increase in the
valuation of property under prohibit
ton than under license. This means
less tax rate because there is more
property TO tax.
Georgia, at the end of the first
year of prohibition, which was a year
or financial panic, of low priced cot
ton and of withdrawal of thousands
OF dollars of saloon property, show
ed an increase of $4.000,000 in tax
able property. mostly in the rural dis
tricts. This year her comptroller
general announces an appreciate re-
duction in the tax rate.
In North Carolina under prohibi-
ton the average annual increase in
property valuation has been over s54,-
900, 900.
Maine, from 1900 to 1910, increased
its taxable property more than SILL
100000 a year.
In Kansas there has been an in
crease of 1920, 900 every year for
ten years. In 1880 under license the
tax rate was 5.5 mills on the dollar:
in 1914, after thirty-three years of
prohibition. it has been reduced to
1.2 mills.