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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26
COUNTY NEWS.
ELMA.

The young ladies sodality met Tues
dcy evening with Annabelle and Maud
Deegan. A large crowd was present.
O. A. Dunton and wife went to Rice
vile Sunday, returning home Monday.
Mrs. Ira Pardee is visiting with her
parents in Oelwein.
The lace club met Wednesday after
noon at the home OF Mrs. Weed.
joyed good time.
Carol and Lena Richmond went to
Riceville Sunday to visit their aunt and
uncle.
The young people, of Alta Vista
gave home talent play here Friday
evening"
Mrs. Walter Davis was in New
Hampton Friday.
Charlie Hayden came down from
David Saturday for visit with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Miller and daughter Bertha
went to Riceville Sunday to visit Mrs.
R. Kruger.
The !. c. c. met Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. J. w. Mulick. The
afternoon was spent in card playing.
rat Sullivan came from NOcAeStef,
Mimi, Sunday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Pat Sullivan.
Mrs. Pat Sullivan died very sudden
ly Saturday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Will Murray, Of this place.
The funeral was held Monday morning
at the immaculate Conception Church.
Laura Fink and Grace Mavity were
over Sunday visitors with Doris Fall
gatter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Torpey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Kempendorf, of New Hamp-
ton, spent Sunday at the F. N. Suite
home.
o. A. Dunton made a business trip
to Waterloo Monday.
Miss Burke, of Ricevile, came Mon
day to do millinery work for Miss
Norma McCusker
Mrs. Riley and son returned to St.
Paul Monday evening, after brief
visit with her sister, Mrs. Will Kane.
John and Ed. Burke, of St. Paul, at
tended the funeral Of Mrs. Pat Sulli
van.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26

Heman Brink and wife, Mrs. r. w.
McCloud and Mrs E. Sims, were G. es-
co callers Wednesday,
VIM. Leitz, Henry Bastion and wife
were at Lime Springs on Thursday to
see their uncle, Gus Leitz, who is sick
at his daughters.
Chas. Derr returned home from the
hospital on Friday and is doing nicely.
Otto Serhing and wife visited at the
home Of Geo. Groteboers on Saturday,
and Harry returned home with them
for an over Sunday visit.
Jessie Bronner went to Minneapolis
Saturday to take three year course
at the city hospital.
Richard Serfiing returned to Dakota
Saturday, after spending the winter at
home.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26
OTTER CREEK CLIPPINGS.

All Fools day next week Thursday.
Be wise.
Hattie Kratz is spending number of
days with her sister, Mrs. Louis Walt
er, of Golden Ridge this week.
Theo. Kratz sold bunch of cattle at
Ridgeway last week Saturday.
Taxes must be paid next week if one
would avoid the penalty.
M. and Mrs. Fred Falck and daugh-
ter Ollie, north of Ridgeway, were
pleasant callers at the Amel Koch home
last week one day.
Rev. L. N. Day, of Cresco, held
preaching services at the Evangelical
church last Sunday morning, the last
time before Conference, which con-
venes at Luverne next week.
John Aegerter and family were en-
tertained at dinner last Sunday by
Theo. Kratz and family.
Laura Kuntz, north Of Ridgeway,
was pleasant caller on her friend,
Nettie Koch, the othor week one day.
Rev. L. N. Day, Of Cresco, was the
guest Of number of his members
through here few days last week and
this.
Ed. Weidaman has decided to work
for his brother Harry the coming
season, instead of going to Cresco.
Mrs. Harry Weidaman was a pleas
ant afternoon caller at the Amel Koch
home last week one day.
PROTIvIN.
George Vachta was caller in Cres-
co Monday.
Frank H. Chyle returned from Cedar
Rapids Wednesday of last week.
Anna Polansky, daughter of Mrs. F.
Polansky underwent an operation for
appendicitis Thursday. DR.. Jameson,
Of this city and DR.. DAILY, of Cresco
performed the operation. Anna is re-
ported doing fine.
Frank Horkey returned home Tues
dBy, after weeks stay in Lawler.
Mrs. Edward Lukes arrived home
from Belle PLANE where she visited her
parents MIR. and Mrs. Frank Tukalek
and friends.
Mrs. Anton Strnad is visiting this
week her sister Mrs. John Hosek.
Mesd. Agnes DeNoyelles and Fred
Vachta, of Cresco visited here at their
home Thursday.
For Rent.
Two good sized rooms. Call No. 1888.
or enquire at this Office. soft
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26

| Ezra Jones and wife, of New Cam
bria, Mo-, came Wednesday to make
Lime Springs their future home.
Geneva Anderson was home from
Fayette from Tuesday to Thursday.
Mrs. L. E. Webster, of Cresco came
Tuesday to assist in the care Of Miss
Alice Holley, who is seriously i'll.
Selma Sjoboen is enjoying visit
with her sister, Agnes Sjoboen, from
near DEBORAH.
H. P. Anderson celebrated his 6eth
birthday last Wednesday.
Ruby Stockdale, who has been visit
ing friends in Riceville, came Wedncs-
day for short visit here.
G. A. Rowland and wife were guests
at the r. Frost home Tuesday evening.
Earl Pike, of Chester, was a visitor
here Saturday.
Milo Slasor, Harry Hauck and Vale
Frost were visitors in Cresco, Sunday.
Rev. D. C. Perry has taken charge
of the music classes in the High School.
| Lincoln Savage was Chester caller,
Wednesday.
| Charles Cue and wife, of Chester,
came Thursday to visit with relatives
here.
Winfield Cray was down from Chest
er, Wednesday.
Belle Petit came from Austin, Fri
day, to spend her weeks vacation at
home.
Elmer Bush and wife, of Castalia,
here.
Gladys and Phoebe Perry returned
Monday from Mortified, Mimi, where
they have been visiting relatives.
Miss Ruth Smith returned to her
home at Volga, Sunday, after a few
days visit at home.
Albert and Edwin Wayne, of Eldora,
returned home Wednesday, after spend
ing few days visiting their sisters,
Mesd. Albert and Andrew Bergeson
MIR. and Mrs. Hub Haven and daugh-
ter Marion returned to Austin, Thurs
day, to again take up treatment for
.. Marion.
Mrs. H. w. Thomas went to McIntire,
Thursday, to visit with her son Louis.
WEST NEW OREGON.
Mrs. Jake Malek and daughters Lucy
and Frances visited at Will Hosek' s for
few days last week.
Joe Moravec Jr. and wife attended
church at Protivin, Sunday.
Clarence Huber called on the Dunt
boys, Sunday.
George Mackenburg and wife called
at John Volkering's, Sunday afternoon.
John Kubik called on Art. Mrachek,
Monday evening.
Julius Huber left for Cedar Rapids,
last week, to attend Normal School.
John Hosek helped Joe Malek haul
hay, Tuesday.
Mike McCarville called on Alfred
Harness, one day last week.
Joe Malek sawed wood for Andrew
Horn, Wednesday.
CAv Ga0n1
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26
For Sale!

House, 10 rooms, lots, in Hospital
block, west of new City Park.
7O3 w 3rd St. MRS. ]. H. BEADLE.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-26

For Rent.
Two good sized rooms. Call No. 1873.
or enquire at this Office. soft
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
RETURN TO THE PRACTICAL
Modern Fashions Are Drawing Away
From the Type of the Extreme and
Unusual.

Many periods of History and many
countries are contributing their quota
to modern fashions. Although we all
know that there is nothing new un-
der the SUM-" non the less this maxim
seems particularly applicable to fash
ions and dress. After all we cannot
wonder at our ~resourceful artists
searching past records for good
copy" especially at a time like the
present.
1t Is a curious and interesting fact
that we see in the most recent phases
of La Mode quite a distinctive feminin-
ity, such, indeed, as we had not seen
for many a long day. This tends to
prove how everything goes by the law
of contrasts; as man returns to prim-
tive hand-to-hand fighting, SO do wom-
en- return to the primitive in dress and
decoration. In mute opposition woman
suddenly returns to flounces and alb
surd attractive frills and f~urbelows.
In spite of this tendency we must not
imagine that women do not still retain
d taste for practical clothes as well
as a modicum of common sense.
Those who admire the practical in
dress have turned with avidity to the
stripes and checks which are offered
in such great profusion this season.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
INTERIORS DONE IN BLACK
Now the Fashionable Color, and
Makes Possible Some of the Most
Striking Effects.

Behold black now as the fashionable
color of the interior decorator. The
liking for it arose in Vienna, where
interior decorating is an art much
thought of. There some Of the new
houses, or rooms which had been re-
decorated, showed wall papers with
black backgrounds, on which huge,
bright flowers are printed. Carpets,
too, are of black. The idea Of this
method of decorating is, apparently.
to make the room strictly a back
ground for the furniture and persons
in it. The brightly lowered paper, of
course, detracts from this effect, but
the sort of paper more often used does
not have the bright flowers. 1t shows
a black ground, with a gray or misty
white figure.
In a room thus grounded pictures
framed in black are hung. The eff
feet is startling. The pictures stand
out in reality from their somber sur
roundings. White enameled furniture
is looked on with favor for use in
black rooms. Surely such a setting
would give the persons in it a chance
to shine forth in all the glory Of color
lent them by skin and eyes, hair and
clothes. On the other hand, wouldn't
a room SO furnished cast a depressing
spell on the woman who found herself
shut within its four walls for many
hours in a day?
There is an outgrowth of this craze
for black which is interesting, espe-
cially to those who live in apartments,
or other crowded quarters, where the
kitchen as well as other rooms of the
house, come under occasional inspec-
ton of guests. This is the black
enameled jar or box for cakes, bread
and grocery supplies of various sorts.
1t is painted brilliantly with big red
roses, and makes an interesting note
of color. Six boxes or jars of this sort
ranged in orderly array on shelves
give a distinctive note to the most un.
| interesting pantry or kitchen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
FRESH AIR MOST IMPORTANT
Use Of Systematic Methods in Keep
Ing House Sweet and Clean
Means Good Health.

During cold weather, when houses
must necessarily be kept closed most
Of the time. extra precautions should
be taken to keep the air pure.
No matter how low the tempera-
ture, the windows and doors on the
ground floor should be opened for at
least fifteen minutes the first thing in
the morning. If the maid be instruct
ed to do this as soon as she rises, the
house will be nicely warmed again
by the time the family is down.
After each meal there should be an
other thorough airing of the lower
floor. No matter how perfect the sys-
tenn of ventilation, it is impossible to
prevent cooking doors. Thik airing is
doubly necessary should there be
smokers in the family.
Each bedroom should have the win
dows flung wide open until after
breakfast. If this is not done for the
sake Of daintiness, it should never
be forgotten in the interest of health,
In a family sitting room there
should be some arrangements made
by which there is a constant change
Of air without draught If it can
be managed in ns other way, the win
dow should be raised a few inches and
a screen placed in front of it.
There Is no surer sign of bad house
keeping than a house which has an
odor of any kind, and the custom OF
some women to burn scented waters
in their room in lieu of fresh air is
not to be copied.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
MARKED CHANGE IN STYLES
Embroidered Hats Are by No Means
of the Same DesieH as Those
of Last Year.

The embroidered hat, which resem-
bled nothing more nor less than a ia
BILE centerptece (and sometimes real
ly was) made into a bit of millinery,
is, to all appearances, "nil' this sea
son A different type Of embroidered
hat is to be worn-that of g~eorgette
crepe or some similar semitransparent
material occasionally Opaque materi-
ais are used), embroidered in white or
colors, principally the latter, in large,
bold stitches of coarse silk. The en-
broidered hat of this season is not so
fluffy as in former years, but is
drawn over a buckram or stiffened net
frame into trim smoothness, SO that
it is exactly the shape of the frame
and entirely without rufles. The ma
terial is sometimes embroidered be-
fore being applied to the frame and at
other times embroidered after being
drawn over the buckram or stiffened
net, the threads being taken right
through to the wrong side of the
frame. Some of the smartest models
are embroidered in conventional de-
signs at equal distances apart, and as
symmetrically arranged as the designs
upon wallpaper.
If there is no time to really en-
broider the embroidered" hat, voiles
of georgette crepes by the yard hav.
ing wonderful machine embroidery
upon them can be substituted very eff
~fectively. The "ce~nterpiece' hat is
considered quite correct for kiddies,
however, though even in these juve
nile instances the stitches are not SC
painstaking as in former years. The
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
ANOTHER LARGE WHEAT CROP
Grain Should Be Stacked to Prevent
Spelling During Wet Weather and
to Save the Straw.

Unless some unforeseen calamity
should occur, the wheat crop this year
will exceed the phenomenal crop of
last year and will probably be more
than 700, 600, 600 bushels of winter
wheat alone. This means that the
threshing outfits, railroads, elevators,
etc, will be crowded tc the utmost and
a great part of the grain will stand in
the fields for weeks. Therefore it
should be stacked.
Stacking will save grain and straw
which might otherwise be spoiled in
wet weather.
Stacking will put grain through a
complete sweat which will improve
quality.
Threshing from the stack requires
less help than shock ~threshing, which
will equalize the cost of stacking.
Stacking furnishes good storage,
with absolutely no cost, which would
prevent Cutting the market at any
one time.
The grain must be removed for early
working of the soil. Stacking makes it
possible to pillow following harvesting.
Early blowing is one of the greatest
factors in increasing the yield. Disk
ing the land early is the next best
thing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
Telephone Screen.

car be used in constructing a very
dainty sewing basket. To make such
a basket:
Cut a foundation of cardboard in a
long egg-shape, about eight and a half
inches in length and four or five
inches across its widest part. A strip
of cardboard an inch OF so in width is
glued all around, and the basket COW
ered inside and outside with the silk.
Another short strip of cardboard is
covered and set in the basket, dividing
1t into two compartments of equal
size. One of these compartments is
filled in completely with a ~pincushion,
the other forms a receptacle for a cou-
pie of spools of thread and a thimble.
The edge of the Baskets finished with
rosebud trimming, or inch wide lace
can be laid all around, the edge of the
lace placed upward. The handle of the
basket is a strip of covered cardboard
fitted with a loop, which holds a pair
of small scissors.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
CONCEALS THE PHONE
MANY LIKE SCREEN THROWN
AROUND INSTRUMENT.
Can Be Purchased Ready-Made if Pre-
ferred, Though Its Construction Is
Simple if Directions Given
Are Followed.

A telephone screen is the latest de-
vice for ~concealing this instrument
from view in the home. The screen is
so simple in construction that it need
not be purchased ready-made unless
one has plenty Of money or does not
know how to use needle and thread,
writes Helen Howe in the Washing
ton Post.
The foundation or framework is of
heavy wire, in threefold effect, al
though the screen does not really fold.
The wires are shaped merely to sug-
gest folding; and this, of course makes
the screen stand firmly.
The filling may be anything to suit
the fancy. One of the prettiest filings
shown is of thin India or China silk,
shirred upon the wires top and bot
ON. The decoration is a strip of gold
lace backed with a color contrasting
with hat of the screen This is caught
around the lower edge, the border of
the lace pointing upward. A similar
but narrower band trims the top, the
edge of the lace pointing downward. A
soft ~olive-green silk for the screen n
old pink under the lace make a very
pleasing color combination. Any odd
bits of pretty fabric. however, may be
utilized, because it is not necessary
that all the panels be alike. The cen
ter one could be of embroidery or tap
estry, and those at the sides of a plain
color, shirred or laid in plain, this de-
pending upon the kind of material en-
ployed. 1t goes without saying that
sheer goods must be gathered.
Cretonne for the entire screen is not
to be despised. 1t should be finished
top and bottom-in fact, all around, if
one prefers-with a furniture gimp not
more than one inch wide. If the room
is furnished in c%retonne. the same can
be used with good effect for the
screen.
Bits of brocade or silk that contrast
or harmonic make a beautiful screen.
Should the scraps of these goods on
hand be insufficient for a screen they
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
RACK BETTER THAN TRELLIS
CollapsibIe Device for Tomato Plants,
Bushes and vines-Fruit Support
ed on All Sides.

A collapsible rack for tomato plants,
pushes and vines can be made of plas,
tering lath Chestnut lath preferred).
Fig. l shows a complete rack put to-
gether and ready for use. Fig. 2
shows a collapsed half rack ready to
store away.
To make the racks, cut cross-bars
16 inches long of lath, and nail them
to the uprights with three-penny
nails. using only one nail at each joint
so that the rack will fold. The sec
lions are fastened together, says Farm
and Fireside, with wire rods IA inches
long, the ends of which are bent to fit
into screw-eyes in the rack.
Cultivate the plants thoroughly until
~ or 2 feet high before placing racks
about them. When they are 8 feet
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09

by C. +. HUTCHINSON. Missouri En-
pertinent Station,)
Loose smut of oats is a fungous di-
sease OF the oat plant which causes
serious losses to this crop. This di-
sease is very noticeable after the
plants begin to head, the flowers OF
infected plants being almost complete
Iy replaced by a mass of fine, black,
dusty spores.
Dat smut may be prevented by soak
ing or s%prinkling the seed thoroughly
with some solution which will kill the
spores without injuring the seed. The
most common solution used is forma-
lin and the treatment is made as fol-
lows:
Mix one pint of commercial forma-
lin with 40 to so gallons of water in
barrels Oh other convenient vessels.
immense the oats in this solution, stir
ring well so that all will be thoroughly
soaked. Pour off the solution, dump
the oats out and stir occasionally until
dry. Another method employed is to
sprinkle the oats with the solution I'M
til they are well soaked, and then
heap them up in a pile and W with
blankets or sacks. Leave them in this
pile for five Or six hours, or eve over
night, and then spread out to dry. Stir
frequently until thoroughly dried, after
which they may be sacked and set
aside until seeding time. Formalin
may be obtained from any drug store.
Machines for treating oats and
wheat for smut are on the market. In
these the grain is passed through tank
containing the formalin solution and
then dumped out on the floor to dry.
Such machines are not expensive and
are very satisfactory. Formalin is
poisonous, but in this weak solution it
will not injure the hands and is per.
fectly safe to handle. Since the forma-
lin volatilizes rapidly, oats thus treat
ed thai are not needed for seeding
may, after thorough drying and airing,
be safely fed to stock.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
First EnaIish Dictionary.

The first extended dictionary of the
English language was published in
IT'S, and represented the monumen-
tai labor of Samuel Johnson, who died
129 years ago on December IL, 1854
His dictionary, which occupied many
years Of his life, was perhaps the
most remarkable work Of its kind
sver produced by a single person
Noah Webster's American dictionary
was first published in 1928 and Wor'
cester's English dictionary appeared
In 1860. The first dictionary compiler
was Pa-out-she, a Chinese scholar,
who lived about 100 B. c., and who
perfected a standard dictionary of the
Chinese language containing about 40.
900 characters, most of them hero
glyphics. About a century B. G. Varro
compiled a Latin dictionary. julius
Pollux completed a collection of Greek
vocabularies about 1T A. D. A po-
lyglot dictionary in eight languages
vas compiled about 1900 by Gallo
PM, a Venetian friar. Vaugelas edit
ed the first French dictionary, pub
lished by the Fresh academy in 1894
A Spanish dictionary was published il
1875, an Italian in 1929 and a Rus
sion dictionary in 1889.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09

to Lowell to live, after q long absence
In the North. He had by no means
forgotten her, and certain vague hopes
had begun to crystalline around her
even before he got the telephone mes
sage.
However, there was no time to be
lost dreaming. Hastily he threw a
few things into his bag, mixed a
draught of mustard and milk, and set
road. His father had taken out the
buggy, but 1t was only a quarter of a
mile on 70. Once over the brook he
osoon saw Mrs. Quinn's house standing
In a little grove OF trees. He hurried
up the drive. The side door stood
open, and young DIR. Claud ran in
without ceremony.
There was nobody In the kitchen.
but in the dining room he saw a
woman stretched out upon a lounge,
apparently insensible. Doubtless Mrs.
Quinn was away, perhaps at the drug
store, perhaps too overcome to return
to her maids assistance. Young DR..
Claud had been taught that prompt
uess was the first thing to remember
In such an emergency. He opened his
bag, uncorked the liquid, and. forcing
the girls mouth open, tried to pour
the noxious draught down her throat.
She sat up spluttering. An instant
later young DR.. Glands bottle of dis
solved mustard was flying across the
room, d%renching him en- route, and he
found himself looking into the scarlet
face of a very indignant young
woman.
"What-what-" she began to STAN
mer, and then suddenly a smile broke
through and tears Of laughter came
into her eyes.
20 my dear Doctor" she exclaimed
what a dreadful mistake. You are
looking for Mrs. Quinn's maid. She
lives across the road. You came tc
the wrong house. You'd better hurry
Never mind the excuses now"
But the mustard is all gone" STAN
ncxo& young DIR. Claud.
Then I'll NH some more" volun
teered the young woman. Come int
the kitchen"
But as he arose young DIR. Claut
saw the family buggy draw up across
the street and his father descend, to
gether with a very agitated middle
aged woman The young lady saw /
too.
THAT'S Mrs. Quinn" she said. 4"