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embroiled look upon the United States as a greedy
animal growing fat and sleek feeding on their
life blood, and probably would return our gifts to
US with curt "No-thank-yous."
Instead | shall confess that / am weighed down
with the hopelessness of the situation. Here in
America we have all we may reasonably ask OF
Providence-considering our own sins of politics
and social injustice. Over there they are cursed
beyond the power of words to describe. and the
curse will be felt for generations.
Millions In Europe are dying in the agonfes
of starvation, cold and disease for want of food,
clothing, shelter and medical aid. What a ghast-
~ Joke it would be in these circumstances for the
richest and luckiest nation to offer those millions
of pitiful children a little candy and fruit wnen
they need milk and broth. mittens when they need
blankets and clothing, dolls and toy trains when
they need doctors and nurses and sanitary sup
plies. No, this is no time for polite mementoes-
Let us concentrate on giving the only real help
that would suffice and that would be welcome
peace as soon as possible
Let us look upon the manner IN which Europe
celebrated Christmas before the war.
In France and Belgium on Christmas eve the
barauues. or booths, appear in the streets without
hindrance, and are all ablaze with candles and
glittering treasures, for every household must
contain some bright trinket in honor of Noel. The
midnight mass is thronged; the magnificent
Christmas hymn is chanted everywhere, and then
all is gleeful holiday for an hour or so. for it Is
Christmas m~-ning. the peace-making morning of
the world
There is the boudin to be eaten, the calen. or
Christmas lamp, symbolical of the star that guild
ed the Magi to Bethlehem, to be lighted, the lit
tie creche to be exposed, and all happiness. all
goodwill to everyone to be expressed before re-
firing with the grand chorale of peace sounding
in the ears. In the country the lads and lassies
merrily drag home the buche de Noel, correspond
ing to our Yule log, which is kindled by the head
of the family; the boudin must be eaten and the
hot spiced wine sent round, and many a misun-
Outstanding is made clear beside the Christmas
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MADE HER POSITION PLAIN
Bridget Refused to Be Blamed When
the Fault Mas SO Clearly
Mrs. Newiywed's.

A young wife who had received
some very elegant and expensive we'd
ding presents gave a select luncheon
and used on the table several of the
choicest pieces of ner china, among
them being an exceedingly fine platter
of real Royal Worcester. She gave her
servant strict Instructions to leave all
the good pieces for her to wash up so
that there could be no accident.
AS Don as her friends had left the
young lady went to the kitchen. Inn
mediately she missed the finest dish,
and asked where it was.
Sure, ma'am," said the girl. 81
kept the best pieces for you to wash
up"
The lady threw herself into the
nearest chair and began to bewail her
loss. Bridget" she began, that was
the finest piece of china / own or
ever expect to own. / shall never,
never be rich enough to buy another
like it."
ooh, well, ma'am," replied the serv-
ant girl. folding her arms. eff you will
live beyond your means you mustn't
blame me for it."
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The influence of woman in family
and society has been declining in
Tibet as a result of frequent war
fare. AS in other parts of the world
and at various epochs in human his
tory, men back from victorious battle
fields in Tibet were wont to monopo-
lie feminine admiration. Hence it
came that polygamy has been steadily
encroaching upon the old undisputed
sway of the Tibetan woman in the
family. This is an excerpt from the
story told by Rev. Ekal Kawaguchi,
the Buddhist explorer, who has just
returned to Japan from his second lib
etan journey from Lhasa, by way of
Darjeling.
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Sure.

PA, are trains always on timer"
NO, my son, but they always are
when you are a few minutes late"
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MADE THE COURT SMOKER
Witness Remark, Under Other Cir
eumstances, Might Almost Have
Been Called SANDER.

An English journal tells of an action
brought against a farmer for having
called another a ~"rascally lawyer" An
old husbandman, being a witness, was
asked if he heard the defendant call
the plaintiff a lawyer.
Il did" was the reply.
Pray" said the judge, what is
your opinion of the import of the
word?"
There a be no doubt of that" re-
piled the fellow.
Why. good man." said the judge,
Tthere is no dishoaor in the name,
is there?"
q know nothing about that" an
$wered he, but this l know, if a man
called me a lawyer I'd knock him
down.
why sir" said the judge. pointing
to n of the counsel, that gentleman
is a lawyer. and I, too. am a lawyer"
NO. no." replied the fellow; mo,
my lord. You are Judge, l know; but
I'm sure you are no lawyer"
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fire on this, the day of good will.
In Germany and Austria every h~ousemother and
every father makes Christmas the feast for the
children, the great day of reunion, the glad time
when all meet under the old ~roof-tree, and soclai
customs prevail over religious observances- Inc
Christmas tree is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has It,
rich or poor-and no one omits Welnnacht 8
Bescheerung or Christmas gifts. To provide these,
the German people will. il need be, save up nail
the year. Each member of the household must
have something as a surprise, generally service
able prese nts that are often needed and always
acceptable.
Singularly enough, the Christmas is not cele-
brated as one would expect In Italy. There the
night Of the year is less a religious festival tnan
a fair. The world seems absorbed in delirlous
excitement, and all crowd round Pulcineno and
divert themselves hilarioLsly till the cnurches
claim them for the midnight mass But the run
goes on: they laugh gleefully, as only ltanans
can laugh, enjoy themselves to their ncarts con
tent, but the celebrations are not home ceieora-
tions: 1t is a general, not a domestic, feast
In Russia and Poland the children put their
shoes filed with hay outside the door for the
horses Of ST. Nicholas; and it is believed In most
sections that st. Nicholas comes first on a pre-
paratory visit ten days before Christmas to learn
which children have been good. He leaves nuts
and candy in the shoes of those who have been
good. but nothing for those who have been bad,
who thus know that they may expect no presents
on the real Christmas day.
In Serbia ard the other Balkan countries, at
dawn on the day before Christmas the sturdy peas
ant proprietor dispatches his sons to the forest
On reaching the spot where the destined Christ
mas tree stands. the axbearer offers up a prayer;
then he draws on a pair of gloves, takes a hand
full of corn, filings it against the tree, and says
Good morning, and a happy Christmas to you.
This done, he addresses himself to the task OF
telling. paying careful attention to the laws OF the
"badnyak," which prescribes among other things
that all the cuts be made on one particular side.
Once felled, the tree is carried home and leaned
against the east side of the house where 1t re-
mains till evening. Then the wifi two can
dies and places one on either e door
way, while the husband goes n the
"badnyak."
The master of the hors $
into each of the four
as he does so: @a
In the mans of tt As
All night Q aae e+sata Nhe
cracking. wta ~
antici9atf 70 As Atei
they hr sx MOSES
by T. afl&e NA
CT Gy a3
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Imnnrtan4 tn Mnthara

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
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riches, factories, homes-every sort
place is filled with wounded. And
ost 1ourishing enterprises over there
( artificial limbs.
Asia comes the wall of sorrow, for
i Turkey is religiously slaughtering
of thousands of Christian Armenian
sws dispatches of the last few days
terrible plight of refugees-penni-
hungry, diseased, noncombatants and
leaten soldiers-wno are sweeping
tied Serbia into Greece. We read of
children in arms spending a month
rough the snow-covered mountains,
e end to find a little warmth and
ace. We read of frozen roadways
the bodies of those that stopped on
a bit of rest-and never went on.
g hundred million of US in the United
ppreciate the horror of it all. Some
correspondents over there have seen
ut none has suffered and endured as
re a part of the co~nflagration.
is will have a sorry time abroad this
} means of commemorating the birth
of Bethlehem and his mission among
cessity they and their children will
of feast-if there is any feasting it
ist of prayer and hope.
ent no Christmas ship abroad this
OF? some of us may ask. Why not?-
ted States at the height Of prosperity
with peace. Perhaps because we
a horror the war is. A prominent
ian in one of our large cities-a man
lch to do with the success of the
fear-had this to say when the ques-
ught up:
las ship this year-a boatload or two
tloads of dolls and jumping-jacks and
nd candy and cakes and mittens and
! for the kids of Europe? | shall not
+, fact that the warning nations have
b more deadly in their hate and sus-
would refuse safe passage for
from n country to another. | shall
myself with the fact that tho nations
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Cause for Joy.

A man came up to a lecturer in a
hotel in Manchester, saying. with en-
thusiasm.
well, sir, I enjoyed your lecture
very much last night"
Il didn't see you there"
"Oh, / wasn't ahere."
We'll, what do you mean by telling
me you enjoyed my lecture, and you
were not PRESENT..
"Oh, / bought tickets for my girls
father and mother and they both
went"
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Was in Great Luck.

yes, sir" said the trust magnate,
proudly, Il am the architect of my
own fortune"
WELL" rejoined the friendly critic.
"all I've got to say is that it's a lucky
thing for you there were no building
inspectors around when you were con-
structing it."
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plenty of plots.

isn't it hard work to think up plots
for your movie thrillers?"
Il don't have to think 'em up nova
days. l pick 'em right out of the
daily papers,"
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Bears the
Not at All.

rs it correct to say, there's an au-
tomobile back of us?'" asks an in
quirer. It is, but it is not correct to
speed up to so miles an hour IN that
account.-Louisville Courier-JournaL.
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A man cautiously admits that he is
engaged. but a giri walks up and
down Main street ringing a bell.
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A Genius.

Cholly-Tm considered a genius.
Molly's Pa-So you want a wife with
money to support you?
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piles cured n & to ~ DAYS

Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. First application gives relief. SOC
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The rolling stone gathers no moss,
but the high roller scatters a lot of
dust"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22

P. A. Clemmer, druggist, Cresco. Iowa
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
COULD NOT SLEEP, /
GOULD NOT EAT
Woman SO Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Her Chill
dren Near Her - vinol
Changed Everything for Her

Plant City, Fla" wish could tell
everybody about Vinol. For nine years
I was in bad health. l got so I could
not sleep, and could notstand it to have
my children come near me. / could not
even sew or do any heavy homework.
Twas simply tired all the time. tried
so many medicines I could not recall
them all, but nothing did me any good.
One day friend asked me to try Vinol
and said it was the best tonic she ever
saw. l did so, and soon got the first
good nights sleep had had for long
time. Now sleep we'll, my appetite IS
good, my nervousness is all gone and I
am so strong and we'll do all my house,
work and work in my flower garden
without feeling tired or nervous. Vinol
has made me well and happy woman. -
Mrs. C. H. MILLER, Plant City, Fla,
Vinol contains the curative, healing
principles of fresh cod livers without
oily and tonic iron.
We ask every weak, rundown, ner-
vous person in this vicinity to try Vinol,
our delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil, on our guarantee to return
their money if it fails to benefit.
P. A. Clemmer, druggist, Cresco. Iowa
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
-. -, -. y
Cecil Johnson, Editor-in-chief.

A special inducement has beer
made to the students to attend
school this week-that of the semes
ter examinations. No doubt the
proposition will be success, fol
probably the advantages Of it are
fully realized.
A week! ago an announcement was
made that a prize Of two ANIMALS
would be given to the student who
could suggest a name most suitable
for the c. H. S. annual. This name
to be applied as a permanent title.
Last Tuesday evening the annual
board voted on the name suggested
and decision was made in favor of
the title, Memoir rs" The author
ceive the prize of the two ANIMALS
is Will Marsh.
Last Wednesday afternoon a fire
drill was given. The two side doors
We're Intentionally locked, leaving
only the front door for exit. In
ing was emptied in l minute and Is
seconds. The march was very order
~.
Thursday afternoon occurred the
first lumber Of the high school SER
les Of lectures, when Father John
Murtagh ably addressed the school
in a Very appropriate message. In
this message he emphasized the IA
advantages and opportuni-
ties which our educational! institu-
tions are offering to earnest and
faithful young men and women and
The necessity Of improving these OPP
as required TO meet the
evils and problems OF life. He
showed US that education is a de-
sirS BILE foundation for future plans,
ana plays an essential part in the
success of the future. We may be
asked to alleviate the evils prevail
ing in social, political and economic
life. We will be requested to per-
form our part in civilization. So the
strong intellect. masterful will and
sturdy character and devotion to SUI
periors who are striving to help us.
which comes as a consequence of
and not pretenSe in our
education, are vital to Our future
success and happiness. We feel
that Father Murtagh very capably
explained and emphasized his mes
sage and we express cur sincere
gratitude for his interesting and
helpful suggestions. The speaker
was introduced by Will Marsh.
The girls Of the high school will
give the foot ball boys a banquet
next Monday evening.
The. Hawkeye society program on
Friday afternoon was very good. 1t
consisted Of
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Music-John Champiin.
Story-Alice caward.
Reading-Frances Curtis.

Reading-Frances Curtis.
Music-Gale CRUDE.
Reading-Muriel Fox.
Newspaper-Eugene Howard, Ed
ward Halweg, Neil Terry.
All the numbers were we'll render
ed and showed the result of careful
preparation.
The lecture committee tell us that
Robt. Thomson will continue the
series Of lectures in an address next
Wednesday afternoon.
The declamatory contest which
was held Friday evening was an ap-
preciative success. Ten contestants
took part. all Of whom did very
Well This contest was held to de-
termine who should represent c. HIS
in the state declamatory contest.
The honor Of being best over all and
who will represent c.. II. S. in the
state contest was awarded to Gladys
johnson. The honor Of being sec
ond best was awarded to Anna
Brown and that of third to Char
lotte. Me,vold. The judges were DR..
Robertson. Rev. Gammons and Les
ter Fields. Cresco will be repre-
serted in the Dramatic class.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22

Michael Smith In Des MONIES IN 1885.
Elmer Todd. Who was run over by
Frank Smiths automobile last Fourth
died in the Jones hospital at Lewis.
The body was removed to Elliott and
buried in the cemetery at that place.
Clarence Davis. the 1S-year-old son
of Thomas Davis. we'll known farmer
living near Modale. hanged himself
In his fathers barn. His body was
found hanging to q joist by his little
sister. No cause is known for his rash
act.
With the beginning of the new year
Q famous old hotel. the Vermilya
house Of Unionville. closed its doors
to the public This hotel is known all
over southern Iowa where for fifty
years 1t has been . popular place for
the public.
James Humphrey pays the city OF
Elkader $6,42O for the privilege Of
conducting saloon within its limits
for one year. In addition he pays the
5000 mulct tax levied by the board OF
supervisors. q total Of 5000. Of which
Elkader receives $6,720.
The big Burlington railroad reser-
voir at New London. built at cost OF
$125. 900. is almost dry. owing to the
extreme dry weather. Water has been
hauled in trains from Burlington to
temporary reservoir. The station uses
nearly 100000 gallons OF water . day.
~ "a
First Baptist church in Sac City, left
Sac City for Eagles Mere. Pa, where
he formerly had 4 pastorate and where
he will be united in marriage with
Miss Edith Turreli Chase. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Embley 8. Chase. of that
city.
w. B. Martin. . prosperous farmer
living fifteen miles north Of Audubon.
committed suicide by shooting him
self in the head. No cause for his &C.
ton is known. Martin had long been
known as queer" His father COM
mitted suicide three years ago BY
hanging himself.
william Andrews & Son Of Scion
have closed . deal with parties In
Colorado whereby they trade part OF
their stock farm and tract in Michi-
gan for . stock and alfalfa ranch OF
several thousand acres In northeast
ern Colorado. About $4,000 is in
volved In the deal.
The Bohemian Slavonic Benevolent
union has been moved from Chicago
to Cedar Rapids. The national head
quarters were moved to Cedar Rapids
BY the supreme lodge ut its convention
held in Cleveland several weeks ago.
The headquarters have been in Chi
cago up to this time.
In connection with the arrest OF
Mrs. Van Horn, accused of the MUIR
der Of her husband. Chester Van Horn.
ct Mason City. other sSrests are soon
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] BRIEFS ] ) / |! i:

Fire losses in Iowa will be several
hundred dollars less than in 1918. &C.
ENcording to the annual report of Fire
MARSHAL Ole Roe, which is partly com.
EDleted.
An effort is being made by the
Des Moines police to locate the
laughter Of William Lingwood. who
has died 1T Texarkana, Ark. and left
her q fortune.
Federal officials believe they have
broken up gang Of counterfeiters at
Waterloo with the holding of Clifford
Bmith. Fred Miller and ]. J. Lyons to
The grand jury.
E. C. Stevenson. newly appointed
mayor OF Rockwell City. has taken up
bis duties. He was appointed In place
bf K. F. Louder. who resigned to be-
ZONE county attorney.
j Mrs. Charlotte Van Horn. Of Mason
City, arrested in Des Moines on .
Icharge OF numbering her husband last
November. will be given hearing In
Justice court at Mason City.
Judge Smith Mcpherson of the fed
eral court will take years rest and
Judge Walter l. Smith Of the circuit
court OF the United States will pre-
[side in Judge McPherson's absence.
Petros Enaffs was instantly killed
IN . mine In East Dubuque. While
1tliing his bucket q boulder fell. crush
iSng his head into an almost shapeless
mass. He was IS years Of age. and =
foreigner.
Antioch commandery No. l3. Knights
ITempIar. Is planning for big charity
|oall to be given in Mason City some
|glay this month. general committee
has been appointed to lay plans for
che event.
A car containing one thousand BUSH
els Of corn has just been shipped from
Alta to the Belgian relief commission
On New York. Prior to this the
|ehurches and schools had sent more
khan 500.
The Swan Lumber company Of
Sioux City has filed articles of incor-
poration with the secretary of state.
Il II capitalized at $4,000. B. F. Swan.
=. c. Swan and p. X. Wade are the in
Perpetrators.
Rev. 8. T. Burgess. pastor OF the
First Congregational church at
Charles City. has resigned to accept
he pastorate of the Christian church
1t Perry. Mo. He will leave Charles
City the latter part Of January.
The board Of parole in . report 20
Governor Clarke refused to recon-
mend . pardon for Betsy Smith. who
y serving life sentence at Fort Mad
ZOO for The murder q her Husband
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
ELECT HAMMOND PRESIDENT
Sons Of American Revolution Homo
Minnesota Governor.

st. Paul, Jan. 12-Governor Ham
mond was elected president Of the
Minnesota society, Sons OF the Amer.
lean Revolution. at the society's an
nual dinner at the Commercial club.
The election Of officers and the read
ing of the annual reports comprised
the business session. Special interest
was manifest in the papers Of s. B.
Crosby, St. Paul, and Rev. l.. A.
Crandall, Minneapolis. Gideon 8. Ives,
former lieutenant governor and vice
president of the organization. was
POSTMASTER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
w. H. TlLLSON, Clerk.

to be made. according to reports. Doc
tors are of the opinion that the man
when discovered had been dead be.
tween 10 and 20 hours.
Albert NJ. Adams. for forty years
editor of the Humboldt Independent
died at his home at Humboldt For
seventeen years he. was secretary
treasurer of the Upper Des Moines
Editorial association. Death was IN
directly. due to injuries received in an
automobile accident several weeks
ago.
According to infol nation received
1t Logan Rev. 8. X. Cross. pastor of
the Presbyterian church at WoOdbine,
has accepted a call to the pastorate OF
the First Presbyterian church at
Wayne. Neb. The people of Woodbine
sincerely regret that Mr.. Cross has
decided to accept the call.
Judge Foster is the terror Of evil
doors in Sioux City. He fined Mike
Flanagan $1,000 and sentenced him to
six months In Jail for violating an or
der restraining him from selling
liquor. 1t was in Flanagan's place
that the duel between Wesley Bland
and NJ. T. Bickham took place result
ing in the death of Bland.
One of the heaviest contributors to
the Belgian relief fund considering its
size was the village Of Kingston in
Des Moines county. Though 1t has
fewer than one hundred people, it do
mated car-load Of corn to the Iowa
Belgian Relief association. It has the
distinction of being the smallest COM
munity to donate full carload of
corn.
The supreme court at Des Moines
has granted new trial to VIM. Kirk.
an Indian known as Deer Foot, con-
victed of the murder Of his wife. at
Iowa City, in September. 1913. Mem
bers of the jury did not understand
that q verdict of manslaughter car
ried an indeterminate sentence. There
was only circumstantial evidence for
the shooting.
II an automobile owner has q re-
ceipt that he has paid his license but
is unable to obtain . number plate
from the secretary Of state, he is priv
ileged to operate his car with an old
number plate, according to an opinion
handed down by the supreme court
The court intimated that if this is not
true the automobile license law is un-
constitutional.
Ladine Potts, aged years, fell
through the platform of a we'll at
Boone, and was rescued only after q
display Of pluck that would have done
credit to an older person. The girl
caught on to . strap and was suspend
ed for half an hour until her mother
could get assistance. She repeatedly
called for help saying that she could
not hold on another minute.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22
WORK TO BEGIN IN SPRING
Construction Of Government Railroad
in Alaska Is Decided On.

Washington, Jan. 12.-Actual con-
struction of the government railroad
to connect the Alaskan coal fields with
the coast. authorized by congress last
March. will be begun the coming
spring.
This information was contained in a
statement by Secretary Lane of the
interior department after a confer
ence at the. White House between
President Wilson and Mr.. Lane and
William c. Edes. Lieutenant Frederick
Mears and Thomas Riggs. Jr.. com.
prising the Alaskan engineering com.
mission
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-22

The undersigned will have an Auction Sale
b Cresco, to dispose Of the personal property Ii