Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-15

Mrs. Mary Streinz was quite seri.
} oously injured last Saturday from a fall
down the cellar steps at the Acme
grocery. She is now q patient at
Mercy hospital and at latest reports
isn't recovering as rapidly as her many
friends would like to have her.
"WANrED-A good, steady, gentle
manly salesman to handle a Wards
Wagon in Howard county. No expert
ence needed. For full particulars write
promptly to DR.. Wards Medical Com
pany, Winona, MINI. Established in
1867 17w6.
Mrs. w. G.. Nichols was a guest of
honor at the home Of her son, C. D.
Nichols, last Monday evening, when
her children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren, numbering twenty-five
in all, gathered to help her celebrate
her eighty third birthday.
l. C. Cleveland, who resides near
Bonair, was badly injured early last
Monday evening by being struck by an
auto driven bv Albert Albertson, the
accident occurring near thelatter's place
in Bonair. Mr.. Cleveland's most Sc
rious injury was a dislocated hip.
If you are thinking of selecting
fine Electric Lamp for a Christmas
gift or for home use, look over my line
of Table, Floor and Hanging Electric
Lamps. Most choice selection and the
lowest in price.
w. 0. Swenson, THE Jeweler.'
The Ladies of the Baptist church
will hold market in the south room
of the church, Saturday, Dec. 10th,
commencing at IL o'clock. There will
also be a sale of miscellaneous articles
at ten cents each, and delicious home
made candy. Remember the time and
the place,
Nature warns you when your bowels
are stopped up. The filth from your
system is backing up instead of going
out. Take at once HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea or Tablets-clear the
bowels, get them to work regularly,
then keep them regular that's the
secret to real health.-Fred Lowry.
M. ]. White received this week a
box of fruit from his Florida winter
home, including oranges, grape fruit
and lemons. He had dandy grape
fruit, the only one grown on two
year-old tree, and some extra large
large lemons. M. J. took more pride
in his exhibit than an Iowa farmer with
prize corn crop.
Claude Weatherford, the monument
man of Cresco, has been spending few
days in town. He has been busy plac-
ing some tablets at the Scotland GEM
etery for A. Mckay of Missouri, and
for John johnson at Henrytown. Also
some lettering for N. N. Helle at
Greenfield. and building foundations
for monuments in Big Spring cemetery.
News.
Mrs. John 'Spriggs, who has been re-
siding witt daughter at Dunseith, N
D., passed away on Thursday of last
week and the remains were brought to
Cresco for inter,nent, funeral services
being held Wednesday morning in the
NJ L. Church conducted by Rev. ker-
wn. the SFriggs family We're resi-
dents of Orleans township in Winnie
5hiel couhty until about five years ago.
We are sorry to report that Simon
BrOGhammer, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Bvoghammer, who live north
Of DEBORAH few miles, lost parts of
three fingers in corn shredder last
week. He rents a farm north of CreS-
co in Howard county, where he has
been farming the past two seasons
The shredder cut diagonaily across the
little finger and the two next and it
just scratche the index,,fnger. Strange
y, the slight cut on the index finger is
giving him the most trouble. DEBORAH
Journal
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