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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Meeting Of Taxpayers League.

The officers of the Taxpayers League
and Farmers Protective Association
met on December 2lst, and as there
was so few members present on account
of the extreme cold, it was decided to
postpone the meeting until the first of
January, 1917. ..-,E SECRETARY. z
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Post Office Hour. Next. Monday.

Next Monday, New Years day, be.
ing ! legal holiday, the post Office gen.
eral delivery windows will be open
from to 10 o. clock a. m, and to
p. "a. City carriers will make one
complete delivery in the morning but
the rural carriers will make no deliv-
icS s.E
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Released ON Bail.

Jacob Eggenschwyler, the Elma man
who was in Jail charged with the shoot
ing of his neighbor Meyer, was releas-
ed last week having given bail in the
sum of $500. His release was made
possible by the conditioned Meyers whs
is reported to be on the road to res
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29

For SALE-Some good cows, some
good young work horses, good auto
mobile cheap, and Shropshire sheep.
Inquire of c. G. MAXWELL, or Phone
Rumsey IL. En-, ..-. ,. 17tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Notice Of Dissolution.

N0uCe OF OlSSOluuOn.
Notice is hereby given that at a
specisl meeting of the stockholders of
the Cresco Coop Commission, Co. held
ct Cresco, Ia, on the 9th day Of Sept.
1916, by vote of more than
two-thirds of the capital stock of said
corporation, it is resolved that said car
poration be dissolved, the assets of the
corporation be disposed of and dstribu'
ted to the stockholders, after all the
debts and claims against said corpor-
alton have been paid and fully satisfied.
Jas. N. Smith, Pres.
lS-4t E. M. Eldridge, Sec'y.
For SALE-One of the best farms in
Howard Center Township, splendid
location; at bargain. Enquire Of
51tf MRS. JAS. LONG, >..
Cresco, Ia, Rt.. 3.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Storage Rates After January lst.

Storage Rates After January lst.
On account of the high price of coal,
we are compelled to raise our rate on
live storage from $4.00 to $3.50, on
dead storage from So. 90 to $3.50.
Pierce, Cunningham & Rice.
Wentworth & Burr.
Cresco Auto Company.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Residence and ACREAGE BarQain.

Z acre and good Groom house
for sale at bargain. Everything in
excellent condition. Good well, cistern,
cellar, shade trees and excellent soil.
For particulars see Luers Land Co. 1913
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
0lA Fellow, Attention.
Repular n1eet

Regular meeting Monday, Jan. 1st,
at 7:3O. Start the new year right broth
ers by being present, and then resolve
to attend regularly during the entire
year.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29

Chester White Bears for sale, good
growthy ones from matured stock. VIII
Woods, Phone East Vernon S. lift
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Civilization At the Opera House

Civilization, the startling cinema
production that comes to the Opera
House, Dec. % and 30. has been pro-
claimed by press, pulpit and educators
to be the most stupendous production
ever shown. Undoubtedly the present
war has given q keen interest to the
spectacle. The picture is an allegori-
cal story of war that has laughed at the
worlds Haunting boast of higher
progress. 1t pictures the awfulness of
world mad with the bloodlust of con-
quest. It shows how half the manhood
of . world may be swept by the ter
rifle death dealing machinery of mod
e.n war, from the peaceful valleys in
to the scarlet trails.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29

Average daily attendance. ......loa
4 Those neither tardy or absent Masie
Miles, Nellie Buresh, Abner Buresh,
Clifford Miles, Bernice Kent, Loren
Kent, Willie Citek, Frank Citek.
II, . NELLA HIT, Teacher.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
Wells Fargo Employees Get Bonus.

Employees Of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press Companies with q salary of $1,000
or less have been made glad by an or.
der from the president of the company
that all such employees who have been
in the continuous employment of the
company for one year will be paid a
bonus equivalent to one months salary
to be paid in four quarterly INSTALL
ments, commencing Jan. 1st. The
order states that the payment of the
bonus is due to recognition of the
H. C.. l.. to all employees. a
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-29
School Report.

Monthly report of Saratoga, Dist.
No., for the month ending December
22nd:
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23
Local and Personal

Miss Alice Knowles has continued
on the sick list this week.
Attorney Poole, Of Murray, KY,
was in Lexington last Monday.
George A. Morgan, of the old 18th
district, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Matte Hunt has gone to Pa
ducah to visit friends and relatives.
Mrs. R. L. Taylor and Mrs. Fred
G. Boren were in Jackson last Fri
day.
Mesdames Emmett Sneed and W.
X. Johnston were in Jackson shop
ping Tuesday.
Our old friend, W. V, league Or
ders The Progress sent to his grand
daughter, Mrs. Janeway, at Tulsa,
Okla.
Rev. j. V. Freeman went to Dy-
ersburg Tuesday to attend a meet
ing of Southern Methonist presiding
elders.
Engineer B. F. Busch had an at
tack of acute Indigestion last week
which jerked off about II pounds OF
his fat.
State agent Lewis for the Hart
ford Fire Insurance Company, is
here this week, with the local agent,
v. N. Blankenship.
Misses Ruth Enochs, Will Murray,
Helen Odle and Clara Rockholt went
to Newbern Monday to attend the
big Epworth League meeting.
Mrs. j. G. Mcmillan came over
from .Decaturville last Friday to
spend several hays with her sisters,
Mrs. Rozetta Blount and Mrs. W, V.
Barry.
Little Miss Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter Of Charles L. Barry, came over
from Memphis Tuesday to spend a
week in the home Of her grandpa
rents.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23

INTELLIGENT USE or FERTILIZERS IN GERMANY.
The Second Of a Sarlas Of Sly Articles
J. q. pc Loaoh, Director d 0eoraIa z

All state institutions since its origin
In the early ffe State all kinds have taken lively
part the building
o granted that the trade profitable to farmers and merchants alike
and have therefore framed manufacture and sale In
every state where fertilizer sold appecabe quantities have been
passed acng certain the manufacturer analyses
grades trade overambous might forget obligation
the
u We without fear successful contradiction that the
fertilizer
long recognized that Germany leads the world many
nnes OF science This perhaps true in regard to the use of fertilizers
early Germany discovered that salts applied growing
crops increased the yields immensely and time and study to the under
lying and has the other of the world vaa
able lessons her findings Won b through his studies and lee
in the early history of the commercial fertilizers ebg that
kuhman German agricultural scientist applied sammoniac to meadow
in the a 2h
cred sO pounds Of hay than the kind of meadow where
did not the saammonc He this result about 200
pounds Of salammonac the
In commenting Liebig following q" is
quite certain that the action Of the which produced the next
highest after the Chilli salpe unmiskable played by the
with carbonate and nitrate of ammonia show that quantity of ammonia
nitrogen equivalent that 20 pounds employed under
the same conditions. almost without effect"
Fertilizer Experiments n Germany
little further along "The observations the
knowledge which
the SOIL by its physical condition. plays it The compartment of the
the earthly phosphaes the SOIL perhaps assist throwing
light their action their actions growth
This
salt added certain mineral greater yield obtained
and Won bg relation
this added material to the liberation potash the soils
Only short time after the between the the German pot
ash beds discovered and by bounds material gained
favor with planters we'll The necessity find
thorough satisfaction
the potash salts and here the industry stood for long ebg
claim that Tbasc phosphate the formula and
found efficient This fact significant and happened dis
salts Iiebg thought
don phosphor acid earthly these
In turn added greatly to the yield of farm
eermanys Crop Nations
We
applied
potash For many years these three elements have been the essential
elements of plant food in a fertilizer formula.
Today Germany applies more salts per acre her crops than
other nation world higher
yields of farm than other nation 1t significant that these
facts related
has learned the lesson of good uagedeep blowing the
vegetable SOIL
with
which the
The greatest
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23

Miss Robbie Clement Dennison
adopted daughter Of the late P. j.
Dennison, arrived from Memphis
Tuesday anis guest Of the Blount
House.
A. M. Powers, the Reagan mer-
chant, went to Nashville last week
to be preset at the graduation of his
son, John, from the Medical Depart
ment of Vanderbilt University.
Charlie DAVIS, Of Luray, was here
last Saturday and promised to pro-
cure for The Progress a full state
ment of the strawberry business a t
Luray this year land its future.
Assistant Acknowledgement Hugh
Anderson went to Jackson last Sat-
urday at 11:40 a. m and spent until
9:2O a. m. Monday, when he return
ed to resume his duties in the Cir
cult court.
The PROGRESS editor is indebted to
Miss Virginia Lee, the charming lit
tie daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will P.
Parker, for some beautiful speci-
ments from the Parker cape Jas
mine bush.
Last Sunday was Odd Fellow Me-
mortal day and proper ceremonies
were held over the graves of four
deceased brothers in Lexington Gem
etery, Rev. Peoples being speaker
of the occasion.
Subject of sermon at morning
hour next Sunday at M. E. Church,
South, The Way to Gods Store
Houses" No service at evening
hour on account of meeting at the
Baptist church.
Frank Mcconnell, ofthe Nashville
office of the Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis Railway, was in Lexing-
ton Monday, on account of the Bos-
we'll damage suit, on which non
suit was taken.
Barry Jones is here from Blythe
vile, Ark, to spend a week or so
with his father, Mr. C. B. Jones and
wife. Barry's many friends here
are glad to know that he is making
good in Arkansas.
W. H. Rhegness, of Jackson, Fed
eral Pension Agent and County No.
tary, was in Lexington Tuesday,
hunting information in regard to
the late Walter H. Crow, in the
Chancery court office.
Mrs. Sula Muse, with her two
sons, Will Scott and Jim, and her
brother, Mel Scott, spent last Sun
day at Dickey.s Landing on Tennes-
see River, with Mrs. Mamie Dickey.
The trip was made in Mel's auto
Joe Wheeler Kizer, a negro con-
victed for / months and 20 DAYS
for carrying pistol, escaped Tuesday
morning from Jail and was caught
near the graveyard by Ed Davis, a
white prisoner, and brought back to
Jail.
CT. Ray spent from Saturday
till Monday evening at Fulton, KY,
visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs. BERTHE
McClain. Mr.. Ray was accompani-
ed home by his neice, Miss Lottie
Ray, who will remain an indefinite
time.
Jim B. Porterfeld, cotton buyer,
of Corinth, Miss, was here Monday
en- route to Saltillo where his wife
and two children are visiting. Mr.
Porterfield had been here a few days
before a gusst of his aunt, Mrs. D.
E. Scott.
Jesse Golf and John Powers, now
full fledged M. D., have come home
from Nashville where they gradu-
ated last week from the Medical
Department of Vanderbilt Univer-
sity. Both young men have prom
Using futures before them.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23

We are authorized to announce E,
Fulghum, of Jackson, candidate to
represent the Goth Senatorial District
composed of the counties of Chester,
Henderson and Madison in the Goth
General Assembly Of Tennessee,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party and on an unequiyocal
prohibition and law enforcement
platform.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-06-23

We are authorized to announce
Arthur S. Montgomery, of Sardis,
Henderson County, candidate to rep
resent the Goth Pictorial District,
composed of the counties of Madison
and Henderson, in the Goth General
Assembly of Tennessee, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02

the Bancroft team and Vernon, was
won by the Bancroft boys. Much
praise is due the /. o. o. F. band OF
Bancroft. which furnished music for
the day.
Mrs. Edward Wilkinson and Mrs.
Wren of Owosso spent Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkin-
son. who has just returned from De-
troit and Milant where she spent the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Z. Borton and Mr.
and Mrs. Erwin Gunther of Ithaca are
visiting relatives here this week.
Miss Abbie Howard is visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Milo Howard this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lake of Fowlerville
were Sunday visitors at the home OF
their mother, Mrs. Albeck.
l.. M. Evans expects to start gro
Gerry truck on the road in a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Conrad of Ban
croft spent Tuesday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Markham.
The Congregational ladies receiv.
ed $50 at their supper Tuesday even.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Easier Of
Flint were weekend visitors at the
home of w. E. Eckelburger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Randolph Of
Flint are visitors at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Pierce.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
PULLED ROPE THAT
HUNG MRS. SURRATT
Capt. Christian A. Rath Heasd
Memorial Day Parade.

Jackson, June 1.-Although eighty
six years old, Christian A. Rath, civil
war veteran and the man who as pro-
vost marshal slipped the traps which
ended the lives of the conspirators
who killed Abraham Lincoln, walked
at the head of the Memorial day par.
ade in this city.
At the time Of the assassination Of
Lincoln, Mr.. Rath was a captain and
he was promoted brtvee-major of vol
unteers on recommendation of Gen.
eral o. B. Wilcox and was ordered to
report at Washington. He remained
there during the trials of Mrs. Surrat,
Payne, Atzerodt, Harold, DR.. Mudd,
O'Laughlin, Arnold and Spangler. The
conspirators were confined in the pen
itentiary in the District of Columbia
Captain Rath selected the rope with
which the conspirators were hanged
and made the nooses which were put
about their necks.
Captain Rath has taken part in
every Memorial day parade held in
Jackson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
Vernon.

Vernon, May 31-Mrs. Percy
Chamherlin and baby are visiting at
the home of the formers mother,
Mrs. Jennie Whaley.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, who spent
the winter in California, returned
home Friday evening and on Sunday
she entertained her children, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Harris and children of
Swartz Creek, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Martin of Vernon and Joseph Harris
of Flint.
Mrs. Jessie Brooks was called to
Fenton Monday by the illness of her
sister, Mrs. Frank Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Evans, Henry
Randolph and Harold Disbrow and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fulton attend
ed the circus in Owosso Monday.
r. d. Disbrow made business trip
to Owosso Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harrington
of Detroit are visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John DeHart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mclaughlin
are visiting friends and relatives for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ara Sessions of Bat
tie Creek are visiting at the home OF
their brother and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wane Sessions for a week.
Miss Susie Empie entertained the
Limited club at her home Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewight Virgins OF
Flint are visitors among their rela-
tives and friends for a few days.
Decoration Day was fine one. The
day was spent in visiting and exer-
cises. The song by the small school
children was enjoyed by all. A very
large crowd was in attendance. The
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
BURTON

q q Stiff was in Detroit on business
the first of last week.-Mrs. E A
Hicks of Durand, who has been spend.
ing the past few weeks with relatives
in this place and vicinity, left Tuesday
to visit her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs George Turner, in Owosso-
George Cadz of Lake Odessa. Is visiting
his brother. Albert Cadz and family
w @ Stiff left Thursday of last week
for three weeks sojourn with his sons
in Chicago. and Tomshswk, Wisconsin
-Mrs Walter Bonner of Detroit, is
spending the week with Mesdsmes
Charlotte Bonner and Eliza Glover
Den Covert Of Billings, Montana. but
formerly Of Ovid, was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs P h Wilkins part of last week
There was no small stir Thursday
morning and quite good deal of ex.
element when it became known that
Freeman Austin's house was on fire
With prompt aid from the men and
women the flames were soon put out,
but not before large hole was burned
through the roof-Mrs Chas Wilke g
of Battle Creek, spent the week with
relatives in this vicinity-Mr and
Mrs Frank Wright and daughter spent
Monday in Durand-Paul Hutchins
Of Grand Rapids, spent Monday at the
home of Henry Schreder--Mr and
Mrs John Babcock spent Sunday in st
Johns-Miss Meta Sexton spent sew.
eral days with her parents Mr. and Mrs
James Sexton, in Owosso-Mr and
Mrs Bruce Grub and daughter were
guests Of Mr. and Mrs Henry Schroeder,
Sunday-Miss Olive Luckhurst, who
has been i'll, is somewhat improved
Miss Sarah McWilliams of Lansing,
spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs E w
Mason.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
Howell Defeats Owosso.

The Owosso high school baseball
team was defeated by Howell high
school at Howell Tuesday afternoon by
q score OF to /. The game was cut
short to permit the visitors to catch a
train. The Owosso team showed weak.
ness with the stick, making only three
safe hits
The Owosso students will play st.
Johns high school here Friday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02

Mrs. l.. J. Kinney Of Lansing, is be
ing endorsed for position in the aud.
itor generals Office to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of her husband.
Many friends in this county will be
pleased if she is successful.
Judge Miner has set June s as the
date OF the trial of the divorce case of
John vs. Hattie Corcoran, both of
Owosso. John claims that his wife
has negro blood in her veins, and has
assaulted lin. In her cross bill Mrs.
Corcoran accuses her husband of being
q drunkard and asserts that he is a
beast when intoxicated.
Rev. David Howell, D. D., died at
his home in Lansing, Sunday, after a
brief sickness with pneumonia, aged 70
years. DR. Howell was widely known
throughout the state, having served for
a number of years as synodical mission.
arv for the Presby terrain church besides
having served several pastorates. He
was a brother-in.law of DR.. A. M.
Hume, who with Mrs. Hume, attended
the funeral services Wednesday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
Milk Above Required Test.

Complaints by housewives that milk
sold by the Owosso dealers Is lacking In
butter fat, are not sustained by test
made at the M. A. q. recently.
Seventeen samples Of milk from the
wagons Of dealers in the city sent to the
agricultural college, showed that the
amount of butter fat varied from 5 to
A per cent The city ordinance re-
quires that the milk contains at least
three per cent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
LaIngsburg.

DR. and Mrs A 8 Scott and son Arthur.
have returned home after spending
three weeks In Detroit and other places
ELIAS Hisey was called to Toronto,
Canada, last week by the death of his
sister-Mr and Mrs Chss Knight of
Detroit. spent the week. end at the
home of the lstter's mother, Mrs w Fl
Card-Mrs M M Weeks of Smyrna,
former resident of this place, is visit
ing old friends here for few days
MIR and Mrs Sidney Grinnell are par
ents of q son. born Ssturdsy-Miss
Mary Lanning of Mitchelville, To-, a
former resident, visited friends here
the last of the week--Mr and Mrs
Clarence Polly of Perry, were guests of
MIR ana Mrs Austin Honsberger. Sun.
dsy-Howard Benson was home from
Detroit over Sunday-Mrs Ida Dean
spent Saturday with her sister at Bath,
and attended the Decoration day exer-
cises and Mrs Ernest Witchell of
Lansing, were guests of the latter's
mother, Mrs e Pierson, Sunday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
WIND UPSETS BOAT; TWO DIE
Six Others in Same Boat Narrowly
Escape Like Fate.

Evansville, Ind, June 1.-Two men
were drowned and six others narrow-
ly escaped death when rowboat over
turned in heavy storm that swept
Vanderburg county and vicinity. The
dead are Richard Disney, thirty years
old, and Edward Nordner, thirty-five
years old, factory employees.
With six other men Disney and
Nordner left here for a fishing trip
and had reached Dogtown, a settle
ment few miles below here, when a
heavy gust of wind overturned the
boat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
Divorces Granted.

Judge Miner granted number of
divorces the past week, most of the
cases being uncontested, some with in.
teresting statements connected, but
mostly just the worthlessness of the
defendants or the interference of rela.
tives as the causes. John Howard, an
Owosso cigar maker, was divorced
from Mary Howard with whom he
lived twenty years before a marriage
ceremony'was performed and who left
home as soon as 1t was performed.
Five children were born to them. all Of
whom are grown up.
Edna Eslinger Taylor was granted a
decree from Orrin G. Taylor railroad
man, on the grounds of cruelty and
desertion. Taylor in cross bill stated
that he was driven out by his wife's
mother, his belongings being set out in
the yard while he was az work. He
said he did not even know the date he
was to be married until he saw it in
the newspaper.
DEGREES were granted to George from
Marian Smell, Gertrude from William
FL. butcher, Amelia from Urbin J.
Pease Smell is nearly 80 years old, and
both Mr.. and Mrs. Pease are over 70
years of age.
Judge Miner has granted a decree of
divorce to Mrs. Edna Teller Green of
Owosso, from Hugh Green of Lansing,
on grounds of cruelty. Mr. and Mrs
Green have been married several years.
Both are well known ia Owosso. Mrs.
Green testified that her husband for
some time past has consorted with
other women, has neglected her and
called her vile names. She said that
when she was married she had s400 in
cash and that she gave this to him to
invest in a home. He lost the home
she says. The court, in granting the
decree. allowed Mrs. Green costs of $40
and made an order that Green should
pay back the $400 he borrowed of her
The obligation is to constitute lien on
the Green homestead in Owosso, which
is now in Green's name, until paid.
Green is craftsman in Lansing. Both
he and Mrs. Green were formerly prom
inent in church circles in Owosso be.
fore moving to Lansing. He did not
contest the suit.
The number of applications for
citizenship papers to be heard on the
opening day of the September term OF
court, promises to break all records.
Over 30 are now on file.
Mrs. Minnie NATION and daughter,
Miss Cornelia, were guests of relatives
Il, St Jobns the frat Of tha vuaak