Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-04-06
Local Notes.

route to her home at Glasgow, Mon
tana.
Mrs. CAB. Howell and little daugh-
ter arrived Saturday from Spring VAL
ley, MIMI, for visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bents and
family. -..- f..
For RENT-I60 acres for one or two
pastures with running water and shade
lin Burr Oak twp, Winneshiek Co. In
quire of Mrs. Mary A. Courtney,
Cresco, Ia.
We are pleased to note that Rev. w.
A. Scholer has been returned to his
Cresco charge for another year by the
conference that was recently held in
Cedar Falls. g..
Mrs. L. H. Schroeder and her daugh-
ter, Miss Clara, returned on Monday to
their home at Postville, after visit at
the home of the formers sister, Mrs.
H. w. Meyer.
Mrs. Lizzie Thurren who has been
visiting at the home of, her daughter,
Mrs. j: F. CRUDE, left Wednesday &C.
companied by Mr.. CRUDE for her home
at Craven, S. D.
Lloyd Barker accompanied his daugh-
ter Inez to Winnebago, Mimi, last Sat-
urday where she will spend week Wis
iting with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. harrington. ~.
A card from N. B. Wheeler says that
he and Mrs. Wheeler are at New
Orleans, and that he has thawed the
California icicles off his whiskers, is
eating oysters and feeling fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Craghill returned
last Saturday morning from Florida
where they spent the winter, and will
begin housekeeping in the Givler house
in the northeast part of town.
Mrs. Bertha Smith, of Burt, Iowa,
Mrs. Dora Brown, of Eldora, and Miss
Margaret Zilz, of Oelwein. were guests
of Mrs. Lottie Scholz at the F. J. Mead
home, from Friday until Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Miller left last
Sunday night for Batavia, ILL.,, to at
tend the funeral of their little grand
daugher and will visit the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Chas. Mead and
family at Geneva before returning.
H. H. Perkins, aged 80 years, an old
resident of Howard county, died on
Tuesday evening at the supper table at
the county farm which has been his
home for several years. The funeral
was held yesterday with interment at
New Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Wheeler enter
tanned number of their friends at an
"April Fool Party" last Saturday ev-
ening. All who were present enjoyed
the party immensely and as they de-
parted in the early morning declared
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler royal entertain
ers.
Leonard Schmidt, J. F. Graft, VIM.
Engelhardt and Mike Wittenbreer of
Riceville were business visitors in Cres-
co Monday. The latter called on the
Plain Dealer to pay his subscription
and the three others took advantage of
the opportunity to add their names to
the Plain Dealers big and always
growing list of readers.
Mrs. G. Bic Ravndahl, wife of the
United States Consul to Turkey, living
at Constantinople, accompanied by
Mrs. Margaret Rogue, widow of the
late Prof. L. S. Rogue, former United
States Consul to Holland, were the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Nor
man on Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week. Mrs. Ravndshl expects to spend
the summer with her children on an
island off the coast of Maine.
Thomas Cummins, one of Howard
CountS's oldest residents, passed away
last Saturday afternoon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hayes.
Funeral services were held on Monday
with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Those who were here from away to at
tend the funeral were his son, Phil.
Cummins, and daughter, Mrs. w. M.
Gray, and Mrs. Richard Cummins and
daughter, Mrs. Mary Baur and little
son, all of Chicago.
Word comes from Waterloo of the
birth of son on March %, to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. V. Drake. Mrs. Drake was
formerly Miss Ruby DeGroff. ..... DR..
Harry Cannon and Miss Tess Cannon,
of st. Paul, brother and sister of Mrs.
M. A. Montague, were called the latter
part of the week by her illness, and on
Sunday DR.. Kessel of Cresco perform
ed a surgical operation on the patient,
and she is now doing nicely. Miss
Cannon, who is trained nurse, re-
NAMED to care for her. -Riceville Re-
corder,