Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12

Lloyd s. Miller made an over Sun
day visit at Camp Dodge with bis
friend, sergt. Paul Geraty, whom hi
found well and very busy training mer
for the over seas trip which their di.
vision expect to make soon.
Mrs. Rose Andrews and daughter of
Chicago, who has been visiting at the
Joe Haubrick home, AID Mrs. J. F.
Judd went to Austin yesterday for a
visit at the home of the latter's par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Henry Rink.
AT PRIVATE sALE-A lot of house.
hold furniture in good condition includ-
ing q hard coal burner large size) I,
nearly new, also cook stove. A lot of
dishes and glass fruit jars.
MRS. C. KNOX, 5l1 Third Ave. E.
SPEclALs-Finest lines of genuine
Gather goods as handbags and
purses, week end bags and cases, SOL
dier's kits and many other useful
articles-popular prices. 45tf
Swenson's Jewelry and Gift Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Metcalf and FAM
lily, who have been visiting at the home
of the latter's aunt, Miss Lauraine
Mead, left on Thursday for a short
visit with relatives at Fredericksburg,
Iowa, enroute to their home at Lakota,
North Dakota.
You can have three months free tut
ton and free books in one Of Iowa's
best equipped business colleges if you
write today to the College of Com
merce, Waterloo for particulars. Mid
summer term, July 18th. Office po-
sition guaranteed.
There will be patriotic meeting at
the Darrow school house on Wednes-
day evening at 500 o'clock for the pur-
pose of organizing a w. S. S. society.
A good program is being arranged.
Every man, woman and child living~in
the district is urged to be present.
M. o. Swenson leaves this week for
Tulsa, Okla, going as far as Lincoln,
Neb., with Levan Wanless and family
on their return home to Colorado. MIR.
Swenson has q fine position there in a
plumbing establishment. and if the
position and climate are satisfactory.
his family Will follow later.
Mrs Thomas J. Gibbons departed
Wednesday morning for MAR, Sask.,
Canada, for visit u the home Of her
Mrs. James Lemon. She
was accompanied by her grandchildren
James and May Lemon, who has been
here ate nding school. Mrs. Gibbons
will return by the way of St. John, N.
D., where she will visit her son, Lee
Gibbons and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Goetsch, Of
Spencer, Iowa, visited relatives in this
vicinity ! couple of days last week.
Mr.. Gostsch has fine position as sup
erintendent of the Spencer schools at .
salary Of $500 pc. year. Their stay
was made short as Nj. Goetsch has
charge of the building of . new school
building there and also 10 IN instructor
in . summer school. go"
Cresco Camp, l2l, Woodmen Of the
World, met Wednesday evening with
F. c., Flint, Of Cedar Rapids. organ
izer for that order, and made plans for
a big class of new members. The w.
o. w. is the safest and best of the
fraternal insurance orders, and Mr..
Flint will be glad to explain its plan in
detail. If you are q W. o. w. and
have . prospect, get him in touch with
Mr.. Flint who will see that he is made
happy by writing his application for q
gold bond policy.
+ We acknowledge q call from Frank
Barta of. Cedar Rapids, who with other
Bohemians from that town are touring
the state collecting funds to aid in the
maintenance and equipment of an army
of Bohemians now operating in Siberia
against the Germans and Bolshivik
government. Mr.. Barta says the army
now numbers 140,0 made up of ao-
hemians formerly in the Austrian army
but taken prisoners by the Russians,
and that this army of good fighters
wilt be increased just as fast as money
can be raised for their equipment.
They are fighting for free Bohemia.
1t is worthy of. remark that large
proportion Of the musical talent, asst
is disclosed in the musical schools, does
not come from the great centers OF
artistic activity like New York, and
Chicago, but from the towns less close
ly packed with population and from the
country. 1t will probably be of inter
est to learn that one of the students
who distinguished herself in the Chics.
On Musical Col1eCe dnrino tho aeason