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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
OTTER CREEK.

St. Valentines day next week Thurs.
day. Remember your friends with the
usual seasons greetings.
was a pleasant caller at the Mike
Kratz home last week one day.
Albert Milk and daughter Louise
were pleasant callers at Cresco other
week Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Kratz and
Ada Neuman of Cresco were pleasant
, callers at DEBORAH last week one day.
Albert Milk and family were pleas.
ant callers at the Cisar home near
Protivin other Sunday evening.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kratz and daugh'
ter Amelia drove to Florenceville 9th
er Sunday to visit with Dan Kruger
and family. They returned home next
day. S
Rollie Kratz was q pleasant caller at
the parental home other Sunday after
noon. '-@ 3. $780,
Winfield Kratz was saving wood one
day last week, others assisting him.
Charley Vrba took in the dance at
Protivin other week one evening.
Frank Vrba, from near Protivin was
a pleasant business caller at Ridgeway
last week Monday.
Remember the church services at the
German M. E. and Evangelical church
es next Sunday. .'~
Will Kuntz was saving wood last
week Friday, some of his neighbors as
sisting. :. .. 49,.
John Vrba was saving wood last
week one day neighbors assisting him.
Albert Milk and son Bennie and Mr..
Anderson assisted J. ]. Kreitzer at
butchering last week one day.
John R. Thorson of Calmar, piano
tuner did business in this vicinity last
week Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. j. c. Kirschman, sons
Reuben and Vern were pleasant callers
at the John Aegerter home other Sun
day evening.
Ross Kirschman was q pleasant call.
er at the Carl Haakenson home recent
~. -. :F'''''''
Joe Soukup and brother Jim were
pleasant callers 1T the w. E. Wiede-
man home other Wednesday evening.
Ross Kirschman called at the John
Aegerter home one day recently.
Joe and Jim Soukup and families
were callers at the J. G. Kirschman
home recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Demo Kratz of Sumner
twp, were pleasant callers at the pa
rental home of the former other Sum
day afternoon. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz spent the
other Sunday evening with formers
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kratz.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
DAVIS CORNERS.

John Baethke and family entertained
company Sunday afternoon.
Anil Halweg was a Cresco caller
Monday last.
MIR. and Mrs. Frsncis Dvorak and
Truman spent q pleasant evening at
the Nelson Finley home Monday.
RJohn Musel drove to the Tom Koshat.
ka home near Lourdes Monday 20 see
James who is very i'll.
Those who hauled coal from Lime
Springs Saturday were John Eberling.
John Baethke, Jr., Nelson Finley and
Francis Dvorak.
Henry Bunge called on L. A. Moran
= de Saturday last.
Confirmation was given 1T the Luth.
,eran Church last Sunday to children
who have been attending school the
past few months.
Theo. Deiken transacted business at
Cresco last Friday.
Will Absrly returned from Lacrosse,
Wis, Friday where he visited with
friends and relatives. 81.
,:Ira Buckley was an over night visit.
or at the Francis Dvorak home Thuas'
day. III.
John Aberly was hauling -four from
Lime Springs to the store here last
Tuesday.
Herb Halweg, who attends school al
Cresco, spent Sunday under the parent
al roof. .57-..,
M. Griffith and Percy Best, from
Lime Springs, called in this vicinity
Tuesday last.
Jas. Dusheck Sundayed ut the Mike
Derr home. s
w. I. Neiwaid was seen on Davis
Corners streets Tuesday afternoon.
Eli Foote spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Walt Wilmot.
Mrs. Paul Trachta is staying 1T the
Frank Pata home caring for her new
9randchild.
August Aberly entertained friends
Sunday afternoon.
Greg and John Mast accompanied BY
their wives we're Cresco callers last
week, one day. 81
For first-class dental work, call on
Dr.. ]. J. Clemmer over p. A. Glenn
-~.S. nrua Cfopa 9dtf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
Farners Attention.

For q cream separator that is built to
wear, to skim perfectly clean, easy to
turn and easy to wash and keep ssni-
tary, one built with the troubles left
out, for such . separator you should
call on Andrew Smith. Cresco. 10.
Phone 267 34-tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
The Plattsburs Manual Advises

the daily use of Foot Ease in the Shoes.
There is nothing so good for the quick
relief of Corns, Bunions, Chilblains,
Blisters, Sore Spot or Callouses rs this
DID,. standard remedy. Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder to shake
into the shoes. Sold everywhere.
Don't accept any substitute. 25t4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
Fer Sak

Scotch Collie pups of best breeding
and color from good working parents.
Get your order in early md you viii
lkayS- one ready to work next spring.
l5-tf .,..-r.s. M. P. Lydon.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
Fer Sale.

Toulouse Geese of the large African
standard variety, weighing 20 pounds
and more. Inquire or address Holland
Farms, Cresco, Iowa. 23-4t
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
Mary CliIlrea are S;ekly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children Break up Colds in "A hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Stom:
ach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and
Destroy Worms. At oil druggists, zbc.
Sample mailed FREE: ADDRESS, Mother
Gray Co., LIE Roy, N. 7. 25t4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08
TWIN VILLAGES.

Do not forget the Lyceum course at
the M. E. church IN Friday evening.
Feb. 9Th, by DR.. Sudlindra Rose, M. \.
Phi. D., of Calcutta, India.
F. L. Damon was a Cresco business
caller on Monday.
]. A. and Roy Ludwig were both
draymen from Cresco, last Monday.
R. w. McCloud had to make drive
to Harmony on last Monday to take the
Crowell girls to school.
Esther Serfling was visitor at the
O. R. Serfling home, last Monday.
John Sofia purchased driving horse,
buggy and harness of liver jacobson,
the past week.
TIE annual creamery meeting was
held in the M. w. Of A. hall on Tues
day, Jan. goth, with a good meeting.
The old officers we're all reelected.
The association did b large business,
the past year, and have paid $la2, 232. 81
for butter fat.
Henry Rygg and Bonnie Jacobson
were callers at the E. r. St. John home
on Tuesday.
A. w. Ludwig and Gus Kneuth were
The Jones.Fernette Co. were unable
to get here on Wednesday on account
of being snowbound. Further notice
will be given later.
The Ladies Aid was held on Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Geo. Ludwig,
with good attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Grooteboer visited
at the home of Fred Martin on Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Brink are the
proud parents of a baby boy born on
Jan. 3lst.
Edward Thacher was a caller at the
Otto Serfling home on last Thursday.
Willis Copeman and mother and Alta
Denier were Cresco callers on Friday.
Roy Peterson went to Cresco on Fri
day with load of wood for Jno. Michel.
Bert Rix, A. w. Deuser and Henry
Heistercamp were Cresco callers on
Saturday.
News was received on Saturday by
friends of the marriage of Virgil
Williams to young lady at Hampton.
Virginia, where he is located in the
U. S. Army.
OBITUARY.
Fred A. Keune, son of Godfrey and
Amelia Keune, was born Nov. 3, 1868,
in Albion Twp, Iowa, where he spent
his entire life. Fred was of a quiet
and reserved nature. He did not mingle
with society, spending much of his time
alone For the past twenty years, he
made his home with his brother, John,
where he passed away on Jan. 3lst at
$50 p. m. All that, loving hands could
do was done for him. He leaves to
mourn, two brothers, Charles of Canada,
and John of Cresco, and two sisters,
Mrs. Andrew Ludwig of Florenceville,
and Mrs. Pilger of Minnesota. His
parents, six sisters and one brother
have gone before him. Funeral was
held on Saturday afternoon in the
Evangelical church on the Ridge con-
Quoted by the pastor, w. A. Scholer.
CARD OF THANKS.
We. wish to thank the friends who so
kindly helped US during the sickness
and burial of our brother.
JOHN KEUNE AND FAMILY.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08

No. one wood ut $40 per acre, will
sell in lots to suit, Inquire Of Frank
Slifka. 23-3t
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-08

For first.class dental work, call Of
Dr.. ]. Clemmer over p. A. Glenn
mer's Drug Store. 34tf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Some Of the Franks.

A big electric light pole was carried
from the gas plant lot and placed
across Main street at Seventeenth
streets, and motoTtst ran over it
full tilt before it was removed by the
police.
Somebody reported his rain SPOUT
torn off and carried away. A kitchen
chair was placed at an Orleans avenue
intersection as satirical turning
sign A big garbage can made of boil
er iron was set out in another street
Gutter aprons were removed every
where, and in the first ward many
door mats were hidden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
THE SCIONS OF
FIRST FAMILY
More Complaints Of More Deviinent
by More Boys With Noted
keokuk Names Conn.,
Ina In.

It looks like headlines about scions
of first families Of Keokuk may be
kept standing. Complaints continue
to come in of the activities Of boys
with names long standing high In
Keokuk.
The roster was enlarged today by
people living on the bluff where they
can see the government lock below
The complaint most serious this
time was that the tame squirrels
were being 'ruthlessly MANNED. Spe-
officially some boys whose parents
are in the Country club set were
charged with shooting the SQUIRRELS
without killing them, and leaving
them to suffer with bad wounds and
finally die.
The parents are IN two classes
those who are ignorant Of what their
boys are doing; those who are trying
to stop It,
There is some talk OF bringing a
bunch OF the boys into the pitiless
publicity of police court prosecu-
tions, but no informations had been
filed up to late this afternoon.
I'VE old timers well remember the
times there used to be in Cattarau-
gus and on BiIlygoat HILL" said one
of them today, but their glory has
departed and seems to have gone to
Mob Hill which may become as fam
GUS in a way as they ever were.'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01

moving forward The kid beaus has
tened for police assistance.
Otto Rochenbach, when he started
down town after supper, found his
automobile filled with cord WOOD
which he salvaged at eight dollars
cord. Then he hurd.ed over the cleo
tic light pole in Main street without
seeing it.
The street lights being out in
considerable section Of the south side
of town, on one circuit, made the
work of the boys easier and that OF
the police harder: But the county
Jail was fairly abIaZe with <lectric
lights early in the evening. And no
arrests We're made all night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
LAWYERS WRITE
QUESTIONNA|RES
Begin Today to Assist Reoistrants In
Filling Out Big Blanks Which
Determine 4 Mans
Status.
GOING LIKE CLoCKWoRK
Next Tuesday, Being Election Day,
Attorneys viii Lay OF, and
Registrants Should Not
Come Then.

The Keokuk lawyers began this
morning to assist registrants to fill
out the big QUESTIONABLE blanks
being mailed out by the exemption
board.
The work is highly systemised and
is going on like clockwork.
The registrant reports at the sher-
IFS ONCE in the county court house
with his blank. There he is sent to
the office of some lawyer for assist
ance, the office in the county court
house sending the men by schedule,
so that each lawyer is not crowded
with the work and each gets a fair
share of 1t. From the lawyers Office,
the registrant carries his completed
QUESTIONABLE report back to the
county court house where 1t Is filed
with the exemption board.
Next Tuesday, election day. the
lawyers are going to lay off the ques-
tionnaire work, and registrants are
warned not to come in that day to
fill them out.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Time Brings Joy
And Happiness


No woman awaiting the. joy Of coming
motherhood should allow the days to pass
without using the wonderful penetrating ap-
plication. Mothers' Friend.
By its regular use throughout the period
the system Il prepared for the coming event
and strain and tension Is relieved. 1t ZEN
ders the broad, 1at abdominal muscles plant
and they readily yield to natures demand
for expansion. As a result the nerves are
not drawn upon with that peculiar wrench
Ing strain, and nausea, nervousness. bearing
down and stretching pains are counteracted.
The abdomen expands easily when baby ar
Yfyes and the hours al tho crisis are nat
uraliy less. Pain and danger n ccnse-
quence Is avoided.
Mothers Friend not only eIlays distress In
advance, but assures speedy recovery for
the mother. The skin is kept soft and
smooth and natural and FREQ from dishgure-
ment.
Write to the srsdf,eld Regulator Company.
Dept J. Lamar Building, Atlanta, Georgia,
for their Motherhood Book. and procure a
bottle of Mothers Friend from the druggist.
Il Is just IS standard as anything you can
think Of,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
MRS. ELizAs ETH REEVES.

Mrs. Elizabeth Reeves, 37s School
street, Des Moines, is a strong aivo-
Icate of Taniac. For six years she suf.
Gtered with smelling In her arms and
limbs and very poor circulation At
Etimes she entirely lost the use OF one
arm and one limb. There we're months
that she could not 80 upstairs unas-
sisted. Her family and friends were
worried about her condition. After
Rtaking Tanlac for a few weeks her
kealh returned This story IL best
Mold in her own words. She says:
T am sure Tan,ac rSheyed me.
koiherwise i wouldn't recommend it.
J tried about everything before used
One day not long ago, a friend call
3D. She had been taking Tanlac and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
BOYS GO TO
AMES MONDAY
Three kcokuk Youths and Some
More From Lee County VIII
Leave Fer Army
Training.

Three Keokuk boys will leave
next Monday for Ames college to be-
gin training in the army school
ihere as auto mechanics. They were
to have gone October 10. but were
delayed by orders consequent on the
influenza epidemic. The young men
are:
Forrest W. Denison, Keokuk.
Roy G. Westerhoff. Keokuk.
Peter Vanausdall. Keokuk.
Edward C. Kulligan, West Point.
Jesse T. Richards, Fort Madison.
Daniel E. Beary, Fort Madison.
Carl J. Obrecht, Fort Madison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01

was well pleased After hearing her
story sent down town and got a
bottle. 1t proved to be the greatest
medicine ever took. feel better to-
day than have for six years.
"All the swelling in my body has
gone down l am now able to help
with the housework have taken
Tanlac for about three week and
feel that my improvement has been
so wonderful that it is my duty to
tell about 1t.
81 will gladly inform anyone in re-
gard to my personal experience"
Tanlac is sold and recommended by
Wilkinson Drug Co.. and other first
class drug stores in KeokYk and near
by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01

homework, even my washing and have
q little baby who is as healthy as l
could ask-thanks to your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. F. H. STONE, "a
Bowdoin St., Worcester, Mass.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, irregularities, Inflammation.
liberation, backache, headaches and
nervousness should lose no time in giving
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
DOCTORS
FAILED TO help
But Lydia E. Pinkinarn's
Vegetable Compound Re
moved the Cause of
this Wornan's Illness.
Worcester, Mass.-"I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for

weakness ana pam
which used to keep
me in bed for two
days each month. /
tried many doctors
without benefit until
I was really discour-
aged. My mother
urged me to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Co M
pound as 1t had
helpedherso much. l
did so and soon saw
q change for the
better. ] kept on
takingit and am now
SO we'll and strong
that 7 can do all nv
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
GET A POUND
MORE SUGAR
Three Pounds Per Month for Each
Person Hereafter on Orders
Of Food Adminlstra-
tlon.

limited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-Starting today
the sugar ration will be three pounds
for each person with three pounds
for each ninety meals in restaurants.
according to announcement by the
food administration, following ad-
vices from Washington.
Improved railroad facilities, the
Louisiana cane crop and the new
beet crop is said to be responsible
for the lifting Of the ban.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Police Calls Every Minute.

The first call came before $40
O'Clock, about the pole in Main street.
The next was from Tenth and Frank
lin. The telephone rang every hve
minutes at first, and by 1870 O'clock
It was iangling once minute with
reports OF boys some place or other.
At 1920 O'Clock, everybody in police
headquarters sat up and took notice.
A boy of high school age came IN to
tell with a tragedy air that there was
a gang OF bad boys at work at Third
and Fulton streets. Most Of the re-
ports were from elderly people, and
nobody could remember OF Kid
bringing in an alarm in years. Also
It was noticed that the volunteer boy
helper Of the police was ACCOMPANIED
by one of the boys of the first ward
now under police surveillance: Hence
nobody got excited. nor turned In
riot alarm, but some questions were
asked.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Some Damage Done Through Mean
ness and Some Really Funny
Mischief Accomplished De-
spite the Police.
NORTH SIDE WAS WORST
Vandalism There Destroyed Valuable
Property, While South Side
Boys Were Contented
With Fun.

Halloween last night was about the
same as hallowe'ens have been for
two or three generations in keol1uk.
I'VE had lots of fun, but we never
did any real damage to property"
agreed several men at police head
quarters last night who were. telling
stories Of their own halloween pranks
thirty to fifty years ago.
There was some actual vandalism
here last night, and all OF it was COM
mitted north Of Main street. They
are active on the south side" was the
report from the police sergeant in
charge of the forces there, but no &C.
tual damage to property was done
there, apparently. :,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
EsstIand Now on Duty.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1--As II in an
effort to redeem itself the U. S. s.
Wilmette, formerly the Inflated ex-
cursion steamer Eastland, was to
leave here tonight for. anti-U boat
service in the Atlantic The boat
was repaired at cost Of 1929 900 by
the Illinois naval militia. Eight hun
dred persons lost their lives when
the Eastland overturned here three
years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Police Were We'll Organizes.

The police force was Increased to a
dozen men, and three Or four auto
mobiles were added to the depart
ment equipment.
D. ]: Kenny. commissioner OF pub
lie safety, acted as desk sergeant all
night, and Mayor Lotion staid at
headquarters until near midnight.
The jailer was put on beat.
Each man was given a district TO
patrol and Assistant Chief Pearson
was here, there and everywhere In an
automobile Chief Hennemann 1s on
a vacation this week, but came down
during the thickest of the doings and
went to work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Real Vandalism on North Side.

One of the fine, large and costly
white globes on a pedestal at the bot
tom of the stone stairs at the ent-
rance to the Elks club was smashed to
flinders by rock or other missile.
The delivery wagon Of keokuk
laundry was taken out. to Anschutz
hill by somebody who had an auto
mobile. There the wagon wa turned
: bottom side up and smashed good
deal, shaft and all the glass in 1T
being broken:
Other funnier. because less damag-
ing stunts, included almost al the
things that young America can think
of all over town.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
Girls and Cord Wood.

It developed that the complainant
and his companions had gone to take
some girls Joy riding, and some other
boys prevented the automobile from
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
LAKE YIELDS TONS OF SALT
Natural Phenomenon in South Austria
liza Constant Source of Revenue
to Its Owner.

On IorkSs peninsula, in South Aus
lralia, says-a writer in the Wide World,
IS a wonderful lake of pure salt. 1t
IS n huge depression in the earth which
fills up in the winter months. In the
hot summer sun the water. quickly
.evaporates, leaving d thieks deposit of
almost pure salt. Seen from Il dis
+tance the surface of the lake has all
the appearance of being eeveretf with
a sheet of ice. That salt crust is so
thick and strong that men and even
carts and pIows can traverse it with
perfect safety. Yet below the crust
there is a considerable body Of slug
gish water. LAS
After the rays of the summer sun
fhaye played their part. the salt is
gathered. 1t is just ral2ed into heaps,
and these pyramids of salt are a strik-
ing feature of the landscape. The salt
Is now shoveled into carts and con-
veyed to various works on the sea-
board, to undergo the process of re-
| timing. Gathering the salt is trying
work on account of the great heat and
4 the dazzling reflection. Often it is
necessary for the men to wear colored
glasses TO protect the eyes. After the
loose salt has been collected from the
surface a special kind of pillow. is run
over it, when another harvest of the
valuable material can be reaped. The
yield of salt from this strange lake
amounts to several thousand tons a
year, and it is among the finest OBJ
ftainable. The lake is several square
miles in area and is naturally q very
valuable property.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Where He Fell Down.

Recently an American was showing
an English friend about the capital.
Our government is very economi-
CAL" said the American. ..When we've
an extra thick fog they suck it into a
big cistern and convert it into paint
for warships and buildings
Really" said the Britisher. "Talk-
ing about fogs reminds me that my
brother invented a machine for COM
pressing fogs into bricks, and one thick
November day he turned out enough
material TO build a country house.
Eyes, he did He moved into this
new house the next April and was a
happy man for two weeks, until one
morning he found himself, also his
family. lying out on the cold, damp
ground, in company with some bits of
furniture and some miscellaneous join
cry. The house had gone, but it was
the thickest morning ever seen in those
| parts. Of course, you can guess what
had happened. In the night those fog
bricks had somehow got. back into
their original element"
I We'll" drawled the Yankee, 81
I reckon yer rel'tve ought to have glazed
those bricks Ladies' Home Journal
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