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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
sPII,LH,u.IM.

.t4lI AAOAAADs 80 y r.
Anna PIetks. Of Mason City, srrived
h ome last week after an extended stay
there. ."#-
Mrs. FRANK kapinos and Mrs. John
Bernatz were Decorah shoppers Tues
day.
Anna Loesch returned home the lat
ter part of last week after an extended
stay at Ossian.
MIR. johnson, of Jerico. was a busi.
ness caller in town Tuesday.
Anton Balik purchased a new piano
last week. -
The marriage of Marin Soukup and
Ludmillia Holub to place at Protivin
Tuesday. .F
Geo. Mikota was q business caller at
Calmar Monday.
Mrs. John Sattler and son Richard.
of Fort Atkinson, visited relatives here
the latter part of the week. ... .
Mary Kovarik left for Cedar Rapids
Wednesday.
Adolf Mikesh was a DEBORAH caller
Tuesday. HI ~l,-r, ........
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Herold, accom-
panied by Mrs. John Fisher, had dem
tai work done Ut Calmar Monday.
The SouAup- Holub wedding dance
held here Tuesday was we'll attended.
The Red Cross workers delivered the
following to DEBORAH Tuesday: l07 pro.
socks, 9 sweaters and l helmet. ~
Mrs. ". Balik and daughter, Lizzie
were visitors ut the John Balik home
near Conover the fore part of the week
Clara Soukup. of near Ridgeway.
was guest at the Anton Fisher home
the past week.
Mary Pletka. Of Jackson Jet, cam e
home last week to visit with home
folks. -. 49,. ...--.- .
The following were callers ut CAL
mlr the past week: Jim Bena, Anton
and Jim Balik and Fred Herold.
John Slifks, of near Cresco, was .
business caller in town Wednesday.
Mrs.. Joe Huber and daughter, Mrs.
Edward Novak and CHILDREN departed
for Chicago Thursday to visit relatives.
Anna Swehla left for Mason City
Saturday for . extended stay.
Fred Heuser autoed to Calmsr Wed
nesdsy.
Frank Swehla and sisters autoed to
Calmar Monday, called there by the
death of . relative.
G. F. Heuser was business caller al
DEBORAH Tuesday.
Glen Herold and son Joseph were
Fort Atk inson callers Saturday.
Chas. Hornberger Of near Ridgeway
Twas . business caller in town Wednes
day. .,.s :.
Andrew Smith Of Protivin visited hi
parents here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Meyer were On
tertained 1t the home of the former
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Meye
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Soukup wer'
Cresco callers Saturday.
Gilbert Hopperstsd Of near Ridge
way was calling on friends here Satur
day. ". 49, -....
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
HOWARD CENTER.

AZ Mary Long visited with her friend,
Mrs. John Dyer, few days last week.
r.. Fred Hoppe was an over Sunday
visitor with home folks. l. w..
Lettie Shields was q Cresco caller on
Saturday. - -. 49,.
Ray Long sold some cattle, Saturday.
Ray Ritter and John Heinze spent
last week in Waterloo.
Mary Long and Mary Collins were
Cresco shoppers. Monday.
Will Shields was Cresco caller, Mon.
day.
Chas. Stokes was . Bonair caller, Fri
day. r.
John Long is assisting r. Jones with
work this week. .,A...
Kathryn Lathrop spent last week
with Mrs. Ray Ritter.
MIR. and. Mrs. John Dyer were Cresco
callers, Saturday. ~.
Ray Long and family were very pleas.
antly entertained at the Geo Hoppe
home, Sunday afternoon and evening.
Mrs. JAS Shea called at the A.
Monthly home. Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dinger, were
Cresco callers, Saturday.
Johnnie Dyer called ct the r. Long
home, Monday.
Mrs. C. Stokes called at the J. Stejs-
kal home. one day last week.
Jas. Shea called 1t the Geo. Hoppe
home. Wednesday evening.
Mrs. John Dyer and daughter Lavina
spent Wednesday 1T the Ray Long
home. w.. T..
Ray Ritter was q lie Roy caller,
Tuesday. #
Mary Dotzler spent Wednesday at the
home of her brother, Edward.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
KENDALLVILLE.

Mrs. Fred Todd was called to Owa-
tonna the last of the week on account
of the serious illness of her mother.
Mrs. James Lester Il
Snow came Thanksgiving day and
spoiled a good many plans for visit
ing, and yet we had such q lot to ~:
thankful for s.. ss 5sS &
Stewart Clink came up from Fay.
cite and spent Thanksgiving day At:
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Losen spent . few
days last week with their daughter
near Harmony.
A telegram came to the Ole Petsr-
son family telling them their sOn
Bonnie was killed in action. r.
sympathy of this community surely
goes to them. '$s.
Mrs. Joe Rink spent the last fSw
days with her parents south of Gree
co.
Andrew Risdahl, north Of town, hAs
been quite sick the last few days
Sarah Losen called at the Clinton;s
Fifield home Monday afternoon.
Mabel Ellingson began her wintAr
term Of school in the Todd district
Monday morning.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
WEST VERNON.

Sorry to say We have some new cases
of the flue in our midst.
Peter Licktsig and family returned
from st. Lucas. Saturday.
Mrs. F. Miller spent Saturday night
with Cresco friends. r.,
Peter Schneider. of Howard Center,
called in our burg, Tuesday. ..
Messrs. Novak and Sovereign are
kept busy shredding in our neighber-
hood.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Fish were callers in
Cresco. Monday.
John Dell called on F. Miller, Monday.
Otto DeWalle and Bert Mitchell called
in our burg, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bouska and daugh-
ter called at the latter's parents, Mon
day. ,..
Glen Lohuis left Monday night for
Dubuque to look for work.
A. Schneider returned from West
Union, Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. LETTERS entertained
friends, Sunday.
A number of neighbors and friends
gathered at the F. Miller and A.
Schneider home and gave them . sur
prise. The evening was spent in
dancing until the wee hours. All report
. fine time.
A. DeGroote and family entertained
company on Sunday.
We understand B. Ferrie and family
have moved onto the Thielen farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gesell and son called
on friends, Sunday.
VIM. Reinhart and family spent Sum-
day in Cresco.
Joseph Lickteig did the chores at
Peter Lickteig's, while they were at
St. Lucas.
A. Peters and family entertained
company on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Adams called at
F. Miller's, Tuesday evening.
For Sale!
Extra choice spring Poland China
boars at farmers prices for quick sale.
Phone 1929. 15t2
A. MARSHALL, Ri. l, Cresco, Ia.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
COUNTY NEWS &
OTTER CREEK.

OTTER CREEK.
Services at tie Evange ical church
next Sunday as follows: SUNDAY
School at 10 a. m. followed by prayer
meeting. No preaching as it is the
pastors Sunday to be at Locust.
Carl Haakenson assisted Amel Koch
ct hauling wood for fuel. past week.
Jo, ce Kirschman was pleasant call
er at DEBORAH recently. ..s...#
Chris Haak enson came up from De-
corah last week to call on the folks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haskenson at the
old homestead. 81
Herb Peter spent q pleasant time un-
der the parental roof Sunday, -
Rev. j. r. Nolte. of Cresco, held
preaching services 1t the Evangelical
church here Sunday evening.
4. Alfred Peter. ST., was pleasant
business caller at Cresco last week
Saturday. "a
Sleighing is fine these days, little
more snow would make it still better.
Charley Vrba, from near Protivin
was pleasant caller at the J. J.
Kreitzer home last week Tuesday ev-
ssing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Kreitzer were
pleasant shoppers 1t Ridgeway last
week Tuesday.
Theo. Kratz and Herbert were call
ses at the Rollie Kratz home last week
sne day. ,..
John Aegerter and family pleasantly
entertained at dinner last week Thurs
day. Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Schild, family
md A. F. schild.
Earl Kirschman, who il teaching
school near DEBORAH ate bis Thanks
giving dinner under the parental roof.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frek C. Koch were
pleasant callers at the Carl Haakenson
home last week Wednesday.
Many Of our people ate their Thanks
giving dinner with friends and rela-
tives despite the inclament weather.
Charley Horaberger delivered a few
loads of hogs ct Ridgeway last Sstur.
day.
Rev. j. R. Nolte of Cresco was .
guest 1t the Winfield Kratz homo Sun
day and Monday. n
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peter, ST., and
son Lawrence were entertained ct din
ner Sunday by friends near Otter
Greek.
Charley Vrba attended the dance ut
Protivin last week Thursday evening.
Roy Koch arrived home from Camp
last Sunday. His numerous friends
md relatives were eager to greet him
with : hearty welcome.
James Vrba and brother Charley
wsro pleasant callers ct the James
Kreitzsr home Sunday. -
Mn. Albert Mix was pleasant
caller ct the Kreitzer home last week
Saturday.
Rev. ]. R. Nolte. visited ut the C.
Schild and Theo. Krstz homes fore
part Of the week. $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolf{e Kratz were
pleasant callers ON Mr.. and Mrs. Theo.
Kratz and family last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Demo Krstz Of Simmer
twp. were visiting formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. Kratz last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kruger and child.
rem, Of Florenceville, autoed down here
last week to eat their Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Kratz and
family. #r1.
George Mikesh was . pleasant caller
1T Cresco last week Saturday. F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Peter, ST., and
son Lawrence were entertained at din
ner Sunday by Amel Koch and family.
James Kreitzer, son Leonard and
Mrs. Barbara Vrbs we're pleasant shop
pers at Cresco last week Saturday.
Henry Albers was shredding fodder
last week and this, a number of his
neighbors assisting him.
CHESTER.
Fred Lawson was q passenger to
Mason City, Monday noon.
Lowell Barrett, of Bonair, spent Sun
6ov AZ homo
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
Good Viii Given . New impetus

2 s 9 - 8 & ! .ty ,e.t 80 f. rts.A
A statement of Dodge Brothers
war activities is due, the owners
of their cars.
Dodge Brothers refrained, dur
ing the progress of the war,
from any reference to the per-
Torrance of the car in Govern
ment service.
It seems proper now, however,
to disclose the facts, because
they are creditable facts--.-inten-
styling that good will which
owners of Dodge Brothers cars
have always manifested.
Dodge Brothers car was the only
one of its class approved and
adopted by the War Department.
In a separate Ordnance Works,
built especially for the purpose,
costing millions of dollars and
employing thousands of their
skilled motor workmen, Dodge
Brothers undertook an import
ant duty designated by the War
Department.
Without the aid of their great
motor organization, Dodge Bros.
could not have fulfilled the
heavy obligations which they
were asked to assume by the \
Ordnance Department.
The other service required of
Dodge Brothers motor works, by
the Government, was to con-
CRESCO
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06

tinue to finish their cars ashley
were needed.
They WERE finished, not in
hundreds, but in thousands:
both for the training camps here
and for service in Belgium,
France and Italy.
The record of those thousands
of camps and army cars is one
in which any owner may feel
the utmost pride and satisfaction
Their performance justified the
compliment implied in their Sc
lection by the Government.
The great works in which near
ly three hundred thousand of
their cars have been produced
in the past four years furnished
a vast store.house of human
energy and equipment for the
ordnance work.
Naturally it will take time to
adjust the motor works to its
full accustomed activity.
Gradually Dodge Brothers will
resume the grateful task Of con-
tinuing to deserve the good will
of America---and indeed of the
whole world.
Dodge Brothers consider good
will their most valuable posses
sion. III
They will never knowingly do
anything to lessen it.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
ALBION.

Mrs. John Gerber spent last week
with relatives in Cresc0.
]. j. johnson and family now ride In
. new Ford.
Mrs. Martin Volkman is spending u
few days with her daughter, Mira. VIII
Reuter-. n 4
Mrs. j. s. Grinde has been entestain-g
ing relatives from distance, during
Thanksgiving week.
Mrs. Annie Stevens returned from
her Burr Oak visit, last week.
Go 20 Swenson's Jewelry Store ami
Gift shop for your Christmas Gift.
Ma nsn aave Won mOneV. hi
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-06
For Sale!

Extra choice spring Poland China
boars at farmers prices for quick sale.
Phone 1929. 15t2
A. MARSHALL, Ri. /, Cresco, Ia.
C. M. Wentworth; gun repairing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Quite Fundamental.

He looked at his wrist watch.
"Will you marry me" he said. She
blushed.
There is really no time to lose. You
see, have only "A hours notice. ]
must report at headquarters tomorrow
at nine. We sail for France In three
days. Will you marry mef"
II don't mind" she said. Only
should like to make one condition"
And that Isl"
81 have dreamed for years of getting
married; but not In this way. But ]
will marry you if-when you return
you will propose to me all over again.
and We can go on honeymoon and ]
can be courted and well, you know,
/ am sure!"
"All right" he said with smile. ITO
be honest with you, dearest. 1 thought
l was going to escape all that-but I
see It's no use. ! might have known
better. Even war like this cannot
keep woman from having her own
way-especially about a wedding"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
URGES NATURAL ICE HARVEST
Uncle Sans Fuel Administration
Points Out Way to Save Mil
lions Of Tons of Coal.

A great harvest of natural ice Is
proposed by Uncle Sans fuel admin
istratiOn as a means of saving coal
this winter. Fifteen million tons of
coal are used annually in American ice
factories and refrigerating plants. The
winter season manufactures each year,
without expense to man, billions of
tons Of ice. Most of this is wasted.
Every ton of natural ice which is
harvested will take the place of ton
Of artificial ice and will save 500
pounds of coal.
Every householder, storekeeper and
farmer who can obtain Ice from near
by rivers and ponds and store 1t for
use next summer Is urged to do so.
The organization Of the 5000 Ice
making plants of the country along
lines of fuel economy Is receiving the
attention Of the fuel administration.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
THE KNITTING PAYS.
One Woman Has Knitted Al Sweat
ers, at Cost of $1.S3 per Sweater

Some people have been inclined to
sheer at the fever of knitting with
which our patriotic women have been
seized. Theoretically it might seem
more economical to have all this work
done in factories on labor saving ma
chimes.
But practically, the following COM
putation points in an opposite direc-
ton. One woman says she has knit
ted Al sweaters. The only cash ex-
pense about it was $500 for mater
ial, $1.S3 per sweater.
Now one of those sweaters would
be as comfortable to wear as one for
which you pay $500 to $500 in. a
store. 1t might not be knitted quite
as evenly. But probably it would
have better material. There is a
temptation, to adulterate in a factory
made article.
OF course when you buy sweater
at store, you have to pay retail
prices, while the government could
buy at wholesale; but wheg you con-
slider that the factories are driven
with war work, the government
would not get a low price. 1t is diff
ficult to believe that these sweaters
could be bought for less than $500
to $4.00 apiece, and they might cost
more.
Hence it looks as if voluntary
labor was by far the cheapest way to
provide the men with the knitted
goods that will add enormously to
their. comfort in cold weather And
it helps pay for the war as We go al
ong. If the government bought all
this material, the cost would have to
be added to our debt, and We would
be paying irEerest on it for many
years. Furthermore, the material
gets to the boys quicker than if it
went through the rushed factories
and government Ted tape.
So it looks like good business I'M
every way, for the government to
look to the kind hearts and ready
hands of voluntary workers for this
form of supplies. The number of
women seen knitting everywhere is a
splendid response bn the part of the
womep of the nation to this CALL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Poach Egg, Eat Hen Later.

You can't eat your cake and have
it, but you can poach your egg and
eat the hen later. Appreciation of
this fact, the poultry specialists of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture say, will add 1900, 900
eggs to our food supply this year
without reducing our supply of
chicken meat. Investigators have
found that because poultry brings 2
cents pound more I'M the winter
than I'M late spring, many farmers in
the south have BEEN throwing away
valuable egg profits just to get s
cents more per hen. They believe that
if farmers will keep their laying hens
and sell their eggs and them market
the birds in late spring, they will not
only add to the food supply, but ac-
tually increase their profits by so
cents per hen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
1.-THE City of Camp Dodge"

j. F. Jarnagi1, publisher of The
Iowa Farmer, at Des Moines, has
written a series of newspaper articles
describing conditions and life at
Camp Dodge, and his latest install
ment contains the following interest
ing facts concerning the magnitude
of the camp:
Camp Dodge is completed. 1t re-
CURED $3.50 men 1875 days to do the
work. 1t took 5,916 cars of building
material to construct the 5000 build
ings. There are accommodations for
502SO men. The complete canton
ment covers 1900 acres of land. The
state of Iowa owns part of this
ground and the government owns a
few hundred acres, but the greater
part of it is leased from farmers
who receive S14 an acre yearly rem
tai. In addition, to the land used to
buildings must be added 1000 acres
more that are used for the artillery
range. The remount covers 50 acres
of land and affords Accommodations for
$4,000 horses and mules. The base
hospital comprises 50 buildings, and
covers As acres of land. There are
II warehouses 60x10O IT. in, dimen-
sion, with a carrying capacity of 500
pounds. to the square foot; five or
dnance warehouses and ar, inciner-
ator that will burn Is tons of gar
bage per hour; and bakery that will
bake 10000 loaves of bread per day
1t is a finished city. It's main street
is nearly five miles long and most Of
it is paved. There are thirty miles of
sewer; thirty miles of water pipe
line, a telephone system and electric
lights. 1t will require 100000 gal
Ions of water day and an average of
1000 kilowatts of electricity will be
required to light it. Seven miles of
railroad have been laid in the camp.
The complete cost of the camp as
near as Major Butler can make it
from his reports is about $6,00O,0OO,
this including building and labor
only"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
THOUGHT AMERICA WAS STAR
WING,
Swedish People Believe United
States Is Without Food.
,ec!al to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Repu
Vail, Ia, March AIRS. Thomas
Lister, of this vicinity, received a let
ter from her home in Sweden, ex-
pressing sympathy for the people OF
the United States who, she said, the
people of Swedeni had been told were
starving. The writer enclosed a 81
bill in the letter. 1--WE understand
in Sweden, that the people Of the
United States are starving. I am
sending you 81 which hope will re-
lieve your suffering ard will buy you
some necessities Mrs. Listers
mother wrote.
This is sample of the propaganda
which the Germans are spreading in
Europe in an attempt to belittle the
strength of the United States and its
efforts i'm the war.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Orders Flour Returned.

Marshalltown, Ia, Mch. Gases
of alleged boarding are being in
vestigated, with success. A case
from Haverhill, I'M which it was re-
ported a farmer had bought fifty
sacks last October, was looked into,
and fourteen sacks were found still
on hand. The farmer was given "a
hours in which to return twelve of
the sacks to his DEALER and this he
did, the dealer so informing the local
food administration headquarters.
Other cases Of boarding are being in
vestigated, and the people have been
given to understand that the prac-
tice will not be tolerated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Our Boys at Oelwein.

The Winneshiek county soldier
boys who departed from DEBORAH
Saturday, Feb. %, were again enter
tanned by the good people of Oelwein,
as will be noted by the following
from the Oelwein Register:
Saturday morning as over 22O
Fayette and Winneshiek county Sc
lects marched from the Rock Island
station to the M. e. church for din
nor before entraining, the thought oc-
CURED that there is great sacrifice
demanded and readily granted when
hundreds OF young mem from the
various counties Of Iowa and from
the various counties of the other
forty-sevenl states line up at the call
and go into the school of the soldier
in the various cantonments. In the
words of the old song of the Civil
War days: Brave boys are they who
come at their country's CALL"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Obituary Mrs, ID, BrittOn.

Mrs. d. Britton, born in Springfield
Twp. Winaeshiek Co. May 4, 1880
died at her home in Minneapolis,
Mimi, Sunday morning February II
1918. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by Father Casey Tuesday
morning, Feb. 10, at $40, from the
residence, ard at 900 o'clock, at the
church of the Incarnation, with in
terment in ST. Mary's cemetery, Min
neapOlis.
The deceased had suffered for some
time from a severe disease of the
heart with complications following
the same Through the hard days OF
suffering, as in her daily life in the
past, she was never known to utter a
complaint. She was kind and sym
pathetic and it was always a pleasure
| for her to comfort and cheer everyone
with whom she came in contact She
was sedate and sincere i'm her duties
and never too weary to administer
to the comforts Of the family and the
home.
Julia Iverson was united in mar
riage with Mr.. ID. BrittOn August 5,
1912. This union was blessed with
one child, Rosalie Clara, now four
years of age, who with father and
SOM Edward, mourn a beloved wife
and mother She also leaves to mourn
her departure two sisters: Mrs. G. o.
Hovey and Mrs. II. Running; and two
brothers: Thomas aid liver, of Winnie
shiek county, besides many relatives
and friends.
Her memory will be long and dear
ly cherished. Many beautiful flowers
followed her to the grave, as last
earthly tokens of consolation from
beloved friends and relatives.
The pail bearers were: Messrs H..
F. Bloom, Joseph III. Frerich, G. v.
Oxley. M. j. Murphy, Francis Hun
and A. Burgoyne.
Among those from out of the city
who attended the funeral were: Mrs.
G. o. Hovey. Mrs. H. Running AID
Thomas IversOn of DEBORAH, Ia; Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. j. Britton, Mr.. AID
Mrs. Frank Peyer. Mr.. VIM. J. Hol-
tey, ard Misses Clara and Lillian
Anderson. of Ossian, Iowa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Sudtelgte, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Meyer of Clear Lake, Mimi /;
Mrs. Catherine Collins, Mrs. Fitzger-
aid, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lylch, OF st.
Paul, Mimi; Mrs. Barbra Powers,
of Rochester. Mimi; M. j. Keegan. OF
Lawler. Iowa; Mr.. aid Mrs. 8. X
Strong, OF Eden Prairie, MINI,