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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
For S&le.

Some very desirable lots for sale just
three blocks east of Cresco high school.
Will sell two lots together in the CEN
ter of block, or lot and half on the
corner, half block from pavement and
close to water and sewer connections
Will sell very reasonable if sold before
April LIST. Enquire of w. w. Nichols
at Nichols Clothing Store. 27-tf
Will w. Nichols:
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
Fer Rent!

l6OIacre improved farm. Enquire Of
32lf GEO. H. OWENS, Cresco. 10.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Sarah Noblet, Deceased.

Estate Of Sarah Noblet, Deceased. .
Notice is hereby given, That the sub
scriber has Been duly appointed Admins
traitor TO the Estate of Sarah Noblet, late
OF the County of Howard, State
of Iowa, Deceased, lntestate, and
giving bonds as the law directs.
All persons having demands upon the
exhibit the same: and persons indebted to
the said Estate are called upon to make
payment j. p. THOMPSON,
Nav 10TH 1920. 1913 Administrator.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Mary Carey, Deceased.

Estate OF Mary Carey, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given, That the subscrib-
er has been duly appointed Executor
to the Estate of Mary Carey, late OF Cresco
in the County. Of Howard, State of Iowa,
deceased, intestate and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs.
All persons having demands upon the Es-
tate Of said deceased are required to exhibit
the same: and persons indebted to the said
Estate are called upon to make payment to
39-t3 JOHN d. CAREY.
May IL, 1920. executor.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
| Have for Sale

Siberian Prose- that yields from 40 to
so bu. per acre, can be seeded to July
1st, pure seed; and large stock of ever
greens. 3 to feet, at $2O 90 per humid
red, 3 miles east of Protivin. P. O.,
Calmar RI. 2. JOHN j. WALENTA.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14
who have been here for some weeks.

l. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Barnes, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Barnes and Miss Pear
came to visit with the Barnes ant
Eaton families and with many ole
friends in Chester.
MIR. and Mrs. H. L. Baldwin anc
Mrs. Al. Fairbanks drove from Water
loo Saturday to spend Sunday with
their mother, Mrs. Ida Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. McMahon and
Mr.. and Mrs. King. of Rochester,
spent Sunday at the Geo. Thomas home
Mrs. Mcmahon remaining for week s
stay.
Dorothy Thomas and Meta knode
attended the Glass Play at Leroy Fri
day evening.
Mrs. W. F. Carter and Frances were
over from Rochester Sunday.
Mrs. Glen Wells and children Of Lee
Roy spent Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. Fred Baldwin.
Mrs F. N. Freemire returned from
Pittsburg, Kansas, where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Reuben Doe
for several weeks.
Frances Barrett spent the weekend
at home.
Mrs. Helen Phifer and grandson
Raeburn Christianson returned to La
Crosse Wednesday.
The Roy Jones family spent Sunday
at Bristol with Mrs. Jones brother,
John Roberts.
A. B. Kent. Art and Minnie Jones
went to Riceville Sunday.
Harold Ulm has moved out on the
Emmett McWilliams farm west of town
Laura Ness came Friday to spend the
weeke end at home
Miss Montgomery was absent from
the school room Friday on account of
illness.
Saturday afternoon several of bis
little friends enjoyed very pleasant
time in helping celebrate the seventh
birthday. of Master Dick Clark. Mrs.
Clark treated them all to q ride in the
Overland and served a most delicious
picnic lunch down on the river bank.
Raymond Whipsle was up from Lime
Springs Sunday.
Tucker Baldwin started work in the
creamery Monday as assistant to C, C.
Plunlmer for the summer.
L. L. Phifer and family drove thru
to La Crosse last Tuesday returning
Wednesday. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Helen Phifer and grand
son Raeburn Christianson.
C. H. Thomas was a business caller
at the county seat the first of this
week.
Elmer johnson of Lisbon, Ia, is WIS.,
iting his sister, Mrs. Kate johnson.
MIR. and Mrs. Aaron eagle and daugh-
tiers departed Monday night for North
vile, Mich, to make their home as
Mr.. eagle has been promoted to q
higher position in the fish hatcheries
there.
Mrs. Emma Barnes returned to Wis
consin with der son Walter Monday and
llans on spending the summer there.
Gordon Thomas was down from Le-
Roy Sunday.
Fby Hall entertained Bernice Barnes
Myrtle Chriswold, Arlens DAVIS and
Edna Jensen at supper Sunday even
ing.
Nick Moe is on the sick list this
week.
Herbert Maurer came down from
Austin to spend Sunday with friends.
Dick Mckee returned to Owatonna
after visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Ida Baldwin.
Henry Baldwin finished up his school
work and has gone to Austin to work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brian Miller, Jim and
Edna Jens en- drove to Ostrander Sun
day to visit at Mrs. Jensen's brother.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-14

blood. Without good red bod a
woman has weak heart a::d poor
nerves.
In the spring is the best time t.
take stock Of ones condition. J.
the blood is thin and watery, fac
pale or pimply, if one is tired an
listlass, generally weak, Spr;ni;,
Tonic should be taken. An Old
fashioned herbal remedy that was
used by nearly everybody so years
ago is still safe and sane because il
contains no alcohol Or narcotic. T.
is made Of roots and herbs az!
called DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. If druggists do not
keep it in tablet form, send 60 GER )
for a vial to DR.. Pierce's invali,ts'
Hotel in Buffalo. NJ Y.
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Dinner Stories

Fenr-year- old Dorothy listened at
tenttvely while her mother telephoned
a grocery order. The last item in the
list was evidently a new one to her.
over this she pondered for a long
time and finally inquired, thought
fully:
cornstarch?"
Yes. dearie"
What for, Is You sein' to iaunder
your corns7"-Judge.
The kind-hearted minister was ex-
postulating with the landlord who had
raised the poor parfshioners' rent
about $50 per cent
II I want to hear you preach %
said the landlord angrily. I'll come to
church, where you should do your
preaching, and listen to you there!"
IF you were where you should be-
was the dignified reply you would
have that opportunity next Sunday 7
am to preach at the states PRISON.
Life.
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Questions-Answers

slsSi s q E + does herb bouquet con-
A. Cooks differ in the composing OF this
spriE Of thyme. n bny leaf and branch OF
celery constitute an acceptable herb bou-
soup If cooked with It for an hour. ''''
vs. 8 n. Where were the Pillars Of H'Fe'''''
A. Two hills on opposite sides of the
o. Why are there no >trces on prair-e
A. Some Of the theories advanced as ex-
PLANTATION for the tree.essness OF pfair:es
are insufficient moisture: constant grazing
by buffaloes. and other animals: soils too
fires.
Q. Are the new quarters without three
stars under the Eagle genuinef--F. II. W.
A. The office OF the director of the nii =
says that there are two types Of these
quarters In circulation. and both are gen
uine. Those with the stars under the ea:-ie
are the type now being made. modifica-
ton OF the design authorized by cor
gross in order to improve the artistic merits
of the coin: The first arrangement Of stars
on each side Of the eagle gave the com
a crowded appearance.
=. Can one legally make cider for has
A. The Bureau OF Internal Revenue say-
that any GbersOn may, without permit, ana
without giving lond, manufacture non-in-
toxicatIng cider and fruit juices. and in r.,
doing he may take his apples fruits To
custom mill and have them made Int"
intexicating cider and fruit }iiee. H. made.
they must be used exclusively IN the home.
and when so used. the phrase mon -IntoAI-
eating means Notwithstanding in fact
not neccs sarily less than One-half Of one Iser
cen. OF alcohol
Q. When corpse is returned from
France. what Is the proper conveyance on
which to carry the body to the Cemetery
when a military funeral is held -. J. 4.
A The usual conveyance for a military
funeral is caisson. but If this Is not avail
able a hearse Is proper
(Any reader can ger the answer to my
question by writing The Topeka Stnte
Journal Information bureau, Frederic J.
>Haskin. Director. Washington. ID. e. This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice ON legal. medical.
and financial matters. II does not under
take to settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly anu
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 2-cent sthmp for return postage.
All replies are sent direct to the inouIreT-I
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TAKE CARE OF THE s5TH,

Topeka next week faces the, most
enjoyable problem of many years
that of caring for 10000 heroes OF
the famous Thirty-fifth division who
are coming for the first big annual
reunion of that meritorfous fighting
unit.
These men are coming to the capt.
tai city from all parts of Kansas and
Missouri and for three days they will
be the guests of the hero-worshippers
who waved them a goodbye and waved
them welcome before and after their
deadly siege in the Argonne.
It is the first opportunity these
soldiers have had to meet again on
peaceful soil in civilian clothes and
loosen their pent up spirits in celebra-
ton and entertainment.
Topeka is honored in being chosen
as host to such a select list OF guests.
1t is an honor to the capital city The
next move is to make every indicati ton
of gratitude.
In the first place the city must con-
tribute freely and without reserva-
ton to the financing OF the plans that
will keep the soldiers in good spirits
from the minute they arrive until they
leave. Nothing is too good for these
men who faced hell to stem the Ger
man tide in France. While the boys
wore "over there" we made every
promise for their happiness and COM
forts upon their return. Here is q
rare opportunity to Tulfill this prom
lsory note.
The boys are not asking 1t. OF
course. No guest would make de-
xnands upon his host But they have
been led to believe hat they were
going to have the time of their lives
during the Topeka reunion-and they
must not leave disappointed.
In the second place. the city must
fF6vide plenty OF rooms for the
10000 men. They must be housed in
comfortable quarters immediately
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LITTLE BEHNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Last mite me and pop and ma was
up in the setting room and ma sed to
pop. Well Willyum, now that you've
enjoyed your suppir can tell you the
bad news.
Izzent that Cheerful and honielike,
sed pop, and ma sed, The fact is, Will
yum, the landlords agent was GROUND
this AFTERNOON and he told me the rent
viii be 10 Gollers a munth more after
next munth.
Wen izzent that sweet. confownd all
landlords, Sumbody awt to stand them
all up agenst a wall and then take the
wall away. I wish Id bin home wen the
rutfian called, that's all, sed pop.
wy Willyuni. you couldent OF done
enything, sed ma. and pop sed, The
the rent frum being raised. that's wat
1 could of done. I Suppose you jest
stood there like a statue of butter re-
fusing to melt.
I did nuthing of the kind. I stood
( there like eny other woman having her
rent raised, sed ma.
Well I wish Id bin there, that's all,
Ill never Geese regretting that I wasent
there, sed pop, and ma sed, Well wy
don't you call up the landlord himself
IL you're so powerful and influential
and everything
That's a good suggestion and bleeve
Ill accept it. Ill call him up rite now
at his home. ,sed pop. And he looked
in the book for the number and called
| it up. saying. Is Mr.. Jenkins there T.?
Is this Mr.. Jenkins? o. is it? Well,
Mr.. Jenkins this is Mr. Potts. Mr..
William Potts it has jest bin called to
my attention that my rent has bin
raised 10 dollers a munth and 1 wish
to state that consider 1t an unwar-
ranted imposition and absilootly una
called for, and watts that Watts that
You say il will be Is. insteda of iO7
Watts that? Wait a minnit. wait a min
nit. confownd 1t he's gone. And pop
banged the telephone down, ma say
ing, Hee-hee. hee-hee.
beg your pardin, watts the joak {?
sed pop.
No joak: hee-hee. sed ma.
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Emporia is answering charges OF
being old fashioned because she re-
fused to allow chorus girls to dance
wearing nothing but a belt. Emporia
docs not have to be on the defensive.
The sooner the cities over the country
settle their sensual problems on the
stage and on the street by law the
quicker the morals of the nation viii
be improved. Theater managers do
not undrcss girls for the>purpose of
the human form divine. They do
it to draw crowds and arouse sexual
interest. Women do not parade the
streets in scanty attire because they
wish to be cool or comfortable. It
is time that Emporia and other cities
become modest and back their mod
esty with law
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Talk Is a sort of palette knife which
mixes all sorts of colors with which to
paint the pictures of experience, inc;-
dents ana crcss-lights
Talk is able to cheer or chill. Talk
Is power!
What do you talk about? How do
you talk? When and where do you
talk? You are both loved and Judged
by your talk.
II we couldn't go to people and talk
to them and have them talk TO us.
what a flood of dark days there would
be.
Don't save your talk. Let it out
But make it mean something. Make
it carry something very fine that is of
you. Make 1t stir the atmosphere of
a dull day till 1t bristles with happy
inter est. Mako 1t put a million stars
and a full moon into an otherwise
dark night.
Not merely learn to talk-but- talk
to learn!
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JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST

There's no level road to the goai you seek.
No easy path TO the fnme you crave.
There are grades to make, there are pumps
to take,
And life finds out if n man is brave.
1t never assumes from the sraile he wears
When his sky is clear and his heart is
light,
That a man has grit. but it waits bit
To see how he acts In losing fight.
Life gives medals to tawdry worth.
Nor laurels undcEcrving brow:
1t puts up a test for a fellows bes:
And sounds the depth of his faith Tome
how.
when there's nothing to fear and there's
little to do
A coward can vow that he'll never finch
But life wants to see just how brave he'll
ba
when the claws of trouble begin to pinch
The years roll by with Their 10Y and pain
To filter the brave from the timid hearts.
And the mills sublime are hard to CHM
Tho the road seems smooth where the
Journey starts.
There is much to bear ere you reach the
top.
Sorrow and anguish must there be met,
But faithful be. for life waits to see
Just how you stand to the bumps you yet.
Copyright, 1920. by Edgar A. Gurstl
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Dorothy Dix Talks
The Attraction of oppositcs--a.
De DOROTHY DIX
werld.s Highest raid TemHA WFsses.

The Attraction of Oppositcs-2.
On the other hand, no married
couples are SO happy as those who go
hand in hand to the same church. or
who have the same grand opera or
moving picture taste.
1t is far more important than young
people realize for a man and woman
who are about to marry to think alike,
and to hold the same ideals. That 'is,
If They want to be happy. For the at
traction of opposites is devilish con-
trivance of natures for the good of the
species. 1t talses no account of the
well-beIng OF the individual The very
qualities of unlikeness that drew peo-
pie together before marriage and
which piqued the interest of the other.
after marriage drives them apart. The
girl, for instance, who is like a little
playful kitten, and with about as much
intelligence, seems cute and amusing
to an intellectual man before marriage.
but after he, is married to her, her
ignorance and lack of brains no longer
charm him. 1t makes him despise her
as fool and turn to other women
for companionship.
And the little butterfly girl is equally
unhappy She thought it would be
wonderful to sit forever at the feet of
a great, wise man and worship him as
if he were a god, but she gets tired
of that when it is n daily program. and
wants somebody to play about with
her, to take her to d pcns and cabarets
and talk the jargon of the street which
is the only language she understands.
AS for men and women taking to
themselves wives and husbands that
they don't quite like. with a view to
making them over to suit their fancies,
that is the supreme folly that keeps
the divorce courts working overtime.
It simply can't be done. When a
man and woman have reached the
marriageable age, their characters are
formed. They have come into their in
Their tastes are made. Their habits
set. and while these may be slightly
altered by circumstances and associa-
tions, they are never materially
changed.
The silly woman is going to be silly
to the end of the chapter. The girl
who kept her fathers nose to the
grindstone is going to keep her hus-
band humping to pay her bills. The
girl who coTld not get along with her
mother, is/going to quarrel with her
husband. The man who is lazy and
unenterprising as a boy, is going 10
make loafing man. He who is brutal
and rude to his mother and sisters, will
take out his boorishness on his wife
The stingy beau makes a tightwad
husband, and so It goes.
Marriage doesn't change people 1t
just develops to the highest degree the
best and the worst in them
The sensible thing is not to marry
your opposite, but your double. and to
pick out for a life partner the kind of
a person who Is already what you like, Z
instead of taking something you don't
want and trying to make it over into
what YOU fancy. 4
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furious intensity.> Why was he look
ing at her so strangely?
Sally Ann, you've told me your
SELF" he was saying. st do want
something 'awfully badly and I've
just found out what It is. Can't you
guess, Sally Ann? It's you 1 want.
Oh, my dear
was this the demure little sally
Ana whom he had watched for so
many days as she fed her chickens or
worked at her little tasks around the
house-this girl with the shining eyes
and flushed cheeks who was moving
toward him. her head slightly back,
her hands idle at her sides, her eyes
looking into his and telling him with
out words all that he wanted to know?
(Copy right 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Synafcate1
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upon their arrival. They must be
taken into homes just as the French
opened their arms to them when they
were billetted in the war stricken
areas. The rooms must be made
home-like and the citizens Of the city
must forget market rents and cur
rent prices" Treat these men as gem
uine guests, no. Transients.
IN the third PLACE. the city must
be decorated. Topeka in the past has
been calloused in the display OF hos
pfta11ty-that is. the outward display.
The city always has shown the proper
spirit to her visitors, but she has not
been spectacular enough. Kansas
avenue should - a mass of color and
every resident should fly an emblem
from his home.
There are only a few days more
for the final plans Of the entertain
ment of the boys of the Thirty fifth.
Let Us fix up the old town IN gay hue
and then turn her over bodily to the
heroes OF Argonne. 1t will be the hap
piest siege the capital city ever went
thru-4et the victors enjoy the spells!
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ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
(Frsa Philadelphia Public LedgAs1

Mrs. Charlie Chaplin's complaint
! that her husband never did anything
except think intrigUes Us at many
points. One could build a hundred
| wheezes upon it. But it is as a new
| and novel motif in a matrimonial de-
! baele that we prefer first TO consider
It. For the most part, the motiviza-
ton Of divorce proceeds along time
| tried and conventional lines.
! Tacling to windward we assume
one can tack to ~indward-we APP
proach the matter from another direc-
ton, north by northeast. to be exact.
Mr. Chaplin's extended periods of men
1 tai absorption strike $ as unneces-
sary travail Knowing. the patrons of
Mr.. Chaplins art-having sprung
/ from and with them-we know they
neither expect nor require it.
While the subject of Mr.. Chaplin's
deep and rounded periods OF thought
might allure some, they hold no in
| terest for us. We saw Mr.. Chaplin in
a ''fillum" representation once. That
WAS in Rawlins, Wyoming. some years
ago. Rawlins is a small town and
those who linger over night find the
evenings unspiced by adventure. But
having seen Mr.. Chaplin once, We
| don't care what he thinks.
1t may De. however. Mrs. Chaplln
| only thinks her husband thinks. We
are persuaded full many a husband
who gets credit for deep thought is
only wondering when his wife is going
to finish the thing she started to tell.
Having exhausted the Chaplins, we
turn to the nautical exploit executed
in paragraph two of this chronicle and
comment. We wish to ask the old
salts IL one can tack to the windward.
AS one whose rolling sea was a field
, OF bluestenn and whole ga1leon was q
hAyrake. we don't know where the
windward lies or exactly what one
does when he tacks.
As we figure it, and barring the
contingency that we may be sent on
an errand to the drug store, we. shall
have to cross Walnut street at Forty
sixth only thirty-one more times. We.
therefore. conclude that our chance of
living thru the winter is incomparably
greater than it was on June 1.
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The wonders of our weather bureau
system were brought out this week In
the warnings of the gulf storm. Cities.
shipping and harbors were prepared
for the blow. Thanks to the hesitat-
ing hand of politics, the L. s. weather
bureau is still efficient
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Labor in Kansas is going to take
a hand in politics." says the headline
of the local labor paper. That rs the
privilege of every American citizen.
The more entries into politics the bet
ter the results.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
TALK.
Ealk is the war of living.

Talk is the war of living.
Ioik is also expression-and express
sion is the color which furnishes the
background to personality All other
things form but the trappings, signifi-
cant only in the man in his entirety.
All of us must outlet ourselves in
talk.
The one with a heavy heart must
talk. In the midst of doubt and ques-
tionings, talk comes in to clear and
make plain
Talk renoyates the mind and brings
hearts together Talk stirs the i'm
agination and opens up a thousand
roads for the thought to travel over.