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F. A. niLLER
Qeneral Passenger Agent
CHICAGO
THE TENNIS T0ERNAMENT.
Teams From Eight Towns
the Prizes.
Contest For
The weather on Thursday was such
that very little tennis could be played,
but on Friday and Saturday the courts
.were idle only at the time of the
speeches and no better tennis was ever
seen in this part of the country than
was displayed In some of the matches.
There were 28 entries in singles and 15
entries in doubles, 8 towns being repre
sented.
The score at the first round singles
was:
Korwin boat Burgess, fi-4.64.
Bailey bent M. Paly, 6-1, G-l.
Lapptn beat Dr. Daly, 64), 64.
gimouds beat Thompson, 8-6,6-4.
Vurnon beat Hunt, 6-0.6.0.
Baker beat Cutting, 6-3,6-0.
Nlohaus beat Glass, 64). default.
XI. Larson beat Walker, 61.G2.
Allen beat Mierllug, 6.1.6.1.
Hall be^t Bay, 75,0.1.
J. Larsou beat Thomas, default.
Blackburn beat Rittenliouse, default.
Eocoud Round:
Kerwin beilt Barker, default.
Bally beat Morton, 6.1,6^. .r ..
lAppin beat Sinionds. default.
Yornon beat Baker, 6-3.6*1.
parson beat Nlehaus, 6-4,62. ».
Allen beat Hall, default.
Alitor beat J. Larson, 6.1,7-5.
BoboUk beat Blackburn, default.
Third Round:
Bully beat Kerwin, 6.0,7.8.
Yernon beat Lappln, 64), 6.4.
Allen beat H. Larson, 6-7,6-4,6-3. ..
Sobolik beat Alger, 6-4,8-6.
6emi Finals: s.
SBailey beat Vernon, M, 6-2.
Alien beatSobolilt, 6-4, C-l.
Finals:
Allen defaulted to Bailey which gave Balloy
first prize and Allon second.
The most interesting match in sin
gles was between Bailey of Charles
City and yernon of Prairie du Cbien,
Wis,, who showed the boys something
of real tennis. In the double matches
the draw put eight of the best teams in
the upper half which made the win
ning of this match a flght from first
round to finals. First round.
Allen and Vernon beat Burgess and Thomas,
6-0,6-1.
-SobolUtlmd Bailey beat Algyr and Baker, 6-2,
1-6, W.
Nlerling andNleliuus beat Larsen and Larsen,
6-2, 6-3.
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Blackburn and Grannis beat Daly and Glass,
4-6,6-3.6-3.
Cutting and Morton beatHuut and Barker, 6-2,
63.
Korwin and Ray beat Rittenhouse and Part
ner. default.
Hall and Adams beat Simonds and Thompson,
7-5,7-6.
Second Round:
Yernon and Allen beat Baily and Sobolik, 8-6,
5.7. M.
Nlohaus and Nierllng beat Blackburn and
Grannis, 3-6,7-0, default.
Kerwin and Ray beat Cutting and Morton, de
fault.
Lappin and Walkor beat Hall and Adams, de
fault.
Semi Finals:
Vernon and Allen beat Niehaus and Nlellng,
4-6,6-1,6-1.
Lappin and Walker beat Kirwin and Ray, 6-4,
6-2.
Finals: ..
Vernon and Allen beat Lappin and Walker,
8-6, 6-2,3-6, 6-1.
Which gave first prize to Yernon and Allen
and second prize to Lappin and Walker of Rlci
ville.
In the consolations, a match arrang
ed for those who lost in the first round
Nierling Waukon won the singles and
Alger and Baker of Decorah won the
doubles. Every player from out of
town seemed well pleased with the
tournament and all expressed a desire
to be here next year. Six of the eight
towns represented were in on the
prizes.
The prizes went to the following:
First prize, doubles, to Allen of Cresco
and Vernon of Praire du Chien, value
$16 second prize to Lappin and Walk
er-of Riceville, value $10. First prize,
singles, to Bailey, Charles City, value
$8 Second prize to Allen, Cresco,
value $5. First prize double consola
tion to Baker and Alger of Decorah,
value #10 first prize singles to Nier
ling of Waukon, value $5.
Notice!
I hereby give notice to all my music
al students that I will resume my class
at Cresco, Friday and Saturday, Sept
6th and 7, 1907. All wishing to take
musical course on Violin or any other
instrument, or in Harmony and Com
position will please notify me early,
before all my time "will be taken.
vf Very respectfully yourg,
P^OF. J. THALER, Calmar,!^.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1907'
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For full particulars regarding this most wonderful trip, write, wire or call on us.
R. J. BECKER REALTY COMPANIES
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NORTHEASTERN IOWA OFFICE
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There will be excursion rates for the occasion and
a special train from Chicago, September 7. Tick
ets will be limited for return trip to Sept. 17, but
may be extended at Saratoga Springs to October
•6ron payment of $1.00.
Liberal stop-overs will be allowed, including one
at Niagara Falls. Opportunities are off(2red^s for
side trips to Bostonjand New York.
-Persons buying tickets to JAMESTOWN EXPO
SITION via New York or Boston .are allowed
stop-over at Albany, N. Y., for side trip to Sara
toga Spring. Also stop-overs at Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washington, Niagara Falls and
many other points.
Complete information about rates, routes,
overs and train service free on request.
JOHN R, COOK
Excursion Agent
West Union, la.
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Obituary. -T
Nellie, daughter of Matthew and
Mary O'Malley, was born hear
Westport, Ireland, March 25, 1842, and
departed this life September 1, 1907,
aged 65 years, 5 months and 6 days.
Her mother died in 1845. In 1850 the
deceased came to the United States
with her father and family, who locat
ed in Washington county, N. Y., where
her father bought a farm and wliere
the family resided for some time, mov
ing from there to Rock county, Wis.,
where the family resided for some time
and where her father died. In 1873, at
Prairie du Chien, Wis., she was united
in marriage to Bernard Flood, remov
ing to Minnesota where they resided
about five years, and in 1878 came to
Howard county where they have since
resided.
She is mourned by her husband, two
children, Mrs. Bernadine Mullen and son
Matthew one sister, Mrs. Mary Mullen
apd a,brother, P. F. O'Malley togeth
er with other relatives, her neighbors
and numerous friends. Words cannot
express the esteem in which she was
held by those who knew her. She was
a true and loving wife, a kind and af
fectionate mother and a noble and gen
erous Christian woman, esteemed as
neighbor and friend by every acquaiut
ance.
"Her funeral took place on Tuesday
morning from the Church .of the As
sumption, with interment in St Jo
seph's cemetery.
Stock Farm for Rent.
I want a good tenant for my 320 acre
farm Similes north-east of Riceville
must be a good farmer. Enquire of
John Burke or at any of the Bank| at
Ric^yiU^. J. U. A&TOJN&
Owner, Soipon^k, IH
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PLUCK, PROGRESS. PERSEVERANCE AND PATRIOTISM IN POLITICS.
Ed Dawley is^ja Minnesota j§tate Fair
visitor.
T. R. Powers came up from Decorah
yesterday.
Cresco plays Harmony at the latter
place next Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. McClaskey came up from
Decorah on Monday.
A. C. McCulloch was down from
Lime Springs yesterday.
All the new soda fountain drinks at
H. T. Williams Palm Cafe. ...
N. A. Blackburn, Lawyer office
opposite the National Bankl:
L. G. St. John left Tuesday on. a
business trip to South Dakota. '2
Bell Shirts and Overalls are always
good and price is right always.
C. F. Freehauf Returned from Aber
deen, S. D., last Monday evening.
Dr. Hunt, OSTEOPATH: office in
E. R. Thompson building. JPhone 317i.
Dr. W. T. Daly, physician and
surgeon office over Lomas.1 Drug Store.
The M. E. ladies will hofd a market
on Saturday, Sept. 14th, in the church.
For Rent—120 acres of land. En
quire of Jake Rink, R. F. D. 7, Cresco.
Mrs. E. D. Bryan and daughters re
turned Wednesday to theirjhome in Sft.
Paul.
W. L. Converse left Tuesday to open
his firm's new law offices at South St.
Paul
Mrs. Mae Horton and children re
turned Tuesday to their home in Minne
apolis.
Dr. J. W. Jinderlee, physician and
surgeon office, Rooms 1 and 2, Luers'
Building.
Frank Seavy and wife, of Riceville,
were guests at the S. S. Culver home
last week.
Reserved seats fot the "Wizard of
Wall Street" now on sale at the Lomas
hardware store. .'V
to be had any
found at H. T.
The best ice cream
where can always be
Williams'Palm-Cafe.
If you want a farm loan at a low rate
of interest, see American Loian & Trust
Company, Cresco, la.
For the best 25c meal in town call on
H. T. Williams at the Palm Cafe.
Everything first class.
150 Duroc-Jersey and Poland China
pigs ready to ship. Joseph Bouska, R.
F. D. 2, Calmar, Iowa.
Miss Lillian Henry left the first of
the week to work as a millinery trim-
COTTAGE
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WANTED
millinery
mer at Long Prairie, Minn.
LOST—A gold hat pin on which is en
graved the letter "L." Finder will
please leave at Kellow's store.
J. H. Beadle, Doctor of Veterinary
Science office over White's Livery.
Office phone, 313i house, 313}.
The Mclntire Gazette has been dis
continued and its publisher, Mrs.
Granger, will locate in Arkansas.
Rev. Willard Fuller will preach in
the Baptist church next Sunday, at
both morning and evening Bervices||$Ji
FOR
RENT:—Six room cot
tage, with good cellar and cistern. En
quire of JOHN MCHTIGH, Cresco.
FOR SALE—Second hand buggy and
Single harness. Enquire of
L. J. GLASS.
Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Roome returned
Tuesday evening from a visit at the
home of their daughter in Minneapolis.
FOR SALE
OR
RENT—T}ie, Fitzgerald
restaurant property on Market street.
Enquire of M. E. Fitzgerald, Cresco,
Iowa.
Mrs. F^ora Searl^ le|(i ye§ter$ay
morning to attend the Minnesota State
Fair ana t» visit rela^iye? i|: tfce will
Citift§.
Ask your merchant for Bell Shirts
Pants, Overalls and Sheep "Goats. The
price is right and every garment guar
anteed.
Try O. A. Stinger's Restaurant (the
old Genshow Stand if you want a first
class meal. Good cooking^ and jgood
service. --'4
A. F. Becker, one of the firm of the
R. J. Becker Realty Companies, of
Calmar, was in Cresco yesterday on
business.
Rev. Willarfi Fuller and wife leave
next week for Nyack, N. Yi, where he
will engage in school work as principal
of a seminary.
If you want correct abstracting done,
and cheap prices-too, it will pay you to
see the American Loan & Trust
before ordering youi abstract.
Co.
FOR SALE—Four registered Short
horn bulls, two of which are old enough
for service. Enquire at the A. P.
Curtis farm or of W. L. Curtis,
Having decided to discontinue the
ljotel business, ^ill sell all my furniture
fixtures in the Central flouse at a
reasonable pric4 F. R. Burr.
Wa^T FOifl^B—Eeap your, old rag«,
rubbers, iron and all junk foa? me, un
til I call and see you. I will always
deal fairly and pay what ia right.
64tf NBLS OFSTEDAHL.
Oh*tl»« AldrlohJ
CRESCO, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1907. $1 PER YEAR
C. C. Burgess and wife left Wednes
day evening on a trip to numerous
points of interest in the east, includ
ing a trip to the Jamestown Exposition.
The ladies of-the W. O. L. C. I. A.,
will hold a special business meeting
next Mondry afternoon at the home of
Mrs. D. Piatt. Every member is
quested to be present. ri
Mrs. Jennie Turner returned on Mon
day to her home at Kensett, Iowa,
after a visit at the Levi Fuller home.
She was accompanied home by her sis
ter, Miss Grace Fuller.
A card from Rev. Royse asks us to
note that the Morton Church will be
open for services on Sunday next at
2:30 p. m., for the first time since the
repairs have been completed.
Ethel Marcy, an experienced mani
curist, is permanently located at Mrs.
Harvey Mitchell's Toilet Studio, and
desires the patronage of ladies and gen
tlemen wishing work in that line.
Miss Aurilla Enright returned yes
terday to her home in St. Paul, accom
panied by C. D. Carroll and Miss Mary
Daly, who go for a few day's visit
with relatives and attend the Fair.
Young married people and old ones too,
That have no children]to laugh and coo,
Find their troubles will "little ones" be,
If they take Rocky Mountain Tea.
Dr. Wm. Connolly.
TO
BUY.—The undersigned
wishes to buy a good small farm of
about 80 acres, with good improve
ments. JAS. A. SHEA, R. F. D. 2,
2tf Lime Springs, Iowa.
Andrew Smith is again placing the
Dodd & Struthers lightning rods. Don't
wait until your building is struck, but
leave your orderwith Smith at once and
your building will be made safe from
lightning. A. Smith, Cresco, Iowa.
Women have decided that in case they
cannot vote, they will cut out the
Stork" proposition Perfectly proper
to take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
It's good for everything. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets. Wm. Connolly.
FOR SALE—One mile west of Cresco,
100 pure bred Poland Chinas of March
and April farrow. Extra long bodies
and very heavy bone. See them and
get prices before buying.
W. J. WEBSTER.
The Board of Supervisors meet in
regular September session, next Mon
dap, a week later than usual, owing to
new law changing the date of the
September session so it would not com
mence on a legal holiday—Labor Day.
J. F. Wiehe had a letter from the
Minneapolis, Rochester & Duhuque
Traction Co., wanting to contract for
28,000 ties to be delivered by Oct. 1st
at some point on their proposed line in
the state of Minnesota.—Lansing Mir
ror.
Call at Clark's Music store if in need
of a Piano, Organ or any thing musical.
If he hasn't the piano in stock that you
want he can get it, as money will buy
any piano manufactured also carries a
first grade piano and furniture polish
made by Lyon & Healy.
A great investment, absolutely safe,
brings returns that nothing else can
giving surplus earning power securing
comfort and health in your declining
years. That's what Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Wm. Connolly.
A representative of the PLAIN DEAL
ER is preparing to visit as many of the
patrons of the paper residing through
out the country as is possible through
Fall months.. If you are in arrears in
regard to your subscription, we will
appreciate the payment o| saiqe at the
time of our. call.
"Mr. and Mrs. Peter McA,loon are
mourning the death of their little fixe
months old daughter, who passed'away
Saturday morning after a brief illness.
... .Miss Julia Byrns of Cresco came
Wednesday and has charge of the mil
linery department of Sheakley & Ken
nedy Bros.—New Hampton Tribune.
The Cresco ball team will play two
games at the Decorah Fair, next week.
On Tuesday, they will meet Burr Oak.
On Wednesday, Calmar plays Decorah.
On Thursday, the winners of the
former games play, which will probably
be Cresco and Decorah, and on Friday
the losers of the Tuesday and Wednes
day games play.
Mrs. E. W. Nash, took her son John
to Des Moines on Wednesday, where
he will receive treatment in a sanitari
um located there. John does not seem
to be able to gain strength as he should
since his siege of typhoid, and the trip
is taken with the expectation of re
ceiving benefit is this respect. They
were accompanied part way by Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Lomas.
A. W. Rivers, purvet^fina^y surgeon,
has decided go to Chicago about
Qctojber 1st to take a post graduate
course for six months. His residence
will be for rent until he returns in th«!
spring..... .Robert Pritcl\ard and wife,
formerly resident* of this part of the
state but for the past fifteen years resi
dents of Montana and Dakota, have
been in Riceville and vicinity the past
ten days, coming back here with a view
of locating. Iowa looks "good enough
to them—Riceville Recorder.
Don't Blame the Cook!
A man flamed Polansky, residing
northeast of Lourdes, was badly injur
ed last Sunday morning by the burst
ing of a shot gun from the firing of a
charge which had been in the gun for
some time. His hand and arm are bad
ly injured, being filled with pieces of
wood and iron. His wounds are receiv
ing attention at the hospital.
FARM
FOR
RENT.—240 acres all under
cultivation. Will rent 160 acres or all.
Good house, two barns, double, corn
crib, hog house and all other necessary
outbuildings. Farm is located 4J miles
northeast of Elma, Iowa. For further
particulars, enquire of the undersigned,
one mile north of Elma.
2tf C. SCHWAKE.
John Michel, from north of Granger
was in Cresco Wednesday and called at
this office to arrange for the resump
tion of the Twice-a-Week visits of the
Plain Dealer to his home. Owing to the
roundabout way the mail takes from
Cresco to -his home on a Harmony mail
route, he discontinued the paper a few
months ago, but says that in spite of
the delay he finds the Plain Dealer of
more interest to him than papers pub
lished in his own county.
Notice.
Having purchased the insurance busi
ness of Geo. L. Champlin, my office
will be located a tuny music store, Kel
logg building. The business will re
ceive our prompt attention also handle
real estate.
O. W. CLARK, Cresco, la.
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you cannot expect her to serve food as you
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The ladies of the Degree of Honor
will serve a 15 cent supper in the
Woodmen Hall on Monday evening next,
commencing at 5:30, and continuing un
til all are-served. There will also be a
table where ice cream and cake will be
served, for which ten cents will be
charged. The general public are invited
Elma Lawyer Comes to Cresco.
C. C. Upton has turned over his law
business to Joseph Griffin, of Elma,
Iowa, who has moved to Cresco to
take up the practice pf law here and
will occupy Mr. Upton's old offices over
O'Malley's store. Mr. Upton has left
all his business and papers with Mr.
Griffin where all his old clients will find
them and where Mr. Griffin will be
pleased to meet them. Arthur Barker
will remain with Mr. Griffin for a few
months and the nursery office of Upton
Bros, will remain at the same place.
"We are pleased to welcome Mr. Griffin
to Cresco, and we feel sure that he will
enjoy that degree of success which his
well known ability as a lawyer, his
integrity as a man and his life-long
residence in Howard County, where he
has a host of friends, entitle him.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy One of tlio
Best on the Market.
For many years Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has constantly gained in favor
and popularity until it is now one of
the most staple medicines in use and
has an enormous sale. It is intended es
pecially for acute throat and lung dis
eases, such as coughs, colds, and croup,
and can always be depended upon. It
is pleasant and safe to take ana is un
doubtedly the best in the market for
the Durpose for which it is intended.
Sold by Milz Drug Co.
The' Griffiths?
Register, at Elkader, have bought the
Argus of that city ana will combine the
papers under tbe name of the Register
and Argus. As the Register has been
freely mentioned as owning the Argus
and directing its business in the past
and is moreover a conservative (Cleve
land-Wall Street-Parker) democratic &
sheet, the change of ownership will be
Scarcely noticeable to Argus patrons
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Because of the 2000-mile Magazine Axles forming a
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Because of the Magazine Axles being virtually in
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and lender perfect control, when others are wabbling all
over the field one piece frame with land axle attached to
both sides, not to one side only, bails hitched close up
to under side of frame.
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