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THE
MODEL'S
SUMMER CLEARING SALE.
It's getting late in tho season and yet we have big stocks on hand. AVc have
decided to carry nothipg over and arc determined to close out our cntiro
stock of Summer Goods at a GREAT SACRIFICE. Our loss is your gain.
BARGAINS IN MEN'S CLOTHING.
$4.75
Fifty Wool Suits, Brown Mixed
Cheviots, nicely trimmed, worth
$6.50, cut down to.. '.
The swagger English Chalk Line
Flannel Suits, only ten left,
made by the famous L. L. & 3.,
Chicago. These suits come in
coats and pants only. Wc do
not exaggerate when wc say
worth $12.50. These cool suits
for hot weather at a price that
brings comfort at the insignifi
cant figure of
$5.00
We have rummaged through our
stock and picked out several
hundred Cassimcrcs, Fancy
Worsted and Blue Serge Suits
that sold for $10, $11.50 and $12.
Wc guarantee them to be all
wool. These suits we shall not
carry over until next summer.
Price cut down to
$745
Fifty Cotton WorstcdSuitsinblack
a ... 1 .11.
ami i)iuc, nicciy mauc, worm
$5.00, cut down to
$3.25
BOYS' SUMMER CLOTHING
Boys' Long Pants Suits, worth $5, 7.50, 10.00
and 13.50 will be sold during this sale from
$2.00 tO $4.00 less on each suit.
Our $7.00 knee pants two piece suits
cut down to
Our $6.00 knee pants two piece suits
cut down to
Our S5.00 knee pants two piece suits
cut down to
Boys' Knee Pants in black and blue
Worsteds, worth $1 and 1.25, cut down to
Boys' Twenty-five cent Knee Pants
cut down to
Child's three piece Vcstec Suits, ages
4,5,6 and 7, that sold at $3.00, cut
down to
Boys' and Children's Wash Suits worth
75c. bl and 1.25, cut down to
fiSTEvcrything in ,this department reduced
accordingly. f
$5.00
$4.50
$3.50
65c
17c
$1.95
50c
Bargains in Men's Underwear
Men,s French Balbriggan Un
derwear, regular and extra sizes, rrr
worth 75c and $1.00, cut down to JJ-
Men's Fine Mercerized Silk
Underwear worth $1.25 and rp
$1.50, pink and blue, cut down to
Fifty cent Ribbed UndcVwcar rrn
cut down to J
Boys' Ribbed Underwear cut ryrr
down to UV
Shirts.
Men's Black and White Striped
Working Shirts worth 50c cut nrp
down to J"
Men's Negligee Shirts, some
without collars, some with collars
attached, cuffs attached and de
tached, all sizes, worth 50c and rr
75c, cut down to pJV-
Men's and Boys Negligee Dress
Shirts, two detachable collars, rrc
worth 75c and $1.00, cut down to jVK,
Bargains in Men's Trousers.
Men's Trousers, well tailored, at
$1.50, $2.00, $2.60 and $3.00.
Our $5.00 pants cut down to $35
Men's Union Made Overalls
and Jackets.
Overalls without bib worth fZfi
65 and 75 cents cut down to
Carharts tripcd Overalls, the
best Union Made Overalls on mp
earth, cut down to (JC
Men's Working Gloves.
Large assortment of Men's Working
Gloves at greatly reduced prices.
Our California Goat Skin
Gloves, Welted Seams worth 75c,
cut down to
50c
Straw Hats.
All our, btraw Hats for Men ife
and Boys 75c and $1.00 values KOr jt.
,f ,Wn In . JJK
All 50 cent Straw Hats cut QKn
down to.... ?
A full line of Light Weight -
uauviai hui in ovj uuvi 10 wiui) Jill
cut down to wj
Shoes.
Our Sheridan $2.00, in all
lasts, and sizes, lace or con- -4 f
grcss, cut down, to rpllvr
Men's ltnc Man bhocs,
strictly band sewed, worth
$3.00, $3.50, $4.50 and $5.00, Qsj gjx ifr
cut down to P5Ovf a
Boys' Tan Shoes worth C CSr &
$2.50 cut down to Ipl.Ol
XiMrn Fete,
The Post home in the south part
of town waB the scene ot a very
pretty lawn fete Friday evening.
Mrs. M. ObcrBt and Mrs. N. 13.
Post were the hostesses to a large
party of young people in honor of
Miss Blanche Widmcycr and Mr.
Nathan Post, who arc spending
their vacations from college at
home, Miss Widmeycr being a stu
dent in a musical college in Dayton,
Va., and Mr. Post being the repre
sentative of western Nebraska in
the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Md.
The lawn was beautifully lighted
with Japanese lanterns, an arch ol
light being arranged over the
gateway. Here and there among
the trees hammocks were Bwuttg.
The guests were graciously re
ceived by Mrs. Obcrst, Mrs. Post,
Miss Widmeycr and Mr. Post.
During the evening a program
was rendered, it consisted ot
piano solos by Miss Brat t and Miss
Burke, vocal solo by Miss Wid
meycr, music piano, violin and
cornet, by MhB Bratt, Messrs.
Cunningham and Stamp and read
ings by Misses Furucss and Wid
meycr, The entire program gave
evidence of much talent and
thorough training.
MIbbcs Helen Hcrshey and. Julia
Edmonds presided at the punch
bowl and Mcsdamcs Birgc, French
and Hcrsuey assisted in Uic serv
ing of delicious refreshments.
Shortly before midnight the
guests departed pronouncing the
party one of the prettiest and most
enjoyably ot the Benson and enthu
siaqtic in the praises of their host
esses, Guest.
Call early and do not miss this opportunity. Wo mean exactly what we advertise. We are
compelled to make room for our enormous new stock of Fall and Winter Goods.
m
ie Model One Price
Clothing
MtADY HOTXS.
Beatty & Murphy shipped two
care of beet cattle to Omaha Mou
day.
Clarence McMurray has returned
from Colorado, where he had been
working in the potato fields.
Wm. Mclutyrc visited friends
here last week. He had been clerk
ing in the road-maBters office at
Grand Island but is now time
keeper for one of the surfacing
gangs,
Is). F. Sullivan haa been visiting
friends in town.
Ed, Brown returned Friday irom
Colorado.
Lula and Palmer Singer have re
turned to North Platte alter an
extended visit with the Burke
family.
Curls Pearson is building an
addition to his house.
About one and one-half inches ot
rain fell in this section Saturday
evening.
A large number from this section
will attend the camp meeting to be
held at Curtis the latter part of
this month.
Milton Moarcott came down from
North Platte Sunday evening to
visit relatives.
take in the Buffalo exposition
while gouc.
J. V. Robinson on the old Ave-
line farm has one of the best if not
the finest fields of corn in the
valley.
Miss Louise Sccbcrgcr is a guest
at the M. II. Douglas residence at
the county scat.
Don't forget to attend the repub
lican primaries for Nichols pre
cinct at the Hcrshey school .house
on Saturday ot this week at 8
o'clock p. in. eastern time.
Another fine rain fell in this
section Saturday evening.
W. A. Paxton and wife of Omaha
were the guests of Mr. aiid Mrs.
G. L. Mudd recently.
Geo. Hackney, Jim Carpenter and
Fred Cole returned from North
Platte Sunday evening.
O. II. Eycrly and wife were at
North Platte Saturday shopping.
Mr. lUycrly recently - thrcshi:d his
oat crop which averaged sixty-one
buBhcls per acre,
People from abroad arc flocking
to this country daily tor the pur
pose of purchasing stock farms and
hay land and with out a doubt a
number of sales will be made in the
valley before 1901.
G. A. Staple is putting up the
second crop of alfalfa on the
Feekcn land.
Rev. W. M. Evans and wife, Geo.
Ednustcn and wife, A. A. Leister
and wltc of Hcrshey and J. W,
Lilcsand daughter Elsie of Nichols
returned Sunday night from the
Baptist association meeting at the
county scat.
MisB BcsBic Eshlcman and Miss
Jennie VTare went to North Platte
Monday to attend the teachers'
institute,
MAX KIRSGHBAUM, Proprietor.
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BXTWKBX TKE
yR. W. Calhoun of
has been putting up
McRjicrson county
BXVEBS.
Nichols who
hay over In
lately sold
JOHN BRATT.
GOODMAN.
JOHN BRATT 6t CO.,
Real Estate, Loans m Insurance
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ASK ANY PAINTER ABOUT
HEATH & MILLIGAN PAINTS
The North Platte Pharmacy,
Exclusive Agents.
Free Sample Shade Girds.
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DEALER IN
Farm Implements,
Buggies, Wagons,
Windmills; Pumps,
WINDMILLS i PUMPS
PIPES AND FITTINGS
BARB WIRE
ROUND AND HALF ROUND
STOCK TANKS -
LOCUST STREET,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
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several carloads to Harrington &
Tobin of North Platte, which he is
now delivering
E. P. Sccbcrgcr, D. M. Lcypoldt,
A. P. Beelcf.and A. B. Goodwin of
Hcrshey drove down to the county
metropolis on Saturday and owing
to the heavy rain that evening had
to remain over until the following
day before returning home.
There are hundreds of acres of
field corn in the valley tuat are
lnnrieri dnwn with eftfs rancinir
from twelve to fifteen inches in
leneth that are at thin time too
large for table use.
There never was a better crop of
barley grown up this way than has
been harvested this season,
It is almost impossible to get
cars enough to ship out the hay at
Hcrshey or Nichols at the present
time.
While in North Platte last Sat
urday O. H. Byerly sold to Lock
& Salisbury one hundred bushels of
last season's shelled corn for sixty
cents per bushel.
W, II, Hill, wife and son Claire
will visit relatives and friends in
Pennsylvania next mouth and also
A Philadelphia dispatch says
that Nebraska is included in a
large wholesale grocery trust that
is being established. The scheme
has not fully materialized but is a
promising proposition for the large
wholesale grocery houses.
In pulling a nail out ot a hay
rack last week, John Johnson, who
lives a few miles southeast of Cal
laway, struck his hand on a rusty
nail and scratched it between the
third and fourth fingers. In con
sequence Ik. AiciNulty has a bad
case ot blood poisoning on hand.
One hundred ucrcs of winter
wheat on the tarm of A. R. Merrltt,
six miles north of Lexington,
which was' recently threshed,
yielded over 2,800 bushels by
weight. The threshing was done
by John Alexander who broke the
record by running throuirh his
machine in one afternoon 1,050
bushels. Mr. Merritt also has a
large acreage in potatoes which he
thinks will yield about 125 bushelB
an acre. Lexington Pioneer.
W. R. Lesser, special agent of
the interior department, is in Box
Butte county investigating the
alleged fencing ot government land
by Miller and Leith who are under
bonds to appear at the next term
of court, November 15, for fraudu
lent entry of government land, it
being charged that they hired
twenty-nine colored citizens of
Alliance to file on lands which they
did not wish to occupy, and on
completion of the entries fenced the
entire tract enclosed by such
entries. Mr. Lesser says that it
is the policy of the government to
protect the public domain from all
fraudulent entries but that bona
fide homesteaders, whether rich or
poor, would receive its full pro
tection. The frequent cdmplatuts
and troubles between ranchers will
eventually result in removing all
ienccB enclosing government land.
It isn't the Cook's Fault,
It Isn't your Grocer's Fault,
that the bulk coffee you just
purchased turns out to he differ
ent from the "same kind" bought
before. Coffee purchased in
bulk is sure to vary
The sealed package- in which
LION COFFEE is sold insures
uniform flavor and strength. It
also keeps the coffee fresh' and
insures absolute purity.
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