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VOLUME XL1X
NEMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AP1HL 14, 1905
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GREAT FIRE SALE
Gilbert & McCandless
are now
CLOSING OUT
the entire stock of goods left from the fire
AT COST
and in many cases below cost.
Mra. Dr. B.Boll-Audrows of Cordoll,
Oklahoma, has boon visiting nt Stella
and on Wednesday evening came over
to Noinaha and istho guest of Mm.
M. W. Knapp. '
Ed E. Sanders of Splckard, Mo.,
arrived in Nemaha Tuesday evening
on a visit to bio mothor and brother.
Mrs. J. M. SanderB and W. W. Sandors.
He started home Thursday.
John II. Dundaa of tho Granger
still insists that ho is a candidate for
congress. Ho is sure to remain a
candidate only, but then he will nob be
bothered with postoffico applicants.
Prof. W. H. Waggonor delivered four
interesting lectures on misslous at tho I
Christian church, on Friday, Saturday,
Sunday aud Monday nights, Tho lees
turoa wore illustrated with storeopti-
can views.
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iNew
k
Spring Millinery Goods
are now ready.
Call Early for first Choice
Low Prices, and satisfaction in
Trimming guaranteed
M. T. Hill has decided to go to Shu
bert and open a drug store In a
Bbort time he will bo kicking himself
because be didn't remain n a good
town. But somo people only learn by
The most of the stock is not damaged in the exi,orlence'
j.t un :i3 Otto Blibde of Johnson was in town
least, ana none inure imxu. jugu.w.y auneu,
Great chance 3 Bargains
Come early and get first choice.
Now open in Minick. Building
Local News
See M T JIill for fire Jnsuranco..
Dr. Bourne fits glasses. SoAuburn
Chas W. and
in from Beatrice
David Burns came
Tuesday, to attend
the funeral of their grandfather, Wm.
Bums
Soe Knapp
ments
& Son for farm implex
Mrs. 0. M. Thompson has moved
back to Nemaha
Mr. and Mrs U. E Williams were up
from Shubcrt Wednesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Williams' grandfather,
Wm. Burns.
For Sale A 40'acre
Apply at this office
fruit farm
Photo mounting card board for sale
at the Advertiser office.
Mrs. Mattie Grate is now clerking
for Gilbert & McCandless.
Curt Brown and Ole Uoborts drove
out to Pawnee City last Friday Curt
to see his sister and Ole to see some
body else's sister.
Remember, we will take your subs
scription for any newspaper published
anywhere in the United States nnd can
usually save you money.
a few hours Thursday morning. He
had been in a hospital at St. Joo and
was on his way homo, coming up on
the morning freight. Ho wont home
on the passenger.
Dr. Galther's health has been very
poor for some time, and ho is confined
to his bed part of the time. He will
probably tako a vacation this summer
and go to the mountains, It is hoped
his health will soon improve.
Will Crother of Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, arrived in Nemaha Monday on
a visit to relatives and friends. Will
is a son of Philip Crother, a former
prominent citizen of Nemaha, Philip
is a brother of John E. Crother.
Ed II. Knapp has become tired of
paying rent and is going to build. He
has selected the best neighborhood in
town across the Btreet oast of the
editor's palatial redidenco and ex
pects to begin building in a fow days.
Shubort knows whoro to como for
good business men, and has coaxed
away several of Nemaha's enterprising
merchants. First, wo boliove, they
got our bank away from us several
years ago by offering special inducos
ments. Then II. E. Williams, Joe
Uarpor, M. H. Taylor, and now M. T.
Hill. Who will ho tho next?
An old family horso belonging to
Judge Broady of Lincoln died on the
farm northeast of Nemaha a few' days
ago, and tho judgo, who was clown
bore, had ono hoof removed and sent to
Lincoln, whoro ho will have it mounts
od and keep it in momory of the ser
vices of the faithful animal in past
years. The horso was in tho family
for many yeurs, and all thought a great
doal of it.
Senator Burkett writes ub that ho is
in receipt of notice from the postoffice
department that complete rural free
delivery county servico in Nemaha
county has been ordered established
and will commence oh Monday, May
15 We are informed that only three
families in the county will have to go
oyer ono mile for their mail when this
servico is established. It 1b certainly
a groat thing for tho farmers, and they
appreciate it
Wo wish we had u picture of tho
cemetery in the condition it was
formerly, and then ono taken last year,
to show what a little intelligent care
and the expenditure of a littlo monoy
will do in caring for a cometory. It
would be a good object lesson. But
our people certainly, do not need any
such reminder, as thoy know what a
great cbango was mado last year If
you want this condition to continue,
Call'at this office and get a sample
copy of the Iowa Homestead.
For Sale An extra good folding bed.
Inquire of Mrs. H. S. Gaither.
Mrs. J. M. Fuller, who has been
very Hick, is getting somo bolter,
Mrs. A. II. Titus returned to her
home near Syracuse last Friday.
E. W. Hopkins of Leavenworth,
Kansas, arrived in Nemaha last Satur
day on a visit to a particular friend.
He returned Wednesday.
Poior Karker recently had some big
Cottonwood trees in his yard cut down.
One of them was over four feet in
diameter. Tbey were old timers.
'Squire Sanders had his first trial
as justice of the peace last Thursday
afternoon, nnd another one Friday, bo
he feols that ho is a full fledged 'squire
now. But he wantB to marry a couple donato nboraiIy whon tll0 BUbscrlption
the next thing. He prefers that kind nrflflfint-fi
of business anyway.
first?
Who will bo tho
Mrs. N. B. Catlin went to Nohawka,
Nebr., Wednesday to visit her brother,
D. D. Adams.
Herb Aynes couldn't stand it away
ftom Nemaha any longer, so returned
homo Tuesday.
MisB Helen Hoover and her niece,
little Mario Walsh, came down from
Llncolu Wednesday.
Mrs. Theo. Ginn came in from Au
burn Tuesday to help tako care of her
mother, Mrs. J. M. Fuller,
T. B Finch came down from Brown-
vllle Wednesday and visited a few
hours wjth friends. He started for
Tollurido, Colorado, the next day.
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Mrs. Willard lectured on missions at
tho Christian church Sunday at 11 a
m. and at 2:15 p. m. She is organize
ing tho children into mission baudB.
The ladies Christian aid society will
give an eaeter bazaar and ice cream
social on Saturday night, April 22, the
proceeds to pay on papering the church.
We cordially invite everybody and
all articles, donated us for bazaar will
bo thankfully received. Come out and
help us. Iiemomber the date.
P. G. Swan had bis first runaway
Saturday. He was raking stalks and
was driving four horses to tho rake
Getting off for a few minutos he left
tho horses standing, but they did not
stand very long. They ran into a barb
wire fence, throwing ono of the horses
backward over tho rake. Ono of the
horses was scratched up somo and ono
tug was broken but aside from this no
O.'R. Hacker, county clork; D. J.
A. Dirks, county treasurer; Judgo J.
S, McCarty, county judgo; Georgo
CarrinRton, Jr., county superintendent;
nnd W. A. Doolittlo, county commie.
Bloner, will each luivo an extra your
olllco according to tho blonnial oloctlon
law which was passed tho last term of
tho legislature and Bignod Tuesday by
the governor. Tho terras of these
county ofllcors would havo expired next
January but will now oxplro January
1, 1007,
Tho purpose of the now law is to do
away with an election every year nnd
provide for an elootion onco fn every
two years. This, it is figured, would
be a great saving to tho stato. Tho bill
caused a greut deal of discussion and
was voted against by Representatives
Peabody and Howe from our county.
Auburn Horuld.
Mr. Peabody sayB the Herald is mis
taken, as ho and Mr, Howe both voted
for tho biennial elcotion law, although
with doubts us to Its legality.
Nearly a half century has passed
since L. M. Swon first came to Nos
braBka to live. He was born in 1111"
nols and came with his paronts in 1852
to Bonora, which Is now Watson,- Suit
across the river in Missouri, In 1850
his father took a homestead adjoining
Peru on the south, and that same year
came across tho river and broke
prairie on it. Stores wore just being
started at Peru at this date, but Mr.
Swan tells us that even at that early
timo Brownvlllo was a flourishing
place, Ho remembers celebrating tho
Fourth of July in 1853 at Browuvillo.
It was an old fashioned colobration,
an ox boing killed nnd roasted. On
February 3, 1857, tho8wan family took
up their resldonco on tho homestead
adjoining Peru, more than forty-eight
yoarsago. Mr. Swan came to Stella
in 1882, and with the exception of three
or four years at Fulls City, has mado
his home hero evor since, He is not
an old man yet, Monday was his sixty
third birthday, and he likes this place
so well that it is his desire to pass the
remainder of his life in Stella. Stella
Press.
Pat Dnuahnrtv. nn old citizen of damage was sustained, although sever-
Auburn, has boon sued for S20.000 for al posts were pulled up, und the barbi
breach of promise by Mrs. Eliza 0. broken- Mr 8vvu flays he Dns
Smith, nnvnmi Hitim n widow. Thn been driving horses for ufty-tbreo years
widow has been married three or four anu lulB 1B vuo ulBl- tuuJ " "
times but evidently is not adverse to I over bud.
taking auother life partner if he is Elmer E. Allen will superintend the
the right kind and has plenty of work of keening the cometory in good
Miss Lurah liendricks came down monoy
from Brock, where sho is attending
school, and visited her brother, Clifford
HendrickB, from Friday until Tuesday.
Geo. N. Sanders. Miss Grace and
-w-- , m. . antra (in ta nr n r In nm'll
Mrs. Marv E. Conner of Auburn res Master iiarry urove uown trom tdeir r"b.. "
Thursday after a few home in London precinct Wednesday
and visited a few hours with relatives.
turned homo
days' visit in Nemaha and vicinity.
Mrs. ElmorE. Allen went to Syra
cuse with her Bister, Mrs. A. R. Titus,
last week, returning home Monday
evening.
iu. J. Maxwell, county assessor, is
spending most of his timo in Auburn
now, looking after the matter of 03
Besaments. xne ueputies are all at
work,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob West, Mrs. F
L, Woodward and MIbs Ethel Morrln
son drove up to Brownvlllo Wednes
day to attend the meeting of the holi
ness association,
condition again this year which
means that it will bo well attended to.
But in order to keep it in good con
dition it will be necessary to raise
monoy by public subscription. Last
year a little over one hundred dollars
was raised, and those who remember
tho condition tho cemotery was in
before Mr. Allen took charge of it and
compare it with the condition last
year will certainly bo willing to pay
Nemaha Chapter No. 70, Order of liberally to keep it in good shape this
Eastern Star, elected tho following
officers at the regular meeting last Sat-
Sam Isabell of St. Deroin recently
built a houseboat and Wednesday of
this weok loaded his family in it and
started down tho Missouri river. He
The boat is
a very comfortable one, and thoy will
doubtless have a fine trip if they keep
well and nothing happens. Ho has a
wifo and four children.
One of the most notewothy newspa
per celebrations evor hold in tho middle
West was tho golden jubilee of The
Iowa Homestead ut Dos Moines, Iowa,
on the 23 ult, at which time, also, the
manager, Mr. James M. Pierce, cole
brated the twentieth annlverary of his
management of this sterling old paper.
The Homestead has not lived fifty yearn
to no pnrposo; for it is as excollent as
it is old, und exceedingly varied in its
merits. Its editorials, special features
and departments are tho best money
can buy. The extent of Tho Home
stead plant will be seen when wo state
that when Manager Pierce gave a,
banquet to his employes and their
wives, over 150 plate laid, more thtm
one hundrad being1 for employes.
Great enthusiasm was aroused when
tho announcement was made that The
Homestead would triple tho size of its
building this year. Tho popularity of
i! or aaio a good 40-acre farm, 23
acres in young orchard just begirining
to bear; good 5 room houso,.,well, oto.
fnrfl fflrmH. . Annl.rnt
Price. S2500,
thisojllce.
Wo must earnestly request of all
who are indebted to us to muko ars
rangoments to settle their accounts, as
we need the monoy to settle up our
business. Our business relations with
all of jaur patrons have been very
pleasant and wo trust we may bo able
to do more in the future.
Respectfully,
Gilbert & McCandless.
urday night:
Worthy Matron Mrs. Sarah Thomp
son.
Worthy Patron W. W. Sandors.
ABsoclato Matron Mrs. Mary R.
Keeling,
Seo'y A. L. P. Thompson,
Treas. Mrs, J. M. Sanders.
Conductress Mrs, Alico Seid.
Associate Conductress Mra, Laur
etta Seid.
year, if interested at all in the homo
for the dead, and all our cltizons should
be interested in it, whether they have The Homestead in Nemaha County is
any loved ones burled there or not.
It will take a little moro this year to
keen it lln condition, as the sexton
will havo to look after it at loast a
month before ho commenced work
last year. Mr. Allen will start a sub
scription paper In a few days. If in
torested do not wait for him to call on
you. Call and see him, or send him
tho monoy.
shown by lta immenso circulation
among onr best farmers; but The
Advertiser will be glad to help along1
the cause of good farming by forward'
ing other Bubsoriptions.
Old papersfor sale at this office
Tako tho wagonette vhen in Au
burn if you want to go toany part of
tho city . John MoElhane'y prop,