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BARTLE
J Fletcher will move to McCook
toon
Dr Arbogast and father were McCook
visitors Sunday
Several more new nouses will be built
So Bartley within the next sixty days
Jinks Fletcher is building a new house
land barn in the northeast part of town
Mrs Francis Robinson is having a fine
barn erected at her home northeast of
itown
Mr Blair has purchased the Fletcher
property and will take possession No
vember 1st
Baxter Row is painting his new barn
-and other buildings J Fletcher is the
brush artist
The entertainment given by Ash
VDavis the cartoonist was well received
by a full house
There is a good crop of fine potatoes
toeing harvested in this vicinity They
vire selling for 25 cents a bushel
The Colored Evangelists Mrs Beck
sand daughter are still engaged in a re
Yvival meeting at the M E church
P 1
A Craig and Mrs Frank Jennings
are on a visit at Curtis with Mrs Jenn
ings parents who are very sick with
typhoid fever
Commissioner Premer is busy this
week looking after the building of new
bridges and repairing others near here
and at Indianola
An acre of corn one mile north of town
was gathered last week and measured
out 61 bushels There are hundreds of
acres as good near Bartley
Mrs W T Wood who has been visit
ing her father and brother J M Brown
and H L Brown left for her home in
South McAlester Ind Ter Tuesday
evening
Miss Bessie Walkington one of the
teachers in our school was taken home
sick this week and there is no school
in her room It is believed she has
typhoid fever
A young man by the name of Mecham
was found dead in his bed near Freedom
last Saturday morning His head was
all shot up and it is supposed he killed
himself as he had been in poor health
j for some time
350 Piano Absolutely Free
For the purpose of encouracinR and stimulating a greater interest in music with all the
refining home influences we have determined upon an offer which will not only accomplish
the object desired but will also brine to us the gratitude of all who take part in this con
test We want the two words HOSPE PIANOS to become forever impressed upon the
minds of all who read this announcement hence we make the following
Remarkable Offer See how many -words you can make out of the
eleven letters in the two -words Hospe Pianos The person making
the greatest number of words will receive a 350 new Hospe Grand Up
right Piano absolutely free This will be the first prize
The fifteen next highest answers will entitle each one to a credit certificate of fioo on
another piano just like the one offered as first prize The fifty next highest answers will
entitle Unsuccessful contestants each to a credit certificate of 85 on piano same as the fore
going or any other new piano in our magnificent stock The one hundred next highest
answers will entitle the successful contestants each to a credit certificate of 25 on any new
piano in our warerooms In the event of a tie happening between the successful contestants
prizes identical in character and value will be given to each Easy Terms will be given
certificate holders not wishing to pay the full amount in one cash payment This contest is
open to all except our employes and their families Those already having instruments
may arrange to transfer their credit certificate to some one else upon application to the
manager of our store All answers must be in our office not later than November 11 1905
The beautiful Hospe piano offered as first prize in this contest is now on exhibition in
T7 U tienAct w established thirty one years aco it has been our policy to
handle only the most reliable and artistic pianos made and to sell them at prices so low
-and terms so reasonable as to make the purchase of an instrument from us as safe for a
child as for tne most exyencntcu mji uujms j vo
in srreat volumes enables us to undersell all our competitors who have
not the advantage of our capital andexperience and we are also able
to offer to customers the most liberal terms of payment And it is be
cause we sell our pianos at prices absolutely thelowest for which they
can be purchased anywhere in the United States that the credit certi
ficate which you may earn be it 100 50 or 25 will represent that
much value in cash on any one of the superb Instruments which you
may select Furthermore being manufacturers we are enable to save
to the customer the profit which the ordinary dealer is forced to add to
the cost of his
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thesr INSTRUCTIONS
bee hnw manv words you can make out of the eleven letters In
HOSPE PIANO S
that Is not using the letters more than once in any one
word though the letters may be useTd either once or twice in any
onewor cannot be usea more than once even though it has differ-
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Any
authority
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will be counted dui qui piuiu13 ui iwuim u cuuiia mm
1 o ir nrw Vinvp n iIano or orjran
and makers name
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Add your list when compieieaanuBiaio v- uiua
Sicn vour full name and give postofHce address
1S13 1515 Dousla Street A HOSPE COMPANY OMAHA NEB
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It Will Pay You Well We will soon be
Open for Business and will Save You Money on
All Your Dry Goods
For this Fall and Winter
Our careful and considerate buying from the best and largest
markets in the East must certainly be of advantage to you Our
low prices will certainly interest you
WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK
H C CLAPP
New Walsh Block
McCook Nebraska
RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1
Mr and Mrs Guy Vandervort were
visiting at Lees last Monday
W H Smith has sold his farm to Mr
Troester who is putting it all to wheat
Joe Down is building a new barn C
W Roper Robert Beatty are doing the
work
JackUngers boy has been ill for some
time with typhoid fever is slowly im
proving
Mrs C H Angell and two children
home folks
Mr Troester and son John and CH
Angell helped W H Smith shock
kaffir corn this week
J C Wagner left Wednesday morn
ing on No12 for Grand Island where he
will attend business college
Arthur Randel has been having a
painful time with one of his hands into
which he run a thorn recently
Miss Vida Smith returned home Sat
urday from her six weeks visit with
her sister Mrs Will Miller of Trenton
The Crackerjacks of Red Willow fail
ed to make good Sunday in a game
with the Whitefaces and the Herefords
were given the game on a score of 7 to 1
The Royal Neighbors gave a farewell
reception for Mrs Fred Hendershot and
family Monday night Mr and Mrs
Hendershot expect to leave for Cheyenne
soon
Mr and Mrs James I Lee are rejoic
ing over the arrival of a fine boy on Oc
tober 15 weight about 10J6 pounds
This blue eyed boy says he came to
stay 21 years and longer if he is treated
well
Aug Bahr raised some water melons
that he feels ought to be prize winuers
One vine bore four melons two of them
weighing 60 pounds each one 45 pounds
and one 30 pouuds making a total of 195
pounds on one vine
COLEMAN
B F Wilson brought out a fine regis
tered sow this week that was shipped
from the east She is a daisy
B F Wilson took over fifty bushels
of potatoes to McCook one day this
week He has over 100 bushels left
On the evening of October 9th a good
many young people helped Roy Coleman
pull through another birthday They
had such a job of it that it took till after
midnight to get through He was
twenty years old that day Twenty
years have rolled by since he wasborn
only a few rods from where his twentieth
birthday was celebrated They all re
port a fine time
DANBURY
Chaa Gentry has heen sick for n week
W J Stilgebouer is having bis furm
house repaired
Born to Mr and Mr Howard Ruby o
baby girl Oct 12th
We have the Schuyler Concert com
pany with us this week
Mrs Sarah Ruby was on the sick list
the first part of the week
J L Sims shipped two carloads of
hogs to St Joe this week
There is a Wilsonville blacksmith
here looking for a location
Miss Vena Gibson ia boarding at Dr
Robinsons and attending school
Mr and Mrs John Thomas have been
visiting the hitters brother in Sherman
county
Mr and Mrs Fair of Council Bluffs
are here visiting at the home of T E
McDonald
W C Shockloy has gone to the south
ern part of Kansas to visit for about
three months
Mrs Lewis Cann continues still very
poorly They have hired a trained
nurse to attend to her
Murray Johnston is back from Okla
homa He reports crops very poor down
there He said Nebraska is good enough
for him
Mrs J E Noe Mrs T E McDonald
Mrs Ed Lister and S W Stilgebouer
Sr attended the Sunday school conven
tion in Iudiauola Mondjiy and Tuesday
BANKSVILLE
The cold wave has hit Uanksville as a
notice to fix up for the winter
Mrs Alice Peters and Mary were visit
ors to Roy Albrechts in GerverSunday
Sunday the 8th a boy was born to
I S Elliott and wife Ira is proud of
his boy
Fred Weseh has finished his fall seed
ing and he was at McCook Saturday to
meet his sister from Oregon
George Sigwing has staked his tent
on the Lincoln claim and is building for
his winter quartersjthn land he receutly
purchased of a mile from Banksville
Registrar For Bartley and Vicinity
Dr J W Arbogast has been appoint
ed local registrar for this section of the
country to carry out the provisions of
the law passed by the last legislature
which provides for the registration of
all births and deaths and the issuing of
burial permits in this state The law
provided that physicans must report
all births and deaths to the local recis
trar If in case no physician was in at
tendance then it must be reported by
the person in attendance After a cer
tificate of death has been filed and sign
ed by the undertaker or sexton of the
cemetery then the registrar shall issue a
burial permit In case of the removal
of a body a removal permit must be
issued to the transportation company
and attached to box containing the
body The penalty for violating this
law is not less than 81000 or more than
10000 or imprisonment for not more
than 60 days or to both fine and im
prisonment at the discretion of the
court This law took effect October 1st
Inter Ocean
Mrs Frank R Roberson Dead
It may be of interest to many of our
Joy and Willie spent Tuesdav with the readers to know that Mrs Frank R-
Roberson died in her home at Walden
New York Wednesday of last week It
will be recalled that Mr Roberson failed
to fill his date with the McCook junior
normal last summer on account of the
illness of his wife who has lingered un
til the past week Not a few citizens
here will be touched by the sadness that
has thus come into Mr Robersons life
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sundav
school 230 p m Every Sunday
J J Loughran Pastor
Christian Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m subject Pro
crastination Y P S C E at 715
p m Preaching at 815 p m subject
Temptation All are welcome
L F Sanford Pastor
Baptist Rev A B Carson will close
his pastorate with this church next Sun
day He will speak in the morning on
The Romance of the Way In the
evening upon Tne rlignest Mission of
Memory A cordial invitation to all
A B Carson Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10
Sermons 11 and 8 Class at 12 Junior
League at 3 Epworth League at 7
Sunday school and preaching next Sun
day in South McCook Sunday school
rally day October 22 Everybody in
vited M B Carman Pastor
Episcopal Services in St Albans
church as follows Every Sunday in the
month Sunday school at 10 oclock am
Morning prayer at 11 a m and evening
prayer and sermon at 8 The third Sun
day in the month Holy Communion at
730 a m All are welcome
E R Earle Rector
Congregational Sunday school at
10 Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m
Evening subject The Ideal Christ Re
veals the Ideal Life C E at 7 p m
led by Mrs Hawkes subject Sacred
Songs That Have Helped All young
people are invited Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 8 p m All are
cordially invited
Geo B Hawkes Pastor
Here is
iiuc la ci good opportunity to buy i3cf
Clothing for iMen Boys and Children
If you have made out a list for
clothing to send to some order
house bring the list with you we
sell you anything in our line for
the same money and we will save
you the freight beside you patron
ize your home and help build up
the country in which you live By
buying your goods of us you
Save Money Time and Labor
Remember us for your Fur Over
coats and Caps we will sell you
the McKibbin Fur Coat for less
money than you pay for some
Southern Furs elsewhere
Yours for Clothing and Gents Furnishings
DIAMOND
THE WORKING MANS FRIEND
Opening evenings
THE
SAVING
cess
A 1000
LOAN
Stokes
Grocery
Want your moustache or beard
abeautiful brown or rich black Use
with the McCook Co operative
Building Savings Association
can be paid off in rf cq
monthly payments of P A
If you are paying more you pay too much We can
mature your loan on smaller monthly payments and
less money in the aggregate than any comepting associa
tion Call on the secretary who will explain
system Office in First National Bank
our
McCook Building Savings Association
Barnctt
Lumber
Company
SESKJ
Should be encouraged in all possible
ways Like good morals and manners
the instruction should begin in the home
As early habits mold the future character
so do those who early acquire the saving
habit lay the foundation for future suc
Many a boy has saved enough from his small earnings
to give him a liberal education or to make a start in business
of his own Persistent saving opens the way to countless
possibilities in success and many a young man owes his start
in life to his having opened a savings accouut and adhered to
a strong determination to add to regularly and systematically
the first deposit made We invite your savings accounts
The First National Bank nccook
SELL THE BEST
POSTS TANKS
LUMBER
COAL WOOD
GIVE US A TRIAL
PHONE 30
CITIZENS BANK BLOCK
MCOOK NEB
Ayers Pills
Keep them in the house
Take one when you feel bil
ious or dizzy They act di
rectly on the liver
BUCKINGHAMS DYE
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