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McCook Neb Feb 24 191 o
D ANBURY
GeorqB Godown and family left Mon
day last for Stromslurg Nebraska for
n visit before starting for tbeir homo at
Weiser Idaho
The masquorado ball at tbo hall on
Tuesday night was a success in every
way
Albert Mu9rave and family left Wed
nesday night for their now home in
Norwood Mo
J S Gadd the jeweler from Orleans
made bis professional business trip on
Wednesday
The checker tournament between Dan
bury and Lebanon Tuesday night re
sulted in favor of Danbury This makes
Danbury twice victorious
EE Holdridge moved into the Green
way residence Thursday
A A Gibbs of Lebanon came up
Saturday
Henry Kettering of Lebanon was up
Saturday doing some shopping
Clifford Butbridgo and wife of Mc
Cook were ovor Sunday visitors with
W J Stilgbbouorrt
Mrs M M Young went over to Mc
Cook Sunday for a weeks visit
Mrs Rea Oman who has betn over to
McCook for a wetk arrived homo Sun
day
Frank Busse went up the line Wed
nesday to Traer Kansas to attend tho
funeral of his father
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COLONEL GEORGE W DUNN
The Now Factor In the Congor Allds
Controversy
Colonel George W Dunn wJoin Sen
ator Beun Conger has charged with
receiving a campaign contribution
from the bridge corruption fund of
1002 Is known in Albany as one of
the lieutenants and linn political
friends of ex Senator Thomas C Piatt
For many years he lias been a polit
ical power in Broome county and the
Bouthern tier At present he is a mem
ber of the Republican state commit
tee from the Thirtieth congressional
district
Benjamin B Odell was governor In
1002 the year Senator Conger says the
bridge interests made a contribution to
the chairman of the Republican state
committee Colonel Dunn was the
chairman having succeeded Mr Odell
in that oflice when the latter entered
the executive chamber He had been
appointed a member of the state rail
road commission in 1897 by Governor
Black and he held that oflice uhtil
January 1907 after Governor Ilughes
took oflice and just before the railroad
commission was superseded by the
public service commission In the later
years of his term at Albany Colonel
Dunn was chairman of the railroad
commission
He was chairman of the Republican
state committee iu 1904 when Govern
or Odell entered upon his fight for
control of the state organization
Colonel Dunn has remained a member
of the state committee ever since al
though in 190 1 he came within one
vote in the congressional delegation of
being ousted
He has a brilliant war record He
was captured early In the civil war
and it was a long time before he was
liberated Die went to the front again
as a lieutenant and after serving
through the Avar received the x ank of
colonel
He has always been a resident of
Binghamton or its vicinity He was
a stockholder In several corporations
and has been a director in banking in
stitutions
EXCITING RIFLE PRACTICE
Record Scores Made Amid Mud
and
Snakes In the Philippines
How would you like to be out in the
open trying to make bullseyes with a
rifle while a typhoon was hurling dust
and debris into your eyes and while
dangerous snakes were making you
their target at the same time This
is what the men of the United States
navy did at Olongapa in the Philip
pines and they made record scores
too
Full details of the small arm firing
held under these difficulties have
reached the navy department Ensign
J R Morrison U S X reporting on
the firing at the Olongapo range says
that during the practice there were
three typhoons during which the firing
was kept up and instruction as to
range and deflection corrections under
extreme weather conditions given
A more difficult range than the one
at Olongapo for skirmish runs cannot
be imagined says Ensign Morrison
Often the runs had to be made
through water ankle deep and those
firing were lying down in the charac
teristic soft red mud a couple of inches
thick When the ground became dry
it was infested with snakes and I have
seen the timekeeper of skirmish runs
killing snakes that were around those
who were firing
The excellent spirit and determina
tion of the men and the hearty co-operation
of the petty officers are warm
ly commended
BY SUBMARINE TO THE POLE
German Explorer Announces New Proj
ect In Arctic Exploration
Dr von Payer the celebrated Ger
man explorer announces that a hith
erto unknown scientist residing in
Kiel named Dr Anschutz has worked
out a serious plan for reaching the
north pole by means of a submarine
boat
Dr Anschutz has been laboring at
his scheme for ten years and has de
vised a boat capable of traveling a
hundred feet below the ice For the
purpose of determining his where
abouts the inventor has devised an ap
paratus which reveals the direction of
the mathematical pole This appara
tus has been patented in all countries
and is at present installed on German
warships
Dr von Payer vouches for Dr An
schutzs seriousness and says that he
has remained in the background be
cause he wants first to perfect his
plans in every respect
Mayor Gaynor to an Office Seeker
They are telling this story of Mayor
Gaynor of New York now
An office seeker meeting the mayor
on the street thought it would be a
good opportunity to brace him for a
job
Good morning your honor began
the man I would consider it a
great favor if you would
The man got no further for the
mayor looked him over and said
Good morning sir I know your face
but I cant place you
Up to the Times Yell
Rah-rah-rah
Sis-boom-ah
Cabbage turnip rah rah rah
Down with Armour
Down with Swift
Give the good old bean a lift
Rah-rah-rah
Potato
Sis-boom-ah
Tomato
Luscious pea
Hip-hip-hip
Lettuce slip
Back with the beef trust to the bogf
Put the sausage on the hog
Grantland Rice in Kansas City Star
PIE FOR BREAKFAST
FIRST CHILDRENS BOOKS
Sheets of Horn Protected the Pages
From Soiled Fingers
The earliest English book for chil
dren was The Babies Book or a
Lytti Report of How Young People
Should Behave The horn books ex
isted in Elizabeths reign The writ
ing was covered with a sheet of horn
in order to protect the lettering from
contact with dirty fingers
The chap book contained most of
the familiar nursery rhymes and sto
ries which have appertained to nursery
lore for generations They exhibit
very crude woodcuts often daubed
with inappropriate color and the com
monest paper as a rule was used They
were hawked about by the chapman or
peddler and cost only a few pence
apiece
They served to perpetuate such fa
miliar ditties as Sing a Song of Six
pence which dates from the six
teenth century Three Blind Mice
in use with music in Hi0 The Frog
and the Mouse in existence in lfiSO
and Girls and Boys Come Out to
Play which was sung by the vil
lagers in the time of Charles II Lit
tle Jack Horner we know is older
than the seventeenth century and last
but not least Lucy Locket the tune
from which originated Yankee Doo
dle
A few of what were called battle
door books have been handed down to
us They were three leaved cards
which were folded up into oblong
pocket shaped volumes These taught
reading and numerals in the dame
schools in town and country The lit
tle gilt books as they were called
adorned on the outside with gilt Dutch
paper colored flowers were much
prized gift books of that period Chil
dren were employed coloring such pic
ture books by hand one child doing all
the red in the series of illustrations
another all the blue and so on Of
course they gained precision by repeti
tion but we very often find the tints
overlapping as if carried out by an in
experienced hand London Queen
Presenting Arms to a Cat
About the middle of the last century
a very high English ollicial died in a
fortress at a place that is one of the
centers of Brahmanic orthodoxy and
at the moment when the news of his
death reached the sepoy guard at the
main gate a black cat rushed out of it
Tho guard presented arms to the cat
as a salute to the flying spirit of the
powerful Englishman and the coinci
dence took so Arm a hold of the local
ity that up to a few years ago neither
exhortation or orders could prevent a
Hindoo sentry at that gate from pre
senting arms to any cat thst passed
out at night Bombay Times
Her Proof
Why asked the judge do you
think your husband is dead You say
you havent hoard from him for more
than a year Do you consider that
reasonable proof that he has passed
out of existence
Yes your honor If he was still
alive hed be asking me to send him
money Chicago Record Derald
Her Mild Complaint
Patient Parent Georgie what do
yon think 1 found in my bed last
night Georgie What was it mam
ma Patient Parent A railroad train
and a fire engine Harpers Bazar
Sure
Mrs Church Are your children be
ing brought up to help themselves
Mrs Gothem Oh yes 1 never lock
the cooky jar Yonkers Statesman
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Once Considered as Much a Virtuo an
Early Rising
I am aware that according to the
latest edition of the revised statutes
eating pie at breakfast is now a peni
tentiary offense punishable by hard
labor on the farm for a period not ex
ceeding eighty live years But it once
shared with early rising the reputa
tion of a virtuous act There are peo
ple today who are well thought of In
the community who even dress for
dinner bless your heart who have
none the less eaten pie for breakfast
and have tipped back on their chairs
hind legs and sat thus with such a
smile upon their faces as spoke of
peace with all the world themselves
included
But nowadays merely to talk of so
much fried stuff pork and eggs and
potatoes and pancakes and so much
sweet stuff molasses fruit preserves
coffee cup a puddle of sugar pie and
all that sends us who hear it to the
kitchen cupboard where the cooking
soda is first aid to the indigestive
To eat such a meal seems hardly less
barbarous than wearing feathers in a
scalp lock But remember that we
didnt work all day yesterday from
before daylight till after dark We
didnt tumble into bed and fall sound
asleep ere ever our heads had touched
the pillow so anxious was the night
shift of the bodys repair gang to get
on the job of tearing out old tissues
and putting in new We didnt waken
in the morning to find a hurry order
for more raw material hanging on the
hook and we didnt put an edge like a
broken bottle on that hurry call by
stirring around at fifty seven kinds of
temper snarling chores
We havent before us a whole long
morning with a mall and glut split
ting rails or breaking up new ground
witli a balky team a morning so long
that it becomes a young eternity about
1030 oclock when the front of the
body below the waist begins again to
chafe and grind on the backbone in
spite of all the fats and sweeps that
can he put in between at breakfast to
act as fender Everybodys Magazine
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Spring and Summer 1910
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Wabbly and Weak
Versus
Solid and Strong
L W WAKELEY G P A Omaha
1004 Farnam Steert Omaha Neb
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RED WILLOW
Louis Longnecker and Louis Elmer at
tended Masonic doings iu Bartley Sat
urday night
Mrs F C Smith has been sick since
her return home but is now better
Mrs Ben King has been quite sick
Mrs Louis Longnecker and children
spent Saturdny night andSunday with
Mrs Lewis Elmer and also attended
church
Mrs Hill Senior of McCook is visit
ing in the Smith homo
Mr Brown who helped Owons Long
necker while was disabled returned to
Indinnolti on Friday
Mr Byfields sale wns well attended
It is with regret that we part with Mr
Byfield as he was one of the original 11
who first carao to this county Ilia go
ing leaves John Longnecker as the last
of the party who came herein 187
PLEASANT RIDGE
Miss Anna Peterson closedja success
ful six months school in District 100
last Saturday
We hear that RedBortner has pur
chased him a farm from his father
Miss AnnnfBerger of Elmwood Ne
braska visited with her aunt Mrs Ma
ry Kimerling last week
John U Smith is moving en the farm
knowh as B F Wilsons old farm
A number of farmers are busy haul
ing off their surplus grain and hns
Mrs C Squin s is much better
GRANT
The masquerade ball at the Traer
Kansas ball rn well attended Wash
ingtons Birthday
Thayer E Rowland and Jessie E
Hartman were married February 22
The young people of Grant precinct
wish them success
The dance at A L Olmsteads was
well attended Thursday night being a
surprise on Jack
John Wesch sold wheat at 81 OQ per
bushel at Traer Kansas this week
B W Benjamin has bought sotik hay
of J Decker and is hauling 6ome this
week
Mrs Jacob Wesch and Miss Bernice
Downing were visitors at B W Benja
mins Saturday
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Water cant rise above its level
Nor can a community rise above the
level of its citizenship
If the citizens are lukewarm limp
and lazy the town will be wishy
washy and weak
If the citizens have VERTEBRA
VIM AND VIGOR the town will be
substantial solid and strong
Lets all brace up and make this
town of ours a place of energy ambi
tion and enterprise
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Diseases of tho Rectum
Piles Fissure Ulcer etc
Oflico Hours 9 n in to 4 p in Phono 126
JOHN E KELLEY
ATT0BNEY AT LAW and
BOUSED ABSTEACTEB
McCook Nebraska
ISaAReiit of Lincoln Land Co and of McCoob
Waterworks Office in Poatoffice buildinjf
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All work guaranteed
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A G BUMP
Real Estate
and Insurance
Room Two over McConnells drug
store McCook Nebraska
F E Whitney Walter Hosier
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Draymen
Prompt Services Courteous
Treatment Reasonable Prices
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Office First Doer
South of DeGroffs
Phones I3nd
Black 244
FRED WIGGINS
AUCTIONEER
will cry your
sales any
tim any
where1
Bills post
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Sappa coun
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cups fur
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your free
lunch with
out extra
charge
Terms S10
first 1000 or
less 1 per
cent on all
sales r u n
ning over 31000 Dater made by The
Danbury News Danbury Nebr
The Updike
Grain Co
sells the
following coals
Nigger Head Maitland
Canyon City Lump
Canyon City Nut
Baldwin Lump
Iowa Lump
Pea Coal
Wier City Lump
Wier City Nut
Sheridan Egg
Rex Lump
Pennsylvania Hard Coal
S S Garvey Manager
Phone 169
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