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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1911)
i f V w t K 7 t r i j tj iM i n V pjiiiiiaw 350 to 10 tmr THEYRE ALL ALIKE Ask any man past fifty years of age and lie will tell you of some time in his life when he was sailing high Things were coming his way There are few exceptions Why is he poor now Well there are va rious reasons One thing is sure It is not because he placed his money in a sound bank and checked it out only R when safe investments were se cured There are more ways to I lose money than to make it If you are making any money no matter how small the amount start the saving habit by open ing a jank account The First National Bank of McCook Neb COAL We now handle the best grades of Colo and Penna coals in connection with our grain business Give us a trial order Pbone 262 Real Easterday McCOOK MACHINERY AND IRON WORKS Machine Work Blacksmlthing Horse Shoeing We are agents for the Celebrated Ford Auto 210 1st st W -- Phone red 45o BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER CURES and Purifies the Blood- 00 Mens Suits and Overcoats 750to 3001 Handsome Neckwear If vnu nrich in iri7t un Inpv i it jyiit nun iu iwv pensive present that any man would consider himself fortu nate to receive visit our neck wear department and make a selection Prices from 25c to 1 ZmSumK -- or Lounging Robe will be a hap py solution of the question of a Christmas present at a moder ate price There is probably not a wo man or man who will not eager ly accept a nice Robe as a gift We have a fine assortment j of colors and patterns ranging from l Ll -T ut n jihwiiiwiw 500 to Gloves J are always very acceptable pre sents We have a fine line of Adlers Dress gloves and Auto gloves fur lined Adler gloves Fit for Everybody You will find that druggists every where speak well of Chamberlains Cough Remedy They know from long experience in the sale of it that in cases of coughs andcolds it can always be depended upon and that it is pleasant and safe to take For sale by all druggists Everything thats seasonable in fruits and vegetables at Ilubers all the time Osbom Burton DRAY LINE All kinds of Hauling and Trans fer Work promptly attended to Your patronage solicited Office First Door South of DeGrofPs Phone No 13 2 J4 5 5 J 5 I4 J1 I 2 J I Fire and Wind - j Insurance I Written in First Class Companies - e C J RYAN XSJIiJJniiJiJI4iM White Line Transfer Company Elmer Hawkins Props Specialty of moving Household Goods and Pianos Only covered van in city Phones Office 68 residence red 456 For Sale For Cash or BankableNote Several Red Polled Bulls Jos Dack McCook Nebr Phone Ash 3853 Come to this store and even though you may be at a loss to know you in a way that will I A Bath Robe A Suit or Overcoat is one of the most useful gifts for men or boys Boys Suits and Overcoats i JRi 1 i SSMflllliPs I aMUMHUMMLaaaaBMl mmbsibe a ga mu AtmNPm Wmfff Eh natmag JUttt alnnta Wonderful Man Decern Ginks had the most wonder ful controJ of his features of any man I ever knew Burr 1 understand he was a mar vel Decern He was Why Ive even seen that man look pleased when he saw what his wife had bought him for Christmas In Advance Mrs Skinflint Oh John Mary the parlor maid has just swallowed a quarter What ever shall we do Old Skinflint Do Well I suppose wed better let her keep it Shed have expected a Christmas present anyhow Once Enough Christmas comes but once a year said the cheery citizen No use in its coming twice a year said the morose person Must give a man a chance to save a little money before he can spend it Too Late Highwayman Halt Your money or your life Victim Its no go stranger My wifes in the same line of business al ways at Christmas time and shes just finished with me Two Kinds There are friends and Christmas tree friends The latter take all the presents they can get and present you with beautiful boughs A MYSTERY Jlsi Dujley Nobs Pa theres one thing r J auout Santa Claus I never could un derstand Mr Nobs What is that my son Dudley Nobs Why does Santa al ways leave valuable presents to rich folks and cheap ones to poor people Why dont he even things up A Clean Sweep Caroline Ive been in the stores all ils7 Pauline So soon after Christmas rnd still shopping Caroline Shopping I guess not Im exchanging all my presents Cackling Mrs Gramercy She must have been surprised when her husband gave her such an expensive present for Christ mas Mrs Park Not surprised my dear but suspicious 1 f v SM lM fa sb4 1 George Ah Lily dear this will bo the jolliest Christmas Ive ever spent Now that were engaged I think only of the future Lily Do you Well at this time of the j ear I think only of the present Christmas Thanks When turkeys on the table laid And good things I may scan Im thankful that I wasnt made A vegetarian Trouble and a Turkey Brown was boasting of the fine tur key be had bought for Christmas Bggest bird I ever saw cost me seven fifty Thats nothing to the turkey I had ast Christmas said his friend Jones It cost me 150 Ose hundred and fifty dollars posMvely shrieked Brown in his in credulity Yes said Jones bitterly Turkeys said Brown looking him straight in the eye are generally to be bought for a quarter a pound Say yours was a quarter then it must have weighed about 630 pounds It only weighed twenty pounds said Jones sadly but I bought it alive and tried to kill it myself It flew all over the house first and did 150 worth of damage Hand Bags Silver Mesh Bags 50c to 750 Velvet Bags Both Plain and Fancy 100 to 600 Fine Leather Bags 125 to 1000 Navajoe Blankets Guaranteed all wool 750 Ladies Hdks 65c to 150 Store open Evenings Until Christmas PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY Your comblnga made Into switches ana putt MRS L M THOMas Phone Ash 2X54 iENNINGS HUGHES CO Plumbing Heating and Gas Fitting Phone 33 Estimates furnished Postoffice building MRS HATTIE ALLISON NURSE Phone Red 116 203 East Fourth Street ROLAND R REED M D Physician and Surgeon Local Surgeon B M Phones Office 1G3 resident- 217 Office Rooms i S Tempi- building McCool Neb DR HERBERT J PRATT Registered Graduate Dentist Office 21216 Main av ovei Ai Councils drug store Phones tice 1HU residence black 131 DR R J GUNN Dentist Phone 112 Offire Rooms 3 and 5 Wa ouilding McCook JR J A COLFER Dentist Phone 37 Koouj 4 Postoffice building An Cook Neb R H GATEWOOD Dentist Phone 163 Office Room 4 Masonic temple McCook Neb DR EARL O VAHUE Dentist Phone 190 Office over McAdams store Mo Cook Neb what to give we can help you We will gladly show you through the stock and help make your Christmas shopping a pleasure Furs for Women and Children One could scarce ly think of a more appropriate Christmas gift than a set of Gordon Furs Persian Paw Beaver Aleutian Seal Ermine Russian flartin Australian Oppossum Fox Lynx Mink and many others at prices with in the reach of all Coats Suits Skirts Waists All these and a lot of other things we show will make very practical pres ents iS C E ELDRED Lawyer Bonded Abtracter and Examiner of Titles Stenographer and notary in office McCook Nebraska JAMES HART M R C V S Veterinarian Phone 34 Office Commercial barn McCook Nebraska L C STOLL CO Jewelers Opticians Eyes tested and fitted Fine re pairing McCook Neb H P SUTTON CO Jewelers and Opticians Watch Repairing Goods of quality Main avenue McCook Nebrp JOHN E KELLEY Attorney at Law and Bonded Abstracter Agent of Lincoln Land Co and c J McCook Water Works Co Officf In Fostoffice building McCook Neb A G BUMP Real Estate and Insurance Office 305 2nd st East Phone black 252 Heating Plumbing MiddlctonRuby Are prepared to fur nish estimates on short notice They keep a complete line of Bath Tubs La vatories Sinks and other plumbing mater ial including a good line of lawnjhose and sprinklers Phone No 182 - McCock Nefcr