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WEATHER REPORT
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FOF SbfbBERi NOVEMBER
AND DECEMBER
Coldj with northerly and north
toegterly winds Blizzards will
follow Prepare by buying your
clothing briots etc at
TOM
Oar stock in quantity nhd Quality is
nexcelied There are no two sides to
the question of our prhses Theyre
the lowest ttn rWnifchihg go6ds Just
dro In anu see for yourself Lots of
foods constantly ooming and going
Tailoring Cleaning and pressing
DS
MAIM STREET
TINARD
Barn located on the east side of town
First- class rigs and careful drivers
Good accommodation for feed
ing and stabling
C M SAGESER
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and Bhaving
Shdp in the W H Moses building
M AND GOLD BATHS
Valentine Nebr
O W MOREY
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WATCHMAKER
JEWELER
Diamonds Watches Clocks
Jtwtky Silverware Spectacles and
Musical instrunVents
Vmletititie
hep Toucan get -a sample
TCHORNBY
VALENTINE
NORTHWESTERN
LIVERY AND
FEED STABLE
HOT Kneeland Props
jyefeftutt
A Dandy Thing to Sell
I have been doing so well this summer selling
combination dippers that I think it my duty to
tell others about it I have not made as much
taoney as ome I read about but I never make
U than 3 and often 5 a day The dipper -can
be used as a fruit jar filler a plain dipper a Sue
ftrlner a funnel a strainer funnel a sick rodm
vanning pan and a pint measure These eight
alEerent uses manes me dipper snen -a necessary
article that it sells at near
IV every noHse it is so
bv sendinc as I
did 18 two cent stamps to pay postage etc to W
HBaird Co Station A Pittsburg Pa and
taeywill mail you a dipper and ym can go right
to work
wfcere
Anyone can mane 3 or 54 a aay any-
A HEADER
MUlJPriees for Feed
Bran bulk per cwt 700ton
8horta bulk 50c per owt 9 00 ton
Screenings 35c 600
Chop Feed 70c 1300
Corai 50c
Oftte 65c
Hote the Dipper ISavea the ParHl
Fathbr was sick and the mortgage on the farm
a ooming dhe Isawththe Christian Advo
eJVhere Miss A M Fritfc of Station A St
Xeate Io would Bend a sample combination
tilftfW or 18 two cent stamps end I ordered one
I saw that the dfpser could be used as a fruit jar
filler plain dipper a fine strainer a funnel a
Wramer funnels a sick room warming pan and a
Blot measure Tiff se eight different uses makes
too dipper such a necessary article that I went
Co work with it and It sells at very near every
Wise and in four months I paid off the mort
jpn I think X can clear as much as 200 per
wmth IfypuBfcedwork you can do well by
this a trial Miss A M Fritz Station A
l Louis Mo will send you a sample for 18 two
veet stamps
wnteafonce joh u x
A Vhance VO Stake Money
I have made Sl640clcar money in 87 days and
attended to my household duties besides and I
think this is aomg spienaia ior a woman inex
perienced in business Anyone esn sell what
everyone want to buy and every family wants a
Dish Washer I dont canvass at all peonle
oeme or send for the Washer and every washer
that goes ouj sells two or three more as they do
the work Jo perfection You can wash and dry
tbe dishes -It two nrtnntes I am going to devote
mywtiole time to the business now and I am
srirei can make 5000 a year My sister and
-- T - 1 - at4 In llta lillililMlOO 1111
iei nave siaricu u iuc uuu uiu a
minrtw Yon can t complete
EiTaod hundreds of testimonials Tiy address
itfee Don City Disb Washer Co Statibri A
utrf t and if von dont make lots of
W H
HE HAS - WHAT - YOU - WANT
My
HIS ASSORTMENT THH LARGESTi HIS PRICES THE LOWEST
HE SETS THE PACE
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
SUCCESSOR TO
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
BOBEET GOOD Editor and Publisher
Hazel Kirke tonight
Listen to the sleigh bells jingle
C Ii Glover att eaded court at
Ainsworth Monday
Miss Sadie DeWey is up from Wood
Lake for a short visit
Judge Walcott is
court at Merriman
gchfbol case
holding county
today Reform
The editor is in receipt of a copy of
Mrs Archers favorite poem which
will be published next Week
MiBB Edna Fischer departed for
Kearney Sunday morning to resume
her studies at the Episcopal school
Born Friday Nov 6 to Mr and
Mrs J W Steele a girl baby The
little one lived only four days dying
last Tuesday
M Christenson went up to Fort J
Meade Sunday night where he wrll
remain a couple of weeks doing decor
ative painti g
Mr and Mrs A A Jasmer of
Pierce Nebraska visited at the home
of C R- Watson from Friday until
Monday morning
Val Nicholson went to Lincoln iast
Friday morning to rent and furnish a
home for his mother and sister who
will live there this winter
The recent storms have tied up
several of our business men on their
freighting business No hauling
could be done to the new sdhool nor
to the brickyard
The prospects for a beet sugar fac
tory in Valentine are very bright at
present Ail legitimate inducements
should be offered and efforts made to
secure a factory here
School report district No 56 No of
scholars on roll 22 Those present
perfect for the month ending Nov 6th
Willie Dunn Vivian Lawrie
Teacher
Sheriff Hamilton took John Fanton
the cattle thief to the penitentiary this
morning where he will serve a term of
eight years Fan tons bondsmen
turned him over to the sheriff Tuesday
ONeill Sun
The J H Oakes Company of Swiss
Bell Ringers and Vaudeville ArtiBts
will appear at th6 Opera House next
Wednesday night November 18 The
Musical treat of the year Dont fail
to hear them Popular prices -25 35
and 50 cents Reserved seats on sate
at Watsons Drug store
D Stinard lately received a large
stock of new pants for boys which are
Called The Boys Friend because
they are made with double seat and
knees Every boy in town will want
a pair of these pants and every moth
er will want he T boys to have them
too
Sunday night and Monday about 15
inches of snow fell in Cherry county
and Monday night the thermometer re
gistered 14 degrees below zero No
wind accompanied the snow so stock
did not suffer much The storm was
gereral over northern Nebraska
A meeting will be held at the Pres
byterian church Saturday evening
November i4 at 7 oclock sharp to
take steps toward reorganizing the
Valentine Musical Union All persons
interested ar respectfully invited to
be present Lillian U Stoner
The plate glass for the front of
Jackson Braylons new store arrived
from the Western Paint Glass Co
Lincoln yesterday and will soon be
put in position Two of the window
glasses are 82 r 98 inches each two
98x32 and one 54x60 This will
make a handsome front for the build
ing
On next Monday -Judge Westover
will convene the Sioux county term of
district court at Harrison The follow
ing Monday he will bogin court in Box
Butte county The first Monday in
December he holds a special term in
Dawes count and this will finish
tjourt work for this year There are
two counties in this district which had
their court dockets entirely cleared
That is every case was disposed of
Those counties were Rock and Jeya
Paha This we believe is the first
time this thing has occured in the his
tory of this judicial district Certainly
Sheridan countys docket has never
been without a case since the first one
was filed nearly a dozen years ago We
believe that district judges are often
too lenient with litigants and their
ttorocjy RueJwift Standard-
OUR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Mae Davenport
Edna MacDonald
Editors
Much snow Few scholars
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A portrait of our next president haB
been presented to the Grammar De
partment
November 25 there will be Thanks
giving exercises in Miss Browns and
Miss Ef uers rooms
It would oe a good idea for the
pupils or the High School to appoint
a day for washing their desks
A pfesidential etection was held in
Miss Browns fdom Tuesday Elec
tion returns give Bryan 19 McKinley
12
Blanche Stotts has been
promoted from the Second
Primary to the Intermediate Depart
ment
A storm shed has been built at the
entrance to Miss Browns room As
by law the dOortnuat open outwards
and it opens out on a stairway pupils
must De careful coming Up and going
down
visitors
High school Maude Towne Stanley
Ray and Chas Wellford
NEW SCEfOLARS
Second Primary Walter and David
Cogswell
Grammar Department Chester
Tinker
GeoiVgia
Now let us organize for 1900 and
W J Bryan
Beet Sugar bounty and Court House
bonds was no go we have taxes
enough
Three cheers for our Harry Thurs
ton and three times three for Holcomb
and Nebraska
And now your correspondent pro
poses to drop politics from now on fn
his scribbling for The Democrat
The Hon Frank Roathleutner has
opened up a fine stock of merchandise
ana is flourishing like a green bay
fcorse
V Peterson will move a dwelling
houae into Georgia this week for the
use of himself and family Vic is a
good fellow and deserves a good home
And now let us enter into our closet
and after shutting the the door pray
fervently that bill McKinley may re
gard the welfare of America and ltet
institutions and not burn his iucetice
under the nose of royalty
lTis done the great transactions
done and noiv we are to have four
years of McKinley McKinleyism
bonds boodle British dictation and
last of -all bloody revolution may
GCd care for the country if the ipoli
ticians and surpreme court dont
Ve heard several faTmeis say on
election day that they were going to
try - to acre of beets the coming
srason if the freight was not so high
as to take all the profit and they
could swap for sugar at the factory
U AND I
from D H Tlmrston
I take this mode of extending my
thanks to the many untiring workers
who labored in my behalf for the office
of county attorney I made the fight
wtoolly op the issues dividing the par
ties and nothing of a personal nature
escaped my lips in regard to my oppo
nent Judge Walcott who I am satis
fied made also a clean fight Judge
Walcott won the contest ot ballots and
will be the county attorney of ithe
whole people Again thanking -my
friends for their support and urging
them -onward in the struggle of the
masses vs the classes I am
Yours Respectfully
D H Thurston
District court will be held in Valen
tine commencing Monday December
7th Following is the petit jury which
will report on Tuesday December 8th
J V Steadman
Peter Galloway
Sampson Bradley
J B Stoll
Levi Woodruff
Hugh Boville
Edwin Cooper
A Benson
J W Beed
Herald Zelian
Andrew Heath
G H Sawyer
F W Beck
Joseph Wisser
Alex Hoffman
Wesley Holsclaw
Ed Harris
Ira Johnson
A J Plumer
J A Yaryan
J W Burge
3eo Russell
F M Segar
J W Steele
The republicans have fixed upon
next Thursday evening Nov 19 as a
fitting time to celebrate Major McKin
leys election There will be fire works
and oratory galore to say nothing of
the big dance with which the hullaba
loo will wind up Everybody is wel
come to see the editor of this paper
pay bis election bt
WOOD LAKE DEPARTMENT
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November 9 1896
Look out for the wedding Thanks
giving
We wonder why Pearl looked so sour
Saturday evening
Harry Wallace of Council Bluffs
was in town Tuesday evening
W H McClusky of Winside Nebr
is in town this week buying cattle for
feeders
Well Biddy we dont want you to
look a cross next Sunday morning as
you did last
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Robert Good spent a few hours in
the city Saturday evening the guest
of MiBs Sadie Dewey
Jesse West made a trip to Ains
worth Friday for E Valentine in con
nection with the livery stable
W G Ballard Mell and Dave
Hanna Pearl Porter and John Dake
had business in Valentine Saturday
Misses Sadie Dewey and Florence
Reagon made a trip to Jack Cronins
ranche Sunday morning and returning
in the evening
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Mrs Francis Mumaugh arrived
from Omaha Tuesday night for a visit
with her father and mother Mr and
Mrs Miller
Willis Barnard left Thursday for
southern Colorado to buy cattle lie ex
pects to return with a train load in a
week or two
C A Johnson left Sunday night for
Colorado to buy stock cattle He will
be joined at Crawford by W Barnard
and they will go from there together
WrG Sawyer of Elgin Illinois
shipped eleven cars of cattle Monday
They are as good or better than any
that have been shipped from here this
season
Rev Campbell and wife of Johns
town were in town Thutsday Mr
Campbell conducted prayer meeting
Thursday evening returning home
Friday morning
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A party of young people surprised
Miss Sadie Dewey at her home last
Saturday evening A good time was
had bv all present and they departed
t 2 a m well pleased withtheir even
ings entertainment
BillV Murphy stopped at Wood
Lake Tuesday morning on his way
home from Cripple Creek to visit his
brother C O He reports business in
Colorado dull and will be worse when
MGKinley is elected
od lAike Xo 2
November 10 1896
Miss Ida Leach is on the sick list
this week
Hal Bakewell started to school last
Monday morning
Robert Good spent fjSBaturday even
ing in Wood Lake
Dave and Mell Hanna brought in
cattle on Sunday to ship
Coal is the cry now as there is very
little coal or wood in town
Andrew Johnson is kept quite busy
during the absence of C A
LeRoy Leach is attending the office
this week on account of his fathers ill
ness
Mrs Coryells new house is finished
although it is small it is quite a neat
looking house
The passenger did not get in to
Wood Lake nntil after ten this morn
ing delayed by the storm
We are having one of the worst
blizzards that was ever known during
this time of time of the year
A surprise party was given on Miss
Sadie and OUie Dewey last Saturday
evening all report having a good time
Misses Florence Reagon and Sadie
Dewey spent Sunday Out at -Jack
Cronins they report having a very
pleasant time
Mrs D A Piercey and daughter
Mrs ShoreB of Kennedy and Mrs
Ludwigof Valentine were the guests
of Mrs Dewey last week
There are over forty scholars in roll
here and more are talking of coming
Will have to hire the second teacher if
tdere are many more to come
Mell Hanna and Pearl Porter went
to Valentine Ftiday night returning
Saturday evening Mell looked rather
down hearted perhaps he didnt like
the election news
R Quisenbery C R Howard and
Munson Butler came in on Tuesday
with about two hundred head of Texas
steers which belong toW G Sawyer
He expects to ship tonight
E D Valentine showed his good
judgment Tuesday by taking a team
and driving the children to school the
snow being so deep it was impossible
for the small ones to get to school
Kellys Luxt
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W E HALEY
Our school mistres failed to appear
on last Friday on account of the
blizzard we suppose
We hear that iva Poland has gone
to the North Table to help care for
Ben twins
Snow beautiful snow is here From
present appearances it is here to stay
till the lovely spring time
Geo Tracewells family have moved
to town to send the clildren to school
George is baching now ad iys
I heard some ladies and young girls
wishing they could vote then Bryans
election would have been a sure thing
Will Foster and wife welcomed a
little stranger at their home a few
days ago Mother and daughter are
doing well
- Some of ourfarmera are lucky to
have some of their corn husked for
feed otherwise their horses and hogs
would miss their rations sometimes
Frank Ashburn went to Simeon to
vote his home being there Frank
needs a housekeeper Why dont the
girls use the leap year privilege Leap
year will soon be gone then you will
have to wait eight years girls for
another privilege
Out friend Mrs Archer was called
from earth on Tuesday November 3
at 720 p m She passed away peace
fully with all her family around ner
Mrs Todd a professional nurse took
care of Mrs Archer at the last Rev
Holsclaw performed the last sad cere
mony c
WItatn Woman Can Do
Last week I eleated after payine all expences
S355S5 the month previous 2C0 and have at the
3ame thne attended to other duties I believe
any energetic person can do equally as well as
1 have had very little experience The Dish
Washer is justfovely and every family wants
one Vhich makes selling very easy i do no
canvas dog People hear abont the Dish Wash
er and cowe or send for one It Is strange that
a good cheap Dish Washer has never before
been put on ttre narkei The Mound Citv Dish
Washer fills this bill With it you can wash and
dry the dishes for a familv of ten in two min
utes without wetting your hands As soon as
people see the washer work thy want one Ysu
can make more money and make It quickerthan
with any household article on the market I
feel convinced that any lady or gentleman can
make from 510 to 8U pen day around homo
You can get fulKparticulars by addressing The
Moand Citv Dich Washed Co St Louis Mo
J They help yen 65 starlad then you mskc money
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The DONOHEH
St J DOXOIIER Proprietor
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Has toeen rebuilt and rooms furnished with
NEW SUITS OF FURNITURE
Making it the most complete and comfortable
HOTEL IN THE NORTHWEST
SAMPLE ROOM AND LIVERY STABLE IN CONNECTION
Valentine Nebraska
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VARNISHES
WATSON
THE DRUGGIST
Kewaiiee
Mrs Ed Parry is in town learning
the dressmaking business
Mrs Ashburn visited Mr Ashburn
at the old home on Wednesday
PAINTS
SUNDRIES
Dry Creek
No school two days last wek oo
account of the storm
The young folks are anticipating the
pleasure of a dance at Mr Duana in
case the election turns out right
If Sandy remembers Violet0
Violet believes she has not forgotten
the Sandhill Crane and thanks him
for good wishes
The school children and teacher are
watching the creek These anowa will
brini the water down bv the school
house and that means ice to them
The most important event of the
r week was a surprise nartv noon Mr
and Mrs Dewy Kellogg They are
nicely settled in their new home and
every one enjoyed themselves im
mensely Those present were Mr and
Mrs Fred Jones Levi Johns Andrew
Miller Misses Donnie Miller Alice
Fowler Netta Dunn Lulu Gasgalh
Lotta Hubbard Mrs Vivian Lawrio
Burt Jones Lee Miller and Willie
Cramer
News are scarce this week pen bad
and ink frozen so kind friends adieu
Violet
TJlia Powell disposed of four more
grey hounds this week to parties In
Valentine for which he received 60
Doc Nicholson got two of them and
J I Harbeson two There are a
number of others who ought to dispose
of their surplus canines while the mar
ket is up At least a thousand dollars
worth of dog3 could very easily be dis
pensed with in Gordon Gordon Jour
nal
To Whom it may Cencem
All persons indebted to the estate of
Walter Hare deceased are requested
to settle promptly Jobs J Guth i3
authorized to receive and receipt for
same E J Davjsnfort
Administrator
Xolice for Appointment Admtni
trator
In County Court of Cherry County Nebraska
John G Guth surviving partner o tbe firm of
Guth Hare having filed in y oOee a peti
tion praylag for the appointment of BdWard J
Davenportas adininmrxtor of toe estate of
Walter Hare deceased all persons Interested in
said estate will take notice that I hart fixed
Saturday the Mth day of Xovosiber ISM at lo
o clock as tha time and my oiBca la Cirry
county Nebraska the placa for toe neaict
tiifcappointnieutof sncbadniluislrator
Witness my hand and seal of taSCouaty
Court this lOlh day rA JNoTetuter 1S33
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