t f Wv Ii i i k Ik I I ft If m K IV Ml li j e t r 49 Fv Iri bj VOLUME XV Dress Skirts 3f Shirt Waists 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 wr a ii jpy JgTgTCS M9 JSf JW m VALENT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 00OG 4UM3JaiiJMJU0iaUKMun We are Demonstrating the Leadership of this Store Every Day Now 4 This is not news to our customers They 4 know that we lead in showing the best assortment 4s of seasonable dry gopds at popular prices But 49 there are a few people who do not know it or at least they seem not to know it for they continue 49 to buy where assortments are smaller and prices 49 higher We venture to say that no store in this gg county offers better values Every article has its 40 merits and will bear the closest scrutiny 4 Straw Goods THE RED FRONT TEN PER iENT OFF OX EVERYTHING GENERAL HARDWARE Valentine to to to to to to 2 c to fr if1 to to o o 2 Ladies Button Shoes to 0 to 9WW9 9re99g FJlrlrArSIW Wall tents wagon covers wagon bows gasoline stoves poultry netting screen doors and screening lawn mow ers rubber hose hammocks picture frames room moulding window shades etc Call on me and get Prices when in need of anything in my line R ANDERSON ftftftft SSSSfeB J I The DONOHER 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 X X I continually adding improvements and it ii now the best equipped and most comfortable FIRST CLASS MODERN HOTEL IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA Hot and Cold Water Excellent Bath Room s Twe Sample Rocmt tf 99999 9999999 9999V 99999 Aw Sift ANNUA L CLEARING SALE SHOES AT HALF PRICE BOOTS SHOES V CLOTHING AND GENTS FURNISHINGS PRACTICAL TAILORING AIjTj OVK WOSR GUAIt lXTEED D STINARD CLOTHIER wjjjxxrxTTZxzxTzr Blacksmith Wagon and Nebraska AGENT FOR Buckeye IVowers Harvesters M Camage Maker Machine Oil and Twine HAKDWOOD LUMBER HEAVY HARDWARE AND AGRICULTURAL - TrT A IMPLEMENTS fc BKEUKLAINlJfcK ta t - i iCJyTfcrTSkVTWSp B E2btZa22k2 C H COBXJSIX President fl M V fflClfOIiSOR Cashier ANK OF VALENTINE Valentine Nebraska A General Banking Business Transacted Bays and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange Correspondents Jheinieal National Bank New York First National Bank Omaha Neb PRINTING YOUR OFFICE MnMannnBHiHHaHBMHiBiHi We Can Satisfy You in Quality Price and Workmanship wvw INE vvvvvyvvvvvvvvvvvvwvyvyvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv TAT HP THP TOW1M Farnham has apples John B Lord was on our streets Saturday Dr Holsclaw went to Merriman Tuesday morning A fresh milch cow for safe Farnham day Harry Folks morning Ask 27 was down from Rose bud Sunday Remember the circus is here Aug r ust 4th Saturday Dr Dwyer is expected back home in the near future 3 W E Haley has built a high board fence on the south side of his lot J C Northrop is putting- down a new sidewalk in front of his residence F W McGowan of Butte Nebr spent a few days in our city the past week We deliver groceries as well as feed to any part of town W A Pettycrew D M Sears was doing business in town two or three days during the past week Josh Hitt returned from Wisconsin last week whither he went with a car load of horses Bert Hammond went to Kansas City Monday morning for a couple of weeks yisit with his mother- D P Hamer came in from his farm near Sparks Tuesday and says that crops in his section are line Miss Lottie Dorr went up to Crook ston with Miss Leona Baumgartel Saturday evening to spend Sunday Fred Folks -has severed his connec tion with the Chadron firm he has been working for and is home again DWm Taylors boy Jean exploded some pistol caps in his pocket and burned his leg severely last Friday morning See the hams ladies slippers at W H Carter of Cody accompan ied by his father Henry Carter de parted for Clayton Illinois last Sun Dick Zellian returned to Rosebud accompanied by his wife last Satur day their months vacation from duty having expired We neglected to state in last weeks issue that Miss Ada Anderson had re turned from a pleasant visit with rel atives in Modale Iowa George Hershey visitedhis wife and baby at Valentine over Sunday George says a week is a long time to be away from home A ins worth Star Journal 175 Test Headlight Oil at 15 W A Pettycrews A coal bin at the Fort became ig nited from spontaneous combustion last Friday and all the coal had to be shoveled out This the soldiers done in quick time Mrs M J Goodman of Pueblo Col a sister to Mrs Kneeland left Mon day night for her home after a visit of four months Miss Bertha Knee land accompanies her for an extended visit Mr and Mrs McDowell of Iowa uncle and aunt of Mrs Jas Quigley are in this town on a visit Mr Mc Dowell and Mr Quigley went up to the latters ranch at Cody for a couple of days this week Now is the time we live on the fat of the land The farmers are bring ing in corn and vegetables -in great abundance and with due reverence to Mac we eat until we feel that expan sion would be a blessing TheEpworth League will sell ice cream and lemonade in the building formerly used as a restaurant by Mrs Harris on Saturday next The ob ject is to free the M E church from debt and is a worthy one Sheriff Layporte made a quick trip to Wayne and back Monday last He brought back a prisoner Dan Mor gan who is accused of stealing a horse from Charles Deaver south of Cody about May 1st last The sheriff heard his man was down in that coun try and wired the sheriff of Wayne to bejon the lookout with the result that the Wayne county man captured Morgan at Carroll and wired Sheriff Layporte to that effect Morgan will have a hearing Thursday August 30th t - i - IjMuki - iWya I George Hammond was on our streets Monday evening George N Davis and Geo H Hull were in town Saturday Robt McCarty of Gordon came down Tuesday on busines W H Kennedy was transacting business in town Saturday County Attorney Morrissey went to Lincoln Monday morning on busi ness John Simpsons baby is sick with cholera infantum Dr Lewis is in attendance Mrs Nicholson returned Saturday afternoon from St Francis Mission where she visited a few days Pete Donoher has gone out to Daw son Balls ranch for a couple of weeks sport with the cowpunchers Creamery Prices paid for butter and eggs in cash Cradb Co 20 tf A B McAlevy and fm- Steadman were in town Saturday transferring land bought from the former to Fad dis Steadman Clarence Sageser returned Satur day from his trip to the JjHills He reports a good time and everybody working at good wages up there Perrv Lawson has had his tonsorial parlor painted and calcimmed this week and he has also put down some new carpet R S Dennis did the work Got a cow to sell You V- T nsativi can get goods for it at Farnhams 20 tf Grant Dunns little girl Grace fell from a horse Sunday evening about 6 oclock and broke her arm tearing the ligaments loose from the bone and causing the bone to protrude through the flesh at the elbow Dr Lewis set the broken bone Rev Clarence F Martin and wife drove infrom Alliance last Friday noon and will spend a month here vis iting with their parents after which they will return west to take up work in the Chadron district of this M E conference Ainsworth Her ald Governor Poynter has issued notice to the sheriff of every county in the state to strictly enforce the game law Sheriff Layporte requests us to tell you that he will comply with the governors notice to the letter and all offenders will be promptly arrest ed Therefore beware R S Dennis went to Gordon Mon don where he has taken a big job of painting for Mr Winship of that place Mr Dennis inserts an ad in the Democrat this week calling your attention to his business He is a workman of the first class and as his ad announces all of tiis work is well done Messrs E J Davenport Frank Brayton C Sageser E D Clark D E Sherman F M Walcott and L L Bivens went up to Codv Monday night to assist Grand Master O O Snyder institute an IOOF Lodge at that place The new lodge will be known as Cody Lodge No 246 J Noble is N G and John W Nelson secretary We take the following from the July number of The Omaha Druggist Dr C V Holsclaw of Valentine Nebr has formed a partnership with H Green under the firm name ofH Green Co and has opened a drug store at Merriman Nebr purchasing a complete stock of A W Hallam with the Richardson Drug Company Dr Holsclaw came to Omaha and made a personal selection and bought as complete a line asxan be found in any of the towns along the Elkhorn outside of the larger cities He will also continue his practice at Valen tine spending two or three days each week at Merriman NOTICE Sealed bids will be received until 2 oclock August 11 1900 by the un dersignedfor the erection of a school house 16x24 feet 10 foot ceiling on stone foundation in School District No 53 Tp 31 R 27 Plans and spec ifications will be found at R Ander sons hardware store ValentineNeb and at my place School house to be completed by September 15 1900 The board reserves the right to re ject or accept any or all bids Woodlake Nebr July 30 1900 R HANSEN Director Dont let your insurance expire Call on I M Rice to write it up in the best state company and at lowest price waspy DEMOCRAT VALENTINE NEBRASKA ATJG TJST 2 1900 NUMBER 28 9 5 4 4 4 49 4 4s 4 4 Vt 4 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 jtr THE ICE MAIM Subscribe for the Democrat lafeoci AAA - - m - M As- May stop giving you Ice but we never stop giving Lowest Prices i i AAA o o -O A A DAVENPORT THACHER General Merchants Successors to WALOOTT STEVENSON LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE 2iJiSJL2ZZ2 MAX E VIERTEL OKOOXSTON NEBRASKA h Ih l 0 I 2 o i if i 0 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to CITIZENS MEAT - MARKET d W STETTER PROPRIETOR This market always keep a iupply of U FRESH FRUIT - AND - GAME In addition to a first class line of Steaks Eoasts Dry Salt Heate Smoked Hams Breakfast Bacon and Vegetables AtStetter Old Stand on Main Street VALENTINE NEBRASKA M rjrjGTJxrjTMZh R LIVERY BARN AAA WALCOTT d LUDWJG Props TM WSrJrMJWJ NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS Our stock of Spring Dress Goods is now complete and the ladies will take especial delight in examining our beautiful lines We have The Swellest Assortment ever brought to Crookston and it will be absolutely impossible for you to find prices any lower elsewhere Dont Forg us when you want Groceries bhoes Clothing or in fact anything J2JFVe sell coIl salt and fence posts r V V AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJf to 4 4 4 49 4 PA H NTING R S DENNIS 4s Valentine Nebraska 4 I to to to PAPER HANGING I sr CALCIMINING ft vWw to to All work well done 2 to The railroad fare from Valentine f to Long Pine during the Ohautauqua t will be one fare for the round trip j Tickets good August 2 to 15 inclusive H W Learn Secy v U TY DELIVERY Tmnks and Packages J hauled to and From the Depot SiJ Martin Welch dSL poi iV Leave orders with tT W A retiyerew 4 i 11