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Railroad Fare Refunded Both Ways to
Out-ofJown Customers on Liberal Terms.
Shipping Charges Paid on All Purchases
3g of $5.00 or Over 2?
CHRISTMAS
V are Magnificently
Ready for the Crowds
TLis store has never in all its successful past been bo sup
erbly equipped for a big Christmas business an it is now. We
began planning months ago for this festive ocoasiou of good
cheer, and a quarter million dollars' worth of Xmas merchandise
is nnder this huge roof. Commence Chiiatnias Shopping Now,
unless you thoroughly enjoy being in the great throngs inevitable
during the few days prior to Christmas. In any event yon will
find Davidson's store your best helper.
Umas $ Crowds
Will Center Here
No Crowded, cramped, inconvenient aisles and narrow pass
ageways, for this the Greater Davidson's Store, witi its acres of
floor space. With ample room for all, this perfectly arranged
store is the ideal shopping place. Yon w'il miss much of the
pleasure and profit of the holiday buying uuless you come to
Davidson's often.
YouM Better do Your Xm&s
SRopping Eerly
Davidson Bros. Go.
Sioux City, Iowa.
Lindholm's
Christmas Gifts Galore
Nice, Leather Seat, Oak
Rocker, liko cut, $2.45
(While they lust)
In
C, St. P., M. ft O. Time-Table.
Trains leave Dakota City at the fol
hvrtnft time :
KOKTH BOUND. BOTJTB BOT7KO.
5 :52 pm Omaha 7 :35 am
10:00am Omaha 5:13pm
8:3Tpm Norfolk 8 :20 am
9:01 am Norfolk 5.32 pm
7 :58 am Newcastle 10 :00 am
2:08 pm 6:08 pm
SUNDAY THAIS.
6:52pm Omaha 7:35 am
3:37 Norfolk 5:32
C B ft Q
WEST
No. 85 Loesl Freight 7:30 am
11 " Passenger, Omha
and Lincoln .....12:32pm
EAST
No 86 Local Freight 2:15 pm
10 Local Passenger.... 6 :53 pm
Local Items
The freshest crackers at Van's re
ceived every week.
Mrs Ross Johnson is back from a
visit at Cherokee, Iowa.
John Evans will return home from
Lincoln this week for the holiday va
cation. You will find the finest and biggest
line of candies in town, for the noli
dajs, at Van's.
Venice Schmied was operated on
Saturday for the removal of adenoids,
a growth in the nose.
Mrs Mary E Nordyke, of Jackson,
visted here with her daughter, Mrs
Mollie Broyhill, this week.
Miss Nellie Lindsay is here from
Phillips, 8 D, spending a few weeks
with relatives aud old friends.
A purtv of Sioux City real estate
men came over on the Foye train yes
terday afternoon to view the town.
Frank F Haase was down from Em
erson Sunday, and the following day
made a shopping tour to bioux I lty.
Mrs Sadie Abbott was a visitor at
tbe home of Caleb Antrim and family
at Brushy Bend, several days the past
week.
Try a pucksgeof that new Bed Cross
coffee at Van's. You get a premium
witU every package there are no
blanks.
Geo T Woods and daughter, Mrs
Fannie Crozier, returned last Friday
from a two weeks visit with relatives
in Kansas.
Chas Maxwell is expected home Sat
urday from Chicago, to spend holiday
week. He is a student at the Rush
Medical college.
George Kohlmeier, manager for the
E & B yard at Goleritge, is helping
Auditor J M Johnson in the annual in
voice in this district.
Ilarry rUrt mado a
Omaha Thursday.
Mrs Wm Lorena has been seriously
ill the pas. few weeks.
Gasoline light plants for sale and in
stalled by O F Broyhill.
For Sale Registered Duroo Jersey
boar. Don Forbes, Dakota City, Neb.
Don't forget Breun's coffee it is
still in the lead. For sale at Vac de
Zedde'a.
Headquarters for candy and nuts for
the holidays. All fresh and fine. Van
deZedde.
Clifford Juud and wife, of Sionx
City, spent Sunday here at the home
of M M Ream.
Chas Culler ande wife came down
from Wayne today for a visit at the
Wm Adair home.
W II Thomas of ZanesvilU, Ohio.
was here the first of the week visiting
his mother and sister.
One of Jake Learner's mules drop
ped dead in the harness while coming
to town Thursday morning.
A masquerade ball will be held in
the oomt house hall at this place on
the evening of December 31.
I have for sale twenty good heavy-
boned Duroo Jersey Boars.
Geo C Blessing, Homer, Neb.
When you have a news item that
you would like to see in print, ring np
the Herald, No. 43, and well priut it
Call up No 1 when you want No 1
gcods delivered in No 1 order. Our
store is now stocked and fitted up in
No 1 style.
Lost A pair of nose glasses, near
Coburn Junction, on Monday the 17th.
Finder please leave tbem at The
Herald office.
Ibices, t.ip to' a&&&&&&&&&&&&.&&&
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WILL H. BECK CO. I
Gre Qioux City Jewelers
IHIolSdlsiy AnntainLceina
Our Holiday Preparations Have Been Completed. Our different departments are filled
with Rich New Goods Adapted for Holiday Gifts. Our many customers and friends
are urged to make their selections early this year, as the season bids fair to excel all
previous years in the magnitude of our business.
n: Out-of-Town Service! I ....:.'r:,r..
DIANOrl Uv QUARTERS WHEN
v.ry i.r-. Our new Catalog pives ynu the u comk to th cm,
opportonity Successful
v.r, Selection be ci
Watches, Jewelry, JL
J ARK HOUSEHOLD WORDS
Lo.H.t fc.OllVerWare Lamps, Cut Glass
Prm1"" Co"" uPn rplction we will send yon our Umbrellas, Clocks, Jew-
- 'l'"WJV new illustrated catalog. elry, Chains, Bracelets
fountain pens Engraving on All Goods Without Charge Combs, Novelties
KNIVES AND FORKS
spoons, tea sets ry g g A11 Ordere by Mail The Beck Guarantee
toilkt betb A 3 3 0r Express Prepaid with each article
Mrs John Piesche and Mrs Wm
Guhl, of Lyons, Neb, mother and sis
ter of Mrs Henry Kohlmeier, are visit
ing here this week.
Henry Kramwiede Los installed a
gasoline light plant in h'"s saloon to
take the place of the acetylene system
that he has been using.
Geo J I'oncherand family visited at
South Sioux City Sunday, and were
about the first passengers from here
to board the new street car.
Helen Orr returned Thursday from
Sionx Falls, where she is a student iu
All Saints school, and will remain at
home for the holidays.
Beautiful Oak
Kockers, largo and
roomy, brace arm,
same as
cut,
. $2.25
Golden Oak Combination Book Case
f8 Like Tl f
gj cut JLV
jjgf J
K i
David G Butcher left Wednesday for
Gleubura, N D, to look after some
business matters. He will return
shortly after the holidays.
The Herald makes a dandy Christ
mas present to send to your friends .
Quite a few aro taking this mode of
remembering the absent ones.
Have you tried the Bultanna and
Tac-co brands of canned goods? Van
sells tbem. These goods have stood
the test of the pure food law.
Wm Bowman, of St John's precinct,
was a pleasant caller at tue Herald
office, while here attending court this
week, and added his name to our sub'
scription list.
Mrs Mary N Lattin and daughter
Stella Beith, removed to this place
from Sioux City Thursday, and will
reside in the old Lome in the southeast
part of town.
For Rent I will rent my farm ' of
125 acres of work land, near Nacora,
Neb, for cash or on the shares. Good
buildings on the land. John C Sul
livan, Nacora, Neb.
We have 20 large, Golden Oak
and Mahogany Dressers, same
as cut, which we offer Clfl Efl
you now at U.dll
II will pay you to investigate
these,
It pays to buy Xmas
gifts that last.
We ask you to come to
our store and inspect our
large stock of
Rocking Chairs
Center Tables
Dining Tables
China Closets
Etc.
All suitable as Xmas gifts
Nearly
30 Years
in Business
Lindholm's
5th Sl Douglas Sioux City, la
Pianos Sold
on Easy
Payments
Santa Clans expects to make his
headquarters for fine candies, nuts,
etc, in this place at Van de Zfdde's,
Remember this when Christmas comes.
Lena Sunt, daughter of Fred Duen-
sing and wife, has entered tbe training
school at St Joseph's hospital, Sioux
itv, where she will study to be a
nurse.
Monilsmtn Corner,
CA Hub of C CItjr
For 26 Tsars tHo
Sioux City fwlr
Will H. Beck Co.
The Edwards & Bradford Lumber
company of this place sold one of their
155 Monarch ranges Tuesday to a party
living at Lyons. People know where
to go to get bargains in stoves.
The Dakota City Emanuel Lutheran
Sunday school will have their Christ
mas exereises of "Christmas Prais on
Sunday evening, December 23, 19J6,
at 7 :30 o'clock. All are welcome.
Guv Cheney left last week for Taco
ma, Wasti, where ne is engaged in the
dmg business. He expected to stop
over at Omaha, Denver aud several
other points while enroute homo.
Frank Orr came down from his claim
near Phillips, S D, last week, uccooi-
anj lug the remains of Mrs Mary
Young, who died there on the Gth. He
will remain until after the holidays.
Mr LeMott H- nry and Mins Mamie
Juzek, both of Sioux City, were mar
d at the parsonage of tlio M E
church on Monday afternoon, Decem
ber 17tb, Rev E L Shafer performing
the ceremony.
I have for sale a choice lot of Poland
China main hogs. Thr-y are of the
Wilkes, Tecumseh and Perfection
stock. Pedigree will be furnished
with every pig that Roes out. Address,
Fred JJatki.s, Hubbard, Neb
The Canudiau Colored Concert com
pany will give a literary aud musical
eutertainmeiit at the M E cburi-h on
Saturday evening, December 22. Tick
ets ou sale at O F Broyhill's and at
th door on the evening of the enter-
taiument.
The Cauadian Jubilee company will
give an entertainment in the fti L
church on Saturday evening, Decem
ber 22. This company of colored
singers ate auiouug the best. A tine,
musical treat awaita all who attend.
Tickets will be on sale at Frank Bioy-
hill's.
Say 1 this is fine coffee. Whore did
you qet it f I got it at Van de Zodde's,
nd you just ought to try a package of
1', u s flue, and besides you get a fine
dish with every package. Well, 111
tell John to bring home a package this
very day.
Gildea Ssyre returned f'om St
Joseph's hospital Tuesday, where he
has been for fie past two months, hav
ins suffered the amuutaiion of one of
his 1 gs. He has practically recover
ed from the operation and is able to
get around better than before.
Mrs Paul Kiukle and son Wilfred,
wife and son of 1'aul Einkle, one of
the signal men in the tower at the
railroad crossing, will arrive from St
Paul next week to reside here. Mr
Kinkle has rented the property for
merly owned by Mrs Lettie Rix.
The Homestead, of Pes Moines, la,
is an agricultural weekly of the high
est class, edited by actual farmers,
who live upon and operate their own
farms and are able to put to the test
of experiance all the theories discussed
in its columns. The Homestead has
depaitments devoted to horticulture,
poultry, dairying, sheep, veterinary,
laws effecting the farmer, the house
hold, Sunday school and every inter
est of the western farmer; and its edi
toiials cover every question regarding
Boils, seeds, machinery, methods of
cultivation, breeding and care of live
stock, etc, iu which the farmers of
this section are interested. The Home
stead's contributors include the ablest
and most successful fa iuern, breeders
and expetiment station workers in the
middle west. If you are a Homestead
reader, you cannot fail to be up to
date ou all farm questions; and "Farm
furrows," ''Hints, Devices, huggest
ions, etc, and other valuable features
are an unfailing source of enierttin
ment and instruction. The Home
stead la f 1 a year to subscribers, and
subscriptions erner singly or in com
bination with The Herald are taken
ac this ofllce.
OBITUARY.
James O. Mcernan, one of the old
and respected residents of this plaoo,
passed to his eternal home Thursday
morning, Dooember 20, 1900, at 3
o'clock, aftfr a lingering illness of a
year or more with dropsy. He has
been a patient sufferer all this time,
and bore his trials and suffering brave
ly to the last.
Deceased was born in Washington,
D C, March 13, 1840, and with his
parents removed to Philadjlphia, Pa,
when but four yeais old, and this he
called his boyhood home, where he re
sided uutil the war of the rebellion.
Ma enlisted as a private in Co F 81st
regiment of Pennsylvania, iu whloh he
served until the close of the war. He-
I was promoted from tbe ranks to first
lieutenant in 1862, ana later to captain
Co K, same regiment, whioh commis
sion he held nntil the clese of the war.
He was taken prisoner once and for
fourteen days was confined in Libby
prison, which with the wouuds
received in battle so impaired his
health that he, like many other old
soldiers, rever was tha same robust
man that be was before bis enlistment.
He removed to this county with his
family from Hawarden, Iowa, about
ten yetrs ag and has resided in Da
kota City for the past six years.
A devoted wife and six children sur
vive him Three sons Frank, of West
Union, Minn, Fred of Sionx City and
Edward J, of this place; three daugh
ters Mrs John Spidel, of North Riv
erside, Sioux City, Mrs W L Webster
and Mrs Earl Frederick of South Sioux
City.
The funeral services will be held
from the home at 1 :30 o'clock Sunday,
and will be under the auspices of
Omadi lodge No 5, A F & A M, of
whieh the deceased was a member.
Interment will be in the Dakota City
cemetery.
District Court.
term of court whioh convened
These Cold Winter Days
You will not dread if you buy your wife
Heating Stove you promised her last wirter.
tho new
We have
bargains in all kinds of stoves. Try some of our
Sooiless Diamond Lump Coal
We carry a complete line of
Tinware
Cooking Vtensils cartel
Blcxrclwarc
Come in and examine the
best Saw made the cele
brated Atkins .Silver
Steel Saw
A complete line of
liawrd nd Soft
always in stock
A FEW
CUTTING
REMARKS
The pnrpoM of a saw It to eat.
It should out Mutljr, out cleanly,
and out with svmry movement.
I prefer an Atklnt baw. lt blade
If ''Silver Steel". recoBDlwd
world over at tha finest orulolbla
steel aver made In anolentor modern
tlmea. It U hard, cloae-frralned and
tough. It boldiatharpoutllngtdiro
longer than any other Baw. Its
blade taper perfectly from thick to
thin, from handle to tip. Thus It
maket leeway for Itaelf, runs eailly
and does not buckle. Its tern pal la .
nerfenL When bent bv a oronVed
Ihruit, It springs Into snaps without klnklnf.
The Atk Ins baw cats and does It best of any. I
We make all types and lists of saws, but only
one grade too beat.
V V,v, Wl
J!
Chas Irelsnd, son of ex-county eom-
ruusioner ,Jns Ireland, oi .kmertou,
ar.d Miss Luella Val vals, uuughter of
has Vaivats, one of tbe romii ent
farmers oi imerson, precinct, were
nni ed in marriage at the Lutheran
parsonage in this place Wednesday
evenibg by Uvw b Uberboltzor.
Dr C H Maxwell received a letter
Tuesday from Mrs Extella Wurtsberg
er, who is confined in the insane
asylum at Liucoln. She is fretting
considerable under the confinement,
and used six pages of letter paper in
telling her troubles and abusing the
board of insanity that sent Ler there, i anoe.
The
last week continued over through this
week, and the session will be called
again after the holidayn, as an ad
journment will be taken until January
3rd
The Schell-Lanibert case, which
occupied moat of the time last week,
terminated in a conviction for Lam
bert. The charge on which Lambert
was tried was assault with intent to
do great bodily harm, and after an all
icht s session tue i ry brought in a
prdict Sunday morning of "nuilty as
charged." The assault for which Lo
gan Lambert was convicted was com
mitted about a year and a htll ago,
nd in the melee Father Sohell suffer
ed a broken jaw at d other severe bod
ily injuries. Considerable interest
was nuniiexted in the case by tue peo-
le from Homer and vicinity where
oth parties in the case resided at the
time. At Ibis writing the judge lias
not passed sentence.
The Stan usue vs O I onnor case
which was tiit-d this week before Judge
Oravts, was finished Thursday noou
nd the judge took the case under ad
visement.
A jury was called iu the case of
the Estate of Fred Miller, deceased.
This case will probably occupy tbe
remainder of this week's session.
Foye Line In Operation.
Sunday was a gala day in Dakota
City, as it marked the opening for
passenger traffic of the street car line
thut bus been such a bugaboo for the
past three years
Since the road was purchasod at
sheriffs sale by J A Foye and son Har
ry of bioux City, who were possessed
of the means wherewith to make the
proposition a go, tue peopio liavi
showed considerable more oonfidenot
than heretofore, and they were saiis
fid when the first train, consiatiDg t.f
an engine and a combined coach am
baggage oar, pulled into town abou
11 o clock, loaded witli passengers
from Sionx City and South Sioux City
The engine is a small type of loco
motive that has been in use on subur
ban work out of Chicago, the coac
also is of the suburban type, and both
have been refitted and repainted an
present a neat and comfortable appear
Youra to Plv
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Edwards & Bradford Lbr. Co.
II. F. Kohlmf.ier, Local Manager.
Dakota City, - Nebraska
C6e Mtvn Behind tKe Bank
THavt'ai Whsit Counts!
Confide your deposits with the man you know to be
honest, competent, upright and careful. Twenty
one years here in Jackson, less than fifty dollars
total losses. $100.00 awaiting the first person
wionged. Ample capital, surplus, protection.
Oeo C. Blessing, of Homer. Buy
Missouri Gold Finch.
The MeFarland Rros, proprietors of
the Pettis County Herd of D'iroc Jer-
eys. have recently sold their first
nun junior yearlng boar Alissnuil
Gold Finch, to Ororpe C luessing,
of Homer, Neb, for f 100. ThU beg
gitiutd an enviable reputation in the
show yards this season and the pnoe
received for him is considered moder
ate in view of tue fact that be Is a
fai'cy bosr Th voung boar won his
honors at th" M smuji state f.tir and
tue Aiiiericuii Royal shows, in the hot
test of competition ; which fact adds
materially to his reputation. fie is a
Hot-rlasH b ar iu every paiticular and
in lHiint of breeding carries the blood
lines of some of the best nogs oi the
breed He s a grand n, on his sire'
side, of the champion sow Dottie; and
n nis dam s side, lie. is a great-giand
son of Oom Paul, 7515. Mr HlesMBR
i-t to be congratulated on seonrug this
In it at the iiice and the Mcrarlaml
Kr8 are to be congrutulai'd upon th
fa ft thit thev bred him. Kansas City.
VI. , r'. rs leleprsm.
Tins and more, back of ggpk Qf Dakota CoUntV
The Bank that always treats J T
you eiout" Jackson, Neb, X
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Wm LORENZ,
Proprietor of-
(Dity Klet Market
Fresh and Salt Meats always on hand ; Caeh paid for bides.
DAKOTA CITY'
NEBRASKA.
IHIorse IBlinlketo
Harness
and &d.dles
Holiday Goods.
Fine assortment of games.
Parlor base ball.
Somerset.
Christmas tree decorations,
L'-'ies' work baskets.
Good assortment of standard books
J M PINCKNEY CO..
Bioux City. Iowa.
STVRGES BROS
411 Pearl St., SIOUX CITY. IOWA
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