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VOL. 25.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1017.
NO. 23.
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Items of Interest
Gleaned from
Our Exchanges
Emerson Enterprise: Born To
Mr. and Mrs. Hsnry Hirsch,, Janua
ry 20, a girl.
Sloan, Iowa, Star: Miss MyrtL
Boyles was visiting in Dakota Citj
last Friday and Saturday.
Ponca Journal: C. E. Hedges is
o l the sick list and 0. D. Schrader is
taking his place at the depot.
Pender Republic: L. L. Ream, of
Homer, was here over Sunday visit
ing his wife who is a guest of her
mother, Mrs. Emma Van Valin.
Concord Items in Dixon Journal:
Jwr. and Mrs. Axel Lind and Miss
Hilda Fosberg were Sioux City visi
tors last Thursday.. . .Chas. W. Gar
lock, sr., of South Sioux City, was
doing business in Concord last Wed
nesday. Allen News: Miss Margaret Nor
dyke made a business trip to Sioux
City Monday.... Clyde Crego was
visiting with home folks at Dakota
City between trains Tuesday. . . .Mr.
Twamley and daughter, Mable were
in Sioux City Saturday and returned
with Mrs. Geo. Twamley, who has
been confined in a hospital for the
past two weeks.
Ponca Advocate: Miss Marie
Sutherland wept to Jackson Wednes
day to make a visit at the home of
her brother, James... James Suth
erland of Jackson was at the home
of his parents the first of the week,
his father not being so well of late.
...Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ferber of
Coburn Junction are visiting 'at the
home of Mr. Ferber's mother. Carl
is taking a vacation from his, duties
Specials for
13 lbs Sugar
1 Can of Peas
1 Can of Hominy
2 Cans of Kraut
1 large Can of Peaches
2 pkgs Raisins
Oranges, per cloz
Dakota City
Grocery
-All our new American Dyed d 00 vojh
I Overalls and Jackets P Ga.Cll
HiigKest Price Patcl for
COUNTRY PRODVCE
W. L.
Dakota City,
RIDA-WORM
Great Worm Destroyer and
Hog Conditioner
Price $2.50 per Jug, or Three Jugs for $G.OO
Manufactuied by C. A. Wheelock, Beresford, S. Dak.
U. F. D. No. B. Phone 138
Pleasant View Kami, Home of the Famous Silver Lake
Herd of Durcc-Jerseys
Guy G. Sides,
Phone 111-L8
Route
as depot agent at Coburn,
Wynot Tribune: Mrs. E. Morin
was a passenger to Dakota City
Tuesday Miss Ruth McCormick
and brother, LeRoy, were passen
gers to South Sioux City Saturday
to visit their grandmother. . . .H. A.
McCormick and son, Harry, were
called to South Sioux City Friday on
account of the serious condition of
.Mrs. McCormick's mother.
Lyons Mirror: Mrs. Florence Nix
on u, Jomer visited her sister, Mrs.
M. M. Warner and sister-in-law Mrs.
W. G. Waite this week.... Clyde D.
D. Armour, who was killed by El
bert Blancett in New Mexico, called
on the Mirror family last fall when
he and other members of the family
were going by auto from Dakota
county to California. Mr. Armour
and Mrs. M. M. Warner were school
mates in Dakota county.
Sioux City Journal, 29: Died In
Sioux City, la, Sunday, January 28,
1917, M. V. Klarman, 61 years old,
of South Sioux City, Neb. in a hos
pital, of blood poisoning. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs Autia
Klarmanj two brothers, Jacob Klar
man of South Sioux City, and George
Klarman, of Potosia, Wis., and three
daughters, Mrs. Ed Frankie and
Mrs. Maggie Farand, of South Sioux
City, and Mrs. Henry Reed, of Wa
basha, Minn. He was a member of
the Yeomen and the Knights of
Pythias. The body is at the Samuels
Bros.' undertaking establishment.
Sioux City Journal, 28: Miss Hall
of Dakota City, was a recent visitor
in the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hall . Miss Alice
Martin, of South Sioux City, enter
ed the Samaritan hospital yesterday
afternoon for medical treatment. . . .
Fred Bartels, of Hubbard, Neb.,
was represented in sheep receipts
theclo'ng day of the week. He
shipped in a double deck of fat ewes
that sold at $10.20, equaling the
previous high mark made by his
Saturday
$1.00
10c
10c
35c
15c
25c
30c
ROSS
Nebraska
Local Agent
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Dakota City, Nebr.
ewes earlier in the week. Mr. Par
ties was on hand earlier in this week
with a load of lambs that sold at
$14.00, a record price for fed lambs
at Sioux City.
Sioux City Daily Journal, 30: The
ago of "Bernice" Dill, 217 Main
street, who last Monday became
Mrs. Robert Pack in a marriage cer
emony performed secretly at Dakota
City, Nebr., is 13, years, according
to the age record of the Sioux City
schools. Mrs. Pack at the time of
her marriage was a pupil in the Fifth
grade of the Webster school. At the
time of the last school census, taken
in June 1916, the girl was 12 years
old, according to the school record.
Her age was given at Dakota City
as 10 years. The license was issued
by County Judge Sherman W. Mc
Kinley and the wedding was per
formed by Justice D. M. Nieswanger
with the written consent of the par
ents of the couple, and on ,the under
stariding that the girl was 16nr.il '1.
lad she married 19. Her birthday is
said to be in October. Rober( Pick
is employed at the Sioux City post
office. Ills courtship of the Dill girl
covered a period of about dne year.
Sioux City Journal, 20: -Mrs.
Thomas Ashford, Miss Mary Ash
ford, Miss Margaret Ashford have
returned from Omaha John
Hayes, of Hubbard, Neb., was oh
the market with a load of hogs that
cashed at $11.40, top price of the day
and the highest price at Which hogs
ever sold at Sioux City... Nebras
kans over the Burlington were:
Chris Erickson, of Homer; L. Hutch
ins, of Allen; C. II. Blake, of Dixon;
L. Polhop, of Breslau; George Stew
art, of Waterbury,; Charles Ander
son, of Goodwin, and Newman &
Norton of Laurel.. . .Best price for
fat ewes on Wednesday was $10.20,
which is a record price at the Sioux
City yards. The offerings were
shipped by Fred Bartles, of Dakota
City, Neb. They were bought here
last November and showed a good
gain during the time they were own
ed by Mr Bartles ...Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ashford were hosts at din
ner last evening at the Martin hotel
for the Rose Bridge club and a few
additional guests, including Mr. and
Mrs. John Mulhall, Mr. and Mr3. P.
Connor, Miss Kate Duggan and Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Gill. Bridge was
played during the evening The
record price of $11.75, for yearling
wethers, which was hung up yes
terday, was shattered this morning
when H. E. Brown, a well known
farmer and live stock feeder of Da
kota City, Neb., shipped in a single
deck thatsold at$12.00. Mr. Brown
is. comparatively new at'the sheep
feeding business, but he is having
satisfactory results and is marketing
some very good fat offerings...
Efforts are being made to obtain
10,000 signatures to a petition start
ed by residents of South Sioux City
and Dakota City, Neb., seeking a re
duction in Combination bridge toll
charges. When the requisite num
ber of names have been obtained the
petition will be sent to the war de
partment at Washington, D. C.
Sioux City residents are being asked
to sign up. C. D. Smiley and J.
Clements, both of South Sioux City,
are leaders in the movement.
Sioux City Journal, 25: Milton
Anderson of South Sioux City, is
spending the week in the home of
his sister, Mrs. W. W. Coon Mrs.
Jacob Learner of Dakota City, Neb.,
arrived yesterday to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. Philip Gregory.... Mrs.
Margaret Long has returned after
an extended visit with relatives in
Sioux Falls, S. D., and South Sioux
City . . . .Clyde Armour of Sioux City,
who was murdered while en route
overland by automobile from Den
ver to Fresno, Cal., and whose body
was found near Glorieta, N. M. was
shot in the back with his own gun,
which he owned since boyhood, said
Roy Armour, Hubbard, Neb. his
brother, who returned from Santa
Fo Tuesday night. Six shots were
extracted from the backbone of
Clyde's body. The charge had en
tered the body near the shoulders
and had passed through the coat and
shirt collars. The shotgun which
the murderer had used was found
lying near the body with one shell
discharged. This gun was recog
nized by Roy Armour as the one
Clyde had owned since he had first
gone hunting on his father's farm in
Nebraska. The preliminary hearing
for E. W. Blancett, now being held
in the state penitentiary at Santa
Fe as the traveling companion of
Clyde Armour and as his alleged
murderer, will not be held for at
least two weeks, according to physi
cians who are attending the wound
ed man. If Blancett pleads not
guilty the trial probably will not be
held until late in March, as the
spring term of the district court at
Santa Fe will not be held until that
month. That Blancett recognized
Roy Armour as the brother of Clyde
when he was confronted by him is a
certainty, according to Roy. "Five
of us walked into Blancett's cell Fri
day morning," said Roy, "and we
stood around the cot on which Wan-
cctt lay. When We got in range of
his vision Blancett picked mo out of
the crowd and held mo with his
startled eyes for nearly a minute.
After that he sank down into the bed
and would not look at me again.
"When 1 asked him if ho recog
nize Clyde's brother he asked:
Clyde who? The attendant would
not let me question him further,".
Tom Doran, proprietor of the Mon
tezuma hotel, at Santa Fe; W. M.
Highleman, of Santa Fe; J. B.
Kake, a brother-in-law of Clyde Ar
mour, of Hubbard, Neb., and Mel
vin Dunlavey, the Armours' attor
ney at Santa Fe, accompanied Roy
on this visit to the alleged murderer.
Doran identified Blancett as the man
who had posed as Clyde Armour
while he stopped at the Montezuma
hotel in Santa 'Fo, but Blancett
would not admit that he had ever
seen Doran before. To all questions
put to him by men who claimed to
know him while he had been in San
ta Fo Blancett gave the same an
swe. "I don't know any of you
guys I never have been here be
fore and have never seen any of
you." Edward Rich, an insurance
man of Sante Fe, also has identified
Blancett. Rich is the man to whom
Armour's impostor bocamc heavily
indebted during hi short stay in
Santa Fe, as a result of several even
ings spent in card games. Rich
holds an 1. O. U. which Armour's
impsrsonator gave to him before
leaving Albuquerque, covering the
amount of his debt. This signature
tallies with the handwriting of A.
W. Blancett, who registered below
Clyde Armonr at the hotell in Las
Vegas. The automobile in which
Clyde Armour started his journey
from Sioux City has been found. It
was located several days ago in El
Paso, Tex. It is known that Ar
mour's traveling companion, sup
posedly Blancett, sold the car to Har
ry Hanlon, of Albuquerque, for
$500. Hanlon then sold the car sev
eral days after his purchase to
Ortie Dyer, of Albuquerque, for
$750. Because he was afraid that he
would lose some money if the enr
were finally located tlanlon refused
to tell the name of die purchaser of
the car. The car is now in Albu
querque and will be brought to San
ta Fe as evidence in the murder
trial. The body of Armour will be
brought back to the Nebraska home
for burial after the trial, but, ac
cording to Roy Armour, this proba
bly will not be until spring. Blan
cett is suffering great pain from his
self-inflicted wound and probably
will not recover in the opinion ot
Roy Armour. Physicians who ace
attending the wounded man say that
he will recover, but that it may be
several weeks before he is out of
danger. The charge from the shot
gun which Blancett used in his at-
temped suicide entered the front part
of his neck and came out back of his
left ear. Blancett is not represent
ed by attorneys as yet, but a wire
has been sent to his home at Friday
Harbor, Wash., asking that two law
yers come to Santa Fe to represent
him in the trial, Blancett's mother,
Mrs. W. Blake, of Friday Harbor, is
scheduled to arrive in Santa Fe this
week. She will remain with her son
until the case is settled. That fur
ther evidence has been disclosed in
the identification of the body of
Clyde Armour becamejenown yester
day when Dr. J. E. DeWalt, a Sioux
Cltv dentist, found several dental
charts of work he had done on
Clyde's teeth in 1908, 1910 and 1913.
The charts were forwarded to Dr. E.
O. Harrison, of Santa Fe, who re
quested the local doctor to send
them. The charts will be used by
the state as evidence in the trial of
E. W. Blancett, who is being held on
the charge of murder.
Rupture Expert Here
Sccley, Who lias Supplied U.S. Army
and Navy, Called to Sioux City.
F. II. Seeley of Chicago and Phila
delphia, the noted truss expert, will
be at the Martin Hotel and will re
main in Sioux City Wednesday and
Thursday only, Feb. 7th arid 8th.
Mr. Seeley says: "The Spermatic
Shield as supplied to the United
States Government will not only re
tain any case of rupture perfectly,
but contracts the opening in 10 days
on the average case. This instru
ment received the only award in
England and in Spain, producing re
sults without surgery, injections,
medical treatments or prescriptions.
Mr. Seeley has documents from the
United States Govenment, Washing
ton, D. C, for inspection. All char
ity cases withont charge, or if any
interested call, he will be glad to
show same without charge or fit
them if desired. Business demands
prevent stopping at any other place
in this section.
P. S. Every statement in this no
tice has been verifie J before the Fed
oral and State Courts. F. II. Seeley.
Notice
Beginning with the new year, we
navo adopted the cash system, and
everything sold hereafter must be
for cash.
The Fields & Slaughter Co.
Fred Parker, Mgr.
SCHOOL NOTES.
By Clnrcnco Linton.
School was dismissed Monday in
order that the teachers might attend
the meeting of the Woodbury county
teachers at Sioux City. The teach
ers in Sioux City were fortunate in
getting to attend all the sessions.
They also have some sympathizers
now when they are unable to mnke
connections to get to school, for the
teachers in Dakota City depend upon
the street car and consequently miss
ed the Ponca train and had to wait
until 9:38. Three very good lectures
were given in the afternoon which
should bring inspiration to any
teacher and enlarge the vision of the
teaching profession. Mr. Gilbert ot
Illinois spoke on "The Grades," deal
ing with the inspirational element in
teaching boys and girls. Supt.
Clark of Sioux City gave a brief re
view of ''The Brown Mouse" and a
very helpful talk on vocational inter
ests of students. The btate superin
tendent of schools of Illinois spoke
last on "Remainders."
Th" h a' basket ball team went
to E ne m Saturday evening re
turning o inday morning. A very
interesting and clean game was
played with much speed. We are
not surprised that olir boys lost by a
score of 34 to 49. They did very
creditable work and with a little
more development will give Emer
son a hard game on our own floor
March 2. Our boys net'd more
speed and accuracy in throwing
baskets.
A. basket ball game is expected
with a Sioux City team this Friday
evening on our own floor if the
lights arc provided by that time.
Mis3 Fleming and Miss Follett
took sixteen of their pupils through
Armour's packing house Saturday.
Language work was based upon the
trip for Monday.
The juniors and seniors went with
Mr. Linton to the public library at
Sioux City Tuesday for special refer
ence work on their theses and ora
tions. A brief bibliograph of books
was made by each student and some
good books were taken by the stu
dents for further study.
Geraldino Ileikes has taken ill
again and will be confined to her
bod for two weeks. Her classmates
F. Hueh
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Lumber, Building ila-
terial, Hardware,
To IShe People of
DaJkota, City ($k Vidsvity
WE have succeeded Mr. Fred Lynch in the
Hardware and Lumber business in Dakota
City, and are here to stay. Our aim will be
to treat everyone right, and alike, and will guaran
tee satisfaction on all sales and work done at our
place of business. We will carry a full line of
Lum r, Building Material, Hardware, Coal, Paints,
P'.. ibing Material, Greases and Oils. We have a
we'll equipped shop where wc will do all kinds of
Plumbing, Tin Work, Furnace and Stove Repairs.
Also Concrete Work of all Kinds.
Corcxc itx and. sec us
ILet's Get Acquainted
H. R. GREER, Mgr.
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Sturges Bros.
to 315 Pearl Street
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where we will be glad to see all our old patvons,
and we hope, many new ones. This move is nec
essary, as' the building we now have is too small
for our growing business.
St -urges
Old Location, 411 Pearl St.
miss her and wish her a speedy re
covery. Miss Lillian Orr of Sioux City vis
ited the grades Wednesday after
noon.
The
'he primary room has been study
"Eskimos" the past month.
ing "Eskimos" the past
Sickness has caused many absences
in the primary room the past week.
Your Last Chance.
Recently we published in these
columns nn offer of the Youth's
Companion and McCall's Magazine.
both for a full year, for only $2.10,
inclnding a JMcUUI Dress 1'attcrn.
The high price of paper and ink has
obliged McCall's Magazine to raiso
their subscription price February 1
to 10 cents a copy and 75 cents a
year so that the offer at the above
prico must be withdrawn.
Until March 31 our readers have
the privilege of ordering both publi
cations for a full year, including the
choice of any 15-cont McCall Pat
tern, for only $2.10.
The amount of reading, informa
tion and entertainment contained in
the fifty-two issues of the Youth's
Companion and the value of twelve
monthly fashion numbers of Mc
Call's at $2. 10 offer a real bargain to
every reader of this paper.
This two-at-one-price offer in
cludes: 1. The Youth's Companion 52
issues.
2. The Companion Home Calen
dar for 1917.
3. McCall's Magazine 12 fash
ion numbers.
4. One 15-cent McCall Dress Pat
tern your choico from your first
copy of McCall's if you send a two
cent stamp with your selection.
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION,
St. Paul St., Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions received at this
office.
School Social
A program and box social will be
given at the Wm. Voss school, dis
trict No. 18, on Friday evening, Feb
ruary 9th. Everybody cordially in
vited. Bertha Francisco, Teacher.
For Sale
Several good, fresh milk cows.
Ward W. Joyce, Dakota City, Nebr.
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