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Interesting News from B, F Lockwood's
Great Closin
Out Sole
S
Saturday was the opening day of our Closing Out Sale and everyone who braved the cold wind and came to the store will
testily that the bargains offered in every department surpass anything offered previously in this or any surrounding town.
We are proving to the people of Alliance and the surrounding country that we mean what we said in our opening announce
ment: to dispose of this stock if possible during this month. We urge you to come down to our store. Everything is
arranged so you can look around and see the price on every article. Now is the time to act. Can you afford to miss it ?
Furniture
If you want a single piece in
the furniture line you must be
here at this Closing- Out Sale
to get it, as such an oppor
tunity was never offered you
before in your life. One piece
or a hundred, you can find
just what you want at a sav
ing of from 35 to ,50 per cent.
Curtain Department
Draperies, Curtains, Window
Shades, Couch CoVers and
anything else you can think
of in this line, all go out for
what they will bring; for in
stance: $1.25 Curtains, sale price 78c
a. 00 Curtains, sale price $1.15
3. 50 Curtains, sale price 2.38
2.-15 Couch Covers. . . . 1.78
O.00 Couch Covers. . . . 3.98
Carpets and Rugs
Everything is before you in
this department. You can
pick out bargains everywhere.
Now is your chance to get
them at a saving from 50 to
100 per cent.
85c All Wool Carpet. ...59C
60c Half Wool Carpet.. 39c
35c Ingrain Carpet 29c
$8.50 Ingrain Rugs. .$5.75
An Immense Showing of
Fine China and
Dinner Sets
What woman does not love
fine china? If there are any
such we are sure they will fall
captive to our display.
$5.25 43-pc din'r set.. $3. 98
$20 96-pc din'r set.. 10.98
12.50 55-pc din'r set.. 7.45
Berry Sets, Cups and Saucers,
Plates, Pitchers, in endless
variety at about half price.
EXTRA SPECIAL
FOR
Saturday, January 16th
42-piece Dinner sets in
a variety of patterns, O 7ft
worth $6. at - - tf.lO
This is absolutely the biggest bargain ever
offered in fancy queen sware and only good
for Saturday.
DO NOT MISS IT
Dining Tables, Library Tables, Dres
sing Tables, Parlor Tables, Pianos,
Banjos, Violins, Guitars, Lamps, Heat
ing Stoves, Ranges and Cook Stoves,
Kitchen Utensils, in fact every item
carried in stock we offer you at large
savings from the ordinary prices, in
nearly every case the price running
below the wholesale price.
Iron and Brass Beds
A large variety to select from.
All at such prices as these:
$ 3.50 Iron I3eds....$ 2.78
6.50 Iron Beds.... 4.78
25.00 Wernis Martin
Beds : 16.98
60.00 Brass Beds.... 33.75
Springs and Mattresses
We have Springs and Mat
tresses during this closing out
sale that cost you little more
than half.
$ 4.50 Mattresses $2.98
1 2. 50 Mattresses 8.48
6.00 Mattresses 3.98
2.50 Coil bed springs 1.95
4.50 Coil bed springs 3.28
Ranges
$50.00
45.00
3I 00
Ranges $34.90
Ranges 32.50
Ranges 27.50
The, "New Royal"
Sewing Machine
is positively the highest grade
sewing machine now made,
noiseless and of rapid opera
tion. $39.00 Machines $24.50
35.00 Machines 1850
20.00 Machines 1250
Dressers and Chiffoniers
are selling at the most ruin
ous prices ever placed on
them in this city.
$13.50 Dresser $ 9.50
18.00 Dresser , . 11.98
23.00 Dresser 16.78
9.00 Chiffonier 5.98
18.00 Chiffonier 12.98
23.00 Chiffonier 16.48
Rocking Chairs
cost but very little, clown in
this big store.
$ 6.25 Solid Oak rocker . $4.48
8.00 Birdseye Maple.. 5.48
5.50 Solid Oak rocker. 3.78
13.50 leather seat " 8.98
The distinct understanding with all the people is before you here in plain figures. Follow the crowd and come to our store.
Thanking you one and all a thousand times for your attendance at the Closing Out Sale in the, last few days, we trust you will
be here each and every day until the final wind-up.
F. W. Schroeder,
Sales Manager
G. F Lockwood Co.
Alliance,
Nebraska
Regular Meeting of
Commercial Club
freight agent of the C. B. & Q. rail-'
road at Chicago, in which Mr. Crosby
stated that ha considered the rate to
Alliance a fair rate of itself and that
he did not know of any conditions pre-
MOW. Funds Secured-Coal jTS.. Z
Insurance Rates Important Sub- iMoseiy further stated that if the ciui
jects Wholesale Grocery House wished to no further in the matter, a
TllDannrf nn tho Cfat Mnrmal formal complaint would have to be
in niuii mw wimu iiui
School- J. R. Bailey on Y. M. C.
A. for Alliance Library Side
tracked for Sewer System Other
Matters of Importance.
I tiieu.
The regular meeting of the commer
cial club took place Tuesday night.
The meeting was called to order bj;
President Phelan at 8:15.
F. A. Pierson was appointed by the
chair na acting secretary in absence of
secretary.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read, lt'was moved by Mr. Hampton
that the minutes be adopted as read
after striking out the paragraph where
in it stated that a motion was made by
1. E. Tash that the Scottsbluff resolu
tion be referred to the committee on
ordinances and legislation. Carried.
The treasurer's report was read and
Mr. Warrick moved that the report be
accepted and placed on file. This was
duly seconded and carried.
A bill was presented by Mr. Holsten
for $3,00 for supplies furnished. Mr.
Warrick moved that this bill be ac
cepted if O.K. and an order drawn on
the treasurer covering same; this was
duly seconded and carried.
Mr. Tash. chairman of the enter-
tainment committee, reported that the
committee appointed by the chair at
the last meeting to solicit funds for the
club, armed themselves aud canvassed
the town with the result that $105 and
two new members were secured. Mr.
Griggs moved that this committee re
main in force with a view of securing
further funds. This motion was duly
bcconded and carried.
In the absence of the chairman of
manufacturing and traffic committee,
the secretary was asked to read corres
pondence that had passed between the
club and the intei state commerce com
mission regarding the coal rate to Al
liance. In a letter liom Secretary E.
A. Moselv of the interstate commerce
rominifcaion of Washington D. C, he
stated in part that he had received a
Jufter if" u Cea. II. Ciosbv, ijeueial
It was moved by Mr. Wood and duly
seconded that the publicity committee
be instructed to agitate in the press in
the western part of tho state, as far as
can be done, this matter of coal rale
and that this be taken up along the
Northwestern as well as along the
Burlington lines. This motion was
carried.
A letter written by Mr. Beeson, in
surance rate adjuster at Omaha, was
read by the secretary, in regard to the
fire insurance rates at Alliance being
raised. Mr. Guthrie stated that he
had received a communication from
Mr. Beeson in which he stated that the
explanation was satisfactory and that
there would in all probabilities not be
a raise in tho fire insurance rates.
A letter written Dr. E. L. Thomas
of Fullcrton, Nebr., inviting him to
come to Alliance with a view of looking
over the city and putting in a whole
sale grocery house here was road. Mr.
Thomas replied that it would probably
be spring before he would be able o
accept this invitation, but in the mean
time asked the club to look up matters
pertaining to rates, etc.
It was moved bv Mr. Wood that the
secretary write the commercial club at
Lincoln in regard to the case up before
the interstate commerce commission
regarding discrimination against Lin
coln in favor of Omaha in rates.
Carried.
Mr. Hayes talked on the subject of
a state normal school for Alliance,. He
stated that a movement was on foot
for establishing two additional state
normals in Nebraska, one to be located
in the western part of the state and
one in the northeastern part. In a
receul visit to Lincoln, Prof. Hayes
interviewed several men of prominence
and his repot t in favor of Alliance get
ting one of the new state normal schools
in the near future was very flattering.
Mr. Warrick also talked aloug tins
subject. It was moved by Mr. Hamp
ton thut the chair appoint a committee
tion. This motion was duly seconded
and carried.
The chair appointed the following to
act on this committee: Prof. D. W.
Hayes, chairman; C. C, Barker, S. K.
Warrick,, Dr. F. M. Knight and H. J.
Ellis. In the appointment of this im
portant committee, the president urges
the committee to lose no time in pre
senting their cause to the proper repre
sentatives and to push the matter with
all possible energy.
J. R. Bailey, state secretary of the
Nebraska Y. M. C. A., was present at
the meeting and delivered a very inter
esting talk on the matter ot Y. M. C.
A. work in general and made some
suggestions as to what Alliance needed
along this line. It was moved by Mr.
Warrick and duly seconded that the
committee on civic improvement and
public health follow the matter up and
that it be kept before the public with a
view that Alliance may at some not
very distant day add a Y. M. C. A. to
its list of public improvements. This
motion was carried.
Mr. Griggs, chairman of the library
committee, reported thaf after the
committee had talked the matter over,
it was decided not to bring this mafter
before the city council until after the
sewerage question was out of the way.
He also stated that the ladies of the
library committee requested that they
be afforded the use of the club room
and that the secrotaryor stenographer,
who may be in charge of the room,
give the public any assistance; in other
words that he act as librarian. It was
moved by Mi. Warrick that the ladies'
request be complied with. The motion
was seconded and carried.
The matter of the club raising money
to defray half of the expenses of the
delegates of the Alliance fire depart
ment while atteuding the state conven
tion at Norfolk, Nebr., with a view of
getting the convention to meet in Al
liance next year, was brought up by
members of the fire department. $62
was pledged before the meeting ad
journed and the chair appointed a
committee consisting of F, A. Pierson,
J. W. Guthrie and W. IS. Spencer to
see the business men of Alliance and
solicit further funds.
It was moved by I. E. Tash that the
I meetiug bo adjourned until net Mon
day evening at 7:30 as there were sev
eral matters of importance that , were
not brought ui at this meeting. This
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to look after the interest of Alliance ini was seconded and the meeting
connection with the state normal ques
adjourned at 10 45 p 111.
Conductor G. H. Young is spending
a few days in Scottsbluff.
K. J. Stern is visiting friends in
Deadwood and Lead this week.
B. I. Joder of the car force is spend
ing a few days in Lincoln this week.
Conductors C. D. Reed aud J. A.
Armour spent Wednesday in Sterling.
A. T. Fitt has left the service and
will make his future home in Platts-mouth.
Brakeman Thos. Berckhemer and
left a few days ago for a brief
visit with relatives in Omaha.
P. Keiser and son left Monday for a
few weeks visit with friends in Hyan
nis. P. E. Romig and family will leave in
a few days for a thirty days visit with
friends in Omaha.
Mrs. C. F. VanHoosen' left yester
day for an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Central City.
Brakeman 1. C. Earnest left Tuesday
morning for Sheridan, where he will
make arrangements to move his family
to Alliance.
Fireman E. B. I Ionian, who is con
valescing from a siege of typhoid fever
in Kansas City, expects to return home
in u few days.
CD. S. Reiny of Lincoln has accepted
the position made vacant by the trans
fer of F. C. French of the roundhouse
office to Edgemont.
j Conductor B. Ponath ami family,
who have been visiting iu Norton,
Kans., for the past thirty days will ar
rive homo tomorrow.
Firemau L. Laruvea left a few days
ago for Omaha, where he will spend
some time recuperating from an at
tack of typhoid fever.
Conductor W. G. Dietlein aud wife
left Monday morning for an extended
yisit with relatives and friends in St.
Louis, Burlington and Galesburg.
F- C, Williams, employed as pump
llouse man at Whitman, had a very
narrow escape from death yesterday,
While starting the pump his coat got
oatight in the clutch of the pump aud
as a result several ribs were bioken
and he was otherwise injured.
Dr.-C, W. Blachley, who has boan
ieinployud by the tqlief department as
assistant to Dr. Bettleheim, has been
transferred to Galesburg. Ills., and
will leave immediately to assume his
new duties. Dr. Hamilton of Burling
ton, Iowa will succeed Dr. Blachley.
Tho State Railway commission has
issued an order requiring the installa
tion of a telephone in every railway
station in Nebraska whenever patrons
mnke the request, to be maintained at
the expense of the railroads. It is to
be presumed that this order will be ap
proved by both the Bell and Independ
ent companies, although it may pro
voke competition for the business.
J. R. Hickox, roadmaster at Sterl
ing, Colo., was seriously injured Tues
day afternoon at Curtis while loading
ice. In some manner a cake of ice
fell on Mr. Hickox, fracturing his left
wrist and bruising him about the body.
The injured man will be brought to Al
liance as soon as he is able to be
moved.
Twenty-six cars, and engine tank of
engine 1918, train 46, in charge of
Conductor Rider and Engineer Carter,
were derailed about seven miles east of
Hccla early Wednesday morning. The
derailment was apparently caused by
a broken rail. The wrecker was in
this train, enioute to Havulock. but
was not damaged! On this account
the wreck was looked after immediately
by the train crejv and section men
while the tool car and men were sent
from Alliance. Trains 42 and 41 were
baflly delayed on account of having to
transfer.
Car Foreman Stern
Honored by Associates
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E. L. Stein, car foreman lor the
Burlington at this point the past seven
years, has been relieved tempoiarily
pending his transfer to another point
lutcr on. To show the high esteem in
which they held their foreman, the
employes decided to secure a present
in the shapeof a handsome oak rock
ing chair which was presented to Mr.
Stern at his home last Saturday night
by a committee composed of the fol
lowing gentlemen; B. I, Joder, Jas.
Dobry, E. W. Price, Ed. Young, R. C.
Young and L. J. Johnson. The sur
prise was complete and Mr. Stern was
Lmovod by the aifection shoun him by
his associates.
For Sale- 7 ry.u modern house,
northwest of Emeison suhuo). Impute
at Herald office.
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NOTE BOOKS
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NOTE PAPER
PENCILS
PENS, INKS
CHALK CRAYONS
COLORED CRAYONS
ERASERS and
PAINTS
RULERS GIVEN AWAY AT
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TEACHER OF PIANO
416 Niobrara Ave. Phone 381
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"Dot Drummel Boy"
Rushville Standard: S. A. Michol,
the Nasby at Kenomi, came up to
Rushville last Friday and stayed with
us until Monday afternoon, While
here he took iu the hall, helped the
band boys toot tho cornet, run the job
press for the Standard man, and possi
bly did a tew othei stunt- thai w did
not gt on to