SEVENTEENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA MAY 2, 1901.
NO. 25).
$ Housecleaning Time
is here, and vou will prob
ably Jind that some pieces
of your furniture loolts
shabby; that they need to
be replaced by new. We
arc here to supply your
needs, and we arc confi
dent we can suit you.
Something' here to please
every taste; something
here to suit every pocket
book.
BLUE FLAME WICKLESS OIL STOVES for cooking. Uses
coal oil for fuel.
REFRIGERATORS
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I WE ARE STILL SELLING 8
MAJESTIC RANGES. B
JOHN BRATT. E. R. GOODMAN.
JOHN BRATT & CO.,
Real Estate, Loans Insurance
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JOSEPH HERSHEY,
DEALER IN
Farm Implements,
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Buggies, Wagons,
Windmills, Pumps,
WINDMILLS i PUMPS
PIPES AND FITTINGS
BARB WIRE
ROUND AND HALF ROUND
STOCK TANKS
LOCUST STREET,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
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When You Buy Paint
Buy Good Paint....
And that means SIIERWIN & WILLIAMS'
PAJNT. We have been handling this make for
many years and have found that it gives excel
lent satisfaction in every instance. It may cost
a trifle more per gallon than inferior paints, but
it's cheapest in the end. It sticks and holds its
color longer than other paint.
"Wo can furnish you any color or quantity.
A. F. Streitz, Druggist.
Tho May Party
The nineteenth annual May
Party of the B. of L. 10. given at
the opera house Tuesday evening
proved to be all that the patrons
could demand, and wc think ful
filled the londcst hopes of the com
mitteca in charge, The attendance
was exceptionally large, standing
room in the galleries being at a
premium and the floor more than
comfortably filled with dancers.
The crowd on the floor was, how
ever, good naturcd, and the occas
ional jostle or jam was taken with
smites and laughter.
The hall was tastefully decorated
with tri-colorcd streamers reaching
from the center of the ceiling to the
balcony on either side, making a
very pretty effect. Many of the
ladies were handsomely gowned,
the gentlemen were very gallant,
and the floor as seen from the
gallery presented a most pleasing
sight.
The grand march led by Master
of Ceremonies Austin and lady,
formed shortly after nine o'clock'
and after executing a few figure
formed into quadrille sets. From
that time forward until the wee
small hours, dance followed dance
in rapid succession, with an hour's
intermission at midnight for
supper.
During the evening many com
ments were heard from the dancers
relative to the pleasant time they
were having, the smoothness with
which the party was conducted,
and of the courteousncss of the
committees in charge. The com
mendations were fully deserved, for
this writer who has attended eyery
May Party given by Div. 88, has no
hesitancy in saying that the one of
Tuesday night has never been ex
celled in point of attendance, by
the excellent classof people present,
or by the efforts of the committees
to hrtve-TO'ch one on the floor pass a
pleasant evening.
The engineers have every reason
to feel proud of the success of their
nineteenth May Party, for a grati
fying success it proved to be from
start to finish.
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tyatjUfac tared by Jortii Platte Roller fl)ills
Used by economical houscwifes in fifty towns in
Nebraska and Wyoming and pronounced the
equal of any flour manufactured in Nebraska,
fl Trial Sack uUH Coviiice yoii of its fTJeHt
North Platte Roller Mills
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Floasaut Memories of North Platto.
The Brotherhood of Engineers
extended an invitation to J. 11.
McCounell to be present at the May
Party, and in a letter expressing
his inability to be present says:
"It wonld afford me a great deaf of
pleasure l.o meet my old triends on
this occasion. The North Platte
people have a warm place in my
heart, particularly those in the
Union Pacific seryice with whom I
was associated so long. I do not
know of any set of men I regard so
highly as the engineers of North
Platte. It carries me back to my
residence there from 1872 to 1885.
the brightest and happiest time of
my life. At no time Bincc have I
seen such pleasant times, and the
friendship formed there will re
main with me always."
BETWEEN THEHrVBIlS.
The one hundred and five head of
two year old steers that have been
fed on the Paxton ranch the past
winter are looking fat and fine and
will soon do to put on the market.
J. C. Gyger of the Nickols cream
ery delivered butter to Harrington
& Tobin at North Platte on Wed
nesday. He was accompanied on
the trip by his sister Mrs. Reno of
Julesburg.
C. C. Wetzel was down to North
Platte Tuesday for the firbt time
since last October.
A large acreage of the corn plan
ted in the valley this season will be
listed.
Will Eshleman Ikib returned to
the county capital.
The dance given by Mr. and Mrs.
C, S. Trovilloin the Ellison n-M.
dence on Tuesday was well patron-
izeu ana a plesant tunc is reported
by all in attendance,
emigrant wagons are at this
time thicker than toads after a Ne
braska thunderstorm.
c"ttle up this way are doing
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Mid-Season Millinery
Opening at The Fair.
The Ladies of North Platte
and Vicinity
Arc Cordially Invited to Attend our Mid'Scason
Opening Which Commences
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901,
And Continues for Ten Days.
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During this Opening special prices will be given on all Hats in
the Store. Sonic rare bargains will be offered and everybody
should take advantage of this opportunity and secure their Hat
at reduced prices this early in the season.
Wc have put on sale one lot of Trimmed Hats worth form
4.00 to $6.50, to sell for $2.J8.
Ladies' elegant Sailors for 25c and 50c.
... Soldier's Exporionco.
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WinchoBtor, Ind.,vrltoH: "My wifo wmb
siok n long timo in spito of Rood doctor's
trontmont, but whh wholly cured by Dr.
wonders for her henlth " -Thoy always
do, Only 23o at fftroltz' Drug Store.
THE FAIR
NOTICE OUR DISPLAY WINDOW
well on the new and fresh grass at
the present time. The late warm
weather pushed it along at a rapid
gait.
There were a number of changes
made among the tillers of soil up
this way this spring but they are
all settled down to business in
their localities.
The Nichols creamery is daily
receiving new patrons. People
have arrived at the conclusion
finally that th'n. is the best wayJ
that they can dispose of their milk
and set the best returns.
Rov Ericsson of Brady closed a
very successful term of school at
the Platte Valley the latter part of
the week.
O. W. Rich the teacher at Nich
ols who is taking a course in the
civil service attended an examin
ation in the same at Grand Island
last week where he came out O. K.
The many hundred acres of alfal
fa seed sown in this country this
spring is up and doing well.
Mis M. MickelBon of llersliey
was recently called to Rock Island,
111., by the illness of a sister.
I'). P. Erickson took charge of
the Nichols section again on May
first.
The warm weather of the past
ten dayH was hard on both men
and teams on the farm,
Dr, and Mrs. Eves of Hershey
were country seat visitors this
week.
10. F. Seeberger returned the
early part ot the week from a bus
inebs trio to Omaha.
Those who attended the school
entertainment at Hershey Wed
nesdav evening report an interest
ing time and also highly praiecd
the program which was line and
well rendered by those participant
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Brown o
North Platte transacted busiuess
at NicholB this week.
DICKENS DOINGS.
Mias Edna Temple closed a very
succcssfull term of school in dis
trict 61 last Saturday. A very nice
program was rendered after which
Miss Tcmpledismissed the scholars
wishing them a happy vacation.
George Heater of Thornburg
brought in a load of goods for his
father J. D. Heater Saturday.
Henry Willerton is working for
S. J. Dowcll at pjeBcut.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rafierty ot
Echo were visiting with relatives
north of town a few days the first
of the week.
Votaw and Fristo shipped a car
of hogs to Denver Friday evening'
Mrs. J. H. JolhfT and Mrs. J. II.
McCounell ot Somerset were visit
ing in these parts Friday and Sat
urday.
J. P. Gardner was over to Wal
lace on busincsB Saturday.
V. A. Scelye bought a new top
buggy a few dayB ago,
Orville Bailey of Hayes County
was visiting with J. D. Dailcy and
family Sunday.
Although no steps have as yet
been taken toward the organization
oi a base ball team here, it is fair
to presume that in due season
Dickens will have a team of such
strength as to cause at least that
of Omaha to congratulate itself that
a membership in the western league
sometimeH prevents crushing dc
feat at the hands oi a small town
aggregation.
Henry Cordes, a resident of
Beatrice, who savs he received a
message from Heaven telling him
to fast forty days and forty nights,
has been starving himself since
Good Friday. He has lost forty
sounds of llesh during the time,
and unless his friends can prevail
upoti linn that there was some mis
take in the message, he 'may go
where nork and bcaus have no
charm for men.
A representative of the forestry
department has been sent out from
Washington to make an examin
ation of the growth of forestry in
Nebraska. He has arrived in Cass
county and will spend a week or
more in the county. He will then
make an inspection through the
South Platte country.
At the meeting of the grand
lodge of the 'Ancient Order of
United Workmen to beheld in Ne
braska City May 15, the question
ot locating permanent state head
quarters will be settled. Hastings
will make an offer and expects to
capture the prize.
The farmers who ha ye a good
acreage of winter wheat are about
the happiest people we meet nowa
days. The fields present an ap
pearance that promises a great
crop, as a party reported to us the
other day every field looks as
though it was good for fifty bush
els to the acre, Sheltou Clipper.
It is a fact that a Gordon wom
an telephoned to a. certain store iti
that town when a blizzard was rag.
ing and asked to have the proprie
tor deliver a spool of thread and a
can of baking powder. The man
was her husband and he obeyed.
Shirt Waists.
We have now on sale
This Year's Styles,
ranging in price from
40c to $2.25.
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