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parte
SEVENTEENTH YEAR.
NOIITJI PLATTE, NEBRASKA, DECEMBEH 10, 1901.
NO. 93
The reason we always have such a large Christmas trade is that we sell holiday articles for ordinary profits, enabling you to buy several
presents more for the same money than you would if bought elsewhere, Buy early, as the assortment will be broken in a short time.
Here are a few articles we have suitable for presents:
Hardware Dept.
Pocket Knives,
Table Knives and Forks,
Butcher Knives,
Carving Sets,
Razors,
Scissors,
Silver Knives and Forks,
Silver Table Spoons, .
Silver Dessert Spoons,
Silver Tea Spoons,
Silver Butter Knives,
Silver Sugar Shells,
Silver Ladles,
Children's Knives and Forks,
Skates,
Express Wagons,
Air Rifles,
Shot Guns,
Granite Ware,
Flour Bins,
Bread Boxes,
Bread Raisers,
Galvanized Wash Boilers,
Tin Wash Boilers,
Copper Wash Boilers,
Nickel Plated Tea Kettles.
Nickel Plated Coffee Pots,
Washing Machines,
Wringers,
Mrs. Potts' Irons,.
Fur Lap Robes,
Plush Lap Robes,
Dry Goods Dept.
Kid Gloves,
Silk Mittens,
Leather Mittens,
Dress Goods,
Waist Patterns,
Ribbons,
Yarns,
Handkerchiefs,
Mufflers,
Neckties, f
Hosiery,
Night Robes,
Underwear,
Sheltand Shawls,
Clocks,
Grocery Dept.
Chocolate Candies,
Cream Candies,
Fine Mixed Candies
Medium Mixed Candies,
Cheap Mixed Candies,
Dates,
Salted Peanuts,
Pop Corn,
Oranges,
Layer Raises,
Christmas. Trees and Churches
shpukl figure their Candy bill with
ys.
Toys,
Rocking Horses,
Crokonolc Boards,
Archarena Boards,
Combinola Boards,
Crolard Boards,
Ten Pins,
Logomachy,
Spelling Boards,
Dominoes, .
Ten Cent Games,
Five Cent Games,
Five Cent Iron Toys,
Ten Cent Iron Toys,
Twenty-Five Cent Iron Toys
Fifty Cent Iron rloys,
Toy Trunks,
Toy Drums,
Toy Furniture.
Toy Steel Beds,
4- uv vi aviiv-r.
Building Blocks, t
Alphabet Blocks,
Drums,
Steam Engines,
Toy Pianos, , ,
Toy Stoves,
Toy Windmills, ';
Hanks,
Kid Body Dolls,
Dressed Dolls,
Rubber Dolls,
Doll Heads,
Holiday Novelties.
Albums,
Toilet Cases,
Infants Sets,
Smoking Sets, ,
Writing Tablets,
Glove Boxes,
Handkerchief Boxes,
Necktie Boxes,
Jewel Boxes,
Picture Frames,
Shell Boxes, ,
Christmas Cards, ' -Photo
Holders,
Trinket Boxes,
Music Rolls,
Pocket Books,
Jewelry Novcltie., -
Books.
Five Cent Linen Books,
Ten Cent Linen Books,
Picture Books,
Fairy Talcs,
Children's Story Books,
Oliver Optic Boys' Books.
Capt. Mayne Rcid's Works.
Boys' Story Books,
Girls' Story Books,
Natural Histories,
Father Goose,
Mother Goose,
Cook Books,
Crockery Dept.
Glassware.
Glass Berry Bowls,
Glass Berry Sets,
Glass Table Sets,
Glass Water Sets,
Glass Wine Sets.
Glass Water Bottles,.
Glass Water Pitchers,
Glass Tumblers,
China Bread Plates,
China Sugars and Creams,
China Bread and Butter Plates,
China Mush and Milk Sets,
China Syrup Pitchers,
China Salad Dishes, '
China Cups and Saucers,
Fancy Jardinieres,
Toy Dishes,
Dinner Sets English Ware
100-picccs $ 8.S0
Dinner Sets 100-picccs 10.00
Dinner Sets 100-picccs 12.00
Dinner Sets 100-picccs 15.00
Lamps.
We have the largest and best
assortment of Lamps ever brought
to North Platte for the Holidays.
Center Draft Lamps from $1.50 to
$15.00 each.
Store open Evenings
WILCOX D
until 9 o'clock Beginning1 December 11th.
PARTMENT STORE.
Jis
LITTLE LOCALS.
CRISTMAS ORDERS.
For line suitings and overcoats
i.;ii vpcpiv'n csnccial attention,
and should be given as early as
possible to insure prompt deliv
ery, Qu line of fobcs was
,,r.,.nr wtfnr tban now. and our
tvitrntiK can denend uiion rcceiv
xm fmrmnnts that for fit, StYlc
durability awl fine finish win be
unsurpassed . in olognnco and
beauty.
J. F. BROEKER
THERE ARE OTHERS
wlm ran make and repair
glides? V tPrc a?c lew
who can equal and none
that can surpass us
C, NEWMAN,
NOTICE.
Some of our cattle are drifting
southeast from our ranch near Le
na Neb., and persons who take up
cattle branded Bar Four T any
where on lett siae or wuu u ueiow
and above crooked bar on left hip,
and holding them for ub will be
paid for their trouble, Send word
at once to
l,W LENA, NEB.
The work of placing lights in the
court house was completed Satui-
day.
Tlio ulvinnr TWln" lion 1 r irrl rnm-
'-'"h iri -i
pany passed through. Saturday cut
route to yneyenne,
Chas. Pernell, editor of the Suth
erland Free Lance,transacted busi
ness in the city Saturday.
The Presbyterian ladies' aid
society will meet Thursday atter-
noon with Mrs. O. II. P. Buchanan.
Col. W. F. Cody, who has been in
the Big Horn basin for some time,
will return to this city about
Christmas.
Mrs. W. II. Broach and ?am,ily
expect to d,epu,rt qrtjy hefore
uurisirns jqr new nvnw m
Trinidad, Qol,
The board ofeducatlon lias gran
ted a week's vacation tor the city
schools during the Christmas lion
days,
Wray Stuart went to Madison
Neb., Sunday to accept a position
In a newspaper ollice ol which y red
Wright is foreman.
Alice Chamherlaiu, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mtp. Bert
Chamberlain, wl return this week
from Omaha, where she has upen
receiving ipedieal treatment,
Twentytthrec head of lumpy-jaw
cattle which had been shipped from
Ogalalla were condemned at the
Denver stockyards Saturday, lhe
name of the shipper was not stated
in the telegram.
Two furnished rooms lor rent by
Mesdamcs Thompson and Swarth-
out,
Hnnt. B. F. Baker, who snent the
summer and lall on his farru1 in Cot
tonwood, precinct, is now located at
Jefferson City, Mo., as superintend
ent ot a naiionai cemetery, uavuig
assumed charge Ueccinlier 1st.
1. IIC iVUUIUI 1111 0UblU t W V
residence of Mrs. Frederickson last
Frida"y evening was attended by a
large crowd and a neat Bum was
realized.
Ghaa. ToiUion, liviuir between
the rivers, transuded business in
town Saturday. Mr. ToiUion re
ports the loss ot several head ot
cattle from the corn stalk disease.
Albert Brown, who had been
workinir in a boiler shop in Denver
for several weeks has returned to
this city, Mr. Brown has resumed
his occupation of fireman and ex
pects to remain pcrmanertty.
Co. Sunt. Tuoelecke has issued
ctrcu,l,ars tp teachers in regard to
the tatc tentshcrs' a-ociation
which meets at Lincoln January 1,
Q and S, All teachers who can con
veniently do hp are urged to attend,
William Sweeney, who had been
spending several weeks in the Big
Horn basin with Col. Cody, re
turned Saturday and alter vsUing
with relatives, left today for New
York City, whero he will remain
until the Wild West show opens
next spring.
der. and to Mrs. Hamilton, who
has alao been a faithful member, a
Rebekah pin. Although both
ladies weie taken 'y surprise, they
managed to express their thanks
in a way that proved their
sincerity. Later in the even
ing refreshments were served, aftir
which the members departed, hav
ing spent a very pleasant evening
although many regrets were ex-,
pressed at the loss of two good
members.
Gives a Rcccpttqii to Mrs. Hamilton.
The Degree of Honor held a re
ception in honor of Mrs. W. II.
Hamilton, chief of honor of that
lodge, at the home of Mrs. J. II.
Cunningham Saturday evening.
There wns a large attendance and
those present report a very enjoya
ble evening, although all regret
that Mrs. Hatnilton leaves the city
so soon, As a token of the esteem
in which Bhe is held by all member
and in evidence of the faithful
worker she has been, tho members
of the order presented her with a
a D of U. pin.
A Farewell Reception,
The R.chekah lodge held their
regular mooting last Friday even
ing and after the regular business
ot the lodge was concluded, the re
mainder ot the even ng was dc
voted to an informal reception in
honor of Mrs. W. II. Broach, who
leaves soon for Trinidad, Col., and
Mrs. W. II. Hamilton, who will
make her home in Clovis, Call I.
Shortly alter the lodge meeting a,d-.
jourued. the members wcijq, called to
order and B S. IJVavls on behalf of
the odUe Ceily-cred a snort address,
at the conclusion of which he pre
sented to Mrs. Broach, who iB a
past grand of the lodge, a hand
painted china tray, appropriately
de'ebrate'd With emblems df the dr-
BETWEEN THE IUVUH.3.
Eugene Liles, of Kansas, shipped
a corn sholler from there up to his
brother J. W. Liles' larm near
Nichols last week, where it will be
used in shelling for the public in
the valley. Mr. Liles expects to
remain with it this week wbcu he
will leave it in charge oxh brother
and return home.
A. F. Pa.too,s of North Platte
wlm met W. J. Crusen's regular
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,pppiutinents in the M. 10. church
at Hershey last Sunday was
trrpcted bv larirc audiences who
j j
speak well ol his discourses.
A crew of men is at this time
cleaning out and repairing the
O'Fallon lateral which Is a branch
of the old canal running cast via
irersbey atfd Nichols,
The citizeiiB of Hershey have de
cided to hayc a Christmas tree at
that place on Christmas eve.
M. B. Criderman. of North Platte,
who recently passed up and down
the valley, said that it looked tine
to sec the large pilcB of corn
stacked up in thta conntry.
J. M. Hogg and IOd Gentry have
returned trom the county seat
where they had been as jurorB for
the past week.
The dance that was announced
to take place in the hall at Hershey
last Friday night failed to mater
ialize for some reason unknown.
Mr. and Mtb. A. B. Goodwin
were at the county scat the last of
last week.
Mrs. R. W. Calhoun has been
somewhat indisposed for the past
week.
T. li 17t..rl In a Itppn Bpllllll'
W k ' .t..,t;,. ..in. www.. " P3
and delivering alfalfa hay to diller
ent parties at the county capital
for $7.00 per ton.
We arc told that the sugar beet
contracts for the coming year will
give the growers more expansion
than those of the past.
Fall irrain of all kinds m the
valley is reported in good condition
for this seasou of the year.
Al. Hoover and family departed
the latter part of last week for
Fort Bridger, Wyo., where they
expect to make their future home.
Miss Carrie Park, who is attend
itig school at the county scat,JBpciit
Saturday and Sunday with her
parents Mr. aud Mrs. W. 10. Park
on the Dillon farm.
Tom and Albert McConnell were
at North Platte on business one
day last week for the first time in
several months.
A large acreage of fine corn
stalks are still standing untouched
in thiB locality for fear of the dis
ease which stock contract ..from
them.
PATRONS
Are Pleased
With the fresh qual
ity of the groceries
with which they found
us stocked, on the open
ing day, and we desire
to thank the many who
have given us their
orders. The quality
of the goods will at all
times be maintained,
and as we sell strictly
for cash our prices are
guaranteed to be fully
as low as any firm in
town.
We Are Here
to do business and res
pectfully solicit a share
of your trade. Come
in and see us whether
you buy or not.
TRAMP
- The Grocer.
Good Things to Eat.
Kront Stroot,
J
MARY SWING,
Professional
Nurse.
Offers Jier services to all de
siring such. Call at rooms over
"Western; Stove Repair Works.