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NOltTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MARCH M, 1902.
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Spring Work
On Farm, Garden and Lawn will soon begin and
you may need tools and these we keep. There
is scarcely anything' in this line we do not handle.
In making- his repairs for spring work the tanner
will need Bolts, Nuts, Nails, etc., and this is the
place he should buy them.
W Bulk Garden Seeds
Will as usual be found at our store,
direct from reliable growers.
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Davis the Hardware Man
Who no one Owes.
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Five Cent Cigar TQ
DONT SPEND $25.00
for new furniture if a 25c can of Satsuma Enamel will
answer the purpose, and make things look swell. Wc have
all shades of this popular enamel also enamel for bath tubs,
bicycles and stove pipe. Wc are agents for Heath & Milli-gans-Best
Prepared Paint. Think of it, over half a century
in busincsss. Thats wJiat counts.
TUG NORTH PLATTE PHARMACY
Next iloor to First Natl. Hank. ::::::::::: J . STON13, Mar
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Farm Implements, Wagons, Buggies,
Wind Mills, Pumps, Pipes and Fit-
tinss and
Bale Ties, Lightening
Hay Press & Repairs
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JOHN BR ATT.
JOHN BR ATT & CO.,
Real Estate, Loans & Insurance
Idle rionoy Invested In (Jilt Edged Securities
a: north platte. Nebraska.
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Light.
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ADDITIONAL 10CAL.
K. M. Dean, late of this city but
now worKing at Umahn, writes
that lie and Mrs. Dean are wei
pleased with that city as a place of
residence.
James Hart, a former employe of
the U. P. tinsliop, but who left last
fall for L-emarp, Iowa, is expected
back tonight and resume his old
position. Mrs. Hart will arrive in
a week or two. i
The Misses Marie and Anna
Kebliauseii and Mils Townsend
will have their sale of decorated
china and water colors at Warner
Ktore beg i muni' Monday, March
17th, and lasting a week.
farmers in the Platte valley pcc
tion of the county arc now engaged
tn getting the ground in shape for
sugar beets. New contracts are be
ing signed each week and the total
in the county will not fall hhort of
one thousand acres.
II. S. Ferar, of the Grand Island
sugar factory, is spending today at
Sutherland interviewing farmers
who will raise sugar beets this sea
sou. About one hundred acres will
be planted to beets in the intinedi-
ate vicinity of Sutherland.
ied McCrary, a brother of Mrs.
II Hcrstiey of this city, had
paraiyuc siroue a lew days ago at
Kansas City, where he is practic
nig law. Mrs. Hersliey went to
Council Uluffu last night and will
probably go to Kansas City.
bam Farmer, who left Wallace
precinct a year ago and located
near IQsrom, Mo , has returned and
will probably remain. The south
western part of Missouri in which
he located, is pronounced by him
to be a L'ood countrv. and tlimmli
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there was a crop failure last year,
it was the first known in forty
years.
County TrcasurerScharmann will
follow out the instructions issued to
him by the county commissioners
last week, which arc that in the
collection of dcliiHiuent ncrsonal
taxes, no personal property can be
found, he shall begin civil Btut
against the delinquents and prose
cute the same to iudirment. execu
tion or garnishment as the case
may require. Those delinquent in
personal taxes will do well to pav
promptly.
The new base ball park at the
eas. end of Fifth street was staked
! yesterday and last night the
committee was authorized to close
the contract for the lumber and
have the fence erected without un
necessary delay, A majority of
the players have feigned contracts
for the season and within another
week it is hoped to have the team
complete, although changes may be
mane alter the season opens. It is
the intention of the directors to
give all local players a fair trial
before making contracts with out-
ide players, believing that home
talent as far as possible Bhould be
employed.
Tor Snlo.
Kight roam house six below,
two above. Apply to Louis Peter.
son.
A Carload of
BAUBEB WIRE
Carload of
WIRE
to arrive this week, Don't
buy till you get our prices.
I lereafter these goods will be
sold for
CASH ONLY
and at bottom prices.
HARRINGTON & TOBi
Sonjr and Lccturo Eutcrtniumont.
Mr. and Mrs C. C. Ileveridge,
the noted singing temperance evan
gelists, will be in North Platte next
Wednesday, March l')th, to give
one of their unique song and lec
turc entertainments. They com
bine wit, pathas and fun it; their
entertainments. They cannot be
too highly commended. The press
has this to say of them:
"Mr. and Mrs. Deveridge have a
repertoire that is practically limit
less. Their selections are humor
ous, but underlying them is a
rugged temperance sentiment that
is calculated to prove effective
argument. They created a tremen
dous enthusiasm and were ap
plauded to the echo." Kvening
Standard, New Bedford, Mass.
Tickets on Hale at Arthur lloag
laud's. Price 15 and 25 cents.
Tho Kansas Populists.
The "pie.couutet" populists of
Kansas have been defeated in
their effort to turn their party over
to the democrats, but they are still
hard at work trying to devise a
practicable scheme for fusion.
Their latest plan involves a joint
meeting of the state committees of
the two parties "for the purpose of
advising together with a view of
arecin;' upon a line of action that
will unite the opposition to Hie
republican party under the head ol
Helium ,uit ucKei. iiim is so
slight a change from the former
pian ot amalgamation that the
rank and file of the populist paity
may be expected to oppose it with
all the : jr that characterized Urn
recent adverse action. The leaders
arc determined to go over to the
democracy, while a majority ol the
rank and file want to lemaiu home
where in the neighborhood of the
middle of the road. The piospects
for a long and costlv wranole
within the
never better.
populist party
Slate Journal.
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There is an unusually large num
ber of deaths in Nebraska this
winter from paralysis.
David City City Odd Fellows
dedicated their handsome new hall
Thursday. It cost $12,000.
Two of Fullerton's three saloon
men locked their doors against
Carrie Nation the day she visited
that town.
The war department is thinking
of sending sick soldiers to Ft. Nio
brara where they may recuperate
in Nebraska's ylorious climate.
People of Howard county have
Iresh cause for opposition to the
governor. It ih the pardoning of
Otto Warwick, who robbed thn
Boelus bank.
Ropublican City Convoution.
The republican citv electors of
the city of North Platte are re
quested to elect delegates to a city
convention to be held at the court
house on Saturday evening, Match
15th at 7:30 o'clock for the mimosa
of placing in nomination candidates
tor ftlapor, City Clerk, City Treas
urer, City Engineer also two candi
dates for members of the ltnnul r.f
education.
The several wards are entitled to
the following representation based
on the vote for Supreme Jndire for
1901.
'Mrst ward q
Second ward
Third ward '' r.
It is recommended that the ward
cauctiRCH be held on Friday even.
i ng, March M, at 7:30 at the usual
voting places and that each caucus
nominate a candidate for council
man for its representative ward.
A. s. Baldwin, Chrniu.
II. S. Ritxir.i.Y, Secv.
Garden Tools,
Wc have:
Spades,
Shovels,
IIocs,
Rakes.
All kinds and prices.
Wilcox Dep&itfemenf! fee,
BETWEEN THE RIVERS.
J. M. Dwyer has been at the
county seat on business the most
ol the time for the past week.
i ue itcrsney merchants are re
ceiviuga good trade from ranch
men in the hills both north and
south.
The prospects at the present
tunc are that help in this locality
win oe line "lien a tcellf' tlie com
ing season unless it is shipped in
from some other point.
A. Coolidgc of the north side is
at this time stopping with his
daughter, Mrs. Hattic Calhoun,
and children at Nichols, who is the
wife of the late K. W. Calhoun.
We understand that Dallas Wills
of Belvidere will assist L. 13. Jones
in his farm work the coming year.
He is Mrs. Jonc's brother.
J. W. Liles is still operating his
corn shcllcr in the valley. He will
shell on the Hersliey and Dillon
ranches the coming week.
The old irrigation canal Is being
put in shape at this time to carry
water when needed.
Fanners are all b.isy in their
Ileitis at different kinds of work at
the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiugatc of Wood
River attended the funeral of R.
W. Calhoun. The lady is his sis
tir. tl. A. Staples and crew are bal
ing hay over on the south hide at
this time for parlies who will store
U lor a time at least.
The Paxton, Sutherland, Nichols
and North Platte section crews
were distributing ties along the
line between the former and latter
places from the woik train on
Wednesday last.
The operator at Hcrshey,
who was promoted to day operator
at Sutheiland, did not hold out
long there and was returned to his
former position at Hersliey.
MiB Gertrude Smith of Herhhey!
uas been t lie guest of county scat
Irieuds this week,
W. W. Birgc of North Platte lias
leased his farm near the O'Fallon
school house for this year to J. O.
Cole.
A large concourse ol sympathetic
friends and neighbors from Nichols
and vicinity attended the fvneral ol
the late R. W. Calhoun of thai
place at North Platte on Tuesday
of this week.
The amount of milk delivered at
the Nichols creamery is daily in
creasing.
Will and Frank Loker returned
to California this week. Tlmv
we're accompanied by their brother
Logan and wife.
Nick Arte and Sidney Howard re
cently left for the far west to grow
up with the country.
Wiml Primary.
'1 he republican primary for the
First ward will be held at the hose
house on Friday cveninir. March
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14 Hi at 7:30 for the purpose of se
lecting five delegates to the city
convention and nominating a can
didate for council.
J no. W. Amjxandkh,
D. II. Wiiiti:,
Committeemen.
Curd of Thanks.
To the friends at NicholB and
North Platte who so kindly extend
ed assistance to me during the
sickness and at the funeral ol my
late husband, I extend my most sin
cere thanks. Their kindly help
will ever be remembered.
.Mrs. R. VY. Cauiopn
Public- Notice
Arrangements have been made to
receive separator cream at the
skimming station at North Platte.
The price for the first half of
March is 25 cents per pound for
butter tat. For particulars sec
Frank Tuffs, our agent here.
Alt,o aycut lor the I)c Uaval
cream separator.
BCATHICi: CmiA.MKKV Co.
Notice to Tcaohoru.
Since the meeting ot the Lincoln
County Teachers' Association con
flicts with the regular teachers' ex
amination, I will hold examination
for teachers Friday and Saturday
forenoon, March 14th and 15th,
1902.
Oscar W. Nkau:,
County Stipt.
THE
Millers' Association
Does Not Set
Our Price
On Flour,
We Do.
Gothenburg; Meat Patent
per sack; $i,oo
Snow Flake Patent per sack ,90
Family per sack 80
Red Seal Patent per sack... 1,00
Jewel Patent per sack yo
Corn Meal 25-lb sack 40
Yeast Foam 2 pkys 05
On Time Yeast 2 pkgs 05
Cox's Gelatine 13c, 2 pkgs. . .25
beetled Kaistns per lb 10
Evaporated Raspberries
per lb 30
Sago per lb , 07
Tapioca per lb 07
Kingsfords Silver Gloss
Starch per pkg; OS
Kingfords Corn Starch .OS
Strawberry Heets 3-lb can . . .15
Anderson's Jams per can. .. .10
Uil Sardines per can 05
Mustard Sardines per can . . .05
kaglc Condensed Milk 18c
2 cans 35
Ammonia per bottle 09
English Walnuts, No. 1 Soft
oncw per id 15
Kerosene Oil per gal 15
Vinegar per gal 20
White Wine Vinegar 25
Walter Baker's Cocoa ;41b
can is
Walter Baker's Chocolate
18c, 2 pkgs 35
Swifts Extract of Beef 2-oz. .35
Rex Extract of Beef 2-oz. . . .35
K C Baking Powder 10-oz can .08
KCBaking Powder 25-oz can .20
K CBakingPowdcr50-ozcan .35
K C Baking Powder 80-ozcan .55
blullings Best Baking Pow
.In.. 1-11.
dcr 1-lb can 35
Gilt Edge Shoe Dressing
per bottle 20
lfi-oz Eddy's Liquid Blue... .15
5c Paddle Bluing 04
10c Paddle Bluing 07
Full Cream Cheese per lb. . '.15
Mica Axle Grease 8c, 2 boxes .15
Sunflower Axle Grease per
lloz 40
ABC Soda Crackers 22-lb1
boxes perlb
Oyster Crackers 22-lb boxes
Per lb
Family White Fish per pail 70
JStorc open evenings until
eight o'c lock.
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Wilcox Dcparlmciil Store
SIZE IIIM UP
after we have fitted a man to a
new spring suit or overcoat and
you will find neither fleck or Haw
on style, fit, finish or fabric.
Our styles are all the swcllcst
and most correct, our fabrics are
novel and exclusive, out fit
perfect, and the style of our
clothing exquisite. When wc
fit you to a suit it is above re
proach. Time now for your
Easter suit.
Cleaning and repairing a
specialty.
F. J. BROEMER.
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