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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1908)
Practical Gifts for Christma -As. I This is a modern, up-to-date Christmas display in an up-to-date store. The new things to give for Christ mas are all shown here. They are spread attractively before you to make selections easy. If you are looking for the best your Christmas money will buy, you should trade at this store. Your Christ mas money will buy better gifts, buy more gifts and last longer than any place else. Come to our store, do your Christmas buying at your leisure, when store is not crowded. CLOCKS. A clock mnkea a very nice nnd ac ceptable Chrifltmns gift, and wo offer tho tfrcateat Inducements to holiday shoppers in this line. Wo carry a moHt comploto and elegant lino of Clockfl, which in both orna mental and timo keeping qualities, cannot bo excelled anywhere. Wo can sell you an elegant time-piece, hnnd.Homo and reliable, at a price which will Rurprisa you. Como in and bco how well wo can do by you. WATCHES. Our stock of Watches includes all the leading American mikes nnd wo have them in the cases so that they aro ready for tho wearer. We have a tremendous varloty in styles and materials in cubob nnd can satisfy your every want in this particular. Rings for Everybody Wo placo a very attractive lino of those goods at the disposal of Christ mas shoppers. It has never been our privilege to offer a more beauti ful and nlensinir lino of rings at tho scalo of prices affording such per fect satisfaction to tho purchases. Wo aro proud of our stock and aro proud to show it. Call and See them. Fancy Pins. Wo have a mncrnificient ladles' and gentlemen's Pins lino of of every diBcription. Tho stock In cIudeH tho very latest designs and patterns in goods of superior make nnd finish. Woguaranteoto plonBo all who desire anything in the lino of Pins, both in quality and price Sco our superior goods, nnd bo satisfied as regards worth, beauty and fair prices. Toilet Articles. A Magnificent lino of Toilet Ar ticles nnd Novelties in Ebony, French Stughorn, Antique Ivory, Sterling Silver, Etc. Gifts in this lino for everybody. Military Urushos for mon, llrushes of ovory kind for ladies, Toilet and Mnnf curo Sets. Match Cases. Stamp Cases. Curling Irons. Cigar Cutters. Umbrella Tags. Satchel Togs Diamonds for Christmas Wo havo been having quite a run on Diamonds thus far for tho holiday trade. Wo havo soma beautiful stones, mounted in various styles. Prices on Diamonds contlnuo to ad vance all tho timo nnd a a tone bought n year ago represents n nico profit today. A diamond is ono thing thnt docs not shrink in value. You can't make a better gift or in vestment than in one of the stones we have in stock. Novelties. There- nro Bcores of suitable gifts in our regular lines of novelties that you can well buy, especially for family giving. These nro com-mon-BcnBo presents. Such items as these in abundance. Hair Brushes, Clothes Brushes, Hat Brush es, Tooth Brushes, Nail and Hand Brushes, Hand Mirrors, At omizers, Etc. Charms and Lockets. A suitable and pleasing gift for anybody can certainly be found among our great variety of charms and lockets of every kind and de scription. Wo havo a most comploto and beautiful assortment of tho newest styles, with prices ranging over bo wido a field that wo can supply, to a cortainty, tho exact articlo to please your taste and como within your means. Libby Cut Glass. Vases, Bowls, Sugar and Creams and Novelty Pieces. Hand Painted and Havi land China in Plates, Vases, Cups and Saucers and many other articles. Silverware for the Housewife's Christmas. Wo cannot begin to name the many beautiful nrticles shown in our lino of holiday silver. We can only ask all who contemplate tho purchaso of gifts to como and seo for them selves our splendid assortment of rich nnd appropriate presents. Wo are showing the very latest designs and most popular styles in goods of unquestioned merit nnd excellence. Tho variety shown by us affords the widest range of selection, and our prices are very low indeed. Be sure and see the advantages we arc offering this season. Fountain Pens for the Busy Man. A fountain Pen is tho busy mnn's or woman's companion. We guar antee those we sell to bo first class. Prices differ n little, probab'y moro than tho quality of tho pens. A Fine Line at SI. 00 to 7.50. Leather Goods. Ladies' Dags and Card Cases. Gentlemen's Dill Books, Photo Cases, Traveling Sets, Card Cases and Coin Purses. CHAFING DISHES, Chafing Dish Forks Chaiing Dish Spoons Chafing Dish Trays Baking Dishes Make your selections now and have them laid aside. Spend a few moments in our store when down town. CLINTON No. 511 Dewey Street, North Platte, Neb. Telephone 338. JEWELER AND. OPTICIAN. j! DR. BROCK, DENTIST, (1 r.. PI.. 4 U-U....I tin-! i. uici ii ai iiuiiuiiui Liuuni v 8 Phone 148 Mrs. Geo. D. Dont entertninod in formally at n chafing dish suppor Wed nesday evonlnR. For Rent A flvo room house. Inquiro at Pcnlo'B, 303 oast Second street. A number of radiators, which form Sart of tho new hoatinK plant for the isnatchers building, woro received this week. For Solo Colory, fresh and crisp, also some onions. Inquiro at Oil) West 3rd Btrcot. On Tuooday evening tho Indoor Pic nic club held n very onjoyablo session at tho homo of Miss Noll Hnrtmun. After the lunch was served tho romnin dor of tho evening whb devotod to gamos. Leslio Hoagland, lato enshior of the Farmers' Bank at Gundy, was in town yesterday onrouto to Minntaro to visit Ids parents. Mr. Hoaglund contem plates spending tho winter nt western polntB. Gent's enrd canon nnd nurscB, high class goods, nt Schiller & Co. Mr. and Mra. Wood Whlto and son Major leave tho taiddlo of next week for a month's visit with a cousin of Mr. Whlto's who livoa on a fruit farm fifty or sixty miles from Los Angeles. While there Mr. Whlto will oxamino real es tate conditions with a viow of investing in fruit lands. W. Tom Brown, tho drayman, hns been confined to tho houso for n week with 1h grippo. Joseph Mattes, who was arrested on tho charge of stealing flftcon bushels of corn from Eric Nelson, pleaded guilty in tho county court yostcrdnv and was fined fivo dollars nnd costs and ordered to make restitution of tho corn. Silk mufllors and scarfs; nothing nicer than thoBO for a Chriftmns gift. Tub Hun Clothing Deit. That dreadful mountain Hon, which yearly makes it nppcaranco in somo part of western Nebraska, is now loented fifteen miles north of Callaway, whoro it is killing cnlvea and steers in largo numbors. A posbo will bo organ ized for tho purpose of running down tho bruto. Thirty years ago this ani malpresumably tho samo ono mado its homo in Lincoln county but noboby over caught n glimpse of ft. Aligator hand bags arn all tho go this season and no moro nppropriato nnd useful gift can bo found. Special values. Genuine homo back $4. GO and up, Dixon, tho Jowelor. County Clork Elliott nnd Commis sioners Wills, who nttonded tho annual convention of county commissioners nt Hastings, made a strong fight for loca ting tho noxt convention at North Plntto, but lost out to Fremont. Tim only objection urged ngninst North Plutto was that its selection throw tho convention to tho west pnrt of the stnto two years in succession. For Rent. Tho beautiful 7 room Hondy houso on wost Third stroeta with bath, rango, eloctric lightB, etc., at $22.00 per month. Also other good houses. Buatt & Goodman. Where do your socks wear out? Is it at the TOE or HEEL? IF SO, YOU NEED THE NEW HOSIERY MADE WITH THE TOEANDHEEL RECl. U.S.PAT. OKF. Not a coarse, clumsy article, but the finest gauze lisle with a toe and heel as strong as that of the heav iest sock made in the old way. Stop darning and quit wearing socks with holes in the toes, by using these. They will surprise you. Only 25c. GRAHAM & COMPANY. le- J. G. Cooler wont to Chapnell on gal business last ntgnt. Gail E. Sturgeon and family loft last night for a visit with friends at Ames, Iowa. Now goods aro arriving daily andench arrival finds new and useful giftB for all. Dixon, Tho Jeweler. Arthur YateB. of Sutherland, who hi in town today, announces that ho will opon a clothing storo in his town to morrow. Mon's Mocha nnd kid, silk nnd wool lined gloves nnd mittens. Just the thing to got your best fellow. The Huh Clothing: Deit. Harry Walrath roturned yesterday from n week's inspection of tho Postal telegraph lino in Ins district, which ex tends from Koarnoy to Julesburg. Electroliers mnko a very accentuble gift. Sco our many now designs Dixon, Tho Jowelor. Mrs. W. C. Blnckmoro and sistor. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hoatson and H, E. Worrell, all of Sutherland, aro visi tors in town today. Albort Swanson and Hilda Pranborg, both giving Gothenburg as their resi dence were united in marriage at tho court houso by Judge Eldor Tuesday. A pearl handle pocket knife makes an ideal Christmas gift. For salo at Schiller & Co. Yostordny was a record breaking day nt tho Union Pacific tickot oftico, tho sales for the twenty-four hours amount ing to ten hundred nnd forty-eight dol lars. A now fnbric excelled for handker chiefs. Wo havo them ttB soft as Jap anese silk. In all initials, also in n puro linon. The Hud Clothino Deit. Don't overlook our lino of decorated china when looking for Christmas gifts. Nothing makes a finer or moro appre ciative present. Rinckeh's Book Store. Tho Lincoln Journal yesterday printed n 40-pngo "prosperity edition," in which many of tho good features of Nebraska wero well and favorably shown. Almost an entire page was de voted to n write-up nnd pictures of tho state experimental sub-station south of this cltj . Boys' and Children's Clothing and Overcoats, well tailored, in knicker- bocker or knee pants; an entire new line at the right price, at The Hub Clothing Dept. Tho Lutherans served a very nice supper at Masonic hall last evenhig, which was vory largely attended. When :i97 sunpor tickets had been sold, tho provisions were exhausted and tho sale of tickets was discontinued. Tho total receipts of the supper nnd fancy work nnd candy booths were $115, und of this amount $130 will be not. T. A. NofT, night clerk at the Paeifie hotel, wont to Denver thia morning. 9-15 Bnlo Ties at $1,121 per bundle. Ginn & White. Mr. nnd Mrs. P. J. Gilmnn received a wiro from Chicago Wednesday an nouncing tho birth of a son to their daughter, Mrs. Georgo A. Saint. A business meoting of tho Monday Evening bridgo club will be held nt tho homo of Miss Ida Ottcnstoin Saturday ovening. Mnntlo clocks aro a household neces sity and usoful tho year around. Wo havo splendid now designs. Let us show you. Dixon, Tho, Jeweler. Tho Kiipatrlck grading outfit, which had been working on tho North River branch, enmo down last ovening. Thero wero 13G men in the outfit. Somo of those men wont to Denver, others to. Omaha nnd Beatrice. Christmas packages in individual boxes in mon's ties, susponders nnd socks. An endless variety to select from. No extra charge for boxes. The Hun Clothing Dept. Tho iurv in tho ensn nf Phnrlna V. Davis, charged with tho murder of Dr. Fred Rustin, of Omaha, returned a ver dict of not guilty yesterday morning, at 8:15. Nineteen bnllots wero taken. Ton stood for ncquittnl from tho first ballot. Ladies' and Mine' Jackets and Cloaks; a big up-to-date stock to select from. Also a nice line of Furs, Scarfs and Sets at The Hub Clothing Depart ment. Tho Lutheran church will, on tho ovenings of Februnry 8th and 9th, present dramatized scenos of Coomwell and his times, tho presentation to bo under tho direction of Mrs. Hnrriet Munroo, of Washington, D. C. About ono hundred people will bo employed in tho production. Wo don't overdraw it when wo sny wo havo tho finest and biggest lino of Quoonswnro and Decorated China in town, nnd tho prices uro lower than over before. Come in and inspect our atock. You will be pleased. Tit AM l', tho Grocer. Whatover friction thnt mny havo existed between tho transportation nnd motivo powordepnrtmentson tho Union Pacific in tho past, promises to bo ob literated after Janunry lut when the two departments will to some degree bo consolidated. After that dato when an engine crosses the turn tnblo to go out on tho road it, as woll as tho engi neer and flrcmnn, will bo in tho exclu sive charge of tho transportation de partment, instead of tho motive power department. Just how this now rule will work, remains to bo tested, but officials believe that it will prove moro satisfactory. Rugs! Rugs! 200 patterns to select from. Ono of those will muko u nice Christinas pres ent. Sizes 12x18 in. to HOxCO in. at The Hon Clothino Dept. Have You Idle Money. Wo havo somo good real estate mort gages to sell bearing 8 per interest. If you want your money earning 8 per cent, call nnd seo us. BRATT & GOODMAN. O It Vt i&iSii-i' in Announcement!! We desire to announce to the people of North Platte and surrounding country that we will open our new store on Saturday, December 12th, 1908, and will have a new, clean, up-to- date stock of Staple and Fancy Gro- t ceries to offer the public. You are respect t fully invited to call and inspect our store. BUCHANAN COMPANY. it Where the Shoe Pinches. Why do you insure your house, and furniture, and stable, against fire? Because if you don't, and they burn up, the loss will fall on you. Why do you neglect to insure your life? Because if you dieand you will die some day the loss will not fall on you but on somebody else your wife or daughter, or aged mother, or invalid sister or some other defenceless dependent. You haven't viewed the question in this way? Then think it over, and drop a card to the undersigned. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES "STRONGEST IN THE WOULD" PAUL MORTON, II P nfp, v M President NEELY, Manager, Omaha, Neb. W. H. McDonald, Local Representative, Norlli Plane, Nebraska. Christmas ads in The Tribune Bring Results.