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rWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
NOKTH PLATTE, -NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 7, 1910.
NO 74
PRICE WRECKING
SALE
Greatest Value Giving in the History of Modern Merchandising.
Dollars will do Just Double Duty during this Big Sale.
Johnson's Cash Store,
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
This immense stock of hew merchandise just received from the factory and wholesale houses will, be thrdwn
on the market at prices that will surprise the most skeptical. The entire stock now at: the mercy of the Money
Saving Public. Store closed Thnrsday and Friday, October 6th and 7th, to arrange and mark down prices for
this Wrecking Sale.
GRAND OPENING
SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 8th,
Commences the most opportune and master mercantile movement ever inaugurated in Nebraska, a clean sweep,
thousands and thousands of dollars worth of brand new goods at price wrecking figures.
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FREE
To the first 15 ladies making
purchases of $2.00 or more after 8
a, m. Saturday morning we will
give absolutely free a Percale dress
pattern.
It Matters Not
Where you live or what the weath
er conditions may be, it will pay
you to be on hand in order to se
cure your full share of these goods.
No postponements, no disappoint
ments. If money is a scarce here
is the remedy. ,
High Art Clothingjn hand tailored, made only
from pure wool stocl: in a variety of worsteds
and cussimeres and is usually sold at $20 to $25
per suit. Our very low prices on these goods
are $15 and $18 per iwit and to introduce quickly
we make the following sensational offer. To
every purchaser of one of our High Art suits we
give absolutely free tho following:
One hat, your choice, regular price $3.00
One pair shoes, your choice regular price.. 3.00
Silk Handkerchief, tegular price 50
Fine hose, regular price 50
Silk tie, regularprice 60
Best Kearney made suspenders, reg. price .50
Total $8.00
Actually given you free in order to introduce
our high class tailored clothes.
Ladies' and Misses' Coatsr
A large line of up-to-date coats and suits at
wrecked prices:
Ladies' long coats $10 to $12.50 values.. $ 4.98
$18 to $20 values 9.85
$25 values at...- 16.00
$40 fur capes 10.00
$10 long capes 3.98
$15 long capes 9.98,
Tell your friends about this sale.
UNDERWEAR.
You will know nothing about 20c cotton or
high price of wool if you get your underwear
hero. Prices so wrecked that tho makers of
these goods would not recognize them.
Ladies' Hats.
Just received a nice lino of strictly up-to-the-minute
ladies' hats. Prtees badly wrecked:
$3 hats for $1.75
$3.50 hats for. 1.98
$4.00 hats for v 2.48
Ladies' Waists.
Up-to-the-minute stock. Prices, however,
badly damaged.
75c new waists.... 39
$1.00 new waists 09
$1.60 now waists 98
$0.00 and $7.00 new silk wnista $3.48
Ladids House Dresses and Kimonas
An elegant lino at low figures just from New
York's best factories.
Men's Hats and Caps.
Nearly 200 dozen just in. Nobby up-to-date
styles. They wanted money, we wanted hats
and caps. They wrecked their prices very bad
ly to make the deal.
$4.00 hats at $2.00
$3.50 hats at I. 1.75
$3.00 hats at .. 1.50
$2.50 hats at 1.25
$1.60 and $2.00 nobby winter caps 1.00
$1.25 fine winter caps 75
$1.00 fine caps '. 50
75c caps at 39
50c caps at 29
Tell your Neighbors about this Sale
We have just 90 fur coats worth $25.00 of
any man's money to go at $15.00,
Ladies' and Misses' Skirts.
One large lot of ladies' high grade skirts worth
up to $5, wrecked Bale price $1.98.
Others in-up-to-the-minute styles.
$3.75 values at $1.98
$5.00 values at 2.98
$0.00 values at 3.98
$10.00 values at , : 4.98
Table Damask.
All linen damask, elegant goods, yard $2.00
All linen, very fine, yard 1.50
Very nice piece, yard 75
Others at 48c and 39
TOWELING.
Good width cotton crash. 5c
Good width union crash 7Jc
Good width nil linen crash 9c
Fine all linen 12Jc
, Sweater Coats.
$1.00 child's wool coats ". 69e
$1.00 boys coats 59c
$1.50 men's coats 79c
$3.50 ladies'' wool coats $2.25
Towels.
10c towels for., 5c
15c factory damaged towels for 71c
20c Turkish towels for '. 12Ac
40c Turkish towels.., 2Gc
EXTRA
Opening days Saturday and Mon
day with each $5.00 purchase or
over we will sell a beautiful 10 yard
pattern of Flannelette for - 39c
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Men's and Boys' Pants.
$1.60 work pants 79c and G9
$2.50 pants nt $1.50
$4.00 corduroy pants for 2.98
$5.00 corduroy pants -3.50
$6.00 finest dress pants , 3.98
$1.00 knee pants , 59c
75c knee pants ; . ,' )', ,49c
Notions.
Wo save you one-half on most notions.
7 spools best threadj 25c
7 spoqls of silk thread ...25c
7 spools host colored thread , 25c
7 bars fine toilet soop 25c
3 bnrs 25c enko toilet soap. 25c
50 good envelopes 5c
25c box paper 10c
25c box juvenile paper 10c
Hundreds of other items equally ns low.
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. Hair Rolls and Rosettes.
25c hair rolls.... lGc
60c hair rolls 35c
Rosettes 25c 50c and ' $1.50
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MUSLIN.
We offer a groat bargain in a very fine 84x84 '
40-inch unbleached muslin, no starch nt
per yard ioc
30-inch half bleached nt , nc
86-inch bleached very fine muslin, yard 9c
9-4 wido sheeting, fine grndo 27Jc
8-4 wido sheeting, fine quality at 23c
Remnants.
Of ribbons and piece goods. Hundreds of
them at about half price.
Dress GoodsSilks.
Heavy wool dress goods, $1.75 value, wrecked
prico 75C
$1.75 guaranteed 30. inch black taffeta and
mercerized go,.
7527 inch China Silk 39c
HOSIERY.
Thousands of dozens of hose at wrecked prices.
Lndius' 25c ileccud hose at 12 jc
Child's 25c heavy hose nt !'.!l2Ac
Men's nnd hoys' 35c hoso at 19C
Men's 10c black box at ' cc
Men's 12$c Rockford sox at 7jc
Every Article in our
store will be sold dur
ing sale at less than
regular prices.
Johnsons Cash Store.
KEARNEY,
NORTH PLATTE
SCHUYLER
I TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
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Lem Bailey went to Omaha yesterday
and will accompany home Mrs. Bailey,
who has been visiting in that city for a
week,
Model skirts, tho best fitting skirts
made for the- pric, $1 00 and $1.50.
Wilcox Dew. Store.
I
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bixler, who have
beengueat8 of their son Ralph and wife
for the past, bIx weeks returned to their
homo in Indiana yesterday.
P. C. Short left Tuesdav for Salt Lako
City vvhtTU ho will vitrifcftr two or thtvo
Look at This.
All our houses are rented. If you
have one to rent, plate it with us,
BjtATT & Goodman.
Emil Koshan returned Wednesday
morning from a week's trip to pointu
in IuVu unll eastern Nubruuku.
C. J. Gumble and family nt Gancly
were in town Tuesduy and iof t the day
loiiowing for Missouri where they wil
muko an extonded visit.
Mrs Lenn Burk, of Brady, has
tered Urn Huffman milllnorv donart
munt nt Thu LeuUur as iro wityrtaffld. IdwcAl by a lAulntitt uun'ato'n,
en
Dr. Crook, dentist, will bo In Suther
land Monday, October 10th.
John Burke brought down from
Dcnvor yesterday two enra of sheep
which will bo fattened at tho local
Btock yards. -.
If your idlo tnonoy is not earning
good rato of interest better let Brntt &
Goodman invest it in Gilt Edge First
Morgngo Loans nottlng 8 per cent.
Al Tift purchased blocks 37 and 33 of
Platteviow Subdivision from Wm. E.
Shumnn Wednesday. Ont of 77 blocks
of this Subdivision but six now remain
unsold.
Mr. nnd Mrs. M. II. McDormott, of
Medicine, were In town Wednesday,
Mrs. McDcrmott making final proof on
320 acres of land which sho homo
steaded prior to marrlago.
Twenty members of the Girls' Frinil.
ly Society met at tho homo of Gcraldino
Bare Tuesday evening and apportioned
work for a Christmas box which will
bo sent to tho children of a parish in
Nevada.
Announcement has been mado of tho
approaching marrlago of Miss Blancho
Crano to Mr. James W. Small wood.
Tho dato of tho wedding has been sot
for Octobor 12th and after n brief trip
to Lincoln they will make their homo in
this city.
The city council hold n regular meet
ing Tuesday evening and-allowed tho
bills on illo. Certificates of firemen's
service for five yonra wore Issued to
John Mang, Herman Stevie. Fred
Loudon, Albert Jnnics nnd Norman
Loudon.
Through tho efforts of Dean Beechor
Omaha will entertain tho next conven
tion of tho prison congress, Dean and
Mrs. Beechor woro in Washington, D.
C, last week and this week are attend
ing tho Episcopal convention at Cincln
ati. Drs. H. B. Ward of Brady, W. W.
Sudlor, of Horsey and D. F. Morris,
of Lowcllen, woro in town Wednesday.
coming hero to attend the meeting of
tho Lincoln County Medical Association.
Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Garlow and daugh
ter Jano left nt noon yesterday via
Denver for Cody, Wyo., whoro thoy
will visit friends for two or three weeks.
Mr. Gnrlow will hunt big gamo in tho
Big Horn mountains. Mrs. W. F. Cody
accompanied them as lar as Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Snyder and Clias.
Soyferth returned Tuesday from Hor
Bhey whoro thoy had boon spending
several days hunting. They report hunt
ing very good in that section and
brought back a number of chickens.
Thoy were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Scott, who live south of Hershoy.
The dnngor and inconvenience nt tho
Locust Street crossing have becomo so
aggravated, that n meeting will beheld
at the office of Mr. Vermillion 713 Locust
st., Friday Octobor 7th, at 7:30 P. M.
to tnko some action with referenco
thereto. It is bolieved that a viaduct
over this crossing will bo tho only ade
quate remedy, nnd an appcnl to the
Railroad Commission will bo mado to
grant tho relief prayed for.
Dr. C. A. Parks and Mrs. Anna M.
Salcottl woro married nt tho bride's
lome on West 9th street Tuesday
evening. Tho ceremony waB porformed
by Rev. Williams, of tho Presbyterian
church, nnd was attended by only the
two witnesses. Tho announcement of
this wedding has been oxpectcd for
somo timo by friends of tho couple.
Both nro woll known and congratulations
extonded.
For Sale One Radiont Homo hard
coal stove. G. W. McDoWALL.
Mrs. J. Jones and Mrs. Glenn Miller
were the hostesses at a very enjoyable
affair Tuesday afternoon when thoy en
tortolned about twenty ladies nt n pro
nuptial shower for Miss Blancho Crane.
Tho afternoon was spent in contests
which proved both amusing nnd inter
esting. Tho first prize was won by Mrs
Chas, Burroughs and tho consolation
awarded to Mrs. Clara Van Doran. At
the close of tho afternoon refreshments
were served. Miss Crane was tho re
ciplent of a largo number of bonutifu
pieces of linen and china.
Tho Catholic Young Ladies' club were
entertained at the Guilllaumo homo
Wednesday evening. The committee in
charge woro tho Misses May Hunifin,
Mary Ellas, Alico Fitzpatrlck, Blancho
Fonda, Helen Chamberlain and Mary
Guilllaumo and these young ladies
proved themselves royal entertainers
The evening's amusement was high
fivo In which Miss May McWllllama
won the highest number of games and
wns given n hand painted plato. At the
cioso 01 1110 cam came n two cnnrsn
I Ijrnchoon was served and this Vua Jfb
in
at
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Thos. Hcalv has been transacting
business in Omaha for sovoral days.
Mr. and Mrs. Russol Wvman returned
Tuosday night from their trip to Denver.
Mrs. M.J3. Crosby loft Wednesday
for n visit with relatives at Davenport,
Nobr.
Mre. E. R. Mills left Wcdnesdcv
morning for a visit with relatives In
v
lowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Ryan went to
Donver Wednesday noon to spend a
tow days.
Mrs. J. II. Morrow returned theearlv
partjof tho week from a month's visit
with reintives In Indiana.
Miss Edith Wlnklcmnn will leave to.
morrow to accept a position ub teacher
n school near Gothenburg.
Mrs. Clinb. Ell left ycaterdav morn-
m fur a month's visit ' with relatives
Piittafleld and other Illinois points.
Miss Amanda Wicmrand arrived Wed
nesday noon from RoBsyillo, III., to at
tend tho funeral of her nieco Lucile
Stamp.
Mrs. C. B. Winogar and children, of
Lebanon, Kan., have been spending
this week at tho VonGoetz'homo In the
Third ward. . .
Chas, Hondy cnmo:down from Dcnvor
Wednesdav nnd vostimlnv nrpnmnnnlnrl
by his wlfo nnd babyVwont to Mnxwoll
to visit his parents!-!'
Mrs. Roy Shaffer came down from
Denver yesterday morning and will
remain in town for a few days visitintr
relatives and friends.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred .Wclngand, of
Omaha, havo been In town this week.
hnving been called hero by tho death
of their niece Miss Lucile Stamp.
Mrs. F. L. Williams, of Lincoln. who
had been visiting her father E, W. Crano
and other relatives In town for tho past
week, returned to her homo Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. Chas. Weir nnd dauchter Eliza-
both left yesterday for Decntur. Ill
whoro thoy will spend aevoral weeks
with relatives, Thov w til nlnnuiinff?
w - .
fcjiiMiiKuuiu unit Buifuuiiuiiiir points. ex-:.
nnntihir in hi nhannf antrnonl f o
mrs. r. A. JNorton wont to OmnhalM
Wednesday morning whoro she. wfili"."''
spend a few days. From thoro showlilJ;
go to Marahaltown and other Iowa'
points where bIio will vteit reintives, ox-
pectlng to bo absent n month or six
weeks.
Ncbraskans Have Cash,
In 1900 tho Nebraska bankB had
deposits to tho amountof $25,849,059,37.
In 1910 thoy havo $77,991,7C2,55, an in
crease of $52,097,702.14. Nebraska hus
tho largeat bank deposits of any of
sovonteen Pacific western states oxcont
California. Not a dollar has been lost
from bank failures Blnco 1904. There
has been but ono fnlluro in that time.
An Important Question.
If your homo, household goods, live
stock nnd other property la not insured
by Brntt & Goodman call and seo them
before you sleep.
Tells of Hostettcr.
A. B. YateB. of Sutherland, was In
town yestordny and loft at this office a
letter from Eli Millor, of Tromont, 111.,
brother-in-law of Abo Hostottor, who
was recently killed by a train at Suth
erland. Mr. Miller expresses his grnt
itudo to Mr. Yates and Undertaker
Ginn for tho intorost and kindness
shown, nnd says: "Hostotter and my
brother loft for Oregon. Hostottor wns
allright when leaving, but when they
reached the high altitude Hostotter's
mind becamo deranged to some extent,
and ho imagined that n mob was after
him. Afterroachlng Oregon ho seemed
to improve, but expressed a desire to
return homo. My brother cave him
money to buy a tickot. Evidently In
crossing tho high altitudo of tho
mountains his mind becamo affected.
Hostettor was n man of excollent hab
its nnd n good carpenter.
For Exchange.
$2000 nice homo in Greeley Colo, for
a $2000 nice home in this city. See
Bratt & Goddman.
The II. R Civil Snrvlrn nmml..Un
nnnounces on examination on Nov. 23
tfl RCCUrO ellfrlhilfiH fYnm whIMt tnmntsn
certification to fill vacaniefl as they may
occur in mo position 01 xorest cleric
(male) at an ontranco salary of $1,100
or $1,200 per annum, In the forest aer
vlco. Tho examination will be pivnn at
the following named placesln NeTirnaka:
Alliance, Auroru. Beatrice, Colum
bus), Fnirhury, Fremont, Grand Is
Island, Hastings, Holdrege, Kearney,
Lincoln, McCook, Nebraska City, Nor
folk, North Platto, Omahu, and York,
For application blankB and all necces
Bary information apply to J. M. Shoo
ma.erSujQul, Minn., notJatiT than