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Our Thirty-sixth Semi-Annual Clearing
COMMENCED SATURDAY, JAN. 7th.
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Our semi-annual clearing sales are anxiously awaited by the people of North Platto and vicinity because they re
that they, get the best bargains of the season. To make room for our spring stock we will make a clean sweep,
20 to 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT
' Twenty-five and fifty per cent discount ou all our Ladies, Misses and Ohildrons Dloaks, Tailored Suits anil. Furs.
Twenty-five and fifty per cent discount on all our Mens Fur and Oloth Overcoats. .
200 Dress Skirts, all shades and sizes, worth up to $10, your choice at this clearing sale for $4.98. '
We have a number of Blankets and Quilts which we must dispose of at very low prices while the cold weather iasts
A large variety of the celebrated Mantua and Luzereue Underwear at a saving of 20 to 30 cents on the dollar;
Mens and Boys Suits in broken sizes which must be closed out at about one-half value, at prices from $5.48 to $10.
Mr. Vesner, a practical shoe man, has charge of that department and will close out many lines at wholesale prices.
Our spring lino of French Ginghams are all in and will be sold at a discount of twenty per cent. Call and see them,
Tliese Discouxits .Apply to Oasla Purchases Only.
THIS SALE WILL CLOSE TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 1st.
j. peer, Prop. THE LEADER, north platte.
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Bratt & Goodman have a few good
first mortgage loans netting 8 per cent
semi-annual interest.
Physicians report considerable sick
ness in both town and country, the
greater number arising from bad colds
and are of the grippe nature.
Messrs. Winquest, Murphy and
George of Brady, Abbott and Lcypoldt
of Horshey and Frank Coker, of Suth
erland, attend the Elk'a initiation last
evening.
County Surveyor Meyer is making a
lorge map of the city, showing the orig
inal town as well as all additions and
the acreage property contiguous. From
this map he will trace others and dis
pose of them to real estate dealers and
others.
An adjourned term of district court
convened yesterday and will continue
in sesBion this week, ft was hoped to
clean up a large number of equity
cases, but as sevoral of the attorneys
are out of town the cases heard will
not be as large as was anticipated.
Barton O. Aylesworth delivered a
lecture boforo a small sized audience at
the Methodist church last evening
using as his topic "Judge Lindsoy and
the Juvenile Court.' The lecture is
pronounced to have been a most excell
ent one.
Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make
life miserable. Take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets, keep your
bowels regular and you will avoid these
diseases. Sold by all dealers.
A. F. Parsons, formerly of this city,
was one of the members of the conven
tion which made the constitution of the
new Btate of Arizona. In a roview of
tho work the "Arizona," a monthly
publication devoted to the Interests of
tho new statosaid: Mr. A. F. Parsons
a prominent attorney of Douglas mndo
a number of powerful, logical and elo
quent speeches which undoubtedly had
great influence with the other members
of the convention. Ho took a pro
nounced position in favor of tho refer
endum, initiativn and recall and the
employers' liability and the employees '
compensation clause in tho constitu
tion. Mr. Parsons was chairman of tho
committee on Federal Relations and on
tho cornmitees for Judiciary, Public
Rfirvice CornorationB other than Rail
roads.
You Know
That many firo losses occur every
ilav in tho vear You may bo next. If
not protected, Sec Bratt & Gooman
The Presbyterian aid society wHl
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. II.
S. White.
The Baptist aid society will meet
Fridoy afternoon with Mrs. A. C.
Howard, 303 West Eighth streot.
Money to loan on real estate. Bratt
& Goodman.
Verne Mann, who had been doing ro
lief work at Sidney for four months,
returned to town today.
Passenger trains from tho coast were
considerably late today duo, it is said
to bad weather in tho section traversed
by the Southern Pacific.
The Luthorn aid society will hold an
exchange at tho Howe & Maloney
Store next Saturday. This will be an
opportunity to secure first clnss bakery
goods.
Weather forecast. Fair and moder
ate Wednesday, warmer tonight. Max
imum temperature yesterday 43; one
year ago 47. Minimum temperature
this morning 6: one year ago 27.
Following the locturo at the Metho
dist church last evening tho North
Platto Suffrage League was organized
with J. F. McAbee as president and
F. R. Elliott becreatry. Tho object of
the league is, as we understand it, to
assist in securing for women the right
to vote. This writer has neveryet
been convinced that a woman should
not have a right to vote. As a general
propositon women are as strong intel
lectually, many are property owners in
their own name or else havo assisted
their husbands in gaining the possessions
they have, and certainly morally they
are superior to men.
It is probable that a formal demand
will be made on the city authorities to
day to stop all card playing in cigar
stores and for the abolishment of all
classes of slot machines on the ground
that both the card games and the ma
chines are forms of gambling. This
movement was inaugurated yesterday
and it is expected will be brought to a
head some time today.
Charley Boguo was stopping at tho
Millard Hotel in Omaha when the fire
occurred early yesterday morning
and thus describes his experience:
I was awakened about 3.05 a. m. and
soon discovered that the hotel was on
fire and of course I made a dash for
the door of my room expecting to make
the Bteel fire escape three doors east
of my room but as soon as I opened my
door a great wall of smoke drove mo
back, I closed the door tight and then
put on my clothes, took a towel and
soaked it with water and put it in my
mouth and again went out in tho hall
and crawled on my hands and knees to
the fire escape and made my get away
to the street.
Miss Delia Hanks, the artist, devel
oped a case of small-pox last evening.
She was Btopping at the Fred Ouimetto
home and it has been quarantined.
For Rent
4 room furnished house, also other
houses, farms, hay and crazing land,
storage room and safe deposit boxes.
Bratt & Goodman
Parnell,
I novor saw a braver man than Par
nell. The story of his downfall 1b ono
of tho most pathetic In history. Thoro
Is a rumor that Captain O'Shen said
to Gambottn: "What nro wo going to
do with Parnell? Ho Is getting to bo
a grant danger to tho country." And
Gnmbctta replied, "Set a woman on
his truck." And the woman, Instoad
of betraying him, fell In lovo with this
pntrlot, and that was his undoing,
"Recollections of Mrs. T. P. O'Connor."
WESTERN LAND PRODUCTS
EXHIBIT
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 18 to 28, 1911.
A trrand display of products from
the soil, with lectures and liberal dis
tributlon of printed matter treating
with subjects of great interest to tho
commercial and great agricultural
West.
A splendid exhibit will be made by
the North-Western Lino of Alfalfa,
with miniature fields showing various
stages of its growth from the prcpara
tion of tho soil to its harvest; elso dem
onstrating the various purposes for
wHich It can be used. Other equally
attractive features .will be provided.
Tuesday, Jan. 24th, will bo Railroad
Day at the Exhibition.
For tickets and full Information apply
to Ticket Agents, North-Western line
SCHILLER & CO.,
Preicription Druggists
First Door North of
Ii1rst.Nattonl Hank
Yo Discourago Him.
"Gcorae." suld her husband's wife.
"I don't bullovo you have smoked ono
of thosof cigars I gavo you on your
birthday."
"Tlint'B right, my dear," replied his
wife's htiHlmnd. "I'm going to keep
tjicin until our Willie wantH to learn
to smoke." Chicago News.
Confused.
"She hnsn't any confldenco in her
husband, hns sho?"
"No. She cnught him . telling tho
truth tho other day, nnd now ho can't
dope 111 iti out at nil." Toledo libido.
All Rloht, Perhaps.
Patient Fntuor Dearie, baby's out
ing my glove now. Is it nil right?
Ponrlo (from above) Oh. quite all
right (paiHiM you're ruio lt'n yours?
Punch.
NOTICE.
To Francis Iovo, Non-ResMont Pofondant:
Vnn urn linrolip notified tliat on tho Stli day
of July. 1010, Vonaliy Love Mod her potltlon
L'lnHt von In tho district court of Lincoln
county. Nebraska, tho object and prayer of
which aro to obtain a dlrorco from you on
tho grounds that you are a habitual drunk'
aril and havo refined and nctrloctcd to nro
vide maintenance for tho plaintiff and her
minor cliliu anu mat you navo neon if mayor
nitromo cruelty to thin nlalntllT.
Plaintiff prays that h!i may bo divorced
from you. ana mat hiio may no irivon tun cus
tody or nor minor eiinu uoraon uuver ijve.
You aro reotured to anwr said petition by
tho 6il, day of March. .01, y
J21I ny Wilcox ft Hantaan, her attornoya
Pntornalism In Qrocerleo.
Paternalism with a vengennco Is prac
ticed In certain Now York groceries.
It Is bonovolent pntcrnnllHin, though.
"Jin wants two pounds of sugar,"
said n -child to a patriarch In tho trade.
Ho consulted a calendar on tho wall.
"I guess you'd better take ouly a
pound today," ho Bald, "and go kind of
slow on thnt. Tho week is only half
gone, but you havo already eaten up
thrco-fourths of your allowance, Tcjl
your mothor so."
Tho child promised to deliver tho ro
port on financial depression.
"That is tho only way on earth to
keep thoso pcoplo from ruunlng into
dobt," snld tho grocer. "Tho system
Is common In this neighborhood. I do
It at tho customers' request. Every
pay day women with spendthrift hus
bands nnd nu oxtravagnnt disposition
of tholr own deposit enough money
with tho grocer nnd butcher to seo tho
family through tho week. They In
struct us to lot no ono overdraw the
amount, and except In cases where ex
tra food Is actually needed wo stick to
our end of tho bnrgalu." Now York
Times.
Horrors of Bokhara.
The terrible deeds that once mndo
Bokhara a byword nro now prohibited
by tho Russian government. Prisoners
aro not permitted, for instance, to be
dragged through tho stroots by gal
loping horses. Nor nro thoy thrown
from tho top of tho high tower called
tho Mlnnr Katun. Thla wnsi tho usu
nll punishment meted out to ovlldoors
In tho old days. Watched by thou
sands of Bpcctntors, tho poor wretches
wero flung from that giddy height on
to tho flagstones beneath.
Bokhara has many chambers of hor
rors, unwholesome for western eyes to
boo and the description of which
would certainly be unfit forpubllen
tloii. Perhaps tho most horrible of
these Is n pit whoro prisoners woro tor
tured by vermin, which were ho nu
merous nnd ravenous that In tho ab
sence of human prey they woro fod
on qhunks of raw meat. Wide World
Magazine.
'Disraeli and Goldwln Smith.
It may havo been partly by suspicion
of my possession of nn unpleasant se
cret thnt Disraeli was moved to follow
mo ncroHs the Atlantic and try, nu ho
did In "Lothnlr," to brand mo as "a
social sycophant" Ills knowledge of
my social character wus not great, for
I had only once met him In society.
Ills allusion to the "Oxford professor"
who was going to tho United States
was as transparent as If ho had used
my namo. Had I been In Knglnnd,
where my character was known, I
should have let tho attack pass, but 1
was In a strnngo country, whom,
mudo by a man of note, tho otfnck
wao likely to tell. I therefore gavo
Disraeli tho lie, and neither he nor
any of his organs over ventured to re
peat tho calumny.-
THE
First National Bank,
of North Platte, Nebraska.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY.
Capita! and Surplus $140,000,
ARTHUR McNAMARA, President.
E. f . SEEBERGER, Vice-President,
M. KEITH NEVILLE, Vico-Presitienl,
F. L. M00NEY, Cashier.
The Thlmblo.
About 200 yenrs ago u Loudon gold
smith called Trotting mndo and pro
scuted to tho lady of his heart on her
birthday anniversary a thlmblo of
gold, bountifully ornamented and
chased, accompanied by a noto which
Introducpd the little contraption as a
"token of my humblo esteem which
shall protect those delicate, fair and
Industrious lingers from prick and
Bear of needle head." That was tho
origin of the thlmblo.
When buying n couch medicine for
children bear in mind that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is most effectual fdr
coins, croup and whooping evuerh and
that it contains no harmful drug. Sold
by all dealers.
' Fate of a Duchess.
Wo havo had excellent morals drawn
from tho substantial waist of tho Ve
nus of Mllo for the admonition of tho
fushlouable woiiuui. Llut what can
wo Bay about tho Duehesso do Mnza
rln, who (a. Duval tollH us In "Shad
ows of Old Paris") "died iu.1775 from
tight lacing, ullhough sho had posed
for u Htatuo of Venus?"
CRYSTAL
THEATRE
To-Night
MOVING PICTURES:
"The Iconoclast," "A Dog-
on Business.
VAUDEVILLE:
Slater and Finch in "The
Boy With a Smile."
10 and 15 Cents.
Last Chance To Get A Good
Homestead
Fort Rorthold Indian TlnnnrviiMnn Tn.
formation Rummi. TJvHnr Kf It will
furnish you information regarding the
opening of am".
JOE B. REDFIELD, M. D.
I'liyslclan and Surgeon.
Specialty) SKIN DISEASES.
Day and night calls promptly answered
uweo r. o. iiospitai. rnone mz.
SIMPLICITY
Is often more ef
fective than the
most elaborate
pose. You can see
proof of it in the
Bamplo photos to
bo seen at this
studio.
WE TAKE
THE PHOTOS
as you want them,
however. You bo
lect tho attitudo
you profer. Wo
will do our best to
mako It tho best
photograph you
have ever had
taken.
G.W.ANDERSON
successor to
II. O, Hnlverstedt
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