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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1912)
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Miss Selina Roseboom, of the Fourth ward, has been seriously ill for several days. Leonard Dick left Friday- for Omaha to combine business and pleasure for a mek. Albert Durbin returned Saturday from Cheyenne where he attended Frontier. Miss Effic Sivits Tind brother Will Booth have returned from a fishing trip to Laramie. Attorney Geo. Gibbs left Saturday evening for a two weeks' visit with relatives, in Kansas. . Wanted Girl for general housework eaey. Lee Newton was ampng those who laf t the last of the weelc for Cheyenne to attend Frontier. Andy Crawford, of Scotts Bluff, has just purchased a 1913 Model 25 touring car of the J. S. Auto Co. Miss Kathleen Flynn left Saturday for Denver, Salt Lake and Hunts ville, Utah, to spend severalVeeks. Mrs. Paul Bartlett, of Lincoln, who visited her mother Mrs. John Murray last week, left for home Saturday. Mr. and Mr. Greeson, of St. Paul, Nebr., are expected this week to visit there son Edward Greeson and wife. Mrs. D. A. Russell and children left Saturday morning for an extended visit in Galve3ton, Tex., with relatives. Attorney and Mrs. Albert Muldoon returned Friday from Estes Park and Other points where they spent two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. William Garman, of Sutherland, who spent last week in Grand Island are guests of their sons while enroute home. Mrs. M. Mitchell, of Council Bluffs, who had been visiting her son Dr. Harry Mitchell andwifofor two weeks, left Saturday for Brush, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mitchell and baby, of Council Bluffs, arrived Saturday evening to visit the former's brother Dr. Harry Mitchell and wife for a fort night. We use nothing but pure soap and water to wash your linen. Give us a trial. Dickey's Sanitary Laundry. Mrs. L. A. Weekly, of Denmark, who had been visiting in Sterling, Colo., arrived here Saturday to spend n couple of weeks with her son W. ,F. Weekly and family. Eliria Bowors has filed petition in the district court for a divorce from Samuel Bowers on the grounds of cruelty to herself and four children. They were married Mar. 10th, 189G, at Julesburg. She asks for the custody of the four children. LIFE INSURANCE. If looking for the best and cheapest life insurance ever offered by old line standard companies, see Bratt & Good man. They have it. Andy McGovern returned Friday from a short stay in Omaha. Joseph Weeks came up from Grand Island Saturday to visit friends. Mrs. Millard Hosier-left the last ot the week ior Cheyenne to visit friends. Miss Pearl Weeks left Saturday morning for Omaha to visit indefinitely. Leave orders for Siberian and early Whitney Crabapples at Tramps Grocery Mrs. E. R. Glines left the last of the week for Cheyenne to spend a week or longer. Mrs.. Charles Perkins left Saturday morning for Omaha to spend u couple of weeks. Mis3 Dorothy Hubbard is expected home this week from a month's visit with her aunt in Cheyenne. Mrs. Mary Neary and grandson Hugh Mitchell left Saturday morning for Lexington to visit relatives. Miss Mildred Olson who was principal in the Wallace schools last term has been elected principal at Wellfloet,' New Fall Dress Goods at Wilcox Department Store. Mrs. Carl Lintz will leave this week for Omaha, St. Joe and Kansas City to purchase her stock of fall millinery. Dr. VanNess rreturped' to hiajJiome in Iowa Friday after" 'spending two weeks with his sister Mrs. L. Johnson. Mrs. Geo. Miller, of Canada, who has been visiting her mother Mrs. W. H. Rector, will leave this evening for home. Mrs. Harry Cramer and sister Miss Helen Bonner returned the last of the week from a short visit in St. Paul, Nebr. Mrs. Gus Chamberlain and son came down from Denver Friday with a party of auto' tqurists and is visiting at the Sullivan home. Mrs. Fred Barraclough and daughter Irma left Saturday morning for Kansas City to spend several weeks. They will return by the way of Denver. District 120 has voted bonds for a $500 school house and the school board spent Saturday conferring with Archi tect Bert Reynolds for plans of same. Miss Ethel Jacobs left Saturday afternoon for Denver to spend two weeks after which she will take up her duties as teacher in district b0 near Wellfleet. For Rent Second house west of the new postoffice building. Inquire at 122 W. 5th St. Miss Alice Fitzpatrick went toClcve land, Ohio, Sunday afternoon to visit relatives for a couple of weeks. In September she will begin teaching in Farnarn. Fifty-six teachers from different parts of the county took the special examination at tho county supterinten dent's ofiico last week, for which Miss Chnppell received $72. Irving VadDoran, more familiarly known as "Dusty," has begun tho erec tion of a residence on a site near ghis father's home. The house will he built of brick and have all modern conveniences. Local and Personal The mnrsh.nl of Gothenburg was in town yesterday looking for a Greek who is wanted theie for selling prop erty that did not belong to him. The latest dress trimmings for the . 1912 fall season will now be found at The Leader. A carload of watermelons was re cived by local merchants Saturday. These will supply tho demand for ten days and it is thon expected the home grown melons will bo marketed. An automobile tourist who came , through from Ohio, remarked Saturday mat enroute ne saw no corn mui sur- passed that found in tho Platte valley I bitween Gothenburg and North Platte. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Drain, of Pitts burg, are guests at the home of W. V. Hoagland. Mrs. Drnin was formerly Miss Ida Wamaloy, who visited here a number of times prior to her marriage. The seventh car of peaches for this season was received yesterday and dis tributed among the local grocers. A car contains about 800 bushels, making the total shipments so far into North Platte in ojecess of five thousund bushels. That's some peaches. Spring chickcns45c, in dozen lots 40. A. A. Schatz. When Road Commissioner Thoelecke returns from his fishing trip he should evolve some scheme to improve that sandy stretch of road just west of the turn leading past the old Cain Brunt timber claim northeast of town. It's a drag for a team of horses to pull an empty buggy through the sand. Julius Pizer leaves today for tho east, expecting to be absent until September 15th. While the greater part of the fall stock for The Leader has already arrived, Mr. Pizer goes east to pur chase a lino of novelties which require personul examination His trip will in clude Chicago, Detroit and New York. W. V. Hoagland, who owns s6ycrnl tracts of land in the county, says 100 acre3 of corn on his farm in Myrtle precinct was wiped out by the hail storm of about a week ago, and another 100 acres on his farm in Medicine pie cinct was badly damaged by a similar storm. There are still, however, 400 acres of corn an other farms owned by him, so the chances are that he will still have plenty to feed his chickens through the winter. AN OLD WO MAN'S WILL By M. QUAD :nrljht. 191. by Associated Lit erary Press. County News. Joe Soderman, of Brady, was bitten on the back by a poisonous spider con cealed in a bunch of shingles which he carried. He is under the caro of a phy sician. The band boys of Brady have erected a pavilion on the meadow south of that town and hold dances Saturday evenings. The platform is 20x60 feet. C. D. Fowles has let the contract for the erection of a residence in Brady. The west end of tho Maxwell-Brady road is being graded and when properly worked the roadway "Between the two towns will be in good shape. Harry Stevens, of the south side, re cently purchased a bunch pf eighty cattle at Gothenburg. John Kelly, living near Maxwell had two head of cattle killed during' a re cent thunder storm. Following a recent fire in Ed. Marr's harness shop at Maxwell, it was found that the floor had been saturated with kerosene, some individual having de cided to assume the role of incendiarist. Fortunately the fire, which was dis covered at four o'clock in the morning, was extinguished before much dam ages ensued. About a half inch of rain fell in the north part of the county Saturday even ing. The Maxwell Telepost says Harry Stevens estimates his corn crop at twelve thousand bushels. The male residents of Maxwell, Hbout 100 strong, will devote this forenoon to cleaning up the streets nnd alleys of that village. They donate their ser vices. This plan is a good one. Dr, Elms, eye, ear, nose and throat spec ialist. Glases fitted. Hereafter will bo faithfully found at his office every day in the weeK except weunesuays ami Thursdays, botween the hours ot 10 and 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Oyer McDonald state bonk, phone 3G. Prices right nnd will please you. j30 Now Open. , Dickey's Sanitary Laundry. Let tho auto call for your bundle. Phone 77, easy to remember. We uso nothing but soft water and pure soap to wash your clothes. Prompt service and courteous treatment. Give us a trial. DlCKKY'S SAN1TAUV LAUNDRY. Visitors to and from Neighboring Towns Jess Smith visited relatives in Gothenburg last week. Mrs. W. T. Banks has returned from a visit with her daughter in Brady. Miss Edna Large, of Sutherland, is spending the week with town friends. Mr. and Mrs. (Charlcu Temple and children spent Friday in, Maxwell with friends. Steve Holcomle, of Maxwell, visited his sister Mrs. James Loudon tho first of the week. Mrs. A. S. Contos nnd children have returned from a week's visit with rela tives in Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Davin have re turned from a visit with the hitter's paronts near Farnarn. J. B. McDonald, J. A. McMichael, Frank McGovern and Clyde Fristo were visitors in Stapleton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Woil and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weil weto visitors at Stapleton Sunday, making the trip in the former's car. 8l3 Notice. No trespassing on northeast quarter section 15, town 12, range 30, Lincoln county, Nebraska. Gottfiicd WinsEU Her 'toer tiatne was Ullzn Craig, but she was nln'tiyn lefetrud to, In the village of Ilowland as old Mi's. Craig S1iiwuh a widow when she came there, nnd she was a widow when she died, ten years later. The arrival of a stranger in a village of l.'JOD Inhabitants, and that stniti(!r a woman and a widow. Is bound to stir up tiling She bought a house of Deacon Craft for $01)0. and when ask vd where Mu enmo from her prompt re ply was: "None i yoilr darned business!" She Imii'.tit iit-w furniture and moved In. and timt was the beginning of a rather sium-io life. Word went around the toii ilmt the newcomer was "techyiAL mjU It did not prove ii nils take' 'She enrred a grouch on either hhoilldur. She was Judged to be sixty jc.us -old hut he was us spry as n glrf'W -lateen She paid cash foi what she Imutrht. lint whether she had plenty or little could only be guessed ni. Any queries thrown out on this subject weie met by: "You mind your business and I'll mind uiliie!" Several Indies called on Mrs. Craig In n neighborly way. They wanted to let Ler know that, although she was a stranger within their gates, she could at once begin to lend and borrow tea. sugar and coffee the same as an old resident. None of them got into the house A,t the front door they were nskud their business nnd told they weri not wanted. Elder Hazlett was her neighbor on the right He kept chickens the same as all other residents. Among them wns u Shanghai rooster, who could crow like a two-year-old bull. Ills crowing didn't seem to annoy anybody but the widow. Sho Jumped on the elder with a suit for damngos, and she scared him Into paying her $10 and wringing the rooster's neck with such a wring that he never crowed again. The rooster incident wns tho begin ning of a dozen lawsuits. The woman reveled hi them. She brought suits against men and women and tho vil lage. She had the money to pay her lawyers and the costs. Sho had the spunk to appeal when beaten. For five years she kept tho towu in n turmoil, and finally It was1 decided that she must be crazy, and an order was pro cured from the court to have her sanity Inquired hrta Six medlcnl men did the business that Is, they enmo out of It with teatures dragging. it wan shortly after this that Mrs Craig 'Was found dead in her bod. She bad salll' that sho had no relatives, nnd the courts took charge. A will was found, 'nnd when In duo tlmo It was opened It knocked the breath out of many villagers There wero 1-10 be quests, and only samples of them can bo given hero. Ono of her first be quests to the vlllngo was: "1 hereby bequeath tho sum of 92.000 to the village of Ilowland for tho pur pose of buying n flro engine nnd erect ing a house for tho same," There was a hum of approval as that paragraph was read, but It died n sud den death. "Provided that," It continued, "old Squar Billings rolls tho length of tho mudhole on Main street three times a day for ten successive dnys. "To Elder Hazlctt, who called rao a crank, tho sum of $1,000, provided ho will ride his old spotted cow four times around tho Mothodlst meeting house on the first Sunday of each month for a yenr. "To !Mrs. Henry Rnyburn tho sum of $1,000 to buy herself a new nose. I never ltkcd the ono she has. It has always poked Into other people's af fairs." Mrs. Uayburn had helped to prepare tho old woman for burial, and at tho reading of the pnragraph she was heard to murmur thnt sho wished the body had been thrown Into tho rlvor. "To the county of Dwlght tho sum of $20,000, to erect a now Jail, provid ed that Mr. James. Mrs. White and Mrs. Graham are the first three prison ers in It and serve not less than sixty days as a cure for their gossipy tongues." Dwlght county didn't get tho money and tho Jail. "To the village of Ilowland the sum of $5,000 for tho grading nnd paving of Us main street nnd putting In sewers, provided Dencon Darius Black of tho Methodist church stands on his head In front of tho postofllce for live mln utes on five consecutlvo dnys." Tho deacon wns told ho would bo considered the meanest man over If he beat tho town out of that bequest, but he got mad about It nnd offered to lick any man that would step outdoors with him. "To Mrs. .lames French tho sum of $1,000 to spend In faoap and towels to keep her children's faces clean and the hooks and eyes sewed on hor dresses ' (No proviso, but It wns not claimed "Tho sum of $1,000 to Mrs. Caleb Jackson and Mrs, Charles Tinker, pro vhled they quit lying nbout their neigh hors for tho space of ono year and a dny." There wero numerous other bequests Just as strange, and tho wludup was the strangest of nil. Tho sum of $10, 000. which wns found In tho house in cash nnd bonds, wns loft to a widow In tho vlllago to whom Mrs. Crnlg had never spoken. Tho proviso was that she should not marry a fat man, If sho took another husband, nnd sho garo bonds nnd got hor legncy nnd mnrrled i Innn one While Traveling "l It is unsafe to carry large sums of money on tli0T person. ' You can procure at this bank American Bankers Association Travelers' Checks in denominations of $10. $20 and $50, which can be cashed as needed in nil parts of the world. We also have safety deposit boxes in which you can place your valuable papeis for n very small rental charge of $1.00 and up per year. v Call and see us. McDonald State Bank, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. i THE NEW BUICKS. 1 Advance specifications describe fullv the new iqi-; Buick line and especial attention is called to the com pletion of detail and general excellence of equipment. All of the well known Buick principles of con struction are maintained and while improvements have been made, no radical changes have taken place. The same idea of service and durabilitv is upper most and effort made.' to increase the already high efficiency of each car. The regular advance edition of the Buick catalog is being prepared, which will'show cuts of each car and fuller descriptions. This is worth having and will be gladly sent on request. J. S. DAVIS AUTO CO., North Platte, Nebraska. I RITNER CAFE" I I New Chef STILL OPEN Improved Table, 1 MRS. W. C. RITNER, Manager. , ' I Jack-of-all-trades failed because he ' 1 S couldn't learn to specialize. Focused ' I ' effort has made the Ford "the univer- "" I p sal car". Our tremendous producing gill power is centered upon the building R jj of Just one good car the world-beat- 8 Iing Model 1. 1 fl 75,000 Ford cars already sold this season one-third B lu of America's product. Five passenger touring car j? $690 three passenger Roadster $590 torpedo P runabout $590 delivery car $700 f. o. b. Detroit, .l, complete with all equipment. Get catalogue from p , Ford Motor Company, Michigan nnd Fourteenth t streets or from Detroit direct. 111 HENDY-OGIER GARAGE, Agent, North Platte, Neb. FOR SALE All of section 21 nnd 420 acres of school land in Sec. 10, township 13, range 27. This is is good pasture land adjoining the Plntte valley. Has flowing well which never goes dry nor fieczes. No windmills to bother with. Prico $8 per acre for the section, nnd ?400 for mv assignment of tho school lease of tho 480 acres. & .' gg, fr , RSty Also my hay land' being all of, section 29, township 13, range 27. This land is well known as being the best hay section in this locality both for quantity nnd quality of marketable hay. Has barn 32x01 on southwest corner within one-half milo of Hendry siding. Prico $50 per acre. Will accept part cash and give terms on tho balance if desired. Call on or address, C. D. FOWLES, Brady Neb. ISSffiSSSffflMEKJiftBffiSCTam Union Realty and Investment Company. I Paid up Capital $50,000. Surplus 50,000.00. -OFFICCUS AND DIRF.CTORS- T. C. PATTERSON. President, H. BUCHANAN, Sec'y and Trans. First Mortgages on Real Estate Bought, Sold and Negotintod. This company is prepared to loan money of investors on first mort gages on real estate, amply secured and drawing eight per cent semi annual interest. Money so invested will be exempt from tnxation.