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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1914)
h a Vi New Designs in Cut Glass The exquisite designs we have just received in a recent arrival of cut glass, arc a real revelation. The beuuty of the new patterns, so charmingly cub are sure to appeal to the artistic. We can offer you every thing in rich ctrt glass from the little salt and pepper, to magnificent punch howl, every piece clear brilliant, and flawlessly cut from the highest grade' of the crystal. CLINTON, JEWELER and OPTICIAN. We Want Your Repair Work. Local and Personal Mrt. John Mullen, of Omaha, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frod Elliott. Miss Margaret Mottin loft Sunday evening for Omaha to spend a few days Yisiting friend. SpauluinR's base ball goods. Rinckof Book & Drug Co., Blue Front. Mra. Sam Richards, of Omaha, ar rived in tho city yostorday to spond a few dayB visiting friends. The Ladies Socioty B. of L. F. and E., will hold n 10 cent social nt the K P. hall on Friday evening, April 24th. Every body inuited. ' All members of Bradford Div. No. 200 are requested to he present at the next regular meeting, Friday, April 25th. Business of importance, Ida Tarkington, President. Fred Qlnapp, one of the earliest settlors of tho Cottonword section and a former member of tho famous Fifth Cavalry tho Indian fighters visited friends in town Saturday. Miss Annie C. Krnmph will go to Omaha Saturday to attend the sessions of the Nebraska state conference of charties and corrections. Miss Krnmph during the past year has been treasurer of the state conference. J. W. Smith, of Denver, arrived In the city yestarday morning and spent the day visiting his nophew J. E, Sebastian. They left last evening for Choppcll to look after some business matters and Mr. Smith will return from there to his home in Denver and Sebastian will return home this even ing. For Rent Five room flut over Huff man's cigar store. Inquire at store. Announcement is made that tho Col onel Cody moving plcturo films will bo in North Platte, May 13th and 14th. These pictures which depict the Indian fights nt Summit Spring, Rosebud and other points, will be in charge of Fred Garlow, who purchasod tho right to ex hibit them in Nebraska. Major Walker and several other residents of this city figured in tho battlo at Summit Springs, and the Major wrote n descriptive ac count of the battle to aid in tho proper settings of the pictures. Money to Loan on Real Estate, Private or out of our JState Building & Loan Association. Can be returned like rent. Money always on hand. No wait, if title is correct. Bratt & Goodman. Local and Personal State Auditor W. B. Howard arrived in the city yesterday from Lincoln to look after his ranch interests here. James Smallwood resigned his posi tion ns elevator conductor in the federal building Saturday and is succeeded by George Garrard. Dick Adamy traded his five passen ger Studebaker car Saturday on n new Bulck roadster and loft this morning for Denver in his new car. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ilerrod, of Columbus, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon to be present at the wedding of Miss Ancelinc Ilerrod nnd Michael McFadden. Mrs. Orra DeFord was taken to the P. & S. hospital Friday evening to be operated upon for appendicitis. The operation was reported successful and she is convalescing nicely. Earl Thompson, who has been in the city for the pnstyear, left this morning for Denver where he has n position with the state fish commission. Ho wilj work in the hatchery. Twenty-five county teachers took the reading circlo examination Saturday at County Superintendent Chappel'soffica. The examinations were given for the teachers who will try for county certif icates for next year and all who wish certificates are compelled to take them. A number of the friends of Joo Pizer came in upon him nt his home Friday evening for a surprise party. Twenty guests were present and a pleasant evening was enjoyed. Tho evening was spent with games and contests and nt a late hour refreshments were served. Sues To Recover Violin. The case of Nels Hansen vs. Boyd Houtcr and Bert Houser, father of Boyd, for the recovery of a violin was heard Friday afternoon nnd Saturdnv moraine before .Tih1p Grunt Thn nn. praised vnlue of the violin is $.". The judge took the case under advisement' and later rendered a eu!ic in favor of the defendunt. ' The plaintiff in tho cnie had five wit nesscs and the defendants had ten. Plaintifi" alleges that tne violin was stolen from him Inst Thanksgiving nnd that the defendants had had posession of it only since that time. He claims that the violin was about 200 years old and of great value. The defendants testified thnt they had trnded for the violin last summer and that it had been in their posession since that time. They also claim that after it was in their posession the plaintiff examined it and played on it and then, stated that it was not his, but later claimed it. For Sale Baby , P. N. Schlesinger returned yesterday to his home in this oity after a visit of four weeks in New York City and other eastern points. A case of scarlot fever wn reported yesterday by Dr. Twinem at tho home of Mr. nnd Mrs, Win. Home residing south of the'eity. One of the children is down with the disease. For Rent Five room flat over Huff man's cigarstore. Inquire at store. 25-2 The Elks baseball team were out on the diampnd Sunday for n short prac ticc in preparation for the high school game this afternoon nhd for the game with the Grand Island Elks next month. They showed up in fine form and will dovtflop into a strong team as soon as they get to working together. The game this evening promises to be ono of interest und all lovers of the national pastime are urged to be present. Wanted Competent girl for general house work. Inquire 412 Wost Fourth. The cases of Win. W. Graves vs Joseph McNcol was up for hearing yes terday morning in the county cou? nnd wont to judgment by default, the' defendant failing to appear for trial. The. case was n suit for $81, with inter est at 7 pr cent from April 1, 1013. Plafnllff alleged thnt that sum was due him for money he loaned to de fendant with which to buy the neces sities of life. Tennis rackets, balls and nets nt Rincker Book & Drug Co., Blue Front. Tho evangelistic meetings nt the Methodist church began Sunday even ing with a good sized audience and an enthusiastic mcct'ng was held. The choir loft has been rc-nrranged so thnt it will accommodate n large number of singers and all the singers in the city are Invited to help in tho music. Tho singing will be n feature of these meetings. A nice chorus was up Sun day evening. Dr. F. L. Wharton of Lincoln, who will conduct 'the meetings nrrived in tho city yesterday afternoon nnd preached Inst evening to a nice audience. Tho Sunday evening service was conducted by Rev. B. A. Cram, pastor of tho church. The meetings will continuo for three weeks. carriage. Inquire Phone blk 1&7. 20-4 1121North Locust W. C. Shepperdson left Sunday even ing for Lake City, la., reporting that he was going on a fishing trip. Gossip has it, however, that he is going on another mission and thnt he will return in the course of a few days with some thing other than fish or the yarns about tho big one that he almost caught. Mr. Shepperdson is car in spector in the local Union Pacific yard. The new Christian church at Suther- land Is now Hearing completion and the dedication service will be held on Sun day, May 9th. H. G. Knowles. pastor of the Christian churce in this city, has the church as a Sunday afternoon Elks Play High School Today The high school baseball aggregation has been making good progress under the management of Coach A. W. Shilling and the boys are now getting in shape to play good ball. The first game will be plnyed this afternoon nt 4:15 with the Elks team and the boys hnve been practicing hard for this game. Friday nfternoon the high school tenm will play the Cozad high school team here. The high school boys are doing their best to give the people of North Platte good games and the support of all who are interested in the American pastime is desired. The high school lineup is as follows: Clabaugh, catcher; Husband, Cross and Vernon, pitchers; Huffman and White, 1st basemen; Cool, shortstop; Captain Miller, 3rd baseman; Overman, rt field; Louden, centerfield; G. Jones, left field. The probable lineup for the Elks team is as follows: Cochran, catcher; Jones, pitcher; Evans, 1st base; Gibbs, 2nd base;' Bujlard,- shortstop; Keefe, 3rd base; Culton, left field; Rincker, center field; Brodbeck, right field. Bank Gets But One Cow. The case of the McDonald state bank vs. Mrs. p. E. Waggner et. al.,was up for hearing Saturday afternoon in the county court. The case was a replevin suit to recover some cattle that were taken up by tho bank on a mortgage. Tho evidence brought out the fact The Mutual Building & Loan As sociation has plenty ot money on hand to close loans promptly and are in the market for desirable City Loans. By doing business with this home associa tion, borrowers can save $300.00 or more in the payment of each $1000.00 borrowed over competing Building & Loan Associtions. charge. He announces that they are I tnat ftlrs- waggner had mortgaged six holding services in the church and only ' cntUo with McDonald bank, three of the finishing is yet to be done. Thelher 0vVn ani1 three tnat she purchased building is nbouta $3,500 property. , from a neighbor. Five of the cattle v- ci' c...i u: ,,,,, died and she was not able to redeem her 1UI UUIC OUVYJIJK IIJIIWUUIU CIUJIUOL new, very cheap. Sue Mrs. Thompson 200 West 6th street tr1;M F. W. AVeeks arrived in the city'Fr'r- day evening from the eastern' port of the state for the purpose of investiga ting the oil find that was recently re ported in the Tryon vicinity. Mr. Weeks is in the employ of a big oil compnny thnt operntes in Wyomhjg nnd in tho ve stern coast states and has bfen in the eastern part of the state investigating a natural gas find. He left Saturday for Tryon to look ovpr the oil proposition and reports that he can soon tell if it is a Raying, proposi tion or not. " f note and the bank foreclosed. The sheriff went to get the cattle and took the one living cow and a -red cow that belonged to Joe Waggner, son of Mrs. Waggner. This cow had not been mortgaged and the court decided that it should be' returned to Mr. Waggner and that the bank would receive the one cow of Mrs. Waggner's that dfd not die. See Dixon's Add. Company Q Defeats High School, Company Q and the high school base ball team met Sunday afternoon at the ball park and played a game resulting in a score of 10 to 8 in fnvor of the Company Q boys." The game was fast at tho start but nt the finish the high school boys let up nnd allowed their opponents to run in scores almost . at will. At tho beginning of the seventh inning the high school boys led the score by two points, the score standing 7 to 5. The Company Q boys "tied the score in the seventh inning and ran in nino scoros in the last two innings to the high school boys' one. In the last Inning the Company Q men crossed tne home plnte six times. A nice crovfd was in nttondanco at the game and all were disappointed at the outcome. Tho high school boys wanted to quit at the end of tho seventh, but Captain Lang ford insisted on finishing the game with tho result that tho high school men lost interest. The batteries were Cross and Ritner for the high school and Langford nnd McWilliams for the Company Q men. Canvas and Rope For Sale. I am authorized to receive bids for 7,000Jlbs. of canvas and rope for the Trustee of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This canvas and rope was form erly used as tents, etc., for this show and will be sold by the trustee to the highest bidder. The material would be a good investment for hay makers. It is now in the barn on the Cody ranch, three miles northwest of the city, where parties interested may examine it. All bids should be submitted to the under signed not later than May 1st. Wm. E. Shuman. Dan Abbott has resigned his position in the bowling alley and left this morning for Denver where he expects to locate. For Rent. 320 acre farm six mile3 southwest from North llatte, 80 acres under cul tivation and balance in pasture, all un der fence, known ns the D. J. O'Brien farm, cash rent only. Inquire of Mrs. D. J. O'Brien, administratrix, 015 W. Third St., North Platte, Neb. Stability, Efficiency and Service lliivv tivoi tho J'ltotovs in tho growth of tho First National Bank, ZJgZ -or- TiOllTlI 1L,ATV12, IVJ3JJJvSw. CAPITAL AXD SUJllL.USt One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars. mwMmmmm imT2&is&'5i$immwBtfm sgj 1 rerxinftissEaeCTjfl Associated Red River Early Ohio Potatoes m Per Bushel while they last. J.fLAfl. Kf mi .a. mnnnr s .sn awvp. ft I HtV Evcryhouscwifcspcntlsbyfarthcmostof her time in the yffifl II B kitchen, and least ofher time in the parlor, yet, it's sur- jM PI I IjL prising, how many have a G500.00 piano 111 the parlor 4ffljlMIH 'I I BIMPW ani a cncaP worn-out cook stove in the Litclicn. if Mfm I w SCdfflKDIlE' Now, 5l your kitchen a pleasant placo for you, or doeo SfljHIJ lt WmMllJl I a BmlllHllilllilill Inft that old, wom-outranno or novo plvo you na much jwPlntf'ilk' Imlri 1 "I I"sl3 lilbv trouble M cvorT If so. why note, iiln i alt thla AA IjjnMjMMm 1 I H hSIIII I tnE RANGC WITH A REPCTATIOH wiwjll UJjjlffl B I Two Big Cars of Furniture and Rugs just received and we invile you to come in and look our stock over. You will find it the most complete line ever shown. Remember we furnish the home complete from the cellar to the front door. We invite catalogue com petition, also accept script on any Grocer in the city at full value. A I Furniture cfcfea2l Bring all kinds of MACHINE WORK To the best equipped machine shop west of Omaha. Agents for FORD and STUDEBAKER CARS. Hendy StOgier Auto-Co., Corner Dewey and Fourth Streets. ySAtMf - i-T" j 1 A New Floor For a Dollar l m-o.ited floors absorb and hold , stain of all kinds. Cleaning them means hours of scrubbing hard work that may be avoided by using IcmMALifY FLOOR PAINT (GRANITK) coating of Acme Quality Floor Paint (Granite) givog )uu a new floor' that is smooth, hard, easily kept olefin and free front stains and dirt. A quart will cover 75 square feet, two coats, at a cost of les than a cent per square foot. Made so you can easily apply it yourself. Call and secure sample card of colors and copy of our free book on "Home Decorating." DUKE & DEATS, Agent. , 'f. 1 " 1 r !-,' ? WA3 &&5, v