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Local and Personal
Invitations are out for a 1:00 o'clock
luncheon to be given Saturday after
noon by Mrs. Ray Cummings.
John-E. Evarls, J. P. Schmalzried
and J. S. Hoagland attended the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment
held at Gaand Island this week.
The domestic science department of
the Twentieth Century club will be
entertained Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. R. F. Cottrell. 510 East
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'Mrs. J, E. Sebastian 'and litte child
left the first of the week for Chappell,
having been called there by the illness
of Mrs. Sebastian's mother, Mrs. Ham
ming. Mrs! L. W. Walker returned this
morning from Missippi where she has
been visiting for the past several
months. Mr. Walker met her in Omaha
and aceompaniedher home.
The new time schedule for the main
line will go into effect Sunday. There
are few changes's" far as is known, but
mail train No. 10 will arrive three hours
earlier according to reports.
Major and Mrs. L. Walker and daugh
ter, Miss May, left thiB morning for
Omaha where they will visit for a short
time and take" in the plays. .From there
they will go to Excelsior Springs, Mo.,
where they will spend several weeks
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The case of Sarelda J. Hill vs. Mil
tor U. North and Charles A. McCord
was dismissed Wednesday in the dis
trict court as it had been settled out of
court. The case was for equity and
quiet of title.
Mr. Hay thorn and son returned yes
terday to Ognlalla after spending two
days in the city during the Elks con
vention. The Haythorn boys entered
in the riding contests nt the country
club grounds Tuesday afternoon.
Any ladies suit in our stock $15.00
this week, this means suits worth up to
$45.00. Wilcox Department Store.
R. A. Myers, president of the Corbin
Lumber company of Fort Steele, Wyo.,
and Mr. Hunter, general manager of
the company, were visiting friends in
this city the first of the week. Thoy
stopped over here onrouto to their homes
from a visit in Omaha. They are mak
ing the" trip by automobile.
Big values in hats at bargain prices on
sale Saturday, May 16th. The Hat
fhop.
M. H. Douglas received a telegram
Wednesday informing him of the death
of "Hi" Andrews at Omaha. Mr.
Andrews was one of the pioneer engi
neers on the First district, and had
been retired several months ago. Ho
fell unconscious on the Omaha streets
and passed away while being conveyed
to the hospital.
I have two good lots on east Tenth
street for sale. Peter McGovern, 511
Locust street, phone red 2G0.
F. L. Mooney, cashier of the First
National bank, was operated upon last
Sunday at the local hospital for a
tumor that recently appeared on tho
backlof his neck. He, was able to
return to work Monday but
Vita natslr ic atill ufifT nnH anrn. I
The tumor began ,to come 'only a
short time ago and had grown to about
the size of a walnut. It had begun to
make his neck stiff and would havo un
doubtably grown to an-enormous size.
I am organizing a kindergarden class
for this summer and anyone wishing
to enroll children may call me at the
Jefferson school or phone Blk 232.
Gertrude Hanks 32-2
The t'Who-so-ever" class of the
Presbyterian Sunday school" gave a
pleasant surprise party in honor of
Miss Thompson at the home of her
sister, Mrs. J. C. Christie Tuesday
evening. The young ladies and their
teacher, Mrs. M. E. Crosby, gathered
for a farewell surprise for Miss Thomp
son wnp is to leave snoruy lor ner
home in Canada. The evening was de
lightfully spent with games and other
diversions and a nice luncheon was
served?4 " !," l - v - ' !
Another big half price sale Saturday,
May 16th, at The Hat Shop.
David Russel was thrown from a
horse Tuesday afternoon at the country
club grounds and had his shoulder dis
located. He was riding around on a
ho'rse and the horse he was riding ran
into another horse with such force that
Mf. Russell was unseated. Both horses
were going at a rapid rate of speed.
Russel grabbed for the saddle but was
so far overbalanced that he could not
catch himself a'nd as he fell he struck
a tree. Dr. Redfleld attempted to at
tend him at the grounds, but was un
able to do so there as he did not have
the necessary facilities The doctor
brought him to the hospital where his
injuries were attended and he wub able
to return for the remainder of the entertainment.
Ladies' Outfitting
Talk of Building
New Church Edifice
The men's brotherhoood of tho
Lutheran church met Monday evening
for thoir regular meeting and took in
four new mombers. At this meeting
the need of a new chuich building Was
taken up and it was unnnimusly voted by
the men present that a new building
was noodod and each man pledged him
selt to assist in the raising of n tund
for this work. Tho time of building
will not bo decided until a fund has been
raised that is in the estimation of tho
men sufficient to justify the under
taking. Tho men accepted n challenge to a
basoball game from tho Episcopal
brotherhood and arrangements are be
ing made for tho game. . They plan to
play it at tho next meeting, which will
bo at the homo of Georgo Scharman in
tho country. A stirring speech on
brotherhood work was givon by Albert
Haspol and an enthusiastic meeting
was held.
Enlarges Capacity of Plant.
Edmund Dickey, proprietor of tho
tho Dickey Sanitary LaundrVi has re
cently added considerable new ma
chinery to his plant hero that will
greatly add to the capacity of the
plant as well as improve on tho al
ready sanitary conditions. He has put a
washer and a new dollar moulder that
is the most up-to-date on tho market.
The collar moulder is of a kind that
will do much nicor work than tho old
kind and will not wear out tho collars
as all the work is dono by pressure.
rather than Dy friction. Two collars
are put on tho machine at a time and
they are pressed up into the moulder
where they aro made into shape to fit
the neck and tho moulder also leaves
space for the tie to slip. The heat is
is fvrnished by steam running through
tho mould and the automatic device
which works tho machinery does the
work fast as well as thoroughly.
Mrs . Rearden Passes Away.
Mrs. Frank Rearden. a former resi
dent of North Platte, died at her home
in St. Louis May 9th, at the age of
seventy-one years. Mrs. Rearden came
to North Platte with her husband in
November, 1874, and remained hero
five years, Mr. Rearden filling 'the po
sition ot general foreman of the U. P;
shons. In 1879 they moved to Omaha
where Mr. Rearden was general
foremanship of the Omaha shops, and
afterwards he was transferred to
Idaho as master mechanic of the Idaho
division. He remalhed in Idaho four
years and was then tranferred to North
Platte, remaining here two and on
half years. From here they moved to
Texas, thence to Little Rock, and later
to St. Louis, where they had made
their home for a number of years.
Mrs. Rearden was a splendid woman,
and is well remembered by many of
our older residents, who extend sym
pathy to Mr. Rearden, the son and the
daughter.
Mr. Glass of Casper, Wyo., arrived
in the city Monday to meet Mr. Weeks
who has been out in the Tryon yicinity
investigating the oil find. Both men
are working, in the interests of a wes
tern company and they soon hope to be
able to announce the strength of tho
oil vein in that vicinity. A representa
tiv nf th Standard oil comnany was
on' there last week gathering data for
a report of the oil conditions,
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Wilcox Department Store
Local and Personal
R S. Chappelle. of Sutherlaud, was
in tho city Wednesday transacting
business. Mrs. Harry
visiting this
Johnson of this city
week with friends
Omaha.
F. G. Hoxio returned yesterday
to his home in Ogalalla after a visit in
tho city for a few days with his family.
Cedar moss can be had by phoning
Mrs. Thersa Holderman, black 368.
Father Patrick McDaid left the firt
of the week for Omaha to attend tho
celebration of the Knights of Columbus.
Union Pacific Detectives Combs and
Wiedman arrested five Greeks Wednes
day afternoon on tho charge of petit
larceny from the Union Pacific com
pany. The complaint alleges that the
men aro in the habit of appropriating
tho property of the company to their
own use. They wero lodged in the
county jail to await trail.
Tho Hershey city baseball team de
feated the Brule aggregation the first
of the week by a score of 10 to 0 in a
frame on tho Harshev t?round9. Hcrshev
is getting a good team togethcrand ex
pect to piny some fast ball this summer.
McCain and McConnell were batVonea
for Hershey and McCain had twenty
two strikeouts to his credit.
Graduation books for graduation at
Rincker Book & Drug Co. 31-4
Rov. Wm. S. Banks, rector of tho
Episcopal church at Holdrege, stopped
in the city Tuesday for a visit with
Dean J. J. Bowkor of this city. Ho
was enrouto to tho Episcopal church
convocation at Alliance and a number
6f other delegates who were going With
him stopped bore to visit. Among them
wero Mrs. J. T. Hinklev at Farnum.
Mrs. Ed. Wells of Holdredge, and and
Mrs. Ella M. Earle of Arrapahoe.
For1 Rent One furnished room. In
quire 1121 North Locust. 33-4
The North"Platto School of Music
will give a faculty recital this evening
at the school on West Front street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kaar-L'nngton, con
tralto, and Miss Beryl Hahn and Miss
Elsa Ackerman will appear. Mrs.
Langston has been teaching in this
city for some time needs no Introduc
tion jjto many. Misses Hahn nnd Ack
man will present compositions for two
pianos.
Parcel Post Sale and Luncheon
The ladies of the Christian church
are planning on a splendid and profita
ble day Tuesday, May 19th. They have
sent out some 200 letters to friends out
of town asking to send by parcel post
some package which can be sold for
25 cents. These packnges will not bo
opened until sold.
The ladies have sunbonnets, aprons,
dust caps and other useful and fancy
articles, which will be sold at thnt
timp also. Sale, will begin nt 2:00 p.
m. and continue until 9:30.
Lunch will be served all afternoon.
Plan on coming and .purchasing some
of theBe articles.
has seen a soon dial ot Ilfo trom var
ous angles. , PoiliapB his most sqecos.
ful work has been In San Francisco
along the Barhnry Coast nnu In China
town, where his aggressive innn-tc
man nttitudo has earn 3d for him tin
name of "Tho Fighting Parson."
Mr. Wedge will give his lecture "Tho
Passing of Barbary Coast" in the
Christian church on Thurday, May 21st,
1914.
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One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
Charities and Corrections Conference.
At the request of man.y who seem to.
be interested in municipal reforms and
tho bettering of conditions in this part
of tho state, some of whom say we
have no right to go down to Omaha and
be present at tho many good meetings
and come home and not tell the people,
about it.
I will only give a general outline, and
not enter into detail, ns the work is so
comprehensive that space would riot be
given us to tell it all.
Such questions as the co-ordination of
public and private agencies for tho pre
vention of dependency, the home a
social center, the sacredness of the
home, mistakes by placing responsibili
ties on conditions and environments en
tirely and not individuals themselves,
two girls ot good family, samo train
nig, same parents, one goes up and tho
other goes down, and the care of crim
inals and prison requirements wero
thoroughly discussed. Prisons should be
out in tho country, with plenty of
chances for the prisioners to work,
with pay as an encouragement, the
prisoners being allowed to accumulate
a bank account. This plan promotes
self respect and helps the prisioner,
should he have a wifo or family, toJdiB
chargo'the obligations to them as well
as cutting expenses to the state. Also
one of the great needs is classificiation
of offenders; n separation of those who
wish to reform from those who no not
and are only waiting for their freedom
to go back to their oiu lite, in connec
tion with this murderers were spoken
of by those having experience with tho
care of criminals as being among the
very best cIbbs of prisoners, tho crime
for which this class aro sent up nearly
always being committed under grout
stress of passion, when thoy hud lost
complete control of themselves, their
sufferings ore keen, and their repen
tance sincere.
Classifications in piisons foi delin
quent women wa3 especially urged by
Dr. Katherino Davis of Jew York City.
Such subjects ns Hydrotherapy, tho
new water treatment for the insane,
the drug habit and insanity, reasons
given for belief thnt there would be an
increase of "dope" when prohibition
comes, what Nebraska is doing for the
the unfortunate girls. Some of tho pro
posed remedies were along the lino of
Eugenics, a resolution was framed to
this effect, which caused some discus
sion, tjio chief criticism of the move
ment us a wholo seemed to bo that it
lacks spiritual nim nnd the purely mat
erial direction given to it.
The production of physicial fitness as
an end in itself is the prevalent idea
underlying it, so this resolution was
remanded for change, several "whore
as's" stricken cut and finally allowed to
pass.
Tho need of libraries in stato institu
tions was shown to bo vory urgent.
Also the use of tho school house as a
social center, and the use of the school
grounds for play grounds for children,
also the advantage of tho city owning
nnd running tho picture shows.
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On the afternoon of tho last day of
the Conference the officers and tho
delegates wero invited guests of the
State Deaf and Dumb Institute, whero
the new system (Chronotics) of teaching
the denf and dumb was taken up three
years ago. A cldss of small children
nine and ten years of age camo up on
the plntform; they had boen in tho
Bchool since Inst September and Octo
ber. I with I could make you hear and
see thoso dear bright children as wo
saw and heard them. Each child at tho
instant their teacher came forward,
and although they wero completely deaf
and dumb, as a result of their instruc
tions by the sound method wero able to
address that vast auditorium full of
people and every word thoy said was
heard and Understood by ovory-ono, of
those present. Mnny wero moved to
tears on witnessing the marvolous re
sults of this method of teaching, and
ip their hearts praised God for the
good that was being accomplished hero
in the state institution for the deaf and
dumb. , ,
After this wo wero invited to tho
basement where nico refreshments
were served, then taken through tho
different buildings, viewed tho splen
didly equipped kitchen, dining room,
dormitories and halls. This was tho
closing of the Sixteenth Annual Session
Nebraska Conference of Charities' and
Correction.
Mrs. A. L. Donegnn.
High School Exercises.
The commencement exercises of the
high school will be held on the evening
of Friday, May 29th at thu Keith
theatre. Tho speaker for the occas
sion has not yet been announced. At
that time thirty young people will re
ceive diplomas.
The Senior Class Day will be hold on
the evening of Friday, May 22nd, and
tho piny, "A Scrap of Paper," will bo
given in tho evening at the theatre
i our orations win do given anu imgsj
Marian Cross is valedictorian. The
other orations will be tho president's,
address, the class prophecy and the class,
will. The baccalaureate services will
be held Sunday morning, May 24th, in
the Baptist church and Rov. J. L.
Barton pastor of that church will give,
the address.
Conditions are favorable for a record
year in the Singer sowing mnchino
business. The Sincer bus a nlnce of
honor in many homes in this locality.
Wi) win send to your home for im
mediate use, your choico in styla for
50 cents per week payments. M. Per
kins, Phono red408, 1009 West 4th St.,
North Platte, collector and Singer
agent. 30tf
The pnpils of tho Platte Valley school
will givo an entertainment next Mon
duy, for which n program consisting of
songs, recitations and dialocues has
been prepared. The teachers of this
school aro Misses Catherine and Elsio
Johnson. Thq program was received to
Into for publication.
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