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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1908)
J VOL. LI1 XO. 35 NEMAHA. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 1908 Dr. Bourne fits glasses. So. Auburn Chas Hunt's baby is quite sick, Old papers for sale at this office. A very little snow fell Sunday night. Marion Seid's baby is on the sick list. Miss Helen Hoover is sick with the grip. There are numerous cases of grip now. Mrs. John Watson has been quite sick for several days. J. H. Seid's broken arm is fast healing and he is able to use it a little. Nemaha is having the worst seige of grip we have had for years. Are you still keeping those good resolutions you formed New Years? Jimmie O'Hara went to Kansas Monday to visit his sister for a few days. Lewis Lewis, living near Stella, gave us a pleasant call Tuesday arnoon. Mrs. J. L. Curttright went to Syracuse Wednesday to visit her son Walter. Mrs. Sherman Merritt went to Brownville Tuesday, returning the next day. Wm. W. Seid says he believes he will move to Texas. It is get ting too cold here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Withee of Stella attended the funeral of A. R. Young Monday. Mrs. J. W. Sapp went to Brownville Tuesday afternoon, returning Thursday. Otto Barker was taken sick with the rip Tuesday night, and has a touch of pneumonia. I want to hire a man by the month. Jno. S. Stull, Auburn, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherwood went to Verdon Monday night, returning Wednesday morning. Rev. J. W. Sapp began pro tracted meetings at the Christian church at Shubert Monday night. Frank Rider presented Rural Carrier Barker with some spare ribs and tenderloin a few days ago. James A. Stephenson is getting ready to move to Nemaha. He expects to move in two or three weeks. The Bank of Nemaha has been giving out some very handsome calendars to the customers recently. Dr. W. W. Frazier went to Auburn early Wednesday morn ing to assist Dr. Lutgen in a sur gical operation. Brownie spring skates are easy on your feet and cost no more than the common kind. ' E. & B. Lbr. Co. I need money and must have it. Those indebted to me will please call and settle their ac counts at once. W. H. Barker. The ice men are beginning to worry a little about their harvest of that crop. We believe Uncle Billy Rossell has the heaviest cat in town. lie weighs fourteen pounds. Mrs. W. H. Barker went to Shubert Wednesday evening to help take care of her sister, Mrs. Keithley. The ice men are beginning to look more cheerful since the cold snap came, and the coal dealers are smiling. A patent medicine man was in town Tuesday, extolling the mer its of the various preparations he was selling. Mrs, Mary J. Hoover, who has been visiting in Nemaha for a couple of weeks, returned to Au burn Monday. Jefferson II. Broady, jr., of Lincoln, came to Nemaha Wed nesday afternoon, returning the next morning. Jas. A. Stephenson called in Tuesday and paid his subscrip tion to this family necessity until January 1, 1909. Miss Myrtle Duntan of Peru, was the guest of Miss Maude Burns from Friday evening until Monday morning. Rev. G. W. Ayers is holding protracted meetings at Howe this week. It is uncertain how long they will continue. M. H. Taylor of Shubert stopped in Nemaha between trains Tuesday afternoon. He had been to Auburn. Thos. O'Hara returned from Perkins county, Nebr., the latter part of last week. He was well pleased with the counfry. Dont forget that the Methodist ladies aid society would like to get all your old papers. Save them and let the ladies know. It was Miss Ethel Mavwell who was elected assistant organist of the Methodist Sunday school, and not'Miss Ruth, as we had it last week. N. B. Catlin of Peru called in Thursday forenoon and ordered The Advertiser sent to his daugh ter, Miss Iva Catlin, at Milford, Nebr. Miss Daisy and Todd Clark came in from their Glen Rock home last Saturday and visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark over Sunday. Fred and John Smith came in from Bracken this morning and took the early train for Lincoln, where John is attending business college. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hodkin came in from Auburn Saturday, returning Monday. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crother. Miss Hazel Parker, who has been helping in The Advertiser office for the past ten days, was taken sick with the grip Wednes day evening. Msss Elizabeth Murr came down from Brownville Wednes day evening to stay with her friend Miss Helen Hoover, who is sick with the grip. Only five degrees above zero Thursday morning by the ther mometer at the depot -the cold est morning wo have had this winler. Mrs. Ray Anderson has been very sick for seveal days. She was threatened with pneumonia and is now suffering from a biil ious attack. A. C. G. Shockey of Kinkaid, Kansas, who has beeu visiting his sister, Mrs. C. P. Barker, went to Hastings Tuesday to visit an uncle. Both of the Nemaha ministers are away from home holding pro tracted meetings. Rev. G. W. Ayers is at Howe and Rev. J. W. Sapp is at Shubert. Miss Muriel Barker, who has been at St. Joe having her eyes treated, returned home Tuesday morning. She expects to return in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harms of Wymore were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. August Quiller Friday and Saturday. Mr. Harms is a nephew of Mr. Quiller. The Methodist church got new song books last week Songs of Faith and Hope. Copies can be bought for 15 cents each by ap plying at the parsonage. Mrs. M. A. Lundy of Shubert came up to Nemaha Tuesday morning and visited Mrs. W. H. Barker until the 10:14 train was due, going on to Auburn. The Christian ladies aid society will have an all-day session at the park hotel next Thursday. The editor being an honorary member will be present at noon. Dr. W. W. Frazier was the first voter in Nemaha to wear a LaFollette button. His wife is a second cousin of the senator and prospective presidential candi date. E. H. Laukemper and Arthur Stevens of St. Deroin started for the Blackbird Indian agency Wednesday to look at the country with a view of investing in some land. Mrs. Lizzie Keeling was grant ed a divorce from Wm. F. Keel ing last Friday, in' the district court at Auburn. She was granted the custody of the chil dren. Dr. Frazier started out in the countrv Monday to see a natient 4 ana was slopped tnrec times to see other patients before he got out of town. He is kept pretty busy. C. A. Curtis is making arrange ments to move to Nemaha from the farm west of Stella where he has been living. He has already brought over several loads of stuff. Some of the men of Nemaha express a hope that their wives will not learn how easy it is to get a divorce. They fear if they do they will be left as grass wid owers. Frank Withee of Stella called in Monday and denied that he, was dead even if The Advertiser had so stated. We told him we would take his word for it, with out any more proof. It was his brother George who died. ! OUR JANUARY I I CLEARANCE SALE J As usual at this time of year, we offer the balance of our Fall and Winter Stock at Big Reduction prices, i - - We make these concessions siock in as snore a time as Iu most c ases prioes are LESS Our customers have learned to take advantage of 5 Li e i rcc : m uieae tjpetmi viicnua. iiu A 1 1 t v is an unusual cnancc iu secure me uikkcsl kiuu ui uar- a- gams. JNO. W. RITCHET Both Phones No. 20 John M. Clark came down from Glen Rock precinct Tuesday forenoon, and that evening shipped two car loads of fat cat tle to St. Joe, going through with them. Dr. W. W. Keeling has been quite sick with the grip but is getting some better. Marshall Webb looked after the business during the doctor's absence from the store. Last week we said that a Mrs. Robinson of Peru had bought the old Fuller farm. We were so in formed but have since found that this was a mistake, as Marshall Pryor has bought it. Postmaster Titus went on rural route No. 2 Tuesday with Carrier Knapp. They took dinner at John C. Boyd's and have been bragging ever since about what a good dinner they had. The Christian ladies aid society recently donated a sack of flour, some-meat and some milk to Mrs. Barbara Adams, an old lady who is in destitute circumstances. That is practical Christianity. STOVES! On account of the mild fall J of I on hand, so wo will make If you need u stove now or you to got one right now. Remember, Winter One One One Two One One One Two 18-inch Ideal Loader base 10- inch Illinois heater 18-inch Pri.o Oak heater M-iuch Prize Oak heaters IsVgnch Hardy Gak heater 13-inch Rival Oak heater 13-inch Boss Oak heater - 11- inch Boss Oak heater Wo also have a few ranges and sell at sumo liberal discounts, those stoves. They wont last long Edwards & BradfordLbr.Co . m j, so as to close out surplus possmie. reduced to THAN COST i u u u: units niuuiu uc iubi as iiu m I t. I I M NEMAHA, NEB C. P. Shiveley is rejoicing over the arrival' of a big girl. He doesn't think there is anything unlucky in 13, as the baby was born on the 13th of this month and weighs thirteen and one-half pounds. Mrs. Lee Pond of Shubert came' up on the early morning train and stopped over until the 10:14 train left, visiting with Mrs. W. H. Barker. She was on her way to Hemingford, Nebr., which will be her future home. i Mrs. Lizzie Keeling and Ruth, Esther and Jewell went to Hast ings, Nebr., Tuesday, where j they will make their home. Lit tle Walter will remain with his 'grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. W. 1 T nilivir 4Vn mirViilrk E. H. Knapp, carrier on rural route -No. 2, has recently been presented with a chunk of beef by Lee Parriott, sausage, spare ribs and back bone by Mrs. A. i M. Lewis and Walter Weddle, spareribs by Jake Handley, and spare ribs and back bone by John C. Boyd. so far we have too many sto prices on them to sell them vesl in the near future it will pay is Just Commencing burn or, was 814.00, nor 37.00 was 2.uu, now L'.uu - was 21.00, now 10.00 were 17,00, now 13.00 was 12.50, now 10.00 was 8. HO, now 0.50 was 7. SO, now 0.00 were 0.75, now 5.00 cook stovesTwhich we will Don't fail to got one of at these prices.