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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1908)
r VOL. Lll SO. 48 NEMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908 Dr. Bourne fits glasses. So. Auburn Criley, photographer, Auburn. A nice new lot of furniture at E. B. Lbr. Co. C. H. Kindig returned from South Dakota Monday. DJd you get your potatoes planted on Good Friday? Homer Stokes of Howe was a Nemaha visitor Tuesday. Rufus Rowen had a fat hog die from the heat Sunday. The rain last Friday gave the farmers a little resting spell. Phone us any items of news and receive our hearty thanks. J. W. Ritchey went to St. Joe Wednesday to buy new goods. Evening services at both churches now begin at 8 o'clock. For sale Cheap A span of work mares. Inquire at this of fice. ' Walter L. Pryor paid his sub scription to June 1, 1909, last Friday. It didn't rain on Easter, but we had good rains the two days previous. W. H. Lemon of St. Deroin called in Tuesday and renewed his subscription. The Christian church is having a cement walk laid on the north side of their lot. Mrs. C. V. Glenn went to Ta ble Rock last Friday on. a week's visit with relatives. Cyrus G. Minick went to De Witt, Nebr., Monday, to visit his brother, C. T. Minick. W. F. Keeling and Walter went to Omaha Monday morning, re turning the next evening. Don't fail to get our prices on furniture before buying. We can save you money. E. B. Lbr. Co. Ben T. Skeen shipped a car load of cattle to Kansas City Monday, going through with them. Mrs. Frank Titus is assisting her husband in the postoffice dur ing the absence of Miss Nora Aynes. Our Harness are made of good leather, first rate workmanship, and the price is right, too. E. B. Lbr. Co. Wm. W. Seid has been suffer ing with sciatic rheumatism for the past week, but is now consid erably better. Received a car of pure Michi gan salt in barrels, or 25, 50, or 100 pound sacks. Also some nice ump rock salt. E. & B. Lbr. Co. Mrs. J. H. Linn and daughter, Miss Leta, of Lincoln, came in Monday afternoon going on to Shubert in the evening. Miss Charlotte and Master Levi Lippold of Blue Springs, Nebr., came to Nemaha Tuesday to visit their aunt, Mrs. L. D. Rogers. Mrs. Elmer Pugh, Mrs. Wm. Paul and Mrs. Newt Holtzman drove over from Stella Wednes day, visited wfth Mrs. M. W. Knapp, and bought seven hats of Mrs. Theo. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rowen spent Sunday with Wm. Mead and family, near Howe. E. B. Lbr. Co. have a fine line of harness on display. Don't fail to see them, if in need of harness this spring. Mrs. Bunn of Brock visited her daughter, Miss Nettie Bunn, from Saturday afternoon until Monday forenoon. J. B. Parriott went to Peru Wednesday afternoon the first time he has been to his old home since last October. The official canvas gave the prohibitionists in Auburn a ma jority of 24 instead of 14, as the first reports had it. Mrs. G. Lilly returned to Au burn last Saturday, after a few days' visit at the home of her son-in-law, Ed Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Lowe started for Colorado Springs, Colorado, Monday. They expect to be gone three or four weeks. The postmaster had a holiday Wednesday (Arbor Day), but the poor rural carriers had to make their rounds just the same. John I. Dressier and G. N. Titus, petit jurors in the federal court now being held at Lincoln, went to that city Monday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawxby went to Nebraska City Friday afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morris. They returned Sunday. Miss Maud Miller of Brown ville returned home Monday morning after a few days' visit with her friend Mrs. Elmer E. Rumbaugh. Ned Crother finished the ce ment walk north of the park Tuesday forenoon and in the af ternoon commenced on one for the Christian church. Charley Thomas, now living on a farm just inside Nemaha coun ty, north of Shubert, was a Ne maha visitor Saturday, and gave this office a social call. Mrs. Jas. A. Stephenson and Robert went to Lincoln Saturday morning to visit their son and brother, John. They returned home Monday evening. Mrs. John B. Seid came in from Auburn last Saturday and visited her sons, Wm. W. and J. H. Seid, and her nephew, W. E. Seid, re turning home Wednesday. Last Saturday was another busy day for our merchants. In the afternoon the stores were crowded. The farmers know where to come for bargains. Melvin Colerick, son of Benj.I. Colerick, has been seriously af flicted with boils for a number of weeks. Part of the time it is difficult for him to get around. Mr. and Mrs. John r. Rm and daughter, Mrs. Blake, of As- pinwaii precinct, were Nemaha visitors Thursday. Mr. rc,! paid a year in advance for The Advertiser. There was COmnlainf: In of Qnf urday and the Saturday before of a lack of hitchino- nnofa village dads and the business men should see that more are provided. Temperance Lectures Mrs. Anna R. Simmons, na tional organizer and lecturer for the W. C. T. U., will" deliver a temperance lecture at the Meth odist church next Monday and Tuesday nights. Mrs. L. R. Parriott, who has been suffering from rheumatism for some time, is visiting her parents at Peru. Her health is much oetter than it has been for some time. Mrs. Merritt and daughter, Miss Victoria, came down from Brownville Saturday and visited their son and brother, Sherman Merritt,t and family until Mon day morning. Mrs. Rufus Rowen had lettuce for dinner Wednesday, grown in her garden. That speaks well for Nebraska lettuce big enough to eat the third day after Easter, grown out doors. Frank C. Alley, the Howe druggist, was in Nemaha Friday to see about renting a store build ing and moving over here, but has made no arrangements to that effect as yet. Knapp's new dray horse did some ..tall kicking Saturday and since then they have been work ing him in hobbles. The con trivance doesn't look very pretty but it does the work all right. Mrs. Rose Gilbert had a very sore hand for several days, caused by a cut from a catfish fin. She was skinning the fish when the cord holding it broke, resulting in Mrs. Gilbert getting her hand wounded. Through the efforts of Homer Stokes, deputy, a lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America was organized at Howe Saturday night, with twenty members. Joe Wright was elected venerable consul and Chas. Bohl clerk. A number of young folks went down on the banks of the Nema ha river, just above the Bennett bridge, last Sunday, and had a delightful Easter outing. They took a lunch of eggs and pie and eggs and cake and eggs and salt and eggs and pepper and eggs and then more eggs and enjoyed the lunch as well as other fea tures of the outing. fc!)ff3f)f)f4 TO BE GIVEN One $ To the person purchasing the largest amount of goads for cash 5 at our store at Nemaha, Nebr.. between March 28 and April 25, lyuo. oaie closes April 20, at o p. m. Also FREE GTJES3X1TG CONTEST on the number of kernels of popcorn in a quart jar. Every body from 12 years of age and older is permitted to make one guess free of charge. Each one makiner a sruesswill he remnrpd j to register their name and guess. The following prizes will be given: One Fancy Nickel One Good Enamel une wnite Jinamel Meat nutter, tor the This Contest closes at 4 o'clock p. m. April 25. Free giftson exhibition in our window. Come early and Edwards Bradford & We Would S s To have every one in this country try our Coffee and Tea. You will find that you cannot get the same qualities anywhere at the prices we sell them for, We make a specialty along these lines. Bring Us Your. and Poultry. JNO. W. RITCHEY Both Phones No. 20 NEMAHA, NEB Wm. F. Keeling expects to start tomorrow for Alaska, hav ing accepted a lucrative position with a placer mining company. He expects to be gone six months and perhaps a year. We hope he will return loaded down with gold. A dime social will be held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Sapp tonight. For that reason prayer meeting at the Christian church will commence at 7:30 p. m. Everybody is invited to both the prayer meeting and the so cial. Mrs. Earle Gilbert gave her Sunday school class a reception at her home Wednesday evening. An interesting part of the even ing's entertainment was the reading of sketches of characters mentioned in the lessons of the preceding three months, without the name being mentioned, each member of the class having been given one person to write about, this being done several days pre viously. Then each one tried to guess the person so described. Misses Grace Jarvis and Mabel Hoover were tied for first place in this guessing contest, and were bons. each given a box of bon- Fine Oak Rocker plate Coffee Pot for 4 qt. Berlin Kettel, for 2nd nearest guess m & Like i i ! ! t i Butter, Eggs Last week Mr. and Mrs. H. Denny presented their daughter, Miss Florence, with a fine ma hogany finish Merrifield piano, as a birthday present. It was purchased of! S. H. Avey & Co. of Auburn. Naturally Miss Flor ence is very proud of her nice present. Uncle Henry Clark is the champion in this section on corn and potatoes. He reported on Wednesday that he had a field of corn' that the corn could be seen from one end of the row to the other. He also has potatoes that are up and have been hoed over once. Uncle Henrv alwavs ravs w . x in advance for The Advertiser and therefore we will vouch for his truth and veracity. Clyde Hill of Shubert, who has been doing the mechanical work in The Advertiser office for the past two months, went home Friday evening and will not re turn unless summoned to help ont in an emergency, as the edi tor is feeling well enough to do the work again. Clyde is a good printer, steady as an old. clock, and to be depended upon in any and all circumstances. We can recommend him to any one want ing a good printer. AWAY the nearest omasa 6d nearest n-imss. try to get one of these prizes Lbr. Co. 4j ' 5