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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.
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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
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We Would
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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
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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
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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.
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