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Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXI. . LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2. 1904 NUMBER 29
Professional Cards
AARON WALL
Lawyer
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
ROBT. P. S FARR
Attorney-at-Law.
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA.
•It. H. JflEAD
Bonded Abstracter
Loup City, - Nebraska.
Ouly set of Abstract books in county
J. H. LONG
Office Opposite St. Elmo
TELEPHONE CONNECTION
S. A. ALLEN.
DEJVTUST.
LOUP CITY, - • NEB.
OFFICE.—One door east of St. Elmo
Hotel. Mv equippment Is modern and
my prices will be as low as can be ex
pected for "ood work. I would be pleased
to have you call. Open evenings.
In a dental operation the main consider
ation is the resnlt. The pain is greatly
modified by modern equippment.
Dr: a. R- NORTON,
Veterinary Surgeon and
, HORSE DENTIST.
OES'ICE.—At my new residence second
door east ot opera house.
LOUP CITY. : . . NEBRASKA.
ffesiey McComss, H F Hobart
McCOMBS % HOBART
Livery 1 Feed Stable
Loup City, Nebraska,
Our teams are all good drivers
and we are able to give you the best
ot turnouts. Our prices are reason
able and we can give satisfaction to
all who wisn our services.
TOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED
INSURE YOUR
PROPERTY
I am handling first-class in
surance. and can give you the
best of security against
FIRE, LIGHTNING,
WIND STORMS
and TORNADOES
in the
St. Paul Fire Marine,
Continental, Springfield,
or National Ins. Co. ’s
Will also insure against HAIL in
tlie St. Paul Fire Marine. Losses
paid in full. Office with T. S. Night
ingale, Loup City, Neb.
F. E. Brewer
CO^GEP’S
City Dray anfl Transfer line
J. W. & A. T. Conger, Props.
AH kinds of hauling will be given prompt
attention and will make a specialty of
moving household good. Ioe delivered in
any part of town. Your patronage solicited.
LOOP CITY, - . . NEBRASKA.
philo Spydef
Contractor nd Builder
Estimates Furmsbed
On Short Notice
Loup City, Nebraska.
PHOTOGRAPHER,
LOUP CITY, NEB.
Photographs, Farm views. Stock pictures
etc. Finest instrument west of the Missouri
river. All work stricly guaranteed.
THIS YEAR’S TAXES
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the fanners, merchants, manufacturers
and railroads are being assessed this
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of the state conventions, and an all
round live newspaper. One month's
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.1. W. BURLEIGH. F.il. and Pub.
Decoration Day.
Another Memorial Day has comt
and ,gone. In Loup City nothing
was left undone that should have
been done in honor of the occasion.
The program as announced was
carried through without a break or
flaw in its perfect management.
About ten o’clock in thelorenoon
the school children to the number
of perhaps oue hundred and fifty
were formed in marching order on
our principal streets and then taken
in carnages to our beautiful ceme
tery, wh«re they strewed sweet flow
ers over the graves of our departed
roes. It was a beautiful and re
freshing sight to see the rising
generation, from the sweet little tot
| of infant years to the boys and girls
just budding into maohood and
womsnhood called to perform sue..
precious tasks. The ceremonies at
the cemetery were simple and im
pressive, with patriotic songs, the
decoration of graves and guard sal
utes in honoi of the heroes.
In the afternoon the opera house
was tilled to do honor to the day.
Short patriotic addresses were given
by Judges Wall and Nightingale,
whose eloquent words found lodge
ment in most appreciative heaits,
not one of whom perhaps listened to
their noble patriotic utterances with
out memories coming to them of
graves of loved ones lying in the
far off sunny southland, unknown
and unhonored in many instances,
while in others being covered with
flowers by stranger hands. Cruel,
cruel past. God grant that the ris
ing generation may never have to
suffer the heart sorrow of those
whose heritage it was to lose their
loved ones in the fearful days ot the
misty past and whose memory we
are now called upon to mourn.
COMMENTS ON THE DAY.
C. J. Tracy, as marshal ot the day
brought order in everything, and proved
just the man for the place.
Most commendatory were the re
marks of our people over the proficiency
in drill and maneuverings of our Na
tional Guard.
Judge K J. Nightingale's address
was most interesting and instructive
and delivered in his usual persuasive
and earnest manner that carried his
audience with him.
Loup City people showed their pat
riotic spirit by finely decorating their
stores and residences with hunting and
a profusion of the folds of Old Glory.
The decorations could not have been
bettered.
It was a beautiful tribute Judge Wall
paid to the patriotism of Jaoan.and the
unpatriotic education of Chinese come
in for a healthy scoring in his Memo
rial address, while the lesson American
youth could take from his contrast of
the two countries in patriotism was
mqst edifying and instructive
Only the constitutional modesty of
the writer prevents his returning thanks
to Senator Wall and Judge Nightingale
for their perspicacity in ascertaining
an unknown quality of eloquence in the
gray matter controlling the mind of
one who shifted the burden of responsi
bility upon tbeir shoulders Decoration
Day.
One of the pleasant incidents of Sen
ator Wall’s address was of a sol
dier boy belonging to General Sher
man’s army. The story told how the
young soldier was selected to carry a
message from General Sherman to a
point through forests and across rivers
and past Confederate lines to a point
where the message would reach a sig
nal station and be sent from hill-top to
hill-top to encourage a besieged Union
fort. The cfimax was nearly reached
and the interest was intensified when
the senator proclaimed that that mes
sage contained those immortal words:
“Hold the fort, for I am coming,’’ and
the young soldier who carried that
messsage now stood in their pres
ence. an aged veteran, whose hair was
whitened and whose form was broken
in part through the hardships, perils
and privations of that great national
conflict. But the acme of all came when
he led forth the hero of his story m the
person of Comrade S. S. IJover apd pro
claimed; “This is the man.” Then 4
was that every patriotic heart present
responded to the hearty applause which
followed while Father Hover blushed
as prettily a young girl in the presence
of her first lover and hastily w ithdrew
behind the convenient wings.
Memorial Sunday.
Memorial Day exercises were
held at the opera house, last Sunday,
at 10:30 o'clock. The stage was
beautifnlly decorated with flags and
bunting. The pulpit was draped
with a flag sent from the Philip
pines by U. S. S. Apprentice Chas.
Gibson of the Wisconsin. At the
rear of the stage was placed a tine
specimen of the American eagle,
Along the front of the stage was a
profusion of beautiful potted plants
and flowers, composed of ferns, be
gonias, snowballs, geraniums, foli
ages, oxalix, fuschias, flowering
maples and love-in-a-tangle. The
hall was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity,the front seats being reserved
for the old veterans of the rebellion,
the boys of the Spanish-American
war, the National guard, and last,
but not least, the ladies of the Re
lief Corps. The exercises were
opened with prayer and reading of
the scriptures by Rev. Kennedy of
the Baptist church, followed by
choice music by a double quartet
taken from the Methodist and Bap
tist church choirs, the Mesdames
Angier, Mellor, Holcomb, and Miss j
Moon and the Messrs. Douglas,
Smith, Mellor and Zimmerman. The
Memorial sermon was then delivered
by the Rev. John Madely of the
Methodist church, and was the
grandest, most eloquent and loyal
tribute to American patriotism it
has ever been our good fotime to
hear.
It behooves the Republicans of
Nebraska to be on their guard.
The democrats aud populists, aided
by disaffected republicans here and
there, will bend all their efforts to
defeat Gov. Mickey's re-election and
to capture the coming legislature.
The fact that Gov. Mickey could
not be owned and controlled by a
certain rule or ruin element, brings
to the surface undoubted proof
that said element will join with the
opposition in attempting his defeat,
but they can win only through the
apathy-*, of the individual voter
throughout the state. Every Re
publican voter win* believes in a
good, clean, able, honest adminis
tration, such as Mickey has given,
and wants such an administration
continued and a certain class of
bosses given a back seat, should by
all means see to it that they and
every honest Republican voter is at
the polls on election day. This is
no day dream, but a cold hard tact.
Watch the maneuverings of the
opposition, and remember the warn
ing here given.
H. A. Babcock, deputy state
treasurer died at his home in Lincoln
last Sunday morning. lie was
elected state auditor in 1892, and
since that time he has served as
deputy auditor under Auditor Wes
ton and later went into the state
treasury department under Mr. Mor
tensen. Mr. Babcock is one of the
most widely known and respected
men in Nebraska and his death will
be mourned as 3 public rather than
a private loss.
Henry Lehr of Boone county has
been selected as chairman of the
Republican state committee. He is
said to be a good organizer and will
prove a good man for the place.
The headquarters of the committee
has been changed from Lincoln to
Omaha, which may prove to be a
mistake. We reserve comments
till later.
Senator M. S. Quay of Pennsyl
vania died last Saturday afternoon.
Senator Quay was one of the widest
known public men of the country,
and it will be a long time before bis
equal as a political organiser will be
foqnd.
A mass convention of democrats of
Sherman county was held at the law
office of II. M. Mathew, last Saturday,
pursuant to call published in this paper.
The convention was called to order at
3 o’clock and organized by electing A.
N. Conklin temporaly chairman and R.
L. Arthnr temporary secretary, the
temporary organization being after
wards made permanent. The conven
tion selected the following gentlemen
as delegate^ to the democratic state
convention, which was held at Omaha
yesterday: W. H. Hickman, M. C.
Mulick, B. K. Parkhurst, R. L. Arthur,
Louis Rein, J. B. O’Bryan and A. N.
Conklin The Kansas City platform
was endorsed by the convention, but
the delegation went to the state conven
tion uninstructed.
Extra quality gallon Peaches.. . .50e
Good Prunes, per pound.. . - 5c
7 Bars Silver Leaf Soap.25c*
Choice Salmon, per can.1()(*
Buy Loup City Flour, per sack. $1.30
, CHASE’S
DRAPER SADDLERY COMPANY
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LOUP CITY - . . NEBRASKA
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Also Pies and Cates for sale Sere.
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A. P. CULLEY, President. W. MASON, Cashier.
PIRST BANK
OF LOUP CITY.
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General Banking
BusinessT ransacted.
Paid up Capital Stock $20,000.
CORRESPONDENTS:
Seaboard National Bank, New York City, N. Y.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha, Ntbroskat
W. R. MELLOR
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.
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^DEALER IN*
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Get our prices on steel ranges,
cook stoves, heaters etc., before
you buy. We can save you mon
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ronage solicited.
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.
W .T. CHASE
—THE—
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