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Beal Estate and all classes of loans
made promptly at lowest rates,
with optional payments.
THE NORTHWESTERN
k Few Market Quotations.
Corn, per bu. 45 @ .50
Wheat, per bu.. .72 @ .75
Oats, per bu... .34 .36
Rye, perbu.55 @ .60
Butter, per lb.18 @ .20
Eggs, per doz. .20
Hens, per lb.. .07
Spring chickens, per lb. .07
I&oael Daws.
For Stoves and Ranges see Draper
Bros.
Florence Depew is listed among
the sick.
For Hardware and Harness see
Draper Bros.
3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dray
man. Get him.
Just received a new stock of saddles
at Draper Bros.’
Frank Taylor was up from St. Paul
Tuesday evening.
Loans on Real Estate, call on
John W. Long.
Phone A. T. Conger, 3 on 62, £ hen
in need of a drayman.
D. S'. Draper has been on the sick
list the past few days.
White Rose Gasoline 25 cents per
gallon at Draper Bro6.’
Home grown Alfalfa Seed for sale.
See Geo. Leatherman. 42tf
Only 92 per month will secure you
a reliable Singer machine.
August Reiman is on the sick list
and is reported quite ill.
If you want to buy or sell real
estate, call on John W. Long.
Big cloak sale at Conhiser’s store,
next week Saturday, Nov. 16th.
If you want a load of well-rotted
manure, see J. W. Conger’s dray.
The good looking county dads con
vened in regular session on Tuesday.
Don’t you wan’t a first-class sewing
machine? If so, phone H. E. Price,
4 on 53.
Mrs. G. S. Leipinger will entertain
the ladies of the Entre Nous club
this afternoon.
John W. Long is prepared to
make ail Reed Estate Loans on
short notice at lowest rates.
John W. Long left Tuesday morn
ing on his intended trip to Arkansas
to look up some matters of business.
Word has been received here bf the
birth of a baby boy to Rev. and Mrs.
W. I. Cowell in their Oregon home,
at a late date.
John Mathewson has moved to
Lincoln to engage in the feed mill
business. We wish him success in
his new venture, *7/
The Industrials Society of the Pres
byterian church iqeete next week
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
with Mrs. W. P. Baird.
At the Presbyterian church next
Sunday the pastor will preach at 10:30
a. m. and 7:30 p.~m. The evening
topic is, “The Man Who Dared.”
Special music as usual and a hearty
welcome to all.
Mrs. Hilsabeck, who for some time
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. C.
C. Outhouse, was called to Kansas
last week by the dangerous Illness of
her husband’s father, who was very
aged and his life despaired of.
The Woman’s Home and Foreign
Missionary Society was organized by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. L. C.
McEwen president, Mrs. C. H. Leln
inger vice-president, and Mrs. J. W.
Burleigh secretary and treasurer.
They will hold regular meeting at the
manse on the third Tuesday after
noon of each month.
Our readers will be interested in
the result of the foot ball game last
Saturday, between Bellevue and
Doane colleges, which decided tie
Championship among the smaller
colleges of the state, in the fact that
Bellevue won byt- a score of 28 too.
Bellevue has won every game played
>.< this season. Brown, half-back, was
' w the 4nan who more than any other
Jjjfor Bellevue, with our
I a okwe second.
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House for rent. See R. H. Mathew.
Star Brand shoes are better. The
Loup City Mercantile Co. handles
them.
Revival meetings are being held at
the Valley Center school house in
Clay township.
Get your hard and soft coal now,
before prices advance, at the Leinin
ger Lumber Co.
Dan Tinsman moved to town on
Monday and. occupies the Jas. W.
Conger cottage.
J. W. Conger’s dray makes all morn
] ing trains. Call that dray for your
! trunks and valises.
j A 19-year-old son of F. G. Casteel, a
j few miles up the valley is a victim of
i the prevailing fever.
Don’t forget the big cloak sale at
| Conhiser’s store to be held next
i Saturday, Nov. 16th.
Mrs. Harry Udy and children re
| turned home Tnesday from their
visit to Wichita, Kas.
Henning Claussen lost two head of
; cattle from the corn stalk disease
l within the past few days.
; Once tried a Star Brand shoe you
• will use no other. The Loup City
| Mercantile Co. handles them.
Supervisor Neilson and wife of
J Rockville attended the play at the
! opera house Tuesday evening.
Trade your old machine for a
Singer, the finest made. H. E. Price
will give you a good trade.
Miss Lela Chase was home from the
university over last Sunday, return
ing to school Tuesday morning.
Rev. McEwen entertained his Sun
day school class on Tuesday evening.
A good attendance and a good time
is reported.
If you are thinking of getting any
thing in the Furniture line for Xmas
you can do well by taking it over
with Christensen & Ferdinandt Fur
i niture Co.
The ladies of the Industrial Society
of the Presbyterian church will give
a supper in the parlors of the church,
next Friday, November 22nd, com
mencing at 5 o’clock. Everybody in
vited.
Taken up as an estray, Nov. 5th, at
my farm 11 miles south of Loup City,
and 7 miles north of Ravenna, one
sorrel white-faced mare pony, brand
j ed “31” on left hip. Owner csn have
same by paying or keejf and adver
I tising. W. H. Akers, Ravenna, Neb.
A few lines from a subscriber, in
Rockville tells of the Royal Neigh
bors of that village being invited to
Dr. Dickinson’s home the 2nd instant
bo enjoy a royal supper in honor of
the advent of Miss May Bone into
the Royal Neighbor camp. A fine
time reported.
There will be a lecture at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock by Rev. D. W. Rein
hart, of Richmond, Va., under the
auspices of the Anti-Saloon League
and W. C. T. U. The subject will be.
“As It Is in the South.” Good music
and all cordially welcomed.
Miss Bess Crews, one of our charm
ing lady teachers, returned last.
Thursday evening from her home at
Culbertson, and resumed her duties
In out city schools. Miss Crews was
the populist candidate for county
superintendent of Hitchcock county
aid only lacked some five votes of
winning out in that republican c« un
ty, which speaks volumes for her
popularity. We are glad she didn’
win ont, even if we are sorry she
didn’t win out. See? ' ,
“My Boy, Jack” company which
played at the opera house Tuesday
night was the most capable company
tiiat has appeared here for a long
time, if not the best ever here. Mr.
Eugene Moores, the star attraction,
was ably supported, the company
being so good that you might be
correct in saying all were stars in
their profession. The “dope fiend”
character was especially well sus
tained by Mr. Benj. B. Rife, while
the work of Miss Grace Hale as
“Marguerite Otto” was as nearly
fault.less as one could ask. Joseph
Wilson as. Adrian Karje,"the lover,
j and A. B. Israel as the . villainous
’Hunting, divided honors with the
teal, in fact, there were no “sticks’*
on title stage.
Sugar, 18 lbs., for $1,00
Salt, by barrel, 1.68
Corn Starch,per pkg. .05
Broken Rice, 5 lbs. .25
Best Jap. Rice, 3 lbs .25
Salmon, - - - .10
8 bars Laundry Soap .25
Coal Oil, per gallon, .15
Gasoline, per gallon, .25
Ego-O-See, 3 pkgs. .25
Dr.Price’sFood3for .25
We pay 20c for Butter
and 18c for Eggs.
We want your chickens
Loup City
Mercantile Co.
Landlord Lundy is improving nicely.
Harry Miner is reported on the sick
list.
Slush ice has caused the Loup City
Flour Mills to shut down for a few
days.
Theo. Ojendyk and Will Dunker
were up from Ashton on business
yesterday.
Mrs. C. M. Snyder left this morn
ing for a month’s visit with friends
and relatives at Topeka, Kas.
Mrs. Win. Kelly of Pierce, this
state, arrived Monday on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. C. E. Lundy, of the
St. Elmo. «.
Inspector Dutton is here looking
over the new proposed rural routes
north and south of town and to in
spect the route west of the city.
A baby boy was born last week to
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schweitzer of
; Shelton, this state. Mrs. Schweitzer
was formerly Miss Rosa Rowe, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rowe. Mrs.
Rowe is atSheltonwith her daughter.
J. L. Downs and family left Mon
day morning for their new home at
Broken Bow. In order to keep a
knowledge of Loup City affairs, they
ordered the Northwestern to follow
them. Again we wish them much
success.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward VerValin left
this morning for Omaha, where Mrs.
VerValin will take treatment at the
St. Joseph hospital. Mr. VerValin
expects to return in a day or two,
but Mrs. VerValin will remain for
some time.
Mr. W. N. Henry of Cedar county,
Iowa, made a fiying visit to Loup
Ciiy last Saturday, to visit his broth
er. F. M. Henry, for a few hours.
The brothers had not met before in
eleven years. Mr. Henry’s visit was
shortened from the fact that he went
to North Loup by mistake, instead
of Loup City, and had to drive over
from there.
L. W. Callen was down from Wash
ington township last Saturday and
from the exhuberance of his expres
sion we knew something of great
moment had occurred to him. and
found that on Sunday, Oct. 3rd, a
handsome little bnndle of feminine
sweetness had reached his home.
From his expansive smile, we accused
him of the fact, which brought out
the knowledge as above.
The Presbyterian church last Sun
day evening had another one of their
antiphonal song services, which caused
so much favorable comment that it is
very likely to be one of the frequent
features of the church services here
after. The sermons both morning
and evening by the pastor ^ere of
especial interest and many were the
congratulations Rev. McEwen re
ceived from his hearers on those
occasions.
Married, Tuesday evening, Nov. 12,
1907, at the residence of the bride’s
father, Richard Baker, in this city,
Judge J. A. Angler officiating, Mr.
Orson W. Walker and Miss Maude E.
Baker. M r. Walker is a son of H. M.
Walker of this city.. They left yester
day morning for a short honeymoon
trip, and we understand will return
and settle in Sherman county. The
Northwestern wishes for them a
world of happiness and success
Rev. D. W. Reinhart of Richmond,
Ya., preached at the Baptist church
last Sunday to a highly pleased con
gregation. He will preach again for
our Baptist friends next Sunday. It
is expected he will receive a call to
this congregation, although as yet the
church has not officially done so.
Pastor Reinhart comes west more
particularly for the benefit of Mrs.
Reinhart, who is not in the best of
health. They are stopping lor the
present at the home of J. A. Angler.
The editor and family are enjoying
a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Dodds of Northern California, the
Mt. Shasta country. They arrived
from the east Monday evening on
their way home and will visit us as
long as we can persuade them to stay.
This is Mr. Dodds’ first visit east of
the Rocky Mountains, having been
born in New Zealand and going to
California when quite young and
the refort being a thorough Cali
fornian bred to the bone, so to speak.
Mr. Dodds is an enthusiast on the
Golden Gate state and thinks be
coaid not be induced to remain in
the east. Mrs. Dodds and the editor’s
wife art sister*. • "
First snow of the season here last
Sunday morning—just a few flakes.
Mrs. H. B. Musser entertained the
ladies of the P. E. O. society at the
apartments of her daughter in this
city Tuesday afternoon.
The Northwestern now has the
New York Clipper ,on file. Lovers of
the dramatic art may see the same
each week at this office.
We understand Miss Belle Kalka
of this city and Mr. Tom Skibinski
of Farweil will be married at the
Catholic church next Monday.
A number of young people from'
Loup City attended a dance in the
new barn of Youngquist Bros., seven
miles north, last Thursday evening.
•A little angel of the petticoat per
suasion was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Zink, south of town, Monday
night, just at the hour of midnight.
Elmer Babcock was up from Clay
township last Saturday. Elmer came
near losing his baby a fortnight since
from a serious illness, but the little
one is all right again.
It is announced that Tom Skibinski
is to be married next Sunday to a
young lady known as “the queen of
; Loup City.”—Farweil Department,
Paul Phonograph Press.
Our Germania Vereln friends will
give a grand masquerade ball at the
opera house on Thanksgiving night.
If you miss it, you miss it, and it
will prove one of the biggest events
of the season.
Henry Reed in south Loup City
township has been erecting some ex
tensive chicken houses. You can’t
treat the feathered production too
well nowadays with the price of eggs
soaring upwards.
Last week, Albert Johnson sold his
property in northeast Loup City to
G. C. Bowman. This necessitated
the removal of Newt. Vance there
from and he is now at home in one
of the O’Bryan cottages.
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Rome, Nov. 13.—Signor Alfani, di
1 rector of the Florence observalory,
| .states that the sun spots, which he
calaulated are 12 times the size of the
! earth, and which will reach the solar
• meridian about the middle of Novem
' '>er, are likely to lead to violent mag
i netic disturbances resulting in storms,
floods, volcanic eruptions and earth
quakes. The warning has attracted
attention from the fact that former
predictions by Signor Alfani have
been realized.
Rockville Items.
H. F. Tangerman made a flying
trip to Grand Island last Saturday.
There will be a basket social at the
Rockville school house in the near fu
ture.
A baby boy arrived at the home of
John Szafrajda, north of town, on
Nov. 9th.
Mrs. Dugan of Shelton is visiting
with her brother-in-law, Thos. Dugan,
and family.
Our old friend, Jens Bisgaard, Sun
dayed in Rockville. He is at present
building a house near Hazard.
A basket social was given at the
Souleville schoolhouse on the evening
of Nov. 8th. Everybody reports a
good time.
A championship game of whist was
played the other night by L. Hansen
and S. Olsen against T. R. Lay and
E. Dwehus.
Mrs. E. Dwehus and daughters,
Myrtle and Alice, visited a few days
with her parents at Nysted, in How
ard county, last week.
J. A. Woten, traveling agent for. the
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co.,
is visiting for a few days with his
brother, Geo. W. Woten.
A pleasant surprise party was given
at the home of L. Hansen last Satur
day night, the occasion being the an
niversary of Mrs. Hansen’s birthday.
Supervisors Wyman and Bacon were
in town last Monday and in company
with our supervisor, Mr. C. Neilson,
went across the river to inspect some
road work.
[Too late for last week.]
To the late defeated candidates,
cheer up.
L. Hansen was playing sick last
Thursday.
A baby girl arrived at the home of
J. A. Walberg, Nov. 1st.
Somebody stole Tom La., ’s potatoes
last week, while he was away cam
paigning.
A <H pound boy arrived at the home
of Jesse Paige, six miles north of
Rockville, on Nov. 5th.
One of the populist war-horses cele
brated the victory of election by
getting gloriously drunk.
We have heard, it whispered that
wedding bells will soon ring in Rock
ville. How about it, Ed?
Have you overheard about a thresh
ing machine hospital. Banker G. W.
Woten has a full-fledged one.
John, son of Peter Hehnke, former
ly of Rockville, arrived here for a visit
With his uncle, John Hehnke, west of
town.
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Herman, son of Claus Janssen, died
Thursday, Oct. 31st, of kidney and
heart disease. He was buried last
Sunday at the Souleville cemetery.
Hallowe’en night was celebrated
here in the same old way. The girls
soaped every body’8 windows and the
boys and grown men raised hades in
general.
C. G. Sorensen ;And T. R. Lay are
the owners of a pnir of bloodhounds
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of which anybody might be proud. |
Mr. Sorensen, in whose care they are,
has been training them ever since
they were pups. The writer doubted
the ability of the dogs, but changed
his mind after a trial. Pat and
Carrie are a howling success, as any
of the neighbors can prove.
To Tom Lay and other defeated
candidates:
What is the use oi repining,
When the election is gone by;
Every cloud has a silver lining,
And the votes were probably too high.
For friendship you must make
allowance,
When it comes to election day;
We were looking for the real thing,
sir
And being disappointed, voted the
other way.
Clear Creek.
Corn husking is progressing finely.
Will Coley made a business trip to
Stanton.
Kershner Bros, are hauling lumber
for a new barn. '
Mrs. Allen returned from her Iowa
visit, bringing her mother with her.
Mr. Reed and family returned from
Butler county, where they had been
on a visit.
School Notes.
Iva Henry decided to discontinue
her school work last week.
Herman Ohlsen, a “Senior,” was
absent from school Monday.
Florence Depew is absent from
school on account of sickness.
A new teachers’ desk has been
placed in the High School class room.
Elia Walker, a pupil of the eighth
grade, is visiting at Grand Island this
week.
Mrs. John Leininger, Mrs. Mellor,
Miss Zimmerman and Rev. Hawk
were visitors of our school last week.
There were one hundred and fifty
nine pupils of our school who were
neither absent nor tardy during the
second month of school.
Otto Rettenmayer, the eleventh
grade pupil from Arcadia, who has
been attending school in this city the
past two months, went to Michigan
last week, where he will continue his
studies.
Miss Crews returned home from
her two weeks’ vacation last Thurs
day evening, and resumed her teach
ing Friday morning. Mrs. Vander
hoof, her efficient substitute, returned
to Culbertson Saturday morning.
The following named pupils have
entered school since our last writing:
Sylvia Peterson, Edwin Anderson
and Emma Fowler in Mr. Young’s
room; Mary Houdersheldt in Miss
Conger’s room; Eugenia Hansel, Cora
Herschlag, Minnie Peterson and
Yelva Fowler in Miss Naumann's
room.
Many of the desks had so many
chips taken from the old block that
the Board decided to improve the
looks of the High School room, and
placed new desks in their stead, and
as Prof. Dale wanted to be very kind
to the “Seniors” he gave them the
benefit of the new desks, but by so
doing he had to move them to the
other side of the room, and now
when dismissed, age comes before
beauty.
A Gold Ring Free.
To every baby brought into our
store on and after Satuiday, Nov. 16,
we will present with a gold ring free.
Mothers come in and bring the babies.
W. M. Smelser,
Rockville, Neb.
Public Sale.
I will offer at public auction at my
farm (recently sold) on north half of
SeC. 24, Twp. 15, Range 14, being; one
mil? south and five miles east of
Loup City, one-half mile west and
one and one-half miles east of Schaupp,
one-half mile north and four miles
west of Ashton, on Thursday, Nov.
21, 1907, commencing promptly at 10
o'clock a. m., the following personal
property, to-wit: 4 head of horses,
68 head of cattle, 100 head of shoats,
200 well-bred Plymouth Rock chick
ens, farm machinery, household goods
Free lunch at noon.
Terms of Sale:—All sums of $10and
under cash; all sums over $10, a credit
of ten months will be given by pur
chaser giving a bankable note draw
ing 10 per cent interest from date of
sale. G.'W. Marvel, Owner.
Jacob Albers, W. F. Mason,
Auctioneer. Clerk.
Two Dollars After Dee. 1, 1907
The Omaha Daily News wishes to
announce to our readers that, owing
to the increased price of labor, print
ing material, paper, ink, etc., they
will raise the price of The News
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after December 1,1907, or $2.50 for |
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They will accept $1.50 for a year’s,
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from new or old readers all during the
month of November, 1907.
If you are taking The News you
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When You Want to
Buy a Large Rug
Don’t Forget We Have a Nice
Carpet Room
In the rear of Jefford’s Jewelry Store and
we are selling Rugs at
Prices That Are Right
We carry a good stock of Linoleum to se
lect from. Call and see us before you
make your purchase. See, those
nobby Baskets just arrived.
Christensan & Ferdinandt
Furniture Company.
Christensen & Ferdinandt,
Undertakers and Embalmers
Loup City, Nebraska,
LUMBER
Posts, Shingles, Lime and Cement
Hard and Soft Coal Always on Hand.
\gents for Sherwin-Williams Prepared Pain's
High Grade Organ
Manufactured by the
At Factory Prices
Delivered in yonr town.
You pay $5 Cash
apd $1 Pef Week
50 Per Cent Off on Retail Prices
Ask for Catalogue and Prices of tbe Factory Distributors,
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Tbe Big Piano and Organ House.
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