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THE NORTHWESTERN r»um m ikt Leo* CUT Poatoam for tnai ■AMMO lSr.«_*fc IS* BIO.is AA ABCOBd # Office Phone. - 6 on 21 Residence. - - 3 on 21 J. w. Bl'KI.EIGH. Ed. and Pab The B.iM announces it will not give any reduction in fares to the Mat Fair this year. The met merit of the t\ P. this year it raised to while last year it wasdw^n. an increase of t2,§42. This is on their personal property, lots. etc. outside of their right-of-way. Judge Wall has been made member of the eaerulive committee of the re publican state central committee for the sixth Congressional district. Word has been received from the promoters of tiie Dakota. Kansas A: Gulf, or that part of tiie Kearney & Beloit road, from the men in England behind it bo tiie effect that tiie road is practically financed and that work will commence on it in thirty days. E. II Morey, of Kearney, lias been employed by the business men of Minden to survey a new route from Kearney to Franklin which will in clude Minden in the surrey for tiie proposed Kearney Ac Beloit railroad. The Minden people are vigorously at vert to secure this road Funk.Bull Moose candidate for gov ernor of Illinois, to teach governor Deenan a lesson, is reported bo be a mulU-milUonaira Kinder f unny that all the big guns in tiie Bull Moose outfit are millionaires and trust magnates, unt it? And Teddy him seif. is not so terribly poverty strlck Mike Harrington wants a special f irm of the legislature convened U> thresh out the political muddle and ii a way so Tall may head the re publican ticket and Roosevelt head a ticket called 1'rogresslve' ticket so the niXrr can be clearly denned and voters act like men Mike is now a Bull Mauser and it can't be said that it's a Tait move. And why is it not a good idea " Roosevelt claims both oid parties are rot ton and boss ridden and no sell-respecting person can remain in either Tbeo why not form an en eatire new party and live up to their motto -Thou stiait not steal. " in stead at trying to gobble up the re publican organization- as they are at tempting to do in Nebraska, i llinols. Kansas and dozens of other states'? If Teddy’s party, whatever it may finally be christened, is not really a socialist breeder, theo socialists them seivts are badly fooled. It looks very much like an attempt to disrupt both the republican and democratic par ties *»»zi join with socialism in mak ing that impossible theory a winner at the polls. Kousevelt is proving a swift runner into tiie socialist fold. All seem* not serene in the demo cratic camp Report las it tiat Met Metcalfe and Brother Claries are coldly surveying each other, are faces behind each other's back and tiat Metcalfe may come out ae a Biui Moose candidate for govern or. ui order to give a black eye to Bryan and Brother Charley. An other report las it uat Metcalfe is slated for the editorship of a new Bull Moose newspaper Go«. Johnson of California. Teddy's running mate in the Bull Moose out fit. practically admitted at < imaha. the other day on his way home from Chicago, that the "gnu" party would not win but would put Taft in third place As a democratic helper, the Bull Moose will prove bis gratitude to republicanism for the number its*, honors leaped upon him and making of bits in the past tie greatest living honored American. He has proved eondusively tie most ungrateful. Charles 1» lil ies of the republican national committee has issued a statement claiming 34 states, with a total eiertortal vote of 3*4 for tbe repub.lean ticket, and conceding ten stains with an ekctorial vote of 114 to the democratic part; and listing four states with an electoriai vote of 34 as doubtful. Chairman Hilles con cedes no state to the progress! rc part;. Paste this statement in the crown of your hat for future reference. Eight years ago the republican na tional platform was good enough for ttoaeeveit to stand upon and step from into the presidential chair; four year> ago it was all right for Ids friend Taft to stand oa and on Tedd; s recom mendation elected president. This fall the platform is equal!; strong and ad mirable but because republicans were amt willing u> dump Taft and elevate a Bull Moose, the man who wrongly >maginm himself infailabie bolt* the tbe part; that made him: betra s bis friends into the hand* of tiie eoe m;, and attempt* to turn the country over to democracy. Voters are often mistaken in their calculations caused by their preju dices. Some of our good Bull Moose friends around here actually have so warped their judgement by their prej udices and by the rote given to Roose velt by Sherman count! and the state of Nebraska at the primaries, that they fail to look beyond the confines of the count? or state to view the situation. One swallow does not make a flock of birds, neither does a county nor one state give much of an idea of the result berond. Nebraska does not cut much of a figure in the electorial college with its few votes. Auto Turns Turtle Six Persons Hurt Last Saturday as Ed Knapp, a farrn : er near North Loup was going to or from that village, was traveling at a rapid pace in his auto, the machine 'truck a mudliole in the road, turned ’urtle dislocating Mr. Knapp's hip. j broke a shoulder blade for Mr. Knapp's mother, who was with hint in his auto and more or less injured j his wife and three children who were ,alsi. with them. When the auto turned turtle it pinioned Mr. Knapp : under it. The machine then got in ! t<> a blaze, when the good mother, notwithstanding her own injuries, sueeeded in hauling her son from his perilous position, or otherwise he must have burned to death. The above we give as reported to us. Mr. ; Knapp is a brother of our good friend | Lem Knapp of Logan township, and well know n to many of our citizens. | laving as we understood, formerly ' lived near Loup City. Harvest Festival Yesterday began the three days Harvest Festival in this city. Al day Monday and Tuesday carpenters and showman were busy putting up ne frame work of the stands, plat j forms, the high frame work for the ■ man who makes his "death defying" 1 bicycle ride and leap across air space. . and various tents of concessiouists and getting ready for the opening of i tiie Harvest Festival on Wednesday. | By morning of the first day. then, all : was in readiness to begin the carnival j of fun and merriment. As the morn ing passed and the noon hour came i on, crowds began arriving, the num bers being slowly augmented till to wards evening, even the first day proved most satisfactorilly that the Harvest Festival was slated for the biggest success of any three days riot of amusement ever given in this city. Last evening large crowds ■ paraded the principal streets and en gaged in sport and harmless fun in j cident to a season of this kind. The amusements, sport, concessions and in fact the Harvest Festival in all its appointments is confined to the two main blocks on Nebraska avenue and two blocks on west street, all travel ! by teams, autos and vehicles barred 1 from these sacred precincts, wires I being stretched across the streets on , the outside of the limits above men I tinned. Aa we set in our office pen j ning these lines, the speilers of the j various concessions may be heard . uttering their deep-throated tones 1 and pleading messages to the monied ! throngs to buy this and that, and | everywhere the boys and girls are ! working “Dad-’ for all he's worth. We go to press too early this (Thurs day) morning to give any fuurther talk along festival lines, save to an nounce that to day brings a big ex cursion train from Grand Island and intermediate points, leaving the Lland at 7:30 this morning, to arrive at 10 o'clock. A special train is ex oected today or tomorrow from Ra i venna while large crowds are expect tliese days from Ord, Sargent, Com stock. Arcadia. Litchfield, Hazard, ana in fact from all over the county and beyond the confines in other counties. THE CHAUTAUQUA The Chautauqua opened last Satur day afternoon in this city. The first day's crowds were about equal to those of the biggest days of any of Uie two preceding chautauquas held here, the seating capacity being much larger tlian before and well filled, be side a much larger number of chairs J beiDg brought to the tent for the comfort of tne mothers who attended with small children, and were given • antage ground near the stage. The Chautauqua local management was under the supervision of Mr. . Frank E. Dickison, and he did all in j his power to make the sessions pleas i ant to those in attendance. The ! junior part of the Chautauqua was in | charge of Miss Elizabeth Lawson, who at once gained the confidence and esteem of the little tots and kept them amused and interested each day. 1 Saturday's entertainments werei given by the Nashville Serenaders, a ! colored aggregation, which seemed to please the vast crowds with their ' negro melodies, readings and rag-time j songs, while in the evening the hour i of magic given by the negro magician caught the crowd as usual and was really very legerdemain, showing the white brother has little edge over th^ work of “seeing-you-don’t-see how it is done. Sunday was given over to music, afternoon and evening, by the Riner | sisters and Miss Lathrop. followed in ' the afternoon by a lecture on Abra ; liam Lincoln by Rev. J. Everett I ('athell, and in the evening by a short | sermon from Rev. Cathell and an j evening with Halwood Robert Man ; love, the Man of Manv Faces, a great j character delineator. The singing l and readings of the Rinersisters were especially good, while the lecture on j Abraham Lincoln, though occupying j some two hours’ time, was splendid and gained the closest attention from the vast audience present. Mr. Man love’s specialties were also well re ceived, and although we have had several character delineators here in the past few years, yet he was heart ilj received and made good with all present. Monday Chautauqua was a hummer. The Dunbar Singing Orchestra giving a prelude in the afternoon, followed by James G. Whiting with a lecture on “Graft and Grafters,” and the evening being given over to an even ing of mirth and amusement by the Dunbar Orchestra. The prelude given by the six ladies in the after noon gave only a taste of the treat in store for the evening. The lecture by Mr. Whiting proved him a prince of platform orators and one of the very best we have ever listened to. i While the subject of his lecture smacked very much of an aftermath to a former resident of this city who gave tiresome tirades along those lines, the oratory of the speaker, who really said something, in contra dis tinction to the former resident, and 1 his brilliant, ready and versatile wit and satire, made of the lecture one of the very best. The evening with the Dunbar Ladies’ Orchestra was the richest treat so far of the Chau tauqua season, and together with the excellent lecture, did much to relieve some of the medicore program of the j Chautauqua entertainments preced I ing. Tuesdav was the big day at the Chautauqua. On that day we had with us for music the Imperial Guards Band, composed of some nineteen sons of Sunny Italy, and they gave us some music you may be sure. Both afternoon and evening these swarthy giants in the musical world filled the air with sweet tones and made good in every respect, each number captur ing the most enthusiastic applause of the vast audiences present. In the afternoon. Rev. A. Reitzel. asplendily voiced, deep-toned, and most excel lent talker and thinker, gave the audience some splendid thoughts on the “Meas ure of a Man.” pronounced by all one of the best of the present season. In the evening. Father Cronin, a Cath olic priest, and a splendidly gifted man. held the interest of those present most tensely, while he gave utterance to some of the best thoughts uttered during the present Chautauqua. Father Cronin has a most pleasing personality, and evidently a great mind and heart, and his message went home to the souls of many as he urged for better and purer life and morals. Wednesday, the last day of the Chautauqua, was given over to what was called the Litchfield Trio, com posed of three women and one man, who gave a full concert in the after noon, followed t\y a prelude in the evening, the balance of the evening s entertainment being by Chancellor Geo. H Bradford of Oklahoma, who came recommended as one of the very best features of the Chautauqua season, who, according to letters, phone messages and wire from sur rounding towns to friends, would prove a lecturer the peer of any ever heard in our city. That the good words of distant friends was not dis counted. all who had the pleasure of hearing the chancellor were willing to vouch for. Those who missed his lecture missed one of the best things of their life. On Tuesday forenoon, a number of representatives of the business inter ests of the city met at Sweetland's store and after threshing out matters pro and con, agreed on having another Chautauqua for the coming year. On that evening, during an intermission of the band music, J. S. Pedler, dele gated by the attendants of the meet ing, took the center of the platform and in a few minutes secured sufficient pledges for next year’s Chautauqua. He did not mince matters, in speak ing of some of the mediocre numbers given on the initial days of the Chau tauqua, but we are in position to state that the management has given assurance that next year our people will have no occasion to find any fault with any single number, as we are promised that the wishes of the patrons will be consulted and their wishes respected in regard to the pro gram and talent selected. CHURCH ITEMS Swedish Christian church, ® unday, August 18, Sunday school 10:30 a. m.; sermon 11:15. Subject—“Heavenly Recognition. ” The Ladies Aid meets at the home of Mrs. C. O. Johnson the coming Thursday. All welcome. German Church, August 25th at Loup City; 10 a. m. Sunday school: 10:30 a. m., services. Austin people, reooember the serv ice at 3 p. m. next Sunday. Sabbath school at 2o’clock. Please be prompt. When have you been to church? Lately? Better come next Sunday. “God's Messengers to a Man’s Soul.” is the morning theme at the Presby terian church, and open air service on the church lawn at 8 p. m. Presbyterian church, next Sunday, 10:30 a. m.—“God’s Messengers to a Man’s Soul.” 7 p. m. Christian En eavor; 8 p. m., outdoor service on the church lawn, weather permitting. Preaching at Austin at 3 p. m. Regular services at the Methodist church next Sunday morning and night. Only two more Sundays until Annual Conference, which will be held at Scotts Bluff by Bishop Mc Dowell. All are cordially welcome. Swanson & Lofholm have received and had installed one of the finest marble soda fountain seen in this sec tion of the state. It is a very beauty. Mr. A. D. Hinman and daughter, Miss Edna, are here visiting their son and brother, Harry Hinman, and family, Miss Edna coming about a week since, while the senior Hinman arrived Tuesday evening. A SECT’S WORTH OF POWEP Some Things That Can be Done With a Pinch ot Electricity Probably few people have e\er stop ped to think what a power elec tricity is. If you have never thought the matter over it will b3 surprising as well as interesting to know what j can be done with one cent's worth of this marvelous power. On the average rate and discounts of the ordinary consumer, a cent's worth of electricty will operate a 12 inch fan for 90 minutes. Will operate a sewing machine mo tor for three hours. Will keep a six pound electric flat iron hot for fifteen minutes. Will make four cups of coffee in an electric coffee percolator. Will keep an eight inch disk stove hot for seven minutes, or long enough to cook a steak. Will bring to boil two quarts of wateror operate the baby milk warm er twice. Will make a Welsh rabbit in an elec tric chaffing dish. Will operate a 6-inch frying pan for 12 minutes. Will operate an electric griddle for eight minutes. Will run an electric broiler for six minutes. Will »un a massage machinerfo nearly four hours. Will keep the dentists electric ham mer and drill going for nintey minutes. Will run an electric pinola for one hour. >> ill vulcanize a patch of an auto mobile tire. Will heat an electric curling iron once a day for two weeks. Will pump 250 gallons of water 100 feet high. Will drive the electric clipper while shearing one horse. Mr. Vic Swanson returned last week from a visit to the markets of the wholesale cities and has already received a fine consignment of goods purchased on his trip. He will, this week only, have a special sale of dry goods of a lot of specials received. Don't fail to drop in the store. He has received his new line of fall dress goods, such as Corduroys, etc., which will be all the rage this coming season. J. L. Hagood lias sold his dray bus iness to C. L. McDonall. Our good friend, Henry Cappellan. was over from Litchfield yesterday for a few hours, greeting his host of friends here. Mrs. Jos. Wallace, of Rosendale. Mo., returned home Monday after a few days’ visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. A. Mcllvray, of Webster town ship. Miss Gracie Conger returned last Saturday from a two months' visit with friends in Aurora and Hamilton county. The W.C.T.U. of Wiggle Creek will have a Mothers’ Meeting at the church from 12 to 1 p. m. next Sun day, August 25. Sqpne special num bers are planned and a good audience is desired. All are invited, especially mothers with voung children. Ida M. Burwell, Pres. ANDREE KILLED BY ESKIMOS Norwegian Explorer Brings Back Story Indicating the Fate of the Pole-Seeker. Christian L;tden, a Norwegian ex plorer, has returned to this country •with what he believes to be the first evidence of the fate of Andree’s bal loon. Laden was commissioned by the Royal Museum of Berlin, the Uni versity of Berlin and the University of Christiania, to explore the unknown region of northwestern Canada and to obtain data about the Indian tribes in the .region, some of which have never before been vistted by “white men. At a point 200 miles north by west of the point at which It has been gen erally believed that Andree perished. Laden encountered a tribe of Eskimos, who related a story to the effect that several years ago a large bubble fell from the heavens, containing two cre atures supposed to be "devils,” and that these creatures were able to hurl forth fire and thunder from strange implements that tliey carried. The members of the tribe attacked the two creatures and succeeded in killing one of them with arrows, whereupon the other made motions to them signifying that he and his companion were shoot ing at birds for food and had come In peace. When the Eskimos realized that they had attacked human beings, who had no unfriendly motive, they fled in dismay, leaving the surviving white man alone. What became of him they do not know.—Scientific American. Wireless Works Better at Night. That the long electric waves util ised in aerial telegraphy over great distances travel better during the hours of darkness than of sunlight, and that the natural electric waves occasioned by atmospheric electric dischargee, known > as ' “strays" or “X's” to wireless operators, are de spatched more satisfactorily during the hours of the night than in the daytime la now a matter of common knowledge. Tests made in I^ondon during the solar eclipse on A pril 17 last indicate that the darkness of this eclipse had the normal effect of facilitating the propagation of thefie waves over great distances, but that there are portion* ef time during tho period of deepest darkness at the receiving station when propagation Is notably impeded. Whether or not tide last phenomenon is to be taken as a mere accident ban not yet bean ckmrty ansesrininedj-. WORLD'S TOUR ON HIS Tlra Manuel Alvarez, a Waldorf-Astoria Walter, Has Saved His Money for Travel. Walter No. 303 «rt the Hotel Astor, Manuel Alvarez, i.s.s saved his tips and is about to make a tour of the world on the proceeds of that saving. He will visit every country, he says, and take eight years to do it. “Life is nothing without knowledge,” i§ his motto. Alvarez mentioned the trip to guests at dinner recently. “Why are you taking this trip?” he w as asked. “What for?” Alvarez replied. “Why, I want to see how these other fellows live. I want to see the Trans-Siberian railway. I want to see how they mine diamonds in Africa and what the Ger man emperor looks like. I want to see the Japanese and Chinese, and how they live ar.d what they eat, and the Turks I must see—such a funny peo ple. I am a Spaniard. Besides Span ish, I speak French and English. That is enough to take me anywhere. Span ish and English are spoken in most parts of the world and French is the international language. But when 1 get to Germany I am going to stop awhile and les.rn German well.” “Won't all that cost a lot?” ven tured a listener. “What’s the matter with you?” Al varez demanded. “I have been a wait er bere, and I got money. If tny money ever gets low. why I can stop awhile and work and get more to go on with. Put I got plenty, don't you fear.”— j New York World. — HE HAS NOTHING DELIVERED " - ■ Solicitor Gersra! Lehman Thinks Americans Are Too Keen for Con venience for Their Good. Frederick W. Lehmann, solicitor general of the United States, was : walking briskly toward his home one i evening with four or five cumbersome packages tucked under each arm. A > breeze struck him. and as one large package served as an impromptu sail, it was all Lehmann eon’i do to make headway. A fnlr.d met him as ho was tacking desperately against the wind “Why don't you have the staff delivered?” asked the friend, noticing that the bundles contained ike name of a store that keeps a squadron of auto delivery , vans. “Because I never have things deliv i ered,” reniied Lehmann. “That's one ; trouble with the people of this coun try. They're too keen for convenience. | A young woman .hints nothing of j buying a spool of thread or a yard of silk end having it delivered. Gome body has to try for that delivery. So, just as a rnr.Uer of principle, when I ; buy anything I carry ii home with j me.” Dogs’ Ciack List. A do-s' biack list has been estab lished by the National Cyclists’ Un ion io deni with ill-natured animals who interfere vri a cyclists. In bring ing an action r.r.n'nst the owner of a dog i’ is ■ at su ■ .rut to prove that the dog caused the accident and that the defender’ Is the owner. To suc ceed it must he proved that he was aware of its dangerous tendency. It may come out in evidence that the same dog had caused accidents before, but it must he proved also that the owner knew this. The National Cy clists’ Union asks cyclists who know of one of these dangerous dogs to send on the name and address of the owner and description of the dog. As soon as the information comes to hand a registered letier is sent to the dog owner drawing his attention to his dog's dangerous propensities and noti fying him that if an accident occurs a copy of the letter will be produced in evidence should the matter come into court.—London Globe. End of His Mesquerads. A wedding is about to take place In the German capita! between a nurs ing sister and a young man who lias been living the life cf a beautiful and accomplished “lady” assistant in a loading wholesale ct .l firm. The as sistant, who was given power of at torney by "her” employers as a re ward for “her” several years of faith ful service, recently had to go to the hospital on account of an accident. The physicians were astonished to discover that their patient was a man instead of a woman. It was only a day or two before he fell violently in love with 'he nursa who was attend ing him, and a marriage was arranged. A few- days ago. the oTica assistant re futr.cd “her” duties but ciad in a fash ionable morning coat and trousers in stead of in a tight skirt and blouse. Reflection on the Promoters. Charles P. Abbey, a Chicago attor ney, was called upon at a recent ban quet given to lawyers and judges. He said: “I was recently trying a case to foreclose a mortgage given by pro moters of a new insurance company which had failed. I had as one of my witnesses a man named Kelley who had made a friend of a yeliow dog while taking a morning walk. The dog followed him to court, and when the case was adjourned at noon the dog was waiting for Kelley. The at torney of the insurance people asked him if he was trying to steal the dog - “Kelley thought a moment and then answered blandly: 'Yes, I’m going tc steal the deg, and donate him to youi clients. They are capable of trying tc start an insurance company on a yel low dog.’” Microscope in the Home. Miss Frances Stern of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology is an advocate of the nse of the microscope in tiie home as a means of assisting In the proper preparation of meals. The nse of the microscope, according to Miss Stern, would help the house wife to do her work more intelligent ly. The bread maker, for Instance, could learn why her bread was not a success by using the microscope. The housekeeper would also be able to tell the difference between wool, cotton and silk fibre, avoiding all possible da . THE BIGGEST] SALE OF MEN’S SUITS Still Conntiues For a short time I Will Give $5 Off on Any Suit In My Store If Yon Want to Save $5.00 Remember For a short Time ONLY, LORENTZ The Clothier * i To the Ladies We have just received The first lot of our fall and winter goods You are cordialy invited to call and examine these goods. We also have a few pieces of summer dress goods which we are offering at prices that will move them quick. At ARTHUR S STORE REMEDIES BEARING REXALfLABEL Can be depended upon. Only tried formulas that have been proven by long experi ence to be the best, are put up under the Rexall label Rexall Remedies are Home Remedies. We es pceialy reccommend them. SEE OUR WINDOW THE REX ALL STORE Vaughn & Hinman Don't forget Chat RIe Rave The Latest and t)p.to-date Job Type When in Nc:f of that kind of work Give Us a Call WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PLEASE YOU