| Christmas Gifts IMOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC For Father, Mother, Brother or Sister » _ aoooooooooooooeoooooooe t iAu Excellent Line to Choose 5 From for Christmas Gifts aoooooooooooooooooc Hub Clothing Store > Viener & Krelstein S. A. Pratt Billiard and Pool Parlors Finest Brands of Cigars, with such leaders as Denbys, Havana Sticks, B. B’s., and other choice smokes. Your patronage appreciated First Door, West of First National Bank Loup City, Nebraska, EARLY WINTER TRAVEL SPECIALTIES. Homeseeker’s Rates to the South; These are made November 5th and 19th, December 3rd and 17th. Southern tourists rates are in effect every day; the increasing win ter patronage has developed a large number of moderate priced stop ping places besides the palatial hotels, the panama camal: Had you thought of seeing this great work before the water is turned in? Complete steamer tours from New Orleans. California: This country draws each year an increasing number of winter tourists. The Burlington’s through sleeper service is via Denver,Scenic Colorado andSalt Lake, with choice of routes beyond Whether to San Francisco or Los Angeles. To los angeles via santa fa route; through tourists sleepers leave Omaha every Tuesday nigh and Denver Wednesdays, going via Santa Fedirect line, Grand Canyon route to Los Angeles. This is an ideal winter route. To Chicago International Livestock Exposition: This show which interests thousands of western growers and others will be held November 30th to December 7th. Get In touch with your Dearest ticket agent or with the undersigned. Let us help you plan any kind of a winter tour you have in mind. Free literature, California excur sions. Pacific Coast Tours. Southern Tours, and all kinds df illustrated descriptive publications of Southern and California lines. J. A. Danielson Ticket Agent L. W.Wakely, General Passinger Agent,Omaha, N eb ZCsTOTICIE 1 have a general repair shop at the second-hand store I have a geod machine to do the work. Give me a call- SECOND-HAND STORE THE ©EM THEATER We are showing license pictures, Come and see them they are good. Change of Program every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday Don’t miss any of these pictures, This is always an entertaining and instructive show A. O. ERE J. G. PAGELER Auctioneer Loup City, - - Nebraska EOOOOOOOOOOffiraOOOOOOOOOt I will call sales in any part of Sherman County. Phone or write, Jack Pageler Loup City, Nebraska. THE NORTHWESTERN / ... Entered at the Loop City Postoffice for trees mission through the malls as second class matter. Office Phone, - 6 on 21 Residence, • - 3 on 21 4. W. BURLEIGH. Editor and Pnbl ■ Additional Local School in some of the lower rooms of the high school dismissed at noon today on account of the severe storm. The Northwestern has secured a live-wire correspondent at Rockville in the person of Mr. A. «I. Werner, connected with the State Bank. If you wish to become a reader, or have any job work you wish in best of style he will take your name or forward the copy to us. Ask him for a sample copy of the paper. j Well, our line fall weather contin ued till corn was all cribbed, anyway. A few more second hand heaters for sale. Second Hand Store. Just read wliat our enterprising merchants say this week along holi day bargain lines. A genuine blizzard struck this sec tion last night and this morning the high wind and blinding snow was something fierce, growing worse as the hours passed. At 3 p. m., as we go to press, it is still blowing and snow ing, with no signs of let up. Henry Heed of Wiggle Creek, nine miles southeast of Loup City, has got ten out bills from this office for a pub lic sale on Wednesday, Dec. 11th, at which time he will sell 27 horses and mules, 18 cattle, 18 shoats and all his farm machinery. Eight months’ and 10 per cent are the terms. Of course, Henry will provide free eats at noon. xlie uiggesb line ui vvcitunus iu the citv at Lorentz’. Don’t forget the sale of household goods by Mrs. John Minshull, this week Saturday afternoon, at the home in the east part of town. Mrs. Adolph Newhouser of Aurora, a sister of Dr. J. E. Bowman, accom panied by her two children, arrived Tuesday evening for a short visit, to return home tomorrow. Don’t forget Chas. M. Snyder’s big public sale, as per bills printed at this office and big sale adv. on an other page this week. Date Wednes day, Dec. 18, with free lunch. Mrs. H. M. Mathew this week or dered the Northwestern to visit Miss Theresa Djingle the coming year at St. Catherine hospital, Omaha, where the young lady is studying to be a nurse, as the most appreciative holi day gift she could send. August Jung, Jr., returned from the hospital at Omaha, where he had been for the past two weeks for a trouble some appendix. As good fortune would have it, he was not obliged to undergo an operation, but had an otherwise strenuous time in the hands of the doctors in subduing the unruly appendix. He returns with the un derstanding his trouble has been eliminated. A room full of TOYS For Girls and for Boys. Hipity, hipity Hop. And VISIT OUR TOY SHOP. We have fitted up the room just east of our store and filled it with TOYS. We call this our TOY SHOP. Little Folks, Big Folks, and EVERYBODY, visit our TOY SHOP. The Rexall Drug Stobe. Vaughn & Hinman. Miss Meroe Outhouse came home from Lincoln last Saturday evening, accompanied by Mrs. Ward (formerly Miss Jess Culley) who remained for a visit over Sunday, returning to Ogal lalla Monday morning, where she and her husband have charge of the schools. Miss Outhouse’s health is rapidly improving. She will remain at home for a week or more, when she will go back to Lincoln for a week and then return home for the holidays. A number of the big-hearted farm ers west of town got together Tues day of this week, formed an alliance and in about four hours husked forty acres corn for Iver Holmberg, the young man who was the victim of the unfortunate shooting scrape of a few months’ since. There were 24 in the bunch, as follows: Frank, Fred, Jake and Chris Zwink, Milo Gilbert, O. G. Hunt, Dick Zavgren, Erick Forsman, Albert and L. Aufrecht, W. F. and O. A. Clark, J. H. and Clifford Bone, Tom Mcllravy, C. E. Hatch, J. P.and M. Nelson, Fred Pinckney, O. W. Johnson, J. Pray and E. Holmberg. Along R. R. Nos. I and 2 Miss Bertha Smalley worked a couple of days at the carrier’s home last week. Henry Reed and son, Fred, were hauling corn to Geo. McFadden’s last Saturday. Carrier found a sack of corn at Herman Jung’s mail box and a fine spring chicken at Mrs. Andy Gray’s mail box. The “Big 4” commenced bo replank the new steel bridge at W. O. Brown’s last Saturday. Oak flooring is being pub on this time. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conhiser visited at the home of Dutchy Betenmayer last Saturday. A surprise party was sprung on Mr. and Mrs. Boy Conger and family last Saturday night by relatives, and to say that they were surprised is put ting it mildly. They dropped in on them about 10:30 in the evening and did nob go home until after breakfast Sunday. The trip was made in bug gies and all were thoroughly chilled but not too cold to do justice to a good meal. Boy and Hilga said, come again. Lars P. Neilson and Iver Lyhne were cutting up corn fodder and put ting it in the granary last Saturday. The engine and cutter are daisies. Mr. and Mrs. John Gallaway and family visited at the home of the carrier Thanksgiving. P. B. Bell was helping the “Big 4” Saturday at the bridge south of town. Miss Bernice Casteel came home from the University to spend Thanks giving. She returned to her school Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Peugh and family left for their home in Illinois, last Saturday. Prof. J. H. Burwell spent Thanks giving at his home on Wiggle Creek. Don’t fail to attend the Farmers Institute on Wiggle Creek, this week, Dec. 6th. Oliver Brodock was helping Jim Boush last Friday. ' Miss Bogseth got back from her visit to Erickson, Monday. Vern Alleman is putting up a Dempster windmill. John Olson butchered last week. Clarence Burt’s brother died at a hospital in Omaha last week. The patrons and carrier on Wiggle Creek sympathize with Mr. Burt in his sorrow. Miss Maggie McFadden is sick. Her school is closed for this week. Will Sebuman was out on Boute 2 Monday. v Ashley Conger, Jr., spent Thanks giving at the home of W. O. Brown. Miss Lula McFadden’s school is closed on account of the scarlet fever scare in that neighborhood. Lloyd Alleman was very sick Sun day night at the home of Albert Snyder. Vern Alleman is going to put down a new well. Mr. and Mrs. Knight from Miller, Nebr., visited their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Snyder, over Thanksgiving. Clark Alleman spent Thanksgiving at his mother’s home in Irvin, Kan. W. O. Brown was overseeing the planking of the steel bridge at his place bills week. After the first of January you will be able to get almost any kind of an article delivered at your mail box at the rate of 5c for the first pound and lc for each additional pound, making 15c for the limit of 11 pounds. Please do not all order 11 pounds at the same time until we get our hayrack made. You will be able to send your butter, eggs, chickens, ducks, geese and rab bits alive through the mail. There is a special stamp for parcel post and only this stamp will do. You must also have your name and address on each package. Miss/elda Peugh spent the Thanks giving holidays with Alice McBeth. They visited the Wiggle Creek school Friday afternoon. N. T. Daddow and family, Albert Snyder and family, Ernest Daddow and family, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burt ate Thanksgiving dinner at H. W. Brodock’s. Mr. and Mrs. Iossi spent Thursday evening at Brodock’s. The ladies of Wiggle Creek presented Mrs. Peugh with a beautiful bar pin as a remembrance of them. Simeon Iossi had a black sow stray from his place on Wiggle Creek week before last. Has anyone seen this hog, if so please leave word with the car rier. John George took home a load of posts Tuesday. Owen Waggoner has been suffering with the earache and tooth ache the past week. Those neither absent nor tardy in Dist. 36 for the month of November were: Hazel McFadden, Laurice Peugh, Ethel Daddow, Elva Roush, Vergie McFadden, Clifford Roush and Curtis Roush. Miss Lettie Peugh is boarding at H. W. Brodock’s. Anyone wishing to purchase burnt wood articles for Xmas gifts, see Lettie Peugh. She will have a sup ply on hand, or anyone wishing that work done at a reasonable price. Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Daddow and family took dinner at Mr. Jorgenson’s Sunday. Frank Kuhn has been on the sick list but is feeling some better. Walter Shetler hauled hogs to mar ket Monday. \ Mayme Garnett visited with Wini fred Parsley Friday. Miss Mary Poor, teacher of Dist. 38, spent her Tbanksgsving vacation at her home at York, Neb. Thos. Parsley finished busking corn last week. H. E. Bass is husking corn for Virgil Weller. mere win oe a oox supper ana pro gram at the Sbetler school house Fri day evening, Dec. 6th. All welcome. Geo. Hager’s had relatives visiting them from the southern part of the state last week. ' The Ladies Association of Beulah Chapel held their annual bazaar and supper Friday evening, making over $86.00. Mr. and Mrs. Parsley and daughter, Winifred, and Theresa Weller spent Thanksgiving day with Wm. Garnett and family. Ed Harper lost a valuable horse with corn stalk disease. W. M. Shetler had visitors from Arcadia, Sunday. Grayce and Russell Adams were Grand Island visitors Saturday. Dick Kratzer’s are victims of chicken pox. There are three young couple on Clear Creek that must have been drinking something stronger than water, for last Friday they traveled almost all night looking for a box social that takes place this week. Guess who they are. L. M. Scott is husking corn for John Olson this week Jas. Lee and Art Bennett were out on Route 2, Monday. There was a dance at Henry Bichel’s last Wednesday. Gus Foreman took home a. load of coal Tuesday. W. G. Tucker took home a load of lumber and posts Tuesday. Clyde Focht was hauling out a load Tuesday._ Clear Creek Items School was closed last Thursday for a Thanksgiving vacation. Miss Grace Adams spent Thursday with friends at Mason City. Miss Irma and Lawrence Lowry came down from Broken Bow to spend their Thanksgiving vacation at home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Zahn were Loup City visitors Friday. Quite a number of the people from this vicinity attended the bazaar at the U. B. church near Litchfield Fri day evening. Miss Mary Poor returned Sunday evening from her ISianksgiving vaca tion. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilt Hill Sunday. Chester Adams returned from Iowa last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Zahn. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Eison and family spent Thanksgiving day with Mr.and Mrs. Hager. ' Hallie Bass is husking corn at Mr. Miller’s this week. Rockville Notes The Royal Neighbors gave their en tertainment and dance Thanksgiving night, which was attended by a large crowd and all enjoyed themselves. W. F. Mason, the banker of Loup City, was seen on our streets last week. P. K. Pedersen went to Cairo Satur day, returning on Monday. Henry Thiessen of Ravenna was over to our town last Friday. Miss Elida Lund has returned to her school work at Dannebrog, after spending Thanksgiving with the L. E. Dickinson family. Mr. Geo. Coulter and Miss Augusta Mogensen were united in marriage at Grand Island on Wednesday of last week, by Rev. Wolfe. Both of these young people are well and favorably known here. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Coulter, of Rock ville, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Mogensen of Boelus. In the evening a wedding reception was tendered at the opera house at Boelus, which was attended by a host of friends and acquaintances of the bride and groom, and dancing was in dulged in until the wee small hours of the morning. The presents were numerous and beautiful. Miss Lillie Krehmke, daughter of C. F. Krehmke, who has been sick for some time with tonsilitis, is reported to be slowly mending. Bom—Nov. 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson, a bouncing baby daughter. All parties are reported doing well. Cards are out announcing the com ing wedding of Miss Frieda Ilehnke, daughter of John Helinke, to Mr. R. VV. Sundstrum, on Dec. 10, 1912. Our school had vacation last Thurs day and Friday. Recently a very pleasant and protit able meeting of the teachers and members of the school board was held at the home of Mr. T. R. Lay, presi dent of the school board. The teach ers made a partial report of the State Teachers’ Association heldatOmaha, each one taking a different phase of educational work. Principal J. H. Burwell read a paper on "Culture and Vocational Training.” Miss Hedlin one on "NatureStudy in the Schools,” and Miss Tangerman a third on the "Montesorri System.” Round-table discussion followed each paper. By this means the board came to under stand the ideals and aims of the teach ers, and the teachers to understand the viewpoint of the board in respect to the school. Last Wednesday afternoon the pu pils of the primary and intermediate rooms gave a joint program that was highly appreciated by the thirty or forty guests present. After the pro gram the teachers of these rooms served coffee, cakes and fruit to the visiting ladies and gentlemen. Misses Hedlin and Tangerman certainly know how to make people feel wel come. Make this Christmas Last the year around A Columbia Crafinola is the ONE IDEAL GIFT. For all the family for all theyear around, at Swanson & Lofholm MARKET REPORT Grain Wheat.60&68 Corn. . 45& 50 Oats.35 & 37 Stock Cattle. 3 80 to 4 50 Hoes . "80 Poultry Hens. 8!4 Springs. . 12 _ * Butter. 28 Eggs . 28 No Hunting Allowed Notice is hereby given that no hunting nor trespassing will be allow ed on my land on and after this date. Sportsmen will take]notice and govern themselves accordingly. Dated this 7tb day of November 1912. Mike Chilewski. For Sale Pure Bred Poland China boars. A good line, large type Poland China boars of March and April farrow. Two litters sired by the 2nd prize winner in aged boars at 1912 Nebraska State Fair. This sire is a full brother to the Champion. If vou are in the market for a good boar, come and see them. Three-fourth mile south-east of town. H. J. Johansen. At A. L. ARTHUR S, Store. Hand - Tailored TTNTELLIGENCE and [ stability in the making; and style and refine ment of finish; precisely d'.c characteristics you want in your new overcoat. On a foundation of thor oughly- shrunk, all-wool ■brie, h asid-ta i!c ris: means Clothes Satisfaction hat to a nicety meets the Jeas cf the modern Beau drum me!. Sounds expensive ? But it isn’t—if you come I here. ( For we’ve gone straight to headquarters—to the model clothes factory of America, the leading and largest makers of hand-tailored clothes — and we an sell clothes of this descrip cion at no higher prices than you , ire asked to pay for ordinary ‘ sorts. Kirschbaum Hand tailored Copyright, 1912, A. B. Klrochbaum Co. Overcoats — $15, $20, $25. Positively none elsewhere like our Kirschbaum $15, $1, and $25 specials, at anything like the same prices. The Kirschbaum label is the maker's guaranty to refund the money if the clothes are unsatisfactory. lorentz In Men’s Jewery There are so few pieces that wliat a man wears in Jewelry Must be good. A real man insists that ■ it must be good. That’s the ^reason we say, in Jewelry for | men buy from us; LOU SCHWANER Your Jewelery Store What You Gain by being a regular depositor with the Loup City State Bank: Your funds are kept in absolute security. Payment by check provides indisputable re receipts in the form of returned can celed checks. Payment by check saves many along trip; saves trouble of mak ing change and taking receipts. Being a depositor with us, acquaints us with eaeh other and lays the foundation for accommodation, when you want to piece out your resources with a loan. Every courtesy and facility is rendered the small as well as the large depositor. Don’t wait until you can begin with a large deposit LOUP OITY STATE BANK Capital and Surplus, $47,500.00 J,S. Pedler. President C. C. Carlsen, Cashier John W. Lend. Vice President. w. J, Root Assistant Cashie ' J