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> 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
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I will call sales in any part of Sherman County.
Phone or write, Jack Pageler Loup City, Nebraska.
THE NORTHWESTERN
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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
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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
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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
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