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VOLUME XXXI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1913. NUMBER 52
LAUNDRY GIRL HAS
HAND MANGLED
St Paul Girl Catches Kami in Steam Mangle and So Badly Crushed That
Amputation Was Necessary.
ACCIBENT MORE OR LESS CARELESSNESS
Some months since an Ord woman
working in a laundry had her arm
caught in the steam mangle, re
sulting in the loss of that arm.
One day last week, a girl, named
Saduski, working in a steam laun
dry at St. Paul had a hand caugnt
in the steam mangle and so badly
crushed that it had to be amputa
ted. The accident was more or
less due to carelessness, as at the
time she was talking to some one
and was not watching closely, the
rollers suddenly catching the hand
and drawing it between them be
fore she could stop the machine.
She was feeding sheets and had
the guard off, as operators do
' LOCAL LEAGUE
HOLDS MEETING
Editor Webster Selected as President
G.A.Gills of Farwell, Secretary.
ALL DISPOTFS SETTLED BY THEM.
The annual meeting of the Sher
man-Howard base ball league was
held at St Paul ast week Tues
day* at which all the old officers
were re-elected, Editor Webster
of the Phonograph president and
G. A. Gilla of Farwell secretary
shall settle all disputes. If Loup
City gets into the league next year
it is claimed that St. Paul will
stay in, but otherwise St Paul
has not decided. The officers
claim the finances of the league
are in good condition and hope for
a prosperous next year’s season.
ALONG ROUTE TWO
Oscar Bechthold autoed out on
route two Monday.
Herman Jung hauled a load of corn
to Loup City Saturday.
John E. Peterson did a lot of fine
work on the roads this fall.
Ed Shipley had a load of grain on
the Loup City markets Saturday.
Roy and Marvin Watson attended
Sunday school at Loup City Sunday.
Fred Johnson and Yern Alleman
butchered last week.
Miss Mable Slawson returned to
Omaha last week after several d&vs’
visit at the home of H. W. Brodock.
J W. Cowling was out after his
daughter Vida at the Bichel school
last Friday.
Frank Lorchick, Mike Kaminski
and Bert Curtis have been hauling a
house on the route.
Mrs. W. O. Brown and son Colonel
came home from their Eastern trip
last Satu rday.
Fritz Bichel bought several thor
oughbred cattle while away from
home some time ago. They were all
' white faces.
J. E. Rousch and Henry Kuhl had
their wheat threshed this week.
Tiiese are the best jobs on the route.
Ondrake threshing outfit did the job.
Those who donated work in claying
the road from the Hughes school
house to Oltjenbruns were W.„0.
Brt.wn, C. J. Nordstedt, Oltjenbruns,
Will Hawk, A. Rettenmayer. C. O.
J .hnson, H. Jung, John Gallaway,
Frank Daddow. Clarence Burt, James
Me Beth and J. W. Conger.
While Clarence Gallaw&y was play
ing ball at school one day last week,
he in some way got hit on the left
cheek bone just below the eye. At
first he thought little about it, but a
few days later it commenced swelling
and pained severely. He was taken
to a doctor Sunday and had it lanced.
It is hoped that in a few days be will
be feeling better. The pain is in
tense.
While Henry Biel el was hauling
hay last Thursday he started to light
f his pipe when a spark-dropped in the
hay setting it on fire. It took quick
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after they get used to the work.
It was a sister of the Saduski girl
who was shot by a jealous lover at
Grand Island a couple of weeks
ago.
Mrs. L. Banks Hale and little daugh
ter of Manville, Wyo., arrived in Loup
City Saturday last and visited over
Sunday at the home of M. C. Mulick,
she being on an extended visit with
her parents at Grand Island. L.Banks
will also come from his Wyoming
home this week to Grand Island to
join wife and baby and ma^come
on up to Loup City to spend a day or
two with old friends.
SURPRISED ON
SILVERWEDDING
A jolly crowd surprised Mr.
and Mrs. George Whitaker at
their home, last Wednesday even
ing, in honor of their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary, they
brought with them baskets of
good things to eat, and left a
lovely parlor lamp as a token of
their friendship and good wishes.
BIG PRAIRIE FIRE
MOWING SOUTH
Started November Second Near Rose
.bud Reservation.
DOING BIG DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A big prairie fire started near the
Rosebud reservation in South Dakota
Nov. 2nd Is traveling southward and
eating up much property north of
Valentine, causing much alarm as it
proceeds. Thousands upon thousands
of best grazing lands have already
been devasted and strenuous efforts
are being made to arrest its progress,
but exceeding high winds make all ef
forts of little avail.
RETURNFROM
WISCONSIN TRIP
John W. Long returned home
Monday evening of this week, W.
R. Mellor accompanying him to
explain just where he and John
had been “at to.” They came dir
ect from Madison, Wis., where
they went to visit Dr. Roach, and
incidentally to take in the Wis
consin-Minnesota football game in
that city, of which National pas
time both gentlemen, in fact all
three, are enthusiastic rooters.
Messrs. Mellor and long also
stopped over a day in Chicago en
route to Madison.
Old gentleman Schroth, living
in the northwest part of this city,
who has been quite feeble for some
time, is growing weaker daily and
; no hopes are entertained for his
I ultimate recovery. Later, Mr.
Schrouth died Wednesday morn
ing at!0:30.
Lucky Home People
In Land Drawing
The close of the land drawing at
North Platte last Wednesday even
ing showed quite a number more
lucky home people if drawing four
figures may be so termed, to be
added to those mentioned last week
in our columns. The additional
holders of numbers drawn by Loup
City people were'- 1002-E. J.
Pugsley, 1009-C. C. Cooper, 1070
Jesse W. Fletcher, 1158-Chas. S.
Fulton, 1277-Homer W. Hughes,
1697-Tony Gzehoviak. L i t ch
fieldians also oame in for a few
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more numbers, as follows: 1092
i T. J, Carlsen, 1749-Lewis Engle
man, 1858 James Nelson, 1942
Harvey Nelson.
Our dandy little village of Rock
1 ville seemed to be nearly left out
in the c#ld, as one securer of a
number came from there, in the
person of Alex Cynova, who just
got in under the canvas with No.
1 1926.
, And now it appears that our
fortunate young friend, Clark
I Reynolds, is even more lucky than
' his capture of No. 3 in the draw
ing would seem to indicate, in
that it is rumored that the holder
of No. 2 has enough land in his
name to bar him from taking ad
vantage of his number, and that
Clark will thereby fall heir to No.
2, by reason therof. We’ll bet
our chance in the drawing against
any sum that an astrologist would
read Clark’s as being born under
a lucky star.
And now, again, copses the
question of the government engag
ed in the lottery business. Some
years ago the government put the
Louisiana lottery out of business
as fraudulent and illegitimate, and
is now engaging in the same kind
of work. If a merchant or citizen
engages in any kind of chance,
even down to a slot machine, the
powers jump onto his frame and
flatten him out. That being the
case how can the government put
up the same kind of a game with
its people? If ihe others are il
legitmate, would not the higher
courts comdemn and knock out
the governmental acts along the
same line? Think it over.
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work to get the team unhitched from
, the load as in almost a moment of
time the load of ha; was one roaring
furnace. The hayrack, wagon a con
' tents burned to the ground. It also
set fire to the prairie and it took some
more fast work bo get it under con
trol, As it was, it burned over sev
r era! acres until it reached plowed
I ground. Had the wind been in the
. south hundred of tons of bay would
, have been burned.
Ed Flynn, Fritz Bicbel and Henry
> Obermiller were helping the road
» boss, John Peterson, work the road
along Fritz* Bichel’s home last week.
- Nothing pleases ru>al carriers more
, than to see the road bosses working
the roads, and especially when thev
i leave them in good shape.
i Ralph Teeters was hauling corn on
> the route last Thursday.
E. B. Corning did surveying down
j between Hazard and Clay and in Scott
. townships the past week.
Mrs. John Gailaway returned home
from her vist to Buffalo. N. Y., last
[ Thursday. She reports lots of rain
a while there.
c Mrs. James Roush received a tele
I
gram Monday telling of the death of '
her father who bad died that morning
at his home in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Mrs. Roush took the train at Raven !
na that evening to attend the obse
bales to her loved parent.
Willis Holcomb hauled -wheat to
Loup City last week.
Miss Madge Holmes visited over last
Sunday at the home of her brother,
Don Holmes.
Frank Blaschke hauled hay from
Jim McBeth’s last Friday.
Wm. Rutherford is building a new
fence.
Mrs. Iver Lynne’s father died and
was buried last week.
Jim Roush threshed out over 12
bushels of alfalfa seed Monday.
Henry Kuhl had a day’s threshing
of alfalfa seed.
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* Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lacy of
Aurora who had been here since
Friday last visiting their son, L.
Scott and family, eight miles south
of Loup City, returned home Tues
day morning of this week.
HALLOWE’EN
IN LOUP CITY
Many Pleasurable Doings Take Place
Here on Night of Ghost Walks.
THOSE BROUGHT TO OUR NOTICE
Hallowe’en came to Loup City
this year with quite a number of
parties, and entertainments and
the usual pranks of the boys and
grown-ups. In regard to the lat
ter, what can’t be thought of by
the coming and near men is not
worth mentioning. However, they
were compartively easy to what
has been accomplished in years
past, though the main streets and
residence portion of the city, at
least in some sections, look as if a
modern tornado had swept over
those sacred precincts.
Among the entertainments, we
might mentionv those coming to
our notice.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. French
gave a ghost dance at the Society
hall in the evening at which quite
a number of young people partici
pated and enjoyed the happy oc
casion to the utmost.
C. L. Tracy entertained his boy
scouts the fore part of the evening
and had the time of their lives.
At the home of Banker C. C.
Carlsen. the ladies of the Young
Married People’s Club gave a 7 o’
clock dinner to their worser halves,
followed by an evening at Whist.
The dinner was served in the upper
rooms which were profuse with
Hallowe'en decorations, lighted
with wax candles, making wierd
appearance commemorate with the
occasiop. , The *vjning.was jiasg
ed most delightfully by all.
At the editor s home, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Burleigh, assisted by
Mrs. H. Mathew and the Misses
Pearl Needham and Myrtle Keeler,
entertained a number of friends
with a 7 o’clock dinner followed
by Hallowe’en games and pranks,
the home being lighted with wax
candles, and ghostly doings pre
dominating, while the gentleman
guests were the most highly fav
ored in the wa.f of souvenirs.
A Hollo we’en party given at
the beautiful county home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Draper last Fri
day evening was the most enjoy
able event of the season. About
seventy-five guests assembled, and
were ushered into the mysteries
of the evening by white robed
ghostly beings. The beautiful
queen of the Gypsies was kept
busy telling some of the curious
secrets of the future held in store
for them. A beautiful solo sung
by Arthur Rowe was very much
enjoyed by alL The greatest
treat of the evening was the in
strumental music given by Iver
and Einer Holmberg. Light re
freshments were served by the
hostess and in “the wee sma’
hours’’ the guests departed having
spent a very pleasant evening.
Misses Lillie Brown and Eunice
Chase were hostesses at a Hallo
we’en party to their Sunday school
class last Friday evening at the
home of the former, at which an
evening of jollity resulted. V 3
course dinner was served at mid
night when the witches were sup
posed to roam unmolested. It is
said Daddy Brown made about
the most ponderous ghost ever in
vading a peaceful community of
Sunday school sprits, but was so
exhausted that he was lost sight
of early in the ceremonies only
his gentle snore during the later
hours giving evidence that all that
^ was mortal of the vanished spirit
I was tucked away for the night,
I nor could be disturbed by the un
|
earthly disturbances forthcoming
after his departure. Some twenty
six of the angels of the class were
present and enjoyed the occasion,
beside the dignified teacher, Ward
Ver Valin, who was summoned
by anto at a late hour to witness
PARALIZED IN
RIGHT SIDE
> Mrs. John W. Fisher Suffers a Severe
Stroke ef Paralysis Monday.
PATIENT RESTING EASY.
Monday morning of this week
i Mrs. John Fisher of this city suf*
fered a severe stroke of paralysis
affecting her entire right side and
rendering her speechless for sev
eral hours. At this writing (Tues
day noon) she is resting easy and
, if there is no recurrence of the
dangerous trouble will undoubted
ly get along all right.
PIPE CAUSES DE
STRUCTIVE FIRE
Last Thursday, while our young
friend, Henry Bichel, living a few
miles southwest of this city, was
hauling a load of hay on his farm,
he lighted his pipe for a smoke
when a spark dropped into the
hay. In a moment or so the en
tire load was one flaming mass and
Henry had barely time to slide off
and unhith the team from the
wagon to save them. Soon hay,
rack and wagon was reduced to
a charred mass. In addition the
prairie grass surrounding was set
on fire and was only stopped after
burning over several acres and
only then upon reaching plowed
ground. Luckily the wind tvas
from the north. Had it been from
the south hundreds of tons of hay
must necessarily have been de
stroyed.
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0 S NIGHTMARE
ORVILLE PHAIR
The Fellow Who Has Used Up All Sorts of Newspaper Space in the Ord
Papers, In Bad Again.
HAS SERVED TERM IH PENITENTIARY.
Up at Ord for several years back
there has been a bad human egg
named Orville Phair who has been
a godsend to the papers, when
news was scarce especially. We
had read so much about the king
of uglies in the Quiz and Journal
the past years that his name be
came as familiar to readers of
those papers as the titles of the
papers themselves. Later the
fellow was sent to the penitentiary
under a five year sentence for rape,
and Ord's nightmare, Orville
Phair, in limbaire, ceased to be a
care on the hard worked reporaire
of each papaire.
But Orville was not to be for
gotten, and after serving a part
of his sentence and so good as to
get ten months of time off for cor
rect behavior, was parolled. How
ever, his innate cussedness crop
ped out so speedily that down at
Giltner a few days after he got on
a high lonesome, and being a brave
warrior upon meeting a woman on
the street took a smash at her was
arrested therefor and is now back
at the pen to finish his sentence.
Nearly 20,000 People
Scramble to Gamble
The rush of people to the land of
fices at Broken Bow, Valeutine and
North Platte emphasizes an incon
sistency of the federal government
that should be corrected.
The reason for it is a land lottery.
The hunger for land and the hope to
get something for nothing are at the
bottom of it. Add to these liberal
advertising by the railroads and we
have the answer to this big rush.
Twenty thousand people have paid
railroad fare and traveling expenses
to the land offices to take a chance
in Uncle Sam’s lottery. The folly of it
is clear when it is remembered that
most of the land was open to home
stead entry without let or hindrance
for many years. Finally some of it
was set apart as a forest reservation
and after experiment it was found
coniferous nor other kinds of trees
could not be grown. Then it was
resolved to let the people gamble for
the worthless stuff, where for the
most part it means a life of want
and woe to those whoget it and try to
eke out a living on it. This week
will close the registration and next
the lottery will be carried on.
There may be a couple hundred
claims worth having. The spectacle
of Uncle Sam and the railroads get
ting twenty-five or thirty thousand
people to scramble for opportunity to
gamble for them is the ciimax of ab
surdity and inconsistency in a coun
try where lotteries are forbidden by
federal statutes.—Fremont Tribune.
j the final ceremonies of “eat” at
which he is proficient in capacity,
even if lacking in surrounding
scenery.
STORK VISITATIONS.
Born, Wednesday morning, Oct. 29,
1913, to Mr. and Mrs. Felix Makowski
of this city, a son.
A. M. Lewis recieved word the
first of the week that he was grand
pa for the fourth time, a little
daughter being bom a day pre
vious, to his son, Alvah and wife
at Aurora. A. M. bears his honors
meekly, however.
A charming litt’e daughter arrived
at the home o' Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Boecking about high noon last Sun
day, expressing her intentions of re
maining therein indefinitely. Mother
and daughter are doing nicely, but
Deputy Clerk Boecking can hardly be
expected to keep bis mind on Ae
office records for the present when he
is a new and happy daddy.
The editor is now grandpa for
the sixth time, he receiving a card
Tuesday that a little daughter was
bom Sunday, Nov. 2, 1913, to
Rev. Frank W. Burleigh and wife
at Kilgore, Nebr. The many
friends of Frank will be pleased
to hear' of his good fortune.
A new dentist arrived in this cit
last Thursday, Oct. 30, 1913, at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Allen,
whereat the genial doctor, with the
pleasantest smile ever, haa been busy
the past few days distributing fra
graBt Havannas to bis male friends
and boxes of bon bons to the ladies.
Congratulations, and may the young
man have all the business acumen of
his papa, and the grace and comeli
ness of his mamma as he approaches
the years of maturity.
ALONG ROUTE NO. ONE
Boss Haddix fixed his box up in
good shape the past week.
Frank Kusek donated one days
work on the road east of his place.
George Ellinger graded the roads on
his north line this week.
John George has put ninety acres
of winter wheat in this fall.
Orsie Henderson was putting some
new fans on their windmill Tuesday.
George Doulas and Ed Tucker have
bought a new corn shelter.
Neighbors and friends of Einor
Holm berg gave him quite a surprise
Saturday night.
Andrew Franzen is doing a good job
on the road along the Phillips and
Curry places.
Miss Lena Zwink spent Sunday in
York with her sister, Effle who is
there going to College.
L. Domgard has moved back on his
place and expects to stay there till he
can sell same.
Irvin Barrick moved his box to a
more convenient place for the carrier
to get to.
Gage and Johnson counties are so
disturbed over the presence of hog
cholera in those -counties that an ex
pert has been assigned to them in a
strenuous effort to stamp out the
plague.
The fact that he was unacquaint
ed with the woman, who was
highly esteemed by Giltner people
and the assault was wholly unpro
voked makes the affair the more
outrageous.
REQUESTED TO
STEP OUT
President Wilson is understood
by yesterday’s dispatches to have
issued an ultimatum to Huerta to
resign from his presidency of Mex
ico, and in doing so not to leave
any of his official family in charge
of affairs. If this is true, it means
a practical declaration of war, un
less Huerta goes.
Tuesday evening, Nov. 18, at
the opera house will be presented
the great drama “Thelma,’’ taken
from Marie Corelli’s book of the
same name. The company this
week is presenting the drama at
the Brandies Theater in Omaha,
and is being presented at other
houses in the cities and larger
towns, giving evidence of its popu
larity among theater goers. The
play is taken from a Norwegian
tale and has a number of specta
cular scenes of “The Midnight
Sun,” “The Burning Viking,”
“The Rainbow of Death,” “The
Fxho Cave,” and the “Vision of
the Valkyrie,” very apectacular
and given with special scenery
and electrical effects, which
added to the story given by
a splendid cast of characters will
make it the finest production ever
given in this city. Watch for it
Tuesday evening, Nov. 18/
JOHN HEASLER
HAS FIRE LOSS
On Tuesday of this week, the milk
house belonging to Dairyman John
Haesler, in the southwest part of this
city, was discovered on fire, but was
extinguished in time to save the
building, though not before every
thing within the walls had been de
stroyed, including the cream sepa
rator.
Harry Jenner received word
Tuesday evening of this week of
the sudden death at Portland, Ore
gon, Sunday last, of J. Woods
Smith, formerly of Loup City,
well known to our older citizens,
who at one time owned a consid
erable portion of what is now
a part of our city, but who left
some twenty-five years ago. No
particulars were given.
The many friends of Mrs. J.
Burnett will learn with regret that
her condition is extremely critical
and that she has been failing very
fast the past few days.
The many friends of Will Simp
son will be pained to learn that he
will be obliged to go away for an
operation on his leg, as it is found
that the knee cap is very much
out of place, and unless the matter
is remedied he will never have the
right use of that limb.
ASHTON NEWS
W. Peer left Friday on a ten days
vacation.
A good crowd attend the dance
Thursday evenijpg.
Miss Lena Zwink of Loup City is
visiting here a few days.
Misses Mollie and Ollie Sterling left
for Omaha Saturday.
Miss Marie Beza returned Saturday
and is again clerking in Lorenz’s
store.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderstrom, Marie
; Beza and John Rapp were in Loup
City Sunday.
G. L. Polski and John Rapp autoed
to Dannebrog Friday to take, in a
Hallowe’en party.
H. W. Ojendyk, Albert Anderstrom
and F. G. Smith autoed to the river
early Sunday morning on a hunting
trip.
The State Teachers' Association
convened in Omaha yesterday and
lasts over tomorrow. Quite a number
of Sherman county teachess are in
attendance.
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