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vounuzzzm loup city, Nebraska. Thursday. June 4,1914. numbers
WRESTLING MATCH
GOES TO A DRAW
Warrea lUtar aad Fanaar iorenahrecfc Wrestle One Hour and Thirty
Mnates to a Draw
BOBINSON—MILLER PRELIMINARY FINE
Over two hundred wrestling
fab* w«-re present at tlie opera
buo*e last Friday evening, alien
Warren Mdler of tin* city and
"Farmer*' kemfrtbrark of Liti-.
• •4a wrestled tier hour and thirty
tnin •te- to a draw, and giving *»ne
«f tlie prettiest exhibitions of pre
mier wrestling ever given in this
city.
The pf*-..ininary between Hon
f K i * •* weiurrweigUt champion
of i <r state, and Clarence Miller,
younger •ntier of our local
heavyweight, wa* the most excit
ing and interesting preliminary
ever given be re. it taking itobin*
son 3* 1-f minute* to put young
M tiler down, which was acwm
piishcd with a •» tutor* and 1 vainer
lurk, which injured Miller so se
verely that lie was uttal4e to con
tinue aHi Kobinsuo gave a fine ex
hih.tem of bead work of the mat.
-bowing the woiub-rfal strength
of li«e accomplished mat artist.
K in*on i- otie of the very best
little men :n the wrestling game
to le found anywhere.
Owing to the condition of War
eii Miller, who hae been suffering
for its past fortnight or more
w ith a succession of Iwili over hi*
boiy, tie- finish match between lie
aiii ‘ Farmer** Ker-u-nbrock wa*
changed by • unseat of tlie princi
ple* to a ‘-••ntest limited to one
hour and thirty mtnuies. provid
ing one or the other did not se
cure a fall during that time. Tlie
u> •cneiit the big fellows <iune to
the center of the mat and were
introduced, business i**gan and
for the ninty minute* consumed
tie-re wa* not 3M second* of lime
thoi they were out working to tb
1 limit. Kersmbroek from tlie
start put iiimself on tlie defensive,
and there was not a minute at any
time when the "Farmer" was not
uiidenteath. with Miller Iwhind
trying to pm the (iennan's shoul
der* to the mat. This proved im
pussitde. and there wa* *»-arrely a
tune w hen either of the men was
in ehi*e danger of defeat. They
were quite evenly mat-tied. Miller
Wing prrcipuhly tlie stronger,
while Kersmbroek wa* the quick
est. taring able to break any bold
and bound out of danger with tlie
agility of a crL It wa* a 'settle
roy al and brighter was able to
get any perceptible advantage
over the other.
At the due of the contest. Mil
ler issued a « naiienge to Kersen
iirurk to meet him here in two
weeks tune, for a finish contest
for the entire gat** receipt* and
tT"‘ on the side, which tlie latter
qiK-kiy accepted, giving Miller
credit fur being a mighty good
man. but expressing bt» belief of
winning.
"‘Farmer** Kersmbroek is one
of the hoes* -peciman* of physi
lit Skipawat far
Iraziat Parpatet
Ten thousand two hundred and
seventy-two cattle were shipped
inn* Nebraska, for feeding and'
granny purpose* fmtn January 1.
1*14 to April I, 1*14. according
to a report to be filed with the
governor b> state Veterinarian
Kigm-Thr report will show that !«<•
dairy <attir wen* imported from
New York and liitoot* and |m*>
f peril tested for disease before be
ing received. Tuis-trokiais in
eattle and cholera in hogs were
cal manhood we ever saw. being
<Lilly f»*el in height, weigh' 2<‘4
pounds with his clothe.' on and a
'easonej veteran of the mat. He
wrestled I>r. Holler for 90 min
tes and many other notchers.
and yesterday was to wrestle
Hu'sane. Farmer Borns protegee,
at Kansas City in a finish contett,
the res lit of w hich we will try to
g.\e onr w restling fail'next week.
Hi' game is to play the defense
till his opponent begins to weaken
and then go after him in a whirl
wind finish. This did not obtain
w ith Miller, whose game is to get1
U-hind and work every minute:
:s not th»- kind that weakens and1
i- good for hours of the hardest
grilling he can give the other fel
low, and proves a genuine sur
pri'-‘ to mat artist' who expects
to find easy game in him. It was
t<«> bad that Miller was not in the
best form, but we shall expect
that by tlie time he meets Kersen-!
■rock he will l»e entirely rid of)
his .lob's comforters and will not
have to be handicapped as he was
last Friday by them.
DECORATION DAY
FITLY ODSERVED
Large Parade Farm ea Mail Street
aad Marches te Opera Mease.
SPLENDID PROORAM PREPARED
Decoration Day last Saturday
was well observed in Loup. City,
the business houses being closed
during the hours in the afternoon
in which the exercises were held.
Preceding the services at the
o[R‘ra house a procession was
formed on Nebraska avenue at the
southwest corner of the public
square, composed of veterans of
the Civil War, Ladies of the G.
A. K., Sons of Veterans and little j
children, and marched to the
opera house, where seats were re
served for them. The program
was fully carried out. The ad
dress of the day was given by
Rev. L. V. Slocumb, the univer
sal expression being made that it
was one of the best ever given
here. At the close of the ever
cises. a prta;ession was formed and
proceeded to the cemetery, where
graves were decorated and final
ceremonies were held. It is sad
to notice that at each succeeding
Decoration Day the ranks of the
old soldiers are more and more de
pleted and soon it will be when
the few left will be too feeble to
march and will necessitate being
taken to and from the services in
carriages or other methods of
conveyance.
Allow Others the Same
Privelages You Desire
of our friends at Litch
field are ovcjfiy exercised regard
ing this coming second election
for the new court house, if we
understand rightly the tone of
tbeir remarks. S>me have be
come so throughly antagonistic
that they give it out solidly that
tiiey would vote for a yellow dog
before they would vote for a Loup
City man for office and diligently
inquire into the |Misition of vari
ous candidates on the court house
question. Oh. boys, boys, this is
something awful; Are our friends,
the enemies of the court house
proposition so wrapped up in
their prejudices against a new
court house that they are unwill
ing to allow others the same pri
vileges they grant to them
selves? This smacks rather loudly
of the days of the inquisition; or
down to the days of the Puritans,
when witches were burned at the
stake. A voter has a perfect
right to be for or against the pro
position, but he lias hardly the
right to sit in judgement on the
other fellow. Be just, boys, and
allow others the same privileges
you grant yourselves.
W. J. Bryan’s Chickens
Come Home to Roost
F.»r 'ixtecn long years Wiliam
Jenn rig' Bryan was jiersistent
and unmerciful in liis criticism of
republican policies and republican
official'. Ihiring all of that
time be never felt the yoke of
responsibility, and he turned his
wonderful talent for vituperation
into va't sum> of gold. He was
absolutely unscrupulous in many
of his attacks and it was his un
fair treatment of President Mc
Kinley's Philippine policy that
fastened the stigma of imperialism
upon that martyred statesman's
memory in the minds of many
houest j**t-pie. Now the chickens
arc coming home to roost on Wil
liam Jennings’ doorstep. Hefinds
himself with a steadily increasing
burden of diplomatic problems
and a foreign war impending
for which he must liear a large
measure of responsibility. The
true caliber of the man is
shown b y his conduct under
ti r e. Bryan, the implacable
critic and smiling satirist, is de
clared by all the newsjiaper cor
resjiondents in Washington to
have become nervous, secretive
and irritative, intolerant of advice
or suggestions, and absolutely in
sulting to those who have dared
find fault with his official perform
ances. It is a long lane that has
no torn, and every man who per
L
sists in a i>olicy of abuse and
misrepresentation as Mr. Bryan
did is pretty certain to be paid
' back in his own coin sooner or
later.
There is no remedy for the an
nihilation of dandelions that can
equal a common oil can and a few
gallons of gasoline. Fill the oil
can and drop a few drops of
gasoline in the heart of the
dandelion and in a few days
the plant will decay and disappear
and that particular dandelion vyill
never bother you again. We j
have tried this and many other
remedies, but gasoline beats them
all—Kearney Democrat
The Northwestern during the
first and this second campaigns
for a new court house has been in
receipt of letters and postal cards
from subscribers calling us very
l unpretty names, such as “tool of
that court house’’ etc., which is
simply heart rendering. If they
only could realize the agony they
cause us. and the sleepless nights
we put in, and the nightmares of
| their anatemas bring to us, with
| the added gray hairs to our for
mer fine caput covering, surely
they would be less severe and al
low us peace and happiness which
, we ever wish may be their’s.
A. P. Swanson of Aurora ar
; rived last Friday for an over-Sun
■ day visit with his son, Vic Swan
| son, and family. j
JENNER’S PARK
OPENS JOKE 10
This Btaatifal Park Mors Baaitifal
Thaa Ever this Year.
REAR PROGRAM BELOW
Base Ball game, Arcadia vs
Comstock.
Loup City Coronet Band.
Concert by Montague K. War
lock late of Grand Italian Opera,
Italy, France, Russia and Eng
land, assisted by the Misses
Florence and Mabel Depew,
Earnestine Odendahl and others.
Wrestling match between the
noted wrestler Warren Miller and
Clarence Miller.
Sj>orLs and Races for boys and
girls.
Contests of all kinds.
Dance in evening, manager, H.
S. Conger.
The park will be illuminated by
hundreds of colored lights.
Over one thousand dollars of
improvements have been added
this spring.
Buttle of Cough Syrup
Mysteriously Explodes
A strange and unaccountable
accident occurred on Tuesday of
this week at the home of J. W.
Conger, when a bottle of cough
syrup exploded, tearing the glass
into countless tiny particles. Mrs.
Conger was busy with her house
hold duties, when she heard a
sudden explosion in the dining
room, and upon' Entering the
room found that a bottle of cough
syrup that had been sitting on the
side board had exploded, scatter
ing the contents of the same all
around and breaking the bottle in
to countless pieces, scattered in
every portion of the dining room.
As good fortune would have it,
there was no one in the room at
the time, or a serious accident
might have resulted from the fly
ing glass. It was one of ,those
mysterious accidents, unaccount
able except perhaps to those who
understand chemistry.
Explosio* ii Cellar
luttHitd For
One day last week, when O. F.
Petersen was burning the refuse
from the old cellar hole in the lots
adjoining the home of the editor,
which he had purchased of E. F.
Brewer, and as the flames were
leaping upwards with leaps and
bounds, there was a sudden ex
plosition in the old cellar-way
which could be heard for blocks
away, and which sent Otto scudd
ing away tQ a saie distance, while
people on the streets stopped to
inquire what had happened. The
old hole had been used for several
years as a dumping place for
empty cans, old iron, medicine
bottles, filled or empty, and in
I fact refuse of all kinds. Conjec
ture is to the effect that some of
the bottles filled with fluid ex'
ploded from the intense heat, or
otherwise there might have been
some unexploded cartridges
thrown into the old cellar at some
prior period which got into act- ]
ion. Take your choice.
Aitmbile Bay a
jGreat Saeeen.
Last Friday was the fourth an
niversary of Auto Day in aid of i
the ladies’ of the cemetery com- J
mittee, the funds secured thereby
to be expended in beautifying our
Silent City of the Dead. Auto
owners were generous in purchas
ing tickets, whether they visited
toe cemetery or not. Nearly $30
dollars were secured expenditure
at the cemetery. Much praise is
due to the large number of little
girls who sold tickets, one of
them disposing of nearly $10
worth. The result of the day was
very satisfactory.
ROOSEVELT OFF
FOR EUROPE
Before Sailing the Pregrmhrt Leader
Says President Rfifoee Has Faded.
HO SOLITIOV OF TRBST PROBLEM.
New York, May 31.—Failure of
the Wilson administration to han
die satisfactorily either the trust
or the tariff question was charged
, by Colonel Roosevelt in a state
ment he left behind him yesterday
for publication after his depart
ure for Europe.
'"The cost of living has not been
reduced. Not the slightest pro
gress has been made in solving
the trust question.** he said.
And again:
*‘It has been shown that the re
duction of the tariff in no shape
or way helps toward the solution,
the economic conditions are such
that business is in jeopardy and
that the small business man. the
farmer and the industrial wage
workers are all suffering because
of these conditions.*’
Colonel Roosevelt said lie would
put in his hardest work of the
campaign in New York state.
_ _ _
W. H. Morris came up from
Central City last Friday evening
and visited until the first part of
the week, when he returned to
the former city, where he is mak
ing nishome with his sisters for
the present. He is looking well
and much like his old self of
years back.
ODD FELLOWS
HOLD CONVENTION
AN the Grand Officers of the Order in thin State are Expected tc he Pre
sent. Candidstes fer the Various Degrees WiN he Initiated.
Blfi PB06BJUB ARRANGES.
On the 12th instant, our Odd I
Fellows will have a big time in
this city. At that time will be
present, or are expected to be
here, all the grand officers of the
order in this state, and at which
time candidates for the various
degrees will be put through the
paces. The following program
has been arranged, and if you are
a three-linker make your arrange
ments to be present, and if you
are not do not forget to make it
your business to take in the pub
lic meeting at the opera house:
Session of Grand Lodge at I. O.
O. F. hall at 1:30 o'clock, p. m.
Order of Boom
Conferring of Grand Lodge and
Past Grand Degrees.
Motions and resolutions per
taining to Odd Fellowship in Ne
braska.
Music— Loup City Silver Cornet
Band.
Public Meeting, At Opera
House at 3 o’clock p. m. to which
everybody is invited.
Charley Bass Appointed
Clerk District Court
On Friday afternoon last, the
county hoard of supervisors met
in special session for the the pur
pose of selecting a clerk of the
district court to fill out the unex
pired term of Louis Rein, deceas
ed. Board was called to order by
Chairman Welty, all members
present. The clerk read the call
and on motion the board allowed
time till 2:30 for the filing of
candidates of said position. Five
applications resulted and upon an
informal ballot being taken, Chas.
Bass of Hazard received 6 of the
7 votes of the board, and on mo
tion his appointment was made
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unanimous. The board then re
mained in session till Mr. Bass
filed his bond, which was duly
accepted and the board adjourned.
The new district clerk is from
Hazard township, an old resident
of Sherman county and will un
doubtly fill the office most satis
factorily.
John Needham and wife were
passengers for Grand Island last
Saturday morning. Miss Pearl
Needham accompanied them as
far as Rockville, where she visit
ed till Sunday morning at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Dickinson.
What Oar Neighbors
Have ta Say Aboat Is
A couple of weeks ago the peo
ple of Sherman county turned
a proposition to bond the county
for $75,000 for a new court house.
The majority was very light
against the bonds and since that
time there has been such a decided
change of sentiment that the
county board has issued a call for
a second election for June 30, to
submit the same question again.
If there is a county with the na
tural wealth and commercial im
portance as Sherman county with
as poor a capital building we do
not know where it is. The Jour
nal does not say it disparagingly
or with the slightest suggestion
that Valley county is much better
off, but the facts are clear that no
individual would be as careless
about housing his own valuable
property as is the county about
caring for its priceless records.
The zeal of the progressive citi
zens of Sherman county is to be
commended and they are teaching
a lesson that must come to Valley
county taxpayers in the near fu
ture. The Journal hopes that the
next special election will be more
successful and that a new court
house will begin to raise its towers
and domes toward the fair heavens
that smile over our rich neighbor
ing county.—Ord Journal
Romeo S. Conger left Monday
noon for Holden, Mo., to be best
man at the wedding of his sister
in-law, Miss Gail Hill, to Earl E.
Howard, to take place Tuesday
following at 8 o’clock in the even
ing. From there he was to go up
into Iowa for a further visit at
vacious points.
Louis Rein of Loup City, a
prominent politician in Nebraska
and a very close personal friend
of The Sentinel editor, died at his
home last Friday. Mr. Rein Was1
a democratic leader up to two years
ago when he joined the “Bull
Moosers.” No matter what his
politics he was every inch a man.
—E. A. Brown, Friend Sentinel.
Rev. P. Jueling and family left
Tuesday morning for Lincoln to
attend the Northwest German
Evangelical Conference, which
holds for a week in that city, and
they will return next Tuesday
evening.
Ed. Oltman, Mat Ignowski and
M. C. Mu lick went to Grand Is
land Tuesnay morning to attend
the state liquor dealers’ conven
tion, the sessions holding over
Tuesday and the two following
days.
Ike Meese and Ike McDaniel,
uncle and cousin of Mrs. Will
George, from Northwest Indiana,
are here on a visit and looking af
ter land interests owned by Mr.
Memo in this section.
.
Prtgraa
Invocation by Rev. Newton Sher
man of Arcadia.
Song, “America” by audience.
Address of welcome on behalf
of Excelsior Lodge No. 166 I. O.
O.F., J. S. Pedler.
Resjionse on behalf of Grand
Lodge I. O. O. F., Frank John,
Grand Master of Nebraska.
Oration, “Fratemalism of Odd
Fellowship”, L. V. Slocumb.
Patriarachs Militant, by E. S.
Davis. Past Commander of Nebr
aska.
The Jiner, Mrs. J. W. Conger
and A. T. Conger.
I. O. O. F., Goat and Candi
date.
Song “God be with You Till
We Meet Again”, by audience.
Music by the Band, while the
audience files out, Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs to remain seated.
Parade of Odd Eellows and Re
bekahs immediately after dismis
sal of Public Meeting.
Evwwic Prtfraa, At Optra Nous*
Conferring of Iniatory Degree,
by Arcadia Lodge No. 174.
Conferring of First Degree’ by
Excelsior Lodge No. 166, Loup
City.
Conferring of Second Degree, by
Banquet from 10 o’clock, p. m.,
until first call for breakfast in the
morning, “Eat when you are
hungry and drink when you are
dry.
Program; J. S. Pedler, J. W.
Conger and Peter Rowe.
Rojeption; R. D. Hendrickson,
A. B. Outhouse, T. R. Lay, E.
Dwehus, W. F. Greeniee.
All. Secretaries of all Lodges
present.
Refreshment; S. F. Reynolds,
and W. T. Gibson.
Decorative; O. F. Petersen, C.
C. Cooper, Earl W. Thompson,
Joe Reiman, Jim Burnette, T.
Biemond.
All business house have agreed
to close during the afternoon at
the Opera house.
Putal Orders Collect
able at Asy Office
Through a new order just re
ceived by the Omaha postoffice
officials money order issued in the
United States after July 1, 1914,
will be cashed at any office in
stead of at only the office at
which they are made payable, as
under the present system.
Tl» movement is another which
will largely affect the the express
companies the Postoffice depart
ment going into direct competition
with the express companies for
the money order business.
The extract from the order fol
lows;
Money orders issued at any
money order office in the continent
in the United States, except Alaska
may be paid at any money order
office on or before the expiration
of the thirteenth day following
the date of issue. If presented
after that date, and within one
year from the last day of the
month in which issued, they shall
be paid only at the office designa
ted in the money order as the
paying office, or repaid at the
office of issue.
Jos. Daddow and Don Holmes
went to Grand Island Tuesday
morning to attend to some matters
of business,
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