Loup City Northwestern
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA.JUT 1
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ
VOLUME XXXI11 LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. July 23, 1914. NUMBER33
MILLER WINS
OVER FARMER
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Fastest md lest Wresting Came Ever Held in Loup City, Witnessed by
Faaa at Opera House Last Thursday Right
HONORS EVER AS TO FALLS.
Tie* most exciting mat game
e\*-r p iord off in this city was I
tiiat of last Thursday evening when
our local man. W arren Miller,
finished best over Fanner Kersen
brot k of Lincoln, one of tlie be-t
• re-tiers of the slate. Tbe
wrestle wax to a finish, if it took
all night, but it didn't, and tbe
re-aits were surprising to the fans
present as well as to tbe princi
pals.
!-om** weeks ago. Miller and
Kersenbrock wrestled here at the
opera bouse one hour and a half
lu a draw. Neither side was sat
isfied with tlie results and a match
was talked of for a big stake but
failed to materialize, so when
match wa- made between to men
for tbe gal* rec*ij»ts, the fans were
somewhat sceptical that another
draw would result, lienee tlie
crowd at tbe opera house to see
t!«e -port was not more than half
that of tlie first contest between
the two men. And that is where
the alr-cutee- got left, for from
tbe start it was evident that no
draw would result, both being in
lhr game to win.
As time was called by Referee
Mutick. tlie big fellows sprang for
tbe center of tbe mat and hardi.v
waited for tbe customary hand
clasp lief ore tliej broke lose and
the royal battle was on. While
tbe meeting before was with Mil
ler the agre-sor and Kersenbrock
on the defensive for nearly the
entire time, this tune lioth men
were aggressors and not a moment
elapsed that there was not some
thing doing till at the end of 18
nvni.tr- Kersenbrock clam|ied a
half-Nelson and c rotch hold on
Miller and slowly pinned the hit
ter's shoulders to tlie mat.
At call of time again, both
-prang forward, clinched and
while the first round was thought
to Is* about as fast as the men
could go. the -econd was so much
fa-ter that it was -imply a whirl
wind of action, so quick were the
men in getting and breaking holds
and squirming out of seemingly
impossible situations. Miller
tame l«atk even stronger than iie
fore. seemingly frenzied over his
first fall and showed strength and
agility tiiat was a wonderful sur
prise even to hi- warmest adher
ents. both men were many tink's
in critical danger, hut with light
ning-like rapidity broke away,
honors being even till at ‘be close
of just la minutes. Miller secured
a banunerlock on Kerseubruck's
left arm and in (lie must excru
ciating agon> forced tlie Farmer's
si*Hildrni to Ute mat, and so se
verely was the re-ult tiiat for per
haps three minutes tlie Utter lay
in the same position with his arm
Accidently
Electrocited
Mr*. J. L Depew of this city
ha* received the distressing news
of the untimely death of a nephew
Don Papendk-k. a telephone line
man at (ireeley. Colo., who was
killed on the ikh instant by an
electric shuck. We tiave received
no furtlier particulars of the sad
case. The young man was a son
of Mrs. Depew's youngest sister,
of Katiidrum. Idaho, and brother
of Roy Papertdick who made many
friend* while here visiting the De
pews last Christmas time. The
many friend* of Mrs. Depew will
grieve, with her over the sorrow
that baa come to her.
under him, unable to move that
member and his arm had to be
pulled from under, when it was
found that the tendons at the el
bow were so badly torn that he
was unable to continue and he
courteously conceded the result to
Miller, explaining that his arm
was in such a condition that he
was utterly unable to goon again,
the hammerlock having been se
cured on the arm which had been
slightly injured a week previous
in handling a piano, but not deem
ing the injury at the time suffici
ent to cancel the match. However,
Kersenbrock assures the editor of
the Northwestern that as soon as
his arm has sufficiently recovered
and his condition in proper shape
he will write us and challenge
Miller to another contest, when he
thinks he will be able to throw
the latter. Mr. Kersenbrock is a
very pleasant and courteous gen
tleman and has made many friends
in his two visits to our city, and
while, of course, local pride exists
over Miller's good fortune, yet
much regret is felt over the in
jury to Mr. Kersenbrock's arm
and lioj*e is expressed that he may
soon be physically in good shape.
AGED MAN HIT
BY FAST TRAIN
Frank Vavra, 71 Years Old Was Hit
by Incoming Passenger.
MAY RECOVER REGARDLESS AGE.
Last Friday evening Frank Va
vra, aged 71 years, was hit by the
C. B. & Q. passenger train as it
pulled into town.
The old man had been up town
and was returning home with a
pail of beer, and as his custom
was, was crossing the track back
of the Ravenna creamery. There
| is a path there that is used by peo
ple in the northeast part of town
in going and coming. It is not at
the regular crossing.
In crossing the track Mr. Vavra
evidently did nc t see and of course
did not hear the train till it was
close upon him. When he did see
it he evidently became dazed and
turned about to face the train and
threw up his hands to face the
impending blow.
He was evidently hit by the cow
catcher and thrown off the track,
for there are marks on his shins
that would indicate his being thus
hit. He was also hit in the mouth
his lip being severely cut and
three teeth knocked out. There
is also a bruise across the lower
part of his breast and other minor
injuries.
That he was not killed is a won
der.
Of course help came at once
from different directions and the
j train crew, the train being im
mediately stopped, came to his as
i sistance.
A Quiz reporter was one of the
tirst to render help.
The old man was taken to hie
home and Dr. Haldeman was
called.
The doctor reports the okl mas
getting along well for the number
of his injuries and considering his
years.—Ord Quiz.
Old Settler Leaves For
New Home in Iowa
The Graack brothers, of Logan
township, so well and favorably
known to our jieople, having lived
here for years and did all their
farming and other business under
that name, have dissolved busi
ne>s by mutual consent, Peter
Graack, recently married, having
sold his interests to his brother,
Hans, and moved to Iowa with his
bride. The brothers were among
our good and substantial farmers. !
and while we regret either one
leaving us, our people may be
congratulated on the fact that one
brother stays with us.
Cash Conger was up from Dan
nebrog last Saturday shaking
hands with his many friends. If
it were not for making Stewart,
Jimmy, Irvin and Ashley feel sore
at us, we would say that Cash was
the best looking one of that bunch
of good brothers.
Constitutional
Amendments
The coming Nebraska election
this year finds the initiative and
referendum for the first time oper
ating in this state. The period
has now elapsed during which
jietitions may lie filed to place
measures on the ballot for direct,
legislation, so we may safely take
a su rvey and make a complete in
ventory.
The official ballot at the Novem
ber election will contain sevsn
state-wide propositions on which
the voters will be called upon to
pass, three of them constitutional
amendment proposed by initiative,
two measures enacted by the legis
lature upon which a referendum
has been demanded, and one meas
ure which it is difficult to desig
nate properly, being an alterna
tive proposition adopted by the
legislature contingent upon a ref
erendum vote. The list is as fol
lows:
L— Constitutional Amendments
Submitted by the I legislature:
1. liaising the salary of the
governor and other state execu
tives. *
t. Eliminating the rule of uni
formity in taxation.
3. Permitting three-fourths
jury verdict in civil cases.
II.— Constitutional Amendment
Proposed by Initiation:
4. Giving votes to women.
HI—Laws on Which Referendum
was evoked:
5. Workmen’s compensation
for industrial accidents.
C. Appropriation to construct
an armory at Nebraska City.
IV—Alternative Referendum Or
dered by the Legislature:
7. Consolidation of state uni
versity and agricultural col
lege on suburban site at Lin
coln or continued separation
by retention of downtown
catapus.
It must be admitted that for a
start this is a sparing use of the
initiative and referendum, com
mendable to our self-repression, as
a number of other proposals which
were to have been launched either I
were withdrrwn or did not mate
rialize. The gfimc, however, is
young yet, apd the experience of
other initiative apd referendum
states lias beep that it is a habit
which grows,—Daily Bee,
Ptomaine Poison
ing From Tomatoes
On Tuesday of this week, Art*
bur Hancock, who is working for
Don Holmes op Route 9, suffered
a case of ptomaine poisoning at
dinner time from eating canned
tomatoes. The boy was quite ill
for some time, but on telephoning
to Dr. Kearns, and there being a
certain medicine in the house that
would prove satisfactory in such
cases, the doctor gave instructions
to take same and fortunately in $
few hours the boy w&s out of
danger and at late reports was
getting along nicely.
1 OF DEIT1
Mrs. Gorion Snyder, Laid to Rest in
Verdurette Cemetery.
JOSEPH KOWALSKI, DIED JULY IS.
We have received the following
account of the sad death of Mrs.
Gordon Snyder, so well known
here, and whose body was laid to
rest in Verdurette cemetery last
Friday morning, arriving on the
train from the farm near Com
stock, where she passed away the
Wednesday previous:
Mamie M. Knight was born
near GleOnville, Clay county, Ne
braska, March 9, 1889, residing
there until she was 14 years of
age, when she removed to Sher
man county, later returning to
Clay county, residing there until
her marriage to F. G. Snyder, on
Nov. 4, 1910, the remainder of
her life being spent in thccounties
of Custer and Sherman. She
jtassed from this life at the age of
25 years, 4 months and 6 days.
Besides her husband, she leaves an
infant daughter. She leaves to
mourn her loss her grandparents,
five sisters and three brothers, one
infant sister preceding her to the
Heavenly land. In life she was a
consistent member and faithful
worser in me an. r.. cnurcn, Hav
ing joined at the age of 17 years.
She died at her home near Corn
stock, July 15, 1914. There was
a short service held at the home
July 17th. Friday morning, the
l>ody was *tken to Loup City,
where a hearse was in waiting and
the loved form laid to rest in Ver
durette cemetery, near the old
home place, the funeral sermon
being preached by her pastor.
Rev, R. H, Chrysler, pastor of
the Methodist church of Comstock,
near the old home place where she
had grown up with the one she
loved and to whom she had
plighted her marrige vows; near
the place of so many sacred and
happy associations, and laid to
rest in the beautiful cemetery to
await the call of the great resur
rection. How sad, when we
think of the broken family, of the
little, motherless babe, oi the al
most heartbroken husband and
father turning away from the new
made grave to bravely face the
stern realities of this world and
make his life aim to care for the
little daughter left him. Bpt our
grief is softened by the Christian
hope and his happy translation,
for when the last moment came,
she passed away with a smile on
her face, leaving behind her the
pain and sickness of this life and
entering into the beauties of the
glory land, where sickness and
sorrow never comes and where
she is awaiting the coming of the
loved ones she has left for a while.
It is not death to die,
To leave this weary road,
And mid tne brotherhood on high
To be at home with God.
CABD OF THANKS
We, the undersigned, wjsh
hereby tp extend pur peartfelt
thanks fo a(l kind friends apd
neighbors. Sop of Veterans and
sipgers pf Comstock, who, by
fheir sympathy and helpfulness,
have done so much to help us bear
our great affliction during the
sickness, death and funeral of
wife apd daughter.
F. G. Snyder,
C. M. Snyder and wife,
C. E. Knight and fapiily.
Joseph Kowalski, sop pf Mr,
apd Mrs, Andrew Kowalski, died
July 18,1914, of Cholera infantum
aged 8 years, 4 months and 18
days. Father, mother and two
brothers survive him. Fnneralon
Sunday, July 19, at St. Josephus
Catholic church, Loup City.
CABD OF THANKS
We wish to thank neighbors
and friends who so kindly assisted
daring sickness apd death of oar
beloved qpe,
Mr. and Mi*. A, Kowalski,
Frank Kowalski,
Agues Kounter.
QUITE A BIG
COYOTE STORY!
What an Imagination it Must Have
Taken to Concoct Such a Story
SOME BLOOD AND THUNDER WRITER
It is possibly excusable for
down east newspapers to get up
fake yarns about the west, for
those people many of them, really
think there is nothing in the west
but wild things, but for the Kan
sas City paper to get off the fol- i
lowing is beyond explanation ex
cept on the theory of pure pre-.
varacation:
“Bartlett, Neb., July 12—At-'
tacked by a pack of coyotes, held
in a tree for more than fifteen
hours and then permitted to es
caped in an almost miraculous
manner, was the story told here
today by Henry Townsend and
Thomas Coupland, business part
ners.
‘Townsend and Coupland were j
returning in a motor car from a
business trip to O’Neill. They
were attacked by a large number
of coyotes in the sandhill country
while eating their lunch near a
creek. They were armed with re
volvers. but the coyotes were too
numerous to start a fight. A hic
kory tree was near. The men ran
for it. The angry animale snarled
below. Hour after hour they
howled, but the men were out of
their reach. Morning came, but
not one animal had left. They
appeared to become more hungry
and angry. At 9 o'clock the
howling was almost unbearable.
“Suddenly two crows passed a
short distance over the tree. Four
more were following the same
coarse. Coupland drew his re- i
volver. i
“Maybe I can get a little prey
for those beasts below, ” he told
Townsend. He shot one of the
crows. The coyotes ran for it.
“The men made a break for the i
THE PRIMARY
FREE-FOR-ALL
Thirty-eight Candidates File for the Primary Race in Sherman County, Wo
Call Attention to the List Below.
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SHERIFF SEEMS TO BE THE PLIM DESIRED
With 38 candidates for political
nominations filed for the primary
race in Sherman county, the cam
paign for the latter is now in full
swing. The last chance for would
be office holders to file passed with
the closing of the filings last Sat
urday. The number surpasses
that of any previous primary fil
ings. The highest number of fil
ings for any one office was that
of sheriff, for which there are
seven in the race, while the least
is one lone candidate for coroner.
The second place in number of as
pirants for honor is that of clerk
of the district court, for which
there are five filings, while for
superintendent of schools four are
on deck. Three want to be coun
ty clerk and representative, while
for senator, treasurer, county
judge, county attorney, surveyor
and supervisor of Dist. No, 7. the
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machine, two hundred feet away.
After eating the crow the mad
dened animals returned and made
a dash for the men. Coupland
killed a half dozen of the leaders
while Townsend cranked the car.
A moment more and the men were
off,1’—Ord Quiz.
Petersen’s Hardware
Stere Changes Hands
Last Saturday occurred another
change in the business interests of
Loup City when J. A. Arnett &
Son (Clarence) traded farm inter
ests to O. F. Petersen for the lat
ter’s general stock of hardware,
furniture, etc., at the old John
Solms stand. Possession was giv
en Monday and the new firm took
charge. Our best wishes go with
both outgoing and incoming gen
tlemen. Just what Mr. Petersen
intends going into he has not yet
decided upon. 'Both Arnetts,
father and som» are well known to
our people and most favorably,
and we bespeak for them a gener
ous portion of the trade in their
line.
We understand the Fats and
Leans wifi cross hats at the hall
park this afternoon, What a
batty time the boys will have. If
you don’t see the fun you’ll miss
it.
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Street Ball Playing
Must Cease
Complaint comes to this office
protesting against the playing of
ballon our public streets. As
there is a state law governing
this, complainant insists that the
first violation of the law will cause
him to swear out a warrant
against the violator or violators
thereof. Direct cause of the com
plaint was because the complain
ant received a violent hit from
a thrown ball Monday afternoon
which was missed by the eatoher
and badly bruised one of hla lower
limbs, sq much so that the ser
vices of a physician were required
to attend and bandage the same.
Perhaps this publicity will be ef
fectual in preventing further dan
ger from that source. As the
Methodist preacher and the post
master-editor of the Times were
engaged in the pastime about
the same time, we hasten to say
that neither were the cause of the
above injury to complainant.
Mr, and Mrs, Louie Hansen re
turned last Saturday from their
vacation trip to Yellowstone Park
and through Colorado.
t '
Johnny Burrowes, advance
agent of Boyd Burrowes, our fav
orite showman, was here last Sat
urday for a few hours. Johnny
informed us that Boyd would pass
us up this trip, owing to the
Chautauqua and other attractions
here. He played at St Paul last
week and skipped past us to Ar
cadia this week. Don’t see why
Boyd could not have come and
caused a good rain here.
Mrs, Peter Thode was called to
^ineoln Monday to the bedside of
her good mother, who was not ex*
pected to live but a day or two.
It is to be hoped that their worst
fears may not be realized and that
she may be spared to their loved
ones yet many years. The mother
is 73 years of age.
Young Ranchman
Found Dead
We learn that a brotherdn-law
of Frank Petersen, named John
Simpson, a ranchman near Water
town, S. D„ was found dead on
the 2nd of this month. The sup
position is that he was murdered,
of several bullet holes were found
in his body, but no gun was found,
nor any trace of the murderer,
Mrs. Petersen, sister of the dead
man, is in receipt only of the facts
above._
S. A. Pratt and wife autoed up
from Hazard for a few hours l*»t
Sunday.
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limit proves to be two aspirants.
In districts Nos. 1, 3, and 5, only
in each filed for supervisor, aa
well as one for coroner, mention*
ed above. Below we append tha
list of those getting into the run*
ning:
For Senator—R. P. Starr, rep.}
R. E. Dale. dem.
For Representative — J. W.
Burleigh, rep.; C. W. Trumble,
dem., L. V. Slocumb, prog.
For County Clerk—W. T. Gib*
son, rep.; L. B. Polski, dem.;J.
J. Slominski, dem.
For Clerk District Court—Geo.
Brill, rep.; J. R. Gardiner, rep.;
W. S. Waite, rep.; Chas. Bass,
dem.; E. F. Jones, prog.
For Treasurer—F. M. Henry,
rep.; John J. Jezewski, dem.
For Sheriff—L. A. Williams,
rep.; J. H. Miner, rep.; Peter
Rowe, dem.; \1 m. Hancock, dem.}
LloydBly, dem.; F. Gappa, dem.}
A. C. Ogle, dem.
For County Judge — E. A.
Smith, A. E. Charlton.
For County Attorney—J. S.
Pedler, rep.; L» L. Stephens, dem.
For Superintendent of Schools
—Mrs. Mary A. K. Hendrickson,
rep.; Mrs. Ethel Pearson Heupy,
rep.; L. H. Currier, dem.; R. D,
Hendrickson, dem.
For Surveyor—E. B. Coming,
dem.; T. W. O. Wolfe, prog.
For Coroner—A. S. Main, rep.
For Supervisors—W. Rewolin*
ski, dem., Dist. 1.; J. H. Maief
ski, dem., Dist. 5.; W. O. Brown,
rep, Dist,3; F. T. Richmond, rep.
Disk 7.; H. W. Lang, soc., Dist.
Our good friend, Willis Fulli
I ton of Austin, for whom all na
ture joins in assisting along horti
cultural lines, as well as agricul
| tural, brought to this office last
Saturday some mighty fine sam
ples of home-grown currents and
gooseberries, the finest we hava
seen for many seasons. Mr. Ful
liton fully understands how to
trim and put in shape fruit trees
and bushes to get the best poss
ible results. If we knew half as
much about the above lines as he
does we would not be running for
the legislature.
Heavy Stone
Injures Foot
Joe Reiman now knows how it
feels to get a foot between the
ground and a heavy slab of stone.
Last Friday in unloading a lot of
stone slabs, one of them got away
and investigated the difference be
tween the pedal extremity of our
big friend and inanimate earthf kfl
to toughness. In consequenC0§
Joe is not running races nor foul
ing as good as might be. Too bfd^
John Spotanski was taken to
the St. Katherine hospitol at Om
aha, Monday morning for treat
ment for a bad case of stomach
trouble. His wife, son Lawrence
and Frank Dzingle accompanied
him.
Joe Peacock of Los Angeles
visited here over last Sunday with
his nephew, Will Doner, on his
way to New York on a business
trip.
W. C. Foster and wife were
over from Ansley Monday to do
some trading, returning hnme that
same evening.
Theo. Wiison and wife went to
Ashton yesterday for a visit.