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    Loup Ctty Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. Aug 6, 1914. NUMBER 35
Is 1914 to See Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy of War of All Nations?
EUROPE INVOLVED
IN TERRIBLE WAR
ft I mi Lm4 as Tbengb AN the Great Powers ot Europe Were About to
Engage in a Gigantic Struggle
CZAR OF RISSIA DEFIES ALL HIS ENEMIES.
It imt i«s»k* m though all the
great power* of Europe were
abuut to engage tn . a gigantic
struggle for «upreaMM >. Last
aerk. Au*tnta-Hangary declaivd
a ar on J*er% ta and began o|«era
tit»n» almost distantly thereafter
and at tin* writing. Monday. Ku—
>ta ha* taken a band tn stipj*>rt
•*rn ia. while trereaaay has rushed
to the * ipp<rt of Austria and de
« I ami aar ut: birth Fra**ce and
Ku*~i*. Telegraphic rep>rt*
utsier dale of August 2. claimed
t >ennan> had .made! ¥ ranee and
mould undertake to suitdue tliat
ptlrf efmv slow Russia could
get her troop* mobilized and
ready for a *.#• «ti aga.tisl tie* Kai
ser. AM diplomatic relation* have
•sen broken off iaetween these
ta o great p*aer*. It seems cer
tain no a that England will Dece—
sar.,% become etnbroiled Ul the
aar and if •< Ja|ain propose* to
jump m and assist its Eughsh ally.
Tins would p*a«v Uu*-'a and .1 apat.
a» all.***, a queer alliance to the
two OMIWinn winch Were at each
other's throat such a *m*rt time
agu. Censorship of lie- press ami
l««ss report* in all the countries
• « the eastern nemispn* re make it
unposs.tde to know just what is!
la-itig door, save only for the
teaks, but enough oozes out to
predict Uiat it will be a terrible
aar of de** rot ion and i»l««»d*bed.
a itlt few of the p»wer* escaping
|<art therein.
rw event* «»I nr given by
morning'* j»jjer are to
tbr efef-t ibat ltu**ia iia- lieeu in
va>led t»> 4 tenaan f«»me!. who have
taken |«i»v»*iuii of at k*aat three
t. .. u*. «»era*»i. truoje- ‘iave al
ready invaded Belgium on their
■ray t« Fraie-e. thereby involving
K gland and a violation of tlie
le jtnut.i taw*. British army if*
- l*£ urn Am ll fjr. I and the Brfti**h
fleet 1* feje-rtei to have filet the
fo-rutaii fleet 0(1 the high ~*a*
and a tttttie wa» in jirogresa. Kng
tand aa*ure* Frame that if tlie
lirrtntli Fleet goe% into tlie Kug
That Marriage
• License Mistake
Tie ignorance of large numbers j
of (rr-41. a- t*> tbe laws govern
ing marriage license* i» a source
of oner nubng wouder upon thej
part of tie |«e >ple in all offices at
tie ■ • ri ‘ *•. say* tl*e Mate
J«awl. And Ibis ignorance i-'
not cunt e-d to non resident* ofj
tie state w bo < <«ur bere to lie j
we*.ird iwt is found among thosej
who have lo.-d in Nebraska all j
uf tbrir live*.
It is Iwhrved tiiat nearly half a*
many people apply to Uie county i
* i-ierk for lee-tises »• go to tbe
county ourt. Many apply to thej
clerk of tbe dtv.net and some to j
ll>r reg s|er of deed*. Cane* have j
Urn known w here person* anxi-,
on* to «ed hare gone to ti«e city !
eirrk for tbe necessary |«*rmit.
wnde other* have invaded tie
federal t Molding.
«Mir man came all the way from .
Massacfnwett* u» marry a Nebras
ka g.ri and hr brought with him
the heenae ;**ued by the town
clerk of the place he came from,
lie waa much surprise j when lie
learned that the minister who
was to perform the ceremony
would not accept this as sufficient
authorisation for him to go a 1 lead
w ill* the solemn rite*. It is such
a common thing for men to aeek
heeuaa* in tht* county when they
rXpert to he wedded in another
that Kobtc Reid, clerk of tbe
county court, before taking down
any data, aak* the applicant if be
ii' > eiuumel the British fleet will
interfere.
I».s|mtciies under date of 4th
-va.\ - war im- l»*en declared be
;we*-n England and (iermany
«* ..e Japan reiterate- its inten
tion of aiding England if the lat
ter get - into tiie big -pree. French
•-apture two and jiossibly three
German • rui-er- after battle at
~ea. A;.stria defeated by Servians
:i attic near Semendria. Gor
ina: air- iij»- drop bombs from
air- up on French territory. Italy
m a ferment of hatred against
A stria, with sympathy almost
entirely with Servia. and may not
remain neutral long, in spite of
rie efforts of the government to
• keep it so. (iermany and Kus
-ia each a-k Sweden whether she
»:!l remain neutral, and the latter
is prcjiaring to defend her neu
trality. President Wilson pro
claims the neutrality of the
l intel State* and defines the
!> - lion • f tlii- nation in the Eur
I» in controversy and war. Ger
uai.t lay- the blame for the pre
;[>itation of war between France.
R --la and itself to the two for
! • t [lowers, which it drclared in
• i-*d (icrniun territory before a
stat** of war wa- declared.
UNCONSCIOUS
SEVERAL DAYS
Fourteen Year Old Boy Thrown Frew
Horse and Stunned.
CASE BAFFLES DOCTORS.
One of the strangest cases that
lias occupied the attention of the
of the medical profession of Ord
is that of Louis Petska, son
of Frank Petska, residing on
a farm across the river east of;
town. The boy's case is a baffling
one to the doctors, and is also dan
gerous in its uncertainty.
Wednesday morning of last
week while driving cattle home to
the pasture, Louis Petska. aged 14
was thrown from his horse with
sufficient force to render him un
conscious. The ground was slip
pery with the rain of the night be
fore and the horse when but a
short distance from the house
si 1 pi led and threw the boy. The
fall was seen by the people at the
house and they immediately ran
out and carried him in.
Wednesday morning—a week
after the accident, he had not re
gained full consciousness and was
still in a stupor from which, with
the united efforts of the physicians
it has been impossible to rouse
him.
What is puzzling to the doctors
is the fact that the boy seems to
suffer no pain: he is not paralyzed
but is able to move his body, and
when given nourishment is able to
swallow. He also seems to be
able to understand what is being
said and what is being done but
cannot respond. The boy's broth
er when asked about it, said,
"Louis doesn't seem to be hurt:
he is just sleeping all the time. ”
At this time, however, the phy
sicians express confidence that
there is no danger and that the
Ijoy will soon regain complete
consciousness.—(^d Journal.
Bunch of Good Fellows
Surprise Dan McDonald
An item which escaped us last
Ml k. and MM "f the most enjoy
able to tines' jmrticipating. was
the genuine surprise party pulled
ff one evening on Supervisor Dan
McDonald. Knowing that I>an
wh' lonesome, owing to Mrs. Mc
Donald lieing away on a visit, a
numl<er of choice friends in the
neighborhood, augmented by a
cot.p. • of auto loads from Loup
City, gave him a genuine surprise
by apj»earing at the home and tak
ing full possession. Of course,
Dan surrendered gracefully and
let them have their way, which
meant that the entire evening was
bubbling over with a good time.
The boys from here report lots
more than we are going to speak
of, but they had it all right, all
right.
i- u» b* married in Lancaster
| county.
A marriage license is good only
in the county in which it is issued.
The man must l»e twenty-one
years and the women eighteen
.t ear-- of age. If younger than
, this the minor must have the
written consent of the father, if
living, or of the mother if the
! fa lter > dead. If both parents
an- dead the eoMml of tlic guard
iaii muM la* obtained. No licence
under any circumstances will be
i—tie 1 to a man under eighteen or
a woman under sixteen years of
age.
The applicant for a license must
give his name, age, place of resi
dence. place of birth, name of
father and maiden name of mother
and the same information must lie
given in regard to the woman.
A l of these siatementa must be
made under oath. The question
waich bothers most men who ap
ply for licenses is as to the maid
en name of the bride's mother and
it is often necessary for the clerk
of the court to leave this blank, to
lie filled in by the miuister per
forming the ceremony.
Tlie 1-gal fee for a marriage li
(cense is $1.50. The fee which the
judge is required to collect for
performing the ceremony is $?>.
We are to have a Chautauqua
again next year. Some thirty-five
I of our people at the close of the
program on the last day entered
into contract with the manage
ment to secure the attractions
again the coming year.
Boy Kicked in
Face by Horae
On Tuesday of this week, be
tween 9 and 10 o’clock in the
morning while two young sons of
Burr Robbins up trie valley a few
miles were playing about the
stables, the younger boy, named
Homer, was kicked in the face by
one of the horses, cutting a gash
over two inches in length from the
right corner of his mouth up
wards to the cheek bone, requir
ing eleven stitches to sew up. Be
sides the above all but two teeth
in his upper jaw were knocked out
these were on the opposite side of
the face. Dr. Main was hurried
ly called and attended the little
sufferer, who is getting along
nicely and will soon be around all
right.
W right Reynolds and wife were
over from the west side Sunday
visiting parents and friends. We
understand they will go to the
mountains in a few weeks for the
benefit of Wright’s health, his
physician recommending a few
weeks rest and visit to the moun
tainous clime.
Much valuable fertizing material
is loss when farmers burn their
straw stacks. The straw, decay
ing the soil, supplies the needed
elements for boosting production
and holding the moisture in the
ground. The practice of burning
strawstacks is being Vigorously
condemned. The farmer could
easily spare the time necessary to
spread the wheat straw over his
field.
THE HARVEST
OF DEATH
F. W. Pod, W. P. Tbosktr h4 Mrs.
Lewis H. Knt{H at Hast.
ALL WEUKHRhni HERE.
F. W. Post died at 12:10 p. m.
August 4. 1914, at tbe home of
his brother-in-law George Brill, in
this city, of lead poisoning. De
ceased was born at Owen Sound,
Ontario, Canada. He came to tbe
United States at the age of ten
years, and was aged 39 years at
the time of his death. He leaves
a wife and three children at Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa, where the body
was shipped Wednesday morning
for burial. For some time de
ceased has been at the home of
his brother-in-law. and in rapidly
declining health, and his demise
had only been a matter of time
and not unexpected. Our people
will deeply sympathize with tbe
sorrowing ones over his untimely
passing away in tbe zenith of life.
V. P. TMESIEI
The sad news was received here.
Monday evening of this week, by
S. E. Thrasher, of the death of
his aged father, W. P. Thrasher, j
at Great Falls, Montana, aged 84
vears. Grandpa Thrasher was
formerly a resident of Loup City,
he and his good wife making their
home with the son. For some
years, we understand, he has been
living in Montana. He was here
on a visit last Feburary, for a
short time. He was well known
to all the older residents of this
itfoab. Ad friewdsof ue family
and of the deceased will sympa
thize with them in their hour of
sorrow. Obituary next week.
MRS. LEWIS R. KRIQMT
The funeral services of Mrs.
Lewis H. Knight were held Tues
day afternoon. July 18th, at 1:30
o'clock. Rev. C. H. True, a life
long friend of the family, preach
ing the sermon. The pall bearers
were the four sons and two sons
in-law6 of the deceased. The re
mains were taken to Strawberry
Point for interment, followed by
a number of relatives and friends
who had gathered to pay their
last respects to one they had
known and loved so long.
Laura Jane Woods was born in
Westhampton. Mass., July 14,
1837, and died at her home in
Edgewood, Iowa, July 27, 1914,
aged 77 years and 13 days. She
was married in Norwich, Mass.,
May 3, 1863 to Lewis H. Knight.
After residing there a few years,
they removed to Strawberry
Point, Iowa, in the vicinity of
which they have since lived with
the exception of a few years spent
in Nebraska.
To them were born ten children,
two of whom died in infancy.
The ones now living in Edgewood
are, Charles L., Albert, Delimer,
and Mrs. Jessie McDonald: and
Lafayette, of Strawberry Point,
Iowa; Mrs. Jennie True of Arca
dia, Nebr.; Mrs. Minnie Benscho
ter, Loup City, Nebr., and Mrs.
Kate Waldo. Manchester, Iowa.
These, with the aged husband, are
left to mourn their loss. The sad
ness and grief of parting with
loving and loved wife and mother
are softened by the Christian hope,
that when she passed away with
a smile upon her face, leaving the
pain and weariness of life, she en
tered the rest and beauties of the
glory land, where sickness and
sorrow never comes and where
she awaits the coining of the
loved ones she has left for a little
while.
A precious one from us has gone;
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
God in His wisdom so called.
The boon his love had given.
And though the body moulders
there
The soul is safe in heaven.
We stop the press to announce
the death cf Jacob Albers, which
occurred this (Wednesday) after
noon at 4:10 o’clock, aged 72 years.
I Obituary next week.
NEW CREAMERY
BEING ERECTED
Foundation Finished and Construc
tion Work Ruder Way.
BRILBING WILL COST S5.000
The promised new plant for the
Ravenna Creamery Company was
begun last week and to date the
foundation has been put in and
the floor of the mammoth build
ing, which will be of cement is be
ing laid. The dimensions of the
building will be of cement. 42x8u
feet, one story high, with a 10
foot porch on the east and a 12
foot boiler and store room on the
west. It is practically fire-proof
and will make a splendid addition
to the city's interests. It is es
timated the block building will
cost at least $5,000 completed. C.
J. Tracy has the contract for the
cement work of the building, ex-1
cept the floors, which was let to J
Joe Reiman, the cement sidewalk
contractor. Ed. Radcliffe has the :
contract for the carpenter work j
on the building.
/ j
The Dreamland Theater chang
ed hands August 1st, Messrs. Jack
Amick and Clayton Conger leas
ing the same of Messrs. Ogle &
BechtLold. The incoming theatri
cal managers are among our most
enterprising and go-ahead young
men and you may wager all you
wish on the boys making good
and sure win. Good for the boys.
Mrs. Clara Mielke of Omaha
is here visiting the I. S. Syas and
Boht. Patshard families.
Entertain Ladies ef
the Old B. of E.CInb
Last Saturday evening, Mrs.
W. F. Mason and Mrs. Thos.
Dinsdale entertained the members
of the old B. of E. club at the
home of the former, in honor of
Miss Blanche Trier of Chicago,
with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dinsdale
of Palmer were guests at the Ma
son home. Miss Trier of will be
remembered as being here some
months ago as ene of the five
Trier Sisters, who gave an enter
tainment hers, and has been visit
ing at Palmer with Mrs. Dinsdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Dinsdale and Mis6
Trier returned to Palmer Monday
morning. Miss Trier gave a
splendid solo at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. She is
at present taking a vacation from
vaudeville work in which she has
been engaged the past season.
Paying far Cream
According toGrade
The Dairy Commissioner or the
state of Nebraska has lately issued
Bulletin No. 122 treating specifi
cally on the handling and grading
of cream. He has arranged to
have all creameries and all cream
stations doing business in Nebras
ka begin Monday August 3rd to
grade cream, putting it into two
classes; First and Second grade.
Full instructions are contained in
the new bulletin, to the cream
buyers, as to what constitutes No.
1 and No. 2 cream, and to' the
dairyman, as to how to produce a
grade of cream all the time.
The Food department proposes
that after a month of buying on
the grading system, when all
cream producers shall have had
an opportunity to get acustomed
to selling their cream on a quality
basis, that a differential in price
be made between No. 1 and No. 2
cream. This would seem to be
the only fair, business like way to
handle the matter, because then
those dairymen who take good
care of their cream and produce
and sell a No. 1 grade all the time,
will get paid for their extra care
and labor. Those who do not
handle their cream las cream
should be handled, and do not pro
duce and sell a No. 1 article, will
be paid for what it is worth on
the basis of the market for No. 2
grade butter.
The Dairy Commissioner thinks
the practise of paying the same
price for all grades of cream is not
a fair proposition, in as much as
only fifteen to twenty percent of
the cream sold is really a second
grade, and while the poorer grades
of cream bring the better grades
all down to the same level in
quality by being mixed together
at the cream stations, yet the met
hod followed is no a fair one.
In buying hogs, grain, livestock
or any other article of produce,
the product is paid for according
to its quality and the same rule
should prevail in the cream buy
ing business. As it is at present,
four dairyman out of five could
and would produce and sell % Ko.
1 article of butter fat at the ad
vanced price that the No. 1 arti
cle should bring, but, there is,
however, one dairyman in every
five that produces and sells an in
ferior grade of cream, which ac
cording to the present methods,
regulates the price that the other
four better dairymen have to take
for their product.
The dairy commissioner esti
mates that the Dairymen of Nebr
aska loose annually One Million
Dollars, just be cause twenty per
cent of the cream sold is not first
class. In other words, of five
cream producers, four of them
pay a constant tax of two or three
cents per pound on their product,
because the fifth man will not im
prove his methods. Let us stand
up for the improvement of condi
tions of the dairymen—one of Ne
braska’s greatest industries.
ST. PAUL BOY MUR
DERED IN IDAHO
Mike MuUoy ef SI Paul, Nebraska, Killed Near Blue Lake Grade, Idaho
By Two Ceupsnieu, aad Body Throw* in Lake.
HEAD BEATER TO A PRLP.
•
Word reached here last Friday
that Mike Mulloy, Jr. had been
accidently killed in Idaho the pre
vious day. No particulars of any
kind were received and since that
time no informion lias been re
ceived by the Malloy family.
Mr. Mulloy started at once for
Jerome, Idaho to accompany the
remains home. He drove to Grand
Island where he caught the first
train west. This morning a mess
age was received informing the
family that the remains would
reach this city in the morning,
and in all probability the funeral
will be held Saturday morning at
nine or ten o'clock.
The following is taken from the
Denver Post and throws some
light on the affair
Shoshone, Wyo„ July 28.—
Louis Irley of Joplin, Mo., and
Carl Johnson of Salt Lake City
are in the county jail here pend
ing an inquiry into the murder of
Michael F. Mulloy of St. Paul,
Neb., who was murdered on the
Blue lakes grade, twenty-five miles
south of Shoshone last Friday af
ternoon and his body thrown into
the lake to conceal the crime.
Mulloy's head was beaten al
most to a pulp with stones, after
which he was dragged to the rim
rock of the lake and thrown into
the water. His body was found
by fishermen and the arrest of
Irley and Johnson followed.
Irley, Johnson and Mulloy were
on their way to Twin Falls, Idaho
and spent Friday morning at Je
rome. They had engaged a
team and buggy with a driver at
a livery stable in Jerome to carry
them part of the way to Twin
Falls.
After leaving Jerome an alter
cation arose with the driver over
the amount of fare and when it
was to be paid. The driver be
came angry and ordered the men
from the buggy and returned to
Jerome. Before the* driver left
Johnson and Irley began accusing
Mulloy of being responsible for
their predicament and a violent
quarrel followed.
This was the last seen alive of
Mulloy by anyone excepting John
son and Irley. Both men admit
they were under the- influence of
liquor at the time and do not re
member what happened after the
trio were ordered to leave the
buggy by the driver. When John
son and Irley were taken into cus
tody they had abandoned their
idea of going to Idaho and were
on their way to Nevada,—St.
Paul Phonograph Press.
Lncle Peter Jacobv, who has
been very ill the past ten days,
caused by blood poison resulting
from an injury to one of his toes,
is considerably improved at this
time and it is believed that the
immediate and most alarming dan
ger is passed. Owing to his great
age and feeble condition it was
feared for a time that be could not
survive,—Aurora Sun.
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Kearns-Bradley
Wedding Bells
Married, at Bellevue, at the
home of the bride, Tuesday, Aug
ust 4, 1914, at 8 o’clock p. m..
Rev. Raymond V. Kearns of Os
wego, Ills., to Miss Marquerite
Bradley of Bellevue, Nebr. The
groom is the oldest son of Dr. and
Mrs. A. J. Kearns of this city,
and one of the brightest young
men ever going out from this city.
He is a graduate of Bellevue Col
lege class of ’ll, going from there
to Chicago, where he graduated
the first of April this year from
the McCormick Theological Semi
nary and where he was assistant
pastor of the Sedgwick Presby
terian church during the last two
years of his seminary course. The
first of May, this year, he accept
ed and was ordained and installed
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Oswego, Ills., where he
is now located. His bride is a
graduate of Bellvue College of the
class of ’12 since which time site
has been a teacher in the high
schools at Orchard, Nebr. Rev.
Kearns and his bride arrived in
this city last evening, for a short
visit with his parents and great
his legion of friends, who will
join with us in wishing for the
happy couple a long, happy and
prosperous life.
Mrs. Laura Briggs was called to
St. Paul Monday to the bedside
of her sister, Mrs. Grace O’Brien,
who is quite ill.