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$3.00 Worth of Reading for $1.50—“The Homestead," “Todays" Hapzlne and ‘*fhe Northwestern", all One Tear, For $I.5U Loup City Northwestern _OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. 1 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. December, 11th 1914. NUMBER 51 FARMER COM MITS SUICIDE Prominent Pioneer of Sherman Coun -v ty Dies By Own Hand 'V _ FOURD HARGIR6 IR HIS HARR. Last Friday morning, J. F. Wilhelm Jaeschke of Rockville was found hanging to a joist in his barn in the north part of Rock ville, this county, life having be come extinct, and the deed being done some time between midnight and the time the body was found. The particulars as far as could ascertained are as follows: Mr. Jaeschke had been in a morose state of mind from business wor ries for some weeks, following his return from Texas, where he had invested in large parcels of land. In conversation with his daughter, Mrs. Carl Jacobs, with whom he was making his home since his re turn, he had frequently expressed the wish that he might melt away ; like snow and be done with life. However, to no other person had he expressed any special degree of despondency. The evening preceding his death he had retired to his room and the family had gone to rest perhaps an hour or two before midnight, and nothing unusual had occurred, either in his actions or demeanor. About 7 o'clock Friday morning, a farm hand employed by Mr. Jacob on going to the barn to attend to the stock was horrified to find the body of Mr. Jaeschke suspended by a rope from a low rafter in the cow barn, so low in fact that his feet rented nearly fully on the earth floor of the barn. Giving the alarm, Marshal Seabeck, ac companied by Louie Hanson and Ed Isaacson, were soon on the scene. The door leading into the barn was found tied with a big rope, which the men cutaway and entered, finding the body sus l>ended as aforesaid with a small quarter-inch rope fastened to the joist, while about a foot below was standing in an upright posi tion the body of the ill-fated man, his feet almost firmly on the ground, his hands by his side and his head thrown backward with the rope around his neck,where evidently he had strangled to death. The men instantly cut the rope and laid the body down, hoping to find some signs of life. Dr. Dickenson was then sum moned and found that life must have become extinct some hours previously. It would appear that shortly after retiring and the house was quiet, Mr. .Taeschke arose, put on his clothes as usual and retired to the barn and deliberately did the deed. Sheriff Williams, Coroner Main and County Attorney Pedler were notified of the terrible affair and autoed to the scene, followed a little later by a reporter for the Northwestern, accompanied by Rev. J. L. Dunn and Mf. Miller of this city who found the facts p as stated above. On the arrival of the proper officers, a coroner’s jury was impaneled, witnesses sworn and a verdict was rendered as follows, to the effect that de ceased met death by his own act, by hanging, while in a state of mental derangement and despon dency from cause or causes not stated nor known to them. State of Nebraska j Sherman County 1 88 At an inquistion holden at the home of deceased in Rockville, in Sherman county, on the 5th day of December, 1914, before me, A. S. Main, coroner of said county, upon the body of J. F. Wilhelm ,Jae9chke, lying dead, by the jur ors whose names are hereunto subscribed, the said jurors upon their oath do say: That the said J. F. Wilhelm Jaeschke came to his L death by hanginghimself,while in A a temporarily demented or depress P ed condition of mind, brought TRACY SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED Early Morning Fire Totally Destroys School House in District Ten. SEVERAL THEORIES AS TO CAUSE. Last Friday morning, some time between 3 and 4 orclock. the Tracy schoolhouse, District No. 10, a few miles up the valley, on the Arcadia road, was discov ered to be on fire and before help had arrived was laid in ashes. The fire was discovered by people liv ing across the river west, who telephoned E. E. Tracy and other patrons of the school to the effect that their school building was in flames. Mr. Tracy lives nearest t.he ill-fated building, but hidden from it by a small hill. When he and others arrived, the school house was too far gone to be saved. The fire seemed to have started in the north end of the building, while the furnace is situated on the south side, so it could not have been set on fire from that source, and the only cause probable was from some party or parties who may have taken possession of it wherein to spend the night, although no trace of such party or parties has been found. The building was as near ly up-to-date as any of our rural school houses, being provided with a furnace and latest school furni ture. The directors are already figuring on a new building to re place the one destroyed at the earliest possible moment. Will Settle in Sherman County Clarence McLaughlin came up from Aurora last Friday with a car load of household goods for himself and Alva Lewis, re turning Monday for another car load. He was accompan ied by S. N. Watson of Au rora, who came up to rent a farm in Sherman county, if a suitable one could be found. Any one having a farm for rent might do well to see him, or leave their ad dress with us and we will so in form Mr. Watson. Mr. Mc Laughlin and family will occupy the August Jaeschke place, ad joining Loup City on the east, which he wiH farm the coming season, in addition to his farm west of Lou p City. A. M. Lewis is a severe sufferer from rheumatic troubles the past number of days. about by conditions unknown to the jurors. In testimony whereof, the said jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and year aforesaid. Henry Bushhausen, Geo. W. Woten, John Hehenke, A. J. Wilson, A. E. McCullough, Wm. H. Bowen. Attest: A. S. Main, Coroner. Just preceding the findings, the coroner made a search of the ef fects and room of deceased to find if possible writings or evidence leading to an explanation of the cause or causes leading up to the suicidal act, but finding none re paired to the. bam and examined the body for enlightenment but found nothing further. In his pockets were 6ome $*20 in paper money, a dollar and twenty cents in silvei coin and a small vial of strychnine nearly full of the poisonous drug, from which vial he had taken very little, if any, his lips being slightly dis colored, which might have been caused wholly by the strangula tion. Deceased left one daughter, Mrs. Carl Jacob, and three sons, John, Martin and Herman, all living in the vicinity of Rock ville, we nnderstand, LAST SPECIAL VOTE OFFER TO BE MADE 75,000 Extra on Every Clab ef Three Ten Year Sabscriptieas 35,000 Extra on Eveiy Clab ef Three Five Year Subscriptions, 45,000 Votes ea Each 340.00 Ret lacladed ia Five and Tea Year Offers. MAKING A BIG TRIPLE OFFER. i — The time is near. The way is clear. The question on the lips of all is who is going to win that automobile; Now, I wonder who will? This week we will give 75,0001 extra votes on every club of three ten year subscriptions, 35,000 ex tra votes on every club of three five year subscriptions, and 40, 000 on every $40 not included in five and ten year offers. Subscrip tions to count on this offer must be turned in between December 9 and December 16 or bear a a post mark of the above dates. Now, candidates, this is the. final offer that will be made during the contest, and absolutely your last chance to get extra votes. After the 16th all votes will be given according to the regular schedule, and no extra votes will be given in any way, form or manner. Now is the time to get all those pro mises, for they won’t count so much later as now. If you don’t understand the offer, ask the Con test Manager. Nt . . . >ay, who is going U> wja that car? Are you? Do you want to win it ? Well, if you want to win it the thing to do is to put in every minute from now on , and never give up. Do you remember that great naval commander, Perry? Hope was almost lost, but the motto was “Don’t give up the ship.'’ The result was that he won. The same principle holds true here. If you “don’t give up the ship’' you win. Every subs scription is as a'Sljot fired into the the midst of an enemy. You can’t win without firing the shots, but you can win if your amuni tion holds out. It is sure that the amunition will hold oat in this case for there are people all over the county and in every locality that want their candidates to win and are willing to help them. There is your amunitition, so start firing it just as rapidly as you can. You can't fire too much for every one is going straight to its mark, and you are sure that you won’t run out. Of what benefit is this offer go ing to be to .vou ? Are you going to get right out for every vote that you can get? Yes? All right. That is the way to win. Just let me tell yon of a little1 experience, and the disasters, as one may call them, that followed, j I have seen candidates who be came discouraged about this time before the close, and got the idea that they couldn't win. For that reason they "gave up the ship” and didn’t put in the effort they should have for the last two weeks. These same candidates lost out by a very small margin and could easily have won if they had worked persiselitly for those last two weeks. You-d call that a real disaster would't you? Then I have seen others who were ab solutely sure they were going to win, and thought they didn’t need to work anymore. As a result there were a couple of others who weren’t quite so confident, but more ambitious, and they took advantage of the others’ delay. The too confident one lost out by a small majority and the ambiti ous one won. Now just take advantage of these experiences of mine, and don’t let any such disaster occur to you. Did yon ever see anyone | who did his best that people 1 didn’t consider a success. When | you do your very best you are ; always a winner. Don’t delay a minute, but put in every possible j effort from now uutil the close. I will now explain to you how the final count will be made. The ' last count, made by the Contest Manager will be made on Wed nesday night, December 16. On Friday the ballot box will be sealed and locked, and the keys placed in the hands of the judges. The judges will be three well known business men of Sherman county, and their names will ap pear in the next issue of the paper. To make your report you must be in the office by 6:00 p. m. and have everything made out as far as possible. Give yonr report to the Contest Manager, and he will make a ballot for it and place it in the ballot box. Four-fifths of all reports must be in actual cur rency. For instance, if your re port is fifty dollars, there must be forty dollars in actual cash. Can didates will be allowed time to make their reports but must have their reports in the office by 6:00 Saturday. When all reports have been made, the ballot box will be opened by the judges, and the ballots added to the standing in paper. The only ones present at the close will be the judges, the editor and the contest manager. The winners will be announced at The Northwestern office immedi ately after the count is made. If there is anything you don’t under stand about the closing arrange ments, be sure to ask the Contest Manager. I'm just curious to know who’ll win that car. Along Rural Route Oue Dymek shelled corn, Wednesday * Clarence Wilson marketed corn Tuesday, last week. Ezra Newcomer marketed corn Wednesday. Geo. Zahn shelled corn last week. Joe Caddy is going to have a big sale Dec. 23rd. Cecil Haddix fixed the road by his mail box very nicely. Joe Woznick shelled com for Allie Bailie Friday. W es Miller, S. Younglund, St. Leibhart shelled corn last week. Chas. Martin helped Douglas and Tucker shell com last week. Anton Dymek fixed a bad place in the road west of Apples’, last week. Mrs. R. W. Curry arid children visited at the G. A. Curry home, last week. The Pinckney and Ling families attended the Farmers’ Institute in Loup City, Wednesday. Stanley Janulewicz has rented the place where Grant Rogers lives for the coming year. L. Domgard and wife went to Broken Bow last week to visit their daughter, Mrs. Lee. Clarence Wilson and wife went down to St. Paul, Saturday to see Mrs. Wilson’s father who is very sick with a cancer. The carrier wishes to thank the patrons who burnt the grass by the side of the road, where it drifts so bad. Burning the grass is a big help to both carrier and patrons. Another change in business houses is recorded for this week, T. A. Gzehoviak disposing of his stock of hardware to L.Banks Hale, the sale taking place the latter part of last week, and the invoicing of the stock being made on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Just what Mr. Gzehoviak contemplates doing we have not learned. Dr.J. H.Long Sells Practice A card from Dr. J. H. Long at Greeley, under date of Dec. 6, cinches what we said last week re garding his disposition of his practice there: He says: “Have sold out in Greeley and don’t know anything about the future. Health bum. Going to a sanitarium for two months, then probabiy to Florida. If I go ‘j»esticatin’ ’ ’round, will drop you a column occasionally on things down south, if acceptable.” Shoot your dye stuff, Doc, anytime. Chris Domgard brought to this office yesterday an eagle which he shot Tuesday out on his farm in Washington township that meas ured fully seven feet from tip to tip of wings, and was a very im polite chicken thief, his depreda tions having caused endless grief. 1 Chris was shipping the bird to a. taxidermist in Omaha to have it > mounted for him. i Good B to Tight Skirts Women are not going to wear tight skills any more. Such is fashion’s decree for next spring and summer. The makers of American styles for women have decided upon that one point., and are going to con firm their decision at the twenty fifth semi-annual convention of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ which opened at Toledo, ()., Dec. 4th. Statements made are that milady will wear a tailormade suit with plenty of plaits on the skirt when she starts out on her Easter morning dis play of finery. Styles will be much more se vere and practical. The coat'must be short—about twenty-four inch es—with ordinary sleeves, and a plain quiet color. Skirts will be about six inches from the ground. If she prefers a single coat to wear with the skirt and shirtwaist, it shall tie full from the waist down, with belted effects and patch pockets. The next number of the Lyceum course will be the Amphion Sing ers and Players, who will appear at the opera house here next Tues day. Dec. 15. The Amphion Quartet is highly spoken of wher ever they have appeared and newspaper comment is strong is their praise. Remember the date, Tuesday evening next, Dec. 15.' ASSOCIATION'S NEW OFFICERS i __ Sherman County Agricultural Society 1 Elect New Officers. PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. I - The annual meeting and election of officers of the Sherman County Agricultural Society was held in the court house Tuesday of this week* at which the following of ficial directory for the coming year was selected: President, H. J. Johansen; secretary, C J. Tracy; treasurer, O. F. Petersen, board of managers, Henry Beck, Hans Johnson, James McBeth, A. B. Thompson and W. Hawk; vice presidents: Oak Creek, Charles Petersen; Logan, E. E. Tracy; Washington, Wash Peters: Elm, Andy Coppersmith; Webster, R. D. Hendrickson; Loup City, A. J. Johnson; Clay, C. W. Burt; Harrison, F. T. Richmond: Haz ard, C. W. Trumble; Ashton, Rockville, Scott and Bristol to be supplied by the board of managers. The following committee on finance was appointed by the new president: R. D. Hendrickson, A. J. Johnson and O. F. Petersen. The snow storm which began here last Saturday night is still with us today and promises to re main for some time, unless the weather changes. No wind to speak of accompanied the Beauti ful. Obituary of J. H. Bock Jacob F. Bock was born April 12, 1860, at Iowa City, Iowa, where he lived for the first 30 years of his life. He was married to Miss Ida Smith, Sept. 3, 1889. In 1890 he moved to Phelps county, Nebraska, where he lived for some years, when he came to Loup City, where he lived until about a year ago, when he moved to Pacific Junction, Iowa, where he died on the 1st of this month, at the age of 54 years, 7 months and 19 days, death being caused by cancer. Funeral services were held from the German Evangeli cal St. Paul’s church, in Loup City, Thursday, Dec. 5rd, 1914, Rev. W. Guth officiating, and his body laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss, the wife and two daugh ters, Mrs. Harry Gardner of this city and Mrs. A. M. Smith of Pa cific Junction, besides four broth er, two sisters and a large circle of friends. Accident to Baby Girl Last Thursday afternoon about 3 o’clock, the 2-year-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. John Czar nek met with an accident which fortunately did not cause death, but her escape was little short of mirculous. The baby was playing about the cellar door, when she broke through and fell to the bot tom of the cellar,a cream can fall ing in upon her. Mr. Czarnek was on his way to town at the time and was called by phone tell ing of the accident after he had reached here. He immediately phoned Dr. Longacre, who made a hurried ride to the home. He found the little one not necessari ly in a dangerous condition, but much stupifiedjby,the fall and force of the blow from the can falling upon her, but reported that while her condition was bad be thought she was not fatally hurt and would soon recover. The only wonder is that she was not killed, taking into consideration all the circumstances. FARMERS’ INSTITUTE Largel)'Attended and Ms* Intereti 'Manifested LIST OF FREMIIMS AWARBEB. The Fanner’s Institute held here Tuesday, Dec. 2, was well attended aod a most interesting session was held. Following is a list of the articles on which premiums were awarded and to whom: Best peck of alfalfa: Hayhurst Gallaway Co., Keen Kutter saw, won by John Petersen. Best peck of millet: S. N. Sweet - land, Mellor and Johnson. Ten ears of calico com $2, won by Geo. E. Whittaker. One peck winter wheat—Arnett & Son, one picture, won by John son Bros. One peck oats—J. P. Leininger Lumber Co., $2 worth of coal, won by John F. Petersen. One peck early potatoes: Swan son & Lolholm, 25 pound pail of saltone, won by John F. Petersen. One peck late potatoes; James Bartunek, $2 whip, won by Joe Caddy.' len ears of White corn—First National Bank, $2. they to have the corn, won by Clarence Burt. Ten ears of yellow corn: John W. Long, $2, he to have the corn, won by Johnson Bros. Ten ears of flint corn, won by L. N. Smith. Best loaf of white bread made from Loup City flour: one sack of White Satie flour, won by Mrs. Ed Angier. Best loaf of graham bread: Times Independant, year’s sub scription, won by Mrs. Watts. Best layer cake: C. F. Beus hausen, Times-Independant,year’s subscription, won by Mis. Bangs. Best loaf of white cake: A. E. Chase, one box of apples, he to have cake, won by Mrs. Bangs. Best loaf of dark cake: Gus Lorente, box of ladies’ hose, he to have the cake, won by Miss Neva Watts. Best dozen cookies: Bert Travis cup and saucer, won by Myrtle White. Best dozen doughnuts: R. L. Arthur, one pound Overland cof fee, won by Mrs. Clarence Burt. Best dozen light biscuits, made from Loup City flour: one sack of Pansy flour, won by Mrs. L. N. Smith. Best jar of canned cherries: J. Eggers, one dollar’s worth of roast beef, won by Mrs. Bangs. Best jar of canned blackberries: C. C. Cooper, one can each of cherries, peas, tomatoes and kraut, won by Mrs. J. A. Arnett. Best jar canned tomatoes, won by Mrs. Brodock. Best pound of dairy butter (printed): Loup City Merc. Co., a sack of puritan flour, won by Mrs. R. Brodock. Best jar canned pears, won by Mrs. Pete Larsen. At the annual election of officers of the M. W. A., Tuesday even ing of this week, R. D. Hendrick son was elected as Venerable con sul, A. L. Zimmerman as worthy advisor, C. C. Cooper as clerk, E. G. Taylor as treasurer, Pete Rowe as escort, the two scrapping edi tors as door tenders, and John \V. Long to succeed himself ou the board of directors. R. A. Henderson, wife and daughter returned last Saturday night from Princess Anne, Md., where they went to make their home some months ago, and ex pect to locate hereabouts for the future. Their son Orrie, remain ed in Columbus, O., where he has accepted a position as motorman on the street railway. We are glad fie have this family with us again.