Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XL
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. March, 25th 1915.
NUMBER 14
YOUNG BOY
BREAKS ARM
Albert Mcllravy, 11-year-eld Son of
J. A. Mcllravy Meets With
Bad Accident
ARM IS BROKEN NEAR SNOBLBER
Last Sunday morning1, as little
Albert Mcllravy, the 11-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mcllravy of
this city, was leading out his rid
ing horse from the stable, prepara
tory to going out to the fvm in
Webster township, he met with
the serious mishap of having a
broken arm. He had bridled the
animal and started out, with the
bridle over his right arm. As he
passed out of the door, the wind
swung the door shut, causing the
horse to jump backward, the sud
den jerk throwing the boy back
against the door, breaking the
right arm just below the shoulder.
I)rs. Bowman were immediately
called and attended the very bad
fracture, and the lad is doing as
nicely as the serious nature of the
injury will allow.
OBITUARY
Christian Hansen sr., was born
in Holm, Schleswig.Holstein Ger
many, on April 21, 1829, and was
marjied to Wieblke Arp, in the
year 1851, and came to America
with his family in 1874 and settled
near Grand Island, Neb.,on a farm.
In the years of 1877-78 he moved
qut to Sherman county and settled
on a homestead on Deer Creek,
where he resided till the time of
his death,. He was at the time of
hisdeath, Marehil,1915, 85 years.
Id months, and 20 days.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our heart
f**lt thanks to those who were so
in svsring ns d irinjr th*
111ii ss auii death ot our beloved
husband and father.
Mrs. Christian Hansen Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen Jr.
and family.
Court Adjourned
To Mirth 30th
Kearney. Neb., March 6.—By
virtue of the authority vested in
me as district judge, it is hereby
ordered that the term of court to
be held in Sherman county March
9, 1915, be, and the same is here
by adjourned, to March 30, 1915.
This adjournment is made be
cause of the unprecedented storm
prevailing and the impassable
condition of the roads.
Bruno O. Hostetler,
District Judge of Sherman Coun
ty, Nebraska.
Chas. Bass.
Clerk of the District Court of
said county.
For Sale or Trade—My resi
dence and three lots, known as the
old Judge Hunter property, in
first block north of court house
square. Price and terms made
known upon inquiry.
J. W. Burleigh.
The Fred Gilbert Cep
Shoot at Loup City
Fred Gilbert Cup Shoot, given
by the Loup City Gun Club, Mar.
17. The cup was won by Charles
Gammon, making a fine score in
the cold weather, braking 97 out
of a possible 100. Chas. did some
fi e work, as all of the boys shot
well, considering the deep snow.
Scores made at other shoots for
Fred Gilbert Cups over the state,
scores of luO targets, as follows:
Targets Broke
Chas. Gammon 100 97
Wes Miller 100 94
J. W. Thompson 100 93
Henry M. Eisner 100 93
Joe Smalley 100 93
Cris Johnson 100 92
J. Heger 100 89
Rnffpic’w loo 84
haTocke.v 10.J 82
Tomas 100 73
Last Thursday night, Matsuda,
the dap wrestler, who had cleaned
the “mat” platter of all who
thought they could wrestle in his
class in this country, tried con
clusions a. Lincoln with Daily, the
champion of the lightweight ar
tists, and after a grueling contest
of something over an hour, Daily
got the Gotch toe hold on the
little brown man and floored him
so hard that he could not come
back and had to give over the
plum without another try. Mat
suda now says he will never again
go on the mat as a lightweight,
as it takes so much beef off his
bones that he is too weakened to
get down to his best. He says
i he will hereafter wrestle in the 138
to 140 pound class.
Daily has in prospect a title
match with Ray Harnden. the Bel
lingham, Wash., lightweight who
defeated Johnny Billiter last June
a few days following the match
between Daily and Billiter in which
the Nebraska boy captured the
title. Harnden has made the cham
pion a liberal guarantee for a match
in Bellingham early next month
and Daily may accept. Mean
while, George Fallis, an Indian
grappler from Oklahoma, is flirt
ing for a match with Daily and if
the backeis of the redman come
through with a satisfactory weight
forfeit, the Oklahoma athlete may
have a chance at the lightweight
title.
Joe Steelier, the Dodge county
phenomenal heavyweight, who
went to Kentucky a short time
ago to clear the mat of all the fel
lows who imagined themselves in
his class, seems to have licked the
platter clean and had no trouble
insodoing. Hemetseveral would
be champs, and they did not even
prove interesting and he had n»
take on his brother, Anton, who
was with him, to give exhibitions
so that the fans could get their
money’s worth. Joe is going up
to Chicago and show them that he
is the best ever, and he will do it,
no doubt.
A pretty good joke was pulled
off on some of the St, Paul sports
last week. A crowd had gathered
at one of the pool halls to get the
returns of the Johnson-Willard
go which was to have been held at
Jaurez, Mexico, but was postponed
on account of Johnson’s non-ar
rival. The operator at the depot
faked the reports and the fans at
the pool hall enjoyed a twenty-one
round conflict in which the black
man was knocked out. Some of
the fellows were suspicious and a
committee was sent to the depot
about the ninth round but w hen
they got there the operator was
taking the doj>e hot from the wire
even though it was coming from
Catesfield. One of the amusing
parts of the seventh round report
was the black eye which Willard
gave Jack Johnson.—St. Paul
Press.
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i
K. OF P. PLAY
SCORES HIT
Presentation of “The Three Twins”
by the Local Order Put on in
Fine Shape
NOT AMATEURISH IN THE LEAST
The play put on at the opera
house last week Friday night, by
the K. of P.’s was without doubt
of the very highest class given by
any past cast of amateurs in this
city, and that is going some. The
story of the play runs about as
follows: Gen. Rufus Stanhope,
(d. W. Long,) an irrascible old
gentleman, has an only son, (S. A.
Allen,) whom he intends shall
marry his ward. (Mrs. Hazel
Allen,) but the son, contrary to
tiie general's intentions, falls in
love with a paid companion, (Mrs.
Llva Mathew.) The son finds a
photograph on. the street, which
gives him the idea of masquerad
ing as such person, which proves
to be the photograph of one of a
pair of twins, <{L A. Hinman and
G. W. Collipriest,) the former a
lover of a gigglinggirl, (Mrs. Bess
Chandler,) and the latter the hus
band of a weeper from awa.v back.
(Mrs. Drusilla I’edler,) who are
tlie parents of two children, (Mar
garet Long: "and Ashley Conger,
dr.) In the story, the ward is
loved by a young man, (O. L.
Swanson.) to the thorough disgust
of the old general. In the mas
querading, the two twins and the
undutiful son, being as like as
three peas, are mistaken one for
the other, and one complication
follows another with delightful ra
pidity. keeping the house, which
was crowded to Ihe very doors! in
an uproar of merriment from the
rise of each curtain till it rang
down on some startling funny sit
uation. Colli priest, the husband
and father of the weeping foun
tain and her children, has been in
a sanitarium for mental ills, while
his twin brother is one of those
forgetful mortals about paying
his obligations, and the general’s
son, is continually mixed up with
one or the other of the twins, the
three finally winding upas crazies,
at a bug-house, run by a doctor,
(Ashley Conger,) where the gen
eral, in his constant mix-up with
the three characters comes to con
sult the doctor over his own im
agined mental ills. Of course,
matters are straightened out in the
correctest of love situations and
climaxes, but throughout the three
hours, or perhaps a little less
time, there was not a spare mo
ment in which the audience could
relapse into soberness and digni
tied silence. Mr. Long. in make
up and trueness of conception o
his part, was simply immense nn<
reminded some of us older lover
of the comedy, of the part of “Ok
Hurricane’’ in that great old play
of “The Hidden Hand,” one o
the best stormy characters of tin
stage. Dr. Allen, as the only soi
‘and heir was certainly a peach, i:
one of the masculine fraternity
may be so termed, and in his fre
quent encounters with the giggler,
the fountain head and his owi;
particular wished for affinity, and
the other members of the cast,
proved himself to have the truest
conception of the character part
he portrayed. In fact, to cut the
story short, each one of the cast,
ladies and gentlemen, supported
the “stars" in the very best and
most creditable manner, and if
space would permit would be en
titled to especial mention. The
specialties between the acts—the
duet by Miss Fay Gallaway and
Mr. Lou Schwaner; the duet by
the Depew sisters, and the “Tip
perary song by the company in
chorus, led by Mr. A.,7. Johnson,
were also very fine and highly ap
preciated. All in all, the play and
players was a creditable produc
tion and certainly deserves the
praise which is being heard i.rotn
all who attended.
The Northwestern editor is al
ways pleased to commend and
speak in highest terms of our citi
zenship, and of th;^p deserving
of special mention for their public
activities, high moral qualities and
boosting abilities. At this late
day, and to make amends for fail
ing up to the present mention of
some of those leading in good
works, we wish to speak of one
whom all will recognize as earning
the above distinction in no small
degree. In politics: in church
work; in recognition of others who
are workers for the up-building of
the community; one who never al
lows himself to descend to the deg
radation of belittling those with
whom he is notin accord: who uses
his kindly offices to promote the
best of feeling among all classes:
who is a gentleman and scholar of
the highest attainments; whose
every word and expression shows
him to be a writer of splendid
gifts; whose diction is perfection
itself; whose friendship is an honor
to the one fortunate to be so held
I
W. F. MASON, President
L. HANSEN, Cashier
Did You Ever Pay a Bill Twice?
Tiie one who has not had to pay more than one
bill the second time is the exception and not the
rule. Few people when paying a bill ask for
a receipt and if they do they fail to keep the
receipt. Did you ever have a dispute over a
payment? Unpleasant is it not? Do you wish
the circumstance to occur again ? There is one
sure way to escape it. Pay your bills with
checks. If you received no interest on your
idle money it would only show good sense and
good wisdom to have it in a bank. Transact
your business in a business way and pay your
bills b,v checks. Your check when returned to
you makes an indisputable receipt. A bank
account makes you systematic and encourages
you to save part of your income. Many a
man has become rich because he became inter
ested in watching his bank balance, and was
thus led to find ways to increase it. Start a
bank account with us and we will help you
make it larger. Why not begin today?
First National Bank
Lrap City, Nebraska.
We Pay 5 par cent on Time Deposits.
- by him; whose word was never
F known to be broken; fair; open
l minded; true as steel to his friends;
» retiring in disposition; forever
I b oosting for others, while remain
ing in the background himself;
asking naught for self, but all for
' others; never kno*n to betray
i those who placed their trust in
him; pleasant and agreeable to all,
rich and poor: a benefactor of his
,-ace; generous to a fault; caring
not at all for wealth, power, in
ti uence or self-agrandizement; such
is the subject of this sketch, and
one whom we all delight to honor.
The writer feels ashamed and hu
miliated that he Las not till this late
day rendered this signal tribute to
a worthy example of Loup City
and Sherman county’s most emi
nent men, and thus render just
honor to one so deservedly popu
lar and true to the highest phase
of manhood. It is not necessary,
of course, to make mention of the
name of this philosopher and pat
riotic friend of the people to those
at home, but we feel that we owe
it to the world at large to hand
down to posterity the name of our
friend, the esteemed gentleman,
whose very name stands as a syn
onym of all that’s good and per
fect in man—C. F. Beushausen,
the gentlemanly and talented and
\always truthful postmaster-editor
of our esteemed co-temporary, the
Times. Selah—
NOTICE
In compliance with instructions
received from the Secretary of
the State Banking Board, and in
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co-operation with orders sent out
by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency to discontinue permitting
overdrafts, and for the following
reasons, after April 1st next, we
will discontinue the practice of
cashing any and all checks where
the maker or account has not suf
ficient funds to his credit to pay
the same.
j First: It has been found that
patrons who favor conservative
j banking disapprove the overdraft.
Second: The overdraft is one
of the worst abuses of country
banking. It consists, as a rule,
of the customer making a loan to
himself without the knowledge or
consent of the bank's officers,
without note or security.
Third: Wherever the privilege
|
of overchecking is used for the
purpose of getting business, it has
been observed to introduce a lax
ity in the bank's methods, wholly 1
inconsistent with sound banking.
Fourth: Both State and Xa-j
I tional Banking Departments pro
hibit the payment of checks on
overdrafts.
Fifth: All Courts hold the
payment of checks on overdrafts
illegal and make personally liable
the officer of the bank who per
mits such payment.
Sixth: While it would seein
that in a few cases this ruling
might work a hardship, it will not
limit the credit of our good cus
tomers in any way, and we will
continue and endeavor to help
them in every possible way as
heretofore and is in keeping with
the better banking, greater effi
ciency and equal treatment of all
customers demanded by the great
reforms of the banking laws of
the country now being passed and
instituted, both State and Na
tional.
All patrons are requested to co
operate in making it effective.
LOUP CITY STATE BANK.
LOUP CITY FLOUR
Why buy Flour shipped here by outside mills
when you can get
Loup City White Satin Flour
for less 'looney, and every sack guaranteed.
All dealers handle our flour.
LOUP CITY MILL & LIGHT CO.
C. C. Cooper
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