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A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN
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VOLUME XXXIV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915. NUMBER 21
UNITY CLUB STARTS
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Ladies’ Club Endeavoring to Raise Fund to Provide Pleasure
For Young Folks of Loup City—Has Endorse
ment of the Commercial Club.
The ladies of the Unity club are
endeavoring to raise sufficient
funds for a club for young men
and others, to be conducted on the
Y. M. C. A. plan. The running
expenses of the club, it is estimat
ed, will be in the neighborhood of
$1200 a year, of which $700 is al
ready subscribed. The ladies
have had the subscription paper in i
circulation only a few days, and
it is thought the necessary sum can
be secured by a few more days
work. The new club will be called
the “Community club” unless it is
decided to change the name at
some future time. This is a very
worthy cause and may be the
nucleus of several other worthy
enterprises needed in this city.
We want to thank the school
children for their contribution
amounting to $10.50. So many of
the little ones brought a penny or
a nickel to help the little children
of Belgium. This will help them
to have a more personal interest
in the important history now be
ing made. The reflex benefit to
the willing and cheerful giver is
the greatest good.
The committee on yard inspec
tion went around two weeks ago,
and children in every part of the
town are busy making flowerbeds
and raking alleys. Please don't
forget to dig up dandelions, this
is more important than some of
the other work. If the plant is
cut off about an inch below the
crown it will not grow again.
A very good meeting was held
at Mrs. Hansel’s last Thursday
afternoon. The club is working
up some very important plans for
the near future. The study for
for the day was on modern litera
ture. Harold Bell Wright’s book,
The Eyes of the World, was re
viewed. A paper by Miss Fav
throp was very much appreciated.
After the long full afternoon
the dainty refreshments served by
the hostess was very welcome. *
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
Issued by the U. S. Weather
Bureau, Washington, l). C., for
the week beginning Wednesday,
May 12, 1915.
For Upper Mississippi Valley
and Plains States:—Generally fair
weather is indicated during the
week, except that local showers
are indicated early in the week over
the extreme Northwest. Tem
peratures will be moderate with a
rise Wednesday over the extreme
Northwest.
SOMETHING WRONG.
We received a letter from an out
of town subscriber some days ago
requesting that we discontinue
sending him The Northwestern.
He said that he did not think he
was getting his money’s worth,
but was not explicit on that point.
We think the paper is worth the
money it sells for. It is worth the
price for the reading matter it con
tains: worth the price as a guide
to live merchants who are striving
to better their town and county.
If a man does not care to read it,
he can still get his money's worth.
Each issue contains twenty-two and
one half square feet of good print
paper, which is useful in many
ways, such as shelf-covers, carpet
papers, lining for chicken coops,
and to cover up plants to protect
them from the early frost. Prob
ably there are other ways in which
a county paper can be put to use
so a man can get more than his
money’s worth out of it, if he only
exercises a little ingennity.
LOUP CITY FLOUR
Why buy Flour shipped here by outside mills
when you can get
Loup City White Satin Flour
for less money, and every sack guaranteed.
All dealers handle our flour.
LOUP CITY MILL &LIGHT CO.
Nyal Store
Soda Fountain
The ideal meeting place for
those who “know.” Only
the purest drinks and ices are
served.
Swanson & Lofholm
Loup City, Nebrasks
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SPRINGTIME !
COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING
City Dads Will Make Trip to Look
Over Sewer Construction.
The city council met in special
sesssion Monday evening to look
into the sewer proposition. The
question was discussed at con
siderable length and it was finally
decided that a personally conduct
ed investigation of sewers in neigh
boring towns would help the board
determine ilpon what policy to j
pursue here in the matter. It was
decided that the board go to St. Paul
in a body today (Thursday) morn
ing to look over the sewer system
completed there, return to Loup
City for dinner and then go to Ra
venna, where k sewer is under
construction. These personally con
ducted investigations, the North
western believes, is a good stroke
of business policy. The citizens
of Loup City are in favor of the
sewer, and the mayor and city
council are determined that it be
as complete and serviceable as pos
sible, and that no money be use
lessly expended to attain that re
sult.
WHO PAYS THE FIDDLER? '
Who pays the cost of advertis
ing? Five years ago a certain
automobile manufacturer’s output
was a few thousand cars which he
sold for about one thousand dollars
each. During the present season
he is building more than two hun
dred thousand cars which are vast
ly better than the former output,
and his price for them is less than
five hundred dollars each. Exten
sive advertising has brought this
vast number of buyers, thus en
abling him to equip an enormous
factory where cars in such large
numbers can be turned out much
more cheaply.
The same condition is found in
practically all lines of business.
Advertising reduces the cost to
the consumer and improves the
quality because of the large volume
of sales it brings. In buying ad
vertised goods you not only get
the best value for the money, but
a reliable manufacturer’s guaran
tee of “satisfaction or money re
funded.”—Plainfield, N. J., Press.
START ON LONG TRIP.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hansen left for
Los Angeles, California, yesterday
morning where they will visit
a short time with friends. They
will visit the exposition at San
Diego and San Francisco before
returning.
Treatment for Cutworms.
Among the familiar pests which
the experienced gardener expects
to meet this season, if he has not
already, are the various kinds of
cutworms. One of the remedies
suggested by the college of agri
culture is the poisoned bran mash.
To make it, mix 20 parts dry bran
to one part Paris green; and the
juice and chopped pulp and peel of
orange or lemon fruits to give per
ceptible flavor or odor and enough
water to make a thoroughly
dampened mash. A tablespoonful
of the mixture may be placed near
the bases of the plants. In the
small garden it may often be easier
to pick and destroy worms or
brush them into a pan of oil and
, water than to poison them. Clean
culture, of course, is important.
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SENIOR CLASS ENTERTAINED.
M iss Eva Watts entertained the 1
senior class of\1915 at her home
north of town last Thursday even
ing. They started Wednesday
evening but were caught in a
heavy rain a short distance from
town, but tlie.v are a jolly bunch
and could be heard singing even
though it was raining pitchforks,
for it takes more than rain to stop
this lively bunch of seniors. The
evening was spent in playing inter
esting games, all departing at a
late hour, declaring it a time they
will never forget. The trip out
and back was made in a large hay
rack, which is a very popular
method of traveling by the young
people.
NOTICE.
The public gatherings of com
mencement week at Loup City,
will be as follows:
May 2d, baccalaureate sermon.
May 24, eighth grade gradua
tion.
May 25, high school commence
ment exercises.
All these events will take place
at the opera house. Admission
free.
When you want better shoes for
less nionev, try L. C. Weaver, at
Rockville. Our motto, (Quick sales
and small protit.),
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What kind of
a hat to buy
tUY hats that have
a style and individu
ality that is all their j
own. Hats from this I
shop can be readily
distinguished on ac- I
count of thieir disctinctive- j
ness and the chic appearance
of the trimming. No need of \
having an unstylish and unbe
coming hat when our hats can 1
be bought so reasonable.
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$1 and up
The Busy Bee
Hat Shop
South Side of Square
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LOUP CITY WALLOPED
Loup City Team Makes Costly
Errors and Is Defeated.
Friday afternoon Ravenna came
over and played the return game
with the high school here. It was
a lierce game from start to finish.
Ravenna majle most of their scores
on errors. The trouble was with
Bunnie who looked good only at
times. This is a very unusual
failing with him. Pug played
about the same, being .afraid of
the ball sometimes, and sometimes
his feet slipped out from under
him. Pig tried to pull off a grand
stand, but instead pulled off a
bonehead. Woten through his
unusual activity did very well.
The rest of the team did real well
except Milo. His mother was in
the grand stand. Old Sauerkraut
was the star on the diamond; al
though he had two errors chalked
up against him, he chopped out
seventeen men. The final score
was 6 to 4 and of course these
two extra scores were blamed on
the pitcher. Loup City could
have a very good team if they
only would practice.
A SMART MACHINE.
Always progressive, and keep
ing right up with the advancement
of this day and age, and alert for
any improvement that is really an
improvement in every sense of the
word, the First National "Bank in
stalled, this week, one of the latest
improved Burroughs posting ma
chines. This machine combines
direct subtraction and addition, is
used as a regular adding machine
for adding, subtracting and also as
a posting machine. The machine
does the following: prints and
adds the old balance, prints and
subtracts the checks, prints and
adds the deposits.
The new, balance is automatical
ly computed and over drafts are
instantly detected and marked.
The old and new balances are
handled in one run, when proving,
and the machine is available for
regular adding in any emergency.
It is mechanically perfect and im
possible for it to make a mistake
if handled correctly. Besides the
above features the machine also
automatically prints the dates.
All the ledger work in the bank is
now done on this machine, elimi
nating a great amount of pen and
ink work, whichisslowandtedious.
Special loose-leaf ledgers were
purchased with the machine, the
sheets being made the right size
for utility and convenience. The
new machine is more than human,
for it cannot-make mistakes.
There is no perfect happiness.
The joyous child, the blushing
bride, the dying man who sees the
brighter way open before, often
times seem supremely happy.
The mirage is dispelled as the sun
goes down and the shadows creep
across the way. Man is of the
earth earthly, and from the eaith
springs the tares and the wheat.
A woman in a Kansas town re
cently gave a “white elephant”
party, to which each of her
eighteen guests was required to
“bring something for which she
had no use, but couldn’t well dis
Itense with.” Eleven of the
eighteen brought their husbands.
DELEGATES ATTEND
ST. PAUL MEETING
i Representatives of Middle Loup Commercial Clubs Meet at
Saintly City and Make Plans For New Automo
bile Route—Will Benefit Loup City.
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About fifty delegates from towns
n the Middle Loup river valley
attended a good roads convention
at St. Paul on Monday of this week.
Delegates from Loup City were
E G Taylor, Win. Larson and O.
F. Peterson. The convention was
called by officers of the Central
Nebraska, Loup river, Black Hills
and Omaha route, and was for the I
purpose of arranging to build an |
auto road from Sargent to (irand j
Island, a distance of about one I
hundred miles.
The new road was named the
Grand Island and Middle Loup
auto road, and will be known as
I the road without a hill, following
the Middle Loup river the entire
distance. One fair sized hill is
now on this road, which will be J
cut down and levelled in order to
make the road one long, level
j stretch.
Commercial clubs in the differ
ent towns in this section of the
state are now bodsting the good
roads movement, the Loup City
commerdial club holding a meeting 5
a week ago last night for the pur
pose of aiding this movement.
The travel through a country
goes a long wav towards its de-'
velopment and upbuilding. A
county with poor roads is general
ly a poor place in which to live, ■
as all travel avoids the poor roads
and the places that are exhibited
to travelers through the medium
I of good roads receives the benefit
[of a great amount of free adver
tising that the avoided places do
,H»t get. Resides the benefits men
tioned above, good roads help the
pcopie who live in a community,
which is by no means a secondary
consideration. President Gall i
way, of the commercial club rand
the members of the committee ap
pointed by the dub to attend the
convention at S. Paul, arc certain
ly to be commended for the prompt
action they have taken in this
matter and the way the proposition
is being pushed towards an ideal
culmination. ,
DEATH ENTERS HOME.
The three weeks old baby boy
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reed, of
Greeley, died Friday morning at
their home at Greele.v. The funer
al was held at Loup City, Satur
day. at the home of Mrs. Reed's
father. Mr. I. C. Conger, conduct
ed by Rev. Slocumb and interment
was made in Evergreen cemetery.
The many friendsof Mr. and Mrs.
Reed sympathize deeply with them
in their bereavement.
Card of Thanks.
\\ e \v<ish to thanks our friends
for their assistance and sympathy
during the death and burial of our
darling baby.—A.E. Reed, family
and relatives.
For Sale.
House 20x26 ft. and four good
lots, west of Catholic church.
Inquire at this office. ^1
Watch Club
Offer
QUR last year s watch club was a suc
cess, as we sold over the required
number of fifteen South Bend watches,
which have given such good satisfaction
that we are again putting on a watch club
on the same plan. Our stock is complete
with newest models, both large and small.
Owing to the terms given us by the South Bend
Watch company, you pay no more than if you
were buying for spot cash.
Come in and let us make good our statements and
show you our plan, how you may orvn a good
watch and not miss the money.
Lou Schwaner
Jeweler
Loup City - - Nebraska
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Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De
positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
of Getting Ahead
of accumulating enough for a home or for
some other special purpose confronts every
ambitious man or woman at some point
along the road of life. No other plan for
saving the odd ends of one’s income is so
definite, so safe, yet so adaptable to vary
ing conditions as our bank account plan.
Come in and let us explain to you the
simple details of this plan and why its use
will enable you to accumulate faster.
Loup City State Bank
Loup City, Nebraska.
We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits
