THE ROCKVILLE CHRONICLE
VOL. I.
PUBLISHED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE NORTHWESTERN, LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
NO. 1
Ask the Head of the House
The chances are he's a hard headed
business man.
One of those business men who is
supposed to have no sentiment
about him.
Ask him about the Hupmobile.
Remember—he pays the bills. He knows just
what Hupmobile sendee is. For he measures
it in dollars and cents.
He will probably begin by telling you that he
looks upon the Hupmobile as an investment.
And he will probably say it's one of the best
investments he has ever made.
He may—if he pays attention to such small
sums—pull out a note book and show you
how little he has spent on repairs in ten
or twelve or eighteen months, or in two or
three years.
And then as like as not he’ll forget all about busi
ness and investment—and just bubble over
with Hupmobile enthusiasm.
We will be glad to leave you to him.
If he’s the average Hupmobile owner he’s a
better salesman than we are.
He will tell you intimate things of his Hupmobile
\ experiences that we cannot possibly know—evi
dence of Hupmobiie quality with a capital “E.”
And if you talk to two or three of his type—
just average Hupmobile owners—there won't
be much left for us to say when you come in
to see us.
$1085
Call and see this car
demonstrated
W. R. HENKENS
ROCKVILLE
Harness and Horse Goods
Whips, Robes and
' Harness Re
pairing
HARNESS MADE TO ORDER
Shoe Repairing
a Specialty
JOHN DIETZ
ROCKVILLE, NEBRASKA
JACOB RITZ
Wall Paper, Paints and Varnishes
Oils and Stains
Agent for the Beatrice Creamery Co.
ARCADIA MEETS DEFEAT
Pitching of Treon Proves Too Much
For Arcadia and Rockville
Wins By Score of 5 to 1.
The Rockville ball team defeated
the fast Arcadia team at Loup City
Friday afternoon by a score of 5 to 1.
Treon was invincible, holding Ar
cadia to two hits and striking out
eight. “Lefty” Duryea, the fastest
amateur pitcher in this part of the
state, worked for Arcadia.
A pass to Prichard, singles by Strom
and Price and a passed ball netted
Rockville three runs in the first,
enough to win the game. A home
run by Prichard netted another in the
fifth and successive singles by Treon.
Prichard and Strom in the eighth gave
them the last one.
Arcadia threatened in the third
when Ward hit for three bases, but
was caught napping a moment later,
Sterzbach to Dwehus. Arcadia's lone
tally came in the eighth on a pair of
errors and an infield out.
The pitching of Treon, the hitting of
Prichard and Strom and a fast double
play started by Dwehus, featured for
Rockville, and the playing of Ward at
first for Arcadia. Score by innings:
R. H. E.
Rockville _30001001 x—5 7 2
Arcadia . 0 0*0 0 0 0 0 1 0—1 2 1
Batteries: Rockville, Treon and
Sterzbach. Arcadia — Duryea and
White. Umpires—Sundstrom and
Johnson.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
With this issue the publishers of
The Northwestern begin the publica
tion of a special department for Rock
ville, as the advertising will appear to
a better advantage and be of more
value to the advertisers than it will
having the run of the paper. It is the
aim of the management to give special
attention to the needs of this depart
ment and give a service that will be
a credit to the advertisers and to the
publishers. It will be the aim of the
department to boost for Rockville all
the time. We realize that Rockville
is just about the best little town that
we have met up with in some time.
The business men are progressive and
take pride in their town and a glance
at the little city will convince anyone
that they are striving to make it
larger and better.
We hope that the publication of this
department may aid in the upbuilding
of Rockville and we invite all to give
their opinions and view's to the better
ment of the towTn in these columns.
They will be open at all times to print
suggestions and opinions of any and
all interested in the welfare of Rock
ville. We sincerely hope that this de
partment will be of value to the town
and will stri’ e faithfully at all times
to merit the patronage given it in
any and all ways. We thank the ad
vertisers who have made it possible
to separate this department from the
rest of the paper.
LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Emil Dwebus went to Loup City
last Saturday on business.
Henry Reasland was a passenger to
Loup City last wreek on business.
Henry Reasland was a passenger to
Grand Island Wednesday of last week.
Miss Margaret Jensen went to Dan
nebrog to visit with her sister, Mrs.
Carlson.
The threshers are all idle these
days on account of it being too wet
to thresh.
Wayne Mawhinney is hauling lum
ber out to hi? place to build a large
barn, 40x50 and 40 feet high.
Anion Hyat is hauling lumber out to
his place these days and is going to
build a large house this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heisner are going
to visit a few weeks in Iowa and Illi
nois with relatives and friends.
William Jung of Loup City was vis
iting between trains with his folks,
Mr. and Mrs A. Jung, last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jacob went to
St. Paul last Tuesday to take in the
Howard county fair for a couple of
days.
The new brick house of John Isaac
son is very nearly completed and in
about two weeks John can move in
the same.
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About fifty Rockville people attend-!
ed the fair at Loup City last week. All j
report it a very good fair for Sher
man county.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Krehmke are go
ing to leave next Friday for California
to take in the World’s exposition for
about a month.
Jens Lange and Miss Edith Semple
were married last Saturday at Grand
Island and returned Sunday evening. ;
Congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Peterson and
Arthur Bushhousen of Grand Island
were visiting with the H. Bushhousen
and Henry Reasland families for a
few days last week.
Walt Finder and friend were seen
going east and west of Rockville last
Monday, repairing phone lines, the
wires having been out of commission
since the storm of Saturday.
Our newly appointed postmistress,
Miss Rhuana Branscomb, will take
charge of the postoffice here next
Friday and move the postoffice back
to the old place at L. C. Weaver's
store.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. McCullough of
Ravenna, formerly from here, were
HENRY
BUSHHOUSEN
General Blacksmith
and Wagon
Maker
HORSESHOEING
The Best Horseshoer
in Sherman
County
ROCKVILLE, NEBRASKA
made happy by the arrival of a baby
girl last Saturday morning. Mother
and baby do!ng fine and daddy does
not smoke. Congratulations.
The ease of W. A. Jaeobs, vs Jens
and Chris Christensen was before the
county judge at St. Paul Monday.
It was alleged that Jacobs, who runs
a barber shop at Rockville, ac
cepted an offer of the Christensens
of $700 for his barber shop. They
were making the contract and had
deposited $50. Owing to lack of
time they did not sign the contract,
and later refused to do so. Jacobs
brought suit to compel them to com
plete the contract, and was awarded
a judgment of $450. The case may
MAKING A NEW LANGUAGE.
Are we gradually making a lan
guage for ourselves which is-to be
distinguished from English by what
is called slang? It looks so. The
other evening a mother was sitting
with her daughter in a ball room,
when the girl was approached by a
young man who wanted to dance
with her. “Hello, kid,” he said,
“are you hooked up for this next
trot?" “Nix,“she replied, “I’ve been
a wall-flower so much tonight I’m be
ginning to think I’m a back number."
"No chance,” responded the gallent,
“a guy that can shake a hoof like you
can has Pavlova backed off the board.”
The mother, who was a fine old lady
of the old school, gasped and nearly
fainted, when the daughter arose,
smoothed out her skirts and said,
“Slip me your mit, pal, you're the lil’
ol' kidder, all right, hut, at that, I’m
for you.” Remember when Teddy
Roosevelt was going around the coun
try showing his intelligent front teeth
and telling folks what they ought to do
and how he was the man to do it for
them ? Of course you do, and how the
enthusiast in the brown derby used to
get up in his seat and whirl a red ban
dana over his head and shout, “Go to
it, kid, bat'em with your big stick!
Make ’em sick, bo! You're the stuff,
all right, all right!” The eminent
practitioner who used to cloth him
self in dignity and long whiskers,
now feels your pulse and tells you
“you’re off your feed.” The politician
has discarded the baby kissing habit
because it is insanitary, but he gets
next to the people just the sa^e with
his slang, and the high brow editorial
writer writes “with the punch in it.”
Listen! Get this! Don’t think, these
days, that every fellow who uses
slang is a roughneck. The chances
are he’s got the goods.
Do Not Gripe
We have a pleasant laxative that will
just do what you want it to do.
We sell thousands of them and we
have never seen a better remedy for the
bowels. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Graefe.
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ABOUT THE CORN CROP
Ord Quiz Goes Into Details Concern
ing Outlook For Corn in Valley
and Neighboring Counties.
Never has the corn crop of Nebras
ka had to stand so many severe and
unusual tests as it has been subject
to this summer. The spring was late
heavy rains washed out the early plant
ing, cloudy, damp weather has pre
vailed, the days have been cold and
nights cold and hail has hit more
than half the farms of the county,
some of them being hit several times.
Such a year was never known here be
fore. There have been no excessively
hot weather, such as is calculated to
push the corn crop along, and there
has not been one sultry night.
The result of all this is that corn is
late, though, with time to mature, this
would be our biggest corn year. But
the lateness of the crop has kept our
farmers on the anxious seat, fearing
the killing frost. Two or three times
it looked like frost lately, but every
time the conditions changed in time
to avevrt that disaster until Tuesday
morning, when a white frost was vis
ible in all parts of the county. Itlooked
like a killing frost, but from re
ports from all parts of the county we
are led to believe that, on the whole,
the frost has been a good thing. In the
vicinity of Arcadia and in the low’er
places the county over the corn is
doubtles so badly frozen that it cannot
go on to maturity. But in other
places the frost only served to nip the
leaves and put a stop to growth.
With the warm w-eather following the
process of curing will now go on and
the result will be a better quality of
corn than would have been possible
without the frost.
Unitl the frost the corn was so green
from top to bottom that maturity was
out of the question and all our farm
ers knew that a killing frost must
come soon, anyway. So anything, even
a slight frost, that will stop the grow
ing, is the thing that points toward
better corn.
One experience has been missed this
year, which never failed us before.
Not for a day has the corn suffered
from drouth. All through the season
the crop has had its roots in moist
soil and not a day has been exces
sively hot and, least of all, has there
been a suggestion of a hot wond.
Such a thing has never occurred be
fore. Every Valley county crop till
this one has had to pas through a j
period of drouth and hot winds which
sapped the life more or less. But
that has not happened this year.
If only a few weeks of warm
weather could be had now this
would prove to be a great corn year
for Valley county. There is a little
hope for this in the government’s
weather forecast, which promises
warmer W'eather for the balance of
the week.
Corn in the most favored sections
is now partly out of the way of frost.
Several farmers have brought in sam
ples of their corn, ears picked at ran
dom, showung that there is consider
able corn already dented. Every day
like yesterday or today is adding
much to the safety of our great cereal
crop.—Ord Quiz.
PUBLIC SALE.
Owing to Grant Rogers being hailed
out and Clarence Wilson having de
cided to quit farming, they will have
a joint sale at the Roger’s place, 6
miles northwest of Loup City, on the
SE 1-4 of section 6-15-15, on Friday,
October 1, commencing at 1 o’clock
p. m.
The sale will consist of 16 cows, 2
year-olds and cows up to 6 and 7 years
old; 5 yearlings and 11 head of spring
calves, mostly bulls.. Fourteen head
of pigs that will weigh about 50 lbs.
each. Twto dozen hens and eight
guineas. Also a DeLaval separator,
single buggy, walking plow, and other
numerous articles.
The terms will be eight months on
sums over $10, secured by bankable
note bearing 10 per cent interest.
Col. Jack Pageler is the auctioneer
and W. F. Mason will clerk the sale.
RETURNS FROM COAST.
George Slote, the Litchfield auc
tioneer, was in town Tuesday, hav
ing arrived home from his California
trip Saturday night. Mr. Slote, ac
companied by his family, left Litch
field on May 24th and made the
round trip by auto, and during his
stay in California attended the ex
positions at San Francisco and San
Diego and visited all points of inter
est along the coaet of Southern Cali
fornia. After leaving Ogalalla, Neb
on the trip west no rain was en
countered during the three months
trip, so the traveling was good all
the time. Mr. Sneely and family, of
Kearney, were with Mr. Slote during
the entire trip, and allmost thoroughly
enjoyed the long journey to and
from the coast.—Mason City Trans
cript.
A Story of the Mountains.
The Northwestern has another real
treat in store for its readers. It has
been our endeavor in the past to run
only first-class, clean-cut serial stor
ies, and we believe the next story to
be printed in this paper. “The Battle
Cry," by that well known author,
Charles Neville Buck, is a little bet
ter, more beautiful, and more inter
esting than any we have published
heretofore. It is a tale of the Ken
tucky mountains, and we feel sure you
will enjoy it, every line. The first in
stallment will appear in the issue of
October 21.
FOR RENT.
100 acres for wheat. Also some hay
land.—V. T. Wescott. tf
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Rockville Pharmacy
' A complete line of Drugs
and Druggists’ Sundries
A New and Up-to
date Stock
A Fine Line of Face Powders
and other Toilet Articles Just in
LEON R. BEZA, Prop.
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Prepare for Cold Weather
The cool evenings of fall are at
hand and you will find that you
need a fire to take the chill off
the house.
MOORE’S HEATERS
Are the very best on the market.
Call and see them at
KOIEL & SORENSEN’S
ROCKVILLE, NEBRASKA
Mogul Brand Groceries
Handled Exclusively By
ROCKVILLE CASH STORE
Higheest Market Prices Paid
for Produce
Agent for Ravenna Creamery Company
Rockville Meat Market
JOHN SEABECK, Prop.
Full Line of
Fresh and Salt Meats
Swift’s Premium
Hams and Bacon
My Prices are Always the Lowest
Rockville Pool Hall
AUGUST JUNG & SON
Cigars, Tobaccos and Soft Drinks
A COMPLETE LINE OF
SELECTED FRESH CANDIES