Where will You Be at 65 — O ==—=— It is up to you i DO YOU REALIZE that out of 100 average healthy men at the age of 25 36—will die before reaching the ag9 of 65 5—will be wealthy 5—will be supporting themselves by work 54—will be dependent upon friends, relatives or charity. \ We can help you THIS CHART represents man’s ac cumulating period from 30 to 50 years of age. Either success or failure is settled. At 20 Everything to gain and nothing to lose. This is the egotistical period — the age son thicks he knows more than his father. This space repre sents the young man’s self-sufficiency. Age of indiscretion. At 30 The boy at this age is changing his mind and concludes he doesn’t know as much as he thought for. He now * considers the father a man of judgment. At 35 the son realizes that life is a reality, and he is not so smart as he once thought. His fa ther was a man of master mind. At 40 75 per cent of men at this age meet with re verses and lose their entire accumulation. NOW OR NEVER At 45 At 50 At 60 90 per cent have lost all by this This is the age of caution. At sixty, 95 per cent of men age. A man must not speculate, for are dependent upon their daily he has all to lose and nothing to earnings or on their children gain. He must look for securi- for support. ty—not high rates of interest. Will you be one of them or one Only one man in 5000 can after of the 5 per cent with a compe this age recover his financial tence? footing. Solution: Spend less than you earn Start a bank account First National Bank Loup City, Nebraska Look! Look! December 25th IS NEAR Come in while the assortment is com plete. Xmas gifts for Men, Young Men and W • Boys The Right Goods at the Right Price L. G. LOFHOLM B| AN EFFICIENT CAR I C^IZZZIZIIZIIIZ] Of course you want your I car to stand up to its work. Repairs are costly, and you can’t afford to keep your car in the shop ha-lf of the time. | ^ ; AAiip In order to insure full effi vUInC ciency you must have all re pairs made RIGHT. You can’t afford to permit a poor work PLAIN man to tinker with it. Besides I uim the good he DOESN’T do, the harm he DOES do is often very serious. We GUARANTEE every job of repairing that leaves our garage. We are equipped to put your car in first class con dition. We solicit your cus 1 tom. INDEPENDENT GARAGE GRASSNUECK A NADS I f phone Black 134. - Loup City, Neb. TRY THE NORTHWESTERN AD SERVICE—IT PAYS Daily sells for less. Henry M. Eisner for glasses. W. S. Fletcher made a business trip ; to St. Paul Tuesday. A. B. Outhouse made a business trip o Rockville last Friday. Rev. Father Jarka was a passenger ^ to Ashton Wednesday for a short visit. I. C. Smith was a Rockville caller Wednesday noon, returning i the even j ing. | - Thomas Caddy returned home Fri da from York, where he had been husk ing corn. E. G. Taylor went to Rockville Fri day where he went to attend to some business. Aaron Wall returned home from Om aha last Friday where he had been on business. E. G. Taylor was an east bound pas senger to Omaha. Tuesday noon, on business. L. A. Williams made a business trip to Rockville Tuesday, returning in the evening. Miss Rhoda Bouma of Arcadia is here visiting with her sister, Mrs. Tenis Biemond. E. A. Miner was a passenger to Wol bach Saturday to spend several days : visiting and on business. _ R. P. Starr left for Denver last Thursday where he is finishing up the | claims of the C. B. & Q. David Morrow returned home from York Friday evening, after having vis ited his brother Earl a few days. i Mrs. Emma Reynolds and daughter Maud have been over near Mason City | visiting relatives the past week. ^ Mrs Ida Ogle and daughter were passengers to Sargent, Friday night, to visit with relatives a short time. Mrs. Joe Lewandowski was a pas senger to Ashton, Tuesday morning to spend the day visiting with relatives. Mrs. Katie Stellmack returned home from Ashton Friday, where she had been visiting with relatives several days. W. O. Brown and J. H. Welty left Monday noon for Alliance, where they will attend the supervisor’s conven tion. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darrow were here last Friday on business. They returned to their home in Arcadia in the evening. Clayton Conger returned on Friday to his home in Arcadia, after having visited here a short time with relatives and friends. W. P. Cook, of the Nebraska Tele phone Company, came up from St. Paul Monday noon to look after his business interests here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zwink returned home Monday evening from Ashton, where they spent several days visit ing with relatives and friends. Now is the time to buy that watch or Jewelry you have been wanting, at a reduction of ten cents on every dol lar.—Henry M. Eisner, Jeweler. The first World Photo Play featur ing Alice Brady in, “Then I’ll Come • Back to You,” will be shown at the , Garland Theatre Thursday night, Jan > uarv 4th. iMuy wuia ior less. Try Chase's first—it pays. Remember Saturday nights are Blue Bird nights. 1 Henry M. Eisner for glasses. Satis | faction guaranteed. John Needham came up from Ashton Saturday on business. Chris flomgard was a business pas senger to Ashton Saturday. Tony Johns was a business pessen ger to Ashton Thursday morning. Read the Garland Theatres weekly program printed elsewhere in this issue. Thursday night of this week and next, six reels of the "Diamond from the Sky.” Mrs. T. H. Eisner left Saturday noon for Sutherland, Neb..for a visit with relatives. Miss Helen Tapolski went to Ashton Saturday to visit relatives for a short time. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lou Schwaner on Sunday, December 10, a seven I pound girl. Mrs. Milt Rentfrom and daughter, Rhea, came up from Austin Saturday : to do some shopping. Miss Minnie Hiddleson went to Grand Island Saturday to visit over Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Dr. Marcy, who has been con fined to her bed the past month with pneumonia, is slowly recovering. W. F. Mason is attending the bank ers’ convention in Grand Island this week. He went Wednesday morn ing. Chapters 25-26-27 6f the "Diamond from the Sky” Thursday night. 6 reels. Next week's showing concludes this serial. Get your Christmas presents while our stock is complete and get a ten per cent discount.—Henry M. Eisner. Jeweler. Miss Victoria Lind of Arcadia, was in our city Saturday doing some shop ping. She returned on the evening passenger. Miss Eleanor Remy came up Satur day evening from Grand Island for a visit with her sister, Mrs. T. R. Lay, and family. Mrs. H. S. Conger of Arcadia, was visiting with relatives and many friends here Saturday, returning home in the evening. Merlin White returned home Sat urday evening from York, where he has been attending schooi for a visit with hs parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McCluggage, who have been here for some time employ ed at the First Trust Co. left Saturday noon for Wolbach. J. S. Pedler was a Grand Island cal ler Wednesday morning to attend the bankers' convention which is in ses sion there this tveek. Miss Beatrice Worlock returned home Saturday evening from Kearney,1 where she had been the past week visiting her parents. Mrs. S. A. Allen and children were passengers to Grand Island Wednes day morning to spend a few days visit ing with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Needham came up from Austin, Saturday evening for an over Sunday visit with their daughter. Miss Pearle Needham. Leo Johns and Howard Curtis re turned home Tuesday evening from Grand Island where they have been for the past several days visiting. Mrs. O. L. Cockey and Miss Eva Jackson were Grand Island callers Tuesday morning to do some shop ping. They returned on the evening train. Lost.—A large, brown shawl, be tween Synak’s and Brill's places. Find er please leave at the Northwestern office and receive reward. Mrs. Mary Synak. The Independent Garage installs a Gas Saver for Ford cars for $1.25 - which is very successful. It increases I mileage, gives more power and more | speed. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Grow were pas sengers to Arcadia, Saturday evening to visit over Sunday with their son. James Grow and family. They re turned Monday. The Ladies Aid Society of the Cleo ria U. B. Church will give a chicken pie supper and bazaar at Jim Bone's Friday evening, December 15. All are cordially invited. Thieves broke into the Chase Mer cantile Co.’s warehouse last Satur day night. A quantity of goods were taken, the exact* amount not being known at ths nme. Come to Loup City on Saturday, De cember 23 and attend James Bar tunek’s drawing at three o’clock, p. m. Drawing will be held in Vic Swan son’s old store building. For Tuesday night, December 19th, Wm. Fox presents Betty Nansen, Stuart Holmes and Jean Sothem in “Should a Mother Tell?” At the Gar land Theatre, 10 and 15c. Mrs. Hans Hansen, who has been here for some time visiting with her I son and daughter, P. E. and Mabel Hansen, returned to her home in Hastings Wednesday morning. --. The Misses Helen and Alberta Hahn who are attending school here, were passengers to McAlpine Tuesday even ing to visit over night with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hahn. Miss Klea McNulty was a west bound passenger to Comstock Sat urday evening to visit over Sunday with her sister. Miss Lila McNulty, who teaches 'school at that place. rry unase a nrst—it pays. For Sale—Duroc Jersey male hogs. —Ben Klimper, phone 7511. James Bartunek’s drawing will be heid on Saturday afternoon, December 23. Dressmaking. Sewing of all kinds. Prices reasonable. At Pratt's resi dence.—Mrs. H. R. Snider. Miss Nellie Stanczvk went to Rock ville Monday noon for a visit with her sister. Mrs. John Dietz, and family. For Sale:—One new feed grinder Also one fine Hereford bull.—Lars P Nielson, Loup City, Route 2, box 47. C. R. Sweetland has teen awarde: the contract for putting in a heatinr plant in the Catholic parsonage a Ashton. Want to buy 100 head of mules. Sucklings, yearlings and twos. Call Sam Fletcher, at Rockville. Phone No. 4202 51-3. You will want to see Helen Ware in the Blue Bird Photo Play. “Secret Love;” at the Garland Theatre, Sat urday night, 10 and 15c. The party will return the Bull Dog to the Frederick hotel dead or alive and save costs, as we have you dead to rights.—Frederick hotel. The Independent Garage has a nice full line of Goodyear tires fresh from the -factory. Also a stock of Rid-o skid chains. Don’t miss seeing Helen Ware in the “Secret Love" at the Theatre Saturday night. A Blue Cird photo play, 5 reels. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hahn, on Monday. December 11, a ten pound girl. Mother and daughter reported as doing nicely. Miss Sadie Conger returned home Monday noon from Dannebrog, where she spent Sunday visiting with her _ uncle, C. R. Conger, and family. _ •> Remember Henry M. Eisner, the Jeweler, is giving a ten per cent dis count on every purchase, during De cember only.—Henry M. Eisner, the Jeweler. The High School Basket Ball team went to Ashton last Friday and played a game with the team at that place and defeated them by a score of 8 to 6. Mike Chilewski met with a painful accident last Saturday. He was kicK ed by a mule, three ribs being broken. Dr. Bowman atended the injured man and he is resting easy. Miss Emma Jezewski was a pas senger to Ashton last Saturday and visited over Sunday with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wardyn. She returned home Monday evening. Be sure and see the three big stars, Betty Nansen, Stewart Holmes and Jean Sothern in the Fox production, “Should a Mother Tell?” at the Gar land Theatre Tuesday night, Decem ber 19 th. The chicken pie supper and bazaar given by the Ladies' Aid Society -if the M. E. Church in the basement last Friday afternoon and evening was a success in every way. The sum net ted was around $225. A. C Wall, of near Hfzard was in Loup City Tuesday getting sale bills printed at The Northwestern office. His sale will be held on Thursday, December 21. Mr. Wall intends to move to Montana in the spring. John Czarnick, living about half waj between Loup City and Ravenna, has been the heaviest loser from the corn stalk disease in Sherman county to date. Last week he lost twenty six head of cattle by the corn stalk route. S. N. Criss, w-ho went to Omaha last week to undergo an operation for appendicitis, returned home last Sat urday evening. The operation was successful in every way and Mr. Criss is on the road to complete re covery. » Mr. and Mrs. James McGregor -ar rived here last Saturday evening from their homestead in Wyoming, and visited over Sunday with Mrs. Mc Gregor's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conhiser. They went to Sar gent Monday evening, * Miss Katie Janulewicz returned | home from St. Paul Wednesday, after having visited there a few days, hav ing stopped there on her way home from York, where she spent Thanks giving with her sister, Miss Emma, who is attending College at that place. The annual meting of the Sherman County Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday. The old officers were re elected to serve another year. The society is in good financial condition and great credit is due Secretary C. J. Tracy and the other officers for their efforts to build up the fair assoc iation. If you're going to have good health, feel well, enjoy winter, you’ve got to keep your bowels regular. Winter’s indoor life, heavy foods, clogs them up. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea cleans them out, and does it quick. It’s to make you well and keep you well. 35 cents. Tea or tablets.—Graefe Pharmacy. The Boy Scouts of the M. E. Church entertained H. R. H. Williams’ Sun j day-school class. Mrs. J. P. Leininger’s j class and Miss LeMaster's class to a supper in the basement of the M. E. I Church on ^ronday evening. A large crowd was present. Games were in dulged in and at a late hour all depart ed for ther homes reporting a fine time. The postal department is once more urging the early mailing of Christmas parcels. The custom of mailing par cels early is becoming more of a custom each year and insure a more prompt delivery to the persons addres sed, than by waiting just a few days before Christmas. Send * your pack ages early, either by mail or express as the case applies in either instance. 3o A/w. | afl°nwt 1 T^U^l ywwYv 11 MERRY XMAS. YOU SHOULD SEE THE HAPPY FACES = THAT COME INTO OUR BANK TO GET SOME OF THE = MONEY THEY BANKED DURING THE PAST YEAR TO BUY E PRESENTS FOR THEIR FRIENDS. S SOME COME IN TO START BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR § CHILDREN—THE BEST PRESENT OF ALL. SOME START E BANK ACCOUNTS BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO AS = TO GET A GOOD RUNNING START. § THEY WILL BE HAPPY NEXT YEAR. E BANK WITH US. § Loup City State Bank j NOTICE | To All of My Customers-1 Those Who Tickets for \ My Three Big \ Premiums | i z • The drawing comes off on Saturday, December 23, 1916, at 3 o’clock sharp at the old Vic Swanson store which I have rented for that day so that we can stay inside in case of cold weather. I would like to see = every one come in. One number is just as good as 100 if you have the lucky one. A little auction sale from 2 to 3 o’clock on some good goods which you can buy at your own price. Tickets will be given up to 3 o’clock p. m. Don’t forget your tickets at home. = Remamber the day and | time of drawing * | I JAMES BARTUNEK 1 Your Hardware and Harness Man jiiiiiiMimimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimmiiimiiii>~ Loup City Cash Store My Prices are Always Right You will save money by coming in and convincing yourself Sauer Kraut Just received a shipment of fresh sauer kraut in half barrels, contain ing 13 gallons. In Bulk or by the barrel. The price is right. WM. LEWANDOWSKI, Proprietor