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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1900)
1 g2.vmnm$mMmmmmmm rpjyw BlElil! r- ??TTr brinwnVH; 3!Zmvt&2a!t sar jgSj1i' ai?ayga?u- . lillllllf i imi'riafTM'f T"T ji . . kh r 7l t ,...,. VOLUME XXVIII. KI3L) CLOUD, XEllltASKA. .ITLVLM), 11)00, NUiMUEll 20 1 The Big Store, t.V. ALMOST FORGOTTEN. . . 1 July - Clearing - Sale 1 1 aft wi Dimities, regular 8c and 10c values at 6c. Demms Shirting, regular 12 i and 5c values at 9c. A few Scotch Lawns at 4c. ft t.i iSv JTC '. rA"TT. TTaJ'-C !- MMr '-iixc?r-Vf,ik'Jiriic-Kr, 8 Incidents ol Every Day Life Which Very Few People Stop to Think About on Account of Their Littleness. While looking over tlio abstractor assessment for this your wo wcro stumped to notice tho amount of assess ments of ilitTerent things. According to the total vultio on diamonds, $1S0, wo haven't cot ninny in this county. Still you can soo ninny of the Hashers, adorning the lingers ami shirt fronts of many citizens W'licn you see a fel low wearing a great hig one you can depend upon it ho has bought h prize package or lied to tho assessor. In gold and silver platt nud plnted ware the countv is especially destitute. But sixty-three dollars worth can bo found. When you go to an elaborato function nt tho residence of ouo of our wealthy ci'.izens nnd sco the tables elaborately sprend With what looks liko silver you can turn iipyour noso and sav tliat the ware is bogus. In bi cycles the number given is twenty-two, with a valuation of sixty-three dollars. They are worth exactly what thu sil ver plate is Hut let there bo a bicycle tournament and you could get up a naiado a mile long. Then they would n.)t all bo in. It is a shamo that this city is not to have a fair this year. It is a shamo that some of our citizens are holding up the money which would go toward tho guaranteeing of a fair. The town owes its patrons a few days a. ... t!ml .liilw tlin fnnl' i,j. nr flnnrr. 111 siiiim iviuu viuiiuit iiiu ivu . , . vr "! - -- " nuie WU I LJili KI A ISi'l' a.T. S wnara iuo niniior wini uuiuiuk A KLLIAkVJ ' .1- WW -m.mm j. . MV -- Mi .1 ! vV m m Ufa V 1 m 4M"V m r,V : 5 DOiV'T ,4D TrtS If you do not want to see the greatest of all bargains in seasonable Dry Goods. Our en tire stock to be closed out preparatory to getting in our immense fall stock. Japanese Silk. Just the thing for waists this hot weather. Regular price 25c per yard. To Close, iSc per yard. Lawns and Challies. To help this great sale we have decided to give 10 yards good lawns for 25c, less than one- , half the regular price. Wash Goods. & Pi 11 Si Our entire stock of wash goods to be slaughtered. Plain Colored Dimities, 20c and 25c grade, 15c Batiste, laAand 15c grade, at Sc. Linen Colored Dotted Swiss 15c. Ribbons. ancy trimming ribbon with shirring string, combination colors, regular price 10c, to close, 5c. Wash Taffeta rib bons, just the thing for ties, 3 to 4 inches wide, to close, 19c. 1 Skirts. Duck and Linen Skirts must be sold regardless of cost. IH6HI ISTS 3kWL m one-half price. WASH SKIRTS one-half prie. (IX at tit M Lace Curtains, Tapestry and Chenille g k Muslin Underwear one-half off. f& Umbrellas 33 1-3 on. ti"i H-ivl M W Corsets. SUMMER CORSETS from 22c each to 50c each. ffitj ymm Ladies9 Belts, -3 Off. LATEST 4 BELTS Muslin, L. L. unbleached, 5c. Henry Muslin, 6c, 7c and 8c. Lonsdale and Fruit of Loom bleached muslin, 7c. Farmers Choice bleached muslin, 6c. Calicoes, 10 yards for 32c. Ginghams, good apron check at 4c. G-inghams, Amoskeag, 6c. Shirting, 8c, 10c and 124c. I W m m 1 i ,S2 ts 5H m m elv w MINERBROS, Red Cloud, Nebraska. tu tVi Vji I riit- a6i City Dray and Express Line. E, Jn. ROSS, PROP. street fair, with a big danco and bar- boeuo about tho time wo linvo husked our pumpkins. Let's have something. hvorybody bus thoir troubles, even tho niRht wuteh. Kspecinlly so wheu ho tells some ono to;ntovc on nud they linvo him urrested (or it. However n little trouble don't bother him like it does some Them nro some people who think Unit tho niRht watch oiiRht to bo asleep or out of siRht nil tno Unit'. Wo huvo been onjoyinR(?)ii few talks on tho street this wouk. l buy aio supposed to bo roliRious services Hut as near as wo can lijiire out thoy arc notbiuR but a fow undur-ostiniatod privato opinions publicly expressed. Tho morals of this city, as seen by tho expounder of this certain brand of re ligion, would niaUo tho devil hesltato to tackle a job as mayor To tell the truth since hearing tho discourses (and discords) of the past fow ovouinge, wo iinvnt'omo to tho conclusion that wo liavo about as lough n town as can bo fouud on tho mnp. Our young mon havo all gono to Hades and tho girls, tho dear sweet things am on tho down grade going nt a into that would put n race horso to shamo, nnd all for want of something to lodge against so they can stop. And tho mothers and fath ers so blind ihoy can't seo what their ollspring is coming to. Surely if this state of allairs exist there is plonty of room for traveling mondiants. Why not have a street fair this year? Wo understand tho annual county fair is not going to bo hold this year. Somo of tho boys am already preparing to entertain tho crowd with cako walks, bear dances and tho hoocho-eoocho. Thorn is no reason why wo should not havo somoamusemont. The bigBhowa am billed all over Nebraska but some how Ked Cloud is loft out. Hut thon wo may bo lucky enough to got ono yet. Tho rain last Monday, consider ing tho circumstoncos, was about tho wettest wo havo had this year. About ono week mom liko the ono previous to tho rain nnd evorytning would havo been done up. Even tho brick build ings had begun to warp. Tho average person's estimation of the country is warped clear out of recognition. Tho rain however Iihb partially straight ened It out. Anyhow it has cooled oh" tho atmosphere so it Is not nocojsary to get out and sit on tho letice about 3 o'clock in tho morning to got cooled off. I 5H m vl. Calicoes. Simpson's Enatant Fancies, 5c. Simpson's Blacks or Greys, 5c. Garner's Reds, 5c. Indigo Blues, 5c. All Fancy Gingham Prints, 5c. Oxfords. We must have the space now occupied by our stock of Ox fords to put our fall line of shoes in and to close out wc are making a great cut in prices Buttons. We have a lot of extra quality pearl buttons, all sizes, regular price 10c, to close 5c per do.. These are not a cheap pearl but clear, white, extra quality pearl. Parasols. Our entire line must be closed out and to help them along we will give a special discount of 20 per cent. ;. : V.tS B . V :.', iiw. ft Our entire line of Sun Bonnets to go at 18c each. Shirt waists now selling at one half price will still be dis counted 10 to 15 per cent. I TURNURE BROS. U& i9ori rirf--irl. Mebraska. JawawMaaMaaBB Goods Delivered to any part of the city. Chargos as low ns the Lowest CITY AGENTS FOR ADAAS EXPRESS CO. TELEPHONE NO. 52. Thu woathor bureau in speaking ol tho crop conditions over tin- state say: 'lluforo Sunday only a fjv slight scat to i ing si nvcrs had occurred In tho stuto. Sunday and Monday a heavy general ram (ell in the central and tiitorn gnnti, tke wtnt nt nut places being botween throe and six in ches. In tho western counties tho rainfall was losa from ono-half to an innli nnd a half. The hot dry weather tho first of tho week was excellent for harvesting and threshing, but exceed' ingly unfavorable for corn. In tlio northern and extreme eastern counties tho ground' was moist enough to pro vent much real damago to corn, but in most onntrnl. stuthcm and western counties tho early planted corn was sorlously Injured by tho dry period. Much early corn has tassled and tho ato corn is just coming Into tussle. Haying has commenced and tho crop u lirrht In the central and southern ceunties. The heaTV rains will ini- prsv all crop conditions." Firemen's Tournament at York. What promises to bo tho most suc cessful firemen's tournament over held in Nebraska opons at York, Tuesday .July 34 nnd closes .July 2(5. Almost every town ami city in uksiui.i central Nebraska will no rcprosouicu. Tho streets of York will bo in gala at tiro and tho citizens of tho town have resolved themselves Into a reception ..miimitti'o. willinir and anxious to ex tend hospitality to all. tliin to tlio .!,., iiiii'lliiQtoii Houto has mado a late 1 4 4 4 5 ARGABRIOHT, I The Portrait Painter 1 1 i STRICTLY FINE WORK IN crayon ijvh:, WATBMfc COLOR, SBPIA, Portrait Frames and Easels in stock and to order. Studio in Damorell Hlock, Hed Cloud, Nobr. 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 c 4 4 4 4 4 4 JACK OF ALL TRADES OUR NEW "LITTLE GIANT" IH. P, GASOLINE ENGINE, WORTH IIS WEIGHT IN GOLD TO EVERY STOCKMAN AND ,FARMER. lion iiiiinv of von linvti lust thu prion of this UiikIiiq' In onn Uy on account of In anxious in 'x )OBf iiiln,liri,lu'"" '" """i i-n..n " "" "......Ui ........ ..u. u..y ' ' ,,w to ilo y )ur piiiiii'i'iK wlH'u thorn ts no wmil or U) iln It v uliui". Vtuutiier iloo uot iVs Itscontnbu- i ,.. ,. ,'ork. Inn or rolil. 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