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VOLUME XXX.
188
iooo square
feet of
floor space.
We are movong into the
NEW STORE ROOM.
This gives the BIG STOKE improved facilities for the handl
ing of high class merchandise. We are increasing the floor
space of all departments to meet the demand of our increasing
business.
Our aim in the past has been the selling of high class merchan
dise at the lowest price possible. This policy will be adhered to
in the future. We sell standard merchandise as low as you can
duy from department stores in the larger cities.
Money Eefunded If You are Not Satisfied.
Special offerings for annual June sale.
50 pairs Ladies American Girt $2.50 shoes for this sale $1.98.
50 pairs Wolfe Brothers $1.75 shoes for this sale $1.40.
50 pairs Ladies $1 50 shoes, for this sale $1.19.
50 pairs of Misses 1.75, 1.50 and 1.25 shoes at $1.00.
20 pairs Boys' 1.50 and 2.00 shoes at $1.25 per pair.
wksh hoods.
Special offerings for annual June snle.
i2c Dimities, Lawns and Batistes 9c.
iSc " " " " 14c
25c " " " ' and Ginghams iSc.
FURNITURE
Miner - Brothers,
A 25c premium for
Every Dollar Paid
on Subscription.
Come in and we will
& tell you about it.
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20 pieces Fancy 3-4 Percales at 4c.
10 pieces Standard Prints at 4c per yard.
Special offerings for Annual June Sale.
Oak Dining Chairs, cane seat, at $5.75 per set.
Other values at 75c, 1.00 1.25, 1.50 and $1.75 each;
Side Boards at 8.00, 10.00 and $12.50.
Kitchen Cupboards at 5.50, 7.50, 9.50 and $12.50 each.
Anoiher carload of sugar, 19 lbs granulated sugar sJi.oo.
Choice Japan Riee 5c.
Gallon pie peaches and apricots at 37c per can.
Libby, McNeil & Libby, concentrated soups 7c.
Libby, McNeil & Libby chipped dried beef 7c.
Another carload of rock salt. Special prices to cattlemen using
large quantities of salt.
' Red Cioudt Nebraska.
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RED CLOUD, XEISUASKA. MAY ;j, 1002,
1002
12,000 square
feet oj
floor space.
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Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining uncalled for
at tho postofficoat Red Cloud, Neb.
raska, for tho week ending May
29, 1002
Hasting, (Jeo. Kellogg, Geo.
Neaglts, H. M. VanNostrand.Helen
Those letters will bo sont to tho dead
letter office Juno 12th, if not called
for before. When calling for above
pleaao say 'advertised." T. O. Hack
kk, PoBtmaster.
Una of the brightest and best publi
cations lor joung folka which comes
to this office is 'J'hti Ainu lean Boy,
published at Detroit, Mich. It is filled
with oxcellont short stories, scientifio
articles and sketches, including ama
tour photography, boys' sports, etc.
It id issued monthly and costs & dollar
a year. Tor Chief and The American
Boy, per year, 11.00.
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GoMespondenee.
REACH.
Duano Wolfe made a trip to Red
Cloud Wednesday
Oto and Will Frn.ior mado a trip to
Inavale Wednesday.
Plenty of rain for tho presont. Crops
look lino around hero.
J. V. Starr was acquitted in tho fed
eral court at Salina Wednesday.
Oto Frazier bought a tine set of bug
gy harness of his brother-in-law Tues
day. There was a dance at Elmer Beards
loo's Tuesday evening. All report a
good tiino.
C. C. Crazier drove through hero last
Wednesday or. his way to Hod Cloud
with hogs.
John and Charley Boardslce finished
the carpenter work on Ed Carper's
house Friday.
Mr. Payne, who has boon sultoring
Brights' disease for some timo, is re
ported worse again.
Wm. Smith returned from Salina
Thursday, where ho has been as a wit
ness on the mail case.
Frank Payton mado us a call Thins-
day as ho passed tin otigh hero on his
way homo from Salina.
Otval Stanley goes up about oneo a
week to sco to his cattle, up near Clai'K
Steven?, or at least that is what ho
says be goes for.
John Ucedol returned homo from
Iowa, where ho has been about a year.
John says ho has to suo his mother
about every so often.
Last Ft iday morning several of tho
neighbors with well filled baskets
dtoveinon Armor Mullcr to remind
him that his biitlutay had returned
again and that he had passed out of his
thirtieth year.
After tho Mod Cloud boys had gone
homo a nine from Salom camn up and
tho scoro was 0 to 8 in favor of Reach,
Batteries: Salem, Drown and Nyberg;
Roach, Chtisty and Deardsleo.
Tho people's party held their caucus
at tho usual voting place May 24th, for
tho purposo of electing delegates to
the county convention. Tho following
wore tho delegates elected: 0. Beards
lee, John Boardslee, John Frazier, Ute
Frazior, D.T. Elliott, M.E. Payne.
The Red Cloud baso ball boys camo
out Thursday instead of Friday, as was
stated before. None of our boys know
it until the eleventh hour but by a lit
tlo hustling wo managed to get all our
boys but three Tho gamo was called
at about 2:80 and the scoro by innings
was as sollows:
Red Cloud 00000202 04
Reach. . 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Batteries Rod Cloud, Lano and Gar
bor; Reach, Smith and Hartman.
GUIDE ROCK.
Jamo3 Greonhalgh's child, who has
boon very sick with measles, is reported
better.
Harvey Horn und wife wont to liluo
Hill Monday to visit Arthur Barcus
and family.
Colvin is Barcus sold Mr. Wells'
farm for him last week. Mr. Wells,
who is a gardonor, expects to hunt up
another location this summon
Guide Rock is getting to bo quito a
horso matkot. Thoro aro throo bujors
hero at present and thoy aro paving
good prices. Horses aro soiling as high
as 9300 per span.
Mr. Amos Dillon has sottlod in his
own mind that Guide Rock is to bo his
future homo and is eroding a largo
barn on bis sevon aero tract in town.
Ho expects to movo in town immedi
ately. It is amusing, since tho rains camo,
to hear Undo Billy Sabin and Uncle
John Kind8cher toll of tho wondorful
productiveness of Webstor county and
Jewell county, Kansas, for thu past
twenty-five years, since thoy aro old
pioneers of this country and know
whereof tbey spek.
Items of Interest as
Reported by Chief
Reporters at Several
Nearby Localities.
STATE CREEK.
Cane . tid Kaffir corn aro still being
planted
Our sick peoplo aro now conva
lescing. Mr. Spurrer, over on Whito Rock,
has in 100 acres of alfalfa.
Mr. Maynard, tho scientifio red hog
man on our creek, sold last wook 105
head that averaged 200 pounds, and
got 7 cents a pound for thorn.
Georgo Mountford and 1). McCart
ney had their old corn sholled last
week. How is that for farmers whon
corn is up to 70 cents a bushel? Doos
farming pay?
Mr. Goulda sonde 40 gallons of milk
daily to the creamery at Womor, from
which ho realizes about 160 cash per
month, besidos gotting tho skim milk
back to feed to his calves.
All is quiet on our crook and tho
farmers are wonderfully encouraged
sinco the rainy season sot in, as crops
of all kinds look very thrifty and green
and in excellent growing order. But
fow fields of small grain have been
worked over nnd sown or planted to
other crops, and tho earliest planting
of corn will soon need work. Tho
wheat and ryo will grow high enough
to bind, though for a timo during tho
dry weather it was feared thoy would
not.
A splendid memorial meeting was
held at Mount Hopo Sunday afternoon
at .'1 o'clock, addressed by Judge Edson
of Red Cloud. In order that all might
be given an opportunity to attend tho
Decoration day exercises at Red Cloud
on tho .'10th, all adjourned to tho ceme
tery one-half milo south, where the
customary Decoration day program
was carried out in full, each old sol
diei's grave being apporpriately dec
oiatcd, the gtaves of the unknown
dead being represented by a ling.
The Rev. Edson mado somo appropri
ate remarks and explained tho mean
ing of tho unknown gravo, which was
new to tho younger persons present.
Rov. Edson's tribute to the soldier
dead was a lino one, and was highly
appreciated by all who hoard it. Mr.
Edson remained hero Sunday night as
tho guest of Mr. Scrivccr.
BLUEHILL.
Such splondid rains.
J. M. West is visiting in Missouri.
Colonel Hoovor is slowly improv
ing. ? Mrs. Hansil's daughters aro visiting
at home.
MlssGraco Hull spent Sunday in tho
country.
Lewis Conrad is office boy at tho
Hotel Bogat.
Miss Motta Hansil received a fine
piano last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mousor drovo to
Hastings Monday.
W. A. Ashby mado a dying trip to
Hildreth Saturday.
Miss Gilka Buss of Rosomont visited
Rov. Hnmmol's family Saturday.
F. Baker closed a successful term of
school last Friday with a picnic.
Miss Mabel Day visited in liluo Hill
and Campbell Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Bricklo expects to removo to
Colorado soon. Wo aro sorry to loso
her.
Tho Degron of Honor bdgo had
eight candidates for initiation Tuesday
evening.
Mr). Elkins, a daughter of Mr. Dola-
hoy, is visiting him at presont. Hor
homo is in Iowa.
School closed yesterday with appro
propriato exercises in tho different
rooms. There was no graduating class
this year, as tho grado has been raised
from 11 to 12, which ia hotter for the
pupils, as tbey can new enter the uni
versity from this ecbooi;
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DRY CREEK.
Oscar Etnick recently sold a fl-ycar-old
colt for $ 05.
Al Decker and wifo spent Sunday
at Mr. Soaton's.
John Emick spent a fow days in Red
Cloud last week.
Mrs. Will Holswortb spont Thursday
with Mrs. Durdick.
Cloice Jackson is working on tLo
sootion thisHummor.
Tho Aniboy school closed last Friday
with a grand picnic.
J oo Saladen was seen on tho strctt3
of Am boy last Friday.
Mrs. Hurd and daughter Fay spent
last Thursday at Al Decker's.
Fred Bright, who was recently in
jured by being kicked by a horso, is
able to bo out again.
Homy Sholdon's sister, who has been
visiting with him, has boon quito ill,
but is now convaloscont.
Will Durdick went north last week
to get pasture for his stock. Elmer
Himus runs tho ranch whilo ho is ab
sent. Jessie Kellogg has taught a very suc
cessful term of school at Aniboy, and
after viMting hero for about a month
will leavo to join hor mothorntSeattlo,
Wash.
CROOKED CREEK.
John Brush is disking his corn.
Bert Teunant has built his wifo a
nice wash house.
Almost everybody is busy now work
ing in their corn. '
John Havol has boon busy rcshing
ling part of his house.
Thoro seems to bo quito a lot of
smutty heads among tho wheat this
spring.
Jamos Mcintosh is breaking prairio
on tho Kalev farm, just south of tho
old Pope place.
F Abboj'a son, who has been over
in Kansas lining corn on his father's
farm, returned home Wednesday.
Pat Kcllot looks as though tho wind
had been protty hind on his beard. Ho
lost it in tho barber shop tho othor day.
Mrs. Sam Smith sold six nico calves
to Georgo Winton this weok. Georgo
is buying quito a fow calves this
spring.
Mrs. Ed Dickson took quito Hick Sun
day morning. A doctor was called and
pronounced bor allmont heart trouble.
She is up and around again.
Miss Suslo Engols attended tho com
mencement exercises this week. Sho
has finished her term of school near
Cowles and is at homo now.
batinI
Willis Lotour was in this vicinity
laBt Saturday.
Honry Lambrocht has bought a now
spring wagon.
Otto Bringloson was in this locality
last Sunday, as usual.
Nathan Williams was tho guest of Ot
torbin Ramoy Sunday.
Peter Nelson has contracted for a
now steam threshing outfit,
Honry Lambrocht and family spent
last Sunday visiting at Rudy Stieit's.
Ed Brotthauor had tho misfortune to
loso a good horso ono day last weok.
Frank Bean and wifo wero tho guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Duval last Sun
day. Mrs. Mary Dean was down near Ina
vale last week visiting hor son Everett
and family.
Honry Kriskaon and John Pavlicok
havo returned from thoir trip to tho
mountains.
Mrs. V. h . Kelly, from near River
ton, was visiting Mrs. J. C. Wilson
ono day last week.
C. B. Crono and Ernest Jones of Rod
Cloud wero in this neighborhood on
business last triday.
Mrs. O. H. Wilson and son Wray
woro up to Franklin, Neb last week
visiting at Mr. Van Dyko's.
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