iWmmmmmmimmmMm?mmm lfttwimM'imtimivMit'iumtmim'wiitmr'rm')'' -3- '.. 't I ;? P A&trs Bald? Scalp shiny and thin? Then it's probably too late. You neglected dandruff. V you had only taken our ad vice, you would have cured Hair Vigor the dandruff, saved your hair, and added much to it. If not entirely bald, now is your opportunity. Improve it. "1 li tud Ayers Hair VIor for over 40 ysart. t tn nnwtl ymriifililsiia lirlievy Rrowth of rich brown lilr. du, 1 think, en tsly toATr'illlr Vlror." , Mm. I. A. KEITH, Belleville, III. II M bottle. All'IfnyxUH J.C. ATltRCO., 1mr, Mm. for Good Hair THE CHIEF ItED OLOCl), NEUUASKA. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. P. C. PilAHUS, Editor. SUIISCMPTIOX HATES. One yoar... U months .1100 10 Hntorcd itt tne post olllco at lied Cloud, Nob. as aooud class nail matter. ADVERTISING ItATKS: Furnished mi nt'1'llciitlnii, TELEPHONE, SEVEN - TWO A batcholors lid) is lYot what it is cracked up t) be. Wo will admit, just for thu sake of argument, that Pros Roosevelt is mi Hafo oven dangerous to tho demo cratic party, us lio will cvrtalnly lifunt it. Tlint Red Cloud Is a progressive city no olio ovun romotvly Informed of hor HtnntliiiK will deny. Her merchants mo 1 1 1 k 1 1 ) y (itialilled for handling tlio largo business coining from tlio sur rounding country, .lust tako it tiny uir and visit hor htoros and you will ilud tlio lltioit, largest and best linus of goods of every description to bo round in tho Republican valloy. Par tics going to the larger cities will ho surprised to tliul that they can buy cheaper at homo, notwithstanding the dllfereuco in freight rates Thoro are many reasons for this chief among which is tho uuvor ceasing industry of tho morchaut himself. Ho knows whoro and when to buy and ho knows what tho people want. Almost any day you will ilud people living twenty ilvo miles away, in our stotos purchns- oods and this of itself speaks for the prices and quality of the articles to bo found in all brunches of tho trade, lied Cloud Is growing and is abreast of tho times. Notice the activity on the streets Everybody is busy and cheerful. Never before in Red Cloud's history have tho pooplo enjoyed a flroator degree of prosporlty. Staud up for Red Cloud. The MI E. Church. At n meeting of tho Trustoos of tho M. E. church of this city held tho 12th lust., to take further stops toward building u now church, tho plans sub mitted by Mr. Woods a leudiug archi toot from Lincoln, Nobr., woro adopt ed; The church building which we bavo decided to erect is to bo u modern structuro iu ovory particular with a total seating of something ovor ilvo hundred. Thoro is ono point howovor that wo have not entirely decided up on, viz: tho kiud of material to bo used iu tho construction,; thoro seems to bo a dosiro ott tho part of a goodly number for a brick or stouo structuro, uud now wo as trustoos wish to place ourselves iu a proper light before tho peoplo iu that particular; In tho first placo we are compelled' to build as our Prize Perfine. For the. largest bouquet grown from one package of seed given away by me last spring I .will give one ounceof Reiser's California Perfume and one half once for the bouquet containing the great est variety of colors. Contest closes September Chas. L. Cotting, The Druggist. old building has iiccomo unlit, uncom fortable and in fact unsafe to bo ii'ed longer; In the second placo our solicit' lug committee has pretty thoroughly canvassed the peoplo of our city and community and Ilud that wo are not able from tho subscriptions obtained to build such a structuio as wo would like to of brick or stone without going heavily iu debt, which wo do no in tend to do, and third, wo would submit the proposition to tho peoplo of Red Cloud and vicinity who deslro a more substantial building than wo ate able to erect from tho means at hand, that wo aro willing and in fact truly anxious to try and meet the request of parties desiring ti bettor building whenever thoy with tts will make it possible to do so by farther subscrip tions of one third more than wo now have. Stops havo been takud toward tho removal of tho old structuro and work will begin at an early date. wwV','V''''WWV TWENTY YEARS AGO Items of News Found in Tho Chief of Twenty Years- Ago This Week V - V L. II. Rust was iu Crete, Sunday. Henry Cook is iu Xew Vork stato visiting fi lends. .fake Miller has gone back to Hoos ierdon, tor n visit. , Walter Sherwood has taken a posi tion with A. S. Maish. Ludlow A: Son lost -10,000 brick by the storm last Saturday night. Will Mosher has sold his Interest in tho meat market to his father. There was a very pleasant party at Dr. Sherer's on litit Thursday evening. J. II. Toil, of (leneva, was visiting his brother L. II. 1'oit iu this city, last Sunday. Gates V Dulmiiiiii have sold their meal inurkoUut Me Cook. ( Ed. has re turned to this city. Mr. B. T. Reed will move into his new 1 evidence, In the north part of tho city, which ho lately erected. Mr. A. .1. Welsh, telegraph manager, has recovered from his recent illness and is at work again as usual. A few days'sinco the little son of 1). Hetllobower got a prune in his nose which required medical aid t remove. Tho Red Cloud post olllce has been made a tflWO olllco by the post olllce department, Bio. McN'ilt is to be congratulated on tho increase of his salary. During the storm Tuesday night, Mr. S Dedrick's house was struck by lightning. Mr. Dedrick was knocked Insensible. No damage was done to the ho. se Tho dedication of tho first Baptist church occurod last Sunday morning, Rev. W. U. Connolly, preached tho do- d catoty sermon and an olaborote pro gram was rouderod. Len Harris wii9 lu bathing last Fri day and iu diving from a wirostreched across tho river ho struck, iu a shallow place, his head on a stone, cutting a severe gash iu his head and knocking him lusous'ble, besides breaking a rib. Tho Rt. Row Bishop O'Conuor, of Omaha, assisted by Father Cleary udmiuistod the right of continuation, last Suuday, on following caudidntos, at tho Catholic church: Mrs. Julia Minor, Misses Currio and Mary Minor, Hugh Minor, jr., John Scott, Miss Guf- fuoy, James Ryan, Fraucfs Leo and the two McCartney boys. On last Tuesday evening Dr. L, D. Donuy, a prominent physiciau of Red Cloud, was united In tho holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Laura E, Baird, daughter of Dr. Baird, a former den tist of this city. Tho colobrutlon of tho uuptials was performed' iu tho presence of a very fen intimate friends of tho contracting parties, and woro bolemnlzeil by tho Row O. B. Louiest, of tho Methodist church. Rod Cloud and vicinity vlsltod by a severe wind and rain storm lost Filday uud considerable damauo was doue. During tho storm lightning struck tho court house uud ran down tho tliiointo tho county clerks otllco, knocking down tho stovo plpo uud scattering soot ovor every thing In tho olllco. J. P. Bayha, L. II Fort, W. M. Vlssc- hor, Shorltr W arrou and a Mr. A. P. Crapsor, of Sandwich, Illinois, woro in tho room at tho time tho bolt struck: fct ... covered with soot that thoy looked like m ono was liiiureu- uut all woro so voritablo sons of Haniou Saturday the day following. On Saturday night, a number of re publicans mot in Judge Yelsers olllco and mado temporary nrrangments to organize n Bhiiuo &, Logan club. A. L. Funk was oleeted temporary olialrninu nud G. J. Warren, secretary. A com mittee on organization was then up pointed consisting of W. II Strohm, M. B McN'Itt and E. H. Ambler. A commlttoo on enrollment was this appointed of which E. C. Hawioy, G.J. Warren and A. C. Hosmor, woro tho members after witjeh tlio following commlttoo on resolutions appointed by tho chairman: J. L. Kaloy, J. S. Glluam aud A. J. Kenuoy. It was thou moved by W. Teagarden thnt n com mittee bo appointed on nrrangments for tho next meeting and tho chairman appointed as such committo Ed High land A. H. Kaloy, nud W. Tongorden. aftor which meeting adjourned subject to call. On Saturday night Red Cloud lod.o I. O. O. F. installed tlio 'following olllccrs; T. W. HatHold, N. O. O. W. Daniols. V. G. E. A Young. Sec. F. I). Hummel, Tro-i". J. D. Leach, district deputy grand master, performed tho ceremony, After tho ceremonies Fred Hummel took tho crowd over to his residence, on Seward street entertained them lu royal style, tht, balance of the evening. On Tusdny evening Faith Rebecka lodge I. O. O. F. Mrs. E Metcalf, X G. Mrs.T. W. Hatfield, V. G. F. 1). Hummel, Sec Berno. . . Thero will bo three or four self binding harvesters running in this neighborhood this season... Tho mall Is now tri - weekly on tho route from Cowies to Nelson....!. Houston will preach at tho school hofuse in dis trict TiO next Sunday. Lino.. .13. S. Ilalvern has lost a number of hogs lately by blood pols loning, a now disease here. ..G. W Shutts will start his thresher next week. 0. Wickwire, uNo, will run a thresher this fall. ..W.J. Perry is putt 'ng up a frame house with stone foun dati n for W. P. Hautho n...Mr Cool, living on Mr. Day's farm had the roof torn oir his granary, by tho wind Frl iay. Sunday school was roorgnui.cd at P. nnv Creek school house, with M s. N. Hilton' Superintendent. Win. Van dyke, assistant; II. B Simons, socio tary and John Gllbort, Librarian. Guide Rock.... I W. Crary accom panied his brother, Alex. east.. Mrs. Rich sold a half luterest in her dress making establishment to Mrs. Wutt .... During tho Sa' unlay storm a span of the Iron bridgo thrown iuto the river... Mr C. W. Raymond and family, and Miss L. M. Blue have made Dorchester, Nebraska, their homo. Former Red Cloud Boy Hilled. An exchange fioiu Dunlap, lown, reached our desk this week, telhtig of a vteckon the Northwestern on the night of July lth, in which "Dick (htil ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gull ford, fouueiiy of this place, received injuries from which ho died. He with another companion had been to Missouri Valloy to spend tho da and woro returnlnp I omo on top of n frieghtcar. Tho train at a point bo tween theso towns struck a broken rail, derailing a car. At this timo ' train from tho other direction struck this car, piling up fourteen of it's cart and six cars of tho other train. The two boys were buried lu tho wreckage, the companion being killed instantly and "Dick" having his leg citisheil, necessitating an amputation. "Iho ocoud shock was more than ho could hour nud death came to his relief. In speaking of tho deceased the exchange pays: Goo. W Guilford, Jr , son of Mr. and Mrs. Goo W. Guilford, Sr., was born in Dunlap, June 8, 1870, and leavos a father, mother, tureo sisters, and two brothers to mourn his departure. He was over a kind and affectionato son and brother. Ho was a member of tbo Cnurch of Christ, into which ho was baptized 12 years ago. Tho funeral took placo from the M. E church this (Friday) nfternoon at 3:80 o'clock, Rev. A. A Thompson preaching tho sermon. Council Proceedings. Bonard MoNony appeared boforotho council nud It was ngrood that ho con- duo t tho suit now poudiug botwoon tho city and tho Moon estato. Tho following claims wore allowed, A. A. Borou S1.50 and Traders Lumber Co eiO.50. Bill of Dounls Lludsoy for damage to property caused by dumping gari bogo was rejected. Mayor was instructed to see that tho sido walks which had been ordorod nt n provious mooting woro put iu at once. Motion mado by Parkor seconed by Gather that sidewalks bo ordorod built from the north sido of avoutio Second to south sido of avoutio Third, K'S!tf.H ,"?',!? walks bo not loss than eight feet wide, also commencing on tho cast sido of Webster street on Fourth avenue run ning east on tho north sido of Fourth avotiuo to tho southeast coruor of tho Holland House aud tho said walk bo not loss than twolvo foot wide also ou tho south sido of lot 111 and iu front of lot 1H-14 15-10 and 17 in blk 11 Bed Cloud city also iu front of lots 18-10- 20 and s-2 21 iu blk 11 Ked Cloud city, also on tho south side of lot 0 iu blk S Lo Dues add to lied Cloud, also ou tho east end of lots 11 nud 12 aud tho south sido of said lot 12 blk 15 Kod Cloud city said walks to bo built with in 30 days from this date. Council I adjourned to moot Saturday ovouiug July 10th 8 p. in. I mMB PAUL STOREY, The A New Enterprlfc. M L. Finkoubiiiilernnd Frank Stu dubakur will very soon becin the manufacture of cement nud concrete paving and building block-., i'hev will mould block of all shapes Mii'able to pave or to put inn the w tills of.b .lid ings. Tne claim Is matte that a build lug can be cnnotiucted or paving can bcidtino cheaper anil a good of thee blocks than from either brick or rock and tho building would be as neatly tiro proof as possible. We he.utiiy Wish llli'lll success Real Estate Transfers. Tiamlois for week ending Wednes day, July HI, furnMied by J. H. Btiley of Webster County Abstract company. C. L Henry n -id wife to Fred W Sleeper et al n4 UO 2-tO wd L C King and wife to K A Ring w2 s4 17-117 wd Irene Btower to Elizabeth M Smith w2 and w'2 ue4 1311 1 1 qcd Mary A Blower et altoEilzabelli M Smith wS and w'iiul 13 -Ml 'J800 1200 li'" II 1. Hojd and wife to Vaughn S II til lot S blk 4 1st add to Hlad on quit Joseph W Cu-liiiiui and wile to M.trtha K Polheintii nw4 35 2 J wd Albert T Osborn and wife to J W Robertson uw-1 20 'MO wd.... 1 40 2400 3300 Total 0912 Moitjfages Hied JG300 Mortgages released 84530. Teach The Children To Swim. The Siouuui steamboat disaster may bring about some good. Tho peoplo of Now York are aroused to tho necessity of teaching school children to swim After all, tho best education is de signed solely to better equip tlio pupil to cope wit n those things ho is likely to encounter lu real lifo. Swimming is not only healthful and muscle-building, as au exorcise, but ft Jiay bo tho means of preserving tho lifo of tho person so equipped. With physical training occupying a plnco so conspicuous in educational courses, a swimming pool would bo an attachment to most schools which would gratify tho parent, pupil and tnxiayer. Omaha Daily News. Advertised Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at postofllce at Hod Cloud, Neb. for tho week ending June 14, 1004: Those will be sont to tho dead letter Mrs. Hatty Campboll, Clias. Conrad, Joo Ganson, Chin. Harbolt, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lisch, E U. Si. John, Leon Surbasch. U. Z. Woods. olllco July 28, 1904, if not for before. When calling for nleaso say "advertised." callod above T. C. Hackkk, Postmaster. Insurance A&ency The German Insurance Co. of Freeport, HI., and tho Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. of Nebraska have over nine hun dred policies in force in Webster County. Look up your policy and sec me. O. C. TEEL, Phono 03. Red Cloud. It's about time of year to buy that Pair of Extra TROUSERS. You can't do any better than to buy the DUTCHESS. It's GOOD and GUARANTEED merchandise. The fit and style Are JUST R1GHI. The price is nothing to make a fuss about. About Straw Hats 1 Am closing them out at any old price. w tf If ilt it l id w it it it t it vt viz t vt t Dawson's Poland China Brood Sow Sale. Hr Saturday, July 23 '04, I p,m, sharp, at DA Y'S FEED BARN. (j RED CLOUD, NEBR. JJ ilt vt vt vt Consisting of 35 head BROOD SOWS, safe in ;i boars of the breed, and to ijj tember; also six last fall boars of excellent breeding. (f l These are the large, roomy prolific type of Polandsft) Ui with quality and finish combined, THE DAWSON to ito HERD having won 10 ribbons at the late Nebraska W W tntP Fnir. fnmp and not.. Pedigrees turnished of sale. TERMS $20.00 and at 10 per cent, interest on off for cash. . .. Ui vl Vtt 0 vt vt fhil iajn vAwavn, owners, ui Endfcott. Nfthr. 0 i WINFREY & BRENNAN, Auctioneers. ij 0. C. TEEL, Clerk. t REMEMBER THE DATE, Saturday. July 23d. SL .W&. fc .MM. . fc . . fc . . m.w i tfc m m m m m m m m m m m m m ( rm RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY. Myitlc Cure for Khenraitlsm and Neuralgia radically cures In 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system Is remarkable aud mysterious. It removes at once tlitt cause and tbe disease Im mediately disappears. The tlrst dose greatly benefits. 75 cents and tl.O'J. Sold by II. E. Once, Druggist. Red Cloud. INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM CURED IN 3 DAYS. Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon Ind., says; "My wife had Inflammatory Rheumatism in every muiclo and Joint; her tatTerlng was terrible aud her body and face were swollen almost be yond recognition; had beeu In bed six weeks and; had eight phyttclana, but received no benefit until she tried the Mystic Cure for Rheumatism. It gave immediate relief aud she was able to walk about In three days. I am sure It saved her life." Sold by.H. E. Grice, Druggist. Red Cloud. Awllcatloii for License. Notlcols hereby given that a petition signed by thirty or more resident freeholders of the village of Uladen, Webster county, Nebraska, bus been tiled with the clerk of said village, praying that a license be granted by said village to Bile Collette for the sale of mall, spirituous and vinous liquors on lot four (4). block ten (10), in the vll.age of Illaden In said county; that action will be taken at the tlrst meeting of the village board, July ttlnl, A. D. 1004. A. V. Johnson, Clerk of the village board. Dated this 6th day of July, 0i ' Less Than Half Fare 'to St. Louis and Return, Tho Burlington offers another series of low rate excursions to St. Louis ami return on Mondays, July 11, 18 nod 25 Tickets at 811 for tho round trip, considerably lew than half rate. Tickets are good in coaches uud chair c.trs (seats free). Tho St, Loub Exposition is tho most magnillcent spuctnolo tho world has ever behold, aud its like may not occur again in vour lifetime. LoVmo send you our illustrated fold er, or call on our agent for full infor mation. L. W. Wakoley, General Passenger Agent, Omaha. Clothier. '-.iii m m m m m m m to to w to of dam, n-T AMr rutMA iuLfiu ontinm to some of the best m farrow in August and Sep- rt see them whether von hnv nr -'- and catalogues out on day uc jL under, cash; 6 months' time(fi bankable notes. 3 per cent, to to .. . w-T . .-wnVII4n to to to to -if- TO BUYERS OF MEAT: Ah 1 havo purchased the Harring ton Moat Market, I expect to make feomo chauoos to bonollt tho na- trous. First of nil, clean up; good meats, good weights and fair treat ment, and I heartily solicit your trado. I do not ask for all of It, but invito you to come in nnd got ucqualuted, and wo will do the rest. Also extend nn invitation to bring in your Eggs, Buttor, Chickens, Hioos, Furs and Fat Stock, for which we will pay you cash. Wo do not run u grocory store, but will endeavor to run a flrst class market houso. Call and give ua at loast ono trial. Yours for business, Chas. Waddell Shake Into Your Shoes. Allen'Foot.EHse, a powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous foot and in growing nails, and instantly takes tho sting out of corns and bunions. Its tho greatest comfort disoovory of tho ago. Allon's Foot-Easo makes tight or now shoes feel onsy. It is a cortain euro for sweating, callous nnd hot, tired, ach ing feot. Tiy it today. Sold by all druggists and shoo stores, 25c, Don't accept uud substitute. Trial package froo- Address, Aliens S. Oltnstoad, Lo Roy, H. Y. Quick sorvico aim" flrstr class work ly tho motto at Sulmff nit's barber shop. m i$a