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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1916)
Ok I :- 9 f r L dtuto iliiiurlvnl auclity fcsWEiammiT. .- -j- si.-'zrzi.-i -?, . ?a.T" .-j-f jjr "3:3a -3 n. .i.-ysscpi.. -: , , ' ?i,r: " yf-?uff..Vggr?3-,,''-- ,.- , S riygNj!JATT?ga! 4 Newspaper That fihes The News Fifty-two Weeks Each Year For $1.50. VOLUME 4 J RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. MAY IS, 1 JUG. NUMJSKUiil When You Write A Check You write your own receipt at the same time, because the payee cannot etihe money until he has written his name across the hack of your check, and the check is returned to you by the bank after being paid. This is one of the many advantages of having a bank account in this strong bank, and our service costs you nothing. We do all the bookkeeping and furnish every thingall you have to do is to deposit your money, pay your bill by check and we render an accounting as often as you please. If you call upon us. we shall be glad to talk the mat ter over with you and show you why a connection with this bank will prove advantageous to you. Deposits in this Bank are protected by the Depositors' Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. WEBSTER COUNTY BANK, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA CAPITAL gUo.OOO Guaranteed Fabrics (M A rot tfnintf in hf harder Im to er than ever before IS I have them from a Hart Schaffner & Marx SUIT to a Sweet-Orr Overall It Is Quality First Here PAUL STOREY THE CLOTHIER TA N KS Our 2" Cypress steel bound tanks are the best on the market. They have double the life of a galvanized iron tank and are much cheaper. THE MALONE-AVERY C. TALK WITH IS AMU TANKS" BIG PRIZES FOR BEST PUMPKINS AND CORN Pumpkins ami corn sire to be very popular in this community this season ns they have boon selected hs tin articles upon which to lay thu founda- tlon of tsvo contests, which no doubt, will prove to lie interesting ami some one In each contest Is going to nmlce some easy money Tho parties piomoting the pumpkin contest au 1 (1. Tut nine, Paul Htm ey anil Mnlone Avery Co., popular mer chants of oil! city. They are luruish. ing free i f charge n very Hue grade- uf pumpkin seeils anil lequosttho accept nuts of the same to plant them, and on the llr.st day of the l-'uiniois Insti tute of 1010, to bring in their largest pumpkins crow u Iroiu tliese heeds. Three prizes lme been .selected to be given to the Krone is of the tin eu laig os pumpkin-i, tho same to be deter mined by weight, and aie us follows: Fiist prize, 8:25 suit of clothes; second prize, 81. "i silk dress pattern; third prize. 8!t tou of coul. The promoters of tho corn prio are Piatt C Flees, local merchants, and they proposo to give away, free, SM in gold tn he lucky ones in this contest in prizes as follows: First, JilO In gold second, $1.1 in gold; third, S10 in gold and fourth $.1 in gold This contest is open to any one living within 18 miles of Ued Cloud. Twelve ears will con stitutive the exhibit and shall be rais ed during 1010 anil entered under tho grower'b name. Competent judges will be selected to award these prizes and tho size of the ear will bo determined by measuring from tho first kernel of corn at the butt to tho last kernel at tip and adding thereto the citeumfer enco of the ear at the present point. In easo of a tie, the prizes will be di vided. No one entering the pumpkin contest will be permitted to compete for tho corn prize ALLAN BLACKLEDGE PASSED EXAMINATION Allan Uhiekli'dge uho has been at tending pi ('punitory school at Annapo lis, Maryland, for the p.ist live mouths, and took the Apiil examinations for entrance to the U. s. Naval Academy at that place, has leceived word that ho successfully pas-ed tho examination. There neie ISOU candidates who took the examinations and out of the uitm-i her 1 .lo passed, making the percentage 12o. Heretofore the percent passing' has usually been from .'10 to 10, so that Allan feels much giatified by icason i of having he. mi abb to land in the win ning bunch j He leceived his appointment fiom Congressman Mullet. borger Just fall and at omvtook upicliminaiy physical examination by a surgeon of the navy stationed at Omaha. It was found that a Mimical operation n as uecessaiy ti lit I. im for the strict requirements of the Academy. This kept h.ni In a hospital throe weeks since which time he has attended pieparatory school, and now seems talrly well assured of being able to get the great advantages given by this government school and training altho he has yet to pass the final physical examination on his en trance. The voting man is to be congratulat ed on the pluck and perseverance he has fdiown in grasping this opportun ity, which opens up to him a wide field of usefulness ntul endeavor. T ic following shipped stock to Kan sas City, Sunday: Hi'luney Itros,, 1 car of hogs; Woesnor ,v Koontz, 1 car of hogs; Kd Keilier, a cars of cattle; Ancil Crabill, '.' cars of cattle ami J.' A Shannon, 2 cars of cattle. i IH v v s, 1W m l ', f I Wi ' if I M 7 J' yf, XW ion rn LSr kl WW. Ujl" : We "fix if" Riht OUR REPAIR DEPARTMENT IS IN HONEST, SKILLFUL HANDS. WHEN YOU BRING A WATCH OR ANYTHING TO US TO BE REPAIRED, IF IT IS NOT WORTH FIXING, WE WILL TELL YOU SO. IF YOUR WATCH IS NOT "RUNNING RIGHT," BRING IT IN. MAYBE IT NEEDS ONLY CLEANING. YOUR WATCH SHOULD BE CLEANED EVERY YEAR; IT WILL THEN LAST LONGER. WHATEVER BE YOUR TROUBLES OR YOUR NEEDS IN TE JEWELRY LINE, COME TO US. WE SHALL SERVE YOU FAITHFULLY. E. H. NEWHOUSE Jeweler and Optometrist WC B. & Q. Watch Inspector 1 tf Enter Into Life Contract On hunday afternoon, at thrco o'clock, at the George Haylor home, northeast of tho city, Uev (J V. Hum mel, pronounced the sacred words which made Miss Kstella K. Baylor and Mr. Lloyd II, Crow man and wife, The ceremony was performed in the presence of ouly the Immediate rela tives and close friends of the contract" lug parties. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Haylor, who for a number of years have resided in this 'county. She isa graduate of the Uod Cloud high school, and until her marriage was an instructor in the public schools of this vicinity. She is admired and respected by all who know her and comes from one of the best families of this county. The groom Is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs Joe Crow residing northeast of this city and Is a very popular young man among his many friends. Since leaving school he has been en gaged in farming. The young couple will go to house keeping, on the farm recently vacated by the John Most family, and will bo at homo to their many friends uftor June 1st. The Chief extends congratulations' and best wishes for u safe uud happy journey through life. m m Baccalaureate Sermon. Iiev. ,1 h, Hecbe, pastor of tho Unit ed church, on Sunday evening, May llth, delivered the baccalaureate ser mon to tho 1010 graduating class of tho lied Cloud High School. The text sclocted by Kev. Beobe was "Tho Fatul Consequences of a Defective Education." He delivered a most eloquent sermon to the class uml their many friends present for the occasion. A very fine musical program was al so rendered, composed of both vocal and instrumental numbers. The theatre was beautifully decorat ed with the class colors, purple and gold, and the seats around the stage were reserved for the class, which was the largest ever graduated from our school, there being forty In this class em tP m in -w iffli iwMiiwwfr iirh w 4 i 2 TT1; vw : u "Youth Shall Be Knight of the Spring and Summer Fashions" Said the Master Designers of America CTfKHERE is a certain "dash" 1 about the bpnng and bum- t4c) mer Dress Goods that can not be described in words an air of youth and beauty that makes them much to be desired. These fabrics at an extremely modest price should appeal to the particular women. R. P. Weesner & Co. The Store of Good Clean Merchandise QUALITY" JOB PRINTING AT THE CHIEF OFFICE! '. 1 jw' mm m. Hi' Ji'i m i w i i'. (At i -tac.a-j-K.-ja ic- .jj s-aJjfrftftys-