The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, December 12, 1918, Image 1
! rW .1 MlV W ,,V,A' OiM- , w .. . . .m. -....(Miirti'yrgtt-gjaPg l JJt'J.l'l- . "- - - - - - a A Newspaper That (lives The News Fifty-two Weeks Each Year Far 11.50 VOLUME 47 HE1) OL.OUD, NEBRASKA. lUStjEM I5ER lJ, 1JMS. NUMBER 50 AnAV.vBv.v.vv.vv.v.v.vv.v.v.v.vv.v.v.v.v.v."1 Interest on the First Liberty Loan 3 I -2 per cent Bonds will be clue December 1 5th. Cut off your coupons and bring them in and we will cash same for you free of charge. Parties owing taxes in Jewell or Smith Counties, Kansas, may call at this bank and pay same. Web&er County Bank Capital and Surplus $35,000 Edward Florance, President Red Cloud, Nebraska. S. R. Florance, Cashier W AW ! rr DO YOURj, Christmas Buy in EARLY While the assortment is good, All oC us look forward to Christmas with that feeling of relief which is the Heritage of the Collossal tasks accomplished, but there are many conditions which PEACI$ exacts anc none of us must ignore them. One for immediate consideration still more emphatically expressed is SHOP EARLY AND BUY SOMETHING USEFUL We have a full line of Useful Gifts from the small in Price to the more Valuable Gifts which arc carried in a Furniture S tore Come in and we will be glad to show you and help you SELECT YOUR GIFT ROY SATTLEY Open Day and Night AT OUR CAFE Powell & Pope Youth Answers Call Two Deaths Overseas Everybody loves tho ohll iron, anil when one of thorn Is c tiled fniiti thu put It of myrttil life everybody grioves, There tuo no words adequate to pie turn the sonow of loving parents ttnd relntlres. Knit It offers thu only pimlblu cousin hit Ion to look through clouds id grlof with eyes of faith mid Itnow that the niibiilllud soul litis (rone s-ifely to ItH celestial homo will aid und sustain un til time shall have softened tlm blow With these Henttinunts and this sympathy nt heart wo elironielu the pas-dug of Joseph Glen 1M wards, only Hon of Mr. mid Mrs. ,1. II. Kdwtuos, of this city. The boy was born nt Clurenue, Mo., in 11)00. After-effects of dlseusa Incident to childhood left him in delicate health and bis patents moved to Montana in hope that the change of cllmat" would be benelli'lul. Atioill two ye trs ago they came to lied Cloud whoio they liuve stnoe resided, Mr. Edwards nt pi csent being engaged us manager iu the creuinory depaitinent of the Farm ers Union Co-operative Company. .loseph Uleit entered sohool, passing the (Trades with honor, became it mem ber of the M. 12. Sunday Sohool and took great interest in the Boy Scolds of which he was an active member under Scoutmaster 1-2. M Cgo. lie was without question one of the lino boys of the coujinuuity and qualifying Sor a bright and promising career. But it few dujs ago he was stiiokeu witli the prevalent malady which de veloped pneumonia and pioved too much for the ft ail body to resist. Deatli cume Friday noon, despite all that could be done by skilled hands ami loving hcaits Besides the father and mothor, two sistets, his grandparents and other relatives mouin irreparable loss. Kuueral services wore hold from tho lesidence itt 2 o'clock, Sunday, Dee. Gth, Hov. J. L. Heebo in charge, Iluuuti fill lloral offerings weie evidence of tho love and esteem ho enjoyed. Se lect muMo was furnished by Messis Hush and (Jotting and Misses Honor and Henderson. ' lutei meiit was in Ked Cloud ceme tery. The Silent Reaper Mrs liny Vim Oiinau, daughter of Mis Heiberi Ludlow, of this city, answered the bnal summons at her home In Hardy, bitturduy morning Dei'. 7th, 1018, utter a brief illness Bcitha Helen linker was born in Montgomery county, Iowa, Mturh Mil, 18.SH. When five years of ago sliC came witli her parents to Beatriuo, Neb., and later to Hod Cloud where she giew to young womanhooi and won a wide circle of stuunch friends. .She was man led to Guy Van Oimtin Nov !ith, 100., und tlioy afterward lived at llostwlulc and at Hardy, Three children and tho bereaved husband mourn the loss ofxii loving mothor and good wife. Her mother, six sisteis and no bi other, and other I datives lire uriiong those rovioii9ly saddened by the sud den summons. The remains were brought lioro and fuuorul servicos were held fiom thu Ludlow home, Hov .1. L lluebe in uharge, Beautiful lloral offerings evinced tho sympathy of many friends. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. X, 1! Hush, Miss llotidersou and Mr. Dotting Intel inuiit was in Uod Cloud cemetery. The community was shocked by news of tho death of Chits, Powell, who is leportod "killed in action, Sept. lDth." "Uhlc," as ho was familiarly called, was n brother of Oliver Powell of tho firm of Powell & Pope in this ulty, and hud a ho-t of friends lieio. His Inline was nt N'oluigh, Neb , and it 1h but a short 'time 3 months since he left to join tho war service. Mr. iitul Mrs. Oliver Powell went to Noleigh Saturday night for u visit with the bereaved patents, who are prostruted by the sad news which, for some rt'HSon failed to itrtivo until af ter win had ceased and they wero hap py lit Hie expectation of "Chic's" safe return home. Attention! Red Cross Notice Mrs. Clias. Wilson, formerly Dorothy Potter, leceived a message from thu war department Tuesday conveying the .sad news that her husband had died oveiseas from effects of Spanish iulkiient. No pnrticulars wore given The entire community extends syinpn thy to the bcieaveil. Death of a Soldier Word was received at luiiVHle.this week announcing the death of Harold Wilson, a brother of Mrs. Clarence Burgess. He hud been in the service of Un;b Sam tor some time, and, was "somewhere in lVauce" at the time of his death which was from pneumonia following an attack of "llu." The be reaved rolntlvo- have tho sympathy of the entire comtninlty. Death of' Former Resident From tho Gillette News we reprint account of the death of Ceo. P Smith, who resided here piovlous to his re moval to Wyoming (Jeorgo I) Smith was born nt To uuiuseh,' Nebiaska, January 11th, 1331, and died ut Casper, Wyoming, Novem ber, ID, 1018, of pneumonia, resulting from tho "Flu". Mr Smith came to Wyoming from Neluaska three yeais ago und took a homestead south of town. Ho went to Casper j'nst a week previous to his d.mth to woik in the oil fields during the winter. The body of t'io deceased was brought to Gillette on last Wednesday and tunoral services under tho uii'-pices of the I O. O V. were conducted on Thut'Mluy. Tho lemalns were laid to Vest in the Gillette cemetery. Chas. Smitli of Lusk, Winming, mid William Smith of Sutherland, Nebras ka, besides their brother Al, who lives south of town wire hero for tho funer al. Deceased was held in Hie highest esteem by all who know him and the community cannot but help feel a heavy loss in the deatli of this highly respected citizen. Le Fontenay's Recital Proves EDISON'S TRIUMPH Ever since the first phonograph was made, music lovers have looked forward to the day when this wonderful in vention would be perfected when it would reproduce the human voice with such exactness that tho reproduction . would be just as real as tho actual voice it reproduced. 3V e vvWim "MDetovesta "ttv I ODETTE LE FONTENAY Distinguished French Soprano Assisted by GRACE FREEMAN, The Noted Violinist proved conclusively that the genius Edison really has in irmifnH nn incl rtimnnl tlmf fnHilla nvni-v vrwirJiinn onrl every requirement of tho most exacting and cultured music critics. Those noted artists saiig ancj played with Tk NEW EDISON "The Pnonograph with a Soul" and demonstrated that this wonderful instrument not merely reproduces but actually RE-CREATES all forms of music. No talking machine of any kind can pass this test. Own a New Edison. Have this entrancing music right in your own home. We gladly will serve you. E. H. NEWH0USE Jeweler and Optometrist Chief ads Pay You Work for Red Uloudand Auxiliaries lias arrived and woik rooms both lit com t house und Library will bo open on regular days next week. , V orlc is urgf ul and should bo ci u pi iJ ut i .m All worl.tr uige.l to b t IVbl'IH U. F. Cuiiui, Chapter Ciiu .man Hilling-., Mont., Nov. US, IU1S Mr. Al Smitli, Gillette, Wyoming, Dear Friend: The telegram an nouiiuiug the s.ul news of the death of our brother Geotgo received. It oamo us a shock, to us all in we thought George was abimt the healthiest and strongest until in the country. While wo huvrt lots of friends we al ways considered George one nt our best. Ho coitainly was u llltuablo fol low and not only did we like him as v. worker and a loyal fellow but our folks all liked huu personally. We are glad th it you wired us and regiet Hint owing to bad weather con. ditlons and the amount of Mukness in thu country we cannot uttond thu funeral, Hoping tills finds your family well and that you arc getting in butter health, we remain, Yours truly, Snundeis Brothers Lumber Co., W, . SAUMlKIls, Tho editor is in leceipt of u veiy in- i foresting letter fiom M. K. Qulgluy detailing his experiences since loaUng I Hod Uloud It will appear In a later ssue of the Chief, For Your Christmas Dinner Get YOUR GROCERY Supplies of ullbrandt W Christmas Candies, Fresh Cookies Full Supply of Pecans All Kinds of Nuts Canned Goods Fine Apples Everything in Groceries and Queensware A Few Pieces of Fine Hand-painted China VVWVrAV-V.V.V.V.V.VV.V-V.V.V.VWAVJVWl Mr. andlMrs. I ED. 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