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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1903)
, . 1 . 'at" ' 1118Lbradau \ oQlet1 ' , \ rUSTER . . OUNTY" EPUBLICAN. , . " "i1 ' .1i. ; I ( . ' ' . ' ' ' PAPER IN r.I'HE COUN'I'Y. ESTABLISHED . 1882. THE 01i'FICIAL PAPr R 01i' CITSTER r COUNTY. r ARGEsrl' CIRCULArl'ION I OIi' ANY " _ _ VOL. XXII. BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , DECEMBER 24903.--EIGHT , ' PAGES NO. 281 - , { ; A } . . I. I I . ' , : A Year's Offering . . . of jewelry is always acceptable I an no class of gift is more aI'I I J predated. Hvery year the J styles ill jewelr\ ' grow more beautiful and artfstic , an this J ) 'eur's product is no exception. Let us show ) 'ou sOUle , Dainty Watches , . for lndies use. They are Ii . positivc joy to tlle cye. ' IIIlI.ure . not veryexpc sl\'c. AIIiI fln s ! I lIow about u nice smal1 wlute ! lolitairc diamon ? It will just fit the third fillgf'r of her left I hand , aud she couldn't help " , , , , lug it II ) 'ou , how Ilia he < . , I I e I . , I . . " , . . . .eve . ) . - ' J" 1 : School Books. Tablets * - " * --J. NP- * . if . . * School Supplies. * , < * -AT- : ' aeberle's. ; . . _ 1 I # . . . . . . .1'- Christmas Check cheers the heart more than pretty useless things. How nice it is to have un account with the E Custer National Bank After you commence doing bnsi- lIess 11t rc you will wonder how ) ' 0\1 mall age ! } to get along before. Deposit - posit ) 'our checks iUtlmone ) ' here where we guurantee safety. Pay your hills by check and ulwu's have a receipt. We keep track of ever ) ' itCUI amI return your 'checks when J.ou : wRnt account figurellup. t \.OMAX , Cashier. Cf'JrJ"J"J"J".r.rJ".rJ".crJ".r.r..J - < - - - - - - - M. ASH , J . ' [ JtC ' 211@re : ) ! mJllR , or hlr y ) 'CIIt ! upl'rjenro. crlos sales alll ! mslle . specialty or allclloneerlng or .11 . :11I e' . Cal on or wlllo'nlllllIrollol1 ! low , Nebraska. W AN"1'lU'l'o trade a ston building 20x54 ieet and lot fo land. ] nquire at this of1 ce.21 I'or Sule or 'rl'nllt' ! . t rl'wo mares 6 and 7 years old ( ! " weight 1200 sound , for sale 01 time or will trade for city woper ty. Enquire at this office. 28-2' ' Cured purul'ltl . 'V..S. Baily. P. O.rlrue , 'l'ex as , writes : "My wife had beel s-tff.ering ! ii\'c years with paral ) 815 10 her arm , when I was pel suaded to use Ballard's SnO\ Liniment , which cured her a1 right. I have also used it fo 1 , old sores. frostbites and ski' ' 4 emotions. It does the work. 25c ; 50c , $1.00. Sold by Ed. Me Comas. Broken Bow and Merna. llcclul Ofl'tr. ! 'Ve have made : arrangement with tbe 'Veeldy State Jourm so we can furnish it and the RJ PUDJ.JCAN for $1.20 a y ar.rl'bi . ( . arrangement will give ) 'ou tl1 - state as well as the local ne\\ for nearly the price of one.rrh : otIer applies to renewals as we as new $ ubscrib rs. m : : : : : : : : m : I Grant Drake is to ue' ' deput ; I sheriIT undcr C. U. l icardson. Mr. and Mrs. A. ' n. Hunt of Ortello , were city visitors Satur- day. Julcs Baumont of glton , was a fricndly . caller , at this ofl cc Sat- urda ) ' . , All the storcs of thc 'city wcre crowded Saturday . with custo- . mcrs. , I A. R. Pirnie of Weissert , was a frieudty caBer at this officc Saturday. W. P. Henman of Ash Creck , was among thc cty , visitors. . Saturday. ! The HHPUBI.ICAN national con- vcntion will bc held in Chicago , January 21 , 1904 Harrison McOwens. Justicc of thc Peacc clcct of Oconto , was a friend 1) : caller last week. Dan Kcclin camc out ahcad in his casc with thc city on occupation - tion tax , beforc Judge Armour. An adjourncd term of tIle ( US- trict court Wtls com'cned .Monday with Judge Guttcrson presiding. Only cases in cquity wcrc con- gidered. . Miss Sadic Norcutt , tcacher at. Ureen , will spcnd her vacation at Kearney \ ' siting her brother. ' She went down to Kcarncy . Sun- 'day morning. Attorneys H. E. Brega and A. loore of Callaway , were in the dty the first of thc week attcnd- ing the adjourned term of the district court. 11. C. Warrington of Mason City , was a city visitor Monda ) ' , returning home on 44 'l'uesday. He was.accompanied by a brothcr of Guthrie , Iowa , who is visiting with him. . .p. II. Conrad has sold his car- pe'i tcr shop and machinery for the tank business to FJank : Philips of Omaha. Mr. Philips has as- sumcd charge. His family aI'- rived , .the first of thc week. Dr. G. 'V. Kirkpatrick of thc vest table , \Vednesday morning - -ing for VanBurcn , Indiana , whcre he expects to remain for a time at least. He ordered thc RI J > UBJICA'N sent to his ncw addrcss. rl'he first issuc of the Callaway Courier under its new management - ment reached , this ofiicc Monday. The Hm'uBI.IcAN extends a welcome - come to Mr. Daily as a membcr I of , the craft . of Custcr count\ . - ' and : wlsI < cs hun success among us. I . : Marshall rl'owslcy and Dan I Kcclin had a little excitcment of : their own 'l'ucsday of last week , : over Sheri IT Armstrong's cow , , Kcelin had takcn up for tress- : pass. Armstrong paid the damage - : age and cost and. settled the matter. I I . rl'he county : ourt was occupied rccently in trying the rights oj property ovcr a sct of harness be. twecn J. R. Humphrcy of thi ci ty and C. C. Ochsner of Anslev. rl'he cdence was clearl ) ' in Humphrcy's . favor and thc court so awardcd. Genc Westen'cH. Eltitor of HI ( Scotts Bluff Hcpublican. was city visitor the iirst of the wcek. _ He was on hi ! : ; wa ) ' to Omaha tc accompany his parents home. . His mother , Mrs. Westen'clt ha ! . been at Omaha the past menU where she submitted to tl surgica - operation. rrom Williams of An51ewal a welcome caller at this ollice las' _ 'l'hursday. Mr. 'Villiams informi us that he and Mrs. 'Villi ami will lca'e i t1 a short ti mc on , visit to their 1d home in Illinoi ! whcre thc ) ' will spcnd thc winter J ha becn thirty three year : s1l1ce they moved from there. Judge Guttf rson closed hi judical work as judge of th 'l'welfth Judicial District ) 'cster a ) ' just bcfurc noon by adjourn - ing court sine dic. It is with re grct we sec Judge Gutterson' work closc as judgc. A mor conscncious and honorable judg ne\'cr distributed justice in tb district. l1'rom a financial vic , doubt1cs he will make mor clear. money practicing law tlJa IS hc would on the bench. He wi : 11 resumc thc practice of law in th I city as soon as his term expires. . I J. E. Mycrs of Gcorgetown , I was a city \'isitor Mon ay. ' : S. Powell and wifc of Weh sert , werc city visitors rl'ucsday. ( 'l'hc HIU'UnIICAN wishes its many fricnds a Merry Christmas. Alcx. Pirnic of 'Veissert , was among the numerous city visitors 'l'ucsday. ' Miss Vcrda 'l'horpc , teachcr at T-4omax is in the city spending thc holidays at home. l d. Moore and Charfcy Gadd : lcft rruesday fo Kansas City , ' where they ha\'e lInploymcnt. . . . . I r.l'hc city schools closed .yester- day for the Holidays , and thc > : will not he opcned again untIl Monda ) ' wcck. Mise Mi1la Lucc , teacher at Ortcllo , came home the latter part of last week to spcnd her holiday vacation. A cantatta will bc rcndcrcd at the Baptist church tonight. Nuts and candy havc becn pro- vldcd for all and prescnts for the childrcn. I , Nc Gcorgc of Cumro , lst ten' ' head of cattle by thc cornsJalk , disease last wcek. 'his is the lirst time his fields havc been aITeFt d. ' Alvin Burk has sold his rest ur- ant to Claud Sidwell an Clinton Can n011 of \ Vesterville.rl"'he Rm'UJII.IcAN wishes . the young mcn success. Ed. Myers of Georgetown , stopped in the city o\'er Sltnda ) ' and L\10nday on his way homc from Lincoln . . to spend , Ule . - noli- llays with Ius parents. , , . 'Valter l1'lick. who has been in Oklahoma the past three years , arrived in the city Monday to spelH } the holida's with his fathcr and renew old acqnaint- ances. rrhc sevcral Sunday Schools of the city ha\'c arrangcd for an en- tcrtainment and a treat for the childrcn.rrhe I PUDI.ICAN wishes them all a .joyou , timc . .and a Merry Christmas. rl'he Hnl'Unr.IcAN extends its sympath ) ' to Tom Wright , editor of the Chronicle-Citizcn. in the death' of his father , Alcxander C. 'Vright , who died at his home in Ansley on the 4th instant. S. C. Bruncr recently of Ans- ley , has assumcd charge of 'l'he P. D. Smith Co. lumbcr and coal yards of this city , succcssor to H. ; 1' . Bruce resigned. Sec thc new advertisement of thc company in this issuc of thc HJU'UBUCAN. Scveral of a family by the namc of 'l'rotter were' arrested ' with lift- rl'ucsday accuscd shop - ing. Thc stolcn' goods wcrc rc- covered and for lack of , anyone to prosecutc thc partics werc per- mittcd to go thcir way in pC < .lce. . J. L.Mc\Villiams , who has becn visiting with his son Leslie in the Black I-lills country for the past two months returned home Monday morning. He reports having enjoycd a pleasant visit. His son is forcman of a bridgc gaug , on a branch of thc B. & M. that runs out from Deadwoo , S. D. Damel Sagc of Spring Creck , who was recently elcctcd Justice of the Peace was a city visitol ycsterda ) ' 'Ve understand that L thc Judgc oITers to marry the first couple th t comes to him ) frcc. Herc is a chancc for some . young man that has spent his moncyin buying Christmas pres. ents and isshort in changc. A II of 'l'lww 'J'rotted , Se\'eral of the stores of Uu city wcre visited rl'ucsday bj S "shop li ftcrs. " l1'rom report ! 1 thcy must havc trottcd all around jndging from thc number 01 merchants that laid claim t ( goods found in their box. Hal they trotted out of town soonc they might ha\'e got away wit ! thcir hooty , but before thcy go - away Marshall rPowsley struc1 up a trotter gait and found th wellladened 1J0x and thus de privcd thcm of numerous article such as mufT , albums , pcrfum , v cry , cloth and wholc lot of trin kcts that Santa Claus could hav , used 011 Cllristmas cve. But a none of the merchants cared t prosecute the guilty parties , the , I we're relcased and allowed to trot homc wiser if not hettcr frolh the r a"s experience. . . Murrlctl. .At the U. B. church , Sunday , Dc : . . ' . . mber 20. 1903 , b\ J ' ReT4. . 14. gplc ) ' , Wtlliam r . Cliue to Mi ! S 14i1lie M. Mast.rl'he groom is one of Custcr : ount"s rising ) 'oung men. He has a linc busi- ncss cducation , bcing a graduatc of York Colicgc and comcs from 'one of thc bcst families of our count ) ' . rl'hc bridc is thcdaugh- ter of a promincnt farmer of Buffalo count ) ' and is a highly ac omplishcd young lad ) ' . She ha' becn a studcnt of York College - lege for thc past two ) 'ears and ha hud somc cxpericnce as a suqccssful teachcr. Scldom does p a Clotlple of young pcople start with bctter preparation to takc U { ir places in thc work of the world than this couple has.rl'hc RHl'UnrICAN extends congratulations - tions to thcse young peoplc. nHR'rs-Fur.I.HR t the honlc of Alfred Bates , at Ncw H ) ena 'I'uc da ) ' , Deccmbcr 22 , a 16 p. m. Clinton Robcrts and 'Miss Maude Fullcr , HcJ. . H. rr iarden , of1 ciating ! 'l'he contracting parties enjoy thc esteem - teem of a large circle of' iriends in. that vicinity. At thc conclusion - clusion of t hc ceremon ) ' the guests were invited to partal < c of a line spread that had becn prepared by Mrs. Batcs. aunt of thc hride. Qutc. a numbcr were prcsent to witness thc cercmon ) ' . 'l'hey lcft a. number of useful and ornamental - tal prescnts with be t regard : ; for the happy couple. , .We , the undersigned han1 < s of Uro\cen \ Bow , Nehraska , agree to cfO : : ' ' at 4 j > . m. , on and after Janu ry 2nd. 1904. We' hope that ollr' customer:1 : will rcalize thc fair less of th is decisioll. as much of the work has to be done after closing. BROKUN Bow S'l'A'l'U BANK. CUS'l'ltH NA'rIONAI. DANK , BANK OJ C.oJ\tJ\tHHCH. Puh' Wllrlltll ' ' the Nebraska 'l'hosc wanting to get - braska Farmer with thc HHl'tJlIII- CAN for $1.35 have but a few more days to gct in thcir ordcr. Our arr l1gcmcnt closes with ( hp. Nebrtska : Farmcr J111uar. ; } ' 1st , which enablcs us to furnish it for 35 cents. If you want it gct your money to us not latcr thaI1 the 28tH. "I was much afilictcd witI : sciatica , " writes Ed. C. Nml Towavillc , Kan. . "going about or crutches and suffcring a dcal 01 pain. I was induced to try Bal. lard's Snow Liniment , which re- - lievcd me. I uscd th.'ec 50c hot , tlcs. It is the greatcst linimcn I evcr used ; havc recommcnde ( it to a number of persons ; all cx press themsclves as bcing bellC litted by it. I now walk with out crutches , able to perform i grcat dcal of light labor on thl farm. " 25c , 50c and $1.00. Sole by Ed. McComas. Brokcn Bov and Merna. ltlarket lIeport .or Today. C&IAIN- C&IAINWbRaL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . : Darlo' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ . lIaI8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : U ) ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . : Corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ l.uK STOUK- 1I0al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . 3 HtCOld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U 00 If , J.i COWl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .5' ' @ 2' 1'0ULTRY- lblolunl , per I'ODIII\ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 'furkoy. , pur puund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l'JCODUCII- . , lIuttar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egg. , pl'r dOI u. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MI cICL'"unou : - .I'olatoe " . per lIuallol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UnlollB. pur bu hol. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 1I..r tOil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. ' tilr w.'J r cwt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : In"lIr , Urauul.tel ! , , "Ir cw . . . . . .tS.W t9 fo. our.u..o. Mrs. May Beals i not well : present , Harry Ashbaugh was in Broke Bow Saturday. e C. D. Day and wif ( ! wcnt 1 : - Brokcn Bow rl'uesda ) ' . I , Our Christmas sen'ices will I Ihcld 'l'hursday night m Ortel , - Chapel. e Mattie li'odgc and gthcl As1 'visit tI Miss I l ' s hangh e'ne ( o I school l"riday. r J. M. li'odge and wif return ( - - - - - Saturda ) . cvcning from thcir two \\'ees ) trip to Dundy county. It scems almost incredible that Christmas is so ncar at hand and we havc such bcautiful wcather. Some of our citi.cl1s : who were in th ' county seat doing Christmas - mas shopping arc : A. D. Hunt and wife , C. D. Day , wifc and daug'hter , gtt Heals and Jolm Dl\'is. : Mr. Hunts had a rUIl- away whilt' ou their wa ) ' home , the tcam linally brealdl1g loose from thc buggy and ruul1ing until - til thc ) ' bccame cntauglcd iu a harb wire fcnce. Fortunately .neither the horses nor people w re'scriousl v h urt. ] 1t Beals had a n naw y thc samc day ; he was throwu out and shakcn up somewhat. , nOUN" ( HU'lt. . Grandma rl'hompson is visiting with Mrs. Albert J-4ang this week. lDthcl Pcarson rcccived a vcr ) ' painful sprain b , ) ' stcppiug in a ditch. Shc was conliucl to her room two days , but last Monday returncd to her school. Williams and Hoag are shcll- ing corn in this neighborhood. rl'he corn docs not shell out ac- I cording to wagon mcasurcmcnt but aftcr it IS shclled it weighs lirst ratc. rl'hc rural mail route which we mcntioncd some timc ago , is now established and will go into opcration January 15. It is to run ' est from f-4itchfield as far Steve Wcavcr's place then south : a short distancc and hack to : I town. - - - - - : U D. I John W. Powell of Weisscrt , December 19. 1903. age. S5 years , 10 mouhs ,1111117 day : ; . ( l'he deccased was born in Stea- ben Count ) ; ' New Ybrk , li'ebruary : : ! , 181S. on April HI , 1839. At the age of 21 , he was married to Maria Allen.rl'o them wcrc , horn thn e sons and live ( laugh- ters , who 'under t.he Providence of G d the , ) ' w re pel'mitted to sce grow to man and womanhood. In 1844 lw movcd with hhrfamily to Lcnawee county , Michigan. In thc fa ] ] of 1850 he mo 'ed with his family to Crawford county , Wisconsin. While there , one sou amI two daughters were called to prlcecd ? their pareuts to the bctter laud , from whcncc no travelcr returns. In the spriug of 187' ) , he with his companion movcd to Custer county and loca.tcd . ucar'Veissert wherc he has siucc made his I homc , neat' his d ughter , Mrs. Alcx Pirnie , his sons , Sylrester I anti E. J. living in the samc , vicin t y. At an carl ) ' agc he was convertcd to thc Christian religion aul1 united with the - Baptist church C\'Cl' manifesting : hi ! ; faith by his works. li'OI t several ycars' ' past his church I a-- mcmbership has becn with the Church of God at 'Veissert , whcre his christian character has been fclt. His companion in life passed - sed Crom this life January 6 , , to rcst from her labors and join with 10\'cd oncs gonc before. 'Since ' thcn , father Powell has paticntly waited the call to jom her in that celestial home aud his theme has bccn , on Hcavcn and heavcnly things , exhorting his fricnds to live so as to m ct the loved oues gone before , in the mansious prcparcd for alt' who follow in the blesscd footstcps of the Mastcr. rl'he funeral serviccs were con- ductcd Sunda ) ' , December 20 , at. Weisscrt , h ) ' his pastor , Hcv. H. Bcllis of the Chur h , of God , and his remains w rc laid to rest .in I the 'Vestcrdllc cemetcr.r lJy the b sidc of his wife. 'l'hc RUl'UDI.ICAN exte Hls synl- . path ) ' to the reladves and Cdcnd in thcir great brcaveme.a1t. DmD Bates , at the homc of her son , Claude , Deccm'bcr 11 , 1903 , aged 71 ) 'eard , 3 .mouths. 17 days. Louisa Amanda M.artin was horn \Veathersfic1 < l , Vt. , August 24 , ,1831. At the age of 18 she was marricd to' J. O. Bates , who dicd in Septcmbcr , 1895. She was the tUot11cr of 8 chiltlren. three sons and iv4i' daughters. Oul ) ' two sons are living , J. M. and Claude , of 1-4il- lian.rl'he deceascd unitcd with , the presbyterian church at an early age. and has livcd a very excellcnt li fe. 11'01' somctime she has been a great suffcrer from paralysis , which was the cause of her death. Her life , vas one of service to her family and neighbonl.rl'he funeral was COJ1l1U t 4 by ; Itev. .J . . .lre gaf : den at the hOlU ! 'of h'er' 'son' . 'at 2' " o'clock Sunda.y , at which was a large attcndance. 'l'he Rnpuuool I.ICAN extends the sympathy of the community to the bereaved relatives. "I' ' " . , _ . , ' i Mrs. Carolinc Sw.ishcrwi'fe of. I Mr. Madison Swisher , at tbe' homc of hcr daught r ; N1rs.'A . ' . , . Hichardson in Halsey. Nebraska , . , , . ' . Decembcr 18th , and was' budetll. . in thc Wcstervi lc Ccm tcr ; ' 1) , " : 19 , 1903 , Cuneral serviccs at the M. ] . church conductcd' by Rev. ' l . Be1lis , assisted by Rey" Swartz I pastor of the church. Siser Swishcr was converted in the Church of God at Weisscrt in 1896 and d triug these ycars Hved a consist ant Christian life , and \ . died in thc triumph Of'the Christian - tian } a..U , exhorting all to accept Jesus Christ as thcir saviour. . . ' ' " " ' " , u. - ' I ' ' ' ' _ i llIt iti z ; ; ; ; : & : a * i &i ! & ' ! ; i ' - e' 1\\ ' . Stoves ir Heating 1 1 g jH.A. j : ; . . : G-ElS w ia i This fu 11 we will have It good supply of i . . I ; ' 5 5 .i1 ; : El..e-tor-t C > a . s. I 75 50 ! ' . : 'I'his is the stove we had such a great emand J : IS . fOI' last winter and eOl1ld not get enough of them. . : ; 'J1his tove will hurn slaele conI and hold fire the o i tl1ne as u hurd coal burner. Cull and s e them be- I 1 lore they ure ull gone. Don't he put. off by It stove i L enl1ed just us goo as the retort.Ve also have fl r 75 ! numler ) of other makes of Heaters whicl } we sell.as . i I cheap as the cheapest.Ve have the rt hable QUIck 1 . It : .Meal Steel Hung'e ; also the .Malleahle Steel Range , , the most duruhle rnnge made. I I : ! Old Hickory Wa1rons. ( I Joliet Corn Shellers , Buggies , H nrdware , ) e l II nrnpSH H11l Huddles-the largest line in town. 1 ; I J G. W. Apple , = d J ! ' . . . . . . _ . . . . ! I . . : . ! ; ' . . . . " .ru1" 'r : ; tJ.W . . " , . ! . t . . < . . . . " . ' ' . . . . " : .I. . . . . . . : . AW . ! ; j..r..1i' . . : \ : : " .ul . ' ! . , . . . . . , ; ' 1II101Jll.J. . . . . , , . , .n.t oioIih1M1 I u , / I I