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VOL. XXII. BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , DECEMBER 24903.--EIGHT , ' PAGES NO. 281
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' , : 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 < .
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Tablets
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Christmas Check
cheers the heart more than pretty
useless things. How nice it is to
have un account with the
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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
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M. ASH ,
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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
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state as well as the local ne\\
for nearly the price of one.rrh :
otIer applies to renewals as we
as new $ ubscrib rs.
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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.
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: 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.
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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.
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I J. E. Mycrs of Gcorgetown ,
I was a city \'isitor Mon ay. '
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S. Powell and wifc of Weh sert ,
werc city visitors rl'ucsday.
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'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.
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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' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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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 (
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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' '
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Mrs. Carolinc Sw.ishcrwi'fe of. I
Mr. Madison Swisher , at tbe'
homc of hcr daught r ; N1rs.'A . ' . , .
Hichardson in Halsey. Nebraska , . , ,
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. 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.
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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
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; ' 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
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It : .Meal Steel Hung'e ; also the .Malleahle Steel Range ,
, the most duruhle rnnge made. I
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( I Joliet Corn Shellers , Buggies , H nrdware ,
) e l II nrnpSH H11l Huddles-the largest line in town. 1
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