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is a part of the Ren'ice the
H Custer Na.tional : Ba.nk . I
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H renders to Its large and growmg 8
R 1i t of depositor ! . If } 'ou have no R
Ii bank account you shoulll havealld
there is no hctter time to begin
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I than now. \'oid the worry of S
keeping lurgc Rums of money ill 8
U the hOllse or store. If ) 'ou lose it
8 through fire or th ft you tUa > ' be
S Rcriollsly.incot1\'enicnceI1 or rmllel\ ' ti
8 H. LOMAX , Cashier.
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Of 'blrty yeare experlcDce , crlcs elllo IInd makee
II spechlty of lIuctioneerlng of . .U . : IIIPsel. Call
ou or wrlle 11I0 a' rokel1 Uow , Nebraska.
Greeting :
1888 - - - - 1904
'l'hc magnificcnt in our busi.
ncss during thc past ycar is ex.
tremely gratifving to us , and we
feel tbat it is.a mCrIted compH.
mcnt to our business nlethods ai
well as to our various lines and
prices. 'Ve wish to assure oUI
customers that we shall at al1
times exercise the same diligcnce
and care that hilS always characterized -
terized our manner of filling orders -
ders , and our prices will alwaYf
e uniformly'as low as any house
111 thc west.
'Visbing you all a happy ane :
prosperous 1904 , we remaln
V cry truly yours ,
J. C. Bo vl\N ,
Thc Grocer.
Broken Bow , Neb.
Khllluess AIJllrecJ tttI.
'l'he proprietors of the Cit1
Hospital for some timc past ha\ ' (
been receh'ing regularl ) ' ver ) ' fine
now r boquets from the laches 0
jJ tlH Eastern Star. Their kine
, , ' . remembers is greatly appreciate (
. by Dr. Job and Mrs. Baird , am'
tbrough the colums of the Rn
l > UDI.ICAN they wish us to expres
their appreciatiqn and thanks.
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Gas lights were put in thc
court homc : this wcek.
Judge J. S , Kirlqmtrick of
Lincoln was : .t city \'isitor 1\1011- ,
day. . I
Norman Boyd of Gailsbmg , .
111. , is visiting with thc family' '
C. A. Chapin of this city.
'l'he count ) ' board convcncd in
a.djourned . ' session . 'l'uesday and
wIll hold ovcr until next week.
MJ's. J. W. Clay and children
'of ' Amlcy : ; , arc.'isltil1g in the
city with thc family of J'c scribe.
'Ve were not able to use all our
ommunications this week but
he.r will appear ill our . next
issue.-En.
Supt. J. G. W. Lewis and his
brothers Garla\ and 14eland and
Prof. Scott went to Lincoln
' ] 'uesday to attend the Rtatc
'l'eachers Association.
A. P , Vannice return d Christmas - -
mas froml'VesternColorado where
he spent the summerr'cuperating
his health. Hc reports having
enjoyed a pleasant time.
H. .T. Shinn was happily surprised -
prised Tuesday night by a number -
ber of friends who called to remind -
mind him of his bIrthday. A
lleasant time is reported.
Jerome Taylor went to I4incoln
Saturday and bought a fort ) ' acre
tract of go\'ernment land adjoining -
ing his ranch , that had been ad-
\'ertisr.d in the RHPUBTICAN.
'I'he Beatrice Creamery Co. has
purchased the old crcaulery pro-
pertv and has mo\'ed the building -
ing on a lot east of the Public
Square jor an oflice and receing
station ,
E. W. Adams of Saunders
. : ounty , was a friendly caller t
this oft ce the first of the weck ,
accompanied by his brother-in- ,
law , L. A. 'VeIls. Hc h : ; here
with the view of locating , if he
can find a farm for sale at t gitres
that suits.
A t1umber enjoyed theirGhrist-
mas' with John Robinson and
family in Fleming Valley. 'l'hose
present besides the family were :
Fred Arthur and wife and son ,
George , Mrs. l obt. Ledwich ,
Geo. King , Mrs. J. 'V. Clay and
children of Ansley , G. ' 1' . Robinson -
son , wife and sons , 'Villie and
Georg-s , D. M. Amsberry , wife
and daughter , I4illie.
A ministerial association has
been formed in the city for the
purpose furthering thc work
along church lines. HcGeo. .
P. 'rrites was elected president ,
HeJ. . R. 'l'eagarden , secretary-
treasurer , Hcv. 'V. II. Xanders
and L. L. Epley program'com -
mittee. Semi-monthl ) ' meetings
will be held. The next meeting
will be January 4 , in the ofl ce of
county superintendent. All
ministers of the county arc in-
vited.
J. M. Kimberling receh'cd the
sad news Sunday b ) ' wire of the
death of his older sister , Irs.
Docia Johmon at Joplin , Mo ,
Mr. Kimberling is having more
than his share of sorrow along
this line. It was .but last weel ,
that he receH'ed thc announcement -
ment of the death of the two
year old son of his sister , Minnic
Dicke" who also resides at
Jopli , 1\10. Both Mrs. Johnson
and Mrs. Dickev were formerly
residents of this cit } ' and wen :
known to many of our citi ens ,
who will join with tne lHPUII.I \ -
CAN in extending to lr. Kimber-
ling thcir sj'I1.1pathy in his
bereavement.
1\I.o\HluHD.-Decemuer 20 , 19031
at the Christian church in Arn.
old , Neb. , Mr. George O. Gordor
of Merna , to Miss Francis Correll
of Arnold , ReL. . .I. Correll
oOiciating. 'l'he groom is the
principal of thc Arnold higl
school , which position he ha !
he I d for two consecu ti'e yea r
thus showing his fitness for th
place. He has been a resident 0
the county since his youth and
is highl. } ' respected hy all whe
know him. The bride is :
daughter of Rev. L , J. Correl
and has resided in Arnold mORt 0
the timc since her childhood
She is highly accomplishcd , be
ing a fine musician and a genera
favorite among her associates "
Tbe young couple start out 01
life's journey under thc mos
l favorable circumstances and thei
- many friends here are pleasel
s. that tIlej' will be permanent resi
dents of Arnold-X. . : : -
I Mrs , Chal Maupin and children
of Omaha , is in the city visiting
with old acquaintances and reI-
ath'es.
Mr. Hickman of Merna , has
leased the building on the cast
side of the square , now occupied
h.'i the Beats icc Creamery for a
harness shop.
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'l'he dinner table in the holne
of John II. H. Cross , ncar Ansley ,
on Christmas was surroundcd
with tcn persons wh'sc agrge-
gate ages werc Ct43 years. 'l'he
oldest was J40 1) . Brakeman of
York , who is eigh t ) . years old.
'rhe youngest was C. E. Sheppard
of Brol < cn Row , who is tift ) ' three
years old. 'l'hoe : : who set at
this table did not include all who
enjoyed thc hospitality of thc
Cross family on tbat cvent.
'l'here were twenty enc that partook -
took of that Christmas dinner
and enj yed the fa nly ! reunion
and neighborly \'IS1t. 'l'hose
present were : J.4. D. Brakcman
and wife of Yorlc , E. W. Dodson
and wife of Anslc } ' , 'Ym. Ii' .
Bullock and wife of York , G. 11' .
Cross and wife of Taylor , C. E.
Sheppard and daughter Pearl of
Broken Bow , Mrs. Daniels , Miss
Florence Cross , Mrs. Wtrl. Stand-
Iv and four children , W. J. Cross ,
\vife and son Thomas. Of thcsc
guests Mrs. Blakeman is Ir.
Cross' oldest sister and Mr. Shcp-
pard is the youngest brqth r of
Mrs. Cross and Mr. Bullock IS her
old CRt brother.
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II. ' 1' . Bruce , who but reccntly
was manager of the P. D. Smith
l.4umber Co. of this citj' is putting
in a lumber yard on the fraction
of the biock south of the creck
between Fourth and Fifth Aven-
ues. Work in grading the block
clown commenced the first o'f the
I week. Ed. Mollo ) ' has mo\'cd his
harn from the block to the north
side of thc creek and S. 1\1. Derris
will have his buildings' . of
the way within a few days.
'l'he , new firm which Is to he
known as H. T. Bruce & Co. arc
already recch'ing their stock and
placing it as' rapidl V as the
ground can bC put in sliape.
, We are reliably informed that
the Company "is composcd of
local capitalists , but are silent
partners in the business.
Whether the new deal means .
chcaper buildiug material is a.
ma tter yet to be seen. At any
rate the new firm is to be congratulated -
gratulated on its location and we
predict for it a fair share of the
hURineRS of the cit ) ' and countr ) ' .
A. O. U.Y. . M'ttIIg' ! .
At the December 8th meeting
of the Broken Bo'\ ; ' Lodge A. O.
U. 'V. , the followingofl cers were
elected for the year 1904. J. S :
Molyneaux , 1\1. W. ; J. S. Squires ,
Fore. ; Willis Cadwell , R ; D. g.
Bauder , 0. ; B. O. HuttonF'in.W. ;
B. Eastham , Hec. ; Harr ) ' Bangs ,
G. ; D. M. Amsberry , ' 1. W. ; A.
R. Humphrey , O. W. ; J. G. Hae-
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berle , 'V. ; 3 'years. Installation
of said ofiicers will take place at
lodge room Tuesday evening
January 12th , 11)04. Oyster
supper by the lodge. Wives and
sweethearts of members invited.
'VIILIS CAI > Wl\I.I" Rec.
"I was much afilicted w lh
sciatica , " writes Ed. C. Nud ,
Iowaville , Kan. , "goingabout on
crutches and sutJeringla . deal of
pain. I was induced.to try Bal-
lard's Snow L niment , which re-
lie\'ed me. I used tlHee SOc bot-
, ties. It is the greatest liniment
I ( 'ver used ; have recommended
t it to a number of personsj all express -
themseh'es bene-
press as being -
fitted by it. I now walk with-
ou t cru tches , ble to perform.a
great deal of I1ght labor on the
farm. " 25c , 50c and $1.00. Sold
by Ed. McComas , Broken Bow
and Merna.
Anothrr Hurl11 llllr Huult ,
Another rural mail route has
been granted to Custrr county.
It starts from Merna and will be
put on January 15. 'l'his w'ill be
a great convenience to those along
the route. 'rhere shou1l1 be a
. number of routes established in
- the county. All th'at is necessary ,
where the county is sufiicientlj'
populated is for some enterpris.
lUg cili < len to take hold of the
matter and get up the required
petition from thc would be pa-
II trons of the route and send it tc
- . Congressman lainkaid at Wash.
ington and he wIll give the
mattcr his \ersonal \ attcntion.
The provIsions of thc law rc-
quires 100 subscribers within 25
miles circuit. Mason Cit ) ' , Aus-
Icy , llroken Bow , Callaway and
S rgent could sccure the required
pctitions for rural routes.
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Lu.vKAUPPOn : Christmas
Day , li'rank f4i1y and l ese Kaupp
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were united -marriage ' at the
hot11c of the , bride's parents at
Klump , Nebr. , at high noon' by
Hev. W. g. , Mathews. 'l'he weather -
ther was unproitious , but carl ) '
in thc morning the friends began
to gather and hv the timc appointed -
pointed the r ems Were tilled
with rrlatives. amI fricnds , who
had come with good wishes and
leindy ! htterest to start the 'young
couple on their new career.
Prbmptly al high. noon and the
strains of .the wedding narc1l ,
pl yed by Mr . Brown of L111coln ,
a sister of the bride , the procession -
sion consisting f Miss Nettie
Kaupp , Mastcr 140)11' ' Cox , Miss
Huby Klump , Mr. Hardy Kaupp
and the bride and bridegroom
moved out. 'l'he bride was dressed -
ed in brown trimt11ed with white
silk and wore white carnations
in her hair. Amid deep silence I
the words WQre spolcctt which
made thc couple man and wife.
After thc congratulations came ,
the wedling dinner. 'l'here was
not only an abundance of good
thi 1gs to eat but a bewildering
varJetj' spread out upon the
tables. 'l'hough the tables were
filled four timcs there wasa great
quanit , of hings left -
) over" crying I
ing out for the friends who had
been in\ ' ted but had not beeu I
abl to come. 'I'he eu t 110wers
on the tdble and the presents
g \'en by thc numerous fricnds
helped tQ makc the occasion c\'en .
more enjoyable. 'l'he ) 'oung
couple are well known and highly
respected. 'l'he hride has lh'cd
nearly all her life in thc community -
munity where she was married
and the groum has Jived there for .
sc\'eral years past. Good wishes.
fet : . hcm are heard on evcry' hand
and they havc won the re pect or
all. They will makc their home
in the spring on the John Yeck
place which Mr. I.4i1j' will farm.
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ORTIU..O.
Ii'red Day has a new buggy.
John Davis spent Christmas
ncar Broken Bow. .
J. M. li'odge and daughter
were at the Bow Saturday.
Claude Kellenbarger is home
from Grand Island for vacation.
Chas. Hercock has movcd. . onto
the place lately vacated by Geo.
Cooley.
Mr. Ingraham's and B. Ii' . I d.-
ward's ate dinner at Mr. Hil1's'
I4'riday.
Prayer mceting every t\\'o
weeks , alternating with preach-
i ng services ,
Misses Luce and Heyner , are
ei1joying the Xmas. holidays at
their homcs.
Milo Embree and wife of
Spring Creek , spent Christmas
with F. C. and family.
J. M. li'odge , G. O. Joyner and
families were entertained at Mrs.
Ashbaugh's Christmas day.
Hev. Miller filled his appointment -
ment here Sunday evening and
his sermon was certai nly i nspi r-
ing.
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! .hemail route has been
changed somewhat in the west
part of the valley. It now goes
past Swansons.
J. Moore is hang a great deal
of trouble with his well. He is
unable to get water cnough for
200 head of cattle.
Achsah and Clara Hunt are at
home" during holidays. 'l'hey
will resume their s heel work
next week at Broken Bow.
Our young people attended a
party for Claude Kellenbarg-er at
his homc Tuesda y evening and
spent a most ple sant c\'ening' .
A. B , Cornish , wife and son ,
drove over from Lodi Sunday
cveni ng. 'l'he.y retu rncd 'l'ues-
da ) ' taktng tlelr } son , f.4yle , with
them.
Andrew Sherheck and wife of
Westen'i1le , were the gucsts of
} ' ' . C. gmbree and wife from Sun-
ddj' till Wednesday. li'red succeeded -
ceeded in showing them quite a
little of our part of the worlcl.
'l'he Christmas sen'ices were
. \ well attended last 'rhursday
, e\'ening. I . 'rhc little ones did ex.
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. ceptlOnally well considering the
: amount of traming they hadanll
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tions in the month of January in many parts of thc United States ,
it dues not portray the prcvailing conditions in Custer cOl\nty.
'l'here has bcen no snow to s ) ea1c of' in this locality this season.and
i enl ) ' once ha the ground been co\'ered , and then barel ) ' covcrcd
and only for a fcw hours. o time during the month of Decemher'
has the weather becn so farmers could not work in the tields. As a
result , n arly all thc corn is gathered and the 'cattle and horses
havc . hecn feeding largely on . , Buffalo grass in the grazing districts.
HICK ' PREDICTIONS.
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, . . 14'irst Storm , Period-wl'his period is centraJ , on : thc'2nd , 3rcl
and 4th. 'I.'he Venus Equinox , central on the J 3tln" 'l'hings to be
expected-By the 2nd , a wave of , rising' temperature and \lling \
barome er wi ] ] appear ill western 5ecti n , c101 d ness will quickly
gatlt'er 111 thc same areas and storms of hrst r.am and then sleet and
snow will past eastwardly over the country on hout thc 3rd and
4th.Vinter thunder storms on and touching the 4th should be no
surprise and a rapid and violent change to a high barometer , high
northwesternly gales and very cold should he counted on in the immediate -
mediate rear af the storm arcas. In proportion as the tcmperature
rises and the barometer falls during the first stages of this period ,
look for a chan -c to high barometer and bli < lardotts cold as the .
storm center slnfts to the east. The second storm period exte.nds
frol 1 the 7th to the 12th. 'l'he days of the g-reater storm probability - .
ity arc the 8th , ( Hh , 10th 3.nd 11th , 'l'hc ( Iisturbing CO\.1rses \ are .
Vulcan , , Vcnus near the ccntcr of her di turbance , the Moon in
quadrature or last quarter and at extremc south declination. As
we enter this period look for change to warmer in the wcst. Winds
wi ) ) shift to southcrly and easterly and the horomcter will fall.
Aho\Jt \ the ( Jth storms of rain and snow will set in and during. til
10th 11 th and perhaps thc 12th , they will march eastwardly across
the country. 'rhe western to central will he in the grasp of a l11gh
uarometer and cold wa\'e hefore the storm ccnter has reached or
c1earcll the eastern states. " . .
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the parents havc reason to he
proud of them.
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Ibd. Hess and wife wcre in An-
selmo Wednesday.
Huth gdmunds visitel } at Mr.
Kingery's last week.
I.4i ie Edmunds visited at Mr ,
Hobcrts' last Sunday.
Charlie Feasenton was a visitor
at Brolen Bow 'ruesday"
Our school opcns ncxt Monday ,
after \'acation the past month.
Guy l ohinson went to Broken
Bow 'l'uegday , returning Wedncs-
day.
I.4ula Williams iR'isiting" at
the home of lll'r brother , Willie
Williams. '
Christmas 1i ! Oll1e and gonct
and now'we think-'of it only as a
day of the past.
Mrs. Oscar Smith's 1i ttle neices ,
Besse and Bertha Baird , were visiting -
iting at her home Saturday and
Sunday.
Friends and relati\'es to the
numher of abuut 35 gathered at
1 , R Robinson's for their Christmas -
mas dinner.
'l'he New Year is drawing near.
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I04et us all J'lIak ( ' new resolutions
for the New Year and make het- '
ter ones than e\'er hefore.
John Snydcr amI son , Jesse.
went to Broken now 'l'hursday to
attend a family reunion at the
home of his brother on Christmas
daj' .
As Mr. Edmunds was returning
: from Merna Sunday morning , his
I horses became unmanagable and
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run awa ) ' , TIe was thrown from
the buggy and hurt , but not ser-
iously. Nothing was brokcn.
Anna Edmunds , accompanied .
by her cousins , I4i < lie and Thomas -
as I dumnds and Dj'sia SJ < clton of
Broken Bow spent Christmas at
the home of Wm. Edt11und .
'l'hey returned to Broken Bow
Sunday morning.
'l'he Christmas en tertainmen t
at New Helena school"llOuse was
vcry good. 'I.'he program wa
short but wcn rendered by the
little children. 'l'he young men
and women should ta1ce an example -
ample from those littlc ones.
'l'hev will make an effort but so
man' ) ' of our young people will not.
Married-.At thc home
- of Alfred -
fred Bates , 'ruesiI .y , D . 22 ,
Clinton Roberts and Maude Fuller -
ler , Rc\ ' . Teagarden of Broken
Bow ofiiciating. A number of
friends and relath'es witnessed
thc ceremony after which the
guests partook of a buunteous
supper prepared by 1\1rs. ' Bates ,
aun t of the bride. 'rhe man ) '
friends of the bride and groom .
wish them joy in their new lif ,
'l'he Sunday School here has
ordered a new supply of literature - I
ture and from a difTerent company -
pany , which is hoped will be better -
ter than those they ha\'e been
using. A special invitation is
extended to the boys and girls of
this neighborhood to begin with
the New Year in conung to Sunday -
day School. With new literature
and lcssons from the New Testament -
ment and at the beginning of the
year would be the time for all tt'
begin anew , .
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