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Mrs. Carl Foote and son , Stiles ,
. ! J.Dunning , arc in the city for a
fiw , days' visit.
Miss Effie Shinn went to
U coln last Monday and is
s { > ! nding the week there visiting
friends.
_ ome people cannot understand I
w ay some rcstaurant91l have to' '
raise the price of pork and beans
cents just because beans
haye gone upa cent on th ( ' quart.
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S'enator and Mrs. H. B. Glover ,
oft Comsto k were city visitors
'J' : sterday. They came over to
ktten the rece tion advertised
f r Senator Burkett and teachers
i' ' , the J ior Normal : .
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Last'1'hursday , June 13 , 1907 ,
in'Bro'ken Bow , Nebr. , Rev. J. H.
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eagardQn spake the mystic
ords which bound . in matrimony
f 'Ir. Geo. E. .Stern and" Miss
i Sus , e Woodruff , both f Arcadia.
A citizen was heard to remark ,
n few d'ays ago , that the watcr in
Muddy creek would be all right
f.r . domestic purposes if it would
. only settle. Ther are quite a
number of people in thc J\luddy
creek valley ditto.
P. J. Simonson rcturned home
this morning f m Omaha
whither he wcnt lasrSunday with'
a car of fat caUle. He sold on a .
market not as high as he would
J havc liked , but , at a price that
was satisfactory and' profitable.
On account orthe late spring
.farrpers will be kept bu y the
I first part of next month and in
I order 1'0 give them a chancc , to
, celebrate why wouJdn't it be just
as weU to postp ne . the 4th of
J itly till some time.1U . August ?
City Attorney Gadd doesn't
believe ordinances were made
I' just for the fun of it , nor that he
. would be true to his oath if he
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( t , declares th t if the riding of
( , bicycles on the sidewalks is not
, rliscontinued at once he will
show the performers there. is an
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, A game of baseball Tuesday at
, AngJey betwectl the Ansley and
. f llr..ken B"w teams resulted dis.
asttousJy : for the latter , the score
being 9 to o. A return' game
will be played in t l1S city to.
, morrow afternoon and the Bow
boys will endeavor to he l their
sore spot by "turning the tables"
'on the visitors. -
- 'rhe new grocery store is 'now
open for business in the Union
block , east side of square. Pro.
p -ietor Ankney says if the p ople
llf Broken Bow and v.icinity' ' de.
sre : to purchase the best class of
groceries at a very low price and
will take the time' to call , or
phone , he will instruct them-
free of charge-how it can be
done.
'l'here is no doubt now but
that the American Eagle will
holler lotitt and lon at Merna on
the 4th as Prof. J. H. Teagarden ,
. . ( 'f this city , has been secured to
pull feathers from the tail of the
grand oJd bird in the way of de.
livering the ad ress of the day.
1' hose who attend may rest
, assured they will be edified with
a really patriotic address.
Iev. J. D. Brady of this city
writes that there are seven
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hundred c1elegates in attendance
at the State Sunday School con.
vention , in session at Hastings ,
this week , twenty.nine being
from Custer county. He says
there isn't a building in that
city large enough to accomodate
th ( : crowd and meetings are being
held in two churches at the same ,
time. I
The W. C. U. will give a Silver' '
Medal contest in the M. E.
church Tuesday evening , June
25 , 190'1. The contestants are :
11 il red Hall , Lucy Jeffords , Bird
t.'ckwilh , 'Mill.v Walters , and
Clara Dodds. The medal is on
display in Baiscb's drug store
\ wiodow. MiSis Douglass , Prof.
'I'aylor , Mr..Gadd and Mr. Lewis
i . ! . . . . wi1\ \ furnish tpe music. Pro.
j gram begins at 8:30. : Admission
. J 25c and 15c.
, ; Fred Baisch made one of his
I characteristic ped striau ! ilunts
" . > down the avenue as though seven
, " , ' demons were af er him a few
, : nights ago when it was pitch
" ; " . dark , and collided wil h a settee
' , , ' . in front of the , City Shaving
Parlor. He made a few remarks
_ 1 to one Jone star that cuuld be
seen nd satisfiying himself he
. was still alive proceeded bome.
ward without furthc ! ' accident.
His left hand paincd hran cou-
siderably the next.d . ) ' am1
yesterday nn exammahon revealed -
vealed a fractured bOde tn his
left hand which necessitated its
bein enc sed in splints.
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ter , Florence , of Brownlee , arri d
in the city Tuesday evening to
visit relatives and frien s until
Saturday.
Uegardle1Js of the muddy roads
a largc number of county frie nds
came to town last Saturday 'and
those who remained till 5 o'clock
wer detained an hour longer by
the heavy raitl storm.
M'rs. J. R. Dean aad children ,
Paul and Dorothy went to
Keafey , Monday , to visit friends
while the attorttey is chasing
" " mountains
"greasers" over the
of Mexico i an endeavor to
secure a gold mint' . ,
The county supervisors , after
a session of two weeks , during
which time a large : amount of
business was transacted , adjourned -
journed last Saturdal evening.
A regular. stated sessIOn of the
board will convene July 9th. .
Qn Sunday , June , 16 , 1907 ,
Mr. Sam Lentz and , Miss Lena. .
'Brownell were united in marriag
by Rev. J. R. Teagarden at his
residence in Broken Bow. . The
young couple at once commenced
housekeeping in the southeas
part of the city.
A drive out into the country
will convince almost nqyone that
nature is doing her level best to
make money f r the farmers and
everybody' . else for next ' . fall.
Both corn and wheat are In good
condition and the outlook at'
present indicates a heavy crop.
W. S. Metcalf rove in from
Walworth this forenoon dnd will
return this afternoon , accompanied -
ied by Mrs M , who h s spent a
c uple of weeks in the city. He
reports crops in , fine condition in
the north part of thc county and
the farm rs all pleased over' the
prospects. .
' 1'he. name of AI. . Fonda , chair-
n an of' the board .of supervisors ,
is frequently mentioned in can.
nectiotl with the' office of qheriff ,
'in fact so frequently and favor.
ably th t tbe g ntJeman will n.
doubtedly become a candidate
( \nd as he' is well-known through.
out the county wi111pake a strong
race with chances for winning
largely il\ his favor.
From cor'respondence received
Supt. ' Pin'cknev estimated tbat
nearly two hundred would enroll
at tlie Junior' Normal and .he
seems slightl.v dis'.lppointed that
there are but 98 1U attendance.
He should not allow a little thing
like tha to bother him , but just
think how the fellows at Alliance
feel when they figured on three
hundred and have less than
eighty itl a tendanc at their
Junior , Normal.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Cole left
last Monday for Omaha ; taking
their 11 months old child to have
an" operation performed for a
growth in its throat , but before
reaching there the little one dicd.
-The body was returned to this
city and. . . funeral services held
this forenoon at the Baptist
church , conducted' ' by Rev. J. R.
Wood , of Mason City. In their
great bereavement the parents
are deeply sympathized with by
this cO11munity. ! \
Considerab1e space in this issue
of the RUPUDLICAN is consumed
by a communication from County
Clerk Pigman . upon request of
the county .supervisors. Our
thousands of lady readers will
not , perhaps , njoy reading it as
thorougply as they would had
Mr. Pigman dealt with fashions
and wbat to wear , but the several
thousand tax payers in the county
wilL go to it with a certain
amoun t of in terest. .
Rufus G. Carr , the sage of
Doris Lale has issued a flaming
red , white and blue 4th of July
postcr inviting everbody to come
to Doris. and celebrate. Prizes
are httng up as fell ws : $35 'for
a ball gamc , $25 for shooting . ,
$35 for horse races and $5.r r
foot races. There will be plenty
of amu ement. Merry-go-whizz ,
dance and fireworks. with an
oration for a bracer.
Now , while so many ceme t
walks are being laid wouJd be a
good' time to put up or rather
down-the names of the streets.
Wher. : a cement walk is
put down at the corner of a
block , impress t he names of the
intersccting 51 reets in the cement ,
while it is soft , just as the name
of the company performing the
work is done. The RuPUnJ.JCAN
belivcs that it the council will
act on this suggestion it will be
found a good plan and save the
I expense of putting up street
names when Broken Bow becomes
a 'city of l OOOO population-a
I few yeard hence.
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neve Jamcs C. Derris , of
PartelIo , Michigan , who is viit-
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ing relntivcs. in the city , wilt
occupy the pulpit at the M. E.
church ncxt Sunday forcnoon at
11 o'clock.
Getting Ready for th.c Fair.
A meeting of the directors ,
of the Custer rOUtlty Agricultural
association was held last Saturday -
day at which Jules Haumont was
elected secretnry.
It E. Brega aUlI F. W. Hays
tendered their resignations as
mcmbers of the board f directors ,
which were accepted and 'C. 11.
Millcr and H. Lomat were
elected to fill the vacancies.
It was dccided to hold the ,
annual fair { rom Sept 17 to 20
inclusive.
The b-laws were changed so
thllt on registcred live stock ,
where there is but one entry it
shall be awarded first prcmiu.m.
Various committees \V'cre ap.
pointed and all ht\'e begun work
hav 1fg in view the bcst and most
successful fair ever hcld by the
association ancl neitl1er labor or
expense will be spared to aUain
this resut : . '
Off for Mexico.
A bunch nf twcnty 'Custer
county. citizcns let t Broken Bow
' 1'ue day morning for Mexico to
see the country anel inspect the
gold mne : in which Hon.F. . M.
Currie , of this city arid B. (1' ( .
Young of Callaway are two.
tenths owners. The party.occu-
pied n , combination Pullman
sleeping and buffet car in which
they will both eat anel sleep during -
ing thc trip whi h wiJI consume
about twedty days.
The itillery of the trip is to
Kansas City , then to San An.
tonio , Texas , where a day will be
spent. From. there to San r. ouis
Potosi , for l da ) ' , t ben to the
City of Mexico. , and from there
180 mile south to Balsas , two
miles from which station the
mit 'e is located.
Mr. Currie says therc'are 400-
000 ton' : ) of . ore in sight' which
.assays from. $30 to $40 of gold to
the to:1 : anel the object of the
pa ty going is to b "shown , "
which he says"is the easiest job
he has ever undertaken. Denver
capitalists .have offered two
million dollars for the property ,
which was refused , as the ore in
sight is valued at four million ,
and only the Creator knows how
much more 'there is011 the
property yet unco'/ered. .
The p.trty. ; ; is 9mposed f the
following named residents of
Custer county : F. M. Currie , '
J. G. Brenizer , H. I\1. Sullh'an ,
G. W Apple , J. 8. Molyneux ,
J. R. Dean , ! . A. Reneau , H. W.
George , Ed. McComas , Dr. R. C.
1'albot , Broken Bow ; B. F.
Young , Callaway ; Hobert Beers ,
Sargent ; W. E. Warren and F.
C. Witso"n , Anselmo ; L. , W.
Wilson , Merna ; . . 1J. . Arthur ,
Comstock ; John garon , Ord , , and
two others who "did not want
their names published and which
could not be learncd.
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Marriage Licenses Issued.
Since last ' 1'bursday marriage
lic nses have been i s ed to wed
itl this county as follows :
Raleigh Heynolds , Gandy. . . , . .23
Nancy R. Ervin , Arnold. . ' . . . .21
John Caywood , Broken Bow. . .29
Mary O. Blowers , Ansley. . . . . .22
Sam Lent , Bow Bow. . . . . . . .22
Lena Brownell , Broken Bow. . .19
Elbert. P. Gaines , Ansley. . . . . .22
Cora Varney , Ansley. . . . . . . . . . .22
Ollof Nordstrom , Comstock. . , .44
Kristana Kellman , Comstock , :41
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All rpets and curtain goods
at cost. MnvIs & Co. 49-tf
It's the real ttting1. better than
the best. White Star coffee at
the Advo. , .
Scientific Grinding of scythes ,
mowers , knives and all edge tools
at S. M. Dorris' blacksmlUrshop.
southeast oCt he . square. 2-3
I represent tbe. old , reliable
Travelers Insurance Co. Do not
tak ; out a policy in any company
unhl you have consulted me.
J. S. MCGRAW.
We are receiving this week an.
other. addition to our already
large stock , of f rniture.
S. P. GROAT & Co.
George you cannot be a sweet.
heart of mine if you do not get
two tickets for the Opera house
Monday June 24. It's a home
talent cOilchrd by professional
, people and the best local talent
of Droken Dow. Remember
George it's the best show of the
season and I will not miss it if I
havc to g alone.
Let. us be your 'printer. The
I good kind of printin otlly.
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Funl just ph nn ) ' fun at
Broken Bow Opera hohse June 24. :
Hail insurance is good whcn it I
is good. We have onl1 the good
Idml anel will prove it If you call.
J. S. MCGRAW.
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A nenrly new , . Quickmenl ,
gnsolinc range for salc cheaper
than chrap at Konkel's.
Yes , McClure has Digester
'l'ankage and Blood Menl for
stock and ground bonc , and qone
and ment tor , chickens at the
City Mill. 51-54
Patronize those who advertise
in the RupunLIcAN.
'Jr. Bass , Dentist. Over McComas'
W ANTJUJ-To hirc , a good man
for farm work. Jiood wages.
Address or call on J. ' Arthur'
ranch , 8 miles southwest of
Comstock , Nebraska.
Be on the safe side and insure
against hail. I represent a company -
pany that pays losses promptly
and in full. Come and let me
, show you. J. S. MCGRAW ,
30 funny olel maids "give an
entertainment for the benefit of
the Broken Bow band.
I am making farm . tonns at 5
per cent interest.
. " J AMUS LUDWtClI , .
25tf Broken Bo .v , Neb.
FOR SALnGood quarter block ,
best location in the city.
52-3. . . . . . . S. M. DORRIS.
The Kirlendall shoes have the
run now. 'l'he best foot-wear on
e rtlt at MnvIs Co" . . 49-tf -
. Tbe "Comfort" sW1l1g chair.
Nothing like it in the market.
Beats a hammock all to smither-
e ns : Only place to be found in
the city , is at Groat's Big Store.
Go to J. W. Scott's f r un.
adulterated flour-pure , justas
the wheat growed.
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Lost-A pocket book cQntain-
ing a gold locket $765 in money
and two tir.kets to the Old Maid's
home tatent show at Broken Bow
Opera house ; June 24. Finder
can keep all as a reward if he
will Idndly _ return the tickets.
Vt,1 ANTltD-the year around ,
ten men , with or without families.
HUIfUS G. CARR ,
20tf Doris , Nebraska.
I am making farmiloans ! at' 5
per cent interest.
. . . J , A1\utS LnDwIcH ,
25tf - Broken Bow , Neb.
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Come early if you want a lovely
suit of clothes cheap. MnvIs
& Co. 49-tf.
S. P. Great & Co. sell the New
Rbyal sewing machine. Anyone
contemplating the purchase of a
machin'e will find it to their advantage -
vantage to examine them and the
price . ltf
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If you want reliable life or
accident insurance see J. S.
McGraw , Broken Bow State
Bank building.
FOR SALn-H use with five
rooms all necessary out buildings. ,
Five lots , north east part of city.
Inquire. L. F. Oxford. Berwyn.
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Drs. .Farnsworth . & Beck-
Dentis. .
I am making farm loans at 5
per crnt interest.
J AMUS LUDWICH ,
25tf Broken Bow , Neb.
1'he White Star coffee has a
fine flavor you can't forget. At
the Advo.
We want tq reduce stock and
will sell all goods at unusually
Jew prices. Come and see us.
S. P. GROA' ! ' & Co.
Mevis & Co. , will close out
their entire stock of up.to-date
clothihg at cost. 49..tf
W ANTnD-A good -strong boy
about 15 years of age. Good
home and saJary. Address or
. call on J. ' 1' . Arth ur's ranch , 8
.miles southwest of Comstock ,
Nebraska.
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on Pianos and Organs.
1 second hand organ. . . . . , $ 10.00
1 new , solid oak , 10 stop ,
$ CIO organ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.00
1 new , solid oak , 12 stop ,
S75 organ. . . . . . , . . . . . . . 55.00
1 new Mahogony piano
organ , worth $150. . . . . . 95.00
I slightly used Richmond
piano , original value $325 175.00
5 new pianos , highest
quality at fifteen per
cent off this month.
H. A. WATTS.
Schedule of Bratten Bow Mail. .
Schedule of arrival and departure of malls
from Drokeu How 1108t office .
Pouches for east close :18 folJow8 :
' .i'raln No. 40. 9 a PI : No. 42.5:45 : p PI i No ,
44.7:45 : p , m.
Pouches for west close aa follows :
Train No. 43. 7:45 p , m. : No , 41 , G:30 a. In.
Office hours. 7 a. m. to 7:30 P. In.
Office open SuudaV8 from 9 to 10 a. JII.
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A strictly cash store but everything is new and' ri\
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Funny costumes , funny jokes , e'erything
funny. ,
A home talent burlesque by the most . .
talented people of Broken Bow for the benefit -
fit of the BROKEN BOW BA-ND at-
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the impossible.
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Elrok..en. : : E30-VV El 1. ,
120 laughs in 120 minutes. Broken Bow' Opera .
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. market.
Beautiful thin goods for the hot weather at
prices from 6t ets up.
Onr Searsueker and Gingham stock never was '
\ finer. ' Beautiful styles and colors. . , ,
We "are the exclusive agents for tlH .Iirkendall ,
Shoes.
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