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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1907)
, . , . - . - - - " " - - . It' .E : . 2 ] Dr. Bartholomew was called to Seneca on proCessional business Tuesday. Mrs. J. M. Fodge , who has becn sick the past week , is reported - ported as convalscing. If this fine weather only continues - tinues four weeks 10nl'cr it will be " Christ- a sure enough "green mas" Broken Bow should congratu- latc itself upon , the safety and soundness ot her financial in- stitu tions. . Next Sunday revival s'rvices will be inaugurated at the United Brethren church. Citiz'ns are cordially invited to attend. Rev and Mrs. Kopp , of Lillian , drove here Monday and left Tues- r- damorntng for , Hastings where . / the _ will visit a daughh.r. Mrs. Carl ( ; 'oote , of Dunning , arrived in the city last Saturday . for a short visit with her parents 1. ' . , Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Amsberry. ' j' Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cornish , of . : ii ; of Lodl , were Broken Bow visi- 'i : " . ( tors last Sunday , coming on ac- \ t. , count of illness of Mrs. J. M. ' " Fed ge. \ " ' " - . ' ' ; 6 : ' \ Mr . W. H. Meyers arrived in ' . the last from York I' .J city Thur&day { i.\ ' , : to visit with her husband. who : ' > is principal of music n Custer , t ; " Colle ge. I Mrs. M. D. Callen bas recovered - ed from her illness ag to permit I of tbe nurse , Miss Della I Sturms , of Sargent , returning home on Tuesday. , , Photographer Taylor bas built a roomy"show case nt his studio , wherein to more properly display the excellent work he i doing in f' the photo line. John Price made a trip tel South Omaha the first of the l j . week with a car of "critters" and r , i upon his return , Tuesday , de- I elared prices were unmentionably off. ' . 'fhe pub1ic sale of stock by ( Allen Reyner on Tuesday attr-ilct- cd a large number and biading- was fairly spirited and good naturl'C1. Tbe sale amountcd to I about S2500. I I . Thc n..w furnace in the new I CiJristian church' was c mpleted in time to be operated last Lord's , day and the result was bighl.v , satisfactory to members and ot hers who were in ttcndance at , the services. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Poole left' a. , , . last Fridav for Alliance where . ' they will spend tbe winter with " a son. having sold their property j. oue half mile east of tbe square i , _ to John E. Meyers. L. When tbe new building for the gdS pIal t is completed the city hall will lonk mor sa than ever. ' . It is frightful to contcl11plate " wben only a few dollars invested , in paint wuuld do tbe business. ( Fran ! . Huxtable , who "I'opper- ) ed" a KnkaHI , claim ncar HrtlSc\ , I has he. _ II in till' cilY lh pdst two " r \ wecks. , He aJ ! : he may return ' 'w' ' home this week and maJbe not 'a till next week as he's baving , " such a blamed good time here he d isli kes to brealc a way. ; I . . The turkey boot given by the Broken Bow Gun Club Monday aftcrnoon was participated in by a goodly number of gunners and t proved a success , nearly all the t -t ' 1V' ; shooters sucessful in ; ; . beinJ lugging - ! ( ging away some of the game. ; . \ Another one is contemplated in the near future. Frcd Hearn , who several weeks I ago fell from a ladder and was almost killed , and while laid up on tbat account bad an attack of typhoid fever , is able to he out and around again. but basn't yet donned his work clothes His host of friends are glad to note bis rapid convaesence. Those wbo do not malte their Christmas selectiovs earlv will have cause for regret , b"ecause the wise ones do not intend to wait until the stoc1ts have been demorah1.ed. Now is the tim' to select-after reading in tbe Rn- PUDLICAN wbat merchants want your Christmas trade-and bave the articles laid aside for you , 1 James and Arlic E. Gamble , who reside in Logall county , ix , miles from the Custer count ) ! ! k line. were rok.en Bow \ ' . Monda ) ' , conveYing comphmenH " from A. S. Gamhle to the REPUD LICN. The\ . ' are ( 'xtensiv'ly in. I - - . . . t'rcgIN 1 tn her e and cattle anf ! P . . . . t. " . say that stock is wintering if1 , , good shape on the range and ! : } } tha' they have not , up to th ( ; . < ' present time , aq to do any feed. I Jng. . / - " . . , , J. G Longfellow went to Tamara - mara , Nebraska , last Friday for a short visit. Mayor and Mrs. W. A. George drove to the South Loup Sunday returning Monday. Mrs. H. T. Bruce left Friday last for McCook. Nebraska , where she will visit her sister for a few days. On Monday John Maier , of Cal- laway , was ingpl'cting th. . many substantial and higbly commend- ahlc improvements in his county seat ci ty. R. H , Fife and son , of Kansas City , Mo. , will conduct a eries of l11eetings in the Christian cburch during the month of J anuary. Mrs. J. C. Porter , mother of Deputy Register of Deeds Porter , left 'fuesday morning for Peoria , lllinois , where she will visit relatives - latives for a , mouth or two. While driving to the city with a loaded wagon , Jobn Templar w&s thrown from the seat and two of the wagon wheels passed over his leg crushing it badly. Mrs. Hattie E. Speake , who has been visiting at Aberdeen , Wasb. , since last Juy ] reached home last Friday and says the atmosphere in this locality is plenty good enough. UBig-IIearted Jim. " a drama depicting western life as it really is , will be given at the Opera bouse on Wednesday night , Dec. 4 , by a company of professional actors and actresses. Up to the prese n t time no casualties - ualties among cattle from tbe curn-stalk disease have been reported - ported by farmers in this s.'ction ; , nor havc wc read .of any in our excbanges-wbich is c rta 1.ly good nc ws. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Moulton were in tbe city last Friday , as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ( < . M. Ulmstcd. Mr. Moulton was at one time a telegraph operator in this citv , but IS now station agent at Nemo. WHile Swenson , of the South Loup , a lad 12 years of age , who is in the city having his eyc ! : . treated by Dr. Cbnstcnsen , went to Grand Island last Saturday and IS greatly elated over th trip , it being his first ride on tbl' rail way. Harley True , who has been in Wyoming since last May , spent lastli"riday nigbt in the city a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Josepb Pigman He was enroute to hi home on the o tth Loup , where be will remain during the winter months. Tbe Northwest District Sun. da ) ' Schuol association will bol9 ItS tirst convention In the Methodist - dist churcb at Merna , on lJecem- ber 7 and S , beglnnin at 2:30 : p. . m. Let L vcry cbool be repre- ' enled. Cuunty workers will be In altcnddnce. Dm't fail to hear the fourtb number of the young peoples' entertainment course on Monday evening , December 9. 'fhe Apollo - ollo Quintette and Bell Ringers give \'arie1.y of entertainment and are sure to I lease. Last Saturday Dr. J. G. Bren- izer sbipped a c-ar load of short bOt n bulls to AU iance where he will hold a public sale on Satur- clay of tbis week. Among tbl. lot will be "Crimson Lad" whicb was a winner at tbe state fair , also the fairs hcre and at Ord. James V. McCue 'and wife , of Alliance , who have been in the city several days visiting relatives - latives and accquaintances , returned - turned this'morDlng. Mr. Mc- Cue holds the position of glazier for tbe B. & M. railroad at Iliance , a lucurative and easy Job. Mrs. Nc George , of tbe South Loup , accompalned by Vincent and Marguerite , visited her son , L. D. George , a couple of days last week ancl on Thursdav Vine cent an Miss Marguerit callt"d at the HUPUnI.ICAN office and were introduccd to the manner in which ncwspapt'rs were made , both seemmg to be greatly in. terested in t11. . : : procedure. S B. Oshorn ( ' , who has been at Twin b"dlh. , Idaho , the past year , . to ped 01T for a few days VJsit with parents and friends , on his relurn to West Liberty. Iowa , where he trees next week to talt ( ; charge of grocery business il1 that town. "Bent" holds som ( ; valuable land under the irrigatiol1 ditch at Twin Falls , and saYf . that land under the ditch is in. creasing in value very rapidly. , . - - - " - - - - Jeweler A. E. Anderson sttlrts t he good news for Christmas in I his advertisment this week-on I the first page. Read it-and others to follow. Manager Great perspnally guar- ante s that everyon att'cndiny the play "Big Hearted Jim" will be fulll satisfied , and will refund the pnce of admission to all who declare they are not. At the residence of the brides parents south of this cit ) . at 8:30 : this Wednesday evening will occur the wedding of Mr. , John Moore and Miss Doris Rector. Company M. will g ve a recep. tion to students of Custer College and the high school at the Arm ry tonight. Dainty rc- freshments will be scn'ed 'and ' a good time is anticipated. 'l'he K. P. Lodge of this cit ) . now ha'e a class of five whc are bent on winning and weadt1g the spurs of Knighthood and ; from tbeir persistency indications are they will succeed. The rccent financial depression has not been conductive to liberality - ality and some of the young people of this vicinity interding 'to get married have decided to wait awhile-so the presents will be more numerous. Judge Sanborn , of Massachusetts - setts decided that it was .Icruelty" for a wife to persistently take money from the trousers' pockets of her husband while he 8.H1pt and granted him a divorce n. that round. , Iany Broken Bow men are eligible for. a divorce under those conditions. Don't al.k speak at once , Merna may think there's a thunder storm in thii ! locality. The attention of Hnpunr.lcAN readers is directed to the. ad- vertisment of Christmas g90ds on tbe first page of this edition. \1r. McComa does not over- dra wn , in his pen picture , the wonderful array of articles to be found in his store , which rione should fail to visit and at as early a day as possible-if they'd see the stock in all its grandeur. A Jetter to Ed McComas from the nurse who is attending on Lester Corlett in the Met odist hospital at Omaha , statcs. that tbe young man is very weak- and shoulo he recover from the attack of typhoid fever , with which lJe is dang rously ill , it would be 'Several ' weeks after being dis- cbarged from the bospital before be would resume his , occupation as ; ewelcr in Mr. McComas' store. W. A. Bald W111 , secretary of the State Missionary work ot the Christian church , was in the city recently and the Christian R - porter , published at Lincoln , mentioned it as follows : "Secre- tary Baldwin stopped at Broken , Bow on the 13 , got acquail1ted with the minister , L. N. Early , and had a short visit with Brother and Sister J. H. Currie , who now reside there. He says the new church just dedicated i8 a credit to the brotherhood and the city. Including the lot it has cost over six thousand dollars , all of w Jcb has been paid. Brother Early 'has p'oven himself a master builder , and his conduct of business - ness affairs commends itself to tbe business world. He , should be kept busy building churches"I I Married at High Noon. 'l'he marriage of Mr. Wilham Jenkins and Miss Katherine Ida Taylor was solemnized , .at tbe borne of the brieds parents , Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Tavlor , in Broken Bow , at high noon , Tut's- day , Nov. 26 , 1907 , Rev W. H. Yanders. of the Episcopal church ' . . officating. About twenty-five relatives of t he parties in teres ted were < ( witnesses - nesses tOJhe impressive ceremqny and many beautiful presents were bestowed upon these popular - lar young JJeople who bave united - ted for hfe-for better or for worse. To Broken Bow residents the bride was well known as one of our most popular , handsome and accomplished young ladies witb an innumerable : number of friends. The groom , who occupies a responsible - sponsible position in the J. C. Bowen store , is also very popular and is beld in high esteem bv friends 1d accquaintances all f whom hope the pathway of liCe of these young people may be under prepetual sunshine , tbe RnpunrIcAN herewith e tending hearty congratulations and best wisbes. Destitute and Demented. Last Saturday eveDlng Sheriff Richardson received word from H. C. Ochsner , residing between I Anseyand ] Berwyn , that an old man , ragged and seemingly de- mented. had been lOitering about tbat vicinity for several days. That he stayed out doors a11 the time , at night building a fire . . - _ : : : . I _ and steeping on tbe ground beside - I , side it , and that thc women and , I children were alarmed lcst he do them injury. Sunday morning Deputy Sheriff - iff Thomson went out and Cound the man 17 milcs southeast of Broken Bow and brougbt him in 'to the jail. He is about fifty years old and gh'es his nllmc as Frank Overfield. As yet the insanity board has not examined him us to dementia , but it is vcry evident he is desti- tuteand , n stranger in this part of the country. , - - - - - - - Union Thanksiiving Services. Union Thanksgiving services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church in Broken Bow next Thursday , November 28th , beginning at 11 o'clock a. m. , and a hearty invitation to be present is extended to c\'cryonc. Rev. Brady , of the Baptist church , will presidc. The opening prayer will be of- ered by Hcv. 'fhompson , oC the M. E. church. Scripture reading by Rev. Mitchell - chell , of the Presbytenan church. The Thanksgiving sermon is to be delivered by Rev. Buswell , I of the U. B. church. Re\ ' , Early , of the Christian church , will pronounce the bene- diction. Especially prepared music will be rendered by the Mcthodist choir. Five per cent Premium for Checks on ' CUlter County Bank. . 'I Improvc ) 'our heards of hogs , by purchasing a malc from the I Custer County Herd of Duroc- Jerseys , S mies ] west of Brolten Bow. 'fops of 200 head , heavy , large bone , have been fed with tbe view of growing bone and muscle so desirable in breeding stock. Five per cent discount Cor par- ment by check on any bank in Custer county , or for cash. JOHN HEESE , Owner , Broken Bow , Nebr. ' - - i BUSINESS smss POINTERS. mqRmt : m rl > ! Drs. Farnsworth & Beck- Dentists. For all kinds of good coal go to tbe West Elevator. 14tf Another shipment ot couches just received direct from 'factory at Konkel's. --Go to J. W. Scott's for un- a ulterated flour-pure , : just as the wheat growed. Dr. Bass , Dentist. Over McComas' Kirkendall Shoes still take the lead at Mevis & Co. The celebrated Maish felt mat- trasses , at Konkel's. Konkel sells bow back chairs at 75c each , the same for which I Montgomery Ward charges S5c and freight added. Big underwear sale at Mevis & Co's.-Men's Womens' and Child- ren-at great reduction. New line of Murphy rockers just received at Konkel's. , Clean Seed Rve for sale a t the - West Elevator 14tf. Mevis & Co's. big sale of dry goods an clotbing is marching along just the same as though nothing bad"happened. ' Dr. Headrick will visit Broken ' Bow , Monday and Tucsday afternoon - noon , December 2 and 3. Practice - tice limited to chronic diseases. Consultation and examination is free. Duroc Jersey boars for salc- the large heavy-bon'd kinl } that will increase the si1. of your hogs. H. BARRAT1' , North Side , Broken Bow. 4l 20 head of Duroc male pigs for sale. Tops of 200 head. Custer County Herd of Duroc-Jerseys , John Reese , Owner. FOR , R NT-320'acre farm 10 m les southwest of Broken Bow , all table land , 250 acres broken , good improvements. Call at once. Chas. Scholz , Broken Bow. Mevis & Co. are still taking clearing hOU5e certificates and checks for all ki ds of goo s at our sale for the amount. of yo r purcbase. You can save two to four dollars - lars on suits of clothes and lo'/er- coats at Mevis & Co. Another sbipment of Rocking cbairs just received at Konkel's di _ ct from the factory at factory pnces. - - Hememb r Konkel is headquarters - quarters for chairs of a11 kinds I . and prices. I1-tf i . - - - r si li1 COOD QUALITY I t LOW PRICES I ' t I . 'l'I se 111'C two cssHntials in groceries and pro- t 'visiolls und its the texfto which we huve alt t ways adhered. Not unly hOH it ulways been our wa ! hword , but it shull continue to be ns I all wi111eal'n by un O1'iler placed horo-either personolly , by phone 01' h ttel' . tv @ , t THE ADVO t . - BROKEN BOW. . i - - . . - . . " < ? lfj ' I The jH t i1 I mlle 1ii' hlgQtI'Wl'U ! ! U ! ltt } : . 1ft ' \ " - ' - liMrfl t\\ 1. . } tlJ d ' , ' is still nn. , Orowds ( 'un he seen there daily , putting in their } t'nll and " "Vin- tel' mpI > lies. ' .I.'he entirc Htock must ' be closed out. Hn vn 2f > pOl' ecnt by attending this Hale. Eml t ! ld .JF lmaN lli$1Lh ! ! ! B "svI \ : ro e'lb ' fa . . , . \ . - . , , . - , , - , . . . . . . , . . . . - : . " < ' - J . , . . " Christmas Trees , ANnY , PEANUTS , WRBATHING , . XMAS ANnLES , _ FRUIT AKES , PLUM pun DING , . A.r rr , ) . . . : RAGLE GRO ERY. ' 4' . . . . . . . . . . ' . 0. . . . . ' 'PI . , ' : . . -.t'i. t. . , - ; : : ) " t.I."j _ . . . . .J.J , : ! . Also a , full line of St : ple and. Fancy Groceries , Decorated Lamps ; St : ple Crockery , Night Lamps , Elegant Water Sets , Etc. , etc. , etc. II