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Condensed Local and Personal Paragraphs
Mr. amI Mrs. Charles Barrett ,
of Merna , visited with Droken
Bow friend last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson
visited'riends at Anselmo from
Sunday morning until Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs. Alvin Burk went
to Mason City and spcnt Sunday
with relatives , returning home
Monday.
Walter Cole wcnt to Monroe ,
' ' and will
Ncbr , 'l'ucsday motning
spend a part of the summer in
that vicinity.
Henry [ ( ell c y rcpresanted
Auselmo in the county seat last
li'riday nd attended to important -
ant bustness matters.
"M. S. Daily of Milburn purchased -
chased an isolated forty acre
tract of goverment land adjoining -
ing his farm Monday at public
auction.
J. Neuman , who has been
spending a few weeks in the city
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris.
left Monday morning for Everett ,
Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith ,
who conducted the Commercial
hotel for a year prior to last fall ,
left this morning for San Diego
and othcr California points to
see all that's worth seeing.
'rhe business session of the
quality conference of the United
llrethern church will be held next
Saturday at 2:30 : p. m. The
presiding elder , Rev. W. C.
Miller , will preach and hold communion -
munion service Sundav at 11 a.tn.
Ansley Argosy-W. : A. Harris
the butter and egg man frolli
Broken Bow , was in Ansley
Tuesday. Mr. Harris is a
tlJOrough chicken crank .and he
can give one many good pointers
from the utility side of the poultry -
try business.
Rev. J. E. Ingham of Lincoln
who has been visiting in the
county for the past week , occupied -
cupied the pulpit in the Baptist
clurch of this city last Sunday
morning and evening. He was
p. stor of the cnurch when the
church building was errected ! .
twenty-two years ago.
E. O. Garrett , of Fremont ,
who was superintendent of the
Broken Bow city schools , 'fifteen '
years ago , has been spending a
few daIs in the city renewing
acquainf nces. At present he is
employed as traveling salesman
for a St. Louis school supply
house , and is a candidate for
lieutenant-governor of the state
on the democratic ticket.
; " Hon.li' . C. W Hson , of Anselmo ,
one of onr representatives in the
I , last state leg-islature , was a
, , ; . \ Broken B w visitor last Tues-
' . . > . . day. Mr. Wilson proved a good
member and a hard-working one ,
\ . " always doing something in the
. interests of his constituents and
! . securing the legislation he es-
I" ) , poused. It is expected he will
\ " ; . be a candIdate for re-election and
if so , will prove a stronger candidate -
; . didate than before.
Elba Pigman , son of County
Clerk and Mrs. Jos. Pigman , has
recovered from a severe illness
- and is again able to be out. He
was taken sick about six weeks
i ago and for sev ral days physicians -
, ians were unable to decide the
cause of his sic ness , and hope
I' for his recovery had almost been
abandoned when a change for the
I hetter occurred. 'l'he yonng man
has many friends-all of them
pleased to l1e able to associate
, with him again.
. N. Grant Houston , B. SC. of Sacred -
" cred Literature and Archaeology
and lecturer on bible lands who
bas explored the scripture lands
and who was in the steps of
Abraham , Moses , Joshua , Cbrist
and his apostles and who has
been an eye witness to the scenes
, . charactemdng the llible , will
give his lecture on his travels in
. . . 1he Holy Lands , at the M. E.
church Wednesday evening , April
.8tl1. Exhihits 160 specimens and
enrios. Admission 25c and JOc.
A small building in the rear 01
. 1 he Custer' block either cought 01
I. . was set tire at noon Tuesday and
was enveloped in flames whet1
first noticed. Marshal Shackel.
ford tingled the fire bell in
, lively and exciled manner whiclJ
soon brough t a crowd to th (
scene , including members of tlH
fire department , yet no one woule :
butt in to save the structure ,
which was owned by Dr. W. E
Talbot who will , perhaps , n01
feel the loss very severely. ThE
only loss will be to those in the
habit of over-turning out houses
on H llowe'en nights , as it neve1
, failed to receive th ir attention
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Read an itcw in anther column
of this Rnl'UDI.IcAN under the
heading" Easter Marl\et. "
Uev. John D. Brady is spending -
ing this week at Merna conducting -
ing revival meetings in the
Baptist church.
H. Bourgault arrived in the
city the first of the week from
Massachusetts and expects to
make this his future home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gibbs , who
have been visiting in this
vicinity , left Wednesday morning
for their home near Lakeside.
Dr. Headrick will visit Broken
Bow , Monday , April 6th. Practice -
tice limited to chronic diseases.
Consultation and examination
free.
Thc' ladies of the Christian
cRurch will hold an Easter
Market , and servp. dinner and
supper , at the Templc theatre
on Apri118th.
Correspondents of the RItl'uD-
I.ICAN must not forget to sel.Jd
their communi'cations in time to
reach the printing office on Wed-
nesday. Those. that arrive on
Thursday are too late for insertion -
tion in the issuc of the current
week.
Gongressman Kinkaid has been
notified that a pension has been
granted Moses Lewis , of
Anselmo , at the rate of $17 per
month , to all of which Mr. Lewis
is certainly entitled for the service -
vice he rendered his country
when he was able to do so.
MARRIItD-At the residence of
the bride's father in Hose Valley ,
Nebraska , in the presence of the
family and a few triends , by Rev.
R Bellis , of Berwyn , Mr. Joseph
F. Anderson and Miss Bessie B.
Mosely , both of Custer county.
The young people have the good
wishes of a nest of friends.
J. A. Amsbery of Mason City
was a.cit. visitor TuesdIY , He
and hIs wIfe returned a few days
previous from a visit to Marion
coun ty Iowa , where they attended
the Golden wedding of H. A.
Amsberry and wHelon the 24th ,
n ar Knoxville. , They visited
relatives at Des Moines pn their
return , home. '
Mr.-and Mrs. G. W. Whitehead
and Mr. and Mrs. George Ander.
son , of Mason City , were Broken
Bow visitors on 'l'uesday. Some
of oUJ citi ens not acquainted
with them were of the opinion it
was a bridal party with Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson the most interested -
ed of the two couple.
R. P. Stanford , one of the
prominent and substantial citi.
zens of Merna who has retired
from farming with a competency ,
was a visitor in the city 'l'ues.
day and occupied the easy cha I
in the HUPUDI.ICAN office for a
short time while swapping
weather prognostications ancl
things with Ule editor.
It is absolutely useless for thE
woman of an economical turn oj
mind to stand looking wistfull )
into the show windows of th (
milinery stores and wonder if hel
old hat can be trimmed over fOI
Easter , or if she will have to pro.
duce the price of a new one.
The shapes this year are vcr }
different from those of last yea1
and demonstrates conclusivah
the futility of building over las1
year's hat.
Last Wednesday a huntin
party compose of Ed , McComas
Al Stuckey , Noah De Valt ant
Al Sloggett left for Gandy ,
distance of 70 miles , and at the
forks of the South Lou ! , rive ]
spent two days and experienced
splendid shoot , as well as severa
other things which they do no
tell for publication. They reach
, cd home Monday .evening bring
ing 155 ducks and geese , killec
during two days spent in shoot
ingo , which is considered a might :
good bag.
The tragic event of last Satur
day evening in Broleen Bow , i ]
Which enemies met , each of thet ]
possessrd of loaded revolvers
one man shooting and killinj
the other , is only another argu
ment in favor of a law prohibit
ing or regnlating the sale of tirl
arms. It goes to show , alse
that the law prohibiting the cal
rying of co.ncealed weapons i
practically a dead letter when , a
a matter of fact it is a law tha
, should be enforced to the ver
. ' letter. There are today man :
young men in Broken Bow wIi
" ote g-uns" in their hip pocket
and the authorities conld not d ,
a better turn for the communit
and also the "gun toters" than t
. ferret them out and disarm then
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for Northern 10\\0 , to inspect a I
piece of land offered him in trade I
for Custcr county realty.
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Zeb Phillips and George Reed ,
a pair of good , honest farmcrs in
the vicinity of Arnold , were
transacting business in the city
and hobnobbing with frlcmls ,
Monel ay.
Hichard Brega , of Call way ,
the champion of county divisio1 ,
spread his namc on the register
at the Comwercial hotel in this
city , Monday. He WIlS enroutc
to attend thc couuty division
meeting at Ansley.
\Vitlt a half a dozen ncw houses
in course of construction in the
northwest part of town-already
so soon tillS spring-indkations
are there wiH be somewhat of a
someth,1ng doing in the building
line doing in llrokcn Bow this
year.
year.McGraw
McGraw and Cadwell rcport
havi.lg negotiated , and last week
consummated the sale of two
goo properties , as follows : 'l'be
George Carr farm of 319 ac s , at
New Halena , to E. Knoll , for
$13,000. And the Mary Leslie
farm , consisting ot 160 acres , .
near Gates , to Amos W. Young ,
for $6,400. This is evidence that
Custer ( 'ounty soil is looking up.
James N. Peale , of the Cash
Grocery , : left tbis morning for
California and will be absent
from home for several weelcs ,
visiting various points In that
state in the hope that a change
of climate will improve the condition -
dition of his health , which has
not been anywhere near up to
standard for somc time past , and
"Jim's" many friends hope 'twIll
be even so and that he will return
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with thc rosy hue f youth bedecking -
decking his estwhile alabaster
cheeks.
W. B. Eastham and Jess Gandy
went to Lincoln and attcnded , as
especially invited guests , a banquet -
quet Tuesday night tendered the
democratic editors of the state
by William Jennings Bryan. I
The gentlemen returned home I
yesterday highly elated , and
somewnat inflated with an idea
they had been gone and did H-
in impersonating "a editor. "
Eastman eays that Gaudy's response -
sponse to the toast : "How 'tis
done to get what you wan t , " was
certainly taking , but to inspire
confidence he should give a practical -
tical demonstration of his theory.
Several of the old boys who
seemed to bc "afraid for scared , "
because of the small p x bugaboo - ,
aboo , and took on the virus from
' \ vaccine point , are not fcelinJf
well these days and are careful to
steer clear of friends whom they
know are so affectionate they cannot -
not converse withont hanging on
to one' , > arm-and especially the
vaccinated one. Mayor George
is chief high ranger of the gang
that is suffering-both : night
and day-and he says now that
he wishes I he had either talcen
the small pox in reality or been
quarantined on suspicion.
City Marshal Shackelford is
making tours of the alleys and
peeking into the b ck vards these
days-when his duties will per-
mit-and the e little investtga-
lions ot "hissen" arc closely followed -
, lowed with a notice-personally
served-to "clean up at oncc or
something will be doing that will
be expensive and may cause you
to say something out loud and in
. a b1ue colored tone of voice. "
, Clean Upj leLthat be the slogan.
Don't spend your time signing
an agreement that you will , just
to get your name in print-but
clean up. That's the idea the
RItPU I.ICAN has been advancing
for several years.
A Fierce Prairie Fire.
The RUPUDI.ICAN last Tuesday
l made mention of a prairie fire
raging the night previous in the
vicinity of the Hunter ranch ,
but could give no particulars as
the phoce wires were down and
couriers had not come in from
- that district.
The tenant out on Blackwell'
farm , 8 miles north of thIs city ,
- was engaged in burning some
rubbish Wednesday evening , lasl
week , when a gale of wind sud.
enly came up , scattering the
hve embers to the dead , dry gras !
wh ich instantly blazed in so
many places he was unable tc
cope with it.
'l'he fire swept from the Black.
well place to "Bob" Hunter' !
e ranch and burned a strip of a
mile wide across it , destroyin
1 1-2 miles of fence , two riks 0
hay anl1 a bunch of fine timber
From there it burned to th (
George .smith place , and destroy
cd a mile of fence , and a lot 0
trees. Here it was met by ;
back fire that had been startec'
by fully fifty men who worked a
only determined men can work
work and through the .effor
put forth by them , the fire wa' '
1. subdued.
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'l'he laclies of the Christian ,
church will have their Annual ,
Easter Market on April 18th at
the Masonic 1'emple. 'l'hey will '
also have for sale all kiuds f ,
fancy articles.
'l'he ladies of thc Christian
church are noted for their Easter
Market amI those who talee their
meals there go away with thc
firm conviction that thcy have
had a "square deal. "
Rcmember the date April 18th ,
and bring all ) 'our fricnds.
An Acknowledgement.
R. A. Hunter and George
Smith wish to earl1estl ) ' thank
t hc man ) ' friends and ncigh bors ,
who so heroically camc to their
assistance , and fought the dIsastrous -
astrous prairie lire , which , had it
not bren for their timely assis.
tanc < ' . , would have swept their
whole rauchcs and burned build-
ingsl fcl'I1CCS and trees of many
years painstaking' care. We
thank you all heartily.
R. IIUN'rHH ,
Gno. SMITH.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank our many
friends , and relatives , for the
ldndness , shown us in the sicle-
ness and death of onr dear little "
babe , Kcnneth. .
MR. AND Mus. C. Q. POH'l'JW ,
CARD UP TJlANIW.
I desire to most heartily thank
the people , and especially those
of my neighbors from the south
and the east who so heroically
and successfully fought and ex-
tinguishcd the recent pmirie tire
in my neighborhood , and by
whose efforts my hay stac1cs , as
well as the Spnnstube cemetery ,
was saved from destruction.
GnORGIt SCHMIT' ! ' .
Scll Your Hogs to Russom. I
G. H. Hussom is no\v buying I
and shipping' hogs and requests .
all who have SW1l1e to 'ell to cal1
on him and get his prices which j
wil1 alw ys be the highest com- :
mesurate with the market. He J
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is making his headquarters at
the Bruee Lumber yard where he i
can be interviewed every day. :
Better sce him if you bave hogs 1
for salc.
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.I BUSINESS POINTERS. .
rill& tWtUi ril ! ? & ' :
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Drs. . l1""arnsworth & Beck -
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i\.n elegant Hne.of boys an
children's clothes , just received
at Sn.yder Bros. & Co. I
For al1 kinds of good coal go
to ( he West Elevator. 14tf
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Money to loan on choice farms.
W. B. EAs'ruAM.
-Furnished amI unfurnished
rooms for rent in Reneau block
We take orders for ladies' tailor
made suits , guaran tee a tit.
34tf SNYDnH Blws. & Co. I
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outfit , complete. Apply to Dr.
Christensen. I
A new importatJOn of rugs 're- I
ceived at Konkel's , March 2nd. I
They are beauties and will be i
sold at prices that causes competition -
petition to look exceedingly I
weary. I
Clean Seed Oats for sale i ) t the
West Elevator 14tf.
An elegant line of boys and
children's clothes , just received
at . Snyder Bros. & Co. 34tf
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$7.00 per ton at Dierks Lumber
& Coal Company , Broken Bow ,
Nebraska.
WI : take orders for lacIies' tailor
: made suits , guaranfee a fit.
SNYDnR BIWS , 8 : Co.
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children's clothes , just received
I at Snyder Bros. & Co.
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girl for general work. Address
Mrs. Ferguson , 8 miles south
west of Comstock , Nebraska.
Money to loan on choice farms.
W. B. EASTHAM.
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surgeon. Office w1th Dr. Christensen -
tenson in Reality block. Office
, phone No. 2Oj residence phone
No. 248. All calls promptly at-
tended. 32-tf
We take orders for ladies' tailor
made suit , guarantee a fit.
SNymtH BHos. 8 : Co.
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them with R. A. Hunter & Co. ,
Droken Bow and J. 14' Fergnson ,
Comstock , Nebr.
.Money to 10lln on choice farms.
W. B. EASTHAM.
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New Royal No.22
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, $27.00
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'rhere is 110 bctter sewing machinc made at any price
than our New Royal No. 22. It has I\n automatic drop hcad
and all the lahst improvcmcnts , we absolutely guarantee it
for 10 years we let you tnlcc it to your home on 30 da's
trial , before ) 'OU buy it.
Give the machine any test you care to
It Will Stand It.
CROAT & VAN ANTWERP
Opel'a Block
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'Real Estate Nsotiations. !
Office with H. T. Bruce & Co.
Broken Bow , . . Nebrasl < a.
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, , City erty
For Sale and Trade
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Watch t is each week for baJ ( rains ,
: J3ere"s : C > : n.e
A two story frame residcnce , 12 rooms , ' furnace , bath , -
tWd"'cisterus , city water , good barn , two lots , fine shade , for
sale or trade for good land.
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P01 TED PLANTS J
The ladies of Brol n Bov. . and vicinity-those
who appl'eicate the beautiful flowers-are iuvited to
call and see the plants , a new assortment heing
received twice each week , and they arc all beanttes
and selling at lo ver prices than ever hefore.
Flower and Garden Seeds
In package and bulk , all of
the 1907 growth. .
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