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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1908)
' \ . i . - - . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - , . . = . - . - - . . - - - . . . " - . . . . . - . . - - , r.--------------- , Condensed Local and Personal Paragraphs . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I What's the mattcr with this for good wcathcr for gardcn sass ? Attornev J. H. Dean wcnt to . incoln Monday to arguc a card In the supreme .court. Dr. C. M. Headrick treats all chronic disease. Next visit to Broken Bow will be Monday May 4th. 4th.S. S. L. Perrin has been a point- ad postmaster at Sargent. ui this ' : - . county , according to a Washington - ington dispatch. Mrs. Ed. McComas left last Sunday for Fremont where she will visit friends. former. residents - dents of this city , for a week or ten days. r-r Miss Grace Cole , who is engaged - ed as trimmer in a millinery store at L tchfield , spent last Sunday . , at home with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cole. Through the efforts of Congressman - gressman Kinkaid a bill has been passed in congress granting a pension of * 30 per month to William - liam H. Andrews , of this city. Postmaster Taylor. of Berwyn , was over from his thriving vl1- lage Monday and reported farmers - ers in that vicinity busy , and William McCandless behaving . himself-as usual. A lot of Nebraskans are now returning from spending the winter in southern climates. The weather has been so mild in Nebraska. however , that they spent their money needlessly. Attorney H. M. Sullivan went to Lin oln OI-i ? Monday to attend _ a seSSlon of the state supreme court and argue for appellees in the case of the 1.1eirs of Moses . i Speese. deceased , vs. the estate j ( " ' . of Jeremiah Shores , deceased. " appella t. Ernie Thompson , who is general - eral agent for nine counties in Nebraska for the Woodmen Ac- / cicent Association , spl'nt last week at Callaway and reports a fine business. On Monday of this week he went to Oconto by way of Grand Island. The real reason for locating ' the national democratic convention - I' tion at Denver is out. It is claimed that two drinks of boo e in that high altitude will affect " " . a man as much as nine at sea I level. It should prove a cheap I session for the demos. i Editor Unkefer , of the Hyannis ! Tribune. was a Broken Bow visitor - itor last Saturday , on busine 3 with the U. S. Land Office. 3. d , being a cattle fanci r and raiser , as well as an editor and 'attorney , ' drove ou't to the Brenizer stock farm and admired the thorough- ' ' i 'J' breds. ( : Dr. C. M. Headrick , physician to the sanitarium department of Hastings Clty Hospital , will make regular Visits to Broken Bow each month. Next visit will be Monday May 4th. Office at the Grand Central hotel. Consultation - , sultation free. Will visit Merna I : Tuesday M"y , 5th. I " . I G. H. Russom reached home . last Thursday from a three weeks trip to Texas and Mexico and reports - ports it a thoroughly enjoyable one. Mr. Russom has consented to write an article concerning his trip for RUl'U I.ICAN readers , which will be published next week and we are sure all will find it interesting reading. Amos Rickel went to Alliance I Monday night to assume the duties of night baggageman. He \ 11'/ serveq in the capacity of bag- , - gagcman at the depot in this city long enough to know how to wr ck a Seratoga without a slip or bat f an eye , and thus pro- I motion in his chosen occupation ha speedily followed. Broken Bow has reached a state of development. where a civic improvement - provement soclety can accomplish - lish much good. There are ma.ny spots which can be beautified , many others whose objectionable features can be concealed. U nit- I ed action by the property owners can convert Broken How into one of the most attractive municipalities - palities in the state. Mis ! : Jennie Dobry , of St. Paul , formerly teacher of short hand in Custer Cell ge spent several days in the city last week , a guest of Miss Janie Cooper , de- I , parting for home on Thursday. 'rhe night previous a party 10 I her honor was given at the I Cooper home , which proved .one I of the most pleasant Socletv events of the season , all those of " her former pupils , who are still I in the city. beingin attendance. . On Tueslay J. T. Cole made a business trip to Grand Island. . Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ryerson visited Sargent the first part of this week. Miss Ester dmunds spent a few days the past week vlsiting in Merna at the h me of her sis- ter. Miss Ellen Cain , of Anselmo , after a visit of a week with Broken Bow friends , returned home Monday. Hon .Alpha Morgan went to OUlaha Monday to participate in the festivities at the Taft banquet - quet that night. J. J. Wilson has sold his residence - dence property on the north side to C. S. li'rancis , the consideration - tion being $6,000. Mrs. A. H. Vanlandingham returned - turned I home Tuesday from a visit of a week with her son , John and family , at Eagle , Nebr. Congre3Smi\n Kinkaid has been notified that a pension of $12 per month has been granted to Joseph N. Davis , of Broken Bow. Mrs. Gorum is enjoying a visit from her mother who arr'ed in t1 e city Tuesday with the intention - tion of spending the summer here. here.Mrs. Mrs. Andrew Horn and little daughter left yesterday morning for College View and Omaha to visit friends. She will also visit in Missouri during her absence from home. Miss Leota Shuck , of Loyal , was in tile city Tuesday enroute to Mason City where she is visiting - ing friends this week. She will return here Saturday and enroll as a Custer College student . next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Wilson , of Wahoo , Nebr. , parents of Attorney - ney J. E. Wilson , of Fairview farm , arrived in the city Tuesday - day and will remain here dUring the summer , occupyine- house belonging to IMiss Neuman , in the north part of the city. Charlie Penn returned to the city last Thursday froUl Mexico where he has a gold mine which he has been working since last fa.ll , and which he has developed to such an exten t as to clearly indicate that it will prove a big paying peoperty when the necessary machinery is installed. W. A. George went to Omaha Sunday to attend the banquet tendered Secretary Taft and , having been elected a delegate to the republican national convention - tion to 'be held in Chicago in June , was right in it with the biggest of the big 'uns. He says he had one of the times of his life and trat the big secretary is quite a fellow-when one gets aquainted with him. W. Pulver , of Kenesaw , Nebr. , . came here last week and purchased - ed a car load of baled alfalfa of ' Robert Hunter , and also purchased - , . chased one hundred and fifty . head of cattle which will be driven through to Kenesaw , unless he can get inspection of ' them before shipping. He . doesn't intend to submit to inspection - spection robbery , if there is any , after paying freight. A report came from Dunning to the effect that the railroad company dischargt'd the white section men at that place and sent Italians there last Sunday to take their places , whereupon the citizens dcclared that such a procedure - cedure would not be tolerated and bv threats of violence scared the D-agoes so badly they did not attempt to go to work Monday. Last Friday night at 12 o'clock i an alarm of fire was turned it ] from the residence of S. J. Lon- ergan , a pile of loose boards and shingles between the house and barn , having cought from sparks froUl a rubbish pile which was supposed to have entirely died out. Had it not been discovered until an hour later , it is believed the resldence would have caught fire from it. An other "seventh wonder of the age" has been added to the list in the fact that the Alliance voted against saloons by a majority - jority of 105. Alliance has borne an unenviable reputation for a number of years and the manner in which the saloons were conducted - ducted in that city-with but little - tle respect for the laws or com. mon decency-incensed eve n those who were luke-warm toward them , and they joined with the valiant workers to oust them. Now prosperity for Alliance - liance seems assured. - , . . tMr. and Mrs. N. E. Armstrong hJ.vt ; : gone to Iowa for II. visit of from ten days to two wccls. The hog marlet in South Onla- ha is reported , by Clay , Robinson & Co. , to have declined 10 cents per 100 yesterday. The firm also report that cattle have declined , since the first of the week , froUl 15 to 20 cents per 100. Mr. anel Mrs. L. F. Farn - . worth , of Grand Island , arrived in the city Sunday and visited I. thcir 50n , Dr. Farnsworth and family until 1cstcrday. 'l'hcy had been touring Californir tbe past two month , and stopped here euroute home. A play eutitled"Topsy Turvy" will be reU ( ered at the Prairie Centre school house , six miks northwest of Broken Uow , on Saturday evening of this. week April 11. A cordial invitation is extended the public to attend. Admission 25 cents. The fire laddies attracted quite a crowd of spectators yesterday afternoon while out testiug the fire hose in order to learn if any of it should be condemucd , and while thus engaged sprinkled the trees and grass in the park which will aid quite materially in assisting it to take on its green garb. A party consisting' Qf S. J. Lonergan and R. A. Hunter , of this city , Wm. Dunbar , W. W. Dye and E. C. Heedof Comstock , left Broken Bow 'l'uesday night for Hill City , South Dakota , for the purpose of inspecting the Gold Medal mining property iu which quite a number of our citizens - izens are extensively interested. That season of the year has arrived when the small boy and matches combine to cause con- sternation-and iu some cases a vacant chair at the dinner table. If you have a little Willie you prcfer to feed for a few more years rather than stow him a way ln the cold , damp ground at present , better examine his little breeches pockets and if any fire starters are found therein , administer - minister a rebuke that will sink deep down in his memory and- ! stay there. A wedding occurred at the home of Richard Gift , one and one-half miles northeast of Merna , 1'uesdilY , April 2 , 1908 , at high .noon . , Mr. Walter Bryan and Miss Iylamie Gift being the contracting - ing parties and lev. A. P. Morris - ris officiating. Miss Bessie Gift and Mr. Harvey Taylor attended as bridesma .i and best man , and Mrs. John Haney presided t the , piano. After the wedhng a bountiful dinner was served. Many handsome and valuable presents were bestowed. I Yesterday at high noon thc I residence of Henry 'l'uttle , in the northwest part of the city was burned to the ground. Of cqurse it was quite fashionable and at- teuded by a large number of immediate - mediate friends and others , oc- curing as it did at high noon. The 'l'uttle family decided to move to the San Luis Valley , in Colorado , and during the fore- noou Mrs. 'l'uttle was upstairs 'engaged iri packing articles and burning things she considered useless. Shortly after 11 o'clock she loaded the stove with truck to burn and wentdown. . .to pre- 'pare the uoon-day meal. Just before "high noou , " she heared a crackling noise and upon opening - ing the stair door ( liscovere the building on fire. 'l'he fire department - partment I responded to a summons - mons , but were uuable tc subdue - due the flames. Nearly all the contents of the lower floor , including - cluding a fine , new piano ( purchased - chased of Herbert waUs , the rc- liable music dealer ) were saved. Land Tranlfe'rs. The land sales iu Custer county continue with unabated regularity - ty with a strong inclination to be- ing on the increase as to number , while it is quite evident that prices are some higher than a year ago. The C. 'V. Bowman real estate agency reports , amoug others , two sales that are particularly worthy of mention. The first , a tract of 240 acres in Goheen Vallcy , 15 miles north of QBroken Bow , belonging to Claud Bates , was sold to W. 'V. Barnes for $12,040.00 or $46 per acre. acre.The other , 320 acres belong-ing to A. H. Copsey , in Union Valley - ley , ( , miles west of Broken Bow , was purchased by J. J. Wilson. Told Troubles to Police. Among the city items in the Lincoln Journal of 'l'uesday morning appeared the following upon which comment seems unnecessary - necessary : "I am looking for a housekeeper - keeper who isn't as expensive as I the last one I had , " declared Wil- 'I' _ _ . . . . . . _ _ _ _ . IHam Stewart to the poli co au- thorities. I Stewart is un ag d : Scotcluuan and hails Crom Brokett I Bow , Nebr. He is reputed to be I quite wealth ) " and speaks in the quaint Scottish accent of the mother country. He said that his Ilast housckecper sued him for $3,000 in payment Cor her alleged - leged services , but the judge whittled the amouut down to $1,000. "At that rate , " he de. clared "they arc an expcu\ive ! luxury. " . Died. ! { NOUSB'At the h0111e of her parents , three and one.haIt intleB northeast of Bcrwyu. April 6 , 1908. , Mamie Laivinia Knouse , aged 20 years. 2 mouths and 26 days , after two or three daj's of sulTer- Ulg' with membranous croup. ' 1'hc subject of this uotice was born Jan. 10 , 18 < 1S , in Seward count ) " , Nebr. , from where the family removed to Custer county last March , and are comparative strangers in our midst , but the family have the sympathy of the whole cOIUU1unity. The little one leaves a father and mother , three brothers and nine sistl'rs to mourn her loss. Owing to the nature of the disease - ease , short services were ueld with the family at the hOU1t : by ReR Bellis , and the rcmains wcre intered at the Jancsville cemetery. I M m BUSINESS POINTERS. w sm . Drs. larnsworth & lkck- - Dentists. An elegant line of bo's and children's clothes , just received at Snyder Bros. & Co. For all kinds of good coal go to the West Elevator. 14tf FOR HIm'1'-260 of - acrcs pasture - ture , Georgetown , Nebr. Inquire - quire at RHl'UIIIICAN omce. - -'uruished - and unfurnished rooms for rent in Reneau block We tale orders for ladies' tailor made suits , guarantee a 1it. 34tf SNYDER BlWS. & Co. FOR SAIH-An O. K. fresh milch cow , 4 miles north east of Brokcn Bow , phone 2511. Htf Fen SAIE-li'ine single driving outfit , complete. Apply to Dr" Wil'I' . A ncw importatIOn of rugs received - ceived at Konkel's , March 2nd. They are beauties and will bc sold at prices that causes competition - petition to look exceedingly weary. Clcan Seed Oats for sale a t the West Elevator 14tf. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - An elegant line of boys and children's clothes , just receivcd at Snyder Bros. & Co. 34tf Try our Hex Lump Coal , new $7.00 per ton at Dierks Lumber & Coal Company , Brolen Bow , Nebraska. We take orders for laclies' tailor made suits , guarantee a fit. u _ _ _ _ _ SNYDER _ _ _ _ _ _ BlWS. _ _ _ _ _ _ & _ Co. _ Dr. Bass , Dentist. OvcrMcComas' An elegant line of boys and children's clothes , just received at Snyder Bros. & Co. W AN'l'ltD-.A strong Bohemiau girl for general work. Address Mrs. Ferguson , 86 miles south west of Comstock , Nebraska. W ANTItD-A Iood girl for geu- erol hous work un the farm , in family of threc nclults. Mus. J. 14. FHWUSON. ! Eighl and one half miles south west of Comstock , Nebr. Phone 5222. gdward Dodd , physlcian and ! surgeon. Office with Dr. Christensen - tenson in Reality block. Office phone No. 260 ; rcsidence phone No. 248. All calls promptly at- tended. 32-tf We take orders for ladies' tailor made suits , guarantee a 1it. SNYDItH Buos. & Co. Bronze 'rurke ) ' eggs , a sctting of 9 for $100. MRS. J. T4. 11'mwusoN , gight aud one-half miles South east of Comslock , Nebr. Phone 6222. NO'l'lCO Fen PUBLlUNJ'lOX. jtpartment Jf thl'Interlor I.anl ! ollieI' at Uroken lIow , NelJr. . April t ! , 100 . Notice Is herelJy gl\'en that ) LI\\'anJ D. r.ewl . of IIrokcn 110XelJr. . . ha ! ! IlIellnoUl'e ot his Intcntlon to make IInal r ; year Ilrouf In ! ! l1pport of hili claim , vlz : 1I0meoteaLi ! ent ry No. : : : : : : : : .111\111' lIIay IU. 1001. for the ! ! ollthcaHt cjllarter of thc sOlltheast (1lIal'ter . , HccUun a. northeaHt ( Illarter of lIorth'l.ot ! ( IUartel' and uurth0 northeaot ! 1 , . ( uf ! Jel'Uon III , It\\'nohlll ! It ! north. nlllgeJO : wc t. allli that saill Ilrollf \ \ l1lJe malIc lJelorl' reglJter .11111 receiver at Broken lIow , NelJr. . on Ia ) ' 10. llO ! . Ill' namcs the followinlo . : wltnesocs ! to IIro\'c his contlnuolls rcshll'/Il't. IIlIon. and cultl\.1' tlon of. the lan/I , vl1. : William W. Uarnco.of ! Uroken Uow , NelJr. . 'J'lrnmas Hose , of Bruken 1101NelJr. . . AllJert Wachter of Anselm. . . NelJr. . HolJert U. l > eatlrerallc. of Anscllllu NelJr. JUHN [ htst : . . I Itegli tcr. I = - _ l. . . . . . - NEW ROYAL SEWING MACHINE , New Royal No.22 Only . $27 .00 . . . - " " - . ! . 'l'here i9 110 better sewing machinc made at anj' price than our New l o.ral.No. 22. It has an automatic drop head and t ll the latest impr vemcl1ts , we absolutely guarantee it for 10 years we let ) 'ou take it to your hOUle 011 30 days trial , beCore . ) 'ou buy it. . Give the machine an ) test 'you care to It Will Stand It- T CROAT & VAN ANTWERP Opera Block - - I ' " " --0 MEVIS Ie CO. AH.I 8'.I'ILL _ MOVING ' .I.'I1I nOOUH 'l..1l.1 IH I1\U\Ll N8.11 8'1'00K 1\llTH'l. ' .u li CLOSED OUT AT ONCE. 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Price , $2500 ; will take half iu horses or cattle at market value. . - ' ] , . ! ttLf ! ! r- . . . . _ r 1 A - - : Jeale's PO 1m TED PLAJTS' . , , I . The lad ice ; oi Uroken Bow and vicinity- those who appreicate the bcautifull1owcrs-arc invited to call and see the plants. l 'new assortment being receivcd twicc each week , and the } ' are all beaul1cs and selling at lower prices than e\'cr beforc. . Fiower and Gar en Seeds In package and bulk , all of the 1907 growth. I J. N. Peale . Ii i I Broken . . .Bow , Nebraska. I