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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1909)
TilJfi lUfii'UBLIOAtt , ClM'EK COUNTY , v STRICTLY PERSONAL $ ' * * . * * , . * ! , t.tL _ > u > ima . _ . Dr. Hanna was inthe city on business Tuesday. J. W. Sanders , of'Merna , was a city visitor Monday. George Williams , of Anselmo , celebrated here Monday. Wui. Worth made a business trip to Gr&nd Island Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scholx left this evening for Hot Springs. Rutnont Pigman returned laat Wednesday from a visit to Gib bon. Marshall Penny , of Callaway , was in the city for the celebra tion. Dan Rockwell attended a horse sale in Grand Island the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Myers , oi Georgetown , celebrated in the city Monday. Dr. G. E. Pennington and L. K. Cole will be candidates for county coroner E. S. Holcomb and wife lef < Wednesday evening for Chicago and other points in Illinois. Miss Laura Rauisthel , of Grand Island , has been visiting the Pigman family this week. John Haney , of Merna , was giving his friends the political ( i hand shake in the city Monday. Sheriff Kennedy went to Oma ha Wednesday evening to attcm the sheriff's convention in Omaha. W. 13. Eaatharn went to York Wednesday morning to partici pate in the temperance state con vention. Deputy Sheriff Craig went to Callaway today to arrest three men who are accused of having broken in a car at Callaway. P. H. Marley and R. H. Wal ker , of Mason City , came up Tuesday in Mr. Marley'a new White steamer. Miss Helen Palmer , who has 3. been visiting relatives here , left j for her home in Grand Island Wednesday morning. Ray Lanphear came hoire Sunday from Alliance , where he has been the past four weeks and has accepted a position it ) Peal's grocery store. Says the collar to the shirt , "you carried me well , " let us meet again at the Broken Bow Steam Laundry , Broken Bow , Nebr. Have you a farm to sell , or ex change ? It costs only a cent a word per day , to run an adver tisement in the Omaha Bee. It will reach over 40,000 subscribers and is almoat sure to find a buyer. Write today. Carpenters , Farmers , Black smiths , Max Ulig Hdw. Co. , of Holdrege , Nebr. , is expecting a large shipment of Gage Tool , Co.'s celebrated Self-S e 11 i n g Planes , direct from the factory at Vineland , N. J. If your local dealer don't sell them send di rect to above for plane the inex perienced can set. No plane like it. Miss Todd wcut to Lincoln on business Wednesday. Sam Green went to Hyauuis today t for a horse sale. Miss Lena Sims went to Mason City Wednesday. L. W. Wilson , of Rlerua , was n the city the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wolf , of Eddyville , were in the city Mon- lay- Mr. and Mrs. Huddlcston , of Sargent , celebrated in the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Downing were passengers for Grand Island Wednesday. Former Deputy Assessor Halll o7 Sargent , was in the city the first of the week. Attorney 13. F. Myers returned Tuesday morning from a busi ness trip to Loup City Win. Warren , of Anselmo , was shaking hands with his friends in this city Monday. Misses Bertha and Lcota IIufL- ker , of New Hope , were in the city Monday for the celebration. Julius Ottttn , of Sargent , was in the city Monday to celebrate and look after his political fences. Frank Jacobs and Gene Chap- pel came up from Lincoln Satur day evening for the celebration and to visit Mr. Chapel'd sistc" , Mrs. C. M. King. Mr. and Mrs. R C Shiley , of Merna , were in the city Monday for the celebration and conduct ed a moving picture show south ot the postofiice. Mrs. McGoogan , who has been associated with C. I'etin & Co. in the millinery business , left Wed nesday for Lincoln for a short visit. She will go to Indianapo lis from there. NEW HOPE. Everyone is rejoicing over the fine rain which visited this vicin ity last Sunday night. . Earl Owen returned home a / week ago last Saturday from Logan , Ivans. , where he has been visiting his sister i'or sever al mouths. His sister , Hazel Kelling , retur < ed home with him and expects to spend the I summer here. Quite a number from this vic inity attended the 4th of July celebration at the How , Monday. All report having a good time in spite of the mud and rain. W. II. Cline is not much bet ter at this writing. Tcua and Edith Taylor are visiting M. Taylor's and John Deituer , at Custer Center. Miss Bertha Huffaker , return ed home last Monday from Loyal , Nebr. , where she has been teach ing school. The Deer Creek base ball team played against Happy Hollow last Saturday. Deer Creek was the victor. The farmers have their alfalfa put up and have gone into the corn fields again. Elder Miller will preach at O. K. next Sunday u.orning at 11:30. : Everyone come. Announcement. Wo wish to announce to the pa trons of Broken Bow , our purchase of the Ed McComas Drug and Jewelry Stock , We come as strangers anxi ous to be acquainted. We are not strangers , however , to the drug and jewelry business and hope , by courteous treatment and fair dealing , to merit your good will and patronage. Yours Respectfully , A. H. SOUDERS. COMING TO Comstock , Nebraska , The eminent physician on chronic dis eases will visit Comstock 15 1909 Thursday , July , And will be at the hotel until 5 p. in. , one day ONLY. Dr. I'otturf , president of the staff of the 11 istHii KlfCtro Mcillc.il Institute , Is milking u tour i > l tliu state. lie will Klvccoiitultatloiiexamination , and all tinmiillclni's necesnary to complete a cure I''IIKK. All lUrtleH taking advantage < f tills iffer are requested to state to their ll lends the result of tlie treatnu lit. Cures DKAKNKHS by an entirely new pro cess , Treats all curable cases of catarrh , tliro.it and lung diseases , eye and ear , stomach , hverand kldneyH , gravel , rheumatism , par alysis , neuralgia , nervous and heart disease epilepsy , ( ( right's disease and disease of the bladder , blood , ind skin diseases , and big neck anil stammering cured. ' Hies and rupture cured without detention from business , Asthma cured In a shor ttlmr. Jf you are Improving under your family physician do nut take up our valuable lime. The rich and the poor are treated alike. Idlers and curoslty seekers will plu.ise stay away. Our time Is valuable. Itemember , NOT A PHNNV will be charg ed lor the medicine required to make a cure of all those taking treatment this trip , nnicc hour U a. in. Positively , married ladles must be accom. panted by their husbands. Uemember the dalf , Thursday , July istn at the hotel in Comstock , Nebr. Also will he at Sarwent , iN"ebr .Tuesday , July lllth , at the hotel , and at Arcadia , Nebr. , Krlday , July 10th , at the Itlesland hotel. Drink "Blue Ribbon" codec Roasted fresh every day. 24-tt GOOD FORTUNE CAME TOO LATE. Lifelong Unfortunate Killed Himself at Moment of Luck's Turn. A French provincial newspaper tells Btory or the Irony of f.ito. The here was a notary's clerk , named Lomer- clor , who had a remarkable series- rovorsea of fortune. Ho Kcoius to have been a hoodoo , for something was hound to go wrong with every firm ho joined In the ca pacity of clerk or cashier. Always 111 paid and wretchedly unhappy , the youth was In turn n gardener , a porter - tor , a carter and anything also that enabled him to buy bread , till after 15 years of a hand-to-mouth struggle ho returned to his native village of Broval , near Mantes , and was taken In by a charitable person. In vain ho sought for work , and he contracted tome unavoidable small debts. The other morning an Imperative knocking at the door announced the emlsaarles of the law. The wretched Loniorcler barricaded himself In and then hanged himself. When a lock smith had broken open the door Le- tnorcler was dead. The Intruder had not como to arrest him , but to an nounce that a distant relative had loft him a legacy of $5,000. Stimulants Used by Men of Genlui. Soorates , Plato and Horanco drank wlno freely ; Fielding , Sterno and Steel sat too long over their cups , and Uyrou sought inspiration In Hol land gin. Burns vWas a tippler , Shel ley drank heavily and Keats , stung by the criticism of his foes , turned for rollof to dissipation. Our own great- eat poet , Edgar Allan Poe , though greatly maligned in this regard , found inspiration for some of his gloomiest and wildest poetry and prose when under the influence of burgundy. Voltaire In his old ago drank fifty cups of coffee a day , and liulzac de pended upon the beverage to sustain him during his hours of toil. Johnson was excessively fond of tea. Hazlott , the writer and critic , consumed of tea about u pound n week. It Is said to huvo hastened his death. ' "Chance" and St. Anthony. Who knows what Is chance ? A golf er told me lately that ho was playing In Spain with a young Catholic stu dent of divinity , who hit his ball into a forest of thistles. Ho sought for it sorrowfully , for golf balls are ex pensive in Spain. At last the player bethought him of St. Anthony of Padua , that great finder of things lost. On his watch chain the young man were n bronze cross dedicated to St. Anthony , or mixed up with him some how. Detaching the cross he throw it high into the jungle ef thistles ; while my frlund marked where it fell , went up to it , and found the lost ball lying within a few inches of the bronze cross. Ugliness. It is no paradox to say that them flourishes just now a cult of ugliness. It is not confined to literature , for witness a vast deal of the fashionable portrait painting , from some oven oJ Mr. Sargent's presentments down- wardr Wo cannot afford to lot the evil grow without protest. Fidelity to beauty Is what makes art powerful for good ; and ugliness , conversely , is the first stage in that broad road of decadence which passes on through ihamclcssncss In tnsto and ends in Immorality in conduct. Love and Money , "After all , the sum of human happl ness may bo totaled up in three words , " said oho. "What on earth are they ? " Inquired her partner in life's joys aud sorrows. " 'I love you. ' " " 0 , I thought you moau't 'Pay to I bearer. ' " Stray Stories. . , . - * t f ± IKHE'B n. look of Joy on the fnco of the hey Who IK counting his nlclc- t'l.H nticl Million , For the Day draws ncnr 'tin nerirly here The happiest of happy times. When bombs jar thlngtt , balloons taltu wings And llroworks llKht the sky , , The boy In tliuro with his annual scare Ito'u In charge of the Fourth of July. Slnco l.lliorty's boll first pealed the knell Of the I'lmliift that monarchy east , The hey has uilsod Cain , him caught the tefraln Flung on from the mlrroiod past. The day linn been his , without query or < | UlZ , It has echoed his loudest licks. Young South , young North whooped up tlie Fourth In the spirit of Seventy-six. We've nil been boys , mul wo love the nolso Of the nation's natal day ; Our hearts go out to thu ilotous rout And the Binoko of the mimic fray. So wo yloltl the stage lo the younger ago On this day of no restraint ; "J'la the boy's own day , wo bow to Its sway The Fourth and Its patron saint. i | Valley Forge Restored NDEPKNDISNCE (1 a y , 1900 , sees lilootl-stainoil , historic Valley Forgo restored , and not only restored , hut greatly heautillud , Improved and turned into u public park for the enjoyment of the people. It Is a fortunate thing that the time has passed when the pil grim to Valley Forgo in search of Bights and relics of the historic camp , perhaps the most hallowed of our revolutionary reminders , was ohllged to tramp over Holds of none too friendly farmers and bo constantly an noyed by signs warning off trespass ers. Apart from which , the fatigue of such a trip was great , as there were no roads loading over the camp ground and no signs marking the way to the historic spots , only Holds of waving grain or woodlands over grown with underbrush. Consequent ly the hardest kind of walking over the steep hills was required to view but a few of the sights. Only the young and physically robust were therefore able to enjoy the pleasures of Valley Forge. Through the untiring efforts of a number of patriotic men , all this has been changed and the state of Penn sylvania has been induced to assume and complete a task which was lirst offered and refused by the federal government , although the undertak ing was clearly within its province , as the camp ground of Valley Forgo Is n relic which should belong not only to Pennsylvania , but to the entire nation , as every patriotic American must wish for its preservation and would fool proud in being part owner. But whether by Pennsylvania or the national government , it must bo at least gratifying to the nation to learn that the neglect of a century has been atoned for , and under the able and enthusiastic direction of the Valley Forgo Park commission , a work of al most Incalculable historical value has been done on the bleak heights above the Schuylkill , to which Washington's barefoot army crawled when the do lent of Germantown left them no other refuge. Fort Washington and Fort Hunting ton have been restored. An iron tower or 105 feet in height for observation purposes is being finished on Mount Joy , and from this tower not only a hlrdseyo view of the entire camp ground and beautiful surrounding country can be had , but also Philadel phia , " 0 miles distant , can bo mrulo out. A beautiful commemorative chapel of the Episcopal church has been built on the spot whore Wash' Ington , in his direst hour of distress , knelt in prayer. The headquarters of the commander in the Isaac Potts house have boon purchased , complete ly restored and turned into a revolu tionary museum , lloada have been built which make possible quick com munlcatlon between all points of the park , besides which , lawns and llowor beds have boon laid out and planted nnd oven a guard house has been built to further heighten the park ef fect. Proposed Confederate Memorials. The United Daughters of the Con federacy have undertaken to carry to n successful conclusion two patriotic projects. Ono ia the erection on the battlefield of Sliilott of it monument to the memory of the confederate sol diers who fell in ouo of the greatest battles of the civil war. The other is n memorial iu the confederate section of the National comotorjj aO Arlington to commomoratu the valor at the outhorn soldiers buried thero. AT THE CHAIiTAUQlA A season ticket will admit you to hear men of national reputation , noted public orators , flvo flno musical organizations , entertainers , and educators caters In all lines. Can you afford NOT to have a season ticket when by owning ono these programs cost about six cents each ? Hesperian Male Quartette HESPERIAN MALE QUARTETTE Organized 13 years ago in the Chicago University and conceded to be the most versatile company doing uluuitauqua worK. Miss Lillian Kirksmith MISS LILLIAN KIUKSMITII i Now recognized as America's load ing lady flute player. Played six weeks' engagement in New York City last winter. Miss Kirksmith will delight the ihautauqua folks with her marvelous skill , purity of tone and pleasing personality. BEAUCHAMP LOU. J. BEAUCHAMP 2 is likely to make things IIAP- PKX when ho appears at CHAUTAUQUA von IY 3T. Read The REPUBLICAN $1 a Year We arc in the market FOR WHITE and YELLOW COHN Will pay the highest price of ferecl on the Broken Bow mar ket. 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