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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1910)
THE OUSTER .OO.UNTT &BPDBLIOAN Biff Family Reunion. A rcuuiou of the descendants of Joshua and Fanny Wilson , whose home was at Bilinda , Iowa , where most of the children grew to manhood and womanhood , occurred at Broken Bow , Neb. , and near Merna , Neb. , holiday week. It commenced on Monday , Dec. 27 , when most of them arrived , and lasted four days. The first two days were spent at Broken Bow at the fine new home of Mr. and Mrs. F , M. Ohnsted , she being the oldest of the family. The last two days were spent at the home-of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wilson , ten miles west of Merna. In the last few years they have all scattered , some living in Cal ifornia , Wyoming , Iowa and the grea'er part in Nebraska. Mr. V. F. Wilson came from San Jose , Cal. , arid H. M. Wilson Pv li * * from Thermopolis , Wyo. Their wives were unable to accompany them , they b ing the nnly sister- in-laws not present. The follow ing were the others present : Mr. and Mrs. W. IT. Putcamp and daughter oi Omaha , Neb , ; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wilson and sons of Dolton , Iowa ; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson and daughter and neice , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Herry and daughter and Mrs. G. 13 Rooker of Antioch , Neb. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wilson and daugh ter of Alliance , Neb. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wilson , Mr. and Mrs M. G. Smith , Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith and families of Merna , Neb. , and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Olmsted and family of Broken Bow , Neb. There are twelve children and all are living 6 girls and 6 boys Two of the boys are twins , E. W. and J. E. Wilaon. The oldest of the family is ho years of age and the youngest is 38 years of age. It has been 35 years since they have all met together and the meeting was a very happy and joyous affair. All were great merry-makers. Old time songs , recitations and piano solo were rendered by each in their turn , and still not forgetting the more serious part as all were raised Christians and none o them have forgotten their fathers and mothers' teachings , "who have passed on before. " Most o them being active workers in the church. During the meeting at Broken Bow they all went to the photo graphers and had a picture o the. twelve taken , and as they marched home , they had the twelve weighed , which was 2,160 pounds. When they returned they found the table spread for twelve and a bounteous dinner of roast turkey chicken , cake , mince , pumpkin and gooseberry pie , and all the delacies it takes to make a fine banquet. Some of the finest frui California produces , was broughi by V. F. Wilson for the occasion At each plate were token o remembrances from each brothe and sister , such as spoons , plates neckties , silk socks , handker chiefs , pitchers , pins and varioir other articles. They also re ceived little tin pans and whistle from Fanny Switzer and Fannj Putcamp lo remind them of thei childhood days. A photo wa taken while they were at thi table. After spending two verj pleasant days there , they depart ed Wednesday evening for J , O Wilson's , going to Merna , Neb. on the train , where sufficien livery awaited to carry them t his fine home west of Merna. On Thursday about 75 were served tQ a bounteous dinner of roast turkey , roast goose , fruit salad , fresh fruit , cakes , pies and many other good things fit for a king. The day there was spent in speaking , singing and instrumental music by the child ren and grandchildren. Also a fine sermon suitable for the oc casion was rendered by Rev. Hodges of Colorado. There are 52 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. A great number of them being present. This makes 117 living children , in cluding husbands and wives , grandchildren and great-grand children. The guests departed Friday , declaring both families royal entertainers , after having spent a happy week , yet a sadness came over them thinking it might be their last meeting. They have planned a meeting for 1')1S in California , if all are living God grant it may be so. Ala rr led. Wednesday , January 12 the at home of Mr. and Mrs. Sampson Givens , of Merna , occurred the marriage of their daughter , Esther Beatrice , and J. Leroy Stratton , of Broken Bow. The bride is one of Merna's fair and accomplished daughters. The groom has been a resident of Hroken Bow for several years , and was for a time one of the publishers of the Custer County Beacon. They will reside at Sterling , Colorado , where Roy has a position in a printing ffice. The Republican extends : ougratulations to the young ; ouple and wishes them an abun- ance of "phat takes" in their ourney through life. Must be Labeled. After January 1st , there can be no more shipments of liquors by xpress or freight without a abel on the outside of the pack age stating exactly what the package contains , and it must be addressed to the person who bought it. Congress at the last ession codified , revised and amended the penal laws of the United States , and January 1st was fixed as the date for the new code to go into effect. A penalty of five thousand dollars and forfeiture of the iquor is imposed for violation of this provision of the -ode. The effect of this law will be to practi cally break up every blind tiger n dry territory. 'I here will be no way' to escape the law. In addition to the penalty against the shipper , there is also a heavy penalty against any railroad or other agent delivering such goods when not properly marked. There will be no way the keeper of a blind tiger can procure the iquor he sells , except from tnooshine distilleries. The arrival of liquor at the station in large quantities con signed to one person will be a dead give away , and it will be very easy to spot every blind tiger now running in dry territory. "Covering'1 The First "Story. " Because of the wide difference of opinion relative to the numer ical record of the apple-consump tion of our first parents , the Staristical Editor sent the Cub Reporter out to trail the truth to its air in the Garden of Eden , back it up it a corner and choke the exact facts out of it with this highly edifying sesult : "It could be said Eve 8 and Adam 2 , a total of 10 ; also that Eve 8 and Adam 8 too , total 16 ; but if Eve 8 and Adam 82 , the total would be 90 Now if Eve 81 and and Adam 812 , the total would 803 ; then if Eve 81 1st and Adam 812 , the total would be 1623 ; or again , if Eve 8H Adam and Adam 81242 oblige Eve , the total would be 82,056 ; though it is admitted Eve 814 Adam , Adam if he S1S1242 keep Eve company , total 8,182,056. But this is all \rrong. Eve , when she 81812 many , and probably felt sorry for it , and Adam , in order to relieve her grief , 812 , therefore Adam , if he 81814242fy Eve's depressed spirits. Hence both ate 81,856,866 apples. The Staistical Editor is in a padded cell. Cover Chat , Jas. Lindley and IJ. B. An drews were among the Anselmo- itea in town Tuesday. E. Graninger , of Palmyra , this state , transacted business here Monday. F , M. Sharp and wife , of Dun ning , were in Broken Bow Mon day , Harry W , Kirby , of Thedford , had business here Tuesday. WHO ARE THE UNITED DOCTORS ? Some Information About These Great Specialists Who Will Be In Broken Bow January 27th , 28th and 29th , ' Since the announcement has been made in these columns that the Chief Consulting Physician of the United Doctors who have one of their permanent institu tions located at 232 Neville Block , on the second lloor , corner of 16th and Hartley Streets , Omaha , Nebraska , would pay a short visit to the Grand Central Hotel on Thursday , Friday aad Saturday - day , January 27 , 28 and 2'Hh the question has been many times asked ; who are the United Doc tors and what do they do ? ' 1 he answer is utit > : The United Doctors , as the name implies , is an association of expert medical specialists who have united to organise a new School of Medicine ; a new and more scientific and positive sys tern of curing human ailments. For centuries the world has been full of different cults and isms of medicines. We had the old root and herb doctor with his bitter potions ; the Allopath with calo mel and quinine in heroic doses ; the Electic without his calomel , the Osteopath ; and the Christian Scientist. We were doctored by- heat , by electricity , by baths at the Hot Springs and by a multi tude of men and methods. Some of the patienis were cured , some died who should have been cur ed. It was impossible for the ordinary person to say which method ot treating- diseases was the best , and the physicians of the various schools were so biased that they could see good only in their own methods ; all others , were necessarily bad. Evidently there is good in all of them for they cured some cases , also there is bad in all for they all failed at times and al lowed misery to remain or death to come where a cure should have been affected. A tremenduous stride forward was made when the association of United Doctors was formed , The founders of this association consisted of eminent specialists from the various schools of prac tice. Electics , Homeopaths , All opaths , Regulars and Irregulars , met and agreed to drop their prejudices and form a new sys tem of treatment which would embrace all the good points of the old methods and leave out the bad. The results of the ef forts of these world-famous specialists of the various schools was the wonderful system of treatment now being used by the United Doctors. All this was not accomplished in a day or a week , but has taken years of pa tient work by these specialists in their great institutes in the east ; Homeopaths , Electics and Allo paths , all working side by side , each throwing away his old ideas when he was convinced there was something better , until at last out of the chaos and confu sion came the new and perfect system as it is now used by the United Doctors , The cost of these specialists was great , not only in the labor of forming the new system of treatment , but also in the effort it cost them to ignore their pre judices in favor of the various schools in which they were or iginally educated. Bui their record has been great in health and happiness restored to hun dreds and thousands who were going to their graves in misery , pronounced incurable by old methods. 1 his wonderful new system of medicine has cured thousands of casee of chronic diseases of the liver , kidneys , nerves , skin , heart , lungs , bowels , stomach , including rheumatism , paralysis , neuralgia , appendicitis , gall stones , piles , goitre , rupture , di seases of women and the diseases of men , which had been pronoun ced incurable by other doctors Mrs. Tilitha Carr , of Papillion , Nebr. , says four years 'ago she had a nervous breakdown , includ ing Rheumatism , Stomach and Bowel trouble. She got so bad members of her family had to sit up with her night after night , each time expecting her to die before morning. She grew worse under treatment from her home doctor and finally a Surgeon from another city told her if she would be opetatcd on she would be able to do her housework the next day. She was operated on and the result of that operation confined her to her bed for eight mouths. When she left her bed her neighbor took her to the United Doctors office at Omaha. In six weeks from that time she says : "I feel better than 1 huvc in the past three years. I eat well , do my own work , sleep well and have not a particle of pain. I feel like a new woman. " Louis Schullz , a prosperous farmer living on R. R. No. 2 , Plattsmouth , Nebr. , says : "For twelve years he had been treat ing with his home doctors , those in Council Bluffs , Iowa , and the best ones in St. Paul , Minnesota. He even went clear to Hot Springs , Arkansas , and took the Hot baths at Lincoln , all of which gave him no relief. "I went to the United Doctors. They told me more about myself and diesease in ten minutes than all the others put together in all the years before. Now my stomach gives me no trouble. I eat everything awl digest it perfectly ; my kidneys are better and my rheumatism is improving so rapidly in this short time that I am sure my re covery will be complete. " N. C. Carlson , of VVausa , Nebr. , says : "I am now as well as 1 ever was in my life. When I commenced treatment with you I was barely able to walk , such was the pain I had , Now after taking your treatment for five months I enjoy perfect health. " Mrs. Alice Griswold , of 1619th Street , Omaha , Nebraska , says she had appendicitis in very se vere form. She did not believe she could be cured without a surgical operation but took the United Doctors treatment with little hope. After the first two or three doses she began to feel better and in leas than a month was entirely cured and has had no return of the trouble since. These people were cured in their own homes without a sur gical operation and they are only a few out of the thousands who have been cured by the United Doctors at iheir various Insti tutes throughout the United States. These specialists have hundreds and thousands of tes timonials from cured patients on file at their offices. Any one interested - terested in any particular di seases can secure names of pa tients who were cured of that di sease by writing to the United Doctors at their Omaha Insti tute. These testimonials are from responsible people of Ne braska and were given voluntar ily out of the gratitude of their hearts , so you can believe impli citly what they tell you. It is this wonderful system of all home treatment that the United Doctors are bringing to Broken Bow on January 27 , 28 and 29th. If you are skeptic * ! , write to the United Doctors for the names and addresses of patients whom they have cured and you will be furnished with as many names jas you may desire to investigate. Remember the United Doctors will be here but three days and while here will receive patients at the Grand Central Hotel. If you are sick and suffering and want to be made well and happy , call on the Doctor when he comes to Broken Bow on Jan uary 27 , 28 and 29th. Send Your Abstract Orders to J. GL Leonard , Bonded Abstracter Office in Security State Bank Building G. L. Turner Lbr. Co Lumber , Posts , Shingles General Building Supplies Phone 79 DO YOU WANT A Farm Loan Without "Red Tape ? " J JLJ JL JL fi * A JL MAKES THEM. Custer County Land Man If you have a snap in a. larm , or ranch for sale list with me. If you want to buy a snap in a farm or ranch , come and see me. Phones , office 42 , resi dence 120. CHAS. W. BOWMAN BROKEN Bow , NEB. FREE DELIVERY I have put on a free Delivery Wagon and will save you money on all kinds of Feed , Flout , Baled Hay , Etc , All goods guaranteed. Let me convince you. W. H , O'RORKE ' Fltst lloor Norlii ot Souder's Drug Store tpoocooooooooooooocoooocxKft COAL § I V V f * l § No Dirt. No CIlnkors-All > Co\l--Tho ! Good Kind. J FEED I X For Snlo. Both Wholesale , _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . . . . J .1 T > A 11 . lWl.jf * HJ1 .l A I and Rotail. HlKhust Mnrkot \ Prlcu for All Kinds of Grnin ! * West Elevator P. J. BAIIR , Prop. Plionc 62 LISTEN MR. RENTER Harvest is about over. You have paid a large share of your entire crop to your landlord. lias it paid ? Are you satis- lied with the remainder ? Do you realixe that dollars paid for rent are dollars that do not come back. ? They're gone , and unless you strike out for yourself and your boys , more are going next year. Here is a money-saving proposition : ( lo with me into the Big Horn I'asin. Buy a small irrigated farm on easy payments ; payments as easy as paying rent inyout present locality , and iu ten years you'll have a farm ol your own in a growing country where crop-failures are un known , and good prices pre vail. Write for details today. 1 am employed by Ihe Bui ling- Ion and my servicvtl cos you nothing. jD.CLKM DRAY El Bwlinjton UKNKUAI. AlifcM [ Lanu bi'cLera Inlonn.uloi Ilureau Kouiii 4 Q Illilg On Kill N. T. GADD ATTORNEY-AT-UW Oillco over Itolconilt's book store. Onicr ulione 20S Residence Si ) Hrokeii How , Nebraska. J. A. ARMOUR ATTORNEY-AT-LAW I'ractlces In all the courts , ConvayanrltiB anil national work , onice up stairs ovur Siatf it.ink of itrokcn How , llroken How , Nebraska. A. VINCENT SHERIDAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON C.Uls promptly answered day or nljjlit. Ofllco and residence- the Mrs. lllelm hulldhiK Just west of the Security Slate It.ink. i'lione CUX ) llroken How , Nebraska , F. W. BUCKLEY , M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON KVi : . KAK. NOSUand TIIKOAT. Fitting of glasses. Onicc In Dlurkn Illk. I'bonc SflO llrokeii How , Nebraska. BANGS' STUDIO WE MAKE GOOD PHOTOS nast Side of Square llroken How , Nebraska. HARRY KTMBALL UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER ( Licensed ) Hnslncss phone , Ml Residence : r.tlll llroken How , Nebraska. L. E. COLE EMBALMER & FUNER'L DIRECTOR ( Licensed ) Union ItlocU HiiHlncsa phone M , Residence 'Ati Hrokuii How , Nebraska. T. L. FERGUSON NOTARY PUBLIC Real Kstatc Insurance , Ranches and \mns lor Rent , Legal I'.ipors Drawn , Sur eying and Platting. Comstock , i-febraska. RANIv KI3LSEY ALL KINDS OF WELLS Consult Him If You Want Water , llroken How. Nebraska. C. R C. . WILSON , D. . OIUKOPRA.CTOR OIM'ICK AT Residence , First House East of Grand Central Hotel. OFFICE HOURS : 2 TO 4 P. M. CHIROPRACTIC \DJUSTI\\CNTS \ If paid in advance I will fj've ' the first si.v Chiropractic Adjustments for $10 oo , and thereafter ten adjustments for $5.00 at any of rny offices Aimli- 7ittion and examination free at office. HIGH GRADE Lumber , a large assortment and complete stock for Builders to choose from. Let us estimate on your contracts , We always try to please , H. T.BRUCE & CO. Lumber & Coal South side ,