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Wall
Paper.
We are Selling.
Brown Blanks, per roll, 4 and 5 cents.
White Blanks, per roll, 5 and 6 cents.
Gilts, per roll, 6 cents and upwards.
Nine inch Border, only 1 cent per yard.
We Carry The.
Largest Stock and
Will not be Undersold.
Of Interest to Farmers.
If you want to renew a loan falling
due and make a new one on your farm
patronize the Nebraska Loan and Bank
ing Co. of McCook, a home institution.
Office in rear rooms of 1st National
bank. Interest payable in McCook.
Parties contemplating building this
spring who need money can obtain
same at reasonable terms from P. A.
Wells. Office in 1st National bank.
Rear rooms.
WANTED! WANTED!
150'head of horses and cattle to past
ure. Ranch three miles east of Mc
Cook. Good water and fine pasturage.
Call on or address W. N. Rogers.
Horses for Sale.
Wayson &«Penny keep horses for sale
at their livery barn opposite the Cen
tral hotel.
The burning question with house
wives of all lands, all creeds, and all
ages is: “Which is the best Cooking
Stove?” S. M. Cochran & Co. answer
this question today by proclaiming the
“Charter Oak Stoves” to be the
best in every conceivable shape.
Give your orders for 84 Patent, Lion
and Legal Tender, also Wauneta High
Patent,White Fawn and Pride of Wau
neta flour to Hugh Thompson, the oil
man.
Leave your orders for flour and feed
where they will be filled and delivered
promptly. The old reliable B. & M. flour
store. 211 Mam Street.
V{e can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
No better farm wagon on wheels
than the Charter Oak sold by S. M.
Cochran & Co.
—
91 High patent flour $1.10 per sack.
B. & M. Flour and Feed Store.
Watson & Pennt are putting out
handsome rigs these days.
Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in
Union block, over Knipple.
Predmore Bros, keep the best cylin
der oil in McCook.
McMillen meets all prices on wall
paper.
Machine oil of all kinds at Predmore
Bros.
fg~Oroceries at Nobles’.
If you want fire or
tornado insurance in
Reliable Companies,
call on C. J. Ryan.
Put your $ $ $ where they will do
the most good, where they will secure
the best and the most groceries for in
stance. You will make no mistake if
Noble’s is the place of deposit. He
gives the limit in quantity, quality and
value, and his stock cannot be duplicat
ed in Western Nebraska.
Beware of peddlers. Call and in
spect the Household sewing machine
sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. before
buying a machine. There is no better
on earth.
Make Noble your family grocer and
many other blessings will fall to your
lot, besides having the best groceries on
your table that the market affords.
Field and garden seeds at reduced
prices for the next ten days. McCook
Commission Co. J. J. Garrard,
Manager.
IN QUEENSWARE Noble carries
the largest assortment and the richest
designs of the season. His prices are
reasonable.
You will never know how far your
dollar will go until you buy your gro
ceries at Knipple’s. It will surprise
you!
We can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
Knipple leads them all when it comes
to selling a fine patent flour cheap. Try
him once and you will be convinced.
Remember that S. M. Cochran & Co.
now carry in stock a full and complete
stock of builders’ hardware supplies.
If you want a well drilled in fine
shape see McClain & Co. Leave or
ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s.
We can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
Noble, the leading grocer, makes a
specialty of fresh, clean family grocer
ies. He will treat you right.
Wayson & Penny can fix you up com
fortably and stylishly in any thing you
may desire in the lrvery line.
Noble carries a large and complete
stock of the best brands of canned
goods of all kinds.
Ice cold meats at 6. & M. Meat
Market.
McMillen meets all prices on wall
paper.
Residence property
for sale in all parts of
the city by C. J. Ryan.
Wall Paper.
McMillen meets all prices
on Wall Paper from 4 cts.
per roll up. Call and get
Prices before purchasing. /
McMILLEN, Druggist.
McKenna sells seven bars of good
soap for 25 cents.
Get prices on wall paper at McMil
len's drug store.
Finest work in western Nebraska at
Best’s Gallery. 110 Main street.
If you want a luxury go to the C. 0.
D. store and get a pound of English
breakfast tea.
Noble is also strictly in it when it
comes to selling fresh vegetables at a
reasonable price.
Don't eat tainted meats. Buy them
from Acme Cooler. Ice cold and sweet
as in winter at F. S. Wilcox’s.
W. M. Irwin has a fine Holstein
bull for service at his farm northwest
of the city, on reasonable terms.
We can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
You can buy more goods at Knipple’s
for One (1$) Dollar than you can any
where else in the city of McCook.
We can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
Noble is the only exclusive grocer in
the city. His stock is the largest and
his prices correspond with the times.
S. M. Cochran <fc Co. have an im
mense stock of farm implements on
hand. See them before buying else
where.
McCook people can now get as fine
photos at home as are made any place
by calling on Best, successor to Star
Company.
Patronize H. Thompson & Co., deal
ers in flour and feed of all kinds, west
Dennison street, on the corner north of
McEntee Hotel.
When you want New Orleans mo
lasses go the C. 0. D. store. There
you will get the genuine article and at
a reasonable price.
McMillen Bros, carry a complete
stock of dusters—the cheap as well as
the finer articles. Give them a call if
you need anything in that line.
A fine assortment of dusters may be
seen at the harness shop of McMillen
Bros, on east Dennison street. They
are very reasonable in price too.
Try a sack of Monogram at $1.20, the
best flour in town; or a sack of Charm at
$1.10, a high grade patent flour. Mc
Cook Com. Co. 211 Main Street.
Try one pound of McKenna’s un
colored Japan tea at 45 cents per
pound. Guaranteed to be as good as
you can buy elsewhere for 60 cents.
We can and will save you money on
wall paper. Examine our prices before
buying. McConnell & Co.
With our Acme Cooler we are en
abled to furnish meats in better condi
tion during warm weather than any
other market in the city. F. S. Wilcox.
NOTICE.
Best at Star Photo Co. rooms will
give you finest photos ever made in Mc
Cook.
For Sale Very Cheap.
Property formerly owned by Lawrence
and Mary Shevlin, lot 11, block 12,
fifth addition to McCook, l^eb. Address
E. E. Zimmerman, Trustee, room 432
Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Quality Up—Prices Down!
Knipple excels in the quality of the
flour he keeps in stock, and in the re
markably low prices at which he is sell
ing. Think of it!
Fancy patent flour at.$1.25
Snowflake flour at.85
And remember that he warrants every
sack. At the old stand in the Cole
brick.
To Our Advertisers.
You are entitled to have your display
advertisements changed once a month
at the regular price. Changes more
frequent will be charged extra accord
ing to the amount of composition.
Local advertisements may be changed
every week at usual price.
Copy for new advertisements and for
changes of regular advertisements must
be in this office by Wednesday of each
week to insure prompt insertion.
Notice of discontinuance of any dis
play advertisement must be given not
later than Wednesday. Local adver
tisements may be discontinued at any
time before Thursday evening.
A strict observance of these necessary
rules is respectfully requested.
The Publisher.
January 1, 1893.
CAUGHT PILFERING MAIL
One of Uncle Sam’s Men
in Disgrace.
Thomas E. McCracken of Red Wil
low County Under Arrest
at Washington.
Washington, D.C.,June 10.—[Spe
cial.]—Thomas E. McCracken of Red
Willow county, Neb., a $900 clerk in the
dead letter office, was arrested today
for robbing the mails. McCracken has
been employed for three years in the
dead letter office as a letter opener.
For six months past money has been
reported as abstracted from letters
opened for identification and McCracken
was suspected. Yesterday a marked
"bill and two $1 bills were slipped into
an envelope which was subsequently
placed on McCracken’s desk, and when
his evening report failed to show that
he had handled the letter his criminality
was established. This morning a mes
senger was sent to borrcw $2 ot the
Nebraska clerk, who had been doing a
2 per cent money loaning business.
He returned shortly with the marked
bill. McCracken was at once arrested
and searched and on his person were
found the two marked one dollar bills,
with the other bill he had abstracted
from the loaded letter. He was pi omptly
conveyed to jail and will be tried on the
charge of robbing the mail.
McCracken is a man nearing sixty
years of age and was much thought of
in the office. He was originally ap
pointed from Iowa as a $1,200 clerk
upon the recommendation of Senator
Allison and Representative Dave
Henderson. This was in May, 1881.
In August, 1882, he was promoted to
the $1,400 class. He resigned by
request in August, 1886. McCracken
meantime had removed from Iowa to the
Republican valley in Nebraska. In 1890
he claimed reinstatement under rule 10
a^ a disabled and discharged soldier,
who had a record of service in the forty
first Indiana cavalry, and the second
cavalry. Senator Allison and Represen
tative Henderson joined Senators Pad
dock and Manderson and Representative
Laws in recommending him for reap
pointment. On the 14th of April, 1890,
he was reappointed as a $900 clerk in
the dead letter office.
Old Man McCracken, as he was called
was popular with his associates. He
sat at a compartment of the long table
all day and opened letters under the
supervision of Mr. Bowen. He is said
to have laid away some money. He
soon started in loaning small sums to
the clerks. He lived very frugally
with his wife and expressed the inten
tion of shortly resigning and going to
Denver to make his home with his sons.
The officials state that he was one of
the shrewdest thieves ever caught in the
dead letter office. With all his pilfering
he managed to show up daily a larger
amount of cash found in letters than
any of his associates. This he did by
coming to the office early and selecting
the packages which ho would open and
examine during the day, in every case
opening those with foreign and New
York postmarks, which are notoriously
rich in money remittances. The culprit
will probably get from three to five
years in the penitentiary.—Journal.
Don’t build a fence around your
property until you have seen and priced
that woven wire fencing at S. M.
Cochran & Co.’s. Nothing cheaper,
neater or better.
We are still selling the best grades
of flour cheap. Give us a call and get
our prices. McCook Com. Co. 2ll
Main Street.
S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large
line of buggies in stock. See them if
you want a good vehicle cheap.
If you are thinking of buying a set
of new dishes call to see Knipple’s stock
and get his prices.
If you want photos equal to Chicago,
Omaha or Denver call on Best, success
or to Star Co.
Do you know that Knipple pays the
highest market price for butter and
eggs. _
Seventeen pounds of Granulated
Sugar for One (1$) Dollar at Knipple’s.
Remember I am making special prices
on crayons to introduce my work. Best.
S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a
bicycle very cheap. See them.
Seventy-five cents buys a scale book
of 500 tickets at this office.
Get prices on wall paper at McMil
len's drug store.
Knipple makes a specialty of fruits
of all kinds.
Knipple sells canned goods cheaper
than ever.
Sewing machines at
$5.00 per month on
the installment plan
at Fade & Son’s.
SOLTIE - STATEMENTS!
The Largest, Strongest, Greatest anil Best
RAIL - ROAD - SHOW
On earth, and the only performance of the kind in the world.
This big show will exhibit at
McCook, Wednesday, June 21.
SELLS & RENTFROW’S
Collossal Aggregation of Sensational Features. Monster Museum,
3-Ring Circus and Great Double Menagerie. Real Roman Races.
You can’t afford to miss seeing
World’s Fair on Wheels
The most extraordinary of principal bareback equestrians. William Sells, a veritable
centaur; a paragon among all horsemen; none dare to challenge his supremacy; the pride of
America; the wonder of Europe, who for over three continuous months was the popular
hero at Olympia, London; received the most enthusiastic recognition from royalty, nobility
and commoners, and was unanimous^' recognized by the British press as the pre-eminent
feature of the circus in which he was then performing.
Mr. William Dutton, in his brilliant feats of Equestrianism, performing at will forward
and backward somersaults on the bare back of swiftly running steeds. One of the most dash
ing equestrians of the age, engaged at an enormous ea'ary to ride at this faultless exhibition,
Mr. Charles Watson, the greatest 6-horse
rider the world ever saw. A wonder to behold.
The Dutton sisters, undoubtedly the finest lady riders on earth. Miss Mildred Murray,
the finest menagerie rider. Edgar Wilkinson, the celebrated European hurdle rider. The
great Livingstone family, 4 in number, aeriali6ts, gymnasts, acrobats, bicyclcists, in sensa
tional aerial flights, dazzling and intrepid feats. Fearless and astonishing features that
heretofore have seemed impossible accomplished by these wonderful artists with such ease
and grace as to establish them the undisputed champions of the gymnastic world.
Two Immense Menageries of Wild Beasts.
Open dens of savage brutes; mammoth elephants, lions, tigers, hienas. bears, wolves,
leopards and panthers. Zebras trained to drive like horses. Knights in armor, ladies as
princesses, male and female jockeys, squadrons of princes, nobles and cavalier in royal robes
and rich costumes, mounted on spirited horses like in days of old.
The best performing elephants. Sea lion, leopard and baby camel. Twenty great circus
acts. Three great bands in street parade. Courtly knights and dames. A drove of monster
camels. Zebras, bears and baby monkeys. Twenty great leapers. ltichly carved carved and
gilded tableau wagons. Myriad cages, dens and lairs. See the twenty clowns; first in wit,
first in fun, first in the hearts of the public.
A Mile Tumble from the Skies.
Grand Balloon race and double parachute jump by Miss Anna Bell Holton and Miss Lillie
Rice. To be witnessed positively each day of the exhibition at the show grounds.
Be sure and ask your agent for cheap excursion rates. Every rail road gives cheap ex
cursion rates to this big show. At 10 A. M. a glorious grand holiday free street parade. One
day only; afternoon and night. Doors open at 1 and 0 o’clock. No extra charge. One ticket
admits to all. You all know us. Our past record a guarantee of the future.
McCook, Neb., Wednesday, June 21st, 1893.
NOW-OPEN.
W. M. ANDERSON’S
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GROCERY AND
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STORE
Everything fresh and clean and pure. Lar
gest stock in Red Willow county. Prices as low
as the lowest. Call in to see his stock. The as
sortment is complete. Remember the place.
MORLAN BUILDING.
