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TWENTIETH YEAR
Star Mail Routes
Tho postofflce department will receive
proposals forcarfying mail on star routes
in Nebraska until December 3rd Con
tracts will be awarded on or before Feb
ruary 1st to go into effect July 1st
1902 and to continue for a period of four
years Contractor required to live on or
convenient to the route and be immedi
ately responsible for the service Ser
vice will be let to tho lowest responsible
bidder who complies with the instruc
tions governing bids Full instructions
withproposal blanks can be had at post
offices on the different routes or by writ
ing the second assistant postmaster
general
Tho new service will include free box
delivery Anyone lving on tho route
except within 80 rods of a postoffice or
the incorporate limits of a town can
have their mail delivered without ex
pense by placing a box on the route of
the carrier so that he will not havo to
drive out of his way or get out of his
vehicle to deliver it
Following are tho routes advertised in
Eed Willow county
57307 Tyrone to Wilsonville 7 miles
and back twice a week Leaves Tyrone
Tuesday and Saturday at 925 a m
Arrive at Wilsonville by 1115 a m
Leaves Wilsonville Tuesday and Satur
day at 130 p m Arrive at Tyrone by
320 p m Bond required with bid
200 Present contract pay 4445 sub
contract pay 84118 -
5730S McCook to Banksvillo 1750
miles and back three times a week
Leave McCook Tuesday Thursday and
Saturday at 7 a m Arrive at Banks
ville by 12 ia Leave Banksville Tues
day Thursday and Saturday at 1 p m
Arrive at McCook at 6 p m Bond
required with bid 600 Present contract
pay S181 tf subcontract pay 16625
57309 Bartley by Freedom to Stock
ville 25 miles and back six times a
week Leave Bartley daily except Sun
day at 6 a m Arrive at Stockville by
1230 p in Leave Stockville daily er
cept Sunday at 1 30 p m Arrive at
Bartley by 8 p m Bond required with
bid 1600 Present contract pay 370
57310 McCook by Box Elder Os
burn Stevens and Thornburg to Hayes
Center 58 miles and back six time3 a
week Leave McCook daily except
Sunday at 6 p m Arrive at Hayes
Center by 8 p jri Leave Hayes Center
daily except Sunday at 6 p m Arrive
at McCook by 8 p m Bond required
with bid 350Q Present contract pay
91486 subcontract pay 87547
Too Much for Oberlin
The McCook football team proved to
be too much for the Oberlin team last
Friday afternoon on the local gridiron
the former winning by a score of 22 to 0
in two 25 minute halves As to weight
the teams were pretty nearly matched
but in team work and knowledge of the
game the local team was much superior
The line up was as follows
Oberlin
Heaton
Lloyd
Jones
Moffit
Broderick
Paddock
Litton
Johnson
Southard
Diehl
Biggs
Positions
right end
right tackle
right guard
center
left guard
left tackle
leftrend
quarter
fullback
right half
left half
McCook
Cullen
Wootton
Hannan
L CDole
W Traver
W Meyer
J LoHew
C Robinson
C A Hedges
W Leach
M Osborn
Cullen was slightly injured and gave
way to Sampson as did Hannan to
White for the same reason LCDole
the regular local half did not appear in
the game on account of a sprained ankle
Thef game was well attended and en
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Shandon Bells
an ideal toilet soap sold everywhere at
15c We had an opportunity to buy a
lot at a bargain our customers get the
benefit We sell it at 10c -per cake
three for 25c McConnell Berry
Bowling Notes
Prize winners for the past two weeks
are Ten pins H H Tartsch 204 nine
pins Louis Thorgrimson 10 seven pins
TEMcCarl 92 cocked hat and feather
Dr Fahnestock 3
Dont Miss This Chance
We have 50 patterns of wall paper ior
one and two rooms that we are selling at
wholesale prices D W Loar
Horses cattle and all kinds of stock
will winter sbetter if fed occasionally a
little condition powder or stock food
It will also save your feed Come and
get free book showing its advantages
McConnell Berry
Dress Skirts of our make are very dif
ferent from the factory made skirts be
ing well seamed well lined and finished
and superior in fit All wool ones from
250 up The Thompson Dry Goods Co
We have a good stock of stove boards
also thebest blue steel pipoever offered
to tho people of this city
S M Cochran Co
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
James Doyle of Perry precinct is in
Denver
Mrs J F Kenyon made a flying visit
to Lincoln Tuesday
Frank Moore was up from lndianola
Saturday on business
D C Marsh had business in Wray
Colorado Wednesday
Charles Traver returned first of the
week from his trip toLincoln
M H Meyer a former resident of
years was a city visitor this week
State Senator Allen of Arapahoe
was a city visitor Monday evening
Miss Edith Phelan of Alliance is the
guest of her sister Mrs W VGage
Mrs W A DeMay of Danbury had
some shopping to do in the city Wed-
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nesday
James Burke of Imperial sojourned
with us between trains Monday and
Tuesday
Mrs W L Washburn wife of the
agent at Trenton visited relatives here
last week
A dAllemand of the Arapahoe
Pioneer was a Commercial guest Tues
day night
Mrs G A Noren returned home
from Omaha Tuesday on 5 feeling much
eneouraged by her trip
C A Hourth A P Boyer and A A
McCoy all of Trenton were city visitors
on business Tuesday night
C A Johnson was over from Leb
anon Wednesday on some matters of
business in the county seat
Mrs E B Smith of Red Cloud has
been in the city part of the week guest
of her daughter Mrs A P Ely
Mrs W W Brown and Miss Ruth
Davenport of Culbertson were visitors of
the valleys finest Saturday last
Mesdames William McCallum and
W D Mackechnie were pilgrims from
lndianola Tuesday on pleasure and
business
W T Henton was up from the Beaver
Tuesday being interested in the easing
of state school lands by the land com
missioner
Mrs George E Hymer of Preston
S D arrived in the city close of last
week and is visiting her sister Mrs
David Magner
J L Blood county treasurer C A
Ready county attorney and wife -of
Hayes Center were city visitors early
part of the week
J F Welborn was in the city Sun
day evening on his way to Denver from
visiting the homefolks in lndianola He
I went west on No 3
A J Cole i special agent of The
Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York
with headquarters at Oxford was here
on duty Wednesday
L C Marsh arrived from GreatFalls
Montana last week and is the guest of
his brother D C He and family expect
to leave for home next week
Mrs Fowler Wilcox ai rived home
last Friday noon on 1 irom visiting a
few weeks in Chicago and other Illinois
points with relatives and friends
L C Dole started Tuesday on his
bicycle for Steele City Nebraska to en
gage in the lumber business in company
with his brother H E and others
Myrtle Meyer returned on Monday
night from Palisade where she has been
making a millinery exhibit and sale for
Mrs Delhunty for a week or two
Mrs Anna Watson who has been
here for some time on a visit to her sons
Louis and Charles departed on Monday
night for her home in Lafayette Indiana
Miss Amy O Robinson of Trenton and
Mrs J E Montgomery of Bloomington
came in from the west Wednesday
morning on 2 going east on a later train
W J McGillin son of W J the
well known Frenchman stockman has
moved to the city from Palisade Ho is J
finished violinist and will make an ac
ceptable addition to our musical talent
Mrs Belle Hedlund of the Seventh
grade has been quite ill this week and
her sister Mrs RM Douglass has been
substituting for her We are pleased to
announce that she is now much better
and will resume her place in the system
Monday
GeorgeD Follmer and HM Eaton
land commissioner and deputy were up
from Lincoln fore part of the week
leasing school lands in this part Of the
state They were at Trenton Monday
here on Tuesday Wednesday morning
the commissioner went up to Imperial
and the deputy to Benkelman on similar
missions
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The Awl Os Entertain
The Halloween party InBt night by tho
young ladies of the Awl Os club nt tho home of
the Misses Doan to their gentlomon friends was
a most delightful and brilliant affair Inclus
ive of guests there were about sixty participants
in the happy function which was in all respects
up to the traditions of the club which is re
sponsible for some of the most charming society
events of our city
The momborspf tho club and their guosts for
tho first half hour of the evening wero masked
in sheets and pillow cases and cards were pro
vided oach to record guesses at the identity of
those masked a prize going to the best guesser
After unmasking a variety of games were
played
A gypsy den presided over by Lottie Knipplo
and Emma Porry was a feature They gavo
each inquirer an article indicative of fortune
instead of telling fortunes
One of tho chief fortune tolling features was
pyramid of vari colored burning candles around
which all marched in procession At tho base
of each taper was a bit of paper telling in rhyme
the fortune of the recipient
Tho two parlors of tho residence were deco
rated In white and yellow and a third room in
the McCook Athletic Club colors black and
yellow Portieres wore mado of white ribbons
in different lengths to which wero pendant
bright red apples Tho electric lights wero sub
dued by green paper and candles in artistic can
delabra suffused a mellow light The floral
decorations were carnations
Refreshments were served by tho ladies of tho
Dorcas society Tho dining room and table
decorations wore in club colors white and
yellow Battenberg oor j allow Tho center
piece was a largo pumpkin cut in basket shape
and filled with fruit In carrying out the color
design the ico croam was served in orange
cases Tho refreshments -wore very dainty and
toothsome
Tho party camo to a close at a lato hour in the
dark with the passing of tho ice cold hand
tho reading and telling of ghost stories Mr Q
H Thomas reading and Miss Elizabeth Thom
son and Mr C L Fahnestock relating
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Tom Boyd was over from Danbury on
county business Thursday
Mrs Harry Conners has been up
from Red Cloud part of the week
P H Callen of lndianola had busi
ness in the court house Thursday
W D Darnall returned to the city
Thursday from visiting in Minden
Mrs H H Miller is down from
Denver on a short visit guest of relatives
J E Lovell returned Thursday
morning from visiting homefolks in
Kentucky
Mrs M Thorgrimson and Miss
Clara is visiting a sister m Adrian
Michigan
Mrs J J Curran and sister Mrs
W R Hammond went up to Denver
today to visit relatives
Mrs Vine Hovey will arrive in the
city tomorrow morning on a visit to
her brother S G Goheen
A B Minor secretary of the Lincoln
Land Co was in the city and vicinity
yesterday on company business
Mrs Samuel Patterson is up from
Arapahoe today to attend the at
home by Mesdames Tartsch and Gage
this afternoon
Mrs S D Bolles surprised and de
lighted the homefolks this morning by
arriving in the city on No 2 from Wells
Nevada on a visit
Miss Maud Hannigan of New York
is the guest of Mrs George Willetts for
a week or so on her way east from visit
ing in Denver
Mrs Hugh Brown is entertaining
her young married sister nee Miss Mary
Koebel and two cousins Charles Pros
per and F C Gorom
Mrs W R Hammond of Eagle Grove
Iowa is visiting here guest of her sister
Mrs J J Curran Her husband is a
conductor on the Northwestern
Jail Delivery at lndianola
Richard H Lawrence the machinist
who has been in jail at lndianola for
several months past awaiting trial for
selling mortgaged property broke out of
jail last Friday night and up to this
time has not been apprehended Par
ties from outside provided him with a
crowbar to break out and it is said have
been assisting him in getting away He
has been simulating insanity in jail
recently which gave him access to the
jail corridor There is a suspicion that
he is or is becoming mentally unsound
Bed Comforts of our make contain six
Izzer Cotton Batts 14 yards of cloth
are well tacked and hemmed and sell
for 165 up to 8250 No other comfort
will content you after you have used an
Izzer Comfort The Thompson Dry
Goods Co
Ladies Jackets at S3 75 450 5 6
750 to 12 Childrens Raglans and
Reefers from 150 to 500 Misses
Jackets 3 to 750 Blacks Blues
Browns Tans and Castors Costs noth
ing to see them The Thompson Dry
Goods Co
A Lakewood citron and three pounds
of granulated sugar for 25c at Artz
Thompsons Nothinfi finer for pre
serving purposes than citron
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Switchman G L Miller is off duty on
account of a sick child
Fireman A J Dillon returned from
Denver first of the week
Engineer Ives double headed No 45
up from Oxford- Wednesday
Brakeman M M Fisk is off duty
on account of slight indisposition
The Union Pacific has ordered a hun
dred thousand tons of new steel rail
Thomas F Crawford machinist is
visiting in Colorado Springs for a wek
or two
Brakman William Washburn is laying
off a few days on account of business
matters
Sidetracks on the Billings line are
bring lengthened and some new ones are
being laid
Brakeman C L Winn has taken a 30
day lay off and has gone to Omaha He
will also visit over in Iowa
J H Herbert is the new general man
ager of tne Rio Urande The general
offices may go to St Louis
Tom Burge returned to work in the
yard Monday after being off duty a few
days entertaining friends from the east
Fireman C L Gruwell and Brakeman
M H Griggs have traded positions
Brakeman Gruwell is on the Cheyenne
line temporarily
L W Stayner traimasters clerk is
taking pride and pleasure in an elegant
new and up-to-date desk placed in his
office this week
T E Calvert general supt came up
from Lincoln Sunday night and was at
Western division headquarters Monday
on business on the road
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J C Barber and bride arrived in the
city from Lincoln Sunday night and
are making their home at the Commer
cial house for the present
Fireman I L Rodstrom who was
called to Illinois about a month since
with his wife by the death of her sister
returned home on Monday night
It is said in Omaha that the new coast
to coast limited trains to be run via the
Vanderbilt and Harriman lines will be
made up exclusively of Pullman cars
Switchman and Mrs M A Van
Horn arrived home Sunday from
Winona Minnesota where she was
taken sick while absent on a visit neces
sitating his going after her
Chief Clerk Buckingham will act as
assistant general passenger agent of the
Burlington but no appointment will be
made for the present and the office may
remain permanently vacant
Consulting Engineer E J Blake of
the Qheadquarters at Chicago Chief
Engineer I S P Wells of Lincoln and
Chief W S Perry of the Western divi
sion were over the division this week
inspecting bridges etc Conductor C J
Snell was in charge of the special
The Burlington placed another exclu
sive mail train on its Omaha Chicago
line yesterday The train will leave
Council Bluffs at 8 05 in the evening
and arrive in Chicago eleven hours later
at 7 05 a m Following the announce
ment of this service comes an intimation
that the Burlington will meet the cut of
the coast to coast limited on Novem
ber 3 A speed war among the roads
concerned will ensue and the struggle
for mail business will again be on
Mondays Lincoln Journal
Three of the five big new engines or
dered for the Western division have
already arrived at headquarters The
numbers are 369 471 372 These are
the largest engines yet used on this
division weighing about 125 tons They
are distinguished from the other big
machines on the division in a number of
respectsbut the large firebox on trailers
is the chief difference It is uncom
monly wide and has two doors These
engines have five blow off cocks and it is
claimed they can make 5000 miles be
fore it is necessary to have their boilers
washed out Their water capacity too
is considerably greater than any now in
use being 6000 gallons These are stu
pendous machines are attracting consid
erable attention and comment from the
men in the motive department One
of the five is to be a compound engine
See the Estate Oak heaters at S M
Cochran Cos They have seamless
bottoms no putty to fall out and let in
the air to keep the fire constantly burn
ing rapidly which is expensive waste of
fuel They can also be changed from
soft to hard coal Its the best stove for
the money ever invented
We have in stock all the latest books
Eternal City Right of Way Dri
and I Blennerhassetfr Lazarre and
many other new issues
McConnell Berry
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Catholic Mass at 8 oclock a m
High mass at 1030 a m Sunday school
at 230 pm Sermon and benediction at
730 p m Rev T Daly Pastor
Baptist Sunday school 945 a m
Preaching 11 a m and 8 p m B Y
P U prayer meeting 7 15 p m Topic
Gods Leading in Our Lives Miss
Bessie Peterson leader Prayer-meeting
Wednesday evening 8 oclock
Congregational Sunday school a t
10 a m Preaching at 11 P S C E
at 6 45 Preaching at 8 Prayer-meeting
on Wednesday evening at 8 Morn
ingsubject The Vision on the Mount
Evening subject Sparks from the As
sociation W J Turner Pastor
Methodist Sunday school 10 a m
Preaching 11 Junior League 3 Ep
worth League7 Preaghing730 Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 8 Morn
ing subjectThe Christians High Call
ing Evening subject The Wages of
Sin L M Grigsby Pastor
Episcopal At St Albans Episcopal
church Sunday 22nd Sunday after
Trinity are as follows Morning prayer
at 11 a m Even song and sermon by
rector at 730 p m subject Hidden
Life Everybody come Sunshine
club on Friday afternoon at430 Even
song Friday 7 30 p m
R M Hardman Rector
The Epworth League will hold a social
in the Methodist churchTuesday even
ing November 19th There will be a
program and refreshments Price 15c
Rev R M Hardman of St Albans
Episcopal church by request will con
duct services in the Odd Fellows hall
at Holbrook Sunday afternoon Novem
ber 10 at three oclock
The Dorcas society Kensington will be
held at the home of Mrs T B Campbell
next Thursday afternoon November 7th
at 230 oclock She will be assisted by
Mesdames W J Turner and W S Perry
For SaleCheap
A 7 room house with 8 acres of land
Will sell at very reasonable figure In
quire at Pades Furniture Store
Ten yards good sheeting for 37c 10
yards fine cambric muslin 85c best
apron check ginghams 5c best indigo
prints 5c best table oil cloth 15c best
carpet warp 16Jc heavy cotton flannel
gloves 3 pairs for 25c mens knit jersey
overshirts 25c mens heavy fleece lined
underwear 38c half wool sox 13 The
Thompson Dry Goods Co
We are receiving almost daily consign
ments of our Christmas stock We are
now ready to show many new things in
pictures stationery wall plaques jardi
nieres plates and odd china pieces etc
Ask to see them
McConnell Berry
Furs with lustre Furs with softness
Furs with thickness and warmth in
Sable Bear Krimmer Chinchilla
Persian Lamb Monkey Astrakhan and
Electric Seal in Collarettes Scarfs and
Muffs from 1 to 750 The Thompson
Dry Goods Co
The largest assortment of steel ranges
at the lowest prices quality considered
also the steel cook stove in different pat
terns at S M Cochran Cos It will
pay you to look over their goods before
buying
It will get colder and Youll have to
hurry to get coal It wont be any
lower Let us know what you want and
well do the rest
Barnett Lumber Co
Sunday football playing is no honor to
the lad3 engaged in it nor is it highly
creditable to parental authority which
ought to stand for a respectful observ
ance of Sunday
Jicky and King Dodo the very
newest things in perfumes be up-to-date
and try them
McConnell Berry
See Porters photographs whether you
intend to sit or not Now is the best
time to sit for Christmas photographs
Harry M Porter north of postoffice
The lease of the National hotel has
been secured by Earl Murray of Zints
barber shop and T B Weeden of Cam
bridge is managing the house
Parties who still hold keys for the
Red Box at DeGroff Cos are re
quested to bring or send them in at once
For every purchase of a dollars worth
of goods you get a key to the money box
at The Cash Bargain Store
If you want to paint you will be as
tonished and profited by getting prices
at S M Cochran Cos
Soft white hands and velvety skin
the result of using McConnells fragrant
lotion
For clothing go to DeGroff Cos
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McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 1 1901
NUMBER 23
TfllNOR ITEMS OF NEWS
Trade at Loars drug storo
Dr J D Hare telephone 168
Pay as you go or dont go so fast
Just call up telephone 2 and toll them
all about it
Jardinieres and Fern dishes the latest
at McMillens
Stock tanks of all sizes at S M Coch
ran Cos for sale cheap
If you dont see what you want ask
at D C Marshs meat market
For Sale Two houses in West Mc
Cook Inquire of Thomas Burge
Nobody meets our prices on coal hods
and shovels S M Cochran Co
Completest lino of legal blanks in Red
Willow county at The Tribune office
To make your face- and hands soft add
smooth use McMillens Cream Lotion
To make your face and hands soft and
smooth use McMillens Cream Lotion
Twa furnished rooms with board
Mrs C B Rowell 1002 Madison -street
A- McMillen has an eleirant assort-
ment of latest stylo lamps fronr25c up
ThoBullardLumbeI Coand J H
Ludwick are now advertisorsvthis week
A ky to ihe money box with ovdry
dollaf purchaso at C L DeGrqff Cos
A McMillen has an ejegant assort
ment of latest stylo lamps from 25c up
To rent Nice largo frontbejloom
with or without board 308Melvinst
An original pension of 12 a month
has been granted Joseph Stewart of
lndianola
For rent Front room over the meat
market Inquire of D C Marsh for
terms and particulars
For Sale A vacant lot in West Mc
Cook Inquire of or write to Thomas
Burge McCook Nebraska
D C Marsh invites your patronage
guaranteeing the best meats obtainable
of all kinds At the old stand
The McCook Circle No733 Ladies of
G A R meet the first Saturday of
every month in Odd Fellows hall
Wa nted A girl for general house
work Inquire at residence of H M
Tyler North Manchester street 2ts
Liquid Hickory Smoke just as good
as real smoke for curing meat
McConnell Berry
If you dont see what you are after
inquire at Marshs meat market They
have it and will take pleasure in show
ing you
To advertisers for business or profit
The Tribune guarantees a circulation
absolutely unapproachable inRedWillow
county in quantity and quality
See Porters photographs whether you
intend to sit or not Now is the best
time to sit for Christmas photographs
Harry M Porter north of postoffice
Jonathan my son count not your
debts among your treasures and accom
plishments and boast not of the number
and warmth of your mid month friends
Henry Hammann and William Du
barko of the Ash Creek neighborhood
departed Tuesday for Snokomish
Washington where they expect to locate
Thursdays of each week the children
of all widows who are unable to pay for
the same can secure a hair cut at my
barber shop free William Zint Pro
prietor
Judicious buyers find Marshs meat
market to their liking for there is com
bined the best in quality with the most
reasonable in price They have ever
seasonable article in line too
Special offer Blanket lined Duck Ul
sters with rubber between extra length
split up for saddle belted high storm
collar of corduroyfor 299 Bought too
many weather too warm The Thomp
son Dry Goods Co
Is it not an inspiring sight to see some
strutting lord of creation while pass
ing along the street cough up a section
diseased lung or a wad of mushy sloppy
vile tobacco or evacuate his nasal pas
sages regardlessly deposit the same on
the sidewalk to be brushed up any
minute by some ladys dainty garments
Clint Kelleys team made a runaway
record for itself last Saturday causing
considerable excitement and small dam
age and receiving no in jury Starting on
Lower Main they ran east to the mill
north to Dennison west to Main and
south to beginning On East Dennison
they collided vrith an electric light or
telephone pole breaking same off at the
ground and in the middle but neither
damaging or injuring themselves or the
lumber wagon
Jardinieres and Fern dishes the latest
at McMillens
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