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Christmas Slippers
says Tommy
always feel better
look nicer--than at
any other time
This Xmas slippers
are in greater
variety styles and
leathers to please
young and old
For a present
buy slippers
The kind for father
mother sister and
brother
Slippers
high or low style
Juliets
of Felt and Kid
Sandals
plain and beaded
Patent leather
pumps
and
dancing shoes
Men 50c to 2
Women 50c to 150
Children 25c to 1
MODEL SHOE STORE
E A PETTY Proprietor McCOOK NEBRASKA
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FIRST ANNUAL BALL AND BANQUET
McCook Lodge No 599 Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen Will Give Their Initial
Social Function at
MENARDS OPERA HOUSE DECEMBER 20 1904
flusic will be Furnished by the K of P Orchestra
Banquet at the Palmer House
The Tkibune in its last issue announced a ball and banquet by the locomo
tive engineers when it intended to announce the first annual ball and banquet of
McCook Lodge No 599 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen It hastens to cor
rect the error this week Tuesday evening December 20th 1901 is the date the
boys have decided upon for their first annual and Menard opera house will bo the
place Tickets for the ball admitting gentleman and lady are 100 The banquet
will be spread at the New Palmer House at 75 cents per plate The K of P or
chestra will make tripping the light fantastic irresistible This will be the initial
social function of the firemen of lodge 599 and they propose to make it a hummer
Fireman W S Bixler was in Lincoln
Sunday on business
Brakeman Ira Converse -has gone to
Hendley to spend a vacation of thirty
days
Felix E Kennedy the boiler man is
at McCook division headquarters this
week v
Brakeman Henry Henckel and Switch
man L B Lepley have resigned from the
service
Nos 13 and 14 will do the work of
Nos 5 and 12 between McCook and
Wray after Sunday
The Burlington it is stated will soon
plane in commission 1000 new freight
cars of 40 tons capacity
WE DeWitt has purchased the S M
Cochran residence on Marshall street
formerly the property of Dr B BDavis
Conductor F A Stark and family of
Oxford have gone to Geneva on a visit
and Conductor Lunberry has his car
meanwhile
Acting Supt English and Train
master Kenyon have been out on the
west end all week on several matters of
importance
December 1st E W Fitt became as
sistant motive power superintendent
going from the office of chief draftsman
to the new position
Conductors Solliday and Bonnot went
up to Denver on the Hatch scalper case
Tuesday The case was dismissed the
company losing out entirely
Alex McLean who has been visiting
on the Pacific coast down in Texas and
other localities is in the city this week
on a visit to the boys at headquarters
Sol Smith an engineer of the old Bur
lington days here was in the city a day
or two this week looking after his busi
ness interests in this part of the country
To expedite matters regular crews
have been placed on local freights be
tween McCook and Hastings Conduc
tors T E McCarl H A Beale and A
G Bump have the runs at present
Under the new time card which will
so into effect on next Sunday Nos 5
and 12 will be taken off west of here or
between McCook and Wray No 12 will
leave McCook ten minutes earlier than
at present and No 1 will arrive here 26
minutes later than at present or at 115
These are about the only changes of any
moment on this division
H B Ware who recently resigned as
chief dispatcher at Wymore became a
resident of Lincoln December 1st hav
i n g recently bought Colonel Frank
Eagers residence in that city for S7500
He proposes to engage in business in
Lincoln Mrs Ware it will be recalled
not long since inherited a nice bunch of
money about 50000 it is stated
The largest locomotive in the world is
to be placed on the Con nellsville division
of the Baltimore Ohio The Mallett
typo of engine built expressly for the
Baltimore Ohio exhibit at the worlds
fair will be sent to this division as soon
as the exposition closes When in work
ing order it weighs 223000 pounds and
the weight of the tender filled with coal
and water is 143000 pounds Arrange
ments were made to have Christian
Smith the man who ran the first loco
motive over the Connellsville division
take out the engine on its first trip or
at least start on its westward journey
but he died last week at the age of 92
BURLINGTON MAKES FAST TIME
Creston la Nov 24 Special A
record breaking run was made by Bur
lington fast mail No 15 Monday even
ing From Burlington to Creston a
distance of 188 miles it required just
200 minutes This included the time
necessary for five stops and seven slow
downs The train left Burlington late
and was late into Creston Between
Creston and the Union Pacific transfer
it made up twenty nine minutes al
though it suffered a ten minuto delay
and was compelled to slow down four
times on account of receiving orders
The average of the actual running time
was over a mile a minute for the entire
distance which is one of the fastest rec
ords the road has ever made
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MAIN LINE EAST DEPART
No 6 Central Time 1130 pm
2 620 am
12 850 AM
14 955 pm
No 5 arrives from oast at 8 p m
MAIN LINE A EST DEPART
No 1 Mountain Time 115 am
3 11V5pM
13 925 am
imperial line
No 176 arrives Mountain Time 5 40 p m
No 175 departs 645 am
Sleeping dining and reclining clmir cars
seats free on through trains Tickets sold
and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information time tables maps and tick
ets call on or -ft rite George Scott Agent Mc
Cook Nebraska or J Francis General Passen
ger Agent Omaha Nebraska
Conductor B L McCarl and crew ure
doing construction work at Brush Colo
rado where the company is adding more
yard trackage
W E Dauchy formerly of our city
and roadmaster on the McCook division
has been offered a position by the Pan
ama canal commission
ifardmaster Peter Carty has gone up
to Sheridan Wyoming and other points
to be absent thirty days E L Hawkins
is yardmaster meanwhile
The 651 having been converted into a
lignite hay burner took a train out
west yesterday She threw too much
fire and was sent back from Trenton
Finer wire screens will be provided her to
overcome the trouble
General Agent John F Vallery of the
Burlington system has announced the
appointment of E P ODonnell of
Omaha as depot passenger agent at Den
ver Mr ODonnell has been assistant
depot passenger agent at Omaha for sev
eral years and goes to Mr Vallery
highly recommended Mr ODonnell
took up his new duties on Decembor 1
Joseph A Milner who has been acting
as depot passenger agent will be de
tailed for special duties in the city ticket
office Mr Milner is the oldest Burling
ton employe in Colorado He went to
Denver as passenger agent before the
road was completed and has been in the
service ever since
Fast freight 76 had an extraordinary
experience Sunday morning early at
Trenton 52 cars passing over a rail out
of which a piece of rail about three feet
long had been broken The supposition
is that the rail was broken and that the
engine one of big fellows of the 4D class
No 3316 finished the work throwing
the piece of rail clear over onto the pass
ing track Fifty two cars followed the
engine safely over the break The train
had 1895 tons o freight aboard Engi
neer Woods was following with a light
engine which was stopped by the section
with its pilots nose over the hole En
gineer Gates was driving the No 3316
Conductor Callen was in charge of the
train
The first of the past week the Burling
ton inaugurated piece work schedules in
engine handling at the Lincoln round
house Those who handle the engines
are paid by the amount of work done
and the piece work schedules are effect
ve after the enginemen leave the engine
at the clinker pit The work done on
the engine until after it is turned over
to the enginemen again on the round
house switch is all paid for by the piece
For the five days the system was in
effect the past week many of the men in
creased their pay rate It is said that
in some cases tffe rate of pay was in
creased forty per cent whie in many
cases the increase reached twenty per
cent The work in the machine shop is
all done by the hour and it is not an
nounced that the piece work system will
be introduced here Thia may follow
later but no notice of it has been given
Lincoln Journal
The Real Thing
It is important when you invest
your money in cut glass that you
get the real thing Thats the kind
that you will find at Suttons Jew
elry and Music Store He has the
largest stock the finest assortment
the best values and only the real
article The prices are strictly
right
W T Coleman handles chafing dishes
baking and serving dishes five oclock
teas and silverware See his stock while
the assortment is complete
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Theres a murmur in the morning
Theres a buzzing in the breeze
All the doors are pushed wido open
By the littlo busy bees
They are rustling hustling bustling
It soon sounds much like a roar
As you come around the corner
Near the busy smart red store
All the goods aro put in order
By theso little beos so bright
With their nimble littlo foot stops
And their wings so soft and light
Theyre soon ready for the callers
To supply the needy throng
Other bees from out Iho county
Who may early como along
Bringing in their stores of honey
And their loads of fruits and foods
To the honest littlo Hee Hive
In exchange for first class goods
Sweaters shirts all styles and prices
Hats and caps to lit your head
Gloves and mittens for your cold hands
Shoes with a soft and easy troad
Oh such dreams of china and queonsvvare
Come in singly sets or pairs
Make the heart of the housewife happy
And she soon forgets her cares
Handkerchiefs of all descriptions
Sizes large and sizes small
Books and tojs dolls belts and ribbons
Cigars and mitts to play babo ball
Pocket books to keep your money
Neckwear combs and brushes too
All are there in great profusion
Waiting just a call from you
Groceries too all kinds and prices
Fresh and good and up-to-date
Little beelets are delivering
Hurrying lest they be too late
Granite- tinware cutlery in plenty
All the busy housewife needs
irou will find it at the corner
All such calls the Bee Hive heeds
Lots of Christmas goods youll find here
Santa Claus comes on the run
Hurrying up to get his portion
Of nuts and candies by the ton
Theres no end to the little fixings
Theres enough to fill up a book
If you dont believe what I tell you
Just come and take a look
The bees will be happy to see you
Theyll make your call pleasant and bright
Not act as if they were tired
And anxiously wait for night
F M COLSON Prop
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1904
December 1896 a small notion store opened
in McCook Its stock consisted of Stationery Toys
Notions Candy Cigars etc amounting to nearly
15000 By the attractive prices this little store
soon became a Bee Hive and so it was named as
nearly everyone was able to find just what he want
ed at 5 and 10 cents Encouraged by such liberal
patronage its owner made great ventures adding
first a line of Gloves and Mittens which were sold
at popular prices Later Tin and Graniteware the
next year Queensware Then Gents Furnishings and
Underwear of all kinds
Then came our greatest of all and most success
ful lines Shoes maintaining through all the lines
low prices and best quality until at last there seem
ed to be a connecting link which must be added or
our customers could not be satisfied Groceries
were added as our last department and within thirty
days sixty five regular customers were installed for
something good to eat
So eight years of constant untiring efforts to
furnish the people with honest goods at right prices
have made the little Bee Hive of 1 S96 one of the lead
ing mercantile establishments of Red Willow County
For Christmas
Owing to the very crowded condition of our
store customers and goods we shall be obliged to
omit some items usually carried in our holiday line
but shall be able to show our trade a most complete
line of desirable gifts for Christmas which we will
list with prices next week
To Our Customers
We fully appreciate the fact that our success
has been due to the very liberal patronage from the
people of McCook and vicinity for which we thank
you and assure as in the past you will find us ready
and anxious to correct mistakes and make our guar
antee good at all times
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