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Time Card
McCook Neb
MAIN LINE EAST DEPART
Central Timo Ilri0r m
620 am
900 am
1013 pm
MAIN LINE WEST DEPAETi
No I Mountain Timo
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No 5 local to Wraj
1200 p M
11 5 p m
850aM
045 pm
IMPERIAL LINE
No 176 arrives Mountain Timo 5 40 P M
No 175 departs 645AM
Sleepinp dining and reclining chair cars
seats free on through trains Tickets sold
and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information timo tables maps and tick
ets call on or write George Scott Agent Mc
Cook Nebraska or J Francis General Passen
ger Agent Omaha Nobraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
I D Pennington of Lebanon is n new
fireman
Trainmaster T A Wilburn returned
borne sick Wednesday
W R Ringler and L G Sweezy are
new brakemen this week
Brakeman and Mrs C B Clark are
visiting in Rocky Ford Colo
Brakeman J J Laughliu was set up
to extra conductor this week
Lee I Culbertson has resigned from
the service and gone to Lincoln to live
The Burlington loss by the Brush ac
cident is placed by some as high as
100000
M M Long of Storekeeper Britts
force was a Lincoln visitor early part
of this week
Conductor H C Kiser moved his
household goods to Orleans this week
where he is now located
A new waycar went into service
Thursday with Conductor Best and
Brakeman Pearson on board
Brakeman F C Roberson returned
home Tuesday night from Omaha
where he recently went for medical ex
amination
The company put a switch engine and
crew in the Red Cloud yard Monday
of this week W C Cox and JF Amick
compose the crew
C A Ward foreman of the carpenter
shop was a passenger on No 13 Tues
day for Seattle Wash on a visit F
J Rolfe is acting as foreman in his ab
sence
Arch Tyler formerly a Burlington en
gineer who run the switch engine in the
Holdrege yards for some time is critical
ly ill and his recovery is doubtful
Holdrege Progress
Rumor has it that the depot grounds
will soon be improved by the construc
tion of an underground crossing at the
end of the depot enabling employees
and others to cross the switches more
safely and conveniently at all times
Alliance Times
The company will in a short time
install a block signal for the movement
of passenger trains This will require
the opening of a number of new tele
graph offices and the employment of
about fifteen additional operators Al
liance Grip
The Burlington shops at Plattsmouth
are completing on an average 25 coaches
and 500 freight cars a month now and
an effort is being made to secure enough
men to enable them to complete 35
coaches a month They are now build
ing a fine special car for General Supt
J R Phelan of Alliance
Mrs Margaret Phelan mother of
General Superintendent J R Phelan
arrived Sunday from Leroy Minn to
spend the winter with her son and fam
ily She was accompanied by her son-in-law
Mr Bagan and his two daughters
Miss Bagan and Mrs Betts the three of
them going down to Ives Mondaj
where Mr Betts has been employed to
manage the store at that place Alli
ance Grip
The Imperial train had to give up the
ghost at Beverly Monday on the down
trip and an engine was sent up from
here Tuesday morning to pull the
train to this point What with a heavy
load up and wet rails the progress was
very slow but the exhausted mill died
dead at Beverly on the return And
yet the average inhabitant of that sec
tion of this mundane sphere is a model
of good nature and a prodigy of patience
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The Burlington has more business
than a cranberry merchant in harvest
time
Conductor C W Dewey had to be re
lieved from duty at Cambridge Wed
nesdayon account of illness
Brakeman W A Cassell is off duty
with a sore eye the result of a fireman
playfully throwing at him in passing
W F Meyers mother has leased the
rooms upstairs in the Union block for
yenrs rented by Mrs M A Hobson who
will go to Lincoln to live
Jake Kridelbaugh in the oldentimes
an agent on the McCook division but
late of the Omaha offices has returned
to Alliance as agent again
R J Henley has retired from the
companys train service without hind
rance from the pnty of the second part
He went into the service under an as
sumed name
Conductor John Morris was cp
back to Illinois last week by the illness
of his father only to find the mothers
condition more serious than the fathers
The mother died last Saturday
Brakemen J J Barry and F F Neu
bauer departed on No 14 Tuesday
night for Arkansas Hot Springs where
they expect to divest themselves of a
joblot of rheumatism which has been
making life a burden to them lately
Stuart B McLean chief clerk to
Supt McFarland at Sterling Colo has
resigned his position and for the present
will devote himself to the improvement
of his health He is making his home
in McCook at present with his aunt Mrs
Mary Campbell
The freight division point at Ilolyoke
Colo is being moved this week to Curtis
Neb and it is reported that nearly all
the train crows will by this change be
removed to Curtis also This change
will be of considerable advantage to
Curtis Holdrege Progress
Passenger train No 2 was delayed
several hours on Tuesday morning by an
accident at Wray Colo with fast
freight No 77 Several cars of the
freight remained on the main line while
the major portion was on sidetrack No
2 thinking the freight was in the
clear ran into those on the main line
ditching four empty freight cars The
injury to engine was slight and no one
hurt Delay was principal item
No 6s engine last Friday night after
it had been brought out from the round
house and placed on the side track
awaiting the arrival of the train from
the west started for the east without
the help or consent of the crew It ran
as far east as Stillmans farm about a
mile east of the city where in a sag in
the track it stopped and was found by
those sent after it It probably started
by steam leaking into cylinders and
being set on the forward motion En
gineer B J Sharkey of Lincoln was in
charge of the engine
Burned by Paint Explosion
R R Towle and W S Tobey two of
the B Ms employes who are doing
some painting here met with an acci
dent on the paint car yesterday morning
which might have been a costly one
They were inspecting the contents of a
paint barrel with a lighted match when
the gas which had formed in the barrel
suddenly ignited and flared up around
them Mr Tobeys hand which was
holding the match was badly burned and
both workmens faces and heads were
more or less burned The fire in the
barrel burned but a second or two and
then expired without damage to the car
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The circus took in a great many peo
ple Friday from this vicinity
A Anderson road boss is wokingsome
of his men this week on the road
Charlie Fowler has arrived homo nt
II I Petersons very sick Ho was
clerking for T J Kennedy at Cedar
Bluffs
Looks like J II Reli h is going to
fence Bauksville off from doing business
at Cedar Bluffs by the way he is setting
posts for his new pasture
Sunday night we had one of tho hard
est winds of the season but no great
amount ot damage done Monday was
a rainy day and the rainfall was 150 in
ches Very little run away
BARTLE
Sowing fall grain is now in
Mrs Clute mother of Mrs V C
Hanson who was former depot agent
here died at the home of a daughter in
Omaha this week
Several parties are here from York
county this week looking for land
They are well pleased with this section
and may buy farms here
Dr and Mrs Hathorn have returned
from their western trip While it is a
fact they enjoyed the trip their enjoy
ment is greater to get back to Bartiey
W W Lemasters wife and grandson
have returned from their extended visit
in Indiana Ohio and Missouri but
found no place equal to Red Willow
county
Mr Thos Nuttycomb has returned
from Michigan where he went to look
for a home and says he likes Nebraska
better but may move to Michigan for
other reasons
High school boys have organized a
foot ball team The girls a basket ball
and the smaller youths will have an old
fashioned bawl team without organiza
tion when they get hit or run over by tho
members of the other teams
Commissioner Premer is at the capital
of the county this week looking after
our general interests and by the way
there is no more important office in the
county than commissioner and we hope
those elected this fall may so well and
faithfully perform their duties as their
predecessors have done
Mr and Mrs H L Burton and Mr
and Mrs Roy Hoover left here Tuesday
evening for Wauneta near which place
they have secured farms They have
been long residents of Bartiey and their
many friends regret they choose to move
from our midst yet we all join in wish
ing them abundant prospeaity and hap
piness in their new homes
A pleasant gathering at the Lyman
Jennings home in Bartiey Wednesday
September 20 on the anniversary of Mr
Jennings 74th birthday Lyman Jenn
ings was born in Patterson New York
as was also his father and mother His
father died at the age of 78 years his
mother lived to the extreme old age of
102 years Mr Jennings is one of a
family of ten children five girls and five
boys all temperate and none ever used
tobacco He came to Red Willow coun
ty 27 years ago with no means worth
mention and by industry and frugality
engaged in farming and stock raising
Possessed of much of this worlds goods
owning at one time over 15000 acres of
good land most of which he hns deeded
to his children He now owns over 400
acres in a good valley farm well improv
ed and owes no man a dollar There
were present on the anniversary occasion
Mrs Emma Sibbett of Stevens Pa
Mrs Emma B Rollings of Lincoln Mrs
Carrie V Barber and Mrs Mattie Bur
ton daughters of Mr Jennings and his
sons Frank and D J and the families
of the above were in most casespresent
There were two grand childreu Bessie
and Mabel Jennings daughters of Chas
Jennings deceased of Des Moines Iowa
were present besides 22 other grand chil
dren and five grand children were not
present Mr Jennings made all his
money in Red Willow county He has
resided in other states and visited sever
al more but believes Red Willow county
is the best place by far of any where he
ever lived or visited
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Practice Economy in Time of Plenty
and when the Rainy Day comes you will be prepared for it
WE HAVE NO ODDS AND ENDS OUR STOCK STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE AND NEW AT
BARGAIN COUNTER PRICES
SHOE ECONOMY consists not in what you pay for a shoe but in the general satisfaction com
fort and service derived from the purchase Especially is this true in buying shoes for school
children How many pairs of childrens shoes have had to be discarded because they hurt the
feet looked too bad or some such cause Our shoes fit well are comfortable and wear well
The price is reasonable often less than you can get them anywhere Its economy to buy shoes at
The Model Shoe Store
A E PETTY Proprietor
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We have just received and will place on sale
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SCHOOL
SHOES
Stock of Shoes bought at Sheriff Sale for
Forty Cents on the Dollar
Consisting of Mens Womens Boys Misses and Childrens
Here is one of the chances you have been waiting for and
especially just at the opening of school
Just think of buying good all solid Childrens Shoes running from
13 to 2 for 25c SOc and T5c
Womens Shoes running from 150 to 250 in value
for 75c to 90c
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If you need shoes or if you dont need them you cannot
afford to miss this sale On account of taking up time none
of these goods will be sold on approval They are going to
be sold and sold quick so come quick and do not complain
if you are too late
All goods in this sale will be strictly cash or the produce
as you bring it on the day of sale
We expect during the coming season to offer you many
special bargains through the arrangements we have just made
with our purchasing agent so keep your eye on our adv
A Sttulled Slight
She Kow that woman we just pass
ed does hate me
He She looked pleasant enough
She Thats all done for effect but
If you noticed she never turned to take
in my new suit and hat Detroit
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Great quantities of dust collect on
the decks of vessels at s ea no matter
if they are swept twice or thrice a day
Most of It too Is found on sailing ves
sels The Inference is that the sails
act as dust collectors arresting the
particles which drift in the air
HIVE McCook
Corn Kottlnjr In Fields
Corn is so plentiful in the vicinity
of Chelsea I T that the farmers are
letting it rot in the fields Twenty
cents a bushel is all they can get for
it and they do not think that pries
pays for harvesting
Kyntolofjlcal Knthufiam
It may he noted as an agreeable evi
dence of the spread of Egyptological
enthusiasm in America that nearly
half the aggregate income of the fund
for the last year came from tho
United State London Spectator
Dynamo Driven from Car Axle
The Great Western Railway of Eng
land is lighting its corridor trains by
electricity obtained from dynamos
driven from the car axle Storage bat
teries are carried for use when tho
running speed is slow and for stops
Information Complete
Chicago Tribune You remember
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United State3 service Salvation
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