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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1906)
tfSBpBtaHtBBMHBHMHHHMBBHMHHHHHHHHHHHH I A- TWENTY FIFTH YEAR Old Folks Day Observed Old folks day wag observed last Sun day morning in tho Methodist church The auditorium was well filled It was decorated with autumn leaves wheat corn and chrysanthemums A choir of 14 voices with the congregation sang old hymns tho choir rendering a splendid anthem Mrs George HThomas satg a solo The Model Church effectively The pastor preached from the textThe hoary head is a crown of glory when on tho side of righteousness A Bible 153 years old was on the pulpit the proper ty of William Weygint tho oldest person present who is nearly 87 yoars of age There were 40 people over 50 and under 60 years of age 9 over 60 and under 70 6 over 70 and under 80 one 84 and one 87 Tho oldest person in town is William Bailey 88 years old After the service the members of the congregation came forward and exchanged greetings with the old folks to their great pleasure Sunday School Convention A Sunday School convention will be held in Danbury November 7th after noon and evening State Secretary Steidley to be present upon both oc casions and to deliver addresses These -alone will be well worth going to hear The convention will embrace the Sun day Schools of Lebanon Danbury and Marion There will be an interesting and instructive set of subjects presented in papers and di3cussed All interested in the great and vital work of the Sun day Schools should make an effort some sacrifice if need be to be present There will be delegates from McCook Xndianola and elsewhere present Union Temperance Meeting The union temperance meeting held in the Baptist church last Sunday even ing under the auspices of the Anti Saloon league drew a crowded house Rev Green of tho Baptist church ad dressed the meeting being introduced in a neat little speech by the president of the local organization Howe Smith Rev Green removed his gloves and went after the liquor traffic in his character istic energetic fashion to the satisfac tion and enjoyment of many of his hearers The doctrine of temperance and the practice of the same are needed in McCook and the Anti Saloon league is making an effort in that direction Speed its efforts Reduced Rate For the Kilties Manager Bixler has secured from the Burlington company and announces that a reduced fare of one and one third has been given from all points for par ties of ten or more who desire to hear the famous Kilties band in the Bixler opera house November 13th This ought to largely increase the attendance on that occasion Pass the word aloiuj McCook Souvenirs We have now in stock a fine assort ment of leather and shell novelty souven irs also leather and comic post caids A McMillen Druggist Ranges Majestic Quick Meal Acorn Garland and Moores for sale by McCook Hard ware Co These are the best ranges made others for less money A Few Bargains In second hand Buggies McCook Hardware Co It is at the Menard opera houBe Nov 20th Cafeshantant by ladies of the Episcopal guild Bound duplicate receipt books three receipts to the page for sale at The Tribune office Fresh butter of best quality at Marshs meat market CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Congregational Usual services in morning and evening Rev Hswkins of Indianola will preach Baptist Sunday school at 1000 a m Preaching services at 11 a m and 8 p m A F Green Pastor Christian Science Zint McClain building C H Meeker C S first reader Subject Adam and Fallen Man Methodist Sunday School at 10 Preaching at 11 Class at 12 Junior League at 4 Epworth League at 7 Election Sermon at 8 Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8 p m Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 p m Every Sunday J J Loughran Pastor Episcopal Services on Sunday at 11 a m Holy communion and sermon at 8 p m prayers and sermon Sunday school at 10 a m The Rector will offi ciate All are welcome to these services E R Earle Rector MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Mrs Jacob Matz went up to Denver Friday on 13 on a visit R E Love returned first of tho week from his trip to Wilsonvillo Mrs G W Norris will bo at home to Chapter X P E O Saturday Nov vember 3rd 2 p m T J Pate wo learn with regret is quite ill at his home northeast of town Postmaster Thomas of Trenton was in tho city Wednesday evening on bus iness A R Clark has purchased the R B Simmons residence corner of Main Avenue Rer C H Chader and family of Culbertson were in the city Wednesday and Thursday guests of J C Moore Rev G B Hawkes of the Congrega tional church hns been assisting in revival meetings in Indianola this week C B Walls who formerly made McCook headquarters with his family now of Oxford was in town on business Saturday last Oscar Green who was called home by the serious illness of his brother Roy returned to his university work in Lin coln Sunday night Captain C H Barrett informs us that Mrs Barrett who recently was op erated upon in Christs hospital To peka Kansas is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances This fact will be news of interest to their many friends in McCook and Red Willow county COUNT COURT Marriage licenses granted since last report Fred Flanagan 27 and Estella Crock er 21 both of Indianola Oct 29 Ira C King 21 and Minnie Bales 19 both of McCook Oct 31 Married by county judge Fresh Luscious Candy Gunthers High Grade Chocolates when supplied as fresh as you always get them at McConnells are so irre sistibly luscious that one never wants to stop after once beginning to eat them Try a box L W McConnell Druggist Oyster Supper The Brotherhood from St Paul will serve oysters from in the basement of the Methodist church election night Tuesday November 6 from 6 to 10 oclock 25 cents Social in connec tion Come and have a good time Election Returns Manager Bixler has arrainged to have the returns read and displayed at tho Bixler opera house election night There will be moving pictures and a first class orchestra Admission 25c Children 15c Telephone Notice Parties who are not now subscribers who wish telephones please make ar rangements at the office as soon as pos sible C I Hall Manager Down Town News Depot Go to Zint tfc Zint for you periodi cals stationery school supplies con fectionery and souvenir postal cards Subscriptions taken to all papers Doxo A new idea for clean people not a soap odorless disinfectant antiseptic not inflamable and a household neces sity C L Walker exclusive agent Economy Pitless scales the best made sale by the McCook Hardware Co For Let Ludwick explain the new gas burner to you Rev Milford H Lyon and his singer J D Stentz are now holding a series of Revival meetings at Hartford Wis On the first invitation in their meeting 82 came forward and decided for Christ Messrs Lyon and Stentz will be here to lead in a Union Revival effort during January The best liniment for rubbing out lameness swellings rheumatic pains stiff joints etc is McConnells No 13 Liniment Gives almost instant relief Walker sells Pattons Sun Proof and Bradley Vrooman paints They have no equal Once used always used Cash paid for eggs highest market price Reynolds Poultry Co Phone 285 Old Gurney stand November 20 Cafeshantant at Menard opera house by ladies of Episcopal guild Carload of Missouri apples for sale on track Gano Blanco and Ben Davis Prices right Come and see H C 0FFNER DR AL0NZ0 P WELLES Hears the Call and Passes on to His Reward While Asleep Early Monday morning the citizens of McCook were startled and saddened by the news of the sudden death of Dr A P Welles during the earlier hours of the morning Mrs Welles was with the doctor until shortly before midnight when she retired leaving him feeling as well as usual Early in the following morning she called the doctor whom she found sitting up in bed dead Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist ohurch by Rev Carman Thursday afternoon many friends pay ing a last tribute by their presence and in a wealth of flowers Tho members of the G A R post and circle attended but there was no ceremony There goes out to Mrs Welles in this sudden and great sorrow the deepest sympathy of the people of this city where her husband has been so long known and respected Dr Alonzo P Welles was bom in Steuben county N Y October 29 1815 where he lived the early years of his life In 1801 October 6 he enlisted in the Union army as a member of company I 83th regiment of New York volunteers In April 1364 ho and his father were taken prisoners near Plymouth N C and they remained in the prisons of Charleston and Florence S C and in Andersonville until paroled from the latter on March 1st 1865 Receiving an honorable discharge as sergeant a few hours after his parole he went to pro cure some coffee for his father Upon returning from his errand the father could not be found and for ten years no word came of him when the war depart ment at Washington sent the doctor his fathers pocket diary with the informa tion the father was dead and buried somewhere in the south land the exact place being still unknown The mother in York state not hearing from husband or son for long while and deeming them both dead moved with her people to Illinois where the son afterwards found her After the war he attended and was graduated from the HahnemanniumCol lege of Medicine Chicago where he practiced one year after graduation when he moved to Aurora Nebraska After a short residence there he went to Colo rado and thence to McCook in the spring of 1888 residing here until his death He was a member of the American In stitution of Homeopathy and of the Ne braska State Medical association whose meetings he has annually attended until the last year Two years since he was the associations president He has been master workman of the A O U W and medical examiner of the order and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin eers Was several times a delegate to the grand lodge of Nebraska Held ins urance in both the Workman and the Degree of Honor Was prominent in G A R circles commander and adjutant at different times Became a member of the McCook Methodist church in Sept 1861 and for years was chorister and held other official positions in church Was Sunday school superintendent at the time of his death Was a member of the Brotherhooh of St Paul and the Anti Saloon leagues first president Departed was an educated cultured patriotic Christian gentleman Some two years since he was compell ed by increasing disabilities to discon tinue the active practice of medicine go ing to Lincoln for an operation and treatment twice to Chicago and Lake Michigan summer resorts once to Ex celsior Springs Mo Since his return home about a month since he has rap idly failed although he was out on the street as late as last Saturday His was a complication of diseases asthma dropsy and heart trouble Mrs Welles had been reading to him unti eleven oclock Sunday night when he seemed as well as usual Early Monday morning she found him sitting up in bed as she at first supposed asleep Repeat ed calls brought the said conviction that his spirit had winged its flight Mb life had gone out quietly and peacefully in his sleep The highest market price paid for chickens and turkeys by the Reynolds Poultry Co Old Gurney stand Phone 285 Lost A pocket book containing a sum of money and papers last Sunday Finder willl be liberally rewarded by returning same to F J Zajicek or no tifying him of the fact Remember you will find Mike Walsh just across the street from his old loca tion ready to buy your poultry eggs old rubber copper brass at the highest cash market price All kinds of fresh and salt meats fruits and vegetables at Magner Stokes Scotch Music The musician to properly render and interpret Scotch music must bo in touch with its history legend and story for all the songs of Auld Scotia have their legend or story Take the beautiful Loch Lomond O yoll tak the high road an Ill be in Scotland a foro ye is tho advice to his sweet heart of a Jacobite who was convicted at Carlisle By the low road he meant tho grave by tho high road was meant that by which the girl would return to her home Death would relieve his spirit so that it would be in Scotland before she crossed tho border Annie Laurie was the daughter of a rich farmer she loved a foreman named Wallace for which he was discharged He went to his home in Maxwellton and was taken very ill Annie went to him and waited on him until to his death It is believed the song was composed on his death bed Maxwelton Braes are bonnie Where early fas the dew An its there that Annie Laurie Gied me her promise true An neer forgot t will be An for bonnie Annie Laurie Id lay mo doun an dee The Kilties understand how to render and bring out the beautiful melody and pathos of the Scotch music and it will be a treat that should not be missed when they appear at the Bixler opera house November 13th afternoon and evening The G Gs Entertain Halloween party at the G Gs in the club rooms over the post office Wednesday evening was up to the lofty traditions of the club The young ladies to the number of one score re ceived an equal array of young gentle men at 830 of the clock the hostesses being en masque and gingham aprons being their similar and distinctive rai ment The reception room was fanci fully decorated along Halloween lines and an Egyptian booth where the gentleman were subjected to the art of palmistry was an added charm Red was the predominating color in the tasteful dining room decorations Can dles shed their soft rays over the fes tal board as the young ladies served an appropriate supper in four courses Altogether the affair was voted a nota ble one by the young folks Few People Realize the advantages they have in selection of buggies until they go to the carriage room on the upper floor of tho McCook Hardware Companys store You find rigs there to suit your pocket book and every one guaranteed against poor workmanship or poor material Ready to Feed the Hungry Mrs Annie Murphy wishes to an nounce to the public that she has her new house completed and is now ready to serve the hungry people promptly and satisfactorily Two doors north of Methodist church Fine Chickens I have a few choice cockerels of the Ideal Princess strain of Rhode Island Reds and also a few choice cockerels of the Silver Laced Wyandottes for sale E Fletcher Bartley Nebr NOTICE Any person dumping rubbish along the public highway or on the McCook Driving Park will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law Bv Order of the Directors Will Not Be Held After 5 Oclock All seats reserved must be paid for by 5 oclock of the day of performance or tickets will not be held Manager Bixler Opera House Dempster and R V Gasoline engines also a full line of corn shellers shredders and feed grind ers at the McCook Hardware Co For Sale or Rent My restaurant lot building furniture and stock Main avenue near depot R Parsons Lessons on the Piano Miss Heckman late of the Royal Conservatory of Dresden Germany is now prepared to take a limited num ber of pupils FOR SALE Tuerk water motor and several steam radiators Inquire or write The Tribune McCook Neb A Sale at Grannls Remember the data Saturday Nov ember 10th Come in on said date and you will see what it will be rir In nil mi ii McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2 1906 Advortisomunt A Card to the Voters The Non Partisan Voters Leaauo of Marion Neb met on Tuesday evening Oct 30 1906 huving a good attendance and the following resolutions wero unanimously adopted Resolved that wo in behalf of clean politics support Sidney Dodge for the office of county attorney believing him to be representative of the best element of tho voters of all parties regardless of partythe report being circulated stating that Mr Dodge is not legally a candi date and that he could not serve if elected being without foundation 11- 2 1 Signed Committee C C Pew J 11 Wicks Wm Eikert A Series of Lectures Rev E J Mullaly of tho Congrega tion of St Paul Chicago will bogin a course of lectures at St Patricks church next Sunday morning Novem ber 4th and will continue one week closing on Saturday evening November 10th Thoso who heard him last year will remember him as an earnest pleas ing helpful soulful speaker Come and hear him everybody Every morn ing at 9 oclock every evoning at 8 oclock McMillens Specialties Cough Cure Headache Cure Sure Corn Cure Little Liver Pills Cream Lotion Broke a Leg In Two Places Private word from Lincoln brings the regrettable news that Mrs W S Perry had tho great misfortune to fill down stairs recently and fracture a leg in two places For Toilet use Fine sponges silky sponges for babies soft sponges for tender faces large sponges for the bath a full stock of strong fiber well shaped sponges L W McConnell Druggist Fire In Your Barn is no worse than destruction by slow decay Procure Pitkans Barn Paint at McCook Hardware Co and not only save your buildings but increase the value of your property For Headaches A remedy that has proved its worth many times McConnells Headache Capsules 25c LostA Terrier Reward A black and white rat terrier Reward for its return to Mrs Kendlen at Palmer hotel Books Have on hand and are receiving con stantly the new novels and standard books MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS McConnell for drug3 Try McMillens Cough cure Everything in drugs McConnell Get The Tribune to do your printing See the Acorn heating stoves at Ludwicks McMillens Cream Lotion will cure chapped face and hands Cream in sealed 10c anl 20c bottles for sale at Marshs meat market Menard opera house Nov 20 Cafesh antant by ladies of Episcopal guild Wanted To buy a second hand roller top desk McCook Laundry For Sale A hard coal burner in good condition Miss Marie Bronson Woolen Blankets for the price of cotton ones at the McCook Hardware Co For Sale A soft coal burner suit able for light housekeeping Inquire at this office For Sale A Radiant Home hard coal heater C H Meeker Dont pay the coal man so much money Buy an Acorn stove and save one third your coal bill See Ludwick Magner Stokes can supply you with anything in the line of fresh and salt meats Also fruits and vegetables Cash Received on Account Charge Paid Out and other cash register printed supplies at The Tribune office Take your poultry and eggs to the Reynolds Poultry Poultry Co Old Gurney stand Get the best market price in cash Theres no chance of missing it if you buy at Marshs meat market He has the goods and can deliver them Give him a chance to supply your meats of all kinds and he will be very pleased and certain to make good fry ART EXHIBIT IN THE COURT ROOM Under the auspices of the Public Schools and for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase pictures for the schools Open to night Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening Admission io cents It will repay a visit McCook Business College Commercial Branches Short hand Typewriting Telegraphy Write L W Staynkr McCook Neb McConnell for drugs Who solid tho Acorn stove Everything in drugs McConnell McConnells Balsam cures coughs McConnells Balsam cures coughs The Tribune will print it for you For lazy liver use McMillens Littlo Liver Pillots For Sale Two houses on three lots J M Henderson Jardinieres new colorings at Mc Millens Drug Store Whispering Smith and Coniston at McMillens Drug Store Try Magner Stokes for fresh and salt meats fruit and vegetables For Sale A nice folding bed In quire at The Tribune oflice Dr Kays office is now one door north of Commercial hotel Phone 97 By tho ladies of the Episcopal guild Nov 20 Cafeshantant at Menard opera house What Tho Reynolds Poultry Co will give you tho highest price for your poultry and eggs in cash McConnells Fragrant Lotion makes rough skin soft and smooth eases ir ritation 23c The Dorcas society of the Congrega tional church will meet with Mrs F M Kimmell on Thursday afternoon No vember 8th at 230 oclock w mv NUMBER 23 McConnell sells Edison Phonographs and records He has the largest stock of records in the West A good assort ment from which to make a selection Acorn the name of tho oldest line of heating stoves made They have given pleasure to their users for 100 years and will for tho next 100 Get an Acorn Ludwick sells them In his new location just across the street from his old place in the P Walsh building Miko Walsh wants to see you if you have poultry eggs etc for sale He will pay you the best cash market price for them You have yet to realize just how de lightfully soft and smooth how delight fully True Violet Odored a Talcum Powder can be until you have sampled BY LO NIOLET TALCUM POWDER Extra large can for 25 cents L W McConnell Druggist I offer for sale my choice quarter the n w of 32-4-30 bounded on the north east and west by a public i highway close to school and church containing 163 acres 113 acres in cultivation For particulars address owner H Gearty 519 East Jefferson street Springfield 111 The Letts Spencer Grocer Co of St Joseph Mo have asked us to inform the lady readers of our paper that the offer of a set of dishes which they made through our column and which was originaly designed to be closed October 1st has been extended to December 25th In filling out the coupons for this beautiful 31 piece breakfast set you can now have an additional two months Get to work at once and have a set of these dishes on your breakfast table Xmas day
