The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, August 16, 1907, Image 8

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    HOLDREGE
HARVEST JUBILEE
and Fair and
State Firemans
Tournament
August 26th to 31st
SIX - BIG DAYS - SIX
Big Special Features Each Day
State Firemans Tournament
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
The biggost meeting over held
More prizo money than ever More
men to participate Better equip
ment than ever before More rec
ord breakers than in any other
year The
Colossal Patterson Shows All Week
Magnificent parades splendid dec
orations as never before The city
in gala attire and regal splendor
A week jam full of pleasing aston
ishment and real plensure Come
Bring everybody with you
W hite Ribbon
f Shoes
THE HEW SHOE FOR WOMEN
We make them ia all the popular leathers
Black and tull Kill Patents and Tans High
and Low Cuts prices from S3 to 6 the pair
One Boston
woman writes
I will never
cease to sing the
praises of the
White Ribbon
Shoes
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want easy flexible sdd
shoes This then is what
you want
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welt sole Pure Oak Beltintr Sole very flex
ible stitched belting top piece on heel anti
septic covered soft cushion innersole White
Kibbon Mrdo over last with med
ium toe eneciallv designed and graded for
the White Kibbon Line
Rone Genuine That Does Not Bear
Above Trade Mark on The Sole
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simile of the cou
pon which is re
deemed at 5 cents
a pair and goes to
the WCTU So
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White Ribbon Shoe Company
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SOLE MANUFACTURERS
SOLD BY
Fisher Snider
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SVKUP Cures BRONCHs
Rather Confusing
Nowadays the duties of clerk and
sexton are usually performed by the
same person and an amusing story is
told of a person -who visiting a village
church and being struck by the knowl
edge of legends and history shown by
the old man who was taking him
round asked his guide what occupa
tion he followed Well said the old
man I hardly know what I be First
vicar he called me clerk then another
he came and he called me virgin then
the last vicar said I was the Christian
and now I be clerk again Virgin
was of course a confusion of verger
and Christian for sacristan or sex
Ion London Strand
Neighbors
I beg your pardon sir but Im
golng to ask you if your daughter
would mind not playing on the piano
for the next two weeks
May I ask sir the reason for this
-extraordinary request
Well you see my son wishes to
get a good start with the flute NeV
Tork Life
Wonderful Ability
-I understand he Is a man of great
sftbility
You bet he Is He can convince you
hat you are wrong in any argument
Without having to shake his finger In
your face Milwaukee Sentinel
Wit aoid Humor
of
JOE BLACKBURN
HOUGH the
fighting and
silver tongued
senator from Ken
tucky was defeated
for re election peo
ple of the Blue
Grass State as well
as those of Wash
ington will long re
member his quarter
of a centurys serv
ice in the two
houses of congress his stock of good
stories and his bright repartee
As a sample of the stinging language
Blackburn sometimes uses may be
cited his characterization of a western
judge whom he had introduced to
President Cleveland late in the cam
paign of 188S After this judge re
turned home he gave out an interview
in which he professed to quote the
president as having given up the elec
tion because of the treachery of Sen
ator Hill of New York Mayor Hewitt
and others Blackburn characterized
the whole statement as false and
wound up his sizzling roast in this
fashion
I can do no more than to crave the
presidents pardon for having been
misled into introducing to him a cari
cature upon humanity for whose ex
istence the Lord in fair dealing owes
an apology to mankind
Here is another sample of the sort of
English Blackburn slings when he is
feeling well He was detected read
lug the presidents message and as he
read he chuckled to himself Finally
one of his colleagues approached the
senator from Kentucky and asked for
the joke
It has just occurred to me solemn
ly observed the senator that Mr
Roosevelts English does not coruscate
with the pyrotechnic scintillations of
obsolescent linguosity which so ex
tensively Illuminated the lucubrations
and ululations of President Cleveland
Since lie hails from Kentucky many
of the tales concerning Blackburn
naturally relate to the beverage which
cheers Here is one A friend recently
met the ex senator at the station on
his return from a trip to the country
How are you Joe his friend ask
ed
Im up against it was the reply
I lost the best part of my baggage en
route
Did you misplace it or was it
stolen his friend inquired solicitous
ly
Neither said Blackburn TI12
cork came out
When questioned about this story
later however Blackburn denied it
Not a word of truth in it he said
You know I would be more careful
of the cork
Blackburns fondness for speechmak
ing is a matter of common knowledge
At one time lie was on an outing trip
with some friends along the Kentucky
river when a few dozen residents of
the neighborhood joined the party The
food was of the best and there was
plenty of liquid refreshment Black
burn however did not seem to be en
joying himself One of his friends
asked him what was the matter I
dont like this crowd Blackburn re
sponded Why Joe his friend re
monstrated theres not a man here
who wouldnt die for you I know
that returned Blackburn Its not
the quality Im objecting to but the
quantity The crowd is too big for an
anecdote and not big enough for a
speech
One day Secretary of War Taft ap
peared before the military committee of
the senate of which Blackburn was a
member advocating the view that jun
ior army officers should not marry
But how asked Blackburn can
you make that accord with the admin
istration views on race suicide
Secretary Taft met this question with
a characteristic roar of laughter
Blackburn was a stanch silver man
and therefore opposed to the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
law Representative Caruth and a
party of other Kentuckians called on
the senator and told him he was hurt
ing himself politically as most of the
towns in the state were passing reso
lutions favoring the repeal
What do I care for the resolutions of
the towns rejoined Blackburn They
are passed by bankers lawyers and
dry goods merchants and no country
men were at the meetings
How do you know asked Caruth
How do I know Why Asher I
know it darned well Every town in
Kentucky is reached by a tollgate and
the poor country people havent money
enough to pass them Thats the rea
son J know Here Jim give these
fellows a drink of Bourbon and let
them go
Blackburn one day invited Secretary
Shaw ami Vice President Fairbanks
who was then senator to have some
thing When Shaw was asked what he
would take he replied
Well I guess Ill have a glass of
lemonade
Blackburn then turned to Fairbanks
and said
And what will you have senator
Ill have a glass of moxie was the
reply
The bartender said to Senator Black
burn
And whats yours senator
Oh snld he scarcely able to con
ceal his disgust I guess IM have a
piece of squash pie
inn mm
STjmniuf i i
A VETERAN JOURNALIST
Croiby 8 Noyes and His Jamestown
Remarks on Roosevelt
Crosby S Noyes editor of the Wash
ington Star was quite free in his criti
cism of President Roosevelt and also
strong in his Indorsement of Mr Roose
velts work as a whole In the speech h
made before the National Editorial
association at the Jamestown exposi
tion He compared Captain John Smith
somewhat humorously with President
Roosevelt and said that the achieve
ments of the former In planting and
sustaining the colony at Jamestown
were as worthy of glorification us those
of the latter but that Smith lacked the
aid of the newspaper press which has
so greatly helped Mr Roosevelt In his
efforts to accomplish things In the In
terest of the people Mr Noyes gave
CKOSBY S NOYES
the president some rather hard digs In
the course of his talk to the editors at
Jamestown and concluded his address
with the remark After all Theodore
Roosevelt is n good deal of a boy yet
ns well as a most masterful president
Mr Noyes himself is one of the old
boys in journalism for he was doing
reporting at Washington when Web
ster Clay and Calhoun were the lead
ing figures in congress Ho celebrated
his eighty second birthday in February
and is still active in his profession He
left his native state of Maine at twenty-two
to become a Washington corre
spondent and In lSoo became a reporter
on the Star Twelve years later he ac
quired a financial interest in the paper
and since that time lie has been its
editor in chief Just before he entered
the employ of the Star he took a tramp
on foot in Europe after the Bayard
Taylor fashion and described his ex
periences in a series of letters to the
Portland Transcript ne won a hich
reputation during the civil war by his
energy in obtaining news from the field
and his accuracy and tactfulness He
was one of the few newspaper men
who enjoyed the confidence of the
great war secretary Stanton In later
times he has been active in furthering
the plans for the beautification of
Washington The New England news
papers for which Mr Noyes wrote sixty
years ago paid him 1 a column for
his correspondence Washington corre
spondents of the present time would
think that pretty small pay but Mr
Noyes at that time only paid 250 per
week for his board and lodging and it
would be difficult to obtain any kind
of accommodations in the capital for
that sum now
JOHN A ROEBLING
Statuo of Famous Engineer For Tren
ton N J by William Couper
The first engineer of the famous
Brooklyn bridge was John A Roeb
ling He was also the builder of the
first suspension bridge over the gorge
of Niagara He met with an accident
in 1SG9 which caused his death and
his work as chief engineer of the
Brooklyn bridge was continued by his
eon Washington Roebling The elder
THE BOEBIiING STATUE
Roebling was the founder of the big
iron and steel construction works at
Trenton N J and in this way it comes
about that a statue of him has been
executed for erection at Trenton It is
the work of William Couper who mod
eled the statue of Captain John Smith
recently sent to the foundry which
is to be erected in September on James
town Island Virginia The sculptor
portrays Roebling in a seated attitude
and the pose Is excellent giving an Im
pression of unusual strength and vigor
Consoling
My dear moaned the patient as he
tossed restlessly on his bed Its the
doctor Im thinking of What a bill his
will be
Never mind Joseph said his wife
You know theres the insurance mon
ey Philadelphia Inquirer
IflDIANOLA
I M Smith of McCook was a Indian
ola a short time Wednesday
F Shafer is very low with paralysis
and his recovery is doubtful
Mrs Andy Lambert who was progress
ing favorably a fow days ago has taken
a relapse and is in a precarious condi
tion
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs
F Shafer last weok
Mra Baxter is thinking seriously of
going to California to spend the winter
The mover who was shot while in
camp near Edison proves to be a brother-in-law
of F B Hardosty druggist at
this place
Dr Armstrong of Cambridge was
called by Dr Minnick in consultation in
the case of Mrs Lambert on Tuesday
last
Mr Weaver of Aurora came in on No
5 Tuesday to look after his land inter
ests around Indianola
Ernest Crabtree is numbered among
the sick this week
Edith Rider who has been in the asy
lum at Hastings is at home again after
an absence of several months
Archie Carmichael is able to bo at
work again after being laid up about
three or four weeks with a broken arm
and other injuries caused by falling
from a building
Mrs John Balding and little son visit
ed briefly in Indianola Tuesday evoning
before going to her home in Edison
She had been visiting tho homefolks
south of town
Mrs Shafer and two daughters are
here caring for the sick Mrs Shafer
has been in town for several weeks while
the daughters came Monday morning in
answer to a phone messago telling them
of the serious condition of their brother
Editor and Mrs B field spent Sunday
in McCook
Mrs Ferreo and mother Mrs Leo re
turned home to McCook Saturday
evening after a short visit with relatives
here
A cool wavo visited us last Saturday
night and Sundav as was predicted by
the weather man and gave us a chance
to get a good breath Now if tho weath
er man will just send us a little wave of
rain wo would be truly thankful
Several of our citizens went down to
Arapahoe last Saturday after hearing
of tho shooting affair by the marshal
Mrs James Baldwin has gone to
Bloomington for a visit
Miss Thompson of Denver is in the
city tho guest of her cousins Cora and
Edna Thompson
Bill Taylor who is a wielder of the
paint brush and well known to some of
the people hero stopped off between
trains Saturday while on his way east
The young friends of Asa Wolfe gave
him a surprise in tho way of a party
Saturday night that being the date of
his eighteenth birthday Ice cream and
cake were served Merry games were
played and everybody had a good time
Eugene Wilcox had the misfortune to
loose two fine horses lately which proves
to be quite a loss to him It is supposed
that they ate some kind of weeds creat
ing indigestion which resulted in their
death
DANBURY
Mr ard Mrs Quast and the hitters
son Mr Dehart of Michigan are here
visiting Mrs Daisy Robinson and her
brother EdEno They expect to go on
to Fruita Colo in about two weeks to
visit Mrs Quasts sister Mrs Frank
Eno
J L Sargent is here on business this
week
Phillip Gliom has sold his store build
ing and stock to Lloyd Naden who will
take possession soon
Miss Beth McDonald is assisting
Phillip Gliem to invoice this week
QW J Stilgebouer and family aro visit
ing in Hartley this week They expect
to depart for Covina Calif about the
3rd of September
Chester Dow of Indianola was a Dan
bury visitor last Sunday
The ball tournament has been post
poned indefinitely
We have a steam merry-go-round with
us this week
Mr and Mrs Thomas Mustgrave left
for Cheyenne Wyo to visit their
daughter Mrs Finley Scarrow
RED WILLOW
Mrs Quigley has bought a new piano
for her little daughter
The Longneckers have built a new
substantial bridge across the creek into
their woods
Joy Holland was taken quite sick
about ten days ago with typhoid symp
toms Prompt medical aid and close at
tention night and day got the fever
broken and he is now better
Earl Aman has a very sore heel caused
by his shoe rubbing a blister which
broke and inflammation set in He also
has a terribly mashed finger from being
caught in the pump handle
While Louis Longnecker was plowing
to get dirt with which to fill up the ap
proaches to the new bridge the neck
yoke broke and he was thrown against
the plow thereby being considerably
and painfully bruised
One Thing
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We distinctly aim at in this business is
that every man who knows us or who
reads our ads shall get the idea that this
is the store for
Quality
In Merchandise
gfHWed a good deal rather be known as the
right place for good stuff than as a place
where you get low goods for high prices
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We have a few
LeftOvers
to sell at LOW price but we have
New Goods
coming in every day at
standard prices
It is always easy to quote CUT prices
I hnr it is what the nrice buvs that COUNTS
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NOTICE
In addition to my shoe department I have ob
tained an expert shoemaker and will do all kinds
of shoe repairing as well as shoes made to order
Clothing
Shoes
We
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Making Post Cards and begin making Portraits after Friday
August 23 which will be the last day
You Can Have Your Picture on a Post Card
while you wait day or night at the tent erected south of the
new Carnegie library Let us make some postals of your
residence and rigs Prompt attention is given orders of this
kind Call and see sample Souvenir Views of the city 5c each
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Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
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A Handy Receipt Bock
Bound duplicate receipt books three
receipts to the page for sale at The
Tribune office
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