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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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The twenty sixth president of the United States was born in New York
city in 1S3S lie was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor in 1SS6
and spent several years as a ranchman in the Avest In 1S9S he became lieuten
ant colonel of the rough rider regiment in the Spanish war succeeding to the
colonelcy He was elected governor of New York in November of that year
and vice president of the United States two years later lie became president
on the death of MeKinley by assassination Sept 14 1901 taking the oath of
office at Buffalo N Y He was elected president as the Republican candidate
in 1904 President Roosevelt is the author of many books
INDIANOLA
TOO LATE iOB LAST WEEK
Miss Lena Hill is at home for a short
visit
Little Gatlu Walker is quite sick with
measles
John Hedges was a home visitor
Christmas day
Miss Mamie Mann was a business
visitor in McCook
A small child of Thos Patterson is
quite sick with throat trouble
Miss Clara Schoebel of Bloomington
is a visitor in the Bold man home
The young people are making good
use of the ice since the cold spell
Mrs J Uerling and two children
oauie home from Hastings Saturday
Reuben Finch of Cambridge came up
a few dajs ago or a visit with relatives
Mrs Tim Haley entertained some
Irieuds from abroad ou Christmas day
A New Year ball will be given this
Wednesday evening at Shorts opera
house
Miss Work and Hope Henderson went
o McCook Sunday for a visit with
riends
Jacob Keen living south of McCook
was the guest of W H Smith and fami
ly Tuesday
There is considerable sickness in and
around Indianola and the doctors are
kept busy
Sidney Toogood who has been in poor
health for a long time died early this
afternoon
Dr Mackechnies two little children
have been suffering from a severe at
tack of croup
Miss Merrimee of the central office
returned from her visit to Hastings Sat
urday night
Newton Skinner and son of Giltner
Neb were recent visitors in the W H
Smith home
Miss Maggie Newland and Frank
Junker were married in McCook one
day last week
Mrs Cole of Hastings accompanied
her sister Miss Merrimee home Satur
day for a visit
E S Byfield and wife have moved
into their new home and are now home
to- their many friends
Mrs George Mick entertained at din
ner on New Year day a large number
of friends being present
Mrs Fred Stevens and two children
and Mrs Jones were passengers to Mc
Cook Wednesday evening
Mr and Mrs Townley are visiting on
the Beaver this week with their daugh
ter Mrs Marion Walters
Mrs Charley Ford and three children
who live ten miles south of Trenton are
the guests of John Grovert this week
Miss Jessie Hethcote who came home
a week ago to visit her parents returned
to her school in Danbury Sunday morn
ing
Prof Walker of Canngton Okla
arrived in Indianola Saturday night on
15 in response to a telegram announc
ing the serious illness of his little son
BOX ELDER
S C King shelled corn Tuesday
E B Doyle is invoicing this week
A W Campbell spent New Year at
Sprin r Creek
T S Draper shelled corn for Brady
Wolfe Saturday
James Ueele contemplates buying the
store of D B Doyle
Mr and W B Sexson visited with T
M Camphi 11 Sunday
A W Campbell visited his daughter
Mrs A T Wilson this week
Mr anl Mrs Bramin spent Sunday
with Mr Hnd Mrs D B Doyle
Mr and Mrs Otto Pate spent Sunday
with Mr and Mrs G A Shields
Miss Debbie Johnson visited her sis
ter Mrs Ella Wilson latter part of last
week
A number from this vicinity took part
in the wolf hunt northwest of here
Monday
J K Gordon and family spent last
Thursday evening with T M Campbell
and family
Mr and Mrs George Younger gave a
party lane Thursday evening in honor
of Miss Dessies birthday
The little sou of F G Lytle who
shot himself through the hand with a
revolver is getting along nicely
DANBURY
Mr Roof left on the Monday evening
train for Alta Iowa
Ethel Ashton and Bertha Gliem were
Oberlin visitors last Thursday
Mrs Bardons mother of Republican
City is here visiting with her
Mr and Mrs William Mackay left
last week to locate on their homestead
in Colorado
Elder Burt of Stamford preached for
the Church of Christ at the hall 11 am
and 8 pm
Sam Minniear who ha3 been visiting
in Denver and other places in Colorado
returned to day
Griff DeMay returned to Omaha last
evening to study pharmacy Griff is a
natural born doctor
Lency Greenway is down with pneu
monia We hope she may soon recover
and be able to attend school
Floyd Erwin returned Saturday to
Grand Island to finish up his studies
after a pleasent visit with parents and
friends
Miss Maud Eno who has been visit
ing relatives and friends returned home
to Fruita Colo accompanied by John
Newman her future brother-in-law
Alec Foley died at his home 2nd of
January with cancer of the stomach
He leaves a wife and four children to
mourn his loss They have the sympa
thy of the community
With sadness we chronicle the death
of Clara VanPelt whoso sickness was of
such short duration She was a stud
ent of the Danbury high school from
which she graduated last year and was
teaching school until she dismissed for
the holidays She was greatly beloved
by teachers and school mates and
esteemed and respected by all Rev
Shepherd conducted funeral services
She was an honored member of the
Congregational church of this place
The family and friends have the sympa
thy of the entire community
Bttcuuaumwungg
SLEEP IN THE DESERT
Impossibility of Keeping Awake In
Riding Across Gobi
nitherto I have thought that travel
ing by carts over stony roads anil stay
ing in Chinese inns at night was the
hardest thing a foreigner traveling in
China was called upon to endure but
since I have traveled with a caravan
of camels I have changed my opinio
The monotony of the desert by iy
and the bed of camels saddle at night
the evil smell of camels and the slow
ness of their drivers and the acrid
choking of the little fire on which ones
food is cooked none of these things is
so trying to the foreigners as the sleep
iness which attacks one in this high
region This to me was a real torture
Traveling the cold night with no other
company than dull Chinese who seem
to sleep while walking alongside the
camels or while sitting on their backs
and being weighed down by heavy
sleepiness is the worst thing I have
endured
You sit on your horse and in spite of
every effort fall asleep Presently you
wake up and find yourself on the
ground with your horse standing be
wildered at your side wondering
whether you are alive cr dead Then
you try to keep yomreir awake by
walking and talking a bit to the camel
drivers but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourrelf A few
words are exchanged tn ien you
are too tired to jui j
talk or evoii to t of
Curious Observances Connected With
Death and Burial
Wheu a Corsican woman dies she is
always buried in a new costume which
Corsicans reverence the dead and a
feature in a funeral is the improvisa
tores women whose business it is to
improvise prose poetry to the mourn
ers Often this improvising is won
derfully beautiful and breathes the
true feeling of sorrow
The death hunters attend funerals
and afterward wrestle with the mourn
ers If a relative of the deceased gets
the better in the combat It is assumed
that his affection for the departed rel
ative was absolutely genuine
When the corpse leaves the house
the women gather at an upper window
and tearing out handfuls of their hair
throw it on the coffin The rich hire
women mourners who scratch their
faces and are paid in proportion to
the injuries they inflict on themselves
in their paroxysms of grief
A Corsican widow wears a strip of
black material tied on her eyes for a
week and during that period she is
fed and led about by her friends No
room in her house is cleaned and no
fire lighted for the same period
In the cemeteries Is a succession of
little buildings with flat roofs and
high openings These are the tombs
and inside them are rich hangings
flowers poetry and lamps which the
mourners place there in remembrance
of the departed
Quaint Market Custom
There exists at Totnes market a cus
tom which is believed to be without
parallel in the history of markets A
dealer chalks up the price he gives for
butter and eggs on a stall and all the
other dealers pay the same This sys
tem has goue on and surprisingly little
friction has resulted Some time ago
au attempt was made to break down
the custom aud induce producers tt
stand in the market and make the best
price they could It was however
short lived and the old system was re
verted to St James Gazette
A Joker
The Congressman sternly You seem
to forget madam that there is such a
word as obey in a marriage contract
The Congressmans Wife Is there
Why Isnt it funny how jokers do
creep into things Puck
The Skinflint
You are too hard on Mr Skinflint
You should treat him with more of the
liilk of human kindness
Hed churn it into butter and sell It
if I did
Precaution is better than repentance
Greek Proverb
iHrar ue
SCRATCHING FOR SAFETY
An Instsnco of Finding Fun In tha
Midst of Disaster
The laugh often comes In the very
face of danger Privations and pertta
cannot check the response to the com
ical An instance of finding fun in the
midst of disaster is told by Captain T
C Morton in the Southern Historical
Papers The Confederate picket line
was stationed on a sandy bottom near
a creek
John Ford one of the men on duty
was very plucky lie was seated near
an uprooted tree and could be plainly
seen by all his company Suddenly a
large mortar shell fell unexploded in
the sand about four feet from him
the fuse smoking and sputtering
John took in the situation at a
glance lie argued to himself that the
shell would burst before he could get
up and run away so that the safest
thing he could do would be to get into
the ground as fast as possible With
the utmost rapidity he began to work
down Into the sand with hands feet
and head The men watched the pro
ceedings shouting
Scratch John scratch Shes going
off
It was an exciting spectacle Never
was a man more in earnest The sand
all about was in commotion and in the
few seconds the fizzing fiiFe gave him
John burrowed like a great gopher till
nothing but the hump of his back was
outli to visible as the loose sand settled above
ting but
sleep sweet slcrp Oh for jota few
minutes there at the roadside in the
soft sand But no you must go on
and fight against this desire It is too
dangerous to sleep by the roadside on
the ground The caravan cannot wait
and your servant would not watch
him
The explosion came with a tremen
dous jar which shook the ground and
sent hundreds of pieces of iron singing
through the air Every one held his
breath expecting to see poor John
blown into atoms When the smoke
and dust blew away it was seen that
over you He would soon fall asleep Fords head was still on his shoulders
like yourself The wolves would then lie looked cautiously up and seeing all
have an easy time
Yet in spite of all this reasoning you
feel as if you were drawn to the
ground by the power of a thousand
few li a li is 634 yards ahead
After another ten II or so sleep creeps
on again like a huge boa constrictor
embracing you in its irresistible grasp
The same light has then to be fought
over again Then at last the caravan
arrives at the halting place for the
night North China News
CORSICAN CUSTOMS
was right sang out a hearty Who
eeh as cheerily as if he had treed a
coon instead of bavins been face to
face with death A cheer and a laugh
strong magnets and soon yield to sleep ran all along tho line
again Suddenly your watchful horse
whose reins you have kept slung
around your neck this is a wise thing
to do pulls up starts and jerks you j
wide awake You jump up not know-
Ing where you are for some seconds J
but you see your horse trembling and i
realize that danger is near
For a few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed
You jump on your horse and catch up
INGENIOUS CIPHER
The Letter That Brought Freedom to
Sir John Trevanion
During the great rebellion Sir John
Trevanion a distinguished cavalier
was made prisoner and locked up in
Colchester castle Sir Charles Lucas
and Sir George Lisle had just been
wit nvo iniilou rf nc i tvm miner i
with the caravan which has gone a uaf
mal ants and Trevaniou ev
ery reason to expect a similar end As
he awaited his doom he was startled
by the entrance of the jailer who
handed him a letter
Mayt do thee good growled the
fellow It has been well looked to be
fore it was permitted to come to you
Sir John took the letter and the jailer
left him his lamp by which to read it
Worthie Sir John Hope that is ye best
comfort of ye afllictyd cannot much I
fear me help you now That I wolde say
to you is this only If ever I may be able
to requite that I do owe you stand not
upon asking of me Tis not much I car
do but what I can do bee thou veric
sure I wille I knowe that if dcthe comes
Sometimes With the poorer Classes if nrdinarv men feir it it frichts not von
takes up most of the family savings accounting it for a high honour to have
and as the heat of the climate renders I such a rewarde of your loyalty Pray yet
- that you nay be spared this soe bitter
burial imperative within twenty four J
cup Wc prt y that you may be x fcar
hours the new gown is generally com- not that y ou will srudge any sufferings
menced directly the dying persons ill- i Only if hie submission you can turn them
tis the part of a wise man Tell
ness assumes a serious lorm
away
me an if you can to do for you any
thinge that you wolde have done The
general goes back on Wednesday Rest
Inge your servant to command R T
Now this letter was written accord
ing to a preconcerted cipher Every
third letter after a stop was to tell In
this way Sir John made out Panel at
east end of chapel slides On the fol
lowing evcu the prisoner begged to
be allowed to pass an hour of private
devotion iu the chapel By means of a
bribe this was accomplished Before
the hour had expired the chapel was
empty The bird had flown London
Tit Bits
A Quick Retort
Tennessee bred two great orators in
the olden days Andrew Johnson a
Democrat once president of the Unit
ed States and Gustavus A Henry a
Whig known as the Eagle Orator of
the South They ran against each
other for governor and when a long
series of joint debates had reached its
close Johnson addressed the Whigs m
the audience I have spoken with the
boasted eagle orator from the Missis
sippi river to the Unaka mountains
and as yet I see no flesh in his talons
nor blood on his beak Quick as a
flash Henry was on his feet saying
The American eagle is a proud bird
and feeds not on carrion
Birds Muscular Power
Birds are possessed of enormous
muscular power far exceeding in some
cases that of any other warm blooded
creature There is an instance on rec
ord of an eagle weighing no more than
fourteen pounds lifting and carrying
off a young pig which weighed no less
than forty two pounds How many
men could even stagger along the
ground carrying three times their own
weight in their hands The kick of
an ostrich is a fearsome thing It
will break a mans thigh or even the
leg of a horse Exchange
When on Tour
Fapa Ah my boy tho old days were
the best Then we did our courting
walking In the country lanes gathering
buttercups and daisies
Son Why pop We go courting in
the country lanes just the same today
only instead of walking we go in autos
and instead of gathering daisies we
gather momentum Town and Coun
try
Not His Say
Beggs What do you say to your wife
when you come home late at night
Jaggs Foolish man What makes you
think I get a chance to talk
NOTICE
Defendants tho unknown heirn lovisees and
legatees f lliimmli Schiller deceased will take
notico that on tho IHtli iluy of Decemlier IHI7
Wilson Hover plnintili filed his petition in tlio
district court of Keel Willow county Nebraska
iiKiiintt you tho object unit irnor of which tiro
to obtain a deereo of this court in favor of
olaintill and against said defendants iiiiiotiui
liis title in and to the south half of the north
east quarter and the north half of the
cast quarter of section fifteen township two
northof raiiKe twenty nine went of the sixth
principal meridian in said county ntaiiit the
claims and demands of defendands and each of
them that the cloud cast upon plaintill s title
by the claims of defendants and each of them
bo removed and each of them be decreed to
have no title in or to said land but that the
same be decreed to be in the plaiutitl discharg
ed of all tho claims or demands in law or in
equity of defendants or any of them for costs
and for Keneral relief and that ou the 1Mb day
of Decemlxr 1W7 said court ordered that ser
vice be made upon you by publication You are
required to answer said etitioii on or before
the twenty seventh day of January IMS
Dated December K
Wilson Oiovii IlaintilT
By W S Morlau his attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska Ked Willow county ss
In the count court In tho matter of the es
tate or Sarah 1 Cooley deceased
To tho creditors of said estate You are here
by uotilied that I will sit at the count court
I room in Met ook in said county ou the 3tli day
oi dime iw at one o clock p in to examine
all claims against said estate with a view to
their adjustment and allowance The time
limited for the presentation of claims against
said estate is six mouths from tho lltli day of
December A J I1K7 and the time limited for
paMiient or debts is one jear from said lltli day
of December 1H07
Witness my hand and the of said county
court this lltli day r December 197
J ilooiti County Judge
PojIeEldred Attorneys -12-3 Its
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska Red Willow county
ss In the county court In the matter or the
estate of Fannie E Jreen deceits -d
To the creditors of said estate You are here
hy notified that I will sit at the county court
room in McCook in said comity ou ttie 2Mb
day of June ltKJS at the hour of one oclock p
m to receive and examine all claims aganust
said estate with a view to their adjustment and
allowanee The time limited for the presenta
tion of claims against said estate is six mouths
from the 27th day of December A 1 1107 and
the time limited for payment of debts is one
year from said 27th day of December lK7
Witness my hand and tho seal of said county
this 2rd day of December 1W7
shaiJ J J Moo it i County Judge
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your trade and
hopes by merit to
keep it
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FENNEY WALKER
GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTERS AND DECORATORS
Not How Cheap but How Good with Us
Office and Shop west of First National Bank
Steel Ceilings Sold Put Up and Decorated
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i V FRANKLiN President A C EBERT Cashier
i JAS S DOYLE Vice President
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