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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1908)
fti tm m im XI I m Come H Stor McCook Markets Merchants and dealers in McCook at noon today Friday aro paying tho fol lowing prices Corn 8 55 Wheat 75 Oats 35 Rye eo Barley 50 Hogs 3 70 Butter good 20 Eggs 15 GRANT The Dutch-Swedish-American Telephone Co will build their line from Nebraska to Traer Kansas in the near future Gus Blunck has rented the John Wesch farm this year for one third of everything thats raised pgSSIg jk TJtSS3 Simons9 e for Rent j Fixtures ecbdsa HKKWKfmaMHHUBVSI August Wesch and family visit ed the home of A Benjamin Sun day John Wesch was in McCook on business Saturday Mr and Mrs C R Lee and family went on a trip to Colora do to visit relatives Her bro ther Mike Maisel and two sisters Annie and Nettie Maisel of- In dianola are taking care of the place while they are absent Andrew Anderson is on the sick list but is improving at this writing Miss Lizzie Daugherty visited the home of Jacob Wesch Sun day ssir JZr if A if mfpsw ra aim eg 8 SEEF 1 S1 V1 ftrFSr V 1 liiJ - - FM II -53 m 5S rr hWl A 1 its t yji 8 and strictly prohibits S the sale of alum U baking powder 63 5 does T i iJ io does Germany The sale of alum foods iTHtffiTriir I 3 has been made fileDJ vashington and the District of p F bia and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as i J To protect yourself against alunrij P when ordenng bakine oowaer Smp pimssfyca S and be very sure you get Royal Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream or 1 artar It adds to the digestibility and whole- soiacnesj 01 the iocd JSi dSWBShfcfcg t -5 E P m 5 Clothing liUCTrf BBM3W Q A CLOCK IN A BOTTLE The Vay This Marvel of Mechanism Was Constructed A German clockmaker living in the little village of Gomnier near Magde burg built a clock in a bottle The maker II Rosin secured a strong movement with a cylinder escapement measuring forty five millimeters and began by sawing the plate into halves The opening in the neck of the bottle measures fifteen millimeters and in order to get these halves into the bot tle he cut another segment off each of tho halves of the plate He built a sort of tripod as a resting place for the movement This tripod was assembled after he had introduced its parts into the bottle separately The tripod is so constructed that it cannot turn when the movement is being wound The four pieces of the plate were fastened side by side by means of screws to the platform attached to the tripod a long screwdriver and other tools espe cially constructed for the purpose bav Ing been used for this operation When the plate was put together the clock maker proceeded to put all the parts of the movement in their original places with the motion wheels for the hands A ring of white metal was placed around the neck of tiie bottle and upon this ring was soldered a round plate thus closing the opening On this cover were fastened in an In clined position the arms which serve as a support for the dial The dial is made of a ground glass plate which has a diameter of twenty centimeters The black numbers on the dial are cut skeleton fashion and ce mented to the glass At night one can tell the time by placing a light behiud the dial Technical World HOME OF THE DOLL Methods of tfce Ingenious Thuringian Toymakers Dollmakiug did not become conspic uous as an industry In the Thuringian aiountains xmtil the middle of the nine teenth century when a citizen of Son neberg brought from London a doll which was regarded as a great curiosi ty It had come originally from China and its head legs and arms were mov Jble This furnished an inspiration to the ingenious Thuringian toymakers svho promptly improved upon- it Up to that time they had made dolls only of wood and leather but soon they evolved the wax head at first a crude article the wax being applied with a brush but later brought to high per fection thanks it is Bald to an acci dental discovery A man engaged in making the heads dropped a thimble Into his pot of fluid wax and on taking it out found it covered with a smooth and beautiful coat of the substance He was not clow to ceize tho Idea tho result beinx liic yVyon of JJie 12- W -I ilnl ilbl lUIHil I I I rrirvrrnf i MlMgTTTTmjH I mu m j - i i nrm Soo Nebraska ping process the final touches of color being put on with a camels hair pen cil Later on the movable eyes and closing lids to feign sleep were added and the fleece of the Angora goat was substituted for human hair in the mak ing of wigs holding its color and curl much better the doll as it is known today thus assuming Its final and highly artistic form Dressing the dolls after they are made has become an industry in which numbers of women and girls are em ployed For tho small inexpensive dolls little chemises finished with a ruflle of lace around the neck and arms are made by hundreds and re quire no skilled labor for their con struction Rene Bache in Circle His Punishment It was beginning to rain and a man who was on the point of starting for church discovered that there wasnt an umbrella in the house fit for use You can borrow one from the T s nest door suggested his better half They never go to church No Laura he answered with firm ness It is wrong to borrow umbrel las on Sunday I shall punish myself for my carelessness by not going to church this morning Man and a Carpet Clara Ill give you a conundrum Why is a man like a carpet Tom I give it up Clara Well hes no sooner down than people walk all over him Tom Oh pshaw Man is totally un like a carpet for the more dust he has the less likely he is to get the shake Illustrated Bits EOX ELDER Younger Foye are doing car penter work for D B Doyle Jr Tom Elms helped T M Camp bell haul corn last Friday and Saturday Rev Miller and Stephen Bolles visited the school last Friday af ternoon Mr Drake of Spring Creek at tended meeting at this place last Friday night Rev and Mrs Miller visited Mr and Mrs S King and Mr and Mrs J Modrell last Thurs day Charles Wilson moved onto J Gordons place this week The proceeds of the chicken pie supper last Saturday night were 1175 e Store 9 CD Si will be a thing of the past and the great bargain offerings overlooked and regretted as soon as the stock and fixtures are gone so dont be one of these careless people and come take advantage of my bargain offerings At this sale you can buy goods that you need right now to keep warm goods that you will need to keep cool when you attend the races next Fourth of July and goods that will pay you to lay away for next winter as my stock is complete with a fresh uptodate line of Mens Boys and Childrens Clothing Hats Caps Trunks -Valises Mens Boys Womens and Childrens Shoes and Oxfords and Has to he Sacrificed During This Sale Ltile the Stock is Complete McCook iijnuiiiijimjiiutii imm jjm xtra Special Saturday between 2 and 3 oclock I will sell any pair of fpants in thejhouse for 200 Dont overlook this remember one hour only yt w a v ay t -ix ri xo x fPiv jcs fci vy iJ JS V7J XX MyB Liy i vin rnjvjy iii - i ff pT mwniprt Jmn b CJi a p i gl 1 mmm SHI 3555 Tl If- T queer for several days while around doing his work he would be heard to exclaim papa An investigation was made by the neighbors and the mystery clear ed up Its a fine boy and looks like papa If Taft is nominated for presi dent we now and here place Sam Clark in nomination for vice-president Wouldnt they be a pair to draw to Tl teat 3 GO TO YOUR ORDB u ANY WESSON OR PATTERN Best Prices Bring In Your Pictures LSIieL The Ideal Store JMJHJ LIJLM - 11 - THE TRIBUNE Office for Office Supplies IHVlJIf H -- Jl BARTLEY Dr Armstrong of Cambridge was called in consultation with Dr Arbogast to see Henton Gid man Saturday who was not ex pected to live At this writing he is slowly improving Mrs Utters mother and sister are here from Illinois on a visit Hermother is eighty one years old Farrer Flint have opened up a real estate office in the Jen nings building first door north of the bank Mr and Mrs Hodgkin visited in Bartley Sunday with Mr and Mrs R Hodgkin Reece Arnold had been acting Fine rain Monday is encourag ing to farmers Mrs S G Brown visited in Arapahoe Thursday Big improvement in business at Bartley Highest price paid for wheat this week of any town in the county F A Hodgkin has begun plow ing with four teams getting ground ready for spring wheat Land buyers here from the east Tuesday and Wednesday R R D NO 1 Will Evans was a visitor in the W N Rodgers and Joseph Dudek homes last week Mike Fritz is a new tenant on the Hatfield ranch T A Endsley returned last Sunday from his Ohio visit and Mrs Endsley who has been stay ing with her daughter Mrs W P Broomfield has returned home A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Julius Hinz Feb 20th Mike Esch is entertaining his people who arrived from Cana da last Saturday morning John Leibbrandt is improving i in v- Ji Mi r V