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Mr Brown of SLEEPYTOWN
He wouldnt advertise
So along came Hr Strong
And took him by surprise
Mr S as you may guess
Was strictly up to date
Knew the game and played the same
At early hours and late
Strong is still in WAKEFUIVIHE
The merchant of the town
Ee advertises and still surprises
Such chaps as Mr Brown
Boom Your Own Town
Business will prosper
Only when the people
Of the community
Make a united effort
Your business depends
Ou others prosperity
Unless we work together
Results are disappointing
Only those prosper
Whose patrons are prosperous
Nothing succeeds like success
Towns thrive and flourish
Only when they deserve to
When their own people
Neglect no opportunities
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MARKED COPY ou a newspaper
wrapper is sure to make tl recelvr
open and read
Last year a southern man bought
fifty copies of his local paper contain
ing a suggestion for a factory location
marked them and mailed them to Gfty
individuals or concerns that might he
Interested
Result Twelve immediate inquiries
three propositions for the factory site
one thriving factory located which to
day pays wages to 175 persons living
In that town
Watch this paper for such opportu
nlttes to BOOM YOUR TOWN
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SCALPING
Indian Tradition That Tells the Origin
of tho Custom
According to the Indian tradition
scalping arose In this wise
Hundreds perhaps thousands of
years ago when nil the Indians In the
world were of one tribe and under one
chief there arose a dispute In the tribe
as to who should succeed the old chief
who had just died without issue There
were two principal aspirants to the
honor each having a considerable fol
lowing The dispute finally ended
with strife and war and for the first
time In the history was brothers
blood shed by brotjiers
The chief of one of the factions had
a beautiful daughter and one of the
bravest warriors was a suitor for her
hand Her father consented to the
match ou one condition that the
young brave should journey to the
camp of the enemy many miles away
through the deep snow kill the chief
his rival and return with some unmis
takable token of his death In spite
of the snow and the distance the
young man immediately set out on his
journey and after lying in ambush
for several days finally entered the
camp boldly attacked the chief In his
tent slew him and cut off his head
Next morning the murder was dis
covered and the tribe set off in hot
pursuit Little by little they gained
upon the fleeing warrior who in his
anxiety to elude his pursuers cast
away all his Impediments to his very
clothing retaining only his stone knife
and the trophy which was to win him
his bride
Ills pursuers gained rapidly until
finally so near did they come he could
hear them on his trail His grewsome
burden grew heavier and heavier and
as a last resort he whipped out his
knife stripped the scalp from the head
of the dead man and thus lightened
of his load reached his own camp in
safety presented to his chief the token
of his prowess and was wed amid
great rejoicing to the damsel of his
choice
From thenceforth he was permitted
to wear an eagles feather in his cap
and to this day the eagles feather re
mains the sign of the successful war
rior the number he displays depending
upon the number of scalps he has tak
en Chicago Record Herald
HE USED TACT
A Successful Mans Story of the Way
He Won Wealth
The late Ira D Sankey said a
Brooklyn clergyman attributed a part
of his success to tact to the faculty
of pleasing people He used to tell a
story in illustration of tacts great
power
Mr Sankey according to the tale
met on the street one day a man he
hadnt seen for two years
Why said the man how well
youre looking Sankey
You too are looking well said
Mr Sankey And two years ago you
were quite out at the elbow while now
you are clothed in purple and fine lin
en Come home to dinner with me
wont you
Gladly said the other and they
went to dine
During dinner Mr Sankeys guest
talked agreeably of his 120 horsepow
er racer his wifes limousine and his
daughters husband the earl It de
veloped in fact that he was a multi
millionaire
And yet two years ago Mr San
key said you were as poor as a
church mouse Tell me bow did you
manage it
By means of tact replied the
guest 1 suddenly took to being tact
ful and the results were marvelous
I never neglected on meeting an ac
quaintance to say How well you are
looking The acquaintance would be
tremendously pleased He would in
vite me home to dinner he would in
troduce me to all his influential friends
and he would give me valuable tips
and pointers Naturally 1 soon be
came rich very rich rich enough to
rotir
Then the guest looked at his watch
and rose
But 1 really must be going he
said Thank you my dear Sankey for
an excellent dinner Goodby How
well youre looking Cincinnati En
quirer
Settled It Themselves
In wootern China European travelers
recently found a simple method of
settling disputes One of them writes
While we called the midday halt at
Tachade we asked the villagers con
cerning some new graves which we
noticed in a field close by They an
swered Our head man and two others
were killed three months ago in a feud
with a village higher up the hills Is
it settled now Yes Did you re
port the matter to Laowo No
What would have been the use We
just settled the matter ourselves
How Oh we killed eight of the
other party
The Apple of Discord
At the marriage of Thetis and Pe
leus where all the gods and goddesses
met together Discord threw on the ta
ble a golden apple for the most
beautiful Juno Minerva and Venus
put in their separate claims and not
being able to settle the point referred
the matter to Paris who gave judg
ment to Venus This brought on him
the vengeance of Juno and Minerva
to whose skill Is attributed the fall of
Troy
Literary Taste
I have written a book that every
body ought to read said the author
I am afraid it wont do answered
the publisher What the public seems
to want now Is a book that nobody
ought to read Washington Star
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Corn Exposlllon Exhibits Carried Free
The Burlington railroad is to carry ex
hibits to tho National Corn Exposition
free of ohnrge This will give everyone
along the route a chance to compete for
the valuablo premiums being ofTored
A spocinl baggage- car will start from
McCook on December 2nd on train No
12 at 715 a m and will stop at the
following points Red Willow Indian
olti Bnrtley Cambridge Holbrook
Arapahoe Edison Oxford Atlanta
iloldrege Funk Axtell Minden Heart
well Kenesavv Juniata Hasting In
land Harvard Saronville Sutton Graf
ton Fairmont Exeter Friend Dor
chester Crete Berks Denton Burn
barn and Lincoln
All exhibits should arrive at the
above stations ton day previous to the
departure of the train upon which they
are intended to be sent Charges must
be prepaid up to the time they are loft
in care of tho station agent at the pick
up points
Name and postofiico address should
be plainly written and attached to each
package Address the exhibits to J
Wilkie Jonee General Manager of the
National Corn Exposition Omaha
Nebraska
Full Measure and Running Over
The entertainment given under V
C T U auspices Tuesday evening in
Diamonds hall delighted a well ii
room of appreciative people o
gram as given in last weeks paper an
excellent one and well worth the price
of admission was supplemented by re
freshments giving added flavor to an
occasion of much genuine pleasure
PROGKAM
Music High School Band
Prayer Rev Hawkes
My Country Tis of Thee Audience
Reading George Kearns
The Guileless Witness Stella Faus
Music Band
Reading That Old Sweetheart of
Mine Mrs Gary
Reading selected Mabel Ilegenberger
Music Dorothy Dungan Leta Monks
Reading Gertrude Morrissey
Reading Lona Phelps
Music Band
Entertained in Lincoln
The M M Card club enjoyed a series
of bridge games SHturbay night with
Mr and Mrs Robert M LeGore as
hosts The highest scores were made
by Mrs Frank Prophet and O M
Stonebraker Those present in addition
to the club members were Mrs Charles
D Ritchie of McCook Mrs Jerome
Smith of Grand Falls Texas Mr and
Mrs Carl Weil Mr and Mrs C II
Beaumont and Miss Annie Jones The
next fortnightly meeting will be with
Mr and Mrs C H Rudge Lincoln
Star
Severely Injured by Fall
Early Monday morning Mrs Sarah
J Spickelmier of Longmont Colorado
while a guest in C I Halls homo fell
onto the floor in her bed room sustain
ing severe hip injuries which will con
fine her to bed for some time Mr aud
Mrs Cal Throne were summoned from
Longmont and Mrs Throne will remain
until the mother is able to return with
her to Colorado Mr Throne returned
home Wednesday
The Annual Exhibit
and demonstration of the Majestic range
at McCook Hardware Co s last week
was as usual a great success in every
particular The exhibit of the walking
cake was carried out just as advertised
showing what can be done in the Great
Majestic range If you have not got
one of these ranges you should figure on
one as soon as possible
Captured an Insane Man
Roy Ball a joung man who escaped
from the asylum at Lincoln Nebraska
a few weeks ago was captured by
Deputy Sheriff Barny Devling in Kirk
precinct and brought to Wray Sunday
The father of the unfortunate young
man who resides near McCook was
notified of tho capture and came up
Tuesday and returned with the boy
Wray Colo Gazette
Selecting Christmas Presents
will be easy for you at our store as you
find so many things which are
iate as well as useful Our lino is more
complete than ever and you will find
your money will go a long ways if you
buy of us
McCook Hardware Co
May Locate In McCook
J B Noonerof Oberlin Kansas rep
resenting the Norton Kas Marble and
Granite Works spent part of the week
in our city looking up business mat
ters While hera he looked over the
situation and may decide to locate here
in the not distant future
Are You Provided
for winter Better arrange right by
getting a Garland Base Burner large
enough to heat your house easy and
save half the coal bill you are now pay
ing McCook Hardware Co have these
stoves and can show you how
Deputy 011 Inspector
Francis Colfer of our city has been
appointed a deputy oil inspector for the
Fifth district by Governor elect Shallen
berger
Complete line of harness of the best
grades for the least money at McCook
Hardware Co
Frank Real Co are equipping their
elevator plant with feed grinder of the
roller kind
McConnells Balsam cures coughs
Everything in drugs McConnoll
Picture framing Tho Ideal Store
Mary Harrison nurse Phono black 28G
Fruits of all kinds nt all timeB at
Hubers
List your property with Dorwart
Newlon
Fall and winter caps for men and boys
at Rnzell Bargers
Ten bars of Good Laundry Soap for
27 cents nt Magner Stokes
See Dorwart Newlon for bargains
in reHl estate Ollico under Citizens
Bank
Fresh lettuce celery cauliflowor
rheubarb etc constantly on hand nt
Hubers
A break in tho machinery delayed
the cement work on the electric plant
last week
Godfrey Co aro operating a feod
mill Seo them for feed of all kinds at
right prices
Velie wrought iron buggies the
kind you ought to buy at McCook
Hardware Co
Double - strength Heinz vinegar
imitated by all equaled by none for
sale by Magner Stokes
Our Colorado peas corn etc are as
near perfection as it is possible to ap
proach in canned goods Huber
It was Thomas Clapp who lost tho
money last week noi William White
as erroneously printed in the paper
If you realize the value of experience
in prescription compounding you will
take your prescriptions to McConnell
Druggist
Buckskin Flannel Shirts warm
strong serviceable They are union
made and are sold by
Rozeli Barger
We are just in receipt of a new and
well selected fresh and up-to-date stock
of neckwear and mufflers Come in and
see Rozell Barger
The stone for the temple building is
on the site and work on the Main ave
nue front is progressing nicely this
week making quite a showing for the
handsome structure to be
We have a remedy for skin chapping
that never fails It is delightful to use
and keeps the skin soft smooth and
healthy Ask for McConnells Fragrant
Lotion
A part of every mans business assets
is his reputation for being there with
the goods of selling good articles for
the money for selling dependable
merchandise in any department of trade
Havent you often heard this stated of
Marshs meats
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Recipe
Two cups of
Falcon Sclf Pisin
Pancake Floor one
cup milk two eggs
one tablespoonful sugar
butter the size of a wal
nut Mix thoroughly
before adding the flour
For Delicious
Waffles or Gems
WHATEVER YOU NEED
In Dry Goods Millinery Cloaks Furs Suits
Skirts Dresses Blankets Underwear Etc Etc
BUY IT AT H C CLAPFS
AND SAVE MONEY
We are selling 52 -inch Black Kersey Coats beautifully
trimmed at 675 52 -inch Black Kersey Coats full satin
lined at 1000 and 1250 Handsome New Directoire
Styles in all colors plain tailored and very elaborately
trimmed at 1500 to 2500
Childrens and Infants Coats
we are showing in a great variety of Bear Skins Plushes
Astrachans Broad Cloths and Fancies from 225 to 1000
Sweater Coats
We now have in a variety of
colors for Ladies and Misses
at 300 350 450 and
500 each Just the thing
for this changeable weather
Knit Goods
We offer a very extensive
assortment of Knit Skirts at
1 00 and 150 each Long
Knit Scarfs at 50c 75c
100 and 150 each
A Few Blankets Left at 48c per Pair
Dont miss this chance of securing a good cotton blanket
at this ridiculously low price Many other good values in
blankets at 75c 100 and up to 625
AND REMEMBER
We are exclusive agents in McCook for THE
BKA1LU MUiNbiiNCr UNDliKAVLAK It wears best
fits best and gives the best satisfaction Buy Munsing
Union Suits accept no other
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Exclusive Dry Goods Millinery and Ladies Furnishings
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Falcon Pancakes are almost as indispensable as bread easily digested
highly nourishing To make them use
Falcon Self Risin
Pancake Flour
A constant convenience to the busy housewife Its wheat
corn and rye an ideal food combination adding a new delight
to the breakfast table If you enioy the good things of
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cake b lour and have a treat for breakfast tomorrow
Shannon Mott Company
Millers of Falcon Purs Foods
Des Moines Iowa
Phone 56
222 Main Ave
McCook
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SHOULD REMIND YOU
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Warm Lined Shoes
We have them in all styles Slippers with felt soles fur trimmed
turned soles heavy leather shoes with wool tufted lining for old ladies
extra high top for old men in fact everything you want in a warm
shoe at right prices
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