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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1910)
V U II Fifty Yars H Bfe PtPri CREAM I Baking Powder I A Guarantee of Light Sweety H Pure Wholesome Food MARION County Attorney Sidney Dodge was over from McCook on business last mid week A Mr Clark of Red Willow was a business visitor in town recently James Gregory of Bartley was a business visitor here one day last week J W Rollins of Indianola came over last mid week and took charge of E G Caine Cos lumber yard Mrs Cassius Dodge and son of Mc Cook visited at the parental Dodge home one night last week About three fourths of an inch of rain fell here Friday night Ernest Dodge was a ccunty capital visitor one day last week The base ball boys had an ice cream social at the school house last Friday night James Ward and wife of Fairview arrived in town Saturday from Min neapolis Minnesota where Mrs Ward was operated on for gall stones and which was a success Barney Williams from near Cedar Bluffs Kansas and A L Macy of Fairview shipped out four cars of hogs Saturday night What Everybody Wants Everybody desires good health which is impossible unless the kid neys are sound and healthy Foleys Kidney Remedy should be taken at the first indication of any irregular ity and a serious illness may be averted Foleys Kidney Remedy will restore your kidneys and bladder to their normal state and activity A Mc Millen BOX ELDER W B Sexson is home again Raymond Sexson is working for Maxwell Wolfe Roy Lytle is doing some plowing for T M Campbell Mr and Mrs A R Clark and Mrs Hickman attended services at the church last Sunday morning Rev F C Tyler will preach the memorial sermon for the old sol diers next Sunday evening One week from Sunday morning Rev Tyler will preach to the old folks and there will be special mu sic by the Steltzer brothers Every body invited The young people of the Epworth league will meet this Wednesday evening with Mrs G A Shields to practice for the social to be held at the church Friday evening The following Sunday school offi cers were elected last Sunday morn ing Mrs Dora Doyle superintend ent T M Campbell assistant super intendent Miss Bessie Doyle sec retary Mrs S H Burchett organ ist Miss Ida Gordon assistant or ganist I RED WILLOW The comet seems to be a disap nointment To us who remember the splendor of Donatis this is a small affair Owens Longnecker still lingers very low The trained nurse has certainly done her duty Owens heart stopped beating twice and she revived him by hypodermic remedies Mrs Elmer is staying some days with her daughter Nellie On Wednesday of last week twenty five neighbors with one hun dred horses twenty listers three plows and two discs put in Owens Longneckers corn and kaffir corn and prepared ground for millet and cane Then as Louis was with Ow ens so constantly he could not work they finished putting in his corn It was such a sight the photographer from Indianola was called to take a photograph as they were lined up Owens wanted to have them speak to him so they filed past his win dow with hats off and spoke One hundred thirteen acres were worked Mrs Smith has been sick but is better The comet and eclipse of the moon made the heavens quite attractive Work on the new Enterprise of f ice Monday evening is being pushed as rapidly as the Jacob Longnecker returned to his weather will permit A Mr Gordon of Omaha is here installing the machinery in the new alfalfa mill J H Neitzel is the new elevator man formerly of the mill force Mrs Ella Mack of Chicago visited her brother S G Stilgebouer and family last week A J Green left last mid week for a business pleasure trip in the western part of the state F M Yeater accompanied him home in Colorado Sunday night while Holton remains to assist the nurse attending Owens Day and night auto livery sons Livery Barn Phone 34 DANBURY Next Sunday the memorial ser vices will be held in the hall Prof Morris moved Thursday from Atwood Kansas He is living in the house vacated by C W Powell The Jones Bros gave a weeks entertainment in the hall with their moving pictures Lizzie Eibert of Marion was down this week and took the examinations with this school A large crowd was out to the din ner Friday the last day of school A number of people from Lebanon were up to the lodge Wednesday C C Hendricks has taken the agency for the Buick autos Mrs Wm Thiesson of Pawnee City arrived Thursday to be present at her fathers sale next Saturday A number of young people from here went to Orleans on a fishing trip Sunday last Jas Pontius of Indianola was over Tuesday last getting advertisements in the premium book for the fair S E Ralston of Lebanon was up Thursday on telephone business A Barnett of McCook was over Wednesday evening on a business trip S S Grahams new barn is nearly completed and it is the nicest in town Miss Lottie Watkins left for her home at McCook Friday evening Mr and Mrs Rea Oman were Mc Cook visitors Sunday last Wayne Hethcote went to McCook Saturday after Griff and Hal DeMay Clieth and Wilma Green and Len nie Thompson are on the sick list The Danbury basket ball girls are getting anxious to play ball with some other teams soon Rollo DeMay went to Beaver City Thursday to play ball NORTH OF McCOOK Mr Jake Zimmers entertained com pany last Sunday Farmers in this vicinity are about done planting corn Geo Scott is breaking sod on the school section which he purchased recently Mr Hunter has a fine driving horse which he purchased from Mr Askey of South McCook Miss Grace Hammell visited Miss ugusta Droll last Sunday The scribe has taken a drive up i the big flats The crops looked very flattering especially Mr Squire wheat Mrs August Droll and family enter tained Messrs Scott and Hunter and families R F D No 3 Small grain looks good rye is all headed out some fields of corn are up and look good Mr C M Soften has gone to Aus tin on a trip Mr and Mrs Geo Sigwins baby died last week Alex Ellis was up to Lincoln last week John Burtless is plowing his pota toes he has a fine field of them Some one shot two holes in Alex Ellis mail box R F D No 4 Small grain looks fine but the west end of the route needs rain Some of the corn is up J II Hesterworth is breaking sod Geo Mallen W E McAnich Ed Jaques and P M Hill have painted their mail boxes Come farmers paint all of them it makes them look good Foleys Kidney Pills contain in con centrated form ingredients of estab lished therapeutic value for the re lief and cure of all kidney and blad der ailments A McMillen The Dally Problem Are you interested in what is in table rapping No I am mere in terested in what goes on it Balti more American Do You Waat to Help Boom This Town CONSTRUCTED IIHIVi If you do youll assist the editors in advertising the place If you do youll patronize home indus tries including the printer If you do youll subscribe for this pa per regularly and advertise In it But If you dont youll sneer at our efforts for town improvement If you dont youll order your Job printing from some outsider If you dont youll borrow your neigh bors copy of the paper to read DO YOU OR DONT YOU 22 The highest ideal of the platform Is found In this man He Is differ ent YouwfH do yourself an injus tice not to hear Dixon at the Chau tauqua diiE By F A MITCH EL TOopyrlght 1910 by American Press Asso ciation f PTrTnt vnt tmro i O LITTLE RIDGE BURNER A Civil War Story A boy ilu twelve years old hoeing ii Held dropped his hoc iiid cne to the rail fence that divided the Held from the road A company of cavalry with one piece of artillery was waiting for him lit the bead their captain It was he who bad called the boy The little fel low climbed the fence sitting on the top rail with a leg on each side of it His trousers were rolled above the knees his brown legs were covered with Georgia clay his forehead pro truded from a rent in a dingy straw lint no coat covered his galluses and there was not much shirt One thing contrasted with the rest an in telligent coun tenance and a pair of earnest restless eyes Seen any Con federates around here today asked the officer I Seen any rebels No Why do you call them reb els Dunno onless thats what pop calls em Your pops Union Yes so m I It was a sum mer afternoon A seen any mild breeze was ates abound here blowing over the today plantation not yet disturbed by war The officer un mindful of the peaceful scene sat on his horse thinking of some matter evi dently of great importance to him How far is it to the bridge he asked the boy Bout five mile Straight road Waal to go thar from hyer you uns 11 have to foller this road that a way pointing fo a matter o ten min utes then cross the branch by the ford to the left and through a smart stretch o timber Then you Come along and show us the way Get up here behind me The officer lifted the boy to a seat behind him and gave the order For ward Havent heard of any soldiers be ing at the bridge have you No How long since you have heard from it Pap must V come across it yistiday on his way from the postoffic e He didnt say nothin about sosers thar These bluecoats were the tip of the right flank of Shermans foremost ad vance They had been ordered to de stroy a bridge provided the Confeder ates had not guarded it If they were there the captain had orders to drive them away to effect his purpose Can we see the bridge he asked the boy before we get to it Yes from the top of a hill a couple of miles this side When they reached the crest indi cated there beneath them in the dis tance was a wooden bridge The cap tain brought his fieldglasses to bear and saw that it was not guarded But scattered about on the un dulating ground between him and it were clusters of white tents He uttered an ex clamation of dis appointment They would eat up our little force he said to one of his lieu tenants I see no artil lery and weve got a gun re plied the other The gun will only hinder us If we attack well have to the little rascal make a dash ns started it What y want to do asked the boy The captain made no reply He was absorbed in thinking of some way to carry out his object even if he lost every man In his command The lieu tenant told the boy that they wished to burn the bridge I wonder said the little fellow thoughtfully if I could do it The captain turned sharply to the proposer of this remarkable plan A loy to do what armed troops dare not try to do How the urchin succeeded in win ning consent to his plan the captain himself who tells the story cannot give a satisfactory account Combus tibles bad been brought along and the most fiery and compact of these were concealed about the boys person A bundle of pitch pine was also glren him which in itself would not at tract attention in a region where pine Is plenty The captain took his little emissary as far as be dared then set him down to proceed without attract ing attention gave him a hug and bade him goodby with a fervent God bless T nn mv Tint- J flion thn nffiepp rp turned to the hilltop and watched an hour later a light smoke cloud rose from the bridge By jingo he exclaimed the lit tle rascal hns started It anyway You mean the little hero said the lieutenant All now depends upon their not discovering the fire till it is too late A tongue of flame flashed up and was followed by another Then there was a hurrying In one of the camps and in a few minutes a dozen men mounted and rode to the bridge Mean while a volume of smoke mingled with flame rose from the bridge and floated slowly away Then figures minute from a distance were seen trying to quench the fire But they had nothing to work with The bridge burned on broke In the middle and fell into the stream The work accomplished the captain sent his force -back under command V of the lieutenant to report the fact to his superior He r e in a I n t d with a view of getting tidings from the little bridge burner Darkness w a s setting in when a spot appeared down the road It moved but slowly Sudden ly the captain started to meet It The boy bridge burner staggered toward him and fell i n to his arms Then he noticed that the little fellows fell into his arms dothing was cov ered with blood A Confederate had shot him not knowing that he was a child just as he was disappearing in some bushes after accomplishing his work The little bridge burner recovered He was too young to enter the Union army but the government educated him to command men in its uext war POULTRY IN HIS BASS DRUM Unlucky Drummer Had to Share His Prize With the Colonel During the latter years of the war the armies were frequently obliged to make rapid marches without their pro vision trains and at other times were obliged to pass through devastated re gions where there was not the slight est prospect of obtaining anything in the way of food As a result of all chis the men were constantly devising ways and means of obtaining secret ing and transporting food about their persons On one of the marches of the Army of the Cumberland the soldiers had orders not to forage but as their ra tions were rather low it took sharp watching on the part of the officers to prevent the men from foraging when ever the chance presented itself On one occasion the bass drummer of one of the regimental bands managed to secure two turkeys and six chickens which he secreted in the interior of his bass drum When they i cached camj that evening the band was or dered out to play for a review that had been arranged on lhe spur of the momeut for a distinguished officer who had arrived on a visit All this hap pened before the bass drummer had time to remove his live poultry from the inside of bis drum and of course when he struck it it gave forth no sound whatever This exasperated the colonel who shouted repeatedly to drum harder Finally in a great rage he came down to where the latter stood pounding fr dear life and sweat ing like a field hiwl Why in blank blank blank dont you beat that drum louder he shout ed Colonel said the drummer in i voice husky with nnzuish theres two turkeys and six chickens inside this drum and half of them are for you Well why in blazes didnt you say so the colonel replied Fall out at once and go back to your quarters As a matter of course the colonel subsequently shared in the repast Rallied by General Stecdman When the line of General Steed mans division of the reserve corps was wavering in the face of the leaden hail at Chiekamauga he rode out and took the flag from the color bearer Go back boys go back he ex claimed but the flag cant go with you He was a man of powerful fig ure The line was strengthened and swept on against the foe All Were Pretty During an equestrian performance a number of ladies in the front stood up thus obstructing the view of those persons who were seated In vain were they collectively requested to sit down till at last a happy thought oc curred to one of the sufferers He called out in measured toues Will the pretty lady in front kindly sit down whereupon about fifty old women briskly seated themselves London Tatler Old School Prejudice Doctor I met a medical practi tioner of a new kind the other day and I cant classify him He diagnoses all diseases by looking at the finger nails of his patients What would you call him I should call him a humbug Chi cago Tribune The Feminine Instinct What on earth made your mother brim home that bundle of feathers Im sure I dont know dad unless It was because he saw it marked down Baltimore American ACT QUICKLY Delay Has Been Dangerous In Mc Cook Do tho right tiling at tho right time Act quickly in timo of danger Backache is kidney danger Doans Kidney Pills act quickly Cure all distressing dangerous kid ney ills m Plenty of evidence to prove this Mrs B Hurley of 204 E 2M th st Kearney Neb says Last winter I caught a heavy cold which settled on my kidneys and made me miser able I was rarely free from a dull aching in the small of my back and the kidney secretions passed so fre quently as to annoy me greatly I drank large quantities as I was al ways thirsty and a doctor whom I consulted told me I was in the grasp of diabetes lie treated me for the trouble but I became no better and was suffering intensely when Doans Kidney Pills came to my attention I used this remedy and the first box brought me such relief that I con tinued with it until completely cured I sincerely hope that my statement will be the means of benefiting other persons afflicted as I was Plenty more proof like this from McCook people Call at McConnells drug store and ask what customers report For sale by all dealers Price 50c Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doans and take no other Famous Speakers The program for the state Sunday school convention to be held at Be atrice June 7-8-9 is especially strong in having upon it two workers of in ternational reputation as well as several known the country over Mr William A Brown is the missionary superintendent of the international association has been on the mission ary field also a pastor in this coun try and until recently was the as sistant secretary of the Young Mens Missionary Movement He will bo present for the entire meeting ap pearing on the program each day Mrs Mary Foster Bryner element ary superintendent of the internation al association was formerly one of the international field workers in which capacity she has done most ex cellent work and gained a wide ex perience She has toured Mexico in the interests of Sunday school work and is one of the strongest speak ers on the platform today Her Studies of the Child delivered on Wednesday and Thursday will be worth going a long distance to hear A reception will be given for her on Monday evening In addition to these speakers may be noted Mr V D Stem speaker for the adult section of the program known all over the country for his success in the work of mens classes Rev J M Kersey D D of Omaha and Edw F Dennison Boys Work Secretary of the Y M C A at Omaha These names also speak for the exceptional strength of the pro gram and its educational value An Explanation After a great deal of worry and study we have at last figured out how so many country editors get rich Here is the secret of their suc cess There is a child born in the neighborhood the attending physician gets 10 the editor gives the loud lunged youngster a great send off and gets 0 It is christened and the minister gets T and the editor gets 500 It grows and marries the ed itor publishes another long winded flowery article and tells a dozen lies about the beautiful and accomplish ed bride The minister gets 10 and a piece of cake the editor gets 000 and a request to carry the grooms subscription account another year In the course of time she dies the doctor gets from 5 to 100 the minister gets another 5 the under taker gets from 50 to 100 the ed itor publishes a notice of death and obituary two columns long lodge res olutions a lot of poetry and a card of thanks and gets 0000 No won der so many country editors get rich Ex The High Cost of Living Increases the price of manv neces sities without improving the aualitv Foleys Honey and Tar maintains its higr standard of excellence and its great curative qualities without any increase in cost It is the best re medy for coughs colds croup whoop ing cough and all ailments of the throat chest and lungs The gen uine is in a yellow package Refuse substitutes A McMillen Iron Pure Iron is only a laboratory prep ration Cast iron the moet generally useful variety contains about five per cent of Impurities and the curious thing is that it owes its special value to the presence of these Pure Iran can be shaved with a pocket knife Impure Iron can be made almost aa hard as steal S - T 4