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THIRTIETH YEAR
INTERESTING TRAVEL TALK
Resume of a Six Months Trip
Through the Old worm
Mrs Matie G Welles instruct
ed and interested keenly an ap
preciative audience in the Metho
dist church last Thursday even
ing Her talk covered her visit
toEgypt The Holy Land Italy
Greece Switzerland Paris Lon
don Scotland and other coun
tries and a host of historic and
absorbing places concluding with
a brief reference to the Passion
Play as witnessed by her at Ob
irammergau
Mrs Welles proved that she is
a good observer and can tell in
a clear and concise manner many
things she sees Her talk was
vastly entertaining The only
regret is that the fair sized aud
ience present was not at least
double the number
In addition Mrs W B Mills
played a splendid piano selection
and Mrs C W Britt delighted
nil with two vocal selections
The talk was given by Mrs
Welles without remuneration to
assist the ladies of the W C T
U in financing the coming state
W C T U convention Septem
ber 2Gth to 29th
Baptist Association
The Baptist Republican Valley
Association meets with the
rege church today Wednesday
Thursday August 22 23 and 24
This evening Rev Jerry or Jjin
joln and Dr Mills of Omaha will
give short addresses Wednes
day afternoon and night will be
on Missions by several field Avork
Thursday will occur the B
Y P U session when papers will
read by different members of the
dissociation The closing number
Thursday evening will be an ad
dress by Dr Garrison of Grand
Tsland college Everybody is cor
dially invited to attend
Brilliant Electrical Storm
Perhaps the most brilliant elec
trical storm of the season visited
MeCook early Friday morning
A slight rainfall accompanied the
fluid exhibition A terrific bolt
struck the earth about the cor
ner of 1st east and I street but
did no damage beyond calling the
neighborhood to prayers
The rainfall west and north
west of us was much heavier
Are Grateful
To the many dear friends
vriiosc sympathetic hearts and
kindly helpful hands stretched
out to us in the great sorrow that
came to us in the death and buria
of our dear son and brother Paul
Clinton Beach we extend our
most heartfelt thanks
Mr and Mrs II Beach and fam
ily Mr and Mrs B C Bar
ger
The Record Figures
The standing of the Republican
Valley League
MeCook 15 9
Cambridge -22 12
Alma 32 16
Arapahoe 24 12
Beaver City 20 10
Orleans 16 7
Alma Record
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10
16
12
10
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500
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The Main Store On Main Street
If it is the freshest and best in
groceries fruits vegetables etc
you seek look no further than
Ilubers
A town that never has anything
to do in a public way is on the
way to the cemetery Any citi
zen who will do nothing for his
town is helping to dig the grave
A man who curses the town fur
nishes the coffin The man who
is so selfish as to have no time
from liis business to give to city
affairs is making the shroud The
man who will not advertise is
driving the hearse The man who
is always pulling back from any
public enterprise throws bouquets
on the grave The man who is
so stingy as to be howling hard
times preaches the funeral sings
the doxology and thus the town
lies buried from all sorrow and
care Crawford Courier
It is the proved quality of Mag
ners groceries that accounts for
their increasing popularity with
the buying public Every patron
is a satisfied patron
Friends of Postmaster McCool
in Red Willow county will deeply
sympathize with him in the death
of this sister of whom it may be
said she went about doing
good
Maywood Couple Married
Miles S Gates and Miss Beth
Newell both of Maywood Ne
braska were married in the Con
gregational parsonage of our city
Saturday afternoon August 19th
Rev R T Bayne officiating The
young people were accompanior
by Miss Esther Gates and C A
Rowin driving over from May
wood
Suits for Divorce
Three suits for divorce have
been recently filed in the district
court Mamie M White vs Wil
liam II White Mary Brumgart
vs Henry Brumgart George Con
nelly vs Viola Connelly
Base Ball Season Closed
Manager N J Campbell in
forms us that the base ball season
is closed for MeCook team so far
as his management is concerned
Chas Kelley and three others
from MeCook aroused a little ex
citement on Monday and Tuesday
morning while attempting to cap
ture a supposed horse thief who
emptied his suit case took an
800 mare from the Kelley farm
and bridle and saddle and start
ed south toward Cedar Bluffs
Men were watching for him to
pass when the men in autos
came through here A phone
call went to Oberlin to tell them
that the fellow had returned witli
the horse sometime in the early
SfcSUlsLuS sJeg
Cedar Bluffs Booster
S B Patmon of near Iloxie
Kansas rode a bicycle through
town about a week ago headed
for MeCook Monday lie return
ed and camped here all night
lie had been up to see hif sick
brother at Holyoke The train
and stage from MeCook on help
ed him but from MeCook to
noxie he rode the bicycle both
ways which is over a hundred
mile ride Cedar Bluffs Boost
er
Thirteen tons of mail for the
St Francis branch was accumu
lated in the express room at Ox
ford and 200 pouches at Edison
at one time during the washouts
on the south side of the county
Arapahoe Mirror
Symphony Lawn Initial Sta
tionery Just what you have been
looking for
MeCONNELL Druggist
Magners groceries meet fully
the pure food law requirements
Freshest fruits at Magners
Tuesday Evening Edition
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Colorado Springs August 21
Farmers of the United States
needlessly threw away 8896000
bushels of winter wheat this year
not to mention an enormous loss
in other farm products simply
because they failed to prepare
against drouth by taking steps to
keep moisture in the soil This
is the declaration of Secretary J
T Burns of the International Dry
Farming Congress who is now
preparing to conduct the sixth
congress which meets in this city
next October
Mr Burns had just read the
report of the United States De
partment of Agriculture for Aug
ust showing that loss under the
ivi1 crop iieiore mm lay a
sheaf of wheat raised by J M
Bradshaw of Peyton Colo who
has just threshed an average of
20 bushels per acre from 100
acres patches in which ran as
high as 57 bushels On the Brad
shaw land only four inches of
moisture fell from the time this
wheat was planted September 2
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to the day it was cut July 15
and there is not a live stream in
25 miles This land was summer
tilled that is carefully cultivated
and the weeds kept down the
summer before it was planted
This is one of the tenets of scien
tific dry farming as taught by
the congress It is applicable to
every part of the land says Mr
Bums The average of all wheat
in the U S according to the gov
ernment is only 145 bushels and
the quality is 92 as against 926
last year So there is nothing
wrong with the 1911 wheat but
lack of moisture
Every farmer in the land
could have done as Mr Bradshaw
did with his little four inches of
rainfall had he been intelligent
enough to study dry farming
methods and willing to do the
necessary work declares Mr
Burns Some day they will pre
pare to meet drouth as they do
other adverse phenomena of na
ture and overcome it too Is
sued by the International Dry-
Farming Congress Press Bureau
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The Burlington Crop Report
A MOST LIBERAL RESPONSE
Good Roads Committee Receiving
Such Treatment From
the Citizens
Messrs Pennell McConnell and
Galusha have been soliciting wori
and money from the people of
MeCook for good road purposes
and have received a most encour
aging response Most persons ap
proached have donated work or
money The amount thus raised
will go a long way in placing the
roads east and west of the city
in good condition
This matter of good roads is
receiving merited attention and
encouragement from the people
of the city and from farmers and
others in this vicinity
Work is progressing on the
roads under the direction of P
Walsh and A G Bump with re
sults already noticeable and
worth while
Robbed the Drunk Man
An intoxicated painter was rob
bed by some unknown man last
Saturday but no track was seeur
ed of the thief The painter had
just come in from doing som
work at Sanborn and had a
watch and some money on his per
n B Fortney and J D Grant
were fined by Police Judge Gray
Saturday for fighting The
amount each contributed to the
public exchequer was 755
Broke Out of Ditch
As a result of the rain Sunday
the irrigation ditch broke out of
its banks in the C W Kneeland
neighborhood and gave them a
liberal irrigation in that vicinity
We are showing the newest
styles in womens suits coats and
skirts Colors brown blue and
black mixed Coats with notch
shape mannish collars
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McConnell fills prescriptions
McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 22 1911
DEATH OF BELOVED SISTER
Postmaster McCool of Indianola
Mourns Passing of a Sister
The Indianola Iowa Herald of
August 17th contains an account
of the death of Mrs T T An
derson of that ciyt who is sister
of Postmaster AY A McCool of
Indianola this county Mrs An
decson died on August 11th af
ter an illness of more than a year
most of the time being confined
to bed
Eliza Agnes McCool was the
eldest daughter of William and
Lydia McCool and was born on
the farm home of her parents
near LeClaire Iowa Scott coun
ty October 19th 1849
Receiving a liberal education
she devoted much of early life to
teaching serving in that capacity
in the schools of Davenport Iowa
and Omaha Later became a city
missionary serving in Omaha In
dianopolis and Topeka Kansas
meeting her future husband T
T Anderson of Indianola Iowa
while in the latter city and be
coming his wife in Seward Ne
braska June 12 1895 Mr An
derson was for many years edi
tor of the Indianola Io Herald
and the wife was his greatest sup
port with her energy and cultuiv
in the editorial success of that pa
per for years
Affiliating with the Methodist
church after her marriage she
passed triumphantly to her re
ward in that faith mourned and
beloved bv all
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An average yield of 75 per cen last week 70 Lincoln division 79
of a full crop is the estimate of last week 78 Wymore division
vesterdavs Burlington crop re- j 70 last week 72 MeCook divisio
1 65 last k 65- Soil ondtios
port on probable corn yields on
the three eastern divisions of the
road in Nebraska On the Me
Cook division 65 per cent is giv
en as a conservative estimate
based on present indications A
three quarters yield on the three
eastern divisions is believed to
be assured the heat and rains of
the last week having been suffi
cient to mature the crop rapidly
Agents averages for the various
divisions are Omaha division 77
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Platte country according to the
report save on the Concordia
branch and east of Wymore
Plowing for winter grains indi
cates that there will be a large
acreage seeded The average tern
perature is shown as 72 -degrees
which is six degrees above the
corresponding week of last year
The maximum temperature was
103 degrees at Lincoln Lin
coln Journal
VETERANS AT CAMBRIDGE
Ex Governor Shallenberger and
Others to Make Addresses
son While intoxicated he lay A Card of Appreciation
down along the road just east of We are very grateful to all the
the eating house and was relieved friends for sympathy and assist
of his Avatch and money He was anee in our recent bereavement
placed in jail to sober up and sorrow the death of our son
i and brother Earl Kelly and es
Fined for Fierhtiner ipecially do Ave remember the
Cambridge Neb Aug 20
Special The nineteenth an
nual southwest Nebraska Grand
Army of the Republic reunion
will be held here August 21 to 26
inclusive Extensive preparation
are being completed for the great
est reunion the old veterans have
ever had
The following noted men have
been secured to deliver addresses
on this occasion Ex Governor
Shallenberger on Tuesday Hon
John Everson of Alma and Judge
Jesse L Root Wednesday Judge
Dungan of Hastings and Hon I
L Albert of Columbus Thursday
Hon II W McFadden of Hol
brook and W II Thompson of
Omaha Friday also Congressman
Norris and United States Senator
Brown will appear
Two games of base ball will be
played each day in which the
teams from Beatrice Alma Or
leans Stockville and Cambridge
wili participate Beatrice pbr
Monday Tuesday and Wednesda
Omaha Bee
members of the O E S
Mrs George C Paup
Mr and Mrs nugh Kelly
Denver Visitors Sunday
About a score of MeCook boys
visited in Denver Sunday to see
the sights Among the attrac
tions was a great motor cycle
race in which such time as this
was made Ten ins in 8 min
utes and two fifth seconds five
miles in three minutes and 27
seconds
All the latest creations in neck
wear for men you will find here
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Visit McConnell s Wall Paper
Room
The Republican nominees met
in MeCook Saturday afternoon
and organized for the county
campaign by selecting John F
Cor deal of MeCook as chairman
of the county central committee
W A Reynolds of Indianola secretary-treasurer
J E Ludwick
of MeCook assistant secretary
The Republican county central
committee was constituted as fol
lows
Alliance Samuel Premer Bart
ley
Beaver G B Morgan Dan
bury
Bondville Frank Weaver In
dianola
Box Elder Will Sexson Me
Cook
Coleman C W Nelson Cul
bertson
Danbury
Driftwood J H Wade Me
Cook
East Valley D F Smith
Bartley
Fritseh C K Critehfield In
dianola
Gerver Don L Thompson Me
Cook
Grant Abe Peters MeCook
Indianola W A Reynolds In
dianola
Lebanon
Missouri Ridge Elmer E Er
vin Indianola
North Valley Ed Davis Bart
ley
Perry C H Harman MeCook
Red Willow Frank Moore In
dianola
Tyrone John Lemasters Bart
ley
Valley Grange Ed Davis
Bartley
Willow Grove 1st precinct
1st ward J G Schobel 2nd pre
cinct 1st ward W A Middleton
ist rpeemcr znci ward E S Hoaa
ell 2nd precinct 2nd ward J
II Stephens
The committeemen for Danburv
and Lebanon precincts will be
named by W J Stilgebouer the
nominee for county commissioner
on the Republican ticket
At the completion of the busi
ness of the session County Chair
man Cordeal made an ontimistie
raddress to the committeemen and
nominees present forecasting suc
cess for the ticket entire if ac
ive efforts are made as proposed
by the committee
The temporary organization was
formed by G B Morgan as chair
man and Charles
Skalla
as sec
retary
The committee expects to at an
early date open an aggressive
campaign for the county ticket
which is regarded as one of the
strongest and best put in the
field in years
Nebraska Derby
Red Willow county will be wel
represented in the Nebraska Der
by at Lincoln on September 5th
This is one and one sixteenth
miles running race for a purse of
300 W II Short of MeCook
has entered Canipas Nappa and
Solitary IT W P Plourd of In
dianola Buena Gotham Volt
rjiny Ben Strome
Bet er Than Half Inch
MeCook and vicinity received
a little over a half inch of rain
Sunday afternoon or to be ex
act 58 It fell in a short time
and was proceeded by a severe
dust storm and accompanied by
considerable wind The small
wooden bridge in East MeCook
was taken out by the water
You never saw such a pleasing
assortment of models and colors
they are the sort that catch the
dressy young mans eye and ap
peal to the conservative as Avell
Fit Form Clothes noAv on displa
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It Avill pay you to be particu
lar about the drugs you buy You
Avill make sure of the best every
time by going to McConnell drug
gist
If you feel you want to
shoAn in matter of quality
be
go
NUMBER 25
ORGANIZED THE COMMITTEE LYNN HOYT Awn wmss tt wa
Candidates Meet Fill the Central
Committee and Elect Officers
HELLRLEGEL MARRIED
MeCook Young Blan Takes Kear
ney Girl for Bride
At the home of Rev J E
Darby in the southeastern part
x me city uynn B Hoyt and
Miss Lena
HeUriegel Avere
mar
ried Wednesday afternoon at two
oclock EdAvard Strain Avas best
man and Miss Stella Wenzell was
bridesmaid The Avedding was
performed in the presence of a
feAv intimate friends
The groom is a resident of Me
Cook and is Avell knoAvn here
having been one of the star ath
letes of the Normal school He
is a graduate of the Normal
having received his diploma last
year
The bride has resided in Kear
ney several years and until re
cently her parents A ere here but
they are uoav making their home
m San Luis Valley She is also
a graduate of the State Normal
school here
Mr Hoyt arrived in Kearnev
trom MeCook
Wednesday morn
ing Wednesday afternoon at
four oclock lie left with his bride
ior uconto Avhere they Avill make
their home Mr Hoyt lias been
elected principal of the Oeonto
schools for tlu coming year Dur
ing the past feAv years he has
been a contractor and builder of
MeCook near Avhich place his
father resides on a ranch but de
cided to enter the teaching pro
fession Kearney Hub
Automobiles and Pleasure
In 1909 the value of the auto
mobiles manufactured in the Unit
ed btates had risen from 4500
000 in 1S99 to 165000000 The
value of locomotives produced in
the same year Avas 27000000
Out of the total of 127289 ma
chines produced in 1909 only 3
1SS Avere business vehicles This
gives an idea of the Avidespread
love of pleasure The nation in
vested 138000000 more in pleas
ure machines than in locomotives
in 1909
Former MeCook Boy
G L Littel
former county su
perintendent of Hitchcock coun
ty and for the last year a stu
dent at the state university will
be principal of Lincoln academy
during the coming school year
Mr Littel s assumption of the
headship of the
academy Avas an
nounced yesterday by L M Ob
erkotter former principal and
part oAvner of the institution He
is to assume his duties at once
The neAV principal has had years
experience in Nebraska schools
He Avould have taken a bachelors
degree at the university at the
next mid Avinter commencement
had he continued his studies In
addition to accepting the prin
cipalship Mr Littel becomes a
part OA ner of the academy He
succeeds E A Balch former head
master of Nebraska Military Ac
ademy Avho Avas elected princi
pal of the academy last spring
but Aiio resigned to become head
master of the history department
of Kalamazoo college State
Journal
Relieve your headache the safe
Avay take MeConnells headache
capsules Non habit forming and
free from heart depressing drugs
A remedy you can depend upon
25 cents
Miss Isora Rolfe entertained a
large company of young girl
friends last Friday afternoon at
a laAvn party
Kodaks and kodak supplies
L W MeCONNELL Druggist
Be a good roads Booster
Everything in drugs McCon
nell
Classified Advertisements
FOR RENT My residence
Folding bed wardrobe and few
other useful articles for sale
Delia Jordan Phone red 173
FOR RENT The Ebert place
to the MeCook Flour and Feed 10 room house steam heat bath
Store i Good barn granary and chicken
i house on premises Inquire of
McConnell for drugs D C Marsh