HERE TO STAY
UR line of farm implements are of the best
OUR and we have some bargains to offer.
_ Just think Walking Cultivators $10.00
, - and up , Riding Cultivators $21.50 and up
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A Falls City bride changed the
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: : ; : , married life has been much
troubled. So much for supersti-
j : tion. It is almost equal to the
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I I W m. Harnack was a Verdon
visitor Tuesday.
0 We wonder if Nan Patterson is
any relation to Bill.
Coupe & Thornton have on tap
at an times corn fed meats.
Mr. and Mrs. B. 1. Reavis spent
Friday of last week in Rulo.
Win Cox of Stella was a Fans
City visitor Friday of last week.
These are picnic days when the
butter melts and ants get into
the pie.
When in need of a nice juicy
steak or a prime rib roast tele-
phone 74.
Ambrose Parson WS down
from Verdon Monday , returning
on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. 'T. L. Himmel-
reich are located in their new
home on North Stone street.
We are making unreasonably
low prices on salt meats and lard.
-Coupe & Thornton.
Mrs. Frank McDermat , of Kan-
sas City is vititing with Falls
City relatives and friends.
E. O. Lewis was in Lincoln
last week to get George : Marsh fo
consent to run for congress. , Our
information is that he failed in
his attempt.
At a recent society event a
Fans City man who looked
mighty uncomfortable , but , was
trying ; to be pleasant , said under
: his breath to some kindred spirits
! "Society's hell , boys. "
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A Good Family Liniment.
Every family should be supplied
with a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. For cuts , bruises
burns , scalds and similar injuries
which are of frequent occurrence
there is nothing so good.It soothes
the wound and not only gives
instant relief from pain , but causes
the parts to heal in about one-
third the time required , by the
unusal treatment. As it is an antiseptic -
tiseptic aH danger from blood-
poisoning is avoided. Sold by
Kerr's Drug Store.
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Educational Department
Conducted by County Supt. Crocer
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NEBRASKA CORN CON''US'l\
The State Departcment of Pub-
lic Instruction , co.operating with
the department of agriculture of
the state university , has arranged
for a boy's corn growing contcst.
The contest is open to any boy
in the state who is under eigh-
teen years of age who has attended -
ed school at some time during
the school year. Two counties
have already provided for county
corn growing contests. Boys
who enter their home county
contest may also enter the state
contest. The first three hundred
(300)boys ( ) writing for seed corn
win be entered for the contest
and given fun information and
directions when seed corn is sent.
General provisions for the con-
test are as follows :
1. Five hundred kernels of
Ried's Yellow Dent seed corn win
be sent to each of the first three
hundred boys who send their
names and addresses to Deputy
E. C. Bishop Lincoln , Nebraska.
2. Each boy is to plant the
seed received , care for the plants
and gather the corn in proper
season.
3. From the crop raised the
best ten ears are to be selected
and placed on exhibition during
the meeting of the Agricultural
AssoCiation at Lincoln , in January -
uary , 1906.
4. Competent persons win
judge the exhibits , and prizes
win be awarded according to
first , second , third , fourth , fifht
places etc.
5. PRIZES-A large number of
prizes win be awarded so that
many exhibitors making credit-
able showing will be recognized.
Two prizes win be awarded for
each exhibit winning a place , one
to the boy making the exhibit ,
another to the school represented
by the exhibitor.
6. Complete directions win be
given each boy who writes for
the five hundred grains of seed
corn.
t ' 71. ) Durin'go the day of the c6n ' :
test meetings will be held.
Prominent speakers will address
the boys on "Corn Culture , "Re-
lative Value of Corn Products , "
and other kindred subjects.
8. Reduced railway rates win
be in force at the time of the
contest. Boys will be given opportunity -
portunity to visit the state farm
and learn of the working of all
Robe Molony reports prospects
are for a larger crop of strawberries -
berries than last year and indi-
cations are that the harvest win
begin two weeks earlier , proba-
bly during the last week of : May.
-Humboldt Leader.
The ladies of the Episcopal
church realized $11 from a ten
cent tea at the home of J. F.
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departmcnts. Plans win be made
for the especial entertainment
and instruction of the exhibitors
and their accompanying fricnds.
Last week the county superin-
tendcnt visitcd the Dawson
schools. In the grammar room
he listened to an especially inter-
esting' ccitation conducted by T.
J. Waggener. The lesson was
on the history and geography of
Richardson county. It would be
wen if every teacher would take
up this work. Here are some of
the questions asked and nicely
answered during the recitation :
About how high above the sea
level is Richardson county ? What
is the altitude at the mouth .
of the Nemaha ? How far
is Rule in a direct line from the
Gulf of Mexico ? If we were to
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dig a wen near the mouth of the
Nemaha river how deep would it
have to be so that the bottom
would be level with the top of
the Gulf of Mexico ? How many
school districts in the county ?
What is the number of the district -
trict in which you live ? How
are school distrtcts numbered ?
How many counties in the state ? .
Why was Richardson . county so . ; ;
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named ? What checked the early : :
g.owth of our county ? What is
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the population now ? ;
It should be remembered that
$5.00 win be given for the best ' ;
map in Richardson county drawn ,1
by a pupil attending school in j
this county during the present .1
school year. The map is to be
exhibited , during the institute.
Three dollars will be given for ' .
the second best map and two u ; ;
dollars for the th'ird. Many ;
pupils are now working on these " ; :
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SPECIAL TEACHERS EXAMINATION. ' , I
A special teachers' examination .
win be held in Fans City at the , \
court house , Friday and Satur- ;
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day , May 26 and 27. '
Remember the eighth grade
graduating exercises win be held r' '
in the Gehling theatre Friday a
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evening , May 17. Parents may ,
reserve seats Saturday , May 13.
Tickets win be on sale for . the .
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general public , Monday , May 15. 't"rj
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Admission 25 , 15 and 10 cents.
This win be one of the most im'f 'f ;
portant and interesting school i11
entertainments of the year. All ' I
are earnestly invited to be ' : ill
present. j .
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Whetstine on last Thursday eve-
ning. Strawberry shortcake was
one of the inducements. i
There are thieves and thieves. i
Those that have come under our
notice , especially here of late are
newspaper thieves. There ought
to be a penalty for stealing stuff
and pUblishing it without giving
credit.
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