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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1908)
The County in General * Crowe fa I off the* regular <'orrwj»on<fanc«Pa*ft*. FARGO Sill Hutueker attended the show. •»ok Briggs attended the show at Fargo, Vren WhitehiHi was on our streets Saturday. John Michels delivered corn for H.D Wagoner. . iu by Wagoner spent Sunday with home folk-. Dora Speers: was shopping in tuwn Wednesday. John Michels made a trip to the aunty seat. John Mandevilie isshu : king corn for gnus Leery. •Maggie Mandevilie wus shopping in to vo Tuesday. John Bauman transacted business at the county seat. Maurice Mandevilie was on o n r streets Saturday. Julius Zimmerman is shucking corn for Bill Herbster, Minnie King spent Sunday with aura Zimmerman. Will Zimmerm in transacted business a: the mill Saturday. There has been a protracted -how here for the past week. . F. Durfee spent Sunday with It D. Wagoner and family. till Strccker of this vicinity. tran . ted business in our town Saturday. Dear! Laurence of Kalis City attend ed the box supper given at the Kisher - bool house. There was a box supper given at the Fisher school house and a program whs rendered. All report a good time. BARADA Andrew Wileman was in St. .loe this week. .Iby Morgan came down from Peru to attend the funeral of his nephew, Fllard Butler. A Christmas program will be given by the pupils of the Arnold school on Wednesday evening, December 2.T .!. C. Wileman was in Kansas City week disposing of apples. The For est Hill Fruit farm manager shipped twenty eight car loads of apples this y car. The opster supper given by the W. it. W. on Saturday evening was not so well attended as anticipated owing t i the inclement weather. Those resent report a pleasant evening. Kllard Xavier Butler, infant son of A E. Butler and wife was born Aug ust 7. 1!mh. died Sauirday, December 5th, aged three months and twenty eight days. Little Eilard had been ailing for some weeks, but for several days had seemed to lie improving, when congestion of the lungs took place and in a few hours the iittle one was dead. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon. The little flowers budded here to bloom in heaven. Our sympathy is extended to the sorrowing parents. E. E. Butler accompanied his son Henry to Lincoln, last week, where he placed him in school that he may pursue his chosen vocation of music. We are glad to note and commend this step in advance taken for furth er educational progression by one of our young men. Henry i’archen moved his family onto a farm south of town. VERDON Mr. Jenkins was down fuom Stella Friday. Dr. Frazier of Nemaha was here Friday, Beecher Cornell wa- in Kansas City Saturday. Scott Saylor was up from Falls City Wed r.esduy. Mrs. Fogle came home from Falls Cltv Friday. Boxie McCullough was a Daw-on visitor la«t week. Mi.-s Chine Wilkin-on was in Ni brasku City Sunday. M'ss Schock and Mamie Byorly visit ed in Falls City Sunday. Mrs, Watkin* went to Auburn Sun day on a visit to relatives. Minnie Walker and children were up from Falls City Thursday. Miss Amret Hart left Thursday for Grand Island to be absent two month-. Al Hardin and wife came in from the west Monday for a visit with relatives. Mesdames Janus Ayers and Dude Coro were Falls City visitors Tuesday. Pearl Clements came down trom Stella Wednesday od a vi-it to rela tives. Mrs. Bowman who travels for a St. Joe candy house came home Monday to spend the holidays. Fred Gibson went to St. Joe Sunday and returned Monday accompanied by Ids wife who had undergone an opera tion at that place. MISS DUPREE'S HOLIDAY JOY 8he Recall* One Memorable Christ mu Performance in the City of New Orleans. □HENEVER possible, I pro fer spending Christmas with my family out on Hong Island, and unless my engagements take me tor far away I always make il a point tc be with them on that day. There are times, however, in this profession when the wish must take second place to necessity, and from the viewpoint of actual novelty 1 sup pose my most interesting Christmas was the one 1 spent in the southland t»ur routing took us Into New Orleans at Christmas, and to me, who had al ways up to that time spent the day in the colder north, the novelty of seeing trees in leaf and flowers blooming was n« pteasfng as it was unusual. On Christmas afternoon, when oth ers were borne enjoying ihe big dinner with the family, I was getting ready loi a special holiday matinee 1 was’ lit pi i ed with myself or with a pro i C-sum llull demanded of Its members out ihey labor on Christmas day—! Cove all others—and il was not with' » pur vularly light heart that I dressid for my part Cut when the curtain went up on j Cie first act and I made my entrance j the welcome I received compensated lor the disappointment t felt. It was a special matinee arranged for the poor children of the poorest quarter of New Orleans, and the en joyment of those childish auditors soon melted the disappoinmeut ml of mj heart, After the matinee I had arranged with my manager that I would receive the little folks on the stage, and the w ise man In Ills knowledge of childish hearts sent out a hurry order for candy and other things that make Christmas a day of cheer to kiddies. At the conclusion of the last act the stage was cleared and l held the most unusual reception that 1 ever experi enced. Clean as pins, but with their little bodies clothed In many cases in gar ments ragged and frayed, they came up on the stage, were Introduced and sent away after a handshake, each with a box of candy. I have spent many other delightful and out uf-the ordinary Christmases on the road, but none that afforded me mora real satisfaction than the one bn New Orleans. MINNIE DUPREE. MISS GEORGE’S CHRISTMAS Happy Memory of a Season When She Did Not Write One Glad Holiday Story. H. my happiest Christmas! I did not then realize it, but I recall It now with a ra diant glow of delight. It was my first season upon stage. I was only a novice, one soaring upon the buoyant wings boundless ambition; the next plunged in an abysmal depth of doubt, despair and self-depreciation. It was a very tiny part that had fallen to me The compensation was but sufficient for the barest necessities. The route bristled with all the horrors of the one-night stands. At. midnight, huddled, miserably worn, dejected, and wretched, in the waiting room of a country station, listening in vain for the whistle of a belated train, 1 confess to a sudden flood of tears. What a mockery this Christmas day had been. Kven the chimes had sounded like the tolling of a funeral knell. The cheerless dis comforts of a cheap hotel, the unsa vory, slatternly served travesty upon a Christmas dinner, the cold chill of a shabby, musty dressing room, the added toil of an extra matinee for a mere handful of people, and now the hungry wait for an accommodation train of dingy day coaches. 1 hat was all Christmas had meant to me. Iowa was blizzard swept. Malls were delayed and tangled wires hung useless in gathering snowdrifts. No message of cheer, no souvenir of remembrance, had come to any of us Our hollow, half-hearted exchange of Christmas greeting had carried no conviction. We were only strolling vagabonds, outside the pale of sym pathy, debarred from the domestic joys of living, mere dispirited rain bow chasers, with success ever mock ingly elusive. Hut as I recall it all now, I am sub merged by a great wave of passion ate. longing regret, for I know that such a Yuletide will never come to me again while 1 am upon the stage. It was my happiest Christmas, be cause the first and only one, since I began to tread the thorny and tor tuous path of my profession, that I have not been called upon to write a Christmas story. GRACE GEORGE. Speak as you think; be what you are; pay your debts of all kinds.— Montfort. ^^m^BHHHHHHHHHHIHBBBBB^HB Formerly President D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hospital. For years the leading spec \§ak ■ IJ ialist in the middle West. HIS TONIC wr MW 11 I ABSORPTION TREATMENT is a I B w W a » BIB B B wonderful success, NO MONEY REQUI RED to start treatment. If parties are responsible. You can pnv as you get results. Consultation free at offloe or by letter, Guaranteed Cures in all curable wises. Names in private eases kept confidential Charges low. Man. nervous debllitv. catarrh, stomach, heart, kidney, blood and skin diseases, rheumatism, stricture, weakness, drains, backache, etc. One visit to the office for consultation Is usually enough, after that the treatment can be taken at home. His seven-day treatment for varicocele is a great success. Woman, oatarrh. dyspepsia, nervousness, backache, constipation, eczema, etc. Office hours on week days 10 to 12 A M. and 2 to 4 P. M.; on Saturday evening from 7 to ti:30; on Sunday morning from 11 to 12. Office 518 FRANCIS ST., - - ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI SaQta Claus’ Tree By Wallace Irvin It looked rather hare, standing starkly out there. And limmy’s poor mother, the picture of are, And Jimmy's poor grandfather, lean as a Turk, And Jimmy’s poor father, who hated to work. Set eyes On the prize With unquenchable sighs. It isn’t so pleasant to be a poor peasant, 7 o have to ride steerage And bow to the peerage And go through a Christmas wdh never a present! And Jimmy remarked as he looked on his Tree: "1 wish 1 were wealthy as well, let me see So rich I could rig Every branch, every twig \Y i:h candy and peanuts and pop-corn and gmn Enough tor each person who lives in a slum, With shoes that have soles And socks without holes, With alpaca dresses for mother, and some Small purses of gold, so that poor folks could come And takf on their backs Sacks and packs, Stacks and stacks, And always walk up to the Tree for a store And never know hunger and want any more. And (such w as the speed of those magical days). No sooner the words than the I ree was ablaze With bright-hanging diamonds dropping like dew, W'ilh fairyland candles that twinkled anew. With toys so unstinted You’d think they were minted For all the world’s children as fast as they grew. Anti big boys and small boys, And short boys and tall boys. Meek girls and sleek girls and slow girls and spry. Young folks and old folks, Modest and bold folks Came flocking each stocking of Christmas to try. And Jimmy he stood by his 1 ree in his pride Anti handed out presents to all who applied 1 iii each grizzled grandsire, each babe, youth or maiden Departed with joys of the season so laden 1 hat some were afraid that their shoulders would crack And saved themselves trouble by hiring a hack. Here’s the strangest of all I When the winter was past. The Saint’s 1 ree took root in the soil and grew fast, And every Christmas it blossomed once more With gifts to the poor who applied at the door. And Jun grew so famous that when the King died They gave him the crown which he wore with out pride, TTe Kingdom improved And he had the throne moved 1 o the porch of his house where he sat all the day A-talking with neighbors in quite the old way; But he always kept watch, as if kindly to guard The magical Tree which still grew in the yard. But just once a year, as the gossips still tell, A genial old fellow drove by in a sleigh And winked at King Jim saying : “ I ree’s doing well! ” TTien snapped up his reindeer and capered away.—Success. THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY. Strange Actions by Father, Mother and Children at Christmas Time. The mystery began with the hus band coming home half an hour later than usual, so as to have the cover of darkness when leaving a package behind the vestibule doors, while he entered the house with a very innocent look on his face and told of his street car being blocked. At midnight of that night, while his Innocent-hearted wife was sleeping by his side, he sneaked out of bed and down stairs and secured the pack age and hid it in a closet. The next step was taken by his wife. She took down from the pantry a pitcher in which she had been stor ing up dimes and nickels and pennies for months and months, and, after counting them over, she sneaked down stairs in the forenoon and bought and lugged a parcel home and hid it away on the top shelf of a dothespress. Then one of the children came in one day and looked and acted very mysterious, and shortly afterward might have been found hiding some thing among the rafters of the garret. Then, as the mother suddenly and unexpectedly entered the parlor one afternoon, she almost stumbled over a daughter who was down on her knees and reaching under the sofa. The mother cried out in her surprise, but asked for no explanations. Then desk and bureau drawers that had not been locked for a year were found closed tighter than a drum. C'loset doors that had stood wide open were made fast. There was lingering behind when others went to bed. There was getting up before the oth ers in I lie morning. Each member of the family went around trying to look as innocent as a sheep, but at the time bearing a load of guilt on his con science The strain was intense. The mys tery could not last. The day came when the murder was solved. It was the day before Christmas. That fam ily had simply been preparing to Santa Claus each other. It always acts that way, and it always turns out happily. The Sweetest Bells. The bells ring clear at Chrlstmastide From steeple and from tower; All hearts with love are beating high— Love is their Christmas bower. There is no time in all the year When hearts are more atune— The Christmas bells to winter are What roses are to June. But steeple bells and tower bells Ring not for saint or sinner, A sweeter note than bells of horns That calls to Christinas dinner. ino L-ause ror joy. Photographer (taking family group) —Now, then, Mr. Housefull, the ex pressions are all right but yours. Try and look happy—remember that Christmas is coming. Mr. Housefull (despond|ptly)«sp Confound It, man, Hut's Ju*t trial ! am thtnkifii _ i The Place to "Buy your Christmas Goods CUT CLASS FANCY CHINA GLASSWARE Dinnerware, Lamps, Jardiniers, in fact anything that goes with a complete china stock. We have French, Austrian, German and Bavarian Fancy China. Haviland & Co.’s and Avener's French Dinnerware, Austrian, English and American Din* nerware. Two patterns in Haviland, two in Aus. trian and eight in English and American ware. It will Pay You to Examine Our Stock Before You Buy All goods for the country carefully packed. A full stock of good groceries. Try our new line of Coffees. None better. CHAS. M. WILSON ^RIDG^0^ COPvUloHT APKEC9 HAVE YOUR TEETH PUT IN ORDER FOR CHRISTMAS You will enjoy your Christmas dinner and the holiday festivities much more if your teeth are in first class condition. We do all kiuds of dental work. Our operators are all reliable dentists, and our methods are the newest and most scientific. Charges very reasonable. Examinations free. DR. YUTZY BERT WINDLE, I). D. S„ Assistant Falls City, Nebraska !| The Falls City Roller Mills j| j» Does a general milling business, and manufactures the C following brands of flour Jt I* SUNFLOWER MAGNOLIA CROWN The above brands are guaranteed to be of the highest pos- i j sible quality. We also manufacture all mill products and < J conduct a general jt j Grain, Live Stock and Coal Business jr and solicit a share of your patronage (j; P. S. Seacock & Son Falls City, Nebr. || , i _' Round Oak Base Burner The greatest heater for amount of fuel con sumed ever known in this type of stove. It is a decided improve ment in base burner construction and com bines new and advanced features in flue build ing and control of the fire, owing to fine tu ..... workmanship. ' and this, with the new side flue heating surface makes it _ __ the STRONGEST HEATER for amount I P 'T' A MMPI1 of fuel used EVER PRODUCED I I I LM 1 1 P il ~rfeA/etv ROUND OAK BASE 1 Wl BURNER wort/i /nvest/Satwg Fa,|s Cjty Ne5> Empty that old Stodging h That contains your savings of many years and bring it to ^ our bank where it will begin to work and earn something ^ besides being safe from loss. Brush away the cobwebs H around your methods of doing business and swell the army of prosperous men and women who are gaining handsome- ^ ly by adding regular to their bank account. Three per cent interest paid on time deposits. The Farmers’ State 5ank 3 PRESTON, NEBRASKA Passenger Trains South Bound Tr. 104—St. Louis Mail and Ex press .1:23 p. m. Tr. 106—Kansas City Exp., 3:41 a. in. Tr. 132 x K. C.local leaves. .7:30 a. in. Tr. 138 x—Falls City arrives 10(10 p. re. x—Daily except Sunday North Bound Tr 103 -Nebraska Mail and Ex press.1:52 p. m. Tr. 105—Omaha Express. . .2:23 a. rc. Tr. 137 x—Omaha local leaves 6:15 a.rn. Tr. 131 x—Falls City local ar rives.8:45 p.ra. x Daily exeeut Sunday Local Frt. Trains Carrying Passengers North Bound Tr. 192x—To Atchison.11:10 a. m. South Bound Tr. 191x—To Auburn.1:23 pm. J. B. VARNER, Agent J OH X W1ETSE ATTORNEY Practice in Various Courts. Collections Attended To. Notary Public. FALLS CITY EDGAR If. MATHERS DENT IST Phones: Nos. 177, 217 Sam’l. Wahl Building R I\ROBERTS DENTIST Office over Kerr’s Pharmacy Office Phone 2(>0 Residence Phone 27L DR. C. N. ALLISON 13 PI Nt TI © T Phone 248 Over Richardson County Bank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA TROWER BROS / Sam R. Trower, Harry F. Trower \ V and Ben E. Rively / are now associated with Geo. R. Barse Livestock Commission Co. at the Kansas City Stock Yards where they are taking care of and handling all the business of their patrons the same as in the past. Our pen location is the same as fof the pa»t twenty years. jj Plenty of Yarding Space and Plenty of u Help, enables us to handle all business to a I] Better Advantage than ever before. D. S. ricCarthy DFiAY AND TRANSFER Prompt attention given to the removal of house hold goods. PHONE NO. 211 Hides and Purs Wanted Highest market prices—1st house south of Peter Freder ick, 8r. PORTER RANDOLPH Phone 422 The Cough Syrup that rids the system of a cold by acting as a cathartic on th« bowels is LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Bees is the original laxative cough syrup, contains no opiates, gently moves the bowels, carrying the cold off through the natural channels. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. A. G. WANNER