Decoration Day
< (wing to the -iJtli day f May
coining this year on Snudav. Deco
ration Day will be held on tin- fol
lowing Monday, May -1st, and as
it is a legal holiday, and in coder
that the merchants with their em
ployes and families, may join with
our citizens in appropriately oh.
serving the day by going t > the
Steele Cemetery and j arti -'pat lug
in the patriotic service?, it is s :g.
gested that all places of business
be closed on that day from 10 to
12 o’clock.
Appropriate music will be ;eu
dered by the Methodist Choir un
der the leadership of Prof. Hurst:
Lincoln's Gettysburg address will
be delivered by Master David Crow
h promising elocutionist: and an
able address delivered by Judge S,
P. Davidson, of Tecumeeb, one of
the foremost orators of our state,
whose serv.ces have been secured,
expecting that a man of his ability
will induce our citizens to lay
aside their daily vocations for a
few hours in order to take part in
the exercises.
Let us devote this day to patri
otism, remembering that by the
nobleness of those whose graves
will be decorated, this country was
preserved to posterity as i great,
united and undivided whole, and
by virtue of the victories of the
Union Armies, in which our dead
hemes participated, a foundation
was then laid which has enabled
our country to rise in a single gen
eration to be one of the leading
nations of the world.
These dead heroes, as well as
their surviving comrades, iu the
full prime of youth and of patriot
ism, at the call for volunteers, left
their homes, with all their family
comforts, and left their relatives
and dear ones, to take up the life
of a soldier, with all its dangers,
hardships and suffering, to defend
the flag, which represented our
country, our homes, and eve.’ ything
we hold dear. These men, for four
years participated in the cam
paigns of the bloody civil war in
many of the hardest fought battles
of history.
hvery citizen of onr city should
feel patriotic enough to go to the
cemetery on decoration day and
by their presence show their ap
preciation of such of these bless
ings they now enjoy, ns have been
rendered poss bie by the valor and
saeritice of those whose memory
we this day will honor.
Let decoration day be a day for
a universal decoration of the graves
of all departed friends, and while
the soldiers of the Grand Army
are paying this tribute of devotion
to their departed comrades, let all
other graves be decorated by lov
ing hands. Nothing is more touch
ing and beautiful than strewing
of Howcrs on the mounds of onr
dear ones, who while slumbering
beneath, are ever dear in the hearts
of those they leave behind.
The parade will form in line at
the Grand Army hall. All sur
viving soldiers of the civil war and
Spanish-American war are invited
to join in the parade, which will
form with comrades of Veteran
Post No. v4 in the lead, followed
by all other soldiers on foot and
the ladies of the G, A. R. Relief
Corps and friends and citizens in
carriages.
Parade will start promptly at 10
o'clock and move west on Eighth
street to Stone street, thence north
on Stone street to the Inion
House, where busses and carriages
will be in waiting to convey all
soldiers to the Steele Cemetery.
Head of parade will stop outside
of the cemetery gate, the soldiers
will alight and form in line and
proceed in military order to the
spot of ground where the services
will be held, near the Steele monu
ment.
After the address of Judge Dav
idsoti, the comrades of Veteran
Post No. ''I will form in three tiles
for decoration of the graves of the
soldiers of tfit* civil war, of the
Spanish-American war and those
Confederate soldiers buried there.
Each grave will be decorated
with a small American flag, on
which will be the deceased's name,
regiment and date of death. At
each grave, the soldiers will halt,
and in an orderly and respectful
manner lay a few (lowers thereon.
File of soldiers under command
of Comrade Cleaver will decorate
the graves of J. II. Cornell, W.
Cade, (>. Kidder, \V. Windle, D.
Smith, •! J. Marvin, E. Poor, -1.
<1. Tanner, X. B. McPherson, J,
Dit/.ler. D. Stidham. H I*. Went
worth, W. Elshire, W, .1. Powell,
W. M. Maddox, -I. D. McCann,
M T. Nailor, H. B. Nailor. D. C.
Conklin. E. Firebangb, T. Swi
gart, W. R, Kent, -I. D. Harris,
T. M. Harris, U. A. Palmer.
File of soldiers under command
of Comrade Messier will decorate
the graves of J. Corkwell, -J.
Wright, T. 0. Zieke, R. V. King,
.1. Hutchings, E. T. Miushall, R.
Henderson, J. Lindsey, C. W.
Good, M Hurd, .). Slaymau, J.
Ralston, -I. Kennedy. S. T. Davis,
N. Moran, R. Birch. D. L. Thomp
son, W. J. Hoppe, J. Schuler, A.
Grant, E. E. Mettz, M. Ewing and
R. Banks.
File of soldiers under command
of Yutzy will decorate the graves
■ I M. W. Drake, .1. II, Burnham,
.1. Kinsey, E. M. Coon, D. R,
Berry, II. C, Hanna, W. Bull, .1,
Subbe, -I. McDowell. M. L, Her*
belt. K. If. Stoughton. L. May, W.
S. Stretch. C. F. Walthers, J.
Cameron, R. A. Wherry, I). Rea
vis, E. M. Wilson, G. C. Thomp
son. F. S. Gregg, T. I’, Jones and
R. Minnick.
After decorating the graves the
soldiers will meet at the monument
! erected to the dead of the 2nd Ne
braska Cavalry, where appropria te
services will be held according to
the ritual of the Grand Army of
; the Republic, viz: Prayer by Chap
! lain Whittaker, reading from the
Many Thanks!
I wish to thank all for the liberal patronage I have
received since starting business in Falls City, and
I promise to continue to do business on business
principles, by selling the best that can be bought and
at all times at prices that can not be undersold.
Carpets and Rugs
We have added largely to our Carpet and Rug department. When in need
of a Room Rug kindly see us. We will guarantee to save you at least $2.00 on a
Rug. Linoleum in the best qualities only.
Ladies Suits
15 Suits, actual value $ 1 5, to close will sell at sS. 50 each.
Special bargains in Skirts. Choice new goods to select from.
Evervthing new in Wash Waists —white, black and colors. Also Net Waists
at $2.00 to $3. 75.
Wash Dress Goods
lust received several cases Summer Wash Goods, Lawns, Dimities, Glen
garry Linons. Poplins, Foulards, Mercerized Plisse, Silk Klaxons and Soiesettes.
The above goods, fast colors, at 10c to 25c per vard.
See us for Corsets Hosiery. Laces Embroideries. Ladies and Children's
COLLARS PARASOLS AND NOTIONS
Shoes Shoes
We have enlarged our Shoe department and are now in position to offer the
latest in style and best in quality. Ladies', misses’and men’s—black, tan and red.
Groceries
In our Grocery department you will find everything fresh and new, as we add
to this daily, and we have no hesitancy in saying that we are strictly headquarters.
BRING IN YOUR PRODUCE AND GET THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR SAME
R. A. DITTMAR
service book by Comrade Cleaver,
strew;no ef flowers and bent dic
tion by the chaplain.
Should de 'oration day be stormy
or unfit for sei vices at the c* me.
tery, lie services w ill be conducted
at th>‘ (i. A. R. hall at 1U:.'!()
o’clock a. m. and a committee of
old s ''diets will visit Steele feint
tery in the afternoon and decorate
the Loaves.
After the decoration dnv ser
vices, the ladit s of the (i, A. R,
Relief Corps w ill serve dinner at
the It. A. R. hall from 1 to *2
o’clock, to which all members of
Vet rin Post No. SI and visiting
comrades are invited.
John L. Ci.iuvuk,
Commander Veteran Post No. St.
TO CURE COCAINE CURSE
Congress Urged to Protect American
Homes.
Calling upon congress for a form
of tariff protection that will guard
all American homes from ravages of
111'' c o, nine habit, thousands of med
ieal men, philanthropic workers and
tiie principal drug houses in this city
are today supporting the recommen
dation of tiie American Health Lea
gue for federal controlof the deadly
drug Only by placing a prohibitory
duly upon the foreign cocaine with
whichwhich the illegal distributors
are now supplied in defiance of all
state laws can tiie growth of drug
dives throughout the country be
checked, the leaders of the movement
declare Prom every section of the
laud reports have been received to
day showing that tiie people are ready
to demand of their representatives in
Washington this relief from the vice
and <riuie that is spreading uncheck
ed wiih the free supply of cocaine
from abroad.
Only fifty per cent of tiie <<>
cairn consumed in the United States
last .’-ear was devoted to legitimate
uses. < xperts are prepared to show
cougp ,-s, while the other half of the
total sales of this drug was covertly
supplied to the dens of the “dope
fiend" which are rapidly increasing.
While the American manufacturers
and wholesalers are refusing to
pander to the increasing demands
of the illicit, cocaine distributors and
can ’ held accountable by stale and
local authorities for their sales, and
solutely no hold can Jj" taken on the
underground supply or the drug from
abroad it is shown. Coca leaves from
which the drug victim may extract
a form of cocaine with which to
meet their craving are now free of
duty and easily available, it is also j
pointed out
Backed by philanthropic organiz
ations and individuals throughout the
country, the leaders of this movement
have already presented to the fin
ami committee of the scnati at Wash
ington the people’s claims for pro
tection against the inroads of the co
caine curse. A prohibitory tariff of
$1.50 an ounce on the foreign supply
of the drug is being urged as well
as a duty of five cents a pound on
the coca leaves, which will give Uncle
Sam a hold upon their distribution.
It is also proposed to place an inter
nal revenue (ax upon this drug and
to require its manufacturers to he
bonded and licensed by the govern
ment. The placing of a special rev
enue stamp on every package of co
caine, with the record required to he
kept of its quantity and purchaser tin
authorities declare, will result in the
speedy restriction of the illegal traf
fic in the drug.
That the senate leaders have up to
the time refused to consider their
claims, on the ground that they were
“not concerned with the nations mor
als" was asserted today by leaders
of this crusade against the cocaine
evil. When the people of every part
of the country an- alive to this
chance to cheek the spreading drug
plague however, every one of their
representatives at Washington will
he urged to its immediate consider
ation, ii is believed.
State Sunday School Convention.
The State Sunday School Conven
tion meets in Kearney on June 15-16
land 17. Dr.Franklin McElfresh of
Chicago superintendent of Teacher
Training in the International Sun
day School Association and a fine I
rlatfo'in man, will tell of the trained
teacher and what he can do in the
I school His address on “The Sun
day School," l>r. Clark of Ohio says
is the greatest address ever heard in
Ohio and they have had some great
speakers in Ohio. Rev. P. H. Wel
slieimi i of Canton, Ohio, who lias
done such marvelous work in his
own church through his Sunday
School, will represent the Pastors’
department and every pastor in Ne
braska ought to hear him tell of the
wonderful advances of Christianity
in Canton, (’has. Fordice, Dean of
Stall University Teacher’s College,
will give an address on "How to
Manag< a Iloy." Mr. F. E. Hath- :
way of Chicago will lead us in our
songs He is a skilled leader.
The,-- will be reports and address
es and conferences on all phases of
our work Bring your hard questions
To Our Farmer Friends:
We an » too busy to write an ail, so >
you will have to come in anil see for Your
self what we have in store for you.
We can save you money if you will !
only give us a chance.
Our stock of Implements is complete
anil up-to-date and the way they are sel
ling shoes that they are allright.
Our buggies and Surries are the
best that money can buy and one trial
will convince you.
We are agents for W. C. Shinn's
Soft Copper Lightning Rods. Protect
vour house and barn and get cheaper in
surance.
We also sell Lngines, Windmills;
Pumps, Tanks, Manure Spreaders, and in
fact everything in the Implement line.
Yours for business,
WERNERMOSIMAN & CO.
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