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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1909)
ii— —wg ill'll ■■ ■ iniir y—» ny irw wrn iigni~i ->T- , m , n a The Point in Question THE KINDLY CRITIC i m ■» !■— ■ i ■—mi - —an———— This is the time of the year when merchants in almost every line are / doing a good business. A little colder weather is necessary to start the fall trade off with a rush, but the time has arrived for at least thinking of the winter purchases, and this is the very time when Falls City people and those who live in tin* vi cinity of Falls City should decide to make their pnrcheses right here. The merchants of the city have made ready for a big business. They de serve it. and it is a mere matter of civic pride and of a desire to make the community more prosperous. Buy in Falls City this season, even if you have never done s<i before. II yon have been doing it. keep the good work up. This is your surest, eas iest way to help Falls City, and tile fact that it is easy does not indicate that it is not important. It's all right to pierce a cat’s ears for ear-rings, or at least no less hu mane than to pierce a child's ears for the same purpose, says the secre tary of the Cincinnati humane soci ' ety in ruling on a case there. As long as we’re determined to whittle on nature, why not put ear-rings on the horse instead of cutting his tail off? The change would probably be entirely satisfactory to Dobbin. The corn crop, the country over, according to the agricultural depart ment is a “big one.” It takes some thing' more than an August drought and a lot. of pessimistic talk to wipe out the corn crop. Right here in Falls City I remember a dozen dif ferent wiseacres who estimated the crop ns low as one-fifth normal, and said they could prove it. Come to think about it, though, they were all loafers, and men who read but. little --their specialty was talking. So far this year ten deaths have resulted from foot ball. One does noc wonder so much at the foolhardi ness of youth, but what, one does wonder at, is the silly views the heads of colleges take of the mat ter—that till* sacrifice of life is nec essary to the end that the youth of the land receive proper college training. Following is the death roll, beginning September I : , Charles Becker, Findlay, Ohio, died September oO; Duke Trimble, India na University, died October 3; Rob ert Millington, Pottsville, Philadelphia died October 6; Joseph M. Walsh, Topeka, died October !); Walter Evans, Dos Moines, Iowa, died Octo ber 9; Orville Sullivan, Urbana, Illi nois, died October 29; Michael Burke, Shenandoah, Philadelphia, Medic Cliir urgical college, died October .'51; Ku gene Byrne, West Point, died Oct ober 31; Roy Spybuck, Haskell Indi ana, died at Kansas City, October 31; Roy Graham, Waterloo, Indiana, died November 7. ^ The social season is on. No m|re will the modest kensington, the som ’erset affair oi\ tin* more rechauffe bridge—with ihree tables and "love ly refreshments”- monopolize the time of tlu* society iolks. W ith the coming of the frosts and winds of winter comes a coursing of blood through the veins of healthy lolk that calls for events out of the or dinary—something besides a. mere conversazione embellished with a thin cracker decorated with a breath of p aunt butter. Back up. Miss Som'erset; to the woods with you, Miiss Kensington, and “away, the fevered dream is o’er,' Madam Bridge—you’re out of date. Nothing Bhort of wedding showers, wedding breakfasts,the dreamy waltz and more fascinating two-step—turkey and its ^ accessories—nothing short of these can cause even a ripple to roll across tlie troubled breast, of society. ‘‘I’ve only been in your town three hours, but I know its history from A to Z.” It was a traveling man talk ing, and he excited the curiosity of the loungers in the hotel office. "I never asked a word, 1 showed no curiosity—the information was thrust upon me—ramned down my throat, so to speak. Where dfd 1 get all this infomation? Why in the barber shop, of course. I run into a bunch while getting my hair cut and a shave that, for the benefit of the tow and'the people in it, ought to be muz zled. And one odd thing about it, too, was, that if these men had not talked so much, they would have pas sed for individuals of ordinary intel ligence. But, alas, their fondness for talk showed them up completely. Pity that people talk too much,when silence would be more enjoyable for f those about them.” / ”1 went to the minstrel show last Friday night and I tell you minstrel shows are on the bum.” It was Uncle Pewee talking and lie was in a pessimistic mood. “I heard none of the good old jokes; every thing was new and beyond my un j derstandlng. Two good old jokes 1 missed very much- "when is a door not a door?’’ and ' what is the dif ference between a baby and a cow?" In my time those two jokes were standbys and the best minstrel shows in the country depended upon them largely for a laugh. 1 didn't laugh once Friday night—nothing to laugh at—nigger talked like an Irishman, walked like a Dutchman and made signs like a Swede. And sing say, it hurt me to see how tin* min strel show had gone down hill In this " ne In 'Os I heard Hilly Arlington .hog 'Nellie Gray;’ and 1 tell you— going? Wait. I’m going your way.” Thanksgiving proclamations are now on tap. Still, it is not absolutely necessary to wait, until the 2-">th of November lo be thankful. Don't find fault with the weather. It was a beautiful autumn a prosper ous year—and the rain, the sleet, and the chilly winds we are experiencing now are but the natural offerings of a typical November. The change may have interfered with your plans; it may have caused you to change your program, and buy flannels sooner than you expected, ,but for all that it is a proper weather program, and if an ill wind to you, remember it blows its good over countless thous ands. He thankful that you are alive and can enjoy pancakes and syrup. Don’t "holler” to loud or too Ions about tile unfinished portion of pav ing on Stone street, and the incon venience attending thereto. It is the usual program—unavoidable. Your city cousins are used to these little interuptions, and murmur not. All good things have their price and are worth that price. Street paving has iis ups and downs, but some day we will be able to look up and down Stone street and exclaim with the majority, “Great! It is worth all il cost,both in the coin of the realm and tin! little inconveniences attaching thereto.” ••SWAT THE GAMBLERS.’’ So Says a Wife Who Knows of What She Speaks. "Swat the fly?” Flies don’t bother tin half as much as gamblers. Gam lib is in Falls City have for years taken what belongs to me. I have one almost ragged tit times on ac count of gambling in Falls City. You say that n:y husband ought net to play—that's what I say, but It does play, and he loses, too, and 1 suffer front that loss that money which goes to the gambling houses is rightfully mine, nr at least a part of it is, for I help to make it. Swat the fly? Swat the gambling houses, say 1. I’love just one gam bler; aside from him, the rest appear to me as a band of blood-suckers that ought to have a ring in their nose so that one would know them When they net them. Swat the gambling bouses. Keep t p the good work, i want a cloak for winter—the children need better shoes. A VICTIM. A "Short Course” for Girls-. Free admission to the exposition; free dormitory accomodations in the girls schools, clubs and the con vents of Omaha tire* offered young women who desire to take the two weeks course in Domestic’ Science & Art at the National Corn Exposi tion, according to an announcement made in the premium list of the e x position just received. The only charge in connection with the course is a laboratory fee of 12.50 for the course—-but this all comes back as the’ girls may eat what they cook and what others cook in the laboratory thus securing most of their meals without expense.while each girl will make a cap, white apron to wear while serving and si cotton print dress, all of which be come the property of tbe maker. Mrs. Margaret .1. Blair, head of the Domestic Art Department of the University of Minnesota will have charge of the Domestic Art Section. Mrs. Blair is a lecturer as well as a worker. Thousands have paid to hear her addresses at chautauquas and teachers meetings. Jessica E. Besack, who lias studied in the best laboratories of the coun try including Columbia in New York City, is director of the Domestic Science and Art Departments. Every girl will have an opportunity to work in a completely equipped laboratory under the direction of 1he best in structors in the country. Some liber al cash prizes are offered for the things the girls make and as there are plenty of them, a large number of the young women will win prizes for baking and cooking which will pay till their expenses to Omaha dur ing the two weeks from December tl to 18th when the corn show will be open. Miss Resack urges (he young women of the country to write her at once and git a place in tin lab oratory assigned. The girls from out of town are to be given the prefer ence though a line or Omaha girls are waiting to register. ABOUT "SKIP" DUNDY. A Young Man of Great Executive Ability. The following little dipping isj taken from the New York World 1 and mentions a former Falls City! boy. who before his death, though j young in age, had acquired the aiiil-1 ity to execute big tilings: "The piny known as ‘Polly of tliC| Circus' was written by Frederick Thompson. Hi' is the man who, in i connection with "Skip" Dundy, a freckled-faced dm1' ring country boy from Falls City, Neb., built Luna park and Die Hippodrome in New' York, two of the gre icsl amusement enterprises of in .d> ,1 times. Thomp son planned things and Dundy exe-1 cut d them. Mlllioi. ; of money were required for the I \<> enterprises, and Dundy managed it raise the neces sary funds. II- died in New York when quite young; the country boy couldn't stand the New York pace. Frederick Tlmnipso married Mabel Taliaferro; who cr* :ited the leading pact in bis play." , For all kinds of sewing and dress making see or call on Sarah 10. Hor baugh, on Fulton Stcet, between tilth and 14th. _42-3L — Means I Much t To the level-headed young man, , a bank account, added to the de termination to make it larger means much. The names of many such are on our books. Young man, young woman, if your name is not on the list would it not be wise to open an account at once and keep adding to it? It's the right thing to do. The amount may he small at first but all things must have a be ginning. THE Falls City 5tate Ban k And commence the saving habit now ^•frrtgkl 191*7, kf Oai full A dvr Hiring Co., Ogo Nov. 19, 1909. Dear Friend: We like molasses so well at our house that mama sent me down town to get a jugful so Digs that I could hardly carry it home. I made an ugly face I while 1 was carrying the molasses home, but when 1 had some on my ! cakes for breakfast this morning you ought to have seen me smile. I got a whole gallon jugful for 60c.j Your friend, Jacob. P. S. You can get the best molasses and the best of everything to eat at Schmitt’s i Your Wants There is not a want in Ready-to-wear Garm ents that we cannot meet. Ten per cent dis count on all suits—ladies’ and misses’. adoui iorty suns are leu. many 01 tnese nave been received within the last week. We wish to close out all suits within the coming thirty days and make this discount earlier than usual. 10% Discount on all Dresses Thirty-five Dresses left, All new this season and every one strictly in the latest designs. There are sizes from 14 years to 40 bust. A de lightful assortment of the choicest dark and light shades. Regular price from $y to $25. All Alterations will be made free. Women’s Coats Best Values, Most Popular Designs 150 Women’s and Misses’ Coats now hang on our racks, priced at from $2.50 to $30. We are receiving shipments almost every day and no lady should buy until she has inspected this stock. We cannot be surpassed in values. We include not only Broadcloths, Kerseys, Mixtures, Moires, Benga lees, but also Plushes, Velours, Furs. In other words, we cover the entire field, while others show a small line of cloths only. Children’s and Infants’ Coats A very complete stock of Children’s and Infant’s Coats, in all sizes. Special offering of Children’s Coats, 6 to 14 years, at $2.50. There are 38 Coats in this line; regular prices $3.50 to $8.00; all colors and mixtures. These coats are not out of style, but just such as you will find offered at full prices everywhere. We simply have an overstock of this kind of garrpent. , Shirt Waists 10% Per Cent Off Until Pec. rst only. An exhaustive assortment of Silk, Net, Linen, > Bedford Cord, Lawn Waists -any price you want to pay. They are all new this season and very choice in every respect. Dress Goods Remnants Every day is remnant day with us this season. About $700 worth of Press Goods was shipped here last spring from our Humboldt store. Most of this was winter weight, and short lengths. We are now putting these goods on our remnant table at about half price. There are qualities suitable for children’s dresses, ladies’ skirts, waists, petticoats and other garments. Underwear for the Whole Family Every weight, kind, cut and jsize wanted is in our stock. We guar antee prices to be as low as can be found in the state. A lot of odds and ends from our Humboldt stock. Look them over. Large Bags Are Very Stylish An entirely new and novel display, the largest we have ever shown is now ready for your inspection. Do not delay purchasing, as the choice will not be as complete. New showing of Neckwear, Scarfs, Combs, Barrettes, etc. Blankets Are Needed Now From 45c to $12 per pair. We want you to see our extra heavy and large Tan Wool Finished Blanket at $1.35, and our Wool Fin ish Grey at $2.00. These are not wool, but nearly everyone w'ho has seen them think they are. i , V. G. LYFORD