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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1896)
m tmgi I T y H XL h 2A K THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT SUOCKSSOU TO i CHERRY COUHrY INDEPENDENT EOBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher i THE CARNIVAL CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE igilt letters Various articles sold by the druggist were attached to the ban tner The general merchandise store of E McDonald was represented by FIlen McDonald who was dressed iu a com plete Indian outfit and led the grand marches The Republican had a good repre sentative in the person of Miss Ella Kiester The lady was neatly dressed wore a blue hat and sash paper sleeves and paper trimming nn the skirt Her banner was a copy of the Republican Mrs J C iNorthrup and Miss Katie sang the following duet on a very effective manner We advertise tve advertise Theres art In askinghim who buys Tls there the merchants secret lies Red Front and Hornbys waists and ties Davenport Thachers fruit for pies McDonalds neneral merchandise Lewis and Quipleys drug and dyes Watsons drugs and poison for fllefl Beidens clathlng prices cause surprise And Dr Wells makes teeth to patronize We advertise we advertise He who succeeds is ho who tries And who is asked is he who buys Hornby keeps hardware boards any size IToreys Jewelry -we highly prize Fettycrew8 candy and choclate byes Stetter keeps the best meat that fries Whillansthe finest harness supplies Storey and GiliHtt goods harmonize Andtrim us hats we idolize We advertise we advertise -Ye wealth is won by enterprise Use printers ink if youwouid rise Ask Barker and Good to advertise Vincent thefastest horses drives White Taxton Welch or Harris tries To keep clean beds and make good pies Lawsou and Sageser shave the wise Tucker and Walcott counselize Cornells is the bank to patronize C R WATSON Mrs Crawford advertised C It Watsons popular pharmacy and - wore one of the most unique costumes of the evening Her large straw hat was turned up at the side -and - aiented with -tooth brushes and other small articles The -sleeves of her dress were covered with sponges and sponges trimmed the bottom of her akin The banner she carried was trimmed with bottles of pills and such things and the name C Ii Watson was spelled on the front and back by small capsules Hilled with some red substance Her recitation which was well delivered was C R Watson is a man Who does all the business that he can Two things he owns are a fine drug stock Apd a building made of solid rock He takes observations of the weather And tells the people of Valentine whether Indications favor a rain or snow And if the wind will stay quiet or blow At compounding medicine hes a success To talk of a better is onlv to guess His chief delight is to full perscriptions Which cure ills of every description M r Watson is a credit to our town His superior lives not around He alway greets you with a smile And asks you in for a while If you want the best perfume by far Then buy of the druggist Watson C R The ladies say his soda water is best And away ahead of the real JACKSON BRAYTON Mable Towae appeared for the Red Trout in a dress of white with a red front and white hat trimmed in red also white and red roses Her bauner was ot red silk with Red Front in a semi circle at the top Leaders tor the -Trade underneath and Jackson Brayton at the bottom The letters were all of gilt hand painted The poem recited was very unique and did the firm no moie than justice If you want to buy groceries dry goods or dishes fin tn Tnkm Xr limivtim thnr ii unif uniif wishes Their prices for such goods are the lowest ia town And if you dont believe it all they ask is call around Their dried fruits are the nicest Their canned goods the best Their dry goods wear longer Thau any of the rest Their shoes are not shoddy Their sugar is sweet Their crackers are fresh made - And very good to eat Their ribbons are all silk Dress goods a yard wide Their kid gloves the danticst Theyre the maidens pride Their coffee Is Moca Java and green TThelr spices the finest you ever have seen Their flour is new the Tride of the Queen They have butter cheese and god kerosene r - The flrin are all bachelors ToUtc and Genteel So girls dont be to bashful Either will glvo you a bood deal W A SELDEN Clara Sadler appeared for the pro gressive tailor above mentioned dressed in rose colored silk and jblack carrying a neat little banner made of silk with the firm name in gilt and a picture showing the latest style in gen tlemena clothing She is a good reciter and made a distinct hit with herpoesa Feople have written in prose and in rhyme About hotels stores aud milliners line All to their dixcrcdit is swsetly untold JNow ot Sclden our tailor let me hnfold The merits of his clothirg and work so rare And when 1 have finished you will declare Had vou boenxold of this some time ago The firms in Omaha you would never know A- fell line of mens clothing shirts and hats Shoes collars and cuffs and big red cravats Coats which Dean Efner or Judge Tucker might fill Btvles which suit Cleveland or McKinley Bill lOie dress coat Friiicc Albert and cutaway sack Bww jr sc srr j1 npiur nrMLW nwI3MOTpffn Colors iu blue brown salt-and-pepper or black Such a nire choice collection have ever you known In our small town of Valentine quietly shewn Listen dear people something more I must tell blending cutting and sewing he does so well You would never know where begin the patches The checks and stripes h so neatly matches A suit to order he makes for small ransom Which causes the ucliest man to look handsomn -It our tailor you have never patronized jiry mm once auu you win De agreeauiy surprised Dr Lewis the conservative was al so represented in an artistic but plain manner by Edith Stark who never fails to do herself credit in affairs of this kind CITY HOTEL This popular hostelry was right in line and could not have been repre sented by a better person than Viola Collett The manaer in which she recited her poem almost made one wish he had no home so he could board at the City Hotel Read it and see The City Hotel you should not forget Proposes to take you in out of tho wet To give you a bed nice and clean free from bugs You can walk on the carpet or walk on the rugs You can sleep and your restwill be sweet and serene Undisturbed by the rowdy the drunkard the mean The prices so moderate a Quaker would laugh You can sleep for a qaarter or sleep for a half Try the City Hotel once and you always will come The landlords so pleasant hes kind to each one i The landlady to please you earnestly tries And a lady indeed such a oue as youll prize Mr Welch sets up meals rich and clean pure nice That cannot be beat in the town for the price A good meal for 15 cents and a dime That will knock all other meals out of time Sotry the City Hotel youll never regret You can come wheu its warm cold dry windy and wet You will always be welcomed ested and fed On soft downy couches and good butter and bread GEO H HORNBY This gentleman runs an immense institution and had five representa tives His hardware department ad vertising was in charge of Miss Gil lett who wore a dress trimmed with brass chain and articles of hardware carried a red banner -trimmed with chain miniature lantern teapot and light hardware and gracefully wore a teakettle for a bonnet While Miss Gillett recited her verses Eddie Morey stood iby her side dressed in a coat of black osheet iron with stove pipe sleeves and elbows galvanized iron cuffs and collar stove pipe pants and hat with a yellow band lettered Geo H Hornby I waudered down the streets of Valentine And there I saw G U Hornbys hardware sign I entered to see what I could find I found everything thats made in the hardware line Wire to fence your farms Nails to build your barns Stoves to cook your bread Hkates for Mary Frank and Ned In fact everything you could think of and even more For its a second Montgomery Ward store Polite clerksore alwavs at hand To show you the very best brand Live and let live is their motto So theyve marked their goods very low The uevt time you have anything to buy in the hardware line Dout forget to look for G H Horn ys hard ware sign C M Sagesers barber shop was highly praised by Archie Pettycrew who advised all young men to patro nize him which was right and Miss Kelle Callen told the audience what a 1 good lawyer Judge Tucker is some thing everyone knows but which was impressed more firmly on the minds of the people by her recitation Edith Pettycrew sang a song for Mrs Pax tons restaurant which was verv efTc tive and made ones mouth water for some of the good things to eat The merits of Miss Gilletis millinery -store were effectively enumerated by Edna McDonald and then came another of G H Hornbys representatives Ella Dillon with a sparkling hat of scal loped fruit dish lined with red and tied with red ribbon Her dress was trimmed with miniature vases and glassware and she carried a tray loaded with fancy china and glass ware and lamps G H Hornbys with us too With cheap rates on not afev Articles of crockery ware Also tons of chinaware Piled upon his shelves with care Part way down the aveuue He is quick to represent So his maiden here is sent On her mission firmly bent With the rest shell gain the steep From the plain of dullness deep At the peak her flag shell plant Here at the CarnivalcAIcrchantc Dont forget us friends so true As you tread the avenue Orders have the best of care Here for tin and crockery ware At this point another march around and through the room was made by all the representatives and then came a song in chorus THE DEMOCRAT Owing to our extreme modesty we will refrain from extended mention of this great moral and political news papers advertisement Anna Jiiveus had charge of the paper for that even ing and was a symphony in white and pink White dress and slippers pink flowers and ribbons One strip of 3 inch pins ribbon fron left shoulder to waist a belt of same and two strips diagonally accross the front of the skirt with bows at the end of each strip The ribbons were lettered The Democrat fBest Oldest Cheap est She also carried a white ban nei trimmed with pink and suspend ed from the staff by pink baby ribbon The banner jyas lettered in gold The rzatGaBsnmssmiPz waitaamui iMari T Democrat 100 She recited y You may talk about your posters And your ads upon the ienre But they aint the Kind o jnediums That appeal to coniiuortfKoiiso You mav talk about yourUodicers And your circulars and such But I calculate thev dont Assist an advertiser much And especially in winter When the snow is on the ground I wonder where yout posters and Your dodgers can be found But withtn the pleasant home When the Darlor stoves ajlow DkjiockatIs read aloud To every oue we know Thus it stands tOTeason That a local merchants ad Will there attract attention Be ir either good or bad Thk Democrat as an advertiser Leads all other kinds with ease For that is where the multitude The advertisement sees Adella Sawyer came next for J W Stetters meat market and then came Fanny Saddler for Mrs O W Morey the milliner Both of these were good the ladies looking especially nice and sweet SMYSEK VINCENT This livery firm was shown to good advantage by II 0 Tucker in a coachmans rig Prince Albert coat and high hat carrying a whip with bows of guid ribbon and their banner which was a wine colored buggy seat with the firms name thereon in largo gilt letters In the following poem he told the merits of the firm Oh Smyser Vincent have come to the west Their horses are the swiftest their ouggies are the best They care not for windstorms they care not for rain And charge but an honest and reasonable gain Their steeds are well stabled well groomed is their hide What care they for sand hills or the hot prairies wide One crack of the whip one word in their car And they bound away like the fleet footed deer Come neighbor come townsman come farmer come all Their coachmans good looking their charges are small On Cherry streets their barn on the lakes sandy shore Where the bullfrogs are croaking forever more Edna -Dwyer dressed in white rep resented the White House in an able manner her own neatness symbolizing thatof the hotel Tacv Collett was dressed in llv nets and harness fixtures for J W Whill ans the harness man and Nellie Bullis recited a very true poem regard ing Judge Walcotts ability as an attorney Miss Anna Connolly represented Geo II Hornbvs lumber vard in a fetching manner wearing a large straw hat covered with shavings and white dress trimmed in same She carried a red banner trimmed with samples of building paper newels mixed paints etc a miniature barrel of lime and a bundle of lath Mid peasant scenes of summer When the sun is warm and bright You little think of the winds that howl On a windy April night But howl thev will and the cold will come And then at any cost Youll push your stove by night and day To keep out cold and frost Better guess youll have to push em Faster even make ehi jingle Specially if your roaf and walls are mac Of just common boards and shingles Then to save both coal and wood And keei yourselves as warm as toast Build your house of lumber good Aud roof of shingies from the coast Now all who would be content and think And die happy alter life well spent Take the advice of this humble bard And buy your material at Hornbys lumberyard DAVENPORT TDACHER Mae OSullivan appeared for this most popular firm clad in white carrying a large banner with Daven port Thacher General Merchan dise on oneside find numerous arti cles always carried by the firm decor ating the reverse Their wares were well displayed and the firm certainly lost nothing by Miss OSulli vans rend ition of the following One pleasant day I stepped into a store And queried as I often had before What may your smallest article be And what the largest we can see The smallest article said the clerk Is our cash on nand The largest one and causes work The book accounts as they stand This firm was founded some years ago By Davenport Thacher you know From such a dilemma we shoild help them out And clear their faces of au ugiy pout Im sure youll find no place so nice to trade For there the lowest prices are made And you can purchase everything From high priced silver to a riibber string Here can the house wife herdishes buy Of beds and bedding lay in a supply Bright parasols to keep out the suns rav And -fancy slocks to tell the time of day Dried fruits of choicest kind behind the coun ter rest Their sugar coffee spices are the best Their syrups rhat in wooden buckets stand Are certainly the finest iu the laud On their canned goods w e ever can rely They our hunger will most surely satisfy Of peaches apple- berries thev consist And to have you try some they persist Ladies gents and children of any place Of every figure and of every race Of every station of every size Their store you will please recognize W A Pettycrew was next on the program and in ber poem which was well rendered Goldie Beed laid par ticular stress upon the excellence of Pettycrews confectionery and fancy groceries o w MOREY Etta Brown was a big temptation for highwaymen literally loaded down as she was with More s jewelry One would think she wore almost his entire stock but we are reliably informed that what she carried was an infinites imal quantity when compared with his entire stock Miss Brown made a very good appearance and looked wjfriMryiim nwionfifl tfiiriT nmn ni it m x im Who killed high prices 1 said Jforey with my Jewelry m a hurry Who tolled the be T said the clock for ih whole lot Who sami the- dirge I said the chain in quiet refrain Who preached the sermon T cuii the riiiiiHiml and it was a fine one Who ring the grave ITt I said the butter spade with my new oiaue Who put them in J I said the silver plaU and I did not wait Who covered them up I said gold cup I covered them up Who was the mourners I said silver spoon and I did not swoon did not worry for the prices ol O W Morey j jlo ueai l Knew wouiu every one uurry Little Edna Maloney had the last place on th program speaking for Dr Wells the dentist holding a set of finely made false teeth in her hand as she spoke After the entertainment was over ice cream and cake was served to all who wished to indulge and they vere many consuming all the cream on hand in short order The receipts were 62 which will be applied by the Lear ue on the 10000 they obligated themselves to pay on the church debt The Ainsworth Star Journal has been sold -to J O Berkley If Prof makes as good editor as he did school teacher the Journal will be all right Jack Wilson has apple trees in his orchnrd soutli -of tow n that are twenty five feet across at the t op and loaded with blossoms lie left a dmall twig at this oflice Saturday about eighteen inches long with 119 blossom on it Mr Wilson informs us that if frost hulds off he will have twenty five bushels of apples to the tree Spring xiew Herald SYFrai5ee Mrs Berry has returned from her isit to the Black II ills Thomas Ash burn is repairing his irrigation plant and getting ready for the summer Ha 3 making a new race for the water Mrs Perry is dangerously ill of cancer Levi Nollett has moved onto the farm owned by his brother-in-law Mr Taylor Linnie Fowler is home from the Agency on a visit SCHOOL COLUMN EDITOHS Charles Wellfoud Charles Cook The ninth grade arithmetic class are having examination this week The tenth grade was -examined in f general history Tuesday Miss Callens department holds the banner this week The debate biiled for last Friday was postponed for one wees The botany class have begun to press flowers and find the work much more interesting than at first antici pated WOOD LAKE DEPARTMENT LeTCoy Leach Editor Once more the relentless assessor doth gaily go his rounds We understand our merchant W Honey intends to soon erect an elegant home on Main street Chicago will soon be a back number as regards size compaied with Wood Lake Mrs D Morgan of Omaha spent a few days of last week with the family of David Leach Mrs D W Alspaugh of Johnstown wife of our former agent spent last Friday in the city Postmaster Leach left Thursday morning for a visiL to the home of his daughter Mrs H S llallenbeck near Omaha Quite a crowd attended the sale of E Tucker Saturday C M Bailey and wife are visiting at the home of Mrs J M Gallen at Val entine The wind storm Thursday evening did some littie damage to picket fences and barn roofs in the city which will cause some of our weary pilgrims a little extra work We want a correspondent in every precinct in Cherry county who will send us the news of his or her locality at least once a month oftener if pos sible We offer inducements to corre spondents Write us about it P F SiMONS PROPRIETOR OF y iitii i ijr Satisfaction guaranteed Heasonable charges Wanled fin Sdea of Who can think Bomo simple thins to patent Protect your ideas they may brim you wealth Write JOHN WEDDERBTJRN CO Patent almost as dainty as SOme Of the jewekv I neys Washington D C for their Slaoo prize and Met of two hundred InTentloaswanted offer 1 ri - rtw - rii i i i i i ni r 1 1 1 ii i i iht i irTii rrr iiiii n fcnai uamLuia rggasggamjJ limu i3ijiiaz3itLisarxrazsxxnxa3Bsiwj - -- - i she wore as 3he delivered the follow hi is b i rv k UG h i r b h f rk a 6 a H S a I nf Llll Oil i The a GOOD NEWS ABOVT TUB WINANCIAXi 2LJS318 OS1 TIKE JDAY How to save money by judicious buying at home is of more im portance to you just now than any other problem We are here to Help Solve This Problem Our JP ricpa JPoint tJie Way I Mens Pants 50c3 75e3 100 8125 Wool Pants 8145 8175 and up Suits 8350 8495 750 S00 9 25 and so on Tailor Made Suits from 1350 up Boys Knee Pant Suits 50c 75c 8100 125 to 400 Boys Three Piece Suits 8350 8400 and up A few sood Brown Cloth Over coats worth 1000 to close at 525 Repairing neatly -done at reason able prices Ye also have a line rf nn l ULO which when gone will not be replaced We are here to fill a vacancy in your town and hope you Trill see our goods before buying else where Yours for low prices L THE TAILOR jm tJ gfe TOMaiRVIiTt STORE Is the place to go for MEDIGINBS PAINTS OILS VASNISHES BRUSHES ETC Valentine - - Nebraska UNDERTAKERS Q IDD IPQ CO We have just received a fall line of Goffins Caskets and cases f j Thacher White House A T WHITE Proprietor Has iDeen rebuilt and rooms famished witk X NEW SUITS OF FURNITURE Making it the most complete and comfortable HOTEL IN THE NORTHWEST SAMPLE ROOM AND LIVERY STABLE IN CONNECTiM Valentine Nebraska W E HALEY AOTER Valentine Nebraska i O M SAGESER TONSORIAL ARTIST Hair cutting and shaving Shop in the W H Moses buildtej J HOT AND GOLD BATHS Valentine ISTebr WILLET NO 17109 Sire of Nabob 230 Siee Moeliester 616 tteefM 231 Sire of BELLBOY - 22434 DINNIB - 225 MINOT FLOKESTLNE - 22C SENSATION And many others Will stand the season at M B Tt ris place one fourth mile south of t2ae Idepot at Valentine Nebraska TERMS- 1000 to insure foaL T TV MANJDY Keeper THE 3364 1st dam JEA27NETTE by HA3t BLETON1AN 157 Dam of Willet sire of Nabob 20 and S tana dam of Nornettc 225 Hazels Jfire C the dams of Ida Bell 2 and Lottie X X87 2nd dam DAHTER OF ABDEI LAH 15 Sire of Goldsmith Maid 2ii ELKHORN RAILROAD orth Western Line is to be to and from the SUGAR BEET FIELD or NORTH NEBRASKA v k L t M i3i MS HI K k j hi M fi r 3 v a