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Band concert at
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Two bundles of old
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THIS AND THAT
Coming 12vent
Uryan Club Aug 28
Mclunliy Club Aug 28
Democratic Primaiy Aug29
Loyal Lejjion Picnic August 29
Democratic Countv Convention Sept 2
AOUW Picnic Sept ember 2
The Democrat next issue Sept 3
J F Caldwell -Sept 4
Old Settlers Jlcunlon Sept 18 19
MWa Picnic J3rownlec September 23
JcnioerntIrCaijcus
The democratic voters of Valentine
precinct are requested to meet at
TJryan club room on Saturday evening
August 2 at 730 oclock for the
purpose of electing five delegates to
xattend the county convention
M ClIRISTENSEN
Chairman
Work for the school house
Will we have races in October
Where is the school house petition
Tas Rav has been Quite ill this
-week
Croquet sets at cost
sons
Go to Omaha
Sept
at C R Wat
1st for -550
-round trip
School commences Sept 7 one -week
ifrom Monday
Bennett Irwin was in town a few
hours Sunday
the Post tonight
papers at this
Wheat is turning out 6 to 10 bushels
per acre on the table
H J Barnes and wife of Rosebud
were in town Monday
2sTorden will hav6 a harvest home
festival Saturday Aug 29th
A larfffi flMnrfmonf nf it
PI shall be
nftwsfcrtini i t i
r Caeapi at o Watsons
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MrsE J Davenport j home from
TekSh where she viaited friends
W3lNTED BEled hay For
now
Mrs Yella Dill and daughter Elsie
went to Pierre S D yesterday m
Ing
For Salt A few full blood Brown
Leghorn roosters W F A Melten
iorf 30
Miss Flora Hamer commenced
-school in district o 8 la st
Mrs C B Watsdri returned from
Ifer visit at Creiglitoh last Friday
night
Mrs T C Hornby accompanied
Ji Pearl Bay to Lead CiVi Sunday
night
Twenty three bids were made on
the new Indian schools atBosbud and
Pine Bidge
The very best castor machine oil
lowest possible price at C B Watson
-I Try it and be convinced 29
Bryan Club meeting tomorrow
night Come out and join in the pro
gram Everybody invited
Geo Scbwalm has bought a new
meat chopper and willput in a norse
power at his slaughter house
Miss Pearl Bay returned to her
home at Lead S DSunday night af
ter visiting friends here a few weieks
The second quadrennial convention
of democratic club s will be held at St
Louis oh September 30 and October 1
John Maxwell is now the ovner of
the fine fur overcoat recently belong
ing to W A Selden He got it cheap
Kemember we do as good 30b wpik
as any ofnee along the line We
wont do work that does n6t suit you
G W Dwincll and wite arid their
VisMifrhfAr Mrs D J McMahoh and
little girl of Beatrice are in town this
week
J A Hornback of Sparks was a
caller at tbfs office yesterday He
says he has the best onion crop in the
state
J W Evans and family piano and
organ timers went from here to Cody
Saturday From that place they went
b Gordon
D Stinard is preparing to move his
stock of clothing boots and shoes into
the Quigley building on Main street
about September 1
Mrs A T White and children re
turned from their extended visit
among relatives in the eastern par t of
the sjtate last Friday night
Democratic county convention next
Wednesday September 2nd Same
date as the Indianapolis convention
This is merely a coincidence
Rev Sexton preached to fair sized
ing
Last Friday night three wives re
turned to their husbands at this place
and in cpnsequence there are at least
three happy men in town
Perry Lawson has had his barber
shop calsomined and cleaned until it us
now a rival of the famous Palmer
House silver dollar shop Perry is a
hustler if he is short
A rumor is current to the effect that
a gentleman from Pierce and one from
St Paul Minnesota were awarded the
contract for building the new Agency
Hnhnnla rhnj4rmnrjann aufchon
l i
tic
Jackson Brayton have not yet de
cided whether their new stone build-
two stories high or nofr
Work is pfbgrssihg rapidly the side
walls beingup about six feet at this
writing
Dr C A Wells returned to Lead
M j arfeiiquire 8f davenport Thacher City S B5 Stinday night but will be
N Krfernember tbe primary
tiyanadb room Saturday even
ing
Mark Cyphers was ori the
the first of the week but is
sick list
ail right
in Valentine again soon Dr eirs
does more business in his line than any
other dentist in the state And he
does it well too
Mr and Mrs J A Fike and family
went to Salem Illinois Monday morn
ing where they will visit for about a
month Mr Fikes mother is serious
ly ill at that place and he was called
to her bedside
Query the cigar maker is doing
business at his shop in the Paul build
ing and is turning out as good a brand
of cigars as can be bought anywhere
for the same money Home industry
should be patronized
Lieut CranVille of the artillery
son-in-law of Capt Craigie left this
morning for hiS post of duty at Fort
ress Monroe Virginia He was ten
dered a farewell Teception at Fort
Niobrara last evening
The sidewalk on north Cherry street
needs repairing and needs it at once
This is a favorite walk for our people
especially those with proclivities
which demand quietude and it should
he attended to at once
B C Fox and T N Burket came
up from Lincoln Monday night and
went fishing Tuesday No fishing trip
is a success without A T White so
they coaxed that gentleman away
from a 30b of threshing to pilot them
among the lakes
The veteran hotel man Geo Dwi
nell is in town looking for location
to start a hotel or restaurant He
finds our town quite well sipplied with
these necessary business places but
will locate here if he can find a room
or building tosuit him
Are we going to get p vote on the
proposition to hond the district for a
hew school house or nit The petit
ion is dragging along slowly and it
seems that all our metmgs andBallot
inars and talks and acrimonious debate
is to go for naught Shall the matter
be allowed to smk ilto innocuous de
suetude
A O IT W pidic next Wednesday
Sept 2 Membet of the lodge and
Degree of Honotfwill leavi their hall
at 930 a m anproceed to Bristols
grove where aqappropriata program
will be renderjd Bjing lyour oWn
baskets and fesure w brin plenty of i
1 eatables r
ING FRIDAY NIGHT
Elected Officers Adopted
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tion and Transacted Other
Business What was Said
and lone for Bryan
The enthusiasm for Bryan continues
to grow as was testified by the crowd
wnicn attended tne jsryan tjiuD meet
ing last Fridav nieht
During the week a transformation I
scene naa oeen enacted in ana about
the club rooms and the members were
little short of speechless in their ad
miration of the way in which things
had been arranged for their benefit
and the benefit of the cause they rep
resent j
Alog the entire south side of The
DEticRAT office high up so it can be
Otlr5ilTr raarJ fVio rnilrnart rlarmt 10 a lion
nrmrrrAorjifinnc of fVia PrnnlATt nn I warn
i zs jzs - t - ii word
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T PEADQUAJtTEES
W J JBRYAjNt clot
iq letters about two feet high The
club room- itjjelf was freshly
and thoroughly cleaned while
red white and blue bunting was artist
tically festooned about the walls A
large portrait of W J Bryan was hung
in the center of the room at the rear
of the presidents chair and plenty of
seats were provided for the members
The meeting was called to order by
Eobert Good who briefly stated that j
the object of the gathering was to per-
stitutionand permanent organization
j was called for and reported as follows
AETrCLEI NAME
Section 1 The name of this organization shall
be the W J Bryan Non Partisan Free Silver
Club
ARTICLE II OfeJECT
Sectioni The object of this organization
shall be to disseminate a silver sentiment -a
better understanding of the finance of tlie coun
try among its members and the people of the
county generally and to promote good Citizen
stiip by parity of purpose aiidliarmoiwof action
and to vorlrfor and secure by efforts the
lectionof W J Bryanas our next President
ARTICLE III OFFICEES
Secfaon 1 The officers of this club shall be a
President Vice President Treasurer and three
Secretaries
AllTICLE IV7GOMMHTEES
Sectioni There shall be an Executive Com
mittee composed of the officers of the club to
arrange all preliminaries of the campaign and
to fill vacrncles when such occur It shall be
tlie duty of this committee to scale a program
for each meetiug
AKTICLE V FtJNDS
Section i All funds for necessary expenses
shallbe raised by voluntary contribution Oiliy v
ARTICLE VI RDLfiS
Section 1 Roberts Rules of Order Shall gov
ern the meetings of the club
ARTICLE VII TIME OF MEETINGS
Section 1 This club shall meet every Friday
evening at 8 oclock and club rooms will be open
to visitors at all hours
ARTICLE VIII MEMBERSHIP
Each member must identify himself with the
club by signing the Constitution and accept the
principles Set fortli in the same
The committee f uther recommended
that the temporary organization as ef
fected at the last meeting be made
permanent as follows
President L C Sparks
Vice President Robert Good
Secretary D H Thurston
The constitution calling for three
secretaries nominations for the other
two were in order and Martin Chris
tensen democrat was nominated and
elected by acclamation E Vande
grift republican was nominated as
the the third man but as he is not a
resident of Valentine a short discus
sion was indulged in Wer the advis
ability of electing officers outside the
town As the clut is to extend all
oyer the county it was decided that
Mr Vandegrift was eligible for the
office and he was elected by acclama
tion and given the power of envoy
extraordinary to do missionary work
among the republicans
G P Craibb was nominated and
elected treasurer without opposition
Short talks were then called for and
llobert GoodTesporided With a few re
marks on Bryan as a man T R o
Geddisalso responded to a call for a
speech i H Thurston was next and
gave a very good concise statement of
the situation from his point of view
which was well received and pronoun
ced the best speech of the evening
J H Quigley offered a few remarks
and then a short discussion was indul
ged in over the aims and objects of the
club and it was decided to lose no
time in getting down to gob solid
work at once t
A vote of thanks ws tendered to
VALENTINE
PnhUsheA for Four Years as
CHERRY QOUNTY INDEPENDENT
DEMOCRAT
Martin Christensen for his untiring
labor without compensation in
m decorating the club room and
IELD ito REGULAR MEET
the meeting adjourned until Friday
Theclub room is open at all hours
pxhe day and should become the
FajIyipg place foe all persons interested
ie the work of organization
Literature bearing on the issues of
tbetejimpaign will always b3 on hand
ancj somebody will be present to enter
taTn visitors A visit to Valentine
will be incomplete without a call at
Bryan headquarters
4A Wod Opportunity
4boufc000 barrels of lime will be
requip in the construction of the Iar
diausboolatJioseitjud and as much
more at Pine Ridge Besides large
quantities are used at Fqrt Niobrara
and in town The bills argued town
abound in stone which we are inform
ed will make a superior quality of
lime when burned ithas been test
ed and found suitable for the purpose
Here is a chance for somfi man with
enterprise to lay a foundation for a
good income Not much capital
would be required to develop tis pro
duct of Cherry county and we would
like tosee some man take hold of it
TIT VT C Officers
Tlie Woman s Christian Temperance
IJniob met with Mrs Geo Hornby
Tuesday afternoon and elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows -
Presiaent Mrs Effie Anderson
feet a permanent organizatioQ pfthej Jice resvGiit Lira J AY Callen
Bryan Ckb f omjtiee 0n
recording Mrs L Vachon
Corfesponamg secy Ml CrlOYer
treasurer Mrs W A Pettycrew
Superintendent of Evangelistic
work Mrs C E Glover
Superintendent of mothers meet
ings Mrs Helen Hornby
Superintendent of Kress work Mrs
Q W Morey
Superintendent of parlor meetings
Mrs J G Norttirop
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Well Reserved ttafijpliuients
The following letter to officers at
Fort Niobfara explains itself and
speaks volumes for Col Andrews and
the other officers bf the Twelfth In
fantry and is the result of the recent
visit ot Gen XGppinger to the Post
The General commanding the De
partment requests me to convey to you
his satisfaction at the condition of
Fort Niobrara as he found it at his
recent inspection The Post was in
Capital order the Garrison in fine
for m the men well set up a marked
improvement in go snap and drill-
highly creditable to Col Andrews and
to the other officers concerned
The condition of the Quartermasters
Department transportation stables
and store houses was specially credit
able to 1st Lieut D E McCarthy E
C M 12th Infantrv
l Xiiterary Snccess
The entertainment given by the
ladies at the Methodist church Satur
day evening was a splendid one and
deserves to go down in the social his
tory of the church as one of the most
successful literary events ever conduct
ed under its auspices Miss Hedricks
recitations were tlie leading features
of the evening and she fullfiled every
expectation in itie manner in which
she acquitted herself She is a re
markably fluent speaker her voice
tbeing clear and distinct and her
repertoire embraces selections of wide
range pathetic humorous drafhatic
semtimehtal and dialect
The support given Miss Hedrick by
our local talent was splendid and al
most eclipsed the efforts of the star
Mr Mast and Mr Fred Kave being
the especial favorites of the audience
Messrs iNave and Mast cannot com
plain of the reception given them by
our people the applause which fol
lowed the duet No Hope Beyond
lasting several minutes Each hi
these gentlemen also sahg a solo
Mrs j A Carroll f avoiren the audi
ence with one of heT rest silecfciotis
and responded to ah enthusiastic en
core as did also Miss Tess bSflllivan
Mrs Nave Miss Greislrihgerj Mrs
Wellford and Miss EdrlS MacDonald
furnished the accoiiipaniments fdr
the various singers
The net receipts for the evening
were between twhfcy five and thirty
dollars and will ire applied bn the
ministers salary
The DkM ofcKAT 1 per ycaf
VALENTINE QHffBBY CO pBffAj3KA THURSDAY ATJGfTTST W 1896
MissTess OSuIhvan returned to
OXeill this morning after a very pleas
ant visit here with her sister
The Red Front has just received a
line of school shoes which they adv er
tise in this issue of The De jhocrat
There isnt a better hotel in North
western Nebraska than the Donoher
This is authentic well vouched for
and final
BRYAN CLUB
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9 J JLJXJIVJEIIJ
Why do sq many people go to
Wr A PTTYQREW for
GROCERS
CONFECTIONERY m FRUIT
Why because he sells the freshest
at the lowest prices- Try him-
A LOT OF NICE FRESH CRAB APPLES
Just Received
Qherry Qouhty
Valentine Nebraska
C aeoBNESslstresiaetot
B
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nowadays are flip willingness andr
ability of the merchant to sell ale
n as cIieap as his competitors
ao ana SjQjie tiung3 ior les3f As
a general rule eyei y merchant has
a leader We hayp strayed off
the beaten path this -week and do
not ocr anything special but
every article n ojir ptore takes the
position of a leader Groceries
Pry Goods Shoes ats Bar
gains in everything
ft Thacher
yery facility extended customers consistent with conservativ Banking
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tates County depository
E SPARKS President
CHEES SPARKS
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LIKE FRIENDS
Drugs should be chosen witli carev
and should always treated right if
you wish to obtain good from them
You can get the right kind at
QUICLEYS - DRUG STORE
BANK OF VALENTINE
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M V NICHOLSON Cashier
Valentin Nebraska
A General Hanking Business Transacted
Buys and Sells Domestic and Woreign Exchange
Oonf espohdents iChemical National Bank- New f If at National Bank Omana
GlTiZENS - MEAT MARKET
- WILL FURNISH -
Fish Grane Tender Steaks
Jucy Roasts Dry Salt Meats
and the finest line of Smoked
Hams and Breakiast Bacon
ever sold in town
At StettaOld Stand on Main Btrest
CEO t 8GHWALM PROP
THE PALACE SALOON
HEADQUARTERS
WINES LIQTJ0B3 and OIGARS
I VALENTINE
OJ the Choicest brands
Nebraska
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