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We will offer inducements for Cash Trade
by -making reduced prices on all our general
merchandise goods This will be especially
true of regarding prices on our shoes as we
want to get ready for our spunS stock which
will arrive about that time
As a sample of our prices we sell 12 boxes
of matches for 10c 12 oz best soda for 5c Salt
has raised again but we sell it within cents of
actual cost to us or 8225 per barrel
Youll make money by calling on us even
if you have to make r special trip to Valentine
HERE is nothing that makes a room look
so homelike cosy and attractive as jiice
pictures
We have an elegant assortment of Picture
Frame Mouldings and if you will bring in the
picture well do the rest do it right too
Youll be astonished at the price
R ANDERSON
CRABB MORCAREIDGE
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It continually adding improvements and it is now the
best equipped and most comfortable i
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STRONGS MEAT MARKET opposite the Court House
He has got the sweetest Breakfast Bacon and Fresh Eggs
the most delicious
CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
His meais are all first class He keeps Bone Meal for chickens
and his lard is pure hog fat
He also pays the highest market price for hides
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AMOS STRONG Proprietor
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WE HAVE TECtNTLY DOUBLED THE SIZE OF OUR BARN
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J A HORNBACK Pr oprietor
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C H CORXEIjX President
M V NICHOLSON Cashier
ANK OF VALENTINE
Valentine Nebraska
A General Banking Business Transacted
Bays and Sells Domestic nd Foreign Exchange
Ohemlcal National Bank New York
Correspondents
First National Bank Omaba Neb
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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRAT
BOBEET GOOD Editor and Publisher
100 Per Year in Advmtep
PUBLISHED KVEEY TIIURSDAY
Entered at t toe Postofflce at Valentine Cherry
county Xehrska as Second class matter
This paper will be mailed regularly
to its subocribers until a definite order
to discontinue is received and all ar
rears are paid ia full
w o w y
Twenty four belov last night
Buy your Coal of J H Yeast
Farnham stillbuvs furs and hides
Tank Heaters for
dersons
sale at R
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Fred Hoyt of Gordon was in town
Monday
Remember
want shoes
Farnhams when you
Insurance in the best companies at
lowest rates I l Rice
Magic Estate Hot Blast Heaters at
R Andersons tf
Yeast filled 100 orders for coal dur
ing the last month
John Heelan was in town from
Arabia yesterday
Lew Hollister has yumped his
yob at the Donoher
Wm and Henry Heckel were down
from Merriman yesterday
E C Cole ancLM G Hopkins were
in town from Cody Tuesday
Headquarters for school tablets
and pencils at Pettycrews
David Piercy was in town from the
south -country this week
Smallpox is reported from fifteen
different places in the state
H B Cox and wife of Rosebud reg
istered at The Donoher Sunday
All losses paid in f nil by Mutual In
surance Companies I M Rice Agt
Dont forget that Amos Strong
bu3s all kinds of hogs chickens and
hides
W E Waite and family have
moved back to their ranch at Ches
terfield
M F Morrissey of Chadron visit
ed here with his brother Andrew on
Tuesday
Clara Ayers spent a few days the
past week visiting her parents near
Crookston
E J DeBell the popular Rosebud
merchant spent a day or two in the
city this week
Never give up Remember that
No question is settled until it is
settled right
The Ewing Advocate has changed
hands and has already become a re
spectable paper
Seyeral of the local secret societies
are talking of building a hall for
their accomodation
Poker pool is the latest fad
anion the spprtsand is a great graft
to catch suckers with
Born Tuesda to Clande Reece
and -wife at the home of F M Sage
ser a bright girl baby
Work on the new bridge across the
Niobrara is progressing rapidly and
it will soon be completed
J H Fritz the popular life insur
ance man of A ins worth was a busi
ness visitor in this city Saturday
Have you noticed the accuracy with
which the weather bureau has fore
told all of our cold waves this winter
The Longpine Journal man thinks
so much of this paper that hereads
it through twice each week so he
saj s
A supper was given at the North
Star school house last Friday evening
and the proceeds donated to the Rev
Johnson
John Kluherd a man about 70 years
of age committed suicide at Gordon
last week by shooting a hole in his
breast with a shotgun
An elegant line of ladies read
made spring suits at prices to suit
everybody has been ordered by T C
Hornby Wait for them
It will pay you to buy your wrap
for next winter at the present prices
T C Hornbv is closimr out to make
ftlftftttft JAjMMMMMyf room for spring stock Jackets 265
and up and capes at all prices
Faults of digestion cause disorders
of the liver and the whole system be
comes deranged Herbine perfects
the process of digestion and assimila
tion and thus makes pure blood
Price 50 cents Quigiey Chapman
Great opportunity offered to good
reliable men Salary of 15 per week i
troducfe dur poultry Misturfe and In
sefct LVstittyer in the cduntrV Send
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American Mf Co
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Burleigh on Valentine
In Bro Burleighs account of his
recent visit to this city we find the
following paragraphs
To eat or not to eat being decided
in the affirmative by Landlord Dennis
and a table loaded wjta good and ap
petizing things causes us to remark
that in this one instance as a money
making scheme the landlord will
realize that Dennis got left It is
a better place for hungry humanity
than for financial profit for the gra
cious hotel man
By 8 oclock some thirty of the
best of Valentine and Cherry countys
young business men and ranchers had
assembled there and within closed
4oors were unveiled the mysteries of
woodcraft as exemplified by WO W
rites and ceremonials It was a beau
niful scene the very best and bright
est of her young men were there the
interest was intense the enthusiasm
great and the lessons most impres
sive What more could be added
The best advice to those outside
would be Go thou and do likewise
WiU Build a New Road
At the special election held Tues
day Valentine precinct decided by a
vote of 131 to 31 to bond itself for
1200 payable in ten years for the
purpose of building a road across the
Minnechaduza creek The election
was a very quiet one and while it
seemed that there was considerable
opposition to the bonds it did not de
velop in the vote
The committee to sell the bonds is
composed of J E Thackrey Bank of
Valentine and Cherry County Bank
Committee to locate the road is G
P Crabb W E Ward J H Ray G
H Hornby and S Moon
Committee to build the road T C
Hornby AE Thacher George Trace
well WS Jackson and W A Petty
crew
Each of these committees are to
serve without pay
A Happy Editor
Bro GA Miles of Ainsworth Home
Rule came up to Valentine Tuesday
eve on a matter of business and the
editor of this journal enjoyed a long
and pleasant visit with him George
is one ot those genial personalities in
whose company one can always spend
an hour or two with profit and on
more than one occasion his mature
judgment his sound advice and his
optimistic views of the future have
materiallv aided us Just now he is
rolling in prospective wealth being
the happy publisher of some 800
worth of legal notices from which
the county will realize several thous
and dollars and we are glad of it
both for the sake of Bro Miles and
the count for which we have con
siderable affection Long may the
Home Rule
Taught to Chop Wood
At their meeting Saturday night
twelve candidates were introduced to
the W O W goat and given an op
portunity to test its bucking butting
and kicking qualities and were then
given a lesson in woodchopping All
seemed to be satisfied with their ex
perience and will be on hand at the
next meeting Feb 19 The charter
was left open until that time Sov
Peck went to Ainsworth Monday
morning and from there goes down
to Neligh Having 39 members to
start with Hackberry Camp No 194
is already on the nigh road to pros
perity
AntiSaloon League Meeting
The Anti Saloon League will hold
a meeting in the Methodist church
Tuesday evening Feb 2Tat 730 pm
when the following program will be
rendered
Music Prayer
How to Draw the Temperance Forces To
gether Miss Lois Hills
Kecitation Miss Gertrude Moon
AgitatLn and Education It H Watson
Music
Discussions
Waat is the Chjct Source of the Power of
the Saloon CH Cornell
What Will Insure the Enforcement of
Temperance Laws Geo Tracewell
Whence Oomes the Right to Destroy the
Saloon Keepers Business i M Walcotl
Appointed Committees
At its first meeting Monday night
the executive committee ot the Y
M C A section appointed commit
tees on Bible study church atten
dance finance library and utility
It was decided to ask the W C T U
to take charge of the reading room
which will be open from 1 to 10 p m
each day except Sunday when the
hours will be 1 to 6
Old Settler Dead
At his home near Sparks last
Wednesday Peter Boubidou died
aged 79 years He was the father of
fifteen children eleven of whom
thiee boys and eight girlsare still liv
ing He was one of the early settlers
in this section coming here eighteen
yeai s ago and was quite well known
Dont irritate your lungs with a
and expenses for man with rig to in- j stubborn cough when a pleasant and
effective remedy may be found in Bal
lards HoVebotmd Syrup Price 25 j
Terre cents and 50 centsj Quigley Chap-
N Y Baldwins at Farnhams
An up-to-date stock of ladies shoes
at Farnhams
All kinds of feed delivered
W A Pettycrew
J H Yeast handles the Kbck
Springs nut and lump coal the Inez
mine run and the Trenton lump
Brother Bates has at last turned
agin the govment and objects to
his town being called Longpine with
a small n
The fake show which advertised to
exhibit their cineograph in this
village last Friday never showed up
to fill the date
Several hundred valentines were
mailed at the local office yesterday
and the day before and the propor
tion of expensive ones was exception
ally large
A pair of twins were born in Long
pine week before last a pair in Ains
worth last week and it is possible
that Valentine may be heard from
yet this week
We know two men in this
town who are thinking of going- into
the rabbit business and raising Bel
gian hares for the market and they
are not hare brained either
Count Meltendorif went to Fort
Meade Monday night to get his
hound bitch and nine pups The
Count is an authority on dogs and
politics and how to run a paper
The meetings at the Presbyterian
church closed last night after a very
successful campaign among the sin
ners We have not yet learned the
extent of the work accomplished
Amo3
Strong
is having
a new
cooler built into his meat market
Gus Carlson doing the work When
completed it will be 10x10 feet on the
inside with a height of eight feet
Special excursion to Hot Springs
S D for one fare plus two dollars
for the round trip Tickets on sale
February 6th and 20th March 6th
and 2th good returning 30 days from
date of sale Remember the dates
Are you restless at night and har
assed by a bad cough Use Ballards
Horehound Syrup it will secure you
sound sleep and effecc a prompt and
radical cure Price 25 cents and 50
cents
gists
Quigley Chapman
drug-
Henry Van Leer was up from
Brownlee this week and informs us
that W L Merz has lost another
child from diphtheria and that the
disease is quite prevalent near Brown
lee several older persons being af
fected with it
During the high wind last Thursday
the residence of L W Handy on the
Niobrara south of town was burned
to the ground together with its con
tents nothing at all being saved It
is supposed that the fire started from
a spark from the chimney
A son of Wm Cavanaugh of near
Crookston was thrown from his horse
the latter part of the week onto the
frozen ground and was seriously in
jured Dr Dwyer was called and dis
covered that the boy had sustained a
fracture of the large bone of the left
arm and several severe bruises but
will soon be as good as new
Imported Ice
Seven cars of ice were received this
week from Valentine and found
in various ice houses in town
The weather this week has been very
propitious for sprouting ice and there
is now an abundance of the home
grown product although the import
ed ice costs no more after paying
the freight than the home product
which has to be hauled by team eight
or ten miles Gordon Journal
Wants to be a Delegate
E J Davenport has announced that
he is a candidate for the position of
delegate to the republican national
convention from this district and
seems to have a good chance of gain
ing the job If sticking to the admin
istration is a qualification for a dele
gate Dave ought to be appointed we
believe hed stay by McKinley eyen
unto death He wants the honor and
we hope he will get it because he is
a pretty good fellow in spite of his
politics but were- sorry to inform
him that the honor will be an empty
one this is democracys year
MILL PRICES FOR FEED
Bran bulk 60c per cwt 11 00 ton
Shorts bulk 70c per cwt 13 U0 ton
Screenings 4 40c 700
Chop Feed 85c 1600
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CURE
CONSTIPATION
Alberts Laxative
Tablets will cure al
most any case of
iiabitnal constipation
biliousness and liver
complaint
Pleasant to take
Pleasant in effect
10c and 25c boxes
QUIGLEYCHAPMAN
DRUGGISTS
Valentine Nebraska
Cut this ad out and brine it to us
between now and March 1st and wc
will give you a 10c box KEE
T C DWYER E H DWYER
DWYER BEOS
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
AND
Superintendents of
A Private Hospital
For the Treatment of Diseases
All Kinds of Surgical Oper
ations Successfully
Performed
Valentine - Nebraska
A N OOMPTON
PHYSICIAN
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Office at Qnigleys Drng Store
Nights-Upstairs-Red Front
THE
UNION
Best Si 00 a day hotel In the city
Opposite Court House on Main St
Everything neat new and clean
Beasonable rates board by4week
Wc are also prepared to
Feed and Stable Your Horses
and solicit your patronage as wc
are sure we can satisfy you
R S Dennis
A Wells
J B Wells
WELLS BROS
DENTISTS
Office over
Cherry County Banfc
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THE VALENTINE
Watch maker
AND JEWELER ft
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ling silver novelties
Valentine House
J A IIOOTOK Prop
Recently opened and newly furnished
Not a restaurant but a hotel
100 PER DAY
The best of viands and treatment given
to our patrons
First Door South of Bank of Valentine
C M WALCOTT
ATTORNEY
AND ABSTRACTER
Valentine N2bpaska
Practices In District Court and U S Land
Omce Real Estate and Kancli Property
bought and sold Eondcd Abstracter
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