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S For Shoes
SPEING footwear in the
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2 at smaller prices is our boast and we make
43 the assertion good Our experience in this
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J ity stylish footwear to retail at close prices
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4 here for they get superior value for their
J money Why not see if we cannot please you
43 better than anyone else Our shoe man knows
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appearance In childrens school hose we have 3
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Full Line of Spring and Summer
Goods now on hand
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Wm Erickson was in fiom Kenned
last Friday eveninjf
Mrs Adda McBride came down from
Rushville Monday morning
Daniel Fowler brought in a load of
new hay yesterday which he sold at
500 per ton
Horace Walling ford was in town
1 ist Saturday and took out a load of
ranch supplies
Mr Dye and family from Pullman
was in town getting supplies a couple
of days this week
Milt Dunham and the Parker Bros
were in town this week hauling
freight to Kennedy
George Cutler went up to the Roe
bud boarding school Tuesday where
he has the contract for painting the
buildings
A horde of just a dozen Sayages
were in town Wednesday H S fl
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each family
Chas Wellford went up to Hot
Springs on Wednesday night of last
week for a weeks rest and visit with
the fair one
Our Lady compositor Miss Marthai
Thompson spent the past week with
relations south of Woodlake Mr and
Mrs Alf Morris
Wm Daniels the miller left last
Saturday morning to visit with his
folks and see his mother at Toledo
O who is very sick
Mr and Mrs McBride intend mak
ing their future home in Valeni ie
having rentel the building lece it y
vacated by Hal McKane
Jackson Brayton began invoicing
their stock of merchandise last Fri
day and will probably be through by
the middle of next week
Miss Clara Watson went to Hot
Springs for a vacation from her work
in the postofllce last Sunday night to
be gone a couple of weeks
Frank Parker came in and added
his name to our subscription lit 3es
terday while in town after a load of
freight and ranch supplies
Mrs Chas Sherman has been quite
sick the past week but is improving
Mr Sherman had gone up to Cham
berlain S D and returned Tuesday
Dr A N Compton Miss Wren Don
oher and Mrs Tom Hornby went to
Hot Springs last Friday night for a
couple of weeks of rest and recrea
tion
Elmer Ayres and wiie brought some
new potatoes to town Tuesday and
left a half bushel with the editor
They were tine and of uniform size
mostl3T
C F Callen is spending a few days
in town this week He and John
Whillans are intending to build a
store at Sparks and put in a stock
of general merchandise
Eric Ericson of the Ventilating and
Varying plant qf Chicago returned
last Thursday night and will superin
tend putting in the registers and
heating apparatus for our court
house
H P Savage and family from Sar
gent are spending a couple of weeks
with his brother H S Savage of
Simeon They drove up to Valentine
this week and visited Ft Niobrara
east of town
Ted Ormesher was in town a coupl
of days during the past weok and tells
us that he Is one of the
men who came to Cherry county with
nothing and now has 3000 acres of
land and seyeral hundred head of cat
tle
Miss Inez Petticrew has secured the
position as teacher of the primary de
partment of the Newport school Miss
Petticrew was indeed very fortunate
in securing the position andOwe wish
her unbounded success
Mrs N S Rowley took the
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medicine last Saturday and dispQYep
ed that she wag poJQoned and immed
iately began to Goqnteragt it by the
use of medicines that were available
Mr Kowiey not wtgmng to tase anyv
chances Immediately sent Into town
for a doctor but Mrs Rowley was all
right before the doctor arrived
James Irwin and wife ruovel up
from Ft Niobrara Wednesday of last
week and are now living in the house
formerly occupied by Chas Sherman
west of the postmaster Sherman
Mr and Mrs Irwin have been in this
vicinity for a number of 3 ears and
are well known having a host of
Our genial good natured and always
busy business man A E Thatcher
made a ilying trip to Chadron this
week
Dr Caldwell left us last week to
mike a lengthy visit in the east He
went to Chicago where he will com
plete work which he left unfinished
when coming here and will join the
iemainder of his family at Buffalo in
August returning in about six weeks
Meanwhile Dr Hutchinson is attend
insstothe practice at this place
Edwin F Banning who came to
Rosebud from Sisseton government
school as a teacher of shoemaking as
an industrial art in the government
school about a month ago resigned
last week and came down to Valen
tine last Friday to take the train for
his former home at Munsey Ind
Mr Banning was an old acquaintance
of Judge Tucker in the early days
Judge Tucker has been quite sick
the past week and gave his friends
some alarm as to his condition but
has improved in health apparently
the last two or three days The
judge has been failing quite fast tie
past 3rear ana tnough at times
pears to be stout he will never again
be able to shake the mighty deep
with his thundering tones of oratory
We enjoyed a pleasant visit at our
office this week from H S Savage
and family and Mrs Savages father
Mr Austin all of Simeon Mr Savage
is a son of our governor Savage and
came to our county from Sargent last
October and is making his home with
Mr Austin They are enjoying a vis
it from H P Savage and famity of
Sargent who are spending a couple of
weeks with them and also accompan
ied them to town
Ike FelTerman and Louis Hecht
stopped off here last week from Min
neapolis and bought a lot of copper
brass led zinc and old rubber from
our townsman I H Emery After it
was weighed up Windy found that
there was a bargain in the stuff and
paid the gentlemen 30 for their bar
gain and took the stuff back Any
thing in this line that is going to
waste can he made useful by selling
it where it can be made over again
J N Williamson the carpenter at
the government Indian school came
down last Friday bringing with him
the corps of teachers Mrs Adamsi
Miss Cline and Mi Ross who left Sat
urday morning for Detroit Michigan
where they will attend the institute
held there for government teachers
Mr Adams is on the program for a
paper we understand From there
they will take in the exposition at
Buffalo and visit among friends duripg
vacation
The electric lights that Valentine
has longed for finally came and on
Wednesday ot last week burned
orightly all day and each evening
since then our city has loomed up as
an eastern city at night The lights
are a success and will be appreciated
br our people It was a novel sight
for a number of our people who have
alwa3s hyed in the west and had not
before witnessed the sights of a cit3T
We invite you all to come to our
town to trade and view the wonders
of electricity
It is a necessary thinff in these
days of progress to have telephone
connection with the ranch country
Everyday there is an increasing de
mand for it and we should not be the
last to make use of the conveniences
that are at our disposal for an outlay
of cash There are enough men now
in favor of this enterprise to make it
a success and it should not be delay
ed at a risk of life for want of a doc
tor in time As a business transact
ion it will save numberless trips to
and fro consequently time and time
is money
Chas P arker Game near having a
fatal accident Tuesday evening while
coming to tqwn after a load of freight
and ranch supplies When the storm
overtook him about fifteen miles
south of town he drove up to a house
and forgetting that he had a four
year old colt hitched up walked hast
ily up to him laying his hand on the
horses hip to unhitch him The horse
kicked vTith both feet striking Mr
Parker in the ttomach but being close
to the animal is probably the saving
of his life A couple of women who
lived at the house ran out and stop
ped the team as they started to rm
awav and Mr Parker- soon recovered
frienSs in ana around Valentine nQ came on to town aiter the raic
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Gage Plums
California Blackberries
Gooseberries Gallon cans
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8 liars Diamond C Soap - - 25c
Bargains in EVERYTHING tte Next
Two Weeks to Make Room tor Our spring
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First class line of Steaks Roasts
Dry Salt Meats Smoked
Breakfast Bacon
THE DONOHER
Is the Best Equipped most Comfortable Largest
and Best Two Dollars a Day
FIRST CLASS MODERN HOTEL
In Northwestern Nebraska
Bath Ilot and Cold Water Two Sample Rooms
YALEHTIHE - HEBRASKA
BUILDINGS
If yon are going to bnild yon will save
money if yon will call on or write me
INFORMATION FREE
Composition and Gravel roofs Slate roofs Composition roof
paint to repair Brick and Asphalt side walks Native and imported
ornamental and cut stone of all shapes and sizes Brick for sale
Wm Maieb Contractor
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We hereby give natice to all persons who owe
delinquent personal property taxes in Cherry
County that the collectors will be started out
again about August st 1901 and that ALL per
sonal property taxes will ik coi lectkd
where the persons owing the same has property
that can be levied upon see See 4372 eoiuuileu
Statutes Nebr 1899
The irovirles that the Treasurer shall
m xke report at the October rceetin ot the
Bo ird oi Co Cursrs that hs tus tried to collect
e cry tax oa tne hooka and thst ue fcTts c jVcri
ei syery persona tac or else har the pcroao
ug the tax has dj propyty oa vkizh levy
could be m jde
We will mako this report according to law
October Jst tlU year
Soe Sec 4433 compiled Statutes 1899
Valentine Nebv June 23 1901
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Approved June 29 1901
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Local Weather Record
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Weather Bureau s
Valentine Nebraska week ending Tuesday
July 9 1901
Mean temperature 73 degrees which is 52 de
grees above the average
Mean temperature for CDrrepjnding week
lit year 70 detjiees
Highest teperat are 104 degrees oo the 6th
LDesttcaiparctuj ai degrees oa the
iligiiest zvii Ioxeat t33ipr3ture lor ecrjs
pogdiug reet Ust year 33 degrees asd 51 de
grees respectively
Total rainfall 04 inches which is G2 inches
beolw the average
Maximum velocity of wind 38 miles on th e 7
Percentage of sunshine 91
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