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.THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA
VOLUME XVI VALSNTINTE , NEBRASKA. OCTOBER 24.1901. -NUMBER 40--
M % 49 The Advent of
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ty days with advance display.
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The dress goods stock is the nearest
completion.
You will find all the new waist fab-
49 rics , the new waist flannels , the dainty
flannelettes.
A very complete assortment of
49 black and colored silks and satins , a to
Jj nice line of tapestry , lace and other cur- toto
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49 Special sale 011 men's all wool cloth- to
ing to close out to make room for oth-
er stock.
CLOSING OUT SALE.
See OurCut Price Shoe Counter.
' - Clothing , Boots and Shoes , Gents Furnish-
i. ings , Ladies ! Skirts Capes and Jackets.
Tailoring in AIL Branches. .
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D. STINARD , .Clothier
C. II. COUXJEIX. President. JM. V. MCHOLSOK , Cashier
g ANKOF VALENTNE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Itanking Businexx Tran ncted
r Buys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Chemical National Bank , New York. Correspondents : First National Bank , Omaha Neb
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
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Valentine Nebraska
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T. YEARNSHAW
OWL SALOON
JAMES BHULL
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* HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wine and Cigars.
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VALENTINE X NEBRASKA
GET nT TnTnrTKTO AT THIS
PRINTING
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We Can Satisfy You in Qualittr Price and Workmanship
TALK OF THE TOWN
T.W. Cramer made this office a
pleasant call the first of the week.
Several car loads of cattle were ship
ped from Valentine to Omaha Sunday
and Monday.
The biprget and jolliest man in
town , several days last week , was Eat
Piper of Simeon. f |
A.G.Shaw is building an add it ion.on
the south side of hid photo ffalleryf24
feet wide by 25 feet long.
J. F. Younjr is finding lots of friends
everywhere he goes and will get a big
vote for county treasurer.
Miss Carie Hunter returned this
morinpr from Oakdale where sha has
been visiting realitives for the past
week.
C.F.Cooper , a'stockman from Oaais ,
uas in town Saturday proving up on a
piece of land and attending to other
business ,
Sticks Buttenhouse moved his house
hold goods into Uncle Paul's house on
the east end of Catherine street the
first of the week.
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Dr. A. Lewis returned from his trip
to Chicago last Sunday morning.He
has been attending a medical college
there for several weeks.
J. M. Collins and wife are back
from Fremont and have again opened
their restaurant near the { post office.
Mrs. Collin's daughter is still in.very
poor health. '
There will be services at St. John's
church next Sunday. Holy commun
ion at 7:30 a. m. Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon
at 11 a.m. Evening prayer and ser
mon a * . 7:30 p.m.
Henry Brown was brought to town
last week and a surgical operation
was performed by Dr. Compton and.
the post surgeon , assisted by C. M '
Hunter ! the hospital steward , Mr.
Brown is now able to be up again.
A man said to us the other day that
he reason they were going" to suppr/jjt
Mr. Young out in his precinct was
because Mr. Young was well qualfied
for the office and he is faithful in
everything he does , polite to every
body alike and will make a. county
treasurer that our people will feel
prud of , We need a good man for
the place and that man is Mr.
Young.
Last week E. R. Vandegrif t. while
driving a four horse wagon was thrown
from it and had his left shoulder b.dly
fractured. The horses made a quick
tnrn and as Mr. Vandegrift went to
jump from the wagon he fell. This is
the second serious accident Mr. Van- ,
degrift has had with in the past year.
Last winter a horse fell on his legavd
fractured it.
Laverne Sparks , the only child of.
Chas. Sparks and wife , aged seven
years was broujjht home from the"
Omaha hoopital a corpse. The little
boy had suffered lor a year or more at
different times and was finally taken
to the hospital for an operation for
appendicitis , and from which he died'
In the hospital Wednesday 'night of
last keek. Little Laverne wat. a favo
rite , with all and his untimely and nn-
fortunate death brings grief to many
beside his parents and relatives. Mrs.
Sparks' mother Mrs. Ray , of Chadron
her sister , Mrs. J , A. Spirit , < tf Xdllgh
and Mrs , T. C. Hornby , of Valentine
and Mr. Sparks' brothers were in at
tendance at the funeral ceremonies
which were conducted by Rev. Rich
ard Whitehouse of the Episcopal
church at this place. The'soarOw
which this sad death of an only child
brings to the parent can never be re
moved. Our sympathy extends to the
bereaved parents and relatives.
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Caleb Gaskel is building an addition
to his residence. '
Mrs. Jacob Martin has recovered from
her rncent illness.
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Mac Cramer is building a new house
right south of the old site.
John Jackson is improving too by
fencing in a 280 acre pasture.
M. P. Brosius received two One reg
istered licrford cattle from Missouri ,
last week.
Next Saturday night a cyphering and
spelling contest will be held at Har
mony school hquse by the pupils of all
neighboring distrscts. Tnere will also
be a debate. Question ' 'Resolved that
the American people are today enslav
ed" . Everyone is cordially invited to'
come , take part and above alhto en
courage tb * ChHflreu. , t
Local Weather Record ,
U. 8 , Department of Agriculture i
Weather Bureau )
Valeiitme , .Nebraska , week ending Tuesday ,
October ! . 1'JOI
Mean temperature , 50 degrees which is s de-
Krees above tlie average.
Mean temperature for corresponding week
ast year , 5G degrees.
Highest temperature , 80 degrees on the ait.
Lowest temperature. ) degrees on the irst.
Highest and lowest temperature for corres
ponding week lust year , so degrees and ' . ' 4 de
grees respectively.
Total rainfall , . inches , which is , inches
below the average.
MaiMiium velocity of wind 3-1 miles from uw
i'erceutage of sunshine. DC.
D,0. GKUNOW ,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
W.H. Hooper and bis son Melnti are
picking corn at present.
J. S. .Brosias returned from the re-
servjjtiou Monday and is home at pres
ent.
Scool District number ' 2 is flourishing
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under the management ot Leroy Saw
yer.
13. F. Hobson shipped two cai loads of
cattle to Omaha last A'eek and came
buck a rich man.
Mrs. F. M. Seger returned from 111
inojs where she has been visiting her
mother and sister.
Jacob Ilovver went down to Sparks
last Thursday to visit his daughters and
returned Sunday.
I ) . L. McLean and Steve Estes , Jr. ,
were over from Westover , South Da
kota , Saturday and returned Monday
morning.
4 Educational DEpartment. K
BY IETA STETTER , W
"Who the song would understand , .
Needs mibt seek the sonj's own land ;
Who the mhutrellunderstand ,
l Oids must seek the minstrels land.- "
-Gothe.
Two more non-resident enrollments
siuce'last writing.
MISS Thackrey visited in , the IT. S
Monday afternoon.
The second issue of"Scarlet and
Cream" is on the desk'
Miss Starr , Miss Holsclaw and' Miss
Collets were Senior absentees last Fri
day.
day.If
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our. h'story "slips" would only
grow as fast as plant tlips we would
be alright.
Mrs. Ilittle , Miss Ilutchinsou , Mrs.
Burleigh and Mrs. Hornback visited
the II. S. JL'uesJuy morning.
The U. S. last week divided into two
literary sosieties an I immediately x-
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pects'to begin working up program * .
Some of the seniors have found to
their chagrin that their geometrical
figuies are more "eloquent" than they
themselves.
The class of 1901 has produced a
mathematician capable of solving theor
ems as no'w.iy elan ever sul ved them
before. Hurrah for the class of ' 02'
The comments in our note books
may be divided into two classes com-
eudarv and condemnary. There may
not be much-difference in the immes
but there's a good de.il ot' difference in
the comments.
Prof : ( to senior ) You aren't in step
with tin oth r pupils.
Senior : Then it must be .their fault.
j Prof-IIow do vou make that out ?
Senior-Why : , when I walK by myself I
never get out step.
Last Friday the. prayer ascended
' ; keep us not from the blessings of lit
erature but deliver us from the evils of
geometry and quadratic equations , "
produced on the inspiration of the mo
ment by Myrtle and Lucilla.
The II S. has takan np spelling uncl-
erjlMiss Hess and on Friday mornings
in place of ra irnia ex-rii s , we spnll
some of the words mispellwl the
foregoing week. The class of ' 02 will
be able to spell theords in their di
plomas.
It is a settled fact tbat a few letters
will have to be addod to the alphabet
for the benefit of the II. S. Miss
Kneeland is unable to complete he
outline because she has run out of let
ters. Let the matter Je promptly set.-
tied for "an emergency exists. "
One of the primary pupils recently
solved the following description u It is
two feet high , it talks all the time and
we guess it's good" . It was some time
before the bewildered teacher recogmz
ed in the visualization the likeness of
herself , even after thetruimphant auth
tOr hud stated sticli to.bo ttfe ease.
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Let Us Give You a Pew of
OUR PRICES
Good Roasted Coffee per JI > lOc
S Pound Sack * of Pearl Hominy ' - lOc
8 titles Diatnond C Soap - 25 c
5 Bars JLarye ttar Wool Soap - .
2O Bounds of Good Bice - -
Bargains in EVERYTHING tlie Next
Two Weeks to Make Room tor Our Spring
Stock. " '
CROOKSTON , NEBR. MAX E. VIERT EL
GIT IZEN8 - MEAT - MARKET
d. W. STETTER , PROP
FRESH FRUIT AND GAME
IN THEIR SEASON
First class line of Steaks , Eoasts ,
Dry Salt Meats , Smoked '
1 Breakfast Bacon
THE DONOHER
Is theBest Equipped , most Comfortable , Largest' .
- and Best Two-Dollars i.
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FIRST-CLASS MODERN . \
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Northwestern Nebraska ' / > :
Bath , Hot and Cold Water , Two Sample'Rooms f ' :
YALEH-TIHE - HEBB.ASKA'
U G McBR'lDE
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
CARPENTER IN GENERAL
Q VALENTINE NEBRASKA
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Cherry County
Stone ,
Contractors and Builders in General.
. , . . 'Composition and graveljroofs , slate roofs. Brick" '
and'cement sidewalks. " "Native " lime and imported
ornamental cut stone.Brickfor sale.
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