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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1902)
THE VALENTINE CRAT. THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA VOLUME XVII VALENTINE , NEBRASKA. FEBRUARY 20 , 1902. NUMBER 5 49 49 49 ONE DOLLAR 49 t 49 For a pair oi .men's overshoes & 49 ' 49 in sizes 10 11 12 49 49 49 49 49 49 For a pair of men's Perfection & 49 49 Rubbers to go over felt boots in & > 49 49 sizes 10-11-12-13-14 U 49 49 49 49 49 49 4 ? ONE DOLLAR I 49 49 For a suit of men's or ladies' & 49 49 Foreign Wool Underwear. i * 49 * 49 49 49 49 THE RED FRONT . I 49 I I H I 1 g 49 2 * SPEAKING OF Ladies' JACKETS , CAPES , COLLAKETTES and MUFFS We have made prices that will sell them hefore February 1st Lots of other goods also going at a saerafice to make room for SPRING GOODS , Clothing , Hats , Caps , Boots and Shoes D. STINARD , CLOTHIER and MERCHANT TAILOR ET \Ji The latest in Belts , Buckles , Sash and Bodice pins. Your eyes fitted with glasses so you can see a watch that will keep time or the one you have cleaned and re paired. A Talking Mackine Outfit for $10.00 , AT O. W. MOREY , Old Reliable Jeweler , on OVERSHOES , UNDERWEAR and many other WINTER GOODS W. A. PETTY CREW , General Merchandise We are continuously receiving And can supply you with Best Grades and Quality of GENERAL HARDWARE Our stoves are unex celled in beauty and quality. Call and get new Calendars for 19027 Leave your orders for all kinds of COAL. ANDERSON & FISCHER , VALENTINE , NEBRASKA. GET TTOTRTHTTRTO AT THIS PRINTING YOUR OFFICE * We Can Satisfy You in Oualttv Price and Workoanship Bates Reasonable Give a A. Schatzthauer , Propr. ' / V . ' i.rrraju'o TALK OF THE TOWN Yank O'Brien was a Valentine visi tor last week. J. A. Sparks started forNewOrlean to attend the lumbermen's convention Wednesday of last week. J. E. Harden took a load of bridge repairs out to repair a bridge across the Niobrara near T. Tillson's. J. E. Thackrejjtook his cattle down to Marsh Lake last week and they are now doing well on lull feed , Bro. Efner , of the Chadron Journal , made us a fraternal visit while in'J town visiting with his parents Mon day. County Surveyor LeRoy Leach came up the first of the week and went down the river to do some surveying for G. W , McFarland. Mrs. Goldie Bead returned to her home last Saturday after a pleasant visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pettyjohn. The members of Mrs. Moon's Senior League class met at her home Tues day evening and played games and had a good time generally. * ' Julius Peterson , J. H. Jacobson and Ola Dahl were in town yesterday prov ing up on a fine homestead for the latter which he sold to Mr. JacobKon. Several team loads of our young people went out to Mr. Jeffers Friday night and enjoyed themselves hughly at a party given in honor of Miss Maud Jeffers. The Kangaroo Kestaurant has again changed hands and is now run by Mrs. R. A. Marrall and Fred Hull. Meals will be served at all hours as formerly. Notice ad in this issue. Little Wallace Thackrey went out with his Aunt Cora and will attend her school the remainder of the term in the Cramer district. The little boy said the train which he came up from Kansas on , broke down two times and made them late coming to Valfl entine. G , W. McFarland had the misfort une to drop a log on his foot that he was trying to lift. The result is a bad ly mashed toe , which however did not hinder him from getting around. lie drove up to town Tuesday and paid us the root of all evil for a years sub scription to the DEMOCRAT. Don't fail to attend the High Tea J given by the ladies of the Presbyter ian church next Saturday evening Feb. , 2 ? , in the building recently known as Elliott's drug store , and while there don't fail to visit the Busy Bees booth in which will be found many useful articles that you may need. Our correspondents from the differ ent parts of the county are splendid reporters and each week the news and happenings are told which go down into print as the history of Cherry county. We have ordered a copy of the "Sunny South , " a weekly news paper , sent to each correspondent and as time goes on we will keep them in mind for other good things that we may contribute for their int erests. Let's have a good live cor respondent trom every part of the county. s One of the enjoyable events of the past week was a social gathering at the Union HoteJ Tuesday evening. Mrs. M. Harris had invited some of the young folks to gather in honor of her nephew , Orville Connor who is spending a few days in town with them. After playing games of a so cial nature until all present had laughed themselves tired , a bounti ful supper was served consisting of ice cream and cake of the finest in the land , oranges , bananas , apples , candy and nuts. The following were present. Misses , Annie Tillson , Lizzie Mar- ley , Emma Stasch , Anna Stetter , Alice Tillson , Carrie Tillson and Messrs , Orville Connor , R. M. Ander son , H. Cassell , B. 3. Jones , Albert a st , LeRoy Leach , Mr. and Mrs. TWT B. ] Hammond , Mr. and Mrs. W. Derrick and Mrs. Del Rowle } ' . Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Webb the new proprietors of the Donoher 'Hotel came to our city from Fremont where they are well known , having lived there for the past 20 years. Mr. Webb has had coi sidcrable experience in the hotel business and will run the Donoher up to the standard of the reputation the hotel has enjoyed in the past , making w improvements and keeping up to date , furnishing the table with the best the S market affords at all times. Mr and Mrs. Webb extend greeting to all old patrons , to the general public a hearty welcome. The same help has been en gaged to run the hotel and the service sind prices will continue tho same. The DEMOCRAT extends greeting to these worthy people who come to our town to make their future home. We suggest that our poople extend to them the same good will , patronage and of hearty appreciation that the past man agement enjoye'd , Local Weather Record U. S. Department of Agriculture I Weather Bureau j Valentine , .Nebraska , week ending Tuesday February 181902 Mean temperature , 28 degrees which is 5 do Krees abovetue average , Mean temperature for corresponding week last year , 31 degrees. Highest temperature , 39 degrees on the 15 Lowest temperature , 19 degrees below zero Highest and lowest temperature for corres ponding week last year , i degrees and i de grees respectively. Total snowfall ,03 inches , which is ,13 inches below the average. ' Highest velocity \vind25 miles fromfsouth rerceutayo of sunshine. 40. " Before the next issue of THE DEM OCRAT the undersigned will probaoly have been relieved from duty at this station by N. M. Cunningham , who has been assigned to duty here from the Portland , Oregon , station , to en able the writer to take the station at Pocatello , fdalio. D.C. GKUNOW. Observer. Weather Bureau. G.H. < $ . Smith Dead G. H. Q. Smith , an old resident and member of the Gr. A. B. , died at his home on the corner of Hall and Cath erine streets yestei day morning about four o'clock. Mr. Smith has lived in Cherry county for the past 17 years and was a well respected citizen. He had been failing considerably of late and though he was about town Tuesday was not feeling well and about three o'clock yesterday morning fired his re volver several times which aroused Mr. Wilbur and his wife just across the street from him who went over im mediately and found Mr. Smith up and dressed but said he was dying and ask ed Mr. Wilbur to put him on .the bed. Dr , Dwyer was called but came too late as Mr. Smith died a few miuutes after Mr. Wilbur c'and his wife came. Heart failure and a choking up of the lungs is the probable cause of his death. Mr. Smith was about 70 years Old. Mrs. Procter of this city is a sister to the deceased and we hear that there was a brother and a s'ster living back east. There was a fire in the room and on the table was ink , pap er , pen and a letter partly written to a sister in Illinois. Funeral today at two o'clock. Educational Department. BY LETA STETTER , Let us do the thing we can in lite and rot pre sume to fret because 'iis little. " lihs Kneeland was absent Monday. Miss Starr is playing the marches this week. 'ihe seniors started , Monday on solid geometry. Theological discussion has been re sumed among the seniors. Mr. Graham has subscribed for , The Smart Set and Wide World for the II. S. We recently received a copy of The Advance , a little paper issued by the Easting's II. S. Miss Glen Iloenig was a welcome visitor in the II. S. and some of the grades , Thursday. The girls in the drill for the NOD FateiIs are piacticing every evening under the direction of Miss Hess. Miss Ayers of the class of ' 02 is as sisting in the office of ' 1 HE VALEN TINE DEMOCRAT after school hours. Mrs. Geo. Horuby recently presented the library with a book , The Slave Holders Daughter , and Harrison Dav enport has added to our list , Clive in India. It is now a settled fact that Abiaharn Lincoln was a great man and people are already aware that Columbus dis covered America. What shall we write about tor orations ? Last week Captain Ilowell presented the high school with a large two vol ume edition of the Life and Soeeches of Henry Clay. Tkese are books which Mr. Tlowell secured , near Vicksburg in J863. lie says he was very much interested in the books when he ran across them and carried them with him for a long time on his marches. There are lota of weddings up to Cody of late. Bro. Heath's influence must extend harmoniously for fusion along that line. The fi iends of Miss Leucilla Stinard were pleasantly entertained at her home last Saturday' evening by her self ( and cousin , Miss Lydia Forrester. Theo. Tilleon. from down the river was in town last Saturday shaking hands with hia friends and transact ing business. He paid his respects to the DEMOCRAT i > y a visit and the al mighty dollar. Notice F. 11. Btuimgartl's ad an nouncing the ppening of his store at this place today. Thursday , of a stock dry goods and clothing. Those wish ing anything in his liue sLould call at his stow , tb.o gld court house. 49 49 2 * 4 ? LOOK i * i * AT OUR BARGAIN MIDWINTER SALE 0 > 0I 49 I * 49 Men's Perfection Overs for Felt boots all sizes $ .75 49 4 ? Men's Snow Excluder Arctics , all sizes 1.00 49 Men's Winter Underwear , 4 ? formerly $ .50 to $1.00 now 2 for .25 4 4 ? ? Men's Hats " .75 to 1.00 IIOAV 25 and .50 89W Men's Mackinaw Coats " 2.00 now 1.00 49 Men's Pants " 2.00 to 3.00 now 1.00 49 49 Ladies' Winter Waists" 1.50 to 2.50 now 1.00 49 Children's warm Hoods and Muffs 49 49MJ formerly $1.50 now 1.00 45 Men's , Ladies' and Children's SHOES at one-half price. & * ? * DAVENPORT ii i ? & THACHER * i General Merchants. YOU CAN BUY Our new line of up-to-date Spring millinery will soon be in. Fine aud Fancy Underwear , Hosiery , Handkerchiefs , Yarns , Embroidery Silks , Opera Shawls , Neckties and Notions , Point Laces , Battenburg Lraid , Sofa PillowsVoolKnit | Slippers and Center Pieces ; made to order at Prices that are EIGHT SHOES AT COST PRICE Maier Sisters WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF GeneralMerchandise Merchandise Groceries MAX E. 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