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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1902)
T VALENTINE DEMOCRAT THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA VOLUME XVII VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , APRIL 10 , 1902. NUMBER 12 Every Dollar You Spend j w to for clothing this Spring fr outside of this store is to honestly from 20 to 40 jj per cent wasted and to our values will prove it. T If you respect your time to a'lid money you will at j ? once acquaint yourself &fi with our superior val- j * ues for the Spring and Summer of 1902 toto to toto to toto to toto to Red Frontto toto to toto to toto to toto REMOVAL SALE ! About May 1st we will move Into the Republican Building. To reduce stock before moving we make a Special Discount on all Cash Sales. Lots of goods cut deep Some square in two D. STINARD.TAILOR . Sporting Goods An assorted line of Fishing Poles , Hooks. Reels , Balls , Bats , Gloves , Bicycle Sundries and Marbles. O. W , Morey , the Old Reliable Jeweler , oil OVERSHOES , UNDERWEAR and many other WINTER GOODS W. A. PETTYCREW , General Merchandise Get one of our Steel Ranges ! Saves time in cooking Saves coal. i It's what you need A Household Necessity. Kitchen Furniture to make housework a pleasure. Your troubles disappear when you buy your Hardware of us. ANDERSON & FISCHER , CITIZENS MEAT MARKET J. W. STETTER , PROP FRESH FRUIT AND GAMF IN THEIR SEASON First-class line of Steaks , Roasts Dry Salt Meats , Smoked Breakfast Bacon Highest cash price paid for Tho place to get the best Windmill , also pumps and Tanks. First door Botith of the Donoher HOTIBO. S. MooiqValentine , Nebr Hates Seasonable 3k * V A- Propr , r TALK OF THE TOWN 1 Curt Callen , of Sparks , was in town the latter part of last week , Dave Fowler and Johnny Granger were in town Wednesday , from the north table. Silas Wolfenden , of Newton , was in town Tuesday , looking after a con test in the land office. E. C Cole , of Cody , has purchased the balance of the Crabb stock and shipped it to that place. There are many here who never saw a cigar maker at work and the new factory draws crowds all the evening. John Whillans , from Sparks , spent a day in town the first of the weetc , buying supplies and visiting with friends. Carrie Nation attempted to go be hind a Nebraska City bar and was slapped by the bartender and arrested by a policeman. A. S. Graef , of Britt , caused a dol lar's worth of happiness in these headquarters , Saturday , by paying a year's subscription. The undertaking rooms of Daven port & Thache.r have been moved to the rear of the Davenport building now occupied by the postoffice. The people , of Crookston , will have a dance on the 18th inst. , that promis es to be the event of the season. Those who miss it will miss a treat. There is a great demand for houses and not a vacant house in town Wouldn't it be a good investment for some one to erect a few neat cottages for renting purposes. II. B. Schmit , aged 76 , and Mrs. Wabke Steenblock , aged 72. living at Glenville , were married the other day. Both have great grandchildren. ' 'There is no fool like an old fool. " Walter Q. Tucker , one of the gov ernment physicians at Rosebud agen cy , came down the first of the week to visit a few days with his mother and brothers and to transact business. It is said that "matches are made in heaven , " but the kind we buy in Valentine must be made in the other place , as the republican party don't rule in heaven and the match trust can't control that place. The fishing season is now open and numerous poles are seen pointed toward the creek. The limit of flsh allowed by law is fifty but there don't seem to be any danger of anyone having" luck enough to violate the law. The store building formerly occu pied by Elliott's drug store is being overhauled and will be occupied by another drug store. Four drug stores in a town ot this size would be a credit to Carrie Nation's home town. After reading incubator literature for some time , Mark Cyphers has come to the conclusion that the hen is too slow and has purchased an in cubator that is warranted to hatch out a litter of fuzzy little chicks every little while or of tener , and is begin ning to count his chickens before they are hatched. The dead body of John Caldwell , a pioneer of the neighborhood of Chad- ron and at one time quite wealthy , waa found on the prarie about eight miles from that town last w eek. He had started to drive some sheep to a. point twenty miles from Chadron and the sheep returned alone. A search ing party found the body where he had apparently lain down exhausted. The new lodge room , fraternal hall , is nearly ready far occupancy and is one of the finest lodge rooms in the state , Omaha and Lincoln not except- ed. The contractors expect to have their work completed by the loth and the rooms will then be furnished and used. When all is ready the Masons and Workmen , who own the hall , will have a grand opening with an appro priate program. They may well be proud of their new home. All old soldiers of the civil war , whether members of the G. A. R. or not , are coidially invited to attend a meeting of the G A R. to be held ia the parlors of the Valentine Souse dn Saturday , April I3th5 at $ o'clock p. m , , for the purpose of cotnpletiog arrangements for the Memorial ser vices at Valentine , May 30. All come and make this the best Memorial ser vice that Valentine has ever had. Let our motto be , "one Flag , one Country and one God. H i tif ttfer rt f'ol. J > a von port's Funeral. The funeral of Col. E. J. Davenport last Friday , was , without exception , the largest ever held in Valentine All business was suspended during the afternoon and at two-o'clock the Odd Follows , Knights of Pythias , Modern Woodman , Woodman of the World and G. A. R. , of which he was an hon ored member , formed in line and es corted the remains from his late resi dence to the court house , where the funeral services were conducted by the Odd Fellows with their beautiful and impressive ceremonies. The singing was by Mesdames Bivens and Morev , Misses Elsie Sherman and Waters and Messrs. W. Holsclaw , H. Tucker , W. A. Kimbellandl. M. Rice with Miss Maggie Steele as organist. Col. A. L. Towle delivered an eulogv on the deceased as a soldier , citizen business man , after which the sad march to Mount Hope was begun. After the ceremonies at the grave a firing squad from the fort fired a vol ley over the grayeand a bugler sound ed "taps. " Among those who attended the fun eral from abroad we noted Messrs. C. A. Barnes , E. B Smith , F. A. Bald win , Ed McGill. Peter Brower , J. H. Fritz , Daniel Pratt , Jas. DeWoody , J. G. Kim Dell and J. H. Nichols , of Ainsworth , and Dr. Farleigh , of Johns town. The large court room was packed to suffocation and still would not hold but a small proportion of those who desired to pay a last tribute to him who was loved and honored as one of our foremost citizens. The iloral trib utes were both numerous and costly , the different societies ot which he was a member having sent to Omaha for appropriate designs , regardless of ex pense , When you want good job work , leave your order at this office. Drop a 8 in the slot and get the DEMOCRAT for twelve months. Spring work has commenced and but few people are coming to town. We regret to announce that Mrs. W. C. Pettycrew is on the sick list. The saloons will soon make a con siderable contribution to the school fund. The only sign of spring that is lack ing is the customary dago with da org an' da monk. Judge Ilollenbeck , of Fremont , has ruled that the statute of limitations don't apply in the matter of personal taxes. Jacob Eberale , of Bradshaw , aged 82 , got tired of waiting for death to overtake him and hurried the date for his funeral with a rope. Educational Department. jj l BY LETA STETTER , "Neither frost nor heat nor thunder can wholly do away. I ween the marks of that which once hath been. " Eev. Jamison addressed Miss Easoin's room briefly Friday morning. The class ' 02 are now considering as a class motto "Never do whatyru can't undertake. " The Delphians are doing a great deal of work on their program and they promise us some thing extraordinary. Reserved tickets for the Delphian program of the 18th will be placed on sale at the usual place , Wednesday morning April 1C. The class of ; 02 have chosen their class colors , red and green , and have also selected their commencement cards which are decorated with these colors. If you would like any certain book added to the list sooa to be sent for , mention it to some member of the com mittee , Jas , Growdea , Irvvia Cuery or Leta blotter. Mr. Crandall spoKe to the H. S. Tuesday morning on the rudiments of music. He nas promised at some fu ture date to learn a song with us and to illustrate the prtfpUr Way W Set abbVit fetich a matter , Irvin Query is at present sojourning in the country. He baa thus relin quished his part cf "Uncle Browser" in the farce "Dearest Mamma , " oon to be played by the Delphians. and Clint on Oallett , a Non-Pareil , has supersed- toto to toto to toto We makeour - business pay us toto to toto to by making it pay you. toto toto to 49 toto 49 to toto 49 to 49 All our Winter Goods toto toto 49 to toto 49 to 49 49 49 49 MUST GO ! toto toto toto toto toto 49 to toto 49 4 ? You know what that means. toto 49 toto toto 49 to toto 49 to 49 49 49 49 PRICES - THE - LOWEST toto toto toto toto DAVENPORT & THACHER toL ? L General Mercharts. to CLOSING OUT We must sell our entire stock of goods , Everything goes. 400 Pairs of Shoes at 50c on the Dollar , Big Reductions in Everything. Come and see for yourself liow much a dollar will buy. Maier Sisters. WE CARRY A COMPELTE LINJ3 OF' GeneralMerchandise Merchandise Groceries MAX E. VIERTEL CROOKSTOX NEBRASKA THE DONOHER , , . . J C WEBB. Proprietor. Is the Best Equipped , most Comfortable , Largest and Best Two-Dollars - a-Day FIBST-OLASS MODERN HOTEL In Northwestern Nebraska Bath , Hot and Cold Water , Two Sample Booms YALEHTIEE - NEBRASKA W U.G.McBRIDE CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER CARPENTER IN GENERAL VALENTINE NEBRASKA 2 ES255 a/Eccm HEADQUARTERS FOR ' WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS OF THE CHO'lCgST gftANDS Valentine - - Nebraska GET nriTMHnTKT AT THIS PRINTING YOUR OFFICE * Ve trJri Satisfy You Id Qu&ft iVh'e kn'3