Society
. _
„ T T
. *
1 VALENTINE CRAT.
VOLUME XVIII VALENTINE , NEBRASKA. FEBRUARY ,5 1903. .NUMBER 3
5 wish to call your attention to our large and complete line of
* s < Hardware , Stoves , Tinware , Furniture ,
and Undertaking. toto
We have a First Class Li toto toto
toto
censed EmbaliBer , so we are toto
prepared to do all kinds of toto
* to
Undertaking You will also
find a complete line of
? * Harness. Saddles , Bridles and if
ifft
We do all kinds of Tin and ftto
toto
Sheet Iron work and satis toto
toto
to
faction guaranteed , You toto toto
to
will always fine our prices toto toto
toto
as low as the lowest. A toto
toto
call will convince you. to
Red Front Mercantile Co , toto
to
PER
r ' CENT
all
Ladies' and Children's Jackets ,
Collaretts , Muffs and Fur Coats.
TAILOR
AND CLOTHIEK.
COAL FRANZ FISCHER , COAL [
! Rock Springs -DEALER IN- Big Muddy
GFNFRAI HARDWARE
X3L I \ L iftL * i fi/il lLf Y r\l tl
Stoves and Ranges Iron BedsSprings
Tinware and Enand Mattresses
amel Ware Furniture
Prussian Stock and Poultry Food
Coffins , Caskets ,
and a Full Line of Undertakers' Supplies.
T- YEARNSHAW
THE OWL
JAMES B. HULL
JL WW Sole Agents for
HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wines and Cigars ,
VALENTINE X NEBRASKA
Chartered as a State Bant Chartered as a National Bank
Jun 1 , 1884. August 12. 1002 ,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Valentine , Nebraska.
( Successor to )
lOcoals. of "Valezi.ti'ni © .
CAPITAL PAID IN < * / A General Banking
IP nOO Exchange and
UV/\- . .
Collection Business.
C..H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President.
M. V , NICHOLSON , Cashier. - CORA L. WAITERS , Assistant Casliier.
CITIZENS MEAT MARKET
J. W. STETTER , PROP .
FRESH FRUIT AND GAMF
IN THEIR SEASON
IFirst-cliiss ' line ofSteaks . . * , Boast * B
Dry Salt Meats , Smoked
Breakfast Bacon
fww wwwwwwvwwwwwv vvvvvvwwwwwvwwwwwwwwwwwww *
TALK OF THE TOWN
*
Local Weather Record
U. S , Department of Agriculture ( .
Weather Bureau )
Valentine. Nebraska , week ending C a. m. . Feb.
ruary 4.1903.
Maximum temperature 40 decrees on the 3Istr
Mininnim Temperature , 1 decree 0:1 : the 4th.
Mean temperatur1 20.1 degrees , which is l 9jj
degrees blow the normal.
Total precipitation , .19 inch , which is 05 inch
abovejtbe normal.
Is . M. CUNNINGHAM.
Official in Charge ,
A. M. Morrissey returned Sat
urday night from Lincoln.
Protracted meetings closed at
the M. E. church last Sunday
night.
Monday was ground hog day.
Look out for six weeks more of
winter.
A baby boy arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Forrester
Saturday night.
Fred Vincent's father was in
town Sunday and spent the day
visiting with his boy.
Chas. Harrison , representing
the Carpenter Paper Co. , of Oma-
: ia , was in town Saturday.
Art. Sherman disposed of his
stock of second-hand goods by
auction Saturday afternoon.
Harvey Shepherd and wife , of
Wood Lake , are in town this week
visiting Mr. Shepherd's father.
Louis Kollctte , of Sparks ,
swelled the DEMOCRAT treasury by
a couple of dollars last Saturday. is
'si
John Simpson was appointed
night watchman by the town board c
at their meeting Monday night in S
place of Gco. Corbin- a
W. H. McCloud returned from ai
Lincoln Monday morning , where
he had been as a witness on the a L
Hancock-Anderson . m
- case.
We print another poem this
week , written by Mrs. Mollie
Simmons , of the north table.
\
Jay Fowler , of the north table ,
called at this office last Saturday
and paid up his subscription. He
ink n .Is leaving the country soon. elf
Mrs. L. K. Funk , J. E. and
Lcola Funk , of Battle Creek were in
here visiting with Mrs. Funk's
daughter , Mrs. L. M. Gunthorp. w
The box social given by the Jun
ior League Saturday evening was dt
dtm
a financial success , 'although the m
program was badly crippled on ac
count of two of the people being
unable to come.
Mrs. Stanley T. Kay leaves E
Monday morning for Chadron ,
Nebr. , to visit relatives for about
two weeks and will then go to Val
entine , Kebr. , where she will re
main for a months' visit. Allianc e fa
Pioneer Grip. a !
John Stettcr of the firm of Stct-
ter & Lamberson , proprietors of .
the Palance saloon , returned this a !
week from Valentine and Cody
where he has been for the past two
e :
months looking after his other sa
tl
loon interests at those places. In
Alliance Pioneer Grip.
Mrs. M. K. Harden returned
it
Monday night from Platte , S. IX. itm
where she went in response to a i V ,
telegram stating that her mother ; ,
;
was not expected. to live. Her
mother died within a week after ,1
;
her arrival there. One of Mrs.
sc
Harden's sisters accompanied her
back to Valentine. , .c
. Our old friend Andrew" Benson , tl
of Arabia , dropped in Monday p
while on business in town ancl.st
handed us threewhole dollars ai
which puts his account way ahead , n
His pleasant countenance indicates a ]
to us that Mr. Benson is doing well , < i
on his ranch and that life is not a 10
drudgery with him. Good health , w ,
prosperity and bright prospects go ai
together ,
I John VanBuren , of nearlulgorc ,
i came in last Friday and took the
train Saturday morning for Chica
go , where he intends to make his
future home. The DEMOCRAT will
follow to his new home to keep
him posted on events in Cherry
county.
Judge Waleotl returned Satur
day night from a visit with his
mother in Pawnee county , Kan.
He also attended the Hancock-And
erson trial in the federal court at
Lincoln. The Judge says he saw
the Kansas-Nebraska basket ball
played while he was away and pro
nounces it a rough game.
Services at the M. E. Church
next Sunday as follows : Sunday
school , 10 a. m. Morning services
11 a. m. Class meeting , 12 m.
Junior League 2.30 p. m. Ep-
worth League 0.30 p. m. Evening
service T.'X ) . Prayer meeting
Thursday evening , 7.30. Morning
subject , "Some Positions arc never
to be Surrendered. " Evening
subject , "The Unused Talent. "
You are cordially invited to attend
these services.
A. W. Peterson living about 12
miles south-east of town has been
shipping in hay during the fall and
winter. When the roads were
ood he hauled it in and of late
lias been taking it to Arabia , which
is only OT miles from his place and
ships up a car at a time of fine ,
jright baled hay for which he re
ceives < 8T.T5 per ton. Mr. Peter
son reads the DEMOCRAT each week
md , keeps his conscience clear ,
ind isasatisficd with Cherry county
is a place to live. Ho is making
good living and saving some
noney each year.
"If
Educational Department. jj
.BYAPKESHMAN JS
jf.
Oliver "VValcott was absent Mon-
lay morning.
Mabel Helzcr attended a party
the country Thursday night.
Mabel Spratt and Xellie Xarbor
vere absent Tuesday afternoon.
Bertha Harvey was absent Tncs-
lay on account of the illness of her
nother.
"The Letters of the Cat" is "bo
ng read to the High School by
Myrtle Jones.
arly to bed and early to rise ,
flakes the High school student
healthy and wise.
Frances Harden is getting well
ast and we hope she will soon be
ble to attend school again.
Rosa" llooton is attending school
.gain this.week after having been
.bsent a week on account of illness.
Lizzie and Grace Hobson were
excused early Friday evening so
hat : they might get an early start
ionic.
In a letter from Edith Crabb bc-
ore the holidays she said she
nisscd the school notes in the
JEMOCKAT but in one tliis week
hc expressed great delight at once
norc seeing through these columns
hat the pupils of the Valentine
schools arc" not slumbering. She
said she reads the school notes the
irst thing and that they rnakc her
jhink of the days when she was a
mpil here and recall to mind the
students who , though far away ,
ire not forgotten. Your class-
nates , Edith , arc mastering Latin
md have delved into the mysteries
F book-keeping and English.
3ur studies keep usVery busy but
ve have time for a cheery hello
md best wishes for our old class-
Bate.
&
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
toto
to
HATS toto toto toto toto
to
toto
Best Quality toto
toto
to
ALL THE toto toto
to
i LATEST STYLES i NEWEST SHAPES toto toto toto
toto
.50 toto toto toto
to
toto
I ftO Why Pay More ? toto toto toto
* ? This Includes the New Flexible Derby
to
Davenport & Thacher . * >
? GENERAL MERCHANTS to
clean up our * * '
WINTER GOODS
. we will sell for tlie next , two weeks
All Wool and Cotton Blankets , Outing
Flannels , Underwear , Shirts , Duck
Coats , Sweaters and Overshoes
at COST.
Remember the winter-is not over and these
goods are all new and nptodate. .
Groceries at Iio.ttom Figures-
MAX B. VIBRTEL CPiOOKSTON XECKASKA
WE HAVE
Toilet Soaps that will not rhap the face or hands , illaar
mans Gherkins and bottled pickles , Pickled Pearl
Onions 3tuiFed Olives , Ketchup Cluw Cho\v , Can
ned Goods , Jellies , Preserves , ' Candied Pine- '
apples , Potted ilam and Lunch goods.
Everything ; to tempt the Appetite.
W. A. Pettycrew , General Merchandise.
If your CATTLE SUFFER
from LTCJE , IICH or MANGE
CHLOeO NAPTHOLEUM
Sold by Quigley & Cliapinan , v . . . .
valentine , Xebr.
& Comstock ,
Ellsworth , Kebr.
& :
HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS ;
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
Valentine Nebraska
Accounts of Merchants , Jlanchmen and Individuals invitedMoney
to loan ou first-class cattle paper and other securities.
Valentine State Bank
. _ ' . . ' . ' . . ;
' "
( Successors-to Cherry County Bank. ) * i - - h- -
Tip $ * Si > , i
" ' IUKKCT'OKS
FRED WniTTEMORETresiflentj * - r STETTER , Vice Pre'sidc'nt
. . .
CHARLES SPARKS , Cashier - . - :
T.C.HORNBY ' . W.5. JACKs'o
GET AT THIS
PRINTING
YOUR OFFICE
Can Satisfy You in Oualitv Price and Vork nan hio