VALENTINE
VOLUME XIX VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. OCTOBER 0 , 1904 NUMBER 38
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I SEE THOSE
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Dress Skirt
on earth for $1.50.
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Hardwar Furniture and Coal.I { ! .
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FURNITURE , bed room suits , dressers , chiffoniers , ward
robes , Iron beds strong' and clean , spring couches and mattres
ses , parlor stands and center tables , combination book cases and
writing desks. Latest Designs and Lowest Prices.
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Guns , Ammunition and Hunters' Supplies.
A full line of hardware , cutlery and stoves of best makes.
A lot of useful articles that make house-keeping1 a pleasure.
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Frank Fischer.
'Jhartered as a State Unr.L Chartered as a National Bank
Jun 1 , 1884. August 12. 1902 ,
TM msT ATONAL BANK
Valentine , Nebraska.
( Successor to )
PAID ZN / * A General Banking
Exchange and
Collection Business.
C. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President.
M. V. NICHOLSON , Cashier.
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PTALK OF THE TOWN
A. } V. Peterson was in town
Monday.
Hans Ulrich was on our streets
Tuesday.
jS. R. Lee , of Brownlee , was in
town Tuesday on business.
S. L. Ellis was in town this
week for freight for his store at
Simeon.
Five new subscriptions to the
"DEMOCRAT" this week. Who'll
be next.
Dave Wishart and A. F. "Webb
startey out Tuesday to the lakes
for a few days hunt.
J. R. and Horace Gr. Walling-
ford were in town a couple of days
the first of the week.
Frank Higgins shipped 2 cars
of cattle Tuesday night to Omaha
and went down with them.
W. 'T. Bishop bought a bunch of
liorses last Saturday from S. L.
and Robert Ellis of Simeon.
Elden Sparks and wife were
down from Cody Sunday , the
guests of L. C. Sparks and wife.
Wm. Novak , of Britt , called to
see our machinery last Saturday
and subscribed for THE DEMOCRAT.
Thomas McClean was up from
Brow.nlee Tuesday as a witness
for a neighbor in making final
proof. > v
J. W. Stetter shipped four cars
of cattle to Omaha last week and j
took three cars of horses to Wis- '
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Charley Brown has returned '
from Missouri and is staying at
Levi Sparks' place while attend
ing school.
Jim Galloway is putting in a
cement sidewalk across Virginia
street on Main street. The street i
will necessarily be blocked for a'
few days. i
Jas. Vincent has been appoint-
ed postmaster at Ft. Niobrara ,
vice E. L. Maloney who has re- ®
signed to go to Florida for his'
wife's health.
N. S. Rowley , of Kennedy ,
brought in 146 head of cattle last
Saturday to deliver to Jake Stetter
which he had previously contract
ed for Oct. 1st.
J. O. Carter called at our office
Tuesday and tried his hand at the
cases. He is fireman on one of
the engines stationed at this place j
as helper for heavy trains.
U'm. Thunder Hawk , the fore
man in the Rosebud New Era ;
printing office called on us Tues
day while in town enroute to
Dead wood as an interpreter. j
Frank Krampert , a prosperous
ranchman living eight miles south' '
of Woodlakc , was in town last
Thursday and stopped at our office ! 1
for a pleasant visit of a couple of
hours.
Mrs. A. A. Adams , the wife of
our popular hotel proprietor of
the Chicago House , and son A. A. ! ;
Adams , Jr. , arrived last Saturday
night from the East to make their
future home in our city.
J. A. Sparks called last Satur
day and subscribed for THE DEMO
CRAT to be sent to his son Leonard.
who is at the M. M. A. at Orchard (
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Lake , Mich. Mr. Sparks says he
stands at the Jiead of his class.
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The game law was open on 1
prairie chickens last Saturday , <
October 1 , and a great many of (
Valentine citizens have availed I
themselver of the privilege of go- '
ing hunting since. They go out to 1
the lakes to shoot ducks and inci- ]
dently take in a few prairie chick- (
ens * 'going and coming. " ]
Ernest Heth brought in two
bunches of white plume celery las !
Saturday which are large and
healthy growth. Mr. Heth say
he and his brother Sam raised 1600
bunches this year and they are all
fine.
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W. A. Pettycrew brought in a
couple of papaws last week that
i he brought up from Omaha with
him upon his return from the
world's fair last week. A great
many of Cherry county people
never saw a "papaw. "
Orin J. Thompson , a clerk in
the office of the U , P. at Omaha
was up looking at our Cherry Co.
. land the first of the week , during
his vacation. He took some sam
ples of corn and potatoes back with
him and subscribed for THE DEMO
CRAT.
Rev. A. T. Carpenter delivered
two excellent sermons last Sunday ,
i They were carefully prepared ser-
jmons j that are interesting to
thoughtful men who often find ser
mons dull and dry when the preach
er "plays around among the
! ! psalms" with apparently no thot.
J. H. Quigley has been out in
[ the country a big share of the time
i 1 this summer but is now in his drug
store again. He has a lot of cattle
yet that he expects to carry over
until next summer which he ex
pects to get another year's growth
and be ready for an early market.
C. A. Johnson was in our city
Tuesday on business and shaking
hands with friends. He tells as
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that he now is president of four
banks and is vice president of the
Nebraska National bank of Nor
folk , chartered last June and open
ed up July 1st , with a capital of
§ 50,000.
A. F. Webb purchased a 1-V
horse power Fairbanks-Morse
gasoline engine of Milt Latta last
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week and will use it in the Valen-
atiiie 1 Bottling Works. The engine
will be found a great convenience
to Mr. "Webb and we may now ex
pect a prompt filling of our orders
for ginger ale.
Gr. E. Trace well bought 2 car
loads of nice smooth horses last
week for S. A. Rawls and E. L.
Maloney and took them to a town
near St. Augustine , Fla. , starting
Sunday ; morning. Ed Parry went
with him to help take care of the
horses and to enjoy a rest and see
the i country. Mr. Tracewell ex
pects to solve the question as to
whether it will be possible to ship
horses profitably to the southern
states.
The weather bureau report for
the ] week ending Sept. 4 , show the
highest ' temperature to have been
86 ° and the lowest 44 ° . There
was quite a heavy rain on the 30th
which fell steadily for about eight
hours , making a total of .59 of an
inch. On the 4th the wind at
tained \ a velocity of 30 miles per
hour and stirred up the dust con
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siderably. As forecasted the
weather is now much cooler but
higher temperatures are expected
for Thursday.
A tram" load of cattle were ship
ped from here Monday and anoth
er on Tuesday. There were 44
cars in the two train loads and
were said to be the best cattle ever
shipped from this part of the coun
try off the grass. In Monday's
shipment C. Utterback had 6 cars ,
Quigley and Bachelor 4 , Faddis &
Steadman 4 , Fred Sears 3 , E. "W.
Thode 3 and Corbet 1. Tuesday's
train : Thode 7 , Quigley & Bache
lor 5 , Faddis & Steadman 4 , J. H.
Quigley 3 , Sawyer Bros. 3 and
B. Quisenbery 1 ,
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Large stock of
Hamilton = = Brown Shoes
Just arrived.
All other shoes in stock sold at greatly
reduced prices for next 30 days. Come
and see us. We sell everything , and
at prices which are right.
MAX E. VIERTBL CROOKSTO NEBRASKA
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Groceries !
The BEST for table use and at popular prices. '
Our Stock is Always Fresh
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Dry Goods , Shoes , Mittens
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FRESH FRUIT AND GAME |
IN THEIR SEASON.
First clasline of Sreaks , Roasts ?
Dry Salt Bleats Smoked
Breakfast Bason.
Highest Market Price Paid for Hogs.
FRED WHITTEMORE.President. CHAELES SPARKS , Caabler. H
J , W STETTKR , Vice President. L. B&ITTOS , Asst. Casbler
Interest paid on time
deposits. Valentine State Bank ,
Capital , j52oOOO
Valentine , Nebraska.
Surplus , S1OOO
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