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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1905)
r VOLUME XX VALENTINE. NEBRASKA , OCTOBER 12 , 1905. NUMBER 39 MERC Fall and Winter School Suits for Boys , and Shoes for Boys and Girls. The best for wear in the. town for the money. Suits made to order. Cleaning , pressing and repairing. CLOTHIER. CD Quick 5 CD My Furniture stock is being con stantly replenished Meal with good serviceable articles for the home. Gasoline Stoves and ranges are the best and I invite you to call safest. They are al and inspect the best ready for use. CD ways ' CDCD stock of Furniture Don't . Get delay. one CD and save half the wor- OJ and Hardware ever of your life. None brought to the city. soII good as the II QUICK MEAL. " Chartered as a State Bank Chartered as a National Bank June 1 , 1884. August 12 , 1902 , T1' ' " FIRST NATIONAL BAN ! Valentine , Nebraska. ( Successor to ) o ± CAPITAL PAID IN A Gener.tl Banking $25,000. Exchange and , Collection .Business. C. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President. M. V , NioaoLSON , Cashier. .EL. S T TALK OF THE TOWN DThe Carr brothers were in town after freight hst Saturday. llobt. Mcgeer has completed the side walk around the front of his saloon this week and it is a beauty. P. F. Simons , demoiri ; ! ; " randi- j date for sheriff went out to Simoon last Saturday and took in the old settlers reunion. Martin Carr was in town from his ranch southwest of Simeon last Tuesday and made this oflice a social call while in town. Dick Osborne and Frank Grooms were up from Sparks Tuesday as witnesses for Chas. W. Brindia : who was making final proof on that date. Henry Schafer of Xenzel and Joe and John TVray of Kilgore , were in our city last Saturday on business and returned home that , night on the freight , W.Honcy was up from Wood- lake Monday and went down to the fort in the afternoon to see the base ball game between Fort Nio- brara and Ainsworth. Dan Barnes , democratic nomi nee for comissioner from the 2nd com. dist. was in Valentine from Newton last Friday and was a pleasant caller at this office before returning home. II. J. Newman , from the west end of Pelican lake drove to Wood Lake Tuesday and came up to Valentine on the train Wednes- day on business. He visited our office while in town. John Moore , a man from good old .Missouri , has about 200 to 300 bushels of Missouri apples on the track near the depot and says he will be here the remainder of the week. Call and see him. The personal property belong ing to the estate of the late U.K. Brown will be sold in this city Saturday , Oct.M , 1905at 1:30 : o'clock. See ad elsewhere in this paper for further particulars. Charles Latta , of Oasis , had the misfortune to break his leg last Friday while riding horseback , caused by his horse falling with him. Mr. Latta's wife set the leg before the doctor arrived and Charles was getting along all right. c John Scott , Ol. Grecian and James Heed came up from Mar shall , Mo. , last week and have been visiting with Dave Hancock and Phil Young and hunting the past week. Mr. Scott is a brother to Mrs. Hancock and owns a fine farm near Marshall. Mr. Grecian is deputy postmaster at Marshall and is a cousin of former county treasurer Thackrey , Miss Cora Thackrey and Mrs. Chas. Eeece. Col. G. E. Tracewell returned Sunday morning from Douglas , Wyo. , where ho had been attend ing the Wyoming state fair and conducting a sale of 1800 head of cattle as an auctioneer. The Col onel informs us that the sale was a tremenduoas success , 13 yearling registered Hereford bulls selling at an average price of § 131. Cli- man 31st sold for § 225 , and 7-i head of cows and calves sold at an average price of § 80 per head. Feeders brought from § 32 to13.25 per head. Mr. Tracewell was i well pleased with the management I of this sale and sees no reason why 1 Valentine cannot duplicate it if the 1c money could be raised to properly ( advertise the sale. \ Catholic Church Aunonmrc- ( iii eiat. ( On Sunday next , mass will be said here at 10:30 : a. m. Catechism ( class at 3. Evening devotions and ] benedictions at 7:30 : p. in. The band boys returned from Omaha last Friday night covered with glory for their part in the Ak-Sar-Ben parade in which they are spoken of in the following manner by the World-Herald of j last Thursday : * \ ! "One of the best marching bands j in the procession and one whii h received much favorable comment was that from Valentine , Xeb. It is composed of sixteen pieces , and its members marched in natty uni forms which where particularly pleasing to the eyc. : ' A Card to the Public. Having recently purchased the Chicago House in Valentine , J make my bow to the public and cordially invite my former custom ers , friends and the traveling pub lic generally to make my hotel their headquarters while in town. Thanking you all cordially for past favors , I hope to merit a continu ance of the same. 332 J. A. IIoiiXBACK. SCHOOL NOTES. , > I Margarete Qdigley. t > y ) t' > . - * ra Dunham. Mabel Helper writes that slie likes Parkville very much. . Earl Slough has moved to Geor gia , so is not here any more. Loon Hilsinger , of the second grade , is at Neligh this week. Mac and Cecil Barnes' father was down to visit them two days last week. Olive Bliss of the class of ' 0-1 spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Bertha Robertson. Miss Clara Dunham took Miss Friend's place Monday forenoon. Miss Friend was absent on account of sickness. Neillic Euslcy of the class of 'Oi has gone to her school and expects to board at home as long as the weather is pleasant. Stella Spratt of the class of ' 01 , had her face badly poisoned so she had to return home after teach ing three days of school. Mrs. Quigley , who spent a week in Omaha , was visiting her son at Bellevue. While there she saw Alberta O'Kanc and Oliver Wal- cott. They are looking well and enjoying their work greatly. A reading lesson about a cat-tail was made interesting one day this week in the primary room. When one of the little ones brought a cat-tail so all could examine and see the little seeds with their feath ery dresses. List of the tardies for last month : High school 17 , grammar depart ment 7 , 2nd intermediates , 1st in termediate 21 ; 2nd primary , 3rd grade 13 , 1th grade 1 , total 17 , one pupil making 6 tardy marks ; 1st primary , girls 20 , boys 12 , a total of 32. Elizabeth Allen went to her home in Merriman , last week thinking1 she would attend school there as her folks had moved to town but she persuaded her father to let her return to Valentine as she thought she would derive greater good from the school here. State Supt. McBrien is gather ing data from the high schools in the state to find out whether it will be profitable to establish normal courses in the high schools. His object is to find out what occupa tion the graduates take up. Out of the 29 graduates from the Val entine school in the last three years , 1C have begun teaching , 6 entered college , 1 went directly into business and 3 to house-keep ing. tfs s < 4 ? 43 4 ? 43The most up to date line in the Country. Don't take our word for it. Call and see for yourself , is. I MEN'S AMD WOMEN'S SHOES I YOUTHS1 JUW JJIILELGENTS' CLOTHING SHIRT WAISTS i'S HATS AND CAPS for ( forfeit wear. ) A complete line of Fall | j Goods in Latest Stylj 49 General Merchants. I * ftiU ri m Everything in Clothing , Drygoods , Hats and Caps , Boots and Shoes- Come and give us a chance to prove that we are selling good goods of all kinds cheaper than anybody in this party of the country. Yours for fxoutl Go fid a and Cheap Prices , TTTl13rPTnT CROOKSTON V JLJLJJCbX-AiJAj NEBRASKA Dealer in Everything. p * f * i - i ! You don't have to wait for us to flag a delivery. We have our own and MAKE PROMPT DELIVERIES. s W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE. % ! T Tsr rr3'i rrr3' rrr FUEDVHtTTEMOKE , Prj CHA.RIiES. SPARKS , Cashier. J.V. . STBTTER , Vice Pres. ORA.K L. BRITTON , Ass't Cash. Valentine State Bank , Valentine , Nebraska. 8v : v o 5 2 t Capital Surplus 3 0 < i $25,000. $2,000. 3o Persons seeking a place of safety for their money , will profit by investigating the methods employed in our business. 3 S2S2S s2S 5 fer CONFECTIONERY Suited to your taste. Canned Goods Lunch Counter. Are now at their best and All you want to eat at our we handle the best "Trade. 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