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THE VALENTINE
VOLUME XXI VALENTINE. NEBEASKA. FEBEUAET 23 , . 1906. 'NUMBER 6
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Cotton Top Mattresses , g ood tick , 3.25 ftft
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Chinese Matting , per yard - .30 ftft
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Carpets , per yard - .30 to .75
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have for you. All we ask is a chance to figure
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49 49 RED FRONT MERC. CO.
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All Our Heavy Wei
are going this month to make room for spring
goods. Lots of good things in our windows at
per cent discount 25
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CLOTHIER.
! EO , HJORNBY ,
Wagons and Buggies
Lumber and Hardware
Pictures Framed to Order.
Established In Valentine since 1S85.
Glass Berry Dishes Call Bells
Scales Work Baskets
Eat Traps Dust Pans
Steak Pounders
Knife , Fork Base Balls
Cuspidors Tin Pails
Dover Egg Beaters Hammers
Tinware , Oils , Etc , Lamps , Crockery , Lime , Coal Paper
FURNITURE and COFFINS ,
Licensed Kmlmlmer
Chartered as a State Bank Chartered as a National Bank
June 1 , 1884. August 12. 1002 ,
U Tin , FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Valentine , Nebraska.
( Successor to )
CAPITAL PAID IN A General Banking
Exchange and
Collection * Business.
C. H. CORNELL , President. rJ. T. MAY , Yice-President.
M. Y. NICHOLSON , Cashier.
Talk of the Town.
Joseph Kalbringer was in town
Tuesday.
Don Kellogg and wife were in
town yesterday.
Ed Pike of Crookston was , in
town yesterday.
Jake and Aetna Breachbill were
in town Tuesday.
Geo. Foster and his bride were
in town yesterday.
The farmers of North Table
hauled in a lot of hogs last Satur
day.
James Smith of Crookston called
to renew his subscription to THE
DEMOCRAT Tuesday while in town.
H. M. Cramer is rebuilding his
house that was damaged by fire
recently and has it nearly com
pleted.
Nels Austin , the blacksmith , is
recovering from typhoid fever
slowly and is much better than
last week.
M. E. Hall returned Sunday
from a visit back east and > stopped
over for a day in town before re
turning to Cody.
The horses advertised last week
in this paper were found a few
days later. It pays to advertise
in THE DEMOCRAT. j
Max E. Viertel , the Crookston
merchant , came down Tuesday
and stayed for the play at Church's
opera house , "The Prince of
Liars. "
Miss Nellie Easley has accepted
a school in the Sam Woodward
district near Gordon anol departed
yesterday to take up her position
as teacher there.
J. S. and George Carr were in
town Monday for a load of coal
and other supplies. The former
called to renew their subscription
to THE DEMOCRAT.
John Foster is selling case knife
and scissors sharpeners around
town and called the other day to
show us how they worked. It is a
new and novel method.
James Mangan of Fb. Niobrara
was in town last Saturday and pur
chased two of the three quarters
of land which were sold at sheriff's
sale. I. M. Rice purchased the
other quarter.
The cases against the saloons
for having screens and obstruc
tions before their windows came
up Monday in Judge Towne's of
fice , and for want of sufficient evi
dence or prosecution were dis
missed.
Geo. Hunter fell from the top
of a 35 ft. telephone pole near the
depot where he was woridng yes
terday and lit on his left hip in the
sand. Jarred him up pretty bad
and will lay him up for awhile but
no bones were broken.
Mrs. J. E. Pettycrew returned
from her visit in Marshaltown ,
Iowa , Wednesday morning. Dur
ing her stay at that place she had
an operation performed and from
which she is recovering and hopes
to be strong and well soon.
W. C. Shattuck and wife de
parted yesterday for Gordon , hav *
ing rented his dwelling to Mr.
Pugh , special agent of the U. S.
landoffice , who expects to remain
here for some time. We under
stand Mr. Shattuck takes up his
abode in Gordon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Layport re
turned from Iowa last Friday
where they had been visiting Mrs.
Layport's brother who had been
stabbed and was thought to" be
near death but is now recovering.
The person who stabbed him was
bound over to the district court to
await his trial. Mr. and Mrs.
Ladely were also with Mr. and
Mrs/Layport on their visit.
derwear
The most complete assortment of new spring ideas and
ready-to-wear garments ever shown in the city.
POPULAR PRICED SPRING GOODS
Taffeta Silk Checks , per yard 3oc
Embroidered Linens , per yard ' 75c
Soisette , per yard 35c
White Duck , per yard 20c
Curzon Silk , per yard ' . . . .75c
Dress Linens , per yard 20c
Taffeta Silks , per yard 75c to § 1.50
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136 bur © ] of 35c , 25c and loc goods we136 [ bUTG
( are closing out at 10c' : : : )
Davenport & Co.
Wm. Epke of Crookston was on
our streets yesterday.
When you come to town , stopj
at the Chicago House. 38
Dave Dunn drove down from
his farm yesterday to get a few
groceries i and remembered the
editor with a dollar and also sub
scribed for the Omaha Daily News.
He tells us that his wife is getting
along pretty well and has enjoyed
pretty fair health the past winter.
Charles Breuklander and Miss
Ehoda Holsclaw were married at
the home of the groom's father
n'ejCrl > icCa-nn * last-Sundayt * Keb.
IS , 1906 , the Eev. J. A. W. John
son of Georgia officiating. Her
bert Breuklander acted as best
man and Miss Mae Gallino of Val
entine as bridesmaid. After the
ceremony a sumptuous dinner was
enjoyed by those present. The
groom is well and favorably known
to Valentine people , having grown
to manhood in this city and is now
driving one of P. F. Simons' drays.
The bride came to this city about
four years ago from Clarks , Neb. ,
and has made many friends dur
ing her residence here. They will
begin house-keeping in the house
north of Sheriff Simons' on south
Cherry St. THE DEMOCRAT ex
tends congratulations.
SCHOOL NOTES.
B 1 Alargarete Quigley.
Clara Dunham.
Charles Ogle has been out of
school two weeks on account of
sickness but is back again.
Maude Rector , of the 7th grade ,
has returned to school after an
absence of nearly two weeks'hav
ing had blood poison in her hand.
Prin. L. G. Lockwood of the
Merriman schools , has resigned
his position owing to a misunder
standing with the authorities of
the school. Miss Pearl Arnot of
that place has been appointed to
fill the vacancy.
Supt. J. W. Searson of Peru ,
Supt. E , . H. Watson of Valentine
and Miss Hall of the Lincoln
schools have been appointed by
State Supt. McBrien to formulate
a course of study for the teaching
of grammar in the high schools of
Nebraska , which are to be recog
nized as doing Normal work on
that subject.
Prof. R. H. Watson was in
O'Neill last Saturday in the inter
ests of the Junior Normal. In
the afternoon he lectured to about
140 teachers on "The Character
istics of a Good Teacher. " He
reports a pleasant time and met
many who were here in the norm
al last year , and quite a number
of them intend coming this year.
WASH GOODS
Egyptian Dimity , per yard * . . . " . . .20c
Lawns , per yard 5c
White Goods , per yard . .loc to 75c
Fancy Dotted Swiss , per. yard lOc
Dotted Swiss Muslin , per yard 25c
Dress Ginghams , per yard 12 c to 15c
Percales , per yard 12 c to 15c
Jost Completed
our last year's inventory and thank our many customers
for their patronage , and assure them that we shall try
our best to merit a continuance of the same in 1906
All WINTER GOODS will be sold now at Reduced Prices
Call us up over The North Table Telephone Line. (2 ( long rings )
MAY . 1 ? CROOKST01S
.A. Hi , NEBRASKA
Dealer In JEvsrylhiny.
Have advanced 20 to 25 per cent.
WE HAVE 400 PAIRS AT THE OLD PRICE.
1 W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE.
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Persons seeking a place of safety for their money , will profit bv
investigating the methods employed in our business.
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CONFECTIONERY
Tobaccos and Cigars.
Canned Goods 3 2C Lunch Counter.
g Phone 7 Home Bakery.
Perry Swearinger from near
Sparks was in town yesterday and
called at this office to pa- in ad
vance for THE DEMOCR < T. Perry
says he has been suffering with
the grippe since last. Christmas.
Miss Frances Harden resigned
her position at the post some time
ago and accepted school in the
west end of the county where she
is teaching. Geo. Boyer , we
hear , is now clerk in the Ft. Nio
brara postoffice.
Some opposition is developing
to C. H. Cornell's lease bill and
petitions are being circulated a-
gainst it. It seems that the peo
ple are not together in the inter
ests of leasing the public domain.
A long article in the Lincoln Daily
News , Feb. 19th , by a member of
the forest reserve commission says
that a lease bill is unnecessary and
that the country will be settled if
let alone to $ he Kinkaid home- ,
steaders and no further adjustment
will be necessary.
