Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-08-21
CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY AUGUST 81 PAGES

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Miss Vienna Reynolds is visit
ing at Oconto this week.
James Thompson visited Area
dia the first of the week.
f. M. Curric of Sargent, came
in on ~ Wednesday morning.
Harve Andrews of Anselmo,
made this city a business visit
Wednesday.
H. II. Squires and Dan Rock
we'll were passengers on Al for
Anselmo Wednesday morning.
II. b. Drake and son Max, went
to Omaha on "A Wednesday
morning. They expect to return
Saturday.
II. w. Wilkins gathered up
band between here and Dale, and
it is reported to be very fine for
a picked up band.
S. J. Storms and Miss Mamie
l.. Morrison of Berwyn, were
united in marriage Tuesday,
August 10. Judge Armour Off
ciating.
Nj. p. Kinkaid of O'Neil, re-
publican nominee for Congress
came up on Al and took A. back
to Ansley Wednesday to attend
the reunion.
ID. O. Brown, who has spent
several days in our city, left
Tuesday morning for Omaha,
where he expects to remain for
some time. He will stop off at
Ansley and Mason City a few
days.
Emerson Purcell, Rev. Xand
crs, James Leonard, A. Moore,
Judge Sullivan and son, J. J.
! Wilson and 5. X. Warrick, were
all in attendance at the Dale
picnic, and speak with favor up
on the good time and treatment
they received.
| Mrs. b. f.. Predmore is making
quite an improvement on her
millinery store building. The
room on the south of the main
building will be remodled, petit
ton between the two taken out
and roof raised, throwing both
rooms into one, which will add
materially to the building, max
ing it more convenient and larger.
DR.. Willis Talbot and wife,
DR.. c. l.. Mullins and wife, DR..
c. Pickett, wife and daughter,
. Ollie, DR.. II. w. Bass and wife,
DR.. II. G. Talbot, DR.. Clinton
Day, DR.. Farnsworth and Miss
Maudc Hunter, and DR.. Mathews
and wife of Galloway, DIR. Wade
of Oconto, Mrs. Logan and
daughter, composed the party
that left this city Tuesday
morning for Ansley to attend the
picnic of the Medical Association.
An entertaining time was had,
and those present, about thirty,
spent an enjoyable, as well as
profitable day. The picnic was
in a grove one mile south of
, AnSley.
Thomas Wilkinson, one OF the
early settlers of this county who
homesteadcd the land on which
Ansley is located, visited several
days in this city last week. Mr..
Wilkinson left Broken Bow about
twelve years ago and stopped fol
4 a while on the Pacific coast. He
= than drifted back to Wyoming
Y and engaged in the sheep bust
/ ness with his brothers Anthony
e John, Felix and Frank, who hac
left here a few years previous
. Mr.. Wilkinson had been unfortu-
s nate in his business ventures here
t and was down to bed rock whel
e he started on his western trip
d He and his brothers are now thu
owners of several thousand acre
of land extending from WyOmin!
/ into Kimball county, Nebraska
Z which they have stocked wit
90, 900 sheep. Mr.. Thos. Wilkin
> son has his residence in klmbaI
y county, within mile OF tn
a county seat Of that county. Hi
- oldest daughter Alice is Count
y Superintendent of that county
= The Wilkinson Bros. realize
- from their wool this season Owe
:" S47,O 900. They estimate thei
wealth by the hundreds of thou,
At ands. Mr.. Wilkinson is too me
E. dest to state what he is wort
n individually, but states that hi
lie brother John who left here in tn
80 early '90's with 700 head OF shee
n is worth to-day a half millio
e. dollars. One notable ChareCte
a., | ;,.;.. sc NJ NN;ll,inS,1g visit w.