Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

CITY NlSllOI ueSud)'
Otto Witthuhn of Etna, was a
friendly caller at this Office Sat
urday.
Hogs have been selling at
So. 10 and Sol on the Broken
Bow market this week.
Harry Kellenbargcr of Merna,
left last Thursday morning on a
visit to Iowa, where he expects
to be gone six or eight weeks.
The G. w. b. Nj. will hold an
open session Sunday, February
9, at the Christian church. The
program will appear next week.
Home made candy and cake
will be for sale at the New Eng
land supper given by the Ladies
Library Association Saturday
evening in the Realty block.
]. ID. Ream and G.. f.. Caldwell,
who attended the meeting of the
Farmers Cooperative Associa-
ton as delegates from Custer
county at Lincoln last Thursday,
returned home Friday morning.
The Custer County Horticul-
tural Society will hold a district
meeting at Ansley, February Is,
afternoon and evening. Program
will appear next week.-WILLIs
| CALDWELL, Sec.
A farwell reception was given
L. E. Kirkpatrick at the M. E.
church Monday night under the
auspices of the Epworth League
and the program carried out as
published last week in the RE-
PUBLICAN.
G. O. Wendell, formerly of this
city, now of Elgin, Illinois, has
been visiting in the city the past
week with relatives and renewing
old acquaintance. Mr.. Wendell
has host of friends in this
vicinity. 1t is his first visit here
in twelve years.
Rev. Geo. p. Trites spent
Tuesday and Wednesday at Kear-
ney in attendance at the Kear-
ney District Epworth League
Assembly Board of Control. He
informs us that the Assembly
will be held this year at Gala
way, June 4 to IA.
Adren c. Bass of Anselmo, was
a city visitor Monday and made
this Office friendly call. While
in the city he secured the neces-
sary papers from Judge Armour
to unite in marriage with Bessie
Taylor of Anselmo. The best
wishes of the REPUBLICAN are eX-
tended to Mr.. Bass and his in
tended bride.
1t is reported that the Burl-
ington will build new line from
Lincoln to Tamora. This line
will be built to do away with the
two heavy hills between Lincoln
and Seward. The line contem-
plated will run three miles south
of Seward and will cause that
town to be off the line of the
Burlington road. --Alliance Grip.
There is an effort being made
: to incorporate the Broken Bow
Business College. In case the
plan works the business manage
ment will be in the hands of d
board of trustees. The PROPOSE
ton is to capitalize it for $40, 0QC
i'll shares of $50 each. The plar
: is good one and should succeed
If the purchase price is reason
able.
=, A public meeting was held il
t Alliance Tuesday of last week
, to organize for the purpose o
| securing state normal Schoo
. for that city. Fourteen countie'
: were represented at the meeting
( n committee was elected to go II
I Lincoln to secure the school
: consisting of Prof. w. II. Bartz
I G. w. Clark, G. G. Smith, f. NJ
Darlington, A. S. Reed and II
: j. O'Keef. We notice of tn
: number of county superinten
= dents present at the meeting wa
a Miss Alice Wilkinson of Kimbal
: county, who was formerly o
5 Broken Bow, Superintendent
f of six other counties were present
The chicken show at LincOll
, last week was not the least Of In
3 least of the number attrac
!, tiOns held there. TIL
|, auditorium was completed
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