Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-11
G. s. Ma rtin visited Omaha
the latter part of last week.


Company NJ, will go to David
City Tuesday to the state en-
campment.
Ray Gadd went to Creston,
Iowa, last Friday, where he has
secured position as clerk in a
drug store.
Capt. f. C. Pickett of Co. NJ,
went to Lincoln the first of the
week on military business. He
returned Tuesday.
A ball game was played in this
city Monday between Broken
Bow and Sargent. The result
was in favor of the visiting team.
Score 9 to l.
Julius Ottun, who was visiting
here recently from Boyceville,
Wisconsin, has decided to enter
into partnership with c. S. Mar
tin of this city, and put in an
implement store at Sargent.
This office acknowledges the
receipt of No. 3, of Vol. l, of the
Arnold and Merna Herald, a
church paper published monthly
by Rev. +. F. belong, pastor Of
the Arnold and Merna Baptist
churches.
II. w. George left this morn
ing for Boston to attend the
National encampment of the G
A. h. 1t is Mr.. Georges old
home and he will extend his visit
to October visiting with relatives
and old acquaintance.
L. A. Parmenter returned Fri
day morning from Colorado
where he had been visiting sever
al weeks with his uncle. He
stopped on his return trip at
Kenesaw, where Mrs. Parmenter
met him and they visited there
for time. She came back with
him.
Mrs. ]. M. Belts went to Lin
coin Monday to attend the funer-
al of her morher, who died Sun
day at the age of 80. The funer-
al was held from the Presbyteri-
an church in Lincoln Monday
evening. Mrs. Belts younger
son and daughter accompanied
her.
Miss Gale ,Laughlin of New
York, law school graduate of
Wellesley and Cornell UNIVERSE
ties will be present at the Woman
Suffrage County Convention to
be held in this city August Is.
She is said to be the coming
"Demosthenes of the Woman
Suffrage cause" She has al
ready attained reputation as an
orator of more than ordinary
powers. She will deliver a lee
ture at the Court House, Monday
August IS, afternoon.
A railroad wreck occurred near
Eden, Colorado, Sunday night in
which 100 persons are dead or
missing. The wreck was caused
by bridge giving way over a
dry creek that was swollen from
a cloud burst. The conditions
were not known until the bridge
began to give way after the en-
CINE had run onto the bridge.
The engine and two cars filled
with passengers went down.
Only four of the passengers and
crew escaped death, by drowning.
The two sleepers and diner stop
ped at the brink of the stream.
A. c. Hapgood, the painter, is
a demonstration of the benefits
derived from liberal advertising.
He has a good trade and is an
artist not backward in letting
the public know it. Since he first
struck the town several months
ago he has advertised his bust
ness literally and as a result he
has not been idle. He has done a
number of large contracts in the
country and city and always has
contracts ahead. He is now
about to complete a large con-
tract for the Adams ranch which
will require over one hundred
gallons of paint.
S. d. Butcher, author of the
Pioneer History of Custer County,
was in the city the first of the
week. Mr.. Butcher is getting
up a booklet with farm and ranch
views of Custer and Buffalo coun-
ties. Short historical sketches of
the individual owners of the farm
and ranches appear on the page
with the picture. The mechani-
cal work of the booklet is neatly