Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-10-25
Winter is lowering Round About
Autumn Shadows Now Fall Across the Twilight Line
and Timid Nature Changes her Dress of Elmer
aid Green for Gown of Gold

miles south or this city, is feeling
quite we'll, thank you, since last
Sunday. It's boy.
The city council has let the
contract for two steel bridges,
across Fourth and Fifth avenues.
Contract price, $2l71.
Mrs. E. d. George, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
w. A. George, the past three
months, left for home, Boston
Mass, today.
Miss Laura Ramsthel has re-
turned from her home at Grand
Island and resumed her position
as stenographer in the Office of
Willis ca dwell.
Government Inspector Wads-
worth is in the city, inspecting
the land Office of this place. He
came in Monday night from
Alliance where he spent several
days last week.
When you leave home the
Tuesday morning, November g.,
tell your wife you will not return
till after the votes are counted;
that you will eat both dinner and
supper, served by the ladies Of
the Baptist church, at the Tenn
pie Theatre.
An incident that appeared to
the REPUBLICAN as being ludi-
crous to almost the limit was
seen on the square one evening
last week when a man clad in a
fur coat drove up in front of
grocery store and commenced UNI
loading watermelons.
Herman ]. Marine, who has
been holding down 100 acres of
Uncle Sans domain near Merna
the past six years, was in the
city Tuesday to make arrange
ments to prove that he has won
that particular piece of land for
himself, his heirs and assigns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Pigman and
son, Elba, reached home last
night from visit of a week at
Columbia, Mo. They were ac-
companied by niece, Miss Cora
Stevens, who will reside with
them in the future. Joe says
there are heaps of mules in that
state, but he did not have time
to take horseback ride on any
of 'em.
The Broken Bow Steam Laun.
dry spares neither pains nor ex'
pense to keep fully up to the
times in the matter of installing
new and improved machinery for
the betterment of work and
pleasing of patrons. MIR. J. A.
o. Thomas, the proprietor, at
considerable expense, recently
put in collar turner, a machine
that turns the lay down collar,
leaves space for a necktie and
puts a smooth velvety edge on it.
With the addition of this
piece of mechanism the laundry
is now fully equipped and is
turning out as good work as any
laundry in the state.
Some are under the impression
that the fourth Thursday in
November is the day always
designated as Thanksgiving, but
such is erroneous. The custom
has been for the president tc
designate, by proclamation, the
last Thursday in November
November this year-the same
as last year contains five Thurs
days, the last one falling on the
goth, and that will be the date
of. Thanksgiving day. Last yea
the last Thursday in the month
was also the last day-the 30th-
and it was designated the day
for thanksgiving.
County Supt. Pinckney ha:
improvised chart of school in
formation which is a model O.
completeness. 1t hangs upon hi
wall, and by consulting it at an.
time he can tell at glance tn,
number of any district, its popu
lar name, who its director is ant
where he gets his mail, who il
the teacher, what salary is pai'
and how long taught in that dis
trict, what is the length of tn
school term and other informa
i ton. The number of month
: of school is shown by red lin
t indicating the month when tn
term begins and ends. TIL
: names of beginning teachers ar
? written in red ink, the others i
! black. The school census an
S enrolment are two items whjc
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