Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-20
News Of a Local Nature

kindly remembered the REPUBLI-
CAN Office with business call.
Miss Eva Caldwell, who has
been at Chicago Studio of Music
for several months past returned
last night to spend the holidays.
Miss Mable Hall, who has
been east for the past year and
half, engaged in missionary
work is expected home Monday
night.
Willis Caldwell left Tuesday
for Texas and will be there about
three weeks showing party of
land seekers over the famous
Texas Coast Country.
At the Episcopal church next
Sunday morning special music
will be rendered as a part of the
services. A cordial invitation
to attends extended the public.
II. G. Carr, proprietor of the
West Union FIGURING Mills re-
Gently favored the editor of the
REPUBLICAN with a fine supply
of his unbleached flour, for which
he has our thanks.
H. II. Bruce & Co.. who have
heretofore handled lumber and
builders material exclusively,
have built a coal shed and will
hereafter have constantly on
hand a good supply of that
commodity.
Paul Humphrey, who is in the
government employ and located
at Sheridan, Wyoming, came
home Monday night on visit.
He says there was about three
feet of snow in Wyoming when
he left there last week.
DR.. Christensen returned to
the city last Friday from Chicago
where he has been attending
special lectures on the eye, ear,
nose and throat the past month.
He was accompanied by Mrs. c.,
who has visited with relatives at
Hampton, Nebr., while he was
in Chicago.
At the Baptist church next
Monday night-Christmas eve
a Ferris wheel will be laden with
presents and distribute them as
it revolves. A program consist
ing of songs and recitations will
be rendered after which Santa
Claus will arrive in his automo-
bile if there isn't enough snow
for his sleigh.
The county supervisors have
been steadily at work the past
week and succeeded in surround
ing the business so completely
that they expect to be able to
adjourn either this evening or
tomorrow. The next meeting
will occur in January at which
time two new members, Messrs
J. B. Gilmore and j. E. Grint
will become board members,
succeeding Messrs. H. B. Schner-
niger and Thomas Arthur.
Mr.. Patterson, booking mana
ger of the Boston Ideal Comic
Opera company, is not a COM
plete stranger to Broken Bow
Two years ago he gave us the
Beggar Prince Opera Company
and is now making trip to the
Black Hills. Mr.. Patterson
assures us that the Boston Ideal
is the finest and largest comic
opera organization ever up this
line-twenty-five people-and
they are engaged in Deadwood,
Lead and Sheridan on very large
guarantees, which makes Friday
night, January 4th, possible for
Broken Bow.
The home of Supt., of schools
and Mrs. Pinckney, in this city,
will certainly be the scene OF
happiness and good cheer al
Christmas time as three of their
absent children will return and il
the welkin don't ring in THEFT
vicinity it will be on account Of
the superintendent never having
been youngster and forgotten
all he ever knew about tricks ant
merry-making. The children
are: r. NJ, principal of the
schools at Hyannis; Charles, who
is attending the Wesleyan Uni
versity at Lincoln, and Mary,
who is teaching school neal
Mason City.
w. d. Grant has the head of a
jack rabbit which is something
more than considerably out O.