Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-08-23
In the Good Old Summer Time
That's Where We are at Present, but it is High Time
to Illuminate About When the Yellow is the
Pumpkin an the Frost is on the Vine.

Roy Dye, of Butte, Mont, ar
rived here Tuesday and will be
employed in the barber shop of
Leo Dean.
Theodore Robinson, of Ansel-
mo, late of Chicago, was in the
city yesterday and filed home
stead papers on section 25-l9-26.
Mr.. Hicks, of Mullen, who was
last week operated on for APP
pendicitis, at the hospital, left
for home Tuesday, feeling like a
new man.
Mrs. Huddart, mother of Mrs.
Geo. Willing, who has been i'll
some time, died this morning at Z
o'clock. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at
the Episcopal church.
S. B Cloud, of Seneca, was
transacting business befo,e the
u. S. land Office in this city
Tuesday. He filed contest papers
on parts of section % and "a,
township 20, range 30, against
Daisy M. MUIR.
]. A. Warren, Of the u. S.
Department of Agriculture was
looking over the plats of the
land Office Monday, with the
view of visiting the farminI dis
tricts in the Sand Hill county.
Willis Caldwell reached home
this morning after ten days
absence, during which time he
visited his old home in La Sale
county, Illinois, his mother being
in very poor health.
Samuel Lilly, of Purdum, Ne
braska, was in the city Tuesday,
transacting business with the
Land office. He filed on a sec
ton of land; section 9, township
%, range 20, which he had sue
cessfullycontested.
The Harris Comedy Company
carry special scenery for their
plays. Their repertoire is made
up of high class comedies and
dramas new to this territory.
They carry twelve people, all
we'll known to the theatre going
public and our citizens can rest
assured that they will be given
treat. Seats are now on sale.
Among the Custer county stu
dents at Grand Island College
this year will be Grace Llndley
and Jennie Waddington, of An
selma; Claude Kellenbarger and
Allie Somers, of Merna, Garland
Lewis and Leland Lewis of Bro
ken Bow; Eunice George and
brothers, of Cumro. A number
of others are planning to attend.
A new scheme is being worked
by the boes to raise coin. A
poorly clad individual with a
woe-begone expression recently
made round of the business
houses in Broken Bow and at
each place produced for inspec-
ton physicians prescription
and stated that he was suffering
with pain and wanted to raise
enough money to have the pre-
scription filled. The need of
medicine was depicted on the
features Of the "boe" and about
twenty business men contributed
from 10 to Is cents each and it is
conservative estimate that he
received not less than five dollars
and without the prescription be-
ing filled in this city went to
Merna and made the rounds with
the same plea which resulted in
nearly as manv dollars and-the
prescription Wasn't filled there,
either.
Eastbound trains on the grand
old Burlington last Friday and
Saturday were all off schedule
and labeled nit" This time
the travelling public failed to
have a kick to register against
"hello! central!" because she re-
ported the train IAN hour an
steen minutes late" while at
that very moment the rear aXles
of the locomotive tender were
jumping over the city limits
, recently ditched by the street
grader and the wheels running
as smooth as flax through knot
!, hole in the granery floor. Any
! reliable information concerning
train wreck is unreliable, but
: an attache of the B. & M. gave
the information that IS freight