Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-11-22
News of a Local Nature

VIII DaTnSil anu WIG, \uSS
Mabelle Holcomb) who were
united in marriage Wednesday
night, last week, left Tuesday
for Los Angeles, Calf, where
they will reside.
In order to be thankful fer
turkey next Thursday it will be
necessary to have the price at
the rate of Is cents per pound
for the bird in full dress costume.
They come high but we must
have 'em.
Willis Caldwell left last Sunday
night for Omaha and from there
left Tuesday for the Texas coast
country plotting bunch of land
seekers on an excursion train.
He will be absent from the city
about two weeks.
The officers of the Southwest
District Sunday school associa-
ton have called convention to
meet at the Lodi Baptist church,
December LIST and 2nd. Every
school is requested to send dele
gates. By order of committee.
Last Saturday was cold,
dreary day, piece of the dis
tracted weather that has been on
tap in the Dakotas, still there
were quite number in the city
from the country and business
during the afternoon was very
brisk.
A Missionary meeting will be
held at the Court House in Bro
ken Bow, November 25th, at 2:30
D. m. by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Hill,
who have spent several years in
Mission work in South Africa.
All are invited to come and hear
them.
Lew Swope went to Alliance
two weeks ago where he installed
a bowling alley for G. F. Bray
which was opened last Thurs
day. 1t is the first and only one
in Alliance and he writes that it
was popular from the start and
the patronage steadily increasing
day by day and full house all
the time.
The REPUBLICAN does not
want anybody, however humble,
to come to Broken Bow or any
body living here to go out of
town without getting their name
in the paper. 1t will be your
fault if it is not, because we
want you to let us know it. All
you have to do is to call for
phone No. 70 and tell us.
Do not fail to rember that next
Thursday is Thanksgiving as
we'll as publication day for the
REPUBLICAN. If you have any
thing for insertion in the paper
bring in the copy on or before
Wednesday and the Office force
will observe the day in accordance
with the recommendations of our
beloved president Teddy.
Christmas is coming. This
fact is made the more evident
by the line of goods being placed
on exhibition III the various bust
ness houses, likewise the increas-
ing attendance at the various
Sabbath schools in this city
where presents are always dis.
pensed at Christmas time,
Nothing like the anticipation Of
Christmas present will swell
he enrolment of a Sunday
school.
A party drove from Berwyn tc
this city and at five ditferen
farms sought to purchase pota
toes. Al three of the places the
owners stated that they didn'
have any except what they
bought and at the two othe
places the occupants each saiC
they ha6 less than six bushels
This may seem increditable-
when one considers that potatoe
were prolific this year-but it i
nevertheless true.
A new road record book ha
been placed in the county clerk
Office which is certainly one O
the most handy affairs ever pu
up in the line of record books
The leaves can be removed an
the pages written on a type
writer and then replaced i
the book, the leaves being hel
in place, and securely, by a 70
extending the full length of tn
book. Since last January owe
forty new roads haye been e
tablished in the county and tt