Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-19
LOCAL LORE @S PERSONAL PARAGRAFS

has been among the throng il
the city this week and seemed t
enjoy the occasion.
Orvis Pike of Walworth, wa,
IN town Thursday attending The
fair. lie also swelled this paper.
exchequer a two spot.
Miss Jennie Allen, of Masor
City, enrout to Merna, stopped
for a day in this city and saw the
big crowd in attendance at the
fair.
E. B. Johnson, of Hoosier, was
among the bunch who saw the
sights in Broken Bow this week
and came through without a
scratch.
Mrs. James V. McCue, who
has resided at Alliance the past
two years, is visiting relatives in
the city and will remain till the
latter part of next week.
With saloons does anyone sup
pose Broken Bow could have been
as orderly and free from drunk
enness and brawls, as it has been
this week? Then, too, were this
a license town an extra force of
police would have been necessary.
The republican central COM
mittee met this morning at the
court house and reelected Jules
Haumont chairman and A. J..
VanAntwerp secretary. The
team is good one and the
chances are there will soon be a
rafting of dry bones in the camp
OF the enemy.
Editor Roy Barnard, of the
Galloway Queen, visited the fair
and, so Tar as his vocal state
ments went, was not displeased
with the exhibits or entertain
ment. He claimed to have come
by way of Grand Island and re.
GREETED having to go home
cross country.
Both the Opera house and the
Temple theatre have been crowd
ed each night to their fullest
capacity-1000 each-and with
two dances and a merry-go-
round also crowded, at lie asst
three thousand persons were
entertained on the square by
moving picture exhibition, free.
Mark Boots has purchased from
M. w. Miley the livery, feed and
sale stable-known as the Tooley
barn-and doing a splendid BUSH
ness. MARK" knows how first
class livery should be conducted
and he is following those lines,
consequently all patrons are so
we'll pleased they do not hesitate
to call again.
f. E. Delano, residing between
Westerville and Arcadia, in that
beautiful garden spot of
Nebraska known as Lee Park, is
in the city attending a meeting
of the republican central COM
mittee and at the same time at
tending to business. He is get
ting fat, all right, and just as
good natured and jolly as ever.
One of the real joyful meetings
of the M. B. A., Auxiliary was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter G. Wallace last Thursday
night with more than fifty mem
bers in attendance. A homemade
constructed es-
pecially for the occasion, created
much merriment and was quite
literally patronized. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace proved themselves
able entertainers.
Dan Walton, who was so long
connected with the Advo
Grocery, has severed his con-
nection Herewith, disposed of
his city residence and will go to
California to reside. In-asmuch
as Dan knows everybody-here-
about-and everybody knows
Dan-he will find himself and
family Lonesome community
for awhile-in his new location.
A watermelon in Frank G..
Christy's patch, at Walworth,
was marked EDITOR REPUBL1-
CAN" when it was quite young
was pulled from the vine this
week, after having grown to
large proportions, that is about
two feet long and nearly as big
around as a wash boiler. The
mark had grown with it
and doomed up conspicuously.
Thanks, Friend Christy, it was