Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-08-29

ball tournament and reports one
of those bowling times.
Mrs. Mary Brewer, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss
Sadie, has gone to Arnold to
visit her son and family.
c. E. Ankney has moved his
stock of groceries from the Union
block to the room three doors
south of Hotel Burlington.
Several ducks hunting parties
have been formed to go to the
lakes in the vicinity of Thedford
the week following the county
fair.
Mrs. Pennington and daughter,
Luella, went to Anselmo this
morning for a few days visit
with the doctors brother and
family.
The Glenn store room is being
nicely refitted especially for the
City Bakery which is expected to
remove thereto in about week
or ten days.
Miss Eva Green, who has been
one of the number? NUMBER"
girls in the Broken Bow central
telephone office for some time,
has resigned and gone to Lincoln.
Next Monday is labor Day and
the banks will not be open for
business. Patrons of these insti-
tutlons are request to bear this
fact in mind and if they have
business with them Monday
attend to it Saturday of this week.
Miss Flora Woods was most
agreeably surprised yesterday by
the arrival in the city of her
brother, D. M. Woods, three
daughters and a son, of Skandia,
Kansas, who will visit in this
city and vicinity for several
weeks.
For the first time in seve raj
weeks soaking rainfall visited
Broken Bow Tuesday night and
it is reported to have been
general throughout the county.
The hot weather and hotter
,, winds had, however, already done
some damage to corn.
Regardless of the fact that the
weather was rather cool for ice
cream last Thursday night there
was a goodly number attended
the ice cream social given by the
Baptist young people on the G.
w. Apple lawn and all enjoy ed
| themselves.
| Rev. w. H. D. Hornad ay, who
was the Methodist dominic and
built the church in this city
several years ago, has two
lectures, Hunting Man" and
Hunting Woman," which he
is delivering, and is billed to
appear at two places IN this
county - Merna and Ansley.
Seems as though there out to be
an open date in Broken Bow for
B'r Horn aday.
Some of the Broken Bow boys
who bought shares in Goldfield,
Nevada, mine sometime ago were
feeling happy, llght-hearted and
gay after opening their mail
yesterday morning and finding
checks in payment of the first
dividend declared by the company.
One of our citizens received $40
on his investment of $175. That
helps-some.
L. Cushman has purchased the
Globe livery, feed and sale stable
of Edward LaDuke, taking pos
session last week, since which
time he has been kept busy
getting horses and vehicles in
shape to accommodate those who
desire a first-class reliable, turn.
out. New horses and buggies
are being added and Mr.. Cush-
man is in a position to furnish
you with just such rig as you
want.
There will be more than the
usual free attractions in Broken
Bow each night of the fair and
they will also be of higher
order and more entertaining than
ever before. The moving pic.
lures, which are so popular every.
where will certainly please all,
while the illuminated balloon
ascension and illuminated para
chute drop will be new feature
to all who come to the fair and
stay at night.
Prospects at present are that
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