Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-08-15
LOCAL LORE sss PERSONAL PARAGRAFS

ness proposition.
The Auxiliary of the M. B. A.,
will make merry at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Wells, a mile
west of the city, tomorrow night.
Miss Lille Amsberry went to
Cunning last Friday to visit her
sister, Mrs. Carl Focte, expect
ing to return home tomorrow
evening
Miss jamie Cooper, who has
acceptly filled the position of
book keeper in ]. c. Bowein's
store, is performing the duties
of clerk in the Office of The county
clerk.
Write your name and postoffice
address on postal card and mail
it to Jules Haumont, Secretary,
Broken Bow, Nebraska, and you
will receive copy of the premium
list of the Custer County Fair
for 1907.
Prof. McIndoo went to the
west part of the state last week
where he is spending short
vacation and attending to some
business matters on the side.
He is expected home Saturday of
this week.
Prof. Cornett, whom the RE-
PUBLICAN reported last week as
gone to Hill City, South Dakota,
went only as far as Alliance
where he had some business in
connection with Custer College
TO attend to. He reached home
Saturday night.
The farmers are too busily
engaged at their work just now
to think of matrimony and that
is the reason why business is so
dull at the county court house in
at least this one respect. We'd
dings will be plentiful in the fall.
Thomas Smith drove up from
the farm, 20 miles southeast,
Monday afternoon, and reported
having completed threshing last
Saturday. Now he's ready for a
drenching rain on his corn and,
to his way of thinking, it would
be mighty good thing for it.
Mrs. H. L. Ormsby and child
rem, George and Mable, who
visited in Michigan several
weeks. reached home last Friday
and report the atmosphere in
that state at high temperature,
as well as here. So we haven't
any the best of the Michiganders
in that respect.
If you are going to attend the
State Fair and have no room in
which to sleep, just wri tie
Secretary Written of the Com
mercial Club, Lincoln, and he
will secure you nice room for
Fair week-September 20. A
list of 5000 rooms besides the
natural hotel facilities will be
secured, so there will be plenty
of sleeping room for everyone.
During the State Fair, the
first week in September, the city
of Lincoln, that boasts the most
brilliantly lighted business streets
: in the United States, will provide
street illumination far in excess
of those had last year. The pre-
parations contemplate myriads Of
electric lights on all the principa
business streets, with free modern
vaudeville attractions at the
various street corners.
In the ball game with the
Prairie Dogs last Friday Charlie
Gadd had the misfortune of {
broken thumb on his right hand
which prevents him from en-
gaging in his regular vocation
as tonsorial artist and tn,
financial loss therefrom will b,
severe-unless made up by thu
club management as it should b.
to say nothing of the excruiat
ing pain the fracture has caused
him.
Enterprise is a great factor il
this life toward the upbuildins
and identifying of a town. Hav
you any of it? Then do not hid
it under bushel. The help o
every citizen is necessary ant
especially of the kicker, tn
croaker and the knocker. If TIL
time they spend in criticism ant
showing how contrary they cal
be was turned in other direction
it would be easier for the enter
prising citizens to accomplish
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