The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-16

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j. =. McNey of oak, Ncb.. was in
Red Cloud this week looking at some
fine driving horses which he intended
to purchase. 1t was his first visit to
Red Cloud since he lived here about
sixteen years ago.
J." w. Hague of Minden, candidate
for the Republican .,rnomination for
Judge, was in Red cloud "wednesday
and made this office u call. His an.
nounccmcnt card win be found else
where in this paper.
The Quarterly Conference will be
held Wednesday, August -. The Pre-
siding Elder, Rev. y. a. Martin, will
he present and conduct the conference.
All members of the conference are re-
quested to be present.
Charles Leroy Tanquary. the year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Tan
quarry. died early Wednesday morning
from heart failure. Funeral services
We're held Thursday and burial was in
the Red Cloud cemetery.
Saturday, August Il, the W. Il. C
will hold a memorial service in honor
of Elizabeth Turner. Members of the
&. A. X. post are cordially invited to
be present and participate in the SER
vices. BY order of the President.
Evangelists Clara II. Hazelrigg, Miss
Mildred llazelrigg and Mr.. II. c. Rob
bins, with Rev. +. NJ. Branic, pastor,
are engaged in a revival meeting at
the Christian church. A rousing meet
ing must be the result. Come and help.
TheEvangelical church at Rosemont,
Neb. is now completed and will be ded-
icated to God on Sunday. September 1.
Rev. GeorgeJohnson,o of Naperville, ILL.,,
will otiiciate, and Rev. j. T.. Ash. pre-
siding elder, will assist. The public is
invited.
Communion service at the NJ. T..
church sunday morning ut II n, m;
Epworth League at : p. III. The usual
Sunday evening services will be resum-
ed at : p. III. All are cordially invited
to attend both morning and evening
services.
Postmaster and Mrs. Hacker returned
Sunday morning from a months trip
to the Pacific coast. Mr.. Hacker looks
as though he had been benefited by
the trip, though he said he was on the
go" SO much that he had no time to
get any rest.
A large number of the lnly friends
of Mrs. David Whitaker met at her
home Wednesday afternoon and gave
her a linen shower. She received "a
nice supply of table linen, etc. The
ladies had an enjoy able afternoon and
remained to luncheon.
The Ruth Craven Dramatic Co. gave
three very satisfactory performance to
small audiences at the.opera house the
first of the week. The company de-
served better patronage than it re-
ceived, but, following SO close upon
the Chautauqua, the attendance was
naturally light.
Last Saturday was the hottest day in
years in this section of the country, the
thermometer rising to l07 degrees in
the shade in the coolest spots. In
other places it stood at 40 in the shade.
Corn was badly scorched by the hot
wind, though it will probably make a
crop if we do not have another such q
day.
Superintendent Burroughs has a
force of men at work cleaning out and
repairing the filter at the waterworks
So long as we must use creek water.
too much care can not be taken. The
safest way, this kind Of weather, is
to boil all water used for drinking
purposes, no matter from what source
it comes.
Mrs. A. j. Waskom and baby are
here from Halsey, Neb,, visiting with
her mother and sister, Mrs. Weidemar
and Mrs. Christie Patmor, Mrs. Was
kom received a letter from her hus.
baud Wednesday stating that the sta.
ton at lialsey had burned and thei,
household goods were destroyed. Or
top of this misfortune Mr.. Waskom rar
a nail in his foot.