Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-11-07
Condensed Local and Personal Paragraphs

Rev. ]. h. Woods, of Mason
City was in Broken Bow first of
this week.
E. Crawford, father of Mrs. C.
t. Robinson, of Corydon, Iowa,
is visiting in this city.
c S. Beaver and wife returned
Monday night from Vallisca, Ia,
where they spent weeks vaca-
ton.
A. H. Copsey made business
trip to Rockford, S. D., reaching
home Monday. On his return he
spent Sunday in Alliance with
his son, DR.. Herbert Copsey.
Jim Moore of Oconto, came in
to Broken Bow Sunday, to meet
Angeline Mcintosh and Harry
Wilcox of Lincoln, grandson and
daughter of Francis Wilcox, who
died at Oconto on Saturday.
Earnest Williams of Rou-
baix, S. D., who has been visit
ing in this vicinity during the
past month, left Sunday evening
for Oklahoma for short visit.
He will return to Roubaix via
Denver.
Mrs. M. d. Callen, residing S
miles northeast of the city, who
has been i'll on account of rheu-
matism the past three weeks, is
still confined to her room and
not improving as rapidly as many
friends hoped she would.
The Broken Bow Cigar factory
has been sold to M. A. Walters,
and Mr.. Walters has moved the
parapherralia to Mountain Grove,
Mo-, where he expects to con-
tinue the business. He will open
up his new factory with eight or
ten cigarmakers.
Fred W. Hickman was in the
city Monday making arrange
ments whereby he can prove that
he is entitled to hunk of Uncle
Sans domain, about miles
northwest of Merna, by reason of
having resided thereon and culti-
waited it the requisite length OF
time.
c. O. Jones, who was day oper-
ator at the depot in this city for
over year and appointed station
agent at Whitman last spring,
has been promoted to agent at
Litchfield. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
passed through the city last Fri
day evening enroute to their new
location.
DR.. G. Pickett, who now resides
near Cunning, has been in poor
health recently and on account
thereof was unable to come to
Broken Bow yesterday and at
tend meeting of the u. S.
Pension board, of which he is a
member. His large number of
friends herr hope he will be laid
up only temporarily so he may
visit his old stamping ground in
the near hence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Norton
left Tuesday evening to be absent
for an indefinite length of time
visiting in Missouri, Illinois and
Indiana, going first to Kansas
City and from there to Chicago
These highly respected people
have resided here for a number
of years and attended strictly tc
the labors of life and earned this
vacation which will undoubtedly
be greatly enjoyed by them.
Prof. ]. G. Lewis came up from
Grand Island Tuesday to vote
and associate with friends. HI
reports the Baptist college in /;
most flourishing condition will
an enrolment of almost tw'
hundred students, of which mum
Der twenty-five are from Custe
county. He was accompanied
by his brothers Garland ant
Leland, who went on to Anselmo
and Jesse Bradburn who ais
helped to defeat division.
On the fourth page of this edi
tion OF the REPUBLICAN will b
found an article relative to travel
ing Libraries. The long winte
evenings will soon be here and i
the country something to read a
practically no expense will Gel
tainly be welcome. Any schoc
district desiring to secure goo
books to read will do we'll to cor
suit the article and make applica
ton to the secretary of the stat
free library association for a plac
on the route of the travelin