The Red Cloud chief., 1912-07-04

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Dodge county's inheritance tax fund
will be expended for road improve
ment.
After an Illness of three months of
typhoid fever, Mrs. William Horner
died Sunday morning at her home In
Beatrice.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Eighth district closed very sue.
cessful convention at Grand Island last
week.
Charles Bergman, resident Of
Dodge county for more than forty
years. died at his home in Fremont
Sunday.
The ten days campmeeting OF the
Seventh Day Adventists, which has
been going on at Scottsbluif closed
Sunday night.
Mrs. y. Wirshbo, residing at Fre-
mont, was painfully and perhaps fatal
ly burned by an explosion of a gasoline
can Wednesday.
Crop conditions in the North Platte
valley were never better. Between
$1,000 and 1900 acres have this year
been put into alfalfa.
A big celebration was held at Dame
brog Wednesday over the voting OF
$4,000 in bonds to build a new court
house in Howard county.
While switching in the yards Orville
Shreve, u Union Pacific switchman at
Kearney. had an acct 'ent that will de.
prive him of three toes.
James c. Smith. for twenty-five years
mail messenger fer Uncle Sam, died at
his home at Fremont after suffering
for nearly seven years with paralysis.
The city commissioners of Beatrice,
have passed an ordinance regulating
the speed of motorcycles TO not more
than eight miles an hour within the
city limits.
Andrew lyman, Nebraska pioneer.
and one OF the most highly esteemed
citizens of Stella. died last week at
the age of 70 years, after an Illness Of
six months.
The strawberry crop around Fre-
mont Is practically a total failure. A
few patches are giving fair yields, but
the commercial patches were ruined
by the drouth.
Jules Fritz. carpenter at Talmage,
took a shotgun and going into a bed.
room blew off the top Of his head. He
had been drinking Of late and became
quite Respondent.
Mrs. Ellen Castleton, IS years old,
was instantly killed when she at.
tempted to cross the Missouri Pacific
track at Omaha and was run down by
a freight train.
The commercial club at Burwell has
being doing good work on the public
quet, the proceeds to be used In erect.
ing band stand.
After finding a draft for $3.50 and re-
storing it to its rightful owner, Ivan
Booth, a well.known Omaha newsboy,
was graciously offered glass Of soda
water by the owner.
The new Catholic church at David
City will be dedicated on July 2 by
Bishop Then of Lincoln. This is a
$4,000 church and Is considered to be
one of the finest in the stae.
Miss Faye Hartley OF Lincoln, who
three weeks ago was found nearly
asphyxiated by gas which escaped from
a defective fixture in her bed room, has
now almost entirely recovered.
The S-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Havens Of Grand Island, was
knocked down by an automobile and
dragged thirty feet. sustaining many
bruises. but not fatally injured.
In a dandelion destroying contest at
Hastings, thirteen contestants turned
In 9S,800 plants during a three day
struggle. The winner Of the $500 prize
turned In 25,100 during that time.
While attempting to walk down the
stairway of the Biermon building at
Hastings Wednesday evening. George,
Elding fell down the stairs and as a
result died of concussion of the BRAIN
A l5.year.old girl dressed as q boy
was caught milking the cows OF resi-.
dent OF Beatrice. For some days the
owner has been missing milk and by
playing detective caught the culprit.
AS the girl promised to be good in the
future she was not arrested.
At meeting of citizens II was de.
cided to hold harvest home picnic at
AudIS, august ~.
Edward Orney, aged IS. farmer liv.
Ing near Shelton, was drowned in the
Loup river, when he attempted to save
his pipe which had dropped in the
wataA
Members of the Fremont fire de-
partment held their annual memorial
exercises at the cemetery Sunday af-
ternoon decorating and marking the
graves of seventy-one departed mem.
bers.
Hildreth will have no Fourth OF July
celebration, but will put its energy in
Its third annual harvest jubilee On
August 2l, 22 and 23.
has recommended to the city council,
the refusal to allow any carnival COM
pany the privilege OF using any of the
streets or avenues for the purpose OF
holding carnival within the city