LOUP COUNTY NEBRASKA
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Where is the Bride?

That woman is wanted in earnest by the editor of the Loup County news. No, not for himself. It is not quite so personal as that, but he has become involved with a rancher in a wager that must not be lost. An editor, says tradition, cannot afford to lose anything, presuming that he is ever so fortunate as to possess anything. C.E. Sheldon is the name of the ranchman. He came into the village a short time ago feeling rather lonesome after a siege of "baching" in the sand hills. The editor suggested that he take to himself a bride. But where could he woo one? Well, the Editor knew it could be done readily enough and that matrimony is the simplest matter in the world when you make up your mind to undertake it. He offered to wager a dozen yearly subscriptions or something like that he could find a bride who would marry that lonesome man and do it before the Fourth. In his turn the rancher agreed that if he did it would be his pleasure to submit to a public wedding at the celebration at Sargent. The Editor pretends not to be worried but he is beginning to weaken. He avows he was never built for a matrimonial bureau and ought to have had sense enough-etc.

[source: The Courier (Lincoln, NE) June 21, 1902]

Sheriff F.M. Keys, Wm. Smith, C.S. Hoyt and D.J. Miller, of Burwell, and Mr. Worth and Al Abbott, of Loup County, were up this week attending court as witnesses in the case of the state vs Geo. Brewer and Arthur Russell charged with stealing horses from Mr. Swigert, of Gordon.
[source: Valentine Democrat, Dec. 3, 1903 edition]

A storm destroyed seven farm houses, barns, outbuildings, etc. in eastern Loup County. The storm struck a mile north of Taylor, reducing Mr. Britain's dwelling to kindling wood, and traveled southeast destroying the dwellings of Messrs. Lyon, Brumage, Campbell, Dutton and others.
[source: The Falls City Tribune, July 22, 1904 edition]

Judge Hanna of the district court of Loup County has instructed a grand jury of the county to inquire diligently into the alleged killing of Roy Fox, and bring an indictment, if the evidence so justifies
[source: The North Platte semi-weekly Tribune, July 16, 1915 edition]

SOME RAW FUR SHIPMENT FROM GARFIELD COUNTY

Probably the highest valued shipment of raw furs ever shipped out of this county was billed out Tuesday morning by Charlie Rumbaugh, the up country raw fur buyer. The shipment was made up of musk rat, skunk and coyote pelts and the valuation placed thereon by Mr. Rumbaugh was sixteen thousand dollars.

The fur market is the highest that it has ever been and it does not take a very large pile of raw furs to run into a lot of money. Considering the valuation placed thereon it was not a very big pile of furs. The owner was shipping the furs to St. Louis, Missouri, which is considered to be one of the largest raw fur markets in the world. He accompanied the shipment to make sure that it arrived safely on the market and to look after the disposition of the same.

[Source: Burwell Tribune]

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