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CLUB EtlJOYED A
RARE TREAT LAST EVENING
Have the Pleasure of Being Addressed by Mr. George Irving of
the Dry Goods Reporter Who Gave Club Some Plain Truths.
A hurry-up meeting of the com-j aspect of the city and believed this
DEHT LAST HIGHT
niercial club was held last evening
at Coates' hall,' the occasion being to
meet with George Irving, represent
ing the Dry Goods Reporter and other
trade papers. Mr, Irving whom ef
forts had been made heretofore to
secure for an address, came In yes
terday quite unexpectedly and the
club found Itself confronted with the
necessity of calling as many members
together as the limited time would
permit to hear what he had to say.
Despite the fact that there were a
number of counte attractions on
hand In the city, there was a fair
attendance of members present in the
evening when Mr. Irving rose to ad
dress the club and it must be said
that everyone of them ' was wildly
enthuslatlc when he had finished
To his credit, be It said, he Injected
more life into the members who heard i
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him and gave them more of the genu- wmLU ,cu
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to be as Important in its way, as the
cultivation of a financial Interest. He
differed from many speakers who
continually called for more money
Instead of men. His contention is
that if you have the men live ones
they will produce the money and
make the enterprises pay. That this
city had Buch men he did not doubt
but they did need stirring up. Mr.
Irving severely criticised the appear
ance of the streets of the city and
especially the lack of modern ap
pearing buildings. Selecting several
examples of late construction he ap
pealed to those of the business men
present to rouse up and bring their
stores up to date. People love to
patronize a clean, light, airy store,
was his earnest conviction. Through
out his address, the speaker illustrat
ed with facts, figures and stories
moral to all pres-
ine "get up and do it" spirit than all
the speakers who have been here be
fore put together.
Mr. Irving Is what is known as a
member of the publicity and improve
ment branch of his papers. He has
been described as a "town tonic" and
a few doses of him Is said to be
worth an entire new life to a dls
splrited and hopeless town. From
what he did last night to the mem
bers of the club here, it can safely be
said that he must be a rejuvenator In
good truth.
lie spoke last evening for one hour
and forty-five minutes and in that
time he said a great deal far more
than anyone not a fast stenographer
the close of his addreBS the
speaker was received with round af
ter round of applause. ' It was
an address full of wisdom and con
taining aids , and suggestions ' upon
town building which everyone should
hear and study.
This morning Mr.' Irving accom
panied by a committee of seven men-
bers of the commercial club visited
the high school where he made a
short address to the pupils upon edu
cation them to' follow their high
school course with a college course
and paying a high compliment to the
! college man In business and in the
I world. Mr. Irving U a pronounced
nlirnnnfa rt H Tin ml D lllPdtlnn HTlH
could take down and much more than ! i
. ,-... 'strong In his advocacy of manual
space will permit to reproduce. That ; , f . j
, . ., . . ' training, physical training, music and
he should be able to hold everv mem- b,p ...
ber of his audience from start to
finish of his address is a strong testi
monial of his magnetism and the
worth of his address. He Is a pleas
ing speaker and one with a ready
command of language. He is also a
forcible talker and drives his points
home with an earnestness which
makes a great impression on his hear
ers. In addition he wins the hearts of
his auditors by a great personality,
one which glows with geniality and i
which never falls to make all who
hear him, friends.
Last night he gave the club a
strong talk on their duties toward j
auxiliary branches of the three It's
He especially deplored the fact that
a city the size of Plattsmouth had
never introduced manual training In
to their schools, teaching the hand
Miss Louise Hesse Hurled Vio
lently From Coaster and Very
Seriously Cut About Face
and Head.
The most serious accident which
has taken place this winter In this
city from coasting, occurred last
evening when a big, heavily loaded
coaster was turned over while com
ing down High school hill on the car
nival track and Miss Louise Hesse
hurled violently into a passing coast
er being dragged to the top of the
course The coaster was In charge
of Harold Streight who was at the
steering wheel and had run about one
block down the hill attaining a high
rate of speed. One of the runners on
one of the sleds suddenly gave, way
and the big coaster was thrown quick
ly over on one side, the occupants
being hurled to the ground. Another
big coaster with a party of merry
makers pulling It wns passing up the
hill on an adjacent track and it waR
against this that Miss Hesse was
thrown. She sustained some very se
vere injuries, being badly cut and
bruised about the face and for
time her condition was regarded as
serious. The wounds which she suf
fered bled profusely and when she
was taken to a surgeon's office, those
who saw her were firmly of the opln
Ion that she was bad!y hurt. An
examination by the attending surgeon
disclosed that her Kijuv'cs were not
dangerous but exceedingly painful.
There was a long cut on the forehead
and others across her upper and low
er lips and down the side of her face.
There were a number of stitches
taken In the wound and the young
lady conveyed to her home on Wlnter-
steen hill. She passed a restless
night, suffering severe pain and head
ache but her condition Is pronounced
satisfactory today. She narrowly es
caped a fractured skull as the cut
'on her forehead laid the skin open
to the bone. The accident was one
of the nature which cannot be fore
seen and no blame Is attached to any
one for Its occurrences There were
others in the party who sustained
Buys Fine lVrxheron Stullion.
Henry Htrz has disposed of his fine j
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It to F. E. Cook, 'a son of George
1 Ccok. living near Alvo. Mr. Cook
will take the animal to that place.
He has secured a great animal in
his purchase, it being generally re
cognized as one of the finest in the
county. It is not announced what he
paid for the animal but it should have
brought a fancy price. Mr. Hlrz has
made himself quite an enviable rep
utation as a breeder of fine animals
and this one Is among the best.
Not Sisters
A TALE OF III
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Now and tia you tee two Women pa
inf down the street who look like sistets.
You are estonished to learn that they ere
mother and daughter, and you realize that
a woman at forty or forty-6ve ought to be
at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it of
The general health o( woman is so in
timately associated with the local health
of the essentially feminine organs that
there can be no red checks and round
form where there it female weakness.
Women who hare suffered from
this trouble bay found prompt
relief end cure in the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It fives vigor and vitality to tne
organs of womanhood. It clean the complexion brighten the
eyes end reddens the cheeks.
No alcohol, or habit-forming drags is contained in "Favorite Preeeripttoau
Any sick woman msy consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is
held as sacredly confidential, and answered in plain envelope. Address.
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Prea., Buffalo, N.Y.
n u'pII at the heart. Tn unbuild the
body he advocated a gymnasium and rulses abrasions but they
regular courses of physical training. Iam nl CBre 10 matte lue,u "uu,u"
He was especially astonished to find
that music had no place in the cur
riculum of the schools here. He also
Is an enthusiastic believer in the Y.
M. C. A. and the Y. V. C. A., and has
spoken of the fine work they have ac
complished.In one of his speeches he
referred to the fact that young folks
t , , . . . , tt are anxious to get to the cities and
. i lone reason which he assigned for
spoKe oi me ueteBBiiy lur euieiyiiBeo
In the city and, going into details,
pointed out Just the kind of enter-;
prises this town was capable of bus- .
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and permanent footing. His talk along
this line was illustrated with ex
amples from other towns similarly
situated. Speaking of Investments
by the moneyed men of the town, he
this was their desire for some form
of amusement. This is furnished In
the associations spoken of above and
in other forms which he Btrongly com
mended.
On his way to the school he sev
erely criticised the appearance of the
school grounds and the fact that
there was no playground for the
The condition of V. Glen Boedeker
Injured on the course In the accident
the night before from Murray as be
ing all right except that be. has a
very black eye. It was Miss Ida Boe
deker who was injured Instead of
Mrs. Glen Boedeker as reported and
she was reported ns belna; severely
bruised and with one foot In a pain
ful shape from being twisted under
the coaster. Her shoe was torn from
her foot by the accident and alto-
A Fifteen Year Old Girl Picked
Up on the Streets of Omaha
Tell a Sorrowful Story
A tale of almost inhuman cruelty
by her parents was told yesterday in
Omaha to the police of that city by
Ida Nass, a 15-years-old girl whom
they picked up on the streets. The
girl told a pathetic story of how she
came to this country some fifteen
months ago with her parents from
Germany. They settled on a farm
near South Bend In this coun
ty and as soon as they were settled,
her parents forced her to go to work.
She has been used to this, however,
ever since she had been 9 yearB old,
so Bhe started out to obtain a place
as a domestic. She obtained a place
in South Bend where she worked but
a short time when she went to Mur
dock and went to work In a hotel
there. It was while she was em
ployed there that she received word
that her parents were about to leave
South Bend. She went to them and
tried to get them to tell her where
they were going but they refused io
do this and turned her off, telling
her that it was none of her business
where they went and that she would
have to hustle for herself. They then
left and from that time to the present
she has not been able to find trace
of them.
After working In Murdock a short
time, the girl came to this city where
she obtained a place In a private
family, leaving that to go to work
at Barnes' restaurant. While Bhe was
working here she fell in with a crowd
of boys and girls who have not the
best of reputation and the girl seem
ed headed on the downward path. It
was about one week ago when she de
parted from this city for Omaha
where' she wanted to seek work. She
secured a job in a hotel on Tenth
street but this did not last long and
she soon was thrown on her own
resources once more. She had but
$2 when she landed in Omaha. Af
ter the Tenth street job was. over the
GREAT BLIZZARD
23 YEARS AGO
The Anniversary Attended by
Slippery Sidewalks and Nu
merous Down Falls.
Today Is the twenty-third anniver
sary of the big blizzard which caused
such loss of life and suffering in this
state. The Btorm occurred on Janu
ary 12, 1888, and in it between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred
lives were lost while millions of dol
lars worth of cattle perished. The
storm started in this city about four
o'clock in the afternoon and raged
all night and part of the next day
followed by terrible cold weather.
Conditions here today are much dif
ferent from what they were then.
This morning Plattsmouth people
awoke to find a strange and unusual
condition of affairs confronting them.
During the night a slow, drizzling
rain had fallen and froze as It came
down with tho result that sidewalks,
steps and tho like were a smooth,
glaze of lee upon which pedestrians
slipped and Blld along. Walking on
the sidewalks during the morning
hours was a task attended with tho
greatest danger to life and limb and
many falls are reported, fortunately
none Berlous.
Reports from all over the middle
west report the storm as covering
that territory. The fog which pre
vailed here played havoc with pedes
trians In Omaha and they had the
same tale to tell as people here, of
hard falls and bruised and broken
bodies. Travel on the pavement Is
reported as having been very diffi
cult, horses being unable to keep
their feet and wagons and automo
biles Bkiddlng in all directions. A
number of accidents took place yes
terday and last night In the heavy
fog which obscured the city, one
. Election of Officers.
At the regualar meeting of the ftit
department last evening, the annaai
election of officers for the several
hose companies and the hook andt
ladder truck took place. The follow
ing were the oglcers chosen:
Hook and Ladder. Company Geo.
Gobbleman, foreman; W. Gravett
assistant foreman.- , .
Wideawake Hose Cart S. H.
Gochenour, captain; J. C. Brltton,
oreman; R. E. Sawyer, assistant fore
man
Red Cart C. M. Manners, captain;
O. C. Hudson, foreman; Ed. Weaver.
assistant foreman.
White Cart R. II. Henry, captain;
Paul Wohlfatth, foreman; II. Stasw
ley, assistant foreman.
The above list of names will b
submitted to the council at its next
meeting for confirmation.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
not a common, every-day cough mi
ture. It is a meritorious remedy for
all tho troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold la
the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold
by till dealers.
Burlington Humors.
The latest rumor In Burlington,
railroad circles is that President B,
B. Harris of the road Is to retire and.
Darius Miller, the recently made first
vice president, will succeed him, hej
being In turn succeeded by H. E.
Byram who will be the chief operat
ing official of the road. The rumor
Is interesting If true and foreshadow
a complete change In the management
of the road from one end to the
other.
described the too common practice of .children. On the whole he seems to
business men investing their money
in enterprises In other places to the
deteriment of their own city. Inci
dentally, be spoke of the necessity of
business men and all others encourag-
have been verymuch of a live wire
and to have stung as well as soothed.
It Is proposed to have this talented
speaker In the city again in the near
future when he will speak to all the
n DeoDle at the Parmele theater. A
local industries and not driving It to .large quantity of booster buttons will
be obtained and these will be sold at
'twenty-five cents each, the proceeds
to fce used to defray the expenses of
th lecture. In another place will be
found a liberal offer from the com
mercial clug of a reward for a fit
slogan for the button.. Let everybody
get busy now and submit their idea
of what applies best. And don't for
get to patronize the lecture and hear
one of the best speakers ever In the
city.
seek foreign fields. That there would
be enough money in this city to oper
ate all kinds of industries If it were
Invested here Instead of abroad, he
asserted unreservedly. Mr. Irving
also is a strong advocate of patroniz
ing home industries. Upon the spend
ing of money In the place where it
Is earned, he placed much stress as
ending to the upbuilding of that com
munity. He also Is a strong advocate
o f the Improvement of the physical
A young man in the party from Union
sustained a broken moe, It Is now
claimed, and is said to be suffering
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Fine Exhibition of Kki Running.
The Journal Inadvertently omitted
to make mention of a fine exhibition
of ski running given last Sunday on
south Fifth street hill by Loreman
Savogren of the Burlington, Eric
Beckstrom and another gentleman.
The hill which is a very high and
steep one afforded a fine place for an
exhibition of the sport. There was a
large crowd of spectators attracted
by the novelty of the entertainment
which Is quite unusual In this climate.
The gentlemen started from the top
of the hill on their skis, giving them
selves a start with a few quick vigor
ous strokes of a pointed prod they
carried and in a remarkably short
time they had'eovered the space to
the bottom of the hill, coming down
It with the speed of the wind. The
sport is highly exhilarating and very
healthy and makes the blood course
through the veins rapidly. It should
grow In this vicinity where there are
so many opportunities for its prac
tice? The gentlemen named above are
rapidly becoming experts In the hand,
ling of the skis.
Enlived the Hills and Dales.
A merry bob sled party last even
ing enlivened the hills and dales of
the city with their joyous laughter
and merriment. The party was com
posed of residents of the Hotel Riley
who chartered a large Bled and in
vaded the surrounding country. Those
composing the crowd were: Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gobelman, Misses Genevieve Howard,
Pearl Nichols, Mae Patterson, Messrs
R. B. Hayes, G. B. Mann, and A. E.
Qulnn.
gether she suffers much pain. Her ' went tQ work ,n tne Demlg Bag
condition Is not dangerous, however. L ... ., ,.,, tWfi .11
lot IU1 j ill l u i b v i v J nwt in"o w --
day jchli'iday and .dlscovctlug after
leaving htr work that Bhe had been
robbed or had lost all the money she
had on earth, a lonely dollar.
With no money, a hard night be
fore her and no place to sleep or
nothing to eat, the broken-hearted
girl appealed to a woman whom she
met on the street, telling her the
story. The woman turned her over
to the police who are endeavoring to
find her a homfi. She told them "It Is
not easy for a young girl to earn a
living and It makes It all the -harder
when one's parents won't tell you
where they are"
The girl is a small, delicate crea
ture with big brown eyes. She shows
the signs of the hard work she has
done, her hands being red and swol
len and bearing all the evidence of
hard living. It is a moBt pathetic
case and a good home should bo pro
vided for her and an effort made to
lift her from the path which she has
fallen'lnto. Those who employed her
here so far as interviewed, say the
girl was a good, hardworking one
and no complaints registered against
her save the associates which she bad
while here.
President Helps Orphans.
Hundreds of orphans have been
helped by the President of the In
dustrial and Orphan's Home at Ma
con, Ga., who writes: "We have used
Electric Bitters in this Institution for
nine years. It has proved a most ex
cellent medicine for Stomach, Liver
and Kidney troubles. We regard It as
one of the best family medicines on
earth." It Invigorates the vital or
gans, purines the blood, aids diges
tion, creates appetite. To strengthen
and build up thin, pale, weak child
ren or run-down people it hns no
equal. Best for female complaints.
Only 50c at F. G. Frlcke & Co.
Fresh oysters. Stews, 25c; fries,
35c. Barclay's restaurant.
County Judge's Office.
A license has been Issued for the
marriage of Arthur Burkholder, aged
22 of Octavla, Neb., and Miss Elda
Quellhorst, aged 27 of Alvo. The
couple will be married at the home
of the bride's parents at Alvo.
A hearing on claims was had in
the Anna Krolek estate today. The
claim of Frank Krolek for 300 for
care and attendance upon the deceas
ed being contested. The court allowed
the claim as asked, Including medl
vines and the like.
The "New Crown," the ciea Ha
Hope They Will Recover.
Fire Chief Anton II. Koubek is
very unhappy today. He fears he has
lost his reputation, whatever that Is.
He fell into the hands of Fred B.
Egenberger, Fred Gucnther and Al.
Egenberger this morning and they
forced him to eat breakfast with
them.. To crown all his humilatlon,
after the meal he was called off to
one side and told that his future
was entirely blasted and In the dis
card, owing to his associates. This
news was Imparted to him by a very
charming young woman. Tony has
been mourning all day but the other
fellows can't see the point and insist
it would have been hard for him to
lose what he didn't have to start with.
We give it up but we hope all four
will recover what they lost.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is sv
very valuable medicine for throat and
lung troubles, quickly relieves and
cures painful breathing and a daa
gerous sounding cough which Indi
cates congested lungs. Sold by all
dealers.
Attention, Everybody.
The commeclal club wants to adopt
death occurring in the switch yards a slogan for our city something
where a switchman was unable to l ghort and to the point, to be used on
a "Booster Button," and In all ad
vertising. The club hereby offers a
prize of ten dollars to the person who
submits the best slogan, three words
pie traveling in the fog to keep the preferred. Write your slogan, plainly
mouth covered so as to prevent the or prjnted, to E. II. Wescott, setr.
inhalation of the particles of ice in ! tarV( before Monday evening, Jano
the fog. These cause a form of pneu-' ary 17th, at 6 0 clock. The slips
monla which Is very fatal. From this bearing 8logan must also bear nanus
see an approaching car, ana was
run down and killed.
In Pittsburg, Pa., the weather fore
caster has Issued a warning to peo
It can be seen that the fog prevails
over the west and east alike.
This noon the rain was heavier
and there Is every indication that by
night either rain or snow will prevail
with colder weather following. A
hard freeze now would result In
great inconvenience on account of the
formation of so much Ice and would
render travel very difficult.
Up to noon today only one accident
of sender.
Card of Thanks. 1
We, the children of the late Mrs.
Stephen Clifford, desire to return our
sincere thanks to the many friends
who bo kindly extended their aid and
assistance during tho last Illness and
death of our beloved mother and w
especially desire to return our thanks
for the many floral tributes from lov-
had been reported to several of the ! ng f rjends.
Brave Fire Ladles
often receive severe burns, putting
out fires, then use Bucklcn's Arnica
Salve and forget them. It Boon drives
out pain. For Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Wounds and Bruises its earth's
greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin
Eruptions, Old Sores, Bolls, Ulcers,
Felons; best Pile cure made. Relief
Is Instant. 25c at F. G. Frlcke & Co
H. Dettman from near Murdock,
Is In the city today looking after mat
vana cigar, 10c. Ptak ft Bajeck, ters at the county seat.
physician. Mary Rys, a daughter of
Mike Rys, fell and struck the right
side of her face upon the ice, sustain
ing severe cuts and bruises Including
one ugly cut under the eye. The In
juries were dressed by a physician
and are not dangerous. ,
A Horrible Hold-t p.
"About ten years ago my brother
was "held up" in his work, health
and happiness by what was believed
to bo hopeless Consumption," writes
W. R. Lipscomb, of Washington, D.
C. "He took all kinds of remedies
and treatment from several doctors,
but found no help till he used Dr.
King's New Discovery and was wholly
cured by six bottles. He Is a well man
today." It's quick to relieve and the
surest cure for weak or sore lungs,
HemorrahgcH, Coughs and Colds,
Bronchitis, La Grlppo, Asthma and
all Bronchial affections. 50 cents and
$1.00. Trial bottle freo. Guaranteed
by F. O. Frlcke & Co.
For Sale Good city property
Well rented at present. Located close
In to city. Consists of about 4 acres,
two bouses and good outbuildings.
Well Improved In every way. Must be
sold soon, and will be a genuine bar
gain If taken now. If interested call
at this office. 7-6t
Miss Hester Gllmour and Miss
Margery Wialker were visitors for
several days with Dr. Alex Walker at
Nehawka, Miss Gllmour returning to
her home yesterday.
Josephine Clifford.
Owen Clifford.
Thos. Clifford.
T. S. Clifford.
John Fitzpatrlck.
Lig. Brown, mayor of Kenosha,
and one of the best citizens of old.
Cass, Is in the city today looking af
ter business matters. Llg. as la al
ways hlB custom, paid the Journal
one of his pleasant visits and found
our latch string on the outside as
usual.
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