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VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMO UT11, NEBRASKA, Til UBS DA ir FEHRUA11Y 3, 1910
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Committee Meets With Great Success in Securing Signers to Petition
to Create New Paving District.
Plattsmouth will pave the streets
about the proposed public building.
This has been definitely determin
ed, as a majority of the property own
ers in the proposed paving district
have agreed to the project. This is
the first step toward making Platts
mouth succeed.
Messrs. Parmele and Schmidtmann
this morning took around the peti
tion creating the proposed district and
they found no one to refuse to sign
It as far as they had canvassed up
to eleven o'clock. In fact, they were
most pleasantly surprised when they
approached the property owners in
the blocks affected by the improve
ment and found them so enthusiastic
in their desire to affix their names to
the petition. While they had enter
tained no doubt of unltimate success
ia getting the required number of
signers they were not altogether pre-
pared for the success which attended
their efforts nor the enthusiastic man
ner In which property owners greet
ed them. The committee feels that
Plattsmouth Is finally on the right
road now and that the boom which
has started in is a permanent one
The disposition to improve the city
is such that they do not now fear a
halt and they feel that the end of the
year 1910 will see substantial pro
gress in all lines in the city.
The petition which creates a new
paving district provides for paving
Fourth street from Main to Vine,
Fifth street from Main to Vine and
Vine street from Fourth to the west
side of Seventh street. This makes a
total of five blocks with three inter
sections and promises to furnish a lot
of work for labor during the coming
spring and summer. It Is going to be
an Immense aid to the city in more
than one way. It means a protection
ft FREE
and build '
Charles C. Parmele, chairman of
the committee to secure signers to the
petition, and the largest property
owner affected by the proposed dis
trict, was in a happy mood this morn
ing when he found how easy it was
to make Plattsmouth succeed. He
wore a smile all wool and a yard
wide when asked as to the success
which was crowning his efforts: "We
haven't had a kick, he Baid. Every
body is satisfied and there is going
to be no trouble In getting them
on the list. I think personally, that
the district should have included the
block between Sixth and Seventh on
Pearl street and believe we will talk
to the property owners on that block
and see what they say to it. I must
say I am deeply gratified to find the
people all pulling together as they
are and that they want the work
done at once." Wm. Schmidtmann
who is the other member of the com
mittee accompanying Mr. Parmele on
his trip after signers, spoke in a simi
lar vein: "It is mighty nice, he said,
to find the property owners all of one
mind as they are on this and to find
that there is no dissention among
them as to paving these streets.. Our
block Is all in line right now except
the St. Paul's church and we have
assurance that they will be In with
us. I am really surprised at the una
nimity of sentiment among the prop
erty owners."
D. O. Dwyer who is the third mem
ber of the committee to secure the
adoption and who has been acting
as the legal adviser of the commit
tee, expressed himself as more than
pleased at the outcome of the work
which had been done up to noon. He
said: "I can show what! think about
it by saying that I drew the petition
IKE. POLICY
The Public No Doubt Will Feel
Somewhat Leary of Such a
Scheme and Wonder
Where the Company
Will Profit.
to the present pavement on Main and for the committee and was the first
Sixth streets of incalculable value.
The material which will be used will
be brick, this having been used upon
Sixth street long enough to demon
strate that It is the ideal pavement
for the small city while It is much
less expensive than granite blocks.
It has been proposed to add to the
man to sign my name to It. I be
lieve It to be a good thing and that
the council should proceed to order
the election at once, or as soon as
the petition is presented. As I was
detained in my office this morning, I
could not get out to do active work
toward securing signers but I am
proposed district that block on Pearl glad to hear of the progress which
street running from Sixth to Seventh jig being made. I am in hopes that
as property owners In that part of the he government will appropriate the
town have become thoroughly sick of i balance of the money which had been
the offensive condition of that street 'appropriated for the site to paying for
and want something permanent done j the paving around the village and
with it. It Is said that some of the this will relieve the city of that much
more prominent property owners in 'expense. As it Is, the city will have
that block want thestreet macada- to pay for the three Btreet Inter
mlzed instead of paved and that this sections and the board of trustees of
has caused a hitch in the arrange-the public library will have to ar
ments for paving It. However, be range for a levy to cover their share
that as it may, it looks aa if some- of that paving. On the whole, 1 am
thing will be done with that block, glad to see the matter underway and
and that speedily.
glad to know that the people want
Another scheme which has been the work done"
suggested and one which is receiving I Messrs Parmele and Schmidtmann
consideration from property owners 'with the paving petition this morn
in the district affected is the crea- lng having canvassed the entire dis
tion of another paving district to 'trlct covered by the limits of the pro
cover the half block south from Maln'posed district found that practically
on hichey, Third, Fourth and Fifth every property owner signed the pe
streets and the block on Pearl be- titlon, there being several out of the
tween Sixth and Seventh. This would city Just now and a few non-resi-Include
alley Intersections at Itichey, dent owners who will bo seen later,
Third, Fourth and Fifth streets and then interviewed the county commis
a street intersection at Seventh and sloners now in session with the re
Pearl which the city would 'have to suit that the board proceeded to sign
The Journal was recently offered a
good thing which it had to unfor
tunately or fortunately as the case
may turn out, turn down. It offered
to give the people too much for their
money and the Journal la wary of
'Greeks bearing gifts."
The beautiful scheme as proposed
by the smooth-tongued agent who lab
ored with the publisher for several
hours was in effect to give the sub'
scribers of the Journal a free Insur
ance policy. This policy is to be is
sued by the North American Assur
ance company of Chicago and pro
Ides for a stated amount for about
half a dozen different Injuries. It
is not a blanket policy covering all
injuries from whatsoever cause but it
ia limited in the number of injuries
and the manner in which they happen
The scheme was presented by an
agent for the Peerless Advertising
company who asked the publisher to
buy of them 1,000 application blanks
for $30 or at the rate of 3 cents a
piece. This was the first cost. In
addition there is what is known as a
registration fee of thirty cents on
each policy Issued. This makes the
cost of each policy to the publisher
thirty-three cents and the proposition
is to add fifty, sixty, seventy cents
or one dollar to the price of the
paper and give the subscriber this
beautifully llthograpohed policy of
insurance for one year.
As the case was presented to the
Journal the insurance company gets
nothing for Its policy, but It Btands
pood for accidents of limited class,
This looks like a pretty scheme to
help the public by a phllantropic in
surance company and in fact,. .It
looks altogether too good for the
publisher of the Journal to want to
monkey with. How the company is
going to keep in existence and still
not take in any policies is shrouded
in deep mystery but they claim they
can pay.
Sizing the entire situation up, the
Journal concluded that It did not
care to give away such a bargain.
It rrefered to give its patrons some
thing which it knew they would have
no trouble with and if they sustained
injury It wanted them amply pro
tected. The Journal has not been Informed
as lo whether this company is auth
orized to do business In this state
but if it is, it would appear that Its
management Bhould be investigated
as they seem to be handling Insur
ance at a remarkably low price.
Whether other papers have been
approached with this proposition or
not the Journal is not informed but
it certainly looks like too much of
a good thing. There are few people
or corporations nowadays doing busi
ness for their health and the Insur
ance company which tries it must in
evitably let loose of some of its sur
plus capital before it finishes.
Visits City.
William Stohlman, the jolly and
hustling citizen of Center precinct
and Democrat committeeman from
that bailiwick, was in the city today
and while here called at the Journal
office, renewing his allegiance to the
paper and making a pleasant visit
with the editor. 13111 is one of the
kind of Democrats who are a holy
terror to his opponents and while
keeping an eye on the interests of
the party in his own precinct, he also
manages to get over Into some of the
adjoining precincts and disturb their
peace of mind. He returned to his
home on the Schuyler tann this afternoon.
ST. HOIKS
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Plattsmouth Merchants Have a
Beautiful Line of Valentines
REV. Jill. BAIRD PIDflEER
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For Years Dr, Baird Was Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of This City Death a Great Shock to Community.
put iff. Whether this goes through
or not remains to be seen.
One thing is sure the paving dis
trict north of Main . street will be
he petition by a majority of the mem
hers. Messrs. Frledrich and Chair
man Jordan attached their signa
tures to the petition while Commis-
ereated. The city In this case will sloner Swltzer 8tood alone ln hU at
have to pave the three street inter-it,tud8 of objecting to help Platts
iectlons spoken of heretofore and also j mouth succeed,
the space on Vine in front of the It vlrtaully completes the task and
public library. It will also have to assures the paving of the new dls
pave on Fifth and Vine where the trlct. The two members of the eoun
new postofflce building Is to go. This ty board who signed the petition were
makeB a large expense upon the, city ' actuated by the proper spirit, having
but it is a necessary one. So far no in mind the fact that Plattsmouth
one has been heard to oppose it. jls the county seat town and the larg
Plattsmouth wants the public est in the county and that what helps
building and wants it right now and Plattsmouth helps Cass county,
the only way to get It is to go after Plattsmouth people naturally feel
It and make conditions such that grateful toward them for their ac
Uncle Sam must carry out his Btart tlon.
Union to the Front. j
Matt G. McQulnn, one of the good
citizens of Liberty precinct, came up
last evening from his home to attend
to some business matters in the city
last night and this morning. Mr.
McQulnn reports matters ln his home
neighborhood as rather quiet except
that there is a great amount of build
ing being done in Union and that
rush work is being put In to get the
new buildings In shape for occupancy.
He says that Union presents quite a
different appearance from what it
used to present before the wave of
progress struck it and that it looks
now what It is, one of the best towns
ln Cass county. The new hotel is be
ing put into shape as quickly as pos
sible for occupancy and it promises
to be a big help to the town as well
as a paying Investment. Mr. McQulnn
returned to his home this morning
on the M. P. train.
Philip Fornoff of Pekin, 111., came
In this morning to make a visit with
Adam Fornoff and other relatives and
friends west of the city. The young
man expects to spend several weeks
In this vicinity where he has a great
many acquaintances and where he is
assured of a fine time.
Joe Dell and wire wuo nave been
In this neighborhood since Inst fall
visiting with his father, Chris Dell
and family, departed this afternoon
for Portland, Ore., where they form
erly were stopping before coming
The near approach of St. Valen
tine's day, Feb., 14th, calls forcibly
to mind the change which has come
over the observance of the day with
in me past rew years, lime was
when Valentine's day was a day sac
red to lovers alone but nowadays
things have changed and husbands
send valentines to wives and wives
to husbands. Mothers send the pret
ty missives to daughters and daugh
ters to mothers while the son also
remembers the mother and sister and
the mother and sister the son. This
change ln the observance of the day
has had Its effect on business and
where formerly there was a small
stock of cheap and inexpensive valen
tines carried in stock, today the
stores have nice large assortments
which really make a handsome gal
lery of beauty.
The dealers In Plattsmouth are no
exception to the rule and this year
they are carrying a greater stock
than for years past. Where thirty,
forty and fifty dollars worth of this
stoob was considered .large several
years back, today the values amount
Into the hundreds and many of the
business houses carry stock valued
at $300 to $500.
Among local dealers John Nemetz
this year is carrying one of the larg
est and most expensive stocks. His
valentines range in price from the
very sum to several dollars ln value,
the higher priced ones being real
works of art and worthy of careful
preservation. The prevailing Interest
in aeronautics is exemplified in the
design of many of the handsome val
entines to be seen on his counters.
There are dirigible balloons, their
baskets occupied by lovers, there are
monoplanes similarly Joaded, there
are biplanes with a pair of cooing
and billing lovers at the wheel and
there are other innumerable examples
of up-to-date flying machines. And
these are only a small part of de
signs which have been put out to
attract the purse Btrings of the love
lorn. ,
Henry Herold is another dealer
carrying a thoroughly up-to-date
stok with all the latest and hand
somest designs whtch brilliant minds
can produce. Mr. Herold's stock also
Is much larger than formerly car
ried and it Is one well worthy of
looking at. There are designs ln each
one of thees two large and attractive
stocks seperate and distinct from the
other and both stocks are splendid
in assortment.
Another unique idea this year is
that of sending valentine photo
graphs. These make handsome and
Interesting gifts suitable to the sea
son and the day and the idea has
taken well all over the country. In
this city the Greenwald studios are
making these a specialty this year
and some handsome photographic
valentines are the result of their ef
forts. J. W. Larkin is another who Is in
the market this year with a hand
some lino of vclentines comprising
the lateBt patterns and prettiest designs.
Died Baird. Dev. John T.. D. D.. at
his home rn Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
of neuralgia of the heart, at 5
o'clock p. m., on Tuesday, February
1, 1910, aged 72 years, 1 month
and 2S days. Funeral on Friday
afternoon, February 4, 1910. In
terment at Oak Hill cemetery,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
The news last evening of the
sudden death at his home in this
city of Rev. John T. Daird, for more
than thirty years pastor of the Pres
byterian church ln this city and one
of the most widely known and re
spected of the Nebraska clergy, came
as a great shock to all ln this city.
While It has been known tor several
days that Dr. Daird was quite ill and
some little apprehension had been felt
the great mass of the people
were not prepared to hear of the
sudden and fatal termination of his
Illness. Neuralgia of the heart was
the affection which had seized upon
him, the sickness only becoming acute
a few days before his passing. The
attending physicians had not looked
for bo sudden a change in the pa
tient's condition and his death proved
a most sad surprise.
Dr. Daird had long been a land
mark in annals of Nebraska Presby
terlanism and he was known through
out the length and breadth of thestate
as a learned divine. Aside from his
high standing in the church which
he had devoted his life to, he was
known and esteemed as one of the
best men in its confines. He was ln
his lifetlrne, the exponent of broadj
liberal minded and charitable views.
He was one of the surviving clergy
men of the old school who believed
in the uplifting of his fellow men
feel with them. He was a loving
and kind father, a noble husband and
for everyone beyond his immediate
family circle, he was a most dear
friend.
Rev. Dr. John T. Daird wns a na
tive of the state of Ohio, having been
born in Cincinnati on December 3,
1834. Ills early boyhood was spent in
that city and Us vicinity and at the
proper age, his chosen field of work,
that of the ministry, was taken up.
Preliminary to this, the young man
Daird entered Yale college and ln the
year 1S5S, he graduated with high
honors. To complete his course and
to fully prepare for his work in tho
field of ministering to men's bouIs, he
took a course at Prlncton theological
seminary, then, as now, a remarkably
high class school for the ministry. He
was graduated from Princeton in the ,
year 1861, and returned to Cincin
nati where he was licensed by the
Presbytery of that synod. This was
at the time when the country was
rent and torn by civil strife, wtien
brother fought with brother and fath
er with son and Rev. Daird entered
upon his task on the. borderland
where this strife rolled hack and
forth and where the utmost exert
ions of the ministry were called in
play to stem the tide of the terrible
Internecine warfare. For three years
he labored in this vineyard and by
pjrecept and example he strove to
call men to Christ even when condi
tions were most unfavorable. ' .
It was In 1864 that Rev. Daird
entered the field in Nebraska, locat
ing at Drownvtlle and in that town
he remained for ten years preaching
the word. At the conclusion of his
service there he came to this city.
through - the. intercession st diving where he accented a call to the First
power of sentiments. Ho was both
within and without the church, most
highly esteemed as a shining example
of a most christian gentleman aim
an ideal citizen.
In this city where the best years of
his life had been spent and where
his work for the church had borne
Its ripest fruit, none knew but to
love and respect him. Here he had
raised a family bringing them up
within the straight and narrow way
and making of them the most ideal
examples of what a good and true
father can do. Of late years, Dr.
Balrd's health had not been such as
to permit him to do much active work
ln the ministry and the closing days
of his life had been much as the last
days of a good ship which has made
Presbyterian church over which he
destined to preside until some three
years ago when falling health prompt
ed his retirement, he being succeed
ed by Rev. J. H. Salsbury.
Dr. Daird aside from his work In
the ministry in this city had taken
great Interest in the progress of Pel
levuo college, a Presbyterian institu
tion, and for many years was a trus
tee of that institution. Tho degree of
D. D. wns conferred upon him at tho
time of his graduation from Prince
ton Theological seminary and later
the degreo of LL. D., was given him
by Dfllevue college for which he
had done so much. In addition to this
Dr. Daird had during the long period
of his stewardship on the church here
acted as stated clerk of the Nebraska
Its last voyage and anchored within City Presbytery and t'ue Presbyterian
the haven to await in peace and reslg- synod of Nebraska.
nation the close of its allotted time.
Dr. Dalrd's life closes that of a
man truly great of one whose great
est and most lasting monument, will
be the good words of everyone with
whom he came ln contact, of their
utmost esteem and reBpoct and such
respect as amounts almost to venera
tion. To the entire community his
passing is that of one of Its best
citizens .and one who can illy bo
spared. Especially does his loss fall
upon the score of the stricken to
whom ho had ever ministered and
whoso burdens and sorrows he had
made his own. To those who are
left within tho darkened home there
Is no healing words which can ex
press the deep sympathy which all
George Hlld and Joe Dell were
passengers on the morning train for
South Omaha where they will visit
the cattle market and see what the
can pick up in the way of good cat
tle. Mr. Hlld is a good Judge of the
animals and if he runs across some
here. Mr. Bell accompanied tbem to bargains, he will undoubtedly take
this city this morning.
advantage of them and invest.
The matter of opening a road from
the ferry below the brldgo to this
city was put under headway yester
day by County Clerk Morgan who ap
pointed County Surveyor Fred Pat
terson to go and view the proposed
road. Upon the completion and filing
of his report with the clerk, the mat
ter will be taken up by the county
He is survived by a wife and five
children, the latter being William N.
Daird, son, now at Salida, Col., Mrs.
George L. Farley, and Misses Caro
line, Estella and Florence Daird, all
of this city
Tho funeral will take plnce on next
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Presbyterian church where the'
long years of his life were spent. The
services will bo conducted by Rev.
Thomas L. Sexton of Lincoln with
whom Dr. Daird had maintained the
most intimate and cordial relations
and with whom he baa followod
church work for more . than forty
years. Interment will be had at Oak
Hill cemetery west of this city.
Mont Dollfhtfully Entertained.
A delightful afternoon reception
was given at the home of Mrs. J. L.
Thompson on last Friday afternoon,
the occasion being a reception tend
ered Mrs. Dr. A. A. Randall by the
Indies of the Methodist church. Mrs.
Randall who is the charming wife
of the former pastor of the church
and who now resides at Osceola, Neb.,
Is a favorite among the ladies of the
church and they gathered to the num
ber of forty to pay their respects. The
afternoon being most delightfully
spent, there being a musical program
of much merit, Mrs. L. A. Moore
being in chargo of It and the num
bers being especially selected for the
occasion. This was followed by a
very fine three coutbo luncheon, one
worthy tho hostess and greatly ap
preciated by the guests. The occas
ion was most memorable, not alone
In the hearts of tho guest of honor
board. This will probably be up for
hearing at the next meeting of the Mrs. Randall, but ln the hearts of all
board. present.
Jan. Fitzgerald coming Home.
Miss Marie Fitzgerald departed this
morning for Omaha expecting to re
turn on the noon train with her undo
James Fitzgerald, who has been hav
ing a long siege at the hospital In
that city. Mr. Fitzgerald is getting
along nicely now and is well on the
way toward good health, the only ser
ious drawback now being his weak
ness the natural result of a long ill
ness.. This will speedily be overcome
by attention to developing his
trength and he will soon be able to be
about town and meet his many
friends.
H. S. Vernon of Antelope county.
Neb., who has been visiting with D.
J. Reynolds and family, departed this
morning for Thurraan, la., where he
will make a further visit with other
relatives before returning to this
home. He Is an uncle of Mrs. Rey
nolds of this city.
