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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1913.
VOL. XXXII.
NO. 61.
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THIRD UILE STOIIE
Our Fellow Citizen, Andrew C.
Dill, Will Celebrate Eighty
Third Year Tomorrow.
Looking for Harvest Hands.
Several fanners were' in town
yesterday looking for help in the
harvest fields. One of them ap
proached a town man standing on
the street corner in the shade and
asked him if he wanted work, and
he replied: "What to do?" "In
the harvest field," said the farm-
IHE MARRIAGE OF
How
much a
day
said the
Fiora Saturday'! Dally.
Tomorrow our old
An.
his
friend,
drew C. Dill, will celebrate
eighty-third birthday at his home
in this city, and despite his ad
vanced years he has the appear
ance of a man much younger, and
few would believe that this sturdy
old man was a day over 60.
It was in Jackson county, Ohio,
June 29, 1830, that this worthy
citizen first saw the light of day,
and he resided there until 1851,
when he removed to northwest Il
linois, where he resided until the
year 18G7, when he came further
west with the tide of immigra
tion and settled on a farm south
of Pacific Junction, Iowa, where
he remained, engaging in farm
ing until February 10, 1876, then
coming to Cass county, where he
located on a farm a few miles
southwest of Murray and thereup
on engaged in farming in that
rich and prolific section of the
county, and as a result of his hard
work and energy was able to re
tire from the farm in 1892 and
remove to this city, where he has
since resided.
Mr. Dill was married in Il
linois August 8, 1807, lo Miss
Susan Franklin, and his worthy
helpmate is living to assist in
celebrating the event of her hus
band's birthday. Four children
are living of the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Dill as follows: Hen Dill,
.Murray, Neb.; Mrs. Mary Allb
Lyons, Neb.; Mrs. Hall in J. Dav is,
Hugo, Colo., and Hiley C. Dill of
Thurston county, Nebraska. The
Journal extends its congratula
tions to its old friend on this
auspicious occasion.
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town man. "$2.50," replied the
farmer. "I won't work for less
than $3," said the t. in. "All
right, I will give you 13, said
the farmer. The aforesaid t. m.
didn't do a thing but walk away,
telling the farmer that he had
plenty lo do at home carrying
water for his wife. A bystander
remarked, "His wife must take in
washinc." And one would na
turally judge that he depended on
the labors of his wife for a living
Shame!
IT
AflOTHER BUILDING
GEORGE H
FOSTER
Further Particulars of Wedding
of a Former PlatUmouth Boy
Thursday Last.
LARGE HENCE AT
THE TEI1T LAST I1IGHT
One of Best and Most Interesting
Meetings Since Opening a
Few Weeks Ago.
he might have his name on the
organization's books which calls
itself a church, but to be a mem
ber of thet rue church is' another
thing. Then why judge Chris
tianity by someone who is really
not a Christian? Better take a real
live Christian and one who is
working at it, with his. faults and
frailties, and then compare notes,
then if this one does not measure
up they have made a point, other
wise not.
Oil LOWER 111
Baylor & Co. Arranging for a New
Concrete Building 24x36
in Dimensions.
PROF. BROOKS AND PARTY
DEPART FOR THE EAST
From Saturday Dally.
Last evening Superintendent
of Schools W. (1. Brooks departed
for New York City, where the
superintendent will take up his
work in the summer school of
Columbia university. He is tak
ing a special course in school
work that will tlx him to receive
a master's degree in the line of
work he has chosen as a life's
calling. The superintendent is
one of the best qualified school
men that has filled the ollice of
city superintendent, as he has de
voted years to the study of the
general duties of the executive
head of a school and has carried
out many of the improved ideas
he has learned in the course of
his study and experience in this
line of work. Mr. Brooks was ac
companied on his journey by his
wife and mother, Mrs. L. H.
Brooks, of Outhrie, Oklahoma, as
well as Mrs. W. M. Brooks, of
Nelson. Neb., and the ladies will
enjoy a short stay at Lake Chan
lamina. New York, while Mr.
Brooks is in New York City en
gaged in his work at the uni
versity. ,.
From Saturday's Dally.
The lower part of Main street
is lo have an improvement made
in the anoearance of it in the
erection by C. W. Baylor & Co. of
a new concrete block ollice build
ing on their present location,
near the Burlington freight house.
The building will be 24x32 feet in
size and will be made entirely of
concrete blocks and when com
pleted will be a building that will
last for years, as these blocks im
prove with age and are as sub
stantial fifty years after as the
day they were put up.
The location of the new struct
ure will be 10 feet further east
and several feet south of the
present location and will be much
more convenient and commodious
than the present building, which
lias become enlirely too small for
the buisness of the firm, which
is rapidly increasing.
Mr. Baylor has also purchased
tine new live-ton scale that will
be installed in the new building
and will be the largest and most
up-to-date scales in the city and
capable oi weigning up to nve
tons, which is far in excess of any
al present in the city. The new
scales will be placed on the east
side of the new structure and be
much easier to get at than at
present.
This new building will be a
much needed improvement to that
part of the city and it is to be
hoped that the enterprise of this
firm will be followed by other
properly owners in that section
of the city,-as most of the build
ings' in that part of town have
been allowed lo run down quite
badly.
From Frlday'a Dally.
The marriage of Mr. tleorge II
Foster, a former Plattsmouth boy,
and Miss Nellie B. Davidson oc
curred on June 25 at 0 p. m. at
the home of the bride's uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hos
chor. at La IMatte. Neb., with
whom she had made her home for
the past fifteen years. The home
was decorated in a very beautiful
manner and the wedding cere
mony was performed in a fiowery
bower prepared for the occasion.
The service was performed by Rev.
D. L. Dunklcberger of the Chris
tian church of this city, using the
ring service to make these young
people as one.
The bride was beaul ifullly
gowned in while embroidered
voile over satin and carried a
bridal bouquet of while roses,
while the groom was, dressed in
the conventional black. The
bride was the recipient of many
pretty and useful wedding gifts,
among which was a large bible
I hat has been in I be family for
over two generations.
After the ceremony the guests
were ushered into the spacious
dining room, where a sumptions
repast was served. Only the near
relatives and friends of the con
tracting parties were present. The
out-of-town guests were: Mr. and
Mrs. John Hosehor, Seymore, la.;
Mrs. and Miss Katie McKenzie,
Bellevue; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Fos,
ter and family, Plaltsmoulh; Miss
Agnes Foster, Omaha. They left
for Kansas Cily, where they groom
has a home prepared for his bride.
All ELEGANT SHOWING FOR
GOOD CROPS IN COLORADO
on exhibition
at this ollice" some splendid speci-
m 11
mens oi corn una rye wnicn were
eceived by P. F. Gods from the
farm of Claus Jess, a former
attsmoiith man, who for the
past few years has been located
on a larni near nugo, ixuoraao.
The rye has large-sized heads and
the corn is of excellent size and
speaks well for the section of the
ountry in which Mr. Jess has
located. ;The farm of Mr. Jess is
ocated near that of H. M. Soen-
nichsen, who i3 there at present
ooking over the crop situation,
and he is delighted with the pros
peels in that section of the state.
flie specimens we have were
gathered by Mr. Soennichsen and
they certainly are as good as any
we have seen so far.
PLATTSMOUTH NOW HAS
POPULATION' OF 5,256
ACCORDING TO DIRECTORY
Hatters in County Court.
From .Saturday Dally.. , ,
Petition" has been filed in the
county court asking for the ap
poinmenl of an administrator in
the estate of Mrs. Mary FAeretl,
deceased, of Liberty precinct. The
petition asks for the appointment
of Bert Everett, a son, as ad
ministrator of the estate, which
consists of a farm of some forty
acres lust east, of the village of
Union.
This morning final settlement
was had in the estate of Charles
Swan, deceased, of Liberty pre
cinct, and the estate settled up
This was one of the largest
estates handled in the court, dur
ing the past year, being in the
neighborhood of $01,000. T. W.
Swan and wife, W. O. James and
wife, Fred Clark and wife and
Mrs. Mary K. Davis, heirs of the
estate, were here today attending
the settlement.
From Suturday'a Dally.
There has been many varying
a .Jl. i
guesses otlerea uunng mc iasi
year as to the population of the
city, offered by different citizens
but W. A. Howard, who has com
plied the city directory, has given
out the exact figures, alter
careful house to house canvass of
the city, and it shows that at the
present time our city can boast of
K HI! nnnnl.il inn a verv Creditable
w i v i . -1 - " - V
gain in the past year, as the last
time the census was taken we
were credited with only a little
over 1,000, but the work of Mr
Howard has been very thorough
in regarding to securing tin
names of the inhabitants, and the
result is very pleasing to all who
have contended that, our city ha'
a good healthy growth, despite the
returns of the poorly conducted
federal census.
Farm for Sale.
Anyone wanting to buy a farm
would do well to see W. R. Bryan
county assessor.
rtim Saturday' Dally.
The Journal has
From Saturday Dally.
One of the largest audiences of
the series of revival services that
are' being held in the big tent,
north of the court house was
present last evening to greet' Mr.
Smith, the evangelist, and his
sermon was well worm neanng
and those who failed to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to at
tend were the losers. The subject
last night was "Spiritual Blind
ness," and the evangelist told of
the blind man who was restored
to sight by Jesus and whose con
version was most sincere and his
devotion to the Savior and His
teachings in spite of the scoffing
and jeers of his friends, was
steadfast. He pointed out the
modern unbelievers who were so
set against, the teachings of the
bible that they would not allow
themselves to see the wonderfu
works performed by Christianity
but, attempted to lay it, to other
causes in order to try and belittb
the wonderful ell eels of the ac
ceptance of the word of find.
Mr. Smith also referred in his
sermon to "Win" McClure, who
was raised from a drunkard to a
position where he was able to
make for himself a home and give
his family that which justly be
longed to them a good, clean
life. The conversion of McClure
thirty years ago completely
changed the course of his life am
today he is an engineer on the
road and each day that he mounts
to his engine cab his well thuinbei
bibb1 goes with Inni. as it was
through this he was brought from
darkness into the light of a Chris
I jau life.
The musical selections given at
the tent were all by request, and
consisted of two numbers by the
male uuartet. as well as a solo by
Mr. Smith, who possesses a splen
did voice, and his number was
one of the most pleasing that was
iven during the evening. To
morrow will lie a big nay ai ine
cut, as this will be the last Sun-
dav meeting, and an especially
strong series of meetings has
ieen arranged for during the day.
Injured by Fall of Bridge.
from Saturday'a Dally.
Oeorge Talc was working with
Nick Opp and they were tearing
out an old bridge, (ieorge was
down under cutting out the old
piling when the bridge gave away
sudenly falling with one, of the
big stringers across his chest
Fortunately, Mr, Opp was close by
with a crowbar, and was able to
lift the timber. His chest was
squeezed badly, but there were no
broken bones and Oeorge will be
able to go to work again in a feyv
days. Nehawka News,
Fine Electric Piano.
From Saturday'a Dally.
This morning the Orand thea
ter received a new electric piano
that is the finest instrument of
its kind ever brought to this city.
and will be a fine attraction to
that cozy theater. The piano has
attachments for violin, llute and
mandoline and gives as good
music as a complete orchestra
The machine cost Mr. Shlaes, the
owner of the theater, $950, and
is a splendid addition lo the thea
ter and gives the, city a very me
tropolitan lone.
James llivelt of Lincoln was
here this afternoon looking after
the progress of work on the new
Burlington station.
Make Good Showing.
From Saturday Dally.
At the recent examination held
at the postotllce here for mail
lerks the showing made by Mes
srs. u. K. staats and M. s. Briggs
were most Haltering and pleasing
to the gentlemen. Mr. Staats dis
tributed 1,119 cards addressed to
different parts of Nebraska in
forty-six iniutes, with only 30 er
rors, giving him a per cent of
9(5.78. Mr. Briggs distributed tho
same number of cards in forty-
one minutes and only had 21 er
rors, a per cent of 98 and 1-8.
WORK Oil III
BEE EE
The Big Contract on the Rifle
Range Is Rapidly N earing
Completion.
1155 COUNTY LADY
From Saturdays Tall.
Thursday evening
From Friday's Dally.
After a day with
unbearable, which
nerves and taxed
strength, the evening
yesterday with a cool,
heal almost
tired one's
their bodily
came on
soothing
at 8 o'clock
at the residence of the bride's sis
ter, Mrs. (1. V. Pugsley, in Oma
ha, occurred the marriage of Miss
Evelyn Beatrice Taylor, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. . A. Taylor,
residing south of this city, and
Mr. John A. Stamp, the cere
mony being conducted by Rev. O.
D. Blalzly of the Kountze Mem
orial church. The rooms of the
Pugsley home were decorated
(piile lavishly with white carna
tions and daisies, interspersed
with palms and ferns, and made
a' very beautiful setting for the
happy event. The bride was
gowned in a lowly costume of
white chiffon over white satin
trimmed with rlu'nestones and
pearls, and carried a bouquet, of
bride roses. Following the wed
ding ceremony there was a re
ception given for the relatives and
intimate friends. Among those
present from out-of-town were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Taylor of this
cily, Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Props!,
Miss Dorothy Propsl, Miss Lorise
Props! and J. W. Polin of Ralston,
Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Jergion
Stamp, mother and father of I he
groom. Mr. and Mrs. Stamp have
gone on an eastern wedding trip
and will be at home after August
1 at their new home at 1212 Orant
street, Omaha.
From Saturday'a Daily.
The work at the government
rille range, north of this city,
which during the past few
months has furnished employ
ment lo a large number of men,
is being rapidly completed, and
as soon as the grading work on
the permanent butts, which is be
ing done by McMaken & Son of
this city, is completed, the range
will be ready to turn over to the
government by the firm of Mc
Laughlin A Son, of Red Oak,
Iowa, who have had the contract
for the erecting of the perman
ent butts and the range house.
The work at the range entailed
the expenditure of quite a sum
of money and before it is com
pleted will reach close to $10,
000. The range as it is now is
one of the best in this part of the
west and is ideally located, as the
practice can be c a tried on safely
i
without danger of injuring any
one. The completion of the five
permanent concrete bulls give
ample space for a large number
of men to practice at, one time,
as the targets are set al different
ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 yards,
and can all be used at one time
without any difficulty.
The range, however, will not
be used much this year unless
some of the slate militia are sent,
here, as I he regular soldiers will
he kept in Texas until at least
October, and may slay there until
the situation in Mexico becomes
more settled, which seems rather
indefinite al present, hut il is al
most certain that there will be
little use made of the range this
season, lml. it is placed in shape
where it can be nseipwhenever
needed.
TRYING FOR SPECIAL TRAIN
TO LOUISVILLE THE FOURTH
breeze, whieti was delicious, unu
together with the interest in the
meetings, seemed to invite the
people out to the tent, where it
was comfortable, more so than in
the house, where the people had
been cooped up all the long day.
So with these facts and the work
which has been doing, there was
a good number of worshippers out
to the services last evening. Well
were they paid for their going, as
the music and singing was of the
finest. Mrs. E. II. Wescott sang
a solo, accompanied by Mr. Wes
cott on the organ, which was
worth more than the trouble of
coining. A quartet, consisting of
the evangelists and Don York,
presented a very pleasing feature
of the evening, as well as the solo
snnir bv Walter Klingler. which
was finely executed, notwithstand
ing he was feeling far from well
on account of the extreme hot
weather. '
The subject for Ihf sermon
which Rev. Smith look was "The
Reasons People Oive for Not Be
ing a Christian." He cited the
lesson of the invitation to tho
great supper, and the excuses
which those invited gave for not
attending. Taking the reasons,
one by one, he dissected them, and
after their post mortum, it was
readily seen that all the reasons
turned out lo be an excuse. One
which is often given and which
Rev. Smith said he would grant,
was the fault some or the mem
bers of the church, as well as
those who used it, was "that it is
claimed that there are so many
hvnocriles in the church." This
was shown as being entirely false,
as when a man is a
is not a member of the church
Married In Omaha.
From Saturday's Dally.
In the license notices in the
Omaha papers this morning ap
pears the name of Fred H. Ossen
kop and Kthel Ralhburn of Louis
ville, this county. The two young
people are among the most pop
ular in their locality and their
friends throughout the county
will be greatly pleased to learn of
their marriage. The groom has
just recently been appointed as
postmaster at Louisville and con
firmed by the senate.
From Haturrtay Dally.
County Judge Beeson loday is
sued a marriage licence to Cecil
R. Murphy, aged 2.3, of Sterling,
Colorado, and Miss Mary K. Ar
vidson, aged 22, of Louisville. The
parties will be married tomorrow
at the home of the bride's parents
at Louisville.
From Saturday'a Dally.
The citizens of Louisville are
trying to gel u special train to
mi on Ihe Burlington July 4th
from lliis cily in order to convey
(hose who desire to celebrate the
great natal day in Louisville. It
is expected lo have the train leave
lei't about. 8 u. ni., and returning
will leave Louisville after the
of the festivities that even
Fnless some arrangements
made the citizens here will
il hard lo get to Louisville
return that day unless they
in automobiles. The band
from this city will be on hand to
furnish the music at that cily and
will prove an added attraction to
Plattsinouth people. Anyone who
desires lo spend Ihe Fourth at
Louisville should notify K. II.
Schulhof, director of the band, or
W. R. Clrmenl, the Burlington
agent here, to see if a train can
not be arranged for.
Mrs. T. W. Julian of Oklahoma,
who is here visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barwick, was
a passenger this morning on No
( for Olenwood. where she will
visjt with her sister, Mrs. Albee
for a few days.
Mrs. A. H. Oraves, residing
near Murary, drove up this morn
ing from her home and deparlec
on oN. 0 for Olenwood, where she
will visit for a few days with
friends.
Herman Kleitsch, Hie Weeping
Water miller, accompanied by his
son, Harley, and Ben Oliver, were
in the city yesterday for a few
hours looking after some matters
hvnocrite he jconnecled with the sale of the
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Marvel Hale of Hamburg, Iowa,
arrived in this city Thursday aft
ernoon for u visit with his
molher, Mrs. Powers. Marvel has
been attending school at Ham
burg and making his home with
his grandparents. His visit with
his mother is a birthday trip,
celebrating his birthday anniver
sary yesterday.
For Sale.
My Hainiltonion driving mare.
Safe and sound.
One single sealed top buggy, in
good condition.
One double-seated leather up
holstered surry, cost $200.00, as
good as. new. T. H. Pollock.
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Mrs. A. F. Seybert and daughter
of Cullom came in this morning
on No. to visit for the day with
relatives here.
Henry Born of Cedar Creek was
in the city today for a few hours
looking after some trading.