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imtoutb oum VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913. NO. 73. 'Platte n) PIONEER COUPLE CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH a i mm Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kirkpatrick of Nehawka Entertain Many Old Friends in Honor of Event. Yesterday ami Airs. I at the homo of Mr. . A. Kirkpatrick. in Nehaw ka was celebrated t lie fortieth anniversary of their wedding, ami f lie cent was at tended Jv some l.r( of their friends and relatives. The happy vent t lint they celebrated occur red in this city on September 17 1873. when Miss Oella HIack was united in marriage to Mr. Ed ward A. Kirkpatrick. at the home of the bride's father, Dr. John Ulaek, and the .fortieth anniver sarv of their wedding found the.-e two wortiiy people still as fond of each other as when the solemn words, pronounced by Rev. I.emon of the Methodist church, had made them one. The anniversary had been looked forward to with much pleasure by the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick throughout the county, and yes terday, when they gathered at the Kirkpatrick home, they showered the blushing bride and groom of forty years with good wishes for their future years The immediate family were o clock at the home, where a sumptuous repast had been pre pared and the table laden with the dainties and sparkling with the silver and beautiful china was set off bv decorations of American Beauty roses strewn in profusion over the table, which made the scene one of great beauty. After the dinner, at about 2 o'clock, the stream of friends be gan to drop into the home to wish their old friends the returns ii i ne ( ay. ami in a iew nours A.I 1 I the house was thronged with the jolly crowd of visitors, and the hiot and hostess were simply overwhelmed by the demonstra tion of the lasting- affection entertained for propriate hour. them. At an ap when the friends had all assembled. Long of the Nehawka and in a few well marks presented Mr Kirkpatrick with two Editor J. I. News arose chosen re . and Mrs. very hand them of the some rings to remind happy event, as well sentiment of friendship as the felt for them by their many friends throughout the locality where they have spent these forty years of happy wedded life. The pre sentation of the rings almost overwhelmed the host, and hos tess and they were greatly affect ed by the demonstration or love and affection shown by their friends. The Kirkpatrick home was decorated for the occasion of the anniversary in festoons of smilax and fall roses, which made a very appropriate setting for the celebration. There was present at the an niversary the following relatives, in addition to the host of friends: Mr. and Mrs. P. E. RufTner, Plattsmouth; Mrs. V. I"). Reed, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Roy Dodge, Omaha; Guy Kirkpatrick and wife. St. Joseph. Missouri; Earl Kirkpatrick and wife, Clear borne, Texas. Two of the sons, Paul of San Antonio, Texas, and Ray of Tacoma, Washington, were unable to attend the happy occasion, because of illness in their families, but sent messages of congratulations to their par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick are among our most highly esteemed people and I he Journal desires to add its congratulations and best wishes to these worthy citi zens, who have just rounded out so many years of wedded bliss. A household remedy in Ameri ca for 25 years Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. For cuts, sprains, burns, scalds, bruises. 25c and 50c. At all drug stores. W. C. T. U. Hold Social Meeting. From Tuesday's Dally. The N. c. i . u. held a very pleasant social meeting; at the home of Mrs. George Dodge yes terday afternoon. there was a large number of the members and their friends in attendance, who whiled away the afternoon hours in a most enjoyable man ner, conversation, interspersed with other amusements calculat ed to make the occasion a de lightful one, being; indulged in Mrs. C. E. Wescott, of Los An geles, California, was present, and although the members and friends were glad to have Mrs wescott m their midst, much re gret was expressed .at having to lose her so soon again, as Mrs. Wescott and her husband will depart for their western homt tomorrow. During the course of the afternoon excelelnt and de iietaide reiresriments were pro vided by the hostess, she bein assisted in serving bv Miss Her- nice Richards. THE EGGS SOLO HERE ARE ALL GOOD there is considerable com plaint in different parts of the tate over the character of the eggs sold on t lie market at pres ent, particularly in Omaha, and the loiiowing statement in re- ard to the matter will show the housewives of this city that they Ul . k 1UI IUUUIC 111 UU) 111 good country eggs sold them by the Plattsmouth grocers, instead of being compelled to use the cold storage product, as do those in the larger cities: Good eggs are very hard to get at the grocery stores at present Most of the product has a de cidedly storage taste, and while some grocers admitted weeks ago that storage eggs are already on the market, very few are rep resenting any of their stock as ueh. Many housewives are making bitter complaints to their grocers and the reply they get is, "Well, those were strictly fresh country eggs." In spite of the new law which went into effect some weeks ago in the state providing a penalty ior representing storage goons as fresh goods, little or no change can be seen in the grocery stores. No signs are to These Are Storage Eggs." The new law, senate file No 6 4, is very specific on the point. Section 9 of that law reads: "It hall be unlawful to sell or to offer or expose for sale, articles of food which have been held in storage, without notifying per sons purchasing or intending to purchase the same .that they have been so kept, and it shall be unlawful to represent or ad vertise as fresh croods which have been held in cold storage. The law also provides a penalty. For the first offense the line shall not exceed .$500 and for t lie second offense not over $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Thus far, no arrests have neen made in Omaha and in the state, even . though many .customers have complained. Some grocers assert that the handling of eggs at the eommis- m m m t sion nouses gives mem tile, stor age taste, and that the strong, disagreeable taste does not prove that the eggs are storage? eggs. The fact, however, remains that storage eggs are on the market, yet there are no signs that rep resent them as such. Leave for San Francisco. Andrew O. Moore and bride departed yesterday afternoon on the "stub" for Ashland, where they caught No. 3 for the west and will enjoy a honeymoon trip to Denver, Salt Lake and San Francisco for a few weeks, re fusing to this city about Octo ber 10. There were a large num- her of the relatives of the young people present at the train when they departed and they were liberally sprinkled with rice, while their baggage was decorat ed with eld shoes, signs and other torments that are handed out to the newly wedded. THE QUESTION OF GOOD ROADS The Merchants of Several Iowa Towns Are Now Solving the Problem. From Wednesday's Dally. The rains of the past few days throughout this section has placed the roads in. much better condition for working in order to place them in good condition for the winter, and this brings to mind a movement that is bein tried in several different states to have the roads placed in good shape and to create an interest in this line of work. The proposition, which has proven quite successful, is for the Commercial club of the town or the Jioard ot Trade to oner prizes to the different farmers who come to town with a road prizes to the progressive farmers has stimulated the interest in the work of dragging the roads throughout the communities where it has been tried, and whenever a farmer drives to town aslride of his road drag he places the road between his home and the town in much better shape for travel, and a person would be surprised at the won derful results brought forth by these road drag days. The plan generally followed, particularly in our neighboring state of Iowa, is to give to each person enter ing the contest a market basket and a number of certificates call ing for the amount of the prize offered, and these are exchanged by the farmers at the stores for merchandise to be taken home, and the storekeepers are thereby benefited, as well as having se cured an improved roadway into the town. The certificates are given in dinerenl denominations, ranging from 50 cents to 5. and distributed among the farmers as a reward for their enterprise in getting into the good roads movement in the most practical way. the good roads movement is being pushed throughout the en tire west, and it is time the movement was inaugurated in this state, although in some sec tions of this county the farmers are working at the proposition all the year round and have brought the roads into splendid shape in their locality, but there should be a united effort to put all the main traveled roads in good shape and not leave part of them in bad shape to travel over. Let the business men of the different towns of the county, in cluding Plattsmouth, get in touch with the farmers and all boost for bigger and better good roads movement that will make Cass county roads the best in the state. There is a great deal of money expended on the public highways, but the work not ap plied in the most scientific man ner of producing good roads soon has to be done over, and the result is that the money expend ed is of no value in producing permanent results. POLLOCK PARMELE TO TAKE A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Pollock Parmele departed this afternoon on a tour that will take him around the world, leaving here for New York, from where he will sail on September 20, over the North-German Lloyd steam ship line for Naples, Italy, and will also visit Algiers, Egypt, and going through the Suez canal, will visit India, the South Sea Islands and Japan, and return ing cross the Pacific ocean and arrive at ban irancisco. travel ing from there home. This is a trip that will take Mr. Parmele almost into every part of the world, and be one that will be the treat of a lifetime. He will travel in company with Mr. Peterson of Aurora, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Thrasher Return From Tuesday's DaJty. Yesterday afternoon J. H Thrasher and wife arrived home from Persia, Iowa, where they have been for a few days visit ing with Mrs. 11. H. Davis, a si? ter of Mrs. Thrasher. They were brought home to this city by Mrs. Davis and son, R. A Davis, in the fine touring car of Mr. Davis, and the trip was one much enjoyed by Mr. Thrasher and wife. While in Iowa the colonel visited at Logan for a few hours and met John Boone, a former resident of this city, who for many years was engaged in the barber business here. Mr Boone has been compelled to abandon his trade on account of his age and health, and has re tired to enjoy in rest his few re maining years. ' IIS THE FRUIT CROP OVERESTIMATED Secretary J. R. Duncan of the state board of horticulture says the fruit crop in Nebraska has been overestimated. Owing to the drouth apples dropped badly He says : "From reports received at thi; office the apple crop in eastern Nebraska will not come up to estimates made earlier in the season. The continued drouth caused the apples to drop badly before the rains of the 8th, 9th and loth. these rains were heavy from Nebraska City south to the state line and will help the late winter apples in that sec tion to fill out normally. North of Nebraska City to Plattsmouth only light showers fell, which will not be of much benefit. A heavy rain is needed at once to fill out the winter varieties in that section, isortn or this more rain fell and apples are in better shane. "Harvesting Jonathan and Grimes' Golden apples is in pro gress with quality reported good. A heavy drop of these varieties occurred after the rains, but these drops are being marketed to good advantage. Grocers will make more money this year from the smaller yield than last year from the bumper crop. Part of this is due to short crop all over the United States, and part to the formation of a strong sellin; organization among the up-to date growers in western Ne braska." Stale Journal. MAKES TRIP FROM AUSTRIA TO THIS CITY From Wednesday's Dallv. A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. M. Fanger departed from their home at Missouri Vallev. Iowa. for New York, where they go to meet Wilhelm Schall, a brother of Mrs. Fanger and Mrs. V. Zuck- er of this city, who is expected to arrive today in the port of New iork from his home in Austria, with three of his children, and will come west with Mr. and Mrs. Fanger for a visit with them, as well as in this city with Mrs Zucker, and he may decide to make his home in this country if the conditions suit him. Mrs. Schall will remain at her home in Europe with the rest of the children to await the decision of her husband as to whether he will slay here or not. hile in New York Mr. and Mrs. Fanger expect to make a tour of the large wholesale and importing houses of the great eastern city and select the latest in importations for their mil linery stores in this city and Missouri Valley, and this per sonal visit of the owner of the stores to the wholesale houses will allow him to nick out the very best and most up-to-date stock for his customers, and it will afford him great pleasure to offer them to his customers. The party is expected to arrive here about Saturday if the ship bear ing Mr. Schall and the children is not delayed in its passage, and a general reunion of the Schall family will be held here in a short time, there being the mother and several other. sisters of Mr. Schall residins: in Omaha. !A VERY BEAUTIFUL ROME WEDDING Mr. A. O. Moore and Miss Ethel Leyda United at the Home of the Parents of the Bride. From Tuesday's Ually- A very pretty home wedding, in which two ot iJiattsmoutn s young people plighted their troth, was held last evening at. the home of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Leyda, in the presence of fifty relatives and friends. Preceding the ceremony Miss Camille Leyda sang, "Why I Love You," accompanied by Miss Lu cile Leyda presiding at the piano, and the latter then followed with Mendelssohn's wedding march. The bride, accompanied by her sister, Miss Lllen Leyda, and the groom, supported by his brother, Mr. Will A. Moore, took their places in the parlor, and beneath decorations of green and white the Rev. W. L. Austin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, using the ring service, united the lives and fortunes of the happy couple. Congratulations then followed. The bride was gowned in white silk crepe de chien, over white silk, with long white tulle veil, draped in smilax and clematis, and carried white roses. The bridesmaid wore green crepe de chien over green silk. With the groom in black, full dress, the couple presented a handsome ap pearance. The serving .table was pre sided over by the Mrs. August Cloidt and Misses Jesse Moore, Delia Moore and Coeanna Hand ley. Mrs. E. V. Defibaugh pre sided at the. punch bowl. The decorations were pink, white and green. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. C. A. Laning, of Eagle; Mrs E. C. Tunnel, of King City, Mo.; Mr. Jas. E. Leyda, Mr. and Mrs W. S. Leyda and daughters, Ca. mile and Lucile, of Falls City Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis, of Oma ha; Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Cromwell, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Davis and daughter, Doris, Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Olive, Mrs. E. V. Defibaugh, Richard O. Cromwell and lien A. Olive, of Weeping Water. The newly wedded departed on the Burlington on their wedding trip to San Francisco to see the sights of the coast city, and on their return will stop at Salt Lake City and Denver. They will go lrom here on a trip to Mis souri for a visit with relatives, and on their return to Platts mouth will be at home for a sea son with Mr. and Mrs. August Cloidt. The groom, since his residence here four years ago, has made a host of friends. He is an oper ator at the Burlington station, a man of good habits,, and is worthy of the estimable and ac complished bride, who will assist in making a happy and content ed home. DEATH OF HENRY KRAGER . AT HOME NEAR MYNARD From Tuesdays Dally. Last evening at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Krager, west of Mynard, Henry Krager passed away, after suffer ing for several years with lung trouble, and for the last few months has been very low and suffered greatly until death came to his relief last evening about 5 o'clock. . Henry was about 25 years of age and had resided with his parents on the farm during his lifetime. His death will be greatly regretted by his many friends, who have known him during his lifetime, but suffering as he did the summons was wel comed by the young man. The funeral will be held Thursday and the body laid to its final resting place in the Eight Mile Grove cemetery, in the locality where the young man has spent his lifetime. Sure Some Good Corn. From Wednesday's Dally. Our friend, John McNurlin, brought to this olliee this week several ears of corn taken from the field of Charles Beverage, near Murray, that, is sure a tin grade of corn for this season. They were taken from the fieM just as they came, not, picking lor the pest. the held com prises a great many rures, and Mr. McNurlin has estimated that it will go fifty bushels to the acre, but Charley will not take his figures, as he says it will niak? fifty-live or better. this shows thciv will be some coin in ass county. Tvv.ny, PRESBYTERIANS ENJOY A BIG PICNIC DINNER The Address of Rev. M. V. Higbee of Omaha Was Very Pleasing. From Wednesday's Dally. There was a larvre number of the members of the congregation of the First Presbyterian church and their friends present la evening at the parlors of the church on the occasion of a de- ightful picnic supper and gen ral social time prepared by the ,adies' Auxiliary of that church and the occasion was one fillef with much pleasure to all who attended. The luncheon servet by the ladies of the church was one that kept up fully to the high standard set by the Ladies Auxiliary, and the guests especially the gentlemen, were loud in .their praise of the tempt ing viands, especially the chick en, which seemed to fill a long felt want with the masculine por tion of the congregation. The members of the congrega tion, in addition to the delicious dinner, were given the oppor tunity to listen to a very able and clear-cut address by Rev. M. Y Higbee of the North Presbyterian church of Omaha, who spoke along the line of "Naturalness and his appeals to his audience to shake off the artificial things that enter into the human life and to be what they really were, was one that made a deep im pression upon his hearers, and it was one of the most pleasing ad dresses given at the church for some time and will no doubt prove of much benefit to all who had the pleasure of listening to it. Judge George F. Corcoran of Y'ork. who is an old friend of Rev. Lorimer, was present and responded very pleasant lv to a few remarks and spoke of sev eral incidents in connection with his friend, which showed the pleasant friendship existing be tween these two gentlemen. ARTHUR J. JACKSON INJURED IN AUTO- MOBLE ACCIDENT From Tuesday's Dally. The news was received in this city today by relatives of Arthur J. Jackson of Omaha, giving the facts of a serious accident that occurred to that gentleman last evening in the metropolis. As far as can be learned Mr. Jack son was returning to Omaha from Carter Lake in his auto mobile, and while running along a rather narrow roadway noticed a team and wagon in front of him and signaled several times for the driver of the vehicle to give him part of the road, but the driver refused to give half of the road and Mr. Jackson attempted to pass the team, and as he was turning out, the bank along which the road runs, gave way, allowing the car and Mr. Jackson to fall several feet below, with the result that Mr. Jackson was injured, but how seriously could not be learned by the family here up to noon. He was removed to a hospital at once for treatment, but it is not thought his injuries were very serious or word would have been sent here. Mr. Jack son is a son-in-law of H. J. Streight of this city. IEATH OF A FORMER PLAITS MOUTH CITIZEN Michael B. Murphy Passes Away at H's Late Home In Long Beach, California. The news was received in this city yesterday of the death at Long Beach, California, of Mich ael B. Murphy, for many years a prominent resident of this city, but who removed from here about eighteen years ago and located in California, where h' has since resided. Mr. Murphy was in very poor health for the past few years and his death was not wholly unexpected, although it brought with it a sense of deep regret to his many old friends in this city, and as he was of a par ticularly genial disposition, he had a host of them here, where he was so well known and was foe a number of years a member of the city council. M. B. Murphy was born in Ireland in September, 1831), and came to America with his par ents while yet a babe, in 18 SI, and the family located at Detroit, Michigan, and there young Mich ael learned the harness maker's trade, serving an apprenticeship of five years. He was then em ployed as a journeyman harness maker in Canada and in Ohio and other stales through that section of the country, and latf embarked in business for him self at Oltumwa, Iowa, for one year, after which he came to Plattsmouth, in 18G3, and en gaged in the harness making business for a year, after which he engaged in the ranching busi ness with his hrother, J'-, ji. Mur phy, for some three years in Lincoln county, Nebraska. Returning to Plaltsmnith, he was engaged in the harness busi ness in company with Mr. .1. Streight, and remained here in this business fcr three years, un til he decided to enter the gov ernment mail service, and was employed for three years a route agent on the Burlington, and later on the Union Pacific as postal clerk, until 1881, when he again moved to Plattsmouth, and in October of that year opened up a flour, feed and commission business, at which he was very successful. He was marshal of the city for some seven or eight years, as well as councilman, and was, strange to say for a man of his nationality, a republican. He was a very active hgure in city politics during his residence here and a power to the republicans of the city. Mr. Murphy was married twice. first in 18G0 at Oftumwa, Iowa, to Miss America A. Baker, and the second time to Miss Frances L. Mitchell at Plattsmouth in 1873. The wife and three chil dren, Fred A. Murphy, located with the army at Houston1. Texas; Mrs. G. R. Chatburn, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and C. B. Murphy, of Long Beach, Cali fornia, are left to mourn his death. Another daughter, Mrs. Byron Clark, of this city, passed away a few years ago at her home here. To Sell the Stull Lands. In the partition suit of Amelia Monroe vs. Mrs. Agatha Stull yesterday in district court, by agreement of all parties to the suit, County Attorney C. H. Tay- or was appointed as referee to take charge of the sale of the ands belonging to the estate of the late Fred Stull. The prop erty consists chiefly of farming ands lying along the Platte bot tom north of this citv. "I have been somewhat costive, but Doan's Regulets give just the results I desire. Thev act mild- y and regulate the bowels per fectly." Geo. B. Krause, Al- toona, Pa. Do you know that the Journal office carries the finest Una of stationery In the city? r