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PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1915.
GREENWOOD
THE OLDEST ODD
FELLOW Ifi STATE
Odd Fellows or Greenwood Celebrate
Mr. II. F. Swanback's 100th
Anniversary.
From Saturday's Iaiiy.,
It is not every town that can boast
of having a resident 100 years of age
wh is well and hearty on. that birth
day anniversary, but such is the case
with. the city of Greenwood. Mr. II.
F. Swanbaek was 100 years of age
Tuesday, ami having been a member
of the O id Felicws lodge for over
severity years, joining in Germany,
the Greenwood lodge very appropri
ate1 y made him their truest of honor
Tuesday evening and there was a pro
gram especially piepared for his
ene.it.
The editor of the Omaha Wo rid -Herald
came up to give the address of
the evening, which was followed by
lemarks by Mr. Swanbaek, and than
car: j a banquet of pressed chicken
; ::d the "trimmings."
r.jring his lifetime Mr. Swanbaek
has been an active man, having prac
tice! medicine for twenty-five years
i: Germany and the United States. In
steal ing of the war across the water,
l.e tecently gave this interview to the
V.'o-!u-!Terald:
.'"Indeed I am much interested in
The war." he said, with a rising in
action. "What do you think of the kaiser
t:i3 report that he forced the
war?"
"He never forced the war," de
clared the old man. "It was forced on
him. Ah. the kaiser is a great man.
ile has done gr?at things for his peo
ple and all Europe. It was" him that
rciKy Christianized all Europe and
refined it, brir.gii.g it from barbarism
t. tiue civilization."
D j you think Germany will win
the war?"
"I :id think so, but I am pt.ined to
say ihat I fear for the outcome now.
Thing" have changed so. Germany
ha too rrar.y nations to .fight, and I
re:vl in the papers that Italy, Sweden,
Norway xird other countries are soon
to tare side? with the allies. Germany
ha- the f.r.est army in r.il the world,
but she c;nt whin the world. I
grieve
for the kaiser because he is
"Just Turn That Around."
".n English correspondent recently
said that one British soldier could
v. hip rive German soldiers,"' was sug
gested. The old man's eyes sparkled. "You
jut turn that around." he exclaimed.
"Turn it around and it will be about
right. I know how the Germans can
fi'zl.t. They never give up they may
pll be killed by far superior forces,
but they will never give tip as long as
thcrt's a German left to fire a gun."
"You say ycu knew how the Ger
mans can fight. What do you mean
by thai?"
"Whv, 'I have seen them fight. I
was with them on manv a battlefield.
I know."
"Where?"
"In Germany, of course. I was all
through the war of 1818 between
1'iussia' and Denmark, under General
Wrargcl," and the old soldier pointed
with pride to the iron cross.
"How did you come to get the iron
c.osr?" "
"I got it for capturing nine Danes.
King Frederick William IV of Prussia
gave it to me."
"Tell us about the Danes, please."
"There isn't much to tell, but it hap
.vrd this way: When the war be
tween Frussia and Denmark broke
u I enlisted in the Ninth company,
Frus: ian cavalry, and as was then the
plan, served part of the time in the
infantry. I was here, there and every
where, and often selected for scout
duty. Not long before the Prussians,
by order of the king, marched into
Uobtcin, I was sent off on a scout a
ii-tanre of about forty miles from
Ifohtcin, passing, by several miles,
the outer tamp of the Prussians. One
day I looked down a valley and there
saw hpvcrsd Danes grouped together.
I got oil my horse and taking my gun,
ss well as my short sword, which I
:Jways carried, crept close un tc
them to see what they were doing.
They had stacked their guns.nd were
playing cards. I crawled as close as
I could without attracting attention
; !id suddenly jumped to my feet and
yelled in German what you call
Hands un!' They didn't understand
German, but they Hid understand what
my gun meant, which was pointed at
them. Up went their hands and I told
them to march, pointing toward the
Prussian lir.es. They ain't like it and
FcowleH at me, but I meant businers
rnd they knew it, so they began to
tramp. I marched them back four or
five miles, fearing all the time other
Danes would come to their rescue,
but none appeared. At length we ar
rived at the Prussian camp and I turn
ed the prisoners over to an officer.
That is all there is to the capture, ex
cept that I made up my mind that if
any of them started to run, I would
shoot to kill."
Decorated in Bismarck's Tent.
"And when did you get the iron
cross?"
"A day or two after we marched in
to Holstcin. It was sent me by the
king, and I tell you it made me feel
proud. I was in Bismarck's tent when
the cross was given to me."
"Did you know Bismarck and how
did you happen to be in his tent?"
"He sent for me. He and I were
friends. He was born at the manor
house of Schonhausen, his father's
mark in Bradenburg, April 1, 1815.
and I was born in Mecklenburg March
0, 1815, and we were well acquainted,
lie was a fine man. He used to say
I was 'a smart young fellow.' The
day he sent for me he opened a couple
of bottles of wine and we were drink
ing it and I was telling him about the
capture of the Danes, and giving him
other information as to the location
of the enemy, when the king's rep
resentative came with the cross. I
tell you df Bismarck was alive today
there would be no war. He was the
greatest man for avoiding war and
still getting what he wanted, and be
lieved to be right, that ever lived."
Bismarck really entered public life
the year before the war broke out
or revolution as it was called. He
was chosen substitute for the repre
sentative ot tne lower nobility ot nis
district in the estates-general, which
were in that year summoned to Ber
lin, lie soon distinguished himself by
the vigor and originality with which
he defended the rights of the king
and the Christian monarchy against
the liberals. The year prior, however,
Bismarck had had charge for the gov
ernment of the dykes by which the
country in the neighborhood of E'.Da
was pieserved from inundation, which
office called him to travel extensively
through England, France and Switz
erland. During the revolution Bis
marck did not sit with any of the as
semblies summoned, but took a very
active part in the formation of a con
servative raity. which often carried
him out among the men at the front
and made him a power with the high
est officials, and soldiery as well. That
;s how he came to be at Ilolstoin the
day the king gave Veteran Swanbaek
the iron cross.
Wounded With Bayonet.
"Dui ing the war between Prussia
and Denmark were you ever wound
ed?" "Look at that," replied the old
warrior, and he raised his hat and
across his forehead, close up to the
snow-white hair, was seen a long
scar. "That was made with a bay
onet during a cavalry charge. We
had been given the order to charge
and sway we fiew, the horses as anx
ious to get at the enemy as were the
riders. We were cutting and slashing
like mad, and the Danes were fight
ing, too for thoe fellows are fight
ers, let me tell you weil, all at once
I got into close quaters with a big
Dane and nfisscd my guard. In an in
stant he had jabbed me across the
head and down I tumbled, but I was
not dead by any means. After the
charge, in which the Prussians were
victors, but at the cost of many lives,
I was taken back to the rear and
patched up. In a short time I was on
my horse again and at the front
whenever there was anything to do.
for I could never stand to hold back.
The skull was not injured, but the
bone was laid bare. A few stitches and
I was soon as good as ever. The point
of the bayonetrhad glanced off."
The old man rubbed the time-hon-cred
scar and puffed his cigar. His
mind was traveling back over the
events that happened sixty-seven
years ago.
"Did the Prussian soldiers wear
breast plates?" was asked.
"Yes, they wore brass plates over
their breasts and helmets," he ex
plained. "Many is the time that I have
seen men struck with a bullet on the
breast plate and but few times I
recall that the bullets passed through.
We generally fought at a consider
able distance and the bullets would
be well spent. They would flatten out
and we would shake them out on the
ground. Yes, I had several strike
ire, but none ever went through the
plate; I guess I was lucky."
"I suppose you got all the fight
ing you wanted in the old country,
didn't you?"
"No, sir, a German, never knows
wnat it is to stop ngnting wnen ne
thinks his country's welfare is at
stake. Why, I would go back and
help the kaiser now if I could leave
mv wife, but she is an invalid, you
know, and I can t leave her alone.
No one would take proper care of her
if I were away she's too old." And
the wearer of the iron cross sighed
with evident regret."
"Where were you when the civil war
in the United States was fought ?" 1 36.
was the next question
"I was in it. I helped put down the
rebellion," and again the shoulders of
the 100-year-old warrior straightened
and his blue eyes sparkled.
."Yes, sir," he continued, "it was my
duty to take part in that war. I was
an American citizen then, having
come over from the old country a few
years before the war broke out
landed in Canada, then lived in Min
nesota, where I married my first wife,
then in Indiana and later in Kansas,
and was there when the call came
for volunteers. I enlisted in the Elev
enth Kansas infantry at Topeka and
served until the close of the war. We
h:;d some pretty hot time, too, I tell
you, during those day, especially in
dealing with Quantrill's men, and
other lawless bushwhackers. 1 re
member ore time we got after Quan-
trOl and his gang and ran thorn down
into Missouri, where we killed sev
eral of them. While in the neighbor
hood of Sedalia, as I remember the
place, we captured a Qur.ntrill spy in
our camp, and I helped hang him to
a tree. I raw several of the raider's
men hanged by the union soldiers."
By his first wife, Mr. Swanbaek had
nine children, all being dead now but
two. One is a son in the railroad
business in the south and the other.
Mrs Ada demons, a trained nurse, in
Candle. Alaska. He married his sec-
end wife in 1FS0 near Greenwood,
where he has lived for over forty
esrs, the second marriage taking
place when he was 71 years old.
Mr. Swanbaek is in favor of woman
suffrage, expressing his ideas this
way: l tavor women voting because
most women have a good education
and are level-headed. Most of them
are better in every way than many
men who hold of!ice. Then why not
let them vote?"
"No, I r.m not a prohibitionist," the
old gentleman replied to an inquiry,
"yet I am a temperate man and al
ways have been."
In connection with this man's life
story, it is of more than passing in
terest to state that he holds a medal
for being the oldest Odd Bellow in
Nebraska, and so far as obtainable
data reveals. i; the o'dert Odd Fel
low in the whole world. He has been
an Odd Fellow, joining in Germany,
for over seven t
,vnvs.
the dr.
The evening
he spirt in Omaha there
was ins; llation of officers at hi
home lodge at Greenwood. lie? v. f.
importuned to remain ever night in
Omaha and attend the theater. "I
can't do that," he explained, "much
as I would like to, for
me this morning that
hold r.ff
ir.u:
. ion
the boys told
they wou'l
n hour or so
unil my train gets in from Omaha,
and I musn't disappoint them. for.
don't you know, the "boys' down at
Greenwood are going to paint the
town re'd for me on March Dili?"
No. 1914
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
rst national bank
At Plattsmouth, in the State of Ne
braska, at the close of business
March 4th-1915.
RESOURCES
Loans iiml lIcounls
Overdrafts, sei'im-d none: unse
cured I. Iimi'ls deposited to secure clr-cul.-il
ion ( PJir value).
Oilier bonds pledged u secure iks
1 al sav inys
Premium cm Immls used for circu
lation Oilier bunds, securities. etc.. owned
- unpiedt-'cd (other than stocks),
including premiums on same..
Subscript toil tn stock of
I'tiwrul Kcscrvp
bank, less amount
unp ild 1 ) 00
Allot luTsio.-ks. includ-
iii-r pvemhiimn same I H'i 0't
H:iiklm.'boust 11 im'O iki
I'lirnlt ure and fixtures. 4 4li CO
Other real estate owned
Ituefruiii Federal Kercrve bank..
One from approved re
serve audits in cen
tral reserve cities... S.'s s
!ue from approved re
serve agents in olli
er cities 2: Tfd 00 -
Due from banks ynil bankers
Outside cliecks aim oilier cash
items, mine: fr iff i'ni.tl curnii
cy. nicl el-. and cent.
ChF.-ks on banks in t tic samecrlt y or
town as report inr bank ....
N ! es of ot her national bunks
Lawful money reserve in batiu:
Specie ... " 10 :'iil tit
I.ejral-tetu'er notes, 4 47. CO -
K.-di-mtit ton fund uilli I". S. Treas
urer ( not mure than 1 it i'i ill
on circul at ion "
Total .......
LIABILITIES,
Captt il stock paid in
Surplus fund .
I ndivided profits ? 1! '.A'. 4s
Less current expenses,
interest, and lavs
paid i :m .r
Circulating not. s ct'u in
Lest amount on itaml
and Pi Treasury for
r e d e m p t mil or in
t ransit 1 0i ( 1'0
I n dividual dcp.i.its
silbjee! to clu ck S'l Tt; 41
Cert iiicutes of deposits
di.e in les-. than '.'M
d a V s -J7 r:t s!
!'iMal .avinu' fit i'sits. 11 u'iJ .".
Certificates of ilep'isit due on or
after IK ! uys
Itills pa. able, inchi'ili.f: obi i-at ions
representing money bot -rowed ..
2'. :: 'Mi 4
t T! '.'o
:o i'i'o oo
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500 00
14 C41 77
2 j!-0 0.1
K 410 CO
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tit;:; 4i
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15 017 to
r.oo oD
441 170
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THE DEATH OF fi
HOST EXCELLENT
NEKAWKA LADY
Mrs. John Garber Passed Away at
Aihawka Sunday, March 7,
Aged 73 Years.
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of the nbore-named bunk, do solemnly s.ear
that tin an.-ve st atctitent is true to t he best 1 1
ny knowledge and In-lief.
II. X- 1 vey. C ashler.
Correct Attest: Fkank K. M'Iii.ati:ii.
-i.i . r.. I o r. v.
L. W. t 'ooii.
lnreclors.
Sulsci1!wd and sworn to before it.e this
I . "tli day of March, l-.'lj.
Mil. pa f.:;tNKi ax.
en!i .Notary Public.
My conuiHssion expires .I:. unary Hi. li'j;-
Louisa Engle was born in Alsace,
Germany, August 27, 1841, and died
in Nehawka March 7, 1915, aged 73
years, 6 months and 8 days.
She came to America in 18G5 to
Kalamazoo, Michigan. On May 2:3,
1870, she was married to John Garber.
They came to Nebraska in 1878 and
located on a farm two miles northwest
cf Manley, until November, 18:.v:,
when they moved to Manley and in the
fall of 190(3 they came to Nehawka,
where she spent her declining years.
She leaves to mourn her loss her
aged husband, now in very feebla
health; Mrs. Magdalena Panokonin of
Dendal, Wisconsin; Mrs. Caroline
lr-rt-ivxr nrwl Affc Ti-ji i-.fi j"Ck fl!iDt7 rT
Murdock, Neb. Mr. Michael Engel of
Alsace. Germany, and Mr. George
Engel of Grant, Neb.
Mrs. Garber was a faithful and
earnest Christian, an efficient mem
ber of the M. E. church of this towv,
devoted and conscientious to the
activities of church, Sunday school ind
Aid .society, and all good causes as
far as her opportunities would allow.
She was an excellent neighbor, a per
sistent and untiring worker in her
home, most affectionate and self
sacrificing as a wife and exemplifying
much of the mind and spirit of Christ
along many lines and in the faithful
discharge of all duties to which
was assigned, until Sunday morning,
March 7, after a brief illness, she
gently sank to rest. She rests fron
her labors and her deeds follow her,
"their lieht reflected in glory."
Funeral services were held in the
M. E. church Tuesday at 12 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. J. W. Insley. Burial
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. '
SISS YEARS OLD OH
ST. PfflGifS DAY
bis. c. a esses has
SERISSSIIHSETIiBBEE
W A VISIT 10 FRIENDS
from Saturday's li.n.
Mrs. C. II. Manners has returne
home fiom Creighton, Nebraska
where she had been visiting with
friends, t:nd during her sojourn there
had a decidedly exciting time in get
ting around in the snow. nni fror.
what the nays the snow we had here
waii certainiy only a small imitatio:
of the real thing. Th5 snow com
pletciy paralyzed the tiaia service
and it was only with the greatest dif-
f.culty that trains were pushed
through curing the stcim, and after
it was over the lines were completely
closet! by the tit if teJ snow, so as to
cut out travel entirely. Mrs. Man
ne-rs had started homeward and had
gotten as far as Piainview when thu
tir.Tic was tied up completely, and t
week ago inurstlay lourid ncr at
Piainview with absolutely no way of
getting out of that place for several
days. On the Sunday folibwing she
was able to gel out of J'lainview over
the Northwestern, "which- was the lirsi
toad to get into operation after tho
storm, as the Burlington was still tie 1
up when idle letf there. She was able
to reach home Monday and feels that
the next time she goes on a trip it
will be in the good old summer time
when there is no danger of being
f-rowed in, as was the case with licr
Creighton trip.
The Court of Last Resort.
Around the ::tove of the cross roads
grocery is the real court of last resort,
for it finally over-rules all others.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been brought before this court in al
most every cross roads grocery in this
country, and has ahray received a
favorable verdict. It is in the coun
try where man expects to receive full
value for his money that this remedy
is most appreciated. Obtainable
everywhere.
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Mrs. Kate Oliver and Children and
Grandchildren 'Will Celebrate the
Event in Usual Manner.
Tae Omaha World-Herald of yes
terday contained an excellent half-tone
cut of Mrs. Kate Oliver of this city,
who on Wednesday will celebrate her
seventy-cixth birthday at her home 'n
this city. In speaking of the coming
event the World-Herald Fays of this
splendid pioneer woman of Nebraska:
On St. Patricks' day in Tippeiary
Ireland, Mrs. Kate Oliver, one of Ne
braska's earliest pioneers, was born
seventy-six years ago. Her children
gi anik-hildien and great-grandchi'-
drcn will assemble at her home in
Plattsmouth next Wednesday to cele
brate the event.
Every year since the Olivers can
remember they have gathered to
gether in honor of their mother's
birthday. And every year the p;?riy
has been bigger. This year it will le
bigger than ever and besides , they v. ill
sing "It's n Long, Long Way IVom
Tipperary."
Mrs. Oliver has lived in Nebraska
fifty-nine years. She came with her
parents to this country from Ireland
when she was but a wee lass. They
tiicd St. Louis ami then came on to
fJellcvue. From there they moved to
Omaha. Mrs. Oliver lived her-j until
vvelve years ago, when she mcved to
Plattsmouth.
At the birthday party Wodnesday
will be Mrs. Oliver's sister, Mrs. Anna
Miller, of Fort Crook; her daugh'.ir,
Irs. A. -W. ITnllem, Omaha; Mrs.
Charles D. Eads, South Omaha; Mrs.
I). P. Aylsworth, Kansasty; Mr:?.
D. C. Morgan and Miss Carrie Oliver,
Plattsmouth. the nine grandchild. -en
nd seven great-grandchildren.
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Fine all-wool fabrics, good work
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WILLIAM TROOP, OF
NEHAWKA, SUDDENLY
BECOMES BLIND
William Troop, prominent farmer
of the vicinity of Nehawka, had a
rather strange experience while in
Omaha Friday eveninjr attending the
theater, in company with two neigh
bors. Otto Carroll and C. N. Hansoi .
Paul Gerhard, the greatest Oerman ...... pniovin th nerforfrinrft m,
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ii j urn v.iiLclf .ne n.uis.i -'" Troop was suddenly stricken with
country man wonueriui trans.auon Mblindness and was unabje to see even
a hymn which is ascribed to Bernard
of Clairvaux and which is certainiy
an inspiration for Lenten time.. Here
are three of the most beautiful of i s
eight stanzas:
Proper Treatment for Biliousness.
For a long time Miss Lula Skelton,
Churchville, N. Y., was bilious and
had sick headaches and dizzy spellsi
Chamberlain's Tablets were the only
thing that gave her permanent relief.
Obtainable everywhere.
"O sacred Head, now wounded,
With errief and shame weighed
down ;
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, Thine only crown;
O sacred Head, what glory,
What bliss till now was Thine!
Yet, the despised and gory,
I joy to call Thee mine.
Receive me, my Redeemer;
My Shepherd, make me Thine;
Of every good the fountain,
Thou art the spring of mine.
Thy lips with love distilling,
And milk of truth sincere,
With heaven's bliss are filling
The soul that trembles here.
' Be near when I am dying,
O, show Thy cross to me;
And for my succor flying,
Come, Lord, to set mc free;
These eyes, new faith receiving,
' From Jesus shall not move;
For he who dies believing.
Dies safely through Thy love."
This beautiful story in verse was
handed to us by our friend, Rev. J. II.
Kteirer. of St. Paul's church, and it I
will be much appreciated by tnose
who observe the Lenten season.
ihe lights in the theater and his
friends were for a few minutes great
ly alarmed over the calamity that had
visited Mr. Troop.
Troop was led from the theater by
his two friends, who telephoned police
headquarters for a physician. Dr. J.
A. Tamisica attended the man, but
seemed unable to alleviate the trouble,
which, he asserted, was decidedly
puzzling, the only solution offered be
ing that Troop's affliction may result
from some internal poisoning.
"I could see just as good as I Tcr
could in my life up to the very mom
ent I went blind," Troop related to the
physician. ''I was interested in the
show, when suddenly it seemed as if
the lights had gone suddenly out. It
was several moments before I realize!
what had happened."
The affliction, however, fortunately
proved only temporary, and after
treatment Mr. Troop was able to re
turn home and is greatly at a loss to
understand the temporary loss of his
eyesight, although he has in the pat
few years suffered some from his
eyes.
Leaves for Convention.
The delegates for the Woodman
Circle convention left this afternoon
on the Schuyler for Columbus, Nab ,
where the convention is to be held to
morrow. The delegates from here
are Mrs. iena uroege, miss Miini
Kaufmann, Mrs. Nannie Burkle, Mr:;.
Julia Hawkenberry and Mrs. Mar
garet Manspeaker. Several of th
members of the Circle accompanied
the delegates and will be present ut
the convention.
A Specific Against Colds.
"If there is such a thing as a
specific against colds, it is to be found
in the sleeping porch or the open bed
room. Next to that comes the cold
sponge bath in the morning," says the
Youth's Companion. Be as careful as
you can you will occasionally take
cold and when you do you will find
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a great
help in enabling you to get rid of it
Try it. Obtainable everywhere.
Wall Paper, Paint3, Glass, Ticture
Framing. Frank Gobelman.
Moves Into New Home.
Albert Stokes has just purchased
the property south of the A. G. Bach
store on Lincoln avenue, and Saturday
moved into his new house and feels
woll nlpased with his new home. It is
a very nice and convenient place and
one that should make a very pleasant
home for the Stokes family.
Keep Your Bowels Regular.
O.-teopathic treatment i; g-''--
enteed to cure the srlPPe- Try u and
be convinced.
As everyone knows, the bowels are
the sewerage system of the body, and
it is of the greatest importance that
they move once each day. If your
bowels become constipated, take a I
dose of Chamberlain's Tablets just
after supper and they will correct
the disorder. Obtainable everywhere.
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THE HOUSE OF KUtPENHC1MH
You know
when you try on
a suit whether
you like it, simply by a
glance in the glass, but yon
don't know that you will
like it after it has seen ac
tive service.
You can get a
suit here with either a So
ciety Brand or Kuppen
heimer label in it, the kind
that always look good, for
one-fourth less than a good
tailor's price and still get a
better value. We will
prove, our statement with
sin -opportunity. Come in
any day. v
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