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VDI XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNK 21, 1913.
NO. 1.
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IT IS THE SMALL
POX, AS STATED
BY THE JOURNAL
Weeping Water Republican Has the
Manhood to Say So When It Finds
Out the Truth in the Matter.
From Saturday's Pally.
The Weeping Water Republican, in
-peaking of the smallpox epidemic in
ami near Weeping Water, which has
Leen considered by many as chicken-
pox, has the following to say in re
paid to the matter:
Dr. W. H. Wilson, the state phy
yician, of Lincoln, was in town this
(Thursday) forenoon and visited the
home of F. J. Davis in town, the
home of S. A. Jackman, one and one
half miles west of town, and also the
Wilson Saylor home, two and one-
fourth miles west of town. At each
home he found members of the family
suffering with what he (Dr. Wilson)
pronounced as smallpox. As he re
marked to the writer that it was
ymallitox without any question and
should and must be quarantined.
Furthermore Dr. Wilson said if peo
ple would vaccinate thoroughly all
over the state less trouble would arise
from the contagious disease.
Dr. Wilson was called here by the
county physician. Dr. B. F. Brendel,
of Murray, who was called Wednesday
by Dr. Welch to see S. A. Jackman
and little daughter, west of town. Dr.
Brendel was accompanied by" his son,
Dr. J. F. Brendel.
The Doctors Brendel corroborated
with Dr. Welch ' in pronouncing the
case smallpox. As Dr. B. F. Brendel,
the county physician, wished to cause
no friction among doctors or those
afllicted with the epidemic, which has
been prevailing for some time, he
thought it wise to call his superior,
Dr. W. H. Wilson of the state board
of health, who met him here this
morning. The above was the direct
cause of Dr. Wilson's visit to the city
and community.
We have endeavored to give the
above facts as correctly as possible
without any prejudice to party or
person.
Although those who will be quar
antined from now on for probably the
same malady that their neighbors
were not quarantined for, may have
a complaint to make, they should re
member that the Republican is not a
physician or capable of differentiating
a case of smallpox from a case of
chickenpox or even measles.
Still the Republican is glad that a
quarantine has been established for
a contagious disease.
ARE POWDER-BURNED
FROM FLAYING WITH
A SMALL GANNON
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon- Ernest Neu
mann and Henry Ofe, two young lads
residing on Wintersteeo Hill, decided
that they would engage in playing
war, and as a result they are suffering
with very badly powder-burned faces
:.s the result of the premature dis
charge of a small cannon loaded with
powder and which instead of destroy
ing the enemy came near wiping out
the young artillerymen. The boys had
been using the cannon before, and on
the day previous young Ofe had been
caught in a similar explosion, but was
nothing daunted and decided to try it
again, with the result noted above. As
the boys had the cannon nicely loaded
with a large charge of powder they
Fet it off, but the fuse was too short
and the gun went off before they were
out of range and the faces of the two
lads are liberally sprinkled with the
powder marks, almost the entire lower
portion of their faces being burned
by the scattering powder. Ofe had
the misfortune to have a grain of the
powder land in one of his eyes and
this has proven very painful.
Charles Cheuberont ami wife of
Clarksburg, West Virginia, who were
called here by the death of their
daughter, Mrs. Undine Green, depart
ed this afternoon for their home.
While here they, with their grand
children, were guests at the M. E.
Manspeaker home.
SNOW FELL YESTERDAY
MORNING, SO SOME SAY
From Friday's Dall. '
In conversation with W. D. Messer
smith this afternoon he states that at
5 o'clock yesterday morning there was
quite a little snowfall, which preceded
the rain storm, and for a few minutes
the ground was white with the flakes.
"Posy" had risen shortly after 4
o'clock and started out doors, when
he noticed a whiteness on the ground
and supposed at first that it was the
fluff from a Cottonwood tree, but up
on picking up some was astonished to
find it was real snow, which is going
some for the seventeenth of June in
Nebraska. The rain, coming shortly
afterward, wiped out all signs of the
snowfall.
PAVING OF ALLEY
SOUTH OF MAIN
STREET DISCUSSED
From Friday's imilv.
The paving of the alley in the dis
trict south of Main street, which has
at several different times been strong
ly urged, is to be again put before the
property owners in an endeavor to se
cure the accomplishment of this work
which is so necessary to that section
of the city, as anyone knows who is
at all familiar with the conditions pre
vailing along that alley. There was
a large majority in favor of having
the work done before, but the petition
included that section in the block from
Sixth to Seventh streets, and here an
objection was filed by the property
owners, but it is now proposed to
have the paving done in the alley from
Third street west to Sixth street,
where the conditions are the worst
that could be tolerated. The property
owners along the alleyway have had
to put up with the sloppy,' rough con
dition of this alley so long that they
have become thoroughly disgusted,
and in rainy and wet weather the al
ley in places is almost impassable and
in many of the business houses a
greater part of the work of hauling
in and out of goods is done through
the alleyway and in the bad shape
that it is in has made the work most
disagreeable.
The blocks from Fourth to Sixth
have been the chief sufferers from
the condition of the alleys, as sink
holes have become filled with mud and
water which makes driving through
them with a load of any size almost
impossible. The property owners on
the north side have been able to get
their alley paving proposition through
and the council has created the pav
ing district to take care of the work.
and the alley on the south side, which
is in far worse condition, still remains
in its muddy state.
When the petition is circulated
there should be an enthusiastic wel
come given it, as it means that it will
add materially to the condition and
value of the property on the south
side of Main street.
THE PRICE OF PAINT
STEADILY ADVANCING
From Friday's Dally.
Those who have found occasion to
purchase paint in the past few
months have found that this article
ha3 shown a steady climb upward in
price, as the result of the European
war, and the price of pig lead, which
enters into the manufacture of the
paints, has gone up in price with
great rapidity, and since January 28
has advanced $66 a ton, which
naturally causes the paints to advance
as well. The cost of the dye stuffs
entering into the coloring of paint has
also reached a high price, as most
of this comes from Germany, and the
war has shut this almost off, with
the result that manufacturers in this
country are forced to make an ad
vance in price, as well as curtail the
output of their factories, owing to
the shortage in the dye-stuffs, and in
some cases certain colors have been
retired from the market until a fur
ther supply of material to produce
the colors can be secured.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co.
PASSING OF ONE
OFTHE PONEER
RAILROADERS
Andrew B. Pirie, Head of the Burling
ton Shops Here Years Ago, Died at
Home in Atchison Yesterday.
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday at his home in Atchison,
Kansas, occurred the death of Andrew
B. Pirie, formerly a resident of this
city and one of the pioneer railroad
men of the west, and who for forty
years or better had been identified
with the Burlington railroad in its
mechanical department at Platts
mouth, Red Cloud, Wymore and Have-
!ock, and at the time of his death was
a master mechanic at Atchison, al
though of late years he had not been
able to take as active a part in the
railroad work as formerly.
Mr. Pirie, when a resident of this
city in the late seventies and early
eighties, was in charge of the ma
chine shops of the Burlington and was
one of the most trusted and relied on
members of the company's force of
employes, and his efforts aided great
ly in advancing tho efficiency of the
shops here at the time he was located
in this city. Later, about thirty years
ago, he was sent from this city to
Wymore to act as master mechanic,
and then sent to Havelock, where the
shops were being established, but af
ter a residence there of a time was
transferred to Wymore, where he was
stationed until transfered to Atchi
son, where he resided until his death.
He was a man slightly over 67
years of age and one whom to know
was to love and admire, and the news
of his death will be recived with sin
cere regret by the old friends in this
city with whom Mr. Parie had been
associated when a resident here, and
over the entire Burlington system in
Nebraska will this feeling be express
ed of regret at the taking away of
this good man. A widow is left to
mourn his loss, as their child passed
away while the family were residing
in Plattsmouth. The body of Mr.
Pirie will be brought here Monday
afternoon on No. 24, from Atchison,
and the funeral will be held direct
from the train to Oak Hill cemetery,
where the interment will be made be
side the little child.
To Mrs. Pirie, in her hour of be
reavement, the deepest sympathy of
the old friends in this city will be ex
tended over the loss of the kind and
oving husband.
THE COOK FAMILY RE
UNION HELD NEAR
ALVO LAST SUNDAY
From Saturday's Dauy.
The annual Cook reunion was held
June 13, 1915, at the home of G. P.
Cook, one and a half miles east of
Alvo. The last of the relatives arrived
about noon. A long table was built
on the lawn, which wa loaded with
good things to eat only such as good
cooks" know how to prepare. There
were about ninety present as follows:
C.'E. Cook and family, W. D. Wheeler
and family, W. A. Wheeler and wife.
C. L. Wiles and family, Peter Camp
bell and wife, J. W. Holmes, H. A.
Doly, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Vallery and
daughter, Violet, of Plattsmouth, Joe
Cook and children, W. T. Vallery and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tilson and
baby, Murray; S. O. Cole and family,
S. W. Cole and wife, C. R. Cole and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Cole and
baby, Lois, Mynard; Pearl Keefer, G.
P. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook
and baby, Alice; Perry Cook and fam
ily, Mrs. Bina Kitzel and son, Bert;
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kitzel and baby,
Kendall; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Stone
and son, La Verne, Wm. Kitzel and
family, Elbert Taylor, Alvin Cashner,
Mrs. M. P. Stone, Alvo; W. A. Cook
and family, A. II. Weichell and fam
ily, Elmwood; W. A. Davis and wife,
Mrs. Minerva Boyd, Weeping Water;
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cook and baby,
Havelock; Mrs. Pearl Batterson, Ne
braska City; Geo. Voss and wife, St.
Joseph, Missouri. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co.
APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN
ISTRATOR IS ASKED FOR
This morning a petition was filed in
the county court asking ftr the ap
pointment of an administrator in the
estate of Andrew Pittnian, deceased
of near Nehawka, ar,i naming in the
petition, James W. Maguey as a fit
and proper person for the position
The petition was filed by Mrs. Hattie
Pittman Sutphin, a daughter, of Ne
hawka, and the other heirs to the
estate are Lora S. Pittman of Avoca
and Charles W. Pittman of Med ford
Oklahoma, both sons. The deceased
was one of the prominent residents
of the vicinity of Nehawka and leaves
quite a large estate.
THE RAIN INTENSE
YESTERDAY IN WEST
PART OF THE STATE
From Friday's Dailv.
The rain of yesterday that swept
over Nebraska from one end to the
other seems, from the dispatches, to
have been intense in the western part
of the state, where seven inchs of wa
tr in two hours was recorded, but
through this section was very mild,
although at times it came down quite
freely and some damage is reported
to the whea where it was blown down
by the wind. Along the Sioux City
line of the Burlington there is a
great deal of wheat that will be lost
owing to the high wind and rain. The
greatest damage, however, seems to
have occurred in the western part of
the state, where the Republican valley
is flooded from theo verflow of the
river, due to the intense rainfall. The
Burlington has been compelled to send
all train by way of the Union Pacific
tracks into Omaha. No. 2, due here
at 4:80 yesterday afternoon, did not
arrive until 8:30 this morning, being
sent east as a second section of
No. 10.
LAST SAD TRIBUTE
TO THE LATE SARAH
CATHERINE MORGAN
From Friday's Daily.
The funeral services of the late
Sarah Catherine Morgan were held
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home on Pearl street and a large
number of the old friends of the fam
ily and of the departed lady were
present to pay their last tributes of
respect and esteem to the memory of
this good woman called to her final
rest. The services were conducted by
Rev. F. M. Druliner of the Methodist
church, who in his remarks paid a
tribute to the worth of the departed
lady in the community where for so
long she had made her home and
where she had reared her family with
such loving care and affection, and
where by her kindly acts had formed
many a warm friendship. During the
services Mesdames E. H. Wescott and
Mae Morgan gave several duets of the
old and well loved hymns which had
been held in a deep affection by Mrs.
Morgan.
The interment was not made until S
o'clock in the evening, as the body
was held awaiting the arrival of a
nephew, Charles Morgan, from Little
Rock, Arkansas, to be present when
all that was mortal of this good wom
an was laid to its last long rest. As
the last hours of the day passed away
and the soft mantle of twilight fell on
the earth the body was laid away in
the beautiful Oak Hill cemetery be
side that of the husband, who had
preceded Mrs. Morgan in death some
twenty years ago.
Steps on Spike.
From Friday's Dally.
George Brooks had the misfortune
to step on a spike yesterday while
working in the new garage building
which is being constructed by R. L.
Propst. Mr. Brooks will be forced to
take a layoff, which is something he
has not done since the first dirt was
moved. We trust no serious results
may occur.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co.
THE HOME-MADE
GOODS SHOULD
BE PREFERABLE
Buy Home Products and Support the
Home Merchants Who Sell Home
Manufactured Goods.
From Saturday's Daily.
There is one line of work in boost
ing the interests of this city that
s-.hould be taken up by every citizen
and householder, and that is the use
cf rnade-in-Plattsmouth goods as much
as possible, and wherever the oppor
tunity is afforded say a good word for
the product of the industries that are
established here, and assist in the
material prosperity of the community.
In seeking after new enterprises much
good can be accomplished, but those
industries that are already located
here should be given as liberal patron-
ge as possible. We have many things
here that can be found useful in
everyday life.
There are cigars made in Platts
mouth that are as good as any that
can be found manufactured in any
city in the land; then there is the
flour produced at the Plattsmouth
mill that has been pronounced first-
class by the housewives of the city
ind used by a great many of them in
preference to other brands more wide
ly known and advertised. The Platts
mouth brooms, made right here in
town, are better by far than many of
those sent in here from the outside
for sale and have given as good serv
ice as any to the housewives using
them. Then there is Plattsmouth
shirts, which each day are turned out
by the hundreds from the M. E. Smith
shirt factory and placed on the market
wherever this company does business.
There are several manufactories of
concrete products that have a big de
mand for their output in the line of
building material, and anything from
the common concrete blocks to the
artistic and fancy articles made of
concrete are put up right at home and
are as good as any that can be found
anywhere.
The community spirit should de
velop these different industries, noj
matter what they are, and by their
use show that the people are willing
to assist the manufacturers, whether
it be concrete, ice, bread, cigars,
brooms, shirts or anything else that
is made here.
Last, but not the least, we have the
Olson Photo Co., one of the larg
est and best institutions of its kind
in the country, whose business reaches
from Maine to the Philippines and
from Florida to Alaska.
A FINE PICTURE AT
THE GEM THEATER
LAST EVENING
From Friday's Daily.
Those who braved the storm and
bad weather of last evening to attend
the Gem theater and witness the sec
ond of the series of Mutual master
pieces, "The Cup of Life," felt amply
repaid, as this splendid story of life
was portrayed by Miss Bessie Bar
riseale, as Helen Fiskc, the sister
whose life had been purely a selfish
and worldly one. The settings of the
picture were beautiful, and this, to
gether with the wonderful acting of
the company, made the picture a
thrilling one and to the end the at
tention of the audience was held rivit
ed until the close. It was a drama
of life's opportunities and lessons
vividly pictured and brilliantly acted
by the fine company of actors and
actresses. In the play the butterfly
life of the cafes and boulevards and
the froth of the gay and easy life was
idiown in contrast to that of the
simple home life of the toiler and was
a beautiful lesson brought home to
everyone in the audience. The next
picture in this series will be "The
Absentee," with Robert Edson as the
ctar, and will be shown next Thursday
evening.
The next time you are in need of
flour, try a sack of Forest Rose. Sold
by all dealers. '
PARENTS OF MRS. GREEN ARE
HERE TO ATTEHO FUNERAL
Frm Saturnav's T-ntlv.
This morning Charles Cheuberont
and wife of Clarksburg, We.st Vir
ginia, arrived on No. 1 from the east,
called here by the death of their
daughter, Mrs. Udine Green, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner,
eight miles west of this city. The
unfortunate lady passed away Thurs
day morning while the parents were
en route from their home to this city
hoping to reach her side before she
passed away, but were unable to get
here in time. It is thought that the
remains of the unfortunate lady will
be interred here and the children
taken back by the grandparents to
their home to be reared.
MISS RUTH MOFFETT
CELEBRATES THIR
TEENTH BIRTHDAY
From Saturday's Dallv
The cozy home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Moffett, on West Granite
street, was the scene of. a most de
lightful children's party yesterday
afternoon, when their daughter, Ruth,
and son, Carl, entertained about
thirty of their little schoolmates and
friends in a very happy manner. The
occasion was in honor of Ruth's thir
teenth birthday anniversary, which
occurred yesterday, and in order
to commemorate the happy event in
a manner that would not soon be for
gotten, their little schoolmates and
friends were invited to their home for
an afternoon frolic. Various games,
sports and pranks which children de
light in were played on the lawn and
furnished plenty of amusement and
merriment for the little people. In
the peanut hunt Clyde Claus found
the largest number and was awarded
the grand prize, an Indian doll, while
Earl Mason carried off the booby
prize, a doll slipper, for finding the
least number. During the afternoon
they were invited to partake of a most
tempting birthday luncheon, which
was most thoroughly enjoyed by them.
Ruth was made the recipient of many
pretty gifts, which will assist her in
remembering this pleasant birthday
party. It was a late hour when the
little guests took their departure,
wishing Ruth many more such birth
day anniversaries and declaring they
had had a fine time.
Those invited were: Francis Ro
man, Alice Pollock, Norris Cummins,
Earl Mason, Theodore Parsons, Fae
Cobb, Janet Bajeck, Clyde Claus,
Pauline Bajeck, Nellie Cowles, Dor
othy Cowles, Donald Dickson, Karl
Wurl, Carl Speck, Goldier and Gladys
Kaffenberger, Marie Nemetz, Johnny
Nemetz, Guy Streight, Mabel Lee
Copenhaver, Helen and Edgar Wes
cott, Alice Louise and Mason Wes
cott, Alice, Cloidt and Theodore Ptak,
Dean Snyder, Eunice and Milton Dru-
iner, Frances and Walter Martin, Hilt
Martin, Dorothy Mehring, Ema War
stadt, Kathryn and Elizabeth Wad-
dick, Dorothy Peters. Mrs. Robert
Newell assisted Mrs. Moffett in the
erving and entertaining.
ORMER PLATTSMOUTH LADY
WINS PRIZE ON ESSAY
From Friday's Dally.
The World-Herald of this morning
has a very good portrait xi Miss La-
Vaughn Lehnhoff, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George B. Lehnhoff, former
ly of this city, and a grandaughter of
Mrs. F. D. Lehnhoff, and an article
telling of the success of that young
lady in her school work in the me
tropolis, where the family have made
their home for some years past. The
rticle is as follows:
"Miss LaVaughn Lehnoff of 3419
Hawthorne avenue, pupil at the
Franklin school, is the winner of the
eighth grade award for the best
essay in connection with the supple
mentary work in the course of hy
giene. Her essay on 'Alcoholism'
wins for her the gold medal as first
prize among all other eighth grade
contestants in the city. Gold medals
and silver medals were offered in the
contest, the awards to be made today.
Essays were written by the public in
all grades.
OMAHA BACHE
LOR'S CLUB EN
JOY SUNDAY
About Two Hundred, Accompanied by
Ladies, Have the Time of Their
Live at T. J. Sokol Park.
The Bachelors' club of Omaha yes
terday held a most pleasant picnic
and general good time at the T. J.
Sokol hall and park, and the enjoy
ment was continued without abate
ment until the departure of the
f-pecial train conveying the visitors
back to the metropolis this morning
s-hortly after 1 o'clock. A great many
of the visitors had expected to come
down with automobiles, but the rain
prevented this being carried out and
the greater part of the crowd made
its appearance on No. 24, shortly af
ter the noon hour, when some 200
of the jolly Bachelors, as well as a
number of their lady friends and rela
tives made their appearance and at
once took possession of the city and
moved directly to the Sokol park.
which had been selected as the spot
for holding the festivities of the day.
There were close to 500 present in
the afternoon at the park, despite the
fact that the weather was decidedly
threatening and kept quite a num
ber awav who would otherwise have
been in attendance. There was ma.:ic
galore at the park, as the Bohemian
brass band was discoursing sweet
strains out in the handsome park,
and the Holly orchestra furnished the
music for the dance, which was in
progress all afternoon up to 6 o'clock,
and a large number of the latest and
mose pleasing dance numbers were
enjoyed in the ball room of the hall.
A number of the visitors were also
very musically inclined and gave sev
eral special "stunts" in the music line
that were much enjoyed.
Quite a little excitement was oc
casioned in the early part of the aft
ernoon when it was anrounced that
one of the members of Bachelors' club
had disappeared and was lost and th2
president of the club had announced a
reward for the old maid finding the
missing bachelor and bringing hini
back safe. The prize was awarded as
promised, as the gentleman was dis
covered, but the officers of '.I e c!u'
and the Sokols decline to give th-J
name of the lucky lady.
The young people who enjoyed the
dance certainly were giver a full an 1
complete opportunity to enjoy it, a-s
the dance was in progress al! vhe aft
ernoon and part of the evening. Af
ter the supper hour the attraction of
the event. The presentation of
"Pomluva" by the membvr;; of thj
Bachelors' Club Dramatic association
was given and those taking part ac
quitnd themselves in a splendid man
ner with the clever play which they
had as the subject of the entertain
ment. The play was given in Bo
hemian and the members present who
were able to understand the offering
were more than pleased with the work
of the entire company, who were en
thusiastically encored for their excep
tionally clever work.
There was nothing at the picnic to
disturb anyone from the enjoyment of
a jolly afternoon and everybody
seemed bent on having a good time
from start to finish and apparently it
was one of the best events of its kin 1
that has been held in this city for
many seasons and the visitors depart
ed feeling that it was good to be
present at such a happy event.
JESSE ELLIOTT WHO RECENTLY
. HAD LEG BROKEN IMPROVING
Jesse Elliott, who was injured sev
eral days ago at a farm west of this
city, is still at St. Joseph's hospital
in Omaha, where he is having the
broken leg looked after and the limb
is progressing very nicely, although it
may be necessary to perform an
operation on the leg before it is
through with, as it has been thought
best to do this by the surgeons in
charge, as the bone of the leg is bad
ly shattered and splintered.
Forest Rose Flour. Every sack
guaranteed. Try a sack today.