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PLATTSMOUTH S ESI I-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSQAY, JULY 29. 1913.
THE WELL READ
MAN WHO IS IN
BUSINESS LIFE
Farmers Are Becoming as Well Tost
ed on Important Matters as
the City-Bred People.
Not long ago two business men
spent a Sunday in the country visiting
with old friends with whom they had
once been neighbors on the farm.
Their conversation drifted around to
the subject of the great war, as near
ly all conversations do these days.
Much to the surprise of the men from
town, their host and his brothers were
much better versed on affairs in Eur
ope, the details of the various cam
paigns and the various foreign
policies of our own administration
than were the visitors from town.
Later the conversation turned to
IKilitics in the city 100 miles away,
from which the business men had
come. Again the men from town were
surprised at the amount of knowledge
of city news and politics pcs.;?ssxl by
their country friends. They hid been
able to carry on a more intelligent
conversation with these men in a lew
hours than they had with their as
sociates in months. They were well
read and posted up to the minute;
whereas many business men in town
have but a faint knowledge of such
events gleaned from hasty glances at
the newspaper on crowded trolleys in
the rush to and from work.
Accordingly one of the visitors look
ed around for the source of this infor
mation and discovered that in that
partciular farm home, three daily
papers, two from large cities and one
from the county seat town, were be
ing recived. This led him to investi
gate further, and upon inquiry he
learned that some half dozen farm
papers and some weekly magazines
also came to this man's door erch
week.
.What was equally striking to this
business man was the fact that all of
these papers were glanced over every
week, and the most important items
in each read and read carefully. This
man was a busy man, spending long
hours each day in the field and per
forming . the numerous duties which,
fall to"tne owner of a general farm,
but he found time during the brief
minutes, during the noon hour, after
the day's work was done and through
out the long Sunday afternoons to
read and keep himself posted as to
politics, stcte and national affairs and
world events.
.This visitor had merely discovered
what many of us already know, that
the men who farm are, taken as a
whole, about the best read and best
informed of anyone. The rural free
delivery has placed the best reading
in the world at their door each day,
and the ability to read carefully and
the opportunity to reflect upon what
has been read places them in a most
enviable position.
MR, AND MRS. LOVELL
. CELEBRATE WED
DING ANNIVERSARY
From Tuesday's Dailv.
A most delightful party was
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lovell on Sunday in honor of
their twentieth wedding anniversary,
which occurred on that date. Despite
the unfavorable weather a large num
ber were present and a royal time
enjoyed in partaking of the sumptuous
dinner, which wa3 the crowning feat
ure of the day and one that will be
long very pleasantly remembered. Af
ter the enjoyment of the happy oc
casion for several hours the guests
departed homeward, wishing Mr. and
Mrs. Lovell many more years of hap
;r5 and iov. Those who were pres
ent to take part in the pleasures of
the day were: Mr. ana Mrs. jonn
Rauth and son, Aaron, and daughter,
Miss Anna, Mr., and Mrs. Frank
Rtander and family, Mr. and Mrs.
insist r.laubitz. Mrs. Erhart and son,
Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Gauf and family,
Mr. and Mrs. StobI and son, ueorgia,
ir Mrs. Glenn Campbell, Bertha
Kelly and daughter, Arcella, Susie
Mdckenhaupt, Loretta Keney ana ur.
and Mrs. Charles Lovell.
Enjoys a Pleasant Picnic.
Yesterday the Cosmopolitan club
to the number of some fourteen, hied
themselves out to the mouth of Four
Mile creek, on the Platte bottoms, and
spent the day in a very enjoyable
picnic and outicg, which was thor
oughly enjoyed by. all those present.
Fishing and water sports occupied tne
day as well as a much enjoyed din
ner to which all done ample justice.
MARRIAGE LICENSE TO WA
BASH AND AVOCA PEOPLE
From Tuesday's Delly.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday afternoon to Watson C. Jones,
aged 25, of Wfibash, and Miss Alpha
O. Andrews, aged 24, of Avoca. The
young people, who are both well
known and very popular in their
homes, will be united in marriage to
morrow at the home of the bride's
parents near Avoca. The groom is a
cousin of Judge J. E. Douglass of this
city.
DUMPING RUBBISH IN
GREEKS ON AVENUES
A FINABLE OFFENSE
From Wednesday's Pail v.
There seems to bie in a great many
sections of the city a disregard of the
ordinance against the dumping of
brush and rubbish in the creeks on
Washington and Chicago avenues, and
those who have violated this ordinance
should see that in the future all loose
rubbish is kept out of these water
courses, as this has been the cause
several times of blocking up the
sewers and causing them to overflow,
and while this year we have been for
tunate in this respect, it is absolutely
necessary to see that there is nothing
in the way of anything that might
in any way stop up the sewers thrown
in the creek beds. A little care and
foresight on the part of the -residents
along the creeks would save a great
deal of trouble and possibly loss if
they would make up their minds to
see that the crejks are cleared of ail
brush. It is stated that in a part of
the creek on Washington avenue there
has been a great many branches of
trees thrown in the creek, which if
they had washed down to the mouth
of the sewer might have assisted in
forming a dam that would have stop
ped the water flowing through and
caused an overflow of the creek onto
the adjoining property, and it is only
irood fortune that the water last night
did not raise sufliciently to float, these
down to the sew;r. A little foresight
will eo a long way toward saving the
city and residents along the creek a
lot; of "trouble.
SPECIAL WHEAT OFFER
AT WESGOTT'S STORE
TO BE EXTENDED
From Tuesday's Daily. -
Owing to the unusually wet weath
er which has prevented the great ma
jority of farmers from threshing their
wheat, we have decided to extend our
prize whaat offer to Saturday noon,
August 21st. The offer is this: We
will give a suit of clothes free to the
farmer who will bring to our store a
sample of wheat of his own raising
that proves to be the best. This wheat
will be graded by four competent
judges and the owner of the wheat
grading the highest will receive the
suit of clothes free. Owing to the
condition of the wheat this season it
will be necessar;.' to brinjr a sample
large enough to Jill a standard tester.
Ee sure to get your sample here by
August 21st, if you have to thresh it
by hand. .
C. E. WESCOTT'S SON'S.
This does not mean our Harvest
Sale is extended. It will close July
31st. '
misses jessie m mm
ROBERTSON DEPART TODAY
From Wednesday's Dally..
This afternoon Misses Jessie and
Marie Robertson departed for a pleas
uie trip cf several months to the Pa
cific coast and California, where they
will visit at the different points of
interest. They will make their main
visit at Ukiah, California, with their
aunt, Mrs. Jessie McKinley and fam
ily, and will t3kt- the opportunity of
attending the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion at San Francisco. The young
ladies are anticipating a very pleas
ant trip in the many points of in
terest on the coat.
Itching, torturing skin eruptions
disfigure, annoy, drive one wild.
Doan's Ointment is praised for its
good work. 50c at all drug stores.
CASTOR I A
Fcr Ixfarts azd Ouidrea
In Use For Over 3 O Years
Always betrs
the
Signature
LARGEST TORTO
ISE WITH YANKEE
ROBINSON SHOW
Famous Sea Cow Captured Off the
. Coast of San Salvator With
Yankee Robinson.
The sensation of the past winter in
the vicinity of the Isle of San Salvat
or, was the capture of a giant Torto
ise, or sea cow, by a crew of the Mal
lory boat line. The captain of the
crew made know his capture to the
oftiicals at Tampa, Florida, and was
ordered to bring his prize to that
point.
" The . Yankee Robinson Shows,
through-its southern agent, Mr. Har
vey Hale, secured this attraction for
the coming season. Immediately af
ter the close of the present season the
Tortoise will be sent to the Bronx
Zoo, in New York, where it will be
housed permanently.
This giant Tortoise, in form resem
bles the land mud turtle, we are all
familiar with. -Of course it is a giant
in size, over fifteen large men being
able to ride on its back. It is vicious
and hard to handle. There has never
been a mons'.er of this kind exhibited
in this country before.
At riattsmouth, Monday, August 9.
JACOB MEISIN8ER SO
JOURNS FOR SEVERAL
DAYS WITH HiS SOUS
from Wednesday' I"al!v.
Jacob Meisingcr came in this
morning'' from a- sojourn of several
days in the country, -where he has
been assisting in the construction of
a grainery on the farm of his son,
George P. Meisingcr, jr., and in look
ing over the crcps. The wheat, Mr.
Moisir.ger states, on their farm is
standing the wet v.vathcr in fine
shape and the corn looks mighty good
for a big crop, while oats have suf
fered some from the wet. The wheat
has been shocked and in a few cases
stacked, and 'considering 'the heavy
and numerous' rafns has stood things
in line shape, and if the corn con
tinues to improve an enormous crop
mry be looked for from present in
dications. This morning when Mr.
Meisingcr drove in with his son,
John, there was a great deal of water
on the low lands near Cullom and the
road in bad shape fcr travel, but they
were able to get through, although a
small bridge over which they crossed
was very shaky and covered with the
water which had accumulated from
the h?avy rain.
CR. J. S. LiViSGSTDN ENJOY
ING AH GUTM6 IN THE WEST
fc'rom Tuesday's Ball.
Dr. J. S. Livingston is enjoying a
well earned rest from his profession
al duties and is spending a few weeks
in the west in the cool and invigorat
ing mountain climate and in resting
from all the duties that makes the
physician's life anything but a bed of
roijes. He will visit through Colorado,
Wyoming and Idaho before returning
home. . - .
BiG SHGE SALE AT FETZ
ER'S STARTS SATURDAY
The Fetzer Shoe Co. of this city
will start on Saturday a gigantic
clearing sale of their large stock of
shoes and footwear and some very
exceptional bargains will be offered
at the time to the people of Platts
mouth. The sale will be in charge of
Mr. D. D. Patton, who has just closed
the successful dissolution sale of the
Falter & Thierolf stock for the Kelly
Salesmanship system. This firm is
the largest shoe house in the city,
and cn its shelves may be found some
exceptional bargains in the way of
footwear that can now be secured at
almost unheard-of prices, and there is
no need of anyone not securing what
they need in this line. The page ad
appearing in another part of this
paper gives an idea of the rare bar
gains offered.
Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty di
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish
bowels. Burdock Blood Bitters is rec
ommended for strengthening stomach,
bowe!3 and liver and purifying the
blood.
Headquarters for all kinds of piyes.
Herman Spies.
THE STORK VISITS M.
ANQ MRS. JOHN BOETEL
From "Wednesday '8 Dal'r.
Last night the fctoik paid a visit to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Boelel
in the west part of the city and left
in their charge a fine- new eight
pound boy who will make his home
with them in the 'future. The young
man is the iirst Loy in the family of
five daughters, and his importance is
therefore appreciated to the fullest
extent by the overjoyed parents. Doth
the mother and little one are getting
along nicely and John is as " proud
as a pcaccock over the young Mr.
Iioetel. .
5C LUUIdViUX nUflU
EN FAIR SHAPE AFTER -All
HEAVY RAINS
The extremely wet weather of the
past few d-ys'has a tendency in this
part of the state to interfere with
the crood roads proerarn of Governor
Morehead, which was to be carried
out today and tomorrow with work
on the highways of the different
counties, and with as much mud as
lies on the roads in sections of this
county it will be practically impos
sible to do anything of real value to
ward improving the roads. In speak
ing of roads, though, one should visit
the road from riattsmouth to Louis
ville, which, .with the exception of
sn-.:ill sections in tha lowlands near
the creeks, is in fine shape, dcr.pite
the rains and storms. There hr.s be?n
several material changes mad? in the
road in the cutting down of hills, and
chief of these is the hill near th?
Wiles farm, at the edge of this city,
and the quarry hill just east of the
town of Louisville, where a cut of
snmp ti feet has been made and
which make 5 it much easier i
travel, ns it does away with a steep
and very bad hill. The road for its
entire length has been dragged r.nd
cared for in good shape uy the super
visors r.nd residents along the high
way until it is in the best of shape,
and 'had the reason not been so wet
there would p have been a dirt road
in the state that could equal it. Ths
part through i'.'attsmou'.h preempt i-
especially "goi,d-'ahd shows- Lr.9 wonc
that Coon' Val'evy, the supervisor, as
well as the energetic farmers, have
bestowed on the dragging and filling
of the bad places in the road.
m ATTRACTIVE LAWN
AND FLOWER GARDEN
PLEASING TO THE EVE
One of the most attractive lawn;
and ilower gardens in the city is that
Mt the home of Rev. Father John
Vleek. at the rectory of the Holy
Rosary church, in the west part of
(he city. Here the lawn is kept
carefully trimmed and there ir always
n profusion of blooms in the flower
garden, as the minister has carefully
.selected his flowers so that there is
a wealth of Moral beauty to he seen
here. In the early spring his
magnificent collection cf tulips,
gathered from all over the world,
were among the first to make their
appearance am! were later followed
by the roses of all kinds and colors
in the rarest profusion, and which
transformed the yard into a scene of
beauty and now the flowers of the late
summer are beginning to shed their
varied colored beauty on the passer
by. The care of the flower garden
occupies the spare time of the worthy
priest and i.i well spent from the re
sults secured.
VARIETY STORE WILL
REMOVE TO THE GOLD-
IMG BUILDINC
The Popular Variety store of R. W.
Knorr, which has been doing business
on South Sixth 'street, in the old Tuey
building, will be removed, from its
present location and moved to the
Golding building on Main street, near
er the center of the business part of
the city. Mr. Knorr has had a great
success in his store so far and feels
well repaid for his having located
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here and his establishment is ona ot
the best that has ever been brought
into the city and the patronage ex
tended to him is a recognition of this
fact. The new;location on the main
siree. of the city will no doubt in
crease the trads of the Popular store.
Tt-rti t- T i a ft T a c a THcttlTB
vau taper, iriiiin-a, , - .
Framing. Frank Gobelmsn. j
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1W1NDAMAG
Says State Courts Will Be Super
seded by the Court of Greater
Jurisdiction.'
Eighty-live per cent of the railroad
employes who are injured while at
work will have to look to the federal
court for monetary compensation, and
there will be no limit to the amount
they may sue for, according to a new
book written by Maurice G. Roberts,
an attorney at Richmond, Mo. All
state workingmtn's compensation laws
are set aside, he points out.
It is the federal employers' liability
act that nullifies many state iaws
with regard to interstate traffic. Mr.
Roberts points out in his book, en
titled: -"Injuries to Interstate Em
ployers on Railroads." He vites a
recent ruling of the United States su
preme court to prove that the federal
law applies to the great majority of
railway employes.
An Emporia, Kas., widow has taken
n.Ivsintii2-e of the situation in a suit
filed last week, in which she asks fo
?40,000 for the death of her husband
a conductor, who was struck am
killed by a passenger train in thi
Santa Fe yards at Florence, Kas., las
December. - If she were suing under
the Kansas state law; the most sht
could ask for would have been $10,
000. The federal law, Mr. Roberts point
out; applies to all injuries to tract
laborers, yard clerks, car repairers
roundhouse employers, bridge work
ers, carpenters and Pullman porters
working for companies which do a
interstate business. If a freight train
carries as much as one piece 'o
freight ..that is destined to cross a
state line, it makes the crew inter
state and gives members of it a
charce to sue under the federal act
The same applies to passenger train
crews, if any interstate passengers
ara carried. ..
Actions mav be brought loth i: the
state. and federal courts, the author
holds. : - : i t .
THE PAVING OF ALLEY
FROrVS SIXTH TO FOURTH
"Off THE. SOUTH .SIDE
- The property owners in the block
on the south side of Main street be
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, have
eone on record in favor of the alley
paving proposition by the signing of
the petition to create a paving dis
trict of this alley and do away. with
the muddy condition dining wet
weather that makes the alley almost
impassable. The property owners in
the block from Fourth to I if th will
take up the matter next and attempt
to secure a pavement for the adcy m
the rear of their business houses.
There was not a single one so far that
has refused and it is thought that
the improvement can be secured clear
to Thir-ti street, which will make one
of the best moves that has been made
for a long time, and cut out the mud
holes that have disgraced the city for
years and made travel impossible dur
ing the rainy season. The property
owners from Third to Sixth streets
have been very urgent in pushing
this matter, and once bafore there
was a petition prepared which went
through easy in these blocks, but was
turned down in the block from Sixth
to Seventh streets by a protest, but
now they are going after the alley
paving on their own hook and leaving
out the one block from Sixth street
west, which did not seem to want to
join in the improvement.
JOHN GOTiiER SUFFERING :
SORE HARD CAUSED BY CUT
John Cotner is nursing a sore hand
as a result of having two of the
fingers of his right hand cut quite
severely at the shops last crvening.
Mr. Cotner was engaged in winding
up the clock at the boiler house when
-ifliii- wnrninc the clock fell from
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the wall and in doing so the glass and
sharp edge of the dial cut his fingers.
The injuries were dressed and John
will takfl irood care to see that the
timepiece, is nailed down good and!
plenty befcre winding again.
Everybody's friend Dr. Thomas'
reV'tv Od. the rreat household rem
edy, for tocthache," earache, sore j
throat, cuts, bruises, scalds. Sold at
all drug stores. 25c and 50c. J
ES FEDERAL
fcH
Read
Our
Sale Bills
Gome
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etween
if necessary, but don't fail io come for these Har
vest Sale bargains before next Saturday night,
July 31st.
Men's Suits
$5, $8, $12, $16, $19
Boys' Suits $1.95 Up
Men's and Women's Slip-ons $2.50
Special close-out tomorrow Friday,
men's work shirts with pocket and )jK
yoke, in blue and gray chambry.. "j
C. E.
Wescott's Sons
Everybody's Store
Our wheat
Offer
Extended
to August
21st.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
DOING VERY NICELY
IN OMAHA HOSPITALS
The friends of Merle Rainey will
be pleased to learn that the young
man is showing great improvement
from his recent operation for ap
pendicitis and is new able to be
around in a wheel chair a part of the
time, but it will be some time before
he is able to return home to this city.
He is at the Methodist hospital in
Omaha.
..'-Miss May JValicry, who tas been at
the Immanuel hospital in. Omaha -for
the past few weeks, is holding her
own nicely, with a slight change for
the better, from reports received by
her familv -from her bedside. The
very severe nature of her operation
haSrjnade her case a most difficult one
and it has been a great tax on the
strength of the patient, but she is
showing the most pleasing indica
tions.
Pi UP NEW FLAG POLE
Ofi POSTOFFICE BUILDING
The flagpole on ths government
building in this city is being taken
down today under the direction of L.
G. Larson, the contractor, who will
have charge of the work of putting
ud the new flag pole that will be
placed over the building and on which
Old Glory may float to the breeze.
The old pole has become somewhat
decayed and it is necessary to have a
new pole to replace it before it top
pled over.
The Journal does Job work-
Saturday Opening Day,
you will find here a special lot of fine Manhattan
Shirts at the following reduced prices:
hilip Thierolf
Manhattan 'A
Shirts
Value Giving
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Watch
Our
Windows
Showers
JLk
Father and
Son feature
Closes
Saturday
Night.
TWO MORE FOREIGN EORN
FILE FOR CITIZENSHIP
This morning Joseph Cizek filed in
the office of the clerk of the district
court his declaration of intentions of
becoming a citizen of the United
States of America and renouncing all "
allegiance to the mperor of Austria."
He was born in Austria in 18S and
came to this country August 14. 1U13, .
and at present is a resident of Platts- "
mouth. -
James Cernik was another who an-
nounced his intention before the clerk "
of the court of renouncing the cm."'
peror of Austria 'as his ruler and to
become a citizen of this great re
public. He was born in Austria in '
1888 and arrived in the United Statec
March 29, 1913. He is a resident of
Plattsmouth at the" present time.
C. D. UfiDIS OF RANDOLPH,
IOWA, HAS VERY HARD LUCK
C D. Landis of Randolph, Iowa, is
visiting here for a short time in this
locality at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Cole. Mr. Landis has experienced
a great deal of hard luck this season
from the high waters of the Nishna
botna river, which runs near his farm.
Forty acres of wheat and all of his
corn crop have been destroyed by the
waters of this little stream, which
has caused so much damage to the
farmers living near its banks. The
overflow was very extensive and the
land planted to corn is still under
water from the overflow.
For Sale.
Good alfalfa seed, 0 per bushel.
Call or write, J. L. Shrader, Nehawka.
Regular
Price
Sale
Price
$1.50valucs$1.25
$2.00
$2.50
$3.50
tt
$1.65
$1.95
$2.85
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Stetson
Hats
Clothier