MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1916
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To Every Homecomer
and Visitor.
Our store extends to you a hearty welcome. Our rest room
is opon and we will be glad to have you come in and rest.
Our New;Fall Goods are now on display and we will be more
than pleased to show you anything in our line.-
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Local News
Will Wchrbein of near Murray
drove up this morning to spend a
lew hour-; with mends and to attend
to a few matters of business.
August Xolting drove in yesterday
from his home west of the city, to
spend a few hours looking after some
trading.
P. A. Horn and family drove in this
morning: from their farm home to visit
for a few hours and look after some
trading.
John Spence of Louisville was in
the city for a short time today visit
ing with his friends and looking after
some business matters.
H. H. Xorthcutt, wife and family,
who have been here visiting; with rela
tives and friends, departed this after
noon for their home in Omaha.
J. K. Meisinger drove in yesterday
from his farm home in Eight Mile
Grove, to spend a few hours looking
after some trading with the mer
chants. Mark White came in this morning:
from his home south of the city and
spent a few hours, and also, visited
the metropolis for a short time.
I, . W. Fahenstock and son, Will, C.
Holenberg and II. Mickle motored over
from Avoca yesterday afternoon to
take in the base ball game and to
visit with friends for a few hours.
Braun, wife and children de
parted Saturday afternoon for Paris,
Tex., for a visit in that place with
relatives and friends, and will also
visit at Maryville, Tex., while on their
vacation.
WILL LOCATE IN THIS CITY.
II. B. Woolley, for many years with
the Omaha Bee, but who is now con
nected with the linotype department
of The Journal, will move his family
to this city, and will occupy the Dr
E. D. Cummins residence on Pearl
street, and hereafter make their home
here. They are well pleased with the
city and expect to enjoy life in our
beautiful little city very much.
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FUNERAL OF MRS.TOMASZENSKI
The funeral of Mrs. Albert Tomas
zenski was held this morning at 10
o'clock from the Holy Rosary church
in the west part of the city and a
large number of the old friends and
neighbors were present to share with
the family the grief at the death of
this guoil woman. The impressive
mass was celebrated by Rev. Father
John Vlctk, rector of the church. The
Moral remembrances placed on the bier
were beautiful and attested the deep
feeling of regret that the death of this
lady has occasioned throughout the en
tire community. The burial was had
in the Catholic cemetery west of the
city.
NOTICE, WOODMEN CIRCLE.
The members of the degree team
and committees of the Woodmen Cir
cle are requested to meet this evening
at the lodge rooms with the captain
of the team at 8 o'clock, to make ar
rangements for participating in the
Fraternal day parade.
CLASS OF 191G.
The members of the class of 1910
of the Plattsmouth High school are
requested to meet at the home of
Raymond Larson tomorrow (Tuesday)
evening at 7:30, for the purpose of
completing arrangements for a picnic
dinner on the high school grounds on
Friday, September 1st.
DANCE SATURDAY EVENING.
The Cosmopolitan club will give a
"Home Coming" dance on Saturday
evening, September 2d, at Coates' hali.
The public is cordially invited to be
present and to enjoy a good time.
The music will be furnished by the
Plattsmouth orchestra.
MEMBERS OF CLASS OF 1910.
The members of the class of 1910
are requested to meet at the home of
George Dovey, jr., Monday evening at
8 o'clock. 8-25-3td
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Liver Trouble.
"I am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year," writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. "I have
pains in my side and back and an
awful soreness in my stomach. I
heard of Chamberlain's Tablets and
tried them. By the time I had used a
half a bottle of them I was feeling
fine and had no signs of pain." Ob
tainable everywhere.
The Best Laxative
To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a
full galss of water -half an hour be
fore breakfast and eat an abundance
of fruit and vegetables, also estab
lish a regular habit and be sure that
your " bowels move once each day.
When a medicine is needed take
Chamberlain's Tablets. They are
pleasant to take and mild and gentle
in effect. Obtainable everywhere.
FOR SALE My residence property
on Granite street between Fifth and
Sixth streets. If property is not
sold by September 1, it will be for
rent. Inquire of Mrs. Julia C.
Dwyer.
Senator John Mattes and wife and
Miss Mattes and Mrs. A. P. Young of
Nebraska City, were here for a few
hours this morning, en route from
their home to Omaha, where they will
spend a short time with friends, re
turning home this afternoon.
W. F. Moore from the vicinity of
Murray was in the city today for a
few hours visiting with friends and
looking after some business matters.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
Lawyer.
East of Riley Hotel.
Coates Block,
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NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Interesting Happenings Print-
ed In Condensed Form.
TOLD IN A FEW WORDS.
News ef All Kinds Gathered From
Points In the State and So Reduced
In Size That It Will Appeal to All
Classes of Readers.
The University of Nebraska, atLdn-
coln. opens for tbe first semester ou
Sept. i:;.
A large meeting cf- farmers attend-
t'l a hog iliolera preventive meeting
In TrHlllllSeh.
M;iii of the oldest pioneers of Dong-
las county attended the limeial of 1J.
'. 1'.. Kennedy at O.naha.
Plan art) laid lor a monster mass
meeting or rural school patrons Sept.
0 and 7 in connection Willi the scito
lair at Lincoln.
A bit? elevator is to be built at De
catur lor sacking and loading "rain
into the steam I oat plying between
Decatur and Oimtha.
.Mrs. Fred Sfe'itrer. living near Co
luinlMis. was attacked !y an ansry
brood sow and severely bitten about
the chest and shoulders.
A. W. Kiekman of Chailrcn. a?reJ
sixty-one, died at the home of a sister
in Council IJluffs, death resulting from
Lanbning of the arteries.
Tlie two men who robbed the OaT-
dalo postolJico were captured it .No
li. They gave their names us
Charles Duvis and .lames Thomas.
Governor Morehead will probably
recommend in his last message to a
Nebraska legislature- t lint step ho
taken to make the state capltol safe.
Kugene, the twelve year-old son or
. W. Kills, was struck by an autonio-
no at Ueatru-e and nrobaLlv fatrtUv
njureu. I he c ar was being oi l veil
bv Ii:-s Frances Walker.
The treasury department has ic
epied the site donated by lleuer
J ford lor a public building To be erec t
d at Contral City, located at the cor
ner of Sixteenth avenue and Sixteenth
ttieet.
Oct. 3. 4,-5 and fl are the dates de
tided upon lor tho annual meeting in
Fastings of the .Wl raska State Fed
eiation of Women's Clubs. The state
equal suffrage eomention will he 1 eiu
in Hastings, Oct. 2 and C.
War is beins; mail" on the portable
pasoline tank as used by mei eliiTts
in Nebraska, and Fire Commissioner
Kidgell has taken tl: matter up and
has issued an order prohiblTUyg t Iielr
use in any store or garage.
Dessio Westervelr, eldest daughter
of Fditor F. T. Westervelt. was io inT
dead in the Scottabkiff Republican of
fice. Apparentlv si e .had shot herself
with a revolver, but. whether by ac
cident or otherwise is not known.
Mrs. Julius Sehumnker of Omaha
was killed ilea? Vol bach when an
automobile in which she was riding
with her husband got out of costrol.
overturning at the foot of a hill Her
husband, a musical instructor, was
not injured.
Governor Morehead lias appointeM
II. B. Fleharty of Omaha. D. W. Colb
of Beatric e and T. J. Doyle of Lincoln
delegates to represent Nebraska in t lie
meeting of the American Institution
of Criminal law. which will meet in
Chicago, Aug. 2S.
The thirteenth saer.gerfest of the
Nebraska Sacngorbund closed at
Grand Island. There was no elect Ion
of officers and there will be none un
til the place for the rext fest Is flxea.
Columbus is favored considerably as
the next meeting place.
Railroads of Nebraska have applied
to the state railway commission for
permission to reduce, the free time
allowance on freight oars from s'xty
to forty-eigf hours. The need of
cars, especially to move wheat, was
said to be behind t':e request.
P. M. Barnes, founder of the town oT
Barneston, and who conducted an In
dian trading point oi the Otoe reser
vation in an early day, died at his
home in Barneston, atred eighty-four.
Mrs. Barnes is the oldest person born
in the state, beiug born at Eellevue
eighty-seven years a?o.
Aaron P. Suttcn. for thirty-live
years a resident of Silver Creek, was
Instantly killed in his alfalfa Seul.
He was sweeping alfalfa and In reach
ing for the levers to raise tTie sweeper
he lost his balance, falling to the
ground. The team kept bacTIng up,
and a wheel of the sweep caught his
head underneath his body in such a
Xiianner as to break his neck.
Knocked nnconscious and slashed
bout the head with a knlTe by fellow
Mexicans, who robbed him of $100 aud
then fled. Serilo Rodiques, a section
hand, was left lying on the railroad
tracks at Hastings, but a passing pe
destrian came to his rescue In time to
prevent certain death. Two of his
companions, Joe Hernandez and John
lledinae, were arrested at Glendale.
Sheriff Miller arrived at York from
Boulder, Colo., with J H. Randolph
who is charged with stealing an auto
mobile from the York Auto company'?
garage. Randolph s alleged to have
driven the car to Montana, where h
was arrested by J. H. Afflerbach, whe
disappeared soon afterward and Tia:
never been heard from since. Ran
dolph was later charged with his mur
der in Montana.
' A .crowd' of aTout .!,oP(J people at
tended the -Plat to Valley Odd Fellows'
district picnic at Columbus. .
Ralph Powell of Omaha won, th
singles championship of the Inter
state tennis tournament at Sioux City.
Farl P. Drown, a live stock buyer at
the South Omaha stock yards, fled a
petition iu bankruptcy. Liabilities
$4.St;i; assets,
The thirty-flfth annual reunion of
the Pioneers and Old h'ettelrs' assoe-a-lion
of Dakota county will be held at
Clinton park, Dakota City, Aug.
li. V. iDavis, postmaster at Wohl
bach, has been requested by the post
office depart mert. to resign and Sen
ator Hitchcock has been asked to ties
ignate a. successor.
Dad checks to the amount of $7T
were passed on four Seward business
houses. The cheeks, made payable ti
J. W. Jones, were presented by an
elderly man.
Fir losses for the month of July
amounted to $ll-:..vi7.41 in Nt-bi a.-.l.a.
according to the reports coming to t'm
ollice of Fir. Co.-nr.isioner Kidgell.
The amount, paid on these losses near
ly equaled thn losses, being $11. SI,'.
After considering the evidence iu
the complaint atainst Perry and Ted
Anthony of Dincdn, charged will; mis
representing policies on insurance, tho
insurance hoard cancelled the lueiisti
of Perry Anthony and has taken u fi
ller consideration the charges against
Ted Anthony.
Reports to the railroad headquar
ters in Omaha told of the best genera!
rain of tho year in Nebraska, iu that
hardly a section of the state was
slighted. The rams were of vast ben
efit, to Ihe corn, especially in the south
and southwestern portions or the state,
where there was a crying need of
moisture.
Two employees of the Carter Lake'
club, Omaha, were drowned in the
sewer pumping station of the lake
when they went to open up an outlet
into the .Missouri river which had be
come t logged. Their bodies were re
covered. The victims were Frank
Nusco ami K. P. Griggs, gatekeeper at
the club grounds.
Witt everything arranged at Devoit
for the marriage of Miss Sarah J.ev'n,
popular in Detroit Jewish circles, to
.Morris Grossman, a prosperous youm
business man of Lincoln. Neb., he.
brido-to be eloped with her perscnallvj
favored suitor, A'a Wellans. w!iil
Grossman, the parental choice, wait
ed at the synairoqi:?.
While there is ho e:prcss provision
in the statutes of Nebraska renuirini;
a county to provide its assessor with
clerical assistance, Attorney General
Heed holds in a letter written to the
county attorney of Hoono count that
the board of supervisors should pay
for this sen ice if the assessor found
it necessary to employ the help.
Medical Inspector Osick and Chief
Yeoman Stoner of the Omaha navy
recruiting station have been author
ized to go on an extensive advertising
tour through the t-tafe. They will em
bark in St oner's auto and cover much
of the state as far west as Grand
Island in a six weeks' tour. They will
put up signs and distribute literature
about the navy.
State Chairman E. D. Beach opened!
up Republican headqrarttrs in the
I.indell hotel. Lincoln, with the follow
ing staff of assistants: Secretary, H.
C. Beebe, Osteo1; treasurer, K. R.
Gurney, Fremont : manager speaker
bureau, Jess V. Craig, Beatrice; man
ager publicity bureau, C. C. .lihns.
Grand Island; stenographer, Mrs.
Ella Stevens. Lincoln.
The bodies of Shirley A. Fossler.
assistant city editor of the Lincoln
Journal-News, and Mis Dorothy Kils
worth, well known state university
co-ed who was 10 have become his
bride next month, were burid in Wy
uka cemetery after a single funeral
service. Miss FUsworth ended her
life by taking poison after having
viewed tho dead body of Fossler. who
died after a short il'ness.
Kansas and Nebraska are having a
renewed controversy as to which is
the greater state. Governor Capper
very promptly lays claim to everything
good for his state and denies the ex
istence of anything bad within her
borders. Governor Morehead of Ne
braska simply points to government
statistics as his answer to anything
and everything the Kansas executive
claims and says. "That's my answer."
Senator Hitchcock sent to the pres
ident a copy of the letter written by
J. G. Porter, displaced as postmaster
at Bridgeport, in which Porter apolo
gized for the letter he wrote to the
postiffice department which led to the
order for his removal. On the facts
which were before him at the time he
reviewed the case, the president had
concluded that the postofflce depart
ment was justified In displacing Porter.
Information has been received by
State Superintendent Thomas that the
new consolidated rural school recent
ly created by several districts of Ne
malia and Richardson counties going
in together will open during the fall
This district will have a thoroughly
modern educational plant. There will
be six acres of land for agricultural
instruction. There is a residence foi
the teachers, of whom three or foul
will be employed.
After spending rome time hearing
both sides in the controversy between
the county board .and assessor ol
Greeley county and sending Secretary
Bernecker to Greeley to look the mat
ter up, the board finally accepted th
abstract of assessment as prepared by
County Assessor Philbin as more
nearly within the law than that pre
pared by the county board. The onlj
difference was in personal property
that of the assessor showing .about
$1.1.000 of a valuation more Uton thai
of the board.
You may need a new stove this Fall.
We are just in receipt of a very nice line
of Cook Stoves.
You are invited to inspect them.
ESTOG3 &
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IN PLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEARS ACO.
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C. E. Perkins, the great U. & M.
R. U. boss, is in town.
Mr. Tolland of Greenwood came in
to see us Tuesday.
Miss Hill,' sister of Mrs. Wm. Dal
lance, is visiting her friends here.
The remains of Rev. D. Hart were
brought to Lincoln last week by his
wife and son.
Willie Gyger, salesman for Dewey
& Stone, Omaha, is visiting his par
ents in Platti-mouth.
Mr. Grec-nslate (surnamed Silas)
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Dr. McCrea has been verv sick in-
deed; but we are glad to know he is
much bettor and may soon be expected
at work.
We aie glad to learn that Mr. Lewis
lis improving, although
very slowly,
- and the probabilities are
in favor of
: his recovery.
Among the lawyers attending court
we notice the well known face of Mr.
Marquette, a long-time resident of
Cass county in the years gone by.
The son of Hon. Sam M. Chapman
received a serious injury in the eye
last week. It is hoped the sight is
not destroyed. '
Mr. Stone, among the younger
members of our bar, is making a very
good reputation for himself as a law-
ver-
Mr. Morrison, our best looking
young. lawyer, and eminent debator, is
looming up mound the etiurt house
these days in fine shape.
Mrs. Solomon has returned to
Plattsmouth, and Mr. S. expects to
return soon. They have rented the
old Surveyor General's oflice on the
hill.
The following persons were granted
certificates at the last examination,
all in second grade: Ursula E. Wiles,
Plattsmouth, 75; J. D. Graves, Rock
Bluffs, SO; W. F. Smith, Rock Bluffs,
77; Edwin Jeary, Greenwood, 75. The
figures in the above show the per cent
of the questions answered correctly.
Robbery and attempted rape near
Mount Pleasant, this county. We are
informed that a man by the name of
Elsworth, hired by a Mr. West, was
left to take charge of the farm while
Mr. West came to town, on Tuesday
REDUCTION OfJ FORD GARS!
The following prices on Ford Cars and Chassis,
f. o. b. Detroit, becomes effective August 1st:
Ford Chassis $325.00
Ford Runabout 345.00
Ford Touring Car 360.00
Ford Coupelet 505.00
Ford Town Car 595.00
Ford Sedan Car 645.00
We guarantee there will be no reduction in the
above prices prior to August 1, 1917, but can not as
sure whatever against an advance in price any time.
T. H. P.LLK,
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afternoon. Mr. West stayed in town
that night, and this man attempted to
outrage his wife and then forced her
to tell him where the money was kept.
While the villain was hunting the
money the woman escaped to a neigh
bor's house. The sheriff is after him
and he can hardly escape being
caught.
Among the funny, were tin whistles
till you couldn't rest! a huge, rusty
old coffee boiler clone up in an acre of
paper and tied with rope; an elaborate
bundle with forty wrappings and
many Heralds interspersed with
sticks of candy around it contained
at last a small tin-'vhistle: several
rattles, a complete set of dishes, tiny
and dainty; a if we begin to try to
enumerate them all, the Herald would
have to publish an extra, suffice to
say the evening was a very happy one
and will be remembered at the Her
ald home as one of the bright marks in
their journey through life.
DEMO. COMMITTEE MEETING.
State Chairman L. F. Langhorst of
the democratic state central committee
was in the city for a few hours yes
terday taking in the ball game and
visiting with his friends. Mr. Lang
horst reports the situation in the state
as being very favorable for the party
and the candidates for the different
offices. Mr. Langhorst has also called
the county central committee of Cass
county to meet here on Thursday. Aug
ust "1 for the purpose of taking up
the work of the campaign and he de
sires that every committeeman as well
as the candidates be present to take
part in the meeting.
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
Seven-room house, two big lots, well
located. About five atid one-half
blocks from main part of city. Ce
ment cellar, electric lights, city water.
For sale cheap. McKnight & Haney,
Glenwood, la.
WANTED!
Junk of all kinds Iron, Paper,
Magazines, Rags, Metels.
50c per 100 lbs. paid for mag-
azines.
B. Hankinson,
Phone 505 or 434.
DEALER
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