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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER !i, 1916.
TOL. XXXIV.
No. 1.'57.
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CELEBRATE THEIR
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. William Gilmour Enjoy
the Eent of Their Lives, in
Piesenre f;f Large Number of
Krlaliws and Friends.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. William
Gilmour, two of the oldest and most
highly respected residents of Cass
county, celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary at their farm home
four miles south of this city, and to
shaie with them the pleasure of the
day lfiO of their friends and neighbors
gathered at the Gilmour home in a
day of festivity and pleasure.
It was a fight long to be remem-bi-ied
at the cozy Gilmour home as
th- i-ged and silver-haired bride and
groom of fifty years ago received the
congratulations of their friends, and
amid the scenes where from early
youth they had made their home on
: j the homestead, for the past forty-six
T years. There were many present at
the home who had lived in that lo
cality and shared with Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmour the joy? and sorrows of life
v .-ince years ago, when they came to
f Nebraska and Cass county when it
vits but a struggling settlement and
assisted in the work of developing the
country.
William Gilmour, the groom of this
half century of life, was born in Oak
land county. Michigan, near the city
of Pontiac. on September 20, 183S,
and his grandfather on his mother's
side was the man who laid out the
town of Pontiac. Mr. Gilmour came
to St. Joseph, Mo., in 185-5, and to
Hock Bluffs, Nebraska territory, in
l.'T. The father of Mr. Gilmour,
William Gilmour, sr., a. -isted in the
laying cut of the townsite of Rock
Bluffs and disposed of a number of
the lots in that then thriving com
munity. The subject of our sketch
seived in the civil war as a member
of the Second Nebraska cavalry, and
at the close of the great conflict, as
the country was turning toward peace
and rest, Mr. Gilmour was united in
marriage to Miss Ellen Towner
on October 12, lgf.G, at Plattsmouth,
Neb., the ceremony being performed
by Captain John W. Marshall, who
had beer, a close friend of the groom
during the war and captain of his
company. Mrs. Gilmour was born on
January IS If), in Bates county, Mis
souri, where her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Abraham Tcwner, were among
the pioneers, and when a young girl
camr "ass county, where her father
wa of the leaders in the activi
ty Ahe community, and she re-
A beneath the parental roof un
(I r marriage in Life with
A estimable couple has been one of
affection and comfort to each other
and during the trials and tribulations
rf the years, they have learned life's
.lesson together. Mr. Towner, the
t father of Mrs. Gilmour, came to Cass
, county in 1854, and thoroughly en
tered into the work of developing the
country, and Mr. Towner helped the
young family move from Iowa to Cass
county. Mr. Gilmour in the seventies
. served as deputy sheriff of Cass
ounty under M. B. Cutler and R. W.
Ilyers.
With Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour there
are five children living to share the
happiness that the day has brought:
James Gilmour, Ulysses, Neb.; Will
iam Gilmour of Idaho, Mrs. B. W.
Livingston of this city, Miss Hester
Gilmour of Omaha and Samuel H.
Gilmour, who resides on the home
stead. At the golden wedding there were
four generations of the family repre
sented, Mr.' and Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs.
B. W. Livingston and daughter, Mrs.
John S. Yallery and the three little
children of Mrs. Yallery, Mary, aged
4; Janet, aged 2, and John, jr., aged
( weeks.
Yesterday the day was spent very
enjoyably from early in the morning
until the shadows of evening began to
fall over the hills and valleys. The
older people of the crowd spent the
time most delightfully in visiting and
renewing the days of old when they
were all youthful and in their prime.
Others of the men of the party spent
the time in, pitching horse shoes and
enjoying themselves in this manner.
At the noon hour a fine dinner with
all the good things of the farm was
served, that certainly was appreciated
by the jolly crowd, and beneath the
shade of the trees the members of
the party proceeded to enjoy the re
past that had been provided for them
by the host and hostess, and there
was nothing omitted from the pro
gram that might serve to add to the
pleasures of the day.
Later in the afternoon, shortly after
. o'clock, the guests assembled north
of the house, where Mr. M. S. Briggs
in behalf of the assembled friends
presented Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour with
a few tokens of the esteem that their
friends felt for them and all their as
sociations. Two purses, filled with
golden coins were presented to Mr.
and Mrs. Gilmour, each containing $30
in gold, and a handsome watch 'chain
to Mi-. Gilmour, while Mrs. Gilmour
received a fine gold breast pin; the
Social Workers club presented the
guests of honor with $10 in gold,
while a veryT handsome tray was given
them by Henry Eikenbary and Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Johnson. After
the presentation of the presents had
been made the whole party assembled
on the lawn west of the house, where
a picture of the whole party was
taken by V. V. Leonard of this city
and which will be cherished by the
friends in the years to come as a
token of the happy occasion.
The list of the guests and the ages
of the pioneers was secured and a
great many interesting facts were se
cured. Among the oldest ladies were:
Mesdames Maria Gapen, 8G; Harrison
Smith, 84; Sam G. Latta, 75; Will
iam Gilmour, G7; Mrs. H. C. Yan
Horn, GO; I. S. White, 81; J. W. Ed
munds, 77; William Wiley, 70; Henry
Spangler, 77; James A. Wralker, 73;
William Long, GG.
Among the men present at the
golden wedding and their ages were
as follows: S. G. Latta, 78; G. Wr.
Shrader, 80; Solomon Long, 83; Henry
Eikenbery, 82; Asbury Jacks, 72; L.
B. Brown, 74; Z. W. Shrader, G8;
William Gilmour, 7S; John Batcheller,
GS; James Pol in, 70.
MISS JESSIE MOORE
AND PAUL WOHLFARTH
MARRIED IN LINCOLN
From Tuesday's Dally.
This morning there was quite a
little excitement around the Burling
ton station when two of our popular
young people Mr. Paul Wohlfarth and
Miss Jessie Moore, departed for Lin
coln, where they will be married this
afternoon. The date of the happy
event has been kept very quiet, but
the truth finally leaked out and this
morning when the happy couple de
parted for the capital city they were
deluged with a shower of rice from
the members of the Olson Photograph
company force, who were on hand to
see that they received the proper send
off on this, the happiest day of their
lives. Both the bride and groom have
a large circle of friends in the city
who will learn of their marriage with
pleasure and trust that the years to
ccme may be filled with the greatest
of happiness that can be given to any
one, as they certainly are worthy of
the best in life. The bride is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Adah Moore of this city,
and during her residence here has won
a great many warm friends, and it
will be a pleasure to them to learn
that Mr. and Mrs. Wohlfarth will
make their home in this city in the
future. The groom is very popular
here, where he has grown to manhood,
and is held in the highest esteem by
his associates and friends. He is em
played in the coach department of the
Burlington shops and posseses the
fullest confidence and esteem of those
with whom he has been so long as
sociated. DEATH OF LITTLE BABE.
Prom Tuesday Dally.
This morning at the home near
Cedar Creek occurred the funeral of
the little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Hayworth, and the services were con
ducted by Rev. T. C. Truscott of the
Methodist church of this city. The
little one was born on Saturday, Sep
tember 30th and died on Monday. In
their loss the parents will have the
sympathy of the many friends. The
interment was had in the Horning
cemetery-
H. M. Pollard and wife and Delbert
Switzer and wife of Nehawka were
in Plattsmouth Saturday for a few
hours.
BURGLARS MAKE
HAUL AT BIERS'
IN LOUISVILLE
Make Entrance to Store Sometime
Monday Night and Get Away
With Between $600 and $700
Worth of Fine Goods.
From Wednesdav-s Dally.
The merchandise store of W. F.
Diers in our neighboring town of
Louisville seems to have been made
the mark of a gang of robbers, who
visited there Monday night, and suc
ceeded in getting away with a large
amount of silk and high class dress
goods, amounting to between $600 and
$700. The robbers secured entrance
to the store by forcing a window in
the rear of the building, through
which the stolen goods were carried.
There was no trace of the parties
committing the robbery and the only
clue as to where they made their es
cape was afforded by a watchman at
the Platte auto bridge, who reported
a car passing there going north at 2
o'clock in the morning, which undoubt
edly contained the parties committing
the robbery and they had a start of
several hours before the robbery was
discovered. It seems that a week ago
two very well dressed and dapper
strangers spent the day in Louisville
and made the rounds of the different
stores looking over dress goods, but
in no instance did they purchase any
thing and their actions at the time at
tracted the attention of Marshal John
A. Nelson, who kept an eye on them,
but "they took nothing at the time, and
in the light of the robbery Monday-
night it is thought they were spotters
for the main gang.
MARGARET DONELAN
SELECTED AS ONE OF
THE MAIDS OF HONOR
From Tuesday's Dally.
One of the most popular ladies of
the younger society circles of this
city, Miss Margaret Donelan, daughter
of Mrs. J. A. Donelan and grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
White, has been selected as one of the
maids of honor of the forthcoming
queen of the Ak-Sar-Ben and to take
part in the coronation ball to be held
on Friday evening in Omaha. Mr.
Edwin Fricke of this city has been
selected as escort of Miss Donelan for
this notable society event and at
which the king and queen will be
crowned for the ensuing year. The
coronation ball this year is to be on
a very lavish scale and the occasion
will be attended by the members of
the society circle of the metropolis as
well as many guests from the east
to take part. In the afternoon a tea
dansant will be given for the queen
and attendants. What makes this es
pecially delightful to Miss Donelan is
that most of the special maids of
honor attended Brownell Hall with
her. The selection of Miss Donelan
for the position among the represent
atives of the state to be in attendance
at the court of the queen of Ak-Sar-Ben,
has been one of much pleasure
to her many friends and gives this
city representation among the num
ber who will be present to take part in
the coronation ball. The ball will be
one of the largest in recent years and
one of the leading social events of the
west.
UNDERGOES AN OPERATION.
From "Wednesday's Dally.
A. W. Smith and daughters, Mrs.
Grace Simpson of Y'ork, and Mrs.
Arthur Smith of Carson, la., departed
this afternoon for Omaha, where they
go to visit their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Mate Borouff, at the Presbyte
rian hospital in that city. Mrs. Bor
ouff was operated on Monday and had
been doing very nicely until last even
ing, vwhen her condition took a change
for the worse. Mrs. Borouff has been
here on a visit from Boulder, Colo.,
and while here was taken very sick,
which made an operation necessary.
Mrs. Smith has been at the bedside of
her daughter since the operation.
Stewart's Phonographs, only $5.00,
at Dawson's, Plattsmouth, Neb.
RUMERFIELD INDICATOR
PROVING A GREAT SUCCESS
Prnm Tnsdvsf TJallV,
J. R. Rummerfield of this city who
has invented the "Rummerfield Auto
matic Indicator" for the use of auto
mobiles, is getting a large number of
his machines ready for the market.
The casting are arriving daily and
the Western Machine & Foundry com
pany of this city will have the work
of manufaetoring them for sale on
the market. This indicator has prov
en very successful and those who have
viewed it are well pleased with the re
sults and there is little doubt that a
large number will soon be in use by
the auto drivers. It is reliable and
moderate in price and the ease with
which it is operated makes it an ab
solute necessity on the automobiles.
THE STORY OF AN
OTHER MAN'S WIFE
AT THE PARMELE
From Wednesday's Dally.
Which will be told at the Parmele
theater true to life, Tuesday n'ght,
October 10, is amazingly intense and
brings forth into the limeligb.-. the
lives of two girls that loved one an
o'hei as Damon loved Pythia':. A
very unusual coincidence, perhaps,
but not so with Nellie Gilbert and
Yera Hampton. They were quite the
opposite in their appearance, but
welded together like a band of iron in
their natures. Nellie was we-.k and
pretty, Yera strong and handsome.
They were both typists. They labored
side by side for $S per week, they
both could sing, and their voices
brought them one hundred. That's
what they receivecfin the hellholes
they call cabarets and where Nellie
in her sweet innocence excited the ad
miration of many. Richard Rams-
pate, alias Dick Harding, the rene
gade brother of a respectable and
prominent lawyer, met her and with
his protestations of love and a mock
marriage performed by his chauffeur.
he accomplished her ruin. Her cheeks
soon began to fade; he left her to die
while he went in quest of other prey.
But Yera, Damon-like, came and
nursed her back to health. But every
cloud has a silver lining. Nellie, re
covering from the shock of her dis
grace, started out to begin anew, to
live a better life. She went back to
her old vocation, her type machine
after all was her best friend." She
sought employment in the office of
George Ramsgate, the brother of the
very man that had caused her down
fall. Unconscious of this, she found
a road that led as she supposed to
her happiness. Mr. Ramsgate, vh;
had lived the life of a bachelor and
who seldom gave a thought to woman,
discovered in his typist tho one
woman in the world for "him. And at
the opening of this great play we
find Nellie installed in a beautiful
home on the Hudson and Vera as her
companion, little dreaming of the dark
cloud that is soon to envelop and
crush her hopes. At the rise of the
curtain we tell you the rest of this
beautiful story intermingled with
tears and laughter and exciting sit
uations, introducing beautiful gowns
and stupendous mountings, under the
able management of Gaskell and Mac
Vitty. At the Parmele theater, Tues
day night, October 10.
BIRTH OF NEW DAUGHTER.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cole
near Mynard was visited by the stork
on Tuesday evening and as a result
of the visit they are rejoicing over
a fine little daughter that has arrived
to make its home with them in the
future, and the occasion has been one
of great pleasure to them and the lit
tle Miss Cole is the object of great
admiration from the relatives.
SELLS HIS GREENHOUSE.
Frm Te"lavi T5aT-
Ernest Stenner, who has been con
ducting the greenhouse on West Lo
cust street for the past three years,
has disposed" of his interest to V. M.
Mullis & Son, who will conduct it in
the future and look after the needs
in this line. Mr. Stenner feels very
grateful to his patrons and bespeaks
their patronage for Mr. Mullis, the
new owner.
OMAHA HAS
ANOTHER DIS
ASTROUS FIRE
The Morris Packing Company, Loss
Estimated From $20,000
to $1,000,000.
Prom Tuesdays Dally.
One of the greatest fires of recent
years swept over the packing house
district of Omaha last night, and as
a result the Morris Packing company
suffffers a loss ranging from $2G0,000
to $1,000,000, and the entire pork de
partment of the packing house was
reduced to ruins and it was due only
to the daring and fearless work of
the Omaha fire department that the
entire plant was not destroyed in the
great destructive blaze. The fire
was discovered at 5:35 by a work
man in the pork offal department and
the alarm was at once given, and soon
the company fire department was on
hand, followed by the city depart
ment under Assistant Chief Coyle of
the South Side department, and the
second and third alarms brought the
main fire fighting force of the city
vith Chief Salter to the scene, and
the battle to save the building was
on in earnest. The blaze spread rap
idly throughout the pork building and
for a short time it seemed that the
beef building adjoining would go, but
a heavy firewall served to hold back
the flames and permitted the subdu
ing of the blaze. The flying fire
brands threatened for a time the
freight cars and stock yards near by,
but luckilv these were saved. Assist
ant Chief Martin Dinneen and four
firemen were badly burned in the fre
while t)iey were at work.at the task
of saving the building. This is the
second destructive fire in less than
four years at this plant. It was an
nounced last night from the head of- j
fices at Chicago, that work of rebuild
ing would be started at once.
FRANK CLAUS UN
EARTHED A LOT OF
STOLEN PROPERTY
From TuesdaVs Dally-
What seems to be a case of a cache
of stolen property was unearthed on
Sunday p. m. by Frank Claus in the
woods north of the city near the Bur
lington right-of-way and just a short
way from the pumping station of the
Water company Mr. Claus was waging
along when he stumbled onto what
looked like some pieces of brass lying
on the ground, and a closer investiga
tion showed that there was considera
ble of the brass buried a slight dis
tance below the surface of the soil.
Mr. Claus at once came back to town
and informed Chief of Police Barclay
of what had occurred and the chief
hastened to the scene of the find and
unearthed a large amount of brass,
which bore the mark of the Burling
ton railroad and had evidently been
taken from the premises of the rail
road company, and a part of the brass
had evidently never been used in any
way as it was new in appearance.
Just how the brass came to be se
creted in the hills is a matter that
will remain for the officials and the
Burlington company to solve, but it
seems as though someone has been
making a practice of storing away
the stolen brass to make a good haul
and the amount secured by Chief Bar
clay would amount to quite a sum if
it were sold on the market. The mat
ter will be probed by the authorities
and if possible the guilty party lo
cated and made to answer to the
charge.
RECEIVES FINE OF $2r.
From Tuesday's Dan-
This morning Lee Riggs was ar
raigned in the court of Justice M.
Archer to answer to the charge of as
sault in menacing manner, which was
preferred against him by County At
torney A. G. Cole. The assault was
committed on a young man named
Rogers, and after hearing the evi
dence in the case, the court placed a
fine of $25 and costs on the young
man, which he paid and was alolwed
to go on his way.
REV. WASSON OF NEW YORK
TO SPEAK ON PROHIBITION
From Tuesday's Daily.
On Friday evening Rev. William
Wasson of Long Island, N. Y., will
be in this city to address the voters
and citizens on the prohibition ques
tion and will hold his meeting at the
Parmele theater. Rev. Wasson comes
to this state to present the views of
those opposed to prohibition and is a
forceful and able speaker, who has
been addressing large audiences
throughout the west. In the discus
sion of the prohibition question the
voters should hear both sides of the
question and this is a splendid op
portunity of learning the anti-prohibition
side of the argument from a
speaker of more than usual force and
ability, and he comes to this city very
highly recommended and will prove a
most entertaining talker. Preceding
the meeting there will be a short
band concert given. Remember the
date, Friday evening, October Gth, at
the Parmele theater.
THE FUNERAL OF
MRS. JAMES FOGERTY
YESTERDAY MORNING
The funeral of Mrs. James Fogerty
was held yesterday morning at 10
o'clock from the Holy Rosary Catholic
church, and the services in memory
of this highly esteemed lady was very
largely attended by the old friends
and neighbors of the family, and who
had known this charming lady since
her childhood, and took this oppor
tunity of paying their last tribute of
love and esteem to her. The beau
tiful and impressive services were in
charge of Rev. Father John Vlcek of
the Holy Rosary church, and Rev.
Father M. A. Shine of St. John's
church, and both paid a fitting tribute
to the memory of this lady now taken
away from the family circle by death.
The floral tributes were numerous
and beautiful and attested the feeling
of the entire community in the loss
that has befallen them in the death
of this worthy lady. After the cele
bration of mass the body was borne to
the Catholic cemetery, where it was
laid to rest in the family lot. The
pall bearers were: Frank Janda, jr.;
Charles C. Janda, James Nowacek,
Charles F. Janda, Joseph Hiber, jr.,
and Joe Wooster.
Among those from out of the city
attending the services were Mrs.
James Murray, Mrs. Annie Bedeker,
Mrs. Joseph Jelinek, Mrs. John Skou
mal, Mrs. James Skoumal, of Omaha.
CARD OF THANKS.
To our kind friends who by their
sympathy and assistance have aided
us in our hour of deepest grief over
the loss of our beloved wife, daughter
and sister, we desire to return our
heartfelt gratitude for the gracious
and loving sympathy given us and as
sure all these friends that their acts
will long be warmly cherished in
memory.
JAMES FOGERTY,
ANTON JANDA, SR.,
MRS. JOSEPH HIBER, JR.,
JAMES JANDA,
ANTON JANDA, JR.,
MRS. KEARN FOGERTY,
THOMAS JANDA,
MRS. JOHN SVOBODA,
LOUIS JANDA,
MRS. TOM SVOBODA.
LISTEN AND LOOK.
Go to southwestern Nebraska with
Vallery & Cromwell over the Union
Pacific, eight hours' run from Omaha,
who will then show you through
Keith, Perkins and Chase counties,
and will guarantee nobody to have
any better land and bargains listed.
Our rate from Plattsmouth, round
trip without any other expense, will
be $14.50. Also have autos to drive
you until you find out what you want.
Leaving Plattsmouth every Sunday
evening. Phone or write Frank Val
lery, Murray, Neb. tfd&w
Jacob and Philip Fornoff, from near
Cedar Creek, were county seat vis
itors Wednesday of this week, and
while here Jake paid the Journal of
fice a brief call, renewing: his subscrip
tion to the Journal another year.
"THE OTHER
MAN'S WIFE,"
BIG SUCCESS
Prtblem Play Drew Good Houses at.
Both Matinee and Etening Per
formance. A well balanced company of excel
lent players pleased two good sized
audiences at the Grand opera houre
yesterday afternoon and night in a
new problem play entitled "The Other
Man's Wife." As the name implies it
deals with the double standard of
morality as applied to men and wo
men. This delicate problem was han
dled in a manner which could offend
no one ami yet in a way which could
not fail to make an impression.
The wife was played by Miss
Beatrice Eberts and she instantly won
the sympathy of the audience in the
role of the wronged woman who was
tortured by the question of whether
or not to confess her past to her hus
band. The husband was well acted
by Alexander Campbell. Ed Vail, as
the villain, made the role as despicable
as possible. It was a hard part and
he put just the right amount of ;r-n-tlemanly
scoundrelism in it.
Miss Ann Hamilton played the lead
ing role, that of the wife's friend,
who tries to save her from wrecking
both her's and her husband's live--.
Miss Hemilton is a finished actress
and was equally good in the emotional
scenes and the lighter ones. She
turned from heavy drama to comedy
in a flash and had her audience on
the verge of tears at one moment and
laughing in the next.
George Sharp, who played the part
of an Italian laborer, scored a great
personal triumph. His description ot
the death of his little sister, who had
been betrayed by a villain, held the
house spellbound. He has a future
before him.
The scenery was new and attrac
tive and the costumes of t the women
members of the cast were fresh and
clean, a feature which went a long
way to making the play a success.
Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye.
'The Other Mon's Wife" will be at
the Parmele theater Tuesday night.
October 10.
A MYSTERIOUS FIRE
AT PATTERSON FARM
NEAR ROCK BLUFFS
County Surveyor Fred Patterson
suffered quite a severe loss on Mon
day ni"ht when the barn on his farm
near Rock Bluffs burned to the ground
and entailed a loss in the neighbor
hood of $G50, and which is only par
tially covered by insurance. The fue
,vas undr great headway when dis
covered an 1 it was impossible to sve
r.nything l'rrm the burning structure.
Eight tons of hay, thre tons of straw,
'wo horses, harness for five horse.;
inl a great many other smalle- arti
cles were cDnsjmed by the f lam .- avl
hiV it wps impossible to rende- any
fiJ-sistance irr getting out the hors.es
cr to save any of the ether prnpeitv
the barn. The cause of the fire
cms very mysteries and points
strongly to someone having f5v.I the
i-irn and tr.k r. nrghty good care to
do a good job of it. Mr. Patterson
has offered a reward of $50 for the
g.j'rst and conviction of tTv party set
ting the fu; rnd if thj party is ap
prehended will be ma lo to suffer the
fiiiest extJ it of the law. It is an out
..e and lli-i otrsons or person guilty
tiitainly should not ho allowed to go
f.- if they Jie discoverer.. Mr. Pat-
to; i on was not living on the farm at
J.e time, it iie'ng tended by a relative,
hp.1 was not .ware of tae loss until it
was telephoned in by Mrs. Patterson,
who was visiting at the hom? at the
time of the fire.
PIANO AT A BARGAIN.
Customer near Plattsmouth, Neb., is
unable to finish payments on piano
contract. We will turn piano over to
first satisfactory party who will pay
balance either cash or five dollars per
month. Write Schmoller & Mueller
Piano Co., Omaha, Neb.
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