THT7F.5DAY. APF.IL 22. 1920.
PLATTSMCiUTH SESn-ttTEEXY JOITRITAL
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Prepared In the Interest of the People of Murray and "Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readerg
If .ny of the readers of the
Journal knoT of any social
event or item of Interest In
this vicinity, and will mail
time to this office, it will ap
pear under this beadine. We
want all news items Editor
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The Third Liberty . Loan Coupon Bonds', which
had but a few coupons attached, have matured as far ,
as interest coupons are concerned, the lat interest
coupon becoming due March 15th, 1920. All having
these series of bonds, can have the same replaced with
other bonds bearing interest coupons, and if any one
having such bonds will bring them, to our bank we
will have the transfer made for you.
Yours for service,
Murray S
late
Bank
Murray, Nebraska
O. L. Davis, of near Union, was a
visitor in Murray last Tuesday.
James Hatchett was busy Tuesday
Made a Good Trip With Bad Roads
One day last week Peter 11. Smith
of Bloomfield, who had been spend-
unloading sand at the Missouri Pa- ng: a few days visiting with old time
cilic freight yard . for the lumber friends in this vicinity, purchased ..a
yard- , , i.' car from Thomas Smith, and he and
J. W. Stone was " painting and Herman L. Smith drove the car to
decorating his home . northwest of the home of Peter Smith, departing
Murray this week, being unable to from Plattsmouth at G:45 in the
work in the field. , r morr-ing and notwithstanding the
Phillip Keil, who has been kept fact of striking mud holes three
from his work for a number of weeks times, were able to make their des
on account of having his hand cut, tination Avhich was seven and a 'halt
is slowly recovering. ' ' niile.s northwest of Bloomfield by
Postmaster and Mrs. W. S. Smith 10:30 that evening. Looks like pret
were among those who went to ty good driving with an abundance
Plattsmouth last week to hear the of bad roads. .
address given by W. J. Bryan. i '
Morton Bartlett and Green Piggot
were among those attending the
- ' Lee Kniss Out Again.
We were pleased last Tuesday to
see our old time friend Lee Kniss
out and over town after his long
- rt email U'it ll nnniiWATiii
11 son of Alvin Ramge, Mho a, majl man was looki
l having the-measles, and nmch the WQrse for the struggle
which he had with the malady and
shows that he is making god im-
nAi'iimATit ot thia timp flnrl with
! - ti i : oi i ,it,Q- jj'". .
luu.iuc hopes, not being long before he is
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shrader, was abJe tQ return to his usual VOCation
a visitor in Murray, guest at the oC.caring for the friends, and patrons
home of her grandparents. II. C. on the rurai route. '
Long and wife, over the week end. , ' -
T. J. Brendel and wife went to
Omaha Saturday where they spent
that an4 the following day as guests
at-the home of Mrs. Brenders sis
wrestling match at the county seat
Tuesday evening. They drove up in
Mr. Piggot's car.
A sma
has been
who was broken out with the rash.
i is now on the mend, and it is hoped
he will continue to improve.
Miss Lillian Spangler and uncle,
Walter Burke, of Plat tf mouth, were
in attendance at the birthday sur
prise which was given in honor of
Miss Xita Cook.
August Ifollenberg, of southwest
of Murjay shipped a mixed car of
hogs and cattle to. the Omaha mar
ket last Monday.
- Dr. B. F. Brendel was called to
Union last Monday to look after the
welfare of some patients. On his
return he continued to Plattsmouth,
where he had some business matters
to look after for a short time.
Frank Slichtemeier shipped a car
of cattle and a mixed car of cattle
and hogs to the South Omaha mar
ket last Monday and received a good
price for them considering the off
market Tuesday.
Henry Heebner, 'who is manager
of the Duff Grain company's elevator
at Cedar Creek, was a visitor with
friends in Murray over Sunday, re
turning to his work last Monday
morning on the early train.
W. E. Countryman shipped a. -car
of cattle to the South Omaha mar
ket from his feeding yards at the
farm a few miles south of Murray,
for which he received a very fair
price considering the unstable con
dition of the market.
A. E. Wright, of Fordice, arrived
in Murray last week and is employ
ed with the Puis garage. He. once
resided near Weeping Water. Al-i
though his goods have riot yet ar
rived he is working and will get
started housekeeping as soon as pos
sible. The family will reside in the
Christian church parsonage, which
ha3 been fitted up for their occu
Three Jlilk Cows f cr Sale
west or aiurray, lias tnree goou miiK
cows, two recently fresh, for sale.
Se him at once. aS-3w
Hatching Eggs for Sale
I have the celebrated Rhode Is
land Red eggs for hatching and can i
furnish same for setting nens or in
cubator use at $f..T)0 per hundred.
Call phone 1721, Murray, Nebraska.
al-4tsw.
For Sale
Fire Red Polled registered bulls
for sale. Also some . good timothy
and clover bav. Phone 3114.
A. F. NICKELS & SON.
m4-4w Murray, Nebr.
For Sale
Pure bred White Plymouth Rock
eggs, fil.25 for 15.- S. P. Young.
Clarence Brown is busily em
ployed painting and decorating the
new house of S. G. Latta.
George Parks is lathing a house
in- Plattsmouth for Will Heinrich,
and i3 doing an excellent job.
J. L. Smith and Herman Smith
were over from near Nehawka last
Tuesday-to vote and look after some
trading.
Mrs. Wm. Lloyd, of Lincoln, was
a iiitor in Murray last Tuesday, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1. C.
Rhoden and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Reed.
Mrs. John E. Vantine was a visi
tor i:i Murray last Tuesday, looking
after some business matters for a
short time and also visiting wjth old
frimls.
Mrs. Charles Mutz, of northwest '
of town wa3 a visitor in Murray on'
last Tuesday, coming to attend the
reception given in honor of Mrs. A. t
A. Young. . I
Major Isaac M. Hall and wife, of
Madrid, were visiting with friends i
in Murray last Tuesday, remaining
until evening, when the representa-,
tive of this paper accepted a ride
home with them.
Phillip Lambert was over to town
last Tuesday, the. first time in about
a week. He is getting along pretty;
well, with the exception o'f one
hand, which does not seem to mend
as rapidly as desired.
Mrs. Eliza .Young, who has been'
residing in ar.d near Union for
some time, was "a visitor in Murray
last Wednesday attending a birthday
surprise given in honor of her
granddaughter', Sliss NLta Cook. ;
The little son of Jesse Vallery
disappeared for a short time while
at play around the house and it was
feared for a time that he might have
fallen into an open well, but the
fears were soon allayed when he was
discovered at play a short distance
away.
Jesse Green has just finished pa
pering the Christian " church parso
nage, which has been entirely re
modeled by the carpenter crew of
J. A. Scott en, and repainted and dec-;
orated by Jesse Chambers and Clar
ence Green, "thus presenting a very
beautiful appearance.
Dr. J. F. Brendel was a visitor in
Omaha last Tuesday, going up on f
the morning train to accompany Mrs. j
Oscar Mead to the St. Joseph's hos
pital, where she will be treated forj
appendicitis, having undergone an '
operation soon after her arrival; At !
last reports she was doing' nicely 1
and her early recovery is looked for. I
iji . uicuun value iu I lausiuuuiu lu
the afternoon and on home via auto
mobile that evening, although the
Ccme and Get Your Guns.
The members of the home guards
of Murray are hereby notified to come
ter, Mrs. Dr. E. Lake, who was form- and get their guns, which were used
-i ATioo vi Vaiiorv dnrine: the existence of the company
l Charles E. NickelV and wife, of in Murray. , We will hold them but
Wavne, .Arkansas, arrived in town a short time longei anu n not. caueu
Tuesday morning and are visiting for will then-turn them over to the
for a short time with relatives and county, commissioners.- Kinglsy
friends here. Mr. Nickels is engaged Kniss.
in the 'boiler making business in his
home town: ' ' I In Honor of Miss Nita Cock
T. J. Brendel vas a passenger to Francis Cook, who is a royal young
Union last Tuesday morning, where man. planned and carried into exe
he looked after some business for cUtion, a very pleasant birthday sur
a short time in the insurance line, prise i'nhonor of his sister Miss Nita
Later he drove on to Nebraska -City cook, who is one of the genial sales
to loos alter some mailers ciaim- force at the store ot .. uansemei
iner his attention there. Tho affair was such a brilliant
Gussie Pullen, wife and little c-11(.Ce?s that it will be long and
child, and Mrs. Robert Good were pleasantly remembered by those
visitors in eorasKa t'ity on ji ues- wno attended, me evening
day. going to call on Robert Good pleasantly spent with games music
at the hospital th-ere, where ho is anI singing and in which all had a
convalescing from the injuries he most enjoyable time: One of the
received when struck by a Missouri pleasant features of the evening De
Pacific switch engine recently. ing a deliglitful luncheon served by
There is some joy at' the home or Mesdanies Joseph look, uen
Galen Rhoden and wife because of :nd Miss Gladys Marasek. Miss
the arrival of a fine little blue-eved Vtta was the recipient of many tok-
haby, girl, who came to bring cheer ens of love and friendship In the
into. the household. The fond moth- Thape of valuable presents. Those
er and proud father were pleased Dresent to enjoy me otcahiuu
but their joy was as nothing com- Misses Violet Keil, Heien Reed, Ia-
r.nrcd Tvltli hut nf tho P-rnnrlfatVipr hi a Amifk. Alice Creamer, Lillian
i fltmrrrr V Tfift,lan o,l n-!fa Panp-lor OraiG LOIlJf. lta COOK,
vs Lvle and Gladys MaraseK,
few days ago to get some . -barber Mcsdames .Joseph Cr.v ,and Owen
" J . .1 T amis
work done and greeted his friends, Willis, Messrs. nay nfam,
oti,i i,-h;ia ho to irettinir otn niooix- Ainirif nien Todd. Ralpii Kennedy.
1 t.. . 11 1 I I 11V . J-, I. L Vlll It'll 111VV 1 . . . . - I
he has quite a good deal to gain' yet Owen Willis. Walter Burke, Claire
before he regains his former rugged Farns, t-rancis .,ook.
health. His determination and "T. Martin Sporrer and Louis nai-
strong constitution are helping him las. '
materially in his light io overcome
poor health.
Dr. B. F. Brendel accompanied
Mrs. Ira Queen to Omaha last Sun
day, where she entered the St. Jo
seph's hospital for treatment for can-
SCHOOL WORK AND
SPELLING CONTESTS
Results cf Worlatof Schools of County
by Pupils Attract Much.
Attention
Says They Voted Direct
Late Tuesday Captain Harrison
Haver, who lives eat of Murray and
hy the way on the east division of
nrnoinnt WAa 1 Tl MlirrSV OleCtlOll
cer, with the hope that a cure can flav and said that they.had inaugur
be effected. The many friends of j process, of voting for the
this excellent lady are hopeful that prudent and that thev had cast
she may return home completely h , te, dircct and were doing
freed of the troubles which this aw.a with the delegates, electoral
dread malady is causing. college and all, and were thus sim-
Sure, we like Murray, and why D,iyfillg matters to the limit. We
shouldn't we like it and the fine ,,a(j been looking for this but not so
class of people living here? They -
are kind to us, as they are io every-- j
one, and they like the Journal. For
five consecutive weaks. we have on Had Pleasant Afternoon
our day to visit this town, been the The gathering at the home of 11
guest of some of the excellent fami- C. Long and wife last week, which
lies to dinner. We appreciate the was given "by Mrs. ,G. E. Nickels and
friendly spirit which prompts this Miss Etta Nickels, was attended by
and want to say we appreciate it. a. large number of people, who were
friends of Mrs. Albert A. Young, in
whose honor the affair was given.
A very pleasant afternoon was had.
and the ladies returned to their
homes well satisfied with the very
oleasant time which they had spent.
The guest of honor ,w& pleasantly
entertained, and the afternoon at
tested to her popularity with her
friends who are legion in and about
Th-3 Entire Ccramunity Stirred
The mischievousness of two of the
juvenile citizenry of Murray last
Thursday was responsible for many a
heart ache, and caused much con
cern, when little Florence Bartlett
and her play chum, Richard Bren
del. who were ilavine in the vard.
Hosiery for Women!
Socks ffcr JVlen!
A buy which we consider a fortunate one, in the
way of a wholesaler's close-out of men's and women's
hosiery is in our store. We bought them right and
will pass them cn to you in the same way. With the
price of work socks and women's hose unreasonably
high, you cannot afford to overlook a season's supply.
Men's summer weight socks, colors black, navy
and cordovan. Per pair, 25c'; per doz. pairs, $2.75.
Ladies them top hose, black only,, per pair, 25c;
per dozen pairs, $2.75. .
Ladies lisle hose in the popular shades, regular re
tail price $1 .00. In this lot at per pair, 75c.
Hiatt
Tirtt,: '
MURRAY,
NEBRASKA
both their parents, and hid in a box -uurra -
setting there. Rut a portion of one ,
isde had been removed and a piece ' W.I Hold Service Sunday.
of carpet had bn thrown in the , The Presbyterian church will hold
opening. In the spirit of mischief services tlurinjr the moraine, and al-
the little ones crawled into the box. EO Bible school, at which time the
notwithstanding it was aftr dark, Rev. V. N. Halsey will deliver the
and standing around behind the still discourse. There will be a good
enclosed "portion, in a spirit of mis- service, and all are invited to attend
chief, did not respond when the par- the services as well as the bible
euts called them. -As it had grown fxhool.
dark and they could not be fourd the "
whole town was .soon aroused and ' ,
search was made, without effect.. OspS Pests or Sale
Then a distress call was made ot 1 have over two thousand ocage
the telephone lines radiating from 'posts for sale in wagon Joad or car
the town, and the entire community ,oa(l lts- Call phone 1513. Wm
began in earnest search. The en- Sporrer, Murray, Neb.' 4w s-.
tire town was out, aid the box in
which the little ones were, was pass
ed and touched many- times, and
even looked into, but no one saw the
little ones until a dog ran up to the
box and barked, frightening the
children who there upon came out,
and were discovered by Mrs. A. A.
Young.. Mifrray wa E happv com- Rose and Helen Read have ben
munity when the news of the finding absent from school for the past two
wa?s known. The parents of the '.cckg on account if sickness,
childrn who thereupon -came out, Violtft Reil was at sent from uviv!
sidering their children ashaving met Monday.
wiht some gruesome fate. A letter was received from Oustav
- Bouten saying that his address wjr,
Egrgs For Setting. Aberdeen, South Dakota, instead .of
Ture bred White Plymouth Rock Grant, Neb.
eggs. $1.25 Der setting of 15. S P. ; 1 ne equipment lor tne nysics- lab
Young.
Mnrray Residence For Sale.
I am offering my home for sale,
call at residence. Mrs. J. Baxter.
2ws. in T. s-w.
Higrh School Notes
From Tuesday's Dally.
The spelling contest of the Cass
county schools held at the high
school auditorium on . Saturday, un
de-the direction of A. A. Eaton, was
one of the best attended, features ot
its kind ever held in tfiVcbunty and
showed some splendid results in the
handling of the different words by
the young people from the grade
schoois of the county-. The judges
were L. R. Snipes, Weeping Water,
Miss Jeanette Nelson of Lincoln and
Superintendent Bertha Bishop of
Paplllion..
In the written spelling the first
prize was secured by.Creda Baker of
Weeping Water, district 83. In oral
spelling Martin Blum, district No.
57 of South Bend was awarded the
first prize.' The second prize in both
written and oral was given to Elsie
Lynch of Plattsmouth and the third
prize in written and oral to Isadore
Stone, district 103, Nehawka.
The wonderful array of work ex
hibited from the grade schools of the
county at the office of County Super
intendent Miss Alpha Peterson gave
a showing of a most varied assort
ment of excellent penmanship, art
and 'map work and for the different
showings the judges made" their
awards.
In the grade schools organized un
der article three of the school law,
providing for one teacher, district
No. 19, Maple Grove, Miss Evelyn
Wolph, teacher, was awarded the
first prize. The second prize- was
given to district No. 38, Nehawka,
Miss Imo Heebner, teacher. The
third prize was given to district 27,
Mynard, Miss Elizabeth Beeson,
teacher. Honorable mention was
given to district 71,' Weeping Water,
May Allen, teacher.
In the schools under article eight
consisting of two teachers, the first
prize was given to district No. 96,
Manley, Miss Tina Humble and Min
nie Peters, teachers, second prize,
district No. 56, Murray, Misses May
Barker and Buehla Sans, teachers.
Third prize, district No. 57, South
Bend, Misses Hazel Scott and Franc
es Campbell, teachers. Honorable
mention, district No. 98, Wabash,
Misses Belle Hulfish and Margaret
Culver, teachers. . .
In the schools organized under ar
ticle six and having more than two
teachers the prizes were awarded to
the schools through the superintend
ents. First prize, district No. 96,
Klmwood. R. E. Conally, superintend
ent. Second prize, district No. 32,
Louisville, E. It. Wiiber, superin
tendent. Third prize, district No.
104, Eagle, Wayne Sopher superin
tendent. Honorable mention was
given district No. 36, Greenwood, W.
J. Houmart, 'superintendent.
The Plattsmouth, and Weeping
Water schools were a part of a sep
arate contest and in which the
Plattsmouth schools was awarded
the prizes as the Weeping Water
schools failed to enter.
There has been a large number of
pieces of needlework shown at thJ
exhibit which is the result of the
club work of the young folks, but a3
there were no prizes for this the on
ly recognition was in the praise of
the visitors who have viewed the
excellent work. Cedar Creek, Maple
Grove, and Wabash, were the schools
sending in the needlework exhibits.
A selection will be made of the
work that will be shown at the state
school exhibit to be held at Lincoln
and at which the two leaders in the
spelling contest will take part. .
SHOWS THE PR0PEE SPIRIT
From Wednesday's Daliy.
The Knights of Columbus at their
meeting last evening by a unanimous
vote of the large membership of the
order present, voted to give the nse
of their hall to the American Le
gion for the rehearsals for the forth
coming minstrel and cabret show
that is to be staged by the Legion
in the 'near future. .The knights-
, a wo ti a tro nf th occasion to.
luua i.v . " n "r" t - - - .
express their 'feeling , for. the legion
anu nit; 1 1 j 1 1 inr i oi. i , i . - Ail v. - - .
more than pleased to have jthe op-:
portunity to helping out in any way:
thev could this splendid cause.
PAINTS
WALL PAPER
Faintall Products!
We are, closing out our line of House Paints, Barn Paint, Var
pishes, etc., and as we do not intend restocking will give our cus
tomers the advantage of the price.
We handle the Paintall Products, manufactured at Lincoln
and especially adapted to this climate.
House paint, gallons $4.25
' Yz Gal.. . . . ..$2.15 Quarts $1.15
Smalrfquantity red barn paint, gal. . . . $2.25
If we haven't enough of colors you select on hand to com
plete your job, will order it for. you at same price. It will pay
you to see us before buying your paint.
FJHuiriray Drag a
G. W. McCracken, Prop.
BRUSHES
GLASS
Hardware and Implements!
We are carrying a full line of the John Deere
farm machinery and implements and our stock is most
complete just now for your selection. It consists of
plows, harrows, disks, listers, planters and every known
implement required in the corn farming line.
In addition we also carry, a complete line of heavy
and shelf hardware; electric washers and general hard
ware. Our aim is to serve you always.
POL,
MURRAY
NEBRASKA
NOT OPERATED ON YET
From Wednesday's Dally.
.The condition of Mrs. Roy May
field, who is at the Immanuel hos
pital in Omaha, has been such that
it was not found advisable to oper
ate on her at this time and she will
be kept under treatment until' she
can' regain her strength sufficient to
permit the operation. Mrs. H. H.
Kuhney, mother of Mrs. Mayfield,
who has been at her side since her
being placed in the hospital return
ed home this afternoon and reports
the patient as resting easier than
for any time since she was taken
sick last Friday.
"That Printer of Udell's," one or
larold Bell Wright's good stories,
n sale at the Journal office.
G. W. Iloman departed thl morn
ing for Corning, Iowa, where he will
visit with relatives and frlenl.i.
M. G. Stava was a passenger this
morning for Omaha, where ha was
np.'ied to look after some matters of
business.
17. R. VOUfJG
AUCTIONEER
Always Ready for Sale
Dates far or near.
BATES SEASONABLE
SATISFACTION 0B 110 PAT!
REVERSE ALL CAIjLS
Telephone 1511 If army Exa'unre
Why Pay Prevailing Prices
for Your
lOE
We always carry a very complete line of
shoes and have invested lots of money be
fore the present high prices and are willing
to give you the benefit of our buying fore
sight. Come in and be convinced we have
the right price on all kind of shoes you may
need either work or dress. .
TheS
ervice
Store
ALFRED GANSEMEB, Proprietor
FOB SALE
Timothy, clover and alfalfa seed
Inquire of John Wiles
O m o .
Telephone
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Barred Rock eggs for sale from
oratory and. the basket ball outfit. bect strains, $1.50 per 15; $7.00 per
,"was received last week. These were" . " ., r, T wiio
purchased by the high school with10,0- ?noiie 3421 C" . Wiles.
4v-w.
Card of Thanks. .
We wish to thank the -numerous 1heir part of the box supper fund,
friends and neighbors for their '
many acts of kindness shown us dur- Seed Corn for Sale. We print law briela.. - sale tills. :
ing the illness and death. of our be- Some extra good 1918 crop of Yel- letter heads envelopes, statements,
loved wife daughter and sister. Also low Dent seed corn for sale. Crib chec lnvoSoe3 and in fact everv
for the beautiful floral offerings, run $2.00 per bushel. Call 43 Xe- - ; ,nvo,oe3 ana in
Bert Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smith hawka Exchange for davs of sale. thin but m?. postage stamps ar.d
and family. 4tw Chas. Chriswisser, Nehawka, butter. Let us have your next Job
"Tho Midnight Dan" Qoriol
The third episode will be given at the Puis & Gan
mersemer hall on Saturday evening of this week. All
those who are attending this magnificent serial will
please take notice and not miss out on this number. ,
The prices are 1 5 and 25 cents, which sums include
the war tax.
This is a good show and one well worth while at
tending. Do not miss it.
Puis Cl ompany