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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEEEASKA
Knterd at PostofTIre. riatlsmouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR III ADVANCE
There are nearly 12,000,000 tele
phones in this country.
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If a man lives up to his wife's ex
pectations he is always busy.
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Courtship is a bow Knot that mat
rimony pulls into a hard knot.
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Following the reasoning, of the
eld Irishman, if we had some cher
ries we should have cherry pie if we
had come su?ar.
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Small boys realize the high cost
f living, too. when the find it takes
twice as many combined beggings
and threats to get a new ball bat as
it used to. Even his tears, be finds,
aren't worth more than 50 cents on
the dollar nowadays.
JOHN DEERE
Farm Machinery!
We carry a full and complete line of the reliable
John Deere farm machinery, and are ready to fill your
order for anything in 'our line. Plows and corn farming
implements of all kind, as well as haying and harvest
ing machinery. Also threshers, necessities.
WARE ROOMS ON SOUTH
SIXTH STREET
D. B.
PLATTSMOUTH
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NO wasted grain from bad weather.
NO waste from rushing the job through.
NO big crews just you and a few of
your neighbors.
NO two or three weeks time spent help
ing everybody, in the neighborhood
thresh.
Speedy Simple Economical
100 Of Your Grain Threshed!
Here is an ideal separator for use with your tractor. It is light, easy run
ning, simple to operate and does perfect work.
Its I2-bar cylinder, 23 inches in diameter, set with heavy spikes makes
it sturdy enough for the toughest work. The cylinder is exceptionally heavy and
its weight assures steady motion and ease of operation.
The INDIVIDUAL is identically the same as the , famous Wood Bros.
"Humming Bird" thresher which is known by every farmer, except that it is
smaller in dimensions and lower in price. Just what you want, isn't it?
Price Wood Bros, thresher, delivered at Plattsmouth. ..$1,225
Fordson Tractor, equipped with governor and belt pulley 998
Oliver 2-bottom plow, 2 bbls. oil, 100 ft. 4-ply belt . 296
$2,519
Call and let us take your order for the above outfit complete, or if you
have a tractor, give us your order for the thresher.
There will be a big wheat crop this season and not enough threshers to
supply the demand, so order now.
T. H. Pollock Auto Co.,
Some men are like phonographs
overy day roll off exactly the same
records.
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Reduced to simple terms, the race
this year i3 between two printers
to see who shall preside at the "pi"
counter.
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Jud Tuukins says one beauty about
votes for woineu is that the system
brings politics into the home and
gives the folks something to talk
about besides their relations.
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After examining the platforms of
both parties we have discovered that
a serious mistake was made. Xeither
contains a watermelon plank. What
we want is watermelons without the
aid or consent of any other nation.
NEBRASKA
WOOD BROS.
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There is simply no 'excuse for the
exhorbitant price of sugar.
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The gross annual income ot mov
ing picture theaters In this country
is about $770,000,000.
Our idea of an unspeakable cad
is the fellow who kisses a girl and
then complains of paint on her lips.
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Voting for a platform without
considering the candidate is a hope
ful fallacy like putting new air into
old tires.
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As a warning to carpenters, plas
terers, electricians and garage me
chanics, there vare a lot of counter
feit $5,000 bills In' circulation.
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Still it has to be admitted that a
national platform always seems
much important when the conven
tion is adopting it than after the
election.
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Tie railroad problem does not
stand by itself. It is a part of the
entire industrial Droblem of the
country and is tied up with it in
pverv detail. Hence it cannot be
solved by itself.
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If some of the girls who practice
PhoDin and other-sounding music
would devote that time to some sil
eut task like making Jam it would at
least be more conducive to harmony
in the neighbor's lirtnei
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Wouldn't it be heart-breaking if
the American sugar speculators
should co ahead and pay the Cuban
planters the 24 cents a pound they
a&k and then all the American con
sumers should temporarily but firmly
lose their taste for sweet things?
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Don't be too sure that the third
bartv canddiate has no chance. Sup
pose he made a race on a platform
that promised at least one circus a
year to every rural community and
guaranteed the coinage of red meat
ami rfnn at the rate of six for
a dollar without waiting for the c&
sent of any other nation. What
chance would the two old parties
have against an organization with
real live issues like these?
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A BUSINESS PRESIDENT
If the people of the United States
want a business man for president'
a ' first-clas3 business man; they
have found their ideal in James .M.
Cox.
The Ohio executive is all business
to his finger tips, and it is as a"
business governor that he has won
great renown in the Buckeye state.
Cox has an unerring instinct for
co-operation in the highest- mean
ing of the world. He is a conspicu
ous dodger, but also an intelligent lis
tener. He's the kind of man needed
In the present reconstruction period.
The demand for a business man
in the presidency is based on the
public belief that successful business
executives take hold of a puzzling
situation and shake a result out of
it. Experience teaches them to seek
and find the short cut to evidence
and common sense to the vital ob
jective.
The man of action and accomp
lishment who is sought for the high
office is one who has been trained
by exacting and multiple tasks that
Dress upon him daily. Governor
Cox, as publisher and owner of two
large daily newspapers and director
of other extensive business enter
prises, is a man who has had prac
tical business training. His pub
lic as well as private record is one
of accomplishment. It is not lim
ited to any class or party.
Throughout his three terms as
governor he has taken orders from
no interest but has been faithful to
businss of his state the whole peo
pie. " He has been friendly to labor
and at the same time fair to em
olovers. Both have confidence in
him and are enthusiastic supporters
Just as in social questions he has ac
cepted no master except the public,
so on other issues. He has never
catered to or accepted dictation from
the Anti-Saloon League or the wet-
interest but has enforced the law as
it existed. Strict enforcement of a
law not desired, he always has con
tended, is the juickest way to get it
repealed.
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NEBRASKA AND THE
PILGRIM FATHERS
What does Nebraska owe to the
Pilgrim Fathers, that we should in
terest ourselves in the Ter-Centen
ary celebration?
A little reflection on this question
will open such a vista of history,
with the culminating effects of
events on human progress as must
delight the contemplative mind
Three hundred years ago Nebraska
was unknown to the white man. It
is believed that Coronado penetrated
as far as the Blue in the vicinity of
where Beatrice now stands; It is pos
sible that one of his scouts made his
way to the Platte somewhere near
Ashland, but this gave no know
ledge to the European world of the
potential empire that here awaited
civilizing influence and industry.
Matters were then shaping in Eu
rope that would open this region.
No more interesting page of his
tory is unfolded than that on which
is written the record of the Stuarts
in England. With the passing of
the Tudors came the fruition of a
hope that h-ad feebly flickered under
the eighth Henry, and had fairly
burst into likht when Elizabeth aid
ed the Dutch to throw off the heavy
yoke of Spain. Human liberty, free
dom of speech and freedom of con
science was struggling for expres
sion. England was the refuge fin
ally, although the Hussites, the
Lutherans, the Huguenots and the
Dutch protestants were making a
glorious stand for the right to wor
ship God as they saw fit. When
James moved down from Scotland to
follow Elizabeth on the English
throne, he found uch a wave of lib
eralism sweeping over the land as he
was never able to turn back. Nor
could his son or his grandsons. The
Cromwellian interlude is of tremen
dous Interest as an episode, but sig
nificant only of the growing Influ
ence of that element which not only
insisted on men's right to think and
believe as they would, but to act for
themselves in public and private
matters. The Parliament Elizabeth
ignored sprang up again under
Charles, and in time beheaded him.
Self-government was made a fact ac
complished in England, but that
land was not big enough to hold the
movement. ,
Jamestown was an expression of
the Cavalier's devotion'to the (tfown;
Plymouth Rock and Salem symbolize
the aspiration of Individuals to the
greater liberty. Whatever the re
lations of that first devoted band to
the home land, and they have been
well described as but sturdy English
men come to a ; new country, but
without breaking off ' the ties that
held them to the old, they brought
!w,tn them a thought that took deep
root in the soil of America. Moral
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character, already of strong fiber,
precede seli-bovernnient. The infra-'
ences that controlled at Massachu
setts Bay. also had effect along the
York, the James and the Roanoke,
around Chesapeake and Delaware
bays, up the Hudson and along the
Mohawk. It was inevitable that the
successors to the Stuarts should" find
a new breed of men in the American
colonies.
Trace for yourselves the events
that followed the settlements in Vir
ginia and Massachusetts; note how
the Cavalier and Puritan came clos
er and closer together in habits fo
thought and of life; see them unite
in the supreme effort to throw off
the bondage of England's king, and
then examine their devoted endeav
ors at making secure the liberty
they had won. That should an
swer any question as to whether Ne
braska has an interest in the Ter
centenary. Much might be written
in detail of the debt directly owed
by this state to the pioneers of New
England, as they moved west
through Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Iowa, bringing habits, customs
and laws to the territory and state.
but this may be left for another
time. No state in the new west has
better right to take part in the cc?l
ebration than Nebraska. Omaha
Bee.
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HIS HUMBLE RELATIVES
With an apparent effort at subt
lety, republican papers are carrying
a story to the effect that Governor
Cox, democratic candidate for the
presidency, has an old brother keep
ing a little candy store in Dayton,
O. The article implies that the old
man is very much of a home-spun
product and of small mental caliber.
Just what the story has to do with
Governor Cox's candidacy is not
readily apparent. However, upon
closer investigation the reason .for
the interview becomes plain. The
smart writer was making a very
cumbersome effort to imply that be
cause Governor Cox has an humble
relative that he is therefore not fit
ted to become the president of 103,
000,000 people.
It would be interesting to know
just how many of those 105,000,000
people are In every way just about
a humble as the governor's brother.
Perhaps an overwhelming majority.
It Is only given to a few people to
stand out from the masses and by
sheer force of Intellect, vision and
personality to leave their stamp up
on their generation. The rank and
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$50,000
Power Farming Machinery!
Oliver Plows
Roderick Lean Disc
Culti-Packers
Amsco Drills
Silage Cutters
Hay Balers
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on the
Power farming will bring greatest profits only when you have all the spec
ial built implements for your Fordson on your. farm.
Make your plans now to spend at least one day at this great educational
event and see for -yourself what the Fordson will do for you in solving your
own farm problems.
FORDSON Power Farming Demonstration
JULY 28, 29 and 30, 1920
Agricultural College Farm, Lincoln, Neb.
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A tractor that will fit your
farm the Fordson
YOU can make your farm produce more at Ies3
cost and with less effort on your part by
using the Fordson tractor. Not only will it help
you prepare your land and cultivate the crops, but it
furnishes power for many other farm jobs. ,tfnJjr2n3M
i The Fordson tractor is the result of long study of
farming conditions and it has proved a success. Burns
Icerosene easy to operate and care for practically
trouble-proof.
There's an Oliver No. 7 Plow
for your Fordson
Just as the Fordson tractor gives ideal power, the
Oliver plow means ideal plowing. It is scientifically
designed for tractor service and is backed by a half
century of experience in making plows. It buries all
trash and weeds at the bottom of the furrow
maintains an even depth of furrow and is controlled
from the tractor seat. c
Come in and let us show you this remarkable fann
team.
T. H. Pollock Auto Co.,
Phone No. 1 -:- -:- -:- Plattsmouth
file of men and women fill a very ob
scure niche in this comnlex old,
world, but after all they are fulfill
ing a destiny marked out for them
by some divine plan and even the
republican party could scarcely pre
sume to question its working.
It shoubl be consoling to Governor
Cox after reading this article, if he
needs consolation, to ruminate on
the fact that such presidents as Jack
son. Grant, Lincoln, Garfield and
Taylor sprang from simple stock and
what is more they, themselves, re
mained simple folks when they arose
to the highest ofTrce in the land. No
doubt they all had a very large col
Worth: ot
Harrows
Feed Grinders
Wood Bros. Threshers
Manure Spreaders
Pulverizers
Ditchers
and Other Machinery.
Actual Operation
100 - acre Demonstration Field
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people do. rWorld-llerald.
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F0R SALE
SO acres of good Cass county land
one mile south of Eight Mile Grove
cemetery.
Six lots, west Main street. 6-room
house; electric lights and good well
and cistern. Some fruit trees.
Also 2V2 acres with good 4-room
house and barn; good well. One-half
mile south of B. & M. shops.
See Geo. M. Hild or Frank' Vallery,
Plattsmouth, Nebr. lw-tf
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