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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922-
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PLANS !
January Sale Days are Here
and with them come our
$10,000.00 Cash Sale, January Clearance
Sale and White Goods Sale!
Three big events crowded into one month, which brings you
unlimited opportunities to make definite savings on merchandise
that you need.
Cur $10,000.00 Cash Sale consists of that amount of stock,
we desire to convert into cash at once. We have therefore made
the prices so interesting that we fel certain that these goods will
be quickly absorbed Do not hesisate. The prices and the mer
chandise are right.
The prices quoted in this advertisement are for cash!
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Flour, "Sunkist" per
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Flour. "Little Hatchet" per
4S-II). sack
Syrup. 1 galion cans (corn)
Per can
Syrup, gallon .cans (white-Pc-r
can
20 bars of Swift's White
Laundry r.oap fur
6 bars of Labor Saver soap
for
10 bars of "Rub-No-More"
White Naptha soap for
S bars cf "Prim Olive" tor.p
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Leg Cabin syrup, medium
i ire, per can
Log Cabin syrup. large
size .per can
4-X coffee. Specially priced.
per lb.
"Arbuckle" coffee on sale at
par lb.
"Monarch" coJYee, 3 lb;?, of
this favorite brand for
Peaberry, coffee special per
lb.', only
"Gunpowder" tea, standard
quality, per lb
"Gunpowder" tea, ex. fancy
quality, per ib
Pr. Price's baking powder,
12-oz. can for
"Nimko" peaches in syrup,
per can
$1.70
1.70
39c
49c
1.00
25c
65c
25c
65c
1.30
20c
30c
1.00
30c
35c
70c
20c
25c
"J. M." peaches, in syrup,
per can ;
"Jack Spratt" apricots, in
syrup, per can
15 -oz. jar pure fruit pre
serves, per Jar
"Oak wood" brand peas, two
cans for '.
Fancy wax beans, two cans
for
Squash, No. 2 size can, per
can
"Twilight" brand ketchup,
per bottle .
3 lbs. of rice are yours dur
ing this sale for
3 lbs. of best hand picked
navy beans for i
3 lbs. of macaroni, in bluk,
for
G cans of high grade oil
?ardine3 for
Large cans of mustard sar
dines, per can ; . .
Horseshoe tobacco specially
priced, per lb
Climax tobacco, our price.
per lb.
"Velvet" smoking tobacco,
2 cans for
One 10-qt. galvanized pail
with 9-oz. pkg. "Bon Eon"
baking powder free for
One 4-qt. aluminum pan and .
Vz lb. Japan tea free for
Rebal's brcoms. Specially
priced during this sale
January White Sale!
)fr. With more than ordinary en-
Cylffi ' thusiasm we have arranged this
Vgjl January White Sale. The merchan-
ff VsO-- dise offered is strictly high grade, all
V i f VVv, ust wna yu are looking for
jplL (j3 . and need the most, and we are mark-
J V, ing everything in this line at im-
x,ry77C -pressively low prices. -
SXPl Every one of the special fea-
tures which characterize this White
Goods Sale will be occasions of money saving opportunities that
may not again present itself.
. SHEETING PILLOW CASES
Pequot 9-4 width, bleached. r Cambridge pillow cases. Size OA
per yd t)"C 42x3G. Each L3Z
PepperelT 94 width sheet- rn Mohawk pillow cases. Size iA
ing. bleached. Per yd DVC 4-x36. Each 'eJ
Wearwell 8-4 width sheet- i-o nrTilAP,I C
ing. bleached. Per yd OOC 1 VV CLO
Pepperell 7-4 width sheet- A( 45c plail1 wllite Turkish nn
ing. bleached. Per yd fJiJC towel, r-ize 1S?;40. Each OUC
Utica 10-4 width unbleach- pjq 35c huek towels, with fast 99,
ed sheeting, per vd IOC red stripes. 17x32. Each uLC
Wearwell 9-4 width sheet- C7 GOc heavy Turkish towel. ic
Ing, unbleached. Per yd O i C blue and pink stripes. 1Sx3G lsiZ
15c large sise dish clothes. -n f
PILLOW CASINGS Each IGc
36-inch linen finish pillow o Large, soft knit wash cloths 7ft
tubing. Per yard JDC at. per dozen UL
40-inch linen finish pillow 07 TrYlXK"! IVC"
tubing. Per yard JC i OWfcUM
42-inch linen finish "Home- on 35c Stevens' all iinen crash. )(tn
spun" pillow tubing. Yd. OuC IS in. wide, bleached. Yd. uiUL
45-inch linen finish pillow O n 35c Stevens' all linen crash. OP
tubing. Per yard 4ZC IS m wide, unbleached. d. CtOL
30c bleacheu pt. linen crash -1 rj
SHEETS 1S inches wide. Per yd IJC
Belfast seamless sheet. Size Cl QQ 1 to'e"ns; aSSlted ?2r
81x90. Each $1.0$ blue and d checks. Id... -C
Dallas ceamless sheet. Size F LINGERIE CLOTHS
81x90. Each 60c white striped batiste, 4 f
prn CPRrAnc 40 inches wide. Per yd iUC
DLU 3 MLtLJ3 C5c fancy woven nainsook mq
$3.50 crochet bed spread. do QJ" in checks-, bars, flesh color frOC
80x90, plain hem a7D 30c pajaniu. check. 36 in. 09.
$3.95 crocheted spread. Size o 1A wide. Per yd C
S0x90, scalloped cut corner J1U ft'! TQI 1 '
$325 white riplette spread. OOC liUCLllJ
Size 81x90 U.LO "Our Br:iru" f.no quality of g EJ,,
S3. 00 white riplette spread. - nr bleached muslin. CO" wide- 1C
Size t2x90 1D "X X' iir.e l.'leached muslin.
$3.86 colored -riplette bed 0 QP Quality same as "Hope." 3G IO-
spread. Size 81x90 CtrnUO inches wids. Per yd lOt
$5.25 colored riplette bed 4 or Long:cth. soft, yet firmly IQ
spread and bolster, scalloped D woven. 3C wide. Yd
HOOVER
TO AVERT STRIKES
ON RAILROADS
First of Series of Conferences With
Union Heads and Company Ex
ecutives Held at Dinner.
STATE FILES SUIT
OVER CHILDREN OF -LAWRENCE
STULL
Complaint Made by H. H. Antles of
Department of Public Welfare
To be Heard Tomorrow.
This morning an action' was filed
by the office of the Clerk of the Dis-
Washington, Jan. 10. Confer-j
mooa Viot-o hppn beeiiri bv Secretary
ir,,n. Uio rlonnrtmpmt. of Com- Tomiu -T Rrthertson, Xy
merce, as spokesman for the admin- gtate of Nebraska in the matte?- 01
istration, with representatives of the Julia S,ull eged 13; HarriertJt-fctuii.
railway executives and the . railway . 11; Valeria Stull, 8; Archie fctuu,
brotheihood?, with a view to ironing, 7; 'Roga stull, 6; Buddie Stull, o;
out any difficulties which might lat- j Susie stull, 4.
er lead to a tie up of the transports- j The acti(n iS brought on the com
Hon 5v,t mof the country, it wtas ,nnt nf yi u. Antles. secretary or
L1,c it he department 01 puouc -
learned on high authority at
'1T1.I II 4-nrln
( ITlUtB lUUd,
the. .! a nf Nebraska, and was flleu
The first of these conferences', it b C40unty Atorney A. G. Cole. Air.
I wai snirf h been held and cither hrA la-q(t. week Inyegti-
! conferences wil follow. The first con- I ga:tiag case and the conditions at
ference. it is understood, was held the home cf the children nortlh of this
at the home of Secretary Hoover last clt and as the .result of his invea
Saturdav night when the heads of itiwtim decided on making the com-
' the four operating brotherhoods and plaint with the object of having the
several of the leading railway execu-1 removed, to otner piac
tives were guests or tlie secretary a;t
dinner.
The brotherhood leaders present,
it i underdLood. wre Warren S.
St3119, heed cf the locomotive engin
onr?; L.. E
conductors; W. O
trainmen, and W. S
iho firemen.
Among the railroads' executives
present were A. H. Smith, president
cf the New York Central; Daniel
Wizard, president of the B. & O.;
T. W. Atterfcury, vice president of
tho Pennsylvania, and T. DeWitt
Cnylor. cha.inr.an of the Association
cf Railwav Executives.
Secretary Hoover has evinced par-
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L. A. SIMMONS IS
CHOSENPRESIDENT
Lincoln Man' Heads Territorial Pion
eers Early Settlers Exchange
Reminiscences of Old.
Li. A. Simmons of Lincoln was
elected president of the territorial
pioneers association at a meeting
Tuesday afternoon, to succeed J. C.
F. McKes&on, who had held the of
fice for a number of years. The oth
er officers are:
First vice president, N. Z. William
son, Albion.
Satxrad vice president, Mrs. R. II.
Blanchard, Lincoln.
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Secrcftary-treaMTirer, Mrs. Minnie
P. Kniotts.
Following a brief response from
the new president, Mr. Simmons ap
pointed as executive committee: Mo
Fes P. O'Brien, Omaha, chairman; J.
W. Blyetone, Lincoln; R. S. Cooley,
Waverly.
Tha secretary was instructed to
confeT with the state historical so
ciety in regard to publishing the pro
ceeding of the association with those
of the historical society.
Between seventy-five and one
hundred early battlers attended the
meeting at the Grand hotel. Judge
V. II. Westover of Rushville, who
had . been asked to give the address
was unable to be present. A. L. Bix
by opened the program with a poem
and brief remarks. The presiding of
ficer, J. C. F. McKesson, then turn
ed the meeting over to the members
for an informal exchange of reminis
cences. ' After .the joys of early homestead
life had been sung in many phaie
Momecme called for all to stand who
still owned the . land homesteaded in
1869 or before. The following five
men arose: Nelson Korner, Gage
county now of Lincoln; N. Z. Wil
liamson. Albion; R. S. Cooley. Wav
erly; Henry Ruloff, Cass county;
Levi Kyme, Otoe county. None of
these are now living on the homestead.
Numerous watermelon stories were
FACES BAD SITUATION
hood in Cass county" told of raising j
a turnip wnicn weighed 11 pounds;
and 4 ounces and of bringing it to
the State Journal office. The reoort-i Our neighboring county seat, Ne-
er who wrote the etorv made the i hrtaska City, is facing quite a ser-
turnip weigh .something like is 1 '-ous proposition in their packing
rxninds. but Mr. Babbitt acknowlelg- ; aouse stride tnere and tr.e reports
ed the printed statement to be an
exaggeration.
OLher speakers were the follow
ing: G. T. Noyce of Crete, who was
born in a dug-out twelve miles from
Omaha; George E. Thompson, Lieut.
Governor Fell Barrows, Joe Cassell,
C. George of Lancaster who recalled
told. Judge C. B. Letton had one greasing the skillet with turnip
that discouraged other efforts in that
way, and a change was made to
pumpkins and turnips. T. M. Ab
bott who has "lived forty-five years
and forty-five days in one neighbor-
when shost of grease; James Camp
bell of Havelock. who landed in Ne
braska from Scotland fifty-one years
ago and found modern civilization
where barbarism had bee nexpectod;
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ANNUAL
Discount Sale!
Sale Starts January 11th
Good clean reliable merchandise. Your choice of a large and complete
stock of Dry Goods at a 20 from regular prices. This sale embraces all classes
of Merchandise including
A. H. Sinclair, Mrs. R. H. Blanchard
of Lincoln, Ira J. Hunt of Lancaster
mmy I courJty, who homei'teaded near Uni
p!m versity Place in 1865; F. A. Truell
cl Lincoln, who csme in IS CO to tne
state; Moses O'Brien of Douglas
county; M. Bard well now of Lincoln;
R. S. Cddley of Waverly; George W.
Hanson of Fairbury; Kd Church of
Lincoln; N. Z. Williamson of Albion;
A. D. Phillips of Boone county; Rev.
II. Bross of Lincoln; A. S. Cooley
and W. J. Blystone.
Mr. Church related his experience
Dress Goods, Furs,
Siiks, Blouses,
Georgettes, Underwear,
Blankets,
Table Linen,
Ginghams,
White Goods, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear
Groceries Not Included in this Sale!
5(2)01
in the ftate papers are frequent of
the rough treatment given strike
breakers cr thce who are suspected
of that ofi'onse. In ti:o ca?a tried be
fore Judge Munger in Lincoln lat
week wherein a number of the pack
ing house employes were cited for
contempt of court, Judge Munger in
timated that the sending of the mil
itia to the Otoe county city was the
only manner in which order could
be maintained.
As the strike has progressed the
feeling has grown more intense ovn
I both e:des of the case and the im
portation of tha strikebreakers nas
net rested well on tho residents cf
the city in general who seem to be
in sympathy with the strikers and
consequently there has been many
acts committed that the strikers
have been blamed with altho they
might be innocent of any violence.
It is to be hoped that there will
be no necessity of seeding the guard
to Nebraska City and the proclama
tion of martial law as this means not
only the suspension of the civil au
thority but it will be a hard blow.
In 'going to California a few years fn tire business interests of the city
lago in search f health and happi- :n gemeral
ness. as a warning to the other pion-
eers not to leave the home state for LATE BOOKS AT JOURNAL OFFICE
a country with as many disadvan-j
. m J x A 1 Iln i fi
itages as were iouna rn iue ravniv
state.
t. dto'to.) in the oetltion that
line mother of the children is dead
and that they are at present in the
care and custody of the father and
o,i;on f Uwrence Stull, and
Sheppard, head of the from whom the state desires to se
ttee, neau oi -iue e the chjiren.
i. Carter, head of The ma.Uer will be heard tomor
row by Judge Begley in tne aisinci
count and the dfcate will have as their
representative the complaining wit
ness, Mr. Antles. -
This action Is the outgrowth o
the recent, visit of State Deputy
Sheriff R. II. Fulton 'to the Stull
farm the latter part of December and
from his inspection of the home the
... c .-.nrsiaA t n. HlO d&TtllTt-
. " , , v i matter wu icjiuiicu ---
'.icular interest in the relations -jTOpnt of public welfare and (the head
of the department ana a irameu
nurse made the personal investiga
tion of the conditions relative to
their effect on the young children
who were being reared there.
tu-ren tlia railroads ana ineir em-
rlcyes and it is regarded as certain
that he has discussed the situation
fully with them preparatory to hold
ing the series of conferences which
have been begun. The possibility of
a strike by the soft coal miners and
the railroid workers in the spring
is an eventually which the admin
istration will prevent, if possible.
G0I.IJIISSI0NERS REORGANIZE
The board of county commission
ers held, their annual meeting yes
terday at the court house and pro
ceeded to organize for the year. Fred
H. Gorder was elected as the chair
man for the enruing year and C. F.
Harris as vice chairman, with G. L.
Farley the junior member.
The name cf Dr. F. W.' Kruse, of
Weeping Water was proposed for
irediral advisor to the county board
of health and the same confirmed.
In the matter of the appropriation
for the Ca;s county aricultural so
ciety for the year, the board voted
the sum of $2,000 for the work of
the organization, following the law
FUGITIVES FROM RE
FORMATORY AT LARGE
Men Who Escaped From the State
Reformatory Still Objects of
Statewide Search.
The quartet of men who escaped
from the state reformatory at.ll:25
p. m. Friday have not been captured
All road3 in the state are being
watched, all cities have been notified
railroads are under observation, and
posses of men from the state sheriff's
office and penitentiary are searching
the neighborhood of Lincoln.
Men from the police department
were on the watch all night for them
and several detectives were specially
in the matter that makes the support detailed to take part in the search.
I They were last seen Dy j. fcoutn
all, a guard who was stationed at a
. small guardhouse at the entrance to
the
of the society mandatory on
board of county commissioners.
The board also named E. C." Cole
man of Greenwood as a member of, the reformtaory. He emptied his re-
the Old Soldiers' relief commission.
FEDERAL GASOLINE TAX
IS PROPOSED FOR BONUS
Washington, Jan. 10. A tax of
3 cents a gallon on gasoline to be
paid by the producer, the proceeds
of which would be used for a sol
d'iers bonus, is proposed in a bill in
troduced by Repreiren'tative Bachar
ach, republican. New Jersey. The
tax. he estimated Would yield from
S240.000.000 to $250,000,000 annu
ally, sufficient revenue, he said, to
meet cash payments to former ser
vice men provided for in the .bill.
SICE AT HOSPITAL
volver at them.
Their names are Edward Clayton,
Lancaster county, convicted of lar
ceny; Lawson Nelson, colored, sen
tenced to penitentiary from Douglas
county for robbery and later trans
ferred to the reformatory; Robert
Martin, penitentiary trusty working
at the reformatory, and Thomas O'
Grady, convicted of robbing a hard
ware store at Hickman, and anoth
er store in a nearby town.
At 2 p. m. Supe'rintendent Miller
announced that no. trail had been
uncovered which would indicate the
whereabouts of the runaways. There
is not so much as a suspicion as to
where they may be.
SHOWS FINE WORK
Grant Burrows of this city has J
been compelled to return to the Uni
versity hospital at Omaha to receive
treatment rnd is now in a very ser
ious condition at that institution. Mr.
Burrows was operated on recently
and later allowed to come back home,
but has apparently suffered a re
lapse and the final outcome of his
case is very doubtful.
Mips Etta Burrows, sister of Grant,
was operated on yesterday at the
University hospital for the removal
of her tonsils and is now doing very
niceiy.
LADIES HOLD MEETING
The rhotogravure section of the
Omaha Bee Sunday had a number of
very pleasing sketches in crayon and
pencil, of portraits which were the
work of King Clark, formerly of
Union and a eon of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Clark of that place. Mr. Clark
is a telegraph operator at Omaha and
has improved his spare time by at
tending the classes held at the Y. M.
C. A. and has reached a very pleas
ing standard of work that shows his
great natural ability in the line of
drawing as well as the careful train
ing that he has received at the "Y"
school. There are a number of sket
ches shown in the Bee and the larger
portion are from the pencil of Mr.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
GOES TO ATTEND FUNERAL
This mornine: C. A. Ask with, one'
cf the residents of the Nebraska Ma
sonic Home, formerly one of the well
known residents of Omaha, depart
ed tor that city were .h goes to at
tend the funeral of his son-dii-law,
"Andrew Pattullo, inspector of police,
w;ho died there suddenly Sunday
morning. The services will be held
at the home, 4362 Seward street,
and from there the body will be tak
en to the Scottish Rite Cathedral
where the Masonic order will hold
their eervica at 3 o'clock. The ier
vice3 will-Je under the auspices of
Nebraska lodge No. 1. A. F. & A. M.,
Grand Senior Warden Ed Wellman,
being in charge.
The death of Inspector Patullo has
been a great shock to the city of
Omaha as the deceased police officer
was one of the best known men in
the service of the city police and ex
tremely popular with all classes of
.'Ike people.
growing order.
Frank E. Schlater was among
those going to Omaha this afternoon
to visit for a few hours with friends
in that city and look after some mat
ters of business.
Among the late popular books
which are on sale at the Journal of
fice will be found something to in
terest the whele family. We have
made a very careful selection of what
is desired by every household and
have them at the lowest prices at
wh.ich these books are sold. They
will require six cents extra' from the
lifted price for postage. We are also
carrying all late magazines which
can be also sent with the books
when desired. Following is a short
list of the books: "Helen of the Old
House," by Herold Bell Wright,
$2.00; "The House of Bondage," by
Kaufman. 85c; "By the World For
get," by Brady, 85c; "The Calling of
Dan Matthews." by Herold Bell
Wright, 85c; "Limpy" by Johnson,
85c; "A Lost Paradis'e by Kummer,
85c; "The Iron Woman" by Mar
garet DeLand, S5c; "Her Father's
Daughter," by Porter, $2.00; "The
Valley of Silent Men," Curwood,
$2.00; "The White Mole," Frank. L.
Packard, $1.75; "Main Street," Sin-
Ti.n rtuc '9 nn. 'ah ivfo i!i,o'J'c' Mrs. T.
Stringer, $2.00.
The W. B. A. of the Macabees met Clark
list evening at tneir nan and a very
interesting time was enjoyed. There
were a number received into the or
der at this time and the newly elect-
eu onicers of the order were installed Last night sometime burglars made
iu cueir rei-pecuve positions. The la- an attempt to break into the shoe
dies are planning on holding their store of the Clark-Gorham company
next social meeting on Tuesday, Jan- on South Sixth street, and but for the
r,??' ?l the home of r,Irs- L- F- fact that tbere was a double lock on
I lckett and a fine time is being an- the door, the parties would have got
ticipated by the members of thic ten awav with tho
GOING TO BE SOME EVENT
The spring lock on the front door
was broken by the party trying to
get in the store, but they evidently
did not have time to work on the
second lock as it was still intact this
morning when Mr. Gorham opened
The coming of the Musical Merry
Makers on Thursday evening t
Lagles hall is being looked forward up tDe store. Only a few weeks ago
to with the greatest or interest by a similar uncompleted attempt.. was
the dancing "fiends" of the citv nnH made to break into the
already there are a large number of chandise store of Frank Fanger, the
them planning on being present. This Parties having cut the glass nearly in
is, popularly speaking, going to be two when they were evidently fright-
cucu away.
But for mere luck, both these bus!
'some" event.
VISITS FLORENCE LODGE
Last evening Mrs. J. H. Shnrt f
this city, district deputy president of
ness houses would have undoubtedly
been robbed.
the Daughters of Rebekah, was a vis- beys over to my atli ZfT
itor at ths lodge at Florence. Nebras-' uarv oTIJ , P7nl fVt r7. Jan-
Miss Louise Short. Sandford !,,; luX ,1 AS "ue"S 1 a now
and Miss Sophia Seiver. , , 'l
J. P. Falter, who t M ' "V'JPj brin your neighbor
Newell Roberts, who has been at
tending school in the east, has re
turned home and will now
bis studies in the Plattsmouth high; coon for Omaha to look rtP
matters of usiness.
school.
Advertising is tie life of trade.