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VOL. KO. ZXXVliL
PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA, MOI7DAY, FEEETJABY 13, 1922.
NO. 61
DEATH OF A -PIONEER
NEBRAS
KA LADY IN WEST
.
Mrs. Margaret Byers. Wife Of Former
Minister to Switzerland Dies
at Los Angeles, Calif.
William Gilmour. residing south
of this city has received the announ
cement of" the death of his last sur
viving sister. Mrs. Margaret Byers.
at her home in Los Angeles, on
Tuesday. January 31st.
Mrs. Byers was a pioneer resident
of this county, coming here with her
parents. Mr. end Mrs. William Gil
mour. Sr., in 1S53, when eleven years
of age. and the family settled in
Rock Bluffs, where the father became
one of the leaders of the pioneer life
and the daughter became interested
in educational work and taught
school at Oreapolis and also in the
vicinity of Rock Bluffs. Later she
returned east and has spent the
greater part of her life in the line of
educational and literary work. Her
husband. Major Byers. was very
prominent in his younger days and
was a member of the staff of Generaf
Sherman during the civil war and
was captured and while in prison
wrote the words of the song "March
ing Through Georgia."
In speaking of the death the Los
Angeles Times has the following:
"After an illness which lasted for
more than a year, the end came last
midnight for Mrs. Margaret Byers,
wife r,f Maj. S. H. M. Byers, former
United States minister to Switzer
land. She died at the family resi
dence. 3044 West Seventh street,
where she had resided since coming
to this city from Den Moines.
"Mrs. Byers was born in Pontiac,
Mich.. October 23, 1S42." Her mar
riage to Maj. Byers was consummated
at Galesburg, 111., Jure 14. 1S69. The
family resided in Des Moines from
1893 to 191S, coming to this city at
that time.
"Always a great student of art and
literature, Mrs. Byers had an excep
tional opportunity to cultivate her
Belf when her husband was in the
consular service. She graduated Jrom
college at 18 and was professor of
higher mathematics fn the State .Nor
mal school cf Pennsylvania at 19.
"When she was 2S 3'ears of age.
Maj. Byers was sent to Switzerland
to represent this country, and as the
wife of a foreign minister she wit
nessed the coming and going of five
presidents of the United States.
"During her residence abroad, Mrs.
Byers devoted herself largely to the
study of history and art and to the
social and political history' of France
and England. In this connection, she
mastered the French, Italian. German
and Spanish languages. While she
was not a professional artist, sketches
by her appeared in Harper's Maga
zine and elsewhere.
"Mrs. Byers collected many paint
ings and carvings which a few years
ago she presented to the Women's
club of Des Moines. Though widely
traveled, Mrs. Byers wat- domestic in
her nature, a great lover of home and
exceedingly hospitable. She was an
invalid for the last four years of her
life.
"The only surviving members of
her immediate family are the widow
er, Maj. Byers, and a brother residing
in Nebraska."
SOME BASKETBALL PLAYER
From Thursday's Dally.
Gustave Brubacker, now studying
at the University of Omaha, was
here la?t evening to participate ia
the basketball game f t the high
school .between the American Legioa
team and .the Morgan team. Gus is
stfll putting out the high class
brand of basketball that character
ized his playing here when a mcmr
her of the high school team, being
one of the best guards ever seen on!
the local floors
oors qe1 his playing last
itributed much to the sue-
Morgan team. He was a
evening con
ress nf the Morean
member of the local high school team
cf aast year that appjared in tte
Siaie lurbumvuL at liiutum yuc sui-
fered defeat at the hands of Central
City, end was one of the most bril
liTii Dlavsrr. of the five. He is not
playing much this season, however, j
only with the Morgan team of this
city. .
PARTIES MOVE ON
From Thursday's Dally.
A short time' ago the Journal
printed an article relative to parties
in this cty conducting a systematic
pan-handling campaign from house
to house and since that time the evil
has been ceased. The -parties have
folded their tents like the Arabs and
eilently stole away to seek other
fields of operation or at least to
give the Plattsmouth people a rest.
SOME EARLY CHICKENS
The recounting of one of the ear
liest hatches of the reason ii reported
from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ttay
Campbell, south of the city, where
they have just had one of their hens
come off with a flock of fifteen chicks
from a setting of seventeen - eggs.
This is not only a very early hatch,
but a good showing of the excellence
of the. eggs used in the setting.
Blank book! "Yes you can get
of all kinds. The Journal
ENJOY FINE TIME
I Sunday school officers and teach
: ers of the Presbyterian church were
'entertained at a delicious supper in
the church parlors "Wednesday eveu-
s
ng by the following committee:
Mesdames Emil Wurl. H. J. Streight.
V. J. Straight. C. A. Rawls. C. D.
1 Quinton, J. W. Holmes, Wm. Ruiu-
nieif Ada Moore. George Staats. Edna
Shannon and Fred Kehne.
"Following the supper, the usual
monthly conference was held, ad
journment being had in time for the
Havelock-Plattsmouth game. A ris
ing vote or thanks was extended to
the ladies for their delightful sup
per. THE GOLDEN HOURS
OF YOUTHFUL LIFE
Dr. Frank Crane Tells of the Won
derful Opportunity that School
Days Ering to the Young
There is no time of my life I would
rather live over than my school days.
It may interest boys and girls to
know how-1, fifty years old and over,
having had all sorts of experiences,
would feel about going to school, if
I were young again.
I would surely go to school because
school is the best place in which to
pans one's youth. No matter how
great a chance to make money a boy
may have, he will make more money
in the long run if he has a good
schooling. No matter how good an
opportunity a girl may have to get
married, she will make a better wife
and mother, end be happier, if she
has an education.
There is more and better fun to be
had rn school than anywhere else
during the age between six and twenty-one.
You are much more likely to meet
the best kind of people with whom
to form lifeiong friendships in school
than elsewhere.
Schools are not perfect, but they
are the best institutions that exist
for boys and girls. They are the fin
est product of civilization, the, best
result of evolution.
Time-spent in school i not wasted.
You lose nothing by taking pains
to sharpen your ax..-
In school you get in touch with the
p?.st. The human race, has existed
for a long while. At school you get
the benefit of its accumulated ex
perience. You stand on your fore
fathers' shoulders and do not have to
try experiments that they have tried
over and over.
At school you acquire your inheri
tance from the wisdom of the past,
which is better than inheriting a
million dollars from your father. j
At school you learn to love and to ,
use books. End from books have come
the best efficiency and enjoyment of
my life.
At school you learn what is best
of all. how to form good tastes. The
most marked difference between
cultured person and a vulgar one
is
the kind of t nines they like. I
At school you learn how to use
your riches so as to get real satis
faction, if you are to be rich; also, if J
you are to be poor, how to have a j
full and happy life in spite of it. j
At school you rub off the sharp
corners of your personality; you!
learn how to be agreeable, how to get j
muni; wiiii iuiK5. aim uow io piay me
game of life with the most enjoy
ment. Of all the men and women I have
knewn. not one of them was ever j
Forry for going to school and every- ,
one who for any reason had missed !
ar. education regretted it. j
If you have parents that will send i
you to school you are fortunate, and
thrice fortunate if you have to work I
your way through school by your
own exertions.
To say that you would like to go;
to school if ycu were able is non- j
sense. Any boy can get an educa-I
tion if he desires it enough. .Any
irl Cm schooiing if she is suf .
ficientl determined. b
e ' , . ...
Of all the fools that roam the
h u '
Tihhon g the bi
wears the blue
ggest root or all is
the boy who will not go to school
because he wants to go into business.
His only competitor for first prize is
the girl who leaves school to get
'married. Dr. Frank Crane, in Good
Housekeeping.
PREPARING FOR ACTIVITIES
From Friday "s Daily.
The schools of the county are pre
paring for a number of activities in
the next few week that will prove
an added fea.ture to the young peo
ple who are attending school. Coun
ty Superintendent Miss Alpha Pet
erson is preparing to have the
fchools observe national sorg week
which is from February Id to 25.
and which will include the partici
pation of the pupils and E-hrols in
j th:3 tuceful occasion and from the
i "little red pchoolhouse" may be
heard the melodies ct song all the
week that the national festival is on.
The coun'ty superintendent is also
arranging for the 'holding of a coun
ty spelling contest on March 18 that
promises to he some event.
FOR SALE
Good, clean sawdust for sale.
sw i
JOE M'MAKEN.
Journal want ada pay. Try them.
PLATTSMOUTH
HIGH TRIMS OP
HAVELOGK FIVE
Win ty Decisive Score of 4 to 13
Visitors Overwhelmed by Past
Second Teas Playing.
i Fiom Thursdays Daily.
1 The basket ball team of the Have
lock high school journeyed down last
.evening from the Lincoln suburb and
jmet up with hard luck in the shape
(of the fast basket ball machine of the
j local high school, and as a result the
llavelock boys dropped the game to
1 Plattsmouth by the pcore of 40 to
-
In the first part of the game it
was clear that the visitors were no
match for the locals and the second
team was used a great part of thei
time against the Kavelock lads and
proved to be regular whirlwinds in
the way of handling the ball. Have
lock, as well as Plattsmouth, has lost
many of their last year players and
has not been as fortunate as the
school here which has an even faster
team than they had last season.
Hecht, left forward of the visitors,
was the whole show for his team as
far as scoring was concerned and
gathered in eleven oftheir thirteen J
: - 1. : T ,1 . :u. . . . .1 , . '
Plattsmouth with nineteen points.
As the preliminary to the big game,
the American Legion team was de
feated by the Morgan's by the score
of 17 to 14 in a hard fought battle.
Doolen of the Legion team did not
play in the second half of the game
which served to weaken the service
men s team soraewnat. as did the ab
sence of Frank Marshall, who was
cut of the game on account of in
juries. The Morgan team, composed
of former high school players, show
ed exceptional speed in their work
and the efforts of Burkle were par
ticularly effective.
The tabulated score of the big
game was as follows:
Plattsmouth High
Players
FG FT PF TF Tot'l
Gradoville. If a 9 2 119
Hartford, rf 2 Oil 4
Dwver, Howard, c3 0 0 2 G
Mullis, If 0 0 2 1 0
Dwyer, Harry, rg 1 0 1 0 2
Chase, rf 1 12 0 C
Calvert, If C 0 0 0 6
Ofe. c 0 0 0 0 0
Renner, rg 0 0 10 0
lEgenberger. lg 0 0 0 0 0
I Havelock High
Plavers FG FT PF TF Tot:
Kecht, If 4 3 1 1 11
Wagman. rf 0 10 0 1
Simpson, c 0 0 11 0
Martin, lg 0 0 2 3 0
McLaughlin, rg 0 0 3 2 0
Piper, rg 0 10 1 1
Referee. Toft, Uni. of Nebr.
GIVES KXICHEIJ SHOWER
From Friday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Eugene
Vroman, formerly Miss Helen York,
was tendered a very pleasant kitch
en shower at the home of Mrs. Ed
Cotncr in the south part of the city
and which proved a most complete
furprise to 'the guest of honor. Mrs.
Ootner had visited the home of Mrs.
Vrcnian and requested her to come
over and assist in some matters
around the house for a few mom&nts
and it was not until she entered the
Cotner home and was greeted by the
Iriends that she realized the pleas
ant event that had been planned.
The afternoon was spent in visiting
and in the enjoyment of a number
of piano selections given by Mrs.
William R. Egenberger. As the fea
ture erf the afternoon the guest of
honor was requested to trace down
the many pieces of strings festooned
over the room and which when fin
ally wound up disclosed a fwie ar
ray of handsome and useful gifts for
the future home of the hride and
which will Le highly valued as to
kens from the friends. At. the close
of the afternoon the hostess served
a very dainty two-course luncheon,
being assisted by Mrs. Floyd McCart
of Omaha in the serving. Those in
attendance were: Mesoames W. R.
Egcnherger. Broyer Christiansen.
John Schulhcf. Jr., Charles Renner,
Edward Rebal, James Ault, O. L.
York, L. E. Vroman. Floyd McCart
of Omaha, Miss Don ice Vroman,
Mrs. Ootner and the guest of honor
Mrs. E. O. Vroman.
CLASS ENTERTATNED
From Friday's Dally.
The Sunday school class of Mrs.
D. C. Morgan was very pleasantly
entertained at the home of their
teacher Thursday after school. The
time was spent in music, as weir as
guessing contests and a general so
cial time. In the guessing contest
three of the girls were tied for the
prize and as the result .the hox of
divinity fudge was dividedl among
the entire class. At a suitable hour
dainty refreshments were served by
Mrs. Morgan assisted by Mrs. S. S.
Chase, assistant superintendent of
the Presbyterian Sunday school. The
members of the class present were:
Virginia Forbes, -Helen Creamer,
Anna Harris, Rebecca Marquett, Ma
thilda Olson, Sylvia Skalak, Miriam
Tritch, Maybelle Troup.
An extensive line of high class
stationery on hand at al? times at
the Journal office. -
IDENTIFICATIOIi EUSEAU
From Friaay's Dasiy
This morning W. V.".
Brown of St.
Joseph, Mo., was in tha city in the
' interest, of the Fle-iiian's National
Identification Bureau, of that city,
and while here platt -;! a local repre
sentative in the pe .-on of John I.
Sattlcr, the funeral director. The
purpose of tliis bureau is to keep
truck of all parties apparently un
known who may me-.; with accident
or death in a com :i. unit and the
members or tiie Du -:au will get m
touch -with the head uarters and the
identification or tne person maue it
possible. The bureau ons that fills
la long felt want ami already have
secured a large uui.,'::er of cases of
identification.
CIDCMTC li
WITH JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL PUPIL!
Very Interesting Program Given By
Junior High &chc3i lesterday
in Honor of ?:
rents.
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday the junior high school
was the scene of v. aost pleasing
gathering of the i.. rents of the
young .pecple .to be t..e gue.ts at the
rj-option arranged f
by the scholars.
The program given
save the young prop
ity of displaying their
ious lines and was t:.;
closest 'interests of a!;
until the clse. The
: the occasuu
was one that
au ojportun
taienta in var-
thai he'd the
c!" the visitors
innol open ;'d
the exercises by sin? rag "Columbia,
'th? Gem of the Ocear." ar.d was fol
lowed by a very plea.-ing pjriao duet
by Martha Gorcler at .i Wilma Deck
er, while Ileien B?e.c who has un-u.-ual
talent as a re.u;U r, gave one of
her pleasin-g numte: :. Six cl tat
girls of the school, Helen Clement.
Eleanor McCarthy, Yio'.et Beg'ley.
Sylvia Noble, Edn: Klinger and
Catherine Schneider ang a group oi'
scngs that added to t!:e pleasure and
enjoyment cf the oc nsion. j;nd the
vocalists were aecompar ad ty Hel
en Wurl at the plan Clement Jan
tla, one of the mot. accomplished
n.usiciano of the siihowl. gare a iino
number that was much enjoyed by
!1 cf Ihe school. The orchestra of
the school under the direction of
Mrs. A. I). Caldwell." and composed
of Helen Wescctt, DeLough and Dud
ley T'tt-or, Margaret Sitzmaun and
JIaroid Draper also added to the en
joyment with a few numbers. The
Gettysburg address of Abraham Lin
coln was given by Gerald Smith In
a very finished manner.
The program was closed by the
singing of "America" by the school
r.nd the visitors and the sj.lute to
the flag given by the school.
After the program the time was
ppent very pleasantly in games by
the young pecple in the gym and in
vi.-iting over the fine high school
building by the parents; this feeing
the first visit for a number of 'them
io the fine structure that houses the
scholars of the city in their educa
tional work. Light refreshments!
were also served to add to the en
joyment of the event.
A GPiEAT TAMELY
The Journal has received a copy of
the Long Beach Prerc, which con
tained a very attractive picture of
the Walter Thomas family of that
citv. The Press, was handed us by
A. S. Will and the account which i !
given below certainly speaks well for
the Thomases, who were for ro many
years residents of riattsmouth.
The Long Beach Auto company is
a gTeat success and owned by the
Thomases.
"The business was incorporated as
the Long Beach At? to Company early
in 1917 and fix months later Glenn
Thomas was made manager, his two
older brothers being at that time in
Salt Lake City. The burden of de
tails were gradually shifted from the
shoulders of Dad to lad. though the
head of the family continued to be
the president of the corporation un
til 1920, when the name was chaneed
to Glenn E. Thomas company, incor
porated, with the father president,;
though finding it possible to retire'
from the work of chief 'executive,
which was taken over by Glenn. The
six boys are:
"Cecil L. Thomas, aged 34 years.
1409 East Fifth street, foreman of;
the service shop, married, fhe child
ren. "F. Clare Thomas, aged 32 years,
2155 Olive avenue, the corporation's
service manager at the shops, mar
ried, two children.
"Glenn E. Thomas, aged 2S years.
1016 Linden avenue, manaeer of the
corporation, married, two children.
Iler'schel G. Thomas, aged 26 years,
22S5 Perkins avenue, manager of the
corporation's San Pedro branch, mar
ried. ' j
"Holland S. Thonas, aged 22 years,
football and baseball star, attending,
rchool at Pasadena, unmarried. i
"Warren S. Thor. as. aged 19 years, i
1527 -Freeman avenue, employed in'
the stock room of the corporation, '
learning the busicess, married, one;
son. , j
"Each of the brothers heading a
department is supreme in its admin
istration, with co-operation but no
conflict in the relations between each
department and the others." I
Blank Books at tne Journal Office.
DEATH OF F!0
, flEER BESIBENT OF
CASS GOUHTY
,'Mrs. Melvina Alton, Widow of Late
j Rev. Cyrus Altcn Passes Away
! at Elm wood Sunday.
The funeral rerviccs cf Mrs. Mel-
vina Alton was held at the Christian
thurch la?.L Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by Pro. Hay, the
pa?tor of the Christian church, and
by J. II. Bickce'.l of Bethany. The
terviees were larrelv attended ... by
lelative--. and friends.
Melvina Abel was horn in DeKalb
county. Indiana, December 6. 1S41,
pad died Feb. 5th. 1022, aged 80
years and two months.
Her early life was pent in the
community known as Co-burn 's Cor
ners, Indiana, where the old family
home with its frame cf heavy 't:m
bers s-Qurrred and smoothed by hand.
still stands.
Her parents were of that hand of
sturdy pioneers who gave their in
feasant toll ao the task of making a
heme in a new country amidst ad
verse surroundings. She grew to
womanhood inured to a life of hard
ship.- and privation. The family con
sisted of eight children.- five boy?
ar.d three girls and being the oldest
: irl to her lot fell many heavy tasks
in the routine of household work
that would seem almost for one of
her age. She lived in the day of the
tallow candle and when the carding
cf wcol, spinning of yarn end the
v.-cavicg and making of garments was
tut an ordinary accomplishment.
It was well that she was accus
tomed to the privations of frontier
life and had inherent ability to make
a home in a leg cafcin or a sod house
i or when 19 years of aga she mar
ried a young preacher and school
icacher, Cyrus Alton, who received
n salary of $75 or less per year in
the early days in Nebraska.
The nomadie life of a pioneer
preacher led them to Michigan and
: hen to Nebraska at a time wher
buffalo and hostile Indians were still
i feature of life in the middle west.
In Plattsmouth the home nvas first
established, but after a year they
moved to a hrr;e3tead in Furnas
county. Later they lived near Weep
ing VvTater and for a short time also
in Greenwood and Wood Rtver but
Elmwood was the real home and the
residence for many years.
The life of the preacher's wife of
'hose early days was full of arduous
responsibilities, drudgery and toil.
The returning rom services held at
a. country rchool house to get din
ner for a houseful cf people and
u:en n turn to the service of .the eve
ning, not in the luxurious mode of
today, but often in a wagon and per
haps setting on a board placed across
l:e wagon box; was but one of the
ufual events. As the pioneer preach
er was often called to distant com
munities (distant in the sen?e of the
facilities for travel) it was left to
'.he wife to manage the homestead
rear the family and meet the exi
gencies of many a trying and diffi
cult i.ituation alone.
To all of this Melvina Alton meas
ured up to the highest ideals as a
wife, mother, a consistent follower
of Christ and a lover of all good
works: To her the caring for the
comfort of the itinerant preacher or
the evangelist was a sacred duty and
she gave willingly of strength and
tia-iC for the good of the church.
Never when well enough to attend
has she missed the services of the
Lord's House, and many a preacher
has fmind inspiration an the earnest
attention of the frail little woman
who sat well forward in her accus
tomed place.
When ,but a year was lacking of
the fifty needed to round out fifty
years of wedded life, her first great
borrow came in the death of her hus
band, Cyrus Alton, so well known
to most of the older residents of this
community.
In no situation of life did she seem
to know the meaning of fear and in
her last days spoke of death In a
manner as unconcerned as most peo
ple speak of things pertaining to life.
She loved religious songs and sang
in quavering voice until shortly be
fore her death. Her favorites were,
"God Will Take Care of You." and
"I Walked in the Garden Alone."
She leaves to mourn her loss 2
sisters. Alice Hart of St. Joe, Indi
ana, and Myra Kimes of Kinsley,
'Xas., three Children. Mrs. L. A. Ty
ron of Elmwood, Mrs. W. S. Waters
of Lincoln, Nebraska, and W. A. Al
ton of Los Anseles, Cal., thirteen
grandchildren. These besides a host
of friend 3 will cherish the, memory
of Malvina Alton, whose life on
earth has only merged into the life
th-.t is not measured by whitening
hair or fleeting years and. into whose
bright Yralras. sickness and pain,
narrow and death can never come.
Elmw(d Leader-Echo.
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
from ThnrsdavF IaJ)y
Mrs. H. W. Rainey one of the
highly esteemed ladies of the city,
was taken wth quite a serious at
tack of heart trouble yesterday and
has been confined to her home since
lhat time., She is reported as being'
eome better today.
Office supplies of ail kinds han
dled at the Journal office.
HAS A REAL TBIAL
From Frldav's Uy.
This morning in county court for
the first time in many months. Judge
Ee-c'son had a jury irnpanneied to try
the case of the A. Haspe Co. vs. Lou
is Heil, and in which the matter of
a piano was involved. The opposite
sides were taken hy Attorney W. G.
Ivieck and Attorney Charles 1Z. Mar
tin and the jury composed of .busi
ness men of the city.
BANQUET FOR
SERVICE MEN IS
BEING PLANNED
American Legion Post Here vrill En
deavor to Promote Such a Gath
ering: in' Hear Future.
From Friday's DalJy.
At the meeting of Hugh Kearns
post of the American Legion held
last evening at the club rooms, a pro
ject was formed that seems destined
to be one of the greatest gatherings
of service men that has been togeth
er for many months. This is a ban
quet for the former soldiers, sailors
and marines who reside in Cass coun
ty and desire to participate in the
gathering, both Legion members and
their more unfortunate comrades who
do not happen to belong.
As yet the matter is in the stage
of formation, but it is well for the
service men to bear the fact in mind
that this big event is being-planned
for the not distant future and that
it will be one of the events that will
be talked about for many moons.
If it is possible the head officers
of the American Legion in the state
as well as other distinguished service
men will be secured to add to the in
terest of the banquet and the service
men from over Cass count v have an
opportunity of getting together in a
real feast of reason and flow of soul.
It is planned to have the tickets sold
to the service men exclusive- so that
the event will be a real get together
of those who were in the world war,
in the service of their country.
LADIES FORM CLUB
The Ladies dress form club in the
Glenndale Community met at the
home of the leader, Mrs. Charlie H.
Kennings, on Friday. Feb. 3. Miss
Wilkins the count' home agent, gave
a demonstration on style and short
cuts.
With Miss Winkins acting as
chairman the following officers were
elected: President. Mrs. Georce Hen-
nings; Yice President, Mrs. Edward
Ingum; Secretary, Mrs. Philip Hen-
nings. The name "The Busy Bees"
wa9 chosen for the name of the club.
Miss Wilkins will give another
demonstration at the home of the
president on March 13.
HUGHES TO TAKE VACATION
Washington, Feh. 8. Secretary
Hughes expects to lay aside his du
ties far a two weeks' vacation in
Bermuda, it was learned today. The
secretary raid his trip was occasion
ed by a desiire to visit a daughter
who had 'been in Bermuda for eome
months as much as by a wish to ob
tain a rest. Mr. Hughes said he ex
pected to be tock at his desk the lat
ter part of this month.
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The income tax schedule applying on
all returns for the year 1 92 1 allows an
exemption of $1,C00 for single persons
and $2,500 exemption for married ones.
Bring in your figures any time dur
ing bankinghours and we shall be glad to
help 3'ou make out your return.
It must be mailed to the district In
ternal Revenue officer at Omaha before
March 15 th to escape penalty.
THE Fi RST NATIONAL BAN K
THE. BAVK WHERE YOLi FrL AT HOME
WATTSMOUT!:
Member Federal Reserve
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WILLIAM ROTHMANN
CALLED BY DEATH
Passed Away Last Evening After An
Illness Covering Period of Sev
eral Days From Flu.
From Thursday's Dally.
After an illne35 of some few days
duration from ifiu which was fol
lowed by pneumonia. William Hoth
mann j;as;t:d away la.-t evening at
the family home in this city. The
condition of the young man has bteii
gradually growing worse until nib
recovery was despaired of by the at
tending physicians and the end was
recognized as not being lar off yes
terday but he lingered through the
day and passed away ui the close of
the afternoon.
The deceased was born in Platts
mouth, September 22. 1SS9, and has
made his home here for practically
his entire lifetime. In his young boy
hood he suffered a severe accident
that had served to incapacitate him
for the more active duties of life but
despite this fact he was of a very
cheerful disposition and a young
man of much industry.
To mourn his death there remains
the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Rcthmann of this city, four sister.
Mrs. Anna Thompsan, Omaha; Mrs.
Alvina Bergman, Kansas City. Kas. ;
Mrs. Emma Ramsey, Dallas. Texas;
Mrs. Ray L. Stewart. Plattsmouth.
two brothers, Henry Rothmann. O'
Neill, Neb., and Louis Rothmann cf
Plattsmouth.
NEBRASKA CITY
FIRES CHIEF AND
ALL POLICEMEN
Former Army Officer Named Chief
to Reorganize Department
Police Fail in Disorder.
The entire police force at Ne
braska City, including Chief William
Dunn, has .been dismissed by the city
counci there, according to informa
tion telephoned from that city by
Col Amos Thomas of OniaLa. com
mander of Nebraska National guard
troops sent there recently to preerv
order during a strike of packing
plant employes.
Colonel Thomas, who recently
said that the local authorities at Ne
braska City had "fallen down" dur
ing disorder that occurred during
the strike, announced that Turley
Cook, who erved as a first lieuten
ant during the world war, has been
appointed police chief and was now
engaged in reorganization of the de
partment. Martiil law still is in force at Ne
braska City, despite the recent call
ing off of the strike, three compan
ies out of five remaining on duty.
The next company to withdraw will
be that from Seward, Colonel Thom
as said.
FOE SALE
Six room cottage, modern, except
furnace. Garage, one lot. Four blocks
from post office, fine localitv. Price,
$2,500.
Also a five-room cottage on easy
payments.
4-7-9, 3sw. , R. B. WINDHAM.
Advertising ia the life of trade.
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