' MONDAY, JULY 2, 1923.
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Now then we are ambassadors for
Christ, as though God beseech you
by us; we pray you in Christ's stead,
be ye reconciled to God. II Corin
thians T, 20. x
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Somewhat cooler, thank you.
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Five more Hays until the 4th of
July.
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Malice seldom wants a mark to
shoot at.
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He's a good man whom fortune
makes better.
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Frowning and fierceness do not
prove manliness.
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Also, the name Ruhr should be
changed to Rohr.
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Be careful with your firecrackers
on the 4th of July.
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He that falls in love with himself
will find no rival.
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Henry's little Ford now looks like
a political machine.
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The best of all gifts is the good
intention of the giver.
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The late rain was certainly a
great relief to everybody.
Firecrackers are now in evidence
and always ready for duty.
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Do we remember our first fire
crackers? We should say so.
o:o
No matter how old a gas meter
gets, it is always anxious to run.
:o:
A check for 51,000 makes a great
wedding present, but is expensive.
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Religion is to be introduced into
the- army. Why not put it in Con
gress? -
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Do you intend to enjoy the 4th at
the community picnic? You will be
welcomed.
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A great philosopher says that
where there is a will there is a mar
ried woman.
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Little boys have a hard life. One
tells us his big sister borrows his
bathing suit.
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One thing that worries the girl of
today Is will she be the girl of yes
terday tomorrow..
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After several hilarious night3 out,
the Nebraeka rivers seem disposed
to return to their beds.
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Of course a man doesn't make
much money at pitching horse shoes
but neither does the horse.
o:o
One of the strangest things in this
world is how often a lazy man's
lawn mower gets out of fix.
o:o
Too many tired business men
work themselves Into heart failure
trying to avoid business failure.
oto
The farmers are feeling better and
the crops are enjoying a more pay
ful look. The rain came in the nick
of time.
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Just to show that he is in earnest
about the world disarmament, John
Bull ha3 just launched the world's
largest submarine.
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Everybody is invited to attend the
picnic at Wiles grove on the 4th.
Nobody will be slighted. Be ready
for the great day.
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"The modern family's Idea of too
many children 13 one," remarks an
exchange. Same as a bachelor's idea
of too many wives.
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New opinions are always suspect
ed, and usually opposed, without any
other reason but because they are
not already common.
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When newspapers print editorials
about sleep, food, general health and
so on. maybe you wonder what such
abstract subjects have to do with to
day's news. The answer is that these
subjects are always news, because
they are the fundamentals of life.
Most pf the world's problems (which
create today' news) axe matters of
health and spiritual daze. A full
stomach, a good digestion and plen
ty of refreshing sleep will take the
Etius out of almost any kind of trou
ble maker. Murder often Is a matter
of blood-pressure. ;
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We predict a pleasant 4th.
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Everyone should celebrate.
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Flies may live as long as
years if not swatted severely.
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five
Beauty and brains seldom go to
gether. Both are seldom needed.
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How do you like the change in the
weather? Very refreshing, thank
you.
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Most of us do not want to be bad
or very good, but just kinda com
fortable.
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It is easy to get a boy to take a
bath. Just buy him a hose and let
him water the lawn.
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Nature is very beautiful, if you
can find a place where no one has
held a picnic.
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This is one of the saddest lines of
tongue or pen: "Being without funds
he was committed to the county
jail."
tot
Celebrate at home, when you can
have a pleasant time with your
neighbors and friends at Wiles'
grove.
tot
The movies have been able to film
a toothache. If censorship had any
teeth at all, however, this wouldn't
be allowed.
tot
The German mark is like some
men, it is hard to tell whether they
are worth a little more or a little less
than nothing.
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It bids fair to be fair on the 4th
and we are all going to spend the
day . at the community picnic at
Wiles' grove.
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Fifty Dutch farmers are said to
have come to this country to escape
paying taxes. Rumor has it that it
has been done In this country.
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With all this raw material that
Mount Etna and Vesuvius are turn
ing out, we can't understand the
prices they ask for lavallieres.
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Everybody getting in line for the
4th. Arrangements are completed for
a good time at Wiles grove. So be
there with your hair In a braid.
tot
Europe, according to a Washing
ton dispatch, is increasing her agri
cultural production. Probably it was
necessary in order to feed her ar
mies. -tot-
It may be proper for tho presi
dent to take the trip to Alaska, but
our private opinion is, it is a very
freak notion and a somewhat dan
gerous one.
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This is the time of year when all
of us wish we had saved the money
we vowed last summer we would lay
away for vacation joys. We are such
a forgetful lot.
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Come on boys and girls, and let's
all spend, tho 4th at Wiles' grove.
Everything will be in shipshape for
a grand timo. So don't make any
other arrangements.
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The American and British govern
ments won't get too earnest over the
foreign ship booze regulations. The
subject may be important, but It's
no time of year to get excited.
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Antares, a star in the constellation
of Scorpio, Is 62 light years away
from the earth, which shows what
anything we are worrying about Is
going to amount to in the end.
to:
Chairman Lasker says the trial
trip of the Leviathan was required
by law. When the same is located it
will be examined carefully to see
whether the guest list is also arbi
trary. : :o:
By means of a new litle machine
known as the cardioscope it is pos
sible to watch the heart beat. That
result was accomplished long ago by
the old fashioned holding of the
hands of a pretty girl.
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A London, woman recently was
granted a divorce because her hus
band, after living in the house tqr
thirty-eight years had, spoken but
four words to her. There is really no
defense against such a charge. It it
had been tea years . It would b dif
ferent, but the man doesn't live who
can't find an opportunity to get in a
few words In thirty-eight years.
While the Anglo-Saxon race prov
ed Itself during the World war to be
capable of deeds" as well as of words;
there Is no denying that the multl
plicity of words in the English lan
Ijguage Is enough to deter any other
people from assisting to maKO JJ.ng
' 1 I 1 An-i.n
lisn luu universal luuguc.
The hardy pioneers who- came to
the Atlantic coast in the beginning
of the seventeenth century spoke a
tongue that consisted of 6,000 words
At least that was the extent of the
English language as printed in the
dictionaries of that time. , Shake
speare seems to have been in advance
of the encyclopedias of his age; for
his works are said to contain about
15,000 words. But they were suffi
cient to run the gamut of human
emotions. We seem to be furnishing
our immigrants a legitimate excuse
for not learning the English lan
guage.
A person, now equipped with so
meager a vocabulary could not main
tain a sustained conversation with a
street sweeper. The makers of the
Standard Dictionary are preparing a
1924 edition which is to contain
500,000 words; and, according to a
writer in the New York Times, these
will be selected from a greater spok
en vocabulary containing about 750
words.
Where and when is this coming of
new words to cease? The number
of words in the language has trebled
in the last 100 years. Unless there
is some limit it will become so vol
uminous a century hence that the
race will be left without means of
verbal communication.
Where do the new words come
from? From every corner of the
earth and the seven seas. New words
are turned out as recklessly as Ger
man marks. Dead and living lan
guages are plundered. The flux of
words is so great that ideas become
lost in them. Searching through the
pages of a modern romance or a sci
entific treatise for ideas 1b like the
traditional search for a needle in a
bale of hay. It is by the prick and
not by sight that It will be found.
Governments now exercise a mo
nopoly over printing and coining
irinoey. To counterfeit the circulat
ing medium of the realm is a penal
ffense. Are we not reaching a point
where similar legislation will be nec
essary to protect the English lan
guage. How the twenty-six letters, of the
alphabet can be so interlaced as to
form 750,000 words is surely the
eighth wonder of the world.
And how useless is such an endless
vocabulary; what a tax it places
on the brain of the rising genera
tion. The capacity of the brain is
limited, especially that of the mem
ory. One who knows the greater part
of those words can have litle room
in his skull for aught else. Educa
tion becomes a memory test.
The brain that carries 750,000
words will have no space greater
than that in a grain of mustard seed
for the storage of ideas.
Moreover, a multiplicity of words
tends to confuse rather than to en
lighteen. If 15,000 words were suf
ficient for Shakespeare it would
seem that double the number should
be enough for the present genera
tion. Science, the arts and sport are
the greatest offenders. So great has
the confusion in science become that
there is a disposition to return to the
Latin tongue. The scientists speak
the same tongue, but not the same
language, they are no longer able
to comprehend one another.
Here is a field for ardent reform
ers. Let us have a political nartv
that will base its platform on the
preservation of the English lan
guage. Let them draft legislation
that will make a referendum neces
sary before a new word can be car
ried in the mails. Let them nrint a
dictionary of not more than 25,000
words and provide penalties for go
ng outside that list, just as there
are penalties for counterfeiting
money.
If they accomplish no lasting good
they will at least find something
with which to exercise their yearn
ing ta initiate legislation that will
do less harm than the political re
form movements which have vexed
the world for the last (ten years.
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Another college professor has join
ed the mass convention of sociolo
gists who believe that the women
should do the proposing. According
to the professor marriage 13 the most
important business in which a lady
may engage and she certainly has as
much, right to take the initiative as
has the trousered end of the firm.
This expert is firmly of the belief
that if the women did the propos
ing there would befmoro of amity
and less of divorce in our domestic
life. Let the women go to it and dem
onstrate that the professor is right.
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Leon Trotzky is asking for "more
metal in our national "character."
Possibly he is running out of brass.
More- Americans are being born
than are dying. Census figures show
that close to 23 babies were born last
year for each 1,000 population, with
only 12 deaths.
That gives us an excess of 11
births a year for each 1,000 popula
tion. It means that Americans are
increasing in numbers nearly 1,200,
000 a year without the aid of Immi
gration. At that rate it won't be
many centuries until we have as
many people as China. Nature will
kill off the surplus by wars and dis
ease epidemics if we get too many
increasing population, when it
reaches a certain point, breeds its
own destruction.
About 1,300,000 Americans will
make the journey into the grave and
beyond this year according to cen
sus bureau mortality figures. It's
ou rannual death rate.
That's quite an army. Few of us
realize how many funerals there, are.
It's the end of the road to death, and
we're all traveling toward it fast.
Why be as greedy and thoughtless
to others as if we were going to be
here for all eternity? This would be
better world if we gave more
thought to.' that supposedly unpleas
ant change called death.
Where are the souls of the 1,300,-
000 Americans who died last year?
No doubt about their destination in
the minds of millions of good Chris
tians. But the unbelievers are in
doubt, troubled as well as uncertain.
After all's said and done, faith is
the greatest thing in life as a gen
eral force, whether faith in our loved
ones, in ourselves, or in a life after
death. The doubters will not have
many years until they know for cer
tain. And in eternity they will find
those years shorter than one drop of
water compared with the whole
ocean. Time is a delusion, and that's
why the years slip by faster the old
er we become, j.
Our first visit to Columbus th
capital of Ohio, was on July 4, 1854.
at which time we visited the peni
tentiary and Levi J. North's circus.
In the circus parade appeared the
first caliope we ever saw. London
our old home, was only twenty-five
miles west. Many a time we have
wished we were a boy again, when
we see the little shavers with their
hands full of crackers, and how hap
py they are on the 4th of July.
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Business forms of all kinds print
ed at the Journal office.
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska, County of
Cass, ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued by James Robertson, Clerk of
the District Court within and for
Cass county, Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 9th day of
July, A. D. 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m.
of said day, at the south door of the
court house in Plattsmouth, in -said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing property, tp-wit:
The east half (E) of the
northwest quarter, (NWU) of
Section 27, Township 12, Range
10, East of the 6th P. M., in
Cass county, Nebraska
The' same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Elmer Car
ter, Charles P. Guenther and Agusta
E. Guenther, defendants, to satisfy a
udgment of said Court recovered
by Emma Milton, plaintiff against
said defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, June 6th,
A. D. 1923.
C. D. QUINTON,
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska .
II. HERRING,
Att'y for Plaintiff. x
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska, County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale Is
sued by James Robertson, Clerk of
the District Court, within and for
Cass county, Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 30th day or
July. A. D. 1923. at 10 o'clock a. m.
of said day at the south door of
the Court House in Plattsmouth, in
said county, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
The northwest quarter (NWJ )
of the southeast quarter (SEJ)
of Section twenty-six; (26) the
southwest quarter (SWJ) of the
northeast quarter (NED of Sec
tion twenty-six; (26) Lots four
(4) and five (5) in the north
half (Ni) of the northeast
quarter (NEJ) of Section .twenty-six,
(26) and all that part
of the northeast quarter (NED
of the southwest quarter (SWJ)
of Section twenty-six (26) lying
east of the Missouri Pacific rail
road right-of-way, all being in
Township twelve, (12) North
Range thirteen, (13) east of the
flth P. M.. Cass county. Ne
braska
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Will Jean
and Marie Jean, husband and wife;
William F. Gillespie; C. L. Jean, first
and real name unknown, and Amanda
Jean, his. wife, defendants, to satisfy
a Judgment of said ; Court ; recovered,
by Fred E, TJodie, Receiver of The
Bank of Cass County, plaintiff against
said -defendants.
Plattsmouth Nebraska, June 21st,
A. D. 1923.
C. D. QUINTON,
Sheriff - Cass County,
Nebraska.
Gaines. Van Orsdel & Gaines,
Attorneys for. Plaintiff.
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MRS. S. P. BUCK DEAD
Word was received here Sunday of
the death of Mrs, E. P. Buck at the
home of her daughter in Morril,
Kansas.
Mrs. Buck has been a great suffer
er from cancer for months.
She has tried a great many cures
during the time since she found out
what her trouble was, but she did
not get permanent results.
The last treatment she took was
at Savannah, Mo. When they found
they could do nothing for her she
was taken to the home of a daugh
ter in Morril. Kansas, where she
went down rapidly until death re
leased her from her suffering.
Mrs. Buck has made her home
here for a number of years. She was
a consistent, active member of the
Methodist church, and has a large
circle of friends ..who will sadly miss
her from her accustomed place in the
church and social circles.
The funeral was held on Mnoday
afternoon and the burial was made
at Morril, Kansas. Weeping Water
Republican.
See F. G. Egenberger for real es
tate and insurance. Office 7th and
Vine street. Tel. 372. m9-tfd
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of
Nebraska, County
of
Cass, ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued by James Robertson, Clerk of
the District Court within and for
Cass county, Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 9 th day of
July, A. D. 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m
of said day, at the south door of the
court house in Plattsmouth, in said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Lots twelve, (12) thirteen,
(13) and fourteen, (14) in
Long's Addition to the Village
of Mynard, Cass county, Ne
braska The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of William B.
Porter and Alva A. Porter, defend
ants, to satisfy a judgment of said
Court recovered by Fred E. Bodie,
Receiver of the Bank of Cass County,
plaintiff against said defendant
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, May 24th,
A. D. 1923.
C. D. QUINTON,
Sheriff Cass ' County,
Nebraska
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraksa, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Ell
Manspeaker, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:"
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
7th day of July, A. D. 1923, and on
the 9th day of October, A. D. 1923,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each
day, to receive and examine all
claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance, rne lime umueu ior tne pre
sentation of claims against said, es
tate; is three months' from the 7th
day' of July, A. D. 1923. and the
time limited for payment of debts
is one year from said 7th day of
July, A. D. 1923.
Witness my hand and the seal or
said- County Court, this 5th day of
June, A. D. 1923.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) j7-4w. County Judge.
JmTOSs a simD)totf
OTORS are sturdy in construction. They can stand pretty rough hand
ling and still deliver highly satisfactory service. But they can t stand
up to their work if lubrication is faulty.
roioco mri mrvmr-w- iniir'fat"rn mins manv motors long before they
should show any loss of efficiency. It is sheer folly to pull up to a garage ana
ask for a "quart of oil." Buying oil that way you often get low grade oil that
can't give your motor proper lubrication.
Ask for Polarine and you get the best protection against the annoyance and
expense of motor troubles that money can buy. For many years it has been
saving motorists uncounted thousands of dollars that would otherwise have
been spent for preventable repairs.
Polarine is sold in five grades light, medium, heavy, special heavy and extra
heavy one standardized, unsurpassed quality.
Consult the Polarine Chartand buy the grade of Polarine that has been
proved most suitable for your motor. Buy gasoline and motor oils where you
see this sign and you buy motoring economy and satisfaction.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
OF NEBRASKA
HEBE FROM CALIFORNIA
From Friday's Dallj.
Yesterday afternoon James Cun
ningham, who is now locs.ted at
Santa Ana, California, 'arrivecl in the
city to enjoy a visit here for a few
days with the old friends and asso
ciates. Mr. Cunningham was called
to Nebraska by the- death, of his
brother-in-law. Will McClure, of
Omaha and attended the f uner al serv
ices at Liberty and decided U enjoy
the opportunity of a visit wf.th the
old associates in Plattsmoutlt while
in this part of the world.
Mr. Cunningham states tbiit the
conditions in California are t Jie best
at the present time and tha t all of
the former Plattsmouth peo pie are
doing very well in that locali1:y, Har
ry Rice and wife and Henr; f Hesse
being located at .Long' Beach j, while
Louis Hesse and wife and George
Gobelman and wife are at Sari ta Ana,
and in fact the Louis Hessei family
resides in the same apartment house
with the Cunningham family. He
also sees the Tulene families! occas
ionally as they reside at Orarte, but
three miles from the town oJ Santa
Ana.
LEAVES FOR OLD H0MT2
Prom Thursday's Daily.
VTiss Margaret Hallaha'j, accomp
anied by her nieces, Miss Cath erine
Kelliher and Mrs. Charles F. Outh
mann, of Boise, Idaho, and children,
departed yesterday afternoon on No.
2 over the Burlington for the east
and where they will spend se reral
months visiting in the New Eng land
states and particularly at Springfi'eld,
Mass., the old home of the lad 'pes,
and this being their first visit h ere
In some time, they are anticipatin g a
most enjoyable time.
It had been the intention of Fath
er Michael A. Shine of this city to
accompany his cousin, Miss Hallahsvn,
on the journey back to the old homie,
but owing to the fact that he is tlie
acting head of the Roman Cathol irs
diocese of Lincoln, since the death oi'l
the late Bishop .O'Reilly, he coulclifrom said 28th day of July, A. D.
not get away and was forced to fore-
go the outing.
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State of
Cass, sa.
Nebraska, County .of .
By virtue of an Order of Sale is-'
sued by James Robertson, Clerk of
the District Court, within and for1
Cass county, Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 16th day of
July, A. D. 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m. I
of said day at the south door of the
court house in Plattsmouth, in said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing property, to-wit:
L.ot 12, In Block 40, in the
City of Plattsmouth, Cass coun
ty, Nebraska; also Lot 6 in
Block 36, in the City of Platts
mouth, Cass county. Nebraska
The same being levied upon and'.
taken as the property of William K...
Fox. Jr.,- Marie Fox. Frankie Fox-i
Thomas B. Salmon, Thomas B.
J, it v ,' weurse u. uove,y
and John McNurlin, administrator pf
the estate of William K. Fox. deceas
ed, defendants, to satisfy a judgment
of said Court recovered by The Liv
ingston Loan and Building Associa
tion, plaintiff against said defemjl
ants. ' . .
Plattsmouth, Nebraska. June lltrh
A. D. 1923. . '
C. D. QUINTON,
Sheriff Cass Ccnintir
A. L. TIDD, NebrasU-a
Attorney for Plaintiff. j. f
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ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrator.
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Samuel Goodman, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Kenny Goodman, praying that
administration of said estate may be
granted to George O. Dovey, as Ad
ministrator; Ordered, that July 23rd. A. D.
1923, at ten o'clock a. m., is assigned
for hearing said petition, when all
persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be
held in and for said county, and
ehow cause why the prayer of peti
tioner should not be granted, and
that notice of the pendency of said
petition and the hearing thereof be
given to all persons interested in
said matter by publishing a copy of
this order in the Plattsmouth Jour
nal, a semi-weekly newspaper print
ed in said county, for three success
ive weeks, prior to said day of hear
ing. Dated this 29th day of June, A.
D. 1923.
ALLEN J. EEESON,
(Seal) J2-3w. County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter m of the Estate of
Michael Whelan, "deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I will
sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
28th day of July, A. D. 1923, and on
the 30th day of October, A. D. 1923,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each
day, to receive and examine all
claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allow
ance. The time limited for presen
tation of claims against said estate
is three months from the 28th day of
July, A. D. 1923, and the time lim
ited for payment of debts is one year
1923.
, Witness my hand and the seal of
?:L?7"g ,hl3 S5,h day ot
I ATT TTT T-l T- T7 r!kT
; ts?al) j2S-4w. County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment
of Administrator
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of A.
. Roman, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of-.G. E. Roman praying that ad
ministration of said estate may be
granted to G. E. Roman as Executor;
Ordered, that July 20th, A. D.
1923, at 9 o'clock a. m., is assigned
for hearing said petition when all
I persons interested in said matter may
! appear at a County Court to be held
tin And fnr eairl fmmtv an cTi rwxr
Tl-liw ilia r.KorA nnltfna
Sal.-Sshould not be granted ard that no-
uce of the pendency of said petition
and the hearing thereof be given to
a.ll persons interested in said matter
by publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing.
Dated this 27th day of June, A.
D. 1923
ALLEN J. B EESON,
County Judge.
CHAS. E. MARTIN,
J2S-3w. "
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