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PLATTSMOUTH SIM - Y7ZEHLY J0UE3JAL PAGE THREE ( Nehawka Department! Prepared in the Interests of the People of Nehawka anSurro trading Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers. WHEN YOU GO TO SWEEP AND CLEAN THE HOUSE' o not forget that we sell The Hoover Electric Sweeper, the best on the market. Call on us for a demonstration.' We are Selling Tires and Tubes at a Marked ' ReductionlFor a Limited Time Buy Now ! . j The Lundbcrg Garage nehawka, Nebraska Hans Christensen living northwest of Nehawka was on the Nebraska City market with a truck load of his this year's crop of hogs last Monday. Miss Clara Nickles of Colby. Kan sas. Is visiting in Nehawka and as well being a guest at the homes of C. D. St. John caring for Grandmoth er Saint John 'as well. Messrs. Henry McMaken. Henry Steinhauer, John Libershal, Henry Hyde and Frank Marshall of Platts mouth hare been putting in culvert3 near the Herold Kimlon place this week. Dr. W. H. Tuck of "Weeping "Water the well known vetenerian was a visitor at Nehawka last Monday where he vaccinated a large number of hogs for "Wayne Ackley and C. W. Stone on the farm southeast of town. Miss Velma Wessell. who was vis iting in the west with her mother, re mained for a longer visit after leav ing Cheyenne she stopped at Colum bus for some ten days and returned home last Thursday after having en joyed her vacation very pleasantly. Two Shorthorn Bulls I have two Shorthorn bulls, both excellent individuals, for sale. One six months old and one two years old. Anyone wanting a good bull had bet ter write, phone or come and see them. Harry Knabe, Nehawka, Neb. j When You Bury Ycur Dead insist on your undertaker using the Miller-Gruber automatic con crete sealing vault It protects the remains of the loved .ones Manufactured by illor & Grubor, NeAawka, Nebraska :i Miss Mildred Waldo has been spending some time wih her friend, , Sarah Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ross enter tained for dinner last Sunday at their beautiful hme Mr. and Mrs. J. S. liough and daughter, Geneva Mr. and Mrs. Verner Lundberg and Mrs. Olaf Lundberg were guests last Sunday at the home of Mrs. Harsh man in the country for the day., Misses Viola and Vera Martin of Omaha have been visiting during the past week with their cousins, Edith and Estelle Martin of near Nehawka. John Opp and family were spend ing last Sunday at the home of a sis ter of Mr. Opp's, Mrs. C. C. Chapman and family of Ashland, making the trip in their auto. Misses Lucile and Thelma Martin, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Martin are visiting at the home of their cousins. Misses Velma and Et ta Martin of Omaha. George Pollard who ha3 been off from work for the past two weeks taking his annua vacation returned to his work last Monday and is rus tling the work out in his accustomed manner. "Wm. Richardson, salesman for the Plattsmouth Motor company, was looking after some business matters in Nehawka and "also calling on Joe Johnson of the Johnson Motor com pany last Monday. The Nehawka Chautauqua is get ting along nicely with very good sale of tickets considering the many other attractions which have been stated to this week over the county. John G. "Wunderlich is claiming the cham pionship as ticket seller having sold some forty tickets for the Chautau qua. Miss Geneva Rough, who has been taking two courses at the state uni versity summer school, completed her work there last Friday and was met on Saturday by her parents In the car returning home. She will spend some time here until the first week in September when she will take up her duties as teacher of the schools at Niobrara for the cming year. Vgs, Busines is Good, Thank You! Come along and we will care for your work. Also try our tires. We are selling the celebrated MILLER TIRES AND TUBES the best made, and when better ones are made they will be Millers, too. It pays to equip your car with good tires. Johnson Auto Co. J. M. Johnson, Manager Nehawka, Nebraska QUALITY is not always measured by price. High prices may cover wasteful producing and selling methods; some prices are too low to pro vide good materials and tailoring. You get a mighty good suit, at a big sav ing in price, when you buy. Clothes Tai lored to Measure by Born, because they are sold in great volume and produced under ideal condi tions by an organiza tion noted for its skill and efficiency. Ilk JilL "Wm. Ost shipped a car load of hogs from Union to the South Omaha mar- i ket last Monday. I Miss Loverta Fleming was a visi ! tor to Omaha last Monday making 1 . u . : 1 . : Lilts trip via Liiv .uiaauuii auiiu Wm. Ost was a visitor in Platts mouth last Saturday looking after i some business matters for the day. I Carl Balfour shelled and delivered his last year's corn crop at the Farm ! ers grain company in Nehawka last J week. ' , j Mrs. Herman L. Thomas was a vis itor at Lincoln last Saturday where ' she was taking treatment for a nerv ous affection. Miss Gertrude Kraps of Lincoln was a visitor in Nehawka last Mon day a guest of Mr. J. M. Johnson I while here. I T 1 . . . TTl. 1- - looking after some business matters in Omaha last Saturday making the trip in his auto. , Joseph Eaton of Omaha was a vis itor at Lincoln last Saturday and Sunday returning to his work at the metropolis Sunday evening. Miss Esther Saint John was a visi tor in Union last Monday where she delivered to the Nehawka mills a load of mill stuff to the Union mer chants. Henry Theile and wife and Mrs. Leo Switzer were visiting and look ing after business matters in Omaha last Monday they making the trip in Mr. Theile's auto. Wm. Brandt was on the stock mar ket last Monday with a car load of porkers which lie fed -at his feeding lots shipping them from Nehawka via the Missouri Pacific. A. crew of.painters for the Missouri Pacific have been painting the sta tion and other buildings in Nehawka which adds much to the appearance of the railway property as well as tfie town. Uncle B. F. Hoback is spending the week at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Frank Anderson of Union and also attending the Old Settlers reunion which occurs on Friday and Saturday of this week. J. Uncle Walker Bates who is visiting for the present at the home of his brother, James Bates at Denver and enjoying a great time there sent a very fine bo xof cherries to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rough. E. M. Pollard received twelve -Ayrshire cows last week, four milkers and the remainder to be fresh soon. This bunch of cattle are a very fine lot and are as pretty as a picture as well as being the. finest milkers in the land.- ,,. -... James and Marion Stone went to Shenandoah last Monday afternoon to attend the Spotted China sale of hogs by the Firlee and company breeders of fine strain of porkers. Mr. - James Stone will assist in the sale as well as attend. Ernest M. Pollard has purchased a new Patriot truck which they will use in the work on the farm and also on the road as they have much haul ing to do incident to the proper care of, their large orchards and the han dling of the fine herd of hogs. Thomas Mason, Sr., and son Thom as were at Kansas City for over the Sunday called there by the death of Mr. Thomas Mason's sister and and aunt of the rural carrier. They at tended the funeral and returned home getting here early Monday morning. A very interesting game of ball was played at the local grounds be tween the Underwood typewriter team of Omaha and the local team of Nehawka which resulted very disas trously to the local team, the result being six for the visitors to a shut out for the Nehawka boys. Well, do no take it so bad you will win the next time and we are sure of it. A number of the enterprising citi zens assisted in putting up the tents for the Chautauqua last Monday and getting the things in readiness for the week's entertainment and worth while amusement. Among those who assisted in the work and helped further the interest of the town by their rustling were Messrs. Leo Switzer, J. S. Rough, J. W. Magney, Charles Adams. Henry M. Pollard, C. M. Chriswisser. H. H. Stoll and .A. C. Anderson were unloading a car of lumber at thp Sturm liimhr varrts last Mnn. TIay. j C. M. Chriswisser was looking af ' ter some business matters in the ; county seat last Monday making the trip in his auto. j C. F. Chase spent last Sunday and Monday at Nehawka and was looking after some business matters in Platts mouth last Friday. John O. Yeiser was a visitor in Nehawka for last Sunday coming ' down to visit at the home of A. F. , Sturm where Mrs. Yeiser and John . ' the third are visiting just now. j j Mrs. A. F. Sturm and daughter Mrs. John O. Yeiser were in Omaha last Monday. Mrs. Yeiser Viving up in their car where Mrs. Sturm went I to consult with her physician regard ing her health... August Pautsch and wife and Mrs. Ernest Pautsch motored over this morning from Louisville to look af ter business matters and while here our old friend, August, found time to give the Journal a pleasant call and also ot renew his subscription. Julius Ruhemann, well known resident of the Nehawka neighbor hood, was here today for a few hours being en route to Charitan, Iowa, where he will attend a large mule sale being held there and try and secure some of the stock offered for sale. INSPECTS THE SEWEB, Interesting the Young Folks Miss Bennett, who is with the ; Chautauqua and has charge of the children department and which is j known as the junior chautauqua is . meeting with good success with the ' j work which is allotted her and has the friendship of all the young folks , of Nehawka with whom she works. I?.- P, ir Established 1888 PHONE NO. 14 ' NEHAWKA, NEB. LOCAL NEWS From Monday's Dally R. L. Propst and daughter, Miss Roberta were, in Union yesterday where they spent the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Propst. Merle Lanning, wife and family of Eagle were here over Sunday visiting at the home of Mrs. Lanning's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Glenn. Miss Edith Rebal, who is engaged at the vocational school at Bellevue was here over Sunday visiting with J her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal. Miss Lena Sahs visited Mr. and Mrs. Pete Schroeder at Bellevue Friday and retuir.:,;g home Saturday afternoon and was. accompanied by Master Marion Schroeder. Vance Pitman, wife and children, of Murray; Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Brown and Mrs. Harry Nielson, of St. Paul, were here Sunday as guests at the W. T. Adams home for the day. Oscar McDonald, wife and family of Murdock were here Sunday visit ing at the home of Mrs. McDonald's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kelly, motoring over from their home. Mrs. Helen Wallick and daughter. Miss Thelma of Weeping Water who were here visiting at the home of Miss Lettie Foster, departed this af ternoon for St. Paul and Minneapolis where they will enjoy a short visit. Attorney W. G. Kieck, who has been sojourning at the Minnesota lakes for the past two weeks engaged in a fishing trip, returned home yes terday and reports a very fine time and some remarkable catches of fish. Prom Tuesday's Dally. This morning E. A. Wurl, whose property adjoins the tile sewer on South Sixth street and which has been visited by several overflows from the sewer, made a trip through a part of the sewer and discovered there was something radically wrong as far as he could see with the sewer. The sewer apparently slopes not to ward the main big sewer on Main street but away, from it toward the alley and at the end was a large amount of dirt and rubbish as well as water standing and which appar ently cannot find an escape. This inspection by Mr. Wurl will be asked by him to be verified by some of the members of the city council to look it' over. The city engineer had re ported the sewer as being in good shape, it is alleged. MOVIE GARDEN CLOSES The Movie Garden, which has been in operation here for the last few weeks, has closed for the present at least, is the announcement made to ASTOUNDING IN IT5 (A Million Dollar Investment Returning aHundd IMMENSITY INCOMPARABLE IN ITS WEALTH OF EX CLUSIVE FEATURES,, cents on the Dollar in benefits every year: (An indication of the progress of the Stales citizens. for the past year agriculturally. Industrially ana educationally. NEBRASKA AT A GLANCE ( A measuring rod of the States Wealftuesources; 'and possibilities NEVER ON A BIGGER SCALE I'S&! V The State's expression of its Gtizens Ideate and 'Purposes. REDUCED RAILROAD RATES -FA RE AND ONE THIRD ROUND TRIP.- the public today. The Movie Garden hss given some very pleasing picture shows as well as vaudeville of the lighter type during the time they have been running and have had very good patronage. Whether the gar den will be operated any more this summer under other management has not been announced but it is not thought likely owing to the lateness of the season. Mrs. F. M. Brobhan of Benedict, Nebraska, who has been here visiting for a short time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Junge and family, de parted this morning for her home. Prom Tuesday Dally. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manners and family of Alvo spent Sunday at the j home of Chas. Manners in this city. Henry A. Guthman of the Bank of Murdock was among the visitors in the metropolis today where he will consult a specialist in regard to his health. Clifford Propst, who has been vis iting at Chicago and Milwaukee for the past week came in this morning after having had a real time in the eastern cities. S. C. Boyles, one of the best known residents of Alvo was here, today at tending to some matters of business and visiting with his friends at the court house. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Carlson, who have been visiting in Colorado, New Mexico and California, returned home yesterday afternoon after a very delightful visit. C. G. Mayfield of Louisville was here today attending to some mat ters at the court house for a few hours and visiting with his friends amon gthe county officials. From Wednesdays Dally. Ike Dye of east of Union was in the city today for a few hours at tending to some matters of business at the court house. W. T. TVeddell and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bauers, prominent - residents of Murdock, were here today for a few hours looking after some matters at the court house relative to school matters in their home locality. Some Spotted Poland Family ifriyi' rt CA 0 We remember last spring when a sow which is owned by Jay Marion Stone, farrowed sixteen nice pigs two of which were accidentally killed at time of birth and one was smothered later, leaving some thirteen which have become a remarkable family, the mother, which now weighs some six hundred pounds, and the litter will run away toward a ton and a half in weight. The thirteen pigs who will be five months old on Sep tember 29, will top the scales at about one ton. We lopked at the litter last Monday and were shown them by Mr. C. W. Stone who with some have formed a company known as C. W. Stone & Company. The pigs which re hog sat five months of age are all as gentle and tame as kittens and come and almost ask to be rubbed and petted. This litter and the mother will be shown at both the Cass county fair at Weep ing Water and the state fair at Lin coln. The above is a picture of the sow and litter wen they were tw5 months of age. Nehawka,' is justly well satisfied, with this wonderful hog family. D) I u 7 ireaftesft ay off ftfoe Year for Murdoch and Vicinity! RAND PRIZE a Complete Set of Ford Tires! There will be more prizes than houses in town 29th Something Doing Every Minute in the Day! There will Ford races, zigzag races, slow races, fast races, long distance races. $3.00 prize for winner of each. There Will Be a Prise for the best equipped Ford; the noisest Ford; the most delapidat ed Ford; the tallest man and woman coming in a Ford; the ugliest man and the prettiest woman coming in a Ford. THE RACES will give plenty of amusement as well as an opportunity for competition for prizes. This is a day when every one in Mur dock will endeavor to provide a good time for all their friends and visitors. There is a chance for all to win a substantial prize from the Golden Dollar to anything that you may need to equip your car. If you cannot get in oirthe prettiest woman prize, try the ugliest man stunt. You may win as the fat man. You know "no ones loves a fat man," but he may win a prize. So may the fat woman. The spoony couple will not be forgotten or neglect ed. There will be wedding and a prize for them if a couple can be found willing. Come prepared for a hilarious time, for enough amusement will be provided for you a whole year. A prize for most everything. Rt! Under management cf ' j -Farmers Union and Business Men of Murdoch-