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Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
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VOL. NO. TYTTir.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923.
NO. 16
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VETERANS AT
ANNUAL FEAST
ON LABOR DAY
MEET AT HAVELOCK AND LIN
COLN AND DISCUSS OLD
DAY ON SYSTEM.
LARGE DELEGATION FROM HERE
Representatives are Men cf Manyi
Years of Service For the Bur
lington Railroad Co.
From Tuesday's DaJls.
The. veterans of the Burlington,
men who have grown gray in the ser
vice of the railroad company in the
shop and train service, were assem
bled together 3esterday and last eve
,y " i eT
nd Lincoln to
general get
ning at Havelock a
spend the time In a general get
gether meeting and the spirit of
iit-ipiuiuras iu an ui i Lie meujuers ui
the association. I
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this city were William Baird, super-, touch to the scene and here the la
ini.endent of the shops; George A. dies also enjoyed a guessing contest
Dodge, John Lutz, L. E. Vroman and in which Mrs. George A. Meisinger
Frank F. Buttery. I proved the most successful and Mrs.
The banquet at the Lincoln cham-IJ. C. Meisinger was awarded the Con
ner of commerce Monday evening was isolation prize.
the crowninir feature of the verv I In honor of the occasion the bride
pleasant gathering and at the session '
the following program was given
President's message M. Schirk.
Response J. Dietrich.
Forty Years with the Eurlington
J. H. Waterman.
Vocal solo Mrs E. S. Luce; ac
companist. Prof. E. S. Luce.
Service and Satisfaction A. L.
Eixby.
Piano solo Mrs. W. F. Ackerman.
AddTess E. P. Bracken.
Closing song "Till We Meet
Again."
President Schirk told of the pur-
nncoa rT t Vi o nronfvatin canH whnt it
-r
;oay accompllsHr." JuTIus' " Dletrlclrl
talked of co-operation, team work 1
and what it may accomplish and '
urged all to work for the interests of
.i Tii rcrh.i ,inoi with
Toastmas'ter Ackerman enlivened 1
ACEerman enuvenea
and prepared be audi-,
proceedings and prepared tbe audi-1
ence for the more serious things to
follow.
I.
J. II. Waterman, long a resident of
riattsmouth and Lincoln and a pio
neer of the Burlington, preferred not
to speak on forty years with the
frQ1 He changed his subject to
j uau - w .
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
He told of early Vailroading and ac-j i
complishments and of the men who
managed me roaa in me eariy uajs.
He spoke of the present, compared
it to the past and marked progress,
Then to the veterans he spoke of the
future and what the Burlington has
its veterans by the institution oi tne
pension-
Mrs. Luce was recalled for an en- I .JSredSSerSta-' SIr' Wn" had insurance on ! ve been a number of people knock
core and roundly applauded for her j jhe ca, .nd h suffere trnal In e Jt Jj" SfJ!
effort- .t. 'to recover The decasd vounc manlat the flre a,tho the owers of the tf,s Practice ot aiun0 across ..lain
Dr. Bixby said he had the satis- ' rJ yteiut ln Company H buildin& ca"y Partial insurance. street any place hey desired instead
faction of having given service. Heiwas second neuienam in tompany n of going up to the street mtersec-
entertained the veterans for thirty , of the 134th infantry, isebraska Na- : Itions to get across as they should
minutes telling anecdotes, reading ' tional guard, and I was also an over- BEINGS AGED KOTHEE HERE and that these accidents have not
poems and speaking of the years he eas veteran of the t orld war serv- , (been fatal was mereiy KOod fortune.
has labored in the state and his ap-
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nreciation of tne rauroaus ana ran- i
road men.
Mrs W F Ackerman, after pleas-
ins: with a piano solo responded to an .
encore.
Vice President Bracken was Intro- ,
duced after Toastmaster Ackerman
had read a number or telegrams irom j
members and omcials or tne
road t
uhn r oLild . not be present. Mr. .
PrsfVMi said the dictitionary gave
iho i-finition o fthe word veteran
as one long exercised. When he
found that definition ne Knew u re- j
ferred to the railroad veteran. The quietly joined In the bonds of wed
railroads. he said, had felt the chang-j lock with only a few of the mem-
es of time. He spoKe oi auiomooue
competition ard the burden of the
higher cost of labor, material and
taxes. As a whole the roads are not
prospering. Investors realize this.
Kailroad stocks are very low at the
present time.
Mr. BracKen neiu mai iiuser tu
operation and more of it with the
public is needed today. It is time
pu olic is neeueu iuua. .
for a call to arms of railroad men
that the public may know the truth
The public should know of real con
ditions and of the conscientious ef
fort railroad men are today making
to work out economies and efficiency
He thought when the public is real
ly informed that the railroads can
leave the after action to the people.
He spoke of the discontent that must
be cured and what causes it. He
thought the cause the preaching of
a fallacious doctrine of general
ponalitv. "Men are not equal In
qualities a-nd every attempt to make
. , i v.na Kf.n Hoc: 'rnptlvfi
mem equai u.aa ine refit OI ms recuperating period
"There is a discontent that Is call-J here with the more pleasant sur
ed divine; a discontent that energizes roundings to aid in his recovery. Mr.
effort and directs it forward. The Rupley is still suffering somewhat
discontent which is so prevalent to- from the effects of the operation but
day even in America has nothing dl- it is thought will have a very short
vine about it. It is blinding Ameri-(time yet until he is entirely over the
cans to the goods things we. possess, effects of the operation. R. A. Bates
discouraging activity and endanger- and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Hillard
Ing. not assisting, progress." j Grassman and little daughter mo-
Mr. Bracken counselled veterans, tored to Omaha yesterday . and brot
about the value of content and joyjback Mr.' Rupley.
in the achievements of service. He
hoped to see more veterans at the re
unions of the future.
In his address, President Schirk of
the association, said fbe association
now has 1,400 members and that it
should have several times that num
ber. The association is planning the
compilation of an honor roll in the
near future.
At the Havelock session it was de
cided to increase the number of trus
tees to one from each division of the
road. Other officers had been- re
elected and the trustees will be bal
loted upon by divisions.
GIVE SHOWER FOR
THE BRIDE TO BE
Mrs. Fred Engelkemeier and Mrs.
Philip Heil Entertain for Miss
Alvena Engelkemeier.
From Wednesday's Dally.
A most charming miscellaneous
shower was rivf-n at the home nf
Mrs FYprt "ETie-ellrempier. with ATrs.
- 1hiliP Heil as assistant hostess andlof the cafe were opened up and by
in honor of Miss Alvena Engelke- this time the fire department was
to-L. o,. t xt- ! .!. . ffr".."
ward G Meisinger occurs today.
"I" J "luear the partition that seperates the
received a large number of very at-j
tractive gifts and at a suitable hour
a dainty and delicious luncheon was
served by the hostesses that added
to the enjoyment of the happy event.
Those attending the pleasant oc
casion we're: Mesdames Mary Schaf
fer. Otto Schaffer, Philip Hild, Jesse
Terryberry, Julius Hilflicker, Ed
Gansemer, Herman Gansemer, A.XJ.
Engelkemeier, Carl Engelkemeier,
George Engelkemeier, A. H. Engelke
meier. Jacoh Hild. Louis Puis. Alfred
liam Puis. Sr.. W. H. Puis. Alfred
Gansemer, Fred Lutz, Sterling J
Amick, J. C. Meisinger, George A
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"""Vw ;N , , Vw 7
,rl,th- Herman Wohlfarth Forest
Rainey Louis Meisinger, Fred Hanni,
ouis Frederich ; Misses He en Hild.
Ina Meisinger, Laura Engelkemeier,
Lena Engelkemeier. Fern Gansemer.
r; p-. Marearet EneeIkTmeier i
"ff SSliSSS
Vleo.na fuis. -Marsraret tnge Kemeier,
f. "5""mrMe the neral
rir tW ' 5 i
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
From Wdneidar tHv
. ...
w. bmitn
This morning, Mrs. II.
received a message from Hastings
nouncing the death in an auto acci-
ji vuuam. .icauui uci-
ber of that city. The accident oc-
curred last night while Mr. Reiber '
and a young man friend were re- .
turning home in a large Studebaker
suiting in .air. tteiDer oeing .mrown
j i 1 ii. w i i- x. 1 1
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,ns mere ior aimosi iwo jwrs anu .
was marrieH In fiprmanv TTp Ipavra
V
i, . , aia n.e bau c"llu lY IUO
,1,s tipath. The funeral services will
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Ing3 to attend the funeral services.
MARBIED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
From Wednesday retlr.
This mornlnir at Council Bluffs,
Ta.. occurred the marriasre of Miss .
Lillian Kopischka and Mr. Leon Mar-
shell of this city, who were very:
bers of the family attending the cer
emony. Mrs. Carl Kopischka, moth
er of the bride, and Mrs. Henrietta
Heil, a sister, attended the ceremony.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Kopischka and had
grown to womanhood here in Platts-
mouth where she has a large circle of ,
warm friends while the groom has
been in the employ of the Burling -
ueeu iu me rmpiujr 01 wie .oiii img -
.ton in the shops here for the past
year. I
The many friends will join in .
wishing Mr. and Mrs. Marshell a'
long and very happy wedded life Int
the years to come.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
From Wednesdays Dally.
Yesterday afternoon, Abram Rup
ley, who has been at the Immanuel
hospital in Omaha for several weeks
recovering from an operation for
.rupture. was brought home to spend
1 . . ....
WAGNER CAFE IS
LOOTED BY FIRE
EARLY MONDAY
Interior of Main Street Restaurant is
Almost Entirely Gutted Early
Monday Morning. v
From Tuesdays Dally.
For the first time in many months
the business section was visited by a ;
very serious fire at an early hour and J
which resulted in the almost com- ',
plete destruction of the interior of
the City cafe in the Soennichsen
' t : i i i irn;. . -.
uuuuiug oil umicr mum out-ci.
The lire was discovered at 2:45
Monda)'" morning by Officers Detlef
and Hinrichsen and at that time the
interior of the room in which the
cafe is located was filled with dense
smoke and through which the offic-
ers could glimpse the flames from the
rapidly mounting fire. A call was
sent for Fred Wagner, the owner of
the restaurant at the Hotel "Warner.
:,.j : . nr. --o -
! n.ni, n-A v.
also on the scene and the water play
ing on the flames
The fire had apparently originated
kitchen from the Ulning room of the
cafe and a large part of the parti
tion being composed of beaver board
was an easy prey for the flames and
in a few moments thi3 partition was
totally destroyed and the blaze con
sumed a part of the wood work near
the kitchen range as well as tables
and other wood fixtures within a ation for some time and the eommis
radius of several feet of the parti- sioners will now proceed by due pro
tion. (cess of law to londomn and assess for
The front part of the cafe did not damages as much land as may be ne
suffer so muc from the effect of the.cessary in the re-construction of the
fire as that of the water and the de-' roadway.
bris from the kitchen washed in to ! The change in the road will place
the frort of the building. The it some distance west of where it now
kitchen was practically gutted as the stands and will cut the frequent
fire and debris "together practically i overflows from the small creek ad
rendered everything there useless. J joining the road and which has made
The exact origin of the fire has
!not Deen determined
TYin n f erh I
to thathJin straightning th
man at the restaurant stated that he ,
fcnrt loft tho V.iiJlir.o- chnrtlr aftor
o'clock lifter having banked the fire ' fiangerous and the rouisEioners ex
and closed all of the drafts on thetfert navet wie aE(? ample corners
range for the day force when they Int? the east and west road that will
should arrive at 5 o'clock. The make much safer for travel,
police were unable to tell for the As the county board and Mr. Stull
smoke whether the fire came from 1 ere enable to agree on a price for
the overheating of the range or the',lI,e ain" 0me iour acres s
-ing on the coffee urn which stood fL""?1?!.
indications were that the fire had ,
probably been caused by the stove.
After a half hour of strenuous
I work the flames were checked and
Ithe blaze prevented from spreading!
'into the remainder of the building .
L,).:.!, r,,,T1il i. thn tt xt i
an-.R.OI,n.;,.hc. fi .ity,'iha D,f.v r,'t
(,s wliich lhey had ju3t recently
purchased from Frank Fangcr
,v,, r
.a S" aVU,' J?n5 '
Z hniwiin n
"l
over Soennichsen store-.
a young boy compan-
. t" tll'
uui uu ue siree
mf.to fiiioi hniwiin
rrcrn Ttiday nally.
I Mrs. John V. Hatt returned Mon-
day morring from Sterling. Colorado,
where 6he has been at the bedside of
ner moitier Airs, imam Newman,
who has been in very critical condi-
tion for the past few weeks, and as
Mrs. Newman was showing somewhat
of an improvement Mrs. Hatt brot
her back home with her to be cared
for. Mrs. Newman was so poorly
that
it was necessary to have her
brought on a cot and transported in
that manner to the Hatt home here
as sne is biiii very critically m and
suffering.
WILL VISIT MISSOURI
"froir Tuesday's Dart.
This morning, James M. Robert
son and wife and Dr. R. P. West-
"over and wife and daughter. Janet, i
departed by auto for a week's
ing in Missouri. They will spend a
(few days at
, with Mrs. Mc
St. Joseph, Missouri,
, wuu airs. Aicarom, a sister oi ur.
jWestover, and then go to Marshfield,
. . .
where they will visit at the home of
Mrs. Lilly Douglas, a sister of Mr.
Robertson. They are anticipating a
fine outing and a most delis-htfni
time in the hospitality of the "show
me state.
CLASS HAS FINE MEETING
From Wednesdays Dally.
Last evening the Young Men's
Bible Class of the Methodist church
held a very pleasant meeting at the
club rooms In the church building
and the only feature of regret to the
young men was the fact that their
teacher, E. H. Wescott, was prevent
ed by illness from attending. The
time was spent in the usual weekly
"sing" with Mason Wescott at the
piano and Mrs. E. H. Wescott lead
ing the singing. The class also en
joyed an interesting chalk talk giv
en by Puthnam that was very clever
and given in a most interesting man
ner by the lecturer.
CONCERTS ARE OVER
From Wednesday's Dally.
Ed II. Schulhof, director of the
Eagles band, was notified Saturday
evening that the city would close the
, band concerts for the season and the
one given last Wednesdays would be
J the last of the present season as the
I evenings are growing decidedly fall
like and it was thought best to dose
ior tne year ana tne remainder oi uie
entertainment fund will be used in
other lines of amusement and enter
tainment by the city. The next sea
son it is hoped to have the concerts
started out earlier in the summer.
COMMISSIONERS
WOULD PROVIDE A
BETTER HIGHWAY
At Session Today Vote To Change
Course of Highway North cf
Through Stull Farm.
, ,
. rom xuesaays uany
The board of county commissioners
; thls orn ing. opeued their r
mo?thly sesslon, at the court
I and were largely occupied wi
regular
house
largely occupied with the
transaction of the routine business of
the county. 'that of allowing claims
and other Qf road and dragging work.
The chief business transacted was
the voting unanimously by the board
to widen and change the highway
north of Plattsmoutji and between
this city and the Platte river, in
that section of the road that runs
thru the farm of C. Lawrence StuH
on tne l'latte river bottom land.
, This project has been under consider
traveling very annoying in the spring
"U SUUlIllLr. it Will iil.su UIU
ightning the road and cut out
a numoer oi lunus iiiu.1. are very
i me ainn neeaeu. some iour acres a
d by the county court to assess the
damages that may be caused by the
c hange in the road.
CUT OUT JAY WALKING
FroTn Wednesdays Dallv.
A practice of a srreat manv of the
i,eoule of cutting across the main
streets of the city with utter disre-
gard tor tne traffic regulations nas m
the past resulted in several close
calls to pedestrians, who have
" ,
an" re"essiy uatn across ine sireei
IU Lilt? I CUICI Ul X U1U ft. 1 LIS LfclU Ul
going to the intersection to make the
crossing in tne proper manner, mere
The auto driver is not wholly re
sponsible for the exercise of caution
as those who cross the street on foot
snould as well show some degree of
iraution instead oi recklessly rtasum
across and defying death cr serious
injury. In many casM where there
are large numbers of cars parked on
the street, someone walks out from
behind a car directly in the path of
a passintr auto and if the driver of
the car does not have the trood for-
tune of having the car so that it will
stop almost instantly they hit the
'person and tne wnoie matter could
have been avoided by a little cau
tion. With the growing auto traQc
there is need for the city to make a
regulation of the trafSc of both autos
and pedestrians so that there will be
a larger measure of safety. The reg
ulations call for the slowing of cars
out-lover the intersections and those who
would cross from one' side of the
street to the other should use these
intersections and all would be much
safer.
CELEBRATE MOTHER'S
BIRTHDAY LAST SUNDAY
The members of August Bach fam
ily joined in a very pleasant family
party Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Bach on lower Main street
and which was in the nature of the
observance of the seventy-sixth
birthday of Mrs. August Bach, Sr.
The main event of the day was the
family dinner at the home and at
which there were four generations of
the family presnet to enjoy the oc
casion. Mrs. P. A. Welch of Omaha,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bach
with her family, Mr. and Mrs. August
Welch, P. L. Oberhauser and wife
and Ray Welch and little son were
here from Omaha, motoring down
for the day. Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Bach of this city, the host and hos-
tess of the occasion with the guests!
J comprised the party. , I
YOUNG PEOPLE '
ARE JOINED IN
WEDLOCK TODAY
T
Miss Josephine Yanek and Mr. Cnas.
Warga United in Marriage at
Holy Rosary Church.
From Tuesday's Dail"
This morning at the Holy Rosary
church on west Pearl street, occurred
the marriage of two of the popular
young people of this locality. Miss
Josephine Vanek and Mr. Charles
Warga. The church was filled with
a large number of relatives and
friends to witness the happy event.
Preceding the wedding, Mr. Cyril
Janda played the wedding march to
which the bridal parjy entered the
church and as the mass wts celebrat
ed by the Rev. Father Ferdinand
Suesser, rector of the church, the
choir assisted in the singing of the
nuptial mass as the ceremony of the The tlly schools opened yesterday
church joined the lives of the two for the years work and with an en
young people j roHnient that i3 slightly above the
The bride 'was gowned in a very opening day for a number of years
smart creation of tan twill cloth n the high school, and this despite
with a picture hat to match and car- the fact that many families have
ried a bouquet of bride roses. Miss I nioved from the city n the last year
Josephine Warga, sister of the bringing many new children in-
groom, as bridesmaid.
wore a tiilrvr-
ed su
it of blue twill with braided ef-
trimmings and carried a bou-
lect trimmings
quet of American Beauty roses.
Mr. Warga was attended by Mr.
Patrick Eagan of Omaha as best man
and both of the gentlemen were
dressed in the conventional dark
suits.
Following the wedding the bride
and groom and members of the bridal
party were entertained at the home
of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Jcseph Yanek on Lincoln avenue, at
r. very charming wedding breakfast
and reception to the newly weds.
Both the bride and groom have
mad 3 their home in this city and vi-
cinity for their lifetimes and are held
in tLe highest esteem by a very large
circle of friends and associates who
are joining in the well wishes for
many years of happiness and success
fo rthis estimable couple. Miss Van
ck has lived in this city since
her early childhood days while the
groom is one of the young and suc -
cessful farmers of this portion of Cass
c ounty, living a few miles south of i Murdock, Fred Backmeyer and wife
this city. I of near Elmwood and Otto Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Warga departed this and wife of near Murdock. The
afternoon by auto for a honeymoon members of the party were here to at
trip ot the west which will include tend the hearings in the probate of
a short visit at Lincoln and Mitch-j the estate of Christian and Augusta
ell, Nebraska, and from there they j Gurr, deceased, and Mr. Aldrich ap
go to Denver to spend a few days be- peared as the attorney in the cases.
fore returning home to this city
where they will make their home on
the farm of the groom.
BACK DOING BUSINESS.
frn'o Tuesday's Dan v.
It takes more than a fire to dis
courage Fred Wagner the hotel and
restaurant man. as was demonstrated
yesterday when Fred, after being
burned out of his restaurant in the
Soennichsen building at 2:45 yester
day morning was all ready for busi- i
ness at the Hotel Wagner in the eve-i
ning and serving meals as though i
nothing had occured to mar the !
neacefullness of the occasion. Mi. ,
Wagner was unfortunate in not hav- I
ing a cent of insurance on his fixtures
or stock in the restaurant but in the!
face of his loss showed the real spirit
in buckling in and taking up the
battle with renewed vigor. The res
taurant will be operated in the Hotel J
Wagner dining room tor tne present
at Jeast until Mr. Wagner can decide
on a more definate location for his
place of business and will then be
ready to reopen the restaurant on an
even larger scale.
AN OLD TIME BALL PLAYER
The edd time fans here or those
who have followed the great national
pastime here in the past twenty years
have hai the pleasure of meeting one
of the old time players who was a
member of the first Red Sox team
here which was under the pilotage of
Frank Warren for' several seasons.
In the person of Carl Graves. . Carl
is now located in Sioux City where
he is engaged in work with the tele
phone company and isf now married
and has with him his' son and wife
to visit in this locality for a short
time. Carl was a great pitcher in
his boyhood days and will be well re
membered here by the fans. At the
time he was on the team Ralph
White, Charles Wilkin and Billy
Fitzgerald. Claude Butler and other
of the old time favorites were ca
vorting around the diamond.
RETURNS FROM THE EAST.
Miss Jessie M. Robertson, who has
for the summer been taking a special
course at the Columbian university
In New York, returned home Satur
day afternoon and this morning re
sumed her work as one of the efficient
teachers in the local high school.
Miss Robertson has had a very pro
fitable as well as pleasant summer in
the east and in addition to the course
of study at the summer school was
able to enjoy many trips to points of
interest in the vicinity of New York
and particularly places of more than
usual historial note. On her return
Miss Robertson stopped for a short
visit with an aunt at Roanoke. Vir-
Nebraska.
SUFFERS LOSS OF MULE
From Tuesday's Dally.
Yesterday while Herman Hough
wa3 doing some grading at his home
in the north part of the city, to exca-
s';
e for a cellar at the house, he was
nfortunate as to have a very val-
! liable mule injured so tnat it was
necessary to kill the animal. The
mUe Was pulling a single scraper
which turned over twice and the
jrharp edge cut the leg of the mule so
badly that it was necessary to put
1 the animal out of its suffering and
thereby caused a loss of quite a great
ueal to tne owner.
CITY SCHOOLS START
OUT WELL THIS YEAR
Enrollment in High School Shows a
Gain while Grades Remain Al
most the Same.
lo me ei lioui ojsieia. i lie fruisira-
I tion on the opening day was 2
against 247 last year and by th
was 25 S as
e end
of the week there will be in the
neighborhood of 265 in the school,
it is thought. The high school en
rollment is divided as follows:
Freshmen 93.
Sophomores 74.
Juniors SO.
Seniors 41.
Included in the high school are a
large number of the pupils from the
outside country districts who will
attend here this year.
The Columbian and Central build
ings with their new paint and reno
vating are much more comfortable
,ana ine anenaance mere is as xne
: average past years but has not been
. 1U11 compiei.
ATTEND PROBATE COURT
From Tuesday's Dally.
- This morning Attorney C. S. Al-
'drich of Elmwood was in the city ac
-companied by August panska of near
RECOVERS FROM ACCIDENT
Miss Anna Egenberger, who was
i for some time confined to her home
as the result of the bite of a mosquito
on one of her feet is now able to be
arround as usual. Mis3 Egenber
ger had the misfortune to have the
bite become infected and this caused
her a great deal of pain as well as
annoyance and makes walking very
difficult. .
ASKS FOR FORECLOSURE
An action has been filed in the dis
trict court entitled Charles F. Mc
Grew vs. Will Jean et al. In the ac
tion the plaintiff seeks the foreclo-
sure of a mortgage of $17,000 on
certain lands held in the name of
Will Jean. The mortgage is one se
cured by the plaintiff from Charles
C. Parmele in 1920 by purchase.
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The First IVmional Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME
PLATTSMOUTfr
COMMISSIONERS
ARE TO FIX UP
THECOURT HOUSE
After Some Twenty Yeais of Neglect
the Board of Commissioners is
To Take Up the Work.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The present board of county com
misioners Is a real progressive and
energtic group of men who believe
in handling the county's business as
carefully and thoroughly as they
would handle their own and in pur
suance with this policy are today
busy arranging for the repair of the
county court house which has over a
period of twenty years been allowed
to yield to the ravages of time and
the roof been in an unfit condition
for a long period of years.
The roof of the court house has for
almost twenty years been in bad
shape and gradually the leaking thru
has caused a great deal of damage to
the supports of the roof and the plas
tering in the district court room
damaged more or le-ss by the water
leaking through and causing a large
part of the plaster to fall off.
There are few private individuals
that would allow their homes or bus
iness property to run down in the
manner that the court house has been
allowed to do and the present board
of commissioners Fhould have the
thanks of the -taxpayers In taking
the action that they have before the
damage to the building grows any
greater and had the matter ben
handled years ago when it first start
ed the cost would have been very
small to do the repair work.
The commissioners have secured
Architect Berlinghoff of Lincoln, one
of 4he firm that planned the new
high school, as the gentleman to
make the plans for the strengthen
ing of the roof and repairing the
damage that has been done by the
rains of many year on the timbers
and supports of the roof and the ar
chitect will be able by the ue of
trusses to restore the roof to a per
gradual destruction of the fine build
ing that would cost at least $200,000
to reproduce at this time.
RECOVERING FROM SUNSTROKE
From Tuesdays Daflr.
Chris Beil, one of the old resi
dents of Cas9 county, residing In the
vicinity of old Kenosha, has been
feeling quite poorly the last few
weeks as the result of being over
heated during one of the hot daya
that prevailed here some two
months ago. Mr. Beil Is still feeling
the effects of the overheating but is
able to be up a part of the time and
hopes in the next few weeks to get
over the effects of th sunstroke. Mr.
Beil is in his eighties and the visita
tion of the heat was very serious at
his age.
OPERATED ON YESTERDAY
Frora Wednesday's Dally
Mrs. J. Wr. Jones of Shenandoah,
Iowa, was operated on yesterday at
the Immanuel hospital in Omaha for
a case of goitre from which she has
been suffering for some time and at
the last reports was doing very nice
ly and thought to be on the highway
to improvement. Mrs. Jones was
formerly Miss Delia Moore, daughter
of Mrs. Ada Moore of thi3 city.
NEBRASKA.