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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923.
RAISING FUNDS
FOR RELIEF OF THE
LOUISVILLE FOLKS::
WALKING IS GOOD
From Monday's Daily
George K. Petring, of the Flatts
mouili Motor Co., Friday night, when
the railroad traffic was ail tied up.
ilemonstrated t hat he is not wholly
dependent on the Universal car for
traveling purposes. Mr. Petring was
Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce jn Omaha ana when the announce
ment was made of the fact that there
would be no train r;ervice between
Omaha and Plattsmouth, the Ford
dealer decided that it was up to him
to make the trip as he used to travel
in the army, (on foot) and accord
ingly after reaching Fort Crook by
Raises $400 From Citizens tor
Immediate Relief.
Th
e
New
Shag" Hat
bristling with style, light in weight, soft
They're beauties
and comfortable.
A smile of satisfaction goes with every hat we sell.
C. E, Weseott's Sons
OK THE CORNER'
From Monday's Daily
This morning the Plattsmouth
Chamber of Commerce through its
inmniittpp fn.wliiftpil a en mn:ii rn
among the residents of the down-!street r he started out to hike the
town districts and the business men 1 reiuuiums usance io ine iiane riv
of the city and as a result of its ef- er wagon bridge where relief in the
forts there will be between $300 and shape of an auto was promised.
$400 this evening to turn over to the' , A Mr- String was traveling along
people of Louisville to apply on any,the track he ran across another who
cases of personal need and want that."ao ",aw "a,e"uK "
may be found among the homeless foot aml whose garb proclaimed him
and desolate of that city. a knight of the road and who had
Henry A. Schneider, chairman of ! evidently seen a great deal better
the Cass county Red Cross chapter, I days- , rhe two talked as far as the
took up the matter of the activity of lottdeA area near the Pappio where
the Red Cross in me relief work and k was necessary to do some wading
the tender of the Tunds for the use through the stream and here the
of the suiTering in Louisville, with knight of the road balked as he told
V. F. Diers, one of the active Red Mr- lvtnne he had onlr tIie one suit
Cross workers of that city, and was!of dthca ami did not propose to take
advised that it would be best to wait i chances and turned back when ap
until Tuesday when the Louisville Proaching too near the water,
people could definitely check up on Jeore- however, was not frightened
the needy and destitute there and y. he water and camo on to the
know just what would be needed. "iirp w nere ne was met ny - me auto
could be given
bv the Red and brought on home to this city.
which
Cross. When it is, the Red Cross will
be ready to go to the fullest extent of
its resources to aid the suffering!
The Plattsmouth contribution is
the voluntary expression of a feel
ing of grief and sympathy at the ter
rible disaster that has visited our
neighboring town and will be used
clothing for thnso wh hr,a , which will have among its represen-
mvatlv in tho flnn.i nrt wac Natives members from every chapter
' -f v" x ' " " ""' ' C 1. . t I 1 . . t. 4 i .1
ui Li.e iiuiiuii dim ecteii isicite 111 au-
DEPARTS FOR CONVENTION
From Monday's Daily
One of the largest gatherings of
the 1. E. J), sisterhood in a great
many years is to start at Seattle,
' . j Washington, this coming week and
was unso-
will i, at th.i, ,iicnnc,i ' ' -:'"ton is tending a
- ' " ' " wt iui K , . . 1 . :
Maic uiiKria iu aiii'uu 111c uivtnufe.
Mrs. illiam Baird of this city.
number of its
such immediate cases that may come
up.
RETURNS FROM TRIP
TO HIS NATIVE LAND
From Monday's Daily ;
Ludwig Miller, wife and children
returned yesterday morning from a
Three Bigatass
size dimdhier ftkes
(y) Fabric
m& the BJEWn
mm mm
(This U.S. quality-group at
lowest prices ever offered
Buy UiTires From
JOHN E. FRADY Plattsmouth,
J. F. WOLFF Plattsmouth,
MURRAY GARAGE Murray,
PLATTSMOUTH AND
SCHOOL FOR DEAF
PLAY A T!E GAME x
cheers and yells and the music of the the ball made it difficult to hold and
'"rube" band.
I The local team was apparently ter the opening of the game,
laokiiiir i:i its line work as there was In the second quarter the
j little interference given for the back- j
held in carrying the ball and they
today for a few hours looking after
some matters with the board of coun-
re especially weaK m witnstanaing
e attacks oi the visitors who were
laV.e t; drive through the entire
i length of the fkid in a scries of line
Battle Yesterday Afternoon in Mud rushes in the latter rart of the game. ;
T . t,i Ci ttt-ii' tit was in the straight line attacks,
local Bacxfield Shows up Well ,fhat t,.e vi9ltors proea the most ef.;
In the Game. fective as the wet condition of the
grounds and the equally slipperly
Ipi.skin made the passes incomplete
and the aerial game was used but
wry little by either of the teams.
For the locals there were several
very g;;od nd runs made, Gorder,
Chase and Krejci making gains in I
this nirnner in the first quarter of
the game but which were lost on
fumbles and intercepted passes. The
visitors in the opening quarter also
trie-1 parses but the wet condition of
past state president of the Nebraska
P. E. O., was among those selected
by the last state convention to at
tend the convention and she depart-1
ed Saturday afternoon for the west. I
Mrs. E. A. Wurl, president of Chap-1
ter F of this city, who was also nam-', . , , . .,
ed as the local delegate to the nation- : f m nelay Daily-
al gathering, departed with Mrs.) Guy Crook of the Monarch Engi-
i4 JTi ,i, , neering Co.. of Falls City was here
visit of the past summer in southern will join the remainder of the dele
Germany, the former home of Mr. ' crates and in a soecial train be taken
Miller, and thir experiences in that to the 'vyest. They will be joined by , ty commissioners.
troubled land were very interesting delegations from Iowa, Colorado and i Mrs. James McBride departed this
and at times not exactly the most Wyoming to form a special train that morning for Wymore. Nebraska, in
comfortable owing to the unusual will be devoted exclusively to the P. i company with her daughter, Miss
i these were abandoned practically af- conuiucns mai are prevailing there E. O. ladies and which will carry ,.amerine jicuaKen, wno win aneuu
cti. ini nine. Itnem on to Seattle. 'scnuui lucre iui me ciiauiug jcai.
51 r. Miller state? that about the Following the convention at Seat-j William Atchison and John Gerry
only familiar feature of the old home 'tie. Mrs. Baird and Mrs. Wurl expect Stark, two of the prominent residents
was the scenery that lies around t'" visit at Portland, Oregon, for a of Elmwood, were here this afternoon
Kempton. Bavaria, as the people were short time and later go to San Fran-(for a few hours stay and while in the
far different in temperment than in Cisco and Los Angeles where they city Mr. Stark was a caller at the
the past, when as a boy, he lived in will visit the former riattsmouth ' Journal and renewed his subscription
that locality. ! ' I residents and enjoy the many inter-j to the Journal for another year.
The r?3ident of all of the parts ' esting sights of the great west coast Kenneth Schultz. who is now Io-i
of Germany visited by the Millers country that has called so many Ne- cated in Chicaeo where he is engae-
ervous andibraskans there to reside. lPfi in th finder nrint identification
Nebr.
Nebr.
Nebr.
locals
were close to the coveted touchdown
as. by end runs and a well placed
kick they had the ball on the five
yard line of the visitors, but lost be
fore the driving tactacs of the deaf
school players and their defense
crumpling the visitors forced the ball
back into the Plattsmouth territory.
a great deal of damage done at the
Burlington shops where the wa
ter stood on a level of twelve inches
all over the boiler room at the shops.
In the wheel pits there was eight
feet of water and various parts of the
shops were out of commission from
Friday night until Monday. The
workmen were kept busy cleaning up
' the shops for two days and nights be
fore there was anything like normal
conditions prevailng.
In the opening
of the second half were fonl to be very n
Godwin for several fi,le1 wlth unrest end urn
Fr.mi Tuesday's Daily 4
In a field heavy with inul of sev
eral days' rain, the team of the Ne
braska School For the Deaf and the
Plattsmouth high school battled yes
terday afternoon to a scoreless tie,
before a email but very appreciative
crowd of rooters, who. with the en
thusiasm of high school boys and
girls, made the air ring iwth their
the locals used God
long runs which, however, did not
result in material gains as they were
soon forced into the defensive when
they were unable to make their first
downs.
In the last quarter the Platts-
moutn team opened with several
neertainty as ;
to the future. This was in no small '
part due to the fact that the finances'
of the country are in such condition)
that there was pretense of stability;
and the mark, the unit of value ofj
the money of the country was con-;
Btantly falling. When the .Miller
LOCAL NEW S
BKSSCCSDESSEaC:
Flowering Bulbs
for Fall and Winter Planting!.
8c
40c
Hyacinths, 6 colors red, white, yellow, blue, pirk
and purple, excellent for forcing, each ... ....
Tulips, large early mixed colors, per dozen
Darwin Tulips, 5 colors pink, ellow, lavender,
royal purple and red, very choice bulb?, each. . 7c
Narcissi, paper white, first size, each 6c
Daffodils, von lion, double golden yellow, each .... 10c
Daffodils, bicolor, vietoua perianth white, center
rich yellow, each 10c
Daffodils, Empercr, one of the largest and finest of
finest of Na rcissi or Daffodils, has a rjure yellow
trumpet and a wide perianth of deep primrose,
each
Crocus, the earliest of all bulbs to bloom, mixed
colors, per dozen
Peonies, Midnight red, Doichester pink, Phistivia
maxim white, any color, each 50c
You gain one season by planting your Peonies in
fall. They will be readv to start with th ret
e
of spring and make a large growth the first season. All
above bulbs are foreign grown and are sure bloomers for
next spring.
We are in position to furnish home grown rye seed.
If you need any for fall sowing, telephone or mail your
order and same will be shipped within 24 hours. Per
bushel $1.25. Mail orders for bulbs filled at these prices,
postage prepaid.
10c
25
th
Bestor & Swatek
the TVfM&fttTmtrovM
ground gaining plavs. Krejci gaining I fanVIy t landed at Bremen, thoy
five yards and Chase advancing the j "changed American money for Ger
ball farther into the enemy's terri- an ks at 1the r,ate "f ".000 to
tory but on a costly fumble by the!e ?UaJ TKTuVL
locals the visitors gained the ball and "h.ansf fa,len to C0,C00
,1 (marks for a dollar.
iai icu incii matin uun ii Lilt; utrni
toward the goal of the Plattsmouth
team and the final whistle saw the
battle raging near the local goal and
with the line smashing machine of
the school for the deaf working in
good shape.
The Plattsmouth team will have,
perhaps, their hardest game of the
year on Friday afternoon when they
battle the South Omaha high school
team on the local lot and the game
will be a real test of the mettle of the
Plattsmouth boys as the visitors are a
much larger and heavier team.
Between the first and second
halves of the game the boys of Troop
1 and Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts
played a few
which were real exciting
showed up well in making passes. Ed
escott raised consi
did Kenneth Henry
Haynie proved a veritable wall which
the players of Troop 2 battled against
in vain. There was no scoring in the
game.
Omaha were here yesterday spend
ing the day visiting with friends.
Clifford Ceoil of Woodbine, Iowa,
was here over Sunday visiting with
Jiis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cecil.
1 ..r....t T . -,. . . w : " i ,
The inhabitants of Germany make' "T thl 7 i
no nrPtPnSPnrvln?!1nvml Mr VaS ,n the t,tV todav looking
MiiL f.,.o .t . ' after some matter sal the court
uici oia ic cx 11 il ii
work, came in this afternoon for a
hort visit here with his grandmoth-
Mrs. Margaret Seagraves and oth-relatives.
I Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ackerman of Wy
more, who have been here over night
i vicitlntr ATrc T.i77ip P.nholmaTin
J. Leonard Meisinger and wife of ! ,i, pmJ. a n vie
t ii iu i ii v i J l At 1 1 o. i i uiti ii f auu too
Ruth Luschinsky departed this morn
ing for Omaha where they will visit
with Mrs. George Luschinsky at the
Immanuel hospital.
From Monday's P.iilv
Fred J. Warren was among those
going to Omaha on the afternoon
Burlington train to spend a few
hours looking after some matters of
business.
When your letterhead, envelopes,
statements or other printed forms be
gin to run low, call us up. We will
have more ready for yon promptly. .
FOR SALE
is a strneirlft .
each day to disose of what money;
there is on hand sis there is no know-! B- Spense and Reese Hastain
ing to what extent the fall of the of Louisville were here today attend
mark will go before there is some inK a hearing in the district court
(change made that will place the which they are interested.
money of the country on a stable; William J. Rati, the Manley bank
basis. Mr. Miller states there is no'er, was here today for a short tine
question but that the large business looking after some matters of busi
interests of both France and Ger-,ness and visiting with his friends
many are working together to elimi- here.
nate the middle class of small dealers! WiIliam T. Adams and wife de
and manufacturers in Germany. te(, this mornlng for Murray
One of the most difficult things in where they will attend the golden
lilt- JlV.UilfU o.ia 13 uie l-OII&lclUL ,...l,lin :,.0.oorr rst Mr orwl Mfo
of the inhabitants by the n T rwo ta i,i,i tn.
roops and Mr. Miller states ,,.,
that they are sent off with only a.
M-T-i i T, 'i few hours warning and with only the' g me auctioneer, re-
lderahle mild as cIothes that thpv can car and must . turned home yesterday from the west
r, while Roscoe !, ... ,i,..i , nart of the state where he has been
icoic mtu (ii uri ucr u i nil. "
looKing aiier some saies neia mere
HAVELOCK HAS HIGH WATER
From Tuesday's Daily
The town of Ilavelock, which Is
situated in the Salt Creek basin, has
'been the victim of a great deal of
j high water following the rains of
-Friday and Saturday and according
to reports from that place there was
2 of the Boy Scouts r"
k moments of football i !'s' t
eal exciting and the kids ! f
RETURNS FROM CHICAGO
From Tuesday's Dally
C. C. Wescott, senior member of
the firm of C. E. Wescott's Sons, who
has been at Chicago for the past ten
NO "DOPE" AT DRUG STORES
From Tuesday's Daily
The following from one or the drug
trade papers gives a different light
on the drug habit as far as the secur
ing of supplies from drug stores by
Duroc Jersey boars. I will not
have my annual boar and gilt sale
this season but will sell at private
sale. Sired by Maple Orion, third
prize boar at Nebraska state fair,
1922. These boars will be a good
cross on Sensation and Pathfinder
sows. The boars are above our usual
high standard. Choice $30. Wm.
J. Wirth, Dunbar, Neb.
WANTED
Wanted by an experienced farmer
with wife and one child, a place on a
farm by the year. Call telephone
617. ol-lwk, sw
and which proved very successful and
many herds of fine thoroughbred
cattle disposed of there.
Mrs. R. J. Anson and Miss Nora ;
Betty Snyder of Norfolk arrived here j
Saturday from their home at Norfolk, j j
Nebraska, to spend a short time at i I
the home of Mrs. Anson's sister, Mrs. I
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Buy It In Plattsmouth!
Get it from us of course if you can but if
you can't, for Plattsmouth's sake, buy it in
PLATTSMOUTH
It's a little bit harder to pay the minister
whose church you attend.
addicts is concerned. Those who
saw the great picture of Mrs. Wal- II. W. Smith. The members of the
lace Reid in Omaha shnwin? Dip pf- Smith faniilv with their euests were
days attending the convention of the fect3 of the Atxi,, ha7,jt on the human at Omaha yesterday.
National Retail Clothiers association, race can appreciate the illegitimate '
returned home this morning. Mr. manner in which the "dope" is han- From Tuesday's Daily
Wescott found the convention one of (uefi ami the article printed below I Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping
the largest held in a great many gives a view of one of the large trade Water was here today looking after
years and large representations from papers on the subject: some matter sin the county and dis-
all of the state to discuss the prob-. if the use of narcotic drugs has trict courts in which he was intar
lems of the retail trade as well as to been increasing, as a portion of the ested.
look over the lines of the large Chi- pUDlic press would have us believe, ' Mrs. Henry Herold and the Misses
cago houses and the representatives the drug store cannot be held respon- Mia and Barbara Gering departed
of the eastern wholesale house who sible. The last report of the Prohl- this morning for Omaha where they
were in attendance at the meeting, bition commissioner clearly proves go to attend the Young funeral at
Great displays of all lines of men's that. the Hol Trinity cathedral.
...i.if, opener cic mauc oi iuC . --jje reported that the legitimate
convention hall which was located on consumption of narcotic drugs, that
the municipal pier. While there Mr. i3 tneir sale bv prescription of phy
W'eseott also enjoyed a visit with his sicians and dispensing by druggists,
son. Mason Wescott, who is a student had decreased 500 per cent for the
at Northwestern university. The last' year ending June, 1922. As the
few days of the stay of Mr. Wescott method of checking th sale of nnr-
were marred somewhat by the fact Cotic drugs through legitimate chan- nlZJ
that the reports of the floods in Ne-.nia in th most .rr f a-nv .nnn. LrooK
braska given by the Chicago papers try in the world this report may be Mrs- Gpore Plahn and caughter,
were not reassuring as to this city, accepted as absolutely correct , Miss Sarah, of Caldwell. Kansas, who
and, unable to get a wire through, "it shows that the attempt insome have been visitinS in Wisconsin and
Mr. Wescott felt that Derhaos the'n,rior. ooe !at Scribner and Fremont, Nebraska,
storm area included Plattsmouth and jwith the alleged Increased use of nar- canie in yesterday for a visit here at !
was much relieved and assured when,'cotic drugs is without foundation. If He Um M' Socnnicnsen and John
upon reacning ine city, ne iouna ev-;there has been an increased use vvicKman numea uuie iciuiumg iu
erything peaceful and quiet" and safe 'smuggling and illegitimate trafilc', Kansaa- !
from harm. which so far the government has not 1 Mrs. Joseph Hawksworth and lit-
1 been able to control, are alone re- tie daughter, Betty Jo, who have
FOR SALE sponsible." been spending several months at Los '
One International feed -grinder,! (Angeles at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Type D, 10 inch burr. Complete William Ballance was among those Morgan Waybright, have returned
with wagon box elevator. Nearly going to Omaha this morning to home and will visit here at the home I
new. Ed Jochim, Louisville, Neb. spend a few hours there attending of her parents, Judge and Mrs. Allen 1
ol-3tsw the historical parade. J- Beeson.
j Miss Elizabeth Forthingill of Ea
gle Grove, Iowa, was here over yes
terday to visit with her nephew
whom she thought to be with the
Seventeenth infantry at the rifle
range but found that the young man
had returned to the post at Fort
It's a little bit harder to pay the taxes to
build and run the schools, the schools your
children attend.
It's a little bit harder to pay for the paving
and walks you. use.
It's a little bit harder to pay for the lights
and fire protection that are yours If you
don't buy it in
PLATTSMOUTH!
Omaha and Chicago are good little towns,
but they never built a sewer, bought a base
ball uniform or gave a band concert in
Plattsmouth.
If you pay me,
lean pay them,
So they can pay him,
So he can pay you. ,
That's right Shake!
Philip ShiQwli
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