THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924.
?AGE SIX
FLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
. STIRS DEMOCRATS
AT CONVENTION
Impassioned Speech as the 39th Bal
lott is Taken in Plea For a Pro
gressive For President.
the force of reaction at this time
tnd Mr. Bryan stated the candidate
of the democratic party should be a
progressive in every sense of the term
and stand for law enforcement and
the constitution. No reactionary
candidate could stand for the party
on the platform prepared. There
was another progressive candidate
that whether nominated or not was
among the greatest progressives of the
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RETURNS FROM TRIP.
FARM BUREAU NOTES
Copy for this Department
furnished by County Agent
From Tuesday's Dally
Food and Nutrition Meeting.
Seven clubs, in the west half of
nation and that was William uidds une county, were represented at the
.McAdoo. Food and Nutrition meeting, at Elm-
At the mention of McAdoo a de- Wood, Wednesday June 25th.
monstration both friendly and hos- Tne women finished collecting the
tile was opened up and at the con- receipes that are to go in the County Dakotas and Minnesota.
Last evening Father W. S. Leete
F and wife and Madame Leete return
4 ! ed home their stay of two weeks at
4 ; Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where
they have been in attendance at the
summer conference of the Episcopal
church ill the northwest district.
Father Leete reports the meeting as
being one of the best that the church I
has ever held and was very largely
attended by the priests and laymen
over the state of Iowa, Nebraska, the
The Leete
FARM PRODUCTS
VALUE HIGHEST IN
LAST FOUR YEARS
Agricultural Prices Hold Own,
While Commodities Show Con
tinued Slow Decline.
Washington. June 30. The value
of farm products for the things that
farmers buv now stands at the high
A o ... ot. rf Vlnriii : prilled
on the :.9th ballot of the national elusion the New York delegation rook Book, at this meeting. They family made the trip by auto and
.ocratic convention at New York co-itantly attempieu w wui. brought back the tilled out lood cai- stopped Sunday at Sioux t'iry wticre cst p()jnt in nearly four years, de-
this afternoon. William Jennings Bryan iron, prormunt;. m'" "' endar and eacti woman was asKeu lojiney visited witn -Mr. ami .Mrs. it. a. ciaroB the Department of Agriculture
tne seven . Kiescn. wtio are wen Known in can itc ,..,. i.k- :..rrienlf nral review
This meal city where they have visited at the jssuen today.
ueeie some. rainer i.ee le win now j Sucn improvement as the situation
resume his regular parish work pno-,vs jS attributed to the continued
feeling much refreshed both physi- slow deciine in prices of nonagricul
cially and spiritually for his church tural commodities at the same time
- ...-,H . r.....v.ntion with was liurled at the speaker as to the eiect the best one of
the magic of hfa eloquence in what connection of McAdoo with oil and , meais she had recorded. This meal
was peYhaps the neatest effort of Mr. Bryan stated that the only con- j m analysed bv the group of women
his life sfbee the famous "Crown of nection of Mr. McAdoo was as at- to show everyone why it was the
Thorns
Mr.
form when
nieecb at Chicago in 1S9. ; torney in his private life covering , Dest and bring out some of the prin
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state of Florida was ami not in uniuni maies. auu was.
nan reureu
the
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called and his speech was one tilled "
with fire and eloquence as he plead- from office.
ed for a real progressive to lead tne
nartv in the election and that it'
stood for law enforcement and the, The 3 8 til and 39th
constitution of the United States.
Mr. Bryan in his opening stated
that his only desire was to see his
party victorious in the coming elec
tion as he "could see no hope for the
nation except through the demo
crat nartv'" and "It was up to the
Last Ballots at Convention
ballots at the
democratic national convention this
afternoon had the following results:
ciples of meal planning.
Each of the women brought in a
portion of food as Miss Atwood has
asked them to do. These were put
into an exhibit to show the compara
tive amounts of various foods that
produce 100 calories of heat in the
body, and the women studied the ex
hihit to learn hqw much of each
tasks.
APPOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
'that agricultural products have held
j their own. The department's index
of the purchasing power of farm
; products in terms of other commodi
the year
McAdoo 444
Smith 321
Davis 106
Ralston 32
Robinson 3 4
party to deliver the nation from its Ritchie lT1
Cox
6;
miseoveri ment
The speaKer advanced his state-; Walsh 1
ments as his own. representing the Salsbury 6
sentiment of one of the delegates to Davis (Kansas) 4
the national convention. He wish-; Cnderwood
ed the convention to know that the Owen
party had many candidates that were ! Class
fitting to lead and that he would, At
24
34
the conclusion of the
44 4
321
105
32
34
17
16
1
6
4
39
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39th
From Tuesdays Dally .ties 18 , . tor May, using
The members of the base ball team 1913 as a base for 100.
met last evening to discuss the affairs! The corn crop now occupies a con-
r.r th- ,.--.- .i .-. --..-.-.-. i ..... snipnr.iK nl.iee on the .ilinr il
- , . . , . , . . . V' - L 111 L 1. il ill , 11(1 U Ll . 1 1 . . L Lilt l.l.l 111" f - " -
food they should ea .to increase their jfor han(lj J the busIn of stage, and prom'ses to be a pivotal
weight remain normal or reduce. cJub n th furnre The utjps fact0r in the entire meat and dairy
11 me. iniiiiy uuiim-wii. ic ,.j.:.. .i I ci t n n t inn .if 1 i ). the iIciim rt men t
1 1 . i . i me lie- , w - - l
n . ,,,.--;- .....i snvs Wheal prmvers are renorted t.n
, v.w.iii. I I n ..'111. tl till ti il 1 1 v. i 1 1 i CI ti .1 . . . .... r - m
anu j i,,k l n--. . -urK he in a mrm flvh n f more cheerful
carbohydrates, the women learned. .,., Cl,: 1 frame of tnlnd over the recent ad-
wwiaj a ov i ui uis nil uuv n .( 1 i ' ki 1 li r
hn . v -- 1 r, i 1 t 1 1 1 tmi p-i fir n r" 1. toni
she would purchase all fats
Other foods are valuable becauss
name some of these for the conven-, ballot th
tion. He wished the convention to 8 o'clock this evening (6 o'clock
bear In mind the names of the pro- here) when the balloting will con
gressive leaders. The first named tinue and when it is thought the
was Dr. J. H. Murphee of the Cni- suggestions of a compromise candi
versity of Florida, one of the leading date will begin to bear fruit in the
educators of the south. slipping away of delegations from
An Interaction from the gallery the deadlocked leaders and it may
led Mr. Bryan to state that those be that a landslide will be started for
who had not informed themselves on one of the dark horses that will put
the great men of the nation should him across victorious before the con
do so. The next name that of vention adjourns tonight.
Joseph:. IJr.mels of North Carolina
of the vitamins which they con-1
tain and the calorie count of food
should not be the only thing to be
considered.
The women figured how many
calories they had eaten for break
fast. The noon meal at the meet-
convention adjourned till 1 mg was planned so that everyone:
knew exactly how many she ate. An
estimate was made of the evening!
due to a smaller
devote the neeessarv time to hand- vance in wheat
ling the affairs and while the bur- i prospective world crop,
den lias been carried bv Manager I Conditions on the Pacific coast are
Erickson for the past few weeks lie regarded as one decided fly in the
has felt that more assistance should . ointment. Drouth in that section has
be given and accordingly board c"t heavily into the grain crops and
of trustees was arranged that would feed, while fruits in the northwest
be able to care for at least a part .have also been damage by frosts and
of the business management of the j'drouth. The citrus crops are reported
team. The members selected for as in good condition.
this purpose were William P. O'Don-
n-.ll W II M..-.- A I.-.J, . ,
amount.!":";.."- i1;.. 1"" "I"' - l;
1 v. tii 1 , anu wno win nenuter ue me
board of control of the affairs of the
l team.
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DEPARTS FOR NEW YORK.
From Wednesday's Pally
George L. Kerr, who has been here!
for several months looking after the!t)jj on jt
end followed by Joseph T. Robin
son of Arkansas. At this time Mr.
Bryan paid a great tribute to the
south, stating he was repaying a
debt of gratitude to the south as
they had been supporters of him in
the conventions and at the polls.
The speaker then stated that he
would name some of the northern
men who were progressive and head
ed the list with Senator Ralston of
Indiana. E. T. Merdith of Iowa, antf
Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska.
Touching on another candidate. Mr.
Bryan paid a tribute to Senator
Tli.m.. H'-lol. 1fnnt--- 1 1 1 : .
u i ...uuu-u... u."6 developing of new fields
111111 do 1 ur- firdirsi Ul III e I la
compared with the proper
Some of the stout women found out
why they were over weight and how
thev could reduce, and some under-!
weight women foud that thev were'
not eating the right kind of food or , ENTERTAINS SAMARITAN CLASS,
not food enough. Much interest!
and enthusiasm is being shown in the
Food and Nutrition work.
ENJOYS A FINE VISIT.
Ten Binder ifs.
the machine travels
with
I From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening the members of the
Samaritan class of the Christian
church very delightfully entertained 1 thev
While John Hirz and wife were
enroute home from the Pacific coast
they enjoyed a very fine visit at
Salt Lake City, where for two weeks
they were guests at the home of J. V.
Egenberger, Jr., and family. Mr.
Hlrtl states that the Mormon city is
one of the most attactive that he has
visited and in their pleasant stay-
had the fullest opportunity of
Lets put some of the old
time spirit into the 4th
this year!
The stage is all set for a splendid cele
bration here at Plattsmouth Come and
enjoy it.
Our store will be open
until 12, noon July 4th
Meanwhile, everything for men and
boys, to wear.
C. E. Wescott's Sons
"ON THE CORNER'
i
t00' at a dinner party at the home of viewing the many points
a lerkv motion, main drain is
'loose or it may be dry. try a little j Miss Louise Rummell and at Which est and were taken by Mr
of
Egenber-
PILLAR QF LIGHT'
HELPS IN WORLD'S
FASTEST SERVICE
at 1:54 four minutes behind sched
ule. He said he had to buck strong
head winds all the way from North
Platte, and was forced to seek an
altitude of 9 thousand feet and that
caused his tardiness.
The pilots from the east had flown
comfortable at 15 hundred feet and
2 thousand feet.
W. C. Hopson departed for the
inter- Pilots Pasre and Smith Arrive With-; east with the Yager consignment at
.- 1 w .....!
2. If. the slats rip off the canvas
the elevators are not square.
J. If. the knotter hook is
leasing of land that is used in sink
ing of oil wells, departed last even
ing for his old home at Olean, New
York. Mr. Kerr spent his boyhood
days in Olean and was engaged in
newspaper work there for a number
o. jtui , mm. ii is service in w. aot timed properly it certainly will
Spanish American war and later , not work Sonu; binders are tim-
taKing up work ior tne large oil
.there were eighteen of the members i;rr on many fine auto trips into the
'of the class present to participate in j surrounding territory, the visits in-
tlie enjoyable oceasion. Alter t lie to t ie mountain canvons being
mrtv 1 delightful repast the evening was especially enjoyable to the members
and rough it jrlll not work properly. Ispent in game and social conver-jof the party. Mr. Egenberger was
I Polish it with a fine emery paper.
in One Minute of Each Other,
at Fort Crook.
sation until the home going hour
Sighting flashes of the giant
searchlight at Omaha as they passed
2:08, three minutes behind schedule.
Yager carried twenty-three pouches
to Omaha weighing 375 pounds and
left four of them here for delivery in
Omaha. Pour pouches of mail post
ed were added to the consignment
4. If, the binder attachment la arrived that brought to th close a
:ed In as manj as five places.
i resident here for a great raanv.over Earlham. Iowa. 115 miles east of jand sent on with Hopson.
years and since going to the west has here last night, Pilots Randolph H. A bucket of fresh fish, packed in
been very successful and is now re- Page and Dean C. Smith, each fly- ice was brought in bv Yager to Carl
the class was tired from active business life and ing an air mail plane, followed the p. Egge from a friend on the Pacific
Mrs. Wood-
most delightful event.
burn, the teacher of
unable to be present and the assis-is enjoying a well deserved rest in powerful beacon's course through . coast.
corporations in research work and lf the knotter hook does notltaIlt teacher, Mrs. Phil Rhin was, the pleasant surroundings of Salt
lDSl 0m8f ?f the !PTbli5an. ma" time is an attempt to cle
chine. It was necessary to challenge
Mr. Kerritlirn f.Ar pnn,.h to rino the finp-era ! pres-nt with the young people to tn
vm ;p.'iiu .-ome nme iu ew i ora
ere at this
pt to clear up the
democratic dead-lock as George states
Lake City.
We
Repair Autos!
Any Make
that he would not consider the nomi
nation with the excellant oil pros-
joy the occasion. The members of
Look at the knotter pinion. It tne Class "a" NV!tn in,ini lwo out 01
should not be worn. (town guests. Miss Esther Peoples of
fi if the twine niins thrnntrh F irfax, Missouri, and Roy Tulene
: 1 a 1 .. -..ill 1 il 1
.'ii me iwine, no nuui win ue ucu.
the cord holder the twine will be;01 urange, aniornia
pulled out before the knot is tied.
or
Any
Work
and
Guarantee Absolute Satisfaction
IVERSON OARAGE
Pearl Street. Roy Long.
ii, u wu ntiu. ne pre- Adjust the cord holder spring. It
fers to take his oil straight rather , should take 40 poUnds to pull the
than mixed with political offiee. twine from the disk.
The many friends of Mr. Kerr arej 7, If- the disk does not move far
hopeful that he may be able to re- pnnil?h the knotter hooir mm
turn here altho he has a foreign pro- Dnlv one cord
position in view that may take him band.
to tne soutn American country.
hence a loose end
8. If, the needle is bent or out of
shape there will be a loose end
band. The needle is malleable
iron and may be hammered back to
shape.
9. If. the twine is pulled from
, the hook before the knot is tied try
I the knife, it may be dull.
10. If, you wish to change the
'size of bundles do it with the bun
DO YOU want to nuj or sen. Let the sizer, not the tension or compress
public know tiiru Journal want ads. (spring.
Heavy, impure blood makes a
muddy, pimply complexion, head
aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin
blood makes you weak, pale and
sickly. For pure blood, sound di
gestion, use Burdock Blood Bitters.
1.26 at all stores.
REMOVES TO OMAHA
From Tuesday's Pally
Mrs. C. A. Marshall, who has been
here alone since the sickness of Dr.
Marshall made necessary his going
to the hospital in Omaha, has
the night and landed at Fort Crook Of the westbound mail. Knight's
ii;31 and 1 1 : sz I plane, which left at 12:21 carried
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-r-i-i":-!--!-!-!--!-:
4 a
Df ICTCDIWr DDinif UfDV X'1"0'''1 to 0maha- where her daugh
rLAMtH ftU-dn UK WUKK J Mrs. Pettys and her son Frank
Cisterns and
Cess Pools
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Phones 561-J
4 4 6-J
E. A. and F. S. RICE
i i
Marshall are located and will make
. ll, til...... .. c It .1-11 I 1 . . , -
lit iii.-i c - i. n in .iii.in ii tr I
to be near the doctor at the hos
"1 j pltal and with the other members of
the family.
The long continued illness of Dr.
Marshall will make a lone nerioil nf
11 rest necessary in the best of condi
tions and the wife being near him
will be much more pleasant for all
of the family.
air mail neiu at
p. m.. respectively, there by complet- seventeen pouches, and Lewis' plane
ing the first lap of the inaugural of, carried ten. Lewis' cargo weighed
the world's fastest mail service, j 372 pounds and Knight's 236. Some
the thirty-four-hour trans-continental ; where in Lewis' consignment was a
mail. j letter from President Calvin Cool-
More than 2 thousand cheering idge to Governor Richardson of Cal
persons, welcomed the arrival of the ifornia. It had been brought in to
re-1 two planes from the east as they , Omaha by Pilot Smith.
taxied across the field to a stop.
Postmaster Charles E. "Black and
Carl F. Egge, superintendent of air) Blackberries and Cherries
mail for this diveision, greeted the Very flne ttuit for gale You can
two-history-making pilots. , piok tnem yourself if you wish and
Page and Smith left Iowa City at the price win be rlght Murray
9:20 p. m. with 599 pounds of mail, phone 1513.
including 23 thousand 6 hundred let-J WM SPORRER
ters. many of which had "taken the i j26-2sw, 2d.
air" Tuesday morning at 10 at New
York city and had arrived in Oma-
ha thirty-four minutes ahead of! For a mild, easy action of the
WITH LIGHTING COMPANY.
Sale!
Clifford Cecil who has had a great:
deal of experience with the electrical;
work in this and adjoining states, '
has entered the employe of the;
-NenrasKa uas & fc.iectric to., as
special engineer.
schedule.
Sav Conditions Ideal.
The two pilots said they had flown
together from Iowa City except for
a few momentary intervals when
they had missed trace of one anoth
er. They said a few small storme
had troubled them a little near their
take-off, hut that otherwise flying
bowels try Doan's Regulets, a mod
ern laxative. 30c at all stores.
Mr. Cecil is to conditions were ideal.
The mail they brought to Omaha
was sorted at the field depot, mail
for Omaha being promply dis
patched to the Omaha central post-
oflice and mail for the west being
loaded onto "relief" planes with five
his expert manner will provide the 1 P?" OI man w men naa ueen post
company with a very complete
visit the various line of the company
and the different towns in the dis
trict, and map out the lines, the lo
cations of poles and other data that
will be used as a record of the equip
ment of the lighting company and
Standard Bred Single
Comb
REDS!
cord that will he a
tion to their records.
valuable
re-
add i-
RECEIVES SAD NEWS.
Prices SSashed on Furniture
Only Slightly Damaged by Water!
MOST OF IT AS GOOD AS NEW!
Now is the time to get your Furniture at prices below cost. No where else will you
find such good bargains at the price that we are selling.
Come In and See for Yourself!
BEGINNING NOW!
From Tuesday's Daily
Mrs. W. S. Leete who just return
home last evening from a trip to
South Dakota received the sad news
while at Sioux City of the death of
her step mother, Mrs. James Clifford
Clark of Glens Falls, New York.
Mrs. Clark has been in very poor
health for some time and death was
caused by a sudden attack of heart
trouble. Mrs. Clark was sixty-six
years of age and is survived by her
husband and three children. Walter
W. Clark, James Allan Clark and
Mrs. George Herbert. Jr., all of Glens
Falls and Mrs. W. S. Leete of this
city. The funeral of Mrs. Clark
was held today from her home.
ed in Omaha during the day bound
for points west. These relief planes
piloted by Jack Knight and H. T.
Iewis hopped off from Fort Crook
field for North Platte at 12:20.
Frank Yager, carrying the western
mail to Omaha, arrived at the field
E. F. GRYBSKY
Plittsmoutli Phone 3604
Mynard, Nebraska
A PATRIOTIC WINDOW.
The Nebraska Gas & Electric Co.,
have launched their decorations for
the great Fourth of July that is soon
to be with us, and Manager C. J.
, Theleen has arranged a very at
tractive show window at the sales
room of the company. The back
ground and floor of the window is
arranged with the red, white and
blue crepe paper and the effect is
very pleasing to the eye and at night
when it is illuminated it looks like
a million dollars and is one of the
; prettiest in the city.
Yes
Streight & Streight
FOR OVER 40 YEARS
FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING
Plattsmouth,
Nebraska
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE has
been used successfully in the treatment
of Catarrh.
HALL'S. CATARRH MEDICINE con
sists of an Ointment whichj Quickly
Relieves by locai application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic which acts
throutrh the Rlood on the Mucous Sur-
I races, thus reducing the inflammation.
Sold Dy an urupnisis.
F J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
George B. Mann was in Omaha
today for a few hours looking over
the sights of the state metropolis.
We Have No Bathing Beach
in Plattsmouth!
But there is a real one with water in it, down in the
progressive little town of Murray.
No doubt you'll be there lots of times this summer,
and should wear a good fitting, comfortable bathing
suit.
That's our dish
$1.00 and $1.25 for boys
$1.25 in cotton for men
$5.00 and down in fine wool worsteds for
men and women.