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VOL. NO. XXZIX.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1924.
NO. 109
FIND BODY OF BOY
IN MISSOURI RIVER
NEAR THE FERRY
Eo6 is Recovered Near the Ferry
Landing This Horning: Hay
be St. Louis Youth.
From Friday's Iaily
This morning at an eariy hour the
discovery was made by fishermen
near the Burlington hridge of the
nude body of a youth floating down
the Missouri river and which was
towed into shore and the fact of the
finding of the body communicated to
County Attorney J. A. Capwell and
Sheriff E. P. Stewart.
The authorities with Undertaker
John P. Sattler drove to the ferry
landing to inspect the body and ar
range for its care. The body was
entirely nude and in very had shape
from the stay in the water and it
was almost impossible to determine j
f)Tivfiifi( ff thD f n;i t it rtm 4 1 f thp TV. f! ?1 '
The drowned man was five feet !
and four inches in heieht and had!
apparentlv been a your.c man or boy
. i ',i,ii.i,
uuu i : ii .1 iiiitiiu n ur , i; -. . .
It is thought" that the body is that !
of the St. Louis youth who was
drowned while trying to swim the
Missouri river near the Douglas
c ..-. r l.rwli-. in On'.iihji last S;iT'ir-t
day, but th
act that the body was
in such bad
unusual as it,'
suape lr
had not been in the river long tnuf !
to g-t so hadlv decomposed. I
The bov drowned at Omaha was 1
one of a trio of youths from 17 to!
19 years of age who had bummed j
their way from St. Louis to Omaha j
and had been pi. ked up there by the j
Police and warned to leave Om aha. ;
They had iried to cross to Council;
tween them they had given this to
the i-.r.e- r.fmhcr of the nartv who
was unable to ewim and the' other j
two bovB had stripped off and given I
their clothes to their companion to J
carry on over the river ror them.
In nwimruing across cne of the
boys was overcome and unable to
make the ewim and sank despite the
eflorts of his companion to rescue
him. The name of the drowned boy
was given as Sullivan.
Owing to the condition of the
body. Undertaker Sattler will held
the funeral this afternoon, and se
curing a minister will give the re
mains of th wondering boy a Chris
tian burial In the cemetery here
the end of his wandreings that led
to the tragic close of his life.
DEATH CALLS MRS,
H !4SITQ
tl-w Us Kiwi. SUil
Long Time Resident
Answers Final Surr.ra
Home of Daugrht
From Friday's Daily
FVil'owirsr an illns- of
orne two
v..rs ' Mrs. .Tames E. Hunter this ;
i-,..rnieg iused av.av nt the home of,
her daughter, Mr,:. William Simons
ticn cf the? citv.
in tiie
por
Dath calkd the sririt c f this old : rtLUI UHU '- m ir nomes last evening,
refident to the last long rest at b : SO. jThos attending the occasion were:
- , ,. a ., 'Mesdinies McHale. Rlckard. Mevers,
?:iLa IPhy. Lindberg. Nelson. Lambert.
t ifiner rt-.-idenis o.
Plattsmouth.
and was born at Keokuk. Iowa, Sep
tember In, 1S00. and when a child
cf tender years was brought by her
parents to Plattsmouth where they
located and for years occupied a;
prominent place in the life of the'
city. Here th deceased wns reared
to womanhood and in the year 18S0
was united in marria- o to Mr. James
i:. Hunter, who preceded her in
death a year ago.
The life or -Mrs.. Hunter r.as neen son of courtland. Nebraska; Mrs. C.
almost wholly sptnt in Plattsmouth p. Sydebotham and Mrs. Fred Syde
; nd w here she possessed a host of . botham of this city.
T Tf' (IS WTiO win Fiiare wiiii iiii i.im-
1IV llie Rllfi ll fl I
brought. The children who will
miss the care and affection of the
mother are: Mrs. Ella Heineman,
Hitchcock, S. D. ; Jann-s R. Hunter.
LaCrosse. Wis.; Robert R. Hunter,
llitf h'-nfk S T) .Tos i,h FT Tlimter I
(asper. Wvoming; Janet I. Simons,
Grace L. Hiatt. John Paul Hunter,
r.ll of P!;,tr;month She also 1 eaves ..
to mourn her death three Fisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy. Palm Beach,
California: Mrs. Ella Spencer. Seat-
tl-. Washington, and Mrs. Grace
Copeland. Tacoma. Washington.
The funeral services will be held
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the late home on Lincoln ave
nue. Enjoying Western Trip;
Are Voir at Vancouver
From Friday's Daily
Judge James T. Begley and family
who are enjoying their vacation trip
on the west coast, arrived on Friday
morning at Oakland. California, as
the first stop of their trip to the
west and spent the week end at San
Francisco and Oakland, with their
relatives there. They left Monday
morning for Vancouver and Seattle
and will later return to San Fran
cisco for a short visit before return
ing home to Nebraska.
ElarJt books at journal oSSm.
NEW DAUGHTER ARRIVES
From Friday's Daily
At an early hour this morning a
fine little daughter arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chailes Ault
mother and littli
art of the city. The
e one are doing nice
ly and the occasion has brought a
great deal of happiness to the proud
father as well as to the little sister
and brother. Grandfather and Grand
mother Joseph Kelly are also very
much pleased with the addition that
has come to their family circle.
SUES FOR $15,000
DAMAGES FOR AL
LEGED INJURIES
Raymond E. Cameron Files Suit in
Federal Court Against Bur
lington For Damages.
F" i' ,
The flo.000 damage ruit of Ray-
ond - ame.ron. ,aa ns lthe ur7
lington railroad which had been filed
in tl-e di5trict court of Saunders i
count v
. was yesterday brought into
deral court at Lincoln where
the
it ni oe iriea.
The suit grew out of an accident j
which occurred In the Plattsmouth I
shops of the Burlington thirteen
months ago when a gasoline torch
wr.ich Mr. Cameron was using ex-
ploded and led to the injuries for
which he is asking the large damage
claim.
The plaintiff in his petition alleges
that on the day of the accident he
was vorking on top of a car, using
the torch in his work and the torch
clothing f.fire. Jumped from the car
to the srrtiTid and In sn doinrr broke
several of the Lons in his right foot
and also sustained terious burns!
about the face, neck a.d arms.
The plcintliT blame- the ral'.roid
because he alleges the foreman In
charge of the work Instructed him to
enclose the torch in a metal shield,
a dangerous proceeding, he Bays,
making it unfit for use in hot weath
er. . It crew overlie a led and explod
ed, because of this metal shield. The
car took fire he claims and he was
obliged to Jump. He alleges certain
lasting disability due to his injuries.
ENTERTAINS BIRTHDAY CLUB
From Ti.urs4ai-"8 Daily
Yesterday. Mrs. J. R. Stine of this
'.'lty was hostess to the members of
the Birthday club, composed of the
'former friends snil npfp-h hnrs In Om-
aha" anci who came down to spend
tl.e day with Mrs. Stine as the occa-
jsicn was the anniversary of the host-1
i-ss. iiitr iiiTiuu-rs ui iiie uariy tauic
time was spent in music and a gen-j
Ural good time that will long be very:
u l,KHllUM- remenioereu dv cnose :
taking part.
At the noon hour there
was a fine dinner served by the host-j
Vll2t added to the delight of the
fine time. The members of the party
M3rk Lambert. Hayworth. Garner.
Yard. Mrs. Stifler and son. Jack;
Mrs. L-der and children. Merle and
, ' . T
Bin: and Elaine; Mrs. Iverson and
dr ughter. Betty Jane; Mrs. Masoka
and children. Mary Ann and Kather
ine; Mrs. Trauthen and children.
Matthew. Tommy and Lillian
"""I
Mr. Verne Harlan, all of Omaha
Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Lane of Lucas
Iowa; Misses Se I ma" and Ruth John-'at
Tl'll T TVTTVnHT TTTe TtlTP
Prom FVida.r'a Dally
From the reports received from
Nebraska City the passenger bus line
that is operated between that citv
j"10 Ymaia, 111 ?rier Ioaay De aDan"
j ?'ed This is the line that operates
1,1 n,uhu lIila
The reasons given for the aban
donment of the line Is the lack of
equipment and the falling patronage
that has been felt in the past weeks
due to the irregular service of the
busses owing to bad road conditions.
The schedule that has been In
force for the past few months was
one that did not draw very much
patronage out of Plattsmouth. as the
best paying bus, the one leaving here
at 6:30 for Omaha in the evening,
was taken off several months ago
and the newer schedule substituted
has not proven very popular altho
on the return trip from Omaha in
the evening the bus line has been
prett' well patronized from here.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express to the friends
and neighbors our heartfelt appre
ciation of the many words of sympa
thy and acts of kindness In our be
reavement. We also wish to thank
those who took part in the funeral
service and for the floral remem
brances. Mrs. Emma Read
Children.
and
of this City ; auto and train and enjoyed to the state highway engineers have j f0rfied them much ilcasure as they
n71, t i"lulTOl lIJ" opportunity 01 enjoying Deen making an appraisal or tne have been able to while away tbe
"- in- i in mc iiaoMuiioriQEe, w iin a view io i u-i pui tuaac ; Qours in Innocent anu narmiess piay
e" rurroundlngs of the Stine home. The hv the state. Federal aid cannot lie;,vhip th mothers were busy with
GOOD ROADS PRO
GRAM BOOSTED BY
OMAHA CHAMBER
Bridee at Plattsmouth
rvLlr PnnWarJ
Want Free
and Fort Crook Eoulcvard
Paved
From Friday's Daily-
Obtaining a free bridge over the!
Platte river on the Plattsmouth road,
paving of the Fort Crook-Omaha road
and co-operation in the Nebraska'
tiooa Koaus association six-year pro
gram, occupied the attention of the
public highways committee of the
Chamber of Commerce at noon yes
terday. Before the meeting Commissioner
Powell said work on the state good
roads program would be the major.1
work of that body during the com
ing few months.
"It's time to quit talking about
good roads, and get them." said Mr.
Powell. "2 know of nothing the
chamber could do that would be of
more lasting value than to co-oper
ate with the Nebraska Good Roads t
association in nulline- Nehruska out
ot the niU(j. The association has out -
lined a wise comprehensive scheme
for the building up of Nebraska's
roads, and the Omaha chamber
w ith it in all it is seeking to do."
Concerning the need for better
roads in the state. F. W. Judson.
director of the chamber, in sending
his check for fa for annual dues in j
the roads association, said: j
"This association has a big field !
in which to work and I do not know j
of a more important work at present j
for consideration in this state. Just,
yesterday two prominent gentlemen
from High Point. N. C, called at the
office and in'ormed me that they
were advised by the Chamber of Com-j
n?rce or some other organization at I
Colorado Springs not to return by
way of Nebraska on account of the
bad roads
"They also received the same ln-j
formation rrom somo organization or
association in Denver. It is my opin
ion that commercial bodies, automo
bile culbs and Eimllar organizations
in cities, oast. west, south and north
of us are continually advising motor
Travelers to avoid motoring through
the state of Nebraska on account of
the- bad roads. This is a very' seri
ous matter for this state and for
Omaha, and I believe more publicity
should be given of our condition to
the people of this city and state, and
aggressive action be taken at this
time and followed through the next
legislature."
F. L. Nesbit is chairman of the
public highways committee that is
seeking to have the state buy the
Pollock bridge at La Platte, the prin
cipal toll barrier on the roads out
0f tn3 Cjty, except for the bridge
tn ('nnnri liinns.
secured for the north and south roadilh(?ir j,
frorn Omaha, crossing the river at i v-.t.
LaPlatte. as Jong as a ion
charge
ijs levied at the river.
DEATH COMES TO
II n II r 11 III V I V
il U m L II 111 K A I
Well Known Resident of the City ,
Passes Away Last Night at
Home in This City.
From Thursday's Dally
Following an illness ot some dura
, ' irxri 1-1 rTrtr.r "TT"nV rT1f III (HP WCll-
' .. i
1-nown residents of tniS City, was,
'called to his last reward last nigni
the home on Granite street
Mr. McKay has been a res
V nwa fr-t-w Vsri roct TX"iTl t V-fl P"Vl t
and has in these years made a host
of warm friends who share with tne
family the grief that the rassing of
this good man has occasioned. The
deceased was born July 22, 1841, in
Pennsylvania, and grew to manhood
in that state. In early life he em
braced the Christian church and was
a firm believer in this faith and in
his younger days served as minister
of the gospel, bringing the word of
the Master to the pioneer west, in
his later years he moved to Iowa and
at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, July 2, 1890,
was united in marriage to Sarah
Rogers. The family came to Platts
mouth twenty-eight years ago and
have since made their home here,
where Mr. McKay followed the trade
of a carpenter. For many years the
family resided In the north portion
of the city, but later located In the
present home, where they have since
resided. To mourn the death of Mr.
McKay there remain the widow and
three children, Mrs. Maude Bunch,
of Omaha; Mrs. W. E. Maxon, of
Santa Ana, California and Mrs. Min
nie Pickard of this city. There are
also two grandchildren. Hazel Bur
ley and Wilma Pickard. left to sur
vive this splendid old resident.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the
home on Granite street and will be:
conducted by Rev. Walter R. Robb'
of the Christian church.
'
R. W. Porter was a passenger this
morning for Omaha where he is hav-'etoD
ing his injured back looked after by
a specialist in. that city.
UNDERGOES EYE OPERATION
Miss Gerda Peterson, of this city,
who has been troubled with an af
fliction of one of her eyes for some
time, was operated on at the Metho
dist hospital in Omaha on Wednes
day for the removal of a small cata
ract from one of her eyes. The op-'
era lion is thought to have been very
successful and while the eves are
Ptin bandaged and will be kept in
j that condition for another week, it
j is thought that the operation w ill be
i entirely successful as the nerves of
the eye are in the best of shape.
OPENING OF THE
STORES A BOON
TO TFJC CfDISTDC1 'raee rinc champion. The "Kid"
ill I j'' rf1'tbrf?r' was at one time the welterweight
iv it., a "---V"';chainpion of the world and exchang-
Jed blow? with the best of them and
Commencing Wednesday Stores Will
Be Open Every Wednesday All
Through August.
From Friday's Dally
In order that the farmers of the
. community may have a bette r oppor -
j tunity for loking after their shop -
'ping and trading after the close of!
j the day's work, the stores of this ;
icity are planning to
en-.am open on
e-.eh Wednesday evening
for the
monin or .uisusi ana v.in noia tne,
ai1"11 Wednesday night opening the;
, coming week and continue
mis on
thru the next month,
This change in hours will nllow
many who desire to get in the stores
during the evening :.fter work in the
field, a chance to do their shopping
and will be much r'Jpreciatfd by the
residents of the country district's..
The change will mean extra hours
for the business men and their em-
P-oyes .a the stores bru they r.re wL-j
nS to do their part to assist tho
farmers who are kept busy in
fie'f'R h!1 rie.v nr.ri ffrirl thtfr nnlv on
Ijortnnifv of pcrtinr In to trswl. In
- - - ... - ' . . . -. . -
me evening.
YGUMG BOYS MAKE
TROUBLE AT PARK.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Police Round Up Parties Last Night
and the Lavr will See if They
Cannot be Tamed.
j From Thursday's rally
The park board of the city nas
Ju.?t recently installed some play
ground devices at Garfield park on
top of the Fifth street hill that has
proven a great attraction for the
voungsters in that vicinity and af
cusehold duties.
terdav the little folks play- .
;in there were very much annoyed
by a group of four boys, much larg -
er and older, who persisted in hang-(trip
ing around the park and in various
.ways interfering with the little
Last evening the four boys became
iuin.a. i
iverv much more annoying and their j
amies oecauie a uva i nui one
threatened the safety of the play-
jjelermined to destroy it or at least
trv, and which led to the night police
officers, Joe Libershal and Clyde
Jackson being called to the scene of
the trouble and to try and calm down
the boys who range from fourteen to
sixteen years of age and apparently
!il.Aiit routrn 1 Tit
ait nnw..i .oti..it
(that locality state that the boys have
been in tne naon 01 congregd nK m
the par ana niaKins a practice 01
a
annoying tne Fmaiier cniiuren wno
play "there during the day, both be
fore and since the slide has been in
stalled there, and are even worse
behaved now, loafing there the great
er part of the afternoons and even
ing, although they are large enough
to be engaged in some more profit
able occupation.
The matter haa been placed in
the hands of Chief of Police William
Hinrichsen and will probably be
turned over to the county attorney
to see if some steps cannot be taken
that will straighten out the band of
youths, even if they have to be given
a course of training at the state re
formatory at Kearney.
The park board has installed the
me imiur vi iuC " - crites of Dawes county, in a brief
and restorea oruer ,o u e F-Y"1 filod Wednesday in supreme court.
identinoi untu ine mu, iuim au Anen G. Fisher has organized a tax-
vears 1 annoyed and aDusea. Keports irom , T1.1,.Q. ot r-,,ir, or, ta
epparatus in Garfield rark for the , ptUff presented, but in the district
amusement of the younger kiddies of',court Fisher won. Now the county
the city and proposes to see that they
are given every opportunity of en
joying it unmolested.
OMAHA CLUB PICNIC
From Thursday's lallv
This morning a large sized cara
van of automobiles bearing the
name of the Atlas club of Omaha,
passed through the city en route to
Anhurn where they will enend the'
day in a picnic parry where they will!
be the eruests of Dr. R. R. Schafer
'there. The caravan made a short
here as one of the autos had
some engine trouble and delayed the
party for some little time ,
U
HI LO 10
MAKING A REAL
OMEBAGK N
Old Time Welterweight of Omaha is
Pushing Them Over Out in the
Wild and Woolly West.
From Thursday's TJallv
"Kid" Graves, fighting relative of
the well known Graves family of Cass
nd Surpv countieF. who hack in the
i days when a fieri; ter was out for the.
honors more than for the gate re-
jceipts. is staging a real comeback
I althouch he is years older than av-
many were sent to the land or nou
bv the fist cf this hardy farmer boy
from Nebraska.
For the several years past the old'n.j.,,, n,o nni r vrrv ;
time f.chter has beei
een taking it easy
with only a few exhibition and
training bouts but he is now in Wy-
c ruing making the younger comers In
the rincr game get up and Btep
AJt
ithe fisrht at Fort TV A Russell. Wvn
i ruing, the past week, the "Kid"
fought a draw with Billv Warner of
Denver and despite the efforts of the
Denver boxer to hang the kayo on
i the old timer, he kept the fighting
well evened up and secured a draw
The comeback is one the many
j mends ar
glad to see.
Quiet Little Wedding Follow
ed by Trip to San Diego
Planning to reside in this city up
on their return, Mr. and Mrs. Court-
! ney u. Chandler are enjoying a
t hi.ni-vrmnn irin to fn n Tiicrn fnl-
,
i ".?. . '
eir Quiet wedding at Or-
Mrs. Chandler was Miss Cleone
' - ..leisingcr
daughter of Mr. and
,
s. J. J. Meisinger. 1045 West
j Third street and has been tho pop
lular and efficient bookkeeper at the
,Spicer store. Her wedding to Mr.
Chandier was a Quiet one at the
Presbyterian manse in Orange, with
the prjjtor. the Rev. -M. L. Pearson,
officiating.-- - . .. . ,
For her wedding gown. Miss Mei
singer chose a soft silk crepe In
poudre-blue, with which she wore a
smart little blue and sand hat with
other accessories in tan. She was as
sisted by Miss Lelia Stevenson as
honor maid, while Lloyd Meisinger
was Mr. Chandler's best man. Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Meisinger and Gilbert
Meisinger were the only other
guests.
Returning from their honeymoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler will go at
once to a charming cottage on West
Fourth street which awaits their ar
rival and Mr. Chandler will resume
his duties at one of the Shell Oil
rtations while his bride will return
to her desk in the office of Spicer's
until the conclusion of the vacation
season. She has made many friends
during her connection wun the store
which has been practically ever since
her arrival here less than two years
jjigo with her family after a motor
from her former home near Om-
iaha, Nebraska. Santa Ana (Cal.)
Rgeister.
IHST A TAXPAYFRS'
LODGE, IS CHARGE
That Is What Allen G. Fisher Is
Accnsed of Organizing at
Chadrcn.
Attorney
, tQ lnduce tne court to
sanction
,ts performance. Mr. Crit
performance. Mr. Crites says he
infers this is a lodge because part
of the testimony introduced is a
signed pledge of candidates for of
fice that if elected they will cut
down public expenditures to the
bone.
Mr. Fisher filed with the county
commissioners a blanket remon
strance declaring that all of the real
estate in the city was assessed at
about half more than the farm
property and submitted testimony
gathered by the railroads in their
federal court case to show that the
state board had directed assessors
to let the farmers off with a 6S per
cent valuation.
The county commissioners turned
down the protest, claiming that the
members couldn't digest the mass of
board raises the point that no one
person can file a mass protest, and
that the law is that only the person
directly interested In a piece of prop
erty may make complaint and main
tain action to reduce the valuation
for tax purposes. Anyway they say
the protest was filed too late, and
that nothing can be done now with
all the taxes levied and most of them
collected,
Norman Dickson of Lincoln was
here last evening visiting for a few
hours with his relatives and friends,
'and departing this morning for Om-
aha where he will spend the day be-'
fore returning borne. 1
j-v I I iiitiini: ill i iiiiiiiv
LAYS ASIDE CRUTCHES.
I
' From Saturday's Daily
j Kenneth Schultz, who has for
the past nine weeks been making his
way around on crutches as the result
of a broken ankle sustained from a
AlA.i Ally . L . 1 1 VU. i M . ' . - f . A .J . V ..
j thrown aside the crutches and is
'able to make his way around on the
injured limb but Htill exercis
, great deal of care and cannot as
ses a
as yet
j do any speeding on the injured limb,
j It will be some time yet before Ken
I neth can return to his work at the
' packing plant of the Swift company
at South Omaha.
However he is
pleased that he is showing such nice
progress.
BERTSCHY PLANT IS
GETTING ON MAP
THRU ITS PRODUCTS
. .
Various Lines are Being Re
ceived at Plant Here.
From Eaiurday'B Daily
The Bertschy machine shop in this
city is getting on the map in fine
shape in the short time that it has
been under the management of Mr.
Bertschy and its reputation as a
modern and up-to-date machine shop
and manufacturing plant is reaching
to all parts of the state and over in
to our neighboring state of Iowa.
One of the latest contracts se
cured by Mr. Bertschy is an order
from the Inland Paper Box company
of Denver for special equipment to
handle heavy rolls of paper. A sim
ilar order is also under way for an
Omaha firm.
Mr. Bertschy and his workmen are
now making two special milling cut
ters with Inverted blades of special
steel for a machine shop in Council
Bluffs. Iowa. These tools are usual
ly made by firms in Rockford, Illi
nois, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Recently Mr. Bertschy made and
shipped a large spindle for a ma
chine tool to another of the firms in
Council Bluffs.
Mr. Bertschy has men from bis
shop here in Plattsmouth also en
gaged, in Installing the gymnasium
equipment at the North High school
in Omaha, which is a very large
sized job and which be is handling
for the Fred Medart company of
St. Louis. Missouri.
The farmers are now bringing
their broken and worn machinery
parts to the plant here for repair,
which is a great saving of time and
expense to the residents of this com
munity, as it cuts out the necessity
of sending away the parts and when
they are needed the delay causes the
farmers a loss of time that is over
come in having the wort handled at
the Bertschy factory.
DEPART FOR THE WEST
From Saturday's Daily
Sunday morning brigtit and early,
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Todd and Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Will and family will
start on their auto trip to the Pa-
rlfic rnaet where thev will make an
extended visit and may decide to lo -
cate there permanentl-. The first)
Etop of the trip will be at Ashland
where they will stop for a visit att
the A. E. Todd home and where theyj
will have a family reunion and din-
ner with relatives from this county
and Omaha present at the gathering,
A STRONG BANK
m m iL
Beware of After-Harvest
Crop Failure!
The loss of your crop money would
be as serious as the failure of the crop. To
make sure that nothing will happen to
the money before you're ready to use it,
and that it will be ready the moment you
need it, bank it promptly at the First Na
tional Bank.
We've been helping farmers in the
vicinity of Plattsmouth make the most of
their crop money for 53 years.
The FjurHgricpCANK
"The Beak Where Ya Fl et Uoaul"
DEATH OF A WELL
KNOWN ALVO LADY
OCCURS MONDAY
Mrs. J. C. Vincent Passed Away at
Her Home There July 21st
An Old Time Resident.
Demaris A. Daugherty was horn
August 6, 1844, at Spencer, Ohio.
She was the daughter of Nathanial
and Amelia Daugherty and grew to
young womanhood with her two sis
ters and one brother at the farm
home in Ohio. Her brother lost his
life in the Civil war.
She joined the M. E. church in
early life and lived a Christian life.
Her last act was to send magazines
and flowers to a sick neighbor.
She was married to J. C. Vincent
June 11, 1862. In 1866 they came
to Missouri and In 1894 they came to
Alvo to make their home, going into
the hardware business and she has
continued to live there ever since and
for the past fifteen years she gave
untiring and efficient service to the
community in acting as its postmis
tress and our government never had
a more zealous or faithful servant
than was she.
Mrs. Vincent died July 21st. at
her home in Alvo, being survived by
three nieces, Mrs. W. E. Strain, of
Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Ida
Breed, of Vancouver, Washington,
and Mrs. Minnie Wilson, of Maxville,
Kansas.
NO WORD OF MISSING BODY.
So far the relatives here of Jack
Patterson have received no word
from Chicago of the finding of the
unfortunate young man who was
drownded in Lake Michigan and the
efforts of the searchers have have
so proven fruitless although they are
still continued. The last word re
ceived from Chicago was from Carl
Schmidtmann, who is now there, ar
riving the day following the drown
ing of Mr. Patterson. Dr. Schmidt
mann states that a party of some
fifty expert swimmers was organized
and made a search of the shallow
water along the beach in the vicin
ity of where Mr. Patterson disappear
ed and with out success, altho the
search covered the distance of sever
al blocks. The searchers also se
cured grappling hooks which were
were weighed with heavy chains and
with which the deeper water was
dragged in hopes of reaching the
body, but unsuccessfully. The friends
here have been deeply interested in
the efforts to 6ecure the body of tho
unfortunate man and trust that it
may be discovered from tho depths
of the waters to be laid at rt.it. in the
old home.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
From Saturday' Daily
The many friends over the county
of Charles Hitt, Jr., of near Ne-
hawka, will be pleased to learn that
he is now improving very nicely at
the Lord Lister hospital in Omaha
where he was operated on several
dayB ago for a case of gangrene ap
pendicitis. Mr. Hitt haB been in very
serious condition and his change for
the better will be very pleasing to
Mb friends.
Mrs. L. C. Sharp was a passenger
this morning for Omaha to spend a
few hours in that city visiting with
friends.
IN A GOOD STATE
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