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Nebraska State Histori cal Society omn VOL. NO. XLH PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S, 1926. NO. 76 New Funeral Home is to be Opened Here John P, Sattler and Son to Secure Sharp Residence for the Use of the Home. From Monday's Daily This city will have in every few weeks one of the best and most com plete funeral homes in the eastern part of the state as the result of the efforts of John P. Sattler and his son, John Sattler,, Jr., who have long felt the need of a modern and up to the minute funeral home in this city. . The location that has been made for the new mortuary and funeral home is the corner of Fourth and Vine streets, the local morticians having secured the Sharp residence property at that place and which they expect to have rearranged for the use: of their profession. J . ... , . The Sharp residence is one of the arin' Uy c- 24. During a finest in the city and the interior sudden fit of insanity late last night, of the home is large and commodious ot?r: 56. former state sena and well suited for the purposes of ,tor and1..n'te. Sta.lS distrit't at the Messers Sattler in their new fun- torney. killed his wife, two daugh eral home. Large connecting rooms ers a,nd w granddaughters, one a on the first floor of the residence 3-week-old baby, and then drowned will permit of the construction of a h'mslf in Clstern at the hear of suitable chapel where the funeral tne Potter home. c0o .n r.iA c t cii'j i The skulls of the five victims had rooms arranged for the members of the family that may have their loved ones last services here. On the lower floor will also probably be placed the reception room as well as the work room of the home. The sales and display rooms will be on the second floor of the home I and where the ample rooms will make 1 a very suitable display space for the firm. Messers Sattler expect to have the home arranged in the last details that can be found in any of the large city mortuaries and with every com fort and detail for the departed and the members of their family Mrs. Hulda Sharp and children will leave soon for the west where they are planning on making their home and as soon as the home Is vacated the work of- making the changes necessary for the use of the residence as the funeral home will be started by the new owners and the work pushed to completion as rapid ly as possible. The efforts of Mj. Sattler and son to give this city the very best in their profession is a piece of enter prise that will be appreciated and will be a very advanced step in the line of the handling of funeral serv ices that makes it more comforting to the families and surrounds the de parted with the same care and thoughtful comfort that they have enjoyed in life. The new Home will be a real credit to the city and in its location is both convenient and far enough from the ( business section to be very desirable as the place to hold the funeral serv ices. MAY CURTAIL SERVICE From Monday's Daily A number of the residents of the city were in Omaha today to inter view E. Flynn, general manager of the lines west of the Burlington, re lative to a change in the running time of No. 6 eastbound Burlington train which now arrives here at 7:35 a. m. It is proposed under the change in time to have this train cut out the stop at Plattsmouth and which would make a great deal of , inconvenience to the Plattsmouth people. A great deal of express busi ness is handled on this train and it is also i very convenient train for those who may wish to come from the west or Omaha to this city. The elimination of No. 6 from the stop here wooM leave only one of the crack trains of the road stopping here, Nrr.? 2, which arrives at 4:30 in the afternoon. The local people are very much affected by the change and will en deavor to have Mr. Flynn use his good offices to see that No. 6 rtains 1'iaiismouin as uue ui n biopping points. T,T,rnnT, ' PLEASANT HALL0WE EN BRIDGE From Wednesday's Dally Last evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Merek in the Coronado apartments was the scene of a very delightful Hallowe'en bridge arrang ed hv Mrs. Merek in honor of the twenty-fifth birthday anniversary of TUr. Merek. ana the American Legion in their The decorations of the rooms were enterprises, has made a donation for in the notes of the Hallowe'en sea- the carnival here on November 13. son and the orange and black with 16, 16 and 17th that will be very the fanciful designs of this witching much appreciated. season of the year and these were also The donation of Mrs. Baird is one carried out in the refreshments and of her fine thoroughbred Hartz luncheon. Mountain rollers, one of the finest One of the features of the evening strains of the singing canaries was the large birthday cake with its ana which are highly prized twenty-five glowing candles that add- Dv the bird lovers of the coun ed to the charm of the occasion. tr"y. The gift is one that the Legion In the bridge contests the ladies appreciates very much and the win prize was awarded to Mrs Hilt Mar- ner of tne bird wH1 have a ize h tin, while the gentleman s skill was would cost them d j won by Waldemar Soennichsen for his maret skill. j ' In entertaining and serving Mrs. J , Merek was assisted by Mrs. Robert Your ad in the Journal will be read m. walling. by 75 per cent of the buying public. HEARING ON GUARDIANSHIP Prom Monday's Dally This morning in the county court was heard the application of Dorothy Hirz, a minor, for the appointing of Matthew Sulser as lier guardian. The court after hearing the evidence in the matter granted the request of the m innr q nrl tfiA annnintmoTit rf t i Sulser was made by the court. The ap plicant is a daughter of the late Henry Hirz, who was killed in bat tle in France in 1918 and she ha? since made her home with Mrs. Sulser at their home this city. Mr. and west of Former Illinois U. S. Attorney Kills Family Mind Unbalanced Attorney Kills Fam ily and Self Cousin of a Plattsmouth Lady. been crushed with an iron furnace shaker. The dead are: MRS. POTTER, 52. MRS. LUCILLE WHITE, 28. ELOISE POTTER. 16. PHYLLIS WHITE. 4. CYNTHIA WHITE. 3 weeks old Mrs. White was the wife of' Dr.' Gilbert White of Miami, Fla., who left that place last Wednesday to drive to Marion, but has not been t heard from since. Killed While Asleep. The bodies, all in night clothing, were discovered by a son, Morris Potter, a Marion attorney, who had been to Murphysboro. a nearby town, and who returned home at about 2 a. m. The bodies of the wife and the younger daughter were found in on1? bedroom and that of Mrs. White in the bathroom. The grandchildren were killed as they slept. Evidences of a terrific struggle were found in several of the rooms. A coroner's jury late today re turned a verdict that the victims "were killed by W. O. Potter, while temporarily insane." Relatives de clared that Potter recently has been brooding over financial losses, ill health and the loss of his position as United States district attorney about four months ago. Say He Lost Money. He is said to have lost money in a St. Louis insurance company, and in Florida land developments. A brother - in - law, John Spiller, testified I that Potter recently told him planned to take his own life. he Mr. Potter was a first cousin of Mrs. Harry Long of this city and the tragedy came as a great shock to the relatives here who had not been in touch with the members of the family in Illinois. PIONEER CITIZEN ILL From Monday's Dally For the past several days Alex Graves, one of the pioneer residents nt Caos countv. has been Quite ill at tne home in Murray. Mr. Graves s jn njs eighty-sixth year and has up to the past few weeks been in very good health and for his ad vanced years has been remarkably vigorous and active. Mr. Graves is a member of the well known Graves family and have many members throughout eastern Nebras ka and the illness of the aged mem ber of the family has brought a great deal of anxiety to the relatives in this section. Mr. Graves is the father of J. H. Graves of this city and who has been in Murray a part of the last few days loobing after tne care of the aged father. This morning Mr. Graves was re- ported as resting easily, but in his advanced years his condition is quite i serious. MAKES REAL DONATION Mrs. William Baird. who with Mr Baird, has always had a very keen interest for helping the service men Poultry a Very Large Item in Local Markets Shipments Here Brine Verv Laree ! a a. tp a a - vi a Amoum uest- marser. m east ern Portion of Nebraska I wonder if our citizens ever stop to consider the cash paid out at Plattsmouth by our local poultrymen for poultry and eggs. After check of their figures we find it runs from $750 to $1,000 per week for cream, and from $ 1,0 00 to 1.200 per week for poultry and eggs, or in round figures $104,000 per year to farmers of this vicinity. Also at the same day Keeney bought his $3,000 worth of poultry i I here he was paying at Wahoo 17 andj 19 cents, and at Redoak 16 and 18 cents per pound, or considerably less than the prices offered at Platts mouth. Bully for our local men! This is the era of the mad rush! Seep is the first requisite in every thing. What would business be to day without the telephone or the add ing machine, or the blond stenogra pher? If it were not for the truck, Plattsmouth today would have stock yards in operation to handle hogs corn shucking contest which is to be and cattle in mixed or straight carjheld at the Luke L. Wiles farm at shipments. Am securing figures on the relative cost of handling cattle by truck compared with railroad. Think the shipper will be amazed at the excess it costs him for "speed" in this one phase of marketing It has been rumored that our en terprising local theatre men are con sidering a pipe organ for the Parmele Theatre. This would be a boom for this city as well as the theatre. What a fine place to put on local cantatas? Old Fashioned Operas, and Organ Re citals. The day of the "caliope" for the moving picture theatre has pass ed. Hundreds would attend to hear the pipe organ alone, to say nothing of the splendid pictures being shown by our local men. God speed the day! splendid chance to demonstrate our faith in our city! Reverend Sortor in his sermon last night brought home very vividly the fact that every invention, every scien tific advancement in medicine, elec tricity, surgery, anasthetics, and prog ress have been made at a great per sonal sacrifice of some man, and with a devotion nearly beyond human com prehension. So it must be with civic progress, an awakened interest in our city. If we move ahead, it will be only by work, sacrifice, and a spirit of co operation that takes in every man and woman in Plattsmouth. But the cause is worth the effort of every one of us. Indifference never spelt any thing but mediocrity and failure! W. G. DAVIS. C. of C. Sec. fAre you a member of the Chamber of Commerce? VISIT OLD LANDMARK From Monday's Dally On the occasion of the visit here the last week of a number of the state officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the officers in company with a number of the local members visited the old Merrill mis sion, just west of La Platte, one of the greatest points of interest in the early settlement of Nebraska and one of the earliest religious missions in the west. This mission was founded by Rev. Stephen Merrill, a missionary of the Presbyterian church in the late thirties and was for years one of the few points in this part of the west where the word of the chris tian faith could be found, the mis sionary being stationed there in the then comparative unknown part of the west with the Indians and a few traders and trappers as the only visi tors. The mission house is still stand ing and is in very bad shape for pre servation and efforts should be made to have the mission and the small tract of land on which it stands, purchased by the state and made a part of the historical spots of the state of Nebraska as the mission formed a large part in the develop ing of the history of the territory. The building has been used as a gran ary and is need of repairs, the fire place of the building having been allowed to fall to pieces as well as the building In general being in need of many repairs that may preserve it for future generations when the desire for the knowledge of early Ne braska history and spots associated with the foundation of the state may be more keenly sought than at the present time. Monsignor M. A. Shine of this city, vice president of the state histor ical society has long urged the re curing and preservation of this old mission and the state certainly should take some steps to see that it is re stored and kept intact for the future residents of the state. The D. A. R. ladies who visited the mission were on their return to this city very charmingly entertain ed by Mrs. J. S. Livingston, the re gent of the local chapter. Everybody reads the Journal Want Ads and your message placed there will get results. HAS SEVERE ATTACK From Tuesday's Dally Yesterday Jesse P. Perry was forced to retire to his home, suffer ing from what i3 thought to be a slight attack of appendicitis and which has caused the patient a great deal of suffering yesterday and last night. The patient is some better today but it still kept under con stant care in hopes of checking th attack and permitting the recovery of the patient without the necessity of an operation. Chamber of Commerce to Re ward Shuckers . , Prizes Will Be Offered, for the' Sua cessful Shuckers in the " County Contest. From Tuesday's Daily-. The directors of the chamber of commerce at their session today at the offices of the executive secretary on North Sixth street decided to as sist in the forthcoming Cass county the southwestern part of the city on Thursday, November, 4th. The chamber of commerce voted the sum of $10 in cash for the first prize while three additional prizes of $5 each will be given for the next three shuckers. The contest is attracting a great deal of attention over the entire coun ty and a large number of entries are anticipated by the chamber of commerce and the county agricultural agent who has charge of the con test. The excellent corn crops in this part of the county has made neces sary the holding of the contest here and this section will have this event for the first time in several years' and with the very fine crop on the Wiles farm there is no doubt thpt the shuckers will have an opportunity of establishing a record in this line of farm work. . ' Large numbers oi"'Tb'".- fans :r- ani those interested will be at the Wiles farm on the day of the corn shuck ing contest. FARMERS DONATE WORK A large group of the farmers of this section of Plattsmouth precinct j in their ecorts to keep their roads up to the standard that will permit travel in comfort have donated a great deal of time and service of themselves, their hired men and teams and which lias done a great deal toward keeping! the roads, in and near Mynard es-; pecially, in good shape for travel. ; On the road west of Mynard in 1924 there were fifty-two days work donated and in October of 1926 the following amounts of road work was made as donations: Myron Wiles, two days, three men, four teams; My ron Wiles, one day. one man and one team; Art Wetenkamp, three days, one man, one team; George Snyder, two days, one man, one team; Fred Ah rens, one day, one man and one team; E. A. Meisinger. one day, one man and one team; Fred Ruby, one day. one team; C. C. Barnard, one day, two men, one team. 1 On the Cedar Creek road there was; work donated by John F. Wehrbein! amounting to twelve days. ' On the road east of Mynard there was the following amounts of time and work donated to the upkeep of the roads: Steve Wiles, one day, one man, two teams; Howard Wiles, one day, one man, two teams; James Grif fin, one day, one man, one team; John Wooders, one day, one man, two teams; Ed H. Spangler, two days, one man, two teams; James Madison, one day, one man, one team; Lawrie Lawn, one day, one man, two teams; Otto Kike, one day, one man, two teams; Nelson Jean, one day, one man, one team; Ted Carey, one day, one man, two teams; Roy Cole, one day, one man, two teams; Elbert Wiles, half-day, one man, two teams; C. C. Barnard, four days, one man, two teams; C. C. Barnard, four days, one man, two teams; C. C. Barnard, four days, one team; Tom Ruby, four days, one man; Fred Ruby, one day, one man. VISITING FRIENDS HERE From Wednesday's Daily James B. Patterson, of Portland Oregon, a former Plattsmouth boy, is here for a few days visit at the home of his uncle. R. F. Patterson and family and with his aunt, Mrs. T. H. Pollock and family. Mr. Pat terson is a son of James Patterson, the oldest of the Patterson brothers of this city, and spent his boyhood days 'in this city but when fifteen years of age left this city and has been a resident on the west coast since that time. Mr. Patterson i? engaged in the manufacturing busi ness at Portland, Oregon, and has been east on a business trip to New York and also at Florida where his plant has interests. This is the first visit here in a number of years and the occasion has been one that has been very much enjoyed by the rela tives and boyhood friends of the young man. j Superintendent Ranks High in the Teaching Force Miss Alpha Peterson, County Super intendent, Secretary of the Omaha District. From Tuesday's Daily The October number of the Ne braska Educational Journal, publish ed by the Nebraska State Teachers association, has a great many point-s on the district meetings that are to be held on November 3, 4, 5, and 6. over the state. Among other features the magaz ine carries a very fine portrait of our efficient county superintendent. Miss Alpha Peterson, who is also the secretary of district No. 2, the Oma ha district and whose sessions will be held at the Tech high, school in that city. The portrait is accompanied by a short biography of the school career of Miss Peterson, who was born in this state and has followed the teach ing profession for a number of years. Miss Peterson attended the State Teachers college at Peru, the Chicago Normal school, and Cedar Rapids Business college as a foundation frr her very successful teaching career. She has taught extensively in the rural grades and high schools in Ne braska.- For the past eight years she has served as superintendent of Cass county and has been very suc cessful in this line of work, her handling of the affairs of the school having won her the warmest com mendation of the patrons of the schools in all parts of Cass county and over the state as she is recog nized as one of the most efficien county school officials in Nebraska, by her associates in the educational field. HAS NIFTY STATION From Wednesdays Daily The filling station of the Ofe Oil Co., on Chicago avenue, just off of Pearl street, is not only one of the most active places of its kind in the fity but as well Is ore c? the most attractive and the firm has in the last few months made improvements that has made it one of the most at tractive stations in the city. The situation on the gentle slope of the hillside makes the station one that attracts the eye and it has been well arranged and kept up so that it is a real asset to that part of the city. In the past few months the com pany has had an addition build on the west of the station that provides a comfort station and small office, leav ing the front portion of the station for the use of the handling of th motor oils and other supplies for the motorists, the gasoline supply being handled in the pumps in the front of the station and along the driveway that leads to and from the avenue The company has a good tract of land where the station is located and which will permit its being enlarged c Yn lAmqnf1c rTrW 9nH With thP da lac Ai ( n r v ' " .... verv attractive station and friendly and helpful services of the station employes it has btcome a very popu lar stopping place. HOLD ENJOYABLE EVENT From Wednesday's Daily Lat evening the members of the Y. M. B. C. of the Methodist church onri the members of the Philathea class enjoyed a most delightful joint j Hallowe'en part at the parlors of the church and which was attended by some seventy-five of the ladies ana gentlemen of the two classes. The parlors of the church had been arranged with the black and orange of the Hallowe'en season and which was made a most beautiful and tasty setting for the scene of pleasure, the witches and goblins of Halowe'en also adding their part to the wierd set tings. As the members of the party ar rived they were greeted by strange and ghostly figures who ushered the members of the party into the par lors of the church where the fun and frolic reigned supreme. The evening was spend in games of all kinds at which a great deal of merriment was derived and it waa with the greatest of regret that the members of the party saw the home gin? hour draw near. The evening was closed with the serving of the danity and delicious refreshments that consisted of dough nuts, apples and coffee and which made the Hallowe'en party a very complete success. VISITS SCHOOL From Tuesday's Daily Rev. H. Steger of Plattsmouth, a student at the University of Omaha, was a visitor in the high school Mon day morning observing the work of the various classes. He is interested in education work generally and is visiting the various school in these parts. During his stay in the city he was a guest at the Bethel Evan gelical parsonage. Nebraska City News-Press. Journal Want Ads bring results. ATTENDING SCHOOL OPENING From Tuesday's Daiiy This morning County Superintend- ent Miss Alpha Peterson departed for Louisville where she will visit the new addition to the school building at that place which is soon to be opened for the use of the chidren of the community. Mr. Clark, inspector from the office of the state superin tendent will also be present and assist in the inspection of the new building which is to give the Louisville peo ple a modem and up to the minute J school building. John Gunder son Dies at Tuc son, Arizona Father of Mrs. Henry G. Soennichsen of This City Called to His Last Reward. From Tuesday's lally Tbe sad news was received here M nf'.iy by Mrs. Henry G. Soennich sen of the death of her father, John Gunderson, which occurred on Sun day night at Tuson, Arizona, where he has been for the past several weeks in an effort to secure relief from his illness which has been of several months duration. Mr. Gunderson was one of the leading residents of Vermiilion, South Dakota, and his family has been very active in the affairs of the. state of South Dakota, his brother, Carl Gun derson, being the present governor of the state. After being in failing health for some time It was decided to have the patient taken to the higher and dryer climate of the state of. Arizona in hopes that it might restore him to health but without avail. In the sorrow that has come to her, Mrs. Soennichsen and family, will have the deepest sympathy of the man' friends in this community in the calling away of the father. NEW BUTCHER HERE From Wednesday Daliy The meat department of the store of J. V. Hatt has a ntw butcher who is assisting Mr. Hatt in looking af ter the care of this department of the store, Leonard Porter, being the new assistant to Mr. Hatt. Mr. Porter comes here from North Dakota whee he has been making his home and is getting settled here and enjoys very much the new home and the pleasant and friendly citizens of Nebraska's most home like city. The new butcher 'is an expert in his line and with his pleasant personality he has already made many friends in the community. SHOOT A BIG GOOSE From Monday's Daily Yesterday W. S. Shera and son, Paul, were out duck shooting on the Missouri river near their home at Rock Bluffs and succeeded in bag ging one of the finest specimens of the Canadian geese that has been seen here this season. The goose weighed 11 and a half pounds and was a real beauty and will make a most appetizing feast for the hunters. f FARM LOANS Five, Ten or Fifteen Years No Commission The First national Bank T'HE BANK WHgREybu FEEL AT HOME PfJSTTSMOUTH "BE XEBBXSKA. New Furniture Store to Locate x in This City Will Occupy Room in the Holly Building East of the Jour, nay Office. From Tuesday's Uaily The commercial life of the com munity will have in a very short time a new addition in the shape of a fine first class furniture store which will be opened in the former Hollv building at the corner of Fourth and Main streets. The new store will be established by F. G. Coryell of Norfolk, Ne braska, who has been here several times in the past two weeks and recognizing the value of the town from a commercial standpoint de cided to locate here for the future with his store. The building will be placed in shape for the new store and as soon as possible the new owner will have his stock cf furniture moved here to be a part of the life of the com munity and form one of the fine up to date stores that have made Platts mouth so well known over this part of the state. Mr. Coryell will receive a wel come here from his associates in tht business fields and can rest assured that he has made no mistake in locat ing in this splendid home city of Nebraska, the real and original "friendly city." GOES TO ROCHESTER From Tuesday's Dally This morning Dr. A. D. Caldwell departed for Rochester, Minnesota, where he goes for an examination at the hands of the clinic of the Mayo hospital in that place. Dr. Caldwell has not been in good health for seme time past and his condi tion not improving as had teen hoped, he has decided that be will have the specialists in the great Mayo institu tion take over his case and try and determine the exact cause of his ill ness. The friends are noping that may receive the relief desired and re turn home here improved in health. ATTEND OMAHA MEETING Last evening the members of the Omaha chapter of the Professional and Business Women's club held a very interesting session at the First Congregational church in that city and which was attended by some 200 ladies. The Plattsmouth club had been in vited to be in attendance at the ses sion and from this city Mrs. Louis Ward Egenberger. Miss Marie Kauf mann, Mjss Mathilde Soennichsen, Mrs. Minnie Pickard, Mrs. R. A. Bates, Miss Florence Pereinger and Mrs. W. A. Wells were in attendance. The Omaha ladies had arranged a very entertaining program of various lines of ladies' activities that kept the members thoroughly interested until a late hour. The Plattsmouth ladies are loud in their praise of the Omaha club's entertainment and trust that they may have an opportunity of again meeting there in the near future. All local news is in the JournaL A