THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926.
FLATTSMOUTH SEHI - WEEKLY JOTTS27AX
PAGE SEVEN
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Conveniences
Few in Village
Homes Today
People in Smaller Towns So Not Avail
Themselves of Modem Appliances
Which Are af Hand.
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ifThe Heartiest of WsV
In the sincerity of our hearts l$
we wish for all who may J5
chance to read this little - 1
The Merriest of Christmas Seasons "
The Most Prosperous of New Years dig . $)
Plattsmouth Battery Co. JSflsr
v?fsJ W. O. Kettleson, Prop. JwL
M Christraas Greetings life
Filled with joys and memories sweet,
May this little word of greeting
Speak for us until we meet
May your Christmas day be happy,
But we hope to have the pleasure
of meeting and serving you many
times during 1927, so don't hesi
tate to call on us.
Ghrist & Ghrist
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Heaven's Blessings
A long and happy lifetime,
Firm friends, both kind and true,
And all the countless blessings
Heaven gives, we wish for you.
Eut when all these good things come,
don't forget ns. We will still ap
preciate your calls and patronage.
They will help us keep cheered up
till Christraas comes again.
H. L. Kruger
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Fremont, Neb. Homes In the
smaller municipaltles of Nebraska
hare not availed themselves of the
modern conveniences at hand.
Altho all Nebraska communities of
1,000 or mare population have a pub
lic water supply, more than two
fifths of the houses fn these towns
do not have kitchen sinks and run
ning water.
This wa.T revealed in a survey made
public, here by Mrs. Arthur G. Chris
tensen, chairman of publicity of the
Nebraska Federation of Women's
clubs. The study was made by the
home equipment department of the
federation, after a proposal for such
a survey in all states by the gen
eral federation at Atlantic City this
year.
"Even in Omaha there are 3,000
dwellings without this first essential
to housekeeping," the report said.
"Houses that do not hare running
water in the kitchen seldom have sta
tionary wash basins Or bath tubs
with running water. Many homes
that have the kitchen sinks and fau
cets do not have water fixtures else
where in the home.
"Two-thirds of the houses in
towns of less than 1,000 population
are without stationary wash basins,
and one-fourth in towns of 5,000 to
25.000 are without this equipment.":
Public sewerage systems are found v
in all towns of 5,000 and more popu-f
lation and in about nine-tenths of.
the towns in 1,000 to 5.000 popu
lation but this does not mean that
the homes in these towns are equal-
ly well equipped with modern sani
tary fixtures. In towns of 5,000 to
10.000 nonulatlon almost a fourth
of the houses are without these fix- j
turos, and in towns of 1,000 to 2-j
500 almost half do not have them.
Nebraska towns of 1,000 or more,
population all have central station;
electricity, the survey shows, and j
homes in cities of less than 5.000
population have used electricity for,
lighting to a greater extent than;
homes in some of vthe larger cities!
of this state. For more than four-;
fifths of the homes in towns of less!
than 5,000 population aro lighted!
by electricity as compared with less;
than three-fourths of the homes in
Omnha and about three-fourths inj
towns cf 5.000 to 10,000 population.;
The fact that gas is used for light
ing to a larger extent in the larger
cities than in those of less than 5.
000 population accounts for only a
small part of this difference.
Gas is available In all Nebraska
cities of 10,000 and mors, it wan;
found, but gas ari. electricity arej
used less frequently" for cooking in 1
Nebraska homes than elsewhere, for:
only forty-four in every 100 Nebras-.
ka homes reported gas ranges as com- j
pared with sixty-four per hundred j
homes thruout the United States, and j
only one per cent have electric ranges :
as compard with two per cent in thej
nation. :
"A larger proportion of homes in
towns of less than 5,000 population j
are using electric ranges than in the :
larger towns," the statement added, j
"but this is undoubtedly due to the
fact that gas not. eo usually avail-1
able In the smaller towns. However j
in cities of 10,000 to 25,000 where
gas is available only 47 per cent in
every 100 women cook on gas ranges;
only 68 in every 100 women in Oma
ha do so. Gas water heaters also arc
used less frequently in Nebraska than ;
thruout the United States. Less than j
one-fourth of the Nebraska home?
have heaters.
"The normal January temperature
in Nebraska for the last ten years
was 21.9 degrees, yet Only fifty-seven
of one hundred dwellings have cen
tral heating systems, whether coal,
oil or gas fuel. The others depend
on the coal and wood stoves, some
times supplemented by gas or Oil orj
portable electric heaters, to hrat
part3 of the house." '
The survey further declared, that
mechanical power, in the form of,
stationary engines, is used for farm
work on eight of every one hundred
Nebraska farms and in form of dec- J
tricity In nineteen of every one hun
dred farms.
CAROL
DICTATES
TERMS OR RETURN
Paris, Dec. 21. King Ferdinand's i
prodigal son. Prince Carol, may gr
back soon to Rumania, to be siren ;
the fatted calf in the share of hist
country's throne, which he renounc
ed last January.
Carol is taking life easy at Ne'i il
ly and has not seized eagerly at an
invitation to come back. Instead, it
is said that he has laid down two
conditions. These are, first, that King
Ferdinand must acquiesce in Carol's
divorcing Princess Helen, and that
if possible she must leave the coun
try before his return, and, second
before he ascends the throne, the
present government must be ousted
and a democratic ministry, headed
by Professor Jorga, leader of the op
position in the chamber, and com
prising the leaders of the new na
tional peasant party must be put in
power.
M0REHEAD WORKS
FOR PENSIONERS
Lincoln, DeO. 20. In a letter to
the Nebraska department G. A. R.
j Congressman John H. Morehead to
. day assured that body that he is
working to obtain passage of a bill
l i I m i j Ai n -
,War veterans from $30 to $50 a!
month.
I Hi? letter said, he would person-"
mittee in tiehalf of the bill.. i ' . J
NG YOU OLD FRIENDS
AND NEW ?M$M
Sappy Christmas Day 'i
May memories tender ' Jljl ffi)
And happiness true WS n
Blend in the cheer 1 h (I
That this Christmas Day 7
brings to YOU!.
0'. Golden, Happy Days fe
hrr iT Nay your Christmas hours be $
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SL And bring you many blessings A- (
wSH Through other happy days. Tfev A
w. h. Puis Mr?
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Just the Same Old Greeting
DEAR READERS
We would like to say something at this
time commensurate vrith our good feel
ing toward you and our good wishes
fcr you, hut know of nothing more ex
pressive than the time-worn greeting
Merry Christmas - Happy New Year
Ladies Toggery
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Plattsmouth, Nebr.
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