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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927; ,
PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Nchawka Department!
Prepared in the Interests of the People cf Nehawka and Surrounding Vicinity Epecia!!y
for the Journal Readers.
Fred Miller was a business visitor
in Union on last Monday, driving
over in his car for a short time.
C. M. Chriswisser was looking af
ter some business matters in the
county seat on Friday of last week.
County Commissioner C. F. Harris
was looking after some business mat
ters in Nehawka on Monday of this
week.
State Fire Marshal Kay Eaton was
over in their car and also were in
attendance at the moving picture
show in the evening.
R. L. O'Dell. of .Missouri, who is
the father of Jfl. M. O'Dell. of Ne
hawka, was a Visitor In Nehawka on
Monday morning of this week and
was also looking after some business
matters in Union as well.
Robert Black, who has been mak
intr his home in Nehawka for the
here from his home in Lincoln, look- j past winter departed last Saturday
ing after the inspection of some
buildings.
Paul Wolph and wife of near Avoca
were visiting with friends in Nehaw
ka last Sunday, as well as being in
attendance at the Giles picnic.
Little Maurice Iloback has been
having a tuscle with the measles and
it looks at this time like she would
have them bested in a short time.
James II. Palmer was looking af
ter the Farmers elevator during the
time when Mr. Stewart Rough was
away and made an excellent man for
the position.
Sanford Iloman. of L'nion, where
for Plattsmouth, where he will work
for the summer at the farm of T. E.
Todd, north of the county seat.
Herman L. Smith, who works for
T. E. Fulton in the shop, accompan
ied by the family, were visiting for
the afternoon and evening last Sun
day at the home of Miss Emma Kniss
just east of Murray, where all enjoy
ed a most pleasant visit.
Nels Anderson, who believes in
keeping things in the best of condi
tion and looking their very best, has
been constructing some walks at the
Anderson place over the creek, which
has added much to the beauty and
large number of candidates for the
matrimonial market. This time it is!
the charming and accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Switzer, Miss Erma, who is one of the
best students of the Nehawka schools,
and Mr. Ralph Harshman, also a stu
dent and a most sterling young man.
They are both graduating from the
high school and will enter on life's
journey with a determination to sue- (
ceed. Their many friends are join
ed by the Journal in wishing them
every happiness and an abundance
of success. 1
Death of Mrs.
Henry Behrns at
Nehawka Home
One of the Old Time Settlers of th
Southern Part of the County
Goes to Rest.
Yc i5 pmnlnved with the Charles At-: convenience of the home
terbery garage, was looking after j Mrs. V. L. Mason, of Omaha, a I
Bome business matters in Nehawka j daughter ot sirs, tienry reneb, ui
on last Monday. Nehawka. arrived in Nehawka on
Frank Trotter, the truck man. and . last Saturday night and visited for
a good, careful man with your stock a number of days with her mother,
tit that, was a visitor in Omaha on They enjoyed the time most splend
last Monday, taking with him a load ; idly with their visiting, motoring and
of stock for his farmer friends. j fishing.
Frank II. Lemon, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Behrns, wife of Henry
Mrs. Lemon, were visiting in Nebras-, Behrns, who has been so feeble at the;an(i . Kirkpatrick and their fam-
ka City last Sunday evening, driving , nome of her daughter, Mrs. A. A
Have the Best Light
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home and business house.
These are absolutely the
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anywhere, even Omaha or
larger cities.
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i Reynolds, for some time, died early iujs wjfe and their daughter, Mrs.
jSunday morning and was buried on!jonn Ward and husband, the latter
i Tuesday afternoon of this week. An COuple from Omaha. All enjoyed the
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Nehawka, Nebr.
account of her life appears in another
portion of this paper. Uncle Henry
Behrns. the husband, is at thi3 time
in very feeble health, and is being
cared for by his daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rough de
parted some time since for an extend
ed visit with their daughters, the
first stop being at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold J. Dane, of Iowa
City, where they spent a number of
days very pleasantly, after which
they went to Colone, South Dakota,
where they were visiting also for a
time and stopped at Oakland, where
they visited again. They arrived
home during this week, having enjoy
ed a very good time while they were
away.
Miss Mary Sturm was born on June
8, 1851, in Alsace province, France,!
and came to America to the then very J
young territory of Nebraska, in June,'
1859, with her brother Andreas,
Sturm, and settled on the old Sturm j
homestead, oue mile north of where j
Nehawka now stands, but which wasi
at that time an unsettled country, j
She was united in marriage on Oc-i
tobcr 29th, 18G8, to Henry Behrns ;
they continuing to make their home
in this county, and have, in fact
made their home in Cass county all
i their remaining lives. They were
Many Enjoy Picnic Dinner ; married at the old Sturm homestead
There was held at the Giles grove uy Rev. J. W. Cutter. Five children
northeast of Nehawka on last Sun- came to bless this union, four ol
day a very enjoyable picnic, at which whom survive the sainted mother I
many of the peopfe of Nehawka were they being Mrs. Mary Van Ackeruj
present, and all enjoyed the occasion of Palmyra, Neb., Mrs. Winnie Neu-j
very mucn. ah tnose present were meister ot Avoca, Joseph, residing at ;
very much pleased at the excellent the old homo three and a half miles!
time which Mr. Giles provided for north of Nehawka, and Mrs. Sophia
all. , McReynolds, living one mile north;
! of Nehawka. Henry Behrns preceded
j his mother to the other world. Mrs.
Mary Behrns died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. A. McReynolds on
Sunday morning after an illness ex-
tending over some time.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
Behrns established a home a few miles
west of Nehawka. where they resided
for soi-ie thirtv-nine vears. rearing a
family which has blessed the noble;
man and wife whom the children lov-;
td and honored- In 1907 they moved i
to Nehawka to make their ho;r.e and1
resided in town until a short time!
sir.ee when they went to make their
Lome with their daughter.
Tho husband, Henry Behrns, who
survives his life companion is now
t at the home of his daughter and is in
! very poor health.
Mrs. Behrns was confirmed in the
Lutheran faith at the age of seven
teen and remained a devoted member
of the church all her life. Mr. and
Mrs. Behrns celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on October 29
191S. Mrs. Behrns in her departure
of this life leaves to mourn her the
; aged husband, the four children, and
i lift eon grandchildren and seven great-
an
Former Citizen Visits Here
John I. Long, many years ago
artisan of this city, and later engag
ing in the newspaper business, first
here and later at other points, being
now located in Missouri Valley, Iowa,
where he is conducting a paper of
his own and also correspondent for
several papers elsewhere, was a visi
tor in Nehawka last Sunday, a guest
at the homes of Messrs A. F. Sturm
iiiies. Mr. Long was accompanied by
visit very much.
Logs All Gone
The large pile of logs which were
so much in evidence for some time
past, at the Missouri Pacific yards in
Nehawka, were all loaded and ship
ped to the owners in Des Moines, and
their absence is very noticeable to
anyone who has been coming to Ne
hawka frequently and become accus
tomed to seeing them.
-T , i grandchildren, all honoring the be-
Companng Newspaper Values !ovl.(1 mothor and. grandmother.
Have you ever stopped to consider ADD BEHRNS DEATH
the added worth of a newspaper like: The funerai services o this pioneer
the Journal, that reaches you twice a woman was held on Tuesday at the
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other wedding of the members of the
Nehawka High school students, this
institution seemingly providing a
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C. D. Saint John Nehawka, Nebr.
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f-onducted by the Rev. John Davis.
The interment was in the Saint John
cemetery northwest of Nehawka on
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the
family plot in that ity of the silent.
i-in i L- n rvfl Iton in mnnv i net 'I nrpy i
Report have it that there was an- Qt more tfaan haf home print? R
is very plain to any thinking person
that the former should be worth a
great deal more to the average read
er. And 3et, it doesn't cost any more
to take the Journal with its complete
Cass county news service, including i vorT)Tirr "ffc
special departments for seven towns, jl lCLikkklLfi IU
than the subscription price to anyj
country weeklyx in this part of the I
state. I
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LOCAL
NEWS
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subscriber to the Journal, ask your
self if it wouldn't be wise to have
your name placed on the subscription
nst ngnt now. win pay tor an , IIeeting wm be Held cn Wednesday
field representative or mail it direct
to the Journal office. Then you will
be assured of an entire year's deluxe
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inviting frocks and other wearables.
New Shoes
Yu; Modes are in order for Glorious
Easter Day
Sturdy little Oxfords for dress or school.
Patent leather one-strap slippers.
Both practical and pretty.
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Where Customers Feel at Home
Omaha, Neb., May 3. James A.
Dahlman, Omaha's "cowboy mayor,"
won his seventh city election for a
three year term as mayor here today.
The mayor will now start on hi?
nineteenth year as chief executive of
Omaha.
Other members of the "square sev
en" elected are Commissioners Jo
seph D. Hummel, Dean Xoyes, John
Hopkins, Henry W. Dunn and Joseph
Koutsky. John Marcell, the South
Omaha prosecutor, only remaining ad
ministration candidate was defeated
by Arthur Westergard, civic alliance
candidate.
In most precincts the voting was
heavy and it was estimated the total
would probably reach fifty thousand.
It was observed that the vote was
the heaviest in those precincts where
sentiment ran solidly one way or the
other. In some precincts the vote al
most equalled the number of regis
trations with many districts report
ing an SO per cent vote.
Xo disorders of any consequence
occurred at any of tho voting places.
Evening at the Chamber of
Commerce Rooms Here.
URGE PROHIBITION REPEAL
Initiative petitions seeking repeal
of the state prohibition lawu of Ne
braska by a vote of the people at the
next general election were put in
'circulation here today by the Anti-
rrohibition Society of Nebraska, ac
cording to F. E. Tarks, Supt. of that
organization.
Under the initiative and referen
dum laws of this state any legisla
tion may be proposed for enactment
on this manner by the people if a
petition signed by seven per cent of
the voters of the state are filed with
the secretary of state and the wets
propose to attempt to reneal the state
i prohibition laws in this manner,
j This movement, said Mr. Parks to
jday, has already been indorsed by the
(Central labor union of Omaha which
comprises most of the labor unions
of that city. Omaha Aerie number
3 8 Fraternal Order of Eagles and
others.
Dr. II. L. Karrer of Omaha, is presi
dent of the , Anti Prohibition society.
From Monday's Daily
The agitation for a baseball team
for this city the coming season has
been very pronounced in the last few
days and has led a number of the
players and fans to decide to at
tempt to crystalize this sentiment in
to a capable organization of players
if the support seems sufficient to war
rant the formation of a team in the
city for the 1927 season.
There is a great deal of available
material here if it is properly ban
died and brought into shape and the
younger players induced to get into
the game and take part in the sea
son's playing and this is one of the
desires to get this material in the
game and give a greater strength to
the playing Qualities of the te2rm
with plenty of material.
A team, if formed here, however.
cannot exist on mere talk, but should
have real support in attendance at
the eames. and which is necessary if
the team is to be made a go, as there
are many expenses in the season that
must be met and which can only be
secured by the receipts of the games
that are played on the local grounus
The Plattsmouth team still is Con
sidered inthe Sarpy-Cass league and
a meeting 'will be held at Papillion
on Tuesday evening to take up the
matter of organization of the various
towns in the loop and representatives
of the local team will be there to dis
cuss with the other teams the possi
bilities of making this city one of the
towns in the league.
On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
there will be a meeting held at the
office of the secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce on North 6th street, to
get lined, up on a team and all inter
ested are urged to attend.
NO PROFIT, THUS GAS WAR
ENDS ON THE WEST COAST
Los Angeles. May 4. The end of
southern California's gasoline war,
which has raged for the last two
months, slashing the Los Angeles
price to 12 cents a gallon, was
presaged Tuesday when four compan
ies announced their return to "pre
war" price of 18y2 cents.
Companies announcing they would
sell their gasoline at 18 cents were
the California Petroleum, Richfield
Oil, General Petroleum and Gilmore.
Union Oil company officials an
nounced they would follow suit as
soon as they had "verified the new
price." Standard, Shell. Associated,
Pan-American and Julian officers
promised to make statements Wednes
day morning.
Dr. Heineman, Dentist, Hotel Main
Bldg., Phone 527.
From Monday's Dally
Attorney C E. Tefft of Weeping
Water was a visitor in the city today
to attend to some matters at the court
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frans and At
torney C. L. Graves of Union were
here today to look after some mat
ters at the county court for a few
hours.
Louis and Ed Baumgart motored
to Sterling, Nezraska, yesterday
where they visited there ut the Greek
Catholic church and also visited with
friends.
F. J. Franzen, wife and children
of Omaha were here over Sunday
visiting at tho home of Mrs. Fran
zen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Briggs.
It. A. Talbot of South Bend was
here today visiting with frieuds and
while in the city was a pleasant call
er at the Journal to renew his sub
scription to the weekly edition of
the paper.
William Starkjohn departed thii?
morning for Lincoln where he will
spend a short time in that city tak
ing treatment at the sanitarium for
rheumatism from which she has beer
a sufferer for some time.
been in attendance at the funeral of
I the father of Mr. Long.
j Gates Lilly, member of the Sarpy
county ocara oi commissioners, was
in the city today to meet with the
Cass county commissioners and dis
cussing matters covering the two
counties.
RIGHT AIR PRESSURE
ADDS LIFE TO TIRE
"If motorists would only realize
tho importance of keeping tires in
flated to the correct pressure, they
would get much greater mileage and
ham less trouble with their tires,"
according to E. M. Jardine of the
Jardine Motor Co., Firestone dealers
in Greenwood.
"This is especially true of balloon
tires, for when used with even fou
CUBS SECURE FORFEIT
From Monday's Pally
The Cedar Creek Cubs, one of tha
youthful baseball teams of this sec
tion of the county, ytsterday after
noon secured a forfeit of u game from
tho team at Springfield after the
sixth inning when thefdefense of the
Springfield team broke before the big
stick attack. a. the Cubs. The score
at the cjose .ot the. 6h-was 1.19-3
for ' SpringneW Vut'- the' ''declined 'to .
go on with the battle as the Cuba'
were, getting to Lathara, the Spring
field hurler iu the last inning play
ed and tallied three runs, which
placed the game in a very criitcal
position for the Sarpy boys and in
wh!cli they felt they had better call
call it a day. Franke and Ralph
Gansemer did the hurling for the
Cubs while Stoehr was the backstop
or five pounds less r.ir than fiey ! for the Cubs. Latham did the mound
From Tuesday's rany
Edward E. Leach and John Roddy,
of Union, were here today for a few
hours looking after some matters of
business.
Guy Crook of Falls City, was here
for a few hours today, looking after
some matters of business and calling
on his friends.
George Brinklow of near Murray
was in the city today for a few
hours looking after some matters of
business and visiting with his friends.
George B. Lehnhoff, well known
typewriter man of Omaha, was in the
city today for a few hours at the home
of his mother, Mrs. F. D. Lehnhoff
and sister, Miss Tillie.
Mrs. Joseph Hannis of this city is
spending a few days at Sioux City.
Iowa, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Bigham, who motored down
Sunday for a short vifit and on their
return was accompanied home by the
daughter.
Joseph J. Nejedley, old time resi
dent here, who is now living at
Creighton, Nebraska, was here yes
terday and last evening to visit with
the old time frieuds of many years
ago. Mr. Nejedley was at Omaha
visiting a sister, Mrs. William Holly
and his son, Stanley Nejedley and de
cided to come down and lcok over
the old time home.
should carry, the loss in tire life
amounts to hundreds of miies. Every
motorist should know the correct t:ir
pressure for his tires and can get this
information from his dealer.
"We recommend having the air
checked at least once a week. It is
an easy matter to stop at our place
uvl have one of the men check the
air pressure and inflate the tires if
air is r.peded. This service is free.
"It will help in maintaining prop
er air pressure if the valve is always
screwed down tight, the cap turrud
as far as it will go and a dust cr.p
used to keep the valve in good condition."
work for the Springfield team.
MYNARD U. B. CHURCH
OLD TIME RESIDENT INJURED
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Mother's day program at 11 a. m.
Ladies' Aid and W. M. A. meets in
joint session in the home of Mrs.
Fred Spangler May 11th, at 2:30 p.
m. All are welcomed at all of our
services. Come!
G. B. WEAVER.
Pastor.
WANTED
Word has been received here by
friends of the serious injury of Ashei
Clark, long time merchant of this
nj - I wim-
T A 1 t-ISt.;n -Mr. fllorL- OUr
was crossing the street near his home
on Easter Sunday when he was struct
Cream, eggs and poultry for which
we will pay the Highest Cash Prices
6 days in the week. Armour Cream
Scat ion. Mrs. Fred Vincent, Manager.
Olson chick starter
by a passing automobile and hurled ! Elmwood, Nebr.
to the paviug, having hi3 right arm
very seriously injured, the bone in
the arm being shattered and which
hat, placed Mr. Clark in very serious
condition. Mr. Clark who is 83 years
of age was taken to the hospital
where he has since remained and his
condition is quite serious at this time;
owing to his advanced age. Mrs.
Charles Weckbach cf Crete, formerly
Miss Ella Clark, has gone to Los An
peles to be there at the bedside of
the father. George Clark, the son, is
a resident of Los Angeles and has
been looking after the care of the
father. Mr. Clark has another daugh
ter, Mrs. John McCourt, who resides
at Barre, Vermont, and w?io has been
unable to go the side of the father.
If you are looking for a buyer for
farm, town property or busi
ness try our radio service. F. .1.
Fitch, Radio Real Estate Exchange,
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100 lbs.
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VISITORS FROM EAGLE
Olson Oyster raells 1.30 100 lbs.
From Wednesday s Daiiy
Searl S. Davis, the real estate man
was a visitor yesterday in Union and
vicinity where he was called to look
after some matters of business.
George Everett, well known resi
dent of near Union was in the city
today to attend to some matters at
the court house and visiting with
friends.
W. II. Lohnes of near Cedar Creek
was a visitor in the city today where
he was called to spend a few hours
in that city looking after some mat
ters of business.
Mr. and-I'-lr?- Harry Long and lit
tle t-on returned this morning from
Aurora. Illinois, where they have.
From Monday's Dally
Saturday afternoon Editor J. A
uaruner or tne l'jage Beacon, came
over to attend the bridge meeting
and was accompanied by Mrs. Gard
ner, Miss Nila Gardner, Mr3. E. M.
Stradley and daughter, Miss Mable.
While in the city the party made a
very pleasant call at the Journal of
fice. The party made the trip in
the "Bean as the editorial gas char
lot has been designated by the Eagle
newspaper man.
SEED CORN FOR SALE
Seed corn for sale by S. O. Cole
at '$3.00 per bu. Germination test
95 to 98 per cent, Mynard, Nebr.
a2S-4tsw
Olson buys eggs.
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Carrying a complete line of
Groceries and
Provisions!
And prices will be right for
cash at all times.
Pounds Sugar for
$1 00
Fred Patterson,
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