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PAGE SIX PLATTSMOUTH 8EJH - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, AUGUST S. 1927. Louisville Host to Many Distin guished Guests Will Start to A Short Vacation nstall New Or :-iWv"-- ifHh -and Monday fe3 gan r Fish Dinner of the Chamber of Com' merce a Splendid Occasion and Notables in Attendance. fa Unloading Starts Today and the New Org-an Will Be Erected at Once. low !'ni fa M 8-v hi 1 3 We can supply your wants in fine shape and give you fresh, wholesome and de licious goods. Just call 54 for service. VEGETABLES Roasting Ears - Beets - Cabbage - Sweet Potatoes Head Lettuce - Cucumbers - Green Peppers Potatoes - Celery - Tomatoe's FRESH FRUITS Grape Fruit - Oranges - Lemons - Water Melons Blue Plums - Elberta Peaches - Red Plums Cantaloupe - Home Grcvn Grapes Week-End Specials Old Prague Malt, special, per can . S .59 We are exclusive distributors for this famous brand of Halt in Plattsmouth. Armour Blackberries, 2 No. 2 cans .35 Armour Loganberries, 2 No. 2 cans .35 Red Raspberries; 2 No. 2 cans 45 Otoe Hominy, No. 2 2 size, can . . . .09 Cioe Perk and Beans, No. 2 size. . .09 Corn, standard pack, No. 2 can. . . .09 Peas, standard pack, No. 2 can. . . .09 Tomatoes, standard pack, No. 2. . .OS Sweet Potatoes, No. 2Y2 size can . . .15 Thompson's Malted Milk, 1-lb. tin .55 Our Mother's Cocoa, 2-lb. pk.g 25 Kellogrg's Shredded Wheat, each. .10 Continental Peas, six No. 2 cans for 1.00 Good quality Size 3 Sieve 5 Cans of Fruit for 95c Peaches Large Cans Loganberries Pears, Eastern -Syrup Pack Blackberries Pears, Spiced Apricots Guaranteed Flour Little Hatchet Flour . . Cream (Minn.) Flour. rrost iving riour j 43-lb. Bag This Flour is made of Old Wheat and Every Sack is Guaranteed. 4 ft 37 Years of Service We deliver Phone) 1 ...........v. - .... - ... . ,ktfmrmrm,''tL- til 1 1 From Friday's Daily The chamber of commerce of Louis ville last evening were hosts at a fish dinner to a large party of the dis tinguished representatives of the railroads, telephone, stone quarry and the Ash Grove Cement company were in attendance and added to the spirit of enthusiasm that has prevailed in Louisville since the announcement of the location of the great $2,000,000 plant of the Ash Grove Cement Co. at that place. There were some 200 present at the dinner that was arranged in the city hall building and the member? of the party represented many sec tions of Cass county who are all re joicing in the great good fortune that has come to our neignboring city in the location of their great plant there and the prospects tor tne iu ture. The feast was one such as can be found only in the heart of the great west with a tempting arry of the good thing;, to eat that everyone appre- to the utmost. The dinner was served by the Louisville consisted of the following Hi!! ' ' ciated which ladies menu: Sear! S. Davis Farm Loans Investments Insurance Reel Estate Fried Nebraska Fish. Harvest Style Pittsburgh Potatoes Sliced Tomatoes Cabbage Salad Heet Pickles Orange Sherbert Cakes Coffee Ice Tea As the wonderful feast was dis posed of by the members of the party ; the evening was turned over to K. i Sundstrom as toastmaster. and w he various speakers of introduced the the evening. The Louisville municipal band, which is fast becoming one of the leading musical organization of the county favored the members of the party with a selection. The address of welcome to Louis ville was gvien by Major V. S. Me- Grew, who expressed the delight Oi i the residents cf the c;ty in having! with them the distir.guisnect guest? , and the splendid success that had been the part of Louisville in the past year. The response of the visiting guests i wasm ade by Charles Gardner, secre tary of the Ak-Sar-Ben of Omaha, and given in the manner that is char acteristic of the genial and clever secretary of King Ak. ; As the formal list of speakers war completed, the toastmaster called ur- midst here in Cass county and con gratuiateu me Louisville ptopie on their success as well as expressing the appreciation of the splendid din ner that had been provided. A. J. Weaver of Falls City, who is now a candidate for governor, was also on the program and gave a re slime of the question of Missouri river navigation, a subject that is close" tr I all of the resident .of this part of Nebraska and the west. Thomas Sullivan of the National Stone t o., was also called upon am joined in the general appreciation of i the good fortune that has come ir the location of the new cement plant , It was a late hour when the mem- ,' hers of the party adjourned and all . felt that it was a r al ve nt, from j the wonderful feast to the splendid i talks that had been given by the 'speakers of the evening. JOHN TIMM DIES SUDDENLY Mr. John Timm sixty-two. who ! has made his home in South Bend ' for the past nearly forty years died . at his home in that town last Tues day afternoon after an illness of but short duration. Mr. Timm has farm j ed in that vicinity al his life and , was not stout, but was always able to be around. Mr. Timm was a mcm- ber of the Lutheran church and was ' a devoted attendant. lie leaves be- on a number or me guesrs present , f(lfs h,3 own famllVf wllich consists representing various lines of indu - . 4hn tt-Jfn o rw? turn en rt c Mrc M'fiTtfir and who brought the message o T . 0m1 P,, , Ti '. m"Th e'f nneral greeting and good will to the pretty little Platte river city and its live and energetic citizenship. Division Superintendent Brown of the Missouri Pacific, of Falls City was present and gave a most inter esting talk and -tated that Louis ville was the third largest loading point on their Omaha division and that they expecfed this to be greater in the future with the new cernen factory in operation. J. E. Davidson, president of the Nebraska Power Co.. of Omaha spoke also in a congratulatory vein and stated that his company, one of fhf largest in the west had the contract for power for the new plant and that the consumption would be three "fourth , wns held from the Lutheran church on Thursday afternoon and the in- ! terment made at the burying ground thre. Mrr. Carl Rissman was a sis- . ter of the deceased, and resided I a few miles from the home of brother. but the MIKE VITERSNIX IMPROVING From Friday's Daily The condition of Mike Vitersnik, weel known young farmer of this locality, who is at the Methodist hospital in Omaha. is reported as showing some improvement over last night and today and is again able to sit up a short time again and i seems to have recovered very nicely as much as the largest cus-1 from the relapse that he suffered on Greenwood j Man Has a Close ! Call from Death Charles Anderson Faints and Falls on Rrailroad Crossing Friends Rescue Man. Charles Anderson, one of the old r-sidnts of Greenwood, had a very close cal! from death on Tuesday when he was cm his way from the main business section of the town. To reach his home on the west side of the railroad crossing of the Bur lington, it is necessary for Mr. An derson to cross over the crossing near the Greenwood elevator and Tuesday as he was about midway of the cross ing he was taken with a sudden fainting fit and fell prone on the railroad tracks with an approaching train whittling in the distance, but the aged man lay unconscious on the track. Residents of the town fortunately saw the unconscious man stagger and fall and they ran to his rescue, re moving the man just as the train rushing from the south was only a hundred feet away and when a mat ter of a few moments would have a tragic death beneath the of the onrusliing train. Anderson on recovering was 'd of the close call tlmt ho he had from death and which shock ed him very much. caused w!i eels Mr. inform- o f Course You Want First Class Photographs We Make Them! Come in and let us get acquainted. The E3cFarland Studio Second Floor Bekins Building Plattsmouth, Nebraska tomer of the company in Omaha, T. C. Byrne of the Byrne-Hammer Co., and leader in the Omaha cham ber of commerce also spoke briefly of the happiness that the success of Louisville had brought to the metro polis?. L. E. Caldwell, superintendent of the Omaha division of the Burling ton also spoke and expressed the sentiment of pleasure at the new plant and assured the residents of that place that they would have the best that the Burlington could offer to make for better service in assist ing in the new plant, j One of the speakers of the evening that was followed with close atten tion was A. K. Frolich. superintend ent cf construction of the Ash Grove Cement Co., who is now located a Louisville and preparing for the work of the erection of the mammoth plant he telling briefly some of the plans? of the new industry. I William J. O'Brien, superintendent ! of the state fisheries and Mr. Curti of the Lyman-Richey Sand Co., also i spoke briefly on the feeling of pleas ,ure that the location of the new plant i has brought to the city of Louisville jand the surrounding territory. Editor Lee J. Mayfield, who has been one of the rock ribbed boosters : of Louisville for a great many years, .was also on the toast list and gave! 1 1 S " it , ' ; me; Keiier.n expression oi me people of Louisville on the dawn of the new ! era of success and growtn. II. P. McCulloch. representing the Lincoln Telephone Co., told of the work of the telephone company in the community and the fact that they were now in readiness to serve any demand that might be made on their company in the way of service. II. .P. Ragoss. of the Louisville Farmers Union, also spoke briefly and gave the congratulations of the j farmers Union to the community and greetings to the Ash Grove Co. Searl S. Davis of Plattsmouth, who had a very important part in the lo cation of the cement plant in Louis ville was present and gave to the members of the dinner party, the greetings of the Plattsmouth people on the success of their neighbors at Louisville and the splendid resultr that the plant will bring to all of Cass county. II. A. Schneider of Plattsmouth I also expressed the pleasure felt at the the location of the plant in our Wednesday night and it is hoped that he may soon be able to return home if his condition continues as fav orable as it is at this time. All kinds of business stationery rrintd at the Jonrnal office. Cass County Farms 80 240 80 140 160 215 120 140 80 160 acres at. acres at. acres at. acres at. acres at. acres at. ccres at. acres at. acres at. acres at. .$125 . 130 . 100 . SO . 150 . 175 . 175 . 200 . 175 . 200 per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre per acre These are nearly all highly improved and close to Plattsmouth. I also have many other good bargains in Cass Co. ALSO, I have the A. S. WILL 480-acre hig-hly improved Grain and Stock Farm ten miles from Plattsmouth at a BIG BARGAIN. Terms to Suit Farm Loans at 5 SEE T. H. Pollock Plattsmouth, Neb. From Saturday's Daily Cloirtt. Moore with a force of workmen are busy today hauling) truckload after truckload of large crates and boxes which contain the different parts of the Wurlitzer or gan which will be installed in the Parmele Theatre next week. Mr. G. A. Roberts of the Organ Co. talked to Mr. Cloidt today from Den ver over long distance telephone and advised that he would arrive to morrow to begin work or assembling ml installing the organ. Interest in this great organ, is not only attracting the attention of the real lovers of music in this city, but in manv adjoining towns. Years of research and scientific investigation, experimentation in the perfect blending of each separate j musical instrument reproduced, liasj resulted in the construction of this i great instrument, combining the greatest of music tones into a stand ard of b-auty and charm. Workmen will begin early Monday morning to remodel the boxes and make room for the installation, and also to erect scaffolding for Frank Gobf lman and his force of nainters. t who will transform the interior into one of the hnest theatres of its size in tne state. The date of reopening will be def initely announced within the next few days. The completion of the new im provements planned by Messrs Cloidt i ml Moore at the Parmele theatre, is being looked forward to with the greatest of interest and the new or gan and the decorative plans will mean that our local theatre will rank with the best m the state and be a source of pride as well as en joyment to the amusement loving public of the community. The enterprise of Messrs Cloidt & Moore is to be commended and they have striven to give their patrons the very best in pictures and to which they will be able in the near future to add splendid musical programs. Here a This is the time Any straw hat in lie fifoes to don a new straw, our case is yours for $-$50 Cash Remember, these are all new this year's hats. Fresh and up-to-date in every way. O j i One Prices dnd No Monkey Business CD Claim Youih Arrested Here is Mentally Weak Parents of Eoy Chidester, Held Here on Auto Theft. State Son Is Irresponsible. FLOSSIE MLDKIFF A BRIDE When this team came toj(!t,njv j, od for their game with the' .or,j of im. the team here had in i ',,' had PIAY A GREAT GAME From Thursday s uaily The baseball team of is to be complimented on the tact that they were able to shut out the All Nations team which staged a came here on last Tuesday afternoon. This team lias been making many towns and playing with a good many teams hereabouts and have played fiftv-nine games and during that time have won all but ten of their games. When this team came to Greenwood local team nind a pretty tight game. In the be ginning of the playing the trepida tion of the Greenwood players was a little exceltrated, and they were) fearing that there was a fierce t,t fug le before then, but as they were able to retire all of the visitors as rapidly as they appeared at bat, their courage and hopes of victory grew, and it was apparent that the pitch er, Brokhage. was going to be a match for the sluggers, and in tin- end it proved that the Greenwood team was more than eciual to the isitors, for as the summing up came it showed the home lads had accumu lated four runs, while the visitors never were able to view the home plate, but had all the time they wanted to wander around the after they had been nut out. From Stijrciny's Dally I Tie parents of Key Chidester.! r.inetveii-year-old Omaha youth, who; was arrested here on Thursday night Greenwood t , n:.1!i(.vi with having stolen the car j of Glen Meisinger, came to this city I yesterday afternoon, on learning of; j the arrest of the son. and claim that !the boy is mentally defective and not. ! resnonsible f.ir hi-? jwts ! The youth, so the parents claim, had gone to a moving picture show j at Omaha early Thursday evening I with a younger brother and had sud- left i he theattre without a explanation to the brother been missing until yester day when the parents learned through distant relatives of the fact that the boy was held "here in thi. city on the charge of stealing the cut of Mr. Meisinger. It is claimed by the parents thr? the youth has Iccr rather unbal anccd for a number of years and that it has bet n v.ecessary to keep him un.ler supervision the greate? part of the time and that he was in such shape that he was unaware of the nature of the crime that he was commiting here. The parents are to bring physi cians here today from Omaha to back their claim of mental unbalance of the young man who is still in the bases ' eounty jail to await action of the The i district court in the case. and the cit7pnrv nf ' Chideste r has claimed that he and vicinity have creat 1 does not recall taking the car only in a hazy manner and has no re collection how he reached this city. I J Miss Flossie Midkiff. well known i in Syracuse where she has made her ) home for a greater part of two years, was married to Mr. Earl Freeman, 'July 4th, at Rockport, Mo. The wedding was kept a secret I from their many friends until last : Saturday when it was announced and came as a surprise to their friends. notn at Avoca, where the bride s par ents reside and here. Monday night, an invitation dance was given at Red Uarn at Otoe in honor of the occasion and was well attended and a fineti me had by all. Several from Syracuse received in vitations and attended the event honoring the newly married couple. Tiie bride is a sweet winsome girl and during her stay in Syracuse made a host of friends by her cheerful dis position and her pleasing manner. These friends will all wish her a life of happiness and congratulate the groom who is a well known Avoca young man on his choice of a wife. Syracuse Journal. home team Greenwood eason to be wel pleased with the re- ults of the game. The All Nations team went on their way to York with nother nick in their record, for with all their efforts they were not able to get a score from the local team. VISITS WITH PRESIDENT ALFALFA SEED FOR SALE From Saturday's oally Attorney W. A. Robertson of thi-; city has just returned from a. visit to the IHack Hills, where he was one of the large party of lJuiiins,toit at torneys that formed the annual sum mer outing to this interesting part of the country. While the scenic wonders were an unfailing delight to the lawyers, the attraction that loomed largest on their 1027 outing was the visit that the delegation made to the South Da kota game lodge, the summer White House, where the membres had the pleasure of meeting President Calvin 'oolidge, the lawyers enjoying with the editors the honor of being the nly bodies received m a group by the president. The members of the party selected IJyron Clark, general solicitor of the railroad as their spokesman and who extended to the president the appre iation that the west has felt in hav- i ing their chiei executive as a uwener: ... . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . in this Iran oi ii;e iiiiiiun iur iu summer months, anu iir. eiarn aisc ave a short outline of the building of the west. President Coolidge briefly respond - d and thanked the memhers ot tne party for their call and the well wishes that they had expressed and the members of the party were given the opportunity to personally meer the head of the nation in a pleasing informal manner. I have some western Nebraska grown alfalfa seed, free from for eign seeds for sale. Call we Weep ing Water phone. J. W. PHILPOT, al-3tsw Weeping Water. HURRIED TO HOSPITAL "rum FrMay's Daily Yesterday afternoon R. L. Propst of this city was taken very suddenly il! at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Wilcox, in this city, bting hur riedly taken to Omaha where he was placed in the hospital and last night at 11:30 Mr. Propst was operated on for a very severe case of appendicitis and the operation was performed in the nick of time as the patient was in very critical condition. Follow ing the operation Mr. Propst was re ported today as doing just as well as possible under the condition. Mr. Propst came here a few days ago frcm Long Pi:ic, Nebraska, feel ing t?ry poorly and his condition has not improved and has become such that the members, of the family in this section were called to tiie bedside. Journal Want Ads cost but and they sure do get results. little, WHY NOT TRY MARY MAY Beauty Parlor Permanent Waving Done by Experienced Operator VMM Fully equipped shoppe. Open evenings. Call phone No. 200 i t i i i t i i. , i i i V. 111 Union there is Strength But unless they are of the right construction, the backs soon break and rip. Buy one featured here at $1.25, or our "No-Rip" suit with the snubber, at FOR SALE G. M. C one-ton truck with cab. In good running order. Good tires. First $100 takes it. . ; TRUNKENBOLZ OIL CO. al-tfw Eag-Ie, Neb. There is no slack Dusiiess period for the merchant who advertises his goods the year 'round. ; 1 -.. t $1.00 They will wear out but they take plenty of time about it! Still plenty of $i.oo Shirts left From our regular stock selling at $1.50 to $2 each. cPli t4 i.-Tit V, Tt V V lut- 1 ,4