Nebraska Newspapers

    Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
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VOL. NO. XLIV
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928.
NO. 50
Sunday Draws
Many Strangers
lo This City
Outside People Visit Here and Resi
dents Here Motor to Other
Points to Enjoy Day
From Monday's Dally
The changes that the rapid devel
opment, of the automobile has made
in thr life and habits of the Ameri
can risen and women are shown very
learly in the large volume cf Sunday
travel that is noted in this city and
also in other towns over the county,
state and nation.
The traveling public is increasing
by leaps and bounds and where a
ff-v years ago a traveler from a dis
tant state or locality attraicted more
or less attention, today they are a
matter of everyday sight, traveling
from everj- part of the country, some
times as individuals and up to large
family groups, and ranging from
California to New Yoik and from the
Canadian provinces to Texas and the
far southern states.
Here yesterday the observer could
see cars on the streets from almost
all of the middlewestern states and
many passing through from Califor
nia. Florida. Illinois, Kentucky, Min
nesota. Maryland and a widely scat
tered part of the country. The num
ber here from our neighboring coun
ties of Sarpy, Douglas and Otoe was
very large and many of these came
in to enjoy a meal in this city and
drive out over the points of interest
in this locality. The local people al
so were out on the highways in large
numbers and as the citizens of neigh
boring counties motored here, the
residt-nts of this locality returned the
visit with motor trips to the nearby
- towns.
The automobile has done much to
drive out sectional lines in the nation
and in the increasing number of cars
that are in use there is a greater re
lationship among the residents of all
parts of the nation and gradually
breaking down the artificial lines
that once marked the various parts of
the nation. From the great cities the
dwell.rs are coming to know and P-
preciate the more remote agricultural
regions ana to nna new scenic glor
ies in the other sections of the coun
try, while from the farms and the
smaller cities the dwellers are begin
ning to see more and more of the
great cities of the land whose man
made monuments of great buildings
are a part of the modern life of the
American nation.
As has been said before, the auto-
mobile as well as tne can opener nas .
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made a great difference in the past
iew yesiis in uui wiuuu, """"6
residents of all sections more appre
ciative-of their fellow countrymen.
FUNERAL OF MRS. GREBE
From Monday's Dally
The funeral services of the late I
Mrs George Grebe, Sr.. were held ing occupied Dy tne DiacKsmnn suop
on Saturdav afternoon at 2:30 from that will permit the handling of a
the St Paul's Evangelical chuch and part of the truck work at that place
a large number of the relatives and and will give a roomy place to handle
friends of this estimable lady were this work.
present to pay their last-tributes of These changes and improvements
L e and esteem to her memory. i verr c PJ af"
In accordance with the requests mouth shops and bea great step for
of the departed lady Rev. O. ? Wich- war d - making tjj. shop of
SeV western line, and located
and in his re shopjs.n center Ithe
Z:'ZVS- op a greater sphere of actlv-
fort in their sorrow.
The choir of the church also gave
several of the old and loved German
hymns tnai naa Deen so ioeu uy held over until the next fiscal year
Grebe in her lifetime. I o the companyf Dut it is thought
At the home a short service was that conversion of the former black
held prior to the service at the church gmitn ghop into the truck Bhed and
that was attended by a group of the tne instanjng cf the electric crane
neighbors oi me iamuy.
The interment was made at the ;
Oak Hill cemetery beside the hus
band who had preceeded Mrs. Grebo
in death a number of years ago.
GOOD LUCK CLUB MEETS
On Tuesday Agnes Gouchenour en-
tertained
for the Good luck sew -
ng duo
The afternoon was spent
in discussing the new problem. The
club members hae nearly compieieu
ii.cv .!- tiocnin haes. Since Ada
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Campbell, the foimer president, nas
heen forced to discontinue her ciud
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work, Eula Pace was chosen to nil of tnese nad the opportunity of visit-1 one Cf Miss Mary Pollai being se
the vacant office. ' ing this splendid lady during her hooted as the first prize nner. He
At an appropriate hour dainty re" stay in the city. While here Miss Wil- also thanked the school icials for
freshments were served. The next gon vislted with Miss Gass. Miss Mar- their aid and the Amer n Legion
meeting will be held on July 4tn g&ret Mapes ani the Wescott fam-1 posts for their co-operat n in this
at tne nome oi leucine ouu mm.
Pace.
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
From Monday's Dallv
Miss Gertrude Morgan, who has
charge of the Daily Report, the re-
cord of the real estate transfers and
mortgages, has been ill at her home
for several days suffering from
ptomine poisoning and as the result
has not been able to have the paper
issued each day but through the
kind assistance or friends the report
has been Issued altho somewhat de-
layed. Miss Morgan is now feeling
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be able to be on the Job and looking
after the work us usual.
WILL UNDERGO EXAMINATION
From Monday's Rail y
Officer Dave Pickrel. member of
the night police force of the city, de
parted today for Kansas City, where
he will enter the government . hos
pital at that point for examination
and treatment, his health having
been poorly for the past several
months.
Mr. Pickrel is a service man and
during the world war was wth the
twenty-eixth division on the French
front in which he suffered some gas
and which with the general shock to
his system has made his health rath
er poorly for the succeeding years
and culminating in his condition be
coming aggrevated in the last few
months. He was recently examined
at Omaha by the government Eur
geons and who decided to have him
sent to the hospital at Kansas City
for observance.
During the absence of Mr. Pickrel
Thomas Svoboda is assisting on the
night force.
Burlington
Coach Shops to
be Modernized
Motorized Equipment and Electric
Cranes to Be Placed in Shops to
Make Work More Efficient
From Wednesday s Dai:,
The Burlington coach shops located
in this city, will in the next lew
weeks be placed in thoroughly mod
ern condition by the installing , of
electric equipment to be used In the
handling of the work in the shops
and the placing of the shops in first
class shape for the handling of the
truck work.
The plans for the change from
steam to electric power for machine
work in all department of the shop
has long been contemplated and the
visit here on last Friday of Vice
President E. P. Bracken, gave the
final approval of the plans and the
changes that had been suggested by
Superintendent Baird for the mod-
ing afore oTengineers
"f J LY, hpa(,ouartera at
a. a ViU tuv M- v -
Chicago arrived and started in on
the preparation of arranging for the
changes to be made that will give
electric power n all parts of the shops
in operating the various devices and
machines that are used.
One of the changes contemplated
that will be a great labor saving
aid will be the installing of a hoist
ing electric crane to be used in the
inc. ri
tllr Hrtmt and which will
handIe the heavy trucks used in the
building and the repairing oi cars
brought here and which will make
this work much more speedy and
eliminate the very heavy labor neces
sary in handling the trucks by hand
as heretofore in moving them from
(place to place.
Changes will be made in tne duuq-
The improvements planned will be
quite extensive and possibly a part
f the cbangeg contemplated may be
will probably be as soon as it can be
arranged.
VISITS OLD HOME
From Monday's Dally
Yesterday Miss Alice Wilson, of
Denver, a former teacher in the
piattsmouth schools, was here for a
!Visit with the old time friends, one
Df vrhom. Miss Olive Gass, was form-
eriy associated with Miss "Wilson In
tne school work here. A large num
hr of the men and women of this
city in thelr youthful days were stu-
dentg under Miss Wilson and several
ilies, these being among the old
; friends and pupils, wnne a resident
i here Miss Wilson made her home
.with the L. D. Bennett family, who.
were relatives and she was also an
'active figure in the work or tne Metn
Ddist church. From this city Mise;
Wilson departed for Des Moines
iowa, which city was her birthplace
where she will spend a short
imp before returning to Denver
-where she is a member of the staff
,0 nenver hieh schools and one
of the most valued teachers in the
facuity
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Medals Given
to Winners in the
Legion Contest
Miss Mary Pollard Receives State
Prize and Other County Awards
at Nehawka Last Night
From Wednesday's Dally
Last evening at Nehawka was the
consumation of the contest that was
originated by Col. John G. Maher of
Lincoln, to bring, to the minds of
the young people a greater sense of
the necessity of voting and funct
ioning as citizens, which move was
carried out through the state and
county organizations of the Amer
ican Legion with the aid and co-operation
of the state and county school
organizations.
The state department of the Le
gion through the kindness of Col
Maher was able to offer several fine
medals While in Cass county the
various posts of the Legion were able
to offer special prizes and medals to
the four highest ranking essays re
ceived from the young people of the
Dublic schools on the subject of
"Why Every Citizen Should Vote."
In this essay contest the first prize
was won by Miss Mary Pollard of Ne
hawka, in whose honor the presenta
tion ceremonies was her last evening
at her home community and where
also the county prize winners, F. R
Guthmann of Murdock, Doris Marie
Parsell of Elmwood and Dorothy
Brink of Piattsmouth were honored
for their splendid work in the con
test.
The presentation- ceremonies were
held at the auditorium at Nehawka
and drew a very notable delegation
of American Legion and school rep
resentatives from various points to
attend the ceremonies.
The meeting" was presided over by
W. R. Holly, county commander of
the Legion and who very fittingly in
trodueed the various numbers of the
program, which was opened by the
singing of "America," Mrs. E. H.
"Wescott leading the audience in the
singing with Mr. Wescott at the
piano.
The invocation and benediction
was offered by the Rev. McConnaha
of the Methodist church at Nehawka
Mrs. Robert M. Walling of Platts
mouth gave a very beautiful piano
solo at the opening of the program
that was presented In the wonder
fully artistic manner of this talented
lady.
Col. John G. Maher of Lincoln was
presented for a few remarks and told
of the thought of the dangers of the
lack of interest of the citizens in the
government as shown n recent elec
tions, which had lei him to offer
the prizes in the ensay contest in the
hope of awakening te interest of
the public in the affair of the gov
eminent by voting, thhighest duty
of a citizen. Col. Malfc-r also com
plimented Cass county ind Miss Pol
lard on the showingl made. Col.
Maher also asked that former Sen
ator E. J. Burkett of Lhcoln be giv
en the opportunity of laying a few
words on citizenship vtiich the for
mer senator gave in hi usual pleas
ing manner and covetng some of
the needs of the counry for better
citizenship. I
Miss Alpha Peterson, lounty super
intendent gave a few riarks on the
"Proficiency of Cass C
ounty Stu-
dents," in which she tol
splendid essays that we
of the many
received in
essays were
of English
the county contest, whidj
sent to the departmenj
of the Peru Teachers
college and
with all names remove
numbered were Judge
and merely
wholly on
d.?es found
in picking
first award
their merits and the
their task a difficult o
the paper to receive til
and which was a very pfasing show
ing for the schools orthe county
Miss Peterson also com
American Legion for t
amented the
ir spirit in
arranging the contest tht was bound
to have better results inf tizenship.
Mrs. E. H. Wescott oifr Iattsmouth
was heard in a very chiming vocal
offering, "Spring SongTby Kuran,
Mrs. Walling Berving a he accom
panist for this number.
Col. Price, chairman I the essay
committee of the state dlartment of
the American Legion w J called up
on and gave a few worl of appre
ciation of the fine shotig of the
young people of Cass lunty and
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iuc DLtti.tr iu ixig LuuiceL, iirtc UCilig
some 4 000 essays submled in the
different counties and J these the
contest.
j Leonard Densmore, stior vice-
' commander of the Amerin Legion
of Nebraska, was presents the of
j ficlal representative of til state de
- 1 partment ana gave a v
fine ad-
dress as the feature of
in which he paid high
to Miss Pollard and all
testants in this move to
evening
pliment
the con-
g a full ;
representation of the vo
out at
the coming election to re
opinion. The speaker urg
er their
veryone
to vote n0 raatter for -torn they
migni. casi ineir Dauots d
a full expression as near 1
the voting strength of
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m pj Mn Densmorilso read
nation
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the easay of MIbs Pollard
ich has
been published in a pre-Ais issue
of the Journal and which was a
splendid clear and concise state
ment of the reasons that a citizens
should vote. -
Miss Lulu Wolford, assistant state
superintendent, then presented to
Miss Mary Pollard t the gold medal
that the state department of the Le
gion gave to the first prize winner
of the contest and also the certificates
to the four highest contestants in
the county for their fine work.
Miss Dorothy Lundberff gave i
very charming piano number that
was much enjoyed land which was
presented in a truly artietic manner
by this talented lady.
The county medal-:, presented by
the American Legion posts of Cass
county to the four young people
whose essays were sf-i-cted as the
best in the county, was given by
County Judge A. H. l-'uxbnry in the
usual impressive, clear and sincere
manner of the Judge who has long
been the Legion service officer of
Hugh J. Kearns post of the Legion
and for all Cass corny. Judge Dux
bury gave some figures tis to the votes
in the nation, eighty per cent in
1912 voting, sixty-five in 1920 while
in 1924 but 49 per cent of those en
titled t vote had cast a ballot in
the presidential campaign. Judge
Duxbury gave a very inspirational
address to the young people who were
the winners in the contest and three
of whom, Miss Mary Pollard, F. R.
Guthmann and Miss Doris Parsell
were seated on the stage, Miss
Dorothy Brink being unable to at
tend. The meeting was closed by the
benediction by Rev. McCannaha.
Smith Notification
Set for August 22
Ceremony Will Be Held on State
House Steps at Albany To
Broadcast by Radio
Albany, N. Y.. July 24. Governor
Smith will be notified of his nomina
tion Wesdnesday evening, August 22.
The ceremony, which will take place
on the east steps of the state capi
tol here, and will be broadcast by a
nationwile network of radio stations
will begin at 7,. p. f.astern day
light time, and is expected to last
about one hour and a half.
The democratic presidential nom
inee said today that while he has
not begun actual drafting of his ac
ceptance speech he expects it will
take an hour for delivery. He cal
culates that Senator Pittman of Ne
vada will need 15 minutes for his
notification speech and that another
15 minutes will be required for "in
cidental business."
Approximately 9 6 stations, cover
ing tne entire country, will De in
the radio chain.
In addition to clearing up the un
certainty as to the date for his i ac
ceptance speech. Governor Smith at
his conference tcilay witn newspa
per reporters made it plain that he
was not disturbed by claims of
strength emanating from republican
sources.
"Senator Moses says the republi
cans are facing the hardest tight
since 1892," one reporter put in.
"I didn't vote in "92." Smith coun
tered.
"Moses claims the republicans will
carry New York by a large major
ity," the nominee was reminded.
"Don't managers always claim
everything in sight? Smith came
back. "I was elected governor four
times against claims to the contrary.
"Then you don't think much of the
republican attitude of confidence in
the east"
"No. I've heard it so often that
t's stale," Smith retorted. World-
Herald.
WILL VISIT WEST COAST
From Monday's Daily
This morning Mrs. Emil Walters
and son, Edward, departed over the
Burlington for Denver, where they
will meet their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Roy Tarrant and son, and drive
with them to their home at Los An
geles, California. The Tarrant fam
ily have been visiting in northern
Montana, where Mr. Tarrant has
large oil interests and where he had
500 barrel oil well come in on
Friday, making the second flowing
well in that field that he owns. To
celebrate the coming of the new well
Mr. Tarrant presented his wife and
son with the new auto, one of the
best on the market and which they
will use on the trip back to their
home in California fcnd on which
Mrs. Walters and son will join them.
NO MORE LUNCH TILL FALL
The discontinuance of free lunch at
Legion Saturday night dances until
fall, has been announced. To recip
rocate the price of pop has been re-
duced from a dime to five cents. Dur-
ing the heated season of the year the
demand for hot dog sandwiches drops
off, with the result that the boys have
been running long on lunch for some
time. On the other hand the demand
for cold drinks increased greatly and
to make that is why the pop price has been re
per cent duced to 5 cents per bottle. In the
winter, when the volume of sales is
winier, wnen me volume oi sales is
much smaller, the price will probably
have to be 6hot back-up, and if it is,
the free lunch will be resumed.
Marriage of
Miss Merna Wolff
is Announced
Dinner for Willard Sorority Girls
Here Made Occatsion of Re
velation oi Mania e.
From Wednesdays Dally
Miss Merna Wolff, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wolff of this
fit r mnt tho a n 11 rn n fin t n t 'f tlf-T""
marriage on September 11, 1327, to . n ehildrn one preceding h
Mr. Norris Chadderdon oi Lincoln.!11 &reat beyond in childhood
nt u verv ri.ii.rhifiii e. r.vir.rk- Hiii
ner last evening given in
honor of
several members of
ority of Wesleyen
house guests.
the Willard sor
university, her
The rooms of the Wolff home were
very charmingly arranged with
large baskets of pink snapdragons
and baby breath, adding a scene of
natural beauty to the rooms.
The centerpiece of the table was a
minature radio and from the loud
speaker white streamers were at
tached to the tiny corsages, the fav
ors of the dinner. On pulling the
streamers a message was found at
tached to- each ribbon announcing
the fact that on September If, 1927,
the marriage of Misj Mern Wolff
and Mr. Norris Chadderdon had tak
en place. As the guests received the
announcement of the marriage, little
Miss Margy Lee Smith of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, appeared, carrying a
large pink rose and in the heart of
which reposed the wedding ring
which was presented to Mrs. Chad
derdon as she received the well
wishes of the friends of her sorority
who were in attendance.
Following the dinner party bridge
was enjoyed in which Miss Ella Mar
garet Wiles was awarded the first
prize and Miss Helen Farley the sec
ond honors.
The announcement of the marriage
came as a great surprise to even the
closest friends of the bride and groom
and was kept a very close secret by
the contracting parties until the din
ner party.
Miss Wolff is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wolff and is a
graduate of the Piattsmouth high
school in the class of, 1923 and- a
graduate of Wesleyan university in
1927. She Is a member of the Wil
lard Sorority at Wesleyan, and for
thep ast term has been a teacher in
the Piattsmouth city schools.
Mr. Chadderdon is a law student
at the University of Nebraska and
a member of the Acacia fraternity at
the U. of N.
The friends here of the young
couple will join in the wish for the
future welfare and happiness of this
estimable young couple.
There were fourteen guests at the
dinner and those from out of the
city were: Miss Dorothy Olson,
Weeping Water, Miss Bernese Ault,
Cedar Creek, Mrs. Herbert Smith, Jr.,
Council Bluffs, Miss Margaret Kirk
patrick. Falls City.
ANDY SCORES AI 0.
Andy Schmader, one time naval
heavyweight fighter and well known
in Louisville, Piattsmouth and Oma
ha, is again shining in the ring and
showing'a renewed skill in the gentle
art of sleep producing punches.
Andy has been for some time en
gaged with the street marking force
Vi -v AtvioTin Ann m n t O n I
has in his work with the poHce found
time to keep polished up in his box -
ing. with daily workouts which have
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mailt; mm in in tvtiy way iui iuc
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work of the ring.
In the past week Andy has been
showing in connection with the Isler
Saturday evenings, appearing as
'
opponent of the skillful boxer carried
by the carnival company, Lou Dia
mond. In the exhibition on Thurs
day while Andy outpointed his op
ponent he was not given a decision
and so on Saturday evening at the
showing the former gob decided to
leave the question of supremacy un
challenged, stopping the clever 16S
pound boxer in the third round of
what was to have been a ten round
bout
Anflv laid the Rleen nroducer
on nis toe witnout a great deal oi
effort that showed the old time skill
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and vigor in his work. i ant- Tne action is one tor divorce
Andv is to have a hnsv time thi?'and the charges filed are of a highly
week in the boxing game as he is to
do his stuff at Red Oak on Tuesday
and Saturday nights and will alsc
box at Logan. Iowa, on Thursday
night. The many friends of this
pophlar and clever Cass county boxer
will watch his work with interest and
in the hope that he will lay his foes
in his old time manner.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Prom Monday's Di!ly
Mrs. L, Kinnamon, one of the old
time residents of this city, who has
been very poorly for several months
past, has so far recovered that she
was able to be down in the business
section of the city for a short time
Saturday evening. Mrs. Kinnimon
has been having her daughter, Mrs.
Herman Fields and husband and son
Everett of Council Bluffs here to visit
for a few days. The Fields family
are also visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Gartleman, the latter a sis
ter of Mrs. Fields.
HENRIETTA ROSALIE GREBE
Henrietta Rosilie Schwarts was
born January 13, 1856. at Neise, Ger
many, and was called to her last re
ward July 19, 1923.
She was united in marriage to Mr.
George Grebe at the age of 22 years,
they reEiding in Germany until 1883,
removing from Germany to Canada
for a period of one year, coming to
Piattsmouth, Nebraska, in 1884 and
where they built their home and
reared their family. George Grebe,
the beloved husband and father, was
called to the last reward August
18th. 1921.
To this union there were born
- 1 The surviving children are: Mrs.
Carl Kopischak, Piattsmouth, Nebr.,
Mrs. Fred Drucker, Eustis, Nebr
George Grebe, Portland, Oregon,
William Grebe, Piattsmouth, Nehr
John Grebe, Piattsmouth, Nebr., Mrs.
Antone Hrasky, Mitchell, Nebr., Joe
Grebe, Portland, Ore., Mrs. A. A
Alexander, Roseville, California, and
Con Grebe of Portland, Oregon.
Missouri's Penal
System Rewards
Prisoners' Honor
Fanning Helps Convicts to Improve
Morals, Three-Year Exper
iment Indicates
Kansas City, Mo. It has been
proved over a three-year period by
the Missouri State Penal Board that
prison farming ranks high In honor
building.
F. B. Jones, farm commissioner for
the State Penitentiary at Jefferson
City, who is himself a successful
dairy farmer and fruit raiser from
the Ozark region, is so highly grati
fied by the conduct of the 125 men
and women working under him that
he has gradually reducted the force
of guards, and placed his farm help
in sleeping quarters around which nc
bars or retaining walls exist.
- "Of course, the main reason we are
surfeited with applications from
within the prison walls to work on
any one of the three state farms ad
jacent to the penitentiary," said Mr.
Jones, "is that we reduce the prison
sentence five days for every 30 days'
work in the field. The other impor
tant factor is they want to get out
from behind the gray walls and dingy
cell doors. Once being In the open
working on the farms, It was a great
temptation for many to escape, and
three years ago when these farms-
were first established some of oui
farm held run away."
But he has been placing the men
and women strictly on their honor
since he came on the job.
There are no women convicts in
the main state prison, but 65 live on
a 40-acre farm adjoining the peniten
tiary. Last year they operated a can
ning factory and put up for the pris
oners in the main building more
than 45,000 gallons of corn, tomatoes
and other vegetables.
On the state prison dairy farm
about five miles east of the Capitol
35 men work in the field without
guards. They only have one guard at
night, and are not placed in cells
but sleep in cabins scattered about
the farm. There have been no at-
tempt, to escape from the dairy farm
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when he found he
employment and as
elseewhere.
Some of the most
could not gain
good treatment
noted and des-
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, on
the farms and become very much
better characters, more responsive tc
: direction, and with more of a desire
for self-improvement.
SUES FOR A DIVORCE
From Wednesday's Daily
An action was filed in the office
of the clerk of the district court
; late yesterday afternoon in which
A H 2 V.i 1ntn4P r. ,1
. amooic m iuc pimuuu.
i Alexander Floy Moore, Is the defend-
sensational nature. On petition of
the plaintiff a restraining order was
granted to the plaintiff against the
defendant, restraining him from
visiting their home and from trans
ferring his personal property. The
petition states that the parties were
married here February 12. 1912. The
plaintiff asks a divorce decree, ali
mony and the custody of the minor
child of the marriage.
HANS SETTER IMPROVING
From Mondays Dally
Hans Seiver. the custodian of the
county building, was down for a few
hours today to visit at the court
house with his friends among the j
officials and clerks in the building,
and who were delighted to see their
old friend able to be out again. Mr.
Seiver is recuperating from the effects
of his recent operation and feels
that he will have secured some per
manent relief and hopes in a short
time t be able to resume his formerf
activities at the court house. J
Locals Win a
Hot Game at
Fort Crook
Trailing the Soldiers the Mighty Bat
of Joe Krejci Brings Home the
Victory for Piattsmouth
From WedneFOayn Dally
The baseball fans that followed
the local Interstate team to Fort
Crook last evening were treated to
one of the most exciting and inter
esting games that thj local team
has had this season and in which the
final result was a 3 to 2 victory for
Plattfamouth, in as thrilling a climax
in the ninth inning that the fans
have had the opportunity of seeing.
The battle was one of too much
Krejci for the soldiers as Joe not
only robbed the doughboys of a run
by his sensational catch of a hard
and long fly in his center garden
position, but as well smashed out a
homer in favor of the Platters. Kre
jci and Trumble were the outstanding
players for the locals as their stick
work was par excellent while the
remainder of the team seemed to lack
their hitting stride of earlier in the
season.
Harvey, jinx for the Platters, was
on the mound for the kahki clad
players and was effective against the
greater part of the Piattsmouth line
up, he striking out eight of the lo
cals while Jimmy Eaton retired five
of the soldiers through the k. o
route.
Piattsmouth opened the scoring in
the first inning when Ralph Ganse
mer laced a hot one over Smith at
second base and later registered at
the plate on the rap of Trumble.
The soldiers registered in the sec
ond inning when Turley, football and
baseball star, now one of Uncle Sam'p
boys, smashed one to left that was
good for three bags and from this
position was able to score when
Grace hit.
The Fort Crook crew stepped out
in front in the fifth inning when
with one down, Robinson connected
with one of Jimmy's slants for a
safety and scored when Harvey hit
safely. The doughboys held the If ad
from the fifth until the ninth inning
of the game.
The fatal ninth for the soldiers
opened with the Platters coming to
bat with their wrecking crew up
Trumble doubling to center and was
sacrificed to third base where Ernie
was resting meditating on the heat
of the day when Josef Krejci un
loaded all he had on Harvey, dump
ing one of the heaves of the soldier
pitcher over the hills and far away
for a home run. This was the last
of the struggle as the Soldiers were
unable to score altho they had a man
on the sacks in this inning.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows:
Piattsmouth
A
o
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
Gansemer, 2b 4 11
Newman, ss 4 0 2
Trumble, If 4
Distell, 3b 4
3
0
m
o
l
0
0
0
0
3
5
9
Krejci. cf 4
Spidell. c 4
O'Donr ell, lb 4
Swanson. rf 2
Swoboda, rf 2
Eaton, p 3
35 7 27 10 3
Fort Crook
ab h ro
K
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Props, If 4 0
0
0
0
12
1
8
1
1
o
Smith, 2b 4 1
Linksavage, cf 4 1
Turley, rf 4 1
Cherry, lb 4 1
Grace, 3b 4 1
White, c 3 0
Chasteen, c 1 1
Harvey, p 4 2
Robinson, ss 4 1
3G 9 27 12
ENJOY PICNIC PARTY
From Monday Daily
The banks of the Platte r'ver was
a great drawing crowd yesterday for
various picnic parties from the towns
in this part of the state and among
these was the picnic staged by the
dramatic club of the K. S. society
of South Omaha, who brought a large
party of their members to the Cass
county site of the river and spent the
day in an outing along the river,
fishing and enjoying a picnic dinner.
The Cmaha party was joined by a
group of the Piattsmouth friends and
who assisted in seeing that tho day
was most fittingly observed and the
occasion lasted until the late evening
when the party broke up and the
participants returned to their homes,
well pleased with the day's outing
APPORTIONING STATE MONEY
County Superintendent Miss Alpha
Peterson is engaged in making the
apportionment of the state funds al
loted to the Cass county schools, di
vding the same among the schools.
This county has 18,436.30 to be di
vided among the various districts as
their part of the half year allotment
of the Btate educational funds.
All local news If tn tae 7onixL
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1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0