Nebr. State Historical Society
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VOL. NO. XLVU
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 9, 1931.
NO. 11
Drunken Truck
Driver Has His
License Revoked
L Criger of Auburn. Arrested Here
a Week Ago Has Close Call
at Nebraska City
L Criger. Auburn trucker, who
was arrested here a week ago while
jti an intoxicated condition and fine'!
$20 and costs in the court of Judge
Charles L Graves, had a very close
call for his life at Nebraska City
Tuesday, but he will not be in dan
ger from any driving for the next
year as; Judge T. C. Morton at Ne
braska City revoked his drivers li
cense as well as giving him $50 and
costs.
The trucker was arrested Tuesday
night after on accident near South
Table creek bridge on South Elev
enth street. Nebraska City, in which
Criger's truck overturned and spilled
a load of hogs into a ravin4 below.
Two of the animals were killed and
the rest were taken to the Morton
Gregson company stockyards Wed
nesday. They belonged to Guy
Matthews. Nemaha county farmer.
The trucker did not believe he
was drunk, he told the court, but
he did admit having a few drinks.
Criger's life probably was saved
by a new cedar telephone pole, re
cently set on South Eleventh street.
Against that pole the half over
turned truck rested, hanging on the
edge of a 20-foot enbankment.
Had Criger missed the pole and
driven a few feet farther north his
loaded truck would have plunged
over a still higher bank into the
muddy water of South Table Creek.
The accident happened between 9
and 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night. Cri
ger said he heard the Burlington-
crossing warning and jammed on his
brakes. He said he believed the front
wheel stuck ?nd his truck careened
off the pavement on the left side of
the road, plowing through the soft
dirt at the roadside. The loaded
vehicle tipped to the left and turn
ed over against the telephone pole.
Thirty-five head of hogs yrere
catapulted into the ravine where
they scurried about among the tin
cans and other refuse. Criger was
badly shaken and dazed but he wasn't
hurt much. He fell out of the cab.
The man he declared was riding with
him could not be found after an
hour's search by county officers.
Members of the Burlington train
crew that took an engine to the pack
ing house said they saw a truck
standing at the crossing when the
engine went by. They thought it
was Criger's but they did not see the
accident.
The trucker was on his way to the
Omaha market with a load of hogs.
Two of the animals were killed when
they fell into the ravine. The others
bunched up together, none the worse
for the accident.
LITTLE ONE IMPROVES
Audrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. E. Finnyfrock, of this city, was
taken ill on February 24th with a
very severe headache and which fail
ed to improve, the patient being fin
ally placed under medical care and
where it was found that she was suf
fering from meningitis, but not
thought to be of a dangerous type.
The child was taken to the University
hospital at Omaha and where she has
since been under the care of two
specialists. It was found that while
she was suffering from a form of
meningitis, but not the contagious
type known as spinal meningitis. The
tests made of the patient have shown
the absence of the two contagious
types of the malady and the patient
is now doing very nicely and it is
thought will soon be on the high
way to recovery. That the case is not
of a dangerous or contagious type
will be very pleasing news to the
friends of the family here.
DANGER TO CHILDREN
The intersection of Sixth and Main
streets at the hour that the city
schools are dismissed for the day is
a place of real danger for the chil
dren, especially the younger children
of the grades and also of the St.
John's school as the little folks dart
and run through the intersection.
Yesterday a very large group of the
little folks were to be seen running
and playing across the intersection
despite the fact that a very heavy
stream of travel comes through that
part of the city on both Main street
and Sixth street.
The larger part of the children are
careful in crossing the streets, taking
their way across the street at the
designated place of crossing but oth
ers in disregard to safety "Jaywalk"
across the intersections in all dis
regard for traffic and which will
lead sooner or later to nti accident.
FIND MAN SANE
From Thursdays Daiiy ,'he radio to be silenced. The fire ori-
The hearing yesterday before theiginated from an overheated furnace,
county board of insanity in the case; the furnace causing a small pile of
of James Alloway, old time resident , wood in the cellar to be fired ami
of Louisville, resulted in the board ; which for a time threatened to make
finding that Mr. Alloway was men-!
tally sound and releasing him from
the charge of insanity as had bean
preferred.
AN OLD FAMILIAR FACE
The callers at the court house will
in the future meet an old familiar
face in the office of register of deeds,
Miss Lillian White, register of deeds,
having made the appointment of An
drew J. Snyder as deputy in the of
fice. Mr. Snyder, who is an uncle of
Miss White, has had a long experience
in this office as he was register of
deeds for a great many years, retir
ing in 1919, and has since that time
been largely engaged in farming.
The many friends of Andy will be
pleased to see him back on duty and
in his genial and clever manner he
will add very much to the pleasant
ness of the office and with his capa
bility and experience in the office will
make a splendid addition to the effi
cient force at the court house.
Divide City for
Yard and Garden
Contest in Spring
Each Ward Will Have Number of
Representatives Who Will Can
vass the City Carefully
From Thursday's DaTiy
The committee of civic organiza
tion representatives who are to
sponsor the better yards and gardens
contest in the next few weeks. m.-r
last evening to perfect their plan?
for organization so that the move
for beautifying the city can be made
as thorough as possible.
The city will be divided along the
regular wards and in these a central
committeeman or wamon will be
named and in turn there will be can
vassers appointed in each ward of
the city so that they can reach every
home in the city with the plans for
making attractive flower gardens,
planting shrubs and otherwise dec
orating the city.
The committee representatives in
the wards will be Frank Bestor. first
ward: Mrs. J. W. Crabill, second
ward: Mrs. R. H. Anderson, third
ward: Robert Hayes, fourth ward.
and Julius Pitz. fifth ward.
In turn the assistants will be ex
tended into each part .of the city and
a house to house canvass made to en
list the citizens in the movement to
make this city a real home of natural
beautv in the summer season.
DIES AT MASONIC HOME
Dr. Emma J. Lawrence, for many
years a well known figure in the
medical profession of the state, who
has been here at the Nebraska Ma
sonic Home for the past two years. !
passed away Thursday and the body
of Dr. Lawrence was taken Friday
to the old home at Falls City for in
terment. Dr. Lawrence was born May 7.
1858. at Oregon, Illinois, and came to
Falls City in 18 70. when a young
girl and has lived the greater part
of her lifetime in that place.
For a number of years she was a
member of the medical staff at the
Nebraska Feeble Minded institution
at Beatrice, continuing In this work
until her health and advanced age
made necessary her retirement from
the position.
The deceased lady was a member of
Falls City chapter No. 225. Order of
the Eastern Star and under whose
auspices the funeral services were
held at Falls City on Friday.
Dr. Lawrence is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Pearl Uncles of Nieker
son, Nebraska, the other members of
her family having preceded her in
death.
CAMP FIRE NOTES
The Te He Ha Camp Fire girls met
at the home of Shirley Seivers, Feb
rurary 26th. Plans were made and
designs were drawn for the bead
work. Our head bands are being
started. Ways and means of improv
ing the condition of the group fi
nances were discussed. A lunch was
served after the meeting which the!
girls enjoyed very much.
We met again at the home of our
guardian. We looked over the re
quirements for membership.
Our guardian has received the
membership cards which will be giv
en out at the next council fire.
A number of songs were learned
and plans for further practice were
made. We had a nice lunch and went
home.
ELEANOR MINOR.
Scribe.
FIRE AT GIVENTER HOME
From Friday's Dally
The fire department was called
last night shortly after 10 o'clock to
the residence property on North 7th
street, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Giventer and family. The fire wa
discovered first by Mr. Giventer as
he was listening to the testimony of
Andrew Brown, defendant in the suit
of Madame Queen, but how the testi
mony came out Sam will never know
as the rolling clouds of smoke caused
some reel trouble, but the promp'
work of the fixe department soon had
the blaze under control and the dan
ger eliminated.
Outlines Plans
for the Yard and
Garden Contest
Judge Aubrey H. Duxbury Outlines
, ., . .
Details of Contest to Cham
ber of Commerce
From Tnursday s Daily
The regular meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce today attended by
thirty-one members w:s featured by
a detailed outline by Judge Aubrey
H. Duxbury of Yard and Garden
Contest to be sponsored here by the
Civic Imnrovement Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. In this mat
ter which is designed to promote
home ownership pride, the Rotary
Club, Woman's Club and Park Boa-i
are eo-operating with the Civic Im
provement Committee. Three classi
fications will be made. The one wlH
include yards and gardens where Lkc
owner does all the work, a second
where the owner does part of the
work and the third where the work ir
hired done. The main object of the
contest is to encourage the small
home owner who does his own work.
Five committees have been appoint
ed to handle the details of the plan.
These are: Entrance, Publicity,
Planting, Judging and Prize. En
tries will open on March 15 and re
main open for thirty days. A flower
show will climax the activities of
the contest in the fall. At The close
of Judge Duxbury's remarks, the
Chamber of Commerce voted to allow
the committee the sum of $50 for its
work.
R. E. Bailey gave a report on bills
pending in the state legislature
which affect the public schools and
pointed out the interest which this
community should have in many of
these matters. The attention of the
Legislative Committee was called to
inform themselves upon these mat
ters. He also made comparison ct
the average per pupil cost for educa
tion in towns and villages over the
state, which is $93 per year while
in Plattsmouth last year the cost
was but $67 per pupil.
President Schneider reported that
he had conferred with State Engineer
Oochrar. and had ben infprni"fl tha-
V. S. highway No. 7i would be kept
open except for a slight detour
through LaPlatte. as the highway
south of LaPlatte will be paved one
side at a time
E. A. Wurl reported that the meet
ing of executives and members of
Chambers of Commerce here from
other eastern Nebraska towns for the
purpose of attempting to form more
uniform regulations in regard to oc
cupation taxes was very successful.
Some sort of permanent organiza
tion of these towns is planned to
carry on the program which has been
started. Another meeting will be
held at Nebraska City next Thurs
day. Vice President Searl S. Davis de-li-ered
a brief but important address
at the close of the hour on Loyalty
to Home Industries in which he
stressed the obligation of the in
dividual citizen to local firms and
industries.
FINED FOR STEALING RIDE
From Thursday's Da.uv
Yesterday afternoon W. T. Tucker
a gentleman of color, was present in
the county court to answer to the'
charge of having stolen a ride on one
of the freight trains of the Missouri
Pacific railroad. The gentleman com
plained of, had been taken off a train
of the M. P. at Union and at once
offered to battle the members of the
train crew and all comers, but after
several railroad special agents ap
jeared on the scene the colored man
was tamed down and brought on to
this city.
Mr. Tucker was charged with the
stealing of a ride which is an of
fense against the laws of the state
of Nebraska and for the penalty he
was given a fine of $25 and costs. In
failure to pay the fine the prisoner
was turned over to Sheriff Bert Reed
whose guest he will be for several
days.
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
The many friends of John Lutz.
veteran Burlington employe, will be
very much pleased to learn that Mr.
Lutz is showing some improvement
at the Immanuel hospital at Omaha
where he has been for the past sev
eral days. Mr. Lutz has been suffer
ing from what seems to he ulcere
of the stomach and has been under
treatment since going to the hospi
tal. He has shown some improve
ment and while weak as the result
of the attack was able yesterday to
take some nourishment which it is
hoped will build up his strength.
SUFFERS SEVERE FALL
From Saturday's TaTty
William Rice. Sr.. was quite se
verely injured this morning while
walking near Fifth and Vine street.
Mr. Rice was out about 5 o'clock
looking after a number of furnaces of
which he has charge and while walk
ing near the Hawksworth residence,
fell and as the result sustained a
badly wrenched back. While able
to be around Mr. Rice is still feeling
very much the effects of the accident.
RECOVERS STOLEN PAPERS
On Wednesday morning the Safe
ty Box containing the papers which
vere of greai value to 1. J. Fuller
and which were taken from the safe,
Saturday morning when the store ;-t
Elmwood was burgarlized were found
in r. field east of the Henry lions
farm southeast of Elmwood. Frank
j ,Honman acciueutauv round them as
he was coming through the field and
gathered them up and brought them
in to Mr. Fuller, mho was very ghui
to get them back. Some of the pa
pers, however, were; missing as the
box had been brokaji open and they
had been gone ovef. Thursday Or
"ille Gerbeling and Merle Long went
out to the place wyiere th" papers
were found and matt a search to see
if any more of the missing papers
could be found but were unsuccessful
in finding any.
Platters Lose
Opening Round
of Peru Tourney
Syracuse in Close Battle Eliminates
Locals 21 to 19 Nebraska City
Wins from Peru 12 to 11
From Friday's Dail-j-
The opening rounfc of the regional
basketball tournaB-nt :; Petit
Thursday resulted in the elimina
tion of one of the teams thai had
been figured ,s candidate for the
honor of representing the southeast
at the Hastings tournament. In the
opening game of the tournament
staged at 1 o'clock feresterday after
noon the Nebraska pity quintet eli
minated the Peru Pfep team, south
east champs by the score of 12 to 11
in a spirited battle a'td in which the
Oteans showed one of the best play
ing forms of the year in downing
their old time rivals the Bobkit
tens. Plattsmouth has won from NP"
brska City twice in' the season. I S
to 6 and 24 to 10, yet in the tourna
ment play the locals were swept asid
while a team that they had won from
easily in the season tossed into the
discard the favorites in the tourna
ment. H
The Plattsmouth-syracuse gttmp
was one of the most closely contest
ed of the tournament and not de
' .trained until the final whistle as
both teams battled for the needed
points that would give them the mar
gin of victory and at the close the
score was 21 to 19 for the Syracuse
tare. Syracuse has had a good team
this year and won twelve of their
fifteen contests, altho not playing
with as hard and formible organiza
tions. In the Peru tourney Falls City,
Auburn and Dunbar, three of the
strongest teams, weathered the first
round and will today face their
harder stride. Auburn will play Dun
bar while Nebraska City will meet
Shubert. The Falls City team will
play the Sacret Heart school of Falls
City.
Bell Company
to Expand Work
at Gravel Pits
Prepare to Enlarge Lake Used in
Securing Gravel on Land North
of This City
The George W. Bell Co., of Oma
ha, which maintains sand and gra
vel pits just north of this city near
highway No. 75, are making prepar
ation for a busy season in their line
and have in the slack months in this
line of work been organizing their
plant to handle a large volume of
business.
The company has in the past fev
months had their fleet of trucks over
hauled and placed back in service
and they are now ready for the hand
ling of the volume of business that
may be demanded of the company in
the next few months.
The Smith Brothers of Fort Worth
who have been engaged here in pipe
line construction work for the past
year, have been secured by the com
pny to strip off a large section of
the grounds at the pit where addi
tional gravel is located and which
will be tapped this year by the Bell
company, they starting this work
soon and giving them a much larger
field of operation.
The company has started the
pumping of gravel for the season,
a great deal of the sand and gravel
being used in work in Omaha, the
company having two contracts for
material, one of these being in the
new Central high school building and
other public works at that place.
REPORT STOLEN CAR
From Saturdays Daily
The office of Sheriff Bert Reed was
notified today that a model A Ford
coupe had been stolen at Nebraska
City and the Cass county officers
were asked by Sheriff Carl Ryder to
keep an eye out for the car if it
should pass this way. No trace of
the car sought was to be found in
jthis locality however.
Dan Lynn Tells
of Early Town
of Factoryville
Union Resident Gives Interesting
Story of Pioneer Days in South
ern Cass County
The origin of the once thriving
town of Factoryville is unknown to
the writer. Jeshua Lynn and wife,
my parents, arrived in Cass county,
r.nd setled near Factoryville. where
they made their home on a farm,
some seventy years ago, when I was
only a lad of twelve vears of age.
says Dan Lynn, relating the story
of the old days. A farmer. George
Hunt had a farm on the south branch
of the Weeping Water creek and for
the benefit of his own family, built
amill on the banks of this stream,
where he ground corn for use of his
own family, and as the neighbors
came he also ground for them. He
had first installed a small set of stone
burrs, for the grinding, which was
more than sufficient for the purpose
and the use to which they were put.
With but little to eat. except
which was freighted far. this meal
which was produced, was very appet
izing to all the rugged frontier
farmers.
Soon, however, the farmers at
tempted to grow spring wheat which
was a success and with this came
the necessity of installing a bette?
plant, so the very crude building was
remodeled and a new set of burrs in
stalled for the grinding of flour as
well as corn meal. The wheat burrs
were added to by the bolting ma
chine which seperated the ground
wheat into flour, shorts and bran
The charges for grinding was first
one eight toll and later one seventh
toll. About this time a man came
from the east. George Jennings, fa
ther of John Jennings, later county
clerk, with some money and purchas
ing the mill and also laid out a city
plat, which was the starting of the
village which afterwards for some
time was Factoryville. Lots were
sold and some ten houses were erect
ed for residences, a blacksmith shop,
with two stores, doctors office, rt
public hall. With this came carpen
ters, painters and about this tim'
there was organized a lodge of the
I. O. O. F.. which flourished for a
number of years. A school was air
erected which a new addition to the
mill, and as the water supply was
inadequate for the needs of the mill
and the village, there was a dam
built in the south branch of the
Weeping Water creek, and a flume
for providing water and brought it
to the place where it was neeueu
for providing power for the mill.
The mill changed hands and a
man named Bailey secured it. con
ducted it at a profit for a time when
the mill changed hands again and be
came the property of L. G. Todd. Sr.
Mr. Todd was not a miller but con
ducted the mill for some time and
at a profit, but later sold it to James
Banning, who made a success of the
venture, but with the coming of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, and the
springing up of the town of Union
and also later of the town of Ne
hawka. the business of the village of
Factorvville began to fall off. I. N.
Applegate owned the land adjoining
the mill and the village, and pur
chasing the mill, formed a stock
company, who moved the mill to Ne
hawka. where it was erected. Joe
Bauer having the contract for the
tearing down of the mill and erect
ing it at Nehawka. where it was oper
ated as a steam mill, and later was
electrified and operated by electric
ity. At Nehawka the mill was oper
ated by a number of parties until
Charles D. Saint John secured it. and
during the late war and for a short
time after, had it leasetl to an Oma
ha firm. Later when the war was
over, the mill was again taken ovr
by Mr. Saint John and a few years
since was consumed by fire. Mr.
Saint John erected another small
mill which he uses for feed grind
ing, and finds it more profitable than
the large mill with the large ex
penses. With the moving away from Fac
toryville of the mill the houses found
no inhabitants, as many of the fam
ilies moved to Union, and the houses
which stood vacant fur some time
were torn down and also converted
into other buildings. The farm
buildings of Stephen Copenhaver
now contain much of the materials
used in the buildings of the former
village.
Among the other institutions of
the village was a high school which
for two years taught English and
German. Other businesses and the
social life of the once lively little
town and the creek above the dam
where the people went swimming,
and there R. D. Stine and Dr. R. B.
Wallace and many other learned the
art of swimming, and this was years
ago. We would like to hear from
others who know of the early his
tory of this village, we would like to
hear of them.
DAN LYNN.
Edgar Wescott, who is attending
the state university at Lincoln, ar
rived home Friday evening for a vis
it over the week end here at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Wescott.
WILL GO TO HOSPITAL
Leo Boynton of this city, a world
war veteran, who has b-?en very
poorly for the past several months,
departed Sunday for Kansas City
where he will enter the veterans hos
pital at that place. Mr. Boynton has
been in need of hospitalization for
the past several months but has
been delayed by the red tapt involved
in the case, but through the good
efforts of Mrs. J. P. Jensen, the
"good angel" of the service man. th
service officer of the state Legion, he
has at last secured the much needed
and deserved treatment. Mrs. Jen
sen has worked hard on th s case as
she does every ailing veterans claim
and secured from the government
the necessary orders that will secure
the hospitalization for Mr. Boynton.
Will Pave Half
of Road at Time
Near La Platte
State Engineer Cochran Will See
That Roadway Is Kept Open
for Traveling Public.
The matter of the paving of a sec
tion of highway No. 75 near the
Platte river bridge and between that
place and La Platte, some 500 feet,
which has offered a problem of keep
ing the road open for traffic, has
been arranged by State Engineer Roy
Cochran to be paved a hall width of
the roadway at a time.
This will permit travtl to get
through this section of road and
reach the detour highways that will
be used during the paving of the re
mainder of the road and will be a
great relief to the motorists of this
locality who were fearful that they
might be forced to make a detour to
Louisville or east through Glenwood
and Council Bluffs to teach Omaha.
The half fo the road erOJ be paved
and allowed to set and then reopen
ed to travel while the other half is
being paved and which will not make
any delay in travel on the roadway
and be a great convenience to the
traveling public. With the narrow
ed roadway the traveling public will
have to use all necessary precautions
to avoid w recks while they are using
this roadway.
TOUCH OF REAL WINTER
From Friday's Daily
The semi-tropical weather of the
past winter took a sudden shift or;
Thursday and to use Califomian
expression, "an unusual weather
condition" was prevailing yesterday
and today. For the Zrst time since
tha wintor of 1959-3K snow was lv-
ing all over the state in a fleecy man -
tie that will do a great deal of good
to the wheat and small g-aius.
The snowfall here Thursday after- j
noon and night showed four inches
on the level but the earlier snow
was fast melted and it was not un
til afternoon that the snow was com
mencing to form its mantle of white
over the landscape.
The snow was general over the
state, five and six inches being re
ported at 5 last evening over the
northern part of the state while in
the south it ranged from three to
four inches.
In many places- the snow drifting
added to the discomfort of -he travel
ers and made it difficult to get ;
around.
SELLS GROCERY STOCK
From Saturday's Dally
The stock of groceries in the peo
ples Market which was recently clos
ed, was sold at public suction bv
George P. Horn of Omaha, represent
ing the Omaha Credit Bureau. The
stock was bid in by the Zinger Bro
thers and was removed last night by
the McMaken Transfer Co.. to Omaha
where the purchasers wtO have th"
stock placed in stores there and dis
posed of. The work of removing the
stock was carried on through the
night despite the storm ami delivered
to the purchasers at their Omaha
by the local transfer eompany.
HAVE A FINE DANCE
From Thursday's Dally
The American Legion auditorium
was the scene of a very fine dance
last evening sponsored by the Le
gion and despite the Lenten season
there was a very large crowd of
dancers present at the delightful af-,
fair. The Dansonians. a snappy or
chestra of Lincoln, furnished the mu- :
sic for the event and among the mem
bers was Frederick Gorder, of this
city, who is attending the University
of Nebraska and appeared as a saxo
phone soloist and added very much
to the fine program of up to the min
ute dance selections.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Froir Saturday's Datl?
Roy Lancaster of Nehawka, who
has been at the University hospital i
at Omaha for the past three weeks,
was able to come homo today and
will spend a few days at home with
the family, returning to Omaha on '
next Thursday and where he will be
operated on again. The many
friends are trusting tha:: Mr. Lan
caster may be able to regjin his for
mer god health.
Wedding of Well
Known Young
People Today
Miss Edna Hannum and Ellsworth
Taylor Married at M. E. Par
sonage at Council Bluffs
From Saturday f i)alt
This afternoon at 2:30 at the par
sonage of the First Methodist churc h
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, occurred the
marriage of two well known young
people of this city. Miss Edna Han
num and Mr. Ellsworth Taylor.
The wedding was very simple, th
bride and groom motoring to the
; Iowa city and where the impressive
ring service was used in the joining
, of the lives and hearts of this estim-
Jable young couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will be guests
at a family dinner party here on
(Sunday at the home of the groom's
parents in their honor and will then
'start housekeeping in this city whfe
!they expect to continue to make their
home.
j The bride is a daughter of Mrs. C.
1 F. Dykes and has grown to woman
hood in this community where she
has a very large circle of warm
friends and who are extending to
the newly weds their heartiest well
wishes for the future happiness.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Taylor and has made his
home here for the past few years,
the family coming here from Louis
ville where Mr. Taylor was n arc!
to manhood. Mr. Taylor has be'tt en
gaged with the Lyman-Richey Sand
& Gravel Co.. at their plant here, of
which his father is superintendent.
RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS
ON BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER
I
Mr. and Mrs Ruben Meisinger, of
near Cedar Creek, are receiving the
hearty congratulations of their many
friends on the birth of a beautiful
little daughter at their home on
Thursday. February 19. 1931. This
is their first chi id.
I Mrs. Meisinger is being cared for
by Miss Anna Lau. one of the excel
lent uurses of the vicinity and mother
and babe are getting along splendid
ly. Mr. M'isinger's Mister, Miss Verna
Meisinger. is also assisting with the
, household duties
I Mis Meisinger was formerly Miss
Leda Jochim. of the vicinity, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. August Jochim.
She and her sister. Miss Elsie Jochim
were married a year ago at a double
wedding that was one of the most
interesting social affairs of the sea
son. Her sister was married to Louis
Kupke. of neat Murdock. Louisville
Courier.
WILL SOON UNDERGO
OPERATION FOR GOITER
Theodore Harms, well known mer
chant of Man ley, has been under
treatment and observation at the
Immanuel hospital in Omaha and the
specialist's diagnosis reveals that Mr.
Harms is suffering from goiter and
expects soon to undergo an operation
for the removal of the ame.
Mr. Harms has thersympathy of
his many friends who are wishing
him the best of success and a speedy
recovery. His physician has given
him every assurance of a successful
outcome of his trouble.
His daughter. Mrs. Alice Alberd
ing will assist in the management of
the store at Mauley and Mr. Harms
need feel no uneasiness as to the
condition of his affairs either in his
home or place of business which will
go far towards aiding him in his re
covery after the operation. Iouis
ville Courier.
SNOW CUTS DOWN TRAVEL
From Saturday's Dally
The snowfall that reached mid
winter proportions last night, has
been a very strong factor in stopping
the usual flow of auto travel througli
this city and the residents of the
country districts have not been in the
city in the usual large numbers as
usual especially from the more dis
tant points in the county. A num
ber of the roads have been filled with
drifts and while the road forces and
workers were out early to keep the
roads cleared, a number have bee n
blocked by the drafts that required
some difficulty to overcome.
LITTLE DAUGHTER ARRIVES
From Fridav's ray
Early th's morning the home of
Mr. pud Mrs. John Parkening near
Cullom was visited bv the stork and
left with the household a fine little
daughter, who with the mother is
doing very nicely. The occasion has
brought a great deal of pleasure to
the members of '.he familv circle and
the relatives, including the grand
parents of the little lady, Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Hild of this city and
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Parkening of
Omaha.
FRENCH LOAN TO RUMANIA
IS NEAR COMPLETION
Paris. March fi. Negotiations for
the French portion of a loan to Ru
mania are expected to be concluded
shortly. Much of the loan will go
to agricultural relief and to streng
then national bank reserves.
