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J.. TinntSBAY, SEPT. 20, 1934. PIATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THP.EE Murray Sands week, Henry Heebner and John were in Weeping Water last attending the county fair. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoeman, of Louisville, -were visiting in Murray last Sunday, driving over in their car. There were some 87 present at the Christian church Bible school on last Sunday. There was no morning church service. Mrs. Minnie M. Bohl arrived in Murray last Sunday and will keep house for Thomas Nelson, she having worked here before. A. D. Rhoden and son, Donald, were in Plattsmouth last Saturday, where they were looking after seme matters of business for a short time. Charles R. Troop was a visitor in Murray on Monday of this week and was also looking after some business in the country southwest of town. John Eppings and wife, of Mur deck, were guests for the day last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis, where all enjoyed a very fine visit. James E. Hatchett, who has been very poorly for some time, still re mains so that he is not able to do any work and can get about only with difficulty. George E. Nickles and Glen Todd were called to Omaha last Monday to look after some business matters for a short time, driving over in the car of Mr. Nickles. Charles Carroll has been feeling quite poorly for some time past and has been kept to his home and a por tion of the time to his bed. He is feel ing slightly better at this time. Mrs. Emma Chriswisser who was so severely injured in an auto accident seme time since is making good im provement and was able to attend the Cass county farm one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith were in Omaha last Sunday, where they visit ed with relatives for a short time, they stopping also for a short visit in Plattsmouth on their way to the big city. Mr. and Mrs. Guy White and their two daughters, of Plattsmouth, were visiting with friends in Murray, be ing guests while here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Young, on last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young were in Weeping Water last Friday, where they were enjoying the school and civic parade which was the outstand ing feature" of the last day at the county fair. A force of men with trucks has been hauling piling from the Murray siding to the river, both at Rock Bluffs and points south of there, a3 well, where extensive work is being done cn the river. Harry Albin and wife were over to Weeping Water last Friday, where they were enjoying the school and civic parade which was put on and well they might, for it was an excel lent demonstration. A. D. Bakke, who has been travel ing on the road selling oils, has ac cepted a position in Omaha, where he has an inside Job which will be much more pleasant now with cold weather rapidly approaching. Frank Mrasek a few days ago mov ed the goods of Herbert Beins from where he has been living in Louis ville, to the I. M. Davis place some three and a half miles west of Mur ray, where he will make his home. A stone company from Kansas City has leased a portion of the lands of J. C. Wheeler and has built an office at the home of A. W. Wheeler and will immediately engage in quarry ing rock which will be used for the river work. Mrs. Margaret Brendel and son, Richard, departed for Lincoln on last Tuesday, where they will make their home for the coming school year, and where Richard will attend the Univer sity of Nebraska, this being his second or Sophomore year there. Mrs. Sarah Young, who has been at Savannah, Mo., where she has been receiving treatment for her health for the past few weeks, has been show ing good improvement and was so much better that Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young went to Savannah last Sunday and brought the mother home Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noel! were in Glenwood last Monday, where they went to see about securing a house in which to live, as R. A. is working on the river on the Iowa side, and it will be much handier for him to re side in Glenwood than in Murray if j they can find a place there in which to live. David Lancaster has been having some kind of an affection in his head and fearing that it might be sinus trouble, he went to Plattsmouth and had an Xray taken of the affected portion of the head in order to ascer tain the nature of the cause of the pains which he has been having in his head. Mrs. Lee Raasp and children, of Omaha, were visiting for the past week at the horns of Mrs. Rasp's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Philpot and two of the children taking very im portant places in the parade at the county fair. They are also to be in the parade at the king Korn Karnival in Plattsmouth this week. The state papers report the death of Mrs. William Case, formerly of the neighborhood north of Nehawka, and which was reported as Mrs. Emma Case, making her home at York with a daughter. The death and burial oc curred last week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Case will be remembered by many of the cider of the residents of this vi cinity. Mr. Case having died a num ber of years ago, however. Made Good Talk. Mr. and Mrs. George Nickles were attending the Cass county fair held at Weeping Water last Friday, and bein? siehted by the chairman, he was called to the platform and asked to make an address. Tne call came so sudden for Mr. Nickles. he wai wholly unprepared for it, but never theless, he got up and in an irapromp tu address gave the listeners some pertinent facts and was highly com plimented for his fine speech. Attended Republican Rally Many from Murray were in Louis ville last Monday night to attend the republican committee meeting, dinner and speaking program. The nominees for United States Senator, Governor and congressman, as well as for all offices from state senator on down the line, were present and nominees for the higher offices were on the speak ing program. Among those from here who were present were Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sporer and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Boe-deker. Received Severe Bums While Miss Bessie Copenhaver, who is the housekeeper for Mrs. William Spcrer was in the act of handling some hot plum butter it was" spilled onto her arm, burning that member quite severely. As she dodged to get away from the hot liquid, some of it was spilled on the floor and her foot slipped. As she fell much of the re maining hot liquid was spilled on her leg, causing equally severe burns there. She is getting along very nice ly now and is able to do the work, although with much difficulty. Glover Seed Wanted See us for sale of your Clovei and Alfalfa Seed. We pay the highest market price. See us for the best prices always ! FREDRICH SEED CO. Murray Farmers Elevator Phone 17, Murray, Neb. out there, although he would have ap preciated it more were Mrs. Sporer along. The sisters are Rosa Work, who has been ill for some time, but is better now, and Mrs. Lizzie Mc-Cuilough. Piecented Very Pleasing Number Earl Lancaster and his two sons, David and Raymond, furnished music at the county fair at Weeping Water last Friday, which was much appre ciated by the people who were in at tendance and received much applause fcr their excellent music. Celebrating Birthday Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rau, who are engaged in the banking business at Manley, passed through Murray last Sunday morning on their way to Scuth Omaha, where they were geing to celebrate the passing cf the birth day anniversary of Mrs. Rau, which they celebrated at the home of the brother of Mrs. Rau, Claude Brecken feldt and family of that place. While on their way, they stopped for a short time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young and paid them a brief visit. Celebrates Birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Rose Redden had for their guests Sunday for dinner in honor of Mr. Redden's birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Drennan and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Waldo and son and Eugene Hicks, all of Nehawka; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kin ney, Mrs. Redden, mother of Mr. Red den. Mrs. Hicks and Emmet Hicks. At noon a delicious dinner was served, all departing for home late in the evening, after having a splen did time and wishing Mr. Reddtn many more happy birthdays. SECURE EXCLUSIVE LINE Nichols Store at Louisville Has Night Robbery Large Array of Wearing Apparel and Cigarettes Taksn and Rob bers Make Escape. Tuesday night the P. H. Nichols general store at Louisville was rob bed, the second time within a few months, and the robbers made away with a stock of winter clothing and cigarettes. This robbery was executed the same as the previous breaking in, J the person or persons making their J entrance into the building through a window in the rear of the build ing and calmly proceeding to pick what they wished and making their getaway. The articles taken consisted of men's and women's shoes, several pair of trousers, jackets and a quan tity of cigarettes. The robbers dumped out a sack of beans and one of chicken feed, the sacks used apparently to store the stolen articles to be carried away. While the robbery was going on a force of men were working a short distance away in laying a water main but did not see any indication that the store was being looted and were unaware that they had been so close to the robbery until this morn ing when the store was opened and the loss discovered, altho they had labored there all night. It is estimated that the value of the goods will be in the neighbor hood of 3100 and rM. Nichols car ried no burglary insurance on the stock. DEATH OF MRS. McGRADY HIGHEST Market Price Paid for GRAIN See Us Before You Sell! Farmers Elevator Co. Murray, Nebr. Robert D. Weston, Mgr. Phone 17 Back from the East Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young went east seme time since, driving their car and visited the Century of Progress at Chicago, where they enjoyed the big fair very much and after that went cn to Springfield, Ohio, where they secured a ton and a half International truck, placing their car on the truck and driving home with it. Mr. Young, speaking of the east, said it was green and fresh, especially in Ohio and In diana, though as they worked into Illinois, on their way home they be ;:;an to find conditions a little drier and also in northern Missouri they found it very dry, but around St. Joseph they found it green with in dications of having had much more rain. In their trip going, they also report that they could see a great difference shortly after leaving Coun cil Bluffs, with evidence of more and more rain as they neared Des Moines, and from there on all evidence of the drouth was gone and everything seem ed to be in fine condition. Neverthe less, they were glad to get back home and are looking forward hopefully to next season as much better than this year has proven to be. The Journal has secured the serv ices of the Lefebure Corporation line of all bookkeeping systems, supplies and blank books as an auxiliary to the general printing line. This company is prepared to for-i nish any kind of blank book work, special ruling and all kinds of steel office equipment that might be de sired. A number of the blank books of this company have been placed in use in this city in various offices and they have been found not only en tirely satisfactory in every way but are supplies at prices much lower than other blank book companies and with the highest class workmanship in every way. This permits through the local handling the retaining of the money spent in this line of work here rather than sent to other points. PREPARE FOR COUNTY MEETING Gets a New Grinder Some three weeks ago Perry Nickles purchased a forage grinder of the John Deere make and a Letz grinder, which he has found to be an excellent machine for all grinding from the finest cf meal to corn fodder and has used it until he is convinced of its worth, so A. W. Reed also purchased cne which was taken from the Mur ray Hardware store to the Reed farm last Monday morning by Frank Mras ek in his truck. The convention of the Cass Coun ty Federation of Woman's clubs will be held at Avoca, on Tuesday, Sept ember 25th. The convention will be presided over by Mrs. W. S. McGrew of Louisville, county president and will bring to the meeting many of the most distinguished leaders in club work in this portion of Nebraska. The Plattsmouth club members are planning on sending a large dele gation to the meeting and two of the local club members will be heard on the program, Mrs. E. H. Wescott giv ing a talk on "International Law" and Mrs. Gilbert Hirz will be one of the musical attractions of the event. The convention dinner will be a covered dish affair and will be held at the noon recess of the county meeting. The death of Mrs Anna Louise; McGrady, long time resident of Cass county and the Weeping Water com munity, occurred on Monday after noon at Omaha, where she had made her home in recent months with a daughter. The body was brought to Weeping Water where funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. S. Pangborn, pastor of the Meth odist church conducting the services; and the Hobson funeral home in charge. Interment was at Oakwood cemetery. . The deceased lady- -was -bom on August 27, 18 47, in Allantown, New Jersey, the family corning: west tc Nebraska where they settled in the vicinity of Weeping Water. The de ceased was married to Owen McGrady in 1SS4, and after nineteen years spent on the farm Mrs. McGrady has lived some forty-three years in the city of Weeping Water. When com ing to Nebraska they arrived at Plattsmouth by train and were tak en by stage to Weeping Water, as the ailoads had not as yet been built into the state to any extent. The family of Mrs McGrady arrived in 1879 and at that time the country was devastated by the influx of grass hoppers. To Mr. and Mrs. NcGrady there were born four sons and three daugh ters, they surviving the mother. Mr. McGrady died in 1909 at Weeping Water. VISITS IN THE CITY Mrs. H. Eeslin and Miss May Ma honey, as well as Miss Laura Grass man and Miss Esther Johnson or Omaha, were here Sunday as guests at the home of Mrs. Robert A. Bates. j Miss Grassman is a niece of Mrs ! Bates and Miss Johnson associated with her at the Carpenter Paper Co., while Mrs. Beslin is a friend of many years standing of Mrs. Bate3. STATE'S SQUIRREL SEA SON IS NOW OPEN From now until December 31, Ne braska squirrel shooters may take their sport where they find it, a mem ber of the state game commission said Saturday. The former open season was from September 15 to December 31, but this was changed under a new bill passed by the last legislature to Oc tober 1 to December 31. However, due to a mix-up, this bill was not signed, hence the bill is not a law. So the squirrel season opened of ficially in Nebraska Saturday. Phone the news to Wo. 6. Writes from Long Beach William Sporer, who has been in the west for the past ten days, arriv ed at Longbeach, California, late last week, and is enjoying a visit there. He has two sisters residing there and his arrival was a complete surprise to them. Mr. Sporer writes that they have been having a good time and he has been able to se much of interest ee Is About Feed Lot Loans urray State Bank or Good Insurance pays your fi nancial loss resulting from fire. A $100.00 Loss in your home would cost you more than $1,000.00 Fire In surance would cost for thirty years. Why take the chance? Good Insurance is Good Business Duxbury & Davi Located Just East of the Court House TELEPH0N0E 16 SAV 7 ICVnTTh nTdThMHTV 1LJ your L JJ1LJ LvRXJ'l M 1L where every price is reprsentative of solid, thorough value because not only of low price . . . but QUALITY as well! 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