PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Avoca Mothers
Daughters Hold
Annual Tea
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirchieck, Ninety, Is
the Oldest Mother Present
at Pleasant Event.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirchheck, ninety
years young1, -walked briskly forward
to receive the prize as the oldest
mother present at the third annual
mother-daughter tea In Avoca Thurs
day afternoon, May 21. Mrs. Anna
Hillman won the prize as mother of
the largest number of children. Mrs
Gauer had the largest number of
granddaughters and Mrs. Dick Ber-
ner was the youngest mother pres
ent. Eighty-four mothers and daugh
ters attended. Mrs. H. H. Marquardt
acted as chairman for the following
program:
Devotional period
Mrs. Mary S. Harmon
Reading . Eleanor Ruhga
Vocal Solo Mrs. Henry Maseman
Reading Mrs. V. P. Rawalt
Piano solo Corrine Hallstrom
Vocal Duet Ruth Ruse and
Evelyn Schutz
Reading Mrs. Walter Ruhga
Piano solo Mrs. Henry Smith
Song Patty Larson and
June Maseman
Following the lunch Mrs. L. L.
Larson acted as toastmaster. Misses
Anna Marie Sailing, Hazel Baler,
Mrs. M. Sisco, and Mrs. Elmer Hen
nings responded on the theme
-Home."
Mrs. W. O. Ealer acted as general
chairman and Mrs. Schutz as chair
man of the decoration committee. The
teas are sponsored by the Congrega
tional Ladies' Aid Society.
SOCIAL WORKERS FLOWER CLUB
On "Wednesday afternoon the So
cial Workers Flower club was de
lightfully entertained at the home of
Mrs. Fred Spangler with Mrs. Geo.
Mumm and Mrs. Ruel Sack assistant
hostesses. After the usual business
meeting several contests pertaining
to Mother's day and Memorial day
were held. A solo given by Mrs. Geo.
Mumm, entitled "Mother," was very
much enjoyed by everyone. She was
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Roy Coe. A paper was also read by
Mrs. J. It. Stamp that had been writ
ten by her 'mother." Mrs; Mike Kaf
fenberger read a lovely poem. Sev
eral visitors were present. The hos
tesses served a delicious two course
luncheon at the close of a most pleas
ant afternoon.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Meisinger as June is their guest
day meeting.
FUNERAL OF JOHN VETESNIK
From Thursday's Dour
The funeral services for the late
John Vetesnik were held this morn
ing at 10:30 at the Sattler funeral
home at Fourth and Vine streets. A
large number of the old friend3 and
neighbors were in attendance, attest
ing the high regard in which Mr.
Vetesnik had been held in the com
munity where he had long made his
home.
The prayer service was given by
the Rev. Father Kaczmarek of the
Holy Rosary church.
During the services two vocal solos
were given by John J. Cloiit, "Face
to Face" and "Softly and Tenderly
Jesus Is Calling," Mrs. Cloidt being
the accompanist.
The interment was in the cemetery
west of the city beside the father and
mother who have preceded him in
death.
FATRVIEW CLUB
The Falrview club held their an
nual meeting at the home of Laura
Trltsch with Emma Terryberry, as
sistant hostess.
The new officers elected for the
ensuing year are:
President Helen Gansemer.
Vice-President Margaret Terry
berrv.
Secretary-Treasurer Doris Trltsch
News Reporter Agnes Weten
kemp.
The year book has not yet been
made out but will be by the next
meeting. The annual picnic will be
held on June 14.
The club wants to thank Eleanor
Terryberry for her splendid work
through the year.
Jotice Farmers
If you have to replant your
field corn, and would like to
plant Sweet Corn, write
Norfolk Packing Co.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
or Call Phone No. 83
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An event which probably no republic in the world
today could duplicate was staged at Havana, Cuba,
on the occasion of dedication of a monument to.
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, second president of Cuba
and famous patriot. Amone the celebrities Drcsent
Wabash News
W. F. Langhorst was called to
Elmwood last Tuesday, where he was
looking after some business matters
for a short time.
Fred Bauer, of Manley, was visit
ing in Wabash for a short time last
Wednesday, also going to Murdock to
visit with friends.
The Standley store which was
severely pelted by hail when the re
cent storm came, was repaired last
week and the roof put In good con
dition so the rain will no longer get
in and damage the goods and build
ing. Lloyd Richards was plowing his
corn for the first time last Wednes
day and although the stalks are not
overly large and do not stand very
high above the ground, they are big
enough to plow if care is exercised
not to cover them up, which Is just
what Lloyd has been doing.
Sherman Hathaway has been hav
ing some repairs made on his house.
particularly the roof, which was
damaged by the hail storm that vis
ited this section some two weeks
ago. He is also having the interior
replastered where the old plastering
fell off and will have some papering
done, thus putting the house in very
good condition.
Attended Funeral Sunday
A number from Manley went to
Oakland to attend the funeral of the
late Simon Obernalte, brother of
Henry and Edward Obernalte. Among
those who went were Henry Ober
nalte and wife, Edward Obernalte,
W. H. McBride and family and John
C. Browne.
Memorial Service at Cemetery
Yesterday (Sunday, May 24) me
morial services were held at the
Murdock-Wabash cemetery in accord
with a custom that has prevailed for
many years. The Wabash cemetery
has a long history and many noted
people of pioneer days are buried
there, the first burial taking place
nearly fifty years ago.
The cemetery had been cleaned up
and the graves had been appropri
ately decorated, the entire grounds
presenting a most pleasing appear
ance. The address was made by Rev. W.
A. Taylor, who has made the Memor
ial Sunday address for many years,
and who for a number of years was
pastor of the Baptist church here.
Many of the old time residents of
this vicinity were here and enjoyed
meeting the old time friends as well
as those from Murdock.
Attorney Thomas Allen, of Lin
coin,, and his brother O. H. Allen, of
Omaha, were among those present.
Former Citizen Dies at Oakland
Simon Obernaulte, who was born
near Wabash some 57 years ago, and
who grew to manhood here, engag
ing in the barber business for a
time, prior to going to Oakland, died
last Thursday and was buried at the
Swedish cemetery near Oakland.
When the call came for soldiers
for the Spanish American war, he
enlisted and was in the service thru
out the war, after which he returned
to Oakland, where he continued his
work as a barber until some ten
years ago, when he was elected wat
er commissioner of his home town of
Oakland, a position he held until the
time of his death last week.
Some years back he was married,
selecting as his wife a young lady of
that community and to this union
four children were born, who with
the mother mourn the loss of the
husband and father
The funeral was held from the
Swedish Lutheran church of Oakland,
with interment there.
Simon Obernaulte, Jr., the oldest
son of the deceased, visited here last
falL
at ceremonies were, left to right, President Jos
Barnett Miguel M. Gomez, president-elect and son
of the second president, and Carlos Cespedes and
Carlos Mendieta, both ex-presidents, all of whom
have fieured imnortantlv in storm v Cuban politics.
Death Ends Party
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Agnes DanieU,
An "evening of merriment aboard
a . yacht anchored in Chicago's
Jackson : Park lagoon r ended in
tragedy when the boat returning
jjnembers of the party to shore
during the early morning hours
capsized, drowning pretty Agnes
Daniels, in private life Mrs. Agnes
La Blatt, night club dancer.
MANY ATTEND BASEBALL
MEETING LAST NIGHT
From Saturday's Dally:
There was a large attendance at
the baseball booster meeting held at
the Legion building last night, at
which registrations were taken for
free tickets for Plattsmouth night at
the Western League park in Omaha
to see the Omaha RoTnhoods play
The booster meeting was sponsored
by the Robinhood Brewing company,
backers of the Omaha team, through
the local distributor W. W. Wasley,
and in addition to taking registra
tions for free tickets to the forth
coming game, liquid refreshments
were served.
It is announced that those desir
ing to secure tickets may still regis
ter their name at Wasley's up until
tomorrow night, when the list will
! HesTslOptlmistlb J
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. Charles R.'Gay
Optimism regarding business rre
covery in the near future and a
belief that speculation in securi
ties wis becoming more ' intelli
gent was expressed, by Charles R.'
Gay, above, president of the New
York Stock Exchange, when he
spoke before the tenth annual
meeting of Associated Stock Ex
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changes W.Cleveland.,
be forwarded to Omaha so tickets
may be issued for the registrants, to
be called for Monday afternoon and
Tuesday at Wasley's.
Precedent in
Law Established
in River Case
Judge J. W. Yeager at Nebraska City
Hold Maritime Act of U. S. Does
Not Apply to River Work.
Hearing a case for damages
brought under the provisions of the
United States maritime act, Judge
J. W. Yeager, of Omaha, holding
court at Nebraska City, Friday estab
lished a precedent in the first case
of its kind tried. The court ruled
that workmen on Missouri river pile
drivers are not seamen and therefore
not eligible for damages for injuries
under the provision of the act.
In delivering his opinion Judge
Yeager instructed a district court
jury to return a verdict for the Mass-
man Construction company, sued by
Carl F. Belk, Dunbar, for $30,000 for
injuries received while working on
a piledriver in the middle of the
Missouri river.
Judge Yeager told the Jury his de
cision would not rob Belk of a chance
of full compensation under work
man's compensation laws.
"I'm not taking away the right of
an injured man to recompense, just
removing the case from jurisdiction
of Marine law," he said.
Admitting the navigability of the
Missouri river. Judge Yeager found
that the type of work piledrivers are
doing, which he said was building
land, is not a maritime pursuit.
First of its kind in the state of
Nebraska, the case was followed keen
ly by lawyers, especially those lo
cated along the Missouri river. Num
erous other cases now pending have
been held up until outcome of the
Belk trial was determined.
, Belk's attorney said he would "ap
peal to the highest court in the land,
if necessary," In an attempt to re
verse the decision.
Immediately after the plaintiff
rested Friday morning, Massman at
torneys moved for a directed verdict.
After lengthy argument by counsel
the motion was sustained.
FORMER RESIDENT DEES
From Friday's Daily
A heart ailment followed by gan
grene yesterday' noon claimed the life
of Clyde LeRoy Adamson, 44, of 1484
Walnut Avenue, a painting contrac
tor. Mr. Adamson died at the Gen
eral hospital at Los Angeles where he
had been removed late the previous
day. He had been ill more than a
year.
Mr. Adamson was born in Ham
burg, Iowa, and came to Long Beach
twenty-six years ago.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Ethel Adamson, a daughter, Elea
nor, and son, Robert; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sol Adamson, 726 Cedar
Avenue, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha
May Short of Pomona. Long Beach
(Cal.) Telegram.
Mr. Adamson will be remembered
by many Plattsmouth people as the
family made their home here for sev
eral years before going to the west
coast.
Phone news Items to No. 6.
WANTED
ACREAGE
10 to 15 acres, Improved op
Unimproved neap town, on
hi way op good county road.
P. O. Box 245
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
Greenwood
Everett Reece was a Lincoln visi
tor Thursday.
Arlo Goings, of Louisville, called
in Greenwood Monday. ,
Donald Schaffer secured work on
a telegraph crew this week.
C. O. Swanson and wife motored
to Wahoo on business last Monday.
R. E. Mathews made a business
trip to Kansas City via the Burling
ton Zephyr.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Clymer were
business callers in Lincoln Tuesday
afternoon.
E. L. McDonald reports 132 new
pigs. The sixteen mamma pigs are
doing well.
Harvey Schroeder's small son has
a pretty sore foot as a result of step
ping on a nail.
L. V. Sheffer has been in poor
health for some time. His condition
remains unchanged.
Aunt Rosa Axmaker went to
Phillips, Nebr., to spend the sum
mer with Ersy McNurlin.
Meyer Bros, trucking company of
Greenwood moved the coach, Mark
Malchow and family to Lincoln last
Monday.
L. C. Marvin is at the Lutheran
hospital in Omaha for treatment.
During his absence, G. V. Vant is
carrying the mail.
Miss Marie Fitzgerald, of Platts
mouth was a caller at the Fred
Etheridge home Tuesday evening.
Her mother and Fred were children
together.
Philip Reece motored to Ashland
Thursday evening to attend the com
mencement exercises, as Harold
Reece, his nephew, was one of the
graduates.
The J. V. Stradley and Sons man
ufacturing company sold two ham
mer type mills this week. They are
kept busy all the time turning out
orders for their various products.
Mrs. Frank Bingham and son,
Frank, Jr., of Omaha, visited at the
Fred Ethridge home Monday. Fred
says his grandfather and her grand
father freighted across the western
plains together in an early day.
O. A. (Olie) Anderson is clean
ing, repairing and repainting his
repainting his large garage here. The
work is being done by Nels Ander-
Modern Business Methods Have Greatly
Decreased Number of Traveling Salesmen
Prosperous Era of 20's Ender for
"Knights of Sample Case"
Business Methods Change
By MAURICE MERRYFIELD
International Illustrated News
Feature Writer
ST. LOUIS. It Is confidentially
stated in many Quarters that the de
pression i3 about over, but one finds
no substantiation of this optimistic
report from a class who rode the
crest in the prosperous twenties the
traveling salesmen!
While one might suppose that this
traditional "menace" to the farmer's
daughter would be back on the road
in increasing numbers at the first
sign of business improvements, it ap
pears that the knights of the sample
case are fading from the American
scene.
Those breezy individuals who tour
ed the land by thousands from the
turn of the century until the crash
in 1929 who knew most of their
customers by first name and had for
their main stock in trade a repertoire
of racy jokes these colorful figures
appear doomed by modern business
methods.
Gone are the days when these emis
saries of business were evident In
numbers at nearly any hotel in the
United States, a fat cigar and derby
perched at jaunty angle the tradi
tional insignia of their type. Voluble,
good-natured, armed with a generous
expense account, they radiated good
cheer and geniality.
Salesmen Rode Crest in 20's
Without realizing it at the time,
the work of the traveling salesman
from 1915 to 1929 in establishing the
first nation-wide distribution for the
products of growing manufacturers
spelled his doom. During the very
height of the prosperity he was "rid
ing for a fall."
In the twenties when high pressure
methods of salesmanship and general
over-expanslonj of industry made
"the road" a highly lucrative pro
fession, there were between 500,000
and 750,000 traveling salesmen tour
ing the United States, Chain store
buying and consolidation had not
yet affected him to any appreciable
degree.
But today, when conditions have
considerably Improved in many fields,
there are only about 100,000 "on the
road."
And this comparison of figures does
not tell the whole story. The travel
ing salesman today finds the going
far different from "the good old
days" when it was the ambition of
many a lad to acquire "a line" and
get handsomely paid for seeing the
world.
Wholesale Buying Now Common
Modern advertising and distribu
tion methods have established nationally-known
brands which require no
good-will emissaries on the road.
Wholesale buying by chain stores and j
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son of Greenwood and E. A. Pearson
of Wahoo.
Charles Huyck, of Lincoln, was in
Greenwood last week tuning pianos,
also visiting his old friend, Fred
Etheridge. He and Fred played to
gether in the Ashland band forty
years ago. He also accompanied Mrs.
Rex Peters to Murdock to do some
tuning. Mrs. Peters has a number of
piano students there.
Called on Brother Here
Mrs. Helen Cooper, of Omaha, re
turned home after a few days' visit
with her brother, Cecil Totton and
wife. Cecil has been quite sick, but
is improved at this time, although
still confined to his bed. Another
sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Fitzsimmons, his brother, John
Totton and friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Graham, all of Omaha, called
on Cecil Tuesday evening.
Greenwood's Free Movies
The free moving picture show in
Greenwood sure brings people to
town. The largest crowd Greenwood
has seen in several years was here
last week, estimated at well over 500
people. Two dances both reported
capacity crowds.
The merchants are arranging a
bank night prize each Saturday night
with people registering but once for
all season, but must be present when
their name is called.
If you haven't been to the free
movies in Greenwood, come every
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corporation which have absorbed
thousands of smaller firms, once the
bulwark of the salesman's trade,
have also made life miserable for the
modern custodian of the sample case.
In a surprising number of In
stances, even among smaller stores,
the manager or owner personally
visits the manufacturer to select his
merchandise. This is becoming in
creasingly true of stores which
handle wearing apparel. It is not
uncommon for even the smaller cloth
ing shops today to send a buyer to
New York or Chicago twice or three
times a year.
Large jobbers who handle all com
modities needed by a drug, depart
ment or grocery store are also cutting
into the preserve once sacred to the
traveling salesman. Manufacturers
who once had their own representa
tives on the road are turning over
their products to these nation-wide
jobbing concerns which take com
plete charge of merchandising and
distribution.
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Wednesday night. Some good pic
tures are to be shown and we feel
sure you will enjoy them.
To be Married Wednesday
Announcement has been made of
the forthcoming marriage of Miss
Elizabeth Shupe of Greenwood and
Dr. Carl II. Dubler, of Omaha, at
the Shupe home in Greenwood on
Wednesday, May 27th, at S p. m.
Mis3 Shupe has been teaching
school at Wann, Nebraska, during
the past two or three years. Dr.
Dubler is practicing dentistry at
his office in Omaha.
They will be at home to their
friends after May 30th, at their
home at 3014 Franklin street in
Omaha.
Mrs. Harry Kramer and Mrs. Eliza
beth Yates of Wann gave a shower
in honor of Miss Shupe last Tuesday
afternoon, at which there were one
hundred guests present. Elizabeta
reports she received many fine pres
ents. Mrs. II. E. Warren of Greenwood
and her Sunday school class gave
Miss Shupe a shower Wednesday
evening. Ice cream and cake were
served to climax a very pleasant
evening.
Inflated op orainary dollar
either kind will still buy most if
expended In your home commun
ity., where a part is retained to
help meet the tax Duraen and
other community obligations.
Pity the farmer daugh
ter, now that the "city
slickers' are vanishing
from "the road"!
"Diamond Jim" a Phenomenon
Even the smaller independents are
being forced to adopt methods of
large-scale business to survive. There
are numerous co-operative purchas
ing agents for associations of inde
pendent merchants, another develop
ment which spells grief to the trav
eling salesman.
It is these factors, then, which
have contributed to the decline of
the traveling salesmen. It is be
cause of these reasons that the Am
erican scene will probably never
again have such a colorful figure
arise from the ranks of the "knights
of the road" as Diamond Jim Brady
whose sensational career probably
marks him as the most successful of
his type.
Gone foerver are those colorful
days when the lobby of nearly every
small town hotel was lined with a
row of genial expansive figures who
exchanged stories, passed Judgment
on the passing village belles, and
comprised a fraternal order of which
Diamond Jim was president emeritus!