The- vocsi Iepair4meni,
Nawi Mams Githsrod Ea:h Week by
V. W. STRAUB. Prosldont HENRY WOHLERS. Vleo,Prosldoat
H. C. WELLENSIEK. Cashlor
The Bank
Capital $10,000
Wo Solicit Your Banking Buslnoss.
Local Hews Notes
Chris Shoemaker is sporting a new set
of harness.
Carl Schroeder made a trip to Nehaw
ka last Friday.
Fred Halsback spent Sunday with his
family in Syracuse.
New gas lights have been installed
in the Christian church.
Gustave Buss, t he genial postmaster,
was in Omaha Wednesday.
Wave Allen, of Weeping Water, was
an Avoca visitor last Tuesday.
Fred Hellman and wife were up from
Berlin Sunday, visiting with relatives.
L. J. Marquardt is having a new hot
water heating plant installed in his re
pidence. The new telephone building is nearly
completed, and will soon be ready for
occupancy.
John E. Opp returned the first of the
week from Cardova, where he was called
on business.
C. E. Tefft and family, of Weeping
Water, spent Sunday with relatives
north of Avoca.
Alfred Marshall was down from
Weeping Water Saturday evening, visit
ing with friends.
Robert Trook, Wilton, John and Orin
Ervin, of Union, were visiting relatives
of Avoca last week.
Corn in this community is improving
some and with the fine weather we will
have a bumper crop.
Mrs. Mohr and daughter, of Syracuse,
are visiting in the city with their son
and brother, Gus, of this place.
John Pfann came up from Nebraska
City to work for contractor W. I.
Smoots who is rushed with work.
Mrs. John Bishop, and son, of Omaha,
visited from Friday until last Tuesday,
with B. C. Marquardt and family.
Mary Weston and brother, of Min
nesota, were visiting with John Schmidt
and family the first part of the week.
Geo. Maseman was down to Syracuse
visiting with (well, it's none of your
business) Saturday evening and Sun
day. John Meyer, a Nebraska City plumb
er, is installing a new water works
system for the Straub Bros., west of
town.
The village board are placing in sev
eral iiew cement crossings, which will
improve the appearance of our little city
greatly.
Mrs. Ed. Kirkpatrick, of Nehawka,
and sister-in-law, Mrs. Paul Kirkpatrick,
were visiting with-Mrs. G. O. Harmon
this week.
John Schmidt and family were in
Berlin, last Friday, being called their
on account of the death of Peter Peter
son, a cousin who died there Tuesday
before.
Let the Eagle Scream!
Pourth of July comes but once a year celebrate it
right. Come to our store for fireworks of all kinds;
firecrackers of every size, skv rockets, roman candles,
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torpedos, cap. pistols and canes,
decorations.
ORA E. COPES,
When you need anything in Fresh or Salt Meat Line you
want to be sure and get it of
JOHN SCHMIDT
THE MEAT MAN
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He also sells Poultry and Bread and is always prepared
to fix you with ice! ice!! ice!!!
AVOCA,
a Special Reporter for This Department of the Semi-Weekly Journal
ofMvoca
Surplus $3,500
Fred Bartels is having his new resi
dence plastered.
J. W. Waldrup was pleasure seeking
in Omaha Tuesday.
William Gellnor was in Omaha Mon
day transacting business.
L. J. Marquardt and son, Freddie,
were in Omaha last Tuesday.
J. C. Zimmerer and family spent Sun
day with friends in the country.
Emil Amada, of Syracuse, was at
tending to business in Avoca last Satur
day.
L. F. Dunkak was attending to some
business in Omaha last Tuesday and
Wednesday. '
Miss Neva Zook, the popular bank
clerk of Avoca, visited her parents near
Auburn over Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Brendel and Miss Selma
Marquardt were picking cherries at
John Burns Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Keedy enter
tained relatives from Kansas City the
fore part of the week.
The condition of Mrs. F. W. Rughe,
who has been sick for some time, re
mains about the same.
Raymond Westlake, of Murdock,
spent Sunday in our village, visiting
with friends and relatives.
P. P. Peckham enjoyed a visit from
his brother, Gus, who resides at Pal
myra, the first of the week.
John Schmidt and family went fishing
Sunday, and oh, me! oh, my! You
ought to hear the fish stories.
Gus Kegley and Mr. Marshall, of
Weeping Water, were in our city last
Tuesday, coming up in their automobile.
Henry Wulf, one of our prosperous
farmers, .was on the Omaha market
Wednesday with a fine load of porkers.
Miss Lizzie Reed, of Weeping Water,
visited at the home of Marsh Wellen,
north'of this village last Friday even
ing. Leona Hopp became seven years old
Tuesday, and several of her little girl
friends were invited in to help her cele
brate the occasion.
One of the clerks of this city must
expect to get married for he is now
worrying whether the ring will fit the
ladies finger or not. Cheer up!
Prof. John L. Zink and wife, the new
principal of the schools, brought up
their household goods, last Tuesday and
will occupy the Rankin property.
Dr. J. W. Brendel reports the follow
ing increase in the population: A boy
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Behrns, on Wednesday, the 17ht,and on
the 22nd Jas. Taylor and wife were pre
sented with a baby girl.
Professor Keiser, from Manhattan,
Kansas, came up to look over Straub
Bros., fine herd of cattle, last Tuesday,
and before leaving bought a choice bull
from their fine herd. Cass county cat
tle are becoming famous throughout the
west.
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Also flag and other
THE DRUCGIST,
Avoca, - Nebra-skOk..
NEBRASKA
DUNKAK & MASEMAN
Hardware
OF ALL KINDS
Carpenter Tools, Tinware
and Harness.
Agents for the Monarch Range
Sharpies' Cream Separator and Bart
lett Sewing Machine.
EDISON 3 PHONOGRAPHS
and a Full Line of the Latest Records
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UNDERTAKING GOODS
AVOCA,
NEBRASKA
Arrangements are nearing completion
for a series of five ball games between
Dunbar and Avoca for a purse of $50.
Boys, put up your money on Avoca.
The Endeavors of this village held an
ice cream social at the home of Mrs. A.
T. Harmon Tuesday evening. Ice cream
and cake and lemonade was served. A
neat sum was realized from this source.
Herman Ruhge and wife, who have
been in Avoca for the past two weeks,
called here on account of his mother's
sickness, have returned to their home
in Denver, Mrs. Rughe's condition be
ing some better.
Postmaster Buss received notice re
cently that unless the road on mail
route No. 2 was placed in good passable
condition and kept so the remainder of
summer, that the route would be with
drawn. This means that if the farmers
want mail routes they must keep the
roads in good condition.
Eighth Anniversary.
Last Saturday being the eighth wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Dunbar, several of their friends thought
it would be appropriate to help them
keep the occasion, so in the evening
surprised them. During the progress
of the evening the intruders presented
the happy couple with a set of fruit
knives.
Returns From the East.
Herman G. Wellenseik returned Tues
day evening from the east, where he
had been visiting for the past ten days,
taking in the republican convention
with Hon. Orlando Tefft, who by the
way, will not return until the last of
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and is very well pleased with the east.
A New Bridge.
Cass county is planning a new big
iron bridge over the south branch of
the Weeping Water, two miles east of
town. This bridge is being re-inforced
with concrete, which will make it one
of the most substantial bridges in the
county.
Loses Valuable Horse.
Dr. J. W. Brendel is mourning the
loss of his valuable driving horse.
While the doctor was engaged in re
pairing his automobile Sunday he re
ceived word that the animal had dropped
over dead. Heart failure being . the
cause.
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MARQUARDT
and Co. i
General
Merchandise
A full line of Dry Goods, Gents'
Furnishings, Groceries and Seeds-
KIRKENDALL AND 6OQD0AN
SHOES
Agents for the White Sewing Ma
chine and Tailor-Made Clothes.
AVOCA,
NEBRASKA
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IS THE MIN THAT SELLS
AUTOMOBILES -
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WA60NS AND BUGGIES
Be sure and see him when you
need anything in bis line.
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(Sjieolal CorresixMidencP.)
John Creamer, Ralph Dorr and F. V.
Hulfish "were at Lincoln Wednesday
Homer Lawton returned from Ash
land Wednesday.
O. O. Thomas was down from Lincoln
Wednesday.
Wm. Cagill and A. H. Waltz left for
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, Wednesday.
Mrs. H. P. Hinds and daughter, Grace,
was at Elmwood Wennesday evening.
Mr. Timghan was up from Weeping
Water Thursday.
Mrsl W. T. Richards was at Elmwood
Thursday.
Fred Obernalte was at Lincoln Thurs
day. Mrs. Hinds was at Weeping Water
Thursday.
P. T. Otte was at Weeping Water
Thursday morning.
Miss Lydia Squires was at Platts
mouth Wednesday.
E. M. VanEnery got a rib broke last
week.
O. H. Allen was at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, Saturday on a business trip.
The ;, Elmwood and Wabash league
ball teams crossed bats here last Satur
day. Over a dispute the game was
called a tie. The Elmwood brass band
accompanied the ball team and played
several pieces while waiting for the
train.
Several from here went to Lincoln
Monday to be present at the hearing
of the M. P. railroad in regard to the
wires being put back in the depot which
were taken out March 1st.
A. H. Ward was down from Walton
Saturday evening. .
The Ladies Aid society gave an ice
cream social at the Lynch hall Satur
day evening. A. J. Brann.
Departed for Elmwood.
Last evening Ed Donat departed for
Elmwood, where he will make arrange
ments for the City Band when they go
up on next Saturday. There are to be
given a number of prizes for the best
playing at the Log Rolling Saturday,
and it is in regard to this that Mr. Do
nat visits .Elmwood. The band from
this place are expecting to put up some
good music and feel as though they
could win the first prize, and we hope
they may. Go in. hoys, and win.
Bucklen's Arnice Salva Wins.
Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, Coch
ran, Ga., writes :I had a bad sore come
on the instep of my foot, and could find
nothing that would heal it until I ap
plied Bucklen's Arnica Salve.. Less that
half of a' 25 cent box won the day for
me by affecting a perfect cure."
Sold under guarantee at F. G. Fricke &
Co., drug store: ' f ' " '
Building Changes Hands.
D, R. Lewis, a Glenwood real estate
man, was in the city this morning and
met here with Walter Breen and O.
M.anger, of Omaha, who was accom
panied by his little son, Master Ed ward,
looking after some matters relative to
the placing of a loan on the Wetten
kamp building which has recently
changed hands, being conveyed from
E. Y. Hauley, of Shenandoah, Iowa, to
John Barnett, of Glenwood.
Will Build Sewer Soon
Last evening a contract wa3 execut
ed for the building of a sewer, connect
ing the new bank building with the
storm sewer, at ' the intersection of
Fifth and Main. To this sewer will be
connected the buidings containing the
firm of Kroehler . Brothers, Gering &
Co.,. and the new , Majestic, theatre.
John S. Hall, who got the contract will
endeavor to have the work done before
the Fourth of July, that they may be
out of the way for the celebration.
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ALVO NEWS ITEMS
Miss Edith Clements, of Lincoln, is
visiting Mrs. Charles Kirkpatrick this
week.
Miss Hilda Dahlgren, of Sutton, Neb.,
is the guest of Mrs. C. G. Anderson this
week.
Mrs. Abbie Cook, of Blair, Neb., is
visiting friends and relatives in this
place.
Mrs. Flora B. Keefer and Miss
Pauline are visiting here with relatives
and friends.
W. O. Boyles, of Lincoln, is down for
a short stay, looking after some busi
ness interests.
Miss Mabel Wake, of University
Place is the guest of G. P. Foreman and
wife this week.
Miss Ruby Stone is visiting at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. M. A. Baldwin,
at University Place.
C. A. Gullion's lease of the pool and
billiard parlors expired Tuesday and H.
Bennett again took charge.
Miss Marjorie Hall took the train to
Omaha Thursday, for a short visit with
her aunt, Mrs. Bertha Fitch.
C. M. Skiles, of David City, spent
this week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Skiles, of this place.
Mrs. Mae Dreamer and children are
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Etta Cashmer at University Place.
Miss Minnie Bailey is at home for
a short stay. She will leave for a short
visit in Plattsmouth in a.few days.
Mr. Vincent's condition seems to
improve. Mrs. Vincent spent Sunday
with him at the Shoemaker hospital in
Lincoln.
Messrs. Perry Foreman and John
Taylor came down from Havelock Sat
urday to visit. Mr. Foreman's parents.
Both have secured employment here and
will remain indefinitely.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Johnson, of
Lebanon, Neb., are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Appleman this
week. They are stopping on their way
to Oregon.
Frank and John Yaeger have been
visiting with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Yaeger, this week. Frank
has lef c for the west to re-enter Uncle
Sam's naval service.
Clyde Newkirk, lately of the Man-of-War.
is visiting with his uncle, J. D.
Newkirk, this week. Incidentally he
played ball with the Alvo Blues, Satur
day. An acetylene gas light plant has been
installed in the Yaeger Hotel. The
plant is large and will supply about
twenty-five lights. This completes the
equipment of the house, making it
thorough.
Mr. John Casey, Mr. James Casey
and Miss Dollie McMahon came down
from Omaha the first part of the week
to visit Messrs. J. E. and W. E. Casey
and families. Mr. Casey and Miss
McMahon departed for Omaha Tuesday
morning.
The funeral services of John, son of
Arthur Kellogg and wife, were held in
the M. E. church Monday afternoon
Deceased was born April 16, 1903, and
died June 21, 1908, aged 5 years, 2
months and 5 days. Services were con
ducted by Rev. B. L. Story.
The wind and rain storm of Monday
night caused much damage. A whole
row of apple trees was blown out of A
E. Lewis' orchard and the porch blown
off James Green's new house. Many
trees were blown down and many shade
trees ruined.
' Master Eber Allen and Steve Fore
man, aged 11 or 12 years decided that
life in Alvo was too slow for them,
started for Wyoming to be cowboys.
They got stranded in Havelock, and
decided that they would visit Steve's
older brother, Ed for a while. They
were persuaded to remain as guests, and
.will soon be returned to Alvo.
Joe Foreman met with a very serious
accident not long ago while attending
school in Lincoln. While running for
a street car one night he fell and sprain
ed his ankle, and apparently bruised his
shoulder. When- he came home some
days ago, it was discovered that ' the
apparent bruise was a serious disloca
tion of the clavicle and ligaments'.
- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Casey celebrated
their fifth wedding anniversary at their
pleasant country home, Wednesday
evening. A large number of friends
were present and enjoyed a pleasant
evening, i Lunch was served several
times during the evening. In fact, the
guests were obliged to spend the night
at the home of the host on account of
the rain.
Crops in this vicinity are beginning
to make a more favorable showing than
a few weeks earlier in the season.
Corn is still very small and much be
hind and very weedy, although most of
it has been plowed over once. Farmers
are plowincr early and late, even on
Sunday, a traveler counting twenty
one teems between Alvo and Havelock
on Sunday last. Wheat was beginning
to be very rusty and rank in the lower
lands, but seems to be straightening up
now and coming out of the rust. Oats
are short, spring wheat is behind, tame
hay is promising to be an excellent
crop, and some of the farmers will be-
j gin cutting this week. j
Averil Allen came home Friday to
join the Alvo base ball team.
Mrs. Hattie Hadley ami Mrs. .Mar
garet Vail, of Lincoln, are the guest
of Mrs II. A. Boyles this wt-ek.
Misses Nellie S. and Bessie Sudern
are visiting at the home of their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas.
Miss Mabel Stout, and brother, Char
ley, were guests at the home of Mkt
Lizzie Christopherson, of Lincoln last
week.
. Mr. Thos. Stout lost a valuable horno
Sunday by a peculiar accident. The
horse stepped upon a pole which Hew
up and fatally injured the horse. It wax
dead when found.
News comes to us from California
that Mr. Carl Keefer, formerly of this
vicinity, will remove his family to Vir
ginia, where he has a position as mana
ger of a large plantation. -
"The Standard-Bearers" held an icu
cream social on the M. E. church lawn,
Wednesday evening. There was a large
crowd present. With Miss Marie
Stroemer as president, and Miss Arzillu
Bennett as secretary, much good work
has been done both religious and in a
social way.
The Woman's Reading Club met at
the home of M,rs. R. A. Boyles last
Thursday afternoon. After an enjoy
able program, a two-course luncheon
was served. This club organized five
years ago and its career has been one
of great benefit to members and com
munity in a social way. The original
purpose of its organization was to study
classic literature, but after about three
years the club turned its attention t.
the study of problems in domestic and
social economy and science. Mrs.
Claudia Parsell is president, and Mrs.
Emily Hall is secretary. Mrs. Rosa
Lee Casey is chairman of the house anil
home committee.
Alvo Defeats Murdock.
The Alvo and Murcock clubs, of the
Cass County baseball league, crossed
bats in Boyles' park last Saturday and
Murdock went down before the Blues,
3 to 0. 'Alvo worked a new pitcher.
Boyles, but were able to support him
excellently. Alvo's runs were made in
the third inning, while Murdock was
never able to reach third base. In the
third ii.ning, Boyles singled to left.
stole second; F. Parsell got first on at
tempt to catch Boyles off ' second ; F.
Parsell got first on attempt to catch
Boyles at third. Newkirk hit to short
and G. Parsell and Boyles romped home
on a wild throw to the plate. F. Par
sell scored later on Newdirk's hit.
Batteries Alvo, Boyles and G. Parsell;
Murdock Thimgan and Thimgan. Hits
off Thimgan 5, off Boyles, 3. Hit by
pitch ball Thimgan 2. Struck out, by
Boyles 8, by Thimgan 4. Umpire J.
Stone.
DIRE DISTRESS
It Is Hear at Hand to Hundreds
of Plattsmouth Readers
Don't neglect an aching back. Back
ache is the kidneys' try for help.
Neglect hurrying to their aid means
that urinary troubles follow quickly.
Dire distress, diabetes, Bright's dis
ease. Mrs. B. E. Gallagher, of Winter
steen Hill. Plattsmouth, says: "Kidney
trouble was all through our family.
My father and an uncle died with Bright's
disease, so in my case there is no doubt
about kidney affection being hereditary.
Ever since I had the rheumatism thirty
years ago, in fact, all my life, I have
been subject to pain in my back and
dropsical tendencies. On account of the
misery in my loins I Jhave at times
hardly been able to get up or down. I
could tell in dressing hpw badly my
body would be swollen and then my
limbs would be bloated , and my hands
pulled up. A friend of mine gave me
part of a box of Doan's . Kidney Pills.
The strong praise she gave for the
remedy gave me Borne hopes that it
might do me some good. I used it and
it did prove true to the claims made for
it. Of course, I couTd "not expect a per
manent cure from taking half a box,
but to say that it brought me, much
relief from the painarid dropsical symp
toms is not exaggeration by any means.
I procured Doan's Kidney" Pills at Ger
ing & Co. V drug store.'"
For sale by-all dealers. Price 50c.
Fpster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Y., sole
agents for the United States.
Remember - the 'name Doan's and
take no other. " ' '
Constable C. A. Ralston,' of Weeping
Water, this morning filed a complaint
with District Clerk Robertson, alleging
that one Ezra Covolt, a resident of
Weeping Water, was insane and ask
ing for his commitment to the asylum.
A summons was issued and the hearing
before the insanity commission set for
10 o'clock tommorrow morning. Sheriff
Quinton departed for Covolt this morn
ing. Ralston will be a witness in the
case.
M. S. Briggs, the presiding genius of
the local page of the Journal, departed
this afternoon for Omaha, Denver and
other points west, being interested in
some land deals. He expects to be gone
for several days.