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News Kama Gathered Each Week by a Special Reporter for This Department of the Seml Weekly Journal
goods at
Copes' drug talnment by himself and when sup-
ported by Miss Livingston, violinist.
Ruhge was at, Omaha an Mrs- starr- accompanist, the
! irio are certainly at the head of then
'rla nf ontprtnlnpra. Their DTO-
Geo. Cotton was here from Auburn ... t..
gram contained something of Inter
Tuesday. ! .,., olacclnl nnn.
Holiday
utore.
::Mra. F.
Friday.
Alvo
Cecil Jacobson has been quite lick
for the past few days.
Ralph Graham was visiting Elm
wood relatives Wednesday.
William Gollner was a business
visitor in Omaha Fridaf. i
Orlando Tettt left last If celt Tor
an extended visit to Lurope. .
Clyde Graham was down from
Lincoln the first of the week.
' Sheriff Quinton and family were
over from Plattsmouth last week.
; Mrs. B. C. Marquardt and daugh
ter Clara, were Omaha visitors Fri
day. -Go to Copes' drug store for your
holiday goods. Something for every
(hie. '
Edward Morley and family have
moved to the Tefft residence near
town.
George and Lola Malcolm spent
Thanksgiving with their parents near
Talmage.
Mrs. E. B. Quinton spent several
days last week visiting with Talmage
relatives.
Geo. Maseman and wife spent from
Saturday until Monday with Syra
cuse relatives.
W. C. Norval and wife, living west
of town, are the happy parents of a
baby girl, born November 29.
Louis Dunkak and Samuel John
son are in western Nebraska this
week looking at their real estate.
Fred McGrady and wife and J. W.
Waldrlp took Thanksgiving dinner
at the McGrady home at Weeping
Water.
Cyrus Cochran, of Brady Island,
and Roy Cochran, of Lincoln, were
visiting Avoca relatives the first of
the week .
. Oliver Harmon and wife enter
tained a houseful of relatives Thanks
giving day at a New England turkey
dinner.
Louis Carsten and wife entertain
ed about twenty-five relatives and
friends Thanksgiving day.
.
Your patronage of the lecture
course will largely determine whether
or not Avoca and vicinity will have
the same sort of entertainment next
year. A word to the wlso 'is suffi
cient. Mrs. L. W. Fahnostook was taken
ill very suddenly Thursday evening
after the social. t)r. .Brendel was
called and reports her as being all
right again.
Ernest Havemnn, a young son of
Fred Haveman, living northwest of
town, had his arm broken one day
this week by getting mixed up with
a corn elevator. His mittens were
wet and one of them caught in the
cogs and broke his arm before he
could be released.
The social given Thursday by the
Ladles Aid of the Congregational
church at the town hall was very
liberally patronized. A program was
given, which consisted of music, re
citations and the good old Peak
Sisters. Ice cream and cake was
served at smaM tables scattered about
the hall.
ular and old fashioned, readings, and
impersonations. In his numerous
vein. Mr. Starr kept his audience in
a gale of laughter. Miss Livingston
charmed all present by her rendi
tions. The next number will be January
17 Jublee singers.,. As this is the
most expensive number in the
course and the promoters had great
difficulty In securing them on ac
count of the multiplicity of their
en cn cements, it naturally follows
that they must be worth listening
to.
as-its
loulti-y Show KnlnrgeH.
The Trans-Mississippi Poulty
sociation has voted to enlarge
premium list, offering prizes of $10
to $23 In gold, to combine the ex
hibition with that of the Nebraska
Kennel club and hold the annual
show this year in Omaha from De
cember 27 to January 1.
For th . show the auditorium has
been secured. It has 52,000 square
feet of floor space, which will give
ample room for the show, and if fill
ed with birds and pet stock, make
the exhibition one of the largest in
the largest in the west. A largo
number of enli a are expected and
new plana made for double-decking
the coops'.
A series of lectures on poultry and
pet stock raising having also been
procured, making the i how not mere
ly a p'inv to see fine birds, but a
phn .) to J.-arn in a short time some
thing about poultry and pet stock
breeding. ..
F. S. King, of Omaha. 13 president
and F. E. Ahluuist, of Benson, secretary.
"Aunt Oracle" Johnson Dead.
"Aunt" Grade Johnson, an aged
negress living in the third ward,
died this morning after an illness
of sometime. "Aunt Grade" as she
was familiarly, known, was quite a
character In the town, having lived
here for many years. Her age Is
.1. A. Shaffer made a business trip
to Lincoln Tuesday.
Adam Hilderbrant was on the sick
list the first of the week.
A. E. Failing visited friends in
Alvo Sunday and Monday.
Sara Cashner was transacting busi
ness in Omaha last Friday.
Mr. and Mr9. L. C. White re
turned to Missouri Monday, Novem
ber 29.
Harry Vlckers spent Thanksgiv
ing In Murdock. returning on No.
17 Sunday p. m.
Mrs. B. F. Btlllhart was called to
Johnson to see a brother, who is re
ported very sick.
s Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Mnrts. November 27. 1909. a son.
Dr. Mulr attended.
J. M. Campbell went to PlattS'
mouth Tuesday, going by the way
of Lincoln and Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Yaeger spent Thanks
pivlncr in Lincoln at the home of
her neice, Mrs. Clyde Boyles.
G. P. Foreman, Sr., bought the
Al. Ingwerson place Thursday of
last week and will improve it for
stock.
J. V. Parsell's sale last Saturday
was well attended and things sold
well. Col. Branson was auctioneer
and G. P. Foreman, Sr., clerk.
E. M. Stone and his mother were
In Plattsmouth on business Tues
day. ' E. M. - stopped in Omaha on
his return home.
Fay Parsell is working at home
and Lloyd Sheeseley is helping his
brother, George Sheeseley during
Fay's absence.
Miss Minnie Bailey visited in Lin
coln from Monday evening till Tues
day evening, returning on the much
belated No. 18.
Mr.' and Mrs. S. C. Boyles and
son Dale, spent Thanksgiving with
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boyles in Lin
coln, returning home Friday noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Crone of
Imogene, la., were the guests of Mrs.
M. P. Stone, sister of Mrs. Crone,
from Tuesday until Saturday of last
week.
Dale Boyles came down from
Lincoln Friday to spend the remain
der of his vacation at home. He
returned to Lincoln Sunday even
ENGLAND FACE3
POLlTiOAL CRISIS
Britain Stirred to Dspilis by
Defeat of Budget.
CmiBN STARTS AT ONCE.
Peers Will Take Stump to Explain
Their Action and Ask Support of
People at Pone Election Will Set
tie Fight for Control of Governmeni
and Contest Will Be Most Important
of Century.
London, Dec. 2. The political ciisi-
caused by the unprecedented action ot
the house of lords in reiuslng its cou
sent to the government s uuuDei
veloplng rapidly.
The cabinet, which had already de
termined on the policy It woi . i
sue in the event of Lord Lmisdowue'3
amendment being cani'a. i
usually early meeting to coulinn u t
decision and consider the wording o
a motion which Premier Asqjitu wui
ask the house of coi.i.nons to adopt.
This motlou will constitute a re Lion,
strance against what the liberals cou
tend to have been an invasion by the
peers of the rights of the lower house,
All the members of the cabinet were
present at the meeting, which excited
so much popular Interest that a great
crowd gathered in the vicinity of No. 1
Downing street, tho official resl.lcncu
of the premier,
Suffragettes Net in Evidence,
The fact that there was not a re
mote possibility even that the crowd
would' learn what transpired within
did not discourage the throng in the
street, whose numbers became
Afrat1 cf Ghosts
Many p.-i i. ;.': : ' l t. .-. Few people
ere afrnJ vi nr.. H l.'t jjliost i-. a fimcy end
the i"rm i - . : . t. li t 3 tferm could ho muiuLed
to a ' ' I t j i.s terrors it won J .-rter more
(;r ' a.:y f re-bieuthin iu.o '. Genus
' car J. They uro ia the j.cut.ic,
t'.: .:ak.
' i cr.ly prosper when the condition
c! ' it free scope 1o cstuhlh it-
s;I, i -i V. ben t'.iere h J.-iicituey of.
vita. . a. -tor. restlessness, a saliow cheek,
a hollow eye, when tho appetite is poor and the
Sleep is or n, h iirno 10 puaru nr,jinsi i:ie germ. lou ran
fortify the L y c-' . c'l Mns by the use of Dr. Tierce's Cold
en Medical .eovt v. It incronsos t!:c vital power, cleanse the
rystetn of ch fA r-ipuricj, enriches the blood, puts the stom
ach and organs of c'i.'istioi and nut v ion in working condition, so
that the germ finds no weak or t.:,itcd spot in which to breed.
"Golden Medical Discovery" cui.uim no alcohol, whikky or
habit-forming dru,s. All its ingredients printed on its outside
wrapper. It is not a secret nostrum but a medicine or inon
comiositiom and with a record cf 40 ycart of cures. Accept no
aubstitoto there is nothing " just ns rood." Ask your neighbors.
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MYXAHI).
G. W. Snyder was In Plattsmouth
Monday. ' ' ..
Miss Elsie Gapen spent a few days
last week visiting friends In Peru,
Neb.
A. J. Klser returned Monday from
Lincoln, where he spent Thanksgiving.
Anna Snyder is staying In Platts
mouth this week on account of the
terrible roads.
The members of' the school board
of district No. 3, visited the school
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. R. L. Propst, and mother,
Mrs. E. E. Godwin, drove to Platts
mouth Tuesday.
Miss Eva Porter, who is teaching
school at Rock Bluffs, spent Sunday
with her parents.
Misses Ednah and Mayola Propst
were In Julian, Neb., Saturday and
Sunday, guest of Miss Menlle Davis.
Marie Williams, of Norfolk, who had
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Myers
for the past month. Miss Williams
will visit In Plattsmouth a few days
and then return 'to ho.r homo at Norfolk.
quite uncertain, she having claimed
to be near 100 years of age but her 'g where he Is attending the state
son, George Johnson, who came down
from Omaha this morning placed
her age at 62. She was born In
Loulsana, in Concordia parish, a ,
slave, and her husband married her
when she was a mere child, the mar
riage being such as the usual slavery
marriage was. George Johnson was
the oldest of a family of children,
university.
The first entertainment for the
lecture course was given by Alva
Green last Friday evening. Mr.
Green's impersonations were rend
ered in an excellent manner and his
singing was grand.
Mrs. C. C. Buf knell, daughter Jes-
Rev. Lesley and wife, of Lincoln,
8o spent Saturday and Sunday in thia
great finally that a large force of po- vicinity, where he Is acting as pas
lice was summoned to prevent a pos
sible demonstration. t
The ministers passed through the
street to the premier's residence un
disturbed by suffragettes and encour
aged by the cheers of their support
ers. The time of the delivery of the
speech of prorogation, the substance
of which was decided on at the meet
Ing of the cabinet, will depend on the
time occupied for debate on the pre
mier's motion which commenced to
day. It is expected, however, that this
discussion will be brief, the speeches
by prearrangetnent' being confined to
the leaders of the unionist, liberal, la
bor and Irish parties.
Parliament to Be Prorogued.
Parliament will be prorogued doubt
less until the middle of January, but
the choice of a date is a mere form
allty, as the present house conies to
an end by dissolution early In the
year.
The election campaign will open in
earnest tomorrow, when David Lloyd
' George, chancellor of the exchequer,
and Winston Spencer Churchill, presi
! dent of the board' of trade, who are
held chiefly responsible for the budget
and Lord Lansdowne and J. Austin
all of whom are dead with the ex- co,n Wednesaay evening to visit rela
ception of himself. The funeral will ., Th pte Thanksgiving din
sie and son Clifford, went to Lin- ( Clianibprinin( ,he most ardent oppo
nents of the government's measure,
, . School Notes.
sThe' whooping cough has run its
course and the' members of the pri
mary department are enjoying the
rtuiet. . . , .
At the close of the month of No
vember, there are four pupils of this
rqom who have been neither tardy
or absent since entering Wayne
SniootB, Edith Seacat, Harry Busch
and Bertha Brluton. ;; Harvey Mad
sen has been absent' one day on ac
count of sickness.
.There was quite an excltment
created Tuesday of last week, pne
of, our first grade pupils tried an
experiment of putting a bead up her
nose. The doctor was called upon
to, relieve the excltment.
It is desired that the public should
quit making a public road out of
the school grounds. We know that
the roads are muddy but we dislike
very much to have the school grounds
so deeply out with wheels.
The eleventh grade prepared i!
newspaper for the program last week
which was enjoyed by all the school
be held in this city on Saturday and
the aged woman laid to rest beside
her husband, who was laid away
many years ago. ,
Poisoned. '
A sad case of poisoning, by a pa
tent medicine, happened the other
week. Remedies manufactured on a
large scale, for general family-use,
in cases where a physician's help Is
not absolutely necessary, should
never contain even the minute part
of any poison. Such a family-remedy
Is Trlner's American Elixir of Bitter
Wine, which contains no poison, no
chemical, no preservative, no injur
ious Ingredient whatever. It is, in
fact, a remedy which everybody can
take without being afraid it will do
him any harm, who suffers from any
disease of the stomach, the intes
tines, the nerves and the blood. It
will regulate the digestion, stimu
late tho organs and keep them work
ing. I tladniB b inbfwetaoi.contns
ing. It is . made of pure red wine
and bitter herbs. At drug stores.
Jos. Trlner, 1333-1:131) So. Ashland
Ave., Chicago, 111.
A l ine Entertainment.
The Star Musical company gave
the first number of the lecture
course Monday evening and In Bplte
of the bad weather and worse roads
were greeted by a large and appre la
tlve audience.
Mr. Starr la a full sized enter
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boyles,
returning home Sunday.
Miss Marie Stroemer, Alfred
Stroemer, Verl Llnch, Miss Aletha
Rouse and Glenn Keefer returned to
school at University Place Sunday
evening, after spending their Thanks
giving vacation at home.
Mrs. Vincent entertained her
nelce, Miss Flossie Strain and nep
hews, Masters Leslie and Elmer
Strain of Bethany at dinner Thanks
giving. Miss Flossie remained u
tll Saturday evening when Mrs. Vin
cent accompanied her home, re
maining till Sunday noon.
A Pleasant Kveitt.
Last Friday evening at the home-
of Will Stokes was a scene of much
merriment when tho friends cf Miss
Elsa gathered to help her enjoy ono
of the evenings of her Thanksgiv
ing recess. The evening was spent
In playing various games and pull
ing taffy. Those present were: Misses
Gertrude Cole, Anna Snyder, Ednah
and Mayola Propst, Pearle Ilenton,
Margaret and Rachel Livingston,
Elsa StokeB, Messrs Glenn and Myron
Wiles, Bryon Snyder, Will and
Wayne Propst, Boyd Porter, Carl
and Sherman Cole, Ed. Tschlven and
Charles Barnard.
will deliver speeches," and with the
exception of a brief respite at Christ
mas, will continue the fight tint IS lec
tlon day.
In many respects the Impending
struggle will be the most Interesting
In the parliamentary history of En
gland. Some of the peers have de
cided to take the unusual course of
stumping the country to explain their
action in voting against the budget,
The course Is believed by many of the
lords to be imperative, following th
criticism which fell from the Hps ol
some of the staunehest of the union
Ists durlnir th reenpt debate.
tor.
Mont Robh, and W. T. Richard
son 'attended the commercial, club
banquet at Plattsmouth Monday even
ing.
Robert Propst was a passenger
to Ralston, Neb., Wednesday morn
ing, where he will visit a few days
with his Bon, Thayer.
Miss Vandlier of VeBtn, Neb., is
acting as organist at the M. E.
church, where revival meetings are
being held by Rev. Harrol.
Miss Elsie Stokes and Olga Fight,
who spent Thanksgiving with their
parents, returned Monday to their
studies at University Place.
Mrs. Glenn Vallery received the
sad news of the death of her lit
tle brother, Dwight, of Weeping Wa
ter. She departed for that place
Immediately.
A Thanksgiving program was
reendered at district No. 45, last
Friday afternoon. The visitors pres
ent were Mesdames G. W. Snyder,
A. A. Wetenkamp, Edgar Barker,
Anna Snyder and Pearl Kenton,
Glen Wetenkamp, Hazel Barker and
Roberta Propst.
Miss Maggie Bengen, of Mynard,
who has been visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Henry Myers, of Greenwood,
for a few days, returned on Tuesday,
bring with her cousin. Miss
An Afternoon Coffee.
The ladles of the Altar society of
St. John's church held an afternoon
coffee at the home of Mra. E. B.
Thrall yesterday afternoon.
In Bplte of the Inclemency of the
weather there were a largo number
of the ladies present and the ' af
ternoon was spent In a most delight
ful manner.
The ladies have been holding an
afternoon coffee one afternoon out of
each month and the one held yes
terday afternoon proved aa pleasant
as the former.
The afternoon was verypleasant-
ly spent In social conversation and
cards, there being several games of
the latter played.
During tho afternoon delicious
coffee and cake were served and the
guests found it delightfully appetiz
ing and pleasant.
CREST0N THEAIfc.it BURNS
Jack Sehulhof departed last even
ing for Aurora, 111., where he Bays
the piece work Inspector will talk
to him and tell him wherein he has
cost the company money. It Is1 to
bo hoped John comes home satisfied
with tho talk and that he paves Jim
Hill more wealth in the future than
In the past, ns Jim .needs the money.
Wash Your Face and Hands
with
A. D. S.
PEROXIDE SOAP
Its Constant Use Tends
. to Keep the Skin White
25c a Cake
0RA E. COPES
The Drngftst
That Hog Sport.
Sport, the dog, which has made his
home down In tho Burlington yards,
got badly fooled yesterday afternoon
and is now out at Oreapolls waiting,
for a train to ; come home on. The
dog never will walk' anywhere if
there Is a possible chance to ride
and he ' knows jutit what tralnB and
engines to get on.' ' Sport was a
tramp dog and came along one day,
faking a fancy to the boys In the
yards and concluded to stop with
them, and since then lie has known
no other home than the switch shan
ty, the engines or Yardmaster John
son's home, when the latter will let
him go there." Yesterday he went
out to Oreapolls on tho switcher and
getting off the engine, he wandered
away and did not come back in ttme
to return home. Yardmaster John
son says the dog did not recognize
the exhaust of the engine. The last
tho boys saw of him he was out
In a muddy field looking for rabbits
lie will take the first train which
stops there for home, that Is sure
Sport Is known from end to end of
the Burlington and has made friends
with all the trainmen and others on
tho system.
Fire Destroys Masonic Temple Wltl
Lost of $50,000.
Croston, la.; Dec. 2. The Masonic
temple was destroyed" by. fire. Tin
fire started supposedly from spontu
noons combustion.,. .rf lifvfhinios line
burned through the rp'of when the
alarm was turno-J Jii and the firemcr
experienced groat iMcultii in KoUl.n?
& 1 1. - i n.1 i i i .. .1...' ri-
Hl me ure. ine uui inis? whn uhj im
est In the county nnVprnlmbly th
best theater in BolHh'wcsfern Iowa
The loss was1 $30,00-)' and Iiisnrancf
$10,000. ; "
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
Colored Preacher Shot and Fatallv
Wounded a White -Man.
Cochran, Ga., Dec. 2t John Har
vard, a negro preacher who shot and
fatally Injured Will D. Booth twe
miles from this place late In the after
noon, was captured by a mob of en
raved' citizens Ave 'niljnsjfrom hen
end burned at a stake, more than a
carload of light wood, It i, said, be
ing heaped about tho body.
Precentlcs, the new Candy Cold
Cure Tablets, are said by druggists
to have four special specific advant
ages over all other remedies for a
cold. First They contain no Quin
ine, nothing harsh or sickening. Se
cond They givo almost instant re
lief. Third Pleasant to the taste,
like candy. Fourth A largo box
48 Preventlcs at 25 cents. Also
fine for feverish children. Sold by
all dealers.
Pattons paint at Gerlng s.
Last Chance to Duy American
Fence at These Low Prices
Chris K. MVtzger came in last
evening from Cedar Creek and was a
passenger thia morning for South
Omaha, where he will visit the stock
market during the day.
Charles City Ceta Carnegie's Money
Charles City, la., Ik-c. 2. Charles
City college hn Just announced that It
has received the required $o0,000 to
get the $25,000 promised by Andrew
Carnegie as nn endowment.' Word was
received from Carnegie's private sec
retary that he will lie glad to send
his check for the $2S.on.
Latham Files Machine in Furious Gale
Mouniielon, Franco, Dec. 2. Bat
tllng against a wind of nearly forty
miles an hour, Hubert Lathum, tho
French aeronaut, attained a height of
about 1,600 fret, beating the official
world's record.
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A Mir.-.'d, faiMrnitiiil, riMiiirintf fence,
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Since purchasing our last car fence has ad
vanced 15 per cent. We arc still selling what we
have on hand at the old price. If you need any call
at once and save money.
JOHN U&U
