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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1910)
V- 'A ' 1 f : ; - : : f ' I r X . C. E. METZGER, Candidate for Representative BODY OF "2' Supposed to Have Been Struck Ey Loose Car Dcor While Walk ing Beside Railroad Track. Saturday afternoon, the dead body , i of Thomas Brittain, foreman for the i Woodruff gravel pit, located a mile ' west of Cedar Creek, was found be side the Burlington track with a severe contusion In the head. For a time It was thought that the man had been murdered, as Saturday was the regular payday and Mr. Brit tain had left the pit about noon to go to Cedar Creek to make out the pay roll. Coroner Clements was noti fied and In company with a physician left Elmwood about 4:30 Saturday afternoon, going to Cedar Creek by auto and arrived there shortly before 8 o'clock. A Jury was empaneled and all the facts which could be ascertained were brought out. It was learned that Mr. Brittain had been walking down the railway track toward the village of Cedar Jenkins : Opera : House! MURRAY laturday High!, Elov. Young People of the Christian Church will Give Two One-Act Plays "A Cass -of Suspension!" DRAMATIS PERSONAE Dorothy Alice. . . Mildred , . Edith LaRue Young ladies of the Seminary Loretta Carroll Olga Minford Harold Tom . . Jack. . Undergraduates of a C'jlloe near Ml Onhelin .Tnrl'jina nf ta F,.,,!'.. i i ti .' .". ' . 1 " Prof. LmiliusLdgerum, of the Faculty Kathleen, a Celtic maiden James, the Seminary man .VYaynu Lewis "His Mi Wife!" COMEDY CA3T OF CHARACTERS Arthur Everett n artist Everet Thamason Robert Parks, his chum plUV stokes KopresentatlveJohn H. Potts, a Roigh Diamond Wy Sevbolt MissAKnes cl'heni.,n Everett's Aunt Bessie Brendel Mrs Munford-Wells , a So y Matron Kuth Thamason Miss Eleanor Perry, Parks' Cousin Isabella Younir Miss Bella Potts, I Nouvelle Heiress Leli Vallerv Wilhelmir.a, a Model, commonly known as "Willy" .'.Villa Ganen SIS' Wtr,Mother "waBhes ..Clark' CopenhTer Mary, a Maid Tressa Stokes Time-Present. Place-Washington, D. C. Admission ' teek, and when about half way to :he village, near the farm of George Horn, he met a special freight mak ing the Sioux City run from Pacific Junction to Ashlaud and stepped to one side of the lra;k an J evidently had not gotten clear of danger, and a car door, which v.as swinging from an empty truck, s rude Lim on Lie head inflicting a wound from which he died. The deceased was a man about fifty-fhe years of age, and had resided In Cedar Creek for some time and leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. Mr. Brittain for merly lived in Louisville, and for a number of years was foreman of the Hugh Murphy quarry, near Louis ville, but had been with the Wood ruff people about two years. His re mains were taken to Fremont yester day for burial, where the deceased has a brother now living. John Jenkins by Chas Vallerv Harry Creamer Ill ill IU uavis Guy Stokes ri Ufa rnnankavai .Mario Davis 25c, 35c IOWA CHAIRMEN ME CONFIDENT Slate;;;!; kiwi tCoInV i iix'.y-rive Hundred Teachers Send in Latnej fur Stute Convent. on at Cap ital Telephone Systems of Lea Moines V. ill Ee Consolidated Next fcaturoay. Lis .Moan-;;, Oct. 31. The loilowins staU-ineins wore niae by tae ei.uii uu'ii of Me iwo SiUtc ciiniiiutu-es. CnuiuiiUii Lari K i-r.uiUo, Kopiihlii an: ".is a rule pie election c.sii.iuu j o; i!i:ijor:t:cs in o.i y.uii are oi iuu. toii.".0(HK uce, us it is ditP.cur. lor il.t .u!.a oi tin i'o il-'lum.in it;:it cent o. t..e wi.ule voL' v. .1. L,j p.4.i'.l. ii) peril 1 1 i.n o.:Ui....,i l .ii uliont tin.' sti;to is a iuuo U.-U . r any inr.i::i.tlce. u.if ti.i: iicp.;b.u...i riiiili.r.iion of lo.va is ii;,:;.t, me lOaihutti tiin u ;.re a.t eoi.U fi '.it a:. I (live, the si it,? is I, "jiuiji ii.n, t;i. n ii no kmu r:-.l disn.it:st.!tti.:: iiii'i,:; ilt ;iui)iirtirs thr;ii vtmat the b;ut a ..: : ri-,vitf.Btr.r!d:i:s a l il-lms to the vo.i I'.i.iy, t:-or- -1 i be a general li -jjuj .i vii vi , .1 Nov. S." C'iiainiii.1. A. P. Rood. I).?nucrr.i: ' J uijjr ; item reports . 1 have re chived lrcm ilill' ivnt ccntles o. t!.e -jt'te, 1 en booking for tlie eiodion cl lie Demociatic state ticket. Of co'iiso, I rm in no position to skc1 figures p:: I I c.'i! sure that no man can un lerta'ir t) ;ive exmt figures on the sinmlon ut I am very confident of the ole. ticn of Claude Porter as governor o; Iowa I think that the ror.'ilt In the coiiRies r'ounl distii(ts will be n surprise, anl wo are r,r!n? to mike big al:is. TheHp orlnlons nre formed from my own re pfits from pn excellent working or r?i'!zntion w have In the stnt" and r.Vo cfTifirlrrtlBlly from a number of Republic'' ns." .Telephone Consolidation. The final consolidation of the tv;:; te'c;hone systems In ti'is city hi:? bai'ii sot for next S'.tnrdp.v. Tl. 'own o:i'pnny will tako over the -M.it, !' company and handb the c-nt're bus' ness of the city, eliminating all n m p"t!t!cn The purchase of the ko,1; or' the Muttinl was made a Ion? tlni" no. but no actual consolidation ef fee ted. Teachers Enrolling. Advance enrollment for the siUi U'f.ciuTs' convention closed wilh ii 500 ' enrolled. All of that number havo so-' cire.-l setits for tht- Roosevelt spocdi on t!:e night cf Itiiln.-, Nov. 4. Tl .'t lev, is nbjiit 2 00) smts for the sa: era! pul ih. P j.u:;, have been airie frr a poll' 'ml r.'.ect'ns tlif same ni?l t to be ai": s vl by Theodor. Ho.) velt after 1 Is address to, the t. 'ambers. BIG PROFITS IN POTATOES Northwestern Iowa Broduclng 200 Bushels to the Acre. Sioux Rai;l:!s, la., 0-1. 31. Some of the farmer.-, a.o.a.d hre aie repoit.nj a 2 0 busi.el yield to the aire of po tato s and r.i.'.iUc-t'n tiuui to the nur chants at "j cents a bushel. An ar:,-e of ground which produces $130 worth of tubers is not so bad alter all and has a tendency to make one feel that Iowa land prices are not so terribly out of proportion as some people would try to ninlie you think they are. To Operate Onion Farm. Independence, la., Oct. 31. W. T. Ilurd of Dubuque, who has purchased the Dr. Crayton farm, between Little ton and Jesup, this county, Is planning to embark in the onion growing busi ness on an unusually large scale 'next season. He has purchased several hundred dollnrs' worth of seed and will plant forty acres to that vegeta ble. Several men and boys will as sist him In caring for and harvesting the crop. The planting of such a mam moth quantity of onions Is unusual In this section, and the plan will be watched with Interest. . Recovers From Infantile Paralysis. Nevada, la., Oct. 31. Erman Perisho, a young man of the north part of the county, who was the first victim of infantile paralysis In the county, is reported as recovering. He is now able to ride about in a buggy, but has not recovered the use of his lower limbs. Little Cora Barthelow of this city, another afflicted with the Bamo disease, Is able to get around some, but has not fully recovered the use of her limbs. The child of Nathan Danlelson, who was taken down but a few days aso, Is said to be In a crlt leal condition. Sister Calista Dead. Dubuque, la., Oct. 31. Sister Mary Call3ta, order of Mercy hospital, this a it y, passed away after a lingering 111 nevs. Deceased, who was known to the world as Margaret Skablll, entered the order thirteen years ago. She was stationed at Clinton and Sioux City prior to her return to Dubuque a year ago. Infant Chokes to Death on Bone. Marshnlltown, la., Oct. 31. While sucking on a piece of spare rib, Don ald, tho thirteen months-old son of Mrs. Sadla Moor, a merchant here, got a small piece of bono Into Its wind pipe and choked to death before the doctors could remove the obstruction iOWA ROADS ARE GO 2D So Sayj A. L'V est.are on Trarscon nental Tcur. L i s M'-ir. Oil. 31 A. U Won tin i 1 , w! o u 'ay iii..; out a tianscouti iuimI ii.a.i for tiiv.' 1oimi:. Club ol Ai'.Hina, i in lei Moines, lie had : n!:..i; but p: !e tor ti e Iowa roaii uiiil .;i.it i that li.-s Moines would le in t..e oi " n t i-oieaa nail. .lr. Tn:,;.;inle takes pictures all r'i)'? t!'i io.;;, kiv-.iF truck of all tyis. rei-ei-'s tl.e alt'.tudo reslsterJ a i hot is'and collects all Information of any tossi'i.le value to tourists. All il.is iiifot ir..-1 ion he is also furnishing the Kovernint nt. "The p'lrnnso of this trip is to map out a ra ite from coast to ceast for .ourlsts." said Harry C. Prum, who Is a nv mlier of the party, "The plan Is to encourage motorists to make the long trip and to demonstrate to them that It can be made without break downs." John Gibson, president of the Iowa Automobile rlub, was in conference with Mr. AVesti'.ardo nt the Savery. ASIATIC CHOLERA 13 jEAL MENACE liva RtS3 vt::g tmniigrcr.is Frcm IslecleJ Cislil3.s la Eurcsa. Lis iniius, Oct. ol. The board of hejim tu.s b.Mit out U iters to secre laiii. oi local buuius oi lualth all Uiti the state waruinj them of the ' of a ciioicia epidLinie in this suae and u.lvis.ng a sulci watCli over nit ui)in:ianib ionmi6' iron! liussla or lUiy, Mid espccally the city of Naples .n Itaiy. In tne opinion of the state hoard the possibility of a cholera epidemic, such as is experienced in foreign touutrles, is not loo remote to this state to be unheeded. The hundreds of people coining directly from the cholera in feited districts to this state can eas ily give the disease a foothold and start an epidemic, so the state health board says. The government has awakened to the danger and Is furnishing each st.ite in the union with the names and I'.dt'iiatiou of all Immigrants from Russia and Italy. This Information the str.te health boards furnish to tho lniul boards of health In the cities and t.vA-ns where the Immigrants locate. "These warnings should not be thrown Into the waste basket, but the health oncers should take warning and usd extreme care in watching all Immigrants who come from these In fee'ed ports Into Iowa," says the let ter being sent out by Secretary Sura ner. . EUBLIfJGTON SALOONS KIT Anti-Calcon League Would Close Up Kcty-Two Places. Uur instcn, la., Oct. 31. A bomb was eroded in the political camp here by the announcement that orig inal nctkes wojld be served on forty two buLuiis in this city by the Iowa Antl-Sa t:.!i u-asud. The i t e-iit investigations of M. S. Odle oj iSea .Moines, 'attorney for the Antl Saloon league, culminated when Sheriff Williams received original no tices to bn served on forty-two local Bflloonkeepers and p'operty owners notifying them that petitions for In Junctions praying temporary and per petual restraining orders would be filed In the district court on or before Nov, 3, which date Is the last day for filing suits for the November term. The plaintiff in all the cases Is M. E. Ueusch, a Methodist preacher of Medl apol! HOfTnCuJUSAL CONGRESS Many States to Participate In Exhi bition at Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs,. Ia., Oct. 31. That the third annual exhibition of the Na tional Hoiucuiturui congress, to be held here Nov. 10-19, Inclusive, will be bigger and better than any of Ub pre decessors is not only the Judgment of the officers of the association, but of all who are helping to make the meet lng a success. During previous years the exhi bitions at the National Horticultural congress have consisted wholly of horticultural products, machinery and apparatus for carrying on this lino of work. This year the scope of the con gress has been broadened to the ex tent of taking In the Missouri Valley Corn Growers' association, which will make Its exhibit at the same time and plnro. Iowa Grown Peanuts. Indepi ndenco, la., Oct. 31. The suc cess cttainel by C. I). Raymond' of this clly In Uih growlngof peanuts has demonstrated that one more crop can be grown on Iowa soil. Mr. Raymond has had on exhibition during the past week several vines, each bearing ft pint of the toothsome goobers. They are of the Jumbo variety and are many of them of more than average size. Stores at Maisena Burn. Creston, la., Oct. 31. Fire at Mas scna destroyed four business houses. It started In the Edwards restaurant from a leaking gasoline stovo. The Hardman Racket store, Holllday bar ber shop and Mrs. Mlrehouso'a millin ery store were also destroyed. The loss will aggregate several thousand dollars. sow ;WATCH THE PROGRESS OF FARM DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING!. THE RICHEST DEVELOPED STATE IN THE WEST . GO WITH ME on one of our personally the BIG. HORN BASIN the first and third Tuesdays of each month, and see w hat the farmers are doing on these new lands where the Burlington Kailroad is buiidirg new lines; where new towns offer splendid business op ening in all lines of trade and profession. EXAMINE THE E LANDS PERSONALLY with me. I will heln vnn t niMr out the best. I am employed by the OUR HOMESEEKERS' TICKET allows wnere in homeseekers territory; ample time to examine the lands and spend a few days fishing in the mountain streams if you like. See the irrigated lands where the ditches are built by the Government and also by private companies, and the Mondell 20 acre fREE homesteads all on ene trip. Special prepared Wyoming lite-rntura just eft" the press Write for it today. D. CLEM DEAVER, General Agent, k niilirilfF; -1il004 Farnam Street. I'MOX. (Lodger.) Miss Verna 0 raves, who Is em ployed In Lincoln, was home for an over Sunday vlt.lt. C. R. Jordan, of Alvo. county com missioner and democratic candidate for re-election, was In town Monday, meeting his friends and making more. James Roddy and wife, residing southeast of this village, are the proud parents of-a fine new 1 1 -lb. son, who registered at their home last Sunday. Jim was In town Mon day and reports that the new boy Is a dandy. Leander Barnes, who - for some time past has been employed In The Ledger office, left Tuesday night for Nebraska Cty, where he accepted a position with The Press. Le!e Is a steady young man and has many friends here who wish him success In his new position. John McClaflln and wife of Hart Ington, who have been vlHltlng rela tives and friends here, and having their son treated at Lincoln, depart ed for their home Monday. Mrs. C. E. Dryer, of Lawrence, Kansas, arrived the first of last week and has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Moss McCarroll. On Friday evening she went to Omaha for a short visit. C. E. Metzger of Cedar Creek, democratic candidate for representa tive, was in town last Friday meet ing the voters, and made a pleasant call at thia office. Mr. Metzgcr has the appearance of being a nice clean young man, and no doubt would well fill the position to which he aspires. The news conies from far-away Canada that Emery Bauer and wife are the proud parents of a 10-pound daughter, born October 23, the re port having been received by rela tives here. The Ledger Joins In con gratulating the happy parents of the young4 lady, and we Invite them to bring her to Union for Inspection by their numerous friends. If you want ncijj or nave anytblnr o Bell, aavei t'.so la the Journal ' 1F A LL of our Overcoats are made V- in good style; we haven't any clothes here cu cun t wear successfully. But you have n (Jtiltct See Our Show Windows conducted landseekers excursions to ----- - r j w Burlington Railroad for this purpose. you 25 days wita stop overs every- Landteekers' Information Bnreau, Omaha, Neb. iwanc ,h nvtiox. (C Ion wood Tribune.) Frank Anderson Is building a com fortable large barn at his residence this week. Mrs. Lulu Ferrel Lnng, of Port land, Oregon, has been called here ; by the serious Illness of her mother, Mrs. John Forrell. Chas. Haynle's little daughter, Margaret, lms been very sick with typhoid fever the past two weeks. She is Improving nicely. A quartet of Junction Joy-rldera disturbed the residents of a certain part of town last Tuesday night. Th names are wanted. Mrs. W. O. Little was In Omaha, last Saturday, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edward Honey. The latter re turned with her for a short visit. Mrs. Eaton, of Plattsmouth, has been vlHltlng the past week at the Prof. Moore home, on her return from a visit with relatives In Hast ing!, i t Dr. Bacon Is giving his office- ' building a general cleaning this week J. Mod u ire Is painting the outside and will do some papering on the Inside Immediately. A. C. Hamilton, an engineer on the K. C, met with a painful acci dent Wednesday morning at the round house, when the squirt hose blew off the boiler and he was badly scalded on the right leg. Dr. Bacon dressed the Injury .and the engineer plucklly continued Ills run. New Dinning Club. Several of the young men of the oity are preparing to organize a danc ing and card party for the coming winter. They will give their first dance at Coatcs hall on Thursday evening, November 3. This date will decide as to the future of the new club, setting the date for the future meetings. The music for the first occasion will be furnished by the M. W. A. orchestra. You are cordially Invited to attend and assist In laying; the plans for the future! your preferences and we want to please you. The clothes we have to offer you will do it; and we have no hesi tancy in guaranteeing you complete satisfac tion. Any day you care to look', weM be glad to show you. Suits and Overcoats S10 to $35 Ihe Home of Hurt, SlMlfiier d- jlurxj Clothes Manhattan Shirts ' Stetson Hats VcJlUlcfj? New