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SEMI-WEKKLY EDITION-KIGHT PACKS
VOLUME XXX
PLATTSMOUTI1. NE1JUASKA, MONDAY SICI'TKM II, 1911
NO 72
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The Increase Over, the First Week Last Year Is Sixty-seven Al
most as Many Now as During Entire Year Last Year What
the Attendance Is at the Various Schools.
Tti" public schools .f Platts
mouth have enrolled ;il the pres
e ri t time just t7 more pupils than
at the close of the first week last
year. This is a pond showing anil
indicates that 1'lallsnmuth is
again 'on the upward inoe so far
as population is concerned.
The figures show that 917
pupils had been enrolled up to
Thursday night. At the close of
the first, week last year the num
ber was 850. The number al
ready enrolled is 21 more than
was enrolled during- the entire
month of September last year, and
almost as many as was enrolled
during" the entire year last year.
The figures showing the at
METHODS OF BOOSTING
TH HOE TOWN
Suggestions That Might Prove j
Worth While to Plattsmouth as j
veil 63 IAJ WbllCI I VVVII9.
Co-operation is one of the
things that begins at home. . We
have heard and have preached
much about the "getting together"
spirit, believing in it most thor
oughly in all matters that affect
I be merchant. Hut before t he
spirit can prevail in larger things
it must take effect at home for the
good of the home community.
A "Home Coming Week" was
held recently at Polo, III. To this
thriving town the "doings"
brought 5,000 persons, all in
terested spectators of the his
torical pageant depicting import
ant events in the development and
history of the town. The Com
mercial club, consisting not alone
of merchants, but of all men and
women interested in the growth
and welfare of the town, bad the
matter in chartrc. The cost, was
not over $400. The merchants de
clare their business was not
greatly increased by the coming
of the crowds. It was not a play
for immediate business that pro
duced the "Home Coining Week,"
but an earnest effort to bring
town and country together, says
the Modern Oroccr.
We desire to emphasize one
feature of this event, because it
has long been our belief that no
"town boosting" will be wholly
successful until this feature ts in
corporated into the method of
celebration. That is the calling
in of the farmers to take part in
the arrangements for the event.
Prominent farmers were placed
on important committees. They
represented AM, the farmers and
AT,L the farmers took a greater
interest for that reason.
The boundaries of our towns
fire extending. Heller roads,
automobiles and other means for
nuick transportation are linking
town and country much closer
than has been possible before, and
il is important that the farmer be
made fo feel that, he is a part an
important part of the com
munity life.
When parly differences are
Mink and selfish interests are sent
to the rear we may expect a
healthy growth in I he business of
any town. Hnsiness enn be done
on a war basis, but, how much bet
ter it is to co-operate, as friends,
for the common good, realizing
that whatever is pood for the
community i good for those who
live in il. The town which has
progressed far enough to begin to
boost is in a good way to be
come double prosperous. Omaha
Trade Exhibit.
A Drunk Fined.
Oliver Fraser was fined ?5 and
costs in police court this morn
ing on the charge of drunkenness.
He paid the bill, which amounted
to $8.
F. W. Sherwood of I'nion was
here today and took the afternoon
train for Omaha.
tendance at the various schools as
given by Superintendent Abbott,
are as follows: High school. 1 i.'l;
Central school, ;Hi7; Columbian,
iSo; South Park. 12; Fourth
ward. (id; First ward, 29; Hast
Second ward, ;i,"; West Second
ward. 32; Mercerville, 18,
The superintendent reports
that some of the rooms are great
ly congested owing to the increase
in enrollment, and that for the
good of the schools he has made a
number of transfers from one
school to another.
The school year has started olT
in good shape and should prove
a good one in every respect. '
Cold and Rainy.
From Friday's Polly.
Haiu began falling at 1 o'clock
this morning and continued until
about 7:30 o'clock. According to
the instrument at the Hurlinglon
depot, the amount of rainfall was
.55 of an inch. This was the
coldest morning in several
months, the thermometer showing
53 at 8 o'clock. At 10 o'clock the
mercury showed 57. At about 11
o'clock a light rain began to fall
and the outlook at I hat lime was
for more rain during the day.
I
Trolley Car Crashed Into Machine,
but No One Was Hurt and
No Damage Done.
Charles Warner and wife and
Joe Wiles and wife were in an ac
cident. Wednesday night that is
remarkable from the fact (hat no
one was hurt, and the car they
were in was practically free of
any damage done. They were go
ing through University Place, near
Lincoln, at a good rate of speed,
and just before they approached
the tracks of the trolley line they
saw they could not avoid being hit
by the car. There was not time
enough to slop because of the
nearness to the tracks and the
motorinan on the trolley car saw
them too late to stop his car.
The car struck the automobile
on its side and carried it along
the track for at least ten feet.
People on the street, the mnlor
man and the occupants of Ihe
automobile expected a smash-up
when the crash came, but the car
did not turn over, no one was
thrown out and there was nothing
damaged about the car except one
axle, which was bent. The tires
or the wheels were not damaged
in the least and the party came
home in the car, although one
wheel wobbled considerably be
cause of the bent axle.
Mr. Warner said that everyone
who saw the accident considered
it remarkable that no one was
hurt and that the automobile was
not damaged more.- There was
much curiosity at the time as to
the make of the car that could
stand such a collision. It is an
Overland.
Talked to Pupils.
Superintendent Abbott gave the
regular Thursday morning talk to
the High school pupils yesterday
morning. He talked to them con
cerning the care of school prop
erly, congratulated them on the
good attendance, urged them to
be earnest in all their work, to ar
range a definite schedule of study,
and to put in at least two hours
each night in study. There is an
assembly every Thursday morn
ing, at which time an address or
lalk is given to the pupils.
Mr. Ruth Holin of Ord, Neb.,
with her children, Margarelte, El
liott and Vincent, came in last
evening and are guests at the
home of her uncle -and aunt,
Judge and Mrs. II. S. Ramsey.
CHARLES WARNER IN
AUTOMOBILE AGCIDEN
F1HB THE MS
11 lit "SI. JHEST
Saturday Evening Post Is Showing
Up Some Conditions as Exist
in St. Joseph.
A series of articles entitled
"The Fortunes of the Sun," with
the sub-title of "An Experiment
in Printing All the News." run
ning in the Saturday Evening
Post, is attracting considerable
attention, as Ihe author is said to
be Editor New loan, who was for
merly connected with the I.ilicoln
Star, and the place where the
"Fortunes' of the Sun" look place
is undoubtedly SI. Joseph, Mo. In
the articles the town is called St.
James.
There is in this week's article
added interest to Plattsmouth
people because of the exposure in
the article of the hold that the
"Tnggle Corporation" has on the
town of "St. James." The .jump
from "Tuggle" to Tootle is no
further than that of St. James lo
St. Joseph. The original Tootles
got their start in Plattsnioulh and
went from here to St. Joseph. One
cannot be in St. Joseph very long
till be will come lo Ihe conclusion
that the Tootles are the whole
show there.
According to Ihe author of the
articles, the city of St. James is
absolutely under the control of
the Tuggle corporation and the
street railway company. They
work together in business and in
politics, and I heir hold on SI.
James is something fierce.
The story tells of an experiment
in printing all the news, regard
less of whom it hits. Five news
paper men, all successful, wanted
to try Ihe experiment of printing
a newspaper that would absolute
ly be free of every improper in
fluence; a paper that would ban
die every piece of news strictly on
its merits. News that should be
printed wr"M he printed and the
big depni ore advertisers
would look just i1" se-ne as the
laborer on 'he si'-cel when it
came to suppressing news.
The five men put in together
$100,000 and bought Ihe plant lo
Iry Ihe experiment. The story of
how this and that advertiser quit
the Sun is one of Ihe prettiest
stories ' of municipal "wheels
within wheels" that one could
read of anywhere. As one would
expect, the Sun soon came up
against Ihe Tuggle corporation
and the street railway combine,
and the influence of these two
powerful companies over Ihe city
of St. James is told in a cold
blooded fash ion. The Sun had no
show in the world in SI. James,
although its circulation increased
at a wonderful rale.
Rut. after all. there are few
cilies in the United Slates where
such conditions prevail as Ihey do
in the city of St. Joseph, and Ihe
failure of Ihe Sun there is not a
proof that it does not pay to
"print all the news."
BOARD OF EDUCATION
TRANSACTED BUSINESS
Financial Condition of Schools the
Same as a Year Ago Proceed
ings of the Board.
The board of education met
Wednesday night, and transacted
mostly routine business. The
treasurer's statement showed that
I ho funds were in practically the
same condition as a year ago.
Mrs. M. Howland was granted
a leave of absence during the last
week in September to attend Ihe
National P. E. O. convention at
St. Louis.
Material for the chemical and
physics laboratories were ordered
purchased by the superintendent.
The coal contracts for Ihe year
were let.
No. 24 Late.
No. 21, due from Omaha at 1:12
p. m., was about an hour lale to
day because a big freight engine,
pulling a lonir string of ears, went
"dead'' between here and Orea
polis. An engine had lo be sent
from here pM (rnin in
The engine found itself again and
went on to the Junction.
Mrs. L. M. Kuhney went lo
Omaha this afternoon, where she
will visit friends.
"The Wolf" Coming.
"The Wolf," an excellent play
by Eugene Walter, author of
"Paid in Full." w III be put on at
the I'armele theater on ihe night
of September Id. S. V. Campbell,
advent e man for the -how, was
here this morning. ,
CHURCH RECEPTION TO
REV. ANDHRS. AUSTIN
Delightful Surprise in Com
memoration of Twenty-fifth
Wedding Anniversary.
Thursday, September 7, occur
red the silver wedding anniver
sary of Rev. and Mrs. Austin of
oir city, and in commemoration
of the event the members of the
Methodist church gave a reception
to their pastor ami family, at
which about 200 guests were
present.
About 8:;ill a carriage called at
the Austin home to lake the fam
ily and visiting friends lo enjoy
the hospitality, as Ihey supposed,
of Ihe Heeson home. Instead they
were carried to the church
parlors, where a joyful company
gav e I hem a most happy r -p-
t ion.
The bride donned her veil and
shower bouquet, and as l.nhen
grens wedding march was play
ed, the bridal parly proc led to
a place especially arranged in Ihe
large room for the ceremony. At
that lime Mr. Windham present
ed the gift from the church, which
had been arranged as a silver
shower pouring over a table of
flowers. Rev. Austin responded
with deep appreciation for the
gift and with a tender 'tribute to
bis wife, who had been so faith
ful a helpmate during Ihe twenty
five years of married life. Again
there was music as the guests
formed in line lo offer congratula
tions and speak appreciation of
(heir faithful pastor and w ife. The
rest of the evening was spent in
social conversation, refreshments
ynd music.
The Knlhians served refresh
ments in the Young Men's Hible
class room, where the decorations
of green' and white were further
carried out and where the bride's
cake was arranged among asters
and ferns beneath a wedding hell.
The out-of-town guests were:
Mrs. E. H. Collier, Mrs. F. E.
Wray and Mrs. John Neff, all of
Wahoo, Neb.
The following gifts were re
ceived by Rev. and Mrs. Austin:
A silver nut howl, from Mesdauies
Nelf, Collier and Wray; a solid
silver dresser se to Ihe bride,
from Ihe bridegroom; a silver
shower lo pastor and wife, from
I he church.
The program given during Ihe
evening was as follows:
Duet Lnhengren's Wedding
March
Misses Myrtle and Amy Cook.
Piano Solo Miss Jennie Tney
Quartet Nelievc Me If All
Those Endearing Young Charms
Piano Solo Mrs. John Heeson
Quartet. Kentucky Habe
Piano Solo Miss Jennie Tuey
Piano Duet
Misses Myrtle and Amy Cook.
Quartet My Old Kentucky Home
Cioodnighl.
Miss Theda Coolidge Married.
We clip the following from the
morning State Journal, which is
an account of Ihe marriage of
Miss Theda Coolidge lo Mr. John
M. Muse. Miss Coolidge is the
oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Coolidge and was horn and
lived in this cily for a number of
years. She is a granddaughter of
the late Washington Smith, ami
after Ihe removal of Ihe Coolidge
family from this cily to South Da
kola, has visited and made her
home with her grandparents at
various limes. She attended
school in this city for a number
of years and has a circle of
friends whose best wishes will
ever attend In-r. At the lime the
Coolidge family resided in this
cily Mr. Coolidge was employed in
Ihe local Hurlinglon simps ami
for four years was deputy county
clerk. Following is the account
of the marriage;
"John M. Muse and Miss Theda
I.onise Coolidge were married at
;t o'clock yesterday afternoon at
Ihe home of Fra.er Cook in
Lyons by Ihe Rev. James 1. Clark.
They are both from Rosalie, where.
Ihey will make their home, after a
brief honeymoon trip."
'AN ENJ0YA3LE EVENT
A Large Numbor of Young Poople
Present to Enjoy the
Occasion.
Krum Kriil.iy s ln 1 1 v.
The Christian Endeavor society
of Ho- I'resbv tei iun church held a
most cnjovuble social meeting' at
tlie home of M iss Pearl Staats last,
evening, In spite of the fact that
there were a number of other at
tractions going on in the city,
there were a large number of
young people in attendance and
they enjoyed themselves lo the
fullest extent.
The meeting was purely of a
social nature, no matters of busi
ness of any shape, way or form
being transacted at this time. The
social committee of Ihe C. E. so
ciety had planned a number of
amusements, this committee hav
ing charge of the evening's enter
tainment. The various games
Ilia) were introduced by the social
committee proved very entertain
ing, produced lols of fun and
made the lime pass very rapidly,
as well as very pleasantly, I lie en
lire company joining in having
their usual good time. The one
which created the most horror and
perhaps the most merriment being
a trial, and we will say I hat, if yon
have any disputes to settle or are
called on the carpet for any mis
demeanor, we suggest that you
lake your troubles lo, or be tried
before the Endeavor court, as they
have a splendid method of settling
all preplexing legal matters.
During the evening the young
people participated in a water
melon feast ami then, after having
spent an hour or so in a social
way, dispersed, indebted lo Miss
Slaals for her kind hospitality and
to Ihe social committee for the
delightful lime they bad.
SOKOL DELEGATION LEFT
FOR ST. JUIS YESTERDAY
Local Boys Will Be In Mound City
for Woek for the Annual Na
tional Tournament.
Friun Friday's Imlly.
The K. T. Sokol delegation left
for SI. Louis last evening to take
part in the National Sokol ex
hibition. The convention begins
Saturday morning.
The delegation, vvliicb will be
gone about a week, is composed
of the following: Frank Yoslrcjs,
delegate and judge; Joseph
Voslrejs, teacher; Tom (iradoville,
Joe Sedlock, Anion H. Koubek,
turners; Anton Toman, jr., dele
gale. The delegation believes Dial it
will make a good showing.
Higher Priced Loafer.
"Young man," observed Deacon
Walker, "I just overheard you
make a remark that you worked
when you got your price, and
when you didn't you let the oltiei
cheap skate work. That sounds
all right in a crowd on the street
when Ihe mercury is dancing
around Ihe 100 mark, but in the
long run through this vale of
(ears il won't get you anywhere.
You will have to pass up too many
lunch counters as you wander
down the highway. You will be
forced lo sit on Ihe I rucks at the
depot and watch Ihe oilier fellow
start on his vacation journey to
Hie land of cooling breezes and
sunshine. You will have to look
over your slock of old clothes and
pick mil the best suit and have it
pressed up and repaired instead
of springing a new suit in the gay
Easter days. You may set your
price loo high, for I notice that
you loaf around most of Ihe time.
The fellow who works for $2 w hen
he can't gel i is the fellow who
is now eating regularly, taking
trips and wearing glad rags. He
was so willing' to work for $2 a
day that Ihe bosses began to
notice him ami were glad lo give
him $5, because he delivered the
goods. If yiui will take a tumble
to voiirself and gel busy possibly
von will some day ge your price."
(ins A. livers, a well known and
popular former resident of Platts
nioulh, was in town today shaking
hands with friends. He is a can
didate for sheriff on Ihe repub
lican ticket, in Lancaster county.
Sick for Some Time.
The Journal is in receipt, of a
letter from Mrs. D. S. Draper of
Kansas Cilv, Kansas, enclosing
money to renew I heir ubscrip
I ion. in which she slates tint Mr.
Draper has been in poor health
for the past eight months. Mr.
Draper's many friends in Cass
county, where he lived so long,
will regret to learn of his long ill
ness and will join Hie Journal in
its hope that our former fellow -cilien
will soon be himself again.
Mr. Draper served one term in the
legislature from Cass county, and
is highly respected by all who
know him,
DEATH OF ANOTHER
PIONEER RESIDENT
Jacob Gruber Died Friday Morn
ing at His Home Near
Nehawka.
Knun Patiirtlny'a lully.
Jacob Cruber, one of Ihe eaifly
pioneers of Cass county, passed
away at his home, near Nehawka,
Friday morning, September 7, af
ter an illness of many week'
duration, but a part of the time
being able to gel around, being a
sufferer from dropsey.
The deceased was one of the
best known citizens in Ihe south
ern part of Cass and the northern
part of Otoe counties. Mr. Cumber
was a nalive of (lermany, coming
to America along in the Mi's, set
tling near where Nehawka is now
located, and almost on the
identical spot where be died. Hy
trade he was a stonecutter and
worked for many years in that
rapacity. He was in his 82nd year
ami had amassed quite a for
tune, and leaves quite a large
estate. He was a genial, kind
hearted old gentleman and was
highly respected by all who knew
him.
He is survived by a wife and
three daughters Mrs. John
Sharp of Nebraska Cily, Mrs. F.
L. Nul.inan and one single daugh
ter. The funeral was held today and
interment made in the cemetery
northeast of Nehawka.
ANOTHER FARMER'S
ELEVATOR COMPANY
The Farmers of the Vicinity of
Eagle Meet and
Organize.
Monday afternoon about forty
of Ihe farmers in this vicinity met
at Ihe hall for Ihe purpose of
talking over Ihe proposition of a
farmers' elevator and if possible
establish one at this place. The
meeting was addressed by W. K.
I'll il inR, manager of Ihe farmers'
elevator, who outlined a plan for
perfecting an organization, also
telling what a decided success the
fanners' elevator had been at
flreenwood in its two years of ex
istence. As the necessary amount had
been subscribed, immediately af
ter his talk the meeting proceeded
to perfect, a permanent organiza
tion, electing as members of hi
board of directors the following;
Jake Frohlich. Conrad Weten
kamp, Ed Carr. M. Me Fall. W.
Sharp, Henry Snoke. jr.. and Otfo
Hoesweller.
There will be another meeting
held tomorrow afternoon, at
which time the board of directors
will select their officers and at
tend to other business, after
which the articles of incorpora
tion will be filed with the secretary
of stale. The Farmers' Elevator
Co. will he a sound institution, be
ing composed of well-to-do farm
ers of this icinity. Eagle
Iteacon.
Plattsmouth Qlrl Won.
From FrU1ny' ltly.
The annual county contests of
the W. C. T. V. were held at the
Christian church at Louisville last
evening. Two Plutlsmouth oung
women took part. Miss Mollie
Cioilwin in the musical contest and
Miss Margaret Thomas in Ihe
reading contest. Miss C.odwin
won the medal in the musical con
test, while John Polk of Louis
ville won in the reading contest.
Miss Thomas contributed several
isiMo.i io mu program, wuicn were
greatly enjoyed.