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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBFIASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,1912.
NO. 100.
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If ID OF EDUCATION
Ifl REGULAR SESSION
Superintendent Abbott's Report of
a Visit tho Committee Paid to
Schools Elsewhere.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The board of education held ,
their regular session last evening:
to transact matters of routine
business. On the recommenda
tion of Superintendent Abbott the
school will close for the Christ
tias vacation on Friday evening,
eoember 20, and resume on Mon
day morning, January ti, 1913.
The board elected Miss Estelle
Baird as a teacher in the High
school and Miss Pearl Staats as
a teacher to succeed Miss Baird
in the department; and Miss Huth
Anderson as a teacher in the
grades.
The board also appointed a
committee of Messrs. Soeiinich
sen, Wesrott and Lulz to secure
estimates on a brick building
70x50 fceL. with i i-foot ceiling.
Superintendent Abbott present
ed the following report1 on the
visit that the board recently made
to the Wahoo schools:
"In company with the president
of our board, the secretary and
Mr. Lulz, I visited tin; manual
training and domestic science de
partments of the Wahoo schools
last Monday. Every courtesy and
consideration was shown us by
tho superintendent of schools, C.
N. Walton, who arranged for our
coining, and by the members of
the Wahoo board, various teach
ers and members of the two
classes, whose work was inspect
ed. Four of the members of the
Wahoo board Messrs. W. T.
Mauck, Charles Hultin, Dr. M. A.
Miller and J. J. Johnson spent
several hours with us, giving us
the advantage of their recently
acquired knowledge. For all of
this kindness we are duly grate
ful. "For myself I have come to the
conclusion that both of these
branches would be highly valuable
additions to our present course of
study. . They would certainly in
terest and hold in school many of
our young people who are not at.
all attracted by our purely literary
and scbolasl ie studies.
"f have myself visited four
schools where these industrial
branches are taught and feel that
this is a just estimate of the
operating expenses and cost of
installing apparatus alter the
room lias lieen provided: 1 or ;.p
paralus, installing same, and ma
terial, $750; for instructors, sl.
r.lH); total, $2,LT)0.
"This estimate is made on the
basis that twenty students, at one
time are accommodated. All of
Hie instructor with whom I have
talked say that twenty is about
as large a number as can be satis
factorily taken care of. They all
agreed at the same time that, if
there were rooirt it would be well
to secure apparatus to accom
modate twenty-four a number
that can be taken care of after
they have had one or two years'
experience, or in case of an
emergency. 1 do not see how a
building can be erected for less
than $1,000 or $ 4,250, suitable for
those industrial purposes, and
think that this amount ought to
he in sight for a building if we
are to establish the new courses
next year. For the second year
the cost of operating these de
partments would likely not much
exceed 5? 1,850.
"The secretary of our board
took exhaustive noles of the
Wahoo inspection. 1 add some
relatives to what I saw last Tues
day in Lincoln. First at the El
liott school. A room of T shape
in the attic, containing about 750
square feet of floor space, very
badly cut, up, held twenty work
benches. The material was kept
in another adjoining room. The
instructor said the conditions
were highly unsatisfactory for
doing good work. However, it
seemed to me that the boys were
securing substantial benefit.
"Twenty of sixth 11 hoys were
making strong boxes about 10x3x3
inches in size. After this period
ended twenty fifth grade boys got
'busy in manufacturing post en
velopes out of heavy paste-hoard.
Kach of these classes work one
hour once a week. Mrs. MeKin
non, the principal, as well as the
instructor, said they would do
better if more time could be af
forded. "The domestic science room
was the counterpart of the room
I have spoken of. The benches
were arranged in two parallels.
They were narrow, like those we
saw at Wahoo, only there was a
gas Maine for each girl to use in
her cooking, instead of the gaso
line stoves that we found at
Wahoo. I am of the opinion that
the domestic science work would
btj more effective by almost 100
per cent if a dining room were ar
ranged for in connection. The
teachers regretted that they had
no genuine dining rooms at any
of these schools visited. In each
case some corner was artificially
cut off where the dining room
training was given. Another
practical art at the Elliott school
is their print-shop, where the
boys, without any outside instrucr
tion, have learned to do practical
printing, several samples of
which 1 take pleasure in showing
you.
"At the .McKinley school 1 found
the manual training room, in size
3(1x3 i, equipped with twenlv -four
benches. No store-room is pro
vided, and Miss l'yrlle, the prin
cipal, said this was a genuine
fault. Twenty-four boy-, from the
I'.r ant eighth grade were mak
ing strong boxes, similar to what
I had seen at Elliott. They ;ire
given one and a half hours each
week. The domestic science room
at McKinley, slightly smaller than
the manual training room, 1
should judge, would accommodate
twenty girls. 1 listened to a very
interesting discussion by eighth
grade girls on the planning a
Thanksgiving menu and the
decorating and serving of the
same, Before the hour was over
f found that I had got into the
thick of the discussion. The
tables here are doub'e and lower
than the others I have examined
an arrangement, by the way,
that the instructor admitted was
not to he copied. The girls meet
once a week for a session lasting
an hour and a half."
"THEM" THE NEXT
This Most Effective and Scenic
Production Will Bo Seen in Its
Entirety at the Parmcle.
From Tne.sday's Dally.
Manager Shlaes has secured for
the I healer-goers of our city a
special treat in the forthcoming
engagement of the famous North
land story of "Thelma." This
world-read book will be presented
in dramatic form at the I'armele
theater for one night only, Satur
day, December 7.
"Thelma" is without doubt 'the
most effective of Marie Gondii's
lighter stories, and it lends itself
to the dramatist's scheme, making
it a faultless play. It is a Nor
wegian tale, with a dash of the
weird mysticism of the old Vik
ings, the (Sods, Odin and Thor.
TJie beautiful love story of Thel
ma and Sir Phillip Erringlon,
their marriage and Thelma's un
happy life in London and the re
turn of Thelma, heartbroken, to
her (dd home in the Allen Fjord,
Norway, followed by her husband
to her suow-co cred home ami
their happy reconciliation bv the
lbhl of the Midnight Sun, all pre
sented by a company of competent,
pla.vers and mounted with special
scenery for eery act.
A powerful .-ide slopv embraces
Hie piclurcsitic figure of Olaf
(ludmar, Thelma's father, a de
scendant, of the Viking Norsemen.
Later be is slabbed lo death by Ihe
W itch and lie goes before be dies
aboard hi.- Norse sea boat, sets j
alii'e and dri fl s dow n I be st ream
in his crimson shroud of (lame.
A scenic production will be
gien in detail, the fire ship, the
vision of the deal h-prophesying
Valkvrc ami the Midnigh Sun.
Seals will be placed on sale at
the Hiley hotel and reservations
should he made early, as Ibis
promises to be the best, attended
attraction of Ihe season.
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A Pioneer Lady of Cass County,
Universally Respected by All
Who Knew Her.
From Tuesday's Daily.
This morning at 5 o'clock Mrs.
E. 11. Todd passed away at the
home of her son, A. L. Todd, west
of this city, after a short illness
with inllamniation of the stomach
and bowels, which later affected
her heart, and from which she
died. Mrs. Todd was taken sick
last Wednesday evening, and at
once her condition became very
serious, although her death was
not looked for until a short time
before the end came.
One very pathetic feature of the
death of Ihe mother was the fact
that one of her sons, Eddie Todd,
had just, left for California Tues
day nighl, while another sou, Dr.
T. .1. Todd, of Wahoo, is sick with
inllainmalory rheumatism and
was unable to be present, to see
his mother alive for the last lime.
Mrs. Todd was a lady univer
sally beloved by all who knew her
and her life! hue, spent in this
locality, bail resulted in the form
ing of many warm friendships
among those with whom she had
come in contact, and the grief of
her death is universal in the com
munity in which she had such a
large share in forming. . -
Mary Ellen Thomas was born in
Wabash county, Indiana, Novein
Ler 1, I8'i3,-and where she resided
until she came west with her par
ents, T. J. Thomas and wife, who
located on the homestead in this
county in 1 8 5 , . . und w hen; she
lived until her marriage in 18(30
to E. H. Todd, and they have re
sided in tins county ever since
and their family has been reared
and educated here. The husband
passed away a few years ago. Mrs.
Todd leaves surviving tier six
sons, as follows: Thomas E. of
Long licach, California; Dr. Oeo.
W. of Omaha; Dr. Timothy J. of
Wahoo; Alonci E., A. L. and Hus
sell Todd of !!a!l-nioulh. Three
brothers. S. L. Thomas, .1. W.
Thomas and T. .1. Thomas, and
one isler, Mr.-. O. M. Carter, of
Denver, are also left to mourn her
loss.
The dale of I he funeral has not
been definitely set, wailing to
hear from the son in California,
but. if hi is not abb- to attend, il
will probably he held Thursday.
BUyS OUT THE DRY
CLEANING ESTABLIS1ENT
From Tuesday's Dally.
IL llamplon, who has been con
ducting a dry cleaning establish
ment here for (lie past few years,
has disposed of his interests lo V.
Vejvoda, Ihe tailor, who will con
duct the business hereafter in
his present new quarters in Ihe
Leonard building. Mr. Vejvoda
and his partner, Mr. Kalcek, are
bolh experienced men in this line
of business and any work lhat is
given them will be turned out in
the most satisfactory manner.
Mr. Hampton, with his family, cx
pecl to leave shorlly for Cali
fornia, w here he expects to engage
in farming. II is a mailer of re
gret that the llaniplou family
are to leave our city, but the best
W islles of I lie cil iens of Phil I S-
ihoulh go wilh lliein iii their new
local ion.
To Attend Stock Show.
From TiH'Mliiy's Dully.
Oeorge A. Kall'enherger and
Luke L. Wiles departed last
evening on No. "J for Chicago,
where Ihey go lo attend the Inter
nal imial Live Slock Show. These
gentlemen are prominent slock
raisers and Mr. Wiles is Ihe
president nf the Stale lied Polled
Breeders' association, and by
virtue of that, ollice is a vice presi
dent of th internal ional associa
tion. He is also one of Ihe large,
esl breeders of Ihe celebrated lied
Polled eallle in this section.
S S
Will Live Here.
From Tuesduy'8 Dully.
Joe Wheeler, who has been en
gaged in farming on his father's
iarm. south of this city, for the
past season, has decided to come
to town to spend the winter and
will be employed in the lUirling-
ton shops. Joe is a very genial
young man and the news that he
is to reside here will be very
pleasing t his many friend.-.
The High Cost of Living Still
Causing Much Agitation
Among the People.
From Tuemluv's Dally
The perplexing question of the
high cost of living came in for as
much discussion as any other one
subject at the meeting of the Na
tional Federation of Retail Mer
chants in SI. Louis last week. The
concensus of opinion among the
speakers was that the retailers
are really in no way to blame for
Ihe conditions, even though the
general public lays the blame
there. II is because Ihe perman
ance ami the immediate welfare of
the retail business demands a
clearer understanding of the real
conditions lhat Ihe retailers are
handing together for a mutual
protection and a campaign of
education.
Among oilier interesting things
said on the subject were the fol
lowing, which show clearly the
altitude of these delegates to
wards the question:
"This high cost of living is a
phenomenon more serious and
complex I haii' is believed by those
who complain of il, and is not
Ihe fault of governments or nf
merchants.
' u, is a real repetition of his
tory, and lo probe if to the bollom
the lesson of the Unman empire
can be especially useful.
"On every hand men are seek
ing the solution of lhat mystery
of mysteries the High Cost of
Liv ing. There are as many rein
edies suggested as I here are cures
for rheumatism and 1 fear Ihe
application will have about the
same result. One urges Ihe re
dui'tion of the tariff and dissolu
lion of the trusts; another the re
lorinaiion oi our naiiKing laws,
and Ihe prohibition of stock
gambling. The overturning of
our whole scheme of taxalion il.
is claimed will solve Ihe problem
The prohibitionists would lake
from the laborer his beer and thus
adjust Ihe mailer. The socialist
is not so much worried about Ihe
beer as he is concerned over Ihe
nickel with which he might pur
chase (he foaming beverage. And
so it goes. Politicians wrangle,
political economists dispute, and
magazine writers are working
double shifts. There is abroad in
Ihe land a perfect maze of
speculation and dispute over Ibis
vexed question. It is little wonder
that, Ihe consuming public is be
wildered, and profoundly stirred.
The grave danger of Ihe hour is
lhat I lin demagogue and charlatan
will blaze blind trails for the peo
ple to travel; lhat designing and
crafty men put forth subtle sug
gestions of relief suggestions
specious and Mattering and yel
carrying Ihe seeds of death and
ih'ca v."
Some Fino Candie3.
From Tiii'xday h Dully.
Tin- lover of svveels should
make a trip to the slope of Wey
i ich A: Hadi aba and see the
beautiful display of box candies
thai Ihey have on exhibit ion for
I be Cbrisi mas trade. These box
-oois are packed by Lovvncy
Johnston, the celebrated candy
manufacturers, and they have
spared no expense lo gel up some
of the most, beautiful creations
ever shown in the city.
Fop Sale.
Twenty-one acres of good hind,
just, outside of the city limits on
North Eighth and Ninth streets.
No city taxes. Will sell cheap for
cash. Gall on Mrs. J. E. Lesley
fop particulars.
IHE RETAILERS
HOT TO BLAME
turn:
AT THE GLOBE SALOON
From TiU'sdav'a Dnllv.
The interior of Ihe (ilobe bar,
operated by Adolph (leise, at Filth
and Main streets, is being re
modeled and equipped in the
latest manner. Mr. (leise has had
a small room limit on ttie mam
bar room, in which he will store
his line bottled goods and keep
them in a perfectly safe place,
where they will not be subjected
to as much handling as at present.
In the new addition that has just
been erected Mr. (leise has install
ed a line new lunch room, which
has been supplied with all the
atest fixtures and which will make
one of the neatest eating places
in the city. This room will also
be finished off with a privato room,
where dinners can he served.
These improvements will make
this building one of the most up-to-date
in the cily and Mr. (leisiv
has shown great enterprise in
having it fixed up in such a splen
did manner.
SURPRISED ON HIS FOR
TY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
From Tuesday's Dally.
Saturday evening a number of
neigliliors and mends gathered
at the home of Carl Kopischka and
tendered him a most delightful
surprise parly. They also came
for the purpose of showing him
how lo celebrate his forty-seventh
birthday anniversary in the proper
manner. The evening was very
pleasantly whiled away in music
and cards. At a late hour a line
luncheon was served, after which
the guests wished Mr. Kopischka
many more happy birthdays and
departed for their homes. Those
who enjoyed Ibis occasion were:
Mr. and Mrs. Wolf, Miss Dora
Casller, Mr. Seivers, Miss Inez
lladley, Miss Mary West, Hen
rietta Kopischka, Everel Wiles,
Joe West, Jack West, Miss Lottie
Kopischka and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Kopischka and family.
SURPRISE TO MR. AND
MRS. ROBERT NEWELL
From Tuesday Dnllv.
La.-I evening a large crowd of
the friends of Mr. ami Mrs. ltoh
ert Newell decided lo give the
newly wedded pair a surprise, ami
so Ihey proceeded lo their home
and made a very noisy demonstra
I ion, whereupon they were invited
inlo Ihe hospitable Newell home
to spend the evening. Games ami
music served to amuse the guests
until an appropriate hour, when
delicious refreshments were
served to the visitors and came
as a very appropriate closing to a
very enjoyable evening. At a late
hour the merry parly dispersed,
wishing Mr. and Mrs. Newell a
long ami happy married life.
There was about twenty-six in
the parly of invaders.
STORK VISITS HOME OF IE
AND MRS. LOUIS IISINGER
From Tui'Kilny's Imlly.
Sunday evening the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Meisingcr,
near Mynard, was made much
happier by Ihe fact lhat the stork,
thai wise old bird, brought a win
some lilfle daughter to their home
and she expects lo remain with
them for Ihe ne eiglileen years.
I he mother and daughter are both
doing nicely and Louie will be able
lo come down lo attending lo his
dulics in a few days. Mrs. Mei
siimer was formerly Miss Anna
Deilch of Ibis city and her friends
here will be pleased lo learn of
the good fortune that has befallen
t hem.
TO EXCHANGE (Hit) acres of
weslerii Nebraska land for prop
erly in or near Plaltsinouth. Ap
ply to G. II. Fuller, owner, Hox
il. 12-2-2twkly
Paper Napkins at this office.
Successful Box Supper.
From Tuesday'! DhIIv.
Out in School Di.-trict No. 38
known as the lleebner school,
west of Xehavvka, there was held
one of the most successful box'
suppers that have been held in
this county for many a day. Just
think of it, a small country school
district taking in 55.85 from a
box supper. The tidal receipts
Mire demons! rales just what the
attendance must have been. The
affair was held last Friday even
ing, at which lime there was an
excellent, (wo hours' humorous
program given, which was most
highly enjoyed by all present. The
entertainment and supper was
given by the teacher, Miss lino
lleebner, daughter of County Com
missioner C. K. lleebner, who is
now upon her second year of
most successful work in the home
district.
PLAYED TO A VERY POOR
HOUSE LAST NIGHT
From Tui'ndnv'8 Dully.
.While "The Man on the ltox"
was played to a very poor attend
ance at Ihe Parmcle last night, it
was rendered the same as though
every scat in the house was oc
cupied. The company, headed by
Hoyd Trusdale, is a good one, and
while every member of Ihe com
pany is an artist. Miss Dernice
Trusdale and Hoyd Trusdale. in
the leading characters, were im
mense in the characters of Miss
Itellie Annesley and Lieutenant
Hob Worburlon. This will be Ihe
last appearance of Ihe company
in this cily in Ibis play, ami they
will probably return here some
lime in January in a new (day en
titled "Madame X," one of the
most interesting plays before Ihe
public. The Trusdales are all ex
cellent performers, ami when Ihey
come in January our people can
expect 'something great lit the
amusement Hue.
PLEADS GUILTY TO CARRY
ING CONGEALED WEAPONS
Counly Allorney C. If. Talor
veslerdav afternoon filed the in,
formal ion in (lie case of Ihe Slate
of Nebra.-ka vs. Paul llavvkiuson,
who pleaded guilly in just ice court,
lo Ihe charge of carrying con
cealed weapons. The matter will
be laken up as soon as .Indue
Travis returns from Hastings,
ami the prisoner will probably re
ceive his sentence, as ol berw i.-e he
would have to remain in the
counly jail until the next term of
court .
Spend Pleasant Evening.
The Hoys' club of SI. Luke's
parish Sunday school held a most
pleasant and profitable meeting
last evening at the home of Miss
Verna Leonard, and Ihe young
I pie were greatly pleased with
the hospitable manner in which
Ihey were enterlained. The new
rector of Ihe church, Ihe Ilcv. Al
lan O. Wilson, is devoting a great
deal of bis lime to the building
up of Ihe Sunday school, ami is
meeting with splendid sm ss and
Ihe organization of Ibis club is
creating a great deal of interest
among Ihe boys who attend Ihe
school.
Always Welcome.
John T, Porter of near Murray
drove up Ibis morning to look af
ler some mailers of business, and
is his usual custom, called on Ihe
Journal. While here he re
newed his subscription for a veer
ahead from next April, ami also
ordered I be Journal sent lo J.
Harris of Sidney, Iowa, for
monl lis.
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Good Now3.
II. should be good news lo those
who have been importuning (he
manager of the local playhouse lo
gel, .something good in Ihe way of
attractions to know lhat a pro
duction of the great play, "Thel
ma," has been arranged for and
it is to be hoped that the public
will show its appreciation by giv
ing the company the patronage it.
inerils.
' Do your Xmas shopping early,
See Eastwood.
