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The Plattsmouth Journal
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Entered at the Postoflico at Plattsmouth, Nebraska aa second-class matter
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
That which is past is J
J gone and irrevocable, and
J wise men have enough to do fc
with things present and to J
come. Francis Hacon.
Harvest hands are greatly in
demand.
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Four dollars a day and board
is what (he farmers arc paying.
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An immense crowd attended
Ihe celebration in Louisville, and
those who went from Plattsmouth
report a fine time.
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While a motorcycle is a noisy
nuisance, an optomist may find
cause for rejoicing in the fact
that it hurries past.
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II is now rumored that Gov
ernor Morehead will he a candid
ate for congress next year. What's
Ihe matter with Maguire?
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A winning hall team for glory
and good hand music for real en
joyment that's what Platts
mouth can boast of al present.
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The slate lire commissioner
says thai. Fourth of July fireworks
burn up more property than the
celebration of the day is worth.
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It is so easy to gel into trouble
and so hard to get out of it. Why
not stay out of trouble and spare
fathers and mothers anguish of
heart? Don't you think that is
best?
Speaking of the war with
Japan there ain't going to be
any war with Japan. It bents all
how war scares can be manu
factured to order out of purely
nothing.
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New York dressmakers report
I hat women will have a pocket at
last, but it is to be a pistol
pocket. As headgear is to be
smaller the hatpin will no longer
be a satisfactory armament.
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The estate of the late John
Jacob Astor is officially returned
at JpHt,8 tt.HH . So many multi
millionaires have fallen short in
an actual count that the $11 in
this case looks encouraging.
You don't have to go away from
home to celebrate, unless you
want to. There will be all man
ner of fun at the grove one mile
west of town, and autos will bo
running all day between town and
Ihe picnic grounds.
MR HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS - By Gross J;
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at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
And , Gettysburg, the crucial
point, shall be fresh in memory
as long as courage claims a
tribute or patriotism lives among
men.
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The men who sold their sheep
after Wilson's election are now
bleating for more sheep. Indeed,
I hey look sheepish when sheep
are mentioned. It is a wooley
problem to them.
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The man who raises bis price
simply because he has a mono
poly would charge admission
through Ihe Pearly Gates on
resurrection morn simply be
cause that will be the only place
to go where the weather will not
be loo hot.
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The stale of Washington, un
der a recent law, can send to
prison a lazy husband who fails
to support his family, and then
Ihe wife is paid Ma day from the
county funds. A lazy bachelor is
immune, but the democratic in
come lax may catch him.
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Plallsmoul h did not tear its
shirt in trying to make a big
noise on the Fourth, but her
citizens are happy in the thought
that they think just as much of
this grand and glorious republic
as any community one the face of
Ihe earth.
Jack Johnson has surely made
bis getaway alright. He is going
lo Russia, ami being in Russia is
about as bad as being in prison,
anyway. So be is going to the
proper place alright to have the
kinks taken out of tin' burly nig
ger if be gets ymart.
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The friends of Ihe Journal will
please send in items when they
are fresh. We prefer not to
publish a birth after the child is
weaned, a marriage after the
honeymoon is over, or a death of
a man after his widow is married
again. Please bear this in mind.
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George F.. Douglas, assistant
immigration agent for the Bur
lington railroad, who has made
an extensive trip over the Bur
linglon lines in Nebraska, pre
dicts the largest wheat crop in
twenty years, lie states in many
localities the crop will average
45 bushels per acre. Stand up
for Nebraska!
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It is claimed by the safest fin
anciers throughout the country
that President Wilson's currency
plan will prove a great safeguard
against panics, and that the
country has needed something
like it for many years. It com
nletely lies the hands of the
money powers.
, The mosquitos are more
prompt in presenting their bills
these days (and nights) Mian the
axerage business man.
i There are still many weeds in
j various parts of the city that
j should be beheaded. And right
I now is the time do the work.
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The weather has certainly been
favorable for the harvest. The
only I rouble has been getting
enough help to do the work.
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Plattsmouth has an actual
popualtiou of 5,557, and tin
names were secured by a house-to-house
canvas for a city di
rectory. . :o:
Don't interpret the Lord's
promise to provide as an excuse
for loafing during harvest time,
when every available man is
needed.
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The Boosters lost both games
on the Fourth. The umpire was
against our boys. It's hard to
play a successful game with the
umpire against you.
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Jack Johnson, the nigger slug
ger, has been compelled to get out
of the country by stealth. He has
forfeited a $15,000 bond by skip
ping out for France via Montreal,
Canada. It is to be hoped he will
never return. France is entirely
welcome to the acquisition.
A great deal has been said
about Richard L. Metcalfe being
governor of Panama. The is no
governor, termed as such, of Ihe
Panama zone. He is simply "a
member of (lie Isthmian canal
commission," according to the
latest Washington dispatches.
That's why Met is not governor.
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Parcels post stamps are now
valid on all classes of mail, ami
ordinary stamps, including com
menoi'alive issues, will be good
for postage on parcels post pack
ages. As the distinctive parcels
post stamps could heretofore be
used only on one class of mail
matter, much annoyance was
caused the public.
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Kvery newspaper in Nebraska
should give Wilt Maupin all the
assistance possibe in bis efforts
to establish the Midwest Maga
zine. He deserves great credit
for his work in establishing a
magazine that is principally de
voted to building up Nebraska,
and be has already done much
good work in that direction. He
is one of the finest descriptive
writers in the state, and his ar
tides are always to the point and
aimed in a direction that is cal
culated to do the most good. The
Midwest is issued every month at
$1.00 per year, and it is well
worth the price. It is a publica
tion that should be in the hands
of the farmer, the merchant and
the ' mechanic. The family will
be pleased with it. The Journal
desires its success, because Will
Maupin is a genial fellow, an able
writer and his energy deserves
success.
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"Nothing wrong with the
limes," -ay the builders. And they
ought to know.
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Let the Commercial club take
up the proposition of buying the
ferry and running it free to all
Iowa people who would like to
come here to trade. We candidly
believe it would prove a paying
proposition.
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F.very person in this country
will have better protection for
his wages ami savings with the
adoption of a well-worked-out
plan of currency. It is a subject
that directly concerns us all. It
is of satisfaction to note that the
time seems to have arrived when
something definite along this line
is expected.
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Edson Rich, chief attorney of
the Union Pacific, at Omaha, has
been promoted to the position of
rssistant solicitor general for the
entire system, with headquarters
at New York. Mr. Rich is an able
lav.ver, held in the highest esteem
by the entire bar of the state, and
his friends are very much grati
fied over his promotion.
All Hie politicians agree that
the campaign of 1910 will con
sist of attack and defense of the
Fmlerwood lariff bill. On that is
sue the republicans will attack
and the democrats will defend.
All other issues will be prac
tically sidetracked. If this comes
to pass the bull moose will have
no goods to offer, and from the
present outlook, it doesn't appear
that Ihe moosers will cut much of
a figure as an organization in the
next presidential campaign.
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The battlefield of Gettysburg!
Why so conspicuous today? Be
cause it was the turning point in
the great war between the north
and south. II was here that the
southern star began to sink. It
was here that the flower and pride
of the confederate state, were
humbled and crushed, and their
hope of success forever destroyed.
nd it was here that the dis
couraged norlli. took on new
courage and found new strength
to go onward in the fight to save
the union. After this battle the
south was fighting for a lost
cause, because too proud to quit,
and the north was fighting that
much harder because victory was
in sight. The survivors of this
battle, both blue and gray, are
now assembled on the battlefield
to celebrate Ihe fiftieth anniver
sary of the event. The war is
over and fifty years of peace and
friendly intercourse have sweet
ened the bitterness of battle. Reb
and Yank meet in friendliest
comradeship and they are rejoic
ing-together because Ihe god of
war gave the norlli the victory at
Gettysburg. Indeed, each hath
her victories, as well as war. They
are meeting there in one great
and grand reunion that knows no
north, no south, east or west, but
union of hearts and hands that
means a union one and insepar
able. May it ever be thus.
It seenis to be very quiet in
Washington just at present
among the applicants for political
patronage. President Wilson has
made it known that he is not go
ing to worry himself in order to
gratify those who want to rush
matters. Woodrow is a very care
ful man, and, like Davy Crocket,
wants to be sure he is right be
fore going ahead.
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"Did you know that the Old
Testament has a pretty clear
prophesy concerning the coming
of the automobile?" asked Elder
George Edwards
it in Xalium.
"You will find
econd chapter,
fourth verse: 'The chariots shall
rage in the streets; they shall
jostle against one another in the
broadways: they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like the
lightnings.' "
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If our neighbor is prosperous,
let him prosper. Don't grunt,
growl or grumble. Say a good
word for him and let it go at that.
Don't be a knockeiv Y'our turn
will come. No one man is the
whole show. If you see that the
town is moving along nicely, feel
good about it. Help things along
a little, feel good about it, shove
a little. Try to get some of the
benefit yourself. Don"! waste your
time feeling sore because some
fellow has a little more- sand and
sense than you have. Do a little
bustling yourself. Don't be a
knocker.
Of course you would like to
have your dollars go further, and
the cost of living has increased,
as the well regulator! census
bureau can show you. And yet
we are inclined to believe that
living, which costs more now, is
aUo worth more. A lot of lux
uries that used to he have become
necessities with the passing of
lime, ami every sovereign citizen
feels lie is entitled to all modern
conveniences, many of which
were unknown a little while ago.
riiey are great institutions, but,
for the most, part cost money.
Then the luxuries of today, for
which there is a constantly in
creasing demand, are becoming
more expensive. The substantial
citizen who used to regard a
gentle skate and a family phaeton
as the lap of luxury, now feels
the need of a sixty-horse power
louring car, and other accessories
to correspond. The candy the
children used to cry for was
striped sticks of which one could
purchase a large consignment for
the small sum of 5 cents. Now
bon-bons in beautiful boxes are
taken as a matter of course, and
the childish demands are backed
by Doc Woods Hutchinson and
other eminent authorities who
have discovered that candy is a
food. And so one could amble on
down the list to show that
economy would help more than a
reduced tariff or the baek-to-the-farm
movement. Still, this sug
gestion won't be warmly received;
advice is about the only cheap
commodity left, and no one cares
much for it.
Some of the bull mooters of Ihe
sluie ure tiling for a convention
to be called at Lincoln or Omaha
for some time this month. This
does not look very much like the.
republican factions are getting
together.
A farewell banquet will be ten
dered to Richard L. Metcalfe on
Thursday, July 17, just previous
to his departure, by his friends in
the state. Met's friends in Ne
braska are legion, and if they all
attend the banquet there certainly
will be a rip-roaring crowd, and
we will try to be one of the num
ber. The national bureau of labor
has issued a table of the average
retail price of fifteen principal
articles of food, making the com
parison fo: Ihe ten-year period,
1800-1899, with the quotations
on February 15 last. The in
creases range from 111 per cent
for baenn to 4 per cent for sugar.
The chief advance is in the cost
of all meats. Prices were collected
in thirty-nine leading industrial
cities, containing one-fifth of the
population of the United States.
Beef was from 60 to 80 per cent
higher and in pork the advance
was about the same. Flour cost
-7 per eeiU and cornmeal 56 per
cent more, eggs went up 56 per
cent and bolter 63. This augu
nienled cost of living is univer
sally admitted to be a serious
thing.
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It stands as a auitter of history
to the everlasting disgrace of this
country, that in ttie ten years
from 1903 to 1912, inclusive, a
total of 39,08 people the equval
enl of nearly forty regiments
were killed or injured in the cele
brations of the Fourth of July.
Last year was America's sanest
Fourth with the lowest record of
casualities made since the records
were kept. The figures in detail
were: Dead, 20, classified as.fol
lows: By fireworks, 5; cannon, 1;
firearms, 6; gunpowder, 6; toy
pistols, 1; runaway, 1. Injured,
659, classified as follows: By
fireworks, 328; cannon, 47; fire
arms, 8i; gunpowder, 96; tor
pedoes, 33; bomo canes, 7; top
pistols, 48; runaways, 20.
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Here is a warning worth re
membering by all young men just
ready to enter upon any business
proposition: Edwin F. Young,
former treasurer of the Chicago,
Terre Haute & Southern Railroad
company, at tempted to retrieve a
lost fortune by purchasing, train
ing and backing a race horse. He
did not retrieve, and has been
found guilt y of the embezzlement
of $35,000. Funny that men
will take methods to retrieve that
which history has proven, on the
whole to be methods by which to
lose! Betting in itself is of such
a nature that, on the general law
of averages, one cannot win any
thing, even though the game is a
square one. Betting on another
man's game a game that is
never on the square is always a
sure cinch for the other fellow.
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