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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY, JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1013.
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The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
I. A. HATI2H,
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
i-Q PER YEAR IN ADVANCE -
WINTER VACATIONS.
Summer time, the "good old
summer time" when the weather
is so hot there is no joy in being
alive anywhere and the fish
simply re ruse to bite ror fear
they will be fried before the
fishermen get them olT the hook
is usually considered the pro
per time to take a vacation
It
is during this joyful period that
everyone plans for a week, or two
weeks or a month hi the country
or' the mountains or the lake
region, there to try to keep cool
by doing nothing and worrying
about it. We know a few, how
ever, who have adopted another,
and we think a wiser plan. They
work through the hot weather
and then take their vacations in
the winter when they can enjoy
them.
Really, when one stops to in
vestigate, there is a lot to be said
in support of the winter vacation.
True, vou cannot . secure quite
the same excursion rates1 to the
far-off resorts but then, who
wants to go to these resorts in
the winter anyhow. ot everyone
even really cares to go to the big
woods on a hunting trip. Instead
we know a few wise ones who
buy a few hundred rounds of
ammunition for their 22 calibre
rilles and a few more for their
shotguns ami with a hunter's
license and plenty of "cut plug"
go out to visit a while with some
good farmer friend. Or, if they
happen to be fanners themselves,
start off to spend a week or two
with sme friends or relatives
who live in another part of the
country.
Farmers are not so very busy
this time of year, and there is
no place in the world so good for
having fun, working up a healthy
appetite and getting in good
humor with the world as a farm
when the work is not crowding.
There is no end of time to hunt,
shoot at targets, drive around,
work a little if one cares to do it,
and enjoy life generally. The
bedtime hour is two or three
hours later, and the time for ris
ing is optional. We know just
how much fun one can have on
the farm this time of year, for we
have tried it, and henceforth we
vote for summer work and winter
play. Co try it and then you will
know if we are right.
:o:
A lifly-lhousand-dollar ver
dict was secured in Omaha the
other day against the Hurlington
railroad company. The case was
that oT Howard Thompson, 20
years old, who was injured by a
locomotive in St. Joseph .our
years a to, since which time he
has been partially paralyzed.
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Many leading democrats are ot
the opinion that when the cur
rency bill finally passes it will be
much more a democratic meas
ure than the original Class
Owens bill. Many newspapers in
Nebraska are quoting the New
York World as authority. The
World is a Wall street, organ
owned by the Wall street bank
ers, and has supported but one
democratic candidate for presi
dent in twenty years.
. :o:
It would be well for all who ex
pect to send Christmas presents
to their distant friends to send
their packages as early as pos
sible to insure their delivery to
their destination on time foi
Christmas. A week before
.Christmas the mails and express
companies will be so over-crowd
ed that it will be an impossibility
io deliver many packages on
lime. .
at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
Publisher
In your argument with the
weather bureau remember that it
takes in more territory than you
do.
I l;o:
After. all, that Ohio engineer's
baby that weighed twenty-live
pounds, may have been weighed
on the ice man's scales.
r:o:
The loyalty of President
Wilson's cabinet is frequently
remarked about. The democratic
senators and congressmen should
be just as loyal.
:o.
Thanksgiving was generally
celebrated in Plattsmouth, Every
one had something to feel thank
ful for if nothing more than
that they are live.
rr":o:
Don't reserve all your kindness
for the dead. They can't ap
preciate it. Extend kindness while
they are living, and receive your
reward in cheerfulness.
:o:
Socialists propose to make the
packing houses a public industry,
but raising more cattle is the
more sensible way or reducing
the price of porterhouse.
:o:
The merchant who desires
your Christmas trade will tell
yon so through the advertising
columns of the Journal. Watch
these columns for such invita
tions. :o:
Christmas patrons of the post-
otliee this year will not be forced
to lick their own stamps. The
postoflice department announces
that the postmasters and their
assistants must do this, if re
quested. :o:
The old year of 1913 is
gradually drawing to a close. It
has been an eventful year and we
are all glad to see 13 drop out, if
that has anything to do with the
numerous catastrophes lhat
have visited us this year.
- :o:
The income tax is not hard ror
us to understand, but it cannot
be understood by those with large
incomes, and the larger the in
come the more diflicult it is to
comprehend. The trouble is the
men with large incomes don't
want to understand it.
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The New York World is
authority ror the statement that
so Tar 1 i had been killed and 175
injured in the season's foot ball
games. No doubt, too, this list
is far from complete, especially
with reference to the injured. But
to kick for "safety," if we under
stand it, is the last resort in the
r
game.
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Someone- wanted to make a
present to Postmaster Ceneral
IJurleson and they sent him a
box or eggs from Michigan by
parcel post. Mr. Burleson sent
them back, saying that to accept
eggs at the present price per
dozen was a violation of the law
prohibiting an official from re
ceiving valuable presents.
:o:
Hyannis, a town of about 300
population, leaps into the lime
light with a daily paper. Hyan
nis is a county seat, situated in
the western part of the state, and
the paper is published by Charles
K. Uassett, who says he has no
apology to offer. The price is 25
cents a week, and if successful
in securing enough subscribers
at that price he may win out with
an advertising patronage accord
ingly. Hut the prospects ror a
daily to pay in a town of 300
population, doesn't appear nat
tering.
N GET YOUR MONEY.
The holiday season means a
selling season.-
No other season of the year
equals the Christmas time for
liberal, even prodigal buying on
the part of the general public,
and this applies to all classes of
merchandise, both luxuries and
necessities.
No doubt every merchant who
reads this has already made ex
tensive preparations to get his
share of the business of this
great retailing season. He has
purchased an extra supply of
goods and is making every effort
to induce people to come to his
store to buy.
For that very reason a note of
warning may not be at all out of
place here in regard to your
credits.
The fall season throughout
this middle west has always been
known as the season of settle
ments, the time when the farm
ers get their money for the big
end of their year's work, when
they are supposed to pay off their
bills and take stock for the winter
and the succeeding year.
Most merchants get their
credits on their, collections if you
prefer, considerable and special
attentions during the Tall months,
but at the approach or the real
holiday season, that of the rush
of Christmas buying, the average
merchant is apt to neglect other
things in the effort to take care
of the extra business that comes
to him and to get even a larger
share of the buying that is done
o freely.
Watch your credits now as you
lon't watch them other limes.
Watch every charge account, for
eoph who buy holiday goods on
iccount are less likely to pay for
them than those who confine such'
purchases to the strict neces-
ities.
Take time to instruct your
salespeople in this line, caution
them to be more than usually
careful in the credit end of the
business. !
More need not be said. The
merchant will appreciate the
situation immediately and all
we want to do is to call the mat
er freshly to your memory.
Omaha Trade Exhibit.
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Oeorge W. IJerge says in a
etler to friends at Auburn that
le will be a candidate for gover
nor ir his democratic friends de
sire it that way. Mr. Herge is
very popular throughout the
state, and possesses all the
necessary qualities to make a
splendid chief executive.
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And now Uncle Sam is after
the American Can company, and
it will have to show the old man
that it is not a combination in
restrain of trade. In a suit filed
by the government's officials at
Baltimore Saturday it is alleged
that the. company has been in
ducing the firms it has bought
out not to re-enter the field, has
rorced consumers with whom it
deals to buy of it exclusively, and
las arbitrarily fixed the prices.
The people are atout of one mind
bust the combinations and
trusts and the high cost of living
will be reduced.
:o:
Thomas-A. Edison, the inveter
ate inventor, continues to burn
the w. k. midnight oil or con
sume nocturnal kilowatts in his
pursuit of scientific research. So
doing he defies the doctors and
the requests of his own family,
who think he is old enough to
low down in the interest of
health and happiness. However,
he seems happier at work, and
says loafing wrecks his health.
Perhaps he is right about it;
habit is a powerful factor, and
overwork kills comparatively few
who take care of themselves in
other respects. However, it may
be sai(l that comparatively few
get the habit in this manner, and
the total number of able loafers
is much greater than is indicat
ed by those now following that
line as a regular occupation.
Ill PLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEARS AGO
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Items of Interest to Old and New
Residents of City Which Were
New Forty Years Ago.
White & Darragh bought 15
loads or corn one day last week
and 52 another. Who says korn
isn't king; kolton's nowhere.
A son of Oeorge Totten of
Omaha was successful com
petitor for the West Point cadet
ship at Omaha last week. l)i
Livingstone was one or the ex
aming board.
Fox, the express man, still sur
vives and has stopped the Herald
because we said he looked sheep
ish after buying-a quarter of
mutton at Hall's. His slate still
hangs out at the express office,
though, where you can leave all
orders for town delivery.
E. E. Crev of Fremont, former
ly district attorney ror the Third
judicial district, was in town last
week and called at the Herald
office.
Mr. . E. Sage, the Nebraska
Header man, has sold 15 carloads
of his celebrated Headers in the
South Platte country this year
and yet the demand exceeds the
supply.
S. Hector and J. Cox, of Weep
ing Water. Cass county, and stale
of Nebraska, shook hands with
the Herald Monday. Two better
men don't live in the valley of
tears. ... .'
The auditor states that the
census returns show a population
f 222,392 and six counties not
yet heard from. Cass ranks
fourth. The large cities of Lin
coln and Omaha of course run
ning up Lancaster and Douglas.
Pool, our enterprising young
toot and shoe man, has given up
that branch of business and gone
into the grocery business with
Win. Woodruff, esq., and we wish
Messrs. Woodruff & Pool a big
"Pool" ol success.
The little son of an emigrant
fell out of the wagon. Just west
of Eight Mile Orove, and was run
over, the wheel passing over his
breast and injuring him severely.
!;. John Black was sent for and
did all in his power to relieve the
little sufferer.
There will be a strawberry and
ice cream lestival at I'armeie s
all on Saturday evening, June
13, under the auspices of the
Ladies' National Temperance so
ciety. The full notice came in
too late ror publication.
We learn by a postal card frou:
Mr. B. C. Yeomans that a whirl
wind swept across the country
some five miles south of Weeping
Water on the 10th, tearing the
roof from a newly built barn on
A. A. Johnson's place, tearing out
one end of the barn and carrying
rafter across the road and
against the house, where it broke
hole through the weather
boards. There were six horses in
the barn, but none were hurt.
Thanks to Mr. Johnson lor sup
plying us with the information.
Henry Huns, the genial pro
prietor oT the Platte Yalley
House, still flourishes, and dishes
up a lirst-class meal. Oood boy,
Henry.
One would think, to see the
way our coal merchants are lay
ing in coal, (hat winter was go
ing to continue ror the next
twelve months.
Shannon's Brown Fosters no.
Brown's Shannon team- oh,
shaw! we mean brother rosier
got boss Shannon's brown colts
o take his girl out sleighing, and
ried to haul the sleigh by pure
sweetness, without any whiflle
trees. The colts objected and the
leigh called for a division of the
question. The corner wouldn't
sustain the decision of the chair,
and so the members. were dump-
1 out in front of Am. Lazenby s,
in reach of a cordial. Later
Colls all right sleigh as good as
new. Foster in ecslacies; bal
ance of sleight-ride glorious!
Heavenly! etc.
We see by the News lhat Otoe
county has at last put tin pro
position to vide bonds for Ihe ex
tension of the N. W. R. H. four
Weeping Water road). We sin-
cerely hope that no light mailer
will prevent the. Nebraska City
people from carrying, Ibis project
so important to the interests . of
the river counties. Brownville
already looks up and hopes, w
see, for a consolidation or an out
let through the o. & M. P. H. II
and Ihe building of this road (call
it by what name you like) will
give a new impetus to trade and
business in all eastern Nebraska
We all made a grand mistake, as
Tar as our immediate pecuniary
interests were concerned, when
we urged the building ot roads
running directly west from Ihe
river towns. It killed us and our
only chance is for a north and
south trunk line. We venture lo
sav that if the road should stand
as it is now Brownville would
feel the benefit, so much more
than either Nebraska City or
Plattsmouth lhat we would soon
open our eyes in astonishment,
and just because she will get the
north and south trade up and
down the river. We do not think
the eapiloj will be removed this
winter, but if will be soon, and
then in interior line of roads will
spring up, greatly to our detri
ment. Before this happens we
must secure this trunk line. No
light obstacle nor even expense
should prevent us from gelling
the road now, at once. Need we
say more?
CHRISTMAS SHOP
OF ST. MARY'S GUILD
IN THE RILEY BLOCK
That the touch of the fair hand
of the ladies can transform the
rough and ill-looking rooms into
a bower of beauty is well il
lustrated by the appearance of
the room in the Hotel ltiley block
where the ladies of St. Mary's
Cuild are lo hold a Christmas
hop tomorrow and Saturday.
Throughout the room dainty
booths have been placed, which
contain different articles for sale
y the ladies. The familiar figure
if the stork decorates one of the
looths. which will have for sale
all manner of dainty articles for
the babies, and this is placed be
side a dainty little vineco ered
tooth where more of the handy-
work of the ladies can be found.
consisting of all manner of
needlework. On the south side
mat 1 1 1
oi uie room a ciiarming nine
Japanese tea booth has been
erected, as well as a handsome
rustic retreat where more of the
fancy work will be displayed. Ar
ticles of fancy work can be pur
chased from 5 cents to S5, and
Ihey are well worth the price
asked, as the ladies have put in
a great deal of time working on
them and everything- that enters
into their making has been pur
chased in this city.
All day Friday and Saturday
ighl refreshments will, be sered
v Ihe ladies in a dainty liflle
dining room erected in the west
section of the room, and here on
Saturday a very appetizing
uncheon will be served to the
mngry ones who want some
thing nice and appetizing. Dif
ferent lmiiiiI things to eat will be
offered for sale here Saturday and
the housewives of the city can
find plenty here for their Sunday!
dinner. Don't miss calling on
the ladies at. the big Christmas
shop and assist them in their:
good work.
Nearly Well.
You certainly know many peo
ple who look perfectly well, al
though they are only nearly well.
They do not feel as they should.
ind as they used to feel. They do
not enjoy such an appetite as be
fore, they easily get. tired and are
not as cheerful as they were
wont to. All they need is lo
clean out their body, without
weakening it. They should at
once use Triner's American Elixir
of Bitter Wine, which will make
the digestive system clean and
strong. In diseases of Ihe stom
ach, the liver and the bowels,
where loss of appetite and con
stipation are the main symptoms,
this remedv has a very good ef
fect. At drug stores. Jos. Triner,
Importer and Exporter, 1333-
133U So. Ashland Ave., Chicago,
III. Stiff muscles and joints
should be rubbed with Triner'.
Liniment. Your druggist will get
it for you.
The big Christmas shop lhat
will be operated in the I D l l
Riley block by the ladies of St.
Mary's Cuild will open tomorrow
at 11 a. ni. and will continue all
day Friday and Saturday. Don't
fail to attend.
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ncss eral Loss of Sleep.
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-The Centaur Compact,
' NEW YORK.
CHRISTMAS SHOP
OF ST. MARK'S GUILD
Theri" will 1) a splendid op
portunity afforded the r.liiil ma
shoppers of this city on I'rid.iy
and Saturday, when the Christ
mas rdiop will it, operated ly St. J
Mary's Cuild in the Hotel Hileyj
Mock. There will le ei-r I hinjr j
that anyone can poihIy ak forj
offered for sale at this shop and J
it will ive the ladies and othersi
who desire to r-eeuie dainty ar
ticles for Christmas a chance to
procure them at all prices from
the lowest to the hiuhesl, and all
of them are more than woith the
money asked for them. The Cuild
will, on Friday, sere lilil re
freshments at tile shop to fho-e
who feel like enjoin; a treat of
this kind, and on Saturday the
market for pnl things to eat for
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You Get Your Money Back
You Jet back the original cost of your stove
in the fuel-money saved each winter.
Could you ask for more?
Here is the Guarantee on
Cole's Original Hot
Blast Heater
Backed Up in Every Particular by the Makers:
"1 A saving of one-third in fuel over any lower
draft stove of the same size, with soft coal, slack
or lignite.
"2 That Cole's Hot Blast will use less hard coal for
heating a given space than any base burner
made with the same size fire pot.
"3 That the rooms can be heated from one to two
hours each morning with the soft coal or hard
coal put in the stove the evening before.
"4 That the stove will hold fire with soft coal from
Saturday night until Monday morning.
"5 A uniform heat day and night, with soft coal,
hard coal or lignite.
"G That every stove will remain abso utely air
tight as long as used.
"7 That the feed-door is and will remain smoke
and dust-proof.
"8 That the Anti-puffing Draft will prevent puffing.
"All we ask is that the stove shall be operated ac
cording to directions and connected with a good
flue.
(Signed) COLE MANUFACTURING CO." (Not Inc.)
(Makers of the Original Patented Hot Blast Stove.)
This guarantee can not be made on any other
heating stove. If you want economy and real home
come in and let us sell you one of these stoves. Ahn
have guaranteed hard coal burners.
G. P. EASTWOOD
Plattsmouth :: Nebraska
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For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
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For Over
Thirty Years
the Sunday dinner will i,i fid
operation. Me -lire and drop in
to flu market, a will not r
re the time -pent here, a- it
will prow a iiioiey-avrr on
Chri-lmi". ailif!.
The Ciq Christmas Market.
Tli who Mi'i- i i -earcli of
some dainty article f..r Chri-tma-wiil
do w 1 lo attend the Cfiri-f-mas
shop fit l.e held j,y sf. Mary's
Cuild in the HoteJ Uil.-y 1.1. ..k on
Friday and Saturday, I rnd. r
and Here ... f..r.u all
u ai.uer ,.f i t i J ' e o i k ;i:id n-eful
reniemh! aeci- .( ,;t t will I fVr-
at rea-oualde price, firop in
and look oer (!;. dilfernd ar
ticle hefore 1' ill-.
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ecel:i tli. If h,ld ailho'X.-d me for
a lotliT time. Tlo rel!f w.i I i t
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