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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Prepared in the Interests of the People op Murray and Surrounding Vicinity Especially for
(If any of the readers of the Journal know of a social event or an item of interest in this vicinity and will mail same to this office it will appear un
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State
We solicit your banking business
Our hiositors are protected by the depositors'
guarantee fund of the State of Nebraska
We pay 4 per cent interest on time deposits
for one year.
This Hank is a County Depository
Personal Taxes are now due, and delinquent
December 1st. You can pay your taxes
at this bank without any
extra charge.
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For china pain! in? sec Affnes
Kennedy. 12-1 l-Stwkly
I.et the children attend the
Francis (Jable entertainment Fri
day, December 11.
Mr. an.i Mrs. M. ft. Churchill
were Plattsmouth visitor. Wed
nesday afternoon.
Dr. (i. II. 4 ! i 1 iii4 r' atnl Colonel
Jenkins were IMailsniotiUi visit
or?. Wednesday if this week.
W. V. Hamilton and Albert
Ytnin? are finishing the Ceoi-pre
Shrader house this week.
Frank Schlirhiemeier shipped
a couple of cars of line cattle to
South Omaha Wednesday.
Horn To Mr. and Mrs. Have
Eaton, living south of I'nion, on
Friday, December 12, a daughter.
Mother and daughter are doing
nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weideman
were called to iSreenwuod on ac
ciiiinl of the death of Mrs. Weide
man'. aunt. Mr. Weideman came
hark Sunday evening, and Mrs.
Weideman came home Tuesday
evening.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Christian church are arranging
to hold a bazaar at the church on
December 20. AM kinds of
pretty articles will be on display
for sab. Dinner and supper will
also be served.
Librarians for the following
dates: December 20. Mrs. Carl
Weidina'n : December 21, Ethel
Dill: December 27, Kit a Nickels;
December .11, Vivian Fitzpatrick;
January 3, Herlha Nickels; Jan
uary 10, Mrs. Charles Freeze.
There will be a shooting at
Murray each Tuesday in the
week during" the month of De
cember for turkeys, geese and
lucks. All who love this kind of
sport, are cordially invited.
M. C. Churchill.
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GOODY! GOODY!!
GOODY!!!
All the good things the market af
fords you will find at our store
for your Christmas Dinner
CANDY
We have an exceptionally fine line
of candies 12jc to 40c per pound.
Toys and
Gifts
HBATT
MURRAY
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Sanb
(Jrandma Hiatt has not been so
well this week as in the past few
weeks.
Mrs. A. L. Clark of near Ne
hawka is quite ill, but not bin?
alarming.
Mrs. Henry Soop of near Ne
hawka, has been on the sick list
the past week.
Miss May St. John visited in
Plattsmouth Sunday evening, re
turning Monday morning.
liert Young don't take very well
to dirty sidewalks, lie scrubbed
the walk from Dr. llrendel's office
to the lumber yard one day this
week. Deri has certainly set a
good example for others to fol
low, i
D. J. Pitman drove to Plaits
mouth Wednesday morning to
look after some business matters
of importance.
Thursday. December 11, Jus
tice Lillie, the -5 -year-old sou of
Frank Lillie, rolled on a couch
and fractured bis arm.
If you want to rent or buy a
good 7-room cottage call on
Mrs. Berger, at the hotel. Well
located and in fine shape.
Oliver, son of Mr.- and Mrs.
Lloyd Oapen, dislocated one of
his wrists last Thursday by a
borse backing him against the
barn.
Charles Freeze, Dr. D. F. Bren
del and Col. Seybolt ari; building
an ice pond on the. Seybolt place
northwest (if Murray. These
gentlemen are not going to lack
for the water if it only gets cold
enough to make the ice.
Henry Heebner, manager of the
Farmers elevator, has been a
busy business man this week. The
grain is coming in so fast that
Henry is kept constantly on the
move. One day this week he took
in 2,000 bushels of wheat and
hundreds of bushels of corn are
coming in daily.
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Christmas
Galore
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K. H. Queen was transacting
business in Omaha Wednesday.
There will 1m lint one week's
vacation of the Murray schools
during the holidays.
W. W. Hamilton and Albert
Young put. in the foundation for
the John Thomasen residence last
week. '
Alvin Bart let I returned home
Wednesday morning, after spend
ing a few days visiting friends
near Syracuse, Neb.
The date for the Lyeeum num
ber, Frances Cable, is January 1(1
in place of December 11). A mis
take in dates was made.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Porter and
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dean, from
near Murray, were Platlsmouth
visitors Monday of this week.
O. K. McDonald of Murd.uk
came over Tuesday to take in the
turkey shoot, ami while here call
ed on old friends and relatives.
The Drs. Brendel are building
themselves an ice house. They
propose to keep cool next summer
if the ice crop is good this win
ter. J : - "
The plasterers are through
with Uncle Ceorge Shrader s new
home, and I'nde Oeorge will un
doubtedly be "at home" to his
friends soon.
Mark White departed Tuesday
night for Kansas City, where he
will take treatment at Thornton
Minor's sanitarium for a week
or ten days.
The third number of the
Lyceum course will be l riday
evening. December 10 Francis
Cable, a very noted entertainer,
and who comes highly recom
mended. Mr. Lonnie Hartley of Rush-
ville, Illinois, was a visitor at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Shrad
er last week, returning to his
home Wednesday. Mr. Hartley is
a brother of Mrs. Shrader.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Munchau, on December 15, 1913,
a boy. Mother and little one are
doing nicely. Mrs. Munchau for
merly lived in IMattsmouth, but
is now living near Eagle.
Dr. B. F. Brendel and Mr. and
Mrs. Will Seybolt were Omaha
visitors Monday,, going up to
Platlsmouth by private convey
ance and taking the afternoon
Burlington train to the me
tropolis. Carl Weideman took the ex
amination for mail clerk before
he came here last spring. Last
week he received word that, he bad
passed the examination and re
ceived an appointment as mail
clerk. He will leave here the first
of the year.
Mrs. W. Crow, residing over on
the White farm, east of Murray,
was thrown from a spring wagon
last Sunday and received quite a
severe fracture of the left collar
bone. The accident was caused
by the seat becoming loose from
the wagon.
A small crowd attended the
shooting match Tuesday after
noon. Oscar McDonald and a
party of shooters came down
from Murdock and swept the
whole platter, taking most of the
geese and turkeys home with
them. Some shooters, those Mur
dock boys I
Cholera is playing sad havoc
with the hogs in this vicinity.
Henry Long and Bob Shrader
have lost, quite a number. So has
Frank Schlichtemeier, and we
learn of a number of other farm
ers who have lost more or less
The reports are that the disease
is spreading.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Minniear and
Mrs. W. C. Minniear, from near
Murray, were in Platlsmouth last
Saturday, where I hey were trad
ing and visiting with county seat
friends. They were accompanied
by Mr. Frank Goodman of La-
Fayette, Indiana, brother of Mrs
G. Minniear, who has been visit
ing at their home for the past
few days. He took the train here
for his home.
Seed Corn for Sale.
I have 40 bushels of good seed
corn for sale at $1.00 per bushel.
J. T. Porter, Murray.
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Tor Infants and Children.
Tba Kind Yea Have Ataajs Bcsgfat
Bears the SjX
Signature of C&a.
the Journal Readers
Robert Shrader purchased Ihe
Slagle land Saturday.
Miss Clara Young was a guest
of Miss Willa Moore Sunday.
Professor and Mrs. Asch were
calling on . friends in Murray Sat
urday.
Oussie Good is visiting friends
and relatives in Iowa the past few
weeks.
Arthur Copenhaver was de
livering corn to the Murray
elevator Tuesday.
William .Nickels ami son,
George were transacting business
in Plattsmouth Tuesday.
Miss Francis Campbell visited
her aunt, Mrs. John Campbell, in
Murray Saturday and Sunday.
Lloyd Lewi and Miss Willa
Moore attended the basket, ball
game at Union Friday evening.
Miss Bertha Nickel? ami Mrs
A. F. Nickels were looking after
business in Plattsmouth Friday
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown will
spend the holiday season with
Mrs. Brown's parents at Vilisea,
Iowa.
Mrs. Robert Good and Miss
Bertha Nickels were attending the
bazaar at Murray Saturday after
noon.
Dr. G. H. Gilmore and Col. Jen
kins were Plattsmouth visitors
Wednesday morning, going up in
ihe doctor's auto.
Grant Mann and son, Frank, of
Morehead, Iowa, spent a couple of
davs at the D. A. Young home
last week. Mr. Mann is a brother
of Mrs. Young.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rice- am
daughter. Miss Kster, were
Plattsmouth visitor Thursday
afternoon of Ihis week, driving uf
from their home.
Misses Marie Spies and Edith
Ramge of Plattsmouth were over
Sunday guests of the Tacketl
home and also took in the box
social at the school house.
Prof. Asche, we regret to learn,
is seriously ill, and his friends
are very much alarmed as to his
condilioii.' We hope he wil
change for the better and soon be
himself again.
Dr. G. H. Gilmore and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown and
Miss Margie Walker were enter
tained at a 0 o'clock dinner nt the
elegant, home of Mr. and Mrs. S
O. Davis Wednesday.
Joe Lloyd was taken very sick
at the livery barn of D. C. Rhoden
Tuesday, and for some time it
was thought he could not recover
He recovered to the extent that h
could be taken to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Loo Alexis, since
which time he has been resting
fairly well.
The bazaar given by the ladies
of the Presbyterian church last
Thursday was a successful affair
The ladies realized quite a neat
little sum from their efforts. It
is a very cold day in Augul when
the ladies (God bless them!)
don't get. to the front with all the
pretty things to sell and plenty of
good things to eat.
The bazaar at the Christian
church Saturday was a complete
success. They sold out complete
ly, and that was the only reason
for it not being a bigger success
The ladies deserve great eredi
for their efforts. Everyone pres
ent enjoyed the occasion ami
went, home after it was al
over, feeling that it was good to
be there. The ladies reaped quite
a little sum from the Hales at the
bazaar.
Mrs. Dr. Gilmore, Mrs. Glen
Boedeker and Miss Ida Boedeker
went to Omaha Tuesday morning
to d some Christmas shopping
Glen went up to Platlsmouth af
ter dinner with his car, taking
the afternoon Burlington train
for Ornaha, where he met the
ladies. They returned to Platts
mouth on the evening Burlington
and took Ihe auto there for home
There were some pretty mad
fellows at the depot Wednesday
morning when tho early Omaha
passenger went through at a
rapid speed without stopping,
They had bought tickets for
Plattsmouth and Omaha; we don't
pretend to say whose fault it was
that they were left on the plat
form to view the vanishing train
as it, went up the track through
the mist.
Boy Wanted.
Boy about 15 years of age to
help about the store. Must fur
nish good references. No cigar
ette smoker wanted. V. T.
Richajdscm, Mya&rd, Neb
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. Celebrates Her Birthday,.
A very pleasant party was
giverr - Mis Bertha- Irwin last
Saturday evening at her home,
when a large number of her
friends canVin lo help' her ecle-
rate 'her sixteenth birthday an
niversary, and the 'occasion was
.1 most, pleasant, one for the com
pany. Wayne Lewis and Karl
Merrill furnished some excellent
music, which was very much en-
joyiSl by the crowd." The jolly
crowd, enjoyed . themselves in
various games until a late hour.
when they; were treated to an
oyster supper, which served to
bring lo a close a most happy
event, and the guests, on depart
ing, wished Miss Bertha many
moro such happy birthdays in the
future; The guests present were:
Misses Alice Rakes,- - .Mat' Lewis,
Verna Irwin, Mabel Rakes, Hazel
Irwin, Oraeer Rake; Bertha Irwin,
Mary Slagle Lucy Rakes, Jessie
Irwin,- Mr,s. .Charlie Schwab, Mrs.
Laura Irwin, Albert Wilson and
wife, Carl Nickel and wife, Guy
Murrav and wife, Lev Slagle and
wife. Will Rakes and wife. Dee
Hostetter and wife, Wayne Lewis,
Karl Merrill, Arthur Crunk, Al
bert Rakes, Tom Hamilton, Ren
ben Eaten, James Hamilton. Rob
ert Eaten, Frank Schwab, Dallas
Slagle, Dave Slagle, Cecil Nickels
Willie Wilson and Life Hostetter
Sells Cass County Farm.
J. T.. Porter ha sold his farm
just south of - Murray, to C. 11
Harris. The farui was small.
which was. the.. only treason Mr
Porter, .had -Mr selling, it, but. it
was a good j one aud - brought a
magnificent price. . , The 80 acre
sold for 11,500. . Mr. Porter has
bought a-icn-acro farm in the
Red River Yalley. of Minnesota,
where he. expects lo move about
the first of March. S. W. Copen
haver purchased a farm in the
same locality,. .aud , will . rn ve
about the same time a Mr.
Porter. - Me.- I4ari4 bought- the
Copenhaver place, also. We re
gret to see these two gentlemen
and their excellent families leave
Cass county,' but wish them suc
cess and happiness in their new
Minnesota .home.- .
For Omaha Charities.
The fund that was started last
week for Christmas for the pooi
children of Omaha has been re
sponded to.very.generous.ly. ,Jhe
list is as follows:
.Mrs. L..11..0Ulharn..
Pauline Oldham.
' Fay Oldham.
Mrs. J. D. Pitman.
Mrs. S. O. Pitman.
Mrs. O. A. Davis.
Mrs. Vance Pitman.
Mr. V. A. Kennedy.
Mrs. K. S. Tutt.
Mrs. L. D. Hiatt.
Mrs. Robert Good.
Mrs. Frank Rhoden.
Miss Bertha Nickels..
Miss Etta Nickels.
Mrs. D. C. Rhoden. .
Mrs. D. .A. Youngs
Mis Clara Young.
Mrs, Xloyd Gape
Miss Willa Moore.
Miss Gertrude lAmg. . , .
Mrs.' Mira McDonald.
The date for sending this box,
which consists of dressed chick
ens and children's stockings, wil
be Tuesday. December 23. Tele
phone in your contributions to
'phone 1G. This goes to the As
sociated Charities.
School Items.
Last Saturday evening the
school gave their basket social,
which proved to be a success. The
social was preceded by a scnoo
program. After the program Rex
Yonnc auctioned tho baskets. A
box of bon-bons was given to the
young lady who received the most
votes. Hot cofTee and doughnut3
were sold. The proceeds of $44.23
were used lo help pay for tin
Victrola. The school extend:
most sincere thank lo those who
aided in making the social a suc
cess. The purpose of the Yitrola
is to create a desire in the pupils
for classical music.
The school is enjoying drink
ing water from sanitary water
coolers.
Tho annearance of the schoo!
rooms are aided by the use of new
window curtains.
The text books received a
thorough inspection Tuesday.
The pupils were fined for damage
done.
Rev. Hulchman conducted
chapel Wednesday morning.
Meetings at Itlurray.
Rev. D. L. Dunkleberger at
Murray December 21. Morning
subject, "The Christian's Invita
tion." Evening, "Tekel," a lec
ture of great importance. Every
member and as many more are
expected. An all-around Rally
day. Come.
Wedding atatromry at the
Journal offloe.
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MURDOCK.
(Special Correspondent.)
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Emmet Fight master i home
on a visit.
Harvey Gillespie was shppins
in. Omaha Saturday.
Leo Boellcr was in Omaha
Tuesday between, trains.
Dr. I. D. Jones and wife wer
.shopping in Omaha last Tuesday.
Mela Neilzel is now home on a
short visit with her parent, and
friend-.
Lewi Ilornbeek was vi-iting
hi sister in Lincoln Saturday and
Sunday.
Mi.-s Lulu Edward wa visit
ing friend in Lincoln Friday and
Sat urdav.
Mrs. Selma Cakernier and
daughter are visiting the form
er's mother this week.
Our little eity ha a paper all
its own, "The Murdock Tribune."
Everybody subscribe.
Chester Moorney left lat Aek
for Michigan, where he will make
a short visit, with relatives.
G. Bauer rnoed hi family and
household goods from Ithaca last
Monday. We are glad to vselroiio
them into our community.
Mr. W. O. Gilbpie and Mr.
William Weddle and daughter at
tended the bazaar at Wabah last
Saturday.
The German Evany Leal
church will have their Christmas
program Wednesday night, De
cember 2 4. Everybody cordially
invited'.
Mr. and Mrs. I'. O. H-all and
daughter left for Omaha recent
ly. Mr Beall intend to b a
traveling salesman the firt of
the year.
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CASS COUNTY ITEMS,
PERU, NEB.
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Miss Alexander, representative
of the palmer method of penman
ship, gave a special lesson t the
teachers of the training school.
'The -member! of the Everett
Literary-society and the faculty
were- guests at- a meeting of the
Pliiloinalhean society in the
chanel Friday evening. An excel
lent program was given.
An interesting game of basket
ball was-played Saturday after
noon .between Ihe .junior and
senior girls' team. At the end
of the first half the scon stood
12 to U in favor of the seniors.
When the last half was over the
juniors stood victorious by a
score of 2( to 15. Mis Emma
Kunz of Elmwod played left
quarter for the juniors and help
ed materially in the game.
Y. W. C A, meeting Sunday aft
ernoon was led by Mrs. E. I,.
Rouse. The topic was, "Mother
of Tomorrow."
One of the finest exhibits of
the work of the manual training
department ever held at the Nor
mal was on display Tuesday and
Wednesday in the faculty recep
tion room. Among the Ca
county students who made ar
ticles for this exhibit were Rex
Bailey. Orb-y Clements. Ralph
Reeves and Percy Slothower of
Elm wood and Clarence Beal of
Plattsmouth.
Under the direction of the
grade supervisor the training
school has planned a Christmas
entertainment to be given Friday
afternoon, December 19. This
school is composed of children
who are taught by the senior of
tho Normal. Each senior i re
quired to teach one period a day
throughout the year, prepare
nlans for the work and have com
plete charge of the room during
his period. Supervisor oversee
and direct the work of each stud
ent teacher.
Story Hour, Notlcel
The story hour, Saturday
morning from 10 to It. at the
public library for thi week will
consist of a Christma program.
Mr. Henry Herobl has kindly
loaned a Radioplieon and pic
tures of Mark Park in Japan and
the Madonna in color. will be
shown after the program.
SALESMEN WANTED $75.00
per month and all expense to be
gin. Experience not absolutely
necessary. Take order from
dealers for cigarette, cigars,
snufT, smoking and chewing to
baccos. Perm Company, Station
O, New York, N. V.
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COMING XMAS NIGHT
Rarely, if ever, ha a mintrl
organization been arcrdM th
general praise Ibat ha tin -..
,.n followed- in the path of tb
Richard A. Prinsle fa'nou
(eorgia MinstreN. uhn-h i b---ed
to apepar at the parmel
theater Chritrn.i ni-ht. N",
bright and breezy in every (Mail,
from costume and ; ry t
.ong and j"'c. Richard A
Pringle have ecured th rream
of the colored rnintrl talnt.
Everything in tb production i
brand ne, and judrfin from th
Imnien patmnaa that h
greeted th company everywhere,
it would be well to gt ea: re
served earl-.
Oet your Christmas stationary
at the Journal office Stationery
Department, where you will fnd
the finest line in the city.
REX Y0UNQ,
Auctioneer,
Murray. Nb.
Ready to cry your r!".
and guarantee satisfaction.
Dates can be mad at lU
Hank of Ca County, in
Plattsmouth. Neb.. r th
Murray State Dank. Murray.
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