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PLATTSK10UTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
Cbc plattsmoutb journal
Published Semi-Weekly at Plettemouth. Nebr.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
- It requires a great deal
of tart for a woman to make
her husband think In
i having his own way. j
i- Selected.
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-No need for loafers on the
streets now xvith plenty of work
in l In- harvest ik'lds at -50 a day
and board.
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The American Society of Thrift
seems to be thrifty, all right. It
has asked congress fur an appro
priation of Sou.OOO.
:o:
Teddy will light tin hull innnsc
I'.ilih-s from Sagamore porch. Iff
has been ordered hy his physician
to stav at linini' all summer.
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If you waul lo celebrate in the
triM' manner this year, go to Klm
o"d on the Fourth, where yon
will leceixe a cordial greeting.
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Tin' Journal ,has no faxorites
fr the nomination, but after the
primary xxe will have some who
will receive its undivided support,
as weak as I hat may be.
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Some doctors are honest enough
lo deelare that there are too many
surgical operations performed by
incompetent surgeons. Nearly
eer!.ody has suspected as much.
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Head Counsel Talbot receixed a
magnificent reception by friends
in Lincoln on his return from
Tol.-dti. There does not seem to
! many iniii"jeuts in the eapi
tol city, anway.
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A Missouri woman, I'l years
old. recently married for the
eleventh lime. er latest husband
is ii ears idd. The niurli mar
ried woman made her first matri
monial enture when she was IS
ears old and since then her
weddings have taken place at
more i,r es regular intervals. It
iMi't stated as to how many of
thee husbands are living'.
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More residences are badly need
ed in I'lattsmoutli, and why not
organize a company oT our capi
talists and erect a few modern
four and lierooni cottages?
He-ides increasing the population
of the city, I hey would bring in a
r I rental, and in the course of
time be sold for as much or more
than they co-t. Why not try it?
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Hy a vole or 12I lo . i the house,
ha voted to reduce Iho mileage
of members of congress from :0
rents to cents. As t Ii o railroad
fare is actually 2 cents in most
of the slates, this will leave the
congressmen only 3 cents a mile
velvet'' for each mile actually
traveled. Some congressmen get
more I bail they earn without any
mileage at all.
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The Press sees no reason why
democratic contemporaries of the
Plallsiuouth Journal, for instance,
should criticise that newspaper
because it lias spoken a good
woi d for Mai hew Gcring, a con
gressional candidate of opposite
faith. Tlur Journal spoke kindly
of Wilber Anness and Charles
Marshall, and other candidates.
M nff is a Cass county man;
there is no reason why-lie should
not get the kind word from his
home newspaper. Nebraska City
Press. Always remember, jro.
Sweet, that "'lis dogs' delight to
bark and bile, for 'tis their
nature."'-
Speaker Clark has declared for
woman suffrage. Who'd a thought
it?
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A safe and sane Fourth should
be uppermost in the wind of every
sane person.
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We should be glad that we do
not have to apologize to Mexico
ami pay $25,000,000.
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Many persons do not believe the
holding of band concerts in the
Air Dome is a success.
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The ice plant is almost ready
for business. Then we will have
plenty of nice, clear ice.
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Cornell has received an anony
mous contribution of l no. (ton
JJeiug anonymous, it is certainly
not from Carnegie or Rockefeller.
:o:
A Minnesota plow horse was
slung to death by bees the other
day. It would seem that 4iold
Dobbin" was always getting stung
in the scheme of life.
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While .V. V. Johnson was rec
ommended for postmaster of
Lincoln, Frank Urown gets the
appointment. What kind of away
is that in doing business? Whose
Italian hand did the work?
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Let's see: if mediation fails,
and the embargo is lifted on arms,
and watchful waiting is contin
ued, we'll be back where we were
in April, so far as this Mexican
business is concerned. Too much
watchful wailing don't pay.
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Since Dick Melcalfe has entered
the race for the democratic nomi
nation for governor, the result
becomes more perplexing each
day. Up to the present time Gov
ernor Morehead seems to be by
all odds the favorite.
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You are always assured a good
time when you go to Flmwood.
Flmwood will have the only big
celebration in Cass county on the
Fourth of July, and if you desire
lo attend Hie people of that hos
pitable little city will welcome you
with the glad hand.
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A Kansas City woman accused
of "a felony has disappeared,
leaving her two lawyers on her
bond for 2,5)0. It seems to be
a good joke on the lawyers. In
stead of getting all her money,
the lawyers got what Caleb
throwed at the hen.
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Six wonden-legjred men testified
in a Massachusetts suit that the
loss of a single leg does not
diminish a man's earning- power.
The. advantages of an artificial
leg are so numerous the defend
ant railway company may file a
counterclaim for services lo the
plaintiff.
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Democratic Leader Underwood
declared in Hie house the other
day that there would be no deficit
in government finances, and that
any predictions of one was a
dream based on wishes springing
rrom political antagonism. Mr.
Underwood was armed with treas
ury depart nient figures lo sulT
slantiate his claims.
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The prettiest race in the slate
wide primary will be that for the
republican nomination for secre
tary of slate between Clyde Bar
nard and Waile, the present in
cumbent, who has already served
two terms as secretary and several
terms as deputy. Clyde will have
the advantage on this account.
Third-termers don't fare very well
in the slate at large.
BEDBUQ AND FLY.
The poet has narrated how the
bedbug has no wings at all, but
gets there just the same, or some
such amaranthine sentiment
However, the h. b. doesn't arrive
with such frequency as in the
brave days of old, and may be
come an extinct species in time
like Populists and wild pigeons
Already its race is run to such an
extent that the housewife view?
its presence on her premises as a
disgrace, and disgrace is more lo
be avoided than other forms o
dirt by the perfectly proper
housewives of this wide-spreai
world. Which means that tin
bedbug is passing, if it hasn't
already. Enters now through a
small hole in the adjustable
creen the common house fly
Science has shown us that Hit
house lly is infinitely worse than
the bedbug or boa constrictor or
any other crawling creatures. Tin;
muse fly is a menace lo life and
icalth as well as peaceful slum
ei while the bedbug is merely a
full feeder which lets it go at that
Swatting crusades may have made
ome headway against the hous
lly, but the point of extermination
for the pest is remotely situated
in the unit aim distant iuiure
'erhaps its arrival will be hast-
ned when the standing army of
ioilsewies come to view a lly as
i disgrace, such as the bedbug is
now considered. And there is as
much or more reason for that
oint of view. The lly is a crea
ture of tilth, hatched in a dung-
lill and scented of the sewer, and
ias no right to associate with the
esi lanuiies, as H irequenuy
oes. Nor with any other fam
ilies, if they have a regard for
neatness or health, and these two
counts should include most of the
firesides of Ibis fair land. Let the
fly and the bedbug be judged by
the same standard that both may
perish from the earth, and onl
ays be long in the land, or there-
ibouts.
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If the mediators don't hurry up
luerla will hae to lly the Coop,
r Villa will hae him by the nap
f the neck.
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Light republican candidates for
ongress ought lo le enough.
Sonie of them will think so after
the primary election.
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The filing of bull moose nomi
nation papers grates on I he
nerves of republican state caudi-
ales like the grating' of a hand
aw. :o:
Candidates are on the jump and
the lucky ones will keep jumping
up to the primary. The ones that
will win will not let any grass
grow under their feel.
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Comforting thought to those
who find the June heat oppressive.
No matter what happens this
uiunier, it is bound to be an im
provement oxer last summer.
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That man Ileaxis of Falls City
is going (o cut more of a figure
in the republican congressional
race than few people think. In
Lincoln noxv it is thought the race
proper is between Matt (iering and
Ileaxis.
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There is no use to fry to medi
ate in the controversy between
the deparlnieln of agriculture and
Hex. Irl Hicks oxer what causes
weather changes. Their defer
ences are irreconeiliable.
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Mr. Jones has been doing mis
sionary work as a harvester com
pany director for over live years:
Who can say how bad it might
have behaved but for his gentle
but effective influence?
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The fact that a man will stand
in front of the ollice of the Illinois
secretary of state fifteen days in
order lo file the first petition of
candidacy indicates that the posi
tion on the ballot is very impor
tant in a slate-wide primary.
A safe and sane Fourth should
be passed all along the line.
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The mediators simply had to
make some kind of a report.
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It doesn't take a man who
knows it all to tell all he knows.
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Carranza and lluerta talking
peace! What do you think of
that?
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Accidents on laud, sea, under
ground and in the air swell the
day's news.
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The woman suffragists are
kind-hearted. Thev sent a dele
gation to wait on the vice presi
dent.
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Remember, boys, you have no
fingers to lose. Then don't hold
that lire cracker in your hand loo
long-.
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Try some other point for the
and concerts. The Air Dome
won't do. It is not sullicienlly
elevated.
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The breach between the cou
t it iitional factious in. Mexico
appears to be widening. Well,
who cares?
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I'resident Wilson fells Senator
lilchcock that, there will be no
recess appointments, Oood lor
Woodroxv.
;n ;
Greece is almost as feverish in
picking up a navy as the late Mr.
Morgan was in acquiring trolley
ines.
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l'laltsinoul h merchants are a
ilteral class. ;uiil do mil desire lo
impose on llieir help. That's the
eason they propose to close their
stores at (' o'clock in the evening.
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II is extremely hard lo tell which
parly has the advantage oxer the
ther in this campaign. Tin- party
that selects the best men for the
arious places xxill win out, to our
notion.
It is hinted in Lincoln thai
jjgerloti ami Tobey xill pull out
f the republican race for con
fess before the primary. It may
e possible, but we don't believe it.
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The retirement of a California
woman candidate to prepare for
icr wedding shows some of the
cissibililies in a woman suffrage
I ale.
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Tommy Allen is slated for dis
rict attorney, and will be ap-
toinled as soon as Chris (irunther
s made collector of internal
exenue.
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The way lo spend your Fourth
s to repair to some leafy retreat
far away from the din," take
upplies along and rest in peace
and quietude.
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President Wilson xxill head the
i i I
naval procession ai me ioim.n
pening of the Panama canal.
(lood positions will also pe pio-
i.Ied for ex-President s 'J'aft and
.oosevelt.
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It doesn't really matter very
much xvhat repotls are circulated
hunt Ooxernor Morehead, espe
ially when it is learned the
Hows who are I he originators,
he governor's record for Irulh
and veracity is above reproach.
he best indication of the man's
true character Js Jus home career,
where fie lias nveu or ihiuj-hu
ears. In that lime he has been
farmer, merchant, county treas-
er, banker, member of the house
in-
representatives, senator, lieu-
o
f
riant governor and governor
It
is
preposterous to even presume
hat a gentleman could serve his
mle thusly is a man other than
pen
uthful and reliable and that his
mnor is above reproach. This
paper has always been friendly to
(
overnor Morehead and xve expect
to
remain so, having the utmost
CO
nlidence in him as a public
servant and as a private citizen.
TAMING WALL STREET.
There is one thing that is be
coming more and more apparent
every day and that is that Wul
street is not the ferocious, pre
datory giant it once was. Former
Iv, at this time of the year, i
usually had most of the money
that the people all over the conn
try had deposited in their loca
banks, and when these bank?
wanted the money sent back, Wal
street declared that it could no
spare it. Soon tlie local banks
could not furnish the money ti
move the crops, and the more per
sistent I he local banks were in
demanding their money be sent
back, the louder Wall street as
serted that it did not have it
They would, however, 'accommo
date" the local banks, whosi
prosperity they very much de
sired, by sending Ihem cashier's
checks as soon as they could get
the printing machines started.
.Now xvith the biggest crop evel
raised in the United Slates lo be
marketed, the local banks have no
difficulty in furnishing the money
and credit to start the crops to
moving. If one will recall the not
distant past, he xxill see thai con
ditions haxe been changed. The
west no longer fears a monster
that held its prosperity in its
grasp. There is an administration
in power that would I -1 1 the Wall
slreel bankers that the moment
they began to pax out anx thing as
money except gold, national bank
notes, greenbacks, treasury notes
and subsidiary silxer, that lliey
xvould be prosecuted, and if they
did not meet their demand obli
gations, a receiver xvould be ap
pointed. Under such conditions Wall
street has become very tame. The
leeth of the western banker do
not chatter nor his hair stand on
end lest on Sal in-day night he get
a telephone messaue that cash
payments xxill be suspended on
Monday mor ning in New York, lie
is experiencing "a new freedom,"
and like all truly free men. he has
courage ami hope. Wall slreel
has been lamed. World-llerald.
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Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo is readv to fumi-h farmers
xvith plenty of money to moxe tin
crops if needed.
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It was quite an accident thai
checkers drove a lloosier insane.
ll:ivm!r e fieckers is one ot the
most popular diversions in well
regulated asylums.
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The international peace plan is
to provide one navy for eight
nations. And if xve spread
Josephus Daniels oxer eight na
tions as secretary of the navy he
will be a more important, ollicial
than President Wilson.
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Having looted and demolished
Zacalccas and littered Ihe streets
xvith dead, Villa turns round xxilh
his army and marches back to
Torrcon, abandoning the scene of
carnage. The trouble in Mexico
is getting to be a wanton war of
savages.
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It has been many years since a
national administration has ex
perienced such a trying- time as
Hie present. You may talk about
Mini' Jefferson, Jackson and the
immortal Lincoln, and aside from
ihe civil war during the Jailer's
administration, no occupant of
the presidential chair has ever
experienced so embarrassing a
slate of affairs as President Wil
son. Yet at all times and under
all circumstances In has proved
equal to the emergency. The peo
ple of these United Slates should
fed proud of such an able man
at the head of affairs. Yet there
are those who would retard him
m ills good intention if they pos-
siuiy could. JJUl nit' level neau oi
Woodroxv Wilson is far-sighted,
and he intends that when this
Mexican question is settled it
must be settled right as he sees
the right. And the great majority
of the American people will stand
by him to the end.
Welch's
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Political Announcements
All announcements T.7UST BE
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CASH at
the following rate: For Con
gressman, $15; State Senator,
$10; Representative, $5; for
County Officials, $5 each.
For Congress.
We are authorized to announce
the name of Wilber W. Anness,
of Dunbar, Otoe county, for con-
ress from the First congres
sional district of Nebraska, sub
ject to the will of the republican
voters at the nriruarv election on
fuesday, August 18.
We are aulnoried to announce
Charles Marshall of Otoe eouniv
is a candidate fop congress from
the First district, subject to the
will of the voters at the primary
lection on Tuesday, August 18,
914.
For Senator.
A. F. Sturm, of Ndiawka, is a
candidate for senator from Otoe
and Cass counties, subject lo the
xv ill of the republican voters at
the primary election Tuesday
Vugust 18.
We are authorized to announce
the name of John Mattes, jr., as a
andidafe for Senator from Cass
md Otoe counties, subject to the
decision of the democrativ voters
at the primary election on Tues
day, August 18, 1914.
For Representative.
M. G. Kirne, of Nehawka pre
cinct, will be a candidate for
member of the lower house of
the state legislature, subject to
the will of the democratic voters
of Cass county at the primary
election to be held Tuesday, Aug
ust 18, 1914.
We are authorized to announce
William II. Puis for Float Rep
resentative (Otoe and Cass coun
ties), subject to the will of the
democratic voters at the primary
election, Tuesday, August 18.
For County Judge.
Charles I,. Graves of Union is a
candidate for the nomination to
the oflice of county judge, sub
ject lo the decision of the
voters at the primary elec
tion, held on Tuesday, August 18,
1914.
For County Clerk.
Frank J. Libershal, the present
county clerk, filling said ollice by
apopintment, is a candidate for
the nomination to said office, sub
ject to the decision of the demo
cratic voters at the primary elec
tion, held on Tuesday, August
18, 1914.
John M. Creamer, of Wabash,
is a candidate for- county clerk,
subject to the decision of the re
publican voters of Cass county at
the primary election held on
Tuesday, August 18, 1915. Your
support will be appreciated.
I am a candidate for county
clerk on the republican ticket,
subject to the will of the voters at
the primary election August 18.
A. L. Anderson.
H. G. Wurl announces that iie
is a camuauie ror me omce oi
counlv clerk of Cass county, sub
ject lo the xxill and xvish of the
democratic voters of the county
at the primary on Tuesday, Au
gust 18, 1914.
For Register of Deeds.
Mont Robb is a candidate for
Register of Deeds of Cass coun
ty, subject to the decision of the
Grap
Juice
FOUNTAIN
Bottles
& HADRABA,
Drug Store
republican voters of the county
a?, tile primary election to be held
on Tuesday, August 18, l'Jl i.
Candidate for Treasurer.
Major A. Hall is a candidate for
bounty Trea-urer. subject to the
x'.ill of the republican voters al
the primary to be held oji fue-
day. Augusi 18. I'M i. He will ap
preciate the support of all repub
I icans.
For Sheriff.
We i.re authorized to announce
F. It. Cunningham, of Nehawka
precinct, as a candidate for slieritf
of Cass county, subject to Ihe de
cision of the republican voters at
Ihe primary election August 18,
lid i.
We are authorized to announce
William Doiid, of Salt Creek
(Greenwood precinct, for the
ollice of sheriff of Cass county,
subject to the will of the demo
cratic voters at ihe primary elec
tion on Tuesday. August 18, 191 i.
John Wundcrlicli, of Xeliawka
precinct, is a candidate for sheriir
of Cass county, subject to the de
cision of the democratic voters of
the county at the primary (dec
lion to be held on Tuesday, Aug
ust 18, 1914.
Carroll I). Quinfon, Ihe present
sheriff, is a candidate for the
nomination of said ollice, subject
to the decision of the republican
voters at the primary election,
held on Tuesday, August 18, 1911.
County Commissioner.
We are authorized to announce
Charles R. Jordan, of AIvo, as a
candidate for Commissioner from
the Third district, subject to the
decision of the democratic voters
at the primary election on Tues
day, August 18, 1914.
C. E. Ileebner, present commis
sioner from the Second district, is
a candidate for re-election, sub
ject to the decision of the re
publican voters at the primary
t'ection lo be held on Tuesday,
August 18, 1914.
Henry Snoke, of Tipton pre
cinct, will be a candidate for tho
oflice of Commissioner from the
Third district, subject to the de
cision of the democratic voters
at the primary election on Tues
day, August 18, 1914.
We are authorized to announce
D. Koesler of Weeping Waler pr e
cinct as a candidate for commis
sioner from the Third district,
subject to the wishes or the de
cision of the democratic voters at
the primary election Tuesdav,
August 18.
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the oflice of county com
missioner from the Second com
missioner district, subject lo Ihe
wishes of the democratic voters
at the primary on Tuesday, Aug
ust 18. 191 i. Your support xxill
be appreciated. F. W. Young.
We xvould hale to be a politi
cian or the "snake-iu-1 he-grass"
x ariely.
Down in Kansas Ihey tfny a
number or young men have
"accepted positions" in the har
vest' ileitis.
:o:-
en a girl comes out in one
or those new tomato-red coats, it
is hard lo believe her when she
saxs she doesn't xxaul her name
iu the paper, , ,