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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TP 1" RSI) AY, DECEM1IER 17, 1JH4.
NO.
CHRISTMAS TREE
FOR EVERYBODY
I PLATTSMOUTH
Rich and Poor Alike Should Re Made
to Feel That This Is "Our C ity'
and a Christmas for All.
From Wednesday's Dan v.
Throughout the country there has
been agitations for municipal Chri.-t-Diii.-
trees, where 'the children of the
city, regardless of creed, race or sex,
could gather in a common celebration
of the event that hearids the advent of
the Prince of Feai c, and such a cele
bration in this city would not come
i.m:.-s and would furnish a beam of
joy to many a iff!-' one whose Christ
mas will not i-.t as hripht as some of
the more fortunate. The:e is no more
laudable movement that could be
started or one that would benefit
evervone and brinur each into touch I
with one another nnd add real mean
ing: to the great feast of the Chris
tian world.
A Christmas tree in a parlor looks
pood to tha folks in the parlor, but to
the folks on the outside looking in, it
might as well be a dream or a paint
ire on the wall. That sort of a Christ
ma? tree is "your.-." What we should
like to see. is a Christmas tree that
we might call "ours." There's a world
of difference between "yours" and
"ours." "Yours" is privr.te property
and belongs to you. while "ours" be
longs to all of us. A municipal
Ch-istir.as tree will be "ours," and
every one of us may darce r.round it
and slap our hands, if we feel like it.
and nobody can lock the door or-draw
the shade. to bar us out. There are
a lot of us who don't have Christmas
trees that we may call our own, and
the only Christmas trees that we ever
see are "vours," and we see them i
from the outside looking in. "Our"
Christmas tree must be on the outside
outside where Clod and the poor and
th? homeless walk t!:2 streets un
observed. Do you folks on ti e inside
know how big and lonesome the out
side is? Does it not seem to you
that most of the world is wrapped up
in your own life and in your own
home and business, that there is not
much else that needs your care or at
tention? This is the view that most
people take of the outsHe, and this
i- the season that the outside seems
os bip and lonely And along about
Christmas, the outside spreads out to
rr.nr.y times its usual size. vrd bn
otr.es as 'f id and due' le-s as the
winter storm clouds. Christmas
doesn't mean much to those on the
outside when iUs world seems so bie
that nobody fe.'S them, and nobody
knows their n??ds.
And there aie a lot of people in
Plattsmouth who almost dread the j
i
coming of Ch-istmas. They dread it j
because the happiness or. the inside, ,
that is denied thorn, so cruelly con
trasts with tli? unhappiness on the
outside, that they cannot escape. On '
the outside there doesn't seem to be j
enouph Christmas to po 'round. A I
municipal Christmas t-ee will, to
some extent, add cheer and pood will
to the entire city and will arouse a
Ch'-istmas spirit that all may feel and
enjoy. And it wii! arousa to a still j
greater extent the community interest
that has been sadly la'-kir.g in P'.atts- i
mouth. It will have a most wholesome I
tendency toward pettinp our people to
thinkinp and acting topether in
municipal affairs, instead of thinkinp!
and actinp in a thousand different di- I
l ections. Our-weonle have been given
to livinp too largely to themselves in
stead of pulling topether and livinp
for each other. They have taken a
narrow view of the duties and oblipa
tior.s of citizenship and have failed
to recognize the fa. t that the easiest
and shortest road to piosperity and
happiness lies in co-operation and in
servinp each other. They have not
learned to think and talk of "ours."
They have not learned to say our city,
our schools, our churches, our wel
fare, our Plattsmouth. There should
be no "outside" in Plattsmouth. Rich
and poor alike should feel that this
is ."our" city, and that the cominp
Christmas shall be "our" Christmas.
You will find the Dennison line of
Crepe and Tissue Tapers in all the
Christmas colors at the Journal office.
Taken to Omaha Today.
From Wednesdays Iiallr.
This morning Mrs. Mike Lutz, wife
of Street Commissioner Lutz, was
taken to Omaha, where she will be
placet! in the Imanuel hospital for
treatment. Mr. Lutz accompanied his
wife to the metropolis. For some time
I at she has not been in the best of
health, and her condition was such
that it was thought best to remove
her to the hospital, where she can be
treated with more ease. The many
f'ieiids of this lady, who are legion
throughout the city, trust that she
n:av find relief there from her illness.
BEN DUN IS DUN BROWN
TO THE TUNE OF S5 AND
COSTS BY JUDGE ARCHER
From Tuesday's J 'silly.
Yesterday afternoon Ben Dunn,
v. ho has been here for a short time
wo: kinj; at the shops, decided that he
would celebrate his quitting the serv
ice of the railroad company by ac
cumulating a glorious jap, and he
more than satisfied himself with the
"bun" which he attempted to carry,
but the foe within was too preat and
Den dun found that the walking was
rather . unsteady, but managed to
reach the Perkins hotel, where he an
nounced a declaration of war and as
serted his ability to whip any who
attempted to interfere, and with this
declaration proceeded to strip for ac
tion. Officer John Fitzpatrick, who
was sleepinp upstairs, was summoned
to the scene of the trouble and the
I ri.-li forces soon reduced the prisoner
to a state of submission, but durinp
the hostilities the officer suffered the
laceration of one of his fingers, and
with Den thoroughly .subdued started
for the city jail to place the man
th"ei:i. The party were met by Chief
of Police Rainey, who was en route to
th? hotel, and the follower of Mars,
the pod of war, soon rested behind
the bars, where he could vent his
mi'ilant spirit on the empty air with
out serious damage to himself. He
was brought before Judpe Archer this
morning, and rfter the evidence had
been offered the man was fined $5 and
costs, and the police sallied forth with
him to see that this sum was taken
from his time check and turned over
to the city stronp box.
COMMISSIONER HEE6NER
AND WIFE CEEBRATE SILVER
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
From Tuesday's Daliy-
A most deliphtful patherinp oc
cured at the pleasant home of County
Commission Charles E. Heebner and
.vjf,
vife, near Nehawka, last Friday,
when they celebrated their silver
wedding anniversary, and were assist
ed in the event by some fifty relatives
and friends. Durinp the twenty-five
years of happines enjoyed by this
worthy couple they have lived on the
farm where the anniversary was cele
brated, and it was here also, in the
old homestead, that the worthy com
missioner was born and has lived
durinp his lifetime. Five of the puests
present at the silver weddinp had also
been puests at the happy event twenty-five
years previous, when Mr. and
Mrs. Ileebner had been joined in holy
wed'ock. The bride of twenty-five
years apo appeared in the oripinal
weddinp dress, which in its style was
not far from that now in vopue.
The day will lonp be remembered
most pleasantly by all present, and
the worthy couple were showered
with conpratulations and well wishes
for twenty-five years more of wedded
bliss and that the years to come
mipht be filled to overflowing with all
the happiness they so well deserve.
Most delicious refreshments were
served to the patherinp, one of the
features of the luncheon being a cake
baked after the same one which
praced the wedding feast of years be
fore. The friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Ileebner throughout the county will
unite in wishing, them well and in
hoping that many more such happy
anniversaries may be vouchsafed to
them in the years to come. "With the
host of other friends the Journal
joins . in this wish for our highly
esteemed friends.
FREO MAULEY HAS
A VERY CLOSE CULL
FROM ASPHYa AT 0
While Repairing Gas Mains He Be
comes Overcome by Cass, and When
Found Life Was Almost Extinct.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Last evening about (5:30 Fred Mc
Cauley had a very close call for his
life from escaping gas that overcome
him while he was working on making
a connection in the gas main near the
residence of J. M. Roberts on High
School Hill. The lighting company
had been lowering their mains owing
to the placing of the curb and gutter
along that street, and Fred had been
called there to make the connection
for the Roberts residence in order
that there would be no interruption of
th? service. He had tapped the main
and jumped into the ditch to see how
the connection would work, and while
stooping over, the fumes of the gas,
which was escaping in a large
amount, gradually overcome him and
he fell into the ditch and in a few
minutes was wholly unconscious, and
when found a short time after life
seemed to be extinct.
He was taken from the ditch and
carried to the office of Dr. J. S. Liv
ingston, where it was impossible to
discover a sign of life, as he was
pulseless, and only the most energetic
means known could bring back life to
the young man, but after working
over him for some time signs of re
newing life was. discovered and soon
he was brought to. He was taken
home, where he was reported this
morning as resting easily, althouph
still feeling greatly the effects of the
narrow escape, and he can consider it
most fortunate that he escaped death,
as it was pronounced one of the most
severe case of asphyxiation where
the victim had survived.
THE DEATH OF MRS. G.
TEIPEL, A FORMER RES
IDENT OF PLATTSMOUTH
From Tuesday's Iaily.
The news has been received here of
the death of Mrs. G. Teipel, a former
resident of this city, who passed away
Sunday at her home in Yerdigris,
Nebraska, where she had been living
for the past few years. Mrs. Teipel
resided here for quite a number of
years, living on the homestead on
West Locust street. The message an
nouncing the death was brief and did
not state the cause of her death. The
body will be brought to this city for
burial in Oak Hill cemetery, and the
services will be held tomorrow at St.
Paul's Evangelical church, of which
she was a member while living in this
city. She leaves a number of children
to mourn her passing. A more com
plete account of her life will appear
later, on the arrival of the family.
HENRY HIRZ. JR., RETURNS
FROM HIS TRIP TO TEXAS
From Tuesday's Dawv.
Henry Hirz, jr., has just returned
from Texas, where he has been look
ing over his land interests in the vi
cinity of Falfuris, near where a large
number of Cass county people are
interested in land. While there he
visited with W. G. Schutz and reports
that he is getting along fine and en
joying prosperity and has become an
enthusiastic admirer of Texas. Mr.
Hirz brought back with him several
fine oranges and grape fruit grown on
the farms there and they will com
pare with any that can be found on
the northern market. He feels very
enthusiastic over the outlook for that
part of the country, where he thinks
there is a great future in store. The
land located there was handled by W.
E. Rosencrans of this city and a great
many of the people here are interest
ed in the land and who will be pleased
to learn that the farms there are de
veloping so well.
Married in Omaha.
From Tuesday's Da IT v.
Among the marruige licenses is
sued in Omaha appears the name of
a Plattsmouth young lady. Miss
Minnie A. Preis, who was wedded in
that city to Mr. "Walter R. Klein of
Seattle, Washington.' The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Preis
of this city and her friends here will
be pleased to learn of her marriage.
PROPOSITION TO HAVE
AN ICE SKATING RINK
IS AGITATED BY SOME
From Tuesday's Daily.
The approach of the freezing and
zero weather is begging to make the
lovers of skating s t up and take
notice of the fact fhat soon there
will be a pood oppoKur.it v for them
to commence the eni' yment of this
most invigorating winter sport, and
this. of course, brin :s up the pro -
position of the placing of a skating
pond where it can ! used for those
1 A J "I1-"
prevented it freezing. If the skatinp
proposition is to be pushed this sea
son it should be boosted at once, and
as soon as the weaihjtr developes suf
ficiently the site selected for the rink
should be prepared, sit was broached
early in the summer that Manager
Shlaes of the Air D-sme would place
a rink there by flooding the ground,
antl while the space i not large, still
would be found ; very handy for
th -Me wuo d' ired spend a few
minutes during the day in skating.
Let the movement be encouraged by
all means, and if possible have a safe
skating spot prepared where, tor aj
small fee, the
themselves.
skaters may enjoy
HENRY KLINGER BUYS
THE HOTEL RILEY POOL
HALL, AND WILL RUN IT
From Wednesday's Daily.
The pool hall in the Hotel Riley
block has changed hands and is now
under the ownership of Henry Klin-r-er
of this city, who will operate it in
the future. Henry is an energetic
yo'ing man and will strive to maintain
a nice, up to-date pool and billiard
hall where any of the lovers of these
games can spend a few hours very
pleasantly, and from his extensive
acquaintance and penial treatment
should be able to command a large
share of the trade of the city. Mr.
Klinger extends to his friends a cor
dial invitation to call upon him. He
will carry a full line of tobacco.
cigars and candy, and will be pleased
to cater to the wishes of the public in
a gentlemanly manner.
MEETING VERY SUCCESS
FUL AT LIBERTY CHURCH
SOUTH OF PLATTSMOUTH
From Wednesday's Dally.
The meetings that are in progress
at the Liberty church, south of this
city, are growing in interest and the
success of the meetings in accomplish
ing a great deal cannot be doubted.
President McLaughlin of York col
lege, assisted by Rev. J. M. Eades of
the church, has charpe, and through
their efforts two new accessions have
been made to the membership. Ex
cellent music has been provided for
the meetings and the attendance, in
spite of the ad weather, has been ex
cellent, and the residents of the coun
try find great pleasure in attending
Liberty church. The pastor, Rev.
Eades, is a very pleasant and clever
gentleman and his work for the cause
since his coming here has resulted in
greatly strengthening the church or
ganization. Paints and Oils.
Gering & Co.
Phone 36.
wno uo not cure to i ipk swating on ; groom, anil the ceremony was per
the river. While the attempt last formed in the office of the county
season to convert thje base ball park judge of Douglas county,
into a skating pond .vas not success- Following the wedding the bridal
ful, still it was on!j due to the fact pj-.rty adjourned to the Merchants
that it was unuertakn too late in the j hotel, where a very delightful wed
sea.'on and the Condition of thejdinp luncheon was served to the
ground was such 4s to absorb thej party, and here they remained until
water as fast as it wia poured on and :i:25 in the afternoon, when they de-
A
GA
COUPLE MARRIED Hi
Two of Cass C ounty's Most Estimable
Young People Now Happy and Their
Hearts Now lat as One.
Yesterday morning in Omaha oc
curred the wedding of two of the most
popular young people in this section
of the county, in the persons of Mr.
Elmer Meisinger and Miss Emma
Gauer. These two young people come
from two of the most prominent fam
ilies ot the county and their iriends
will be delighted to Jearn that thev
; have decided to take up life's journey
j together. The wooding was a very
: quiet one. the only attendants being
; Mi-s Anna Ganer. sister of the bride,
and Mr. G. G. Meisinger, father of the
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j parted on a honeymoon trip to Pekin
and Peoria. Illinois, where they will
visit with relatives for the next two
weeks, and on their return will make
their future home at Cedar Creek,
where they have a home awaiting
them. The bride appeared most
charmingly at the weddinp in a
co.-turr.e of white, and her traveling
gown was of dark blue serge, with
picture hat to match.
The b-'ul? is a young lady of the
most charming disposition and is the
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Guucr of rear Cedar Creek, and
here the bride was born and reared to
womanhood, and her happy wedding
is the culmination of a life-long ac
quaintance with her husband, who
was also born and brought up in the
same neighborhood. Mrs. Meisinger
possesses a host of the warmest
friends in her childhood home, who
will wi-h her all the happiness that
sh so well deserves.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. G. Meisinger of this, city, and, like
all the members of the Meisinger
family, is a young man of the very
highest character and standing in the
community, and his friends are only
limited by his acquaintances, as he
during the years he has resided here,
has won everyone py his splendid
traits of character.
The fiiends of the newly wedded
young people will be delighted to
learn that they will continue to make
rtheir home here in this county, where
they are so univerraly esteemed.
Train Is Some Late.
From Wednesday's Daily.
The Misouri passenger train that is
due in this city at midnight certainly
was badly off watch in attempting to
ru i on schedule time, as it was 4:15
when it pulled into this city this
morning, and the tired and worn
out passengers who had been since
11:.,0 p. m. on the road from Omaha
were glad the agony was over. It
seems the engine was not able to pull
the train, as a delay was caused just
a short distance away from the
Union station, and when the balky
engine was induced to go on another
delay was had at South Omaha, which
occupied some time, and here another
locomotive was secured that attempt
ed to pull the train, but not very suc
cessfully Christmas Boxes.
Our new Dennison line of Christ
mas Boxes have arrived, and in this
line you will find the handsomest as
sortment of containers for your gifts
to your friends and relatives. These
boxes are made for all kinds of pres
ents, from the smallest article up to
as large as you may desire. Call and
see this line if you are looking for
handsome boxes; they will surely
please you. The Journal Stationery
Department.
Have you seen the excellent line of
stationery at the Journal office? One
of the finest Christmas gifts that you
can find.
OMAHA YESTERDAY
Elks Enjoy Luncheon.
From Wednesday's Dally.
The Elks last evening at the close
of their regular lodge meeting enjoy
ed one of the most pelasant luncheons
of the winter season in the tempting
repast of spare-ribs, pig tails and
sauerkraut, which had been prepared
un ler the watchful eye of Fred Wag
ner, the restauranter, and the feast,
tempting as it was, was thoroughly
enjoyed by the members of the lodge
who were fortunate enough to be
present, and the feed made the even
ing one of most complete enjoyment
in every way. These weekly lunch
eons in connection with the meetings
of the lodge makes a splendid social
feature that is always enjoyed to the
utmost, and many pleasing menus
have been served in this manner. I
ANOTHER FIRE CAUSED
APPARENTLY FROM
PURE CARELESSNESS
From Wednesday's Daily.
This morning quite a serious fire
occurred at the home of Rasmus
Peterson on High School Hill and the
loss to the property as a consequence
will be quite heavy. It seems from all
repot t:s that the fire was first dis
covered burning along the side of the
house where a balcony porch is lo
cated, and the blaze, fanned by the
breeze, soon gained much headway
and made its way into the attic be
neath the roof, necessitating the
chopping of several holes there to ex
tinguish the blaze, and it required
something like half nn hour before
the fire was gotten under control. The
fire department responded promptly
to the call and made a splendid fight
against the fire demon. The origin
of the fire, it is claimed, comes from
a partially burnt piece of carpet
which was thrown out on the porch,
being apparently extinguished from
the fire which had burnt it, but the
sparks which evidently remained
there smouldered until they burst into
life fanned by the wind and caused
so much damage.
A CHANGE FOR THE BET
TER IN MOVING PICTURES
AT THE GEM THEATRE
From Wednesday's Dally.
Those who have attended the Gem
theater in the past few evenings have
noticed the improvement that has
been made in the pictures shown at
this popular home of the movies. Man
ager Shlaes has secured the use of the
Mutual program and the change has
been the source of much satisfaction
to those who attend this playhouse,
as it does away with a great many of
the wearisome pictures that had been
sent here for exhibiton, and the man
agement feels that they have at last
a program that will give thorough
satisfaction to all who love to witness
good, clean pictures, acted out by the
leading stars of the movie world. The
writer was at the Gem a few evenings
ago and the change that has come in
the characters of the pictures shown
is most agreeable. Those who attend
this playhouse in the future will ap
preciate the change that has been
made in the effort to secure better
and a higher class of pictures for
every performance than has been
shown in the past.
Mutt & Jeff" in Mexico.1
Manager Shlaes takes great pleas
ure in announcing the appearance at
the Parmele of Gus Hill's entirely new
production entitled "Mutt & Jeff in
Mexico." Get in line at the box
office the morning when the tickets
will be on sale. You know how it was
the last time "Mutt & Jeff" was here.
Get good seats this time and po early,
so as to be sure.
Silver Medal Contest December 19th.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will
hold a Childrens' Silver Medal Contest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Elliott, on West Rock street, Saturday
evening, Uecernber xatn, at 4 :ou
o'clock. Everybody invited.
The Journal does job work.
KEEP INSURANCE
HELP YOUR STATE
There Are Millions I'pon Millions of
Dollars Sent Out of Ntbraka INery
Year That Should Stav Here.
The following article, taken frm
the Omaha Tradesman, i the in-t
sensible one we have perused recently
on the subject of insurance:
"It has long been admitted that th
millions upon millions of dullars of
assets of the laie ir.surar.ee com
panies have been a p; eat feature in
American industries. In fact, insur
ance funds have assisted in. the build
ing of our great rail-oad lirx arid
other mammoth enterpri.-es. One feat
ure that many overlook i how the
large insurance companies draw im
mense amounts of money from the
local fields to be circulated elsewhere.
"According to the repoi t of the Ne
braska State Insurance department
for the year If Hi. the to'al premiums
paid by the people of the state for tire
anil tornado insurance was S l."l,7.T'!'i.
In return in the way f settlement of
claims these fire and tornado ir.-ur-ance
companies paid the people of th"
state S-'o.rjTf.inc. Jn i;f. insurance
premiums the people of Nel.ra-l.a
paid S'.t.l I.'.Immi and in death los-es
and other distributions of moneys to
policyholders -S l.Lin 1.410 were paid to
the people of he tato.
"The bigger part of the life ir.-ur-ance
is carried on by other than home
companies and stranjre a that mry
seem, there is no large stock fire in
surance company in Nehra-ka. From
these figures it i- plain to see thr.t
many millions of dollars are sent out
of the state annually. Were tbr.
millions paid to local insurance com
panies the money would be u-e l in
building up the state industries mu-h
to the advantage of all the people.
Now that the Nebraska employers'
indemnity law is in effect, two dis
tinct casualty companies have been
organized to care for this part of the
business. One of the companies is
under the direct control of the officers
of the Nebraska Manufacturers' as
sociation, while-the other has among
its stockholders some of the most sub
stantial financiers, as well as lartr"
employers of labor. Let it be hop -!
that these companies will prosper and
that the people of th? wt-t will tal -
greater interest in the support of
home insurance companle- than tin y
have in the past."
ARRANGEMENTS TO RE
MEMBER THE POOR AND
NEEDY ON CHRISTMAS
The charitable inclined residents
of the city are making quite ex
tensive preparations this year to ic
lieve the wants of their less fortunate
neighbors, and already there is a gen
eral movement among the different
church societies of the city, as well
as from individuals to make someone's
load lighter on Christmas day by
seeing that they are re. mem be re.! in
some way, and lists of the needy of
the city have been prepared and who
will at least be assured of receiving
a good Christmas dinner through the
efforts of those who can afford to as
sist and feel the need of their s--v-ices
in this way. This i certainly a
laudable purpose and s-hews that the
"good fellowship" movement has rot
been overlooked here in Plattsmouth.
Every little act of kindness in thi
line, however humble it mipht be, will
be remembered long by the upun
whom kindness has been bestowed,
and while a great deal of money and
foodstuffs has been shipped across
th"? ocean to stricken Relgium. there
are many who will look after the task
of assisting our own unfortunates,
and this is as it should be, as they
have a claim upon us first before any
one else. Such charitable deeds cer
tainly fchows the right spirit of
Christianity and should be followH
out as far as possible.
Wedding stationery at the Journal
office.