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15 la t 0 m ufcb State Historical Boc VOL. XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. NO. 31. CALLED TO ST. PAUL, NEB., TO ATTEND FUNERAL The Mission a Sad One, but They Enjoyed the Trip and the Scenery Very Much. From Tuesdav's Iall. Joseph H. McMaken and wife and son, Joseph, were out in the state last week on a trip in their fine Buick touring car that took them through the heart of some of the finest land in the state and a number of fine little cities that have been built up in that section of the state. They were called to St. Paul, Neb., to attend the funeral of John Lauten- j-lager, the husband of a sister of Mrs. McMaken, and left here last Monday morning', making the run of 151 miles to Hastings, where they stopped over night and on Tuesday morning pro ceeded on north into St. Paul and out to the Lautenslager home, where they attended the funeral, and for thirty five miles north of Grand Island they struck considerable sand in the roads, which were dry, but rather rough in places. After the funeral they left St. Paul Wednesday morning, driving to Central City, where they crossed the Platte and started on the home ward journey, going one mile north of Aurora, into York, where a stop of some time was enjoyed in driving over the city, and the party, which had re ceived the addition of J. H. Busche and Wendell Heil, of near Cedar Creek, who had been at the funeral, took dinner. In the vicinity of St. Paul there was marked evidences of the effect of the frost, which had af fected considerable corn, but in spite of this a bumper crop was looked for, and when the party reached thirteen miles east of York, near Utica, they left the last traces of the frost and struck the booming crops which were overlooked by Jack Frost. The auto party traveled through Seward on into Lincoln, returning to Plattsmouth by way of Greenwood , and Louisville, and found that the roads on their entire trip were fine, with the exception of an occasional wet or rough place, and the trip was very much enjoyed. In starting on the trip the party proceeded to Lincoln over the O street road through Union and therefore had a good view of Cass county, both going and coming, and Joe is of the opinion that there is no fairer spot on earth than old Nebraska when the summer is dying in the arms of autumn and the fruits of the harvest can be seen in the fields and orchards of this grand com monwealth of the west. REV. F. M. DRULINER RETURNS TO METH ODIST CHURCH Omaha. 2:45 P. M. (Special to the Evening Journal.) This afternoon the Nebraska confererce of the Methodist church, in the assignment of pastors for the coming year, heed ed the request of the First Methodist church of this city and relurned to the charge here Rev. F. M. Druliner, who for the past two years has had charge of the work in this city. This is something that will be hail ed by everyone in the city with the greatest of pleasure, regardless of de nomination, as there has been some doubt as to being able to secure the r.ervices of this able gentleman, and that he and his estimable family are to be with us for another year is cer tainly a source of pleasure. All who have come in touch with Rev. Druliner have been impressed with his ability and high standard as a minister of the gospel, and his work here has won him friends in all classes of people. We again welcome Rev. Druliner to Plattsmouth for another term and wish him increased success in his work. Another excursion will be conducted by Rosencrans & Bonder to Chase county on Sunday, October 3d. Watch for further announcements. 9-18-tfd Everyone reads the want ads. FINE DISPLAY OF NEWEST THINGS IN FALL COLLARS From Tuesday's Dally. The window in the dry goods de partment of the H. M. Soennichsen store is presenting a very tasty ap pearance with an array of the newest things in the way of fall collars and ties for ladies, and they are arranged in a manner that is most pleasing to the eye. The background of the win dow is in black and white and the foreground filled with the collars and ties in profusion. The window dec oration is the work of Miss Mathilde Soennichsen and is a most attractive display of the goods handled by the store. WOMAN'S MISSION SOCIETY OF PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH From TnesdaVa la1ly- The Woman's Mission society of the Presbyterian church resumed their regular monthly meetings for the coming season yesterday afternoon, and held a very pleasant and interest ing meeting at the home of Mrc. F. B Shopp. A very pleasing program had been prepared, the topic being, "Africa." After the devotional hours, Mrs. D. C. Morgan gave a very in teresting paper on " The. Moslem Menace in Africa," which was follow ed by another paper on "The Social Life of African Women," and a most excellent talk on "How the War Ef fects the Christian church of Africa," by Rev. H. G. McClusky. Mrs. Mc- Clusky alo gave some very good talks on the conditions in Africa. Another pleasing part of the afternoon's pro gram was a beautiful vocal duet sung by Mr. and Mrs. McClusky, the duet is one which is being used at the Sun day meetings, which are being held in Omaha, and was very much appreciat ed by those fortunate enough to be present to hear it. The attendance was very good, exceptionally so for the first meeting, and the ladies of the society trust that each meeting throughout the year will be as well attended. DOINGS IN THE PROBATE COURT CASS COUNTY From Tuesday's Daily. A petition has been filed in the county court by Jacob J. Meier asking for a determination of heirship in the estate of his father, Jacob Meier, de ceased, who died at Louisville on De cember 12, 1904, leaving an estate con sisting of lots 118, 119 and 120, in the village of Louisville, and of which the widow is entitled to a life use. The heirs of the estate are the widow, Jacob J. Meier and Mrs. Olson, a daughter of the deceased, residing at Elmwood. A petition asking for the admin istration of the estate of J. W. Bar- wick, deceased, has been filed by the widow, Mrs. Selina Barwick, and in her petition she states the deceased left the family homestead, of the value of $800, together with personal prop erty of the value of $1,050. The peti tion asks for the appointment of John E. Barwick, a son of the petitioner, as the administrator of the estate . HENRY KAUFMAN RE TURNS FROM MONTANA From Tuesday' Dally. f Henry Kaufmann, who returned yesterday from Lewistown, Montana, brought with him a great deal of the produce of that section of the coun try, which shows what can be produc ed there in the way of wheat, oats, barley, turnips, potatoes and other vegetables, and these were gathered at random and shows what Montana can produce. Wheat in the section of the Lewistown basin is running from 40 to 65 bushels per acre, and oats from 40 to 60. A number of the speci mens secured from the homestead of Eddie Vallery were brought into the Journal office by Mr. Kaufmann, where they are on exhibit. CUPID CUTS AN OTHER QUEER CAPER HERE Two of Our Popular Young People United in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony. Fmm "Wednesday's Dally. This morning at 10 o'clock, at the Holy Rosary Catholic church, occurred the marriage of Miss Anna Sedlock and Mr. Thomas t Gradoville, and the ceremony was witnessed by a large number of the relatives and friends of the contracting parties, who gathered to assist in the consumation of the happiness of these two worthy young people. The beautiful nuptial mass of the church was celebrated by the Rev. Father John Vlcek, the rector of Holy Rosary, and as the words that were to make these hearts as one were re peated by the priest a hush full of rev erence fell on the congregation as the vows of love were sealed by the bless ing of the church, of which both the contracting parties have been mem bers since childhood. The bride was charmingly gowned in a costume of white embroidered net over white messeline and wore a flow ing bridal veil, carrying a shower bou quet of bride roses. The groom was attired in a black suit. The attendants of the young bridal couple were Miss Josie Sedlock, sister of the bride, who wore a very hand some gown of pink silk taffeta and carried pink roses, and Mr. Charles Gradoville of Havelock, brother of the groom, who wore a suit of dark blue serge. Following the wedding ceremony the bridal party was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sedlock, sr., and a very - delicious wedding luncheon served and the afternoon spent in receiving the congratulations of the relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gradoville departed for Chicago this afternoon, where they will enjoy j a visit for a few days with relatives and friends in the windy city and will return to Plattsmouth, where they will make their future home. The bride is one of the most popular young ladies in a large circle of: friends who will regret greatly to lose 1 her from their midst, but they trust that the future years may be filled with happiness for her. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grado ville and is a young man of much worth and held in the highest esteem by those who have the pleasure of knowing him. He is employed in the Burlington blacksmith shoo in this city and is a young man of industry and his friends will join in wishing him and his bride a safe an dhappy voyage out on the matrimonial sea. A FORMER CITIZEN OF PLATTS MOUTH DIES NEAR BURWELL From Wednesday Daily. Isaac Hopkins, who was, for a num ber of years, a resident of this city and vicinity, has been summoned to his final reward, dying at the home of his son near Burwell last Sunday, after an illness covering several years and his extreme old age making re covery impossible. Mr. Hopkins in early days resided on a farm south of this city and later removed to Texas, returning to Plattsmouth some five years ago and making his home here until his very feeble health made it necessary to remove him to the home of his son, where he might be cared for in a more fitting manner. His wife still resides here, being cared for at the county farm, where she was taken on account of her age and feeble condition. Visits With His Sister. From Tuesday's Dally. W. B. Ockerman of Roca, Neb., ar rived last evening for a few hours' visit here with his sister, Mrs. A. O. Eggenberger and family, and departed this morning for Omaha to visit his friend, W. S. West, who was among the injured in the Missouri Pacific wreck, and who is a brother-in-law of Mr. Ockerman. Fred Ockerman ac companied his brother as far as Oma ha on his way home to Hildredth. . Wall Paper. Gering & Co. Phone. 36. THE LAST VESTIGE OF M. P. WRECK CLEARED AWAY From Wednesdays Daily. The last remains of the Missouri Pacific wreck were gathered up yes terday and the material worth saving taken by the railroad company to Falls City and from there tka engines will be sent to Sedalia, Mo., where they will be rebuilt. Most of the wreckage that is not worth saving will be burned to get it out of the way, but there will be traces for some time of the very disastrous wreck that so shook this part of the community last Friday. The men injured are getting along nicely and will probably recover in a short time from the effects of their unfortunate accident. MRS. EIKENBARY, FOR MERLY OF THIS CITY, DIED IN LINCOLN Last evening" at her home in Lin coln occurred the death of Mrs. J. C. Eikenbary, after an illness of some time from a complication of diseases, and the news of the death of this worthy lady came as a profound shock to the old friends of the family in this city, where they were for so many years among the leaders of the social and religious life of the community. The funeral of this splendid lady will be held from the First Methodist church in this city Thursday after noon at 1:45, the body arriving here at 1:15 over the Burlington from Lin coln. Emily Thedora Roberts Eikenbary was born in Covington, Kentucky, on June 7, 1849, and resided there for several years ana was married on Sep tember 8, 1869; at Lmyille, Iowa, to James Crawford Eikenbary, and short ly after this the family moved from their Iowa home to Plattsmouth, where they resided until 1896, when they moved to Terry, S. D., and resid ed there until 1904, when they moved back to Lincoln, where they have since made their home, and where Mr. Eik enbary passed away last year in an accident. During the residence of the Eikenbary family in this city Mrs. Eikenbary was quite active in the work of the Methodist, church, of which she was a member since child hood, and her removal from this city was keenly felt in the church or ganization. She leaves to mourn her loss the following children: Henry Elmer Eikenbary, Ithaca, Nebraska; Mrs. May Anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Polk and Miss Ella Eikenbary of Lincoln, and Mrs. Anna Phillips of Billings, Montana. The interment will be had in the Eikenbary cemetery, south of this city, Thursday following the serv ices at the Methodist church. 'RE-NUPTIAL BREAK FAST IN HONOR OF MISS VOHLFARTH From Tuesday' Dally. A most charming pre-nuptial breakfast was given Sunday morning by Miss Louise Gorder in honor of her niece, Miss Anna Wohlfarth, whose marriage to Mr. L. L. McCarty will take place on Tuesday, October 5th, and in honor of the occasion the Mod ern Priscilla club, of which the guest of honor is a member, were invited to be present. The handsome dining room of the Gorder home was very prettily arranged and the table dec orations consisted of a large center piece of roses. There were covers aid for fourteen and at each place a large red candy heart served as place cards and added very much to the beautiful appearance of the table. The dainty repast was served by the hos tess, assisted by Miss Catherine Gor der, and the event is one that will be most pleasantly remembered by those in attendance. After the breakast the jolly party spent some time in visiting and a number of snapshots were taken of the guests that will be much treasured in the years to come. Rosencrans Bonner will conduct another excursion to Chase county on Sunday, October 3d. Watch for fur ther announcements. 9-18-tfd RECORD OF RED SOX FOR SEA SON OF 1915 The Boys Have Played Twenty-Five Gaines, Winning Twenty-Two, Which is Sure Some Record. There has been a great many com ments on the showing made by the Red Sox base ball team this year in the way of victories, and their record is one that can be pointed to with much pride, having won twenty-two and lost three in the season, and these included some very fast and interest ing contests, as well as some that were a little draggy and one-sided, and the boys, especially in the last months of the season, have shown re markably good form and hitting ability. The different pitchers who have worked for the Sox in the box have all been excellent, but Bob Greko has the best showing, as he was the whole show in several of the games and has a record of twelve victories and three defeats and was good until his arm gave out on him in the game with Louisville on August 29th. Stimpson, who opened the season here, had three wins and one defeat to his credit when he retired. Lee Cline won two for the Sox; Will Mason, one; Bardwell, one; Hull, One; R. Mason, one; Hays won the last game played, that of last Wednesday. The dates and scores of the different games played this season are as fol lows: April 18 Sox 1, Omaha Indians 0. April 25 Sox 2, McGraw's 6. May 2 Sox 5. Omaha Indians 4. May 9 Sox 7, Stars and Stripes 5. May 16 Sox 3, DeVoll Victors 11. May 23 Sox 5, M. E. Smith's 8. May 30 Sox 10, Athletics 2. May 31 Sox 7, Kennedy & Bese- in's 1. June 6 Sox 3, John Deere Co. 2 June 13 Sox 9, Ramblers 5. June 27 Sox 5, Kohout's Colts 1. July 4 Sox 3, Omaha Indians 2. July 5 Sox 5, Omaha Indians 1. July 5 Sox 4, Omaha Inidans 1. July 11 Sox 13, Krajecks 2. July 25 Sox 2, Glenwood 0 August 1 Sox 6, Louisville 5. August 8 Sox 2, Glenwood 1. August 15 Sox 13, Nehawka 2. August 29 Sox 10, Louisville 9. September 5 Sox 4, Glenwood 1. September 6 Sox 5, DeVoll Vic tors, 0. September 12 Sox 4, Cedar Creek 2 September 19-Sox 8, Chris Lcks, 3. Lycks 3. September 22 Sox 2, Avoca 1. HE ELKS ENJOY FINE MEETING LAST NIGHT From Wednesday Dally. The session of the B. P. O. E. last evening at their club rooms on North Sixth street, was one of the largest for several months and the lodge room was filled to its utmost capacity with the members joining in the business meeting and including a large number from the county, who had availed themselves of the opportunity of be ing present. After the disposition of the business matters of the evening, which included the antlering of J. W. Burnie and Albert Schafer, the mem bers enjoyed a social session, includ ing a feast of the rarest kind and the dainties prepared for the occasion were soon disposed of by the mem bers of the antlered herd. Some Fine Pears. From Tuesday's Danr. Another fine array of Cass county pears has been sent to the Journal and this time it is B. C. Hyde who has the beauties, which he raised at his home in this city. They are Bartlett pears and of a size and quality hard to beat. Dance Saturday Night. The T. J. Sokol society will give a dance at their hall on West' Pearl street on Saturday evening next and everyone is invited to attend and have a good time. Music by the Holly orchestra. TO TAKE CHARGE OF ROLLER SKATING AT DAVID CITY Joe Wales and Cyril Kalina of this city will today take charge of the rol ler skating rink at David City, Neb which has been under the management of Messrs. Parmele & Tyson. The new owners of the roller rink are both very genial and accommodating gentlemen and in whatever place they may locate with their rink the public can rest as- surred that they will receive courteous treatment at the hands of these young men, who are gentlemen from start to finish, and it is to be hoped they will meet with the success they so well de serve in their new venture. Mr. and Mrs. Wales and son, Harry, departed this morning for David City to take charge of the rink- FRIENDS AND KENSING TON ENTERTAINED IN HONOR OF BIRTHDAY Yesterday afternoon Mrs. F. R. Guth- mann entertained the members of the Kensington club, as well as a number of friends, at her home in a most royal manner that was greatly enjoyed by the ladies present. In addition to act- ng as hostess for the ladies of the Kensington, Mrs. Guthmann also en tertained in honor of the birthday an niversary of her little son, Paul, Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans and Mrs. Joseph Droege, all of whom celebrate Septem ber 29th as their natal day, and it is unnecessary to state that the occasion was a very pleasant one to every one of the guests. The afternoon was spent in sewing, as well as in social conversation, and the hours passed very swiftly in the enjoyment of the occasion. At a suitable hour the guests were invited to the dining room, where a most delicious and dainty three- course luncheon was served that ad ded very much to the completion of the afternoon's enjoyment, and the ladies, in departing, felt they were deeply indebted to Mrs- Guthmann for the fine afternoon they had enjoyed as her guests. In addition to the mem bers of the Kensington club Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans and Mrs. Joseph Fetzer were present as the guests of the aft ernoon. Mrs. Guthmann was assisted in entertaining by Miss Margaret Fetzer of Lincoln. POLICE MAKE TRAMPS HIT TRAIL AS SOON AS THEY LAND HERE From Tuesdays Dally. There has been quite a number of tramps hitting in here in the last few days and they have not tan ied long, as Chief Barclay, as well as the mem bers of the night police force, are awake on this proposition and do not allow the wayfarers to linger very long in our peaceful little city, but in vite them to continue their journey, and the tramps do not hesitate about accepting the invitation. One of these parties made a visit here yesterday and was told by the chief thit he had either to leave or rest in jail, and the man promised to go, but started out instead to locate something to quell his raging thirst, and was followed by the chief, who escorted him to the railroad tracks, where he was soon fanning the wind toward the east. While there has been no complaints of these characters doing any damage, they have caused a great deal of an noyance to the housewives of the city by their back-door canvass of the homes and it is to stop this that the chief and his assistants are keeping their eyes out for the travelers. Returns From Hospital. Mrs. Edward Egenberger, who has been at the Clarkson hospital in Oma ha for several weeks recovering from an operation on her throat, was able to return home yesterday afternoon and is feeling a great deal better and the operation has apparently been very successful in giving Mrs. Egen berger relief from her affliction. M. Tritsch, refracting optician, at Gering & Co.'s Wednesday and Satur day evenings. Examination free. DUNCAN AND HOLT, COMEDIANS, AT THE PARMELE TOMORROW Duncan & Holt, two blackface comedians, who are making such a hit and who will appear at the Parmele theater Friday night, were literally forced into taking to the road in vaudeville. These boys are old.timers in the show business. Dan Holt, the lengthy one of the pair, has been n the stage since he was 9 years old. An evperienced minstrel man, he was for years star end man and feature of the Great Barlow Shows- He saved his money and went into the moving pic ture business, running a combination house in Macon, Ga. He has worked in comic opera and musical comedy; for several seasons he was with the Boston Ideal Opera company and for three years straight was with George Cohan in "Little Johnny Jones." Dun can worked for Holt as a singer and entertainer. He was doing fine when the theater caught fire and went up with Holt's savings. Down and out. Duncan made the proposition of com bining their talent, and they went out as a blackface team. That was three years ago. Today they are the fun niest blackface comedians in the busi ness. Don't forget the date tomor row (Fiiday) night. Admission only 25 and 25 cents. LOOK AT HOME FIRST WHEN SPEAKING OF "GHOST CITIES" Nebraska City people will be in terested to know that PlatUmoulh is about to receive the notoriety it de serves. The Saturday Evening Post is publishing a series of articles about the "ghost cities" of the west, and it s believed that Plattsmouth's case will receive attention very soon. Ne braska City Press. The Press, when seeking to adver tise "ghost cities," should take a trip over their own little city, which is about as near a monument of former glory as it is possible to find in the state, and its tumbled-down factories and empty store rooms speak elo quently of the ghosts of former days when our neighboring city was the most prosperous in the state, and one cannot help but admire the hardihood of the press in speaking of "ghost cities" when they make a trip over Nebraska City. CHAS, E. CHENEY AND MISS KROEHLER MAR RIED AT HAVELOCK This morning at the Catholic church in Havelock occurred the wedding of Mr. Charles E. Cheney and Miss Edna Kroehler, both of that city, the cere mony being a very quiet one, and the mass celebrated by the rector of the church. The bride is well known in this city, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kroehler, resided for a number of years, and she is a grand daughter of Mrs. Emma Wiedman of this city, who was present at the wed ding, as were also Fred Wiedman and wife of Plainview, Neb., and Mrs. Nel son Jean and little daughter of this city. The groom is engaged in busi ness in Havelock and there the young people expect to make their future home. Their friends here will extend their best wishes for a happy future for the young people. For Rent. M. E. parsonage at Mynard. Grant Wetenkamp, Mynard, Neb. 'Phone 4020. 9-24-tf-dXw Mr- and Mrs. Jacob Pfeiffer and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pfeiffer and son, Leonard, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who are en route from their home to the San Francisco exposition, stopped here for a visit at the Gering home, and this afternoon departed for their jour ney to the coast. Paints and 'Phone 36. Oils. Gering & Co.