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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.