Historical
Neb State
VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTIL NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916.
NO.
J.
AN IMPROVEMENT
GREATLY APPREC
IATED BY PUBLIC
Fred Wagner Is Arranging to Enlarge
His Restaurant and Fix Things
Up in Fine Order.
i to ir
.provi
From Tuesdays Dally.
One of the business enterprises o
the city that has shown a steady ad
vancement in the last year an
whose trade is constantly growing i
that of the delicatessen and lunch
room of Fred Wagner on upper Main
street which has grown from an ex
perimental stage to where it is one
of the leading enterprises of the city
and its success is well deserved as the
proprietor has been constantly on the
alert for everything that might tend
mprove his establishment and
e of benefit to his customers.
i; .Mr. Wagner today is starting in
on an improvement that marks better
than words the success of his lunch
room, and this is the enlarging of
the floor space in the room that he
may secure a larger seating capacity
for the patrons of the establishment.
The shelving1 and counter space which
is used in the portion of the room
used for the sale of the bakery pro
ducts will be shortened up considerable
and all advanced to the front of the
room leaving the entire northern por
tion of the room for the purpose of
serving and looking after the inter
ests of those who visit this home of
everything good to eat. New square
tables will be placed in the room
which will be larger than those at
present in use and by this means
Mr. Wagner hopes to increase the
seating capacity of the lunch room
to between forty-five and fifty which
wiil he a great help in handling the
business that visits this establish
ment. New linolimum will le placed
in the lunch room and everything ar
ranged with a view of adding to the
general harmony and beauty of the
room and the enjoyment of the guests.
At the front of the room a handsome
ornamental wood collanade will be
erected to divide the sales room from
the lunch room which will also be
important and much appreciated.
The policy of Mr. Wagner in get
ting the best that the market can
afford has certainly met with the ap
proval of the general public of the
city and he lets nothing interfere with
ni.s uesire to ao ine utmost lor nis
patrons and it is r.o wonder that the
people appreciate it.
YOUNG MAN DEVELOPED SIGNS GEN. G. M. DODGE
nc xu iitmi! lunrn Minn
Ur All UiiDMLHiiULLI IfWlUI I Jt ftT ft 3" Hllfll III A fl
Lfld I Ur UIVIL VHH
Fr'-m Tuesday's Dally. ft 1 111" O nROOlP
The gentleman who has been at the I H I T P X H fl N A S" !
Perkins house for th nni fVw 1C UlllUl Vl I flUUliW
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suffering1 from what seemed to be an
attack of. pneumonia, was removed
last evening from the hotel to the
county jail, as he developed signs of
bei.ig mentally unbalanced and it was
feared that he might commit some act
of violence while staying there. The
threatened pneumonia was checked by
the attending physician and the man
seemed to be well on the way to re
covery, but the signs of mental dis
order became more pronounced and a
it went on he developed a spirit of
violence which it was feared would re
sult in injury to himself or to others
around the hotel
THE STORK VISITS THE TUC WOODMAN PHIL CAMPBELL CELEBRATES TUC KEYSTONE
LONNIE TODD HOME ninni r iim-mi i HIS NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY mnr nnn.n..,,,
unuLtmoiiLL i nrt uuivirHNi
Veteran Fighter in War and Peice
Lays Down His Arms at
Final Roll ( all.
"UNDER COVER"
AT THE PARMELE FRI
DAY EVENING
Council Bluffs, la., Jan. 3. Gen
eral Grenville M. Dodge, soldier and
retired railroad builder, who died at
r.'s home here todav. will be buried in
this city Thursday with military l.on
crs. J he fur.eial services will be held
at 1 o'clock and will be in charre of
Colonel Matt A. Kinney of the Iowa
national guard, in accordance with
General Dodge ? wishes, cxDressed
shortly before his death. Two bat
ti'ions of Iowa and .'.! ra ka natu.nnl
guardsmen will act as escort. Gen
eral Dodge's three daughters will at
tend the funeral, but the widow, who
is in New York, has announced that
she is too ill to make the trip. The
bodv will lie in state for two hours
From Tuesday's Oarty.
This morning there arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ixmnie Todd
west of this city a fine little grand
daughter, who was born to Mrs. W.
W. Dickson, their daughter, who has
been visiting for the past few weeks
at the Todd home. The mother and
little daughter are both doing nicely
and the proud father is rejocing over
the new addition that has been rade
to his family and there is nothing too
good for Miss Dickson. Grandpa
Todd is also feeling mighty well
pleased over his new grandaughter.
lhe friends of the family are extend
ing their best wishes for the future
welfare of the little one.
THEIR OFFICERS
The Services Were Conducted Prin
cipally by Miss Dora Alexander,
Supreme Clerk.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Last evening the members of Gold-
nrod Grove of the Woodmen Circle
enjoyed one of the largest attended
meetings of the season on the oc-
Last evening was the nineteenth
birthday anniversary of Phil Camp
bell, and in honor of the event his
mother invited a number of his boy
. . . i
iriends in to spend the evening and a I One of the
most delicious four-course dinner was
served at 6 o'clock to which the young
men did ample justice. The dinner
was a surprise on Phil as he was not
aware of the event being planned, but
the whole party was completely sur
prised just after the dinner hour when
a party of young la lies entered the
house and pulled off a real surprise on
OF UNION
Thrhing Industrie of
Eastern Nebraska Fleet Officer
for the Ensuing Year.
REV, F. M, DRULINER
BEGAN A REVIVAL MEET-
AT UNION LAST NIGHT
: jt if it e I
i:is ( n r i t iiip Tiiiriiis iiiCT '1 1 1 n T inn rT t no .1.
, . --line surprisers. in? evening was
newly elected officers of the order for spent in piaying. gan:es and having a
the ensuing vaju" sirwl the raniKll , .
, i---"-1 genuine goou time, cna several very
manner in wnicn me votk. was carrieu pieasing. musical numbers were en
out reflects great credit upon the joyed by the party. Those who were
mil ml. ,. ,.t V.1....1 P..J. .:ii I . .
-cu.aa us ui in present at the pleasant event were:
team unaer me direction 01 meir cap- Misses Blanche and Adelie Sayles,
tain, airs. Margaret ManspeaKer, as Doris and Martha Vallery, Pearl
wellasuponMissDo.aAlexander.su- Dugay and Lucille Bryan; Messrs.
preme clerk of the order, who acted Fred Speck, John Miller, Robert Wal
es me installing omcer on behalt ot Hng, Clifford Cecil and Ellery Vroman.
me supreme lodge.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday Rev. F. M. Druliner of
Two notable services to his country J the First Methofiist church departed I stations, were told fit the responsibil-
The ceremony was one of beauty
and solmnity and each of the newly
elected officers, as they assumed their
Wednesday at the Dodge home.
From Tuesday's Dally. I
Sselwyn & Company, famous thea- assure Maior General Grenville Mellen for Union, where he pops to tak nrt ity that rested upon them in carrying
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ir.uii us tj.onsois ior nnnin me monVe a d ace anion? the historv mak- 5n tho rovivt n; tht ;n u out the work of the order. The offi-
Past guardian,
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iaw, nae iounu a wortny sucessor jnjr of the civil war and reconstruc- held there in the next few weeks bv cers installed were:
HANS SEWERS HAS
PLEASANT SURPRISE
FROM AN OLD FRIEND
Hans Seiers, the janitor at the
court house is feeling mighty well
pleased today over a pleasant surprise
that was afforded him yesterday
v. hen one of his old school friends,
Claus Schlump, dropped in to spend a
few days with him. It has been
thirty-one years sirce the two old
friends had met and the reunion was
one that will not soon be forgotten.
It was in the town of Ransport in
Germany that the two friends last
met when they both were starting
cut in life from their school work and
both felt the impulse to seek the new
freedom in the republic across the
seas both since the time of parting in
Germany they have not been in touch
with each other as Mr. Schlump lo
cated at Davenport, la., and Mr.
Seivers in this city. It was an occas
ion of rare pleasure in the reunion.
MR. AND MRS. HADRABA
DEPART FOR DALTON, NEB.
to mat pnenomenal triumph in "Un- tion periods. As a soldier his valor is
der Cover," which will be the attrac- attested by the fact that four horses
tion at the Parmel theater Friday were shot from under him in the bat-
night, January 7. "Under Cover" tie of Pea Ridge, and that he himself
s a melodrama in four acts, written I received wounds in sevearl battles.
by Ked Cooper Mcrue. It is a play As a pioneer in western railroad
of high standard and refreshing or- building he has the Union Pacific rail
iginality, and deals with an attempt road, whose line he located and whose
to smuggle a pearl necklace, valued at (construction he superintended, stand
200,000, into the United States. The ing today as a monument to his mem
treasury department learns of the lory
entry of the jewels and sets the secret Some sixty years ago, the then
service at work runnig down the sus- young Dodge, who had moved from
pects. Mr. Megrue has bunded his J New England, where he had studied
story with cumulative interest, and civil engineering, to Council Bluffs,
the Methodist church in that place.
Rev. Druliner conducted a most suc
cessful series of meetings in this city,
whose success was largely due to his
own efforts and forceful work in the
pulpit and he has just closed a series
Mrs. J. E. McDaniel; guardian, Mrs.
W. H. Bunch: advisor. Mrs. W. J.
Schluntz; chaplain, Mrs. F. E.
Schlater; clerk, Miss Marie Kauf-
mann; treasurer, Miss Teresa Droege;
attendant, Mrs. A. J. Trilety; assist-
at Thurston, Neb., and the people of ant attendant, Mrs. John Bauer, sr.;
Union can rest assurred that they will outer sentinel, Mrs. Joseph Droege;
have a rare treat in having the elo- inner sentinel, Mrs. Roy Burdick;
quent minister with them, and that he manager, Mrs. James Burnie.
will accomplish a great good there As the newly elected officers were
goes without saying. Members of the called they were escorted to their re
gospel teams from this city will go to spective stations by me degree team,
Union to attend the meetings on Sun-lwith ful1 honors, and the manner in
From Wednesday's Pallr.
The meeting of the Keystone Pipe
company, one of the new and thriving
institutions of the county, was held at
Union Monday eve ring, when the
stockholders met to elect officers for
the ensuing year a;:d to discuss the
work of the company in the future.
All of the old officers were re
elected, consisting of W. B. Banning,
president; John McCarthy, secretary,
and Ray Frans, treasurer. This com
pany, which is purely a Cass county
project, is making a very favorable
advancement in the industrial world,
and already the officers of the com
pany have received requests from a
number of states as to the facts in
the manufacture of the famous Key
stone joint that seem? to be the very
last word in a perfection absolutely
tight joint in concrete work. The
principal work now is in the manu
facture of four-foot sewer piping, of
which there has been a great demand,
and the company very shortly expects
. - i A . 1 r . . . t
From Wednesday's Dally. 10 " ' ' manuuciure 01 ine
This morning an incident occurred I six-foot piping with the perfection
on the lower part of Main street that Keystone joint. The inquiries as to
shows how little regards is shown for the manufacture and prospect for the
the rights of others in the use of the location of factories have been quite
streets of the city and shows what has numerous and embrace a large number
long been pointed out that the drivers of different localities which are
of teams and horses have little regard anxious to have a plant of this kind
for the rules of the road in driving I established, but the principal place of
along the public streets. An auto-1 business of the company w ill be at
mobile was coming down Main street I Union, where they will erect a build-
THE RIGHTS OF VE
HICLES ON STREETS
SHOULD BE OBSERVED
wnne tne entire play is replete witn la., entered tne employ or tne Illinois be h d that guccesg win crovrn the pleasing and the ladies, in their uni-
thnils. the most surprising of all Central railroad. Abraham Lincoln, - - : ., , fnntK nf nuro uliito ami u-itli ths enl
... u. 1 1 4- 1 4-U -J i. 1 n : 1 : j., .1 : . i .. . . -n
day and assist in the services. It is to which the work was Put on was most h- ...
tiieir Mue 01 tne street, wnen in me 1 permit ine manuiaciure 01 ine patent
middle of the block a horse and wagon I concrete tiling, both winter and sum-
comes just before the fall of the last I who had done legal work for the same
curtain. Advance reports indicate company, met the young Y'ankee. They
that ''Under Cover" is a play for all talked of building a railroad over the
in bringing the messr.ge to the resi- ors of the order, lavender and green,
dents of o-jr neio-hhorii.fi' town. Sneri.il adding a pleasing touch to the 00
classes of theater-goers and appeals
with equal force to both gallery and
orchestra patrons. It comes here with
the substantial endorsement of a rec
ord run of one year at the Cort thea
ter in New York and has also to its
credit prosperous and popular en
gagements of more than six months in
both Chicago and Boston.
A PREACHING AND
TEACHING MISSION IN
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH
Last evening Joseph Hadraba and
wife departed for Dal ton, Neb., where
they were called by a message an
nouncing that Mrs. Christina Gilgrain,
a sister of Mrs. Hadraba, was lying
ct the point of death and her recovery
was dispaired of by the attending
phyi.cians The message did not
state the cause of the illness and Mr.
and Mrs. Hadraba departed as soon
as possible after receiving the mes
sage, hoping: to reac-i Dalton before
Mrs. Gilgrain passed sway.
From Tuesday's nally.
Jan. 30th to Feb. 6th inclusive.
There will be held in St. Luke's
Church, beginning Sunday Evening,
Jan. 30th and ending Sunday Even
ing, Feb. Gth, a Mission. The fact of
this Mission is not a whim and device
of the Rector: it is the command of
the General Convention and that
Convention is the voice of the whole
Church. The Mission can be best
understood, if we use in its place the
word "Revival" but along quiet
ines. The success of the Mission will
measure the loyalty of the Parish to
the general Church. The responsibil-
ty of the Mission, religiously, shall
be and what comes of it, rest wholly
with the people, ""he Rector confi
dently places the good name of the
Parish in the hands of the parishon-
ers. uo we love ana iear uoa; re
we willing to be obedient to the mind
of the general Church? Do we not feel
the need of spiritual mending? Go
then to the Mission, forgetful of all
other interests, for one week. Pray
for it. Plan for it. Talk for it. Then
work for it. What? The Mission in
St. Luke's Church. Hours and plans
for services will be announced soon.
The following prayer is for daily use:
"O Lord, bless, we humbly pray thee,
the Mission that is to be held; be pres
ent by the holy Spirit in every minis
tration of the holy Word and Sacra
ments. Give to thy servant, the mis
sioner, grace, wisdom and courage,
and to thy people repentance toward
God and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ. May those who are wander
ing from Him return, and make those
who love thee to love thee more, and
may all be done according to thy will
and to thy glory; through Jesus Christ
our Saviour. Amen."
Wilbur Scranton Leete, Rector.
Rocky mountains and beyond. The
world had been laughing at the pro
ject. Lincoln and Dodge agreed that
it was feasible.
The federal government shortly
afterward decided to begin surveying
for the proposed line. Dodge jumped
at the chance of leading the party
Several trips were made as far as
the Rocky mountains searching for
the most feasible route, the men under
Dodge plunging into many a wilder
ness to meet stubborn resistence on
the part of the Indians.
musical programs will be given in con
nection with the services.
PICTURES OF NEW
HOUSES ERECTED IN
THIS CITY IN 1915
casion, and their handling of the work
was splendid and such as can be equal
ed by few teams of this kind in the
state, and the team and their captain
showed the care and attention that
they have given to this line of work
After the close of the ceremony
Miss Alexander was presented with
two handsome bouquets by Miss Marie
Kaufmann in behalf of the members
of the grove, as well as the degree
team, and responded most feeling at
the token of remembrance. She also
made a short address to the lodge in
vers, Mass., 1831, was just thirty
years old. He had had some military
training at Norwich university, in Ver
mont, and some experience fighting In
dians. Securing a colonel's commis
sion from his old friend, President
Lincoln, he raised, drilled and
equipped at his own expense the
Fourth Iowa infantry regiment.
Within two weeks Colonel Dodge
was leading his command against the
rebels in northern Missouri. His gal
lantry soon afterward at the battle
of Pea Ridge won almost instant pro-
From Tuesday's Dan.
borne time ago there was brought
Un II rrnroItInn n t n m oof in cr n f tVio I n-ViI.V cVm ovrrocc(u1 Vi a annrpriatinn
In the midst of the undertaking the -.,.., - i., 4 v. li-i." u 1 u
II .nm Tnor lfn 1 r" 1 1 1 1 1 T rk - rrn n rr. in Ho I V li i-nnrn m ..j rrrnra if rhu rif L- that
civil war broke. Dodge, born at Dan-L. . . 4, , 4, , . . ... ..... ... ,
which had been erected in the past here; of the faithful work of the of
year in this city, and it received the ficers of the local grove and the care
heartiest co-operation of those who j ful attention that has been given to
are in a position to aid in the move-1 the ritual work by Mrs. Manspeaker
ment, and now is the time to get busy and the sixteen members of the drill
and have the photographs taken and team, and paid them the tribute of
the cuts made for their publication. being one of the very best in the state
The Commercial club has signified its I in this line of work. The efforts of
willingness to assist in securing the Mrs. Joseph Droege, the deputy, was
cuts by contributing a part to the ex-1 commended for a large part of the
pense of having them made. There thriving membership, which is now
has in the past year been a wonderful past the 200 mark, as was that of Dr.
number of new homes erected E. O. Cummins, and Miss Alexander
motion to the rank of brigadier gen- uirouSnou tne city mat are a creuit urged upon tne members a closer ieei-
eral. He lost one-fourth of his entire l" U,1U 11 woum oe ony just ing oi iraiernity ana inenuiy associa-
command but he saved the day for to the town to see that hey were tion to promote the good feeling.
thf federal armv He a"-ain dfstin- PIaced before the public eye to show Short addresses were given by Mrs.
guished himself in the decisive battle what is really being carried out in this M. E. Manspeaker, Mrs. McDaniel and
of the Atlanta campaign, July 22, 1864 city of ideal homes. Mrs. Droere on the work of the order,
when he defeated General Hood's des- ne tne prominent contractors of The installation throughout was splen-
the city who has had considerable did and one the order can well be
work in the past year is preparing to proud of, as they have shown a won-
have the residences he erected or as-1 derful growth in the last two years
sisted in photographed and made,
ready to have published in the paper
that it can go to all sections of the
county and state. In the different
cities where this plan has been adopt
ed a great success has been made in
advancing the work of civic improve
ment and a feeling of pride created
resident.? of the. towns
perate movement to the rear of the
army of the Tennessee.
W. T. RICHARDSON Will
VISIT THE PACIFIC COAST
GEORGE MORRISON IS HERE
VISITING HIS MOTHER
From Wednesday DtlTr.
William T. Richardson, the Mynard I anions? the
merchant, will deparc tomorrow for
Kansas City, from where he expects
to start on a two months' visit to the
Pacific coast, traveling from Kansas
City over the Santa Fs to Los Angele3
and will visit there with relatives and
friends, as well as at San Francisco
and Seattle, and returning home will
come via Salt Lake City and enjoy
the sights of the Rockies. The trip
will be a most delightful outing for
Mr. Richardson and i3 one he has been
anticipating for some time with much
pleasure.
FARM LOANS, at 5 per cent and 5'2
per cent. No delays. T. H. Pollock.
where the work has been carired out.
From Tuesday's Daily.
George Morrison, a former Platts
mouth young man, but who is now a
If anyone has had a new house resident of Topeka, Kansas, was here
erected in the pasl year they should over ew Year's visiting his mother,
get busy and have a cut made of the Mrs. Emily Morrison, and other rela
house that can be published without tives an(j friends, and it i? with pleas
op3t to them and be a testimonial that ure we earn cf his success in his new
will be lasting of the city improve- fieid George is employed ty the Hull
ment, and in the future the cuts can Lithograph Co. of Topeka, as a mono
be used whenever desired. ris js a type operator and is constantly ad
matter well worth considering, and vancing in his work and making good,
should be taken up and pushed to a He started in to learn his trade in this
successful conclusion. ;fu nf mpws tIppnl j nfj iater waa
employed at St. Paul, Minnesota, and
John Hirz was a passenger this aft- a number of the leading cities of the
erncon for Omaha, where he will visit country and has met with exceptional
for the day with A. B. Snvth at the success in his line. He returned home
Presbyterian hospital in that city. I Sunday morning to Topeka.
was driven right across the street in mer, to fill the demand that is being
front of the machine, compelling it to made for them, and in addition to this
make a very sharp turn to avoid a it is expected to open a branch office
collision, and the car was compelled at Kansas City in the near future,
to run almost into the curb to get out which can be depended upon to supply
of the way of the wagon, which was a part of the manufactured poods
clearly in the wrong in cutting from used in that section of the country,
one side of the street to the other in as it is quite expensive in the ship-
the middle of the block. They have ping by freight of tht heavy tile, ami
no right to do stunts of this kind, as a great deal of them will be used in
the law covers them, as well as the the coming season in Kansas City and
drivers of autos, and they should be vicinity.
as careful in their driving.
THE PASSING OF A
FORMER PIONEER LADY
OF CASS COUNTY
The prospects of the company seem
unlimited and its backers are mot
hopeful that the future of the new
manufacturing concern is one filled
with great success in supplying the
needs of something that has been in
great demand, and this is a perfectly
tight joint in concrete piping and
tiling.
From Wednesday's Datiy.
Another of the old time residents
of Cass county answered the final
summons to her eternal reward when
Mrs. Laura A. Mattison passed away
at the home of her daughter, in Strat-
ton, Neb., on Thursday, December 23d,
at the ripe age of eighty-four years.
Mrs. Mattison was born August 19,
1831, in the state of New York, and
on August 3, 1850 she became united
with the Methodist church, of which
she was a faithful member until her
death, and her life was upright and
christian in every way and will be an
example for her family in the future
years. She was united in marriage
December 8, 1859, to Mr. George D.
Mattison, one of the pioneers of Cass
county and for years one of the promi
nent residents of South Bend. To this
NEW YEAR'S PARTY
AT THE W. H. SEYBERT
HOME NEARGULLOM
From Wednesdays rriy.
An old-lashioned New Year's party
was given at the heme of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Seybert, nar Cullom, New
Year's eve and was it: the nature of a
surprise on the host and hostess,
whose first intimation of the treat in
store for them was when the neigh
bors and friends arrived at the Sey
bert home with loads of the most
tempting danties that could be desired.
Music and dancing and games were
the features of the evening, and at 12
it An 1a,.a iimt-A Krkn throa f Vl 1 T n
i t a u -c nf t I o clock you would have thought that
nai.iely, Mrs. Adella E. Moore of ... j i ,
tt -ii ur- .. u the war zone had been extended to
4, 1915; Sherman Mattison, who died America and located in the vicinity of
May 16, 1885; and Mrs. Annie Loup Cullom as the merry party welcomed
of Stratton, Neb. One sister, Mrs. e t? New Year. On account of
Mary E. Mead of Detroit, Mich., and the weather the party was still having
fifteen grandchildren are left to " 11 "c a "
mourn her death. After the death of statin tha.fc thf.y WOuM retur" lat?r
Mr. Mattison. August 9. 1911. Mrs. to enJy tne Wew Year 8 welcome.
Mattison mmnvpH from Cflsa countv Those who were present were: Mr.
to Stratton, where she resided with and Mrs- IIenry Keil- Mr' and Mrs A'
her daughter, Mrs. Loup up to the B' Fornoff, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keil.
time of her death. The bodv was flir ana iUrs' ,uc8' -hi
brought to South Bend and the funeral Mrs- Julius Heyflicker and fi -
services held on Christmas day, and
the body lair to rest in the family lot
beside that the husband and son
in the cenf :y three miles south of
South Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Loup desire to ex
press their thanks to the people of
South Benf1 and vicinity for their
kindness a;.; sympathy and asistance
in the last sad services for the mother.
and Mrs. John True and fan
'.a Tritsch, Clarenc ' Bust
eisinger and George Pick. .
.125
As long, as the world goes round
cleanliness is common and soaps are
needed. We have a larger line than
ever and they are not the premium
kind, but quality goods by Reliable
makers. WEYRICH & HADRABA.
