THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1916.
PAGE 6.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Murray Department
Prepared in the Interest of the People of Murray and Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers
If any of the readers of the
Journal know of any social
event or item of Interest In
this vicinity, and will mail
same to this office, it will ap
pear under this heading. We
want all news items Editor
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YSTEMAT1ZE jour household expenses by
opening a bank account for your wife, (live
her a cheek book and teach her the use of it.
Pay the butcher, the jrrocer. the baker, with
a cheek. Then at the end of the month
vou'll iind out just how much it costs you
to run the home. When payment by chec.c
is made there never is any doubt as to whether or not
a bill is paid. The check is a receipt.
Jiesides, a checkin-r account will give your wife a
business education. The number of ordinarily bright
women who know absolutely nothing of banking is sur
prising. If you are a husband, father, brother, you
cannot tell when death may overtake you, and it is
well that your wife, daughter and sister know some
thing of banking.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND TODAY TO GIVE
YOUE WIFE A CIIECK BOOK.
Four per cent interest on time deposits.
Our deposits are protected by the State Guaranty Law.
MURRAY STATE BANK
Will Seybolt was an Omaha visiter
last Saturday.
31 r. and Mrs. G. S. Ray were Platts
mouth visitors last Saturday.
Miss Etta Nickels was transacting
business in Omaha last Saturday.
Exa Frans of Union was visiting
friends in Murray Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark White were
call!
on Plattsmouth friends last
Saturday.
Will Seybolt was a Plattsmouth
visitor on Decoration day, attending
the ball game.
Lee Kniss was a Plattsmouth vis
itor Tuesday, attending the Decora
tion day exercises.
31 r. and 31 rs. Frank Campbell "and
sonv Fred, were looking after business
in Plattsmouth last Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. Berger and 31 rs. E. 31.
Stciner and 3Iiss Leora Brown were
shopping in Omaha last Saturday.
3Irs. Joe Sans and daughter 3Iiss
Beulah motored Omaha last Sat
urday where they were shopping.
31 r. and 31 rs. Nick Fried rich and
family were visiting at the home of
John Faris and family last Sunday.
John Jlobscheidt, jr., has been list
ed with the Ford owners of Cass
county, having purchased a new car
this week.
3Iiss Opha Baker and 3Iiss Laura
Puis attended the class play at the
Parmele Theater in Plattsmouth Mon
day evening.
3Iiss Opha Baker and 3Iiss 3Iay
Lough ridge were passengers for the
county seat on the early train last
Saturday morning.
George Park, the boss lather of these
parts has been in Plattsmouth for the
past few days lathing the new Chris
tian church parsonage, now nearing
completion.
Albert young and his carpenters
are building a large' barn for James
Brown.
The 3Iurray Library will be closed
until the painting and cleaning has
been finished.
Dr. G. II. Gilmore was looking after
some business matters in Plattsmouth
3Ionday of this week.
3Ir. and 3Irs. Wm. Sporer went to
Plattsmouth Wednesdav evening to at
tend the graduating exercises.
James McCullouerh was attending
to some business matters and visit :ng
with friends in Tlattsmouth 3Ionday.
II. G Todd and daughter, 3Iiss
Lydia attended the graduating exer
cises at Plattsmouth Wednesday eve
ning. 31 r. and 31 rs. L. I). Iliatt and Ted
Barrows and daughter were attending
the ball game in Plattsmouth on De
coration day.
31 r. and 31 rs. Frank 3Ioore and
31 rs. Tracy went to Plattsmouth Wed
nesday evening to attend the gradu
ating exercises.
Burton Young went to Plattsmouth
Wednesday evening on the train to
attend the graduating exercises at the
Parmele Theater.
3Iiss Henrietta Creamer went to
Plattsmouth Wednesday evening to
attend the graduating exercises at the
Parmele Theater.
W. S. Smith and J. W. Holmes, who
made a land-seeking trip in the west
ern part of the state last week, re
turned home 3Ionday.
3Iiss 3Iargie Walker returned home
from her eastern trip this week, re
porting a most pleasant journey and
a fine time all through. In addition
to attending the convention in Ohio,
she made a visit in numerous loca
tions in the east with relatives and
friends.
3Iiss Clara Young was a Platts
mouth visitor last Saturday.
Chas." 1 3IcReynolds and daughter
were Plattsmouth visitors Wednesday
afternoon.
A. D. Crunk and family were tran
sacting business in Plattsmouth last
Thursday.
31 rs. Chas. Tracy is visiting at the
home of 31 r. and 31 rs. Frank 3Ioore
this week.
31 rs. George Parks and family were
visiting with friends in Plattsmouth
last Friday.
Mrs. Grace Rhoden and Mrs. Chas.
Hansen were Omaha visitors Thurs
day of this week.
John Van Horn and family spent
last Sunday at the home of Santa
True and family.
31 r. and 3Irs. John Hendricks and
family were guests of 31 r. and Mi-s.
Frank Lilly Sunday.
A. F. Nickels and family were at
tending to some business matters in
Plattsmouth last Saturday.
George Nickels and 3Iiss Truda'
Long autoed to the county seat last
Saturday evening for a brief visit
with friends.
The moving pictures and sermon at
the Christian church Sunday evening,
were extra good, and greatly appre
ciated by all in attendance.
George and Ie Nickels, 3Iiss Ger
trude Long and 3Iiss Etta Nickels
motored to Plattsmouth 3Ionday eve
ning, where they attended the class
play at the Parmele Theater.
31 rs. E. R. Queen, and son Frank
Dugay, were in attendance at the
graduating exercises at Plattsmouth
Wednesdav evening, their daughter
and sister, 3!iss Pearl Dugay gradu
ating with the class.
The home talent play for the bene
fit of the library, will be under the di
rection of L. D. Hiatt, and will be giv
en at the Puis & Gansemer hall on
Saturday evening, June 17th. 3Iore
will be said in the next week's issue
of the Journal.
Robt. Willis and F. A. Boedeker,
from Nehakwa, were Plattsrr.outh vis
itors last Friday, making the trip in
the auto of 3Ir. Willis. While in the
county seat Mr. Willis called at the
Journal ollice and renewed for his
paper another year.
3Irs. Grace Rhoden and son Harold
and daughter Gladys went to Platts
mouth 3Ionday of this week, where
they have been spending a few days
visiting with friends and relatives
it being the first trip of 3Irs. Rhoden
to that city since she returned home
from the hospital some months ago
31 r. and Mrs. C. H. Lau, from near
3Ianley, drove over to spend Sunday
at the home of their daughter, 31 r. W.
II. Wiles, east of 3Iurray. The trip
was made via the auto route, and on
3Ionday 31 r. Lau and 31 r. Wiles were
visiting with friends in the county
seat. They were pleasant callers at
the Journal office.
31 r. and 31 rs. S. O. Pitman, who for
the past several months have been
traveling in the south, west and north,
left Winnepeg, Canada this week, and
t.re expected to arrive home within the
rext few days. They have been en
joying their journey very much, and
the many friends hope that 3Irs. Pit
man's health will be greatly improved
from the trip.
Pleasant Affair In Honor of James
Campbell.
The Dressy Kind
is the kind you are looking for. That's the kind
of an assortment of neckties we are selling at 25
and 50c. All silk, all colors, and an immense selec
tion to select from.
Dress Skirts
LATEST PATTERNS AND STYLES!
Sport Skirts, white and blue, 50c and $1.00
J)ress 44 patterns and white, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50
A nice line of Belts at 25 and 50c
ffiliatt M Tott
MURRAY,
NEBRASKA
SHIPS FINE CATTLE TO OMAHA
C. 31. Chriswisser, one of the best
cattle raisers and feeders of this sec
tion loaded a car of his short feeding
stuff at the 3Iurray station this week
that were shipped to South Omaha,
and were on the market Wednesday
morning. They brought the hand
some price . of $9.90, and there were
many in the lot that would of brought
10 cents, but owing to a few that
would not grade this high the price
on the whole load was reduced. Char
ley was very well pleased, although
he had hopes of reaching the dime for
them. There were twenty head in the
load, all of which were placed in the
feed lot long after the first of the
year, and the whole load averaged
less than $50.00 for their original
cost to him, and on the market they
brought an average of $120.00. We
would call this .either good judgment
or lucky cattle feeding, and it makes
no difference to Charley what we call
or term it so long as he got the price
for the stock. He passed through
here enroute home in his auto Wed
nesday evening. .
There was a very pleasant birth
day gathering at the home of Mr. and
31 rs.. James Campbell on last Sunday,
3Iay 23th, the affair being a surprise
planned by some of the friends and
relatives for 31 r. Campbell. It was
sure a success in every particular, and
a most enjoyable time was had by all.
An excellent dinner was served from
12:.'i0 to 1:30, and during the after
noon the visitors were again treated
to ice cream, strawberries and cake.
Before the hour of departure from
home the merry visitors came to the
conclusion that 3Ir. Campbell must
have a remembrance of this happy oc
casion from all, and they proceeded to
take up a collection for the purpose of
securing the said gift and sufficient
funds was raised to present him with
a handsome rocker, which was greatly
appreciated by 3Ir. Campbell. Fol
lowing were those present: 31 r. and
Mrs. John Campbell. 31 r. and 31 rs.
Peter Campbell and daughter Vergie,
31 r. and 31 rs. Pat Campbell and daugh
ter Ada, 31 r. and 31 rs. Jim Campbell,
son and daughter Deloris and Waldo,
31 r. and 31 rs. Charles Chriswisser,
and son and daughter Carl and Zu
pha, Alex. Campbell and Sam O'Dell.
The merry visitors did not return to
their homes until late in the evening,
all wishing 31 r. Campbell many more
such pleasant birthday celebrations.
DANCE AT MURRAY JUNE 3
There will be a social dance at the
Puis and Gansmer hall at Murray on
next Saturday evening. June 3. Music
by the Holly orchestra. A good time
is assured. Everybody invited.
3IYNARD.
3Iiss Buenita Porter returned from
Omaha, where she had been spending
a few days with her sister.
3Iynard is once more on the map
with a blacksmith to do the work so
badly needed by the farmers of this
community.
The rain of last Sunday night did
considerable damage, in the way of
washing out a great deal of com in
different localities.
The grain dealers at this point are
once more realizing the shortage of
cars to ship their grain. It is sure
a deplorable condition. We have laws
and regulations to govern such diffi
culties, but at that what service do
the railroads give? There is some
thing wrong, for it really seems that
they are able to furnish cars when
they are compelled to.
The home of Albert Wetenkanm was
the scene of much merriment last
Sunday when Bert Schultz and family
motored down from Omaha to spend
the day. There were' also present W.
L. Propst and family, Natie Schultz
and family and sister, of Plattsmouth,
3Irs. 3Iartin Wetenkamp and Grant
Wetenkamp. 31 rs. Bert Schultz and
3Irs. Propst being sisters of 31 rs.
Albert Wetenkanm.
FROM NEAR NEIIAWK A
Nicholas Opp, one of the Journal's
mighty good friends from down near
Nehawka, was in the city last evening
and today. He is assessor for his
precinct and brought in his books for
iicceptance by Coontv Assessor Bryan.
31 r. Opp received his usual compliment
for the excellent manner in which he
had looked after the county business
in his locality. While here he paid
this office a plearant call.
DISLOCATION OF ANKLE
We have been informed that F. P.
Sheldon, the merchant prince of Ne
hawka, has been compelled to get
around with the aid of crutches for
the past few days, as the result of an
injury he received the latter part of
last week while assisting in loading
some cattle at the Nehawka yards.
He received a 'dislocation of the ankle
bone, which has proven very painful
and most inconvenient for a man of
business like Frank Sheldon.
W. G. Boedeker took in the ball
game " at Plattsmouth on Decoration
day.
Ogia 0. Minford,
Teacher of
Pianoforte
;
-SUMMER TERMt
OF TWELVE WEEKS
Beginning June 12th
Telephone No. 20. MURRAY
WOMAN'S PART M
BIG CONVENTIONS
Assemblages Are Complete Pic
ture of Composite America,
ARE HOT MERELY POLITICAL
No Other Gathering Can Show Real
Uncle Sam Like These Headquar
ters of Various State Delegations Are
Meeting Places For Friends From
Every State.
To the traveler who happens into a
city where one of our big national con
ventions is being hold, or to any one
making his first pilgrimage to one of
these affairs, there Is much of interest
to lie observed in addition to the politi
cians themselves. There are no gath
erings like them. Religious bodies and
jionreligious organizations with a coun
try wide membership may hokl inter
esting meetings that draw together
folks from the two oceans, the north
and the south, but it takes a national
convention of one or the other of the
two great parties to present a compos
ite picture of Uncle Sam, a picture
which once seen is never forgotten.
He begins to pour into a convention
town long before the real show begins,
does this composite American. He
brings with him the costume character
istic of his community and of his par
ticular section under the tlag. You can
tell him frequently by his clothes, the
big hat of the plains or the more con
ventional attiro of the east. Hankers
mix with the boys from the range, men
from the south with men from the
north, aud to what this composite
American was in the past Lave been
added the swarthy features of the
Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico,
When he comes in all his iilory once
every four years to help in naming a
man for president he almost always
brings his women folk ith him.
Women's Active Part.
The women one sees at these great
shows are just as interesting as the
men; also they are just as interested
as the men in what Is going on. They
stand around and talk in hotel corri
dors; they parade the streets wearing
badges; they wave flags in restaurants
for their particular candidates. They
are part and parcel of America's big
gest show. The tj pical woman of the
convention is out for votes for men for
some particular man whom her hus
band or brother favors. She visits the
headquarters of other delegations,
where she meets the women of other
states, and she urges them to urge
their husbands and brothers to come
out for the man her husband favors.
She does this when her husband is
busy with the men cither at the con
vention hall or In the turbulent hotel
corridors. But there are. times when
the two are seen together sightseeing
and having the time of their lives.
The state headquarters afford per
haps more joy to the women of a con
vention than to the men. The political
purpose of these headquarters is obvi
ous, but really not a great deal goes on
at them most of the time that has to do
with politics. But as calling places, as
bureaus of information, as exchanges
for news of sous and daughters who
have shifted abodes and as general
state boosting bureaus they are one of
the unique institutions which a conven
tion brings forth.
One lias not done a convention prop
erly until he has made the round of
these headquarters. The women have
done most of the decorating, and it's a
matter of state pride with them. Cali
forniaus fill their rooms with a sort of
pure food show. On tables they lay
out those fairy fruits for which their
state isv famous, and you have only
to enter to cat. Kansas brings her
golden grains and her wheat, and so it
goes. The conservative eastern states
do not go into the thing in this way,
and their headquarters don't begin to
be as interesting.
Social Meetings Too.
At these headquarters, usually con
sisting of a suit of several rooms, so
cial meetings take place entirely apart
from politics, the women wear their
prettiest gowns, and you go away de
claring that you never saw anythin;
lovelier than "those girls from Texas,
only to enter another headquarters
and be overwhelmed by a bevy of
beauties from the far -northwest. If
you come from the east you want to
travel home with all of them and see
what these homes in that faraway
country are like.
A convention thus is more than a
political gathering. It enables the
American to rub elbows with himself.
The lobbies of the principal hotels for
a week are places for the exchange of
general Information, for crop news,
real estate values, all that make up
the merits of one state or one section
as comparedxwith another. And these
hotel corridors are great sights in
themselves. Hundreds of men and wo
men are packed In like sardines at
times, so that you can't move around,
and all are talking. To the man who
doesn't know it looks as though the
real work of the convention was being
done right there, but it Isn't. There
are quiet rooms on the floors above all
this hubbub where that work is being
done, and this scene dovrastalrs Is
merely a sort of reaction.
Psychological Puzzle.
Girls know more about onions bat
less about other vegetables and flow
ers than boys, Kansas college reports
after examination of class In gardening.
Now It's the Cultivator and
Two-Row Machine Season!
We have them in the John Deere and Rockland Two
row, and the Jenny Lynde, New Departure, John
Deere and the Old Reliable Badger cultivators, which
you can buy now at the same old price, all of whicli
machinery has advanced 10 per cent. This price ap
plies only to what we have on hand. Place your or
ders early antl save ten per cent or more.
MURRAY
Hardware an Implement Co.,
MURRAY, NEBRASKA
Local News
Dr. J. II. Hall was a visitor in the
metropolis today for a few hours, re
turning home on 'No. 24 this after
noon. Martin Steppatt and, wife of Blair
arrived this afternoon for a visit in
this city and vicinity with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. R. E. Foster and children of
Union motored to this city yesterday
afternoon to attend the commence
ment exercises.
Fred Haflfke came in this afternoon
from his home west of the city and
departed for Omaha on No. 23, to
look after some business matters for
a few hours.
Fred Spahnle, marshal of Eagle,
was here yesterday afternoon, look
ing after some matters at the county
attorney's office in regard to the ar
rest the erof the Lincoln parties for
speeding in Eagle.
Barber Shop
HOTEL RILEY
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
First-Class Service
Only Public Bath
IN THE CITY
Shoe Shining and
Porter Service.
Tel. 200 three rlng-s
i Shellenbarger & Atkinson,
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Some good quality baled prairie
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OUR LINE OF
Ellen's Light Elk Shoes
FOR FARM WORK!
Also a complete line of Sandals for Misses,
Boys and Children
A Complote Line of Uorli Gloves
AT RIGHT PRICES!
Highest Price Paid for Farm Products!
Puis & Gansemer,
Murray,
Nebraska.
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Next Saturday Evening,
JUNE 3
Everybody Cordially Inuifod
USIG BY PLATTSnOUTI OncnESTRA