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ournal
VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 19. 1916.
No. 106
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SHOWER IN
HONOR OF MISS
TERESA DROEGE
A Large Number of Friends of This
Popular Young Lady Are Enter
tained at the Manspeaker
Home.
From Friday's Daily.
Last evening: Mrs. M. E. Man
speaker entertained in a most pleas
ing manner at her cozy home on Elm
j-treet the members of the Woodman
Circle drill team, the officers of the
lodge and a few friends, in honor of
Miss Teresa Droege, whose marriage
to Mr. Gale Connor will occur in July
The Manspeaker home was deco
rated very artistically in the roses of
the early summer season in profusion
which were placed throughout the
different rooms and were also used
in the table decorations, carrying out
the scheme of pink. The hostess was
assisted in receiving: by Miss Helen
Egenberger at the door, and each of
the guests entered thoroughly into
the spirit of the happy event, which
was in the nature of an announce
ment shower for the guest of honor.
Several very delightful vocal num
bers were given by Mrs. Charles
Jelinek during the evening, while
Mrs. Jesse TJrady favored the party
with a number of very pleasing in
strumental selections, all of which
were enjoyed very much. At a suit
able hour the members of the party
were invited to partake of the dainty
and delicious refreshments provided
and this treat proved most delightful
in every way. Mrs. Manspeaker was
assisted in serving by Mrs. W. D.
Smith, Miss Teresa Ilemple,. Mrs.
Carroll D. Quinton and Mr. Frank
Ohm. While the guests were seated
at the tables the hostess made the
announcement of the forthcoming
marriage of Miss Droege, and the
bride-to-be reecived the best wishes
of her friends and a huge basket of
lemembrances from the members of
the party were showered on the
bride-to-be by her friends, and these
beautiful gifts will serve in the years
to come to recall many happy days.
The out-of-town guests present
were Mrs. V. Zucker and daughter,
Miss Dorothy Zucker, of New York,
and Mrs. Kate Remington of Omaha.
CROPS IN NEBRASKA
IN SPLENDID SHAPE
AT PRESENT TIME
From Friday's Dally.
Crop conditions in Nebraska are
favorable, according to the summary
of weather and crop conditions for
the week ending June 13, issued by
George A. Loveland, in charge of the
local weather bureau.
His report regarding crops reads:
"Wheat and oats have grown well and
good heads are forming. The bulk of
the first cutting of alfalfa has been
secured in good condition and the
crop is an excellent one. A good crop
of strawberries is being picked. Cher
ries are ripening, a fair to light crop.
Corn has grown very slowly and is
small and backward. Cultivation has
progressed rapidly and some corn has
been cultivated the second time. Pas
tures have improved. Potatoes have
grown well."
The sunshine was about normal.
Showers occurred quite generally Sat
urday night and Monday night, but
the weekly rainfall was below normal
in considerable areas in the eastern
counties. The moisture is, however,
sufficient for crop needs generally, he
says.
PURCHASES NEW RESIDENCE
From Friday's Daily.
Emmons J. Richey has just pur
chased the Coates residence property
on North Fifth street and Mr. and
Mrs. Richey will make their home
there in the future. This residence is
located in the nicest part of the city
.and has a splendid view of the city
and of the Missouri valley, and in
fact is an ideal spot for a home. The
residence is strictly modern and
should make Mr. and Mrs. Richey a
most comfortable home.
BERT COOPER PAID THE PEN
ALTY FOR GETTING DRUNK
From Friday's Dally.
This morning Bert Cooper, a young
man who has been here for a short
time, answered roll call in the court
of Judge M. Archer to answer to the
charge of being drunk. Mr. Cooper
became lit up last evening and got
himself tangled up with the night
policeman, Alvin Jones, with the re
suit that he was compelled to spend
the evening as a guest of the city at
its comfortable and cozy jail. After
hearing the facts in the case the
judge decided that $2 and costs would
about fit the case, and accordingly the
young man was compelled to deposit
this amount with the court, and was
warned to avoid in the future any
action that might result in his down
fall.
K. AND L. OF S. CLOSE
CAMPAIGN BY HAVING
A VERY JOYOUS TIME
From Friday's Dally.
The members of Platte council No.
372, Knights and Ladies of Security,
enjoyed one of the most pleasant
meetings in their history last evening
at the lodge rooms in the Woodman
building, celebrating the close of the
campaign which has been conducted
in this city for new members by the
deputy of the order, A. L. Patton.
The attendance was quite large and
the interest in the meeting very great
as the session was opened by the offi
cers. There were eight new ' candi
dates received and initiated into the
mysteries of the order, and when this
feature had been disposed of the mem
bers proceeded to enjoy a most de-
ightful program which had been pre
pared by the committee in charge. A
very charming piano number was
given by Miss Kathryn Waddick,
which proved very enjoyable, and this
talented lady received much approba
tion for her splendid work. B. A. Mc
Elwain, always a favorite with the
music-loving public of the city, gave
one of his delightful bass solos which
was received with marked approval,
and was followed by a reading by
Mrs. O. Sandin, one of the most tal
ented elocutionists in the city, with a
very pleasing reading. The number
by the Plattsmouth male quartet,
Messrs. Herman Hough, H. G. Mc
Clusky, R. W. Knorr and Bert Knorr,
giving "The Rosary," was one of the
hits of the evening and received with
delight by the audience. Miss Agnes
Knoflicek in her violin solo won the
hearts of her hearers by her playing
and made a deep impression by the
beauty of her selection. The solo of
Mr. Bert Knorr was also most pleas
ing in every way and received a
hearty encore.
The Knights and Ladies now have
a lodge numbering close to 270 mem
bers and have closed a most success
ful campaign in every way, which is
due to the work of Mr. Patton and
the live wires of the order in this
city.
THE BAND CONCERT WAS
FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED
From Friday's Dally.
The band concert at the park last
evening was attended by quite a large
number of the music lovers of the
city to enjoy the splendid program
which had been prepared by Director
Richard Avard. The numbers were
all given in a very pleasing manner
and shows the constant progress that
the band is making in its musical
work. One of the especial hits was
that of "Alma, Where Do You Live?"
as well as the overture, "Sunny
South," and the selection from "King
Dodo."
This form of entertainment is con
stantly growing in popularity and a
large number of automobiles from the
district near this city were parked
near the scene of the concert to enjoy
the fine program.
Dr. B. F. Brendel, Mrs. J. F. Bren
del and Mrs. Charles Carroll, all of
Murray, came up from their homes
this afternoon, departing bn the Burl
ington for Omaha, where they will
spend a few hours.
BOOMING FOR
BETTER ROADS
IN NEBRASKA
Mr. P. A. Wells of Omaha Delivered
a Very" Instructive Address On
National Highways and Good
Roads In General.
From Friday's Daily.
Last evening the members of the
Commercial club and a number of the
citizens of the community were treat
ed to a very interesting address on
the George Washington highway, de
livered by the president of the asso
ciation, Mr. P. A. Wells, of Omaha
who motored down from the metrop
olis to spend a short time with the
Plattsmouth people. Mr. Wells, who
is very enthusiastic over the coming
success of this great transcontinental
roadway, made his feeling of coming
success felt by his hearers, who, after
listening to the remarks of the speak
er, were convinced that tne coming
national highway is that stretching
from Savannah, Ga., to Seattle,
Wash., uniting the north and the
south in a great highway that will
be of the greatest possible value to
the country, both for the pleasure of
tourists, the commercial value to the
residents of the sections through
which it passes, as well as a military
highway in time of war that will
make the handling of troops from one
section to another much easier. The
speaker told of the first steps taken
to form the highway association and
how it had met with great success
m all tne states and communities
through which it passed and where
the people were giving the closest
attention to the work of advancing
the work on the highway. Mr. Wells
gave a number of figures showing the
value of a paved roadway over that
of a common dirt road, and pointed
out the possibilities of securing fed
eral aid for the road as soon as the
provisions of the Shackleford bill be
came operative and the state of Ne
braska formed suitable laws to place
the roads of the state under the care
of a highway commission, such as
the other states of the union have.
Mr. Wells, who is representative of
the good roads association and the
commercial clubs of the state, is in
charge of the legislation along the
good roads line that will be intro
duced before the next legislature, and
among these will be a bill providing
or the state highway commissioner
as well as the employment of convict
abor on the state aid roads to make
them rank with the other states of
the union and put Nebraska where it
hould be in regard to this matter of
roads, something in which the state
is decidedly lacking at present. He
also explained the desire of the Wash
ington Highway association to have
the road marked along the whole
ength by the official markers so that
travel would be made easier, and for
this purpose the different communi
ties through its individual citizens
will be asked to contribute a small
sum for membership in this associa-
ion, and this will be devoted to the
work of marking the road from start
to finish. At the meeting last even
ing a number of citizens of the com
munity signified their intention of
becoming members of the highway
association by signing up their mem
bership.
LASTERING OF THE NEW
LIBRARY NOW UNDER WAY
The work on plastering the interior
of the new library building is now
under way and the work is being
ooked after by Harry Johnson, the
old reliable, who has the contract for
this part of the work. This part of
the work will clear the way for the
completion of the carpenter work on
the interior and soon the building will
be in shape so that it will require
only a short time until the structure
donated to the citizens of Plattsmouth
by the Carnegie corporation will be
opened to the public and placed at
the service of the patrons of the
library.
Stewart's Phonographs, only $5.00,
at Dawson's, Plattsmouth, Neb.
DEGREE OP HONOR ELECTS
GRAND LODGE DELEGATES
From Friday's Dally-
The Degree of Honor last evening
met to elect delegates to the session
of the grand lodge, and for the posi
tion of representing the local lodge
Mrs. Emmons Ptak was chosen, with
Mrs. Harry Johnson as alternate
There was quite a large attendance
present and much interest shown in
the proceedings of the lodge. The
membership contest which is on at
present has been continued until Au
gust 1 and those joining now can do
so under the lower rate, that will not
be possible after the close of the con
test.
ENTERTAINS FOR M
J. R. JENNINGS AND
THE MISSES TUEY
From Friday's Dally.
The John Brady home was the
scene ot much pleasure yesterday
afternoon and last evening when Miss
Leona Brady and Mrs. W. G. Brooks
entertained a large number of friends
in honor of Mrs. J. R. Jennings of
Springfield, Mass., and Misses Alice
and Hazel Tuey. The delightful
event was in the naure of a lawn
party and the spacious lawn of the
Brady home was arranged most
charmingly for the event, with tables
placed at convenient spots which were
decorated with the blue cornflowers
and made a very pretty sight with
their snowy linen amid the green on
the lawn. Here the members of the
party passed the fleeting hours with
much pleasure in games of all kinds
and the two gue?.iLng contests were
the chief features of this portion of
the entertainment. Each guest was
presented with a clothes pin which
they were requested to dress up as a
bride and when the array of clothes
pin brides were completed they were
presented to Miss Alice Tuey, who is
to be one of the June brides. In the
Shakespeare guessing game the prize
was a tie, and in the final draw be
tween the successful contestants the
prize was awarded to Miss Gertrude
Beeson.
The guests were served with a very
tempting two-course luncheon on the
awn by the hostesses, assisted by
Mrs. Mae Morgan, Miss Florence
alser and Miss Clara Mae Morgan,
which was very much enjoyed. Dur
ing the progress of the happy event
very pleasing music was given on the
Victrola, which proved a most de-
ightful feature of the entertainment.
The rooms of the Bradv home were
ery prettily arranged with decora
tions of roses, while on the dinmg
table a huge bowl of red peonies add
ed a pleasing touch to the scene.
The guests present to enjoy the
delightful hospitality of Miss Brady
and Mrs. Brooks numbered some
forty, 'and the event will long be very
pleasantly remembered by all those
in attendance.
AST CHIEFS ENTERTAINED
AT THE THOMSEN HOME
From Saturday's Dally.
The Past Chiefs of the Degree of
lonor were entertained very pleas
antly yesterday afternoon at the cozy
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomsen,
present chief of honor of the lodge,
and the occasion was one filled with
much pleasure to the eighteen mem
bers who were present. The after
noon was spent in visiting and in
fancy work that served to pass the
time very delightfully and in discuss
ing the affairs of the lodge. At a
suitable hour a very dainty two
course luncheon was served that add
ed very much to the delights of the
guests present and the hospitality ' 6f
the hostess, who was assisted by Mrs.
James Bulin, was very much enjoyed.
The Thomsen home was very prettily
decorated with white syringa blooms
and peonies.
Miss Dorothy Britt arrived yester
day morning from Chicago and will
spend her vacation in this city with
her mother and other relatives and
friends, and enjoy a rest from her
duties in the windy city.
VERY CLOSE
GAME OF BASE
BALL SUNDAY
Red Sox Down the Luxus of Omaha
By a Score of G to 5, In Presence
of a Large Audience.
In a game filled with many thrills
and much argument the Red Sox
humiliated the Luxus aggregation of
Omaha to the score of 6 to 5, but it
required twelve innings before the
poke of Beal to left field scored the
long-needed run for the locals. The
game was one in which the visitors
had a large lead up to the ninth in-
ning, when the Sox warriors tied up
the game and made it necessary for
the three extra innings to be played
before the contest was settled. The
hard-hitting bunch of Johnnie Denni -
son were the first to register their
scores when in the third inning they
tallied two runs. The fielding of
Parriott at third, as well as that of
Mason, Beal, Roberts and Craig, were
features of the game, although sev-1
the locals that aided materially in the
scores of the representatives of the
famous brew. Connors, on the mound
lor the Sox, lasted through the twelve
lis best in the last stages of the con-
fiict. Woosley did the pitching stunt
for the visitors, but in the eleventh
inning was pulled after his awful
punishment in the ninth and ten in
nings, and Meledy was sent in to save
the day, but in vain, as the Sox war
clubs made his efforts look poorly.
Up to the third the game was
scoreless, but in this inning the Luxus I
got busy and annexed their first I
scores. . icusenburg opened tne inning
for the visitors, but was retired on a
grounder to Parriott, who nailed the
runner at first. Woosley lollowed
with a strong drive to center, which I
eal failed to hanale, and was fol- J
lowed bv Smith with a poke to the
right garden that Roberts could not
get under in time, and Captain
Johnnie Dennison brought both in
with a strong poke to center, but he
was later caught off third base on a
throw from Herold to Parriott. Me
ledy ended the agony by striking out.
In the sixth the visitors again were
able to check up one score. Smith,
leading off, bunted safely to Connors.
Dennison followed with a hot one
through the infield at second, on
which Smith came home, but Johnnie
was caught later at third on a steal.
Hazen and Minikus closed the inning
with fly-outs to Fahnestock and Beal.
The seventh was also a heart-breaking
time for the Sox and the cause
appeared lost for certain as the slug-
srers of the Luxus added to their
lead. Wachtler opened for the visit-
ors in this inniner. with a safe one
retired on a rounder to first. Craig
fielding the ball, while' Parker covered
the bag. Rusenburg tore large holes
in the atmosphere when he lined a
two-bagger to center and scored on
the drive of Wooslev through short-
stop. This ended the scoring for the
visitors and added several large frag- love, culminating in the wedding cere
ments of gloom to the locals, who, mony yesterday. The marriage is
however, played with renewed energy being kept a secret, it is stated, by
to overcome the lead that had been the News, owing to the fact that the
rolled up against them. ' father-in-law of Mr. Sutley is quite
In the eighth inning the Sox scored " and the news of the wedding might
their first run of the game. Craig have serious effect upon him as he is
hit to Minikus at short safely. Beal 86 years of age. The bride will re
fnllnYvH with n ht thronn-h short, on turn to her father in Texas to care
which Smith, who was running for
Cmif. was forced out at second. Par-
riott flew out to Hazen at short.
Fahnestock walked. Herold 'Viit to
Minikus at short safely, and while the
Omaha lads were trying to pull off
the hidden ball sunt Beal was scored
as Wooslev faced the batter without
the ball in his possession, and this
started the grand blow-up.
The ninth inninc was one that
brought the crowd to its feet in the
wilrWi pvpit'pmpnt as the locals slow-
lv overcame the lead of the visitors
and tied the contest. James Parker
opened for the Sox with a two-bagger
off the delivery of Mr. Woosley, who
was cettinc decidedly all in. 'and was
followed by Mason with a three-
bagger that scored Parker and started
the panic among the visitors. Smith,
batting for Roberts, secured a safety
to the right garden that scored Ma
son. Craig was walked. Beal was
out on a fly to Atkins at third base. I
Parriott struck out. Fahnestock wa
then summoned to the plate and at
this time the game was becoming
very exciting, and when, on a balk
bv Wooslev. Smith was given third
after being put out while he was try
ing to score, and Craig advanced to
second, the visitors proceeded to let
out a long and loud wail over the
decision of Umpire Pittman, and
when the storm and strife had sub
sided Fahnestock rapped one to the
right garden that brought both Smith
and Craig home and tied up the game
This was as far as the locals could
go, however, and tne contest was
dragged through the tenth and
eleventh innings without any scores
until the twelfth.
In the twelfth Parker opened with
a pop-up fly to Hazen at short stop,
Mason hit to center safe. Smith hit
to third and was safe on the error of
Atkins. Craig followed with another
J safety to third, but Mason was forced
I out at third, with Smith safe at the
J second station. Beal ended the agony
with a nice clean poke to the left gar-
den on which "Smithy" came home
1 with the winning score, and we all
J went home rejoicing in the victory
over the city champions of Omaha.
Summary:
RED SOX.
AB. H. PO. A. E.
.71200
.61480
. 5 2 2 2 0
. 5 4 5 2 0
.01040
.52331
.0 2 2 0 0
.30300
.3 0 0 0 0
. G 2 15 2 2
.53 15 35 21 3
XUS.
AB. H. PO. A. E.
. G 3 2 0 0
. G 2 1 0 0
,02100
. 1 0 l.Ot)
.4 0 G 5 0
.51 3 5 1
.5 1 11 1 0
4 0 3 2 3
.51700
5 2 0 2 0
47 13 3G 15 4
Beal, cf.
Fahnestock, ss.
Herold, c.
I Connors, p.
Roberts, rf
Smith, rf
Craig, lb.
Smith, If.
Meledy, cf .-p
Walker, cf.
Hazen, 2b. .. .
Minikus, ss. .
Wachtler, lb.
Atkins, 3b.
jJnshnhprn- r
i -
Wooslev D
Totals 4
THE HOTEL RILEY
OWNER MARRIED
IN ST, LOUIS, MO.
From Friday's Dally.
The Omaha Daily News of last
evening contained a special from St.
Louis that will be of a great deal of
interest to the residents of this city
as it conveys the news of the mar
riage in the convention city of Z. T.
I . i r i 1 IT-i.l TM 1
SUtley, owner oi tne ncuei n.ney aim
one of the visitors from Nebraska to
The bride is Miss Anna M. Bard of
Ganado, Tex., and she came to St.
Lo especially to meet her husband,
and in that city were united in the
bonds of wedlock. The dispatch states
that Mr. Sutley and Miss Bard first
t in Omaha two years ago and
their acquaintance soon ripened into
for him until he improves in health
The news of the wedding of Mr. Sut
ley comes as quite a surprise ta his
relatives and friends.
JOHN IS ALL RIGHT
From Saturday's Dally,
Colonel John Tighe, who might be
termed the sage of Manly, was in
Louisville Wednesday,, looking after
some business matters. Mr. Tighe is
a democrat of the old school and is
Quite certain that the Chicago con
vention committed a mortal error in
taking Hughes from the supreme
bench and making him a nominee for
the presidency. He is an Irishman
by birth, but an American bx choice,
and if vou ask him he w11 convince
you mai ne is no nypnenaiea Amer-
ican, either. Louisville Courier.
Sales bills done quickly at the
JouraaL
THE OLSON PHOTO
GRAPH COMPANY
NEW QUARTERS
While Company Occupies All Three
Floors, the First Floor Is Now
Most Beautifully Arranged
for Business Offices.
The Olson Photograph company has
moved into its new quarters, on the
first floor of the Tidd building, at the
corner of Third and Main streets, and
now occupies the entire three floors
of the building with their splendid
plant, which is one of the largest of
its kind in the United States and
whose products are found in almost
every state of the union as well as
far-off Alaska and the Philippine
islands. The new office room is cer
tainly one that is ideal for the use
of the business end of the establish
ment, and here the advertising and
mailing departments will be placed
as they will have plenty of room for
their work and be able to handle it
with dispatch. The mailing list of
the Olson company has some 70.0(10
names on its rolls and these are
placed in every state and territory of
the United States, reaching into the
hands of thousands upon thousands,
as one of the greatest advertisements
that this city can possibly receive.
This company has branch offices in
Chicago and Des Moines, where the
odak developing business is secured
and the orders sent into this city,
where the work is done and the orders
sent back filled in the most satisfac
tory manner. Mr. Olson makes it a
point to see that the products of his
company is Kept up to the highest
possible standard and that the fin
ished films and prints turned out re
flect the greatest credit upon the
company. ine promptness ot han
dling orders is another of the points
that the Olson company prides itself
. 1 t V
on, and every order received is nan-
died with dispatch and speed, so that
the mail order business of the com
pany has grown in great strides from
a few years ago, until now, when the
reecipts from this line of the business
has shown a marked increase in the
business of the postoflice, and the
hundreds of thousands of pieces of
advertising matter sent out during
the years has found ready response
from the amateur photographers of
the country who can have their films
developed and printed much cheaper
than they could do the work them
selves, and saving the loss of time
and annoyance as well as securing
the best results.
The growth of the Olson company
is a source of pride to the city, as
only a few years ago the company
seemed to be on the verge of failure,
but the courage and hard work of Mr.
Olson and the confidence of these
with whom he became associated in
the management was such as to over
come the handicaps, and today they
are on the highway of success, em
ploying a number of employes and
handling an always increasing
amount of work. From an indebt
edness numbering thousands of dol
lars the company has emerged free
from the load, and with the brightest
of prospects for continued success in
the field they are filling so well. It
has been carried on without, display
or boosting, and is gjue to the hard
work of the founder and his business
associates, as well as the proper un
derstanding of the use of advertising
to attract the public to what they
have to offer.
MISS VIOLET SMITH OF
NEHAWKA ENTERTAINED
From Friday's Dally.
Mrs. Oscar Wilson entertained in
honor of her niece, Miss Violet Smith,
of Nehawka, yesterday afternoon.
The afternoon was spent in games
and amusements, also a very delicious
luncheon was served by Misses Ruth
Hall and Carla Brandt. Those pres
ent were Misses Clara Johnson, Mary
Mayfield, Ruby Kimmel, Anna Mae
Sandin, Helen Amick, Violet Smith,
Ruth Hall, Carla Brandt, Mr. Ralph
Frank and Arthur Amick, Mrs. J. S.
Hall, Mrs. T. L. Amick, Mrs. Oscar
Sandin and Mrs. Oscar Wilson.
Peter Meisinger and wife of Cedar
Creek were in the city Saturday,
spending a few hours and IooVi'ng
after some trading.