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MONDAY, AUGUST 14,-1916.
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FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN!
Our new fall patterns are now in, a complete line of every pattern and color
combination you could desire for those wash dresses your school girl needs. Just
to mention "Red Seal" is a sufficient guarantee as to absolute color fastness and
wearing qualities, and best of all, the price is the same as "before the war"
12Kc
We also have an attractive array of middy blouses all designs
and of superior quality, sizes from 14 to 20, at one price
$1.25
Of interest to the ladies, we should like to mention a few words regarding
waists. We have a wonderful variety of sheer organdies in attractive new de
signs, the highest grade workmanship giving just that touch of exclusiveness so
much desired. There is nothing that equals the freshness of an organdie waist
Prices $1 .50 to $2.50
Habutai Waists, short sleeves, in color combinations comprising all the new
shades, reduced from $3.00 to $2.25
(I Watch for our Fall line of Georgette Crepe Waists there will be none better!
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News
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stone of Elm
vvood took in the picnic and visited
over Sunday here.
John Steffen's three sisters of Lor-
ton, with a number of young folks
from Cook autoed up Sunday and
spent a short time with him.
Misses Addie Brown and Grace
Adams who had been visiting with
Miss Edna Stoll north of town re
turned to their home in Plattsmouth
Tuesday afternoon.
Misses Lillian Johnson of Omaha
and Helen Looley of Anselmo, Neb.,
who had been visiting Miss Gertrude
Sturm returned to their homes Mon
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gamble and
Jce Eaton of Omaha autoed down and
spent a short time Sunday at the II.
L. Thomas home.
R. Ketelhut accompanied by H. P.
Sturm, D. Steffens and II. P. Kroop
autoed to Fremont where they attend
ed the tractor show.
Misses May and Doris Vallery of
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW
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near Mynard are visiting at the For
est Cunningham home this week.
Miss Martha who had been visiting
here left Saturday evening.
Miss Grace Chappell who graduated
from our high school last year is act
ing as postmistress since Monday
morning. She took the place held by
D. Steffens.
Bud Robinson who helped conduct
the revival meeting at the U. B.
church last winter left for St. Joseph,
Mo., Tuesday after a short visit at the
W. L. Crom home.
Word was received here the first of
the week announcing the birth of a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Holmes
of Rawlins, Wyo., Sunday. The
Holmes family formerly lived here.
Miss Nevada Yount who had been
making her home with R. C. Pollard
and family for over a year left last
Wednesday afternoon for her home in
Fredericktown, Mo. She leaves many
friends here who regret to see her
lave.
ELM WOOD
Leader-Echo
ihcxld's most powei:"ul lov.
priccd car.
It Km a 3i'2 KD:ipowcr n
Woe motLT that is a perfect
marvel for speed, power
and endurance.
By mcreasir-i, the hore of the
motor from 31 a to 3.1," e
are sble to offer s powrr
plant which at R I' M.
develops full 31,' j hotic
powex. Tests under every condition
in all parts of the country
demonstrate that it ealy
develops better than fifty
miles per hour on the road.
Speed of course varies under
different cortditiens, but in
practically every instance i
has been getting fifty mile,
an hour cad with case.
We have scores cf te!er,rar.is
thcA-ing ti..t tighten to
twsnty -five rniic-j per galley
cf ga(4:.-.e is ic'. La -isu:J.
The performanc" of this car ij
alrnotl beyond belief.
Take ar.y ether lew-priced
car on the mor':et. Pit it
against this new Overland.
Compare then fr.r sheir
ipeed. for r'-'undanrc of
povitr, f-r n.---2 comfort
enj economy, and you'll
find this car will back any.
thing Use clean Off the
br-urds.
That's a strong statement,
but a fact nevertheless.
Try it yourself and see.
Here are more important facts.
It has four inch tires which
are more than generous for
a car cf this size.
Not only has it a large and
roomy body, but it has an
attractive, up-to-date
streamline body.
It has the latest and most im
proved system of ignition.
It has the cantilever springs
the easiest riding springs in
the world.
What's more, it's complete.
Not a thing to buy. You
get the finest Auto-Lite
4 cylinder en L'oc motor Cantilever rear springs Magnetic specdometar
3'i" bore s 5" .Uoko Streamline body Complet. equipment
104-inch wheel Kaie Electric ttailer . 5-passenger touring $635
4-inch tires Electric lights Roadster $20
JOHNIBAUER
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio
jfoJ. Toledo
electric starting and light
ing system, magnetic speed
ometer, one-man top. de
mountable rims and practi
cally every accessory found
on the highest priced cars.
From a driving standpoint,
the new car is ideal. It's
light, easy to handle and
anyone can drive it.
Take one look and be con
vinccd.
And mark these words the
car is destined to be re
garded and referred to a
one of the really great
achievements of the great
automobile industry.
Yet it only goes to prove how
big production can cut cost
and save you money.
First come, first served. Place)
your order now.
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Mrs. John Milford spent Sunday
visiting" in Omaha with a sister of Mr.
Morford's who is sick at a hospital at
that place.
Dr. P. Van Fleet has been invited
to preach at Plattsmouth September
3rd. It being the time of their fall
Festival which holds from August 31
to September 4th, inclusive.
Mr. and Mrs. Russ who have been
visiting with the George Olerking and
Dan Rumlin families returned to their
home at Council Bluffs, la., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Minford and
two daughters, Willa and Valentine
returned from Duluth, Minn., Monday
evening from a two weeks' visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Lucile Coroner
and family. They report a delightful
visit and trip.
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Farnsworth of
Ceresco, la., who is a sister of Mrs. L.
F. Uley of this place returned home
Tuesday after a couple of weeks visit,
Mrs. Uley accompaning the mas far
as Weeping Water.
Mr. John Morford was called to
Omaha last week to be there when
lis sister, Mrs. II. II. Stanley was
operated on. He came home Tuesday
bringing his mother and sisters two
children.
Paul and Ruth Dickman of Missouri
Valley, la., are here visiting their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David !
Bogenrief. Mr. II. II. Dickman will
arrive later for a visit.
It is sad news to the many friends
of Fred Lenz, one of the oldest and
best citizens, to know that he is seri
ously low at his home in the country
and very small hopes of his recovery.
Those who are at his bedside are a son
E. Lenz and family, Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Kuelling and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Cook and family of Val-
ey county Neb., they came through in
automobiles. The latter two ladies
are his daughters.
the proud parents of a new daughter,
Miss. Elsie Taylor was transacting
business in Nebraska City, yesterday.
Wesley Pittman has about the fin
est corn crop that we have yet viewed
this year.
Have you ever noticed that the more
you do for some people in tbe way of
favorf and friendship the less they
appi'eciate it.
J. B. Nichols came in from his
ranch last Friday morning. John
missed the train and had an auto
bring him over. If you want to know
what the damages were, ask him.
Ilarve Miller and wife and ye
editor and wife visited a short time
with Bill James and family Sunday
afternoon, Mrs. James says that so
far no more chicken thieves have vis
ited her hen house.
The last of the oil machinery was
loaded on a train here yesterday and
will be shipped to Excelsior Springs,
Mo. The casing will be sent to Wy
oming, where another well will be
drilled
Hollis Banning has no fear of a
bike. Friday he pedaled to Nebraska
City and Saturday he ventured to Ne-
hawka. Considering his age and size
either of these trips would seem quite
a job for one quite older and larger
than he is.
Myron Lynde is just about the
proudest man on this earth since he
has that new little pony. He does not
have to count the steps by foot to and
from the pasture, neither does he have
to depend on the Ford route when he
wants to go on a little trip.
Ilarve Miller celebrated his G2nd
birthday Sunday and had it not been
for the quiet little spread prepared by
his wife for dinner and the little'joy
lide he received in the evening the
day would have passed by unobserved.
Myron Lynde and wife went out and
took dinner with them.
WEEPING WATER
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Don't You Need a
Good Engine?
Let us show you some of the good features of the
Fairbanks-Morse Type Z Oil Engines. They are de
signed to run on kerosene and other cheaper fuels, as
well as gasoline. They deliver the same power on a
gallon of kerosene as on a gallon of gasoline. They
have a throttle govenor, built-in magneto, pump fuel
feed, speed regulator, removable bushings in bear
ings, close speed regulation, igniter fitted by ground
and tapered joint.
Price iy2 H. P. Engine $39.00
" 3 " " 66.00
" 6 " " 119.00
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Within two weeks we will also be able to show you the new large Four at $795 f. o. b.
Toledo. This Four is an enlarged and refined Model 83, of which 100,000 were sold last
an(j tne new light Six at $925, which are also startling values. , The TVillys-Over-
land Company are producing 1,000 cars a day at the present and in spite of this enor-
mous production are unaDie to Keep up wim oraers.
Mrs. Jesse Horn and children left
Tuesday for Council Bluffs, la., to
visit relatives.
II. K. Frantz shipped a carload of
hogs from Havelock to the South Oma
ha market Wednesday.
Miss Ada Coe was able to resume
her duties at Weaver's restaurant
Monday morning after a week's illness.
Jasiel Wall is limping around town
nowadays, having had the misfortune
to run a pin in his knee one day last
week.
George Oberle and son. Eddie, left
Monday for Alliance, Neb., where
George will look after his farming in
terests there.
Grandma Wachter and daughter,
Mrs. Howard Mick, returned home
Monday afternoon from a visit with
relatives at Plymouth, Neb.
Henry Renner resigned his posi
tion as fence gang foreman for the
Missouri Pacific railroad company and
returned home from Wabash Wednesday.
A strong four-pound boy arrived
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Root Wednesday morning. All are
doing nicely including Grandpa Earli.
Miss Elsie Stall and Mr. Charles
Herrmann were married in Lincoln,
Wednesday. Miss Elsie is one of the
favorite young ladies of the neighbor
hood and has a host of friends who
will wish her and her worthy hus
band a long and prosperous wedded
life. They will make their home at
Fred Herrmann's until their new
home is completed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherwood are
Dick Koester and wife left Friday
for a visit with his parents at Chicago,
III.
Mrs. N. E verba it who has been ill
for some weeks is very low at this
writing and is in an unconscious state
most of the time.
Wash King returned Monday to his
home in Omaha after a visit with his
daughter, Mrs. Ed. Jewell. Mrs. Jew
ell, Carl and Florence accompanied
him.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cole
Friday, Aug. 4, a boy; on Saturday
the 5th to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heel
a boy; and on Monday the 7th to Mr.
and Mrs. Sterling Hayes a boy.
Among the visitors from here at
the Fremont tractor show this week
were the following; E. B. Taylor, Geo.
Towle. II. D. Reed. I. D. Harmer, J.
J. Meier and Wm. Coatman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ranney and
sons, Lloyd and Glenn and Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Wiles left Friday morning
on a two weeks' trip to Colorado. They
will be at Denver, Colorado Springs
and other points.
Grandma Colbert claims some re
sponsibility for the rain of last week
that broke out long drouth. She went
up to Wabash the night before to at
tend a surprise party at Eugene Col
bert's and had prophesied to friends
here before going that it would rain as
it generally did whenever she went up
there.
Monday while Mrs. K. D. Clark was
cleaning out the eaves at her home
she fell a distance of about eight feet
receiving .injuries that have caused
unable to move, she had to remain
her to be practically helpless. Being
on the ground all afternoon until Mr.
Clark came home from the store about
G:30. No bones were broken and it is
hoped that she will soon recover.
Miss Kate Russell came in last
Thursday evening from Roswell, New
Mexico and is spending a week or so
visiting with old time friends. Miss
Russell taught the first grade in our
schools for a number of years. She
has been in New Mexico six years and
is still doing some first grade teaching
but has four teachers' work to super
vise in addition to her teaching.
low at this point as during the last J
three weeks. Up near Grand Island
the water has entirely disappeared.
Paul Grefe and wife of Omaha
came down Friday to visit over Sun
day in the country with Mr. Grefe's
sister, Mrs. Herman Stohlman and
family.
Mrs. Will Chapin of Tecumseh, and
daughter, Mrs. Will Clarke of Ceresco,
aunt ami cousin of W. A. Cleghorn,
arrived Monday for a two days' visit
at the Cleghorn home.
Mrs. Wm. Herold and daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Tidd; Mrs. Herman HeroU
and Mr. and Mrs. Pitz, all of Platts
mouth, were in Louisville Sunday vis
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Clifford.
Miss Evelyn Carlson arrived Mon
day from Omaha for a few days' visit J
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Au
gust Carlson, and her two sisters,
Mrs. Alfred Johnson and Mrs. Hugo
Oberg and families.
Martin Sjogren lost a valuable mare
from the heat while working in the
field last Saturday. The excessive
heat has been very hard on animals
as well as men, and many farmers
have lost valuable horses by becom
ing overheated.
Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Cole and two
children of Peru were here over Sun
day visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Wood. Mrs. Cole is a
cousin of Mrs. Wood. They left here
Monday in their car for a trip through
Iowa and Missouri.
C. Yant, local manager of the Louis
ville plant, were at his bedside.
Mr. Murphy was (i years old. Mr.
Murphy was maried thirty-five years
ago last Tuesday. He is survived by
his wife, two sons, Hugh, jr., and
Richard, and two daughters, Miss
Helen Murphy and Mrs. George Ad
ams, all living at the Omaha home,
212 South Thirty-fourth street, with
the exception of Mrs. Adams who
lives in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Hugh Murphy Dies in Maine.
Hugh Murphy, pioneer paving con
tractor and builder of Omaha, and
owner of the Murphy stone quarries
at this place, died at his summer
home at Old Orchard, Me., at 6
o'clock Tuesday morning. His two
sens, Hugh, jr., and Richard and R.
James Boyle Killed, L. K. Pauls In
jured at Quarry.
James Boyle was instantly killed
and L. K. Pauls seriously injured
Tuesday morning by the overturning
of a dirt car on the dump of the Con
don stripping gang at the Murphy
quarry. Both men were caught under
the car.
Boyle had worked for the company
but one day and it is not known
whether he had relatives. He was
past 50 years of age. The body was
taken charge of by Stander & Stan
der, undertakers, and buried in River
view cemetery. An inquest was held
and the company exonorated from all
blame.
Pouls, the man injured, is resting
easy and it is not thought any serious
results will follow.
John Seagraves was among the
Omaha visitors today for a few hours,
going to that city on the early Bur
lington train, where he will spend the
day.
WHEN IN OMAHA VISIT THE
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Clean. CImbj Entertainment. Everybody Coas: Ask
Xnbodr. LADIES' CIWE MATINEE DAILY ,
DONT GO HOME SAYING
I DIDN'T VISIT THE GAYETY
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LOUISVILLE
Courier
Born, Saturday, August 5, 1916, to
Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Heil, a girl.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor,
Wednesday, August 9, a baby girl.
Mrs. Andrew Stohlman and son,
Leroy, left Thursday morning for
Janesville, Minn., for a two weeks'
visit with relatives and friends.
The Platte river has never been so
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They show the importance of Automobile Insur
ance and they give evidence of this company's prompt
ness in paying their losse6.
Yutan, Neb., July 12, 191G.
Mr. Rees Wilkinson, Secy.,
Automobile Insurance Co., Lincoln, Neb.,
Dcti i Sir
Please accept my thanks for your check for $1200,00 covering full
payment account of total loss of my 191G Willys Knight touring car
that burned yesterday.
This settlement is made within twenty-four hours from the
lw.rrr! T had heard that vour company made quick set
tlements of their losses, but I am frank to admit that this is quicker
than I really expected.
I am indeed grateful for the promptness and courtesy shown in
this matter, and will take great pleasure in recommending your Com
pany to my friends.
Yours very truly,
(Siffned) BEN II. SCIIULZ.
Cedar Creek, Neb., July 12, 191G.
Mr. Rees Wilkinson, Secy.,
Automobile Insurance Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Mr. Wilkinson:
Kindly accept my thanks for your check for $1500.00 in full set
tlement for the loss of my six cylinder Mitchell touring car, which
burned a few days ago.
The fact that you have settled this claim in full, without discount
or deduction of any kind, is indeed very gratifying to me, and the
prompt and courteous treatment received, impels me to write this let
ter in recognition of same.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) JOHN GAUER.
Our rates for one year and three year Policies are
lower than any other company writing Automobile In
surance. See me at once before your car is burned or stolen.
T. H. POLLOCK,
Agent, Plattsmouth, Neb.