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'I ? taio Historical Soc Neb S mniowtb PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER !i, 1916. TOL. XXXIV. No. 1.'57. plates 3 1 5i CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. William Gilmour Enjoy the Eent of Their Lives, in Piesenre f;f Large Number of Krlaliws and Friends. From Tuesdays Daily. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. William Gilmour, two of the oldest and most highly respected residents of Cass county, celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary at their farm home four miles south of this city, and to shaie with them the pleasure of the day lfiO of their friends and neighbors gathered at the Gilmour home in a day of festivity and pleasure. It was a fight long to be remem-bi-ied at the cozy Gilmour home as th- i-ged and silver-haired bride and groom of fifty years ago received the congratulations of their friends, and amid the scenes where from early youth they had made their home on : j the homestead, for the past forty-six T years. There were many present at the home who had lived in that lo cality and shared with Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour the joy? and sorrows of life v .-ince years ago, when they came to f Nebraska and Cass county when it vits but a struggling settlement and assisted in the work of developing the country. William Gilmour, the groom of this half century of life, was born in Oak land county. Michigan, near the city of Pontiac. on September 20, 183S, and his grandfather on his mother's side was the man who laid out the town of Pontiac. Mr. Gilmour came to St. Joseph, Mo., in 185-5, and to Hock Bluffs, Nebraska territory, in l.'T. The father of Mr. Gilmour, William Gilmour, sr., a. -isted in the laying cut of the townsite of Rock Bluffs and disposed of a number of the lots in that then thriving com munity. The subject of our sketch seived in the civil war as a member of the Second Nebraska cavalry, and at the close of the great conflict, as the country was turning toward peace and rest, Mr. Gilmour was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Towner on October 12, lgf.G, at Plattsmouth, Neb., the ceremony being performed by Captain John W. Marshall, who had beer, a close friend of the groom during the war and captain of his company. Mrs. Gilmour was born on January IS If), in Bates county, Mis souri, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Tcwner, were among the pioneers, and when a young girl camr "ass county, where her father wa of the leaders in the activi ty Ahe community, and she re- A beneath the parental roof un (I r marriage in Life with A estimable couple has been one of affection and comfort to each other and during the trials and tribulations rf the years, they have learned life's .lesson together. Mr. Towner, the t father of Mrs. Gilmour, came to Cass , county in 1854, and thoroughly en tered into the work of developing the country, and Mr. Towner helped the young family move from Iowa to Cass county. Mr. Gilmour in the seventies . served as deputy sheriff of Cass ounty under M. B. Cutler and R. W. Ilyers. With Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour there are five children living to share the happiness that the day has brought: James Gilmour, Ulysses, Neb.; Will iam Gilmour of Idaho, Mrs. B. W. Livingston of this city, Miss Hester Gilmour of Omaha and Samuel H. Gilmour, who resides on the home stead. At the golden wedding there were four generations of the family repre sented, Mr.' and Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs. B. W. Livingston and daughter, Mrs. John S. Yallery and the three little children of Mrs. Yallery, Mary, aged 4; Janet, aged 2, and John, jr., aged ( weeks. Yesterday the day was spent very enjoyably from early in the morning until the shadows of evening began to fall over the hills and valleys. The older people of the crowd spent the time most delightfully in visiting and renewing the days of old when they were all youthful and in their prime. Others of the men of the party spent the time in, pitching horse shoes and enjoying themselves in this manner. At the noon hour a fine dinner with all the good things of the farm was served, that certainly was appreciated by the jolly crowd, and beneath the shade of the trees the members of the party proceeded to enjoy the re past that had been provided for them by the host and hostess, and there was nothing omitted from the pro gram that might serve to add to the pleasures of the day. Later in the afternoon, shortly after . o'clock, the guests assembled north of the house, where Mr. M. S. Briggs in behalf of the assembled friends presented Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour with a few tokens of the esteem that their friends felt for them and all their as sociations. Two purses, filled with golden coins were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour, each containing $30 in gold, and a handsome watch 'chain to Mi-. Gilmour, while Mrs. Gilmour received a fine gold breast pin; the Social Workers club presented the guests of honor with $10 in gold, while a veryT handsome tray was given them by Henry Eikenbary and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson. After the presentation of the presents had been made the whole party assembled on the lawn west of the house, where a picture of the whole party was taken by V. V. Leonard of this city and which will be cherished by the friends in the years to come as a token of the happy occasion. The list of the guests and the ages of the pioneers was secured and a great many interesting facts were se cured. Among the oldest ladies were: Mesdames Maria Gapen, 8G; Harrison Smith, 84; Sam G. Latta, 75; Will iam Gilmour, G7; Mrs. H. C. Yan Horn, GO; I. S. White, 81; J. W. Ed munds, 77; William Wiley, 70; Henry Spangler, 77; James A. Wralker, 73; William Long, GG. Among the men present at the golden wedding and their ages were as follows: S. G. Latta, 78; G. Wr. Shrader, 80; Solomon Long, 83; Henry Eikenbery, 82; Asbury Jacks, 72; L. B. Brown, 74; Z. W. Shrader, G8; William Gilmour, 7S; John Batcheller, GS; James Pol in, 70. MISS JESSIE MOORE AND PAUL WOHLFARTH MARRIED IN LINCOLN From Tuesday's Dally. This morning there was quite a little excitement around the Burling ton station when two of our popular young people Mr. Paul Wohlfarth and Miss Jessie Moore, departed for Lin coln, where they will be married this afternoon. The date of the happy event has been kept very quiet, but the truth finally leaked out and this morning when the happy couple de parted for the capital city they were deluged with a shower of rice from the members of the Olson Photograph company force, who were on hand to see that they received the proper send off on this, the happiest day of their lives. Both the bride and groom have a large circle of friends in the city who will learn of their marriage with pleasure and trust that the years to ccme may be filled with the greatest of happiness that can be given to any one, as they certainly are worthy of the best in life. The bride is a daugh ter of Mrs. Adah Moore of this city, and during her residence here has won a great many warm friends, and it will be a pleasure to them to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Wohlfarth will make their home in this city in the future. The groom is very popular here, where he has grown to manhood, and is held in the highest esteem by his associates and friends. He is em played in the coach department of the Burlington shops and posseses the fullest confidence and esteem of those with whom he has been so long as sociated. DEATH OF LITTLE BABE. Prom Tuesday Dally. This morning at the home near Cedar Creek occurred the funeral of the little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hayworth, and the services were con ducted by Rev. T. C. Truscott of the Methodist church of this city. The little one was born on Saturday, Sep tember 30th and died on Monday. In their loss the parents will have the sympathy of the many friends. The interment was had in the Horning cemetery- H. M. Pollard and wife and Delbert Switzer and wife of Nehawka were in Plattsmouth Saturday for a few hours. BURGLARS MAKE HAUL AT BIERS' IN LOUISVILLE Make Entrance to Store Sometime Monday Night and Get Away With Between $600 and $700 Worth of Fine Goods. From Wednesdav-s Dally. The merchandise store of W. F. Diers in our neighboring town of Louisville seems to have been made the mark of a gang of robbers, who visited there Monday night, and suc ceeded in getting away with a large amount of silk and high class dress goods, amounting to between $600 and $700. The robbers secured entrance to the store by forcing a window in the rear of the building, through which the stolen goods were carried. There was no trace of the parties committing the robbery and the only clue as to where they made their es cape was afforded by a watchman at the Platte auto bridge, who reported a car passing there going north at 2 o'clock in the morning, which undoubt edly contained the parties committing the robbery and they had a start of several hours before the robbery was discovered. It seems that a week ago two very well dressed and dapper strangers spent the day in Louisville and made the rounds of the different stores looking over dress goods, but in no instance did they purchase any thing and their actions at the time at tracted the attention of Marshal John A. Nelson, who kept an eye on them, but "they took nothing at the time, and in the light of the robbery Monday- night it is thought they were spotters for the main gang. MARGARET DONELAN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE MAIDS OF HONOR From Tuesday's Dally. One of the most popular ladies of the younger society circles of this city, Miss Margaret Donelan, daughter of Mrs. J. A. Donelan and grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. White, has been selected as one of the maids of honor of the forthcoming queen of the Ak-Sar-Ben and to take part in the coronation ball to be held on Friday evening in Omaha. Mr. Edwin Fricke of this city has been selected as escort of Miss Donelan for this notable society event and at which the king and queen will be crowned for the ensuing year. The coronation ball this year is to be on a very lavish scale and the occasion will be attended by the members of the society circle of the metropolis as well as many guests from the east to take part. In the afternoon a tea dansant will be given for the queen and attendants. What makes this es pecially delightful to Miss Donelan is that most of the special maids of honor attended Brownell Hall with her. The selection of Miss Donelan for the position among the represent atives of the state to be in attendance at the court of the queen of Ak-Sar-Ben, has been one of much pleasure to her many friends and gives this city representation among the num ber who will be present to take part in the coronation ball. The ball will be one of the largest in recent years and one of the leading social events of the west. UNDERGOES AN OPERATION. From "Wednesday's Dally. A. W. Smith and daughters, Mrs. Grace Simpson of Y'ork, and Mrs. Arthur Smith of Carson, la., departed this afternoon for Omaha, where they go to visit their daughter and sister, Mrs. Mate Borouff, at the Presbyte rian hospital in that city. Mrs. Bor ouff was operated on Monday and had been doing very nicely until last even ing, vwhen her condition took a change for the worse. Mrs. Borouff has been here on a visit from Boulder, Colo., and while here was taken very sick, which made an operation necessary. Mrs. Smith has been at the bedside of her daughter since the operation. Stewart's Phonographs, only $5.00, at Dawson's, Plattsmouth, Neb. RUMERFIELD INDICATOR PROVING A GREAT SUCCESS Prnm Tnsdvsf TJallV, J. R. Rummerfield of this city who has invented the "Rummerfield Auto matic Indicator" for the use of auto mobiles, is getting a large number of his machines ready for the market. The casting are arriving daily and the Western Machine & Foundry com pany of this city will have the work of manufaetoring them for sale on the market. This indicator has prov en very successful and those who have viewed it are well pleased with the re sults and there is little doubt that a large number will soon be in use by the auto drivers. It is reliable and moderate in price and the ease with which it is operated makes it an ab solute necessity on the automobiles. THE STORY OF AN OTHER MAN'S WIFE AT THE PARMELE From Wednesday's Dally. Which will be told at the Parmele theater true to life, Tuesday n'ght, October 10, is amazingly intense and brings forth into the limeligb.-. the lives of two girls that loved one an o'hei as Damon loved Pythia':. A very unusual coincidence, perhaps, but not so with Nellie Gilbert and Yera Hampton. They were quite the opposite in their appearance, but welded together like a band of iron in their natures. Nellie was we-.k and pretty, Yera strong and handsome. They were both typists. They labored side by side for $S per week, they both could sing, and their voices brought them one hundred. That's what they receivecfin the hellholes they call cabarets and where Nellie in her sweet innocence excited the ad miration of many. Richard Rams- pate, alias Dick Harding, the rene gade brother of a respectable and prominent lawyer, met her and with his protestations of love and a mock marriage performed by his chauffeur. he accomplished her ruin. Her cheeks soon began to fade; he left her to die while he went in quest of other prey. But Yera, Damon-like, came and nursed her back to health. But every cloud has a silver lining. Nellie, re covering from the shock of her dis grace, started out to begin anew, to live a better life. She went back to her old vocation, her type machine after all was her best friend." She sought employment in the office of George Ramsgate, the brother of the very man that had caused her down fall. Unconscious of this, she found a road that led as she supposed to her happiness. Mr. Ramsgate, vh; had lived the life of a bachelor and who seldom gave a thought to woman, discovered in his typist tho one woman in the world for "him. And at the opening of this great play we find Nellie installed in a beautiful home on the Hudson and Vera as her companion, little dreaming of the dark cloud that is soon to envelop and crush her hopes. At the rise of the curtain we tell you the rest of this beautiful story intermingled with tears and laughter and exciting sit uations, introducing beautiful gowns and stupendous mountings, under the able management of Gaskell and Mac Vitty. At the Parmele theater, Tues day night, October 10. BIRTH OF NEW DAUGHTER. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cole near Mynard was visited by the stork on Tuesday evening and as a result of the visit they are rejoicing over a fine little daughter that has arrived to make its home with them in the future, and the occasion has been one of great pleasure to them and the lit tle Miss Cole is the object of great admiration from the relatives. SELLS HIS GREENHOUSE. Frm Te"lavi T5aT- Ernest Stenner, who has been con ducting the greenhouse on West Lo cust street for the past three years, has disposed" of his interest to V. M. Mullis & Son, who will conduct it in the future and look after the needs in this line. Mr. Stenner feels very grateful to his patrons and bespeaks their patronage for Mr. Mullis, the new owner. OMAHA HAS ANOTHER DIS ASTROUS FIRE The Morris Packing Company, Loss Estimated From $20,000 to $1,000,000. Prom Tuesdays Dally. One of the greatest fires of recent years swept over the packing house district of Omaha last night, and as a result the Morris Packing company suffffers a loss ranging from $2G0,000 to $1,000,000, and the entire pork de partment of the packing house was reduced to ruins and it was due only to the daring and fearless work of the Omaha fire department that the entire plant was not destroyed in the great destructive blaze. The fire was discovered at 5:35 by a work man in the pork offal department and the alarm was at once given, and soon the company fire department was on hand, followed by the city depart ment under Assistant Chief Coyle of the South Side department, and the second and third alarms brought the main fire fighting force of the city vith Chief Salter to the scene, and the battle to save the building was on in earnest. The blaze spread rap idly throughout the pork building and for a short time it seemed that the beef building adjoining would go, but a heavy firewall served to hold back the flames and permitted the subdu ing of the blaze. The flying fire brands threatened for a time the freight cars and stock yards near by, but luckilv these were saved. Assist ant Chief Martin Dinneen and four firemen were badly burned in the fre while t)iey were at work.at the task of saving the building. This is the second destructive fire in less than four years at this plant. It was an nounced last night from the head of- j fices at Chicago, that work of rebuild ing would be started at once. FRANK CLAUS UN EARTHED A LOT OF STOLEN PROPERTY From TuesdaVs Dally- What seems to be a case of a cache of stolen property was unearthed on Sunday p. m. by Frank Claus in the woods north of the city near the Bur lington right-of-way and just a short way from the pumping station of the Water company Mr. Claus was waging along when he stumbled onto what looked like some pieces of brass lying on the ground, and a closer investiga tion showed that there was considera ble of the brass buried a slight dis tance below the surface of the soil. Mr. Claus at once came back to town and informed Chief of Police Barclay of what had occurred and the chief hastened to the scene of the find and unearthed a large amount of brass, which bore the mark of the Burling ton railroad and had evidently been taken from the premises of the rail road company, and a part of the brass had evidently never been used in any way as it was new in appearance. Just how the brass came to be se creted in the hills is a matter that will remain for the officials and the Burlington company to solve, but it seems as though someone has been making a practice of storing away the stolen brass to make a good haul and the amount secured by Chief Bar clay would amount to quite a sum if it were sold on the market. The mat ter will be probed by the authorities and if possible the guilty party lo cated and made to answer to the charge. RECEIVES FINE OF $2r. From Tuesday's Dan- This morning Lee Riggs was ar raigned in the court of Justice M. Archer to answer to the charge of as sault in menacing manner, which was preferred against him by County At torney A. G. Cole. The assault was committed on a young man named Rogers, and after hearing the evi dence in the case, the court placed a fine of $25 and costs on the young man, which he paid and was alolwed to go on his way. REV. WASSON OF NEW YORK TO SPEAK ON PROHIBITION From Tuesday's Daily. On Friday evening Rev. William Wasson of Long Island, N. Y., will be in this city to address the voters and citizens on the prohibition ques tion and will hold his meeting at the Parmele theater. Rev. Wasson comes to this state to present the views of those opposed to prohibition and is a forceful and able speaker, who has been addressing large audiences throughout the west. In the discus sion of the prohibition question the voters should hear both sides of the question and this is a splendid op portunity of learning the anti-prohibition side of the argument from a speaker of more than usual force and ability, and he comes to this city very highly recommended and will prove a most entertaining talker. Preceding the meeting there will be a short band concert given. Remember the date, Friday evening, October Gth, at the Parmele theater. THE FUNERAL OF MRS. JAMES FOGERTY YESTERDAY MORNING The funeral of Mrs. James Fogerty was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the Holy Rosary Catholic church, and the services in memory of this highly esteemed lady was very largely attended by the old friends and neighbors of the family, and who had known this charming lady since her childhood, and took this oppor tunity of paying their last tribute of love and esteem to her. The beau tiful and impressive services were in charge of Rev. Father John Vlcek of the Holy Rosary church, and Rev. Father M. A. Shine of St. John's church, and both paid a fitting tribute to the memory of this lady now taken away from the family circle by death. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and attested the feeling of the entire community in the loss that has befallen them in the death of this worthy lady. After the cele bration of mass the body was borne to the Catholic cemetery, where it was laid to rest in the family lot. The pall bearers were: Frank Janda, jr.; Charles C. Janda, James Nowacek, Charles F. Janda, Joseph Hiber, jr., and Joe Wooster. Among those from out of the city attending the services were Mrs. James Murray, Mrs. Annie Bedeker, Mrs. Joseph Jelinek, Mrs. John Skou mal, Mrs. James Skoumal, of Omaha. CARD OF THANKS. To our kind friends who by their sympathy and assistance have aided us in our hour of deepest grief over the loss of our beloved wife, daughter and sister, we desire to return our heartfelt gratitude for the gracious and loving sympathy given us and as sure all these friends that their acts will long be warmly cherished in memory. JAMES FOGERTY, ANTON JANDA, SR., MRS. JOSEPH HIBER, JR., JAMES JANDA, ANTON JANDA, JR., MRS. KEARN FOGERTY, THOMAS JANDA, MRS. JOHN SVOBODA, LOUIS JANDA, MRS. TOM SVOBODA. LISTEN AND LOOK. Go to southwestern Nebraska with Vallery & Cromwell over the Union Pacific, eight hours' run from Omaha, who will then show you through Keith, Perkins and Chase counties, and will guarantee nobody to have any better land and bargains listed. Our rate from Plattsmouth, round trip without any other expense, will be $14.50. Also have autos to drive you until you find out what you want. Leaving Plattsmouth every Sunday evening. Phone or write Frank Val lery, Murray, Neb. tfd&w Jacob and Philip Fornoff, from near Cedar Creek, were county seat vis itors Wednesday of this week, and while here Jake paid the Journal of fice a brief call, renewing: his subscrip tion to the Journal another year. "THE OTHER MAN'S WIFE," BIG SUCCESS Prtblem Play Drew Good Houses at. Both Matinee and Etening Per formance. A well balanced company of excel lent players pleased two good sized audiences at the Grand opera houre yesterday afternoon and night in a new problem play entitled "The Other Man's Wife." As the name implies it deals with the double standard of morality as applied to men and wo men. This delicate problem was han dled in a manner which could offend no one ami yet in a way which could not fail to make an impression. The wife was played by Miss Beatrice Eberts and she instantly won the sympathy of the audience in the role of the wronged woman who was tortured by the question of whether or not to confess her past to her hus band. The husband was well acted by Alexander Campbell. Ed Vail, as the villain, made the role as despicable as possible. It was a hard part and he put just the right amount of ;r-n-tlemanly scoundrelism in it. Miss Ann Hamilton played the lead ing role, that of the wife's friend, who tries to save her from wrecking both her's and her husband's live--. Miss Hemilton is a finished actress and was equally good in the emotional scenes and the lighter ones. She turned from heavy drama to comedy in a flash and had her audience on the verge of tears at one moment and laughing in the next. George Sharp, who played the part of an Italian laborer, scored a great personal triumph. His description ot the death of his little sister, who had been betrayed by a villain, held the house spellbound. He has a future before him. The scenery was new and attrac tive and the costumes of t the women members of the cast were fresh and clean, a feature which went a long way to making the play a success. Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye. 'The Other Mon's Wife" will be at the Parmele theater Tuesday night. October 10. A MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT PATTERSON FARM NEAR ROCK BLUFFS County Surveyor Fred Patterson suffered quite a severe loss on Mon day ni"ht when the barn on his farm near Rock Bluffs burned to the ground and entailed a loss in the neighbor hood of $G50, and which is only par tially covered by insurance. The fue ,vas undr great headway when dis covered an 1 it was impossible to sve r.nything l'rrm the burning structure. Eight tons of hay, thre tons of straw, 'wo horses, harness for five horse.; inl a great many other smalle- arti cles were cDnsjmed by the f lam .- avl hiV it wps impossible to rende- any fiJ-sistance irr getting out the hors.es cr to save any of the ether prnpeitv the barn. The cause of the fire cms very mysteries and points strongly to someone having f5v.I the i-irn and tr.k r. nrghty good care to do a good job of it. Mr. Patterson has offered a reward of $50 for the g.j'rst and conviction of tTv party set ting the fu; rnd if thj party is ap prehended will be ma lo to suffer the fiiiest extJ it of the law. It is an out ..e and lli-i otrsons or person guilty tiitainly should not ho allowed to go f.- if they Jie discoverer.. Mr. Pat- to; i on was not living on the farm at J.e time, it iie'ng tended by a relative, hp.1 was not .ware of tae loss until it was telephoned in by Mrs. Patterson, who was visiting at the hom? at the time of the fire. PIANO AT A BARGAIN. Customer near Plattsmouth, Neb., is unable to finish payments on piano contract. We will turn piano over to first satisfactory party who will pay balance either cash or five dollars per month. Write Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., Omaha, Neb. 7 A"