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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1917)
i FLATTSMOUTn EVENING JOURNAL. THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1917. in 7u i f ) Will NO. 1- About 40 men's sport shirts in' plain white and 'fancy stripes; odds and ends of higher priced lines; fast colors. . . . NO. 2 About 40 Men's and Boys' Small Shape Straw Hats, in vari- ous high grade NO. 3 About 20 Boys' Munsing Union Suits, mostly small sizes, some slightly soiled; garments that will cost you $1 next year NO. 4 Men's Artificial Silk Lisle Hose, full fashioned, no seams; black only ; refer to this ad About 100 . Tics 25c E. We We sell for Local News From Tuesday's Daily. Philip Keil, of near Murray, was a business visitor in the county seat this afternoon. Mrs. Myrtle Marks and mother, Mrs. C. H. Vallery, from west of My nard, were visitors in Omaha today," poinir on the afternoon Burlinjrtoir. They will visit there for a few days. Mrs. Morgan Weybright of Los An geles, CaL, who is visiting relatives and friends in this city, was a pas senger to Omaha this morning-, where s-he will visit with frierfds for the day. Mrs. Katherine McXery, of Council Bluffs, who has been visiting at the home of Uncle Ben Beckman, with her little children. Ellen and William, for the past week, departed for their Iowa hame this afternoon on the fast mail. E. F. Wiles and son, Harley, were passengers to Omaha this morning, from whence they expect to go to J the western portion of the state for a few days, where they will look over some lands in Keith and Perkins counties. C. W. Baylor and John F. Gorder departed this afternoon over the Bur lington for Kimball, Kimball county, this state, where they will look at some land propositions and after wards visit the Pioneer Days, which is being held at Cheyenne this week. Will Cook, of Unoin. drove to this city this morning to attend to some important business matters and while here called at this office and ordered the Plattsmouth Journal sent to his address in order that he might be kept posted on happenings throughout the county. Robert L. Gilchrist of Omaha was a business visitor in this city today, and while here purchased, through Shirts! Keep your shirt on is proper but next time you change, .button up in a new. one. Hundreds of bright new patterns and colorings. Starched and soft cuffs, and real tailoring. From plain every day shirts to dress silks 65c to $6 Take a slant into our east window. A shirt for each busines or occasion. You'll need a shirt eventually who not now? C2TBiplex Shirts, (the to $2.50 values 95c for pajamas. 5 qualities About SCO 'EVERYBODY'S STORE" less be- V SBf?t2 ) cause the J. P. P'alter agency, a piece of property comprising twelve acres just on the southeast portion of the city and known as the Ernest Ploeger place, the consideration being 83,000. Mrs. T. B. Salmon, of Portland, Oregon, who is visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Fox, ac companied by her mother and Mir.s Teresa Hempel, were passengers to Omaha this afternoon, where they all will visit Mrs. Louise Klein, who is at the St. Joseph Hospital, where she underwent an operation about a week ago, and is not improving as well as desired. William II. Sutton, who is employed on the farm of Luke L. Wiles, just west of the city, received a telephone message yesterday telling of the very serious condition of the wife of his brother, Andrew Sutton of Omaha, who is very low with tuberculosis and is not expected to recover. Mr. Sut ton departed this morning for Omaha, where he will visit the brother and sister-in-law and do what he can for her relief. Mrs. Harry H. Kuhney departed this morning for Corning, la., where she will visit with her mother, Mrs. E. J. Farrer, who is not in the best of health, and will also visit with her nephew, Ralph Holman, who is a member o? the Iowa National Guard, and who will soon go to the service. Mrs. Kuhney expects to be away a week, or perhaps two weeks, and probably will, when she returns, bring her mother with her. From Wednesday's Laily. W. F. Krecklow of Louisville was a visitor in the city for a few hours today, looking after some business matters, returning home on the after noon train. At the ball park, workmen are" re pairing and re-enforcing the grand stand, where the wooden supports have rotted, away, by placing concrete ab'utemnts under each post. Alfred Nichols, living some miles shirt without a tail) $1.50 They're worth that much .95c r 65c 35c 70 Wash Ties 12 l-2c be buy for less south of Plattsmouth, was transact ing business with the city's mar chants yesterday afternoon. Glen Vallery, from old Eight Mile Grove, where he is farming, was a business visitor in the city last eve ning, looking after some business matters with the merchants. Dr. G. H. Gilmore of Murray was looking after some business matters in this city this morning and also was sitting with the insanity board in the examination of Fred Sea, who was found to be.insane. J. F. Clugey departed this after noon on the Burlington train for La Mars, la., where he is doing some work for the Milwaukee road. Wish ing to keep in touch with what Platts mouth is doing, he is having the daily Journal accompany him. Harry Rice received a message from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, yes terday telling of the sudden death of an 6ncle, John Rice, who was killed by a horse at that place. The Mr. John Rice referred to, was a half- brother of the late D. E. Rice. Edward Rice, who lives in Minne apolis, Minn., and who with his wife iave been visiting here for the past week, departed over the Burlington for his home yesterday afternoon, while Mrs. Rice will remain for a onger visit. Ed is braking on the Soo line, out of Minneapolis. John Griffeth of York, and who for many years was a resident ot this county, working on many farms south of here, near Union, came in last eve ning to consult with Attorney C. A. Rawls 'regarding some matters of egal business. DR. ROY A. DODGE RECEIVES MERITED ADVANCEMENT TO LUCRATIVE POSITION Yesterday at Omaha, Dr. Roy A. Dodge, who was born in this city, grew to manhood here, and who has been practicing medicine in Omaha or some time, received a just recog nition of his merit in his appoint ment to division surgeon for the Mis souri Pacific railway, with headquar ters at Omaha. Those who know Dr. Dodge, and most everybody Jjs, will be pleased to know that he -as re ceived this merited promotion in Ms chosen line. Dr. Dodge is a man of sterling qualities, and one well quali fied to care for the position with credit to himself and to the city in which his youth was spent. TO SPEND SUMMER IN WASH INGTON. '. I Mrs. Herman Bestor departed on the afternoon Burlington train for the west today, where she will spend jthe summer with her two sisters. She will first go to Goshen, Wash., where she will visit with her sister, Mrs, Elizabeth Drabble, staying for a good visit, after which she will go to Rice, Washington, where she will visit with another sister, Mrs. Carrie Copper, before returning home. RECEIVES BAD WOUND. From Tuesday's Daily. ' Frank Chavel, employed at the Bur lington shops in the freight car de partment, had a peculiar accident the other day, in which he received severe scalp wound which; does not aaa io nis; appearance, r rans was trying to get a nut off of a bolt, but the nut being down among the tim bers of the car trucks he had to get it off with a wrench, which slipped and inflicted a bad wound in his fore head. Semis RUPTURE EXPERT HERE Sceley, Who Has Supplied U. S. Army and Navy, Called to Omaha. F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phila delphia, the noted truss expert, will be at the Paxton hotel and will re main in Omaha this Sunday and Mon day only, July 29 and 30. Mr. Seeley says: The Spermatic Shield as sup plied to the United States govern ment will not only retain any case of rupture perfectly, but contracts the opening in ten days on the average case. This instrument received the only award in England and in Spain, producing results without surgery, in jections, medical treatments or pre scriptions. Mr. Seeley has documents from the United States government, Washington, D. C, for inspection. All charity cases without charge, or if any interested call, he will be glad to show same without charge or fit them if desired. Business demands prevent stopping at any other place in this section. P. S. Every statement in this no tice has been verified before the Fed eral and State courts. F. II. Seeley. FARM FOR SALE. 100 acres; good grain and dairy farm, half mile of a good town; all fenced; seven-room house; stable for four horses; cow stable with stanch ions for 16 cows; granary; hog house with cement floor; water system, piped below frost, with supply tank; wind mill and. good shallow well; acres of alfalfa; 30 acres "of tarne pasture; 10 acres of wild meadow; good bearing orchard; f acres of oak timber. Price $125 per acre, 2,000 or $3,000 cash. Mortgage on farm for $9,000 bears 5 per cent interest. Ten years' time on balance at j per cent. We have a large list of farms for sale, from $85 per acre up. Write us what you want. Stewart Bros. Investment Co., Tecumseh, Nebraska. 7-2G-2wkswkly TIIE HOME BUILDERS. Edward P. Lutz has accepted the position of local representative of the "Home Builders," an organiza tion in Omaha, which is similar to a building and loan association, and which is doing a great volume of business in Omaha and surrounding towns. The difference mainly be tween this and the ordinary building and loan association is that this or ganization does not loan on old prop erty, but builds the property where the owner furnishes the lot, while ihe oan associations will make a loan on property already constructed. Mr. M. C. Rohrburgh, of Omaha, repre senting the "Home Builders," was in the city conferring with Mr. Lut:: re garding the company's business inter ests in this city. MEETING OF SWINE KAISERS. Meeting to be held at Weeping Water1 for orgahizing swine raisers to control hog cholera in Cass county. Representative swine breeders for each precinct urged to be present. At 2:30 p. m., Saturday, August 3, a meeting will be held at the opera house at Weeping Water for the par pose of perfecting a farmers' organ ization to work along lines of hog cholera control and reduce losses from that disease. This work, which is conducted by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Extension Division of the College of Agriculture, and the State Live Stock Sanitary board co-operat ing with the farmers, has been car ried on in northern Gage and John son counties since 1904, and has proved very effective in controlling the disease. It is important that a delegation of swine breeders from each precinct in the county be present at this meeting in order to get a complete organiza tion. 7-26-3twkly B1RTIIDAY PARTY. From Tuesday's Daily. Last Saturday evening a number of the friends of Mrs. Joe Hadraba came in to help her celebrate her birthday, and for several hours in the evening a social good time was had. At a suitable time delicious re freshments were served. Those in at tendance were: Mesdamcs Joseph Warga, J. F. Hadraba, J. Kopia, Wm. Freese, Wm. Swr.tek," G. . R. Olson, Val Burkel, IL Steinhauer, Mrs. II Heneger of Carroll, la., Christiania Burr and the guest of honor, Mrs. J Hadraba, and daughter. , For Sale Young horse, 3 years old, weight 1,130, drives single; all purpose horse; good mover. R. D Dalton. Phone- No. 127-W. 2td2twkly Dawsoa Will Fix It. Local ews Frmi Tli ii relay's Daily. Jesse Vallery wasa visitor in Oma ha this afternoon from west of My nard, going on the fast mail. Mrs. William Perrie and daughter, Dorothy, were passengers to Omaha this morning, where they will look after some business matters for the day. Second Lieutenant H. F. Stone was a passenger to Omaha this afternoon, where he is looking after some busi ness matters relative to the boys in the service. Charles L. Carlson was a passenger to Havelock this morning over the Burlington, where he goes to look after some business matters for the Burlington company. Will Becker, living west: of the city, and son, Earl, were passengers to Omaha this morning, where they are looking after some business matters for the day, having gone on the Bur lington train this morning. Mr. A. S. Leyda, of n?ar Murray, who is farming on the Thomas Wiles place, was a visitor in the. county seat this afternoon having driven up in his car, looking after fome business mat ters and returning home this evening. Mrs. Thomas E. McCarthy and sis ter, Mrs. Pratt of Red Oak, la., who is here visiting Mrs. McCarthy, were passengers to Omaha this morning. v.hee thev will viit with friends and also look after some business mat ters. Mis? Hda Marnuardt, the county superintendent, is conducting state teachers examinations today and to morrow, and a goodly number uf ter.ehovs are expected to avail them selves of the opportunity and take the examinations. This morning Sheriff C. D. Quimon departed for Lincoln, having in charge Fred Sea, who was a few davs since adjudged in-ane by the board of iaranity, having been pick3d up at Greenwood. Mr. Sea claims his horr:e to be Meadviile, Pa., and to be an electrician. on. acv par.ieu by her mother, who are now at Esies Park, Colo., have "nad the daf.y Journal sent to thorn that they may kcop in touch with the happening." in Plattsmouth while they enjoy the cool ness of the climate in the mountains. Mrs. K. Rolf son. of Minneapolis. who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. T. B. Beckwith. for the past lew wekes. departed for her home in the north, going on the after- ! i Hiirlir-'trin train a far as Oma- ha. where she will take another road. - M. J. Parks of Ashland, trouble man for ihe Burlington, was a vis itor in the city yesterday, locking after some tiouble on the Burling ton's telephone and telegraph linos in this city, returning to his home last evening. Mrs. Fred Rezner, daughter of Mr. and Mis. George II. Tarns, superin tendent of the county farm, after vis iting at the home of her parent.- lor the past week, having come down with her husband, who returned home last Monday, departed this morning for her home in Omaha. Mrs. Edward Johnson came in yes terday afternoon over the Burlington from Denver, and will visit with Mrs. Elmer Taylor and ether friends in this citv for some time. Mrs. John- sun lived here many years ago, and her husband was the first man to run an engine out of this town, when the Bui lington read was just building. N. S. Piatt, who has been making his kom for some tirr.'epast in Pa cific Junction and who for a number cf years lived in Plattsmouth, came in on the Burlington train this morn ing and is visiting at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Burt Reed. who lives in the south part of the city. R. L. Armstrong, who came down yesterday morning from Greenwood, where he is the constable, brought with him Fred Sae, who was adjudged insane by the board and sent to the state hospital for the insane. Mr. Armstrong returned home cn the aft ernoon train over the Burlington. Will C. Tipnins of the local Bur lington shops, and wife, were visitors with friends in Omaha today, going on the early Burlington train this morning. The government needs farmers as well as fighters. Two million, three hundred thousand acres 6f Oregon and California Railroad Co. Grant Lands. Title revested in United States. To be opened for homesteads and sale. Containing some of best land left in United States. Large Copyrighted map, showing land by sections and description of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, temperature, etc. Postpaid, One Dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co., Box blO, Portland, Oregon. . - 7-7-3rcod&w If you have anything for sale adver tise in the JournaL lOlf TO SHOW A WONDERFUL , 'NEGLECTED WIFE' SERIAL Mabe! Herbert Urr.er's story, W'r.ian Alone." which with The The Jom .ia of a Neglected Wife.", is the ba?is of Pathe"? serial, "The Neglect ed ife." featuring Ruth Roland, created a sensation in the literary world. It is the story of the growth of an a Tair between a respectable girl and a married man. - - The story, told with -all the au "5? I'M REE N N " 'i Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 26, 27 and 28 p j & Every line in our store is represented in the enor mous values offered during this sale. Besides the hundreds of specials for all three days, we are offering a few extra values for each day of the sale. Thursday 10 to 11 a. m. Dish Pans 8 qt each 2 to J White Ctip and Saucer 9e Saturday 2-quart pure Aluminum Stew 10c very best E"ly Swatter Heavy Table Tumbler, each Do not fail to get your share BE1CO -LIGHT , I J SELF-CRAN KTNG I I SELF-STOPPING BALL-3ARING3 AIR, -COOLED ' I BURNS EvTRCSOviE , DLLCO-LIGHT BATTERY p,7,TV M ,;jiU. , .THICK PLATES-LONG UFE TzAj II naEfrirfrSL f V i mourn r-rt Ii f'5 1 iiiJii'iiiiamim'iiii!!! 'L , 1i II ( I The Complete Electric- Light ood Power Plant MR. ISY ROSENTHAL, ' ' DEAR. SIR: - Omaha, Nebraska Delco-Light enables me to have a modern up- to date garage here in Murdock". It does all you claim ed for it. To give an idea of the capacity of t.e hct terfes during Xmas w eek we illuminated the muni cipal Xmas tree with about 40 lights besider having the garage lit up at the came time the entire evenlnc all off the batteries without running the generator. Yours Truly, . E. E. THIMGAN, Price $350-$420 Isy Rosenthal, 533 25th So. Ave.Cmahz, Neb. i$&a Biases ail Park Plattsmouth, Neb. iirphy-Did-lts vs. Red Sox The "Murphy Did Its" of Omaha, who were this and last year's win ners of the American league, of Oma ha, are to contest with the Red Sor. GAME CALLED AT thor's power of making the actions of her characters live upon the- stago before you, is that of the "other wo man." The story .of the wife has been retold many times and"1 so- has the story of the "other woman," but in most cases the women who lured the man away from his home was a designing adventuress or a vampire. In "The Woman Alone" the "woman is the average respectable woman who starts an affair ,with r&'.rhaEried nian and before, she realises it',bf"and the man are carried beyond , Uieiii depths neither can say what they will or Will not do. At the Aifdo'me -Friday. . m & H V 5 tarvesi aaie: DAYS- Friday 10 to 11 a. m. Ladies' Bungalow Aprons 45c p. m. n 9-in Dinner Plates each 7c All Day! Pans 27c &c U 3c h of these big bargains at the Variety Store ' : rtrii ie u I I II D IP Yi W ii i i i ti n it i -f s MM M-MfeSi MIMMM . LIGHT r f ! v .