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FLATTSMOUTH S2MI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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MANLEY STATE BANK
MAN LEY, NEB.
MURRAY STATE BANK
MURRAY, NEB.
BANK OF CASS COUNTY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
BANK OF COMMERCE
LOUISVILLE, NEB.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
CEDAR CREEK, NEB.
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $13,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $15,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $80,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $23,000
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $10,000
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OFFICERS
FRANK STANDER
AUGUST STANDER
AUGUST PAUTSCIT
THOMAS E. l'ARMELE
WM. J. RAU.
DI RECTORS
CIIAS. C. PARMELE, President.
FRED NUTZMAN, Vice-President.
W. GLEN BOEDEKER. Cashier.
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OFFICERS
CIIAS. C. PARMELE
JACOB TRITSCII
THOMAS K. l'ARMELE
R. P. I'ATTEltSON.
P. O. EflENHERCER
OFFICERS
THOMAS E. l'ARMELE. President.
CIIAS. C. l'ARMELE, Vice-PresI.k-nt.
PAUL FITZGERALD, Cashier.
RALPH R. LARSON, Asst. Cashier.
OFFICERS
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, President.
V. II. LOIINES, Vice-President.
THOMAS E. PARMELE, Director.
Our Facilities Enable Us to Handle Your Business in this County Promptly and
conomically and on this Basis We Dnvite Your Patronage.
OVER THE COUNTY
UNION
Ledger
R. A. Smith returned home Friday
from Memphis, Tennessee, where he
sold a load of horses.
Charles E. Severyn, former super
intendent of the Union school, is
still at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the
ambulance corps.
George Stites shipped in a car of
cattle from Omaha the latter part of
last week, which he will feed Tor
market this fall.
The cold weather of the last few
days has brought the ducks south,
and some of the boys report fair
shooting on the river.
Mrs. O. W. Finney, who has been
visiting relatives in Missouri for the
past couple of weeks, returned home
Sunday afternoon.
R. H. Frans, formerly of this place
but who has been holding down a
job on the police force in St. Joseph,
Missouri, came up the latter part of
the week and is now shucking corn.
A letter received at this office the
latter part of last week from Eugene
Applegate, at Paris Island. S. C, in
forms us that he is getting along
fine and seems to enjoy life as a U.
S. Marine.
Miss Nellie Bramblet, who receiv
ed a fractured knee cap in an auto
accident several weeks ago, is now
able to be about the house with the
it will
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able t;o
be
do
use of crutches and
long until she will be
without them.
A baggageman on the south lKund
passenger hail the misfortune to run
a nail through his hand one morn
ing the latter part of last week and
Dr. Barritt was called to treat him
at the station when the train ar
rived. A letter received from Carl Pick
ering by his parents, mailed "some
where in France" states that he is
well and had a good trip across the
Atlantic, being sick only one day on
the trip. Carl is with the regulars
and performing the- duties of cook.
The dog which went mad and bit
little Raymond Osborne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman Osborne, several
months ago, also bit a dog belonging
to James Reeves, which went mad
last week and bit Mrs. Reeves. She
is now taking treatment and from
the latest reports is getting along
very well.
EAGLE
Reacon
Mrs. Agnes McDonald returned
yesterday from a week's visit at Ris
ing City, Nebraska.
Mrs. Alta Burdick and daughters,
of Lincoln, came down Thursday for
several days' visit with Mrs. Bur
dick's sister, Mrs. Standley.
The Eagle Local Farmers Union,
at its meeting recently, decided to
pay G cents per bushel for corn 'known realm
husking. For poor corn, 7 cents a
bushel will be paid.
Harry Leffel, son of our affable
station agent, is quite sick with the
tonsilitis.
Garth Reed, the new section fore
man, is moving his family here from
Auburn. Eagle welcomes such peo
ple to our midst. .
The Dick Wenzel SO acres of land
lying north of Eagle, was sold thru
H. K. Frantz last week to Joe Allen,
for $195 per acre.
Mrs. O. S. Anderson went to Min
neapolis, Minn., Wednesday for a
weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs;
Howard Ankeny, formerly Miss Ab
bie Judkins of this place.
Tipton precinct is at the head of
the list in raising its quota of $23,-
000 for the Liberty loan. We are
proud of her loyal citizens. May they
live long and continue to prosper.
Mrs. R. N. Robotham and daugh
ter. Ruth, of Lincoln, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. V. Robotham and family of
Bethany and Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ro
botham. of Walton, came with well
filled baskets and spent the day with
Mrs. Mamie Hudson and family, on
Sunday.
Pearl Bernice, aged 5, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oberle. died on
Monday evening and was buried at
the Eagle cemetery Wednesday. Pearl
had been sick four weeks of bron
chial pneumonia and while the soli
citous parents and' physician did ev
erything possible to stay the malady,
the little sufferer succumbed and s
now among the angels of the un-
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Miss Ruth Jacobson, of Omaha,
spent Sunday with the home folks.
Mrs. E. F. Pettis, of Lincoln, came
down Friday for a short visit with
her sister, Mrs. Arthur Jones and
family, on the farm west of Louis
ville. Postmaster Ossenkop estimates the
receipts of the office will increase
one-third after November 1st on ac
count of the increase of letter post
ago. The 3-cent letter postage goes
into effect on that date.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Noyes return
ed home from Cherry county Monday
evening, where they went to shoot
ducks. They brought a fine bunch
home with them, which they distri
buted among their friends.
John Peterson of Pleasantdale has
been visiting his father, C. Petersen,
and other relatives this week. He
says his family is well and they
like their new home very well, but
they miss their old Louisville friends.
A number of the farmers are be
ginning to gather corn and by the
first of the month the work wiU be
well under way.
drying unusually slow and many
the fields hereabouts are yet too
green for cribbing.
E. C. Twiss left last Friday for
Halsey, Neb., where he went to join
his wife, who is visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Barack Livingston.
Frank Pettit has had charge of the
meat market during the absence of
Mr. Twiss. .
Jesse McGrew, who suffered a
broken leg while .riding a motor
cycle between this place and Lincoln
about five weeks ago, returned home
from University Place last Saturday.
His leg is still in a cast and he gets
around by the aid of a pair of
crutches, but he says Jie is feeling
fine and hopes to be able to get back
to work again in a short time. Vir
gil Iladdon brought Jesse home in
his car Sunday.
The many friends of John Group
will be pleased to learn that he is
improving and while his progress is
a little slow, it is steady. Mr. Group
has been in poor health for several
months and at times his condition
seemed serious, but his family now
feel that his recovery is only a mat
ter of time. He is up and- around
the house a,nd can eat his meals at
the table, and we trust we shall soon
see him down town again.
While attempting to pull a lever
at the Burlington semaphore one day
last week, Edward Eager met with
quite a severe accident. His gloves
were oily, causing his hands to slip
and he fell backward, striking the
back of his head on a steam radia
tor. An ugly gash more than three
inches In length was cut in his scalp.
Dr. Worthman took two stitches in
closing the wound. Mr. Eager , was
quite weak for a time from the loss
of blood.
. Price During This Sale- 63c Per Square Yard
October 31st and November 1st
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Plattsmouth,
Mr. Massie's parents and other rela
tives northeast of town.
John Colbert, the land man, re
ported the sale Tuesday morning of
the Deles Denier 160 acres, two miles
northeast of Elm wood to Mrs. Engal
king and son, Herman, south of Elm
wood. Consideration, $24,000.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Swisher, of
Ottawa, Ohio, who have been visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Swisher's
mother, Mrs. L. D. Switzer, for the
last three weeks, left for their Ohio
home Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. L. I). Con rail, of
Chappell, arrived last week for a few
weeks' visit at the home of Mrs.
Conrad's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Aug
ust Glaubitz, northwest of town, and
Mr. Conrad's mother at Nehawka and
with other relatives.
D. M. Johnson's car was stolen in
Omaha Wednesday. Mr. Johnson left
it outside of the Burgess-Nash store
at a quarter of four and at four-fifteen
when he went out to get the
car, he found it gone. No trace has
as yet been found.
N. C. Christenseu. who-has-been
staying near Avoca this summer was
in town Saturday and said he would
leave soon for Hot Springs, Arkansas
to spend the winter. Mr. Christensen
Corn is said to be. ...
, -!is going to trv the southern climate
slow and many of , .
and me spring waier.
Mr. Stephen Fisher, who has been
visiting at the home of his sister.
Mrs. A. S. Boyle for a couple of
weeks, departed the first of the week
for his home at Hopedale, 111. He was
accompanied by his father, Albert
Fisher, who had spent the summer
"here with his daughter. They will
stop on their way and visit relatives
in Iowa for a few days.
Beginning next Tuesday and con
tinuing each Tuesday thereafter un
til further notice, the two bakers and
the two other places that sell bread
and the eating houses in Weeping
Water will not sell or serve wheat
bread. This is a voluntary action
taken to help in food conservation
plans and the public is requested to
do all they can to assist in carrying
out this plan.
Wednesday afternoon, October 24,
Miss Elva Philpot. eldest daughter
of Mr. and'Mrs. Jack Philpot and Mr.
Grant Diterding, of Arnold, Nebras
ka, were united in marriage at Ne
braska City. Lee Brown took them
over in his car. The young people
are preparing to leave Friday morn
ing for his ranch home near Arnold,
which he has in readiness. The bride
is an accomplished housekeeper and
will make the kind of a helpmeet
that will bring much joy to the home
and the groom is a promising young
farmer, who will, without doubt, be
a. worthy companion ot the onue ne
has won.
City, who had been on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Lena Pollard and oth
er relatives in Nehawka, returned
heme Tuesday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Giles and their
daughters. Pearl and Bernice, who
drove through from Ellenburg De
pot, New York, for a visit with their
son and brother, E. C. Giles and
family, started on the return journey
last Monday.
Word was received here this week
that out of nineteen non-commis-vio.is
given to the first division of
draft boys at Camp Funston on last
Thursday, four were given to Cass
county boys. Dalton was made Mess
Sergeant; Monger. Tighe and Pol
lard, Corporals.
Thomas E. Mason returned from a
visit witli friends in Kansas City on
Wednesday evening. Tomorrow he
will go to Plattsmouth and from
there to Camp Funston as a soldier
boy. Tommy has made a very effi
cient and accomodating rural route
carrier for a number of years and is
a young man of good character and
habits. No one doubts that Tommy
will do his best to get the Kaiser.
We look for him to become a com
missioned officer before long.
VISITING HOME FOLKS
Mrs. W. F. Chalfant, of Burwell.
Neb., in company with her mother,
Mrs. T. J. McCulloch and daughter.
Miss Maude, were in the city todav
and paid the Journal office a brief
call, Mrs. Chalfant renewing for
her paper for another year. She
has been visiting with home folks
since last Saturday. Mrs. Chalfant
tells us that they have sold out at.
Burwell and are moving to Cntral
ia, Kansas, where they will make
their future home.
James Hatchett of Murray, was
looking after some business at
Plattsmouth this afternoon.
WEEPING WATER
Republican.
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Frank Boyle autoed to Lincoln on
Saturday to meet his brother, Jim
and wife and baby of Erickson, who
were coming for a few days visit
and to see his grandfather Fisher,
before the latter returned home to
Illinois. J ' '
Born, , J.o Jlr. and Mrs. William I.
'Mohler, on fuesday, octoper lbth, a
nine pound boy, who bears the name
of William Edward Mohler.
H. B. Massie, wife and family and
Joe Gilmore, of Callaway, arrived
last week overland and are visiting
NEHAWKA
News
John Whiteman was able to re
turn home from the hospital in Om
aha last Thursday afternoon.
After a week's visit in his old
home town, Nelson L. Pollard left
for his home in Newark, New Jer
sey, last Saturday.
William Wulff came in from Fort
Riley, Kansas, Wednesday, to at
tend the funeral of hi3 niece, Pearl
Oberle.
. Mrs. W. Johnson, of Tawnee
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