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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1918)
.V..PLATTSMOUTH . semi-weekly joubnal, MuNBAY. APSIL a, lais ar 1 f 1 isi L IRITIS Ml I SB There will be a Dance at Greenwood, Nebraska, Thursday Might, April Nth rain or shine, at the De Luxe dancing pavilion. Floor space 50x 1 00 feet. Music by Desdiner s Colored Orches tra. We sing while you dance. Rough dancing will not be tolerated. Follow the Crowd! Welcome! OVER THE COUNTY if. UNION Ledger iu Fred ( l:;rk and tamily are now comfortably located in their new home. Stacy Niday received the prize which was given for Hie best bird Louse at school this week. Mr. and .Mrs. K. I). Clark came down Sundav to spent Easter with their son, C Y. Clark and family. John Finkle accompanied his father to Hiawatha. Kansas, Sunday afternoon, where lie spent a few- days. Lieutenant J. W. Thomas, former ly of Nehawka. but now in the ser vice in France, lately returned from a trip to Egypt, where he went on military business. He is now at his headquarters in France. Miss Edith Frans went to Platts mouth last Friday morning, where she visited with relatives until Saturday afternoon. Miss Lyda Clark tught her school Friday during her absence. J. J. Richardson recent!' purchas ed a Ford truck from A. V. Propst, which he is now using to tour the surrounding country, buying cream, tggs and poultry. Tom Cromwell, who purchased the 51 acres of land from George Marks, located west of the tracks h-re. sold the farm last week to Luther Meade, who will farm it this year. Iuy Stokes, who is farming east of town, raised a nice crop of buck wheat last season and shipped about 2"0 bushels to Omaha last week. It grows very well here and i; is quite certain considerable more will be grown this year. Mrs. A. F. Hull and little son came down from Plattsmouth last Friday and are staying with her h'S'band. who is now in charge of thv jo'ver flint and the troubb? man for the telephone company. Their intentions are to move here as soon as school is out when they can find a residence to live in. a; At V- A. 3 ELM WOOD Leader-Echo f- m George Kunz is having his old house torn down. This is the old Ferguson property and removes one of the old land marks of Elmwood. Mrs. Mabel Oliver and her little granddaughter. Hazel, returned home Sunday evening after spending a few days visiting with relatives at Wal ton and Seward. Miss Kit tie Worley, of Omaha who is at the head of the Press Clip ping Bureau, was an over Sunday visitor with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Worley. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brittell, of Lin coin were over Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brittell on their return trip from Omaha, where they had spent a few days visiting relatives. J. M. Stone, president of the Elm wood State Bank, was up from Ne hawka on Tuesday on business con nected with the bank and for a visit with his soil and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Stone. On Tuesday Mrs. Henry Miller haDDened with an accident. While out doors a gust of wind struck her causing her to fall spraining her wrist and bruising her face. Mrs. Miller is one of our oldest ladies and is not in very good health and the accident will cause her a lot of trou ble. The Farmers Co-operative Union are making some additional improve ments to their property at the ele vator bv adding an addition to the office and also building another large machinery shed-.- James Dur- bin is doing the work. This will be quite an improvement and adds greatly to the. value of the property. Bud Clements has been successful in getting a lot of the boys together and is training them for an Elm- wood band. The boys are doing fine and are able now to make some good music. Bud is to be congratu lated and no doubt the boys will be ready to demonstrate soon on some special occasion. Mrs. Dora Thimjahn,- wife of Julius Thimjahn, died very sudden ly at her home near Howard, Kaa., March 22, 191S. at the age of 64 years, 3 months ana i aay. r uner al services were held at the M. E. church at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Thim jahn lived in Cass county, Nebraska, until about ten years ago, when the family moved to Kansas to make their future home. the home of his wife's mother, Mrs. J. II. Davis, east of town. Mrs. Joe McGlnnis, who had been helping to care for Mrs. George Hunt, who was quite sick last week, returned to her home at Nebraska City Saturday morning. The strike at the Ulsen quarry has ended without the men getting the increased wages demanded and all the men that Mr. Olson would hire again are back at work. Mrs. Jenkins and daughter, Miss Clara, came in from Havelock Wed nesday morning for a visit with her sons Charley and Clyde. Mrs. Jenk ins is moving back to Manley. Will DeWolf and wife were over from Plattsmouth and Nellie DeWolf 1 L Jit Cold, rain, winds, and dampness brine out the rheumatic achea. An application of Sloan's Liniment brinRS quicic renei. iNoruDDing. ic penetrates. Mcncruui una uouin, farm near where the Polk home is located. Mrs. Ilnv Afnrnhv nf Storlintr nrQC lit TrTv A irnni i first rf tho I " ' .... I Colorado, who has been visiting her Both cases are said to be of a light form, and the two boys are getting along nicely. At the meeting of the Red Cross on Tuesday it was unanimously vot ed to extend to Mrs. I,ottie Rosen crans of Plattsmouth a vote of sin cere thanks for her earnest and effi cient instructions to the classes on surgical dressings which were held here Friday and Saturday. Mrs uosencrans donated her time and help free of charge, and as she is an expert instructor along that lino the Nehawka Red Cross feel that they are indeed deeply indebted to her. sister, Mrs. Walter Johnson and fam ily, returned home Monday, accom panied by her little nephew, How ard Johnson, who visits his aunt every summer for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. William Lau. Miss C. H. Lau drove to Omaha Sunday to visit C. J. Gaebel, who is at the Methodist hospital. They found him rather weak, but his case has not been week to visit their soldier brother Tom, who was home from Camp Funston. Col. Wm. Dunn returned Saturday evening from a ten days visit at the ranch in Wyoming. lie reports ... ..Jt Lydia Gaebel and Mrs uitu uvvu vaiieu in iu iukk his ex amination and he didn't know when Uncle Sam would call him from the ranch. Mi... A T tl.t nt.cn n .!,-. 1 ii. I fiillv dinirnospil vpt ami iiii mnnv been very sick the last three weeks I - . , ... . ,. " . , , . . I friends are awaiting the specialist's aim wjiu uiso was umugni iiuuie last week from a hospital in Omaha, where she had been taking treat ment is reported this week as im proving, which will be good news to her many friends Arthur Rough, who is at a train ing station at Galveston, Texas, was visiting home folks from Saturday until Thursday are all well fed ana cared tor ut sroiter. DRAFT MEN SHEAE GERMAN PREACHER'S HAIR ; ' KEEP TROPHIES Sulphur, Okla., April 3. Because the Rev. H. C. Capers, 72 years old. is alleged to have declared recently in Murray county, that he would nev er have his hair cut until Germany emerged victorious from the war, sixty young men of this vicinity, awaitng draft call, invaded Capers' room in a local hotel, while he was asleep, and armed with .shears and a razor, shaved his head clean. His iron gray locks were distributed among the party as trophies of war. The minister was forced to kiss the flag, pledge allegiance to the United States, promise not to speak j seditiously again and shown the shortest route out of town. Capers was tried in United States Mrs. Nick Peterson was operated district court here several weeks ago Arthur says they on in a Lincoln hospital Monday for on a charge of obstructing the opera tion of the selective service law. The - . i m t&Bmm verdict with great hopefulness. EAGLE Beacon 3 t'npyrictit 101S The U.)i.io oC Uuiiix i.l.chntr i the camp. He also remarked that Anson Burdick. John Mick ard II. I jury was unable to reach a verdict overalls looked mighty good, but ue K Frantz made the trip to Lincoln and Capers is now out on bail nwait- wouldn't consent to sign a peace Wednesday. treaty under present world condi tions. i S 3fc Cf 3fr LOUISVILLE Courier J J Mrs. II. L. Swanson and little daughter Enid, of Union, are visit ing the Chas. Renner home. Mrs. Nick Peterson was operated on Wednesday for goiter. Late re ports indicate she is improving fa vorably. Mrs. H. K. Frantz was operated on ing another trial at Tulsa, April 10. Okla., FAMOUS PATRIOTS ENDORSE WORDS OF AMERICAN'S CREED Y. WEEPING WATER Republican V. v Charles Reed of Salt Lake City visited his mother, Mrs. Helen Reed and brother, George, a few dajs of last week. Mrs. R. D. McNurlin went to Havelock Wednesday evening for a visit at the home of her daughter. Mrs." Bert Coglizer. Miss Margaret Giberson who is teaching at Grinnell, Iowa, arrived Saturday to spend" her Easter vaca tion of a week at home. Charles Poore who has been ill for some time is lying very low at Miss Eva Thomas is at home again having finished her term of school :iear Murray. Postmaster and Mrs. F. II. Ossen- kop drove to Greenwood Sunday to call on friends. Miss Edith Tyo, of Omaha, visH- ed her brother, Frank Tyo and fam- ly at Louisville over Sunday. Mrs. Earl Bailey, of Red Oak, Iowa, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Taylor, this week. Miss Iva Sevbert has gone to Plattsmouth to accept a position as night operator in the telephone ex change at that place. Washington, April 3. "The American's creed," for which the city of Baltimore offered a prize of $1,- 000. was made public here todav. Its in a Lincoln hospital last week The selcction was the result of a ..X(l"l!on. latest reports from her are favorable. a, ,.-1 -.ftntpi:t - - - i' 1 i S. E. Allen and family left last week for Little Crooked, Mont , to live on his claim there. Thev will probably return to Eagle next fall. J. Jasper Eads, a former resident of Friendship Heights, Md of Eagle, died in Lincoln on Thurs- The creed follows: by President Wilson, Speaker Clark and a host of famous Americans. The author of the creed, who wins the $1,000 prize, is William Tyler Page, day last. He was drayman here and quite well known to our older citl- ens. Dr. Longacre had as guests last week his father and brother of Daw? son county. Neb. , ..The former had just returned from a winter's sojourn in California. Young George Meyer3, who lives A. IT. Mavfield. of Denver. Colo.. i " ,i.in. t;i,. ..i with his parents five miles east of remained over Sunday visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mavfield, and other relatives. "Judge" Julius S. Cooley, the vet eran police court lawyer of Omaha, well known in Cass county, where he spent his boyhood, celebrated his 57th birthday Monday, April 1st. Mrs. Edward Seiver returned to her home at Marquette the first of the week after a visit in Louisville with her sisters. Miss Edith Shryock and Mrs. P. C. Stander and family. J. R. Noyes and family and Miss Edith Mayfield drove to Lincoln on Sunday to spend the day with Dr. L. F. Polk and family. While there they enjoyed a visit to the state X X Eagle, fell from a chicken house one day last week and received a severely sprained arm, which he carries in a sling. C. S. Trumble is now acting as night watch for Eagle, the business men having subscribed for that pur pose. Mr. Trumble is a careful and capable gentleman and his work will be more effective than the plpn in vogue of changing off among diff erent citizens each night. Mrs. Bertha Vance and Albert Wulf were united in marriage at the German Lutheran church, the Rev. L. J. Dornsief officiating, at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. The newly weds are among our most popular young people, and have the good wishes of their numerous friends. "The American's Creed I be lieve in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect un ion, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to live it; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies. U. S. PURCHASES OUTPUT OF "BULL DURHAM" FACTORY i A, 1 INjr l I 111 Ladies Silk Hose we can sell Ladies9 Coats cheaper The matter of "selling expense" enters into the price of everything you buy. If the selling ex pense is low the price can be made low. If we were selling nothing but ladies coats you can I - readily see that our entire selling expense would have to be added to them. As it is, it practically bi rncrc 11c n !nrr fr o11 lorlioo rnnfc Vnanc nilT rent, our light, our heat, our clerk hire, &c would be the same whether we carried ladies coats or mmmmmmmmmmmm not consequently it practically costs us nothing to handle them, and we can and do sell them cheaper. Before you conclude to send your money away or pay the fancy city prices, Just look at oui coats and note the splendid qualities and the low price. We are glad to serve you. scoffs Sons 'EVERYBODY'S STORE' I NEHAWKA News New York, April 3. The govern ment has taken over the entire out put of the "Bull Durham" cigarette tobacco, manufactured by the Amer ican Tobacco company at the com pany's factories at Durham, N. "C, and will devote it to the needs of the American troops abroad, it was announced here today. It was stated that the government wiil pay the same price for the goods as domestic jobbers have been paying. By THE HOUSE OF RUPPENHEIMER There's only one way to insure clothes economy and that is to buy quality clothes, honest fabrics and expert tailoring. You can't have a lasting, satisfactory fit with out them. Good fabrics are scarcer than ever this Spring. They are hard to get. The selection is important. Play safe. Come to our store and rely on the reputation of The House of Kuppenheimer for top quality and fine tailoring. Fractional sizes and special models give every man a fit. The best interpretation of the season's styles. Price $22.50 to $37.50 Philip cllii&wty 1 a The Kuppenheimer Shop in Plattsmouth SEE jet: omw.it ok ii i: it i n ; and Xotict on Petition for Settlement of Account. . In the County Court of Cass coun t .Cc I ta s k i ' State of Nebraska, Cass county. s: To nil persons interested in the es tate of J. Henry Melsinser, Ieceasel: On reading the petition of "Adam Meisinirer, Executor, j.rayinpr a final settlement and allowance of his ac count filed in this Court on the 1st day of April. and for a decree assifrninjc the residue of said estate: It is herehy ordered that you and all persons interested in said niattrr mav. r.nil do. appear at the County Court to he held in and for said coun ty on the 16th day of April, A. I. I&iX, at two o'clock p. m., to show cause, if any there be. why the prayer of tiie petitioner should not he prant ed, and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof he Kiven to all persons ;-.t-rested in said matter by publishing a. copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a somf-weekly newspaper printed in said county for one week prior to said da v of liea fins:. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 1st day of April. A. I . aIjLiKN .i. b:-:kso.v. (Seal) County Judfie. Service Flasrs at the Journal Office. The Celebrated Percheron Stallion X The allotment of Nehawka Pre cinct Third Liberty Bonds is $26,- 300.00. Miss Donna Lawrey of Dunbar spent the week ' end with Myrtle Chappell of Nehawka. Ralph Johnson and wife are mov ing into Mrs. Burdick's property re cently vacated by Mrs. Stoll. Mrs. Robert Chapman and daugh ters, Beatrice and Ruth were Avoca visitors from Saturday until Mon day with Mrs. Chapman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pittman. Clarence Courtwright of Beaver City came in Tuesday for a short visit with his cousin. Will Country man. Mr. Courtwright lived in this vicinity for a number of years be fore moving to -Beaver City. Mrs. F. R. Cunningham received a message from the Immanuel hos pital that her sister, Florence Val lery had gone through her second operation Monday morning and her condition appeared favorable Arthur Rough, brother to John and Stuart Rough of this place, is here on a visit this week, obtaining a furlough for this purpose from the Army camp at Galveston. Tex. He belongs to ;the artillery divi sion. ... Only one new case of scarlet fever has developed the past week. Gran ville Heebner, son of C. E. Heebner, living west of town, has come down with the -sickness since "last week. Miss Margaret Wolforth departed this morning for Gmaha, where she is visiting for the day with friends, and where she had some business matters to look after. , F. W. Lehnhoff wa3 a visitor in this city last evening and a guest at the home of his mother and sister over night departing this morning for his home at Omaha and to look after his business being that of a traveling salesman. GROW A WAR We handle all kinds of Onion Gets and Seed Potatoes! We. will have a large line of Tomatoe, Sweet Potato and Cabbage Plants. ; HATT'S oitiiDit or iii-Mitix; and Notice on Petition for Settlement of Account. f . In the County Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss: To all persons interested in the es tate of Margaret .1. I.undy. formerly Marjraref J. Johnson, Deceased: On reading the petition of Suhvila May Iiiindy. praying a final settle ment ami allowance of her account tiled in this court on the 4th day of April. 1918, and for final settlement and distribution of the residue in the hands of the administratrix. It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter may, and do, appear at the County Court to he held in and for said roiin tv on the lUh day of April. A. I. 191S, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., to show cause, if anv there be. why the prayer of the petitioner should not be grant ed, and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be i?iyen to all persons interested in said matter by publishing n- copy of this order in the Plattsmouth Journal. a semi-weekly newspaper printea m said county for one week prior to said dav of hearlne. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 1th dav of April. A. D. 191S. ALLKN .1. BKESON, Countv Judre. Bv FLOREN'OF' VI1ITK, (Seal) Clerk. TEDDY R. 97686 Teddy R. is a fine Percheron Stal lion, black with white hind feet and right front foot white. He was foal ed March SO, 1912, and weighs 1800 lbs,. His sire was Morton, 6720.1; by Epateur, 51S36 (64349); by Bolivar, 40111 (46462); by Amilcar, (19979); by Sultan, (4713); by Bayard, (9495; by Estraba, 187 (736); by son of Jean Le Blanc, (739). R. J. Haynie returned this after noon from a trip to Lincoln, where he was attending a Beef Producers Convention which has been holding there this week, and while in the capitol city h was in attendance to a meeting of the shrine of the Masons as well. Laborers Wanted: 32c per hour and up. Those engaged now and re tained will receive further advance in May. Packing House work. No labor troubles here. Morton-Greg-son Company, Nebraska City, Nebr. FOR SALE One new Satley corn planter, all attachments. One registered Short Horn animal one 3ear old. Also some young mules and horses. Inquire of . a8:tfw.) CHAS. T. PEACOCK The Celebrated Young Jack, SAMBOES! Sandors is an excellent young Jack, coming 7 years old, weighing 1000 lbs., plenty extra heavy bone, black with mealy points. Sandors. (529S) was foaled June 2, 1911. His sire was San Salvador 2d, by Salva dor, imported from Spain. Sandors. was bred and owned by Frank Busch, of Villa Ridge, Mo. He has been inspected this spring by the State Inspector and is sound in every way. Teddy R. and Sandors wii make the season of 19 18. 'at our home, six miles west of Murray and six miles east of Manley, every day in the week, but only a limited number of mares will be taken care of by Teddy R. on account of his age. Terms for Both Teddy R. and Sandors! j $12.50 and $15.00 to insure -celt to stand up and suck. Parties ;dis- posing of mares or removing from the locality, service tee becomeo due and must be paid immediately. All care will be taken to prevent accidents, but owners will not be held responsible should any occur. A.J. SCHAFER