FAGE FOUR,
PEATT8MOUTH SEIII-WEEKLY JOUIUTAE.
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1918.
Cbe plattsrnoutb journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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Election this fall.
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Lookout for surprists.
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There'll surely be some surprises.
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Two million Americans in France
soon.
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Big business Is trying to put on
the emergency but the brakes will
not work.
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Good roads not only mean quick
trips to town, but quick service to
the country.
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Kerensky may be the man of the
hour. An hour is about as long as
he can last at one time.
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As the date for the state-wide pri
mary approaches some candidates
will show signs of getting the buck
aer.
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All the money in t lie world will
do our country no good now if there
is not the food and other things
needed for the war.
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Charley Bryan has finally con
cluded to file for the democratic
nomination for governor. Of course
he expects to gat the nomination
tut he won't.
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An excess profits tax probably will
rot stop all profiteering. Some of
them will continue to skin the puh-
'k pay the government, and then
write advertisements bragging on
their patriotism.
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John Wanamaker bought his firct
Bible on installments. Yet Mr.
Wanamaker is one of those who is
always telling us now never to buy
anything we can't pay for before we
take it home.
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Threshing experts, working under
direction of the Food Administra
tion, are co-operating with thresh
ermen in the leading wheat counties.
Heretofore much grain has been lost
through careless handling.
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There seems to be a difference be
tween farmerettes and farmeresses.
- t least, a "farmeress" writes to the
Chaperon to learn how to take off
the tan from working out in the
sin. Most of the farmerettes are
proud of a tanned skin
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A German soldier's pay is roughly
equivalent to nine cents a day. Dut
out of this he must contribute About
Ihree cents a day toward the cost
ot his dinner. A part from the
dinner, generally some kind of stew,
he gets nothing but black bread and
alleged coffee, so most of the re
maining six cents niUct be expended
on additional food.
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A curious reversal in hates is not-
d in Doctor Von Kuehlmnan'e lat
ent speech In the first years of the
v ar, the blame for the strife was
placed by Germany in this order:
Kngland, most to blame, France next
and Russia third. Nov.-, says Doctor
Von Kuehlmann, "in the light of re
tent disclosures." Russia is found to
be most to blame, France next and
Great Hritain third. This may be
explained by the fact that formerly
it was Britain who had the "con
temptible little army." Now It is
Russia.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, a they
cannot reach the scat of the disease.
Catarrh is a. local disease. Kreatly in
fluenced by constitutional lonc'.itiona, and
in ordt-r to cure it you must take an
Internal remody Hall's Catarrh Mecli
tine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
r-rescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. It is com
posed of some of tne bent tonics known.
. combined with eor.ie of the best blood
ruriliera. The perfect combination of
the ir.fn'edier.ts in Hall's Catarrii Medi
cine is wat products such wonderful
results in ratp.vrnal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
Jb J. CHKNHY & CO., Props.. Toledo. O.
All DrupRists, rCc
Wolf. t. 1 1 nnnr'lnoi'nn
Can all you can poss'bly can.
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If you waste money you may make
it up but not so with time.
Don't tell a pro-German story on
anyone unless you know it is true.
.Tne harvest will soon be over, and
then the man of the hour will be the
thresher.
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On the map Italy is shaped almost
Mice the boot that she applied to the
Austrians.
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The Fourth of July will be a mem
orable day as long as tlie United
States last.
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Even man will tell you he tries
to do his duty there are a lot of
different opinions as to what consti
tutes duty.
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Uncle Sam thinks he ought to take
charge of the wires. Well, he can if
he wants to. There's no mistake
about that.
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When the packers and the millers
pay back what they have gained the
infernal regions will look like the
north pole did to Dr. Cook.
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When the average man says some
thing nice about his competitor he
!egins to feel of his shoulder blades
to see if his wings are sprouting.
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Of course the robber who stole $2,
000 worth of thrift stamps from the
grocery store is aware that $1,000
worth is the limit for any one pat
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Everybody except the czar has wir
td in his opinion of whether the
czar is dead. Evidently the czar is
either dead or hasn't heard of the
controversy that is going on over
him.
Going some. The United States
will soon be turning out a new sea
going ship every day. A record
which the rest of the world m?y ad
mire, may envy, but will never
equal.
It's all perfectly simple. Instead
of permitting the war to dra on
another two years Hindenburg is
going to finish it up in a single
battle lasting not more than forty
eight months.
One of the local food demonstrat
ors invariably calls 'em tomottoes.
The tomotto, we take It, is the ac
ciedited war substitute for tomatoes,
which are being canned and sent to
the Allies.
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It is feared that even after Gen
eral Crowder does his best with the
i-cn under the work or fight jurisdic
tion, too many will still be in the
luxury business and not enough in
the ice business.
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What is it in shoe polish that
n akes the shine? An Oklahoma
reader writes that he has "a home
r.iade shoe polish, the best I ever us
ed, except that it lacks the shine
given by several commercial polish
es." Would it be safe, d'you sup
pose, to mix in a little of the com
mercial polish, or would that spoil
the homemade preparation?
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More than 800 penalties for viola
tion of rules and regulations gov
erning licensed dealers in food
stuffs have been imposed during the
past 10 months by the Food Admin
istration. About 150 companies and
individuals have been ordered to
ruit business in licensed commodities
for a limited period, and over 500
have voluntarily made a money pay
ment, usually to the Red Cros., or
have temporarily abstained from
doing business rather than risk call
ing down more drastic penalties.
THE KAISER'S DEFINI
TION OF THE ISSUE
At the observance of the thirtieth
anniversary of his accession to the
throne Wilhelni II. has taken occa
sion to define the issues that under
lie the war. He said at German
great headquarters:
"Either German principles- of
right, freedom, honor and morality
must be upheld, or Anglo-Saxon
principles with their idolatry of
Mammon must be victorious."
The kaiser's deliberate declara
tion of the principles involved in the
war illustrate more forcefully than
any event has illustrated before the
fact that the German and the Anglo-
Saxon speak mutually unintelligible
languages.
What does the kaiser mean by the
phrase "German principles of right,
freedom, honor and morality:"
Is the violation of every law of
nations the German conception of
principles of right?"
Is the suppression of the voice of
the majority by an unjust and op
pressive electoral law the German
conception of "freedom?"
Is the violation of Belgium's neu
trality, which Prussia had solemnly
guaranteed, the German conception
of "honor?"
Is the net of intrigue, violence,
corruption and treachery which Ger
many has cast over the neutral
world prompted by the German sense
of "morality?"
The kaiser on the thirtieth anni
versary of his accession has sought
to offer an accounting of his stew
ardship. By his glorification of acts
of lawlessness and unscrupulous
force into achievements of the spirit
he has revealed once more the wide
gulf that yawns between his concep
tion of the "principles of right, free
dom, honor and morality" and our
conception of them. He has em
phasized once more the complete ab
sence of any cdmmon ground be
tween Germany and the rest of the
world. He has confessed once more
that Germany must learn to speak
another language before she can
make appeal to the conscience of the
Anglo-Saxon race.
If the kaiser's definition of the
principles of "right, freedom, honor
and morality" is the definition that
is generally accepted by the German
mind, then the nations now remain
ing neutral have only one choice
That choice is to support actively
the Anglo-Saxon principles which
the kaiser contrasts with those of
Germany.
The neutral world surely cannot
afford to stand by while Germany
is massing her resources in an effort
to crush the group of nations that
represents the principles that are
diametrically opposed to the forces
which the kaiser has defined. The
neutral world surely cannot afford
to run the risk of being ruled by the
German sword. New York Mail.
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A MUCH NEEDED LAW.
the majority of the people, nd if
the ministers of churches in which
it is the custom to preach In Ger
man continue to use the foreign
language they will soon find the
strength of their church witfierinj
away. For the good of thei
churches these preachers should vol
untarily abandon the German lan
guage, but because there are those
who are too narrow-minded to fore
see that which is best for the'r own
good, a law should be enasted as soon
as possible prohibiting the use of
German in the pulpit. It is indeed a
queer religion which cannot be
preached in the English language.
Lincoln Star.
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A PROTEST AGAINST COERCION
Attorney General Reed's letter to
Rev. J. J. Meyer, of North Loup, "n
which the state official urges the
pastor to conduct his services in the
English language, shows the need of
a new law on the Nebraska atute
books. Much is being done to dis
courage the use of the German lang
uage in churches, but at present
there is no law forbidding it
It Is a very serious matter when
there is no way to prohibit the
scattering of German propaganda
through the churches. Of course the
preaching of a sermon In tin Ger
man language may not in itself aid
the kaiser, but it is retarding the
Americanization of the congregation
and thus is indirectly cmbar-assing
the government.
There arepossibly a few in. every
congregation who do not understand
the English language, but the ma
jority either does or should 1 e able
to understand sermons in English.
And there is absolutely no vaHd ex
cuse for preaching to the ytunger
members of a congregation in the
German language. If they do not
understand English, they should be
made to learn it at once.
The time is near at hand when
people speaking in the kaiser-tongae
will be looked upon with scrn by
The many organizations and indi
viduals enlisted in the war savings
stamp campaign who are operating
in harmony with the president's pro
clamation are entitled to great cred
it. They are performing a patriotic
work in a proper way. In some dis
tricts, however, a kind of solicita
tion is in progress which is threaten
ing and coercive. This system is all
the more objectionable because, nat
urally enough, it is emoloyed among
the poor and uninformed, and espec
ially those who are not familiar with
the English language.
It should hardly be necessary to
say that there is no law empowerin
canvassers of any kind to put the
people unaer cross-examination as
to their resources and past perform
ances in the way of war work, and
it should be even more certainly
within the knowledge of all Ameri
cans that demands and threats are
not only unwarranted but unlawful.
Solicitors who serve "summonses"
accompanying blank registration
cards on which refusals to buy
stamps and the reasons therefor are
to be entered the implication be
ing that in such cases the suspicion
if not the disfavor of government
will bo incurred are guilty of a
species of terrorism not to be toler
ated. ,When the president indorsed this
movement he used his words care
fully: "I earnestly appeal to every man.
woman and child to pledge them
selves on or before June 2S to save
constantly and buy as regularly as
possible the securities of the govern
ment,, and to do this as far as pos
sible through membership in war
savings societies."
There is no suggestion here of
compulsion, and the only pledge con
templated is that the-people shall
save constantly and buy as regular
ly as possible the securities of the
government. Less than two months
have elapsed since 17,000,000 Amer
icans pledged themselves to the third
Liberty loan, and many of these ob
ligations have not as yet been met
in full. That splednid showing was
not made in response to a threat. It
was the generous answer to an ap
peal, and. there is no reason why In
the lesser financing by means of war
savings stamps any other method
should be employed.
The ill-advised persons who on
their own responsibility have re
sorted to inquisition and menace to
promote this laudable undertaking
are in fact. Injuring the cause. They
are Prussianizing the cause. No war
can bo made popular by dragonade.
SUBSTITUTES
FOR
F
6)
Steel Cut Oats
Oatmeal
Flaked Hominy
Barley Flour
Rice Flour
Rice
Corn Meal
Corn Flour
TRY OUR WAR BREAD, RYE
BREAD and VICTORY BREAD
HATTS'
No patriotism can be stimulted by
practices at once unnecessary and
tyrannous. It is especially deplor
able that poverty and ignorance
should thus be imposed upon by the
superserviceable. New York World.
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Dad-burn that fly!
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Class 1 is exhausted.
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The cry in Vienna is "No food.
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A lie peddler is in poor business.
The shocks of whet adorn
"garden spot of the earth."
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There is plenty of room f-.r
vision in different places mi P'atts-
niouth.
the
re-
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Fourteen years ago the Jans were
whipping the Russians and call'ng it
a war.
One hundred merchant ships
launched the 4th makes a fairly
good declaration of independence all
by themselves.
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War profiteering doubtless seemed
much more attractive to certain
gentlemen until they found their
names in the papers.
Senator (Pitchfork) Tilmai!, of
South Carolina, one of the most re
markable men of his day, has pass
ed over the Great Divide.
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There are many definitions of
camouflage, but will some one tell us
what it isn't? It is certainly i
word for a sign paint to wrestle
with.
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The rain probably was more ap
preciated at this time by the farm
ers than anything else, notwithstand-
ng it kept many from coming to the
celebration.
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NEBRASKA JUDGE
NOW
ENDORSES
i
III
HON. B. F. WHITTINGTON HAS
GAINED TWENTY P0UNT)S
BY TAKING TANLAC
One of the distinguishing features
the introduction of Teniae
throughout the country is the large
number of prominent men who have
feit it their duty to disregard preced
ent and come forward with their
unqualified endorsements of the
medicine because of the benefit 5 they
have derived from its use.
The latest addition to the list of
prominent endorses is the name of
Hon. Benjamin F. Whittington,
judge of the Rolston Court, South
Omaha, Neb. In relating his exper-
ence with Tanlac Judge Whitting
ton said:
"The results of Tanlac in my case
certainly seem remarkable to me.
Before I began taking it ray health
,vas broken in many ways and I did
not know which way to turn for re-
ief. 31 y liver was all out of fix, I
was habitually constipated and bil
ious. I was frightfully dizzy most
of the time, that I could not stoop
over for fear of falling. My kidneys
were in bad shape, and I had fear
ful pains in the small of my back.
My appetite seemed to be fairly good,
that is I could eat, but my food did
not seem to be properly assimilated.
Sleep failed to rest me, and T felt
tired, languid and wornout a'l the
me. I was pale, and not only felt
badlv but I looked that way. I had
beesii in this condition for a yeir and
was becoming badly worried because
rothing seemed to reach my cae.
"I had fallen off twenty pounds in
veight as a reuslt of my tnriblcs,
but I have gained it all back by us-
ng Tanlac and have never fel bet-
er in my life. I decided from what
read in the papers about it to try
t, and I felt like a new man before
I finished my first bottle. So I went
right back for another and fo on
until I took five bottles and now I
haven't an ache or a pain and am
feeling great. And eat, my grecious!
eat like a farm hand, all I can
get, I never saw anything like it.
I sleep like a log, and get up in the
mornings thoroughly refreshed and
feel brim full of vim and energy all
day long. Now this Is just what Tan-
ac has done for me and I gladlv give
his statement for what it may be
worth to others who are trying to
find relief."
Tanlac is sold in Plattemouth by
F. G. Fricko & Co., in Alvo by Alvo
Drug Co., in Avoca by O. E. Copes,
n South Bend by E. Sturzenegger,
n Greenwood by E. F. Smith, in
Weeping Water by Meier Drug Co.,
arid in Elmwood by L. A. Tyson.
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Is a plan by which you invest
your small savings with the
United States Government.
You do it by buying War Sav
ings Stamps and Thrift Stamps.
A War Savings Stamp cost
$4.12 in January, and to this
price is added one cent for each
month since January. The one
cent advance each month is to al
low for interest the stamp earns.
These stamps as bought are pasted in
a War Savings Certificate, which is a
folder with 20 spaces for the Stamps.
When these 20 spaces are filled put the
Certificate away; it is worth SI 00, pay
able Jan. 1, 1923. Then start another.
A United States Thrift Stamp is for in
vestors who want to save but find the
War Savings Stamp more than they can
spare at one time. The U. S. Thrift
Stamp costs 25 cents; yxni get a Thrift
Card from the postoffice or bank, or
other authorized agency; no charge
for the card. There are 16 spaces on
this Card; a place for each 25-cent
Thrift Stamp you buy. Sixteen of
them make $4. When the card is full,
take it to the postoffice, or bank, or
other agency and get a War Savings
Stamp; you'll pay the difference, 12
cents for January and one cent more
each month during 1918. Paste the
War Savings Stamp on the Certificate
Card you get with it, and start a new
25-cent Thrift Card. The U. S. Thrift
Stamps do not bear interest; the War
Savings Stamps do 4 per cent, com
pounded every three months. The in
terest is in the convenient form of a
monthly increase in the face value of
the Stamps. The Stamps are redeem
able at their full value, S5, on January
1st, 1923.
If you need to draw out the money you
have saved (don't do it if you don't
have to) go to the postoffice and they
will tell you what to do, and what the
exact value of your investment is on
that date, and give you the money.
W.S3.
TOUtSXVIKGS STAMPS
laauxo BY THB.
UNITED 8TATES
J30VERKMENT
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Western Machine Works.
C. G. Fricke.
Plattsmouth Garage
Jess F. Warga.
Philip Thierolf.
E. G. Dovey & Sofl
Pollock Auto Co.
E. J. Richey.
John W. Crabill.
F. G. Fricke & Co.
Bestor & Swat;ek.
C. E. Hartford.
L. E. Egenberger.
Waterman Lumber & Coal
. G. Bach & Co.
uy W. Morgan.
ank of Cass County,
'opular Variety Store.
latt & Son.
Co
Avara & McLeaxu
Fetzer Shoe Co.
Cass County Monument V;
. A. Stanfield.
first National Bank.
torenz Bros.
Peters & Parker.
D. B. Ebersoh.
Kroehler Bros.
C. E. Wescott's Sons.
Farmer's State Bank.
II. M. Soennichsen.
Weyrich & Hadraba
?. S. Chase.
.Mattsmouth Steam Laundry.
W. E. Rosencrans.
Fred Wagner.
Service Garage.
B. A. McElwain.
Fred Mumm.
We suppose George Creel is around
somewhere, but we don't have to
spend any time on him now He
crippled his usefulness; hand him a
crutch and keep on pushiag the war,
No despotism cruelty.
