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It. 1. Fays he would have sent us
a poem, but couldn't find a rhyme
for Potsdam. How would this do?
Good people nerd no longer fear
tit. It's curse, Gott's ire or Gott's
damn;
Sinc-e Wil helm's crying in his beer
Far, far away from Potsdam.
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t'hristmas trinkets o ndisplay.
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Tho t!ti is still with us.
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Pid vim rtturn thanks?
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Y had many things to feci thank
f'jl r-r.
:o:
The happiest man is he who is
P-ait-rant and doesn't know it.
:o:
" Without fair and lovely woman
t1; is old world would be a stag-na-t
ion.
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S-;i!ie men K t too busy loving all
humanity to reineinbor to bring home
a piece if round steak for dinner.
:o:
!. of people in P.t-rlin. no doubt
they bad back again the nail
t! drove in that Hindenberg stat
ute. :o:-
What in d with the Kaiser seems
to
le a problem. lie
' wi?h S'me of his
may get a
ardent ad-
rs in this community.
:o:
rds.' someone has said "were
i.M:i us ti conceal our thoughts."
Art too often our deeds eomoufiage
ru albtiKv of all thought.
:o
ll.-m.-r promises there will be nm' League of Nations, and ex-Presi-f.H
1 r:-.tion cards for some time. I,il.-jdcnt Tilft tossing the National
crty bonds injure 1 lie owner against
f.wl e.irds in years to come.
:o:
And now comes the report from
Washington that Will II. Hays steps
'own ;md out as chairman of the
r publican national committee.
:o:
At th end of one's life it is bet
ter to have the impenitent memory
f a thousand pleasurable trans
gn.;oiis than to regret one virtue.
:o:
The pursuit of perfection is the
pur.-uit ;f sw it ness and light. He
who works fe-r sweetness and light
works to make reason and t'.ie will
c f God prevail.
:o:
It is an old maid clean of date
that Tails to capture a husband when
the bins get home from France. Yet
we know several that are doomed to
li-.a pointmcnt.
:o:
If it's just the same to the ex-
kai.-er, would he mind having his
press agent omit giving out the
statement that the royal family at
tends a religious service every morn
ini:? :o:
.-vino eastern republicans are al
ready booming General Pershing for
pr sil-nt. This is the first time we
mr knew that General Pershing
was a republican ami we are from
Mi sotiri.
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"liok out for sudden affectionate
demonstrations from neutrals who
1-ave hi en waiting to sec which way
the rat would jump," Jays the Wash
itigton Post. To Shis we would add,
"Iook out for sudden aiTectionate
and camouflaged demonstrations of
loyalty from pro-Germans and paci
U.-ts who see which way the cat has
jumped."
Etnte of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas County, es.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cher.ey & Ci.. dolr.ff business ln the City
cf Toledo. County and State aforesaid.
brI that said firm will pay the ura of
UN'S l!L"'Dm:D POLLARS for each
r n-i pverv ease of Catirr.i that cannot be
r . rod bv tt e use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to befcr rr.e ar.d subscribed In
r-v rr-nce. this CiU 'Jay ot Unceraber,
A Tj lbsC. A. V. CLEASOX,
.Qe'i!) Notary Public.
Kill's Cat nh r.f.'ctno is taken ln
t.--i.n".v a-. l'aets throeirn the illood on
t'e kJcQ':- Furfjr, 3 or tna System, fcend
f,r y'"' CO.. Toledo. O.
fiJ.ra V;'Uiy MUa tor constat Ion.
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
.Mr. McAdo must be amazed at his
own moderation. ,
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Kven Montenegro is coming back
on the map.
. :o:
Wouldn't Carrie Nation enjoy that
trip through Germany in the wake
of the S9th?
:o:
What a man believes won't hurt
him much as long as he Is humanly
lax about living up to it.
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A Paris dispatch asks: "Will Wil
helm lose his head, be banished or
allowed to disappear?" We vote for
all three.
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The New York World's headline
oti the announcement of Mr. Ford's
newspaper venture was "The Pen Is
Mightier than the Ford."
:o:
The little daylight we gained in
the morning by pushing back the
clock is slipping away pretty fast
just now. You can't fool the sun.
:c:
The late Jerry Simpson, who
preached that "you can't plow corn
with battle ships' would no doubt
shed a welcome influence in Germany
just now.
j "The best way to kill anarchy is
to feed it" says Mr. Hoover, repeat-
ing what every mother has known
since the human race homesteaded
the earth.
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With President Wiloon heading
league, wuat a worlds scries wc
would have!
:o:
Strange that Germany did not
know her people were on the verge
of famine until she was licked to a
frazzle. Probably more of their de
ceipt fulness.
:o:
Don't imagine that enemy propa
ganda stopped when the fighting
stopped. On the contrary propagan
da is the only weapon the frantic
enemy lias left.
:o:
IMredly after Thanksgiving will
come the annual revision downward
of the Christmas list, wherein four
names are stricken off and six new-
ones added, as usual.
:o:
A great majority of Americans re
gard too much leniency in Germany
a.-? nonsense and nonsence, you know.
was something the kaiser wasn t go
ing to stand from America after the
war.
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There are plenty of men not par
ticularly old who can remember a
time when there was no such thing
;r.i Germany and they seem likely
to see the day when there will no
longer be.
:o:
Why uot accede to Mrs. Catt's ex
pressed w ishes and admit women rep
resentatives to the peace table. They
would be in the kitchen or at the
telephone most of the time, and the
conference would proceed as plan
ned.
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111 the Heart 01 a rool, a new
novel by William Allen White, has
appeared on the Kansas book mar
ket. It has been seven years in the
process of making and is the author's
first big novel since "A Certain Rich
Man."
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The terms of the Armistice signed
by Germany, as finally revised, look
like' a complete and humiliating de
feat for the Germans rather than a
t.ucc en lines of general equality,
Germany must have been just about
ready to collapse, and her shrewd ce
lerity has saved her the sufferings of
an invasion, but not the humiliation
and degredation attached to her pres
ent unenviable condition.
JUSTICE !
The following which wc clip from
the Chicago Tribune," we consider as
worthy of a place iu the Journal at
this time:
Now that the war is over it will
be well for us to bear in mind that
there is no easy task in front of us.
We have got rid of the kaiser, but
there is as great an enemy in our
very midst of whom we must beware.
The pacifist of the old days will now
show himself (and herself) in a new
meddler's garb and will try o pre
vent justice, because to give justice
to the foe must occasion no little
suffering. But there must first be
justice to the victims of German
greed and "kultur." The homeless
Belgians, whose homes have been
wantomly destroyed must be provid
ed with new dwelling places at the
expense and with the labor of the
very men who destroyed the old
ones. Those who have become rich
through robbery in France and Bel
gium and Koumania must not be
pitied because by making restitution
they themselves become poor. The
murderer and debaucher, if caught
and punished as they deserve, are j and British at other points the op- land is in strange contrast with ISa
not to be regarded as martyrs. We portunity of making uninterrupted poleon's conduct after Waterloo. As
must keep our heads level, our hearts
in control and not be turned from
the path of righteousness by the
pleadings of those who, through ig
norance, or blindness, or stupidity.
confound justice with harshness.
There will also be the pro-German
and the German to deal with, both
of whom will do their best to save
. A . .
the beaten foe from receiving - his
lue.
n.ir f-npmv will hav mnrn
than he deserves. He will have fair
play and justice, and mercy, too, , gle army in the Civil war. But Per
where it can be given without in-jshlng had 750,000 men under his
justice to others. And let us not j
forget that these are what we should
not have had had Germany been
victorious.
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ALLEVIATION
It is reassuring to see that various
1
war administrations are not imper-j
vious to the idea of alleviation as a
first step toward post-bellum recon-(t!ie
struction. The War Department has
relaxed in the matter of the draft,
the War Industries Board has taken
the absolute ban off building needed
schools and still more needed clwell-
ings, the food control machine has
lifted the restriction on flour and
raised the sugar limit; even the gov-
ernment railroad monopoly holds out,
hope of reduced fares.
For these signs of sanity the en
tire country will give thanks. "We
are told simultaneously that Mr. Mc
Adoo in his capacity as Secretary of
the Treasury, has not yet decreed
what the amount of taxation to be
raised on the incomes of the minor
ity of the people shall be for the
current year. The present revenue
bill as deodorized by the Senate
;ives him about $6,320,000,000. Un
ess he insists upon more, this is
probably all that the Congress will
vote to raise.- It is considered in ex
cess of any discoverable need of the
Treasury. Every one hopes the Sec
retary will see a light and refrain
from raising a surplus in the first
year of peace.
Plans are already being formed
for the return of the soldiers no
longer needed, to civil life. It looks
as if a somewhat crude and unscien
tific method was in favor. However
tnat may be, the great point is to
have employment ready for them.
But employment means money and
courage among. employers. What bet
ter way to provide both than by re
moving unnecessary burdens and the
fear of unnecessary burdens at once
and positively?
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Christmas comes next.
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Do your shopping early.
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Wilhelm is
'in Dutch."
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Get the habit buy War Savings
stamps.
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Prance and England are bosom
friends for the first time iu a thous
and years.
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Thls is the next day after and wc
feel thankful that we are still living
and have our being.
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No date yet fixed for return of
American troops and none are ex
pected until after Christmas.
j
Because a woman carries a fat
pocketbook is not always a sign that
she has lots of money. It may be
a powder rag.
AMERICA'S GREATEST BATTLE.
After the lifting of the censorship
the Associated Press has given us a
brief description of America's great
est battle beginning at Argonne on
September 26, and extending to the
Muese, ending at Sedan Just as the
armistice went into effect November
11. The Germans had admitted their
defeat nine days before the end came
when the Americans by steady ad -
vances through thick woods, broken ais developed under a martial tra
ground, trackless, miry terrain, ex-jamon of great splendor; the Eng-
posed to merciless fire from hidden
batteries, had broken through the
most gigantic anu scientinc ueienses
that all the skill of the Germans
naa ueen aoie to perrect in lour
years. The achievement is without
parallel in wan but its Importance
did not arise from the seeming im -
pregnability of the positions from
which the Germans were hurried.
They were key positions and the Ger -
mans brought to the defense all the
reserves they had, giving the French
and rapid advance. The Germans
could not afford to lose the main
railway artery and the keystone of
their defense.
All other American battles sink
into comparative insignificance in
the matter of numbers engaged. At
. ... - .
the battle of the Wilderness Grant
"'tu,
juie "s niarK ol sirengui oi a sin-
crmimand ln 1Ue long battie ending
at Sedan. This was eight times as
many men as Meade had at Gettys
burg. Between September 26 and 1
October 31, it is known that at least
3G enemy divisions were opposed to
our 21. Fourteen fresh divisions were
thrown in for live days' fighting in
November, but in vain.
There was
natural swerving of lines
in
battle contact, but the Americans
pressed inevitably forward, never
permanently losing an inch. Many
green troops were used, never before
in actual warfare, but they demean-
Jed themselves as veterans. All they
did was against military odds and
was theoretically impossible. But
there was no such word in Pershin
dictionary. Again have Americans
demonstrated that they are of the
finest fighting stock in the world.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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FR0M ROBERTS AND WOOD
TO HAIG AND PERSHING
The backward glance over Eng
land and America unprepared for
war notes some similar figures in
either country. For ten years
Lord Roberts preached preparation
against a foe who scarcely disguis
ed his hostility; yet the people
would not hear. When the war
broke they all turned to their iron
soldier, and Kitchener undertook
his gigantic task, carried it out
through good and evil report, and
then disappeared like a shooting
star.
Much of the same devil of numb
ness afflicted England and the
United States tho partial atrophy
wrought by selfishness and pacifism
upon "the soul of a nation," as the
phrase goes. But with the prick of
the German sword on English ter
ritory, with the Zeppelin raids,
came the rousing, and the mar
shalling of an army. American au
thority," likewise gaining the abil
ity to see through a millstone with
a hole in it, spurred mainly by the
urgency of extra-governmental
minds, at last trod down the paci
fists and pro-Germans, and stumb
led haltingly to the crectness of
manhood.
Leonard Wood had preached to
us as the Soldier of Kandahar
preacher to his own countrymen.
Writh Theodore Roosevelt he helped
to restore normal circulation in
American veins. Both Roberts and
Kitchener have been permitted . to
make their supreme offering. And
what a soldierly thing was that
Get the Genuine
and Avoid
Waste
Economy
n Every Cake
action of King George when his
politicians hesitated on the brink
of war. "If you don't," said he, '
will abdicate. I will not remain at
the head of an England which does
j not go into this war."
The exigencies which developed
, French, Byng, Townshend, Allen-
. by and Ilaig were similar to those
which produced Pershing, France's
attitude vis-a-vis the war was very
: different. Her magnificent gener
; tish armv was made almost from
tne beginning out of civilian ma
terial. So was the American army,
and we haj far fewer olliccrs than
t
England. Still, we had a few; we
found pershing and Uunuy, and
Liggett, and some more. But as it
;fell out iershing answered the
nced
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. WHAT TO DO WITH THE KAISER
The Kaiser's "getaway" into Hoi
eooii as he had made up his min i
that the situation was hopeless the
great Frenchman surrendered to the
British navy. The paltry hun made
a dash for a country wherein, pre
sumably, he hopes to enjoy retirc-
ment on the fortune that he cached
, jn foreign countries while he still
-
. misgoverned iiisown
That William of Hohenzollern is
a greater nuisance to his hosts than
danger to the rest of Europe is some
what obvious. He cwild threaten
peace only by returning to despotic
rule in Germany and Prussia, an
event than which nothing is more
improbable. All His prestige as a
viec-gerent of Heaven or even as a
man of unusual mental gifts has de
parted. He is today a broken down,
shabby failure, an exposed charla
tan. He is held in lower estimation
east of the Rhine than anywhere else
in the world. Nor is his status like
ly to improve. lie vill be more and
more discredited as the bitter fruit
of his world policy is eaten by the
defeated German people, and aulojig
these latter democracy, not to say
radicalism, has started on a long ca
reer.
There is only one thing that, might
put a nimbus of glory about Wil
liams head; that is his immolation
by the German people as a scapegoat
for the German insanity of general
domination. If after backing him up
in his Mittleuropa dream, after en
couraging him in pursuing it with
every excess of ruthlessness and af
ter cheering him and adulating his
aims down to the very last moment
of seeming promise if then the peo
ple of Germany should extradite him
and shoot him or chop his head off,
it is not impossible that something
like sympathy might be felt for him.
If the deposed Emperor is to be
returned to Germany, it should be
on the distinct understanding that
he will be surrendered immediately
to the Allies as titular head of the
surrendered German armies. They
will find a way of disposing of him
so as to prevent trouble making on
his part arn at the same time they
will avoid the folly of making a
martyr of him. It is not easy to
see how the Dutch could turn him
over to the Allies without loss of self
respect. They can send him back u
his own country however. Then since
it is best for the Allies to have cus
tody of him, his own people can
give him up or force him to give
himself up.
Why would not permanent solitary
confinement in his own Villa Aclitl-
leion in Corfu, with plenty of his
toric reading histories of the great
War be an excellent way to dispose
of him?
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Goose, duck and chicken were more
1
in evidence yesterday than turkey.
. :o:
The war is over for one thing and
our boys are coming home is an
other. :o:
When Ho drove the swine out of
the garden they migrated to Hol
land via Potsdam.
:o:
A good many headline writers an
nounced that "McAtloo Quits Both
Jobs." Why "both?" Don't they
mean both sets of jobs?
niif 1.. .! ir Tiii-'-v Tifirii itiT'ij
Children Cry
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
In use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of
ry - and
77- sonal
''Slj .Allow
All Counterfeits, Imitations and 44 Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infant3 and Children Experience agairst Experiment.
c Whst is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. . It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guaran-.ee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Hatulency,
T7ind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowe's, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural 6leep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTOR I A ALWAYS
i Bears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
dp mi
tiii: nisTKicT cot rt op
cor.vrv, m:mkaska.
CASS
In tti- matter of the fliiarrliansliip of
ll-ni y Ki ken !a rry. Mentally Incom
petent. OrIer for llenriiir le(ifiui l-r Snle
of Ural i:liil- by liuartlinn.
Niv on "Jii'l l;iy of November,
A. I'., 1 - t . this rauci! rame on for
1 1 -i ri n r on t no petition of Alien John-
mi. n! ki !i of the person and estate
f lli ni v j;ik-i, Larry, mentally incom-
I'tlrnt, 1 1 1 ; - i ? i x for lirriis- to sell the
foil. wmii;' .! si tili.-.l n;i estate to-wlt:
Lot nutiiler four l, in thf Northwest
QiKtiim- of Ui Southwest Quarter;
n!.-- Lot tie ( r. ) in thr Southwest
ivMi;i rtt-i- m' Southwest Quarter,
;ii! in S(iion Ninoieoii (l'Join Town-s-t'.ii
Twelve 1J), Uansre Fourteen
(It) in (tt-s County, Nebraska, con
taining twelve a nl seventy-five
hurolieths ,'irirf, more or less, ac
eorilinK to the survey of said lots.
for the purpose of maintaining' the said
Henry 1 .'ikenbarry, mentally incompe
tent, anil the cost of thin proceeding.
there not beins sufficient personal
property to maintain said ward.
IT IS THKIIKKOIil'i OKDKKED that
ill persons interested in the estate of
a ill Henry Kikenbarry, mentally in
competent, appear belore mo at the
;istiiet Court room in the court house
!:i J'lat tsmont h. Cass County, Nebras
ka, on the I'th day of fieci-mber. A. I.,
1 !.. at the hour of 10:ii0 o'clock a. m.
if said day. to show cause why a
ieenso should not be granted to raid
guardian to sell the above described
real estate of said Henry Kikenbarry,
mentally incompetent, or o much as
may be niitssary for his matntaiii-
'"Vt" is Fcr:Tin:r: oRri;ru;D, that
notice to all nelsons interested in the
state of Henry Kikenbarry, mentally
incompetent, be Kiven by publishing' a
copy of this order for at least three
successive weeks in the Plattsmouth
Journal, a semi-weekiv newspaper
printed and in peneral circulation in
Cass County, Nebraska, prior to said
date of hearing.
JN vyiTNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of
November, A. I).. EMS.
11-H-Uw JAMES T. P. EG LEV,
Judi?e of the District Court.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to an order of salo issued to
nie by the District Court of Cass
County, Nebraska, en the 4th day
of November 1918, In an action
pending in said court in which
Carey L. Stotler, was plaintiff and
Lorcn H. Stotler, Sarah Irey, Eden
Irey, George Slotler, Nettie Stotler,
Walter Stotkr, Ella Wayant, Clar
enco Wayant, Mabel Speakman,
Harry Speakman. Mary Pope, Joseph
Pope, David Stotler, if living, if de
ceased, his unknown heirs, devisees,
legatees, personal representatives
and all other persons interested in
his estate; J. F. Glugey, as admin
istrator of the estate of William
Stotler, deceased, arc defendants, I
Homestead Lands for
Soldiers and Sailors
The Government is going to help those boys to secure a homestoad. Great
bodies of fine grass-covered agricultural and grazing lands in section allotments
will be available for entry, on the most favorable terms, by honorably dis
charged soldiers unl sailors. Government-irrigated lands, a valuable prize,
will be part of the National bounty. ,
Thousands of our young men who have been drawn by war into an out-door
life will never go back to indoor salaried jobs.
12,000 acres of the finest Government-irrigated lands at Deaver, Wyo., are
expected soon to be opened for entry, with perpetual water rights almost a
gift. You should interest yourself at once, so by the time your boy returns
vou can inform him as to just what the Government proposes to do. I am em-
t ployed by the
is?!
"EE
Mill Imm
far Ffeicher'o
has been made under his per
supervision fince its infancy.
no on A n Aoroitra Trnn in Vicr
Si
will on the 9 th day of December
1918, at one o'clock in the afternoon
of said day at the South front door
of the Court House in Plattsmouth,
Cass Coupty, Nebraska, offer for sale
at public vendue to the highest bid
der the following described real
estate situated in Cass County, State
of Nebraska, to wit:
The East thirty-five (35) acres of
the Northeast Quarter of the South
east Quarter of Section nineteen (19)
Township ten (10) Range fourteen
(14) East 6th P. M. Cass County,
Nebraska.
The terms of said sale being Five
Hundred ($500) Dollars on the day
of sale, and the balance of the pur
chase price on the day said sale is
confirmed by the District Court of
Cass County, Nebraska.
Said sale will remain open for one
hours. ' T
CHARLES E. MARTIN,
C. A. RAWLS, Referee.
Attorney. 4-30t
SHEUIFF"S SAKE.
Ty virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued bv James Kobertson, Clerk of
the District Court within and for
Cass county, Nebraska, . and to me
directed, I will on the 16th day of
December, A. J . 1918 at 10:00 o'clock
A. AT. of said day at the South Door
of the Court House in said county,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash the following proper
tv to-wit: Lots 1, 2. and 3 in Block 1.
in Pleasant Hill Addition to the City
of Plattsmouth. in Cass County, Ne
braska. The same lieinjr levied upon
and taken as the property of Oeorue
V. Wittstrnck and Anna D. Gaster
formerly wife of Oeorpe W. Witt
struck. Defendants to satisfy a judg
ment of said court recovered by The
Livingston Loan & Buildinf? Associa
tion, Plaintiff against said Defend
ants. Plattsmouth, Neb. Nov. 14. A. I.
1918. C D. QU1NTON.
Sheriff Cass County, Nebraska.
A. L. TIDD.
Attorney.
I. EG A Li NOTICE.
The Stale of Nebraska. Cass County,
ss. In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Mlcin, Deceased.
To the Creditors of Said Estate:
You are hereby not i tied. That I wilt
sit at the County Court Koom in
Plattsmouth in said County, on the
21st dav of December. 1918, and on
the 22nd day of March, 1919. at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of ach day,
to receive and examine all claims
asrainst said Estate, with a view to
their adinstment and allowance. The
time limited for the presentation of
c'aims aeainst said Estate is three
months from the 21st day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1!)1S, and the time limited
for pavment of debts is One Year from
said 21st dav of December 191S.
WITNESS mv hand and the seal of
said Countv Court, this 19th day of
November. j. BEESON.
25-4wks County Judpe.
Burlington to inform and aid you along
these lines. Get in touch with me.
S. B. HOWARD, Immigration Agent, C. B. & Q. Ry..
1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
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