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i4 cal Society outnu VOL. XXXVI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1918. No. 5G. plattamoMtb GHAS LAHODA LOS ES LEG IN BATTLE WAS WOUNDED SOME- TIME SINCE. EUT SOUGHT TO KEEP IT FROM HIS FOLKS. IS NCW AT NEW YORK CITY Is Expected To Come Home When He Is Sufficiently Recov ered To Do So. ruuruit . W. COOK I AND WIFE HERE From Monilay'8 Daily. Last Saturday evening Dr. 1'. V. Cook tind wife arrived in this city from their home at Hock Island. 111., and will visit here;iir the" Christ mas holidays. While they have lern away for more than a year, the old town of Plattsinouth seems more like being at home than there. They have a large number of friends here, who always are pleas ed to greet them, and would be pleaded to have them make this their home again. FroTr Tuesday's Daily. Whiie here attending the funeral of Mrs. J. R. Jones v. "nose husband is in France, and who was in the same company cf Charles Lahoda, told of having a letter from her hus band in which he told of Mr. Charles Lahoda. having lost his right legt. which was mangled with a shot, while in- aetiou on the western front in France. The leg. ed had been amputated, and the patient getting along nicely. Mr. Lahoda had written telling cf his having been in the hospital, and said it was for being gassed. The re port was current, having been, re ported via the government, that he was missing in action, but a short time later a letter from Mr. Lahoda himself told that he had been gass ed. Now a letter which was re ceive only yesterday told of his be ing ready to sail, and will prohably depart from France for home on the following day. The folks feel that he is on his way home and prob ably has racbed New York by this time. They are expecting him at aa,y time, but are at somewhat of a los.. as : to -whether he has suffered the loss'of the leg. If he has, he is endeavoring to keep his mother from worrying about him. in that it would be a noble action. CULLS ANOTHER 1 FAMILY HOLD THEIR EXER CISES LAST NIGHT THE SUNDAY SCOOL OF CHRIS TIAN CHURCH, LAST EVENING HAD CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. HOUSE FILLED WITH LISTENERS WILL COATES JR. VISITS HERE, i Audience Well Satisfied With the Program. And Kespor.dcd Well For Missions. SOY MULLEN AX. SINGLE DIES AT AGED HOME OF 27. FATHER AT ROCK BLUFFS. ONCE AGAIN A CIVILIAN. MOTHER BURIED LAST WEEK Bath Pass Away From Pneumonia. Super-induced by Spanish Influenza. From Tuesday's Daily. This afternoon Dwight Propst, who has been at the Great Lakes training station, where he was in training in the navy, returned home have been mustered ou the service, though still ' holdin himself in readiness for a call ! i-hould his services be required with the next four years. In returning j he will take up the pursuits of every day civilian life again, not forget ting the training which the govern ment has given him, of his alleg iance to that government, the best on earth. F.-nin Mon'7ay' Daily This morning just after the day had sped away, the death angel call ed the second time within a week at the Mullecax home south of this city on the Fred Patterson- place. The mother had passed away at the home 'ast week, and this morning Lelioy Mullenax the 27-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mu'.lenax, pass ed .away with pneumonia, both lunjjs being, affected. This family, to whom the trouble has come, for mer ly lived near Nebraska City, and come here but a few years since to live. They have a cemetery lot at their former place, and the wife and mother laid to rest there last week. The young man was also taken there this afternoon, where the funeral will occur tomorrow. The other members of the fam ily, of which there were three more are getting along as well as could , be expected, 'and none of them de of I . ...... ! veiopmg tue pneumonia, ueatn nas loved a shining mark, as he has claimed this young man in the very left the home double desolate by thrushholu of robust life, and has the second call. W. I). Egenberger and wife were visiting with friends in Omaha this afternoon. Miss Gertrude Stanley, who has been visiting in this city for some time past at the heme of her grand parents W. 11. Miller and v.-ife, de parted this morning "for her home at Lincoln, where she will spend I Christmas. ATr Fli-nheth Saxton. cf Enid. ' Oklahoma, arrived here this after- non and. is spending Christmas at the home of her daughter's I.Irs. Arthur Sullivan and family. who reside south of the city. ' Mrs. F. P. Lehnoff and daughter Miss Carrie, departed this afternoon for Omaha, where they will spend the Christmas with Geo. B. Lehn hoff and F. W. Lehnhoff. . GREETINGS To Our Friends and Patrons: Whatever may be the strain and s tress of these troublous days and however great the crisis which confronts all of up, there'is yet time, as there is the wish, for a personal New Year's Greeting. We have passed, thru an unexampled year; many of our problems are yet unsolved, many but vaguely known, but Respite all, and thru all, we have been met with a spirit of fairness, patience and appreciation which gives hope and confidence for the future. For over ten years this company has served the trade in this locality. It is very proud of the friendships it has made and which it continues to hold; based, as we believe them to be, upon a policy of candor and fair dealing, and we confidently expect to preserve them unimpaired. To all of you to whom we are indebted for many kindnesses we extend to you our cordial best wishes. We hope the coming year may bring to you neither disappointment nor sorrow, but only that which you yourself might wish. Cedar Greek Lumber Co. By PAUL H. ROBERTS Cedar Creek, Nebr.. December 26th, 1918. From .Monday's Dail. To a house well filled last even ing at the Christian Church, the members cf the Sunday School gave a very interesting program, which was known as a contented- Christ mas home. In this the home was far from contented or the members thereof satisfied with their presents, and other conditions, until they were given a view of the conditions i of other homes where the condi tions were bt.d, this awakened the members of this particular home to a realization of the blessings which was theirs. The program was com posed of a good portion of every enlivening song, and which was well received. The White Christmas. -One of the features which the Christian Sunday schools have made a practice is the White Christmas, which is the giving to others, and not holding out the(idea of having something given to them. There was a Christmas tree, but for the purpose of decoration only, as it contained no presents, the gifts were to some sort of beijevolenc.es. and went to some home, of charit able institutions. The offering and some of the class gifts, were given to the Armenian and Syrian relief, and went to the relief of those Christians whom the Turks had disunited. Each class made a white offering, and designated to what relief it should be applied to. The evening preaching hour was given up to the exercises and the program, and all the evercises were well appreciated. From Monday's l)BUy. On the Missouri Pacific last even ing Will Coates jr., known as little Will, who formerly lived in this city, arrived here for a short visit on his way to his home at Kansas City. He has been in the service, for about six months, and was mus-tered out last Saturday, and is now on his way home, lie stopped here to visit with his many friends, and finds the people knowable, but no one knows him. as he has grown to manhood, and an xeceJlent speci men at that, and when he came, no one knew him. Ho will depart for his home this evening. WRITES PARENTS FRANCE SAILED FOR FRANCE SATURDAY WAGONER CHRIST TRUE WRITES HIS PARENTS FROM FRANCE, AFTER THE PEACE. LOSES SECOND sou Br pnoi GEORGE W. HORN. SON OF HEN RY HORN OF THIS FLACE. DIES NEAR PLALNVIEW. GOOD ACCOUNT OF COUNTRY Tell What Is Being Dene There, and Expects To Return To America Soon. fVom Monday's Pally. H. X. Dovey and wife received a message from their daughter. Miss lone, lutt Saturday, telling of her sailing for France, at noon Satur day, where she goes us a worker in the lied Cross. Mis lone is well qualified for such work, her sym pathy naturally in the direction of doing something for some one, and having an excellent education, and capacity, with natural tact, put her in a position to do eminently effi cient work, in this line of her choice. LEAVES VIFE BUT NO CHILDREN Had Been Sick With Influenza For Two Weeks, Terminated In Pneumonia. , Friw Tufflay's "IXt i!y. Mr. and Mrs. Henry-Horn south of Cedar Creek, suffer loss of sec ond son in a short time, the list one Mr. George W. Horn of near Plainview, passing away this mor ning at his home on a farm, near that place. Mr. Horn wno has been :n the northwest for about eight years, had farmed the jac f his father, and was taken Pick some two weeks since, with influenza, which had ran into pneumonia, and whihe grew worse, until this morning at about 11 o'clock. The arrangements for the funeral and burial have as yet not been perfected, and will be an nounced later, when they are known. This second death in the family comes as a hard. blow, not more so than the former, but the added loss of the second son. when the heart is already s-ore from the former, makes the death doubly sad. A LETTER FROM BELGIUM. From Tuesday's Daily. John Miller writes his mother from Belgium, where the portion of the army to which Mr. Miller is at- j tached are at this time: j Belgium. Nov. 27. 191k. Dear Mother: I will drop you a letter, telling you I am we'l and feeling good. I also hope you are as veil. I am TTf-.ix- in lifltriuni. I guess I will see J the world on foot by the time I get back. We have had a pretty good trip so far. This is sure a pretty country, the people "being altogeth- j er different, irom wnai mere is m France. I will get some post cards and send them to you, or bring them when- I come, so you can see what the country looks like. I do not know when. I will be back over seas. I hope it will be soon, and I tiling: it will be, before a great while. How is little Emma and all the other kids, getting along. I would like to see them. I think a man considers himself lucky, when he is a'.ive. and not be worrying about being home for a while, when j a fellow comes to think of all the! things which the 'Boche' hd ued to kill men with. So you can just i lock for me when you see me. Give all my friends my best regards, and V?ll them that 1064 was a lucky number. -tWrite soon. JOHN P. MILLER. 9 WEEKS IN FIELD HOSPITAL. From Tuesday's Dally. j Mrs. H. G. MeCluskey received a letter yesterday from her sister Miss Edith Hughes, who has been in France during most of the summer, where she has been working in the capacity of a Red Cross nurse, and was for nine weeks, in the field hospital, where she was never out of hearing of the booming of the big guns. She was at Brest at ; 'the writing of the .letter and said that the city was all alive with expecta tion of the arrival of President Wilson. From Monday's Daily. The following letter was written to Mr. and Mrs. John True, of Cedar Creek, by their son Christ True, who ir in France, and Avho expects to return soon: November 22, 191S. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Dear Folks: I will now answer your letter, which I received a few days ago. I was always going to write sooner, but I was always too lnusy to do anything. Well how are you all making it? I am well and hope you are the same. I broke my pen and in a place where I cannot get an other one. so I will have to do the best I can with this. We have had no snow as yet. I suppose you are about through husking corn by this time. I would liked to have been there for a Christmas dinner, but I don't think I can make it. but we may be on our way by that time, and I hope we will, we have had no man ior two weeks. and have no idea how long it will be before we get anj. We have to go about one hundred and fifty miles for it" now. What is Jack going to do? Tell him he had better sta'y at home until I re turn so we can have a good time, and a good visit. Ed Bashus and I are going out for a walk today, and look over the different trenches. I have some wash on the stove now. and the fire has gone out, so I don't think I will get much washing done today. I would like to send a Christmas present home. but we cannot get anything here. I heard you were going to have a sale. , I do not think it will pay you. if you expect to farm when I return, as I expect to be back again in a short time. It seems funny not to hear any thots - fired. We can run our trucks in the day time now. I will now try and finish the let ter I began a short time ago. I just returned from fishing. Ed. Bashus and I "aave teen down to the river and threw some hand gren ades in the water and blew the fish out. We got quite a few. They are calling mail now. I suppose I will get tane from you, we cannot get any more paper to write. It may take a week before we can get an envelope to send this letter. The. captain told us today that we would be one of the, first divisions to start home, so that sounds pretty good to "Willie". I and a friend of mine walked through nine towns yesterday afternoon... We just went out to see the sights, and were all in when we go back. I was too tired to get up for breakfast. Well I did not get any letter tonight, I will have to finish this one the best I can. I do not see where my mail stays. I have not heard from you for a month, and it will be a week or two now before I get any mail again. I will "write once a week. I had a letter from Lizzie today. Hop ing this finds you well, I will close. Try and write as often as ypu can. WAGONER CHRIST TRUE. Address: Co E. F. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. PHILIP THEIROLF RECEIVES WOUNDS 314 Am. Train. A. ARE VISITING IN THIS CITY. ONE WEEK BEFORE THE SIGN ING OF ARMISTICE, WHILE IN ACTION IS WOUNDED. SHE HERS FIND A CATCH WHILE OUT FOR THE FESTIVE RABBIT, HUNTERS NEAR NE HAWKA FIND MUCH BOOZE. LEAVE THEIR AUTO AT GARAGE Were Stalled By Bad Roads. And Hide Cargo. And Leave Car In Nehawka. ' ' NOW ABLE TQ WALK WITH GANE Still In the Hospital But Expects to Return to America In y Short Time. F-om Monday's Dally Reuben Barker and James Davis from Bentonvilie. Arkansas, having driven up from that place with an auto are visiting at the home of their uncle Eben W. Barker of this city for the holidays. They speak very well of their section of the country saying that the weather Is warm down that way and things growing nicely yet. Christmas decorations at Journal. From Monday's Patty. A letter, which outstripped thy telegraph. coming directly from Phillip Theirolf. who went to the rervice from this county, and whose home is near Cedar Crek, tells of his receiving two woundj on November 3rd, one in arm and one in his leg, which has kept him in the hospital since that time. While lighting on the western front, he received two wounds, which put him out of the fighting. He has been in the hospital since and is eetting along, being able to get oit with crutches, and hopes to be able to return home Rome time in the near future. He evinced ceat curage. during the time from wi n !i received the wound until lie was rotten to th- hospital and he Mr. Fornoff went to the service with the quota, which left here in March, and was in the training camps but a few months befroe go ing overseas, and had been in the fighting for a long time. He has seen some of the hardest fighting of the war, and was in one of the bitterest contests at the time of re ceiving the wounds. It is hoped that he may recover rapidly and soon be able to return home. From Monday's Dally. While out hunting yesterday two of the active sportsmen living near Nehawka. found a 'catche of con traband, which had been hidden by some blockade runners Saturday af ternoon, as the roads had gotten so heavy that in a contest for speed, in getting away they could not have gotten far, so making what they thought was a safe hide, they went to Nehawka, where they left their car in a garag. and departed via train for their home supposedly in Omaha. When leaving their car at the garage they said that the road a were so heavy that they thought they would leave the car, and come again and get it. The hunters who found the goods, notified the au thorities, here, who ordered them to hold the 'stuff' until Tf.e state ae ents could call for it and look aftr the matter. HARVEY BURK MUSTERED OUT. From Monday' Dally. ' Harvey Burk, who tome time last summer departed from here with a quota of the Cass County riov, U-r Camp Dodge, where he went Into training, and from there to other camps, where he was given ' added instruction, and was finally eent to Camp Custer. Michigan, was must ered out of the service. Last Fri day, and Saturday returned home. He was not able to get here in time for the funeral of his sister M-s. E. S. Mason which occurred last Friday afternoon. RAY ANDREWS ARRIVES HOME. Fernley Bates and wife of Oma ha, arrived in the city this evening and are visiting for over Christmas at home of his parents. Stationery at the Journal office. From Monday's ra1lv. Ray Andrews who has be n r.t the Great Lakes, for the past many months as a member of the United States Navy in training. an a plumber, returned home la?t Satur day evening. Mr. Andrews is a man of considerable ability, having a broad knowledge of the trade which he has been following, and his added practice with the navy places jiim on a more advantageous position. iff irTir I L ' TfEDERAL RESERVE ftt v( ! New Year's Greetings J"HE oftiers of this bank wish its paU rons and friends a prosperous and happy New Year. We appeciate the business entrusted to us during the past year. To promise a continuance of the best possible service we know how to give is one way of show ing our appreciation. In making your financial plans for 1919 consider this bank at your service. e are here to serve you ly, efficiently. cheerfully, prompt- Irst National Bank Plattsmouth, Nebraska- r (.:." . I T:-'.l
