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MONDAY, AFRIL H, 1010.
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More rain, more grass.
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This country is not suffering for
moisture.
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liailroail washout will now conic.
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i:iiz;.ards iu the west.
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President Wilson
llcorge WashiiiRton.
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s-ends for the
April showers will certainly bring
forth early May flowers.
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The grass looks pretty on a clean
lawn. Now is the time to clean tip.
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This is dress-up week, but most
people in this burg seem to be wear
ins t heir work duds.
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Gents who have nothing to say
worth anybody's hearinsr are always
frcnzicdly in favor of free speech.
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No man ever got nervous prostra
tion pushing his business; you only
pet it when the business pushes you.
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Well, it looks as if some Ger
mans are going to reach Paris iu an
other week, after a period of des
perate attempts extending over four
years.
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Kvery fellow appears to be wait
ing for the other follow to make a
break in war time prices for com
mon grub.
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The annual selective draft again
is ifi operation. The husband army
is mobilizing to carry out the man
dates of the League to Enforce
.Sweet Teas.
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The fear now is that the next
thing the peace conference is called
upon to do may be to appoint a c.iia-
riitfee to fix the responsibility for
restarting the war.
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Now that the t rat ion is
talking ahou freeing the riiilip-
pines, we are i:i hopes the I'nited
States will be n xt in freeing itself
from a German propaganda.
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It is possible, that Gene May field
will rf.sign from the board of con
trol in a few days. Gene ?.Iay field
is a valuable man anywhere you
put him, and he can command a
bigger salary than a-5 member
of the board of control.
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According to the Wichita Kagle.
an editor in a nearby town has
moved bis press over against the
door and is having his meals sent
in at the window since he let this
get by in a society item: "Mrs.
(.'alt's popularity is evidenced by
her mangy friends in this vicinity."
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It is also reasonable to hope that
as soon as we are reformed from
snicking cigarettes and from drink
in? injurious coffees and teas, the
cultivation of green apples also will
be prohibited, thus removing anoth
er daugerous temptation from Mnall
Lojv.
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Von can sort of understand why
s;o many German statesmen are in
clined to dodge the appointment to
g to the peace conference and sign
on the dotted line. They know they
will not be popular in Paris, and
v. ill not bo any more popular in
Germany when they get back wi-.h
a certified copy of what they signed.
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It is easy to get signers for a pe'.i
lioii for tlfciiieucy for Mr. Debs. Mr.
Debs is an aged mao who ha3 sesn
much trouble and has a prospect for
more. Hence many would sign out
of pity. What is a much harder
ta.sk is to make Mr. Debs keep his
mouth closed and refrain from fur
ther seditious couverastion until
the President has time to look iUo
the case.
Beware of something that is easy
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Will we have spring by the first
of May? Don't all speak at once.
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The people will rest easy when
the legislature adjourns sine die.
While it has done some good work,
it has adopted many foolish things.
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AVe are certain that if some of
our women with one of those new
narrow skirts knew how big her
feet looked, she would go home in-
stanter and put on a hoop skirt.
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It is said the relatively low loss
of life in the Omaha tornado Sun
day night was due to the fact that
in previous tornadoes the people had
learned just where to run for pro
tection. . :o:
Plattsmoutb. has been pretty
lucky with storms. No serious
stroms have visited here in years.
The latest snow storm in the west
was pretty general and came as far
east as Ashland, and stopp -J, for all
of which we feel thankful.
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Those whose religion is that big
concerns like the Standard Oil Com
pany need no maangement, but will
run of their own momentum, are
advised to watch the Standard Oil
interests in Hungary, which have
recently been taken over by a so
viet. :o:
Premier Clemenceau says while
clothes are so high he is "not going
to indulge in the luxury of a new i
coat just because some fool shot ;
holes in his old one." Clemenceau
never rises to such heights of
statesmanship as to male !i:m for-
i get that he is an editor.
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Nobody wants to hurry the Peace
Conference of course, but when it t
does get through, would the Ameri
can delegates be interested in a
little conference with some of the
profiteers here at home, with a view
to making peace with them, or get
ting up a league or something?
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It is hard to please everybody in
running a newspaper, no matter
how hard we try. Where parties
are interested in an item of news,
they will often drop in and plead
to not publish the item, because it
refers to them, and almost nine
times out of ten we favor their re
quest in sympathy for them. Then
comes a patron and reader and asks
why we did not publish the item.
And thats the way it goes in the
newspaper business. Try as we
may, but you can't please everybody.
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The Truth About Russia Commit
tee, knowing exactly what it wants
to find the truth to be. is the most
reliable source of information the
American public could have. Not
having been in Russia the commit
tee's mind is unconfused. It is not
swayed by events or checked by ob
trusive facts. The public is request
ed not to accept anything as the
truth about Russia until the com
mittee has ascertained whether it
conforms to what the committee has
previously determined the truth
must be.
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While Prohibition will take from
the workman and all others beer as
a beverage in the United States, the
workmen of England are demand
ing more beer, of a better quality
and at a lower price, and they will
probably get it. It is not possible
to lobby Prohibition through Par
liament after the fashion it was
lobbied through State Legislatures
in the United States. If England
ever goes dry, of which there is no
sign as yet, it will do so as the re
sult of national sentiment, not of
paid lobbying in Parliament.
FOREIGN-BORN PATRIOTS.
George Creel, writing from the
results of his observations as chair
man of the committee on public
information, says in Everybody's:
"As long as history is read it
will stand as a monument to the
democratic experiment that in an
hour of confusion and hysteria the
American theory of unity stood the
Iron test of practice. For the most
part, those of foreign birth or de
scent kept the faith in spite of ev
ery bitterness the great mass of
the native population held to justice
in spite of every incitement to hat
red and nersecution. And out of
the best emerged an American
triumphant, strengthened and un
stained!
"After all the hubbub about 're
bellion.' 'armed uprising,' 'monster
interment camps.' etc., the showing
was, to put it plainly, rather disap
pointing. In all of us there is a
certain savage something that
thrills to the man hunt. People
generally and the press particular
ly, were keyed up to a 'spy' pitch, an
excited distrust of our foreign pop
ulation, and a percentage of editors
and politicians were eager for a
campaign of 'hate' at home.
"There is a simplicity about hate
that makes it peculiarly attractive
to a certain type of mind. It makes
no demand on the mental processes,
it does not require reading or
thinking, estimate or analysis, and
bv reason of its instant removal of
every doubt, it gives an effect of de
cision: a sense of well-being. When
the facts developed by the investi
gatory branches of government fail
ed to provide sound foundation for
'hate campaign.' these editors.
politicians and whatnot commenced
to build a little foundation of their
own. umciais were arraigneu xor
inefficiency and spinelessness, 'firing
squads were demanded with fre
quency and passion, and fake after
, fake was sprung, many of them
I laughable but for their appeals to
prejudice and hysteria."
Cyclones are numerous.
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Old Winter tries to linger.
This may be his last stand. We
hope so
The sleeping sickness
awful with snorers.
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must be
The latest market report: Eggs
unsteady; onions strong.
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The map says Chicago is in Illi
nois, but practically located. it
seems to be in Rill Thompson's vest
pocket.
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A Boston man says prohibition
will not save much ice. Does the
Boston man think that's what the
prohibition amendment was passed
for?
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Alxiut the only difference between
the red flag and the old-fashioned
black flag with a skull and cross
bones is that the red flag hasn't the
courage of its convictions.
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"Still speaking of foods, it has
been declared that corn is an excel
lent substitute for meat. If that is
the case, then why isn't corn juice
but here we must halt ere we get
into the barred zones.
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What is to be done with the
Kaiser, seems to be the next ques
tion. The Belgians' demand that
he be hung. And from the manner
in which he made them suffer, no
one can hardly blame them.
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We will not know until the end
or the fiscal year whether importa
tions and exportations are in proper
proportion to suit the statistical ex
perts, but deportations are growing
more and more satisfactory.
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Now comes the story about the
man who lost a diamond in his back
yard and later found it in. the giz
zard of his Sunday chicken. We
don't think the story refers to any
one around here, because there are
not many who can afford a diamond
and a chicken both at the same
time.
gets in his
There is a wide variety of talk
about what will be the substitute
for saloons, but in a good many in
stances we imagine it will be the
locker.
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The legislature is still grinding
away without any pay. It will be
hard to hold some of the members
when their pay stops. We know
from experience.
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Versailles is being put In shape
to receive the Germans. This time,
however, it is the German envoys
who are coming to be told the peace
terms they must sign.
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One Great Bend woman, accord
ing to the Tribune, protests against
setting the clocks forward because
she thinks no one should interfere
with what the Lord has done.
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In these plans for reconstruction
in Germany, is there provision for
a sufficient number of substantial
jails for the militarists and junkers
who tried to wreck civilization?
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Samuel Gompers. the great labor
leader, who has just returned from
over seas, says he is glad to get i
back to America, the greatest coun
try on earth. He simply reiterates
the sentiment of all our soldier bovs.
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The head of that marriage pro
posal school in San Francisco is al
so a teacher of expression, and it
is believed that one may. by pri
vate arrangement, obtatn lessons in
the art of proposing without mean
ing it.
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The man who wrote the bill au
thorizing the government control of
telephone and telegraph lines dur
ing the war sa'ys he now sees his
mistake and apologizes to Congress
and the people for his part in that
action. Which is very nice, and
Mr. Burleson might gracefully do
the same. But It doesn't give us
back the service or the reasonable
rates we sacrificed to win the war
after it already was won.
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NOW FOR THE VICTORY LOAN!
There are two aspects to the Vic
tory Loan. One is the practical, the
other the patriotic. Both deserve
consideration.
The practical aspect is that the
war must be paid for. If there were
to be no loan there would have to
be increased taxes. The practic.il
question put to every family is
whether it would rather make
investment to be repaid by the gov
ernment, or pay heavy taxes, which
would be simply an expense.
A loan means that the next gen
eration is to help out on the ex
penses of the war, from whose bene
fits that generation will profit. The
Victory Loan will simply put up to
the country to decide whether it
prefers to pay 5 billion dollars now.
in taxes, or to let the people who
are to come after pay tnetr snare
of it.
From a purely practical, or sel
fish, standpoint, the loan Is the one
best bet of the present generation of
American taxpayers, who include
most American citizens.
But of course the practical aspect
is really the minor one. We fought
this war as Americans, we risweu
our lives and endured hardships in
defense of the country and of the
things it stands for in the world. A
year ago at this time, when Hai.g
sent out his famous order of the day.
calling on every British soldier to
stand with his back to the wall and
die if need be. no sacrifice would
have seemed too great to save the
. . t r. . 1 1 V i io
cause. We would cneenun
given everything we had to be sure
of the outcome which was realized
last November.
Now that the victory is won. now
that men no longer have to die on
the battle front, are we to lose Hie
spirit that inspired us in those
weary months last year? Are we to
begrudge the final 1'iH for ,he
triumph that saved the world?
Americans, real Americans
not fall. K. S. Star.
will
The profiteer still
work.
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HOW TO DEAL
WITH BOLSHEVISM
There is only one way to deal
with bolshevism, except when it be
comes violent and law-defying, and
that is to meet propaganda with
propaganda. Denouncing the bol
shevik! as a "wild, crazy people"
gets us nowhere. That is merely a
substitute for thought.
Bloshevism must be recognized
for what it is a very definite, well-worked-out
system of class govern
ment. It has nothing in common
with democracy. In fact, it is at
war with democracy. All its roots
lie in autocracy and despotism, and
the bolshevist leaders make no at
tempt at concealment. The funda
mental principal of bolshevism is a
dictatorship of the proletariat, the
proletariat being nominally the peo
ple who work with their hands.
They are regarded as the producers
of all t lie wealth and hence the
rightful owners of all wealth. Th"
u'jchiim; is wnoity iaise. nut it ap
peals powerfully to the impoverish
ed, the discontented and the unsuc
cessful of every country. To them
there is no more alluring theorv of
government man mat winch pro
vides for the despoiling of one class
of people by another class of peo
joe. under iorms oi law. it is a
old as tyranny, but continues to re
appear aud doubless will alwavs re
appear from time to time.
Neither suppression nor force
a satisfactory method of overcoming
propaganda of that kind. The tru
method is to met argument with
argument. Bolshevism can neve
make much progress among a peopl
who have been taught its true mean
ing, for the system it seeks to erect
has been too often discredited 1
human experience.
There is a gre:;t deal of diseon
tent everywhere with governments
and holshevists has shrewdly capit
aazeci mat discontent, hut there can
be no more disastrous blunder than
to identify every form f public
dissatisfaction and every kind c
radicalism with bolshevism. Bol
fhevism differs frin other forms o
autocracy which have c; r.e down t
ruin only in having a larger g-.iv
erning class and in refusing all
spect to personal rights and nrivi'-.
property, but it is quite as much iii
autocracy as anv svsteni ever erect
ed and is as fatal to liberty and lu;
man advancement.
The sootier the American peopl-
begin to understand it for what it
is the belter it will be for t'
country. New York World.
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The cold weather lingers.
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And the coal men smile.
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The profiteers are still advancing
Yes, America is too free in every
thing.
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The legislature will not adjourn
sine die until next week.
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Ain't it curious that the Loan
should start just after it's Lent?
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The saddest reading these days is
the household expense account.
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It is still hard to imagine (Jer
many and Austria and Lenine being
in on any civilized "gentleman's
agreement."
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Our soldier boys are not all fools.
The most of them left "a girl behind
them." and will wait till they get
home to marry.
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"A man has just paid back some
money he borrowed 4 0 years ago."
says an exchange. But this is not
printed to hurry anybody.
Gene Mayfield has resigned, a.i a
member of the board of control, and
is probably glad to cut loose from
the gang who are endeavoring to
control the politics of Nebraska.
Gene Mayfield is a good, competent
man anywhere you put him. Ho is
a Cass county boy, and anything
derogatory to his excellent character
and business qualities thaJ may
have been proffered, will not receive
any sanction by Gene's friend
old Cass, and they are legion.
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Children Cry
She Kind You Have Always Bought, and hich has teen
in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature cf
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All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good nre but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience agcirst Experiment
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Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
aeither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For aiore than thirty years it has
been ia constant us for the relief of Constipation, I-latulency.
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying Fevcrishness arisinp
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowe's, aida
the assimilation of Food; giving heakhy and natural Bleep.
The Childrca's Paaacea The Mother's Friend.
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EMUSME CASTOR I A ALWA
Bears the
sr..
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Aiways Bought
CrMTJ.UR COM
WILL OPERATE UPON SON TODAY
Frum '1 hursda y's Iaily.
.Mrs. 15. J. Reynolds returned home
last evening alter having taken her
l:tt!e son. Orville Denson. to Oma
ha, where he is to be operated upon
today at one of th" hospitals in the
metropolis. Mr. and -Mrs. Reynolds
vent up this morning to be present
.hen the operation is performed. At
i former operation a portion of the
'one of the skull was removed and
in 'he place where it was taken out
i.;:s had recently formed and the
operation today is for the removal
I tlie pus ani to cstamish a Cram-
; ge system that will guard against
further pus forming until the wound
is entirely healed.
SOCIAL DANCE
At Coates hall Wednesday night,
pril L'Jrd. Music by Dan Pes
Dune's jazzv orchestra the band
.vith a r'.g time soul. A good time
for all. Admission: Gents $1.00;
spectators. 2." cents. Plus the war
ax. Ladies free.
FOR SALE.
We are offering for sale, two good
milk cows with young calves by
Jersey sire, also a new unused Xo.
15 DeLaval Separator, at farm two
miles! east of Murray. J. II.. and
J. Hall. al4-lwkd&w
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Nebraska's new blue-sky law will
oon have teeth.
oTic K to rovrit f 'Tons
S;ilfi lhls '-.ill ' reeeived H t the
II in' of tl'- vuntv Clerk ft ;iss
oinitv. n WV.Ineyilay. Mny 11. 1 ! t ! .
until :: p. in., at I 'l;i I tsmout li. Nebraska
or HTHilintr. eonst met inir small enl-
"ei'ts anil imiiieiital work on the .Ne
braska 'i t v-Pla 1 1 smoiit h I'roieet No.
'S Federal AM II. :.
Uhls will lie i.( liei! at the oft'iee of
he Hoard of County Commissioners of
'ass roiinty, at I heir nfl'iee ill the court
house. I 'la 1 1 smon t h. Nebraska, iii nmpl-
Iv after the time lor receiving; bids
as elosed.
The proposed ttulk consists of I'oll-
l i-ii-I itiir I'lt.jr, mih-s of earth rea-l.
Approximate iiuantities are:
1 t l.'iiii) cubit- yards earth eea va t ion.
l.iinii lineal feet, z ineli diameter
on. !-! pipe.
7'is iiai'ai feet 1 inch diameter con-ret.-
pipe.
lineal feet Jl inch diameter con
I i If pipe.
' lineal feet' inch iliameter con-
tete pipe.
lineal feet 4s inch diameter con-
rete pipe.
VJ cubic yards of concrete.
Cei titled check t"r ."i per cent of the
mount of bid m'ist aceompanv same.
1'lans and specifications for the work
nay be seen and mlormation secured
I the ab.ie oil ice or at the office of
tie State I . ti u i neer. Lincoln. Nebraska.
The Sta;e and County reserve the
nsjlit to vaive all I ectin i a 1 1 1 ics and to
reject any and alt bids.
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Count v Clerk.
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Signature of
rJ . -V VORK riTV
i DES DUNES' ORCHESTRA COMING
The Murray Dancing club will
give the first of a series f dances
they propose to foster during the
corning months, at the Puis hall mi
next Thursday night, April 17th.
when the celebrated Dan Des Dune.-'
colored orchestra of Omaha will fur
nish the music. This will be the
first appearance of Des J)une:; in
Murray for a long time and will !
welcomed by the dancers of the com
munity. al2-:'.td
FOR SALE 2 HERFORD EULLS
I have for sale, two ;'outig high
bred registered Herford bulls, four
teen and fifteen months cf ace re
spectively. Inquire of Fred T.
Ramge. Thcnes 102 and ?.m2.
Plattsmoutb. Neb. S-tfw
iini:it or m:titi;
nml Nollce of l'rolinlr of Will
In the Countv Court of Cass (oiiii
ty. Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, County of Cass.
To ll persons interested in the es
tate of Harriet A. Sharp. Deceased:
On readir.tr the petition of T.ee C.
s'harp prayincr that the instrument filed
i'i this cciitt on the r 1 1 1 day of April.
1 '.'.. anil purporting to be the last will
and testament of the i-aid decease.!,
may be proved and allowed, and I e
i unlril as the last will ami testament
of Harriet A. Sharp, deceased: that
said instrument be admitted to probate
and the administration of said estate
be a ranted to I,ce C. Sharp as executor:
It is hereby ordered that you, and
all persons interested in said matter,
may. and do. appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said coun
ty, on the JOth day of April. A. I .
1!1!. at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause
if any there I.e. why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be Kinnted. and
that notice of the pendency of said pe
tition and the hearintr thereof l.e jrjy, n
!o all persons interested in said mat
ter by publishing a copy of this order
in the plattsmoutli Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed in said
county for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this ath ilav of April. i
1 y i a. '
-MJ.K.V J. 1JKKSON.
Count - .lud-e
t'.y Ki.or.nxcn whit i-:.
Sal) a7-::vv- Clerk.
aotic I-: or it i:i i:n i:irs sai.i-:
In the District Court of Cass count
Nebraska. I-.e.ward Midkiff et a I. I'laintiffs vs
I.aura Irwin et al. Defendants.
Notice is l-ereby iriven that hv virluo
of an order entered in the above entit
led cause on March s, 1 .. by the
District Court of Cass countv,' Nebras
ka. I. J. 1-:. I oi'-Clas. sub- r. rer. e ap
leiiiiteil I.v said court, will on the lull,
lay of May. ini!t. at 1 1 :mi , k .,
m.. ;-r time or l ):) o'clock a. m re--'
ul.ii- time or said day, at the front' ,",
of the Kank of I'nioii. iu the village ,,f
I'nion, Cass county, Nebraska, offer lot
sale to the highest bidder for cas. i ,.
following described real estate, to-wit-
The I-:".', of the Sill, of Section 1
Twp. 1". N. l:e. 1:5, and Lots 1 ,-,
:: ill the NW'j of the NT:', of' sf,.,!
Twr,'- in-. N: 14- l-"t D! in tie
s of .-ec. .. Twp. 10, x. I:-"- 1 1
all in Cass county. Nebraska.
Said sale will be open for bids !.,i
one hour.
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