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PLATTSMOUTH' SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY. APRIL 14. 1919.
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IN MEMORY OF
TRULY REMARK
ABLE WOMAN
MRS. HARRIETT A. SHARP. THE
1! OTHER OF L. C. SHARP.
WHO DIED LATELY.
CAME WEST IN EARLY DAY
Saw First Cabin Euilt in Otnalia
Residtd in Plattsmouth Con
tinaouslv for 50 Years.
I'lattsmouth has just lately h
thnu;;h death, one ! its mt r -lu.irkahle
women- -out- v. mm dnrii.;i
hitter years if l.er Kf-' lived
quietly in our midst, yet whie early
history reads like a n.n:a are. ln-itiu
filled wit li utiiisiial activity. We : -fir
to Mrs. Harriet A. Sharp, mnih-r
i.r '. Sharp of this city ami YVi.l
A. Sharp. ! Grant's I'ass. nrr.:..n.
Miss Harriet A. ';. te- "as !.cn:
Fet.ni.iry lN-'S. at mid i.i una.
.Ww Yrk. Soon afterward the
it: i I v n;iivc! to I'.uft'aio. wJ-.-r- a
lis;itriis tire, s-t !.y the K-it:l!h
who in vstifil the country. ,'.-tny..l
their home and hut few s. :u v li :
wen- sivf.!. Thfs. Vrs. sha'p k-pi
a- relics of the event. V'V'-- s'i'l
an ilitatl' the !':ilni!y 'f Mi's fi;iTe
moved to the th.-:i wil.i- of Mi-hi-v:i:.
wlo-re they look up l:!e :;s h.o U
wood.- settlers ami then :i : he urew
the il'i-e-jr-ei! wol'l.itl ex Jiero'i-ie.i
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all ih privations h-com -n
in whi'h fhev v. .'r" then
Shortly after senium in Mi.-liiu:-:
the lather. .Jason Co.it. s. v. l:o was :i
relative of the ii;t i,le rs of the t'rm :
J. jt p. foafes. thread to.il.ers. d
leaving tlie nn!h:T of a r.ui.ily ! -p.-ii.
lent ltpoii h.-r oaii ert'iirss for a
livelihood. Atol that w;.s 1 !,u .--lore
th- .lays of Mother's pensions.
Mi-s U.irrt'tt .- ire. I ;in .-. iiif.it ion
as lest she could - ; t ii the I'tni.-.l
iiieatis at her di-p'al. S;:- vm:.
tesfiil in arii:iri Hi; a '.'"i"! !'it "i
for
til is
heir two s,,; n,i, v- I to PI.. t IMi'.ol;! it
where Mr. S.!ian entered into husi-
l.ess. eli:la.!;iim ill the lumber and
iiifi-t-liat.li.siiii lines. building
),ir,...!f i';illlilv a Koine ill
fast unittin.',' iih.i:e. This coot : nurd
to he Mrs. Sharp". place of aho.le al
most continuously ihroui-h the tnor"
than hfty ears that have elapsed
Miice the family lirM settle.! h-re.
aiol it was here she passe. 1 the last
hours of li.r life.
After t!:. :r removal to this pla e.
a lhir.1 son. I.al'avelte Sharp, was
:i.;-n. Twelve years later, on Aus'ist
n. 1mi. Mr. Sharp passe.l away, leav
ing his wife ami three sums. The h;!y
was tak.ii to Ch-nvxoo.l for burial.
S'ill later, in 1N!M. !.a Payette. t!ie
volll.Uest sol!, theil U llUllh i li ist flll-
p!oy-.l in Omaha,
iej hesitie Iiis fl'.tl
-.-ii'etery.
Mrs. Sharp resiile.l in this ity al
t.iost ror.! iir.iously lro:n tin timt
!:.r eomin-i here in 1M' until
tin:, of her death, livinu all
As
t heir (brings w heM
be:t. but ill all
iiie.1 ami was bs:r-i-r
i:i the (' le'.i wood
of
the
this
book learnin'
and wa
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MitS. 1 1 A It Ul KIT A. SUA Hi'
to pass the examination fur a teach
er, atnl liefatne at an early aue an
instructor in the schools adj.i'. nt to
her home.
After a time tlitr" spent she came
west via St. I-ouis. arriving at Cains
ville. Iowa. anl later Council P.luffs.
in the year isr.2, beini: then -J4
years of age. She secured a school
at this latter thriving young town,
it being a "subscription" school and
entailing, among other things, the
boarding around among her pupils so
common to teachers In those days.
While at Council P.luffs she often
visited across the river, in Nebraska
territory, and was there when the
first log cabin was constructed in the
present-time city of Omaha, and saw
the workmen busy building it. After
having lived in Council Pliiffs for a
number of years she removed to
fllenwood where she continued lier
vocation of teaching. It was there
she met and became acquainted with
Kwing S. Sharp, towhom she was
married on November 22, ISaft.
They continued to reside in Glen
wood but a short time, moving from
there to the east bank of the Mis
souri river opoosite IMattsniouth
where they established a trading
post, which became known as Sharps-
burg, in honor of their home and
business. There they did a thriving
business in receiving and forward
ing merchandise, which was shipped
in and out via boats plying up and
down the Missouri river. At that
time railroads were few and scarce
In the thinly settled west and no
overland trains were even dreamed
of as yet. Here they continued to
reside through the years of the Civil
war. during which time were born
"Will A. Sharp, now of Grant's Tass,
(Jregon, and Lee C. Sharp, ol this
city.
In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and
time in the homest. :;l at the corner
of Carti'M park.
p.iessed with an excellent memory,
this remarkable woman, who also had
the t; f f t of tine conversational ahilily
wool.l oftfimes entertain the yoiinu
.r "eneraf ion in recounting iv.ci.'ents
of tarly life in (his section of the
,. on. try. and the experiences which,
the pioneers passed through. In
:!:os- days the spirir of co-operation
!l.o not been developed to the tine
point i: now lias, and u i "n on w an'
.i ai'ythii:-' it was li.-ce.-sary in mosi
cases thai th.-y make it themselves.
Ciothe: were of l!: home-spni- va
riet v ar.! otior ree.-ssit i r" life
-.'.. -' for the iiiu-i par: pro, ii. red by
I he users t hems. 1 vt s.
S'oves were not to he had and the
-.Id fa-hioti-'d lir.-p'.ice was the pop
ni.u p'ace to cook, as well as afj'erd
the :::.:!! i I" i'.eitinir the house.
-. I.'cl; was si'Mor.i. liurii;,: th- v.in-t-T
t'.o'iiiis. anv t.' wariii. Cooking
as linn.' in a p' swunu fr. in t:'
iioliio'i-- over the blaze in the
t.!a . S a com ven ie-ice as a :'
i:ig '.!a!:i:;e wa- link tiov.:: in there
early da-s. Mrs. Siiarp r"ial!eii o:j
ii i; .-e'i oe.':: si.Mis of I'.aviii-i ..:; e
i;..!ie so'ee tw rty-tive miles to see ;
wi'i:; bird. invention which Ii 1
the c'oth " l.ile lb.- oj.erator !; ! the
-ewiim by hand. They .Ire-s.-d all
tlo-ir ir..-. it. trade th- ir own 1: l''.
.-i;i. i:-.-ar. ie. purei:as.-s beii;::
limited .; salt :.i'd crud.- iron tool
:'.!o ' :u 5 ! 1'i'T. i s. V t this uoo.l wo
v ;,s privileged to see the day of
automobiles, a. :'"p!a m's. am! f;i--r.i.v'i!'.1
'rai'is ;:id troliev Ciirs.
V'.'ith -uel! a ;is' fund of experi
.!. it is . lit :i:i; ir:'.l t'.;;:t ;i ci.ar
..(:! slioi;i.i be f .rnied diiferenf in
i.sii.'fi- from that of the many
who v.iti ii'l pl'i vi leg-d to e. p--r:-t:c"
lite ba r-Kh : ps of early day pioneer?!;-:.
Naturally el'oi:uli i;:i;r.V"i.ieiit of
a " y 'ii. i was sliv to ! acc.'p.ie.l by
this r-m.irl;able woman, sis the . 1 . !
' .-(- ;'! '11 teemed !iet. and newer
methods which conflicted with h.-r
f.rmer life and experiences were not
:"( ii'i'il. Her idea and practi."- was
i t'fotioi: ii.e ,ied tile often Illlirvelel
fit the extravagance of the present
day g-.-.-Htat ion. declaring it would
be the means of causing widespread
ru'ti and disaster.
Always an observious reader, es
pecially of the daily press, she con
tiiued h-r habit of reading without
th aid of glasses even to the last.
She criticised the present adminis
tration and could not see why there
sh uld hare been the last war. hold
ing that America could not assiniu
laie the foreigner or cope with his
influence and when the sirmh lie
finally brought an end to hostilities,
she did not believe the president
should have gone to Kurope, as even
greater necessities required his pres
ence at home. She also expressed
the opinion that no diplomats of
this country can cope with the for
eign experts, and the result will be
another war to untangle the alli
ances of the present peace treaty.
Her mind was a storehouse of
economic theories, evolved through
a long life of pioneer hardship and
her will, unconquerable, continued
to fight for the ideas which she be
lieved for the best. Thus in the
closing years of her life did the cir
cle of her more intimate friends narrow-
as one by one they were unable
to see and understand everything as
she saw and understood it, and she
herself became more or less of a re
cluse. She reached the outer life
and the world largely through her
son. I,ee (. Sharp, who continued
most devoted to her since the time
of the passing of the husband and
father in 1S80.
Thus one by one are being sever
ed the links that connect the past
with the present, as the architects
of the past are laying down their
tools, finding it difficult to use them
since fleeting time has drawn new
plans for which these tools are not
adapted. A new age is here and
with it has come new conditions
many of which seem strange to the
pioneers of the past.
i mo! her. Mrs. Sharp was most
devoted to her three .-oiis. whom she
loved to such mi extent that she
com-i.bT.'ri I hem solely as her child
ren in the la.tr years and oft times
off-1 ed ci it k ism ol
i .. .!.. .-rued It lor t he lie
was most siliteie. She could Hot
reconcile herself to the invasion by
a daughter ill the affections of her
Mm--, a right which she considered
belonged solely to her. which con
dition in their lives caused her much
iiisuit Tit ti.lt- - a trait in her mother
love which she thought should not
be shared in part by another.
H rs v.rs of the spirit which mov
ed ...ir hardy pioneers to conquer
the f.rest. to i::ake the plains sub
servant to the needs of civilization,
and in short to overcome all obstacles
in life's pathway. S'.k i: ' spirit is
truly American. uiK'ontaininated by
foreign influence, and fo-'tered by
call id.als as furnish"d in the lives
Washington. Lincoln and other
great men of the past ges.
Airs. Sharp was a direct desceu
d.Mit of the Coates thread people of
P.nglanri. but she like her forefather,
who fought ihe.'-e people in Kevoii:-;ioi-.;:ry
tiir.es. maintained the con-fe-t
v. n to the last. She was ;il;o
r.lat--d to the family of President
1". S. Ora:!t. thou::h not of near kin.
This pioneer woman lived a life
filled with earnest work and a ten
der interest in the lives of others.
!i.-r tri.iiiim: was of the "old school
of experience" which in this instancj
tr.rmd out a pupil wh;se insight in
to the depihs of life was much deep
er than that gained by the p. resent
hi r
rstooi!. we gather false
theM clot.r as the ipiir.i
seem to us t rans-
i!ay scholar. s;.ie lias passe. i to in"
ot"ir world, but h.-r stay lure was
on.- rich in experience and filled wit-i
sympathy for ht r fellow traveler.
I" n !eri'.e:if h her pillow, after death
l ad claimed her sonl. was found the
follow ii.e i i'ort po.iii. symbolic of
ht r view of ii.'c:
-:;ct Understood"
Not '.ersiood. w move alon -
a- a I'der :
'!:r paths ;:mw wider as the sea
s..i,: crre;:.
Al.insr the years. We marvel :.
we v. on.'.i-r
Why lii" is life. And then we f ill
a ieep--NOT r.N'liKKSTOOl'.
Not l":id
im predion s
And hug
go by;
Til! virt lies ofte
ri's ioiis
And thus men rise ami fall and
iive and di' NOT I'.N" 1 KKSTOO! .
No? I'nderstood -ho.v trifles oft n
iia lige u.-.
The thoughtless sell'enco or tl;
f. 'iei 1 i.iight - -
l)etioy long years of f r i.-pdsh I ,
am' e.fr;' i"e lis;
And on our soul there falls i
freezing blight-NOT I'NI'KUSTOOli.
How many cheerless, lot.ely heari
;. re : c:iii:.:..
1'or hick of sympathy. Ah! Iay
by day -
Mo.v many cheerless, lonely heart.:
are brrakir.fr;
I!ow many noble spirits pass awgv
NOT lNIKi:ST001.
Oh. Coil! That men could see a
little cU-artr;
Or judge less harshly where they
cannot see.
Oh. C'lii: That men would draw v.
little nearer
Our another. They'd then be near
er Thee AND CNDPRSTOOD.
SANFORD SHORT HOME
FROM SERVICE IN NAVY
Machinist mate San ford Short,
who was discharged from the navy
at Pensacola, Kla.. dropped off the
train from the east this afternoon,
and surprised his paronts J. II.
Short wife and sister. San ford has
been in the service during almost
the entire war, and has not seen the
folks for eighteen months, and i.
glad to get back and see the folks.
The folks are also very much over
joyed to see the son and have him
with them. This is not all the good
news they have, for they have a let
ter from another son f. T. Short,
who has seen some seven years ser
vice in the army and navy together.
Throe years he served in the navy
and four years in the regular army.
He is to be home in a short time
and probably next week.
These are but two of the four
boys which Mr. and Mrs. Short have
in the service.
AGREE ON ALL
PEACE PQ!
AT PAR!
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
ARE IN ACCORD ON
TERMS.
Last Details of Treaty Will Be
Settled in Few Days; Monroe Dcc
irijie in League Covenant.
Paris. April 11. The league of
nations commission completed us
consideration of the league coven
ant at its meeting last night. No
sections were included granting
the Japanese and French Ueiiu nds.
but Japan and Prance announced
that they would reserve the right
to bring up the de-ired amendments
before the plenary session of the
peace conference. The Monroe Doc
trine was recognized in the docu
ment. Paris. April 11. The peace con
ference has reached an agreement
on all questions concerning peace
with tlerniany. reparations, indem
nities and the frontiers of the Uhine
and Poland, according to an inter
view in the Petit Journal with the
private secretary of Premier I.loyd
Ctorge. Certain details remained
and it is added they will be settled
in two or three days.
The C.erman delegates will be
summoned to Versailles in two or
three weeks.
The Pritish premier, his secretary
is quoted as saving, thinks that if
the allies agree as well at present as
during the war. the achievement of
the peace conference will be lasting
vul numerous dangers. inrludin.'
bolsl-f ism. wlil be averted.
Indications tonight are that Da
vid I.loyd (leorge. the P,r;ti?h prime
minister, will not leave for London
until it is determined mi v hat date
the German delegates will be a.-kel
to come to Versailles. An Ameri
can delegate asked for the nearest
estimate as to this date, pnt if be
tween April 2fi and May 1.
Monroe Doctrine Put
ir. Covenant of Leairn0
Paris. April 11. While the t:
of the Monroe dictrine amendment
adopted by the league of nation.
commission at its session last nigh?
is withheld, its main feat tiros ore
substantially along the follow inc
lines; Article X Nothing in this cove
nant .-hall be construed as invali
dating any agreement such, as the
Motiroe doctrine for the mainten
ance of peace.
The exact language of the amend
ment is closely guarded and efforts
to obtain a qopy of the text met
with the statement that, although,
there is peculiar American interest
in the amendment, th-re was vo
reason for departing from the defi
nite policy of the commission not to
disclose textual changes tn the cove
nant as the work progresses.
The official statement on lat
night's session i-stied this morning
does not mention the action en the
Monroe doctrine amendment. al
though if has been admitted offi
cially from other sources that the
amendment was adopted.
Discussion Dramatic in Character.
Discussion of the Monroe doe
trine amendment by the league of
nations commission is desrribed by
those present as having been of a
dramatic character, concluding with
a speech by President Wilson de
precating the opposition which had
been expressed and upholding the
doctrine as one of the great bul
warks against absolutism. The de
bate came late in the session, which
continued more than four hours.
The British attitude had been in
doubt until the last, but Lord Rob
ert Cecil turned the scales by an
nouncing that he saw no objection
to the amendment in the form pre
sented by the president. M. Lnrn
aude of the French delegation fol
lowed Lord Robert With objections
to inserting the Monroe doctrine.
The Chinese also offered objec
tion to the amendment on the
ground that its language was so ex
tended that it might validate cer
tain principles and claims affecting
Chinese affairs.
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!ie..i of their mother. -Mrs. V.". T.
Adams, who h;is heeii very sick for
the p;it few !;:.:. Ileports :iie now
that Mr;;. Ad:wns is some hett. r. the
ot!iin of the hoys l.-:n'j; worth
more than the n:'d:.-inv. Spraluinr
of t!:e weatht-r at their home o;:t in
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SPENT NIGHT IX A CAR.
Frmn Saturday's Pail v.
T net even ntr one ot umaii.i.- sa
lant swains, in company with, some j
other man's wife, started for Plattjs- j
mouth to look after some business J
matters, and after having gotten ;
this .side of the Platte river bridge, j
found very soft roads, and just be- j
fore approaching the Burlington ;
tracks, the car with all th- uruimr
of pas and electricity, refused to j
proceed, they were compelled to :
spend the remainder of the niaht in j
the car. listening to the serenades j
of numerous hull fro-s. who were i
practicing for the -summer concerts.
which they hold in those parts r-vrry
season.
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W'lien you want your Ford car repaired,
insist always upon getting the genuine
Ford Parts, made by the Ford Motor Com
pany, in order to insure reliable quality.
There are "spuiious," "counterfeit," "imi
tation" parts made by outside concerns
who have no regard for quality in material,
so insist on your Garage or Repair Man
furnishing you the genuine Ford Parts.
AH reliable garages may now buy. the gen
uine Ford Parts from us so there's no ex
cuse for any one using the "bogus" parts.
To be sure, bring your car to us for repairs
or replacements.
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Authorized Ford Dealers for Plattsmouth, Murray,
Louisville, Nehawka and Union
Plattsmouth Phone No. 1
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A woman should prow more beau
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will with due regard to baths, diet dear little jrirl bahv at the home of
From Saturday- Pally.
Because dame fortune in his dis
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ahs in store for irood people left a
and exercise, and by keeping her
liver and bowels in good working
order. If you arc haggard and yel
low, your eyes losing their lustre
and whites becoming yellowish, your
flesh flabby, it may be due to in
digestion or to a sluggish liver.
Chamberlain's Tablets correct these
disorders.
Fancy stationery at this office.
Mr. Nelson and wife yesterday, and
at that place everybody is happy
and getting along nicely. Mr. Nel
son has been a great whistler when
about his work, but he is not doing
any of it ju.st at this time, he keeps
smiling so he cannot get a pucker
on his lips.
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Framing. Frank Oobe'man.
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Notice the shirring around yoke and buttons that H
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