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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, MAY 5, 1918.
OUR NEBULOUS IDEALISM.
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That was another hard rain.
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,Now, give us a few days' rest.
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And the roads Well,, they need
looking after.
:o:-
Remember July 4th, for the home
coming celebration.
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Now the question is, will the
Japs while in Taris do as the Rom
ans do?
:o:
Let up on Burleson there has
been worse Postmaster Generals, and
too. without so much fault-finding.
Give Burleson a rest.
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The luxury tax which goes into
effect today will hit every consumer
in the land. The rich don't care,
but it is the poor man who suffers.
:o:
The profiteers must go, say the
big men of the cast. All right. But
to a certain extent it Is the local
profiteers that hurt the consumers
mostly.
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The former kaiser is to be tried
by the Allies for "a supreme offense
against international morality and
the sanctity of treaties." Here's
hoping he will have a fair trial and
get what's coming to him.
A Japanese editor, discussing the
quarrel at the peace conference,
says "Japan and Italy are both in
the sme boat." Pehaps Japan
would do better to quit rocking,
then, and go to bailing out.
The St. Paul. Phonograph 'reports
that one firm of that city has paid
out more than $20,000 for eggs
during the first half of April. And
still there are people who will tell
you that it does not pay to keep
chickens.
-tor-
Admiral Sims fears the navy's
part in the war has been overesti
mated. Well, it conducting 2 mil
lion or more doughboy's over to the
battle lines virtually without loss
of life isn't something to estimate
pretty high, what is?
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Prominent among the unusual in
quiries that have come to this office
since prohibition set in is a man
wishing to know how to keep cider
sweet. He must be a genuine pro
hibitionist. Otherwise he would
want to keep it hard.
:o:
Photoplaying standard works of
fiction does not usually do the book
complete Justice, but it does get
some books before the public that
probably would never be read
books that are ordinarily assigned
to sophomore students in high
school.
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The peace which was to come by
April 1, then by Easter, and now by
Memorial Day or the first of July,
may be along about July 15, it is
announced. Peace takes the plunge
with a good deal of the same reluct
ance with which the bid-fashioned
gentleman used to get ready to go
over Niagara Falls In a barrel.
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"Texan killed wrong man," says
a headline. Mistaking identities
seems to be a habit of Texans. who
are always shooting the wrong man,
sending the wrong man to Congress,
and getting the wrong men appoint
ed to the Cabinet and the peace con
ferences.
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German officials are being urged
by the party leaders to sign . the
peace terms without any quibbling
when the time comes. That ought
to make the Paris delegates read the
terms over pretty carefully, and
make sure something important
hasn't been left out, and nothing
untoward has been slipped in.
PEE YEAR IN ADVANCE
Welcome home, soldier boys.
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Carranza's head should come off.
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Maybe Villa will get Carranza yet.
:o:
Anything is likely to occur in
Mexico.
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Old Winter still saucy
Spring.
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to Mise
The speed limit should be looked
after again.
:o:
May parties are now in order,
when the weather warms up.
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British delegates maintain that
the Monroe doctrine is an expression
of the peace covenant.
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Prepare for a big blow-out for our
home-coming celebration on the 4th
of July. Plenty of time.
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Why not look after McKelvie? He
certainly is away from home about
half of his time at the expense of
the state.
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The soldier boys keep on return
ing singly and doubly. It will take
several weeks to get them all home.
By the 4th of July they will all be
here to celebrate.
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A Tennessee doctor says girls
ought to go barefooted until they
are 16. If it isn't in sections in
Tennessee where they go barefoot
all their lives, what state is it?
The state conference on the pri
mary lew decides In favor of a ref
erendum in the whole measure.
That's right. Give the common
people a chance to decide on such
matters.
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One should be charitable with the
girls in the matter of skirts, because
generally they wear that kind of
skirts for the simple reason that
that's the only kind of skirts there
is to buy.
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A Russian writer Lays: "Wo Rus
sians are not conceite-J, but we see
farther than any other people in the
world. Is that a crime?" No. but
it is unfortunate for the Russsians
that they look so far and see so
many things that are not there.
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A reader writes to the New York
World scolding It for a grave error
which crept into the World's recent
attack on Mr. Burleson. The World
called Mr. Burleson a national lia
bility. "He is nothing of the kind,"
insists the subscriber. "He Is a na
tional deficit."
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Germany, Hugo Haase says, de
mands peace, food and work. Peace,
wo understand, is on the way, and
food, we have always been given to
believe, is to be had by work. The
proper order for Germany to go after
these blessings, therefore, seems to
be the reverse of the way Herr Has.se
stated it.
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A St. Joseph man put his motor
car under five padlocks, and then a
thief got away with it. How an
item like that must enrage the fel
low who owns an old wornout, hand
somely insured car which he has
been leaving out in the street all
night for months, but which per
sistently refuses to be stolen!
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Herbert Cory, too, says there is
Prussianism In the American army,
but of course Mr. Cory probably has
been talking to some private sold
iers, who do the fighting and whose
words may not be as reliably as an
o STlcer, simply because he is a pri
vate, but the private soldier who is
an observer, also, is in many in
stances, really more reliable than
many officers.
The Fiume controversy furnishes
a concrete example of the difficul
ties involved in constructing a
League of Nations in the present
stage of civilization and of the sort
of controversies In which such a
league might involve the United
States.
It may be hoped that in the pres
ent state of war weariness of Eur
ope and under the impulse to ideal
ism with which the war ended, the
controversy may be settled without
a break between the Entente Allies.
But irrespective of the outcome and
even of the merits of the case, the
affair is full of illumination as to
the possible workings of the propos
ed league.
Let it be assumed that - Italy is
wrong in insisting on holding Fiume
the outlet for all the Slavic and
Magyar country to the north. Still,
it is easy to understand the Italian
feeling. Italy has lived all her na
tional life exposed to the menace of
attacks from the east coast of the
Adriatic against which she was
powerless to defend herself because
of her lack of harbors. Now comes
the opportunity to safeguard her
self for the future by gaining con
trol of the menacing naval bases.
Jugo-Slavia might never be in a
position to make her trouble. But
who knows when there might come
a confederation of Jugo-Slavia. Hun
gary and Rumania that would take
the place of the old Austrian Em
pire? Better be safe than sorry,
reason the Italian statesmen.
Here the world is face to face
with an imperious national desire
in a localized field. Italy is not
aiming at world domination as Ger
many was. she nas no muici
Europe ambitions. Her relations to
Jugo-Slavia are rather those of the
United States to Mexico.
It is possible fhe will submit the
question to adjudication. But it is
at least conceivable that s in her
present frame of mind she might
not. 4
Would America be willing to
send soldiers to fight over the ques
tion of an Adriatic seaport? To ask
the question is to answer it.
Suppose Italy should get Fiume
and the .Dalmatiou Coast, with their
overwhelming preponderance of
Slavs. Suppose ten years hence
there should be a Slavic rebellion
and Jugo-Slavia should go to the
aid of her countrymen. What would
the United States do under Article
X of the league covenant, which
binds us to guarantee the bound
aries of the world?
It would do nothing. The league
would be ho more effective than the
agreements of the last Hague con
ference. The proposed league would con
trol so long as all the important
nations were peaceably disposed.
Any great and serious difference be
tween them would tear it to pieces.
Is it a wholesome thing to enter
into experiments In nebulous ideal
ism that will break down under the
first real test? Is it not far better
to be rigorously sincere? Is it nut
far better to refrain from expansive
promises that will surely be broken
on some technical ground, and to
confine ourselves to agreements that
will be lived up to In spirit as well
as in letter? K. C. Star.
The art of 'early rising must be
cultivated some at the other end of
the day. Remember that.
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Greater love than this hath no
man; that two of them can trade
second-hand Fords with each other
and remain friends.
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That Virginia private who wears
a No. 16 shoe is the fellow who
ought to be sent overseas to keep
his foot on Germany's neck.
:o:
Mr. Burleson seems to have de
cided upon the reflection that he
doesn't want to run the old tele
graph and cable lines anyway.
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Anyway, they're going to let the
kaiser have a lawyer, who will as
sure him there's no law under which
he can be tried, and then the trial
can proceed.
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We can show
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Rather cool yet.
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Tho first of July will
here then what?
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soon
be
"Caught Mexico in a Fib," says
a headline. Events of this .kind
probably would occur if Mexico
could find more listeners.
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The indications from the
Mossoms that with no killing
we will have a good apple
o jj!e
frosts
crop.
How about the peach crop?
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"I wish to be loved for myself
alone." said an heiress. Highly
commendable, my dear. But how
cculd you conceal your identity?
:o:
Blessed is the man, if any, who
can get as much satisfaction out of
a l..r0 spading fork and a 70-eent
hoe as he could out of a $2,500 tour
ing car.
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The German peace delegation to
Paris includes a press agent, but
anxious inquiry reveals the disap
pointing fact that he is not Karl
Rosner.
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The Boston Transcript scold
paragraphers who have been speak
ing of Premier Orlando's fussing and
Fiuming, pointing out soberly that
Fiume is pronounced Few-may.
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Life's darkest moment for the
small boy is going to come this
fall when lie is introduced to the
geography lessors the Peace Confer-
enc is now preparing for him.
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This is the season for all sorts of
stories and an exchange gets off
this one, concerning the young
bride who went to the store and
asked for a package or fried potato
feed.
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Girls Wanted At Once. Platts
mouth Steam Laundry.
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Poultry Wanted!
I will pay the following; prices
delivered at Mynard, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of .this week :
Hens i 25c
Roosters .. , 12c
Also will pay the highest market
cash price for eggs.
W. T. RICHARDSON
Little use for money in the pocket
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The bootleggers still on the job.
The poor are just as well oft .is
the rich.
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Our soldier boys organized a local
camp of the American Legion Thurs
day. Success to the boys.
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Senator Borah blames Congress
for Burleson's shortcomings. This
is one time that Borah is right.
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The Allies knew what they were
fighting for all right, but don't
know yet what they aro going to
get.
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Have you subscribed to Liberty
Victory Loan yet? If you have not
don't you think it is about time you
were doing so?
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If the Kait'er's neck is saved, it
will be due to the fact that the lav.
is not sufficient the evidence is in
tact all right.
In the meantime don't forget to
buy your quota of Victory bond. 4
and thus help in bringing our sold
ier boys home.
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If Premier Orlando lias any scp
arate peace theories he would like
to try out, he might try them out
on the Jugo-Slavs.
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The fact that the man who never
advertises never has any money to
:pend for advertising, is pretty con
sistent example cf cause and effect.
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In connection with Fiume it
slKuld be remembered that the
world is full of injustices, and it
might not stand the strain of rem
edying them all at once.
col
li is feared the major leagues a
few years from now will have to look
in a new field for their star players.
The corner lot boys this. season seem
to be too busy training their pompa
dours to play any real baseball.
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Lenine, it is said, would like to
flee from Russia if he could find a
place to flee to, and the helples
American public hopes it won't oc
cur to any of the conscientious ob
jectors to invite him to come over
hero and share their privileges.
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May 1. May day, was at one time
celebrated in a blithesome and
happy manner. Now the date is re
garded with more or less apprehen
sion as inaugurating strikes and up
risings, moving of lrou.sehold. goods
and general unrest. No one aspires
to be Queen of May in this trou
blous period because kings and
queens have come to be mighty un
popular in civilized countries.
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Pictures of the kaiser and of the
royal family will be taken down
from the walls of the public school
rooms in Berlin, "unless they are
found to bo of peculiar historic or
artistic value." Any historic value
they might have would indeed be
peculiar, and as for their being ar
tistic well, all art must contain
some element of truth, and if those
Germans can still reconcile art with
a true likeness of the crown prince,
the armistice was a mistake and
peace with Germany Is a crime.
In the County Court of Cass count,
Nebraska. .
State of Nebraska, County or Lass,
s s :
To all persons interested in the es
tate of John 1 Becker. Sr., deceased,
both creditors and heirs:
You. and each of you. are Y '
p. .tilled that Kliabeth Mangold and
Catherine Mnver tiled their petition in
the County Court of Cass county. Ne
braska, on the 2 1th i;iV, April. A
1 l!i:t, alleging that John I'. l.e kei .
Sr. departed this life in the town of
Aliens drove, at his home in the t oun
tv of Mason and State of Illinois, on
the l:th day of Mceember. A. I .
having a last will and testament, that
said last will !' testament hs l, e"
dulv . proved and allowed as the U t
will and te.-tam.nt ot said John .1 .
Becker Sr.. deceased, in the County of
. "', State of Illinois: that a
copy of ' "1 W will ami the pro I t e
thereof, duly au t henticate d. i s h e
with produced by said Kli.abeth M. n
d and Catherine Ma, er "J
terested in said will: that the place ol
dence "r said John I'. Meeker. Sr. de
..as'd was the town of A I lei. ir ov e i.
the County of Mason ami s,
Mnols: that said John J . ,
ed real Property ,n Cass .., . N-
braska: The orin n. v i XovvnshiP
Hon Twenty-three t2:? n
if the 6th Principal Meridian, was de-(
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!lhe Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of
and has beeu made under his per
t&Jttfarg snal supervision since its infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
c What is CASTOR I A
Castona 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 guaranvee. For niore than thirty years it has
been in constant us for the relief of Constipation, fclatulencyr
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowe's, aids
Ihe assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural Sleco.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
wmmm. CASTOR I A always
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i Bears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
vispiI to Klizaliot li Mangold and Fhel
is th owner of said tract: and that!
tlie Nortliea.et iiuartcr (NI0'i of Sec
tion Tu t nty-Uu f-e in Township
iu-i-lVf (li) orth of itatiRe Twelve
(! Kast of the tith 'rinciial Merid
ian, was -Jovisi-d to Catherine Mayer
r'r and durintr the term of her nat
ural iife, with remainder at her death
in said land to tro to and le the nroo-
-rty of tiie children of said Catherine
Mar in ft-e-simple al'solute, and said
Catherine Mayer is the owner of a
life estate in said last described tract:
and that the following Is a copy of
prayer of the said petition: "lour
petitioners, therefore, pray that the
court shall fix a time for hearing up
on this petition according to law: that
notice uC the lime und place f said
hearinir shall be given to all persons
interested in said e.-jtate, both credi
tors and heirs, for three weeks suc
cessively, according to law, to show
causi', it any there by, why said in
strument should not be proved, allow
ed anil probated as the last will and
testament of said deceased; and. that
said will may be allowed and probat
ed as the last will and testament of
said John I'. ISecker, Sr., deceased, and
that such other and further orders and
proceedings may be had in the prem
ises as may be required by the stat
utes in such cases made and provided
It is hereby ordered that you and
til persons interested in the estate of
lohn I'. J'.ecker, Sr., deceased, both
ci editors and heirs, may, and do ap-
ear at the county court to be held in
and for said county, on the "1st day
f May, A. 1. 19iy, at ten (10) o'clock
. m., to show cause, if any there be.
why the prayer of the petitioners
should not be granted, and that no
ire of the pendency of s;y.l petition
md the hearing thereof be given to
nil persons interested in said estate,
lii creditors ami heirs, by publlsn-
ng a copv ol this order in the I'latts-
muutli Journal, a semi-weekly newspa
per printed iri said county for three
uccessive weeks prior to said day of
earing.
Witness my hand, and the seal of,
aid Court this 4tli day ot -April, -
. 131 y.
ALLEN J. BKKSO.V.
Seali aS-Cw. County Judge.
oitmiit or iiBtm.vG
nttd flliiT ot Probate of Mill
In the County Court of Cass, county,
Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, county or cass.
To Herman F. C. Kupke, George J.
II Kni.ke. Christian W. A. JvupKe,
l.ouise Kupke. I-'riedrich Kupke, Emilie
Kupke, true name Amelia Kupke, Aug
ust J. II. Kupke and Walter I C.
Kupke. and all other persons interest
ed in the estate of Herman Kupke,
deceased: . . .
on reading the petition of Herman
K C. Kupke praying inai me jiiswu
nf. nt tiled in this court on the 19th
lav of April, 1U1!. and purporting to
be the last will and testament of the
said deceased, may he proved and al
lowed and recorded as the last will
ami testament of Herman Kupke, deceived-
that said instrument be ad
mit to. I to probate, and the administra
tion of said .state be granted to
George J. K. Kupke, as executor;
U is horobv ordered that you, and
ill persons interested in said matter,
av and do. appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said coun-
mih dnv of June. A. JJ.
at 10 o'clock a. m.. to show
cause, if anv there be. why the prayer
of. the petitioner should not be grant
ed and that notice of the pendency of
said petition and the hearing thereof
be given to nil persons interested in
said matter bv publishing a copy of
tf. s order in the IMattsmouth JournaU
a semi-weekly newspaper P 'nted in
said county for three successive weeks
i.rior to said day of hearing.
' Witness mv hand and the sea of
said Court, this 19th day of April, A.
U. 1919.. VLLEX -T BEESON, .
County Judge.
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Signature of
OTH K TO COTItACTOIS
Sealed bids will be received at tlio
office of the County Clerk of Cass
county, on Wednesday, May 14, 191'.),
until 3 p. m., at IMattsmouth, Nebraska
for grading, constructing small cul
verts and incidental work on the Ne
braska Cltv-Plattsmouth Project No.
2S Federal Aid Koad.
Bids will be opened at the office of
the Board of County Commissioners of
Cass county, at their office in the court
house, IMattsmouth, Nebraska, prompt
ly after the time for receiving bids
has closed.
The proposed work consists of con
structing 28.45 miles of earth road.
Approximate quantities are:
144.000 cubic yards earth excavation.
1.000 lineal feet, 12 inch diameter
concrete pipe.
7tiS lineal feet 18 Inch diameter con
crete pipe.
120 lineal feet 24 inch diameter con
crete pipe.
96 lineal feet 30 Inch diameter con
crete pipe.
4 lineal feet 48 Inch diameter con
crete pipe.
127 cubic yards of concrete.
Certified check for 5 per cent of the
amount of bid must accompany same.
Plans and specifications for the work
may be seen and information secured
at the above office or at the oifice of
the State Kngineer. Lincoln, Nebraska.
The State and County reserve the
right to waive all technicalities and to
reject any and all bids.
OKO. H. SAYLKS.
Coiintv Cieik.
GEO. E, JOHNSON,
State Engineer.
OTICi: TO CHKDITOHS
The State of Nebraska. Cass coun
ty, ss:
In the County Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Tier-
son T. Walton, Beceased.
To the Creditors of Said Estate:
You are hereby notified that I will
sit at the County Court room in IMatts
mouth, in said county, on the 17th dav
of May, A. D. 1919, and on the 19th
day of August. A. D. 1918, at ten (10
o'clock in the forenoon of each day, to
receive and examine all claims against
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The time
limited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 17th day of May, A. I). 1919.
and the time, limited for payment of
debts is one year from said 17th day
of May. 1919.
Witness ray hand and the seal of said
County Court, this 14th day of April.
A. 1. 1919.
ALLEN J. BEESON.
(Seal) County Judge.
XOTlt'K OF IlEFEHEK'S SALE
I n the District Court of Cass county,
Nebraska.
Edward Midklrf et a I. Plaintiffs vs.
Laura Irwin et al. Defendants.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtu
of an order entered In the above entit
led cause on March 28, 1919, by the
District Court of Cass county, Nebras
ka, I. .1. E. Douglas, sole referee ap
pointed by said court, will on the 1 0t It
day of May, 1919, at 11:00 o'clock a.
m.. War time or 10:00 o'clock a. m. reg
ular time of said day, at the front door
of the Bank of l.'nion. In the village of
I'nion. Cass county, Nebraska, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described real estate, to-wlt:
The E',6 of the SEVi of Section 1.
Twp. 10, N. Bge. 13, and Lots 1. 2 and
3 in the NWU of the KKVt of Sec 6.
Twp. 10. N. Bge. 14, and Lot 13 In the
SW'J of Sec. 6. Twp. 10. K. Kge. 14.
all in Cass county, Nebraska.
Said sale will be open for bids for
one hour.
J. E. DOUGLASS,
Referee.
CHAS. I GRAVES
and A. L. TIDD.
a"-5w. Attorneys.
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