PIATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEXLY JOUIINAL
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1 ?!).
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An exchange in a very eloquent
appeal to some of the correspond
ents of the paper, asks them on
bended knee to please sign their
HE IS ENTITLED
TO RECOGNITION
The'second week In June Is to be
Boy Scout Week. They did their
share, their activities were decidd-
ly valuable to the nation as a direct;
The high price of strawberries id
saving a great many people from
suffering with strawberry rash this
spring.
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Unless they are blood relatives.
two men who own the same mako of
motor car are likely to bo pretty
good friends.
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A seemingly insurmountable ob
stacle in the way of trying the ex
kaiser is the impossibility of find
ing his peers.
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Tcrhaps all the president meant
by including his wine and beer
recommendation was to moisten up
an otherwise very dry document.
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Thomas A. Kdison says we have
advanced 2o0 years in the last four.
but maybe he has been paying war
time rent, and feels as though he
must have paid about that far
ahead.
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Returned soldiers say the chief
difference between the cootie and
the picnic ant is that the ant gen
erally leaves as soon as he finds out
for sure where he is. but cooties
aren't so particular.
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He never has taken a drink or a
There is, however, a slight draw
back to Germany's refusal to give
up the ex-kaiser for trial. Ger
many doesn't have the ex-kaiser.
either to keep or give up.
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Graduation from high school is a
great event in a young man's life.
In many cases, it marks the time
when the young man loses all fear
of smoking in view of his dad.
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M. E. Smith, a grocer of Wauke-
gan. 111., slipped and fell on the to come down on the ground to at
sidewalk, broke the force of his fall
by stretching out his arm, and just
as his hand touched the walk his
fingers clasped a stray $1 bill.-
News Item.
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Americans on the other side who
are viewing world politics with
alarm remind us of the title of one
of Mark Twain's best known books.
Chicago Tribune. Two of Mark's
hooks, in fact. We wih we knew
which one of the Tribune has in
mind.
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ma xvith their tvDewriter. .moi am in winning me war. Wherefore
but that he values their signature I the nation is invited to turn its at-
rj a niece of art and the thing of tention intensively to the Hoy
beauty, but he says "I cannot read I Scouts for the second week in June.
it." If you desire tne excnange mj rui ium w ee tv me uniig is jo mane
tn. ojp-n what renresents to you your I the boys feel that the nation ia
namp but to us a Chinese puzzle do I aware of them, proud of them, and
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so, but remember to accompany it I acknowledges that they bore their
with a typewritten signature. I creditable part in winning the war.
v havn been advocating a night I But these activities were also in-
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school, but really we are not cer-i caicuiauiy vaiuaoiw to me nation
tain whether anvone would avail I as sou fid and liberal education of
themselves of the opportunity or the boys themselves. They linked
nnf 1 1 nose Doys up intimately witn ine
to: I great exigent business of the adult
A PROVISION FOR world and made them an intimate I
THE NEBRASKA CODE part of it.
Boys who sold Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps saw the wheels
go round, not in a text book, school
room model, but in the real ma
chine.
The Boy Scouts is one of the best
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It seems unfair for an airplane
tack a Ford car. Anyone wouia
know the Ford would not go up in
to the air after the Diane. Yester
Don't Decide Until You KnowThe Owen
The Owen costs one-fifth as much io operate as other
Units. Cheaper per horsepower than kerosene lamps
day at Omaha the plans which was Lducational inventions we know of.
smoke in his life, yet he has had a
tough time trying to win a game this
spring. Baseball note. Drinks and
smokes are only two of the i fii
ciency questions? Pie he take
tea?
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There is said to be such a short-
ace of newspaper men in the federal
prison at Ieavenworth th.it the
New Kra. the prison paper, is put
out only with the greatest difficulty.
Why not turn it into a lawyers
journal?
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Four young men students at Fair
mount College consulted a fortune
teller recently, and each was told
that ho would die young unleK he
forsook "all artistic pursuits." As
the four voting men had only, re
cently formed a male quartet, it is
believed here is one fortur.c teller
who has rendered the public a real
service.
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Hawker, by bis uncalled for re
marks about the great achievement
of the N'C-4, not only put himself
in the poor sport class, but he sep-
a rated himself from soirc very
fancy American gate receipts. Again
It has been demonstrated that the
most expensive part of a man's
anatomy is not his appendix but his
mouth. Chanute Tribune.
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The trouble with a lot of men is
that they are shanghaied into the
wrong job and can never deliver
the assignment laid out for them,
says the Topeka Capital. They are
like the English sparrow, a strict
vegetarian who was originally im
ported by a New York philanthrop
ist to eat the bugs in Central Park.
It wasn't the sparrow's fault that
he didn't make good. It was the
wrong assignment.
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The latest thing in airplane
stories gives a new angle to the sit
uation and comes from the Patter
son correspondent of the Piedmont
Banner, who claims that an air
plane carrying a cargo of magnolia
blossoms crossed Wayne County
recently, loading the air with frag
rance which caused million bees
in Madden Polk's fifty colonies to
forsake their hives en masse and
go madly roaring pell mell acrofw
the fields in pursuit of the plane.
There were enough young bees left
to protect the hives, but Mr. Polk
had dismal visions of the kind of
luscious honey somebody else would
gather after the weight of the
swarms had brought the plane to
earth.
"Convert the Fast or prepare to
light it; Christianity or the Yellow
Peril," a clergyman told the con
vention of the diocese of Chicago
yesterday. Still, after the recent ex
perience, can religion as it is prac
ticed be put forward as a preventive
of war?
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We shall all be tickled to death
to have a visit from Mr. Lloyd
George. But if he wants to come
this fall he probably had better net
wait for that first meeting of the
league of Nations. The senate will
only have gotten well into the de
bate on it by that time.
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The Columbus Advocate is amus
ed by the extreme caution with
which a Cherokee County jury
brought in a verdict of mansluagh
ter against a man who admitted
the homicide. Perhaps, as the To
peka Capital suggests, the man's lo
cal reputation for veracity was not
above question.
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Secretary Daniels, in retreating
from his former position for a big
navy, does not however intend to
take the present navy with him
when he goes out of office, so far as
can be learned. He means to be
reasonable about it, and permit
Uncle Sam to keep the navy he now
has.
being used for the cross country run
from Chicago to Denver made it all
right as far as Omaha, w;hen in at
tempting to start, ran over and de
molished a Ford coupe, burying it
in the wreckage of both machines.
Wallace Pollard, Ray Clement and
Wm. Sutcliffe who had been driv
ing the car had left in order to get
a oetter view or me mraman s ma
chine, were therefore not injured.
From the pile of wreckage was dug!
up the fliver, which when righted
went merrily away to its destina
tion, as ir nothing haa nappenea. i "Gabe Sogback cot hold or a
notwithstanding the fact that the I drink or two of bone dry licker
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top was demolished and the wind-jtuther evening, and went home and
shield gone. There will not be I thro wed himself on the bed, face
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much necessity of enacting any I down." "As soon as he was asleep
laws preventing the Fordi from at-I his wife took and tied him fast by
tacking airplanes, but how about I the four corners, spread out like a
and well worth the attention of the
nation ior nny-two weeks in a
year. After this celebration the
thing is to sustain a stimulating
interest in a wholesome, formative
enterprise that is not military or
sectarian or political, but just nor
mal boy, with his abounding ener
gies sluiced along ways that they
naturally want to go and ought to
go.
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PARDONABLE CURIOSITY.
the rights of the 'Flivers' and oth
er cars.
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NOT TOO MUCH WHEAT?
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A passenger on a Wichita street
car caused a great commotion and
got himself arrested the other day
by falling on his knees in the aisle
and praying in a loud voice. Pray
ing at the street cars is considered
strange procedure in Wichita, where
the majority of passengers swear at
them.
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"We've been looking for the pro
bate judge's office to experience a
boom since the advent of the tight
skirt," confesses Miss Anna Carlson,
on the theory that it shouldn't be
much of a trick for a man to catch
up with a woman who i3 wearing
a hobble. "But so far the boom
hasn't materialized. Can it be that
the rule works both ways and that
it is now easier for the men to get
away?"
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"I understand that Petunia t3 to
have a brass band this summer?"
said the patent-churn man. "It
ain't settled yet," replied the land
lord of the tavern. "We've hired a
leader from over at Willersville to
instruct the boys, but 'most every
practice night he has from one to
five fights with euch members as
wish to play something elso In
preference to the notes set before
'em. If Professor holds out we'll
have a band, but there is no telling
how long he will last."
The present prospect Is for an
American wheat crop of more than
a billion bushels equaling or ex
ceeding the great yield of 19
l he uovernment has guaranteed a
base price of two dollars and twenty-six
cents a bushel. The present
prospect is that it will be a good
investment. ,f
Roughly speaking it is worth a
billion-dollar premium to know thai
the United States can raise enough
wheat to feed itself and half of
Europe. It Is a sign to a distract
ed world that at least one ponder
ous anchor Is holding. About half
of Europe, counting by population,
is not getting on very well with the
spring seeding. It is too busy pull
ing whiskers and gouging eyes. It
has got to settle that tremendous
problem of the bourgeoise before
it can go to work meanwhile de
pending on some six or seven mi.
lion American bourgeoise in over
alls to grubstake it to flour
baeon.
We cannot see any alarming pros-
capital X and beat and mauled
him with a wagon spoke till she
mighty nigh smashed him flat. A
passel of us fellers going by heered
the hooraw, and, 'lowing a varmint
was killing somebody, went in, and
sorter persuaded Mizzus Sogback to
turn Gabe loose. She said she had
whipped him b'cuz she loved him.
I reckon that was all right, but I'm
sorter curious to know what she'd
a'did to him if sho'd p'tu! hated
him."
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"PASSING THE . BUCK."
At last farmers are able to secure the per
fected Light and Power. This plant is the
Owen. Until the Owen came, farmers had
to be content with makeshift units. Crude,
too small, expensive to operate.
Still many bought these temporary units.
They could no longer content themselves
with kerosene lamps and the lack of electric
power. Many hesitated, waiting for just
such a plant as the Owen.
Now those who have
already bought units are
replacing them with this
final-type plant. Each
day we are receiving or
ders from farmers who
have been waiting.
The Owen's success
has been instant. It is
a new conception. It
offers you betterments such as have never
been offered by any other plant.
The Owen starts and stops itself. It is
completely automatic. No running down
to the cellar to turn it on or off. When the
batteries are partially discharged, the engine
starts automatically. When they are fully
charged, "it stops automatically. When you
require more current than the batteries
should care for, the engine starts automatic
ally. Even the lubrication is automatic.
Aside from the matchless convenience this
automatic control offers, it also multiplies
the life of the batteries overcoming costly
replacements formerly necessary.
As a result the Owen costs you but one
fifth as much to operate as other units. It
offers you illumination and power at less per
candle-power than kerosene lamps.
The Owen has a "si
lent valve" engine which
cannot leak. Compres
sion remains perfect.
Grinding of valves and
scraping of carbon arc
unnecessary.
It will light as high a5
100 lamps without flick
ering. It has more ca
pacity for running a water system, chums,
cream separators, washing machines, milk
ing machines, electric fans, irons and
toasters.
Dozens of such reasons as this should urge
you to know the Owen leiore you decide.
Come in and let us explain the many Owen
features to you. A post-card or a telephone
call will bring us to call on you.
W&sfley & Hild
PL ATTS MOUTH, NEBR.
. Agency of Cass and Otoe Counties
Office Phone No. 650 Residence Phone Nos. 487 and 502
oitniMt or ui:iiti;
You will just as readily under
stand what this exDression is. and
when Mary said that Timothy Jones
had a yellow streak. Nevertheless,
some of the republican papers are
accusing the president of attempt
ing to "Pass the Huck" to congress
i i .i . r time I hivt will nml ttstamcnt
in rrsaru io win .uciivi ui ls-,, t)I!,v ,,,-ove.l an.l allowe.l
r tr thn rirri.t I ., .i , di-il us it1 last win arm it-s--
. auil oli-- f I'ritlmfp of Will
In tho t'ounty Court of l.'ass cuuii
tv. Ncl'iiiKka.
State of .Nebraska, county 01 tass,
ss :
To Anna Xitka. J.illi.m .Taske. Her-
in Si'il aU ami -Mary joiiih'k. ami io
all persons intoreste.l in tin- estate of
James .lelinek, I loeeaseu :
On reailinir tlie petition or .Marie
.lelinek praying that the Instrument
fileil in this court on the JMli nay 01
May, li'l'J, ami purporlinK to be me
ami testament oi me
prohibition.
foot in this 1320 presidential sprint,
both the parties will have to do
some juggling and Jockeying, but
as yet to what efTect there is the
war element on one side and the
and suffragists on the other, and it now
looks like there would be the two
elements to contend -with. Tile
lament of sai.l James Jelinek, deceas
ed; that sai.l Instrument be aumnieu
to probate, and tbo anmmisirai inn i
sai.l estate be granted to r.nuii
Ixmat. as administrator witn ine i.i
annexed: ..... ,
It is hereby or.ieren tnai you mimi
all persons interested in sabt mailer.
may. and b. appear at me umi.
In lie belt! in ami It'l Mini
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I'll" jit tune iicincK a. m.. i" .-mu
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eaiise. It any meie im. mi. i"t- i'.u., .1
f the petitioner siioum not re ruin
ed, ami that notiee of the pemiency ot
saitl petition and that the hearing
IVell to ail person mirr
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pect that there is going to be too statesman or politician may J"hl esied in said matter i.v publishing a
I. . (. ,.imv of this order in the I'lattsmouth
much food in the world this voir of I nave IQ nave a lew muie ., .. leual semi-we. klv n.-ws-
rhirf aim will paper pi inte.i in
grace or too much fuel and cloth
ing. And we said a-while back, do
to consider, but his
be to obtain and retain
not berin losinc .sleon now nvnr quisitea of the othco as wen u u
that government guaranty. Taking I emoluments,
it all round it does not look like a I o:-
bad investment. HIS LIMIT.
lid county, for three
'lieeessive wfi'its I'nwi i iva .r,,.
the Per- henrinK
llllf l.'t inn.'. ...... -
eonrt, this 1'lttli day of ..lay A. 1).
l919- AU.KX T. MKKSOY.
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!!V KI.UKKNC'K WHITi:.
(Seal) jJ-:;w. Clerk.
The state laws are gradually mak
ing it harder to sell stolen motoi
cars. Now if the police would only
make it harder to steal sold cars!
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In order to rpgain the revenue
lost by the prohibition of the morn
ing's morning, the government has
put a tax on the night's nightie
costing $5 or over.
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No woman likes to see her hus
band smash a bug on the rug. A
mucli beter plan, she thinks, is to
chaso it up on the wall paper a
smash it with a magazine.
Doan's Kegulets are rceominet
ed by many who say they oper
without griping and without
after effects. :?0c at all drug stoH
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W. A. ROEERTSON,
Lawyer.
EaEt of Riley Hot!.
Coates Elock,
Second Floor.
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BLESSING THE PEOPLE.
And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying Speak unto Aaron and un
to his sons, saying. On this wiso
shall ye bless the children of Israel, I these days, and
"Mr. Gloom, what is your candid
opinion of "
Pardon me. Mr. Clatter." inter
rupted J. 'Fuller Gloom, "but affairs
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are 'so momentous na compiicuieu
prejudice is so
saying unto them, the Lord bloso rampant, that rather than add to
thee, and keep thee: the Lord make the uPrar I am confining my puo-
hia face shine upon thee, and be 1,c utterances to rhapsodical dis-
gracious unto thee: the Lord liftUertation.se on Thoreau's 'Walden
up his countenance upon thee and I Pond' and recitations from me
give thee peace. Numbers vi, 22 J lugubrious poems of the late Mrs.
to 26. Sigourney."
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The press wires carry a story of Army service has made manj
a Dakota girl who bailed out a sink- 'oung men extremely cautious in
ing boat with her tlipper. The To- th matter of picking out civilian
peka Journal bays the story is prob- clothes, especially wary. are they of
ably not true. If she had been a
Chicago girl it might be believed.
News Item.
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8tationeTy at the Journal office.
extreme clim. "I keen tninKins
I'm still in the army'," one soldier
says, "and that I'll have to wear
this suit two years whether I like it
or not."
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The s;i:ite of Nebraska. Cuss coun
ty, ss:
In the County Court.
In the matter of the Kstatc of (.race
Dpii Windham. Deceased.
To the creditors of sa:d estate:
You are herebv notified. That I will
sit at the County Court room in
moulh in saitl county, on June .... '
and September L'4. 1919. at 10 o clock
a m. of eat'h day. to receive and ex
amine all claims acainst said estate
with a view to their adjust ment a-bl
allowance. The time limited lor the
presentation of claims atrainst said
estate is three months from the ...bl
dav of June A. I. 1919. and the time
limited for payment of deb ts : o no
y-r from said rd day o June 1 J! 9 ,
of
flit and Itevp Tjianx a
iff proffcr'tjour family
ii-iin.x mv liana anu me
paid County Court this 15th day
May, 1919
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ALLKN J. HKION
County Judge.
The United States Railroad Ad
ministration invites criticisms from
the public, and the Fostofnce- de
partment forbids the sending of pro
fane and abusive communications
through the mails. And there you
are!
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