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V Feb' Lie JThtcri- cal Eocijty ouicnat. VOL. XXXVII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919. to plattamo l YOUNG PEO PLE MARRIED ON SATURDAY RUDOLPH SKALAK AND MISS LOUISE HANASEK UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY. RESIDE ON WINTERSTEEN HILL Where Groom Has Provided a Home for His Bride Only Few in Attendance at Ceremony From Monday's Daily. Saturday afternoon at 2:H0 at St. Luke's rectory occurred the mar riage of Mr. Rudolph Skalak and Miss Louise Hanasek, both well known and popular young people of this community. The ceremony was simple yet im pressive, the beautiful Episcopalian service being performed by the Rev. Oliver II. Cleveland, of Omaha, rec tor of St. John's church of that city. The wedding was very quiet, the only persons in attendance be sides the immediate bridal party be ing Mrs. Cleveland. Madame and Mrs. W. S. Leete, Miss Sophia Neumann and Mr. Frank Smith. Following the wedding the young people returned to their cozy home, which they have prepared and where they will make their future home, on Wintersteen hill. A very delightful wedding lunch eon was tendered the young people at t lie home of the parents of the bride, where the relatives gathered to shower the newly weds with their well wishes for their future happi ness and success. Both of the contracting parties are held in the highest esteem by a very large circle of warm personal friends who will learn with pleasure of the intention of these two esti mable young people to journey down the stream of life together. The groom Is an employ of the P.urlington in this city and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Skalak, and is a young man of sterling integrity and worth and whose manly charac teristics have won him many warm friends. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanasek and a young lady of much charm of per sonality and one who is held in very high esteem by the large circle of friends with whom she has been a favorite since childhood. DELAYED ON JOURNEY. From Monday's Dally. From information received by friends in Omaha it seems that Lieutenant Floyd Harding and wife, formerly Miss Edith Dovey of Platts mouth, have been experiencing a delay on their journey to the far east where Lieutenant Harding has received an assignment to the Amer ican forces in China. The Harding family sailed several weeks ago from San Francisco for Tiensein. China, but the army transport on which they were making the journey was compelled to lay in at Honolulu for repairs .to its machinery and a week was spent in the capital of the Hawaiian islands. The arrival of the Harding family at their destina tion in China this week is looked for. YESTERDAY WAS DUCK DAY Yesterday was a day that suited the duck hunters. The migratory birds were to be seen in abundance, both on the wing and hovering in the placid waters of the bayous along the river, as they paused in their journey southward. Despite the op portunities afforded, we have heard of no large killings on the part of local sportsmen. TO BE OPERATED UPON From Monday's Dally. John Palasek. Jr., was a visitor in Omaha yesterday with his father at the hospital and Mr. Palasek, Sr.. will be operated upon this morning in an effort to give him permanent relief from his illness of several months" duration. Daily Journal, 15c a week. PROGRESSING VERY SATISFACTORY From Monday's Dally. Reports from Omaha state that Adam Fornoff. Sr.. who is at the Im manuel hospital in that city is pro gressing very nicely and as well as could be expected under the circum sances of the case. Mr. Fornoff has been in very serious condition for some time and his attendants state that hjs progress has been just as satisfactory us was possible under the circumstances. CHANGE IN LOCA TION OF LAUNDRY E. C. Harris Purchases Gorder Build ings on Lower Main Street To Move November 1st. From Monday's Dally. The Plattsmouth Steam Laundry, which for several years has been lo cated on south Fourth street, be tween Main and Pearl streets. Is to have a new home after the 1st of November, and will be located in the Gorder building on lower Main street. Mr. E. C. Harris, the owner of the laundry, has completed a deal whereby he becomes the owner of the three buildings owned by John F. Gorder and the Gorder estate and preparations are now being made for the removal of the machinery and fixtures of the laundry to the new location, the move to occur on or about November 1st. This place will give the new owner a location on the Main street of the city and also will permit the fur ther enlargement of the plant as the needs demand. John F. Gorder, who occupies the two east buildings, will remain there with his agricultural implements and harness shop until the 1st of March, when he will seek a new location. ABRAHAM TOWNER A NEBRASKA PIONEER Brief Sketch of the Life of Old Time Resident of Cass County and Pioneer of Butler Co. From Monday's Dally. Mrs.. William Gilmour returned home last Saturday afternoon from Surprise, Nebraska, where she has been in attendance at the bedside of her brother, Abraham. Towner, one of the Nebraska pioneers, who pass ed away at his home in Read town ship. Butler county, on Sunday, Oc- tober 12th, at the ripe oia age oi a.s years. Mr. Towner was a native of Mis souri and came to Nebraska when a mere lad and was one of the persons erecting the first home in what-was later the town of Rock Bluff, Cass county. At the outbreak oi me civn war he enlisted in the Union army and served in It until the close or the war. After the war Mr. Towner again returned to Nebraska and located on a farm in Read township in the then new and unsettled portion of the state known as Butler county, and has made his home on the home stead since that time. He leaves to mourn his death three sisters, Mrs. Dora Tissue, of Seward, Nebraska; Mrs. Susan Cutler, of Modale, Iowa and Mrs. William Gilmour, or this city. Two children also survive me death of the father, Mrs. AT" P. Brown, of Surprise, and B. S. Town er, of Surprise. He also leaves one nephew, James Gilmour, of Ulysses, Nebraska. GETS TOES MASHED. From Monday's Daily This morning Ed Vejvoda, one of the helpers in the Burlington black smith, shop was handling a heavy piece of iron when it fell striking his left foot and mashing several of the toes quite badly and necessitat ing a hurry up call to the office of the company surgeon where the in juries were dressed and the patient made as comfortable as the injuries will permit. As a result of the acci dent Ed will be compelled to take an enforced vacation for a few days. Although Journal wani-ads cost but little the results they bring are wonderful. Try them. A CHARMING HOME WEDDING SOLEMNIZED MISS ELIZABETH FALTER AND DR. CLINTON D. HEINE MARRIED SATURDAY TO RESIDE AT HOOPER, NEB. Where Dr. Heine is Engaged in the Practice of Medicine Bride Taught School There. From Monday's Dally. One of the prettiest weddings of the fall season occurred Saturday af ternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P. Falter on North Third street, when their daughter. Miss Elizabeth, was united in marriage to Dr. Clinton D. Heine, of Hooper Nebraska. The wedding was very beautiful in the simplicity and im pressiveness of the occasion. The rooms of the charming home were arranged in a decorative scheme of yellow and white, the seasonable chrysanthemums ms with their beauty adding to the settings and radiance of the hanDv event. Preceeding the wedding ceremony, ' listed in the navy at Omaha and was Mrs. George II. Falter, of Falls City, 'at once sent east to the training sta played in a very artistic manner thejtion where he remained a short beautiful Nevin "Love Song" and as time and was then assigned to duty the last notes of the melody were hushed, Mrs. John W. Falter sang "At Dawning," by Cadman, the ac companiment being played by Mrs. George Falter. Following the rendi tion of the charming vocal number, the young people whose lives were to become as one entered the parlors and assumed their station before the minister. Rev. H. G. McCluskey, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, who read the marriage lines in u most impressive manner, .the beauti ful ring service of the church being used. The bride was most becom ingly gowned in a brown tailored costume, carrying Mrs. Ward roses. The bridal couple were unattended. After the wedding ceremony a most delightful two-course wedding dinner was served to the bridal party and relatives in the dining room or the home wnicn nau Deeu prepared with the decorative plan of yellow and white as in the parlors. The dinner was under the supervis ion of Mrs. J. H. Donnelly and the serving was carried out by Misses Clara Wichmann and Mary Margaret 'Wajing Dr. and Mrs. Heine departed by automobile Saturday evening for a short honeymoon and will be at home after November 15th to their friends at Hooper, Nebraska. The bride is one of Plattsmouth's most talented young ladies and one whose loss will be deeply felt in the social circles of the city, where she has been very popular. Mrs. Heine is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Falter and has spent her girlhood in this community where she graduated from the Plattsmouth schools and later from the state uni versity and has been engaged in educational work for the past few years and with the greatest of suc cess. Mrs. Heine was for four yeans a teacher in the schools at Hopper, and it was while teaching there that the young people met and their ro mance has developed into the con summation of the happiness of mar riage. Dr. Clinton D. Heine is one of the best known and popular young men of Hooper, where all are his friends and he Is held in the highest respect and esteem by those with whom he has come into contact. He is an honor graduate of the Rush medical college of Chicago, making a specialty of surgery, and spent a year in post graduate work. Dr. Heine was also in the service of his country during the late war, serving eighteen months with the army. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the medical corps and while in ser vice in one of the field hospitals of the army in France was promoted to the rank of captain for his splendid work in the care of the wounded He returned to the United States the latter part of July and at once re sumed the practice of his profession at his honie in Hooper, where he is associated with his brother. Dr. W. Howard Heine, and where they have a very large practice. To the young people the best of wishes of their friends in, this city will be extended for a long and very happy journey through life. The out-of-town guests attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Fred erick Heine, parents of the groom, and Misses Lydia, Kdith and Gre.t cheu Heine, sisters of the groom, of Omaha, and Mrs. George H. Falter and children, John, Philip and Sa san, of Falls City, Nebraska. CHARLES S, DOVEY ARRIVES IN CITY Young Man Who Has Been in Navy Sinre Early in 1917, Reaches Home Saturday Evening. From Monday's Dall.v. On Saturday evening Charles S. Dovev reached his home in this city after his discharge from the navy and is once more free from the re- strictions of milita: vey was discharged y li.fe. Mr. Do x week ago, but has been enjoying a few days' visit with relatives and friends at Chicago and Ues Moines before returning to his home in this city, This young man was one of the first from this city to enter the ser- vice when in company with lien! f - - , . . I i "Windham and George Kennie. he en on the battle fleet of the country, the greater Mr. Dovey has served part of the time. on the battleship ""Kentucky," one of the big seagoing forts of Uncle San and his experi ences during ,t he 1 war were varied and exciting. ;V ... - - - The Kentucky was on duty with the Atlantic fleet and had much ser vice on the high seas between this country and Europe and assisting in the work of ridding the seas of the U-boats which had been sent forth to prey on the commerce of the allies as well as to menace the transports of the American army and Mr. Dovey was able to have a part in subdoing the sea monsters. It is unnecessary to say that the arrival of the young man home has been the source of much pleasure to the father and sisters and brothers, who rejoice that their loved one has been returned safe and sound from the dangers of war. ANOTHER SAILOR IS BACK IN CIVIL LIFE Asa Frakes, Returns Home to Enjoy a Visit with Old Friends in This City. From Monday's Daily. When the call of war came in the spring of 1917. many of the young men of the community rushed to the aid of their country by enlisting iS? the service of either the army or the navy and among these was Asa Frakes, a young man who for a short time previous to the outbreak of the war had made his home in this city. Mr. Frakes has served his country faithfully and wen in inc. nav . the United States and has according ly been given an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the nation and on Saturday afternoon arrived in this city to visit with his relatives and friends. It has been a great pleasure to the many friends of this young man to welcome him home after his very worthy service on the high seas. The young man is looking fine and has all the appearances of having stood the service in the navy in fine shape. TO UNDERGO OPERATION. From Monday's Dally. This morning at the Immanuel hospital in Omaha Mrs. L. F. Terry berry of this city was operated on in the hope of giving her permanent relief from her sickness. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Warner, parents of Mrs. Terryberry, the husband, L. - F. Terryberry and her sister, Mrs. Wil liam Wetenkamp were at the hos pital to be present during the time of the operation. DEATH OF A PIONEER NE PAPER WS IAN M, L. THOMAS. RESIDENT OF CASS COUNTY IN SEVENTIES. DIES IN CALIFORNIA. WAS EDITOR OF A PAPER HERE Cass County Chronicle, Published at Plattsmouth in 1878-SO by Mr. ' Thomas Went to Lincoln v'n-m Tuesday's Daily. From -the Grant County Vidette. published at Pond Creek. Oklahoma, we learn of the death of M. L. Thom as, editor of the Vidette, and one of the early newspaper men of Nebras ka. Mr. Thomas died at Alhambra, California, where he had gone on a visit at the home of a daughter. Mr. Thomas resided in Cass coun ty in the period of the seventies, coming here from Ked Cloud. Ne braska, and first located at ville. where he conducted a Louis- news- paper for a short time and later camewho is engaged in handling special to Plattsmouth in the year lS7S,;cement work for the United States i - 1 . .. , .f I .-. . t 1 rn n 1 '(.ill tt ! , where his naner was the organ ot the democratic and independent in terests of the county, in opposition to the Herald, then conducted by J. A." MacMurphy. Mr. Thomas later sold his interest in the Chronicle and removed to Lincoln, where he was associated in the management of the Lincoln Journal and also the Sun, an independent paper. Mr. Thomas returned to this city in 1890 and for a few month: con ducted the Cass County Independent, but later sold his paper and departed for the west where he remained un til removing to Oklahoma. He was well known by the older resident here and was a cousin of the Thom as brothers. S. L., George W., James and Thomas Thomas, all of whom have passed away with the exception of Thomas J. Thomas, who resides in Omaha. The following from the Federated News of Alhambra. gives the par ticulars of the death of this pioneer: "Last week this paper told brief ly of the sudden death of M. L. Tlomas, a veteran newspaper man of the middle west, who with his wife had arrived two days before from their Oklahoma home with the view of spending the winter in Al hambra at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Earl Grimes, at 350 South Granada. His death took place on Friday morning. "Mr. Thomas was a native of Ohio, having been born at Marietta March 21, 1849. and consequently was in his 71st year. "He was one of the early pioneers of Nebraska, going to that state more than fifty years ago, and was well known in that section of the country, particularly in newspaper and political circles. "Mr. Thomas was for forty-fwo years actively engaged in journalis tic work during .the stirring period of development in the middle west. and counted among his friends and associates such well known men as Bill Nye, Eugene Field. Walt Mason, William Allen White and others. "His newspaper activities carried him to many points in Nebraska and for some time he was connected with the Nebraska State Journal and the Daily Sun at Lincoln. Other points in NebJ-aska where he owned and edited papers were as follows: The Chief at Red Cloud; the Chronicle, at Plattsmouth; the Republican, at Holdrege and the Republican, at Bcnkleman.' "Later Mr. Thomas removeu iu Yuma. Colorado, where he was own er and editor of the Pioneer. "Some twenty-four years ago he wont to Pond Creek. Oklahoma, where during the intervening per iod he was publisher of the Grant County Vidette. He was also post master there for eight years under the Roosevelt and Taft administra tions. Mr Tiinmas is survived by a widow, three sons and a daughter, all of whom were here for the burial "A. L. Thomas, the oldest son, Is in the printing business in Kansas City, Mo. The second son, Roy W, j Thomas, Is engaged in the lumber , industry at h.vereu, asningum anil Larue Thomas, the youngest son. lives at Pond Creek, where he was associated with his father in news paper work and where he will con- e as publisher of the Vidette. The daughter, Mrs. Grimes, re cently came to Alhambru, and her husband. Earl Grimes, is cashier of the Lamanda Park bank. The widow will remain here for the present with her daughter. I "The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Turner parlors under the aus pices of the Alhambra Elks lodge, of which order the deceased was a .member, and the ritual was read by Exalted Ruler H. S. Parrell. Burial took place in Los Angeles at tlie Hollywood mausoleum." ENJOYING VACATION IN SOUTH AMERICA Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Maxon. Former ly of This City, but Now of Canal Zone, Visit Peru. From Tuesday's Dallv. The relatives of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Maxon in this city have received word that they are spending a few I months in Peru enjoying the sights of the land of the Incas. Mr. Maxon, I erovernment in the canal zone at Ancon. has received his vacation and taking advantage of the samo de parted from Panama City for Lima, Peru, sailing some two weeks ago. He will, while at Lima, look into some special concrete work for one 'of the large American firms that is (doing a great deal of work in the big bustling city of the southern continent. Mr. Maxon , Is quite enthusiastic over the prospects in South America as a future for a rustling business man and is very hopeful of locating there when his work in the canal zone is finished. During his stay in Panama he has had an opportunity! of getting in touch with the Spanish speaking races and feels that with the Ameri can energy ' and commercial spirit the markets and nations of the south ern continent furnish a bright pros pect to the persons who will take ad vantage of them. MEMORIUM." Just a year ago the 19th of Oc tober we lost our dear beloved son and brother, Sergt. George Henry Kopischka. who died for his coun try. Gone but not forgotten. MR. AND MRS. CARL KOPISCHKA, AND FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. ADAM HI EL. MR. AND MRS. DON NORMAN. "That Printer of Udell's." one of Harold Bell Wright's good stories. ti sale at the Journal ofUce. U I Carry On! 1 J These are times of stress and a great many individuals are growing pessimis tic over the future. tfl Consider conditions a year ago today. Then face the future with optimism and a thankful heart. We are passing thru that period of reconstruction or adjustment which we well knew must follow war. 3 Cheer up! Keep your bank account growing. Buy wisely; spend wisely and think straight. All will be well. First National Bank "The Bank FILES SUIT AGAINST THE MO. PACIFIC C. LAWRENCE STULL ASKS DAM AGES IN THE SUM OF ?1CC0 FROM RAILROAD CO. ALLEGES GROSS NEGLECT In Matter of Allowing Dry Grass to Accumulate Along Right-of-Way Hear His Farm. Prom Tuesday's Dally. C. Lawrence Stuli has filed suit in the district court against the Mis souri Pacific railway company ami Walker D. Mines, U. S. director I" railroads, asking a judgment in l' causes of action aggregating $l.t)M. In the first cause of action, Mr. Sti.M alleges in his petition that on ( -tober 22, 1915, the defendant ii i 1 allowed dry grass and other combus tible material to accumulate alom; t he right-of-way adjoining ti e prem ises of the plaintiff and on the above date passing locomotives caused sparks to light in the grass and other materia t hat caused a fire and spread to the premises of the plaintiff, re sulting in the burning of eight stat!:s of hay, containing one hundred toi:.-, at the market value of $12.50 p ton and for this judgment in th" 'sum of $1,200 is asked. Damage the meadow land of the plaint iT .a the sum of $100 and to the groin. d in which the hay stacks ttood in tl:! amount of $75 is also asked. ' In the "Second cause of action the plaintiff states that on January 2, 1919, a freight train owned and op erated by the defendant compa; ran over and killed one red cow the value of $125, one rel ste valued at $100, one red vealer. v.,' ; $35, and crippled one black calf ued at $20 and injured one r ! to the amount of $10. It is r by the plaintiff that the 1 f company allowed its fences broken down and out of pr : pair to keep the cattle off tl. of-way. Damage is asked in of $290 for the killed nr.-; . cattle. FOR SALE. Chester White ;o;irs T -Prices reasonable and full i . furnished free. Satisfaction '.r anteed or money refunded. Call or write your wants. C. Bengen. .': nard. Neb. TURKEYS FOR SALE. Three full blooded brown turkey gobblers for sale. George A. Shrad er, Nehawka, Neb. 13-4tw Where You Feel at Home. ft