cai society
Platte
VOL. XXX VTL
PLATTSMO UTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1520.
NO. 4
GOLDEN WED-,
DING OF ESTIM
ABLE COUPLE
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BAL
LANCE CELEBRATE THEIR FIF
TIETH ANNIVERSARY
ALL OF THE FAMILY PRESENT
Married at Michigan City, Ind., July
6, 1870. and Resided in Platts
mouth Since That Time.
From Wedne'day's Pally.
Yesterday marked the passing of
fifty years of wedded happiness for
two of our most highly esteemed
pioneer residents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Uallance. and the home on
Park hill where they have resided
for the past forty-eight years was
filled with the members of the fam
ily, the neighbors and old friends j
who gathered to shower upon the
bride and groom of a half century of
wedded bliss their well wishes and
congratulations.
To only a few is given the op-1
portunity of observing such ai oc-j
casion as this, and certainly no one j
is more deserving of the happiness j
that the years have brought than l
Mr. and Mrs. Ballance. It was on a '
pleasant and bright day. July C.
1870. at Michigan City, Indiana, that
Miss Euphemia Hill and Mr. Wil
liam Dallance were united in mar-
riage at the home of the bride's par- j
ents, the Rev. Reeves of the Epis
copal church blessing the union of
these two worthy young people.
With their lives united and looking
to the future the newly wedded t
young people sought their future in
the west and come to Plattsmouth !
where Mr. Ballance entered the ser- ;
vice of the Burlington and today is
one of the oldest men in point of
service on the entire system that has
grown from the small local Nebraska
line of the days when Mr. Ballance
first entered its service to a great .
system stretching across the contin
ent and ranking as one of the great
est in the nation. The cozy home
that they have made for themselves
on Park hill has been the abode of
this worthy couple for forty-eight
years and here under the roof where
they came as happy bride and groom I
have lived the drama of life, with its '
sunshine and shadows and laughter
and tears.
Mr. and Mrs. Ballance enjoy to
the utmost the love and esteem of a
host of friends and last evening the
old friends and neighbors were in
vited in to enjoy a few hours with
the happy celebrants of the fifty
years of wedded happiness. The
rooms were very charmingly ar
ranged with flowers of the summer
season and here, surrounded by the
happy faces of their loved ones, tbej
bridal couple received congratula
tions of the friends. The two daugh
ters. Mrs. II. II. Tartsch and Mrs.
Paul Morgan and the sen, F. R. Bal
lance were present to enjoy the hap
py event with the parents. During
the evening light refreshments were
served.
Those out of the city to attend
the event were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Ballance of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
Henry H. Tartsch. Sioux City. Ia.,
Frances R. Ballance, Glen wood; Mrs.
Paul Morgan and family of Hay
Springs. Neb., and Mrs. Robert Bal
lance of Kansas.
NEHAWKA IS NOW IN
CORPORATED VILLAGE
Commissioners Grant Petition of
Residents and Order 'Enterprising
Little Town Duly Incorporated
From Wednesday's Dally.
The live and energetic little city
of Nehawka has been granted by the
board of county commissioners a por
tion of self government in granting
the petition signed by the residents
of that community and asking for
the incorporation of the communi
ty as a city of the second class. Ne
hawka is one of the active commun
ities of the county and its residents
are alive and active in the proino-
ticn of all industries and public
movements that will tend to advance
the best interests of the residents
and their incorporation will give
them a larger field in which to work
to the development of their new city.
The commissioners named as the
trustees of the village pending an
election V. P. Sheldon, It. V. Pollard,
J. V. Thomas. John Steffens and
George C. Sheldon. Certainly this
array of good substantial buisnes3 j
men will see that there is something I
doing in the way of continuing the j
progress and prosperity of Nehawka
CHAUTAUQUA WILL
START THIS WEEK
If You Have Not Secured Your Sea
son Tickets Do It Now While Time
is Ripe and Assist a Good Cause
From Wednesday's Daily.
On Friday of this week the open
ing number of the big five day Chau
tauqua will be given and one of the
most beneficial series of entertain
ment of the summer season will be
with us. This Chautauqua has been
secured after much effort and em
braces some of the best attractions
that can be found in any course in
the country.
The committee has been busily en
gaged in placing in the hands of the
residents of the city the tickets that
will provide for the season of enter
tainment but the responce has not
been as strong as they had hoped
for and as a result there is quite
an amount below the guarantee to
be ' provided for this time. The
Chautauqua is one form of entertain-i
ment that will please all with their
well balanced and deversified pro
grams and it is up to those who be
lieve in having this form of high
class entertainment to come forward
and notify the committee that they
will join .in the movement and be
behind the effort to give Plattsmouth
a good clean form of entertainment.
The tig tent will be here today
and the final steps taken to get the
chautauqua thoroughly organized
and ready for the opening perform
ance on Friday afternoon when the
Craven family in a high class musi
cal program and D. Lee Fitzpatrick.
the humerous lecturer appear to pre
sent the 1920 chautauqua to the
people of Plattsmouth. '
If you have not secured your sea
son ticket do it today and be ready
to enjoy the fine programs at 'a very
low cost.
HAVE FINE TIME
ON AUTO TRIP
Platttmouth Gentlemen Are Guests
of M. E. Brantner and Family at
Pender on the Glorious Fourth
From Wednesday's Daily.
A party of Plattsmouth gentle
men deluding N. P. Schultz, T. B.
Bate and Carl Ohlschlager, motored
to Pender on the 4th to enjoy the
celebration in that place and at
Walthill, where a big athletic car
nival was staged under the auspices
of the American Legion. While at
Pender the, party were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brantner and they
certainly received the most hospita
ble treatment while there and were
the guests of Mr. Brantner at the
athletic carnival in Walthill. Here
the party took in the boxing match
between George Lamson and Andy
Schmarder of Louisville and in which
the Walthill Indian easily was
proved the victor. The bat
tle was one that was interesting
from start to finish and gave the
tfo clever Nebraska boys a fine
chance to work out. Lamson Is one
of the best of the light heavyweights
J in the country and Andy is a very
clever lad with the gloves and made
a worthy opponent for the coming
champion. There is no doubt that
Lamson is destined to be with the
top-notchers in the boxing world
and he is todav the equal of any in
his class.
The auto party on their return
were delayed somewhat by the mud
and it was necessary to abandon the
car of Mr. Ohlschlager in which they
J were making the trip, and leave it
at Lyons.
One way to relieve habitual con
stipation is to take regularly a mild
laxative. Doan's Regulets are recom
mended for this, purpose. 30 a box
at all drug stores.
GOVERNOR J AS.
M. GOX NAMED
AS CANDIDATE
OHIO EXECUTIVE CHOSEN AS
STANDARD-BEARER BY.THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
ON FORTY-FOURTH BALLOT
Withdrawal of Attorney General
Palmer Brings Enuf Votes
To Turn the Trick
From Tuesday's Dally.
The long struggle over the demo
cratic nomination for president was
ended this morning at 3:41 when the
convention at San Francisco, wear
ied from hours of continuous ballot
ing, gave the nomination to Governor
James M. Cox of Ohio on the forty
fourth ballot.
The convention was the scene of
wild tumult as the result was an
nounced and the enthusiasm of the
supporters of the Ohio man broke
forth in a great demonstration as
they realized the success- of their
four days of effort to secure the
nomination.
The name of Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, one of the three
leaders, was withdrawn on the thirty-eighth
ballot and was followed by
charges by the Cox managers that
Daniel C. Roper and other of the
managers of the McAdoo campaign
were using the influence of the fed
eral officeholders to line up the var
ious delegations for their favorite.
The balloting at the Frisco con
vention Tacked'tWo "ballots' 67 'equal- j
ling the record at Baltimore when
Wilson was named on the forty-sixth j
ballot. , J
The nomination of Cox will prob
ably lead to the naming of a New
York or New England man for the
vice presidency.
f '
San Francisco, July 5. Attorney
General Palmer, at 9:45 o'clock to
night, at the close of the 3Sth ballot,
released his delegates and left the
democratic national convention free
to move out of its deadlock and to
nominate a presidential candidate.
At the end of the second ballot
after the recess, when the Palmer
vote had touched two hundred and
eleven, and it was apparent that it
could be driven no higher, former
Representative C. C. Carlin, of Vir
ginia, Mr. Palmer's manager, took
the platform and announced the
withdrawal of the attorney general
from the race. Chairman Robinson.
in presenting him, said significantly
he was presenting a man who had
an announcement to make which he
was confident the convention would
want to hear.
Expectation was in the air and the
convention which only a moment be
fore had been in the height of dis
order, quieted down as Carlin took
the speaker's place and said in sub
stance:
Palmer Men Released
"I am about to make an announ
cement of greatest importance to
this convention, at the conclusion of
which I shall move a recess for twen
ty minutes to give the convention op
portunity to decide what course it
shall take. A .Mitchell Palmer asks
me to express his sincere thanks and
appreciation to every delegate who
had voted for his nomination, but
he is unwilling to delay the proceed
ings further and authorized me to
finally, positively and absolutely re
lease every delegate pledged to him
that the convention may proceed to
nominate the next president of the
United States.'
There was a roar of "Hurrah for
Palmer" as the lines broke and the
convention went Into a recess.
The entire Palmer vote added to
McAdoo's total, on the thirty-eighth
ballot would have given him 616
The same vote added to the Cox total
would have given the Ohio governor
594. . Thus, both leading candi
dates would still fall short of the
729 necessary to nominate.
Rivalry Intensified
The concensus of opinion seemed
tn Vif that CrtT -wrtiilr? train fn HfoQco.
jchusetts, Michigan and Maine, while
McAdoo would gain heavily in Geor-
gia and that Pennsylvania would
split between Davis, McAdoo and Cox.
There wa3 speculation as to how (
long Davis votes would hold. -
Delegations voting solidly under
the unit rule, but: at heart divided'
between McAdoo ind other candi-
dates developed so; ranch ill feeling J
that the caucuses which took plac?
on the floor during this recess gave
unmistakeable evidence of the feel
ing. There was shouting, waving of
arms and some shaking of lists and
much scurrying about. The platform
and convention hall floor were jam -
mcd with an arguing, gesticulating
mass of men and! women -mostly
men. ;
Both the McAdoo and Cox forces
were claiming the "bulk of the Pal
mer delegates. Thf claims were so
conflicting that it Was apparent only
the thirty-ninth hUilct would tell
the story. 'f
Cox Makes Biggest Gain
On the thirty-niath ballot, follow
ing the release of the Palmer men.
Cox gained 83, McAdoo gained 34,
Davis gained 21Vjfand Palmer re
tained 74 of his 211.
PASSES 76TH MILE
STONE ON SUNDAY
Judge Basiil S. Ramsey as Well as
the United States Has Birthday
on the Glorious Fourth.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The 4th of July is not only the
national day of the United States of
America but is as well the birthday
anniversary cf one of our old and
prominent residents. Judge Basil S.
Ramsey, who on Sunday observed
the passing of the seventy-sixth
milestone cn life's journey. To as
sist the father in fie observance of
the event Attorney ivnilam C. Ram
sey of Omaha, came down and with
his family spent the day with the
father and mother. Basil S. Ram
sey was born July 4, IS 44 in Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, and resided
there until in 1S63. when he came to
Nebraska and settled at Mt. Tleas
ant. For a number of years he en
gaged in school teaching and in 1870
commenced the study of law, quit
ing the work of teaching in 1S74,
to follow the law profession. He
has been honored ly the people of
the county as county and district
judge and had the reputation of be
ing one of the ablest men to sit on
the district bench in the state.
To our old friends the Journal
extends greetings and wishes for
many more years of life and enjoy
ment in the future.
DEATH OF MRS. MARY
PRESBREY IN ILLINOIS
Former Resident of This City Passes
Away After Short Illness at Home
in Rock Falls. Illinois.
From Tuesday's Pain.
A message was received in this
city yesterday morning announcing
the death of Mrs. Mary Presbrey,
for a number of years a resident of
Plattsmouth and a sister of Edward
Frank and James Fitzgerald.
The death came as a great shock
to the members of the family in th?
west who were unaware of her ill
ness" and the blow was especiallyt
severe to the brothers to whom the
deceased had been as a mother dur
ing their boyhood days. Mrs. Pres
brey was sixty-eight, years of age
and was the eldest of the family of
ten children and the only daughter
of the family. When quite young
the parents died and to the daugh
ter devolved the task of the rearing
of the family of nine young broth
ers.
Of the family, four brothers re
main to mourn the death of the he-
loved sister, Edward Fitzgerald of
Bridgeport, Nebraska, Frank and
James Fitgerald of Falfuris, Texad
and Tom Fitzgerald of Hurley, Wis
consin.
The funeral services will be he'd
at the late home at Rock Falls.
where the family of the deceased
reside.
Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc., are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
well recommended. $1.25 at all
drug Etores.
MARRIED IN NEB.
CITY JUNE 30TH
JyIiss Lillian Thacker and Clyds W.
Fester United in Mariiaee in
Otoe County City.
Fionn Tuesday's Dally.
Stealing a march on their friends.
Miss Lillian Thacker and Mr. Clyde
fW. Foster betook themselves to Ne-
braska City last week and were unit
ed tfiere in the bonds of wedlock
j and were married on Wednesday,
! June 30, by the Rev. AVilcox of
the Methodist church of that city.
The beautiful' ring ceremony was
used in joining the lives of these
estimable young people. The bride
was very prettily gowned in Copen
hagen blue messaline with picture
hat of white, while the groom was
garbed in a dark blue traveling suit.
The young people were attended by
Miss Helen Foster, sister of the
groom and Mrs. Herbert Thacker.
sister-in-law of the bride, all cf this
city.
The young people enjoyed a few
days honeymoon, returning home
Saturday evening and will be at
home to their friends in the cottage
prepared by the groom at the cor
ner of Sixth and Pearl streets.
The bride is the charming daugh
ter 6f Mrs. Tabith Thacker and is
a young lady loved and esteemed by
thosa who have the opportunity of
knowing her and the groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Foster
and a young man held In high es
teem by a large circle of friends
and who join in wishing Mr. and
Mrs. Foster a long and happy mar
ried life.
MARRIED FIFTY-FIVE
YEARS LAST SUNDAY
J. V. D. Patsch and Wife Celebrate
Event Quietly Together Mr.
Patsch a Noted Artist.
From Tuesday's Dally.
At Nebraska City on July 4, 1S65,
J. V. D. Patsch and Miss Pearley E.
Reed, daughter of Judge E. S. Reed
of that citv. were united in marriage.
Sunday marked the completion of
fifty-five years of happiness in their
joined lives as man and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Patsch have resided
in Plattsmouth for a number of yea,rs
making their abode at the Nebraska
Masonic home, where they have a
large number of friends as well as
in the city and. in fact, all over the
Missouri valley from Sioux City to
Kansas City, they are well and fav
orably known by a large circle of
acquaintances.
In St. Joseph, five years ago, their
friends assisted them in the celebra
tion of their golden wedding, there
being some five hundred people pres
ent on this occasion.
Mr. Patsch is by profession a Jew
eler and watchmaker, as well as an
excellent portrait artist. Many pic
tures from his hand grace important
places before the public eye. In the
Missouri state capitol building at
Jefferson City there are several and
a few years ago he was commission
ed to paint a portrait of Grand Mas
ter Young of the Nebraska Masons.
who was later drowned in the waters
off the coast of Florida.
The Journal congratulates Mr
and Mrs. Patsch upon the attain
ment of so many -years of marital
happiness and extends best wishes
for a long continuation.
TO RETIRE NEXT MONTH
From Wednesday's Dally."
George K. Staats, who has officiat
ed as dispatching clerk at the local
postoffice for the past eighteen
years," will on August 20th retire
from under the recent law which
provides for the age limit of retire
ment at 70 years. Mr. Staats has
really served much more than
eighteen years as he was employed
in the postoffice during the regime
of Captain Marshall In the early
eighties and retired for several years
later taking up the work again In
1902 and has been continuously in
service since that time. Mr. Staats
is still very active and well qualified
to remain in service for a number
of years but under the law provid
ing for the retirement of 'veteran
j employes, under the pension system.
"is case wm receive me same ireai
ment as thousands of others all ov
er the country. The law has pro
vided a pension that will be paid
to these veteran employes who have
been serving the government all of
these years in this capacity.
HELEN PITZ SOME BETTER
From Wednesday's Dally.
The condition of little Helen Pitz,
who is at the Immanuel hospital in
Omaha is reported as being some
what better and hopes are now enter
tained for her recovery although for
several days her condition was very
grave and is still quite serious.
PLATTSMOUTH WINS
A FAST BALL GAME
Louisville Loses to Red Sox by Score
of 2 to 0 Sunday Rain Pre
vent Game Monday.
ffrtm Tuesday's Dalty.
The fast Louisville base ball ag
gregation came down Sunday after
noon to engage the red hosed team
of this city and as a result of the
exciting and fast game the locals
won by the score of 2 to 0.
The game was 'one of the best seen
on the local lot and with a team that
did not have an error to their rec
ord when they totaled up the vic
tory. William Harvey Mason did the
dark work for the Red Sox and re
ceived the gilt edge support of his
team mates In wrestling the victory
from the Louisville team. Herold at
third and McCarthy at short gave
good support to the infield and se
cured several very difficult catches
that added to the story of the win.
The visitors put up an excellent
game and are one of the snappiest
teams to appear, here this season.
Meisinger, who did the pitching for
the Louisville team, proved a prob
lem. to the Sox and while losing the
game made a fine record.
The game yesterday scheduled be
tween the Red Sox and the Sc'hoening
team of Council Bluffs was cancelled
owing to rain making the grounds
too muddy for playing.
RIP, TRACKERS WIN FROM
PACIFIC JUNCTION SUNDAY
From Tuesday's Dally.
On Sunday afternoon the Freight
Car department of the Burlington
league made a trip over to Pacific
Junction to take on the team repre
senting that city, their visit being
crowned with success.
Jack Neitzel, the iron- man, was on
the mound for the Plattsmouth gang
and succeeded in winning by a score
of 7 to 6.
The grounds on which the game
was played were decidedly against
good fast fielding as it was rough and
grassy and to field a ball clean was
almost an impossibility. A large
number of errors was registered on
both sides during the battle.
The team from this city was com
posed of the following: Ault, catch;
Neitzel, pitch; Janda, first; Fenwick,
second; Winscott, short; Newman,
third; Hula, right field; Rucker, cen
ter, and Payne, left field.
When you think of printing, you
can't help but think of us.
The First national Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOWE
PLATTSMOUTH I:L NEBRASKA.
INDEPENDENCE
DAY HERE VERY
QUIET AFFAIR
SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THIS
CITY GIVE LITTLE INDICATION
OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
OMAHA AND GLENWOOD DRAW
Larg Part of Residents of This City
Seek Other and More Exciting
Sport for the Celebration
From Tuesday's Dally.
The observance of the national In
dependence day In this city was the
quietest for many years and there
was little to indicate that one of the
most important events in the world's
history was being observed. Not
even an extensive display of the na
tional flag was made in the business
section of the city and aside from
a half dozen business houses and
the court house and Hotel Wagner
the city was baren of the folds of
Old Glory.
A larger part of the population
celebrated in Omaha where the var
ious parks and amusement place
called the celebrators, while Glen
wood also took a good portion of
the residents of this city to enjoy
the pleasing program arranged for
the day.
The picnic scheduled to be held
by the Presbyterian Sunday school
and which was to have been in the
nature of a basket dinner was called
off owing to the wet weather and
the base ball game between the Red
Sox and the Schoening team of
Council Bluffs was also cut out ly
the rain of Sunday night.
A few of the youthful residents of
the city with their fireworks at
tempted to Instill a little enthusiasm
into the day, but without much suc
cess. The non-observance of the day cer
tainly should lead to some means
being taken to see that the next ob
servance of the holiday is taken up
in time to provide a regular celebra
tion. . DOING GOOD BUSINESS
Froir Tuesday' Dally.
The new station of the Willard
Storage Battery Co., that has been
opened in this city by William Ket
tleson, is now doing a nice business
as the new establishment is getting
underheadway and in a few weeks
it is expected to have the building
well arranged to care for the in
creasing volume of business. Mr.
Kettleson conducts a free testing sta
tion and service with distilled water
in connection with his battery work
that makes it an especial advantage
to deal with h!m.
HOG REGULATOR
I have a quantity of standard hog
regulator that I am closing out at
$10.00 per cwt. This is $4.00 under
present market.
W. T. RICHARDSON,
tf-sw Mynard, Nebr.
For $1.00 a Year!
C Perhaps you have at home Insur
ance policies, securities and other doc
uments or private papers which de
mand the greatest security and privacy.
J Bring them to us for safekeeping.
Losses by fire, storm and theft common
to homes, are unknown here.
fJNo one will have access to the safe
deposit box you rent but yourself.
Privacy is absolute. The cost is trivial
$1.00 per year.