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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1920)
is 'I A f Murray Department I Prepared In the Interest of the People Mf&JA i f mmm Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow Four per cent interest on time deposits. Our deposits are protected by the State Guaranty Law. MURRAY STATE BANK All business transactions held in strict confidence Your Personal Bank. Lyle Lawton spent the week end with his uncle Albert Young. Ve are keeping In line wKb all decreases in the prices of lumber, See George Nickles at Murray, for figures and estimates of costs. BANNING & NICKELS Jess Hendricks and wife and daughter Ruth, of Creightqn. and John Hendricks and wife and son Verne, motored to Nebraska City Thursday and had a picnic dinner in Mortons park. Rev. Hollowell of the Chrfistlan church who makes his home at Platts- mouth but ministers to the church there and at this place as well, was a visitor with members cf his churc in Murray this week. Misses Wheaten and Hiatt. Messrs. Sorensen and Palmer all of Lincoln, were entertained at supper by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Young last Satur- day evening, Mr. Sorensen being the speaker of the evening at that time A. L. Baker and George liilnklow were visiting in Omaha last Monday evening, where they enjoyed the in itiatory ceremony at the Ak-Sar-Ben den. remaining to see a large class of Elks Instructed in the degree of the order. V. R. YOUNG AUCTIONEER Always Ready for Sale Dates far or near. RATES REASONABLE SATISFACTION OR 1T0 PAY1. REVERSE ALL CAILS Telephone 1511 Mnrmy Exa tange No "Circus" Talk Here! Just plain facts about coffee. Why will you allow some peddler to hand you a bunch of lingo about coffee, pay the freight and besides ten cents a pound more than we ask for a better piece of goods? Let us prove to you that we can back up this statement. Moca and Java, the highest grade coffee grown, per pound 55c Santos Blend. We say you can't buy as good anywhere at the price we ask. Lb. . . 38c Santos Peaberry. Don't pay others 50 and 60 cents a pound. Buy a five pound lot of us at the special price of $1.98 Fancy Guatemale, extra large bean, fancy cup quality. The kind others ask 60 cents for. Our price, per lb 50c iatt MURRAY, H of Murray and Surroundinr Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers O I Saving is a matter of habit. And the habit grows, just like the savings. To acquire the habit when young with small sums is to practice the habit when older with larger sums. So encourage the little fel lows to start a savings account with us at once, and watch the habit grow.' Miss Jessie Todd of Union was a visitor in Murray last Saturday ,be- ing attendance at the community meeting. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith enter tained last Monday evening for sup per. Rev. J. Buchanan and his moth er. Mrs. J. W. Buchanan, Mrs. "W. A. Brown and Miss Mae Loughridge. Charles C. Carroll has not been feeling the best for several days past. the weather being to warm for very hard work, since he was over-heated last year, Jesse Chambers the painter, was a visitor In Plattsmouth last Monday J evening. . going to attend the band concert which was given at the coun ty seat at that time. The little son of Otti3 Barnes, liv ing northwest of Murray is reported as being very ill at the-4iome of his parents with some stomach trouble. but it is hoped that he will soon be able to be about again When wanting prices on lumber and building materials, remember we are keeping in line with all reduc tions in materials. Estimates and prices cheerfully furnished. See George Nickles at Murray. BANNING & NICKELS Will Hutchison and wife enter- talned the following guests at dinner Sunday: W. P. Hutchison and wife, Will Oliver and wife and baby. John Hendricks and wife. Marie Hutchi- son. Verne Hendricks. Claude, Ernest and Vern Hutchison. The young people's class at the Sunday school or tne I'resDyierian church had a picnic in the Morton park at Nebraska City last Saturday and also attended the street carni val which was In progress at that place. The party which was chap eroned by Rev. Buchanan, consisted of about twenty members of the & Tutt, NEBRASKA Louis Ilallas was a visitor in Plattsmouth last Tuesday evening where he spent a few hours with friends. Mrs. James Frans and son Ray, ! drove up from Union to attend thf community meeting last Saturday spiring and climax was reached when evening. uncle Samuel Latta sang "Annie W. G. Boedeker and family at- Laurie". Uncle Sam had not ap- tended a picnic given by friends on peared before the public for some the Iowa side of the river last Sat- time, but his rendition was excellent urday evening. and was well appreciated by all. Mr. Dr. J. S. Livingston was a visitor Latta has a wonderful voice. Mr. in Murray for a short time last Tues- Sorensen of Lincoln spoke on "The day morning, being called here- on Women as Voters," urging them to professional business. know politics and also for the ticket The Presbyterian church purchas- of the party of which he is a member, ed a piano from Mrs. L. D. HIatt but the independent uring the election for the present will be used for the of that ticket and especially of the community meetings. candidate for governor. He said There will be reguluar services at study your ballot and especially the the Presbyterian church next Sun- amendments, day, both morning and evening and Bible school in the morning. J Vrmrram "Next Saturdav Dr. G. 11. Gilmore was a visitor' iTOgram Hext Saturday with the family at Omaha for the" L. R. Snipes of Weeping Watar day last Tuesday, driving there In the county agent will be in attend their car and returning home In the ance and take a part in the conimun evening. ity meeting and has secured the em A. Gansmer departed last Monday Inent Chautauqua lecturer, Newton for Central City, where he is looking Gaines, who cost the Murray commit after his interests, he having a farm tee some time ago. fifty dollars for there which he Is having cultivated an evening's lecture. Mr. Gaines this year. will speak on co-operation and says Robert Good was looking after he has a message for the church, the some business matters in Plattsmouth farmers and the business man. No last Tuesday, driving up in his car onue can afford to miss this as the during the morning and returning lyceum goers remember the excel for dinner. lence in his address when here. His Mrs. Peter Brooks of southwest of subject when here was "New Wine in Murray, who has been visiting with Old Bottles." friends and relatives at Mandam. S. D., for the past two weeks, returned home last Monday. A letter from Miss Clara Young who is at present visiting at the home of her brother Dal Young, at Beach. N. D.. states that she will re- turn home about August 7. We Can Use the Money ..1 , .Zi. i debted to me for service from my horse, will please call and make set tlement, as we are needing the mon ey. 2t-sw D. C. RHODEN Murray. Homer Miller and family of Plain- view, who have been visiting for some time at the home of the father of Mrs. Miller. J. W. Edmonds and others of Murray and vicinity, de parted last Wednesday for their home in the northwest. A. L. Baker and W. H. Homan were visiting at Nebraska City last Friday, where they attended the car nival which was being held there. They both had a sack of peanuts and enjoyed a ride on the merrv-go-round and had a great time. ' J. H. Brown was a visitor in Oma- ha for a short time last Tuesday af- ternoon and was accompanied by his daughter. Miss Catherine, who went as far as Plattsmouth. there taking the train for Ashland where she vis ited for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ost. Ladies Aid Will Meet The ladies air society of the Chris- . ue'n every m ai ms nome m i-m-tlan church will meet at the home of jcoln- telephone message was re Grandma Wiley and Mrs. Geo. Parks reived last Monday evening by Di on Wednesday. August 4th. at which. an Mrs. Brendel notifying them of time they will look after the business of the society and spend the after- noon socially, making plans for the ork of the church since the arrival of the new minister. Rev. A. H. Hol lowell.' who will preach also at Platts month. All members of the society . cnurcn are urged to in at" tendance as there will be a good time and we need your assistance as well. Gave a Five O'clock Tea Miss Margery Walker gave a de lightful evening to a number of her a her home lust at the edee of Mur - IJ IJ U KL 11 1CUUS IdDL A Li U 1 DUO. V Clllllh ray Jn honor of her friends Miss Mae Loughridge, who is visiting here. MIss Loughridge and Miss Olga Min- for(j each 8ang some special numbers which were enjoyed by all who were pre8ent. here were present on the occasion. Mesdames W. Gilmore. W. S. Smith, O. A. Davis. A. A. Young. J. A. Walker. G. H. Gilmore. W. G. McCracken. W. G. Boedeker. Misses Beulah Sans. Olga Minford. Nida Cook, Catherine and Laura Brown. Helen Todd. A very pleasant and profitable afternoon was spent. MURRAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH Services as follows: Bible school 10 a. m.; Preaching and Communion at 11 a. m. Subject of sermon. .Naioma the Leper." A cordial in vitation is extended to the public to attend these services. A. Q. Hollo well, pastor. Peppered Our Windshield While at Murray this week, we, like our custom, allowed our car "Elizabeth", to stand in the shade of i friendly tree and while we were after the elusive item and the dollar and sixteen and two-thirds cent:;, T.me boy with not as good an aim at the birds that he thought he had, peppered the windshield, breaking a hole therein and indenting the sur face of the glass in the second place. Say boys, glass costs money and Is an inconvenience to be replaced, so be a little more careful in the future, where you are shooting. Peoples windows are in danger as well as some ones eyes. Community Meeting a Success last Saturday evening as has been the rule, the people met at the lawn of the Presbyterian church and en joyed an excellent program and also a social time which was a very plea sant affair. The clowds were a little awe inspiring, but the people braved the frowns of nature and remained to listen to the program and chat wl'h each other on the church lawn. .The program which was well enjoyed. If ny of the readers of the JoarDtl knoT' of o7 social event or item of interest in thla Tlclnity. and will mall tone to this office, it will ap pear under this beadinc. We want all newtlteme Editob consisted of a duet by Misses Mae Loughridge and Helen Todd, they also rendering vocal solos as well. Mesdames Vance Pitman and Camer- on Cathey also gave solos as well as a duet. The songs were very in very The following is what the press has to say regarding this speaker: I Blair (Neb.) Tribune: "Never has the editor heard a man who said so much and who said it so well in a given time as did Newton W. Gaines in his address of Memorial day. Mr. .Gaines is an orator, a thinker, and 'a humorist who carried us back in meihorv to the days of George li. Wendling. "America's Platform Prince", who said things in this same eloquent way." Omaha Daily Be?: "No man has received such a response from an Ak-Sar-Ben audience in years as did this Man Gaines." Omaha Examiner: At the ak-Sar-Ben den last night Gaines took the cake and the whole bakery thrown in. As a cyclone orator he has Billle Sunday backed clear off the boards." Road District Number Ten All who reside in road district number ten. will take notice to cut the weeds and grasses growing along .your lands before August 15th. Anyone who fails to do so. the weeds .will be cut and the expanse thereof assessed against the property abut- ting. HENRY CREAMER. Road Overseer. Thomas Jamison is 111 Mr. Thomas Jamison, father of Mrs. J. V. Brendel. is reported as jh ness of Mr. Jamison and ask "f that they should come at once They immediately departed for th :caIPal c"y to minister at the bedside ui uif paueni. 11 is uupt-u mui ne may soon be beter of his illness and be able to be around again. Sells Four Fine Hogs A. A. Young and wife received a letter last Monday making the pur chase of four of their fine thorough bred hogs, which they shipped to Mr. Alfred Strong of Bensen, la. The crop of this years pigs are going very rapildy and are some of the finest In A i ' CASS COUNTY FARM BUREAU NOTES Dockage System Protects Farmer By use of the dockage system in grading wheat, as advocated by the United States Department of Agricul ture the farmer is protected from the possibility of low prices fixed by the local buyer in order to insure a safe purchase on a fiat rate basis, says United States Department of Agri culture bulletin 1118. "Dockage un der the Federal Wheat Grades." Un der this system the wheat is graded dockage free or after such foreign matter as weed seed, other kinds of I grain, etc., have been screened out. The dockage is first removed from the sample and the grade determined. If one per cent of foreign matter is j found in the wheat, dockage is as sessed against it, but the dockage does net affect the grade. i In order to interest boys and girls in the dairy business, the Nebraska State Dairymen's association is offer ing $50 in cash prizes for the best boys and girls dairy teams demon strating at the State Fair. The fol lowing counties have dairy calf clubs: Dakota. Douglas, Seward, Hamilton, Hall and SeottsblutT. . Wheat Yield ' Sixty-five acres of wheat grown by P. Marshall of Wabash averaged 37 bushels per acre. Kleven acres at Gus Jochins averaged 43 bushels per acre. The yield and quality of the wheat seems very good this year. j Harvest Labor ! Twenty-four men have been placed this week by the Farm Bureau to help thresh. There are almost as many calls to help thresh as there was for shocking. - j L. R. Snipes, County Agri. Agent. RE-OPENING SERVICE A re-opening service will be held in the Mynard I!. 15. church next Sunday morning. Sunday school will meet at the regular hgur, 10::)0, fol lowed by preaching service at 11:15. Rev. W. O. Jones, D. 1).. of York, Supt. of the Conference, will deliver the sermon. Come and help make it a good day. K. H. PONTIUS. Pastor. THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE Napoleon once said: "It takes sev en campaigns to make a soldier." There is great wisdom in these few words. To do anything well, we must have experience. Therefore, it takes vears to prepare a perfect rem edy. Triner's American Elixir of, Bitter Wine, which today enjoys thej renown of being the best remedy for constipation, poor appetite, head aches, flatulence and other stomach' disorders, represents thirty years of experience. It has stood many tests, it proved faithful and helped mil lions of patients. All those who know it praise it. "Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine is an excellent remedy," Mr. Tony Prsle writes from Oak Grove, La., on June 2!. 19;H. After one trial you will agree to this statement. But don't accept any other "bitter wine" from your drug gist or dealer in medicines, fusist up on the genuine and always reliable remedy, "Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine." Joseph Triner Com pany, 1333-45 S. Ashland Ave., Chi cago, Ilf. THE WATER MUST BE PURE Impurities, either chemical sub stances or solid matter of any kind, will interfere with the proper chemi cal action between the plates and the battery solution. It is for this reason that you should never use anything but pure distilled water, which can be obtained at the Willard Service Station. Id; lw. THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION The importance of regular atten tion to a storage battery cannot be too strongly emphasized. Frequent calls to the Willard Service Station to have them test, till your battery with distilled water and see that your electrical equipment is work ing right, will keep repair bills away. This service given free at the Platts mouth Storage Battery Co. Id; lw Mr. and Mrs. W. L. St i ne enter tained at dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Clarence of Golden Dale, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. John Clarence. Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Fletcher. Westley Clarence, Wymore Fletcher, Loora Fetcher, Mamie Clarence and Jose phine Clarence of Nebraska City. In the middle of the afternoon ice cream and angel food cake were served, all having a general good time and visit with Mr. Stine and family. To Clean Up Cemetery Wanted: A man to clean up the cemetery at the Lewiston church, southeast of Murray. Will pay good wages. Call phone No. 1811, Mur ray, Nebr. Miss Etta Nickels. p Z&kiiH: it AC omplete Line Of Summer Apparel for Every Member of the Family will be Found at Our Store Boys' work shirts ? .Men's broad, long work ishirts Boys' union suits Men's union suits Men's Hatch One-Button union Bovs' Hatch One-Button union Also Local Agent for the Famous Singer Sewing Machines. The Service Store ALFRED GANSEMER, Proprietor K. H. Larson of Omaha was in the city today for a few hours visiting with relatives and friends for a few hours. Mrs. Lillian Freeman and sister, Mrs. Clare Bookmeyer. departed this morning for Omaha, where they will vjist for the day attending to some matters of business. ICE CREAM Isn't It Provoking? rjln these days of high prices, to pay out your good money for an article and then find it of inferior quality, when the price you paid should have bought the best? flfln all lines the public is imposed upon by the -"unscrupulous and this is especially true in re gard to drugs. Therefore, is it not better to deal with your home store, because you know if an article is unsatisfactory you can have it made right? That is our method of doing business. uBray G. W. McCracken, Prop. CANDIES Free Specials This Week! The only way we can get you to realize what a wonderful difference there is between the "GOLDEN THROATED" Claxtonola and other makes of "talk ing" machines, is for you to come in and hear it play. It is in a class by itself, but you will never know its real excellence until you hear it with your own ears. See our Oil Stoves for This Hot Weather Our cream separators are the best, and you will say so your self when you see how much they will save in a year. Come in and see us when you want one. Our line of shelf and heavy hardware if replete with your every day wants. The stock contains all that any good hardware store should carry. "Titan" and "Waterloo Boy" Tractors and AH Kinds of Gang Plows MURRAY Keeping in Line in Prices! To all who are interested in building we would have you know are keeDinc in line with the market reductions on lumber. we Come to us for estimates and figures. We will furnish you the best of goods and at the lowest possible prices. Here you will al ways get the benefit of reductions as they occur. See II. B. Banning at Union or George Nickels, at Murray. Banning & Nickels, Lumber Dealers - - Murray, Nebr. n Ul 1 I T A mild 11 V- Fistula aj m .i.. Chloroform. Ether or other Reneral anaeathetlo A cure puarnnteed In every case accepted for treatment and no nonerwb. '-e than l.:000 prominent people whn Mu, Jt. lAUUi, namiionnm, rwr lr Jt. ?V ilUIinMOIl, Drs. E3ach & IVJachThe Dentists Gl . suits ft' suits fif'' $1.15 1.C0 50c and up fl.00 and up $2.00 Bert Coleman and James W. Bur nie motored to Omaha this morning, where they will spend a few hours, ant were accompanied by Mrs. John Cory and daughter. Miss Garnet, who will spend the time In looking after some business matters while Mr. Coleman looks after his contracting interests. THERMOPACKS Oirygo- CIGARS NEBRASKA Fistula-Pay When Cured Byrtem of treatment that curt P11. and other Rectal Idaeaaea In a abort i,,..,. . vro vuriclcal ODeratlon. No ha ;e .een If"' gSgu JfEB. Vi- i V . .VCWJW aa The largest and best equipped dental orhces in umana. Experts in charge of all work. Lady attendant Mod erate Prices. Porcelain fillings just like tooth. Instru ments carefully sterilized after using. THIRD FLOOR, PAXTON BLOCK, OMAHA cs
