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IHUPrAY, AUGUST 12. 1S20. PAGE SIX -BATHERS!- s the City Bathing Bleach has beta formally opened and the "Y" hns not yet had hi bath of oil, it's time to get busy with that new See what we have: 2ahir. Suit Cool Liavy coctcn suits OTHERS $2.50 to $7.00 STRAW HATS REDUCED 25 Tain Et-ach .Suits an J Trousers cu inl ft 20 Z1UZ SHIRTS REDUCED 20 Off WASH TIES A BARGAIN 5 for $1.00 WHAT YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? REUNION DAYS WILL SOON BE HERE AGAIN ANNUAL GATHERING OF OLD SETTLERS AT UNION ON AUGUST 20-2 1ST. STRONG PROGRAM ARRANGED PAY DAY AT SHOPS Among Speakers from Here Will be Attorneys C. E. Martin and M. S. Briggs Train to Stop From WednMOay's Dally. The Burlington paymaster made his regular semi-monthly visit to this city today bringing wlht him the checks for the employes of the shops and road forces of the railroad com pany. While pay day is always a pleasant affair the employes are look ing forward to the pay day on August 26th, as on that date the back pay covered by the recent reward of the labor board will be made, covering the difference between the present and old rate to May 1, 1920 and which willamount to several thou sand dollars to the residents of the city. Arv y.Mi J.; inniiit; to k to Chae (. i.-.-ily with "llo.y" next Sunday ev- i.iny.? S hliii rUht now if you : ih.c al! i r - rva? ions in the pii : sn may made for you. A i i:.t trip. :i frn time, auto ride t ii r ini' ii tin- wiiiuiei'i'ul wlu-at lit'lti? i i h.:.-.- if-.-t- "nosy" riht ! f.ir all ( ;rt i mlaVs and Pullman - .cv i tf-d. From Wfilrn'sday's Dally. The tiim is fast drawing near when the old residents of Cass and Otoe futilities will gather for their annual meeting which will be held at I'nion on Friday and Saturday, August 1'Oth and 21st. The commit tee in charge of the gathering, com posed of Fred K. Clark, president; ('. L. Graves, secretary; Karl Mer- ritt. V. It. Manning and v. II. Mark, M. E. SMITH FACTORY IS TO RESUME WORK After Involuntary Shut Down Due to Shortage of Material, Wheels to Turn Again Monday. From' Wednesday's Dally. The M. K. Smith shirt factory in this city which has for the past two weeks been closed on account of the shortage of material is to resume have arranged to make this thirty- operations on Monday, August 16th, second meeting one of the best that according to announcement made by has l een held and to provide many J K. YV. Cornell of Omaha, factory features that'will be enjoyed by the. manager pioneers as well as the younger generation. The reunion will be held in the pleasant shady grove, where it has been held for several years and where the visitors may rest and re- The Smith company has found difficulty for several months in getting the material that goes into making the Beau Brummell shirt and other lines featured by the concern and the scarcity of mater- new the friendships and experiences ials finally made necessary the clos- of the early days in the state and ing of the ractones in Umaha, l-in-county, as the occasion is dedicated coin. Plattsmouth. Nebraska City to the worthy pioneers and the fea- and Beatrice. The largest of the OR, H. 0. LEOPOLD OSTEOPATHIC t PHYSICIAN t. Coates Bile. Phone 208 tun"? will be made appealing to these splendid people. Ti:e 20th infantry band, of Fort plants of the big Omaha wholesale house are at Omaha and Platts mouth and the necessity for closing Crook will be present for a concert the plants has given the employes a each day at the grounds while there two weeks' vacation, will be plenty of speeches and stor- . Miss Mary O'Brien, the forelady, ies Lv a number of distinguished . who has been visiting in Omaha, is orators and pioneer residents. Mrs. Alien J. Dee-on and Mrs. now back in the city preparing for the re-opening the first of next week. William P.aird of Plattsmouth will(The forced shut down has caused a give readings at the platform while . scarcity of the brands of goods man- jMiss Ora Clark will give several uiactureu oy tne miiuii company aim cornet si during the two days of the factories will run at full ca entertainnient. ' iPacity if the material-can be kept Or, the opening dav. Friday. Aug- a,on- In speaking of the ust 20th. Hon. K. M. Pollard of Xe- niatter- Mr" Corne11 sa's: hawk'.. Attorney C. K. Martin of' "Goods which we ha1 on order ln Plattsmouth and W. II. Metz of Ne- February are coming in now and we 5raska Citv will be the speakers of ure f , y j0&T .i 7 - 2S-r- PJ Poultry Wanted! V?.r.ted. a car load of live poul try, to be delivered at poultry car n?ar Einlington freight depot, in Phttsr.outh. Nebraska, on Saturday, At. gust 11th. for which we will pay in cash as follows: lien?, per ib 2Sc Springs, per lb 33c Old roosters, per lb 14c Ducks, per lb 21c Remember the date. We will be on hand rain or shine. Yours truly. W. E. KEENEY the day and a base ball game be tween Union and Dunbar will be staged. On Saturday, the 21st. the speak ers are to be Judge Jesse L. Root of Omaha. Attorney M. S. Briggs of Plattsmouth and Rev. V. A. Taylor of I'nion. On Saturday the ball game will be between Union and Julian. There will be dancing every even ing at the Modern Woodmen hall and special features of entertain ment at the grounds for young and old. The flyer on the Missouri Pacific due at 7 p. m. will make stops at Union. Murray and Mynard on Sat urday evening to take care of the visitors Koins home. hand to start work. The coal diff iculties in the east several months i . . . ago and tne car snortage are tne cause of our running out of raw ma terial. The stuff just wasn't deliv ered." Mr. Cornell explained. All factories will re-commence simultaneously and there will be no decrease in number of employes, Mr. Cornell said. Come on, now is the time to go to Chase county. The Kosencrans ex cursion will leave next Sunday ev ening, so you bad better make up your mind to go and see "Hosy" right now about Pullman reserva tions for this trip. tf-d. For any pain, bur, scald or bruise, apply Dr.' Thomas' Kclectric Oil the household remedy. Two sizes, ?.0c and 60c at all drug stores. Read the Journal want-ads. SUFFERS SPRAINED ANKLE. From Wednesday's Dally. Maxine, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cloidt, is confined to her home as the result of an acci dent on Sunday at her home while playing with some of the little friends, and which resulted in the right ankle being rather badly sprained and injured. The little girl is now doing nicely and it is thought there will be no serious af ter effects of the accident. FOR SALE Three and a half acres of ground, three blocks from the Columbian school. 5-room house, cement base ment, electric lights and'tity water. For particulars call phone 638-W or address P. O. Box 11. 4-3d; 3w PAY SPECIALS! Men's Blue Denim Bib Overalls $2.50 Cotton Flannel Work Gloves 2 for 25c Mens assorted Caps in blue and mixture 77c Men's Union Suits short sleeves, large sizes. .. .$1.00 Boys' Sport Shirts and Waists, a few to close at . . 50c Men's Dark Stripe Work Pants $3.00 C. E. Wescott's Sons DEATH OF FORMER CASS COUNTY LADY Mrs. Lucy Thompson, Early Resident of Rock Bluffs Passes Away at Home in the East., Mr. William Gilmour, one of the pioneers of this county, received the sad intelligence last Friday of tire death of her sister, Mrs. Lucy Thomp son at Xew Wilmington, Pennsyl- vauia. borne years ago sne was a resident of this state, living in Lin coln, where her husband. S. It. Thompson, was professor of mathe matics at the state University. In the territorial days, the de ceased lady was a resident of Rock Bluffs, where she was well known for her splendid characted by the old residents of that, part of Cass countv and was married at Rock Bluffs to S. R. Thompson, who sub sequently became a professor at the Peru normal school, going later to the state University, where be was professor of mathematics and for three terms was state superintendent of schools. Some twenty years ago Prof, and Mrs. Thompson left the state of their sarly youth for New Wilmington, Pa., where Mr. Thompson was the principal of a college and passed in to the great unknown fifteen years ago. Mrs. Thompson, at the ime of her death had reached the splendid age of eighty-four years and the empathy of this community is ex pended to her sister in California and her only surviving brother, Billv Gilmour. RETURNS FROM TRIP MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ',. W. Shrader. of Xehawka is having his house raised some two feet and placed on a new foundation, while a basement in being excavated in which a furnace will be installed. as well as an electric light plant. This will permit of installing bath and other modern conveniences and make a most desirable home Mr. Shrader will also remove the porch from the front of the house to the rear and build a new one at the front. When all the improvements are completed this home will present a decided change and we venture to guess that a month from now Mr. Shrader's family wouldn't begin to take what they cost and give them up. t WEEPING WATER 1 Republican 'EVERYBODY'S STORE Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank John son, a mile east of town, a daughter, on July .list. John McKay and J. A. Schwab re turned Saturday morning from a trip to the western part of the state. John was at Litchfield while Jim was at Imperial. They report lots of rain and a fine crcp out that way. Charles Countryman and family came in from Garden county Satur day night and visited at the home of Mr. Countryman's mother until Sun day evening when they drove over to Plattsmouth to visit Mrs. Coun tryman's father. John W. Lobaugh. wife and daugh ter and Mrs. Lubaugh's mother of Washington, Kansas, were Wednes day night visitors at the Jake Do mingo home, wliile on an auto trip from Kansas to Iowa. Mr. Lobaugh was a former resident of this com munity and met many old time triends here during the short stay. E. B. Taylor and Ben A. Olive are the new rural mail carriers on routes one and two respectively. They were recently appointed and began their duties Monday morning of this week. Mr. Taylor will work at his machine shop afternoons and Mr. Olive will continue his insurance business af ternoons and spare time. The new carriers' appointment put them in service the middle of the month, but the retiring carriers Walter Chris- tensen and Roy Haslam wanted oft i the first of the month so the newly! appointed men took up actual ser vice Monday. From 'Wednesday's Dally. X. II. Isbell has just returned from a visit of several weeks back in 'his old home in Indiana, having .-pent some time at Kendelville, his birth place with relatives and friends. This is the second time in fifty-five years that Mr. Isbell has visited the old home and he enjoyed a fine fam ily reunion while there, though cf the family of ten there are now only four living. Mr. Isbell also visited at South Bend, Elkhart Albion ar.d Rome City, the last being one of the attractive spots of northern Indiana and one that attracts large numbers from Chicago and Indiana po'.is for the summer months. FUNERAL OF DAVID TOURTELOT TUESDAY Short Services at the First Methodist Church Yesterday Afternoon and Body Taken to Lincoln. From Wednesday's Dally The funeral services of the Ia'.e David Tourtelot were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Methodist church and were attended by a number of the old friends of the family who paid their last tokens of respect to the splendid pioneer citi zen who had been culled from his earthly activities. Rev. A. V. Hunt er, pastor of the church gave a short sermon whose beauty and comforting words aided the bereaved ones and friends in the loss that had come t. thtni in the taking away of the fath er and lrienus. During the service Mrs. Mae S. Morgan and E. H. Wes- cott gave two of the old hymns that had been so greatly enjoyed by the departed during his lifetime. The body was borne from the home of the daughter, Mrs. William Baird. to the church by the pall bearers. R. B. Hayes. A. Rawls. J. E. Wiles. A. J. Beeson. Luke Wiles and C. C. Wescott, all of whom were warm friends of the family and of' Mr. Tourtelot. . At the conclusion of the services ! at the church the body was taken to' the Burlington station where it was taken to Lincoln, where services will i be held Thursday under the auspices1 of the Masonic order of which Mr. Tourtelot had been a member for the . past fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. j Barber of Sterling and Mr. and Mrs. Baird of this city were the only rel atives in attendance at the services here the other members of the family not being able to reach this city but will attend the services at Lincoln tomorrow. All aboard for Chase county next Sunday evening. This is when Rosv" with his special Pullman car will leave for the great wheat fields western Xebraska. See him about going along. tf-d. FURNITURE AND RUGS FOR SALE Consisting of 10 rugs, assorted sizes, Wiltons and Axministers. Two oak dining room suits. One duofold; one davenport. Six rockers. Birds eye maple bed room suit. Two brass beds; four other good beds, complete. Two chiffioners; two library tables. Three refrigerators. One electric washer; tub; rack and wringer. Many other articles. Call S. A. GHRIST Phone 645 Plattsmouth If you want good printing let us do your work. Best equipped job shop in southeastern Nebraska. T-M--I-M. W. A. RfmEItTSOTJ S Lawyer. "f fr Coates Elock.- 4 I Second Floor I Gnat ot Riley Hotet -fr WW w r 1 IT pays in the first place to make sure that the battery you put your money down for has the "Thread Rubber" Trade Mark stamped on the side. Then bring m that battery here to have it regis tered, and after that make a point of stopping in once in two weeks for inspection and test. Ycu cannot keep on getting first class service even from a Still Better Willard unless you keep it charged and put in water when needed. Plattsmouth Storage Battery Go. STORAGE BATTERY K513P TMAOl MARA BIGISTIACO COL J 3 Jl G I Alfalfa Hay Wanted! Alfa-Maize Manufacturing Company is now ready to buy hundreds of tons of alfalfa hay at its new mill in Plaitsmouth, Nebraska. Market price will be paid. OMAHA MARKET PRICE ALFALFA Choice, $28.00; No. 1, $24.00-$26.-00; Standard, $1 8.00-$22.00; No. 2, $14.00-$ 16.00; No. 3, $10.00-$ 12.00. 500 acres of Corn Fodder wanted for which from $15.00 to $20.00 per acre will be paid. ABfa-EUlaize EV3fg. Co., PLATTSMOUTH -:- -:- NEBRASKA o er Your Life- Bgl Saver Pipeless Furnace Now! - There is every indication of a great shortage in de sirable furnaces this fall. Materials are scarce and hard to obtain. Factories are sold to capacity. We have just received a car-load of Ideal Wrot Iron Pipe and Pipeless Furnaces. The order for these was placed last January when furnaces were a great deal cheaper than they are now. On account of buying these furnaces early and in carload lot we are able to give you a great deal better furnace for the price charged than you can obtain else where, but at the rate they are going we will not be able to supply the demand when the rush season comes. See us now and place your order for installation at the time desired. This will protect your interests and insure a Happy, Healthy Heated Home next win ter, with a saving of a third to half your fuel bill. These furnaces are guaranteed to give absolute freedom from gas, soot or smoke. It adds moisture to the air and gives you Health Heat, protecting you against the pitfalls of antiquated furnace design that often lead to Puhnonary diseases. loHca m Telephone No. 98 Plattsmouth, Nebr. m I