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Nebraska Ste Histori cal Society unowtb omm VOL. NO. xxxvn. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 30. 1921 NO. 91 I DC AD CLUB FILM AND LECTURE INTERESTING LARGE CROWD IS PRESENT AT LYRIC TO WITNESS ILLUS TRATED LECTURE From Thursday's Daily. The lecture given last evening at the Lyric theater under the aus pices of the Ad club of this city, com posed of some of the leading business men., and which had been furnished by the National Cash Register com pany of Dayton. Ohio, proved a real treat to the business men of the city who were in attendance. The lecturer. W. H. Farley, is a young ma:i of marked ability and keen insight into the modern meth ods of doing business and the con duct of large business enterprises and his discussion during the evening was assisted by slides showing the right and wrong means of attracting and holding trade and the steps that the business man should take to insure his suecess in a mercantile line. One of the main portions of the talk of Mr. Farley was devoted to advertising, which as emphasized by the speaker anI shown by the film was one of the greatest means of pro moting a successful business. The film siiowed a number of advertise ments prepared for newspapers giv ing the advantages of proper ad writ ing, the value of white s-pace in an ad and the art of concentrating the main idea of the ad into a compact form whre it would arrest the at tention of 'he reader and hold their interest. To illustrate the idea of newspaper advertising the film show ed the housewife running over in her mind the arti- les that she might desire to purchase and then the ar rival of the newsboy with the paper, her opening it and seeing in it the advertisements of the articles she Soil ht. The art of salesmanship was also discussed, and a showing of the alive and alert clerk as against the indo lent and careless clerk was shown as a part of the business etfieciency lecture. Window dressing was also brought out in the lecture and gave many very valuable points to the audience. "Following the address and show ing of the film the business men held an informal session to discuss local problems and took up that of the trucking of goods from the whole sale market in Omaha to this city by merchants and it was the almost uni versal expression that the merchants of the city should co-operate in di verting this freight handling from the trucks to the Burlington rail road that has so large a part in the community life. The merchants indi cated their desire for co-operation with all the citizens and the railroad in giving all the aid possible to the railroad that runs into this city and whieli lias been a large factor here and they will endeavor in the future to see that wherever possible there will l,e -opera:r..n with the Uur lingtoii as regards the freight busi ness of the citv. MRS. JOHN BEGKMAN TO BE BURIED HERE Message From Phoenix, Arizona, Tells of Body Being Started on Its Way to Old Home for Burial From Friday's Dally. The bodv of Mrs John H.-1 rrmn who died several days ago at her J home in Phoenix. Arizona, is to be brought back to this city to be laid at rest according t; word received from Phoenix, and the body is now enroute to the old home and is ex pected to reach here some time to morrow when the definite funeral ar rangements will be made. The word of the coming of the 1 ody was secured by the son. I,. B. Beckman of Council Bluffs, who call ed up the grm at Phoenix with which his father had been employed and re ceived the announcement of the fact that the body was enroute to this city. The telephone message was ov er a distance of 1.S00 miles and the parties were able to hear very clear lv all tliat was said by both of the part ies '. talking and the word came as a ereut relief to the family here as they 'have been uncertain as to the funeralarrangements until the mes sage was received here. LITTLE ONE AT REST Litttle Maxwell Joseph Yallery was born in Plattsmouth. Neb.. September 20. 1920. Ti. liftto sick during all his days of life. He J ".hi just r;ein Drought back' from the hospital in Omaha some two months ago. AH was done w ith loving hands and tender care that a mother could do until on Monday night. May 23, at 11:20 the Heavenly Father called the little one to the land here there is no more suffering1,,! He was eight months and thrpo Have rtlff He leaves to mourn his-passing his! inner ana motner. grandparents, and . uusis oi omer relatives and friends. When you think of printing, you can't help but think of us. TEACHING IN OREGON The Journal has just received a letter from Miss Marguerite Porter, formerly of this city and in which she has requested that her subscrip tion be extended. Miss Porter is now residing at Seaside, Oregon, and has just been elected to a position as teacher in the public schools ' there for another term. Miss Porter and her mother, Mrs. V. P. Porter, have made their home in the west coast country for the last few yeare. MAKE CAPTURE OF WELL KNOWN YEGGS Two of the Familiar Figures of the Underworld of Omaha and Council Bluffs Taken. From Thursday's Dally. Last evening Chief of Police Jones and Officer Chandler were called out to the vicinity of Kighth and Pearl street Iby the report of a suspicious appearing pair of men and a car which they had parked in the shade of a tree near the residence of C. C. Oespain. The police at the time little sus pected that they were to deal with two of the best known yeggs in this portion of Iowa and Nebraska, but such proved to be the case as the men have been identified as two of the most prominent crooks in Coun cil Dluffs and who have been impli cated in several deals in the past. The officers found on reaching the scene of action that the car that had been so carefully parked contained a large and complete assortment of tools for the burglars trade and among the articles found was a breast drill as well as several smaller drills and chisels as well as tools for prying open windows and a quantity of fuse such as is used by safe blowers. As scon as the articles were found in the car the police notified Sheriff C. H. Quinton and the two men who had Leen found near the car were turned over to the sheriff for safe keeping and lodged in the county Jail. The men when arrested gave the names of Frank lirown and Jack Kearns and it later developed on in vestigation by Sheriff Quinton that the man giving his name as Brown was In reality Hoy Green, one of the notorious bad men of .Council Bluffs and who had been strongly implicat ed In several previous cases of burg lary. The Man Kearns is also re ported by the Council Bluffs police department as being a bad actor. Both men are now confined in the county Jail to await the filing of in formation against them by County Attorney Cole and will probably face a long stretch in the state peniten tiary at Lincoln. VilIiam Hughes of the bankers association that is guarding against the work of burglars has notified Sheriff Quinton that he will be in the city to look over the men and to ascertain if they are parties want ed in any of thebank robbing cases over the state. PAYMENT OF SCALP BOUNTIES CEASES Opinion by County Attorney that Matter Must be Submitted to Voters is Responsible. The payment of the bounties on the scalps of wolves and coyotes has ceased in Cass county as the result of the request of the county officials that the county attorney look up the law In the matter. Heretofore it has been the policy to pay the bounties under the pro visions of Section 478 of the law, which was amended by the legisla ture of 1919. and which provided for the payment of $3 per scalp for coyotes and $6 per scalp for wolves. In looking up the law County At torney A. G. Cole discovered that while the legislature, repealed and amended certain parts of section 478, they did not repeal section 479, which provides that the question of payment of the bounties shall be submitted lo the voters of the county before the county officers have the authority to pay the same. In order that the matter may be placed be fore the voters it is provided that a petition of fifty legal voters be sub mitted to the board of county com missioners requesting that this ques tion be placed on the ballot and the commissioners shall then order the matter placed on the official ballot at the next regular election. This provision of the law has caused the county clerk and treas urer to cease payment of the bounties as in the past and as there will be no regular election until 1922, it seems that there will be no bounties issued until at least that time as that is the earliest date it could be sub mitted to the people if it were so desired. MRS. ROY COLE IMPROVING The many friends of Mrs. Roy Cole of Mynard. will be pleased to learn that she is now showing improvement following her operation on last Fri day at the Immanuel hospital in Oma ha and her family and friends are pleased to note that she is doing so nicely. MRS, HEINRICH LAID TO HER FINAL REST Large Number of Old Fritnds Gather to Pay Their Last Tributes to the Memory of Good Woman. Fiom 'Thursday s Pally. Yesterday afternoon at :he St. Paul s Evangelical church where for many years the departed had been a devout worshipper, was held the fun eral services of Mrs. Fred Heinrich, who passed away at her home in this city Sunday evening. The church was filled to overflow ing by the old friends who had as sembled to render to the old and well loved friend their tribute of respect and love and to share with the scr i owing husband and chcildren the grief that the separation has brought to them'. The services were conduct ed by Rev. H. Kottieh. pastor of the church who spoke briefly in both En glish and German of the life of the good woman who had been called from her household to the bosom of her Maker, and of the beautiful chris tian character that had won her the love of all with whom she had been associated in her lifetime. To those who were left behind to feel the an guish of the separation of this earth the minister held the promise of the Master that the lives so rudely torn asunder here should be united in the hereafter when the pain of parting should be no more. He spoke of the wonderful spirit of fortitude with which the departed lady had awaited the summons to her final rest and the beautiful memory that her life would become to the family and friends in the future years until they one by one might join the mother and wife in the hereafter. The wealth of beautiful flowers at tested the feeling of respect and love held for the departed in the commun ity where she has so long made her home and which rests on her last earthly abode as the testimonial of the feeling of the old friends. The body was laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery, the pall bearers being selected from the old neigh bors of the family as follows: George Lutz. Louisville, George Schantz. August Richter. Hans Tarns. Peter Madsen. and C. V. Haffke. Those of the family and friends from out,fo the city to attend the funeral were: llenrv Zuckweiler and wife. Miller. S. Oak.; Mrs. Miller. Peoria. 111.: I. P. Lutz. Omaha; Fred Heinrich. wife and son George of Havelock; Robert Heinrich. Akron. Colorado; L. D. Hiatt. wife and daughter, Alice Louise. Murray: Paul Roesner and wife. Lincoln; Frank Trilety and wife. John Janda and wife. Miss Mary Janda. Havelock; Mrs. Charles Lutz, Hollywood. Cali fornia. CARD OF THANKS To the kind friends and neighbors who with love and affection assisted us in the illness of our loved one and with tender sympathy ministered to us in our sorrow, we desire to ex press our heartfelt appreciation. Al so for the Leautiful floral remem brances to our loved one. Fred Hein ric hand family. DEATH OF THOMAS KEMPSTER The many old residents of the city will learn with regret of the death at his home in Los Angeles. Califor nia, of Thomas Kempster, formerly a resident of this city and a well known figure in railroad circles some thirty years ago. Mr. Kempster was seventy-one years of age at the time of his death and has for some years been residing on the Pacific coast. While living in Plattsmouth he was employed as clerk in the office of the master me chanic at the shops here and later held a similar position in Omaha moving from that city to Denver where he engaged in business for a number of years before going to Los Angeles to reside. He leaves to mourn his death the widow and two daughters. Mrs! F. W. Morrissey and Mrs. W. A. Titus of Los Angeles. The funeral was held on last Sat urday at Los Angeles from the un dertaking chapel of W. A. Brown. The pall bearers were all former Plattsmouth friends now residing on the coast, being. J. H. and Arthur Helps, Morgan Waybright. Wayne Twitchell. Walter Thomas. Benjamin Elson. A large number of the Plattsmouth colony were also pres ent at the funeral services. FINE LITTLE GIRL From Friday's Dally. This morning Ray McCarthy was seen on the street wearing one of (those smiles that make the sun ap pear insignificant and on inquiry as to the cause we learned that at an j early hour this morning a fine little uaugnier arrived ai ineir nome anu as it is the first child in the house hold, it is the object of the greatest admiration to the proud and happy parents. The mother and the little daughter, Rae. are both doing very nicely, while the father it is thought will recover all right. Phone the Journal office when you are in need of job printing of any kind. Best equipped shop in south eastern Nebraska. Blank Books at the Journal Office. WILL NOT OPERATE YET The condition of Father M. A Shine, rector of St. John's church of this city continues about the .same, reports from St. Catherine's hospital in Omaha state. Father Shine was taken quite sick Sunday evening and his case was diagnosed as appendi citis. He was taken to the St. Catherine's hospital by Dr. Dwyer the specialist in charge of the case, but on the arrival at the hospital it was found that his condition would not justify the operation at this time and he will remain there until it i possible to perform the operation. SENIOR CLASS HAS VERY FINE PARTY Meet For Farewell Social Gathering at Beautiful Home of Mr. and ?Irs. T. E. Pannele From Thursday's Daily. The class of 1'j21 that is soon to league the school v.h-re they have received their education, held a very pleasant class party last evening at the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Parmele in the south portion of the city which had been placed at the disposal ;f the young people for the evennig. The event was in the nature of a lawn party and the beautiful greens ward and surroundings of the Par mele home was illuminated with lights and fancy lanterns that added a pleasing touch to the scene and where a short and very interesting program was given by the members of the class and of the faculty of the higli school. Miss Helen Pontius, who has writ ten a class prophecy for the year was called upon and read the prophecy in which she had outlined what the fu ture years might hold for the class mates soon to separate and take up their separate ways in life and which proved very enjoyable to the young ptople. Mr. A. I). Bell, one of the members of the faculty then called on various members of the party for stunts of all kinds and at which much pleasure was derived by the young people and the various turns given by the members of the class and the faculty were amusing as well as entertaining. The latter part of the evening was devoted to dancing in the targe and well arranged rooms proved ideal for this purpose and at this the young people enjoyed a most delightful time until near the home-going hour. During the evfning dainty refresh ments were served amid settings fit ted for the occasion as the rooms were arranged tastefully with decor ations of Iris in the class colors of maroon and green and this color schem ewas further carried out in the ice cream which was served as a part of the refreshments. It was with great regret that the class members saw the evening draw to a close that marked the last plea sant event when the members would gather as the class of 1921 and brought recollections of the many previous events that they had en joyed in the years that they have ibeen associated together. FUNERAL OF LITTLE BABE From Thursday's Daily. The funeral of little Joseph Max well, eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Vallery. was held yes terday afternoon at :'.::;) from the home southwest of the city and the body of the little one laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery. The ser vices were conducted by Rev. H. G. McClusky. pastor of the First Pres byterian church and were attended by a number of the friends and neighbors of the sorrow stricken young parents. Since birth the little one has been in very poor healtti and the candle of life gently flickered out Monday night as the frail body yielded to its suffering and was called to eternal rest. In their sorrow the parents will have the deep sympathy of the host of friends in this city and vicinity. INVESTIGATING CASE From Friday's Dally. This morning two representatives of the city police department of Oma ha were here to look into the arrest of Green and Kearns. "the two men who were captured here with a kit of burglar tools on Wednesday night. The Omaha representatives brought with them the materials necessary to take the finger prints of the two men and which will be used in an effort to determine their inno cence or guilt. The man Kearns strenuously objected at first to hav ing the prints taken until he had consulted his attorney, but on being shown that it was necessary under the law submitted and had his hojks registered. CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank the manv friends for their kindness and beau-j tiful flowers and the Dr. Livingstons for the many favors they have done' for our darling and the ladies that' sang for the funeral of our darling j baby. Mr. and Mrs. 'Max Vallery,' Mr. and Mrs. JoevSchiessl and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Vallerv. Blank Books at the Journal Office. JACOB TRITSCH DIES AT HOS PITAL IN OMAHA DEATH COMES SUDDENLY AS HE TOOK SICK LAST EVENING AND WAS HURRIED TO OMAHA From Friday's Daily. This morning the startling news was received here shortly after 9 o' clock announcing the death at the lmmanuc-1 hospital in Omaha of Jacob Tritsch. one of the old and distin guished residents of Cass county and for a long period of years a resident of this city and vicinity. Mr. Tritsch has been a sufferer from bladder trouble for some years pas but bad not shewn any strious condition and had been around on the streets every day as usual until last evening when he was taken very sud denly ill and his condition grew so serious that he was taken by auto at midnight to the Immanuel hospital in Omaha in hopes of giving him reliet from his suffering but without avail and he passed away shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. Jacob Tritsch was born in Germany June 17, 1849 and received a portion of his early education in his native land. His father. Philip Tritsch died in Germany when Jacob was but seven years of age and two years later the mother with her little fam ily sailed for the new world to find their home amid the more pleasant surroundings and located in Tazwell ccunty. Illinois, near the city of Pe- kin, where they resided for a number of vears and where the mother was married for the second time to Philip Horn, a resident of that locality. After reaching America the young man was given an education in the .schools of Tazwell county during the winter months and completed his scholl work there. In January 1SG6 Mr. Tritsch and his mother, stepfather and other rel atives arrived in Cass county from their home in Illnois after an over land journey of eighteen days and the family settled in Plattsmouth pre cinct where they had secured a tract of land. Mr. Tritsch having reached his majority in this county decided to revisit the scenes of his earlier years in Illnois and remained there for one season, returing in 1S72 to Cass coun ty where he has since made his home and won for himself independence and comfort in his declining years by his thrift and industry. On Jan uary IS, 1872. he was married at Pe kin, Illnois to Miss Elizabeth Volk who accompanied the young husband on his return to Nebraska and assis ted him in the struggles of the early days and the securing of their success. In the year 187 5 the family removed from their home in Platsmouth pre cinct to Eight Mile Grove where Mr. Tritsch became the owner of a fine farm of 240 acres, which he resided upon until some twelve vears ago when the family moved to Plats- mouth and have since made their home there. The deceased was a lifelong mem ber of the German Evangelical church and to the time of his death was a firm believer in the teachings of the church. There remains to mourn the death of this good man, the widow and three sons. County Treasurer Mich ael Tritsch, and Jacob Tritsch. Jr., of this city, and Philip Tritsch re siding on the farm near this city. During his residence in this county Mr. Tritsch has been actively identified with the political life of the community and was a strong sup porter of the democratic party and was elected for several terms as com missioner from the first district. He wsa a member of the county board at the time of the erection of the Cass county court house and has al ways been active in the publio af fairs of the community. A man of splendid character and a most unusually genial disposi tion his loss to the community will be keenly felt and even more so by the suddenness with which it has come onto the family and friends. The body will be brought here this evening at 4:30 and be taken to the home on West Locust street. where it will lay in state. The fun eral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock -from the St. Paul's Evangelical church and inter ment will be had at Oak Hill ceme tery. Friends desiring to take a last farewell may do so by calling at the home Sunday between 9 and 11 o'clock a. in. GETTING BUSY County Commissioner Fred Gorder is getting to be a familiar figure in this end of the county in fact all the Commissioners are doing a might good job of taking notice of conditions out here. Fred is con-, tinuously on the go, and it is diffi cult to conceive of a man being more vigorous in the prosecution of coun ty business than he. He is very anx ious to see the state crew get to wokr on the federal highway here, and supposed they had made camp. They were to begin work on the 1 6. Eagle Beacon. A world of books for the kiddies and grown-ups are on sale at the! Journal office. ASSESSOR'S FIGURES City Assessor G. H. Olive reports the following showing of property in Weeping Water under this spring's assessment: Personal property: $530,020; real estate, $516,705. It should be noted that there was in force this year a $200 household goods exemption on the personal pro perty schedules and a ten per cent reduction in real estate, which cut down the showing considerably. Weeping Water Republican. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE JOINED IN WEDLOCK Miss Mabel Meisinger and Harry L. Thimgahn, of Clay Center, Kansas, are Married. One of the most charming wed dings of the spring occurred on Wed nesday evening at 5 o'clock at the Evangelical church west of Louis ville, when Miss Mabel Meisinger was united in the bonds of hold wed lock to Mr. Harry L. Thimgahn of Clay Center. Kansas. The marriage lines were read by the Rev. T. Hartman of Louisville, and the service attended by the close relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was attired in a very attractive costume of pale pink silk and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses, while the groom was at tired in the conventional dark suit.. The attendants at the wedding were Miss Dorothy Meisinger, sister of the bride, who wore pale blue eilk and carried a bouquet of pink roses, and Mr. Leonard Wendt, the grooms man. Last evening the bridal party was tendered a reception at the palatial country home of the bride's" parents. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Meisinger, south of Louisville, the event being attended by a very large number of the relatives and friends of the hap py young people, who extended to the newly-weds congratulations on their new found happiness. The evening was spent in the en joyment of several musical numbers as well as in playing games of all kinds and at which all derived a great deal of pleasure and it was a late houh ere the party departed for their home. - During the course of the. evening refreshmenlawere serv ed, such as can only be found at the hospitable Meisinger home and which aided in completing a very enjoyable occasion. The bridal couple have left for Arkansas City, Kansas, where they will enjoy a short visit and from there go to Clay Center, where they will be at home to their friends af ter June 1st. The groom is one of the young business men of Clay Center and one who is held in the highest esteem by a very large circle of warm friends in bis home community. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Meisinger and is one of the charming and ac complished young women of the com munity in which she has made her home during her lifetime and one who possesses a very large circle of warm and admiring friends. The Journal, in common with the many friends over the county, ex tends to the newly weds the best of wishes for a long and very happy married life. Blank Books at the Journal Office. fW liyiiiiinnnnniimr T'fTlTifc 'niiumtinnntrwjl Looking Back Over thctlilcstones! Institutions are not without personality because built on brick or stone or marble. They are as human as the men guiding their af fairs. The First National Bank looks back over the 50 years that have passed since its doors were first opened with much the same feelings that you look back over the milestones of your life. We are pleased with the growth that has been made and we know that today we are better fitted by both time and experience to care for matters entrusted to us. We invite you to make this time-tested institution YOUR banking home, too. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE BANK WHERE 'yOU FE6L AT HOMB PLATTSMOUTH "M NEBRASKA. DRIVING TO DENVER Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Brown, of Omaha, passed through town on Wednesday of last week on their way to Denver and remained over night with Mrs. Brown's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Heil and family. Cards received from them since leav ing Louisville announce that they found some pretty bad roads in Ne braska due to the recent heavy rains. They stopped at Kearney for an over night visit with .Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Spence and found Kearney suffering greatly from high water and they were obliged to make a de tour of about forty miles to reach that place. They had a delightful visit with Mr. and Mrs. Spence and report them well and prospering. They arrived In Denver Friday and are busy every minute In sightsee ing. They will return home a more northerly way, coming via Basset. During their absence, Mr. Brown'H drug store is being conducted by an efficient druggist and his mother is also looking after business and they can enjoy their trip without any anxiety about business affairs at home. Louisville Courier. REMEMBERS THE JOURNAL From Friday's Dally. It is not often that the newspaper man receives a kind word and still less frequent Jhat the printers re ceive any recognition of their ser vices in serving the public, but to day there was an exception to the rule and it was the work of Guy W. Morgan, the genial proprietor of the Sweet shop and Mrs. Morgan. While the force was busily engaged in laboring and sweating in prepar ing the silent messengers of thought for the Evening Journal. Bobby Creamer, the drink expert of the Morgan Sweetshop appeared on the scene with becoup packages of the famous and delicious Morgan ice cream and everyone in the Joint was remembered with one of the dainty packages. It hit the spot and made the day seem more pleasant to every one. LOUIS FRIEDRICH HERE Louis Friedrich, of Chicago, a brother of Martin Friedrich of Platts mouth, was a Louisville visitor last Monday in company with Uncle John Lohnes of Cedar Creek. Mr. Friedrich was called here by the serious ill ness of his brother, who has suffered two paralytic strokes and who is not expected to survive. This is Mr. Friedrich's first visit to Cass county for thirty-two year and he has been greatly Interested to note the many changes and Im provements. He was greatly im pressed to see the beautiful farms, where once it was nothing but prairie and brush. He is connected with the great mercantile company of Marshall Field in Chicago and says that city is suffering greatly from labor troubles and thousands of men are out of employment in consequence. Louisville Courier. J. R. HUNTER BETTER From Saturday's Daliy. The condition of J. R. Hunter was reported this morning as being some what better than It has been for tue past day or two and it is hoped that he may continue to show signs of im provement that will lead to his ulti mate recovery from his illness. Blank Books at the Journal Office. m
