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(HERE'S MEBRY
'CHRISTMAS TO
ONE AND ALL's
APPOINTS SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
AND A
Happy New Year
AnH takes this means to ihsvtk you for the pat
ronage ycu have given us in the short while we hare
been with you.
ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF THE
' SAVIOR BRINGS . TIME OF
GREAT TENDERNESS.
Post Commander Eugene Lister
has named the following special mem
bership committee to serve until Jan
uary 3rd in connection with Mie
Legion's year-fnl. drive: I'urdette
Briggs, Carl Sehmidtr.Kui. George
.onis, Hoy layticui. John raieceK,
. W. Hollmeyer ami Joe Smetana.
I These men all have temporary re
ceipts to give out to those paying
dues until the official receipt for
the year can be made out by the
adjutaut a day or two later at the
longest.
poblig Almoin
The undersigned will sell at Pub
lic Auction cn the A. S. Will farm
four miles west and two miles north
of Murray, and four miles wes.t and
two miles south of Mynard, on
Friday, January 6
the following described property:
Live Stock
One black horse, five years old. wt.
1700; one black horse, three years
old, wt. l'JOO; one bay horse, three
Post Adjutant Elmer Webb reports years old. wt. 1550; one bay horse.
I that fifty have already slipped under eiR"t years om, wt. I4uu; one sor-
.. niuo nr nnprmilimr the wIre and others are coming in rcl horse, seven years old, wt. 1400;
TWll IIAYN llr IJHNrn V AllUt a a rapid rate. It is expected to one bay mare, seven years old. with
iiu uniu ui wuL.iinny inciease the number of members this foal, wt. 1600; one bay mare, smooth
(year from the 177 of last to not less mouth, with foal. wt. 1300; one
!than 250. black horse coming three years old,
forty head of fall pigs.
Sunday will be the Actual Obser
vance of Event and Business
Houses Closed Monday.
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From siaturday's Dallv
The Christian world tomorrow will
WiLBER W. ANNESS
TOSSES IN HiS HAT
any Happy Returns
is what we are desiring all our friends and
patrons to enjoy this Christmas time.
L. B. E
GENBERGER
Farm Machinery
One 7-foot Minnesota binder; one
John Deere elevator, jack and power;
one hay loader; one side delivery hay
rake; two hay racks and wagon; one
14-incn fjmerson gang plow; one
FORMERLY KINNSY SHOE CO.
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The spirit of the season prcmpts as to extend
to you our sincere wizhec for
A Merry Christmas
and may the dawn of the
New Year
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Popular Variety Store
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In appreciation of the many business favors
extended us during the past j ear, we take this
opportunity of extending our very best wishes to
all our friends and patrons for a bright and
Happy Chzisjtmds.
and Prosperity for ihii r.tire year of 1922.
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May good cheer, true friends
and a glowing fireside make
this Christmas a day of days and
may happiness and prosperity be
yours all thru the coming year.
M. D. BROWN, Jeweler
6th and Main St.
Platt'mouth. Neb.
pause from their round of endless Dunbar Republican Leader Decides 14-inch Sattley gang plow with trac-
CHRISMS SPIRIT
IN THE SCHOOLS
activities to pay tribute- to the day
that marks the anniversary of the
Prince of Peace, whose coming
brought to mankind the hope of the
life eternal and the forgiveness of
their sins through their worship of
Him, the child of - Bethlehem.
There is no time in the whple year
that is more full of hope and the true
feeling of good fellowship than is that
I i whole breadth of the land there is
I hardly anyone who does not try to
I perform some act of kindness and
I I helpfulness for his fellow men.
j In this city the observance of Sun-
. day will be general in the churches
! i of the citv and at the St. Luke's
to Make Race for Congressman
Frank Reavis' Position.
tor hitch;
ceo I'oek Inland 2 -row
machine; one John Deere corn plant- Tlisrh Schcol and All of the Different
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In announcing myself as a candi
date from the First District for con
gress to succeed the Hon. C. Frank
Heavis, who has already announced
he will not be a candidate for re
election, I do so "because the public
itv of mv nrobabilitv of enterine: the
race has gone so far. it is time I wasctner, articles,
either accepting the unselfish de-l. Sa'e K:::r" at
mand from many sources and friends
ever the District, or decline.
I have been assured by letter and
friends that
er and 160 rods of wire; one Baylor
2-row cultivator; one Dempster 2-row
cultivator; ona 3-.section harrow;
two extra sa30n boxe:-; oio McCor
mick mower; one v.-vc:i wiie stret
cher, three sets of inch ; r.d ix half
work harness; one set -f i:iv:h and a
quarter work haixe s rnd nu:.:C-rcus
Grades of City Schools Hold
Programs Yesterday.
PUBLIC SALE!
lunch will bevcr;. ci
Tenrs of
All sums unci, r S I'
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r.nd
I will sell at public auction at my
residence in the .south portion of
Plattsmouth, east of the Burlington
railway lumber yard, opposite Bach's
South Park store, at 1:00 o'clock p.
m. sharp, on
FRIDAY JANUARY 6TH.
"Tho friinwinr rtpsprilipd nronertv.
(from Saturday. Hail . '
4 Duroc Jersey brood sows, to far-
( hri?tmas vacation, all of the rooms, row jn April.
of the different grades of the city 4 Chester WJiite brood sows, to
schools as well as the high school farrow Ii April.
y ?tcrday afternooji enjoyed short j 18-months old Duroc Jersey boar.
rro?rnn:3 filled with the spirit of the EXPPiiPnt individual.
22 .sow shoats weighing from 70
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Episcopal church the formal choral
celebration of the Holy Eucharist
will take place this evening at 7; 30
and at the St. John's Catholic church
there will be celebration of the mass
at 5:30 tomorrow morning. The
Methodist church will have an' ex
tensive observance of the Christmas
k lime ai lueir uiusicai program auu
!. tableaux at the church Sunday eve-
h '. nlntr 'PVi a Prartt'f nrtan on) Phrl at
! ian churches will also hold obser- have been called to my attention, in
vances of the day with special music ' the s ncere hope that we might urn te
j and programs. The St. Paul's Evang- unanimously on an outside candidate
! nni Ck .iii o pb.m,, at least, and am frank to take the
enterUinment by the Sunday school P"blic int? my confidence and tell
tonight and tomorrow special Christ-I em so- ,And,lf my candidacy can
, , .wl ,. thus receive favor, I promise, God
1 1 cieties the day will be given over to
the visitations of the committees to
the homes of the unfortunates of the
city and scattering their helpfulness
in the way of the material things of
life to the needy.
While to many there will be but
I little cause for Joy in this troubled
I world, the more fortunate can Join
1 in seeing that their fellow men are
I j given a part of their Joy for the day.
As the observance of Monday as
Chrlsrmaa will te general through
out the citv the Journal will not
print and takes thte opportunity of ...-.g- nfa PnKr.
wishing one and all a very happy "Mfjtf. lit. ! It, C 5 " I f 1
and pleasant Christmas day and the sJlElt.1 Ul lr.wj ?
dawning of a prosperous New "Year. '
lv. c-. -h in liar J.
my campaign in 11)14 'On snm; nvrr f. fTpriit ( civ
gives me a "prior claim to enter the months will be given, mii-chascr giv
lists to succeed Mr. Keavis, having ig bankable note be -ring eiht per
kept the faith, fought a good fisht. cent interest from di'Xe. lr. perty
and finished high up in honorable must be settled for before being re
company." I appreciate these words, moved from the Dremices.
wnicn 1 am permitted to use, ana
which I do, not in a spirit to be ov
ervain, but to show the Justice of my
cause.
I have communicated in the last
few weeks with the probable candi
dates in the district, whose names
giving me strength, and in honorable
effort, to wage a strong, aggressive
campaign, clean and wholesome,
dodging nothing worthy of consid
eration,' and having only one shoul
der on which to carry the fight.
I will issue at a later date a dec
laration of principles; suffice it now
to say, I announce myself as a re
publican, but one brond enough to
serve all alike, if honored with suc
cess at the 1922 primaries and then
at the polls in November.
Sincerdr.
WILBER W. ANW'ESS.
ROY GREGG, Owner.
R. YOUNG, Auct.
F. PATTERSON. Clerk.
A WOMAN FOUND HANGING
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SUBMITS im
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Socialist . Leader and 23 Other War
time Prisoners Granted Com
mutations of Sentences. '
iraclTidcr Urges P.ricr.al 2o?.rds
Establish ant-.-rsr of Liblcd
Ex-Ssrvice
Washington. Dec. 23
Debs." former socialist candidate for
president, serving a sentence of 10
years at Atlanta penitentiary for vio-
rhicngo. " Dec. '2?.. Following a
visit to the Drexel hospital for d;s-
Eugene V. a bled ex-service men today. To!. Han-
ford MacNider, national commander
of the American Legion, sent a mes
age to Col. Charles R. Forbes, di-
Mrs. Fred Schmidt, wife of a well
known farmer residing north cf Syr
acuse, committed suicide by hanging
herself in the sleeping room about
noon Tuesday. Mr. Schmidt was in
Syracuse helping an old neighbor at
the time and his wife was at hom.e
with his aged mother. At 11 o'clock
Mrs. Schmidt began preparations for
the midday meal paring potatoes. Af
ter noon the elder woman missing
her and searching for her and at
12:30 discovered her dead in the
room, having tied a rope over the
bedpost and about her neck, laid
down and strangled here!f to death.
The mother-in-law ran to the heme
of Will Battels near and gave the
n!arm. Neighbors "responded and cut
her down. Constab'e Bel! wort out
0:1 b.eari)r o? it nr.i invest! -rate! and
tl'O our.tr
being a clear c:.:
f.u--t v::i -i kerned
' I'ec. a-t.l .-.-(-.; an is u': ."0
- old. There i . tc c:n:- ! ir
s-;gned exct-p ;'.i?.r ilio Ii.id v..:e:i
1 iH'.i.t-?d cver.:nce t'10 riyerer
f :re of i.t r firing ... stroj-
i:- b!r;i ,i the ! "r:.i. Tyre v.n.-
ri.ii'.y triiul."- of ank.nd and
.-o:1. Earnest, who wos a.t the
home at abcut ten o'clock, fsH that
he pcemed the sine as usual. It is
thought that she feired someone was
trying to do them harm ever since
the incident last spring and did not
want the barn to be rebuilt for fear
U wmi'd be destroyed. Nebraska
City Press.
nietido season. The city schools
v .11 be closed until Monday, Jan
uary 9th, and give both the teach
ers and pupils the opportunity of en
j ying a srason of enjoyment and
rct from their work.
In the greater part of the grades
the programs were largely of recita
t;ons and musical numbers with a
few dialogues to add to the spice of
the occasion and all of these were
much enjoyed by the young people
a; well as the teachers of the city.
In a number of the rooms of the
grade schools the young folks enjoy
ed the interchange of small gifts in
the form of grab bags and also in
number cf room" the pupils remem- ! If you would enjoy good health,
bored the teachers with apporpriate keep your bowels regular and your
r ifts of the season. i stomach and liver in good working
The high school spent some twen-i order. This is easily done by taking
ty mirute3 of the afternoon session Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets
in their songs and yells that added . strengthen the stomach and regulate
the liver and bowels. They are easy
to take and mild and gentle in effect.
They only cost a quarter. Weyrich
& Hadraba.
to 150 pounds.
19 'barrow shoats weighing from
70 to 150 pounds.
13 pigs Just weaned.
Terms of Sale
Amounts of $10 and less, cash on
day of sale. Amounts above $10, ten
per cent interest will be charged on
notes with approved security.
W. T. CRAIG,
Owner.
R. Young, Auct.
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How to Be Healthy
to the enjoyment of the last of the
e?sion before the vacation.
EEPOSSTORS AND CREDITORS
Notice to Depositors and Creditors of
the Bank of Cass County,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
attorney va- otu:;-l. It
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lating the espionage act, and 23 oth- rector of the War Vete-ans' bureau
THE 0ID FASHIONED DANCE.
er persons convicted on various
charges of hindering the government
during the war with Germany, re
ceived today from President Harding
commutations of sentences to become
effective Christmas day.
At the tame time, five former
American soldiers serving life sen
tencees pronounced by a military
court for the murder of a British of
ficer while . serving with American
at Washington, submitting a plan
for lessening the financial worries of
disabled soldiers.
"The Christmas spirit of peace and
rood vill finds i:i virtually every
hospital used by y?ur-veteran's bu
reau was disabled men, who are not
only physically injured but whose
worries over financial difficulties
growing out of unadjusted compen
sation, prevents or retards their re-
& ' crmy on the Rhine, received full tar- covery," said his message.
' rnn r.ffcf tti-o Chrktmaa dov i "Thp fleaiin r.imn.il?n conducted
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I toy your bureau has left many of these
fv,P fuses of long standing awaiting def
eases Studied Separately
The action was taken after
Department of Justice had studied
spnfiratplv the p.isos nf 1 fl7
rerving sentences for violating war- mas time the American Legion sub-
time laws and after Attornev Gener- II1,ls l" ou im? iouowiub piau im
inite decision and rating. To cheer
There will be an old fashioned
dance given at the Peterson hall in
Murray on New Year's eve. December
31st, at which time all will be given
fn opportunity to dance the old year
utt and the new year in.
Come, have a splendid time, pnd do
ot forget fbe date ard place. Peter
son? hall. Murray, New Year's eve,
December 31st. 2t-sw.
To all persons having money on
d-no:it. "nl to all creditors of the
P-rik of Crs County. Plattsmouth,
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You will tale notice that on the
dpy of December. 1921. the
T. n1: of C'ss County was adjudged
":i".olve::t by the Dirtrict Court of
':r- ('runty, Nebraska, and that
"red E. Dodio was appointed Re
"eiv?r; . - ,
That on the 13th day of December,
D21, tie court entered an order
hat all persons having claims
frainst said bank should file same on
r before the 11th day of February,
I9.?2.
You will therefore take notice that
11 such claims must be filed with the
re-elver at bis office In -the banking
-onis of the Bank of Cass County,
lattrcouth, Nebraska, on or before
the 11th day of February, 1922, or
" e forever barred.
FRED E. BODIE.
tf-daw. Receiver.
Bull for Sale
An excellent 2-year-old Shorthorn
bull for sale. Call George H. Shrader
Union phone, Union, Neb.
An extensive line of hih class
itationery on hand at al1 times at
p Journal office.
al Daugherty had discussed the situ
ation at length with President Hard
ing, who -was caid to be desirous, if
possible of granting some pardons
for Christmas.
The commutations, it was explain
ed, do not operate to restore citizen
ship lost by the felony convictions
but the pardon.s do. Several of the
civilian offenders will be deported to
the European countries of their na
tivity, two are under observation at
hospitals for insane and others are
now out on paroles which were
granted by President Wilson,
list of. Men Freed
Announcement of the action tak
en was made personally by President
Harding late today. The list follows:
The five soldiers given full pardon
are: Carl J. Bryan, James A. O'Dell,
Roy Youngblood, George Van Gilder
and J. B. Richardson, all serving
life terms to which they were sen
tenced while with the American ar
my on the Rhine for the alleged kill-
immediate action in the disposal of
these neglected or suspended cases.
"The plan is simply the immediate
appointment in each regional dis
trict of boards composed of neces
sary personnel with one member in
vested with authority to make bed
side decisions and definitely estab
lish ratings."
In an address at the hospital Col
onel MacNider cited several cases
where he said recovery was made im
possible because of financial worries.
This is the 39th hospital Colonel
MacNider has visited since being
elected Legion head. He left tonight
for Mason City,' Iowa. a
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The best results are obtained from
the carefully written ad placed in
'Jiie printer's hands in time to permit
cf artistic "set-up." Don't neglect
your advertising or compose it hur
riedly if you would get the greatest
value for the money you expend
"We only Bought Rat Poison
Twice,"' writes Jesse Smith, N. J.
"I threw the Grst kind away; couUn't? bothered
mixing it with meat, cheese. Then I tried Rat-Snap.
SAY. that's the stud It comes in cakes, all truly
to use. And it sure does kill rats." 35c. 65c. Sl.25.
Sold and guaranteed by
Eestor & Swatek Weyrich & Had
raba F. G. Fricke & Co.
We appreciate your co-operation
n helping t to publish all the live
. vt vrmimitv Call No 6
The Sottom
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Has Fallen Out of
-Phonograph Prices!-
I have just received word from the
Pathe factory that the following
prices will prevail on all Pathe
models until the present stock is
exhausted :
$110 models
at
$150 models
at
$175 models
at
$200 models
at
$225 models
at
65
75
85
100
110
Remember the Pathe is played
with a Sapphire ball. No changing
of needles.
John P. Satfler,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
YOUNG LADY WAS
HURT IN RUNAWAY
Poultry Wanted!
Greetings?-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29th
A car load of live poultry wanted
On Monday evening as Miss Caro
lyn Gonzales, daughter of Mr. and
M TO TtVin tf"Lj-kTl 1 aj -si-Vis lo ott ATI1.
ing school here in town happened " e aeiiverea ac pou ury car near
with u o rin.,. MMnt a n ,1 r,n the Burlington freight house. Platts-
Ine of George Lancefleld, a former which she most likely will remem- mouth on Thursday. Dec. 29th, one
British officer. her tho rest of her iff - i only, ror which v.e win pay me
Among those whose sentences were She was driving a team and car- following
' commuted were Charles Ashleigh, a riage and was returning home and Cash Prices
former newspaper man and a writer when near Willett's farm the neck-
of poetry, who was convicted at Chi- yoke 'came down. The team started Hens, per lb.l 20c
cago for conspiracy under the es- to run the tongue hitting the bank Young Roosters, per lb 19c
pionage act and given a 10-year sen- at the side of the road the team Thick, ner lb 19c
tence. His sentence was commuted breaking loose from the buggy and t; 1p
upon the his agreement to accept de- Miss Gonzales thrown out with suf- "ecse' Per AD- A"c
portation to England, the country of ficient force eo as to render her un- Old Roosters, per lb , 7c
his nativity. .conscious. Beef Hides, per lb 6c
I v I , Sne va.s taken home and a physi- L h hid each $2.00
I There is no doubt but that the ian summoned. She remained in an the 'date We to
,i : j v it. unconscious state for several hours, Kememcer tne aate. we come to
lme 01 School supplies earned by the .r head was badly brui.ed and her b"y and wl11 positively be in Platts-
Journal is the most complete that can Hp was badly cut, otherwise she was mouth on .the day7 advertised, pre-
be found-and embraces everything uninjured. pared to take care of all poultry of-
tliat th rimdnt mv neeA in "hi nr TIle ue-ry and harness was some- lcieu aaie
The Spirit of Christmas promptt us to extend
to all our friends and patrons our very bet wishes
for a Merry Christmas and cordial greeting for a
New Year of Prosperity and Happiness.
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