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VOL. NO. XXXV11L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1922.
NO.
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF MRS. J. W. SAGE
Highly Esteemed Lady of This City
Laid to Lart Long Sleep Yes
terday Afternoon.
From Thursday's Daw.
At the home where in the years
past she has spent so many years of
nappiness and which had been the ob-j
wt ,.f i,.r .r Mr. hirt th
, i .-i nf m t, w
Sage, whose death on Tuesday brot'in the rthKNf bJ"aska d,istrict and
such a deep sense of grief to the old
friends and neighbors in this com
munity. The services were such a.3
ed, simple and quiet, as her life Has J re a "Nebraska does not enjoy
been, and in their beauty and sim- ,he distinction or a lady representa
plicity typifying the passing of a,tIve in the lower house of congress,
kind and loving wife, sister, friend
and neighbor. The Rev. John Cal-;
vert of the Methodise church offered (
lesson while Rev. H. G. McClusky of
the Presbyterian church spoke brief
ly of the life of the departed lady
and .to the grief stricken family
"brought words of comfort and
strength in- the hours of their trial.
The body was tenderly borne to Oak
Hill cemetery where it was laid to
rest to sleep until the coming of the
day all .things shall awaken at the
Master's call to die' no more.
Ionian toiler was Dorn way n,prom Thursday's Dally.
ifcj.6. at lamotte, lowa. fche was tnei The 0ffjce Gf County Superintend
youngest daughter of Augustus and' t Miss Aipha Petersen, as well as
Louisa M. Potter. tne G. A. R. room in the court house.
Her childhood and girlhood day3was filled thi3 morning With some
were spent on the old home farm at seventv-five of the young people of
the above named place. tne seVenth and eighth grades to
December IS. 1S76. she was united ltake their examinations and the at
in marriage to James W. Sage oftendance was tne largest that has
Plattsmouth. No children came to been present at any of the examina
"bless this union. Since her marriage tiong neid in this city outside of
her home has always been at Flatts- the city scn0ols. The representation
mouth, where her friends are many. jwas from Plattsmouth. Murray. My-
For more than a year her health nard and cedar Creek and the young
has been failing and all that money ( peopie were very much interested in
and tender affection could do for her ; the work of the questions given them,
was done, but all in vain, and after The f0n0wing young people were
many weeks of suffering she passed refriBtered
away at her home, April 4. 1922. j Plattsmouth Opal Hardison. Em
Her gentle spirit has flown to ke!ily gtava. Fern Price. Mildred Smith,
with the other ones she loved so j Kathleen Troop Dean Snyder. Glen
dearly. God has taken her home. Shejand Walter Fulton. Pearl Hardison.
is at rest. Frn Smith TJpIptip Perrv. Jean
Besides her devoted "husband, she
leaves only out sister. Mrs. O. M. :
StrelgM. and nephews and nreces to '
mourn her loss
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
Last Friday, March 31st, marked
the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Lohnes of near Ce-1 Renner, Opal Reynolds, Mildred and
dar Creek and in honor of the event Sterling Fleming, Ralph Wehrbein.
the children of Mr. and Mrs. Lohnes Edith Todd. Lloyd Todd. Donald
planned a pleasant surprise end at Born. Thyra Johnson. Carl Stoehr,
a suitable hour the guests marched Mildred MeiSinger. Richard Living
in on them and it was several mln-'ston. Een Hull and Earl Huddleston.
utes before they realized the nature j Cedar Creek Lucille Horn, Eliza-
most pleasantly in card playing and
dancing end everyone enjoyed them- J
selves to the utmost. Mr. and Mrs. i
Lohnes have reared a familv of seven
children now all grown to manhood !
on v--vmaT,hfwl In hamp? r.f
their own with the exception of the
two younger ones who are living at
heme with the father and mother. ,
Mi- cnfl MrQ T jth rerpivtvl man
beautiful presents and everyone de- j
panea wtsnmg mrai niucii nappiues.s
and hoping to return again after 30
years more to celebrate again. Those-
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Anton'
Meisinger and family, Mr. and Mrs. j
Louis Friedrich and family, Mr. and J
Mrs. Jor.n Kanenberger ana lamny,
Mr. and Mrs. August Kaffenberger
and familv. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sal?-
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berg and family. Mr. and Mr. John
liuscne, Air. ana -urs. jjr?in:e
Busche. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hen- (
cer. Mr
Mr. and Mrs. Martin innes. air. anu interesting to look through it and re
Mrs. Ehnrr Lohnes. Mr. and Mrs. cali these faces. Some have moved
John B. Kaffenoerger. Mr. and Mrs. awav hnt the great Der cent of them
Ralph Hilt, Mr. and Mrs. George
Hennings and son Dale, Grandpa Lo-
hnes, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lohnes
Misses Beulah Warren. Ella Lohnes.
Fay Gregory. Florence Terryherry,
Amelia Friednca, .Messrs. t.:mer .
Chamberlain. George Miller, Ft?u i
Terryberry. cnaries ingram, '"ie,Geo Cross, W. H. H. Cassell. H.
Fried rrch.
A PLEASAKT EVENT
From Friday's Dally.
home of Mr and Mrs Cju. Carey , othy .y---.
one of the finest and JusU to" Hunter. D. s. Hoverstadt. Wm. H.
ican boys that have made their ad- Ashman Jonn McCalg Mrs. uer,
vent here in many W Dr. j. w. Thomas and scores of oth
. little man tipped the scales i at eight seemg
ann a nan uuuuua aim " '
mother is doing nicely. It is need
less to say that the addition to the
family has brought a great pride to
the happy father and the other rel
atives as well. The friends are join
ing in wishing the little man a long
and successful life.
ALMOST T.TTTE SUMMER
From Friday Daily.
Yesterdav afternoon was a strik
ing example of ti-e fact that the
winter season is neing riiomiy &uucu
into theJiscard and the temperature j
causea icose w uu onn
heavies on, to wish that they were
stripped down to the summer weight.
The warmth and general humidity
brought on quite a lively shower in'
the evening that also served as a'
gentle reminder of the coming of.
the good old summer time. To quote
"Fattv" Foster, "There is nothing!
like it." I
HERE TO ATTEND COURT
From Thursday's Dally.
This morning Mrs. I. C. Buell of
Ashland was in the city attending
court in which she appeared for the
plaintic in the case of the State of
Nebraska, ex rel. vs. Allen J. Bee
son, county judge, a mandamus ac
tion in which the plaintiff sought
to have the county judge restore an
action to the docket after it had been
uu "f" .u
of he absence of the plaintiff in the
a ,5"- . ... ,
Mrs- Buell is a candidate for the
democratic nomination for congress
ii t i i ii piirvK:i 1 1 i r i i u imi
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, neys in the state and proposes to
make an aggressive light for the
nomination and it is not to be won-
Lil'U I U i;iJIIII.
LIU 1 1 I II UllHUI.
EXAMINATIONS
DRAW MANY
Seventy-Five of the Seventh and
Eighth Grade Pupils Here for
the Spring Tests.
Spangler. Covert and James Jean.
Eldon Hull. Glen Hutchison. Harlan
San3 Mabl; Furlong, Velma Slagel,
Nora Wilson, Everett Parriott, Wal
ter Wiess, Carl Keil. Florine Born,
Harvey Meisinger, Albert Hilflicker,
Bobbie White, Dale Schroeder. Viola
Kaufman. LeVetta Renner, Gordon
Wilcoxen. Oliver Meisinger, Chester
Franke. Lorene Ault, Verne True,
Alice True. Verna Meisinger. Beulah ,
Warren. Viola Meisinger and Ray
Groom.
Murray Violet Carroll. Freda
Hill. Elmer Yardlev. Marie Meisine-1
er. Albert Kraeger. John and Milton
Toman, Justus Lillie and Elmer
Webb.
Mvnard HplpnA Yallprv. Vprnpr
Hild. Herman Hackenberg. Malvln .
jeuuiugb, ivoy oeuis, nuiu nugue,
Selma Kraeger and Jeneva Urish.
L00RTNG BACKWARDS
h. Hobson has an old ledger
of Re9(j Bros., who were general change, amendment or modification of
merchants in Weeping Water in an'tne federal reserve system as will ro-
eariT dav Thi3 ledger begins on ll?e p,r!?p of th,? money power on
e'y uy. iais icuser uc8'us the circulating medium of the I nited
February 26, 1875. being forty-seven . states.
years old I
There are a great many names
known to the old settlers and it is.ment of all debts, public or private.
nave passed on to their reward. j
Among the names are Wm. Jenks.
Geo. Lambing, H. A. Farley. Watt:
.Cordon, J. K. Stucker. Jas. Clizlje. j
w c Ladd. R. N. Ingersoll. L. F.I
Reed. E. I. Day. Jas. aiberson. Willis
Horton. B. F. Allen, G. S. Berry.
Strickland. A. P. Woodard. Judge
Wolph. C. A. Colburn, Miss Hattie
Fenn, O. Tefft, T.. N. Bobbitt, Mrs.
Skinner, E. Ratnour, J. M. Beards
ley. John Chase, Chas. Thorngate, S.
A. Ripley. Geo. Adams. Wm. H. Reed.
those we used to know in other davs
In that year smgar sold 8 lb for
$1.00 vinegar 40 cents per gallon;
O. H. S. tobacco 40 cents per lb and
Uncle Ned tobacco 30 cents a lb;
eggs 10 cents per dozen; lemons 60
cents per dozen; brooms 23 cents
each; overalls $1.00 per pair; pair
of boots $5.50; suit of clothes $9.00;
butter 20 cents per lb; rubber boots
$4.75 per pair, etc.
We notice that tobacco seemed to
have been used in those day as much
as it is now, for it seems nearly ev
charge had tobacco ncluded.
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twQ Bi,bles.Weeping Water Report-
il can.
Golden Millet Seed
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Golden millet seed for sale, one
dollar per bushel. H. E. Warden, TJn-
ion- Phone 4503. m30-3sw
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Blank Books at tte Journal Ofice,
GLEAN UP AND
GET READY FOR
THE SPRINGTIME
Use the Hake, Paint and Paperhang
ing Brushes Get Things Spic
and Span for Summer.
The season is now at hand when
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snrintr Reason and a eeneral cam-
paign. not only for the improvement
of their properties, but also to serve
as a measure of safety in the way of
lUUi C AiCCLl Lit 1. Ul LUMUL iiua auu
prevention. There is nothing more
unsightly than a lot of debris around
the home or business house and
which has a tendency to make con
ditions dangerous from the point of
tires or unhealthy spots that are
epidemic breeders and which should
be wiped out in a general clean-up
of the city.
To add to this feature of the
campaign, there should be a general
effort made to have the homes re
paired and repainted and made ob
jects of beauty to the eye and which
will make the city as a whole much
more beautiful and to the citizens
it should bring a sense of comfort
and pleasure that they cannot pos
sibly find otherwise in more unsight
ly circumstances.
The civic bodies of the city will
willingly lend their efforts to assist
in the spring clean-up and general
beautification of the city and the
movement should be one that would
have the heartiest support of every
citizen and property owner. A beau
tiful city is a credit to its citizens
and with the natural beauty with
which this city is blessed it should
be made one of the feature spots of
the fair state of Nebraska.
EXPORT BOUNTY
PLAN ON PRODUCTS
OF THE FARMERS
Judge Allen of Madison Makes Pro
posals to Progressive Chair
man J. H. Edmisten.
Lincoln, Neb., April 4. An "ex
port bounty" on agricultural pro
ducts, to be paid direct to farmers, is
proposed in a national platform of
fifteen issues submitted by District
Judge W. V. Allen of Madison, form
er United States senator, to J. H.
Edmisten, progressive state chair
man, in a letter today.
"A new idea and one that merits
fjt
He 'explains that this bounty to be
Pald ' the government would give
farmers the same advantage manu-
f"1"1"6" now haJe i? f Prote?5lve
tariff. One would offset the other.
iuc pittiiurui iuuuks.
Prompt and rigid retrenchment and
reform in our national and state ex
penditures. Opposition to treaties with roreipn
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tions with all.
Opposition to the enactment of any
law looking to the establishment of an
international hanking system and to
the issuance of international money or
currency.
A thorough revision of our entire fi
nancial system and particularly such
All paper money or currency to be
issued directly by the government and
mnrip a full torwloff. fnr tlia Tin -
and rates of interest and discount to
be regulated by act of congress.
Less, but more judicious lawmaking
and a conscientious law indorsement.
A careful revision of the so-called
Ksch-Cummins interstate commerce act
to relieve the government from all lia
bility under present acts of congress.
The collection of the debts due the
United states from its allies in the
late war and from the railroad com
panies, the proceeds of which to be
used for the formation of a sinking
fund for the redemption of government
obligation.
Opposition to ship subsidies.
Government ownership and operation
of railroads.
The right of all lawful labor orga
nizations to collective bargaining.
The improvement of navigable riv
ers and harbors.
The preservation of our forests and
the reforestation of public lands adapt
ed thereto.
The enactment of a law for the pay
ment of a reasonable export bounty on
farm products.
All members of congress to refrain
from caucus dictation.
NEW OVERSEER AND ASSESSOR
The county commissioners at their
session here this wreek appointed C.
A. Trent as road overseer of Rock
Bluffs iprecinct in place of J. E. Lan
caster, who has removed from the
district, and also appointed T. J.
Brendel as the assessor for the pre
cinct and approved the bond so that
the assessor can carry on his work
of rounding up the property in the
district and. listing it for assessment.
CARD OF THANKS
To the kind friends and neighbors
we -desire to express our lasting ap
preciation of their loving kindness to
us and to our beloved wife, sister
and aunt at the time of her sickness
and for the sympathy that has been
tendered to us in our hour of sor
row at her death. J. W. Sage; Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Streight and family.
HAVE PLEASANT TIME
From Friday's Dally.'
Despite the iaci oi me rain, a
number of the dance lovers cf this
citv last evening braved the threat
jening elements and made the trip
to Glenwood. where the Southern
Rag-a-Jazz orchestra, just recently
returned from a tour of England,
was the attraction. There were some
fifteen from this city making the
trip and all enjoyed themselves very
much and had the weather condi
tions been anyways favorable the
attendance from this city would have
I been very large, as
a great mauv
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STILL AT LOUIS
ViLLEYESTERBAY Also Brings in Two Mexicans Who
are Charged with Having Been
Owners of the Plant.
From Friday's Daily. J.
Emulating the example of their
early Spanish ancestor. Ponce ae
Leon, who conducted a search in this
hemisphere for the fountain cf youth,
two Mexicans residing out at Louis
ville, decided to go Tor.ce one bet
ter and rigged up a first clas:? still,
that while it might not produce any
youth producing drink, brought forth
a liquor that had a kick far beyond
the cne-half of one per cent that the
eminent Minnesota congressman has
set forth as the strength of the drinks
of the American people.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff C. D.
Quinton motoring o;t to . Louisville
in company with Constable Frank
Detiet. uneartnea tr.e stiii wtich is
of the very latest 1322 model ar.d
while it was not in operation tlit
sheriff confiscated the still and also
brought back with him the two Mex
ican gentlemen who were the owners
of the still.
In addition to the still, the sheriff
secured a small quantity of liquor,
which however, was Omaha stuff,
and with a strength far more power
ful than embalming fluid. For their
offense, the two mm will, bp ei-ven
an inning before hff honor,- Judye
Allen J. Beeson. i
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION
Recently the chamber of commerce
cf the city assisted the American le
gion basketball team to participate
in the state basketball tournament
with a number of the public spirited
citizens assisting in the good cause.
The following letter received by Sec
retary Guy W. Morgan of the cham
ber rpeaks very highly of the work
of the chamber of commerce:
Chamoer of Commerce,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Gentlemen:
As a meniber of the State Athletic
committee of 4he American Legion. I
wish to express my sincere thanks
to j-our body for your kind co-operation
and financial help in sending
the Plattsmouth Legion team to the
state tournament at Kearney last
week. Three of the four teams being
from the central and western part of
the state, Kearney was selected as
the best located place for the hold
ing of the tournament. This made it
necessary for your team to go to a
good deal of expense to travel so far
to take part in the tournament. If
it had not been for your kind help,
the team would probably not have
been able to participate, and the
tournament would not have been
nearly as much of a success.
I believe that sending the team
to Kearney to participate even tho
they did not win out, did a good
deal towards advertising the Ameri
can Legion of your town and your
tow nitself and will in the end rec
ompense yo uentirely for the expense
you have been to.
On "behalf of the team I only wish
to say that they conducted them
selves as gentlemen while at. Kear
ney and went into the games and
played their best, even though they
had to go into a game almost im
mediately upon their arrival at Kear
ney at 4 o'clock after having heen
on the road since morning. Again
expressing my appreciation of your
help, I am
Very trulv yours.
WALTER R. RAEOKE.
WILL REPRESENT GRAND AERIE.
State Worthy President William
Barclay, of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, has just received the an
nouncement from the office of
Grand Worthy President Morin that
the grand aerie would designate Past
Grand Worthy President A. B. Dun
can of St. Joseph, Missouri, and P.
J. Barrett, past worthy president of
the South Omaha aerie as the repre
sentatives of the grand worthy presi
dent at the state aerie meeting in
June at Grand Island.
NEW METROPOLITAN OFFICES.
Charles W. Hula, representative of
the Metropolitan Insurance company,
has moved his offices to rooms over
the First National bank building and
will be located in a part of the o.uar
ters formerly occupied by Tidd and
Duxbury with their law practice. Mr.
Duxbury retains the balance of the
suite for his law and city clerk's
office.
iERY PLEASANT
,VER
IS GIVEN
LAST EVENING
Wah-Wah-Tasse and Toko CampSre
Girls Hold Ever.t in Honor of
Hiss Claire Creamer.
From Frldav's Dwiiy.
The elements did not provide the
only shower last evening as the beau
tiful home of Mrs. It. P. Westover on
High school hill was the scene of a
very charming pre-nuptial shower
given Ly the young ladies of the
Toko and Wr.h-Wah-Tasse carrr.pfires
in honor of Miss Claire Creamer, one
of their former members and whose
marriago is to occur in the very near
future.
The members of the two organiza
tions with their guardians, Mrs.
Westover and Mrs. F. Ii. Gobelman.
had arranged the home with very
elaborate decorations appropriate for
the occasion and cupids and hearts
predominated in the decorative
scheme throughout the rooms. Here
the members spent the time delight
fully in the games of childhood days,
including "London Bridge" and other
of the pastimes that served to keep
a spirit of enjoyment prevailing for
the entire evening.
The young ladies also rpent some
time in the renewing of the pleasant
times of the past, when they were
engaged in active campfire work and
which served as a delightful part of
the evening's entertainment.
At a suitable time the bride was
presented with a large basket very
elaborately decorated in the hearts
and cupids and within which was
contained the large array of beau
tiful remembrances from tbe friends
to the bride-to-be and which will
long be cherished as tokens of af
fection from the friends of childhood
days by Miss Creamer in her new
home. The guest of honor was also
presented by Mrs. F. R. Gobelman on
behalf of the Campfire girls with a
bracelet, emblamatic of the "fire
maker" degree of the campfire work.
The evening-was closed by tha
serving o.X very tLunty ami delicious
refreshment's by the guardians and
which iTdded to.the un'ur.ual pleasant
evening. The inclement weather
served to keep a number from attend
ing the delightful occasion, but the
following were present: Misses Fae
Ciiase, Clara Mae Morgan, Marguer
ite Wiles, Pauline Bajeck, Alice
Louise Wescott, Ruth Shannon. Hel
en Wescott. Fern Niel. Emma.Wohl
farth, Mary Margaret Walling, Viola
Archer, Ilelene Gapen and the guest
of honor, Claire Creamer. Mrs. C.
L. Creamer and Mrs. Edgar L. Creamer-were
present as guests of the oc
casion. URGING MORE PAVING
A number of the residents on the
western part of Main street, from
10th street west to 15th street are
agitating having the paving extend
ed out on Main street as far as the
Kopia store or 15th street. The hills
in that part of the city become very
bad in the wet season and make trav
el very disagreeable and consequent
ly causes the city to expend much
money in keeping the roads dragged
irp and filled or else let them go,
greatly ,to the annoyance of the par
ties residing along the street and
this is the reason that the residents
there feel that thejr would like to
have paving placed there. If this
work is carried out it will probably
be by the use of concrete paving that
has teen found so successful on the
high school hill job. This would cer
tainly add very much to the appear
ance of that section of the city and
in crease the value of the property
there. Several of the large property
owners would be quite heavily hit by
the improvement, however, as there
are two of the residents there who
would have to pay for one block each
cf the paving.
LOOKING FOR LOCATION
From Thursday's Dally.
Thomas E. Dunbar, who for a
number of years been engaged in the
practice of law at Chadron. Nebras
ka, and Newcastle, Wyoming, is in
the city today looking over the pros
pects for engaging in other lines of
business that will permit him more of
the enjojment of outdoor life and
Mr. Dunbar is figuring on entering
the garage business with John F.
Wolff, the local Studebaker agent,
in the auto business. It is to be hop
ed that Mr. Dunbar will decide to
locate here as it will mean the addi
tion of a very estimable family to
the city and to the musical circles
especially, as Mrs. Dunbar, who was
formerly Miss Ruth Flynn of Omaha,
is a gifted pianoist, and prior to her
marriage was one of the best known
ladies in the musical circles of the
state metropolis. Mrs. Dunbar is a
gold medal student of the Chicago
Conservatory of Music. A number of
the Plattsmouth people are familiar
with the musical work of Mrs. Dun
bar and are hopeful that she may lo
cate in this city.
The best result are obtained from
the carefully written ad placed in
the printer's hands in time to permit
of artistic "set-up." Don't neglect
your advertising or compose it hur
riedly if you would iret the greatest
value for the money you expend.
TO MARK GRAVES
The board of county commispion-
I tii nave reueneu a peiruun iruiu -iiie
members of the G. A. R. of Kenesaw
Post, and citizens of Eimwood, ask
ing for the placing of twelve bronze
markers over the graves of the old
soldiers in the Eimwood and Wabash
' cemeteries and in compliance with
the state law the board has granted
the petition nd the last resting
places of the3 splendid men wlio
served their cenntry so well will be
appropriately marked. This is the
proper move and a just honor to the
ol isoldiers and sailors of the civil
war an dshould he followed in all
)arts of the county.
ONE WAY OF LOOK
ING ATTHE MATTER
Southern Town Mayor Soliloquizes
Over Good Fortune m Being
Defeated for Re-election
For six years we have been the
public complaint box and footwiner;
we have settled land disputes, fam
ily disputes, dog disputes and some
unfair accounts; we have been in
sulted, disgusted, spat upon and im
posed upon; we have been handed
bunches of flowers at the one hand
snd a black eye at the other; we
have locked up culprits for wrong
doing and then envied them their
places in limbo; we have been blam
ed for stopped sewers, blocked streets,
heavenly showers, poor telephone
service and the present price of cot
ton; we have been cursed for cut
ting trees and threatened with death
for allowing other trees to stand; we
have been black-listed for the bum
work of one policeman and ostracized
for the sterling work of another; we
have been called a liar until we al
most believe it; we have become
widely known as a grand rascal, an
arch criminal, a desperado, a policy
player and a bigoted fool; we have
been credited with buying property
with town funds, removing our own
property from the tax books and ac
cused of attempting to give the Pres
byterian church a title to the town
hall; we have been charged with
false arrest, false statements and
other faults; when we smiled they
said we were a fool, and when we
frowned they said we were a bully;
mothers accused us of overrunning
the town with dogs and the dog
owners blamed us for the deluge of
babies; one bunch wanted hogs in
town, while others said there were
too many hogs already; they cursed
our name when mosquito time came;
they yelled at us when the ditches
ran over after having them filled to
capacity by the good Lord; they
blamed us for the many peculiarities
of their neighbors, their neighbors'
chickens, dog, man servant, maid ser
vant and mule; when the baby had
whooping-cough, it was because we
allowed a ncrth wind to blow, and
when it had the colic it was because
we had allowed the dope fiends to)
exhaust the supply of paregoric at
the drug stores; some wanted the;
Confederate monument to face south,
while others said we should take the
old man's hat off when the Civic
league paraded by; one called us a
gentleman and was promptly slugged
by one who said we were a bum;
they blamed us for this and they
cursed us for that they heaped all
of the troubles of the universe upon
our weary bald pate and then lifted
all of our burdens by beating us at
an election Glory be! The Amer
ican City.
Consistent
Businessmen who patronize this bank
strongly endorse the cordial, willing, help
ful service we have given them consist
ently for more than 50 years.
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WEEPING WATER
LANDMARK IS FIRE
SWEPT SATURDAY
Euilding Occupied by the Landholm
Garage One of the Old Familiar
Spots in That City
At pfeht o'clock Knttirdav incrninsr
the community was startled by the
shrill call of the fire whistle. The
lire was soon located in Mr. La:id
holrn's garage on North Randolj h
street. Before the whistle had quit
blowing, smoke and flaiuos buret out
of the front of the building and had
made such headwav there was no
hopes of saving anything, so the fire
men "just labored to keep tbe flames
confined to the building.
It was a brick veneered building
and burned for hours. Fortunately
there was no wind, so there was no
danger at any time of the fire
spreading or getting beyond control.
The mechanics were using the
welding apparatus and the liose blew
off the gas tank scattering the oxy
gen and hydrogen gas all over the
room and filling the room with smoke
and flames, compelling the men to
flee for their lives.
The firemen were on the Job and
played three streams of water as
long as it was necessary. Mr. McAvoy
at the pumping station, was at his
post of duty and kept the pumps
busy, so the fire boys were not handi
capped, thus enabling them to han
dle the situation.
Charley Selleck roomed upstairs
and was wakened by the first explo
sion, which threw debris on his bed.
He couldn't see anything for smoke,
but managed to find his overalls and
shoes and then pot out onto the
porch by crawling on his hands and
knees. He trusted to his sense of
direction and hoping he would not
get into a hole and fall into the
seething mass below. He was almost
exhausted when he reached the air
and was helped down stairs.
This building was one of the old
landmarks of the town, being built
in 1888 by the Grand Army of the
Republic for a hall. Mrs. M. A.
Street had a millinery store and
lived in the lower part of the build
ing for nome years.
Dr. F. N. Gibson bought the build
ing and later gave it to the Academy
and it was used as a boys' dormitory
above and class rooms below and
was called "Gibson Hall."
Later Mr. McCormick bought it
and run an ice cream factory and
turned it to Chas. Joyce. For a year
or so it has been used as a garage.
Sam Baker sold the business a
short time ago to Mr. Landholm. of
Murdock.
There were two cars destroyed.
Ole Oleson's car and a service car
belonging to Mr. Landholm.
Mr. Landholm has the sympathy of
the whole community. This is the
second time he has been burned out
in the past few months. The first
time was at Murdock. Bad luck sure
ly seems to be following him.
Weeping Water Republican.
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