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VOL. NO. XXXIX.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1923.
NO. 10
LUTHERANS OF .
WORLD TO HOLD
A CONVENTION
DELEGATES REPRESENTING
MILLION WORSHTPEES TO
MEET IN GERMANY.
90
MANY 60 FROM THIS COUNTRY
Greatest Religious Gathering Held
in Many Years People from
All Over the World.
From Wednesdays Daily.
For the first time since the days
of Martin Luther and the Reforma
tion the different sections of the
Lutheran church are meeting in con
vention. About 200 delegates are
gathering in the town of Eisenach,
Germany, on August 19th, to delib
erate on religious and ecclesiastical
affairs. Only a General Council by
the Church of Rome can bear any
comparison to this assemblage, either
in extent of registration or hrdlhr
in extent of representation or in the
Christian interests Involved.
Nearly 90.000.000 people, or about
one-fifth of all the Christians of
the world, are titled Lutherans. They
me iuui uumcruua niuu .... me
mainder of Protestantism. They get
are more numerous tnan all tne re-
their name from Martin Luther, born
in 1843, an Augustinion monk, a pro
fessor of the University of Witten
berg and pastor of the "Castle
Church" of that city, who In 1517
inaugurated the Reformation, when
he nailed his "Ninety-Five Theses" to
the door of the Wittenberg church.
His views of church and state and
his interpretation of the Bible and
Christianity, expressed in this docu
ment, excited interest, discussion and
violent partisanship. Applying orig
inally to the single bishopric of
Mainz they spread rapidly over 'all
Europe and produced."jrotestantlsni"
and the - Evangelical"irrrvenieTit,
thereby creating the second great
pciem in the Christian World. (The
first occurred eight centuries earlier
when the Greek and Roman Cathol
ic churches separated.)
The Lutheran faith was defined In
1330 at the great Diet or Council of
the Empire which Emperor Charles
V called to meet at Augsburg. A
portion of his territory accepted the
Augsburg Confession as the state
ment of principles that was read in
his presence has been named. But
prior to the Diet these principles had
been promulgated and had influenc
ed large portions of Europe. What
are now Denmark. Norway, Sweden,
Finland, the Baltic Provinces, Hol
land and Belgium, with parts of Aus
tria. Hungary and Bohemia were af
fected. Switzerland produced at
nearly the same time Zwlngll. Some
what later John Calvin taught at
Geneva. f
England at first resisted the new
doctrines, but in the course of thirty
vears Henrv the VIII cave authority .
for forming an English church.
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irom me amuiic icacuiusa ""j the subject of church unity the
dubbed "Lutherans," but when Cal-Iprayer of jesua "that they may all
vln and others who differed In some be one.. heading his theme. He has
respects from the Great Reformer produced an ajdress that is likely to
had developed large groups that excite attention far beyond his own
agreed wua mem me term itoibm-
am came inw use lur muse at uuuo
. ,
vnm nome auu me uuuic "uiuc. -.
ic auu ine name uumciau .
was connned 10 sucn as aaopieu me (
Augsburg Confession and Luther's
writings as distinctive of their faith.
Strong in Twenty Countries
At present the Lutheran church
has strong representation in twenty .
(rMintrip.o. In Norwav. Sweden. Den-l
mark, Finland and Latvia It is the
State Church. Of Germany's popu
lation about three-fifths (45 mil
lion) are credited to this denomina
tion. They have usually adopted a
"provincial" type of organization,
due to acceptance in 1555 of the
principle that "the religion of the
prince is the religion of the prov
ince." Germany for example had Its
Lutheran population divided into
some sixteen sections, each taking its
name from a province or "free city."
Up to the close of the World War
there was little connection between
the parts, although all studied the
same catechism in preparing appli
cants for membership.
The conflicts between 1914 and
1918 arrayed these "brethren in the
faith" into three groups; two war
groups and the neutral Scandinavian
countries.
War Incited Fellowship
It was the frightful suffering dur
ing and since the active hostilities
that fostered the desire to gather in
to one conference at Eisenach. Re
lief work. Initiated by the American
Lutherans
within six months after
the Armistice and soon taken up by.and mentally were both quite poor-
Denmark. Sweden and Norway, ex
cited the desire that Lutheran lead
ers of every country might assemble
to provide for co-operation and re
construction. The great needs engen-
dered by sickness, famine, -plague and 'ceased was seventy-three years of
poverty were "of the body." but, as age and was engaged as a carpenter
occurred when Jesus ministered to! during the time of his residence in
hunger and nakedness, the spiritual .Cass county." The body will be tak
requirements soon made themselves! en to Wabash this afternoon and bur
felt and received attention. In thelial made there. "
jcourse of-four years, these spiritual
j objectives have come to occupy the
I first place, and the Eisenach meeting
j will discuss .chiefly the doctrines,
'confessions and practices that dis
itinguish Lutheranism as an ; evan
fgelical faith.
i The most prominent men from each
"area" of the church are meeting at
.Eisenach. They are bishops, super
intendents, heads of mission societ
ies, distinguished professors of the
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uuiueiau stuuuis ui iiieuiugy uiiu
universities, and laymen who are
high up in the administration of the j
affairs of the church. Many of the
men have been in the heart of the I
welfare work that has so recently j -closed
i
Dr..rbe , I.,,a.. Dr. Merer of CAPTURED IN THIRTY DAYS
itussia, ur. uurscne 01 j'oiana Know.
personally what the Bolshevik perse
cutions did in their respective coun
tries. Dr. Paul of Leipzig, whose
Hfe interest centered in the
large
foreign mission fields of the German
societies, saw rfapidly growing Chris
tianization projects in Africa, New
Guinea, India and China suddenly
.3 1 A , M A. A. a 1 1 1
uuu viuieauy imerrupieu wnen ine
iununes 01 war iransierrea me re-1
mote colonies or tne oerman empire
to other nations. Bishop Ihmels of
Saxony faced the arduous labor of
reorganizing the church of his coun
try" after the present German' repub
lic was established and the former
superintendence by the state and
support 'of the church by taxation
were altered to suit the new condi
tions. Norwegian and Danish lead
ers saw the utter poverty of parishes.
schools, deaconess homes, hospitals
ana nomes tor orpnans ana oia peo
ple and gave them aid. Dr. Nathan
Soederblom, archbishop of Sweden,
encouraged the Swedish churches to
receive helpless starved children from.
Austria and other countries, while he
rnrTnPf rnrt. with inriim. ..r,
formed contracts with Anglican and
Continental churchmen in the Inter
ests of evangelical unity.
Americans Shipped Relief
But America's contribution to
charity is distinguished by the great
amounts of money and clothing
shipped across the Atlantic into many
countries. At one time in 1921, or
ganizations developed by the Ameri
can" National Lutheran Council were
at work in no less than twenty-two
countries of Europe. At the head of
this work was Dr. John A. Morehead,
now Executive Director of the Na
tional Lutheran Council. Side by
sWe"rth..him. :but " working .largely
in this country was the late Dr.
Lauritz Larsen, whose untimely
death last winter at the age of 41,
was considered martyrdom.
Dr. John A Morehead is the best
known ajid probably the best loved
Lutheran alive. He has met groups
of fellow-believers in every country
In Europe, actually following the
refugees of South Russia to Constan
tinople when the - collapse of the
Wrangel effort to overthrow the Le-nine-Trotzky
government of Russia
occurred. He was for a score of
years the president of Roanoke col
lege, Va. Then he was sent to France
to arrange for the ministry to Amer
ican soldiers then on the battlefields.
He was the first "evangelical" to go
among those formerly hostile to the
American army and he has been go
ing about" ever since administering j
aid and enabling religious reorgani
zation to occur.
One of the outstanding addresses
that will be heard by the convention
on August 23rd, has been prepared
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IUT X - A. 1 CUC1 AX. .UlULSd. 11 CiJI- ,
ld" , of th rnlted Lutheran church
'in AmoriM Fir k'm.hpi wn aflsiimpri '
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in America, ur. tvnunei was ansigueu
denomination. He bases his prin
riniM nn PaiiTa Rnintle tn th Enh-'U
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e. 1ns M 9n. haa tMvpn nrar- I
esians.esians. and has given prac
tic new aT,DiiCation of that
portion oi me iNew icsiameni.
President H. G. Stub of tire Nor-
wegian Synod will deliver the open
ing sermon. Prof. Sebellus of Au-
gustana Seminary. Rock Island. Ill
will also -speak. Prof. jC. M. Jacobs
of Philadelphia is chairman of the
American Committee on Arrange
ments. Plans have been made with the
American press to report the con
vention, the Berlin offices of the
Associated Press, the Philadelphia
Ledger, the New York Times and the
New York World cooperating.
World Convention Sunday
August 19th has been designated
throughout the Lutheran constituen
cies as World Convention Sunday.
In tens of thousands of churches
the day will be distinguished by spec
ial prayers and addresses. Dr. Nathan
R. Melhorn. editor of The Lutheran,
has been .put . in charge of reports
to the religious and secular Journals
of America. .
DIES AT COUNTY FARM
Prom Wednesdays raily.
This morning, Oliver C. Clapp, a
well known resident of near Wa
bash, passed 'away at the county
farm west of this city where he has
been for the past month, being cared
for as his condition both physically
tions of the hospitals he could not be
cared for there and was taken care of
at the farm by Mr. Goodman,, until
death came to his relief. The de-
DETECTIVE J.
PI BUEL SCORES
A BIG TRIUMPH
ARRESTS FORGERS SOUGHT BY
OTHER SLEUTHS DURING
PAST FOUR t YEARS
To cf VJnrV ourl T.vnc Chane, ttesnlta
in Story that Reads Like the
Old Time Dime Novel.
jprom
Wednesday' Dally.
t
M. Buel, head of the Buel Na-
tional Detective agency of Omaha,
,o ir. tv rnr a few hnnra innk-
lng after some matters and while
here related a btory of a recent cap
ture he has made of two forgers
that reads like a dime novel and
uliows the wonderful work that Mr.
Buel has accomplished In ferreting
out the criminals in cases where he
has been called onto the job. What
is most Dleasinc to Mr. Buel is the
fact tnat he landed the two forgers
in one month after they had been
sought for the past four years by
other agencies, ' some of the leading
detectives of the country having been
on the case and unable to locate the
;rtTes sotieht
.paLt,es soug?t-
Four years ago two strangers were
operating at Belden. Nebraska, and
In the time they were there, they
fleeced the Farmers State Bank of
that place out of a large amount
through forged drafts and notes and
made their getaway with the spoils
of their crime. The bank and the
bankers' association employed some
of the leading detective agencies in
the country to try and trace down
the men but without success and it
was thought that the case was about
run out when the bank at Belden de
cided to give- the case over to the
Buel agency"' to -try andland . the
ei imlnals wante&T - " i
The previous efforts to locate the
men wanted had cost the bank and
the association the sum of $3,600
and without result up to July 18th,
when the case was placed in the
hands of Mr. Buel. He at once start
ed in on the tracing of the two men
and never left the trail until a few
weeks later he traced them down and
found the men staid and respected
citizens in different communities in
the central west.
The chase led through the states
of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and
Texas, and finally Mr. Buel found
one of the men located in Wisconsin,
where he had settled in one of the
small towns and was at the head of
an auto and tractor manufacturing
concern and where he was one of
the chief men of the community and
highly respected
He was. apprehended very quietly
by Mr. Buel and came back to Ne
braska to face the result of his
wrong doing and then Mr. Buel start
ed after the second man and on
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cw m rwn wh.rp th
io7i OQ , h !
man
sought was located as a high :
class stock salesman of one of the
ciass ioc .aietiiiaii i
large bond houses of that city. Just
as Air. Buel maoe tne arresi ne was
taken with a stroke of heart trouble.
;but was able to get his man as far
as Minneapolis, where representatives
u.ir mD h!m v, r.rhnn
tllC ICtun UlCb CUU lllV sauvu
er was turned over to tne autnori
ties. The two men had eluded capture
for all these years and were con
vinced that they had successfully bur
ied their past and were naturally
mnph anmrlvpH In Iparn that thpir
iriDro!ihnnfa find hojkn linpartbpil A9 I
In their new life they had become
respected citizens of their communi
ties and the achievement of Mr.
Buel shows most able work on the
part of the Omaha operative in sift
ing down the crime after the failure
of other agencies.
The two men made full financial
restitution to the bank, for their for
geries and the cost of the hunt for
them that had been Dlline un in the'Eller in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. In
four years, leaving the sum of $10,
000 in settlement of the case.
The officers of the bank at Belden
have given Mr. Buel ' a fine tribute
for his work that is well deserved as
it is a real piece of crime unravel
ing, in which he can feel a pardon
able pride at having had a part.
NEW "ARRIVAL HERE
From Wednesdays Dally
'This morning, Ernest Guy Buttery
arrived in this city to make his home
and located at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest H. Buttery. The new ar
rival tipped the scales at seven and a
hal fpounds and is a -real regulation
young American boy In every respect.
The mother and little one are doing
very nicely and it is unnecessary to
state that the occasfijn has brought
much oy to the proud father and the
grandparents of the litle man.
FOR SALE
Two Shetland ponies and one span
of black, mares, ages five and six
years. Call phone 3102. al4-4tw
ASKS FOR RE-APPOINTMENT
While at Lincoln yesterday, Coun
ty Attorney A. G. Cole visited the
j state capital and took up with Game
j Warden George Koster the matter of
I the appointment of Ernest Melbern
of Murray as a deputy game warden
for that section of the county. Mr.
Melbern has served la that capacity
I and his efficient work in that line
I was recognized by the county attor
ney in urging the game warden to
make his re-appointment. There
have been a great many hunters vis
iting that part or the county and
annoying the farmers by hunting on
their farms witho utpermission and
violating the game laws and Mr. Mel
bern has been very active in check
ing this form of law violation and
which has proved a means of check
ing the depredations to a great ex
tent.
Cole
The game warden assured Mr.
that he expected to give the
matter his favorable consideration.
STATUTE CHAL
LENGED IN LOCAL
BANK STOCK CASE
Double Liability Law Aimed to Get
Speedy Action on Stockholders
Now in Supreme Court
From Tuesday's Daily.
A test case which will determine
when the receiver of a closed bank
may bring suit against the stockhold-
ers on their double liability
is
now i
pending in supreme . court.
It
was
brought by Fred Boiue, receiver . of;
the Bank of Cas3 County of Platts-
mouth against T. II. Pollock. The
assets of the bank have not "been dis-
posed of as yet, and the claim is made
by the defense that the suttwas pre-
ma ure., u.uusui. x ue u.uu i ,
settle when the receivers of the fifty;
or more failed banks may sue stock-
holders.
The action which is brought under
section 8015 of the statutes, which
first fixes the liability of stockhold
ers at the amount of. their holdings,
which inflicts a double loss and is
called double liability. Then it goes
on to say that this liability may be
enforced -whenever AJ? bank. is ad
judged insolvent, without- regard - to
the probability of the assets being
sufficient to pay all liabilities.
Judge Begley he'd the statute un-
constitutional. The supreme court ,
has repeatedly said, in cases arising
before this statute, which was passed
ten years ago, became a law, that
such liability cannot be enforced un
til after the assets of the bank have
been cleaned up and the liability is
known. In arriving at this conclusion
it held that Section 7 of Article It,
which fixes this double liability, must
be construed in connection with Sse-i
tion 4, which says that a person shall
be liable for tne unpaid suDscripuon
of the corporation stock, and that t:s
l stock, and that T:s;I.Ria
the latter provided that it was first'" a. pucmuw uciuusiis iu w.
necessary to exhaust the corporate j Heinmann and had been lifted off his
property and the indebtedness ascer- j person by a pickpocket on a Dundee
tained before this liability could be i street car last Saturday. In the
enforced. It added that Section 7 . rocketbook was $20 in cash which
merely Imposed additional burdens 'the party taking the book consider
to be enforced as Section 4 provided, his reward as it was not returned.
nn Kif f th rPPPh-or m Hip ! The apyment .of the drafts had been
case U s argued that the stPned the doctor
! wrong ?,?f That expedi- e rfur,n of hte
tQtc that tiw Hnh.nt w. thing was lovely.
pending
decision
iency dictates tnat tnis naoiiuy oe
.. . . i
attached to the property OI StOCK-
holders before they cause it to dis-
appear in order to avoid having it
gJected to pavment of the liability.
The other side argues that the set
tied judicial construction of the
stated in appropriate language, and
that the legislatures have no power
to change their interpretation. It is
"T; . L ,.T;.i i
not what is expedient, on the theory!
that the people will
will clearly when the means are pro
vided. State Journal.
WIN AND LOOSE
From Wednesday's Dally
In the first round of the doubles
tourney at the state tennis tourna
ment at Lincoln yesterday Ray Lar
son of this city and Charles Patter
son of Arapahoe defeated Hylett and
the second round played in the after
noon, Patter and Stocking defeated
Larson and Patterson by the score
of 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
There was an upset of the tennis
dope when in the singles matches,
Fred Archerd, Lincoln city champ,
was taken to a defeat by S. G. Gee
son of Seward, a younger brother of
Eddie Geeson, former university net
star and the runner up in last year's
tourney. Geeson had not been look
ed upon as a dangerous contender up;
to the match'. The result helps Ed-j
die Geeson who is now In the third,
round as Archerd was considered one :
of the dangerous men in the meet.
FEELING SOME BETTER
Mrs. C. H. Parmele, one of the old
residents of the city, who has not j
been in the best of health for the j
past year, is now feeling somewhat j
better and is able to set up some of i
the time ajid shows improvement I
which will be most pleasing to her
host o ffriends over the county. Mrs.
Parmele is now in her eighty-eighth
year and has resided here for a long
period of years.
SAYS EUROPE
FACES ANOTH
OTHER BIG WAR
SENATOR SM00T DECLARES GER
MANY ON THE BRINK OF
A NEW REVOLUTION.
,-: BODES ILL FOR UNITED STATES
ir1v tv- ,- rflTW.r. Whose
i J, . T ..T . . t,
uiuis upc nut HI a xu-
sition to Pay For.
New York, Aug. 13. A picture of
Germany on the brink of revolution
and of Europe face to face with an
other devastating war was brought
home toflav hv Senator Reed Smoot
'of Utah, who went abroad at the re
I quest of the late President Harding
I to study conditions in Germany as
they affect the reparations problem.
Equally doleful was the impression
brought back by Representative J. B.
Aswell of Louisiana, who also has
been on a tour of Europe. Both
agreed that conditions abroad boded
ill for America, particularly for the
farmer, for
whose crops they said
not in a position to pay.
L.urope was
Senator Smoot said he believed it
still was possible for Europe to see
its house in order without a period
of chaos, but he declared that unless
the nations acted soon, war would
surely come. ,
wtI,e the chief dIfrerence between
Franee, Germany and Great Britain
- ed Qn h surface to be over
.. . ., . ,,
reparations, he said, he suspected
that beneath this lay the problem of
coal.
In viey of what he had seen, he
said, he earnestly hoped that Ameri
ca could remain free of European en
tanglements.. He did not believe,
however, that entry in the- world
court, under the reservations . sug
gested by the- late President .Hul
ding, would constitute an entangle
ment. On the contrary, he thought,
America could do much to help Eu-
rope in its readjustment without her
solf becoming unduly involved.
RECOVERS STOLEN DRAFTS
ffrom Wedfttmiai Dlty.
Chief of Detectives Van Deusen of
the Omaha police force yesterday re
ceived through the mail two drafts
,a Columbus bank one for $2,000
an,d on for,
sou one Kir liuu wmcii imu ueeu
taken from Dr. P. T. Heinmann of
U1"1?
however, and
hte drafts every-
VERY QUIET WEDDING
From Monday's Daily.
Saturday afternoon Miss Gladys
Elliott and Mr. Harry Beller of this
wood, Iowa, where they in company
i with the parents of the bride, Mr. and
i Mrs. F. W. Elliott, motored to have
the happy event celebrated
The wedding was a very simple and
quiet event and following the mar
nage the party returned to this
where she has grown to womanhood
and is a young lady held in the high
est esteem by a large circle of friends
and has been very active in the so
cial work of the Methodist church
here in the past few years. The
groom is employed , in the Burling
ton shops and is a young man held
in the highest esteem by those who
have the pleasure of knowing him.
The many friends will be pleased
to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Beller will
continue to make . their home in
this city.
REMOVES LAW OFFICES
Prom Moaday Dally.
Attorney .Charles .E. Martin, who
has had his law offices with J. M.
Leyda on the second floor of the Gund
building, has removed to the first
floor of tbe building In the room just
north of the Donat soft drink parlor.
The new quarters are of easy. access,
opening directly on the street and
are being arranged by Mr. Martin
very pleasantly and will make a most
attractive office. He expects to be
in the new quarters the middle of
the week and will be abl to handle
his legal auairsatnere much more
conveniently,
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
, From Mondays Daily
I Yesterday the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Jelinek in the west part
of the city was the scene of a very
enjoyable gathering of relatives and
(friends from this city and Omaha in
I honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jelinek
and family of Canton, South Dakota,
who are here visiting for a short
time.
The time was spent visiting and re
newing the friendly ties of the past,
and a large basket dinner and supper
that had been provided by the mem
bers of the nartv with lnnrlq nf wa-
termelons and other dainties that
' served to make the fest complete.
The members of the family attend
ing were: Joseph Jelinek, wife and
children of Omaha, James Jelinek of
Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jel
inek and children of Omaha, Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Kalina and children and
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swatek and
children of this city, Mr. and Mrs.
Anton Jelinek and family of Canton;
South Dakota. The friends attend
ing the event were: Herman Safeld
and family Fred Safeld and fam
ily, Victor Kroupa and family, Jo
seph Kouncl and family, Louis Dvor
ak and family, George Nownen and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borden,
Anton Tuca and family, Philip Kru-
mal and family and Mr. Krumal of
Omaha and Mr. John Kalina of this
city.
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
From Mondays Dally.
In the social department of the
Omaha News of yesterday appeared
the announcement of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Fox of Avenel, New Jersey, of the
forthcoming marriage of their daugh
ter,. Miss Sylvia, to Mr. William
Pearlman, of Omaha, no date being
set for the wedding. Mr. Pearlman
is the youngest son of Mrs. I. Pearl
man of Omaha and is well known in
Plattsmouth where he was born and
spent a number of his boyhood days.
Miss Fox has been engaged in busi
ness in Omaha and has Just returned
from New York, where she has been
on a combined business and pleasure
trip.
GAVE TWO FINE SERMONS
Prom aUoAdaj Dallv.
Yesterday Rev. W. A. Taylor of
Omaha occupied the pulpit at the
First Methodist church .and gave
two very able and to the "point ser
mons that were very much enjoyed
by the large congregations that were
present despite the heat of the day
and of the evening. At the morning
service the choir gave a special an-
them with the solo part being taken
by Johnf rady-ad -at the aveninr
service there was a 6ong service held
preceding the regular worship hour.
DOINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT
In the office of Clerk of the Dis
trict Court James M. Robertson, a
petition in foreclosure has been filed
by William L. Seyboldt vs. W. O.
Barker et al, in which the plaintiff
seeks to recover the sum of $1,200.
The plaintiff is represented by C. A.
Rawls of this city.
C00LIDGE TO MAINTAIN
" FOREIGN DEBT POLICY
Washington, Aug. 14. Indica
tions were given at the White house
today that President Coolidge would
follow the policies enunciated by
President Harding with respect to
collection of the foreign debts.
It was said by the administration
spokesman that this government had
every intention of going ahead with
its efforts to fund the present obliga
tions and collect them on the basis
of such terms as may be agreed up
on by the debt funding commission.
pjCORDIALj
) BANKING (
j SERVICE
"Father's Bank!"
Many customers of the First National
Bank transacted their first' banking business
here because they knew it as "father's bank"
and they have been banking here ever since.
It is 52 years since we started serving the
people of Plattsmouth and vicinity, and the
high standard of service during all this time
has made it the natural thing for old customers
to bring new customers to us.
When they have once become customers,
the advantages which come with dealing with
an old bank of wide experience make the as
sociation permanent.
The First motional Bank
THE BANK W H ERE YOU FEEL AT HOB
PLATTSMOUTH 1HT NEBRASKA
CHANGE MADE
IN BUSINESS
HOUSES HERE
H. M. SOENNICHSEN CO. PUR
CHASES THE INTERESTS OF
FRANK FANGER
WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL LATER
Purchase Gives Soennichsen Com
pany Much Needed Room For "
Expansion of Business.
From Tuesdays Dally.
The H. M. Soennichsen Co., the
largest retail buslncsss firm in the
city, has just closed the deal whereby
it purchased the stock of the Frank
Fanger store as well as the three
buildings on upper Main street which
art owned by Mr. Fanger.
The change is one that has created
the greatest interest in the business
circles of the city and gives Mr. Soen
nichsen a larger building for the ex
pansion of his business which is the
largest in the city and in which he
has felt the need for larger quarters
for some time. The buildings own
ed by Mr. Fanger are those that wero
for years used by the firm of E. G.
Dovey & Son, one of the pioneer bus
iness houses of Cass county and was
purchased last year by Mr. Fanner
in the settlement of the affairs of the
Dovey firm and has since been occu
pied by him with his department
store.
Mr. Soennichsen, the new owner of
the Fanger stock, states that the bus
iness will be conducted as usual at
the Fanger store for the remainder of
the week and then the stock will be
sold at a special bargain offering sale
to clean up and make way for the
removal of the large and modern
stock of the Soennicheen company
to Ihe'new tjuarters and will be one -ff
the big mercantile sales of the
year.
The Soennichsen store will con
tinue at the present location for at
least the next six months as there
will be a great deal of work to do
on the Fanger building before it can
be occupied and it will be made all
ready for the formal opening so that
there will be no interference with the
conduct of the affairs of the large
retail store, which is one of the best
in this part of the state.
SOME FINE EGG
From Mondays Dally.
One of the record breaking eggs of
the season is that which was gather
ed at the home of Ivan J. Taylor a
few days ago and which shows the
quality of eggs that are deposited by
Nebraska hens. The egg measured
six and a half by eight and a half
inches and weighs a quarter of a
pound. The hen laying the egg was
of the Plymouth Rock variety and
has been one of the beet layers in the
flock of Mr. Taylor's. It is certainly
a record breaking' egg.
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