THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2Z.1D23. PLATTS3I0UTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE nvz Murray Department Prepared in the Interest of the People v j mm , . Your dollars that stay at home are the ones that so the farthest! Cashing Checks for Strangers is a ticklish business. You wouldn't want to neither does the other do it -ftllow. Don't ask him to do it. Take along some TRAVELER'S CHECKS They automatically identify you and you will have no embar rasing delays. Come in and get a supply be fore you leave. Murray State Bank Murray, Nebraska Mike Rys the village smithy was spending last Saturday and Sunday at Plattsmouth. Miss Mathilda Soennichsen of Platts:youth was assisting in the store here last Tuesday. W. C. Soennichsen of Plattsmouth was down last Tuesday with a load J of gouus lor tne store nere. runu nuii' i t miu iness last Tuesday afternoon. , A. G. Long was called to Platts-! mouni ia.i ii.esc.aj ane. uuuu l" j Tuesday coming to consult with his look after some business matters. phvskian! Dn a H. Gilmore, re Geo. Nickles was looking after ; c-ardinir his health. Nickles was looking after j seme business matters in Omaha last I t. Sink of Plattsmouth was -a bus- ' report an excellent time. Mr. Rhod Monday making the trip on the bus. !jncys visitor in Murray last Monday ' fn says that the crops are quite Messrs. Fred and Henry Lutz were having some business - matters with streaked down that way, some places looking after some business matters IMr. Geo. Nickles of the aBnning & having very good crops while others 1U Nehawka last Monday afternoon. ' for Weak-End Shoppers! 48-Ib. sack of Victor flour . $1.75 10 pounds of sugar 1.00 3 pounds of rice 2o Macaroni or spaghetti, 3 pkgs. for - 25 J. M. coffee, 3-lb. cans 98 Van Camp's pork and beans, 2 cans 25 Post's cr Kellogg's bran flakes, per pkg 10 Large size rolled oats, per pkgi .25 Otoe brand hominy, large can 10 Palm Olive or Creme Oil soap, 3 bars 25 Kraut, large size cans ". . . .15 LAMKETS! Buy Now at a Wonderful Saving All . wool, size 66x80 . .$10.75 Wool and cotton mixed, 66x80 9.50 Wool finish, bound edge, 72x64 5.74 Cotton bound edge, 70x80 3.75 Cotton blankets, 66x80 3.25 Grey cotton, 72x80, fancy border 2.98 SHOES! Do not Overlook these Bargains in Boys' and Girls' Shoes Boys box bluchers, sizes 3 Yl to 52 $2.27 Youths sizes, 13 to 2 . . . 2.13 Little Gents sizes, Wl to 12. . . . 1.98 Girls high top black and brown, sizes 3 to 6; ... . 3.87 HIGHEST PRICE FOR YOUR PRODUCE L Soennichsen & Co. Fhons No. 12 of Murray and Surrounding Vicinity Especially for the Journal Readers Henry C. Long was a visitor at Omaha last Friday where he .was looking alter some business matters. Earl Lancaster and the good wife were looking after some business in Plattsmouth last Monday afternoon. Kobert Good and wife were visit ing and looking after some business matters in Plattsmouth last Satur- ; day. Lee Nickles was looking after some business matters in Omaha last Tuesday making the trip via the bus line. The representative of the Journal was a guest last Tuesday at the hos- his connection therewith and depart- Kniss stopped at the home of Mar pitable home of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. ed with his mother for California and ' guerite White at Madison, Cal.. and Brendel. twill probably make their home there, j also at the home of his uncle, W. D. Geo. Hild of Plattsmouth was a! 'visitor in Murray for a few hours last j Tuesday looking after some business matters. Ray Howard and Jthe family are expecting to attend the Cass county fair, at Weeping aWter on Friday of this week. Dr. J. W. Brendell and wife or lAvoca were visitors at the home of i Mrs Ti V P.renrif-1 last Kunrlav for a few hours. Toward Dowler of Union was a Dowler of Union was a visitor at the home of his brother, Os- j car Dowler - last Tuesday afternoon i for a short time. Mr. A. J. Schaeffeer of near Man ley was a visitor in Murray last Mon I clay looking after some business mat iters for a short time. J. W. Edmunds, to drive dull care away, has been employing his spare hourshours putting a bottom in a! wagon box for L. G. Todd. I Miss Rachel Kendall of southeast, of Murray who has been very sick at the home of her mother is reported as showing some improvement. Mrs. Christine Coughlin of Platts mouth who has a class in music in Murray was in town on last Tuesday giving instructions to her pupils. Mrs. K. L. Kniss who recently re turned from the west, reports his un-: j t ie, W. D. Kniss of Carpenter, Wyo. .an being in very poor health at this time. A. A. Young and wife of east of Murray were looking after some bus- i iness matters and also visiting with ! friends at Plattsmouth last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shrader and two children. Miss Eldorene and i 'Chester of Omaha were spending last . Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs i Henry C. Long. W. E. Parmenter of Elmwood has engaged with the Murray garage and ; is working mere at tnis time. wr. Willie Lintner'is also assisting in i the work as well. Geo. Everett and son. Leslie, of near Union were in diurray lasi o-nrdinir his health. Nickles lumber firm. TVlurray, Nebraska Galen Rhoden -was a business visi-! tor in Plattsmouth last Tuesday ternoon making the trip in his auto. Mrs. Ray Campbell was taken very ctnV lact Snnrtav- with Rnmothinir like poisoning and has been kept to her bed since, though the past few days has shown some improvement. Oscar Nailor was called to Platts- mouth last Tuesday afternoon to look after some business "matters and while he was away the store was looked after by Mr. B. A. Root. Forest Tracy who has been work- ing at the Murray garage, severed Philip Lambert and H. C. Long were attending the sale of Mr. H. E. i Shrader last Monday which held aj good crowd and where the property ofiered for sale brought good prices. On account of the shortage of help Messrs. A. Gansemer and son. Earl, have been heaving the large chunks from the car into the coal bins and nna tue occupation a most aruuous One. A- G- Cisney was a visitor in Mur - Tay ia." a.1UT. ol 1UI" - ber with which he is building some feed bunks for the farm and will ex pect to feed a number of cattle the coming winter. O. T. Leyda and family who now live in Weeping Water were all in attendance at the Bible school at i Murray last Sunday. It looks like j those who live near the church could nnd time to attend. j John Irwin of Union and his good wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a very tine girl at their home who manifests a disposition to make her .stopping place with them for some twenty years or so. W. G. Boedeker and family were visitors at Nebraska City where they visited the Morton home which is to ( j be turned over to the state on Thurs- j 'day of this week and Mr. Boedeker ; thinks the family with himself will ; attend the ceremonies. Miss Marie Lutz. daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Fred Lutz was suddenly taken with an attack of appendicitis and Mas taken to the Immanuel hos pital at Omaha a few days since where an operation for relief from the malady was performed and the young lacly is getting along as well as could be expected. Miss Golda Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, who has , feen visiting here anu at lehawka and Plattsmouth with relatives audl'tre last evening en route from Om . lriends for the past few weeks. de-,aha to his home. Mr. Lutz had been parted lstst Monday for her home at Bloomfield and was accompanied by her uncle John L. Smith who will visit there for a time. Galen Rhoden and family and Mrs Otis s Barnes returned last Tuesday. n a two weeks trip in Missouri. ! from where they visited fhe old homes of ' Mesdames Barnes and Rhoden and inot any. A. u. Khorten was a visitor in Om- . - " - - - aha last Tuesday where he went to isee the little daughter. Lourena who is at this time convalescing after having undergone an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Rhoden is there also and is having treatment for one of her eyes which has been giving her some trouble for some time past. They are at the Immanuel hospital. Last Monday evening while Mrs. Carroll was attending the services at the Christian church some one not leanng ine law or tne consequences appropriated just two dozen of Mrs. Carroll's finest hens and made good their escape. Mr. Parmenter who is a boarder at the Carrol home heard the stir among the fowls but thougJU it was Mrs. Carroll herself and did not make any further inquiries. Have Excellent Meetings The organization which has in hand the getting together in better working order the Christian churches of Cass county met at Murray last Monday evening and had a house filled with those from Murray and the visiting delegations from other towns. -Plattsmouth was represented by their pastor, the Rev. Walter R. Robb and some forty-five members of the congregation while there was some twenty from Weeping Water and a like number from Elmwood while Greenwood and Louisville were also represented by goodly delega tions. The Rev. Hay of Elmwood delivered the address of the evening while special music was had from the different towns. Plattsmouth fur nishing some excellent numbers. Returned From the West Mr. K. L. Kniss Mho has been in the west for some time where he was SIX GOOD n Z frV? I have six good Jacks for sale. iOne six years old; two years lings and three four-year-old. all excellent individuals. For sale or trade. Will trade for hogs or cattle no junk C. A. TRENT . Murray, Nebraska If tor of the readers of the Journal knor- of any soci&l event or item of Interest In this vicinity, and will mall 8 irae to this office. It will ap pear under this beading. We want all news Items Editor united in marriage -w ith Miss Neva af-iLatta while away, returned home . last Monday evening and took up his . work on the mail route on Tuesday mnminr Mr Kniss li.is much to Bar . in favor of the west and thinks that 'it is a great country. Mrs. Kniss will teach at Sanger, Cal.. where she is teaching at present. While in the j west they visited at a number of. nlaces and with a number of rela- tives and friends. They were guests at the home of Arthur White and ! family at Woodland. Cal., for a num- 1 ber of days and on the return Mr. Kniss of Carpenter, yo. . - Many Will Feed Cattle During the past week there has neen a large number of cattle ship- ped into Murray for feeding on the various farms near here. During the time W. O. and Robert Troop have received 107, Herman Gansemer 100, Joseph Shrader 60. W. J. Philpot 90. Jack Philpot 60, Char.es Troop and , William Kruger 3u, M. L. Furlong Messrs. Z. W. . 50, Philip Mild 7U. Shrader. Troy Shrader and L. G. Todd were at Omaha looking for cat tle which if they purchase will add materially to the number. This makes a goodly number of cattle to feed from this neighborhood. Celebrates Ker Birthday Last Friday at the hom'e of Mrs. Ada Farris, Miss Leora Farris. her daughter, celebrated in a very fit ting way the passing of her birthday when a large number of her young friends assembled and a most pleas ant evening was enjoyed with games, music and concluded with a most de lightful supper Eupplied by Mrs. Farris Will Feed Sheep Z. W. Shrader and son Troy ship ped in to Murray twe car loads of sheep which they will feed ou the farm for returning to the South Om aha market later. For Sale Choice variety of apples, $1.30 per bushel. Albert Young. e27-2w NOW DOING NICELY I'nmi Wp(infdiv'9 Dally. Fred Lutz of near Murray was m u ma n a visiting - ins . uauguier, Marie, at the Immanuel hospital, where she has been since last Satur- day and where she was operated on for appendicitis. Mr. Lutz reports t?!e daughter as doing very nicely showing a good rate of improve ment mat seems to assure ner speeuy recovery. MARRIED IN DENVER From Tuesday's Dally. Yesterday at Denver, occurred the ' marriage of Miss Mable Hoback of 1 U(V '1 lO.I .1 W Kearney, Nebraska, and Mi Swan pf'near Union. The r r. Paul relatives at Union were apprised of the happy event and are awaiting the return of the newly weds to shower them with their well wishes. j Both the bride and groom are Cass ( county products, the bride being a! daughter of John Hoback, a former resident of near Union, but for the past few years the family have re- ! sided at Kearney. She was born and spent her childhood days in the vi cinity of Union. Mr. Swan is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Swan, one of the prominent families of Liberty precinct and is one of the prosperous young farmers of that locality. On their return from the honeymoon in the west Mr. and Mrs. Swan will make their home on the farm of the groom north of Union. NEBRASKA DEATH PENALTY FIGURES Capital Punishment Inflicted on an Average of Once in Two Years r m t. tr t j. For Twenty Years Past. The attorney general's department ha3 received a request from Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of the superior court of Cook county, Illinois, for an opinion on capital punishment as a deterrment of crime. As a member of the American bar association com mittee cf law enforcement Judge Kavanaugh asks for information. He aslcs for the number of capital pun- ishmeiits inflicted in Nebraska, the past four years. . The attorney general will inform hi mthat in the past four years there were three electrocutions, and in the par;t twenty year? eleven prisoners have suffered the death penalty. The Nebraska law differs from the law in most other states in that ic permits the jury to fix the penalty in first, de gree murder cases at either death or life imprisonment. The discretionary power thus given to juries is said to result in the infliction of the death nir;ltv nnlr in wi a t-o r,n W.wuri extreme cases. j I Gift gocds. party prizes, Children's vi t a- j i books, Vantmes incense and bum- ers, toilet articles, vanity cases, and many ether gift articles at the Bates Corner Eook and Stationery Store. . We appreciate your assistance in helnin? ns to nnblkn all the ne'ws. Call phone Ho. 6, 3 rings. r'CHILDREHHAVEA REAL DOLL PARTY M. Soennlchsen Store Scene of a Great Gathering of Little Girls and Their Dollies. The store of the II. M. Soennkh- sen .company in me uoey uuwumss is a place of ral attractiveness and and not only to the bargain seeker but to the little girls of the com- muillty as mere are uoii uitie uum large anct-sman anu in an colors ami kinds of costumes that were partici- pating in the doll party Friday af ternoon at the store. The H. M. Soennlchsen company had announced the fact that the doll party would be held from 4 to 6 Friday afternoon and the time ar- , rived for the opening of the party j there were hundreds of the bright, m-.v chPfked little ladies of the city present and each brought with them their dolls in costumes that they had themselves prepared for the occasion and it was a sight that seldom is seen of so many handsome doll dresses and so many happy little girls. Each of the visitors was presented with a box of candy as a remem brance of the occasion while musical selections that were appropriate were given for the entertainment of the little ladies. The judging committee having in charge the selection of the prize win ners had a difficult time in deter mining just who had the prettiest dressed doll and which had been pre- pared by the hands of the little girls themselves. It was really surpris ing to see the skill that the little folks had displayed and some very ar tistic effects were found. ' The prize winner were as follows: First. Nancy Ralston, aged 11; sec ond, Wilhelmiua Her.rich.sen, Lucille Pale, aged 11: third prize. Margaret across the entire width of the store, Iverson, aged 12; fourth. Lorene furnishing ample room for the use Windham, aged 12: fifth, Helen of the handling of the business af S' hulz, nged j; sixth. Minnie Kearns. 'fairs of the institution which has aged 12: seventh, Eunice Burbridge, long been needed. aged 10; eighth, Virginia Galloway, aged 10. I MACCAEEE LADIES MEET From Wednesciav's ra!ly Last evening the W. B. A. of the Maccabees held a very interesting session at their lodge rooms in the j M. W. A. building which was very largely attended and filled with the greatest erf interest. There were sev eral ladies inducted into the order i by the ofiicers and members of the j drill team and the work conferred most impressively. Following the lodge meeting there w;ir a short social session with con versation and a general good time and during which H. M. Wolff, rep referting the Knights of the Macca- oees. spoKe to tne laciies on tne mer- its of the order and the great growth that the two branrnes of the Macca- Lees have had in the last few years. It will be of great interest to the miblic to learn that the ladies of the W. B. A. have placed a request' frr the film showing the great na itional gathering of the order at Los J Argeles this past summer which will be exhibited at the Parmele theatre irs tl:c near future. At the close of the evening the 1 committee composed of Mesdames L. F. Pickett and B. J. Halstead served very dainty and delicious refresh ments that were very much enjoyed by all of the members of the party. CFF FOR THE 1IARKET From Monday Daily Yesterday afternoon C. C. Wescott of the firm of C. E. Wescott's Sons, and Fred P. Busch of the Ladies Tog- gery. departed for Chicago where ihev will poend a few davs Air cott is to attend the convention of the National Association of Retail Cloth iers of which he is a prominent and active member, while Mr. Busch will purchase goods for the winter and spring lines at the Toggery. While in Chicago Mr. Wescott will also visit with his son. Mason Wescott at Northwestern university and visit ; the other points of interest of the I windy city between the sessions of j the convention, which will be one of i the largest in years. HAS A RUSH OF WORK V-rrn Monday's ITaITv. i The office of County Register of Deeds Mrs. Edna Shannon has in the ,ast,rX been "J;ns a run of 'work that is exceptionally large for ! this time of the year. The office has received 104 releases of real estate mortgages of which eighty-six are from the Livingston Loan & Build ing association which is now busy transferring their holdings to the Standard Loan & Building associa tion of Omaha, which has taken over the stock and assets of the Living rtnn company. The fact that the in- pl rtimpnfe rpntiirp fnur con-irfiU "hon-' idlIn makes a preat dea of .orl! for 1 tjje register of deeds j .' ' ; WILL GO TO HOSPITAL The many friends of Mrs. George Luschinsky of this city wii! regret very- much to learn that she expects to leave today for Omaha where she will rrtcr the hospital there and take a course of treatment. The host of old friends are hopeful that she may find a fpeedy recovery and a safe re turn home to this city. tiiARGED WITH DIS03EDIENCE Fr"m aAe4T' Da-- , County Attorney A. G. Cole ves- lerf1av filert in fhp ofnp of ,.,. judge Beeson a complaint charging Mary Clark, a minor of fourteen years of age and residing at Nehaw ka. with failure to obey her parents and over whom the parents appar ency have no control. The complaint j will be'heard later in the county j court. I Let us tell you mort about the value to you of Rrrat gra:n marlrrt close at hand. FREE booklet. "Omaha A Grain Market." Write to the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Omaha HAS A STORE THAT IS UNUSUAL LY ATTRACTIVE 2Tew Units of Fixtures Complete In tenor of the Philip Thierolf Store in This City. For a number or weeks the interi or of the Philip Thierolf clothing store has been undergoing a series of changes due to the building of an addition to the rear of the build ing that gives added room to thc store and tends to. permitting the completion of the placing of the series of wall cases and dust proof cabinets that have been adopted by Mr. Thierolf for the interior of the store. The new addition in the rear of the building has been devoted to the different lines of overalls and work clothes and gives ample room for the large stocks that are carried by the store which occupy all of the ground floor of the new addition. The offices of the store are located in a large balcony that occupies the rear of the store and which extends The sales room as well as the bal cony are finished in weathered Eng lish oak of the latest type and S6V- 1 eral new units of the wall cases have 'been added to the store equipment. I which in the next day or two will Kvarga has erected a neat and at be. completely installed and made tractive home, and where they will ready for use in handling the vari-lf;tart housekeeping, cms lines of clothing and gents' fur-j Saturday evening a number of the nishings and place everything in the , neighbors from their home locality store in dust proof cases that will i gathered and gave them a heartv :make it much more attractive andVelrome home from their honey convenient. The uniform system (of moon. the dark gray woodwork makes the - . lmerior oi ine more very nanusome and the special lighting effects at night makes it an object of great beauty and the new cases allow all the .stock to be well "displayed and very esy for the customer to in spect. - The store is certainly a real c.itT - rinf h Khnn !mi mtitkiLon,! of anv in the large cities with its modern equipment and conveniences ; that the owner has had installed. I JUNIOR RED CRQSS !N KINDLY WORK ri..; t TTr- vmisiiuaa -DUACb iu nic uixiui muaic Children of Europe Will Be Features This Year. , , , .. . , A request has come to the school cmiciren oi America oi 1111 a numDer of small cardboard boxes which are ( ....... 7 " nrances to l'&.uuu children in tiu-; u-,, lUBaie inan our.ing the size of the fish caught. i-uuuitu. i iiis issK is mi uew out Vv. i .... o the members of the Junior Red rosy who for the past two yean, to C: iidu a l'di i in iiiis iicao(iui uu iv. Already juniors in Illinois. Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, anci Wyoming, central di- vision states or the iced Cross, have accepted 2,500 boxes and asking for more. They must be ready for ship ment by October twenty-fifth. n;e enterprise is a oeaumui one siarieci iwo years ago lor the pur pose of bringing joy and gladness to the foreign children, thus stimulat ing world wide friendship and un derstanding between children in this country and those abroad and in so doing prompting American juniors to develop a real Christmas spirit of unselfishness. The boxes, which are made of Farmers' Elevator Goal Prices! We have a car of Orient lump coal, the highly ad vertised Franklin county, Illinois, coal, now on the way. This will arrive soon and will sell from the car at $fS)85 PER TON Watch This Space for Our Ad Next Week Phone Your Orders to Office phone. ...... 19 Farmers' Elevator Company A. Gansemer, Manager MURRAY -:- -:- NEBRASKA A mflA Ctalorsform. Tthar or ottr c aoaraJ' a.nmmmt'hmxim it A evs runnttN ta mrr cur aeoaptird tor treatment, ud o mosr hm put mwtil eanrd. Writ for book oo Betl Eh, -wita tijn- maA tiiirtmaatfi ma I t tva , 1 IWl nmrnlvMnr wh tymlwm hAH T-I-m nfltltlT Uf4l M. K. . TA2T. teniUactsm. r-U-t 1 Cob Jtm a fit-nttm. OiMMia Your Grain Market The cost of marketing comet out of the money you receive for your grain. Compare the haul to Omaha as against t he distance to other great markets or a aeaport. It is to your interests to help keep Omaha a primary grain market. strong cardboard, are filled with anything which the juniors think will Interest the boys and girls re ceiving them. Thus on the day that jthe boxes are to be filled, the child ren may te seen eageriy nringing ; dolls, hair ribbons, rubber balls, mit- ens, stockings, handkerchiefs, mar bles, tovs. toothbrushes and tooth paste. In addition to these articles, many samples of their own school rwork are included in the boxes. Many (of the children earn the money with .which to buy some little thing to con tribute to this project. Others give their own things such as toys, of which they are especially fond. Ev erything is given in a spirit of love and generosity. The American juniors feel amply ' repaid when a few months after the boxes leave their school rooms, let ters of thanks from the children in 'Albania, Esthonia. Belgium. Italy, Bulgaria. France, Hungary and many ,.other countries start to come in. Many of the letters tell of the joy that was given them on Christmas day through the kindness of the American sisters ana orot tiers, a happiness they would not have had but for the Junior Red CroFs. RETURN FROM HONEYMOON From Monday's rally. I Charles Warga and bride.-formerly Miss Josephine Vanck. returned on Saturday afternoon from their honey ! moon trip to the weFt and during .which time they have visited at Mit jchell. Nebraska, nnd also at Penver and the many points of interest in j I, Innoliti- XI.. un.l Hfn- w. ( , I U l IMl-ll 1 J V.. . . CI II U J CI. , , i fi, ( I drove at once to their home on the . farm po,Ith of th WILL ENTERTAIN NEHAWKA While in the city Saturday after noon John O. Yeiser. Jr., of Omaha, was a caller at the Journal office and while here stated that he was plan- - mnp to talie a bigh powered radio w-...tw.'. . ...2.1. 1 . Nehawka on Thursday and install the same in the auditorium there for the purpose of receiving the concert to be broadcast by the Nehawka peo ple through the WO AW station of Omaha and which promises to be a very unique program. The enter tainment will be free and all of the Nehawka people be given the fullest opportunity of hearir.e their friend land neighbors in action at the Wood- J n,en stmHo as Plainly as though they , were right ou the spot. CATCHES TOO SMALL FISH This morning James Welch, a col- ored gentleman, j court of Ju(;tc was present in the ce Yilliam Weber to . answer to the charge of having caught channel cat fi3h from the itte river that were too small in size to comply with the law regulat- sh caught, had been i The colored man ine coiorea man nau oeen appre- J !iended by the game warden on dutv. with the fish in hig possession, and ' to the charge Mr. Welch entered a : pic.a of guilty and was assessed a fine . of $12 and costs, which he paid and j was sent on his wav. The defendant claimed to be a resident of Omaha. LAND FOR SALE I have 20 acres of nood land lust . on the edge of Weeping Water kliown a? the t apper place, which will be sold to the highest bidder at Public Auction. Monday. October 12, 1S2:J, sale commencing at 1:30 p. in. Terms of sale, 25 cash day of sale, 25 December 1st. 1923, balance. 50. March 1st, 1924 Corn on land goes with land. HENRY KUHMAN. s27-4t6w Owner. 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