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AT THE PASTING OF THE WAYh -l-l-l-l H4H !!! 'I HWf
The King of Babylon stood at the
parting of the way. at the head of
the two ways. Ezekiel 21:21.
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The cup that cheers is now a bot-
tie. 1
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Money
ganda.
puts the pro in propa-
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After 40 years. "Turn the rascal
out!" is again good.
Mr. Daugherty insists he hasn't
done anything
trouble.
That's the main
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A waiter shot a customer in Paris,
perhaps because he asked for a sec
ond slug of butter.
Some men's relisrion makes you
wonder if they didn't get hold of
some sjrt of off brand.
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The whisky barrel may have been
taken out of politics but the good !
old pork barrel is with us yet.
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Hints to housewives: Anything
can b made to boil over quickly un
pretending you have to answer the
telephone.
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A Chicago violin maker annoum o
he Is running for president, maybe
on the platform that our government
lacks harmony. i
.n.
Clothes do aot niake the man but
they may break him if he falls into
th hands of a profiteer when he
has to buy some.
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Choice home-grown strawberri- -will
soon bo arriving from Texas.
Tou can tell them every time the
bottom of the box i somewhere near
the middle.
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Why a man who went into the
democratic convention for the third
time for mayor, and because he was
not nominated, should come out and
run independent, is more than we
ran understand.
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Omaha cattlemen created some
tir In Houston and other Texas
cities. Omaha business men create
a stir wherever they go. Omaha is
certainly one of the most important
cities on the map.
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When it comes to success tfero is
yet a question as ti. wketl tl
well formed or the well informed
girl gets the job. No question as to
which one holds a job after getting
It. But then the well formed girl
can always get another job; so why
worry ?
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Mary Garden is ill with lumbago.
Mary is reaching that afternoon pe
riod of life when the joints and mus
cles begin to twinge and squeak and
we'd advise her to get a good boiling
out at Hot Springs, or else get a cop
per band around her ankle and a raw
Irish potato in her pocket, if any.
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Senator Caraway knows why the
president does not dismiss Mr.
Daugherty from the cabinet. It's be
cause the attorney general is such a
helpful political asset to Mr. Cool
idge. There's no concealing anything
from Senator Caraway and the
White House ought not to try it any
more. The other morning, after it snow
ed all night, a police officer was seen
by several passing by. phoveling
snow off the sidewalk around the
city hall. And four tramps inside
where they had been placed the
night before, to shield them from the
storm. As such incidents come fre
quently, why not let these visitors
pay for their keep by doing the work.
They do it in other towns. Let them
put in at least a half day on the
streets before leaving for other
scenes.
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Tho speaker of the NSW York
house of representatives declares we
have too much government. Well,
how can we progress without more
government, more taxeaters. more
interference with the lives and bus
in ss of citizens? We must have a
government with millions of noses
prying into every individual's af-! forced the national government is
fairs, or we'll be reactionary. More J remorseless when it comes to col
than 1,000 bil's introduced in the looting its revenue.' And properly
congress at this sts?ion show that'o. But what a pity, government is
our lawmakers are determined to
give us e xtra large doses of govern-j
ant. SSS :f they kill off all the pa -
liATEb, Publisher
PEE YEAE EN ADVANCE
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LINES TO REMEMBER
When faith is lost, when
honor dies, the man is dead.
Whittier.
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So this is normalcy!
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Bomy bill passes house by a large
majority. Good!
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The girl of today is more inter-
ested in bonds than bon bons.
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At least bald headed men don't
need to fear hair raising stories.
Fall in line, boys, for a clean ad
ministration of city government.
Fat persons are happy because
they have the bulge on slender peo
ple. :o:
Now Mellon and Weeks are to have
an inning before the Investigating
committee.
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Omaha is to make a drive for a
new Union station. Let the good
work go on.
Put none but good men on guard
and the taxpayers' interests will be
looked after.
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Campaigning by radio is a great
thing for the campaigner. It elim-
inates the heckling.
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The poop!" will vote for John Sat-
tler for mayor because he has been
tried and not found wanting.
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Often when the wolf comes
around !o the door he finds the fam
ily out driving in an automobile.
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If lichee brought happiness, boot
leggers and many other such people
would laugh themselves to death.
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McAdoo is the only man for presi
dent that can wield the solid rail
road votes and will do it, if nominat
ed. o: o
A qualified man should be elected
to the offlce of city clerk. John
Cloldt is certainly the man for the
place.
We want a city government that
can boost Plattsmouth, and the tax
payers will be to blame if we don't
get it.
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Japanese now claim they rriginat-
ed baseball. If our jingoes : re look
ing for popular cause or war witn
Japan here it is.
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The old man figures that the game
of continually impressing his im
portance on his fellow men isn't
worth the trouble.
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Prophet who says the world will
come to an end in 1926 is kind enuf
not to interfere with the coming
presidential campaign.
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Good, competent men to run the
city government, with no grafting is
all the people want, and they are de
termined to have it.
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The third party is not counting on
any help from Norris. Of course not.
He has been whipped back into the
republican line where he always be
longed. :o:
Indian chiefs in their dealings
with the United States government
use the finger and thumb print and
it wouldn't be a bad idea if this
were also enforced in regard to lots
of white men who deal with the gov
ernment. :o:-
Everybody likes women except
women. They are nice to look at
and some of them are very handy
around the house. But when sum
mer conies they have their pictures
painted in bathing suits for maga
zine covers. And buying magazines
just for the covers is too expensive.
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People who pay income tax late
or who are caught dodging, quickly
learn that while local or state laws
may at times be weak and laxly en-
.t ot always as prompt and rigid in
enforcing all other laws and protect
ing the weak as it is at protecting!
FALSE ECONOMY
The extravagance of the program
of forced economy which congress
has imposed upon the war depart
! rr.ent since the close of the war is
' finally apparent. Army posts are in
I 'a state of unrepair with no funds
available to provide for their niain
jtenance and upkeep. Appropriations
allowed for food are so scanty that
! the enlisted forces are dissatisfied
ias the reduction of the percentage
of re-enlistments attests. Charges
for electric lighting in the barracks
' at Governor's island have to be borne
I by privates and officers alike. In
' fact it appears from reports made by
army officials in the army posts that
the zeal of congress for a good show
ing on the side of public expenses
has lowered the morale of the army
at a cost many tunes over and above
the comparatively small additional
sum which would have been requir
ed to assure proper maintenance of
army posts and to provide good,
wholesome food and comfortable
quarters for those in the service.
It was but a few months ago that
General Pershing called the atten
tion of the country to the small per
centage of re-enlistments and de
clared that the problem of maintain
ing an adequate system of national
defenses on an enlistment basis was
becoming more and more serious. In
his annual report to the secretary of
war he recommended that the en
listed strength of the army be in
creased to 150,000. asserting that
the present strength is inadequate.
But at the same time a policy of
forced economy threatens to drive
many of the enlisted men now in the
service out. Dissatisfaction among
those remaining lowers morale and
leaves the nation with a defense or
ganization which is Inefficient and
which even on the side of numbers
falls short of our needs.
In lf22 the secretary of war made
it clear that the appropriation avail
able for the maintenance of army
plant and equipment was so inade
quate as to render necessary heavy
expense of replacement and repairs
at a not remote date. That time
MMM to he at hand already unless
congress is willing to gamble for an
other year on a pceiy maintained
army plant and an improperly pro
visioned personnel.
It to be hopd that the former
Berries men now in congress will b
able to impress upon the minds of
their colleagues there that army life
under the most favorable conditions
is uninteresting and unattractive
enoueh. and that it if poor economy
to save at the expense of army mo
rale and efficiency.
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RATES AND PRICES
Every once in a while you hear a
at-headed chump rear upon his hind
legs and declare that the cost of liv
ing is being put to a sky-high figure
because of existing freight rates.
When you hear a statement of
that sort you can promptly class the
man who utters it as wholly ignor
ant of existing business and econom
ic conditions.
The cost of shipping a suit of
clothes weighing six pounds, a good
average weight, a distance ot 30
miles is a fraction over five cettts
just the price of a bottle of pop plu
the war tax.
A hat. most any style or size.
weighing about one-half pound adds
about eight hard earned mills in
traveling 300 miles to the cost of
your outfit whether it is a $10 dress
affair or a $2 slouch.
A pair of shoes weighing two and
one-half pound
s made in Boston j
out in Iowa a frac-
costs the farmer
tion over four cents freight, but most
of the shoes worn in the central
west don't travel so far.
Coffee costs exactly 6.9 mills per
pound from New York to Ottuniwa.
a distance of about 1.300 miles; and
if you want sugar in, the transpor
tation cost from New York to the
same point is 6.8 mills, or just one
mill less than the cost of" coffee.
Ham and eggs from Omaha to Chi
capo brought the railroad exactly
1.08 cents a dozen for the eggs and
a fraction less than a third of a cent
for the ham alive, f. o. b. hog, Chi
cago. If the politicians cut the railroad
rates squarely in half, the price of
a suit of etothes would come four
miles, a cup of one-fiftieth of C.f
mills without sugar in it a cup of
tea one two-hundredths of one and
a half cents. If you buy two suits
of clothes a year you would have five
cents, less than a half cent on two
four cents on two pairs of shoes,
a total of nine and a half cents a
year to loan at seven per cent in
terest. :o: 1
The Oklahoma senate has endorsed
J William Jennings Bryan for the
democratic nominatipn for president
The New York convention might go
farther and fare worse, and probably
AMERICANS VIEW MUSIC
Musical America, interviewing a
distinguished mudician from abroad,
finds that the foreigner i6 impressed
with the way in which Americans
look upon musicians. According to
this observer it is considered effem
inate for a man to be able to play
the piano or almost any instrument.
Music is regarded, perhaps not gen
erally, but by a large class, as some
thing that should be studied by the
daughters of well to do families and
paraded as a drawing room accom
plishment. The youth who sings or
plays or shows a liking for good
music is said by this critic to be the
jest of his college mtaes and regard
ed as probably deficient in many at
tributes.
That the foreign critic is probably
too severe is certain: yet there are
indications that America does not
take music seriously. Artists, who
appear in public in this country are
very largely bearing names that in
dicate everything but native origin.
There are a few American singers
and instrumentalists among the
groups of great artists but only a
few. That many artists find Amer
ica a pleasant place to live and re
main here, almost always is admit
ted. But the native artists who
have risen to the very apex of fame
could be counted on the fingers. And
the names usually suggest the re
moval of a single generation from
some other country.
It is high time that America un
derstood music more liberally. It i -worthy
of consideration not only as
a fine art, but as a business, a pro
fession, an industry. Music is ad
mitted to be a necessity grudging
ly in some quarters. Slowly it has
been conceded that music fills a
place in the economic program that
cannot be overlooked or substituted.
Music has come to be demanded, in
the hotels, at the seashore and in the
mountain. Music has found a pla e
outside the home circle, where it was
and i.s n.ost enjoyed. It is needed
wherever there is reason to rejoice,
and its solace is found acceptable in
great sorrow.
America will some day learn that
the youth who finds pleasure in "the
concord of sweet sounds," may be
just as manly and re blooded as the
one who i.s deaf to all sounds but
I football signals. The girls should be
Uncouraced to studv mmrirv and if
possible to study it as they would
French which is taught in public
school. Music will be found a uni
versal language and make friends for
them anywhere.
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IS THE FARMER FOOLED?
May wheat closed in the Chicago
market March 3 at $1,11 Y2 a bush
el. It was announced on March 6
that President Coolidge would in
crease the wheat tariff by 12 cents
a bushel under the flexible provi
sions of the Fordney-Mc-Cumber tar
iff act for the purpose of enabling
the American farmer to get a higher
price for his wheat than he had been
getting under an import tariff of 30
cents a bushel. May wheat closed
that day at 1.11 3-8. The president
issued the order on March 7 and on
March 8 the close in Chicago was
$1.11 On Monday, March 10.
May wheat went down to a closing of
$1.09 7-8. On March 12 there was a
further slump to $1.06 7-8. The
next day it touched the low point of
last wobL- t1 fir. "CO on1 tn Sot.
urday March 15, it rallied to a clos-
ing price of $1.06. 1-4. Total net
loss to date following the president's
proclamation, 5 1-4 cents a bushel,
insteari of a Kain of 12 cents. or any-
,LinR at alK
Was the farmer fooled? Is he be
ing fooled any longer?
The way to help such a farmer is
to improve demand in the world's
markets and to improve that demand
is to help Europe got on its feet and
increase the buying power of these
markets through lower tariffs on im
ports therefrom, which would also
increase the buying power at home
of the farmer's product.
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GOOD ADVICE
Do you remember the first time
you left home?
You were going away to school,
or to college, or perhaps to the great
er adventure of your first job in a
distant city. Whatever it was, some
where among the goodbyes someone
(probably it was your mother) said
earnestly for the tenth time "and
be sure and go to church."
That's a long time ago. of WBW'L,rMM,4 ( l t't f'l'l fr
aim since tnen you ve learneu many
things. Learned to stand on your
icri cl i hi tvj; juui unu vaj.
Learned other ways of spending
Sunday morning than inside God's
house, too. But you haven't learned
a better way, no matter how many
others you've found. None of them
will send you away feeling a little
cleaner sad a little stronger, a little
tie closer to your God, like going to
church will.
Be sure to go to church. It's old
advice but it's just as good now as it
i ever was.
You'll never outgrow it.
whether you heard it forty years ago
or only laat week. Try it Sunday
and see.
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NATIONAL DRINK BILLS
Lloyd George, supporting a bill in
the British parliament for local op
tion elections in Wales every three
years, takes occasion to say that the
British people are now spending $1,
750,000,000 a year too much for
liquor.
He adds that prohibition is neces
sary for Britain and if it hopes to
compete with America, that the peo-
pie of this country are so well satis
fied with their experiment, despite
Its minor failures, that they would
not return to old conditions.
This is perhaps the best word that
American prohibition has had
abroad. Disinterested observers sug
gest that Lloyd is right.
The American drink bill was said
in the old days, to be about ?2,000,
000,000 a year. Even with all the
bootlegging, it is certainly less than
half that much now. There is a huge
direct saving, which goes into na
tional prosperity. There Is a greater
indirect benefit, resulting from the
increased efficiency and tjhrift of so
ber people, which the public is only
beginning to appreciate.
A time may come when no nation
can hope to compete with its rivals
1 unless it is sober.
WHAT IS REED'S GAME
William Gibbs McAdoo, in hi.
scathing denunciation of Senator
James A. Reed, charges openly that
the Missouri politician is a candi
date for the democratic nomination
for president purely for trading pur
poses. This statement expresser..
perhaps, the conviction of a major-
ity of Americans who know Reed's
career and have followed the trend
of recent events. But from whom is
'he Missourian a stalking horse?
It la significant that, since Reed
nnrounced his candidacy, the Hearst
newspaper-; have carried several very
laudatory articles concerning his
ui'dic career. Thev have pointed to
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the Missouri senator as an outstand-
ing man of clear brain and clean
hands in this time of stupidity and
corruption in high places. Reed has
been held up to the people of the
"ountry as a sort of Moses to lead
the children of Israel out of the wil
derness. If Reed is the man of keen per
ception thu.t has been ascribed to
him. he must know that the party
which far repudiated him in 19 20 as
to deny him a seat in the San Fran-
cisco convention will not in 1924 en- bert. deceased, and presents his peti- presentation oi claims against said es
trust him with the national leader- tion for a license to sell the real es- tate is three months from the 7th
ship. The partv has not changed fatf 0 the deceased, to pay debts day of April A. D. 1924. and the
. , r an" allowances, and it appearing time limited for payment of debts is
materially in four years; neither has from j,; petition that there is no one year from said 7th day of April,
Reed. The relation between them re-j personal estate in the hands of the 1924.
mains in statuesque
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In view of all the tacts, the charge
oi ftir. hcaqoo not oniy is signin-,
cant but convincing. Reed must be
a stalking horse for somebody. Can
it be for William Randolph Hearst?
Th
le interest the Hearst newspapers
ince in the Missouri senator indi-
ev
cates that the publisher mifjht be the
real candidate lurking in the back
ground. :o:
The Pneumonia Month
montIl and usually gives a high rate
of mortality for the disease. After a
I n iml ! o wi nror tlio oi'ciom
ico .n,.oh of it MMt.nM nn,i nor,,
pie grow careless. When every cold. 1
no matter how slight, Is given prompt
and intelligent attention, there is
much loss danger of pneumonia. It -
should be borne in mind tliat pneu
ruonia is a germ disease and breeds i
in the throat. Chamberlain's Cough !
H.txlv i r,n PvnpMr.r.qnt nnrl rloans i
out the germ ladened mucus and not
only cures a cold but prevents its re-L
suiting in pneumonia.
It is pleasant!
to take. Children take it willingly.
HAY FOR SALE
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Good prairie hay for sale. Call
2515 Murray. ml7-2tw
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MRS, T. G. M'CARTY
Hemstitching and
Picot Edging
N. 4th Street, Plattsmouth
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Osteopathic Physician
Eyes Tested and Glasses
Fitted
Union Block Phone 208
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
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"What Honey h!
Honey is probably the most wonderful food in the form . ot
sweet known to man. It is the nectar of the flowers modiftea bu
slightly by the bees. It comes to you direct from the flowers oi m
and vale, untouched by human hands, and flavored, in fact, Dy
delicate perfume of the flowers from which it was gathered.
You will enjoy using it, both on the table and in your cook
ing. Honey contains the most vital body-building materials, in
fact, the caloric contents of a pound of honey exceeds that oi
every other food but dates. For that reason, honey is especially
valuable for the children as it not only satisfies their natural onS"
ing for sweets, but furnishes one of the best of energy-giving
foods for their bodies.
You Will Find WARGA'S Pure Honey for
Sale at the Following Stores
Plattsmouth
A. G. Bach
H. M. Soennichsen
Hatt's Market
E. A. Wurl
B. J. Halstead
Lorenz Bros.
Water
C. H. Gibson
Ambler Bros.
Johnson Bros.
Meier Drug Co.
In Case Your Local Dealer Doe? Not Handle
My Honey, Order Direct from Me.
James E. Warga
Plattsmouth -:- -:- -:- Nebraska
FOR SALE
Purebred White Rock eggs for
hatching. Phone 3713. Mrs. C. L.
Mayabb, Plattsmouth, Neb.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The state of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the county court.
In the matter of the estate of J.
II. E. Egenberger, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are are herebv notified, that I
will sit at the county court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on the
frgt day of July, 1924, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, to receive and ex-
amine all claims against said estate,
orlfth view tn tlirir ;id i;i?t ment and
allowant.e. The time limited for the
presentation of claims against said
estate is three months from the 31st
day of March, A. D. 1924. and the
timje limited for payments of debts
is six months from said 31st day of
July. 1924.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said county court, this 2sth day of
Februarv 19 4 1
ALLEN J BEESON
County Judge,
W. G. Kieck. attorney for estate.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, NebrasKa.
In the matter of the application of
Hans Sievers, Administrator of the
estate of Helene Hilbert, deceased,
for license to sell real estate to pay
debts.
Now. on this 23rd day of Febru-
ary, 1924, comes Hans Sievers, admin-
istrator of the estate of Helene Hil-
;.hmiiiiiibu4iui iu pa me aniiauc-e
Administrator to pav
made by the county court for the
Pupport of enry Hilbert. the sur-
viving nusDancl or the deceased,!
which is a debt against said estate
as provided by Section 1222 of the;
Compiled Statutes of 1922. and the
expense of said administration, and
that it is necessary to sell the whole
or some part of the real estate of
said deceased
for the payment ofj.L
sucn allowance or ueDt and tne costs
of administration;
It is therefore ordered and ad judg-
ed that all persons interested in th?
estate of said Helene Hilbert, deceas-
ed, appear before me, James T. Beg-
lair Tiw'i'o rf Vi a frrnv n
the office of the Clerk of the District
Court in the court house in the City!
of P'attsmouth. in Cass county, Ne-
braska, on the 12th day of April
J,924; at the hour of 10 o clock in
t ie forenoon, to show cause if any
there be ivhy such license should not
be. gfante,d to, H'ln Supers Admin-
i istrator of said estate, to sell so much
of the real estate of the said deceased
'""-v m V a-v sucn ai"
lowance or debt- together With COStS
of administration.
"J" further ordered that notice
to iu m iremuns lutereBiea oy
the publication of this Order to Show
Cause for four successive weeks in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a legal
newspaper published and of general
circulation in said County of Cass.
By order of the Court.
JAMES T. BEGLEY,
Judge of the District
Court
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The state of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the county court.
In the matter of the estate of
Frank J. Lillie deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the county court room in
I Plattsmouth in said county, on April
1, J924, and on July 1, 1924, at 10
o'clock a. m. each day to receive and
examine all claims against said es
'tate, with a view to their adjustment
and allowance.
The time limited for
the presentation of claims against
said estate is three months from the
1st day of April, A. D. 1924. and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 1st day of April,
1924.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said county court, this 25th day of
February, 1924.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
Scal ru3-4wkssw County Judge,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The state of Nebraska, Cass coun-
; ty, ss.
I In the county court.
In the matter of the estate of Ada
i R. Bestor, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the county court room in
Plattsmouth in satd county, on the
Til day of April, 1924, and the 7tb
I day of July. 1924, at Ten o'clock
in the forenoon to receive and ex-
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for the
wmiess my nana ana the seal of
said county court, this 29th dav
February. 1924 7
(Seal)
ALLEN J. BEESON,
County Judge.
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