MONDAY, JULY 28, 1924.
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PIATTSMQTJTH SIMIWEgEXY JQUBflAS
DEMAGOGUE OR DEMOCRAT?
Che plattsmouth lournal
PUBLISHED SEMI -WEEKLY AT TLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Entered t Poatofftce. Plattatnoutti. Neb.. ia ncoaddwi mail matter
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INCLINE THINE EAR. LORD
1 liver me in thy righteousness. pai-n just as well.
and cause me to escape; incline thine j 00
ear unto me. and Hire nic. 1'salras By some queer twist of our lan
7j:j . irmige they are makittJE moonshine
:o: from sunflower seed in Kansas.
An exchange epeaks or a self-re-, :0:
Rrm.tnr Wheeler's acceptance of
the nomination for Vice President on
;the LaFollette ticket Has given that
movement an opportunity for jubi
lant publicity Of which it has fully
'availed itself. It is asserted and we
believe sincerely, that Wheeler was
LaFollette'8 first choice for running
! mate and, therefore, the first choice
of the conferees, to whom the slight
est LaFolette wish is a command.
Raving got the man they wanted
above all others or second place the
l.rl-oll.ttL- unrtv has fared better
The President will make leas than; than the old parties in that re-
i dozen scotches during the cam- meet. At Cleveland the Republicans
t
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spectine criminal.
There is only one rule of life that
never fails. To rid yourself of an
Tl re are signs of activity in the unfortunate bore forever, lend him
: Gi-
lbiy F ver association.
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The most beautiful back in the
$10.
world is the greenback.
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A man who visits a blind pig usu- porcnes
aliy ends up by seeing tmngs.
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People are sitting on their porches
to see who goes driving and those
'driving go by to see who sit on their
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turr.nl to Dawes after Borah had for
bidden the presentation of bis name
and Lowden had declined, while in
Now York Senator Walsh prevented
his nomination by acclamation by a
gaveled adjournment.
No great importance may be at
tached to that fact, perhaps, but it
has certain significance, just the
same. Its significance is that the
LaFollette movement has in its
leader a politic ian of skill and wide
i xperience, with whom the old par
ties will have to reckon a warrior
who has fought on ail the fronts of
our political terrain and is now en-
By the time a fat woman gets her
shoes laced it is too late to go.
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The neighbor girl's ideas of soli
tude is only four or five callers at:
once.
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Where, oh. where is Senator Nor
ris? Let us hear from the Nebraska Raged in tl"1 of his life.
Mixing business and pleasure is a
lot of fun if you don't run out of
haaiaeaa.
senator. Will he support LaFollette
or Coolidge?
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The third party's first step was
quite successful. The leader was
waiting for it. Now all that remains
is getting some votes.
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Seal religion is loving your neigh
bor who has a higher priced car than
you have.
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I John N. Norton, the democratic
candidate for governor, is a dirt
farmer and will receive a big boom
from farmers of Nebraska.
book out for a woman when she Jonn "YW W uPPuuee.
gets so mad that she begins to tell f a President of the United States,
the truth is warm blooded and always
meets his callers open-handed.
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Thinking twice before you speak
is b. t, r than speaking twice before1 A 'inited democratic party in Ne
yoq think j braska means success for the state
ticket. It 13 well for any true friend
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Wliafs funnier than a man with1 of democracy to remember this.
bushy wniskers
straw batl
W :ring a sailor
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One of our three favorites was
nominated for governor. Those three
Peoplt p ing on vacations to for- were Dan V. Stephens. Kenneth W.
gat things shouldn't forget how poi: - McDonald and John N. Norton.
on ivy looks. :o:
:a- Well, here it is another presiden-
Coolidge will slick to his office and j tial year and a lot will have to learn
not come west on a campaign tour, all over aeain the distinction be
Just as well. j tween a plurality and a majority.
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Little boys live a hard life. One Where they capture one still ir.
tells us his big sister borrows his Omaha two more are put in. Does
bathing suit. that look like prohibition? No, but
Jit means more booze hounds at a big
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Some women won't be happy in:salary
heaven unless they get new wings
every pay day.
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A neighbor tells us he got three
gallons of b-ans and six chickens out
of cn'y one row.
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Th" thing women resent about a
bachelor is that he seems to be hav
ing so much fun.
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It has reached the rrit where it
is no longer thrlling to read about a
bobb ad 'nHir bandit.
So much rain will remind a good
many of U3 sadly enough that in
1920 it rained money.
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"Let rich wives pay alimony."
says a judge. Well, but
quite the word, is it?
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iet" isn't
Governor Bryan favors a plan to
stabilize th price of gasoline.
Wouldn't that be all right?
o
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If the makers of the slogan, "Keep
Cool With Coolidge." can show just
how the ida can be carried out right
now they will win a lot of votes for
the president.
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Calles has won the Mexican presi
dency with a majority of more than
a million votes over his rival. Flores.
It is believed the only reason the
majority was not larger was that it
wasn't necessary.
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If the democrats of New York are
as smart as we think they are. they
will insist on Governor Al Smith suc
ceeding himself. notwithstanding
the opposition of Hearst, who never
was a true democrat
Lots f women temper the wind
to the shorn lamb by saving their
tresses and pinning them on again.
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On August 22. Mars will be the
nearest the earth it has been for one
hundred years. Mv, ,ow time flies!
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A real fisherman is one who looks
disappointed if you don't call him a
liar after hearing one of his exploits.
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We predict that ere Senator How
ell's term is half ovrr the people will
be sorry they ever placed him where
he is.
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Charles Dawes, republican candi
date for vice president, will open his
campaign in Lincoln, Friday, August
L&th.
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Some folks try to establish a repu
tation by telling wiiat they have
lone in ad of showing what they
can do.
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William Allen White says the com-i-
campaign will be a 3-ring circus.
Mr. LaFollette. of course, will occu
py the left ring.
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Add l'J 2 4 similes: "Her laugh was
full of rippling joy. like that of a
woman whoee husband has ust !
smashed bis thumb."
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John W. Davis, the democratic
wheel horse, will be in the forefront
all the time during the campaign.
Tie is not afraid to talk to the people
and in such a way the people will
understand him.
If. Senator Wheeler is still a demo
crat and S.-nator LaFolbtte ia still
a republican, what will these voters
be who vote for both of them? Clear
ly, it's a quest 'on too complicated for
warm weather consideration.
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The Atchison Globe says this hap
pened on Commercial street in that
city: A strange man was soliciting
funds for a cause over in Europe.
"Here is ?1." said an Atchison man
to him, "and here are $4 more, to
get thfl $1 to its destination."
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Far be it from us to encourage
gamblin-r. but if any man offers to
bet you the democratic ticket will not
carrv New York this year, call his
hand. A man who is fool enough to
make a bet of that sort ought to be
compelled to prrt with his money,
anyway.
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Everyone who knew Jack Patter
son deeply sympathize with the be
reaved family of the unfortunate
young man and in the manner in
which he met his untimely death.
Jack Patterson was born and reared
in Plattsmouth and had hosts of
friends not only here but through
out the county, and had the reputa
tion of being one of the most profi
cient young bankers in Cass county.
How much actual strength S aa-
tor Wheeler will bring to the LaFol
lette movement is, of course, conjec
tural. That the tram-planted New
Englauder has made an impress on
the country is undeniable. But La
Follette's ecomium that Wheeler has
captured the popular imagination
may be dismissed as campaign lauda
tion. Wheeler is far from a romant
ic, pictorial figure. He has won a
reputation for earnestness and cour
age, which, through the combined
stupidity of the Department of Jus
tice under the discredited Daugherty
and the Republican National Com
mittee under the chairmanship of
Adams, has been haloed with a kind
of martyrdom. In such circum
stances a kindly disposed public
awaits Candidate Wheeler, and if he
comes forward with a message of
power and promise it is not impos
sible that his part in the campaign
may be historic.
But Mr. Wheeler will have to of
fer the American people something
more substantial than denunciation
and invective. Any demagogue can
shout "Wall street." Any demagogue
can defame his opponents and pro
claim his own righteousness. Any
demagogue could write the letter of
acceptance which Senator Wheeler
wrote in accepting the second place
on the LaFollette ticket. But Sena
tor Wheeler should not be judged by
that shallow, offensive outburst. He
ineists he is a demorat. In his po
sition he must define his democracy.
He must tell us how he intends to
prove his burning devotion to the
people's welfare. He must unfold
his plans. He must enlighten us as
to what the LaFollette movement
really wants to do and how it is go
ing to do it.
Mr. Wheeler has shown us that he
can play the demagogue. Can he
show us in his new environment that
he can think and speak and act the
democrat? St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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AMERICAN GRIT
In an accident in Calcutta two
weeks ago, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith,
flight leader of the American army
airmen in their journey around the
world, had the misfortune to frac
ture a rib.
OrdinarUy when a man breaks a
rib he goes to bed and remains there
until the bone has at least begun to
reknit. But that is not the way
with the army airman. Though his
injury caused him severe pain at the
time and has caused him more pain
since. Lieut. Smith has not permitted
it to interfere with the progress of
the party that is mapping out the
first air path around the globe. In
deed, the best time made has been
since the fight leader's injury.
n London, Lieut. Smith asserted
that before August 1, lie and his com
panions would be back to the start
ing soil. And when they get back
to the starting point at Los Angeles.
Lieut. Smith Will have flown half
way around the world with a brok
en rib. Perhaps then lie will take
time to have it patched up.
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WHEN THE MAJORITY WINS
As everyone knows, a candidate
for president doesn't have to get the
majority of individual votes to win a
majority of the electoral votes, and
thereby the presidency, tie can win
a majority of the electoral votes and
the presidency without having got a
toral votes and thereby the presiden
cy. That was virtually a two-man
contest, or nearly so as any that has
occurred in more than half a cen
tury, for while Fisk was a candidate
as the nominee of the Prohibition
party and Streeter was a candidate
as the nominee of the Union Labor
party, their candidacies had no ma
terial effect.
The possibility of winning a ma
jority of the electoral votes with a
minority of the individual votes is
increased, of course, when the con
test Is among three men rather than
between only two. This is instanced
in the election of 1012. In that
election there were five nominees
Talc, Wilson, Roosevelt. Chafin and
Debs. In that election 15,002,090
individual votes were cast, of which
Ta it polled :.4S::.214, Roosevelt. 4,-
12f.. 020. Chafin. 20S.923 and Debs
807,011. But although Wilson
polled only a little more than 40 per
cent of the individual votes, and less
than even than the combined votes
polled by Taft am! Roosevelt, he won
13, of the 531 electoral votes cast, or
all but 9 of the total.
This possibility of winning the
presidency with a minority of the
individual votes, and winning it
r.verwhelmingiy even with a minor
ity which, as in the case of Mr. Wil
Bon in 1912 is equivalent to only a
little mure than 40 per ceut of the
total cast, must claim a large con
sideration in the calculations of those
.:; estimate the chances of Mr.
Davis and Mr. Coolidge in the pres-
enl contest. Of course any conclu-
Sl as that may be reasoned out of it
must be comforting to the democrats
and equally discomforting to the re
publicans. For it shows that in the
lnd pendent candidacy of Senator
LaFollette the democrats have an ad
vantage identical in kind, though
doubtless different in degree, with
that which they had when Mr
Roorevelt was the independent can
didate, and whlcb euabled them to
win the largest electoral vote ever
given to a party nominee.
How much their present advantage
is less than that they had in 1912 is
of course incalculable: it resolves it
self into the question of the relative
strength of the Roosevelt and La
Follette candidacies. No one is apt
to think, it possible that Mr. LaFol
lette will get as many votes, either
individual or electoral, as Mr. Roose
velt received. Another circumstance
to be taken into account in compar
ing tiie two advantages is that in all
likelihood a smaller percentage of
tl:'- Individual votes polled by Mr.
LaFollette will be taken from the
republican party than was the case
of the vote3 polled by Mr. Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt was much higher in
esteem of republicans than is Mr.
La Follette and they could vote
for him with less qualm to their
s; use of party loyalty than must be
suffered by men normally republi
can who vote for Mr. LaFollette. Bui
after making liberal allowance for
that disparity it is undeniable that
whatever success may come to Mr.
LaFollette at the polls must be more
costly to the republicans than to the
democrats for the obvious reason that
his popularity is greatest in states
which normally give their electoral
votes to the republicans. It is pos
sible that Mr. LaFollette will carry
enough states to throw the election
of president into the house, in which
event the democrats would have de
rived little advantage from his candid-
cy. and maybe none whatever.
But much the greater possibility
that in several states which are in
the habit of giving their electoral
votes to the republicans Mr. LaFol
lette will poll only enough individ
ual votes to give their electoral votes
to the democrats, since a plurality
of the Individual votes cast in a
.state suffices to award its electoral
votes.
reason and agains upheaval that
would destroy their welfare.
American labor has repeatedly re
jected communism and all its works,
and unmasked and cast down when
it sought ingress in disguises. La
bor has so unmistakably demonstrat
ed its loyalty to the American flag
that even the reds of Russia are giv
ing up in despair the insane project
of Bolshevizing the United States.
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THE WISDOM OF SHORT-CUTS
The Boston Transcript gives us the
following two lines in parody of the
old song starting "Jingle bells, jingle
bells, jingle all the way:
Shingle belles, shingle bells.
That's the style today
and suggests that someone finish it
for a timely song. Well, here goes;
our bachelor editor should get the
credit:
Shingle belles, shingle belles.
That's the style today.
Wooden domes, ne'er stay-homes;
Life is fast and gay.
Single belles, tingle belles.
Ape man if you may.
We know you said you'd reduce
overhead
But still you'll have to pay.
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When money talks it counts.
SHERIFF'S SALE
It is a promising possibility to the
democrats, though one which can not
be measured. The democrats wasted
mucn of the opportunity given them
by the record of the republicans dur
ing the last three and a half years,
but they have another in the candi
dacy which should be impervious
even to their habit and genous for
blundering. Mr. LaFollette is their
assistant in tins election, just as Mr
Roosevelt was in the election of 1912
and nothing that he or they can do
can prevent his rendering them that
help.
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SO BOLSHEVISM HERE
Stale of Nebrasa, County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued by James M. Robertson. Clerk
of the Distriit Court, within and for
Cass county, Jfit braska, and to me
directed, I will on the :;oth day of
August. A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock
a. rn. of said day at the south front
door of the court house in Platts
mouth, Nebraska. in said county,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash the following prop
erty, to-wit:
i he northwest quarter
lXW!i) of the southeast quar
ter (SEU I also the southwest
quarter ( SV V ) of the north
east quarter iE ) of Section
twenty-six (26) in Township
twelve (12). north of Range
thirteen (13). east of the 6th
P. M.. also Lots four (4) and
five (5) in the north half ( N J 1
of the northeast quarter (XE'4 )
of Sectiou twenty-six (26) in
Township twelve (12) north of
Range thirteen (13). east of
the Gtli P. M.. also all that part
of the northeast quarter (NEVi )
of the southwest quarter
(SWM) and the southeast
quarter (SEi) of the north
west quarter (NW) of Sec
tion twenty-six (2G) in Town
ship twelve ( 12 1 north of
Range thirteen (13). east of
the 6th P. M., lying east of the
Omaha, Southern Railway Com
pany, as located across said
above described eighty (So)
acres tract of land; all of the
above described deseription con
taining ninety-seven (97)
acres, more or less, and all be
ing situated in Cass county,
Nebraska
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Will Jean.
Marie Jean, William F Gillespie, Fred
B. Bedie. Receiver of the Bank of
Cass County, and Department of
Trade and Commerce of the State of
Nebraska, Defendants, to satisfy a
judgment of said court recovered by
Charles F McGrew, Plaintiff against
said Defendants.
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SHERIFFS SALE
and testament of Eli Manspeaker,
deceased. Defendants, to satisfy a
judgment of said Court recovered by
The Livingston Loan & Building As
sociation, Plaintiff against said Defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, July 19th, j the Distric t Court, within and for
A. D. 1924. Cass county. Nebraska, and to me
E. P. STEWART. directed, I will on the 16th day of
Sheriff Cass County, ! August, A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock a.
Nebraska. I m. of said day at the south front
State of Nebraska, County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued by James Robertson. Clerk of
A. L. T1DD.
Attorney.
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ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administratrix
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Stephen A. Barker, deceased.
On reading and tiling the petition
of Etta Perry Barker, Mae Barker.
Berniie Kiser and Glenna Leonard.
praying that administration of said
istate may be granted to Etta Perry
Barker, as Administratrix;
Ordered, that August 11th. A. D.
1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. is assign
ed for hearing said petition, when
all persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be
held in and for said county, and
show eause why the prayer of peti
tioner should not be trranted: and
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BlsKamnntli MoKm.V. T..1-. ooj iioi.i. yji i ii vcuwuvj wi
- ""'J fc I t n t i f i . : i RDfl the nPAlinff thereof he
a ' -
.,: ... ..it n.lMI.nnn ; . ., t
I . i . . iu uii " :rn,ii luiuirMi'u in
said matter by publishing a copy of
jthis order in the Plattsmouth Jour
nal, a seiui-weeKiy newspaper prim
ed in said county, for three success
ive weeks, prior to said day of hear
ing. Dated, July 15, 1924.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) j21-3w. County Judge.
door of tin- court house, in Platts
mouth, Nebraska, in said county,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash the following prop
erty, to-wit:
Lots eleven (11) and twelve
12). in Block one hundred
twenty-three (123) iu the City
of Plattsmouth, in Cass coun
ty, Nebraska -The
same being levied upon and
taken as the property of A. II. Shin
dlebower et al, Defendants, to satis
fy a judgment of said Court, recov
ered by The Livingston Loan &
Building Association, Plaintiff again
st said Defendants.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, July 1C,
A. D. 1924.
E. P. STEWART.
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska.
A. L. TIDD,
Attorney.
A. D. 1924.
L. TIDD,
Attorney.
E. P. STEWART.
Sheriff Case County
Nebraska
BANKUll'TCV NOTICE
In the District Toiirt nf the Unit
ed States for the District of Nehras-
ka. Lincoln Division.
Iu the matter of Charles C. Par
nele. Bankrupt. Case No. 975 in
haukruptcy.
To creditors of the above bank
rupt of Plat tsniout h. in the County
of Cass, the district aforesaid, a
bankrupt :
Notice is hereby given that on
the 21st day of July. A. D. 1924, the
said bankrupt was duly adjudicated
bankrupt aud that the Qr( meeting
of his creditors will he held iu the
Federal Court room in Lincoln. Ne
braska, on tin 6th day of August.
A. D. 1924. at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, at which time the said credi
tors may attend, prove their claims,
examine the bankrupt, appoint a
trustee, anil transact such other busi
ness as may properly come before
such meeting.
Dated July 22. 1924.
DANIEL II. McCI.ENAHAX,
Referee iu Bankruptcy.
An American in attendance at the
communist international congress at
Moscow, advised that body that there
is no revolutionary mass party in this
Well Digging end Gleaning
We are prepared to sink
wells, clean wells or do
any kind of well work
J. W. Hobson & Son
majority of the individual votes andjcountry- aml that there will not b
even without having got a plurality. ono as ion ua the American Federa
A modern instance in the election of,tion of Labor holds to its present
1SSS. In that election Harrison beat
Cleveland. He got 223 out of 391
viows and policies.
This is true testimony. There irf
electoral votes, but had polled only no revolutionary mass party here be
5.444,216 of the 11,390,409 of the cause the great mass of the people
individual votes cast, while Cleveland ' realize that all would be lost and
polled 5.540.050. or 95.713 more nothing gained by revolution towards Elizabeth Manspeaker. Harry Ross
than Harrison. He Hirt cCt own Mmmnnfm Th will nnt he khcIi .waiupt-uMir ami .mis. ttarry
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Nebraska. County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale
Issued by James Robertson. Clerk of
the District Court, within and for
Cass county. Nebraska, and to nie
directed. I will on the 23rd day of
August. A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock a.
m. of said day, at the south front
door of the court house in Platts
mouth, Nebraska, in said county,
sell at public auction to tb highest
bidder for cash the following prop
erty, to-wit:
Lots 31, 33. 34. 35, 36. 37.
.IS. 39. 40. 41, 42, 43. 44. 45
and 46 in U. W. Wise's Out
Lota in Government Lot number
10, in Section IS, Township 12,
North of Range 4, East of the
6tb P. M., in the City of Platts
mouth, Cass county. Nebraska.
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Margaret
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
Cora Jones, Plaintiff, vs. Eli Jones,
Defendant.
To the defendant, Eli Jones:
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff. Cora Jones, filed her peti
tion against you in the above en
titled cause of action in the District
Court of Cass county, Nebraska, on
the 14th day of April. A. D. 1924,
the object and prayer of which is to
obtain a decree of absolute divorce
from you.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before the 2nd day of
S pteinber, A. D. 192 1.
CORA JONES,
By Plaintiff.
J. A. CAPWBLL,
J21-? Her Attorney.
Camping out gets one in the open.
So do all kinds of bugs.
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or
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and
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IVERSON OARAGE
Pearl Street. Roy Long.
Standard Bred Single
Comb
SHERIFF'S SALE
Mrs.
a plurauty ot the individual vote-,, a party here, because the American Knov. n, aiid Margaret Elizabeth Man
aud yet won a majority of the elec- people can bo counted on to hold to bpeaker. Executor of the lust will
State of Nebraska. County of Cass,
ss.
By virtue of an Execution issued
by James Robertson, Clerk of the
District Court within and for Cass
county. Nebraska, and to me direct
ed. I will on the 6th day of August,
A. 1). 1!24, at 10 o'clock a. m. of
said day at the smith front door of
court house, Plattsmouth. Nebraska.
in said ounty. sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash the
following property to-wit: and trans-
script thereof tiled
Lots seven (7), eight (S) and
nine (9), lilock seventy-five
(75), in the City of Platts
mouth, in Cass county, Ne
braska l'he same being levied unon and
taken as the property of Max Preis.
defendant, to satisfy a judgment of
said court recovered bv Hartnian
Furniture Company, a corporation,
plaintiff against said defendant.
I'lattsmouth. Nebraska, July 7th
D. 1924.
E. P. STEWART.
Sheriff Cass County,
jNeurusku.
REDS!
E. F. GRYB8KY
Plattsmouth Phone 3604
Mynard, Nebraska
Automobile Painting!
Firat-CIass Work
Guaranteed!
Prices Reasonable
Mirror Replating and
Sign Work!
A. F. KNQFLICH,
Phone 592-W, Plattsmouth
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