THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1924.
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PLATTSMOUTH RTTMT - WJ&ULLY JOPBNAE
Nehawka Department!
Prepared in the Interests of the People of Nehawka and Surrounding Vicinity Especially
for the Journal Readers.
E. E. Leach and A. W. Propst
were visiting at the home of Hubert
Troop last Sunday.
William Ost was a business visitor
in Nebraska City last Monday niorn
injr driving down iu his car.
E. M. Pollard ha been visiting in
the west for the iusl few days look
ing after some business matters.
Vincent Straub of near Avium, was
looking after some business matters
in Nehawka last Monday afternoon.
Sam Brooks and wife, win are
working in the neighborhood north
cf Nehawka were in Plattsmouth last
Saturday night.
V. O. Troop and wife and Henry
Melsingcr were in attendance at the
funeral of Edgar Marks at Weeping
Water last week.
Lyiurgus McCartney was a visitor
for the day at Nebraska City, last
monday. he making the trip via the
Missouri Pacific train.
John Livingston was a visitor in
Nehawka and north of town last
Monday afternoon looking after
some business matters.
K. M. Lemon, and wife were visit
ing and looking after some business
in Lincoln last Monday they making
the trip in their auto.
There is a demand for corn pickers
in the vicinity of Nehawka. and
labor is pretty well employed and
good pickers are at a premium at
this time.
Clarence Simpson, cf Arnold. Ne
braska, is here visiting at the home
of Elmer Philpot and family, and
guests of Orville and Herold Philpot
for the week.
Last Friday. Frank Lemon, the
barber, and wife were called to
Omaha to look after some business
and also visit with relatives while
in the big city.
A. W. Propst of Union, the Ford
dealer, was over in the neighborhood
of Nehawka last Monday and dispos
ed of one of his excellent Fortl cars
to Kay Norris.
R. M. Chrisweisser and wife were
visiting in Nehawka last Sunday be
ing guests at the parents cf Mrs.
Chrisweisser. Mr. and Mrs. Z. W.
Shrader, while here.
Henry Knabe has been having
all the buildings at the farm painted.
the bouse barn and the rest of the
out buildings and this has made the
farm look much better.
! J. M. Palmer and wife were spend
i ing last Sunday at the home of Mrs.
! Palmer's brother. C 1. Quinton and
family in Plattsmouth. where they
, enj.cd the day very much.
Prank Trotter was a business
; visitor in Omaha a number of days
last week, and be has also to divide
; honors with Frank MiConnerall. who
lias a load to Omaha most every day.
! Mr. O'Oell. the walnut log man.
i l.as added to his possessions a new
! Ford touring ear, on which he trad
1 ed his ancient Hup. and he Is pretty
well sati-tied with the new acquisi
: lion.
j Last Sunday C. D. St John and
; family hitched their wagon not to
but had a star driven to AIvo,
the day most pleas
M. Coatman and
the spent
with R.
Eugene Nutzman
visit from a friend
, who went to school
Maude Ulomer and
a star,
where
antly
family.
Mr. and Mrs
were enjoying a
of Mrs. Nutzman
with her. Mrs.
husband, who are. now making their
home in Omaha, last Sunday.
Jess Vallery was attending the
funeral of Edgar Marks, which was
held in Weeping Water last Friday.
Hiss Velma Stoll and brother spent
Saturday and Sunday at the Fleming
homestead near Plattsmouth.
Mis. Frank Linabough of Boone.
Iowa, a cousin of Mrs. A. F. Strum,
has visiting at the Strum home in
Nehawka for some time. Mrs. Lina
bough was accompanied by her
daughter, 'diss Frances, while here.
J. G. Wunderlich and wife depart
ed last Friday for the northwest
portion of the state, they going to
a point in Cherry county where they
have some land, and where they will
inspect it as well as visit and have
an outing.
J. J. Pollard and wife were visit
ing and looking after some business
matters in Omaha last Monday morn
ing, they making the trip in their
car, and wree accompanied by Mrs.
Chalmer Switzer and Mrs. J. V.
Magney.
Carl W. Stone and son. who had
such a successful sale a short time
Will Charge Batteries!
As well as looking after the repair work at the garage,
which I give special care to each and every job which
comes to my place of business, and guarantee the
best of work. I am at this time prepared to charge
your batteries and to do such repairs thereon as shall
be required. I am thanking all for your liberal pat
ronage and shall ever endeavor to merit what shall
come to me.
Bert Willis Garage
Phone No. 3 Nehawka, Nebraska
BKB8ZZ3BO&3I
uy Bedding Now
and be prepared for the chill night!
Wool Bats for Comfortables!
Buy a wool bat and enjoy the real pleasure of ex
treme warmth with the least possible weight.
100 Wool Blankets!
A dependable quality, full size for double beds.
Wool M ixed Blankets, in large plaids. Extra sized
and extra weight.
Women's, Men's and Children's
Warm Outing Gowns!
. High necked and long sleeved. Cut full and long.
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Phone No. 14
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Nehawka, Nebr.
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ago. of their excellent heru of fine
dairy cows and hogs have again
started a herd having I'lirchased
three fine blooded dairy cows a few
days ago.
Henry Strum sawed wood Monday,
getting ready for winter.
H. P. Strum and wife entertained
Henry Knabe and family. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. (J. E. Lathrop of Ne
braska City sepnt Sunday at Henry
Thielcs.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fitch and
children visited relatives near Mur
rav Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Schocmaker
were entertaining relatives from
Syracuse. Sunday.
Messers and Mesdames Bruce Stone
and Leo Switzer were Nebraska
City visitors Sunday.
John P. Stoll is feeling niuch bet
ter, and his many friends are very
glad to hear the good news.
Granville Heebner hulled clover
for Messers. Irvin Maryland, Frank
Cox, S. Sprague and Henry Uriah
the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown and son.
Dwight. and Mrs. Charles Philpot
were Sunday evening callers at the
Elmer Philpot home.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rough and
sons, George and Harry of Tekamah,
Neb. spent Sunday night at Elmer
Philpot's home, returning to their
home Monday. Miss Tessie Philpot.
accompanied them.
Miss Doris Magney, who Is teach
ing at the Nebraska City schools,
was a visitor ot home over the week
end. and Sunday afternoon her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Magney,
took her to Nebraska City, they also
enjoyed they trip.
W. J. Wunderlich and Henry
Thcile departed last week for Brown
county where something had been
lost, that is such is supposed to be
the case for they went hunting. They
will find a good appatite, and pro
bably a number of ducks and other
wild game.
Miss Tessie Philpot. who has been
visiting for some time at Takania,
with relatives returned homo last
Sunday. Messrs. Paul and Troy Mur
doch, and Miss Mable Gallin went
up for her in the auto of the Mur
doch brothers, and all enjoyed the
trip up and also coming home.
Wm Highfield and Leslie McKin
ney, and a number of others from
Plattsmouth, reinforced by a number
of Nehawka men were working this
week industriously to change the
lines of the Nebraska Gas and Elect
ric Co. so that Nehawka might get
better service and have the lines in
better condition.
Last Sunday, Grover Hoback and
wife went down to the farm south
of town to visit the father of the
former postmaster, Mr. B. F. Hoback
and found that he had gone to Union
to visit for the day at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. Frank Anderson
and family. Grover and family, how
ever, visited at the home of his
brother, Oscar Hoback and family
CaTl W. Stone and the family
visited at the home of the parents
of Mrs. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. James
Wafe and family of Springfield,
last Sunday, where a most pleasant
time was had. There were also there
for the occasion Misses Reva, Alra
and Leona Rowe, of Omaha, also
delatives, which made the occasion
the mere enjoyable, Marion Stone
and Granville Heebner were along
and drove the autos.
Elmer Philpot, who has been in
the western portion of the state for
some time, where he was visiting
with his father. Uncle Charles Phil
pot, near Hoagland, returned home
last week, and reports the crops
looking very good out there. Mr.
Philpot tells of helping his father
look after his stock which have be
come slightly infested with the Texas
itch and all of the cattle had to be
dipped. The elder Philpot is also
building a house which he is striv
ing to complete before the coming
of winter.
after having some 228 feet through
a very hard rock, which finally ter
minated in granite, that it was best
to stop the quest for oil. A portion
of the machinery has been stored at
the Sheldon factory, but a portion
of the machinery is being shipped
away. We were hoping that their
efforts would be rewarded by the
finding of oil. It might be that they
would make another trial at another
point. We are hoping this may be
the case.
Enjoyed a Coon Hunt
Last Saturday evening John O.
Yeiser and family, and M. R. Phil
lips of Omaha, came to Nehawka
and while Mrs. Yeiser visited at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Strum, the gentlemen with
George Hanson went coon hunting
and conducted their search all thru
Saturday night, getting home early
Sunday morning, and with no luck
as far as coons were concerned, but
they did get one o'possum, and when
they went to skin it in the morning
to make a meal for breakfast, for
they were very hungry after their
night's hard work hunting, they
found the animal was a bird, and
had feathers on it like a barred
Plymouth rock. But O, Mamma, it
tasted good.
Nehawka School Notes.
The little folks in the first and
second grades are very interested in
the Alphabet Booklets they are mak
ing in handiwork class.
In the above mentioned grades.
Margaret Austin has won the most
stars in the conduct race.
In Geometry class Miss Reyman:
'All those who did not get this
geometry problem please watch the
board while I go through it.
Several of the girls in sewing class
are making childrens clothes, others
are finishing work -dresses. It is a
very busy class and much is being
accomplished.
The members of the home manage
ment class have completed their
essays on "Better Lighting." Alll
essays must be in by Friday, the
thirty-first, of this month. The best
one of these will be entered in the
district contest.
Miss Greenhalgh spent the week
end at her home in Lincoln.
Freshy: "Do they ring two bells
at the end of the class hour?"
DEATH OF FORMER
WELL KNOWN RESI
BENTOFTHIS CITY
William H. Pickens Passed Away at
Home at Elverano, California,
On October 21st.
From Wednesday's Daily
The announcement has been re
ceived here by relatives of the death
on Tuesday. October 21st. at Elve
rano. California, of William H.
Pickens, at one time a well known
Plattsmouth resident and a promi
nent contractor and builder here in
the eighties, but who has been away
from here for the past thirty-one
yer.rs.
William H. Pickens was born in
Belfast. Ireland. July 4. 1848. and
came of a family well known In the
Revolutionary war as his grandfath
er had been one of the leaders in
the American army in that war and
served in South Carolina and for
whom there is named a county and
citv in that state. Later the grand
father of Mr. Pickens moved back to
Scotland and thence to Belfast, Ire
land, where W. II. Pickens was born
and when a child of very tender
years was left an orphan. When ten
years of age in 185S, he was brought
to America with his brothers and
sisters and resided until he was fif
teen years of age in the home of Ly
man Trumbull, the eminent states
man at his home in Hydo Park, Illi
nois. Mr. Pickens started iu the con
tracting business when very young
and later enlisted and served five
ears in the 5th U. S. cavalry. He
came to Plattsmouth in 1879 and
settled here to take up his work as
a contractor and was very successful
in thi3 work. On October 12, 18S0,
he was married here to Miss Emma
Despain, sister of C. C. Despain, well
known resident of this city, and the
family continued to reside here un
til in 1S93 when Mr. Pickens moved
to Chicago and has since made his
home at various places. The wife
passed away a number of years ago
and in the last few years Mr. Pick
ens again married and has been liv
ing in California.
Little Child Lost.
Richard, the little two and a half
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Ilitt, assayed to follow his father
and C. B. Briggs of Platsmouth, who
was visiting at the. Hitt home last
Sunday, when they went hunting,
and unbeknownst to them the little
one was lost in the woods, and as
they returned home just before
dark, the mother had discovered that
the little one was gone and a search
was instituted for the child, who was
not found until it was almost dark,
and then a half mile from home in
the dense woods. , Fortunate it was
for the little child that he was found
by the frantic mother who was
scouring the woods for her son.
Henry Wulf and Wife Entertain.
Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wulf, of near Avoca, entertained at
their home a number of friends and
relatives, at which time all had a
most enjoyable time. There were
present for the occasion: Messers.
and Mesdames Henry Pollard; Clar
ence Hanson and George Pollard;
Gust Hanson and family; William
Obernalte; all from Nehawka and
vicinity, and Fred and family of
near Mynard.
Buy Many Cattle in West
Last Saturday Parr Young and
Robert Troop, who have been at
Denver, where they purchased some
four hundred and more cattle, re
turned home. They disposed of a
number of their purchase but had
185 shipped to their farms where
they will feed them for market.
Shipping Some Stnff.
It is with a bit of disappointment
that we are called upon to record
the shipping away of some of the
material used in- the drilling for oil !
near Nehawka. It was deemed best
Senior: "Of course not. thev ring 1 ne many old menus nere will re-
the same bell twice." rct very much to hear of the death
Miss Maybelle Troop was an Oma- of Mr- Pickens who during hi3 resi
ha visitor Saturday. dence here was a very active figure
Miss Velma Wessel spent part of j in tue community life,
last Saturday in Nebraska City. j
Miss Reyman: "Carl. I take great I RECEIVES RECOGNITION
pleasure in giving you SI in Alge-j
bra." William F. Matschullat, of this
Carl Pierce: "Oh! Miss Reyman, I ci'y. has received a very high recog-
make it a 100 and enjoy yourself." nuion rrom tne grana council oruer
oi ue.ioiay, me nonor Deing a rep-
Miss Isadore Stone spent Friday
in Omaha.
The home management girls were
practicing salesmanship this past
week. Enamelware, kitchen cabinets
and cook stoves were among the
articles whfchT the ' girls were ex-
resentative ' DeMolay of the United
States.
A good many do not realize what
a high honor this means to Cass
chapter and Plattsmouth, where this
chapter i3 located.
Last spring the grand council in
plaining and endeavoring to sell to . auPruratf,d a campaign to select one
their classmates. n,Mniav from thn ?nn nnn memcre
At present we have thirteen bas
ketball games on our schedule. We
are going to have some real fast
games and we want all of you to
come out and "Root" for Nehawka.
The basketball girls have been
having a number of very good prac
tices. Every player has her pep and
sportsmanship in every play. Each
one is working to be a member of
the team.
Delphia in English class: Irving
was born at the age of nineteen."
Tuesday morning measurements
were taken for the boys' new basket
ball suits. New pants and sweat
shirts will be issued while the same
jerseys will be used another season.
Everyone is busy making his cos
tume for the Hallowe'en party to be
held in the school house Friday
night.
Miss Dorothy Lewis was a visitor
in Plattsmouth Saturday.
Miss Julia Troop spent the week
end in Plattsmouth.
Four of the boys in the Agricul
ture class have been making a con
crete sidewalk at the home of Ralph
Harshman.
"Like to islands in the seas
Stand our personalities."
U. S. Senator R. B. Howell will
speak at the District Court room in
Plattsmouth, Saturday night, Nov.
1- o30-ltw,3td
Mrs. William Baird was a passen
ger this morning for Omaha where
she wil Ispend the day with friends.
of the United States to tour Europe
and also attend the Olympic games.
The one to be chosen by the grand
council must have the highest rat
ing along the intellectual, spiritual
and physical lines both in the De
Molay work and in everyday life.
With applications frcm nearly all
of the 15.000 chapters of the United
Statc3 the grand council considered
the qualifications of the applicants
and finally narrowed the number
down to fifty and from these, one
was chosen as the official represen
tative DeMolay of the entire United
States while the remainder of the
fifty received honorable mention as
representative DeMolay-3 and it was
in this fifty that the local young
man was placed
When it is considered that Cass
chapter is only one of the 15,000
and the state of Nebraska was for
tunate in placing two of its bovs on
the honorable mention list, William
Matschullat and a boy from Lincoln.
the people of Plattsmouth and Cass
county should indeed feel proud of
this honor,
Do Your Duty Vote!
The Ballots
That are Not Counted
WILL YOURS
Be Among Them!
The ballots that are not cast they are the ones to
be ashamed of! Voting isn't a family affair. Dad no
longer puts in a ballot for the whole family.
Voting is an obligation. Voting is a part of cit
izenship. VOTE
For the honor of the country!
For the honor of the community!
For the sake of your pride!
It's Presidential year!
You have your own choice among candidates. You
know the man you want in the White House.
Your ballot registers your selections.
We are proud of Plattsmouth. We want it to stand
out as a Real American community.
Your vote will help.
Make sure you go to the polls next Tuesday
end take the others of your family with you.
Farmers State Bank
T. H. POLLOCK, President
Plattsmouth -:- -:- -:- Nebraska
"Let's all vote next Tuesday for the good of our Com
munity, our State and our Nation!"
LITTLE GIRL ARRIVES
From Wednesday's Daily
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Long has been gladden by the arrival
of a fine little daughter, who. with
the mother, is doing very nicely and
the occasion one of the greatest of
pleasure to all of the members of the
family. The Long family resides on
the old Wiles homestead southwest
of the city.
TO WH0H IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that Mr. Clar
ence L. Beal acted as deputy Clerk
of the District Court under me for
nearly two years.
Mr. Bears work was most satis
factory and I consider him qualified
in every way to fill the office of
Clerk of the District Court.
JAMES ' ROBERTSON."
o29-ltw, 5td AdT.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
U. S, Senator R. B. Howell will
speak at the District Court room in
Plattsmouth, Saturday night. Nov.
1- o30-ltw, 3td
Sanford W. Short departed this
afternoon for Omaha where he will
spend a few hours with his wife and
baby son at the Swedish Mission
hospital and with the other rela
tives and friends in Omaha.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Vote as You Please!
America expects every voter to do
his duty. You should vote as you
please, and for your best interests.
By your careful voting: you are
safeguarding the purity of the
home, the sanctity of the church,
the welfare of society, the best
administration of the law, and en
suring the safety of the public
schools. There is no substitute
for safety.
Thanking you for your friendly cooperation
for Best Administration of the Law
Cfl. S. BRDGGS
Attorney at Law
Admitted to Practice June 24, 1895
Nominee for Co. Judge
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
HEAR
U. S. SENATOR
Champion of the People's Rights!
District Court Room
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Saturday light
November 1st 8:00 P. M.
Mr. Howell is a real Progressive and has always
stood for the rights of the people.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
VOTE FOR
J. A. CAPHELL
FOR
Geuntp Mornay
Candidate for Re-Election
Honest Law Enforcement
Justice to All