Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
VOL. NO. XL.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1924.
NO. 79
OASS COUNTY
ELECTION RE
SULTS MIXED
IN THE ONSLAUGHT OF REPUB
LICAN BALLOTS FEW DEM
OCRATS WIN.
CLOSE RAGE ON CO. ATTORNEY
On Face of Unofficial Returns, W.
G. Kieck, Republican, Ha3
Lead of 42 Votes.
Rolling up a very heavy vote yes
terday at the general, the voters of
the county gave their approval to
the republican national and state
tickets by good majorities but in the
county ticket scattered their sup
port so that several of the democrat
ic candidates were winners in the
final result.
The closest contests of the election
were on representative and county
attorney. Earl Towle, democratic
candidate for representative, defeat
ed his fellow townsman. Troy L. Da
vis, by 35, while W. G. Kieck. re
publican candidate for county attor
ney, has a lead of 42 over J. A. Cap
well, his democratic opponent. The
two offices may be affected by the
official count and some 39 mail bal
lots are to be counted yet by the re
turning board which may affect the
final result of the vote.
The large majorities of W. B.
Panning. C. L. Deal, and E. P. Stew
art were the features of the election
and showed a wide range of choice
on the part of the voters and indi
cate the large amount of independ
ent voting that was done at the
polls.
The total of the vote of the coun
ty is as follows:
President
Davis 2,468
Coolidge 3.649
La Follette 1,274
U. S. Senator
Thomas 2,927
Norris 4,000
Governor
Norton 2,963
McMullen 3.716
Congressman.
Morehead 3,655
Thorpe 3,241
State Senator
Banning 4, 380;
Tidd 2,571
Representatrve Banning 1,161
Towle 3,491 Tidd 532
Davis 3,456 Representative
Clerk of District Court Towle 957
Morgan. - 2.410!Davis 689
Beal 4.268 j Clerk of District Court
Assessor i Morgan 679
Pl3 3,595 Beal 9 62
Smith 3,282 ' Assessor
Commissioner Pu,s l.oo
Spangler 3,707 Smith 688
Parley 3,241' Commissioner
Sheriff ' Spangler 920
Wilson 2,958 Farley 769
Stewart 4.124' Sheriff
County Attorney .Wilson 669
Capwcll 3.479 Stewart 1,067
Kieck 3.521 County Attorney
Supreme Court i Capweii 913
Letton 2.144 Kieck 814
Rose 3,868' County Judge
County Judge Briggs 467
Duxbury 4.151 Dbury 1,225
Briggs
SMALL EIRE TODAY
From Weditadiy i Daily
This morning the fire department .
was called out to the residence of i
M. M. Btal in the soutn part oi me
city but on their arrival there they
for ml that the small fire that had
been burning on the rof of the house
had been extinguished without a
great deal of damage aside from sev
eral charred shingles. The fire was
caused by sparks from the chimney
lighting on the roof which threat
ened for a time to do more or less
damage to the building. The prompt
work of the neighbors forming a
bucket brigade saved the house from
a very destructive fire. Some dam
age was done to the house in water
but this will not amount to a great
deal.
BANNING HAS BIG MAJORITY
The reports received here on the
result of the election in the second
senatorial district composed of Sar
py, Cass and Otoe counties showes
an overwhelming lead for W. B.
Banning, of Union, present senator
and candidate for re-election, over
A. L. Tidd, his republican and pro
gressive opponent. In Sarpy county
the majority was 461. in Otoe county
1.000 and Cass county with. 1,800,
making a total of 3,261.
The election of Earl Towle as re
presentative will give Cass county a
democratic delegation to the legis
lature.
BE CONVINCED for yourself that
Journal want ads pay.
T ? ? T ?
:: WINNERS IN COUNTY
4
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President
Calvin Coolidge, Rep.
Senator
George W. Xorris, Rep.
Governor
Adam .McMullen. Rep.
Congressman
John II. Morehead, Dem.
State Senator
W. B. Banning, Dem.
Representative
Earl Towle, Dem.
Clerk of the District Court
C. L. Beal, Rep.
Sheriff
E. P. Stewart, Rep.
Attorney
W. G. Kieck. Rep.
Commissioner
C. I). Spangler, Dem.
Assessor
W. II. Puis, Dem.
County Judge
A. II. Duxbury
PLATTSMOUTH
GIVES DEMOCRATS
LARGE MAJORITIES
With Exception of Beal and Stewart
City Gives Majorities to the
Democratic Candidates
While the election returns offer
but little consolation to the demo
cratic supporters, the city of Platts
mouth offers one ray of light amid
the encircling gloom, as the city
gave very impressive majorities to
the greater part of the ticket with
the exception of E. I'. Stewart for
sheriff and C. L. Beal for clerk of
the dfstrct court, who were able to
pull down the lead of the democrat
ic vote and leave the city with leads
that helped swell the totals in the
county.
The vote in the city on the various
offices showed the following from the
five wards of the city:
President
Davis 714
Coolidge 608
La Follette 487
U. S. Senator
Thomas 859
Xorris 842
Governor
Norton 878
McMullen 803
Congressman
Morehead 1,104
Thorpe
554
State Senator
HAVE PLEASANT TIME
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening the home of Mr. and
Mrs.
street
Fred G. Egenberger on Vine
, was the scene of a most de
lightful gathering of young people
when the YV. II. E. S club of young
ladies met there to enjoy an evening
of bridge and a general good time
such as marks their sessions. The
evening was spent in the facinations
of the game and in recognition of her
skill Miss Esther Ileafney was pres
ented with a handsome prize that
was most appropriate to the occasion.
During the evening the young ladies
enjoyed a nne time singing ana in
strumental music with Miss Mildred
Schlater presiding on the piano. At
a suitable hour the hostess, Miss
Helen Egenberger served very dainty
refreshments that were very much
enjoyed by all of the members of
the party.
GIRL'S CLUB MEETS
From WediiMdfetr's Daily
The R. S. T. club gathered at the
home of Miss Dorothy Sattler on
Monday evening for their regular
semi-monthly meeting and with a
full attendance of the members pres
ent. The new by-laws of the club
were adopted and a short business
session enjoyed after which the lad
ies proceeded to spend the remainder
of the evening in games and music
and which served to make the event
one of the most delightful that the
club has had in some time. At a
suitable hour dainty and delicious
refreshments wre enjoyed by all of
the party.
HAPPY HUNDRED
HOLD AN ENJOY
ABLE GATHERING
L. C. Oberlies of the State Board of
Control is Chief Speaker of
the Occasion.
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening the regular monthly
supper of the Happy Hundred, the
organization of the men of the com
munity, was staged at the parlors 01
the First Presbyterian church . and
as usual was attended by a crowd
that filled the capacity of the dining
room.
The room was very pretty with
streamers of purple and gold and the
floral decorations of the late fall
asters and made a fitting setting for
the happy occasion.
Searl S. Davis, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, despite his
oar nest endeavors to escape, was
placed in the position of toastmater
and most ably filled the position
and his shafts aimed at the promi
nent members of the party as well as
clever introductions of the various
features served to entertain the
members of the party.
The event being election night,
there were a large number of candi
dates present and they came in for
their share of jollying and roasting
during the course of the evening,
which they will long remember.
To add to the political candidates, ;
'Andy Gump," himself, made an ap
pearance and attempted to start his
favorite speech in praise of this city
and explaining that he had wrong
fully Leen deprived of a place on
the ballot, when in rushed "Hp.be
Summers" and proceeded to get busy
and drag off the reluctant Andy, to
the great amusement of the mem
bers of the suppor part'.
In addition there were several
telegrams read to the various candi
dates that made an unexpected and
pier-sing diversion to the occasion.
""aPPy Hu?drd" Joined n
greet ng their guests of honor L F.
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uiukuuim uiiu JUII11 1 unilT Ol t,im-
?Z0jLTe?r!?nSiX? th bus5np ln" !
terests of th?t city and 11 sn-
iuieu ur. j. a. urimn, u. u. inoraas
and 1. L5. Kepler, the new manager
of the Nebraska Gas & Electric Co.
here, and all of whom have been re
cent arrivals here in this city.
Father Leete was also given the
glad hand by his friends as an ap
preciation of his interest in these
gatherings.
The address of the evening was by
L. B. Oberlies, member of the state
board of control and one of the best
known men ill the pnr.ifnl pilv nfilSH? Thirteen nhi
'.inmin in,! in foot
Mr. Oberlies in his remarks gave a ! en sons. All are living except one ' ?n the s,de of hc Iowpr hotel build
real educational treat covering the daughter, Charlotte, who died in I ins' a snort distance from the M. P.
various sttte institutions and so : infancy. They lived at Beaver. Ohio. de"ot as tho scene of operations,
pleasrntly was the address interwov- i until 1SS3. when they came to No- The fly act was going good when
en with real human touch stories ! braska. Here they lived two miles the man reached about half'.waV up
snd incidents that it mad a profound t
impression on the entire party.
Mr. Oberlies in the beginning of ;
his address gave a few business facts i
as to the stato institutions, the j
amount of food, clothing and sup-j
plies that are used every year in the
state institutions and the fact that!
the board of control which is a non-
paiiibdH iiouy operaies in a siricuy
businesslike method in the purchase ,
of the supplies for the state and '
have made a great success of the
work of handling this business for
the'State. He gave a list of the sev-
enteen state institutions and showed
that he was very familiar with them '
in giving a few stories dealing with i
each of them and also explaining in I
detail the work that is in connection j
with them and the various types that :
are sneitered tnere. There was a
great humanitarian side to the work
that caused the board and its em-
ployes to strive and restore for the with the Christian church of Weep
citizenship of the state the unfor-. inr Water. The burial was held at
tunates that had been gathered at
the various homes and institutions.
to be cared for as public wards un
til such time as they could be re
leased.
There was "no one who neard the
address of Mr. Oberlies who did not
feel that he had gained a great deal
more insight into the state institu
tions and their workings than he
had ever expected to have.
The invocation at the supper was
asked by Father M. A. Shine and the
benediction by Rev. Frank Emory
Pfoutz.
PAVING WORK RUSHED
The paving work on North Fourth
street is now getting along in very
fine shape and the work of laying
the brick is proceeding very rapidly
and in the next few days the whole
of the brick will be laid. As the
brick is being placed a crew follows
up and places the asphalt
coating and the sand covering and
making the paving so that it can be
used in a very few days. The work
is an excellent Job as far as observa
tions can detect and certainly is a
great improvement to that section of
the city and one that will be much
appreciated by the residents there.
SHOOTING MATCH
Shooting match at Fred Spang
ler's Sunday, Nov. 9, beginning at
1 o'clock sharp. Plenty of ducks and
geese. All shooters invited. Three
miles south of Plattsmouth, two and
one-half miles east of Mynard:
N4-4tdltw
AGED LADY PASSES AWAY
From Tuesday's Dail.v
This morning at the Nebraska
Masonic Home, Mrs. Anna M. Day,
pne of the residents there, passed
away after an illness of some dura
tion. Mrs. Day was brought to this
city from Omaha last Saturday and
was in a very critical condition when
reaching lu re and has failed to rally
from the effects of the illness and
gradually grew worse until her
death early today. The deceased lady
was in her 77th year and has been
a resident of Omaha for several
years.
FIRST NUMBER OF
LYCEUM COURSE
OPflDCC k D?P HBT of their favorite president and al
OuUtlLO A Dl-J iill mo3t a11 of t!ie distinguished gentle-
I nun who have occupied the presi-
dential chair were mentioned by the
- ! ladies in the roll call.
Columbia Entertainers provide Mosti The members of the club voted to
Delightful Program For Audi
ence at High School.
Forn Tuesday's Dally
Last evening the opening number
of the Lyceum course that is spon
sored bv the Boy Scouts was held at
v..- ".. ....1 .
mBu tiuuui tfuunuuum iuu n
amply repaid for their attendance in
the excellent program that was of -
iarae ituuitncu ui;u i-.s prest-ui ifii
The entertainment consisted of
music and readings and was very
well given and in the readings esue -
cially there was a great deal of ar- . . ":.' escou a so "voren he la
titi 01,01 ci,,. ti, dies with a very pleasing vocal selec-
mn0i0fr,i f t,c0i r, , v.0,
consisted of both classic numbers
well given. A number of duets as,
well as accardian solos served to en- j
tertain the audience and the sketch ,
presented by the two ladies. "The
Girl of 18," was one o the pIo:;Hir.g i
features of the evening. j
The prizes that were offered to the '
Scouts for their ticket selling were j
also awarded and Ted Lcacock re- ;
ceived first prize, Gerald Sperry sec-!
ond, Linville Wiles, third
ert Patter3orif fourth.
ard- Herb
fra Wottor
Mcore and Mrs.
George Wright of Riverton. Nob
Ue. rriVed here lasc evening for a
visit at the home of their sister, Mrs.
II. M. Wilcox and family for a few
weeks.
OBITUARY OF MRS. SPANGLER
From Tuesday's lyaily
Elizabeth Baker was born at
Beaver, Pike county, Ohio, Feb. 2S.
1S44. She was married to Charles i
Spangler at Beaver on March 4.
Idren were born
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south of Plattsmouth on what is
known as the Maxwell farm. In
1901 they moved to seven miles
northwest of Weeping Water,
On March 4, 1912 they celebrated
their Golden wedden anniversary
at their home.
IIer husband died in July, 1913.
A few years later she wcnt to Uve
with her children. She made her
home with her youngest daughter,
Mrs. Cvrus Livingston, of Weenintr
Water, but she visited with her
other children. She Fpent most of
hk summer with her dans-liter. Mrs.
vni r.nhcimnn nf nr ATrmv wh
ck romninod until hor iith n..
tober 29, 1924. The funeral was' held I On Wednesday night of this week
at tne Mynard church where it wastne members of Hugh J. Kearns post
conducted by Rev. Bradley, minister j No. 56, American Legion, will hold
0f the christian church of Weeping j their annual election of officers. The
. water wiiile living at Pinttsmnntii
, she was a member of the German
Preshvterinn church and later united
Homing cemetary.
Thnsp lpft tn mniirn iPr doath arP!
One sister, Mary Baker, in Ohio and
two brothers, Charlie and Philip, in
Illinois and the children; Mrs. Philip
Christman, Miller, Neb.; Mrs. Louis
Stander, Archer, Neb.; Mrs. Val
Gobelman. Murray, Neb.; Mr. John
Spangler, Louisville, Neb.; Mrs. Dent
Hites, Hastings, Iowa; Mr. Fred
Spangler, Plattsmonth; Mr. Chris
Spangler, Mynard, Neb.; Mr. Charlie
Spangler, Callaway, Neb.; Mrs. Cy
rus Livingston, Frank Peter and
Philip Spangler of Weeping Water.
There are 48 grandchildren and 11
great grand children.
She was a kind and thoughtful
neighbor, a devoted wife and a lov
ing mother, she had laid down the
cross of life which she carried back
to Him who gave it to her and now
wears the crown that fadeth not
awey. We find these words a fitting
tribute:
"Life's work all done;
Life's race well run;
Life's victory won ;
Now cometh rest." .
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our appre
ciation and thanks to our neighbors
and friends who were so kind and
helpful, and for flowers sent during
the illness and death of our mother.
Also for the minister's comforting
words. Mr. and Mrs. Val Gobelman
and family and the Spangler family.
DUROC JERSEY BOARS
A few choice boars for sale. Phil-
ip Hirz Plattsmouth. n3-2sw
WOMAN'S CLUB
HAS A VERY IN
TERESTING TIME
Report of State Convention Received
and Enjoyed by the Ladies
Last Evening.
From Tuesday's Daily
Last evening the Flattsmouth
Woman's club met at the auditorium
of the public library and with a
pleasing number in attendance when
the president, Mrs. P. J. Flynn called
the meeting to order.
The roll call was made with the
members responding with the names
have each member of the club do
nate a book to the public library
during National Book Week. Novem
ber 7th to 15th and which will mean
the addition of a large number of
volumes that will be circulated from
the library.
iUl Ul l
The report of the proceedings of
, the niefting of the state federation
nf Woman's lnhs held nt r.r:,n,1 T.
ot woman's cluhs held ai
ian,j was cryen y jjrs
' c'ott who represented tin
E. II. Wes-
Q ;r,ctl-
, sf tip s-thprinp-
1 . u v j win 1 1 ii;-, av.iuuui ui
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1 1 011 the song "Nebraska," hem
! used and which was very much en-
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f'UslAra I'LlS
STUNT LEADS
TO AH AGCIDEr!'
Stranger at Union This Morning
Tries to Clomb Side of Building
and Tails With Bad Effect,
From Monday's Dnl.y
This morning a stranarer arrived
in the usually peaceful little city of
Union, who stated that he was a
! former service man and had served
with the Canadian troops ln the in
tensive campaigns in Flanders in
the world war. The stranger was
! without funds and in order to secure
the amount necessary to help him
on to the next town he decided to
( stase a "Human Fly" act and fixed
the building and then failed to make
connections with the result that he
fell to the concrete walk several feet
below. He suffered a severe fracture
of the right leg in the accident fnd
was otherwise badly bruiseu and in
jured. The injured man vvts without
funds or friends in that place '.nd as
the result he was taken t i tho Uni
veisity hospital in Omau to have
the injured leg dressed aad set and
v :11 be cared for then until he is
able to be around again.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
' From Monday's Daily
elective oiticers oi tne post inciuae
commander, two vice commanders
and nine executive committee mem
bers. Those appointed by the post
commander include adjutant, public
ity officer, sergeant at arms, service
officer and historian, while the new
executive committee elects from its
own members the finance officer.
Refreshments will be served at the
meeting and cards are being sent to
all members requesting them to be
present at the meeting.
WOODMEN PAYS OVER FUNDS
From Monday' DaiiT
The Modern Woodmen of America
through their attorney, Nelson C.
Pratt of Omaha, has filed to the
district court an answer in the
case in which they are defendants
with Opal Lahoda Parsons and Mar
garet Lahoda in an action brought
by Joseph Lahoda seeking to collect
the value of a policy carried by Hen
ry Lahoda, deceased, in the defend
ant M. W. A.
The Modern Woodmen announce
that they are ready and willing to
pay over the policy, $1,000, when
the matter of heirship is settled and
accordingly asked and were granted
an order turning over to Clerk of
he District Court James Robertson
the sum of $1,000 covering the value
of the policy of Mr. Lahoda and to
remain in the custody of the clerk
until the case is heard and deter
mination of who is to receive the
same
The policy was made payable to
the two daughters of the deceased
and a sister of Mr. Lahoda. who ha3
; since died. rne riaintiu. josepn
! Lahoda, claims that proceedings were
made to change the beneficary of the
policy to the plaintiff and that he
is entitled to the same.
DIES AT LINCOLN
From Tuesday's Daily
This afternoon a message was re
ceived here from Lincoln announc
ing that William Simpson, son-in-law
of George F. Wilson, democratic
candidate for sheriff, had passed
away this morning at the St. Eliza
beth's hospital in Lincoln. Mr.
Simpson, who was a barber at Alvo,
had been at the hospital in Lincoln
for some time suffering from a tu
ner on the brain and has been grad
ually growing weaker and death was
foreshadowed several days ago in the
failing strength of Mr. Simpson.
NEBRASKA BOXER
FUTS OVER SLEEP
PRODUCING BLOW
Kid Graves at Tonapah, Nevada, is
Setting a Fast Pace For West
Coast Pastimers.
From Tuesday's Dally
Staging a comeback that shows all
the flash and speed of his palmiest
days, "Kid" Graves, former Cass
fiimitv liov nnd wp!I known hoxpr nf
Omaha, is setting a real pace for the'
west coast boxers at Tonapah, Ne
vada. The opponent of the "Kid" was
Bob Mendell, the Vegas pride, who
was given a sleeping punch by the
hard hitting Nebraskan and the
pride of the New Mexico sand spaces
was stopped by the "Kid" in the
fifth round of the scheduled ten
round go with a swift right to the
slowach that placed the Nevada '
boxer where he heard the birds sing
ing. The whole bill was arranged by
Graves and was a hummer in every
way the press dispatches from Tona-
pah state and attended by many of :
the fight fans from all over that sec-
tion of Nevada.
"Kid" Grave3 has been the welter
weight champion of the world and
since his retirement from the active
ring work has assisted in the devel
oping, of a great many of the best
boxers in the country and his come-i
back in the last few months in ac
tive ring work shows that he still
carrys the goods with him.
The hard hitting boy is a member
of the well known Graves family of
this county and was born near old
Rock Bluffs and has the real fight
ing spirit of the long list of worthy
ancestors back of him to make him
a real scrapper in every way and one
that will show up strong in any fight I
that he is a participant.
VISITS IN THE OLD HOME
From Monday's Dally
Miss Gladys Kaffenberger, who is
now teaching in the schools at Ver
don, Nebraska, was here yesterday
to enjoy the day visiting with her
relatives and the many friends of
her girlhood days. Miss Kaffenberg
er i3 a' daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Kaffenberger of Lincoln,
and was educated here in the local
rchools, the family later moving to
Lincoln where they have since re
sided. While here, Miss Kaffen
berger sang at the morning service
at the First Methodist church and
met a large number of the friento
with whom she was formerly associ
ated in the church work here.
Drafts
but they make it possible to transfer
money to distant points without danger
of losing it.
and they can be cashed by the proper
person without difficulty, at their face
value, even in distant cities where your
personal check might not be instantly
cashable.
When you wish
a draft at the First
only a moment.
The First National Bank
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL. AT HOME
PLATTSMOUTH jFLj "NEBRASKA.
"The Bank Where Yoa Feel at Home!"
NEHAWXA YOUNG
MAN INJURED AT
AT "TRAP SHOOT"
George Pollard, While Fixing Trap
For Bluerocks, Hit by Chilled
Shot and Wounded.
From Tuesday's Daily
A number of the young men of
Nehawka have formed a shooting
club which spends some little time
each week in the pastime of shoot
ing "Blue Kocks" and keeping in
practice on the target .work and all
was well with this pastime until lafct
Sunday when one of the members of
the club, George Pollard, was
wounded in the neck while he was
engaged in assisting in handling the
traps at the shoot.
While other members of the club
were shooting at the "Blue Uocks,"
Mr. Pollard was in the pit loading
the traps and was thought to be per
fectly safe from any danger from the
other members of the shooting party.
Mr. Pollard was busy at his work
when Herbert Stoll shot at one of
the clay birds that was sweeping up
from the pit and a number of the
shot entered a small hole in the
board and dirt embankment and
found lodgement in the neck of Mr.
Pollard. The wounding of their as
sociate greatly worried the other
members of the club although it wag
seen in a few moments that thero
was no immediate danger of fatal
results and medical assistance was
summoned but the chilled shot had
panet rated the neck a great deal
farther than had been anticipated
and it was impossible to locate the
shot.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Pollard
was brought to Plattsmouth and an
X-ray taken of the wounded neck bv
Dr. J. S. Livingston in order to lo
cate the shot.
RED CROSS AN INSURANCE
According to the Brown county
chapter-of the American Red Cross
at Green Bay the Red Cross is the
best form of insurance that a com
munity can have. It further be
lieves that it is bad business to be
without adequate insurance and
therefore when it recently found it
self without funds. It immediately
launched its membership campaign
without waiting for the regular Roll
Call period.
Wisconsin communities will fol
low Green Bay's example and keep
representative Red Cross organiza
tions and everywhere as an insur
ance measure. The auspicious pe
riod between Armistice day and
Thanksgiving has been set aside for
the enrollment of members in this
humanitarian organization. Wiscon
sin citizens have had ample oppor
tunity to see what the Red Cross can
do in times of emergency and they
should give hearty support.
ANDERSON-JORDAN
From Tuesday's Daily-
Oscar Anderson of Pacific Junction
and Miss Erma Jordan of Platts
mouth journeyed to Red Oak on Sun
day and were there married. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Jordan, now of Plattsmouth.
but formerly of Glenwood. Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson will live in Platts
mouth. Mr. Anderson is a railroad
employe. Glenwood Tribune.
to send money away, get
National Bank. It takes
Oost Little
ui