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I! 2 mm VOL. HO. XT.TT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1926 NO. 61 3 Very Quiet Home Wedding Last Night Miss Alice Pollock Becomes the Bride of Mr. Virgil Perry at Home of Bride's Parents. Prom Friday's Dally Last evening a very simple and im pressive wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Pollock when their youngest daughter, Miss Alice, was united in the bonds of wedlock to Mr. Virgil Perry, one of the well known young men of the community. Owing to the recent bereavement in the family of the groom and the illness of Mr. Perry, the wedding was very quiet, only the very immediate relatives of the young people attend ing the ceremony. The home was simply arranged with the early fall garden flowers that gave a very pretty touch to the scene of the consumation of the life's happiness of the two estimable young people. Promptly at S o'clock the Mende lssohn wedding march was sounded by Mrs. R. F. Patterson, aunt of the bride and to which the bridal party entered the parlors of the home for the ceremony that was to make their ! lives as one. The golden ring, the pledge of love, was borne on a white satin pillow by Carter Minor, nephew of the bride, who was very attractive in the role of ring bearer. The bride was very charming in a gown of shimmering white satin, an overdress of lace compelting the gown. The flowing bridal veil was held in place by a headress of pearls. Miss Pollock carried a bridal bou quet of the Bride roses and lillies of the valley. The marriage lines were read by the Rev. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church o? which the two young people are life long members. The attendants at the wedding were Miss Helene Perry, sister of the groom as maid of honor, she bein becomingly gowned ia pink satin, and carrying a bouquet of the pink roses, and Edward Patterson, cousin of the bride as the best man. Following the wedding refresh ments were served to the members of the bridal party. The only out of town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Ger ald Merritt of Lincoln, the latter a former schoolmate of the bride. Both Mr. and Mrs. Perry are among the most popular of the young people of the city, having grown to manhood and womanhood in this community where their friends are limited only by their acquaintances. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. T. H. Pollock and is a graduate of the Plattsmouth high school as well a3 Rockford college at Rockford. Illinois, and was also a student at Simmons college at Boston. A lady of the greatest charm of personality she has a very large circle of friends in the community where she has made her home. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Addie Perry and is one of the industrious and successful young men of this community, having been asso ciated with his father, the late Glenn Perry, in the conduct of the farm south of this city and at which he has been very successful. He, like the bride, has received his education in the Plattsmouth schools and is a young man of whom the community can be proud. Mr. and Mrs. Perry expect to make their home in the future at the Perry farm near this city. ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE From Thursday's Dally Miss Kathleen Troop was hostess yesterday afternoon to a number of friends at a 2.30 bridge party that was one of the most enjoyable of the summer social season and attended by some- twenty-four friends of the young hostess. The event was held at the beautiful country home of the Troop family south of Plattsmouth and which was most charmingly arranged for the occasion. The home was arranged in the decorations of the color scheme of lavendar and white, the beautiful early fall flowers furnishing one of the notes of the decorative scheme while the color note was carried out in the dainty and delicious refresh ments that formed a part oi tne ait ernoon of rarest pleasure. In the playing Miss Verla Becker was awarded the first prize while the second prize was awarded to Miss Catherine Schneider for her skill at the facinating game. The members of the jolly party rrjde the journey to 'he Troop home in autos and the lovely country home was an ideal spot for the enjoyment of the heat of the afternoon and which all of the members of the party enjoyed to the utmost. A few of the Cass county maps showing every man's farm are left. You can get one at the Journal office for 50o. Hurry, before they're gone. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Thursday's Dally Miss Teresa Herople, Plattsmouth school teacher, who has been for the past three weeks at the St. Cather ine's hospital in Omaha recovering from the effects of the injuries that she received in the small wreck at the Burlington station in Omaha, re turned home this morning. Miss Hemple was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Louise Kline, who will remain here until the sister more thoroughly recovers from the effect of her accident. The patient is com pelled to get around with the aid of a cane and her condition while much better than it has been is still farm from satisfactory. Chicken Thieves Seem to be Getting Very Active Here Residents of City Complain of Sev eral Attempted Raids on Their Feathered Flocks. From Thursdays Dally The residents of the south part of the city are complaining that in the recent weeks there have been at tempted raids by chicken thieves on the flocks of the feathered residents of that part of the city and which have been repelled by the effective use of a shotgun in the hands of the irate householders. Just because Plattsmouth is the best chicken market in eastern Ne braska is no reason the residents here feel for attempting to secure the fowls in the dead of the night by raiding parties and the persons who have been carrying on this visitation of the hen roosts had in the future bet ter take out large amounts of life and accident insurance as the house holders are going to register a per fect hit some of these evenings and the raiders will be filled with large amounts of buck shot. A few nights ago one of the resi dents in the south part of the city was aroused by the noice among his chickens and arising hastily he start ed for the vicinity of the chicken house, armed with his trusty shot gun, and his appearance evidently startled the robbers of the hen roosts, as several figures were seen making a get away and bang, the gun was dis charged, scattering shot over a large area, but apparently none of the chicken fanciers were wounded, as there was no trace of blood seen in the vicinity of where the robbers dis appeared. There have been several incidents reported of chicken roosts being vis ited by the robbers and the residents of the city are getting prepared to defend their flocks by force if neces sary. RECEPTION AT ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL From Thursday's Dally The local court of the Catholic Daughters of American have had the building occupied by the St. John's school re-decorated and arranged for the fall term of school while the school was closed for the summer vacation and the result is that the teachers and the pupils will have very attractive and pleasing surroundings for their school work in the coming months. The C. D. of A. have had the building wired and arranged for the comfort and convenience of the school people. Last evening the C. D. of A. ladies who have had the deepest interest in the educational work of the parish", entertained at the school building in honor of the members of the teaching force of the school, the occasion be ing a reception that the ladies had ar ranged for the teachers. The school is handled and the pupils taught by the Urusiline sisterhood, one of the great orders of the church that has carried the message of the Roman Catholic church to all parts of the world. During the reception the ladies of the C. D. of A. served wafers and punch to the members of the party which were very much enjoyed by all of the members of the party. LARGE INHERITANCE TAX From Thursday's Daily Cass county will receive from the estate of the late Philip M. Trapp. deceased, one of the largest inherit ance taxes that has ever been record ed in the office of the county judge. The amount of tax that the estate must pay over to the county as the result of the checking up of the ap praiser, J. A. Capwell, is the sum of $2,183.60. The deceased, Philip M. Trapp, a resident of Elmwood, Nebraska, died on March 21, 1926, and left an es tate valued at f 38.467.90, the estate being willed to parties who had no exemption and the larger part of the estate was willed by the deceased to York college at York, Nebraska, which Institution al.t has no exemp tion from the claims of the county for taxes under the inheritance tax law. The amount of the inheritance tax will go into the road fund of the county and add a very neat sum to the upkeep of the roads. Had Real Visit to Old World on Kiwanis Outing Mrs. Lillian Freeman and Miss Min nie Guthmann of this City in the Party. From Friday's Daily The excursion of some 600 persons to Europe under the auspices of the Kiwanis club of Shenandoah, Iowa, was one of the big travel events of the year and in which Mrs. Lillian Freeman and Miss Minnie Guthmann of this city and Mrs. H. A. Guth mann of Murdock were among the fortunate members of the party. The trio of ladies on reaching Eng land after a very pleasant voyage decided that they woulds vae more time by making their tour alone and avoiding the congestion that large parties sometimes find in the places of interest, proceeded to tour Eng land, Belguim and Ireland alone and with the result that they had a won derful opportunity of seeing the many places of beauty and historical interest. In London there was a world of attractions to hold their at tention, including Westminister ab bey, the houses of parliament as well as the St. Paul's cathederal as well as side trips to Hampton Court, Windsor castle and the historic points in the immediate vicinity of the great English capital city. In London the ladies visited one of the most interesting spots in the Tower of London which has played a great striking part in the history of Eng land. The ladies found time to visit rural England which is in the summer sea son one of the most beautiful spots on the earth where the shrubs, est, the thatched roofed cottages, the quaint village all making a real pic flowers and trees are all at their fin ture to delight an artist. On the tour of the provinces they visited at Oxford and viewed the great edu cational center of the British em pire. The ladies also took a trip over the English, channel from Dover to Ostend, one , of the attractive . Bel gium seaside Tesorts ano also made side trips to Brussells, the capital city where there are many large lace manufacturies and industries to hold the attention of the visitors. Bruges with its old world atmosphere, the quaint costumes of the people and points of itnerest all took some time of the tourists. While in Belgium the party visited the battlefields and gained a new conception of what the war really was and the terrible con dition that it imposed on all of the warring nations. The party did not visit France as it required some little trouble in getting admission to that country and also because of the anti-American and English sentiment that pre vailed in that country and which made touring more or less of a dan ger. In fact they found there was a very strong anti-foreign feeling in France and also the neighboring countries were not approving of the French attitude. The local ladies enjoyed a very pleasant stay in Ireland that includ ed a trip through the celebrated lake country of Killarney to the heather covered mountains and a large num ber of the chief cities including Cork, Dublin and Belfast and it was from Belfast that the party boarded the ship for home. The voyage over to the United States was quite rough and kept a large number confined to their cabins on account of the rough passage but either passage was fine compared with that of the cannei trip. AUTOS GET SMASHED UP From Friday's Daily Last evening about 5:30 an auto smashup occurred at the intersec tion of Webster boulevard and Elm street and which while it did a great deal of damage to the cars fortunately did not result in the ser ious injury of the occupants of the car or the small delivery truck. A young man named Morse was driving the delivery truck and was going west on Elm street when a Buick car containing Mrs. T. L. Jack son and her family of small chil dren, of Ruthaven, Iowa, came south on Webster boulevard and both cars met at the intersection. The car and the truck struck sideward and the force of the impact completely turn ed the large touring car around and the delivery truck was shattered by the force of the collosion. A young boy who was riding with the driver of the truck was thrown some dis tance in the air in the wreck and alighted on the paving, knocking him unconscious for a few moments but he was able to be up and around in a few moments with a very large bump on the head as the chief marks of the experience. The driver of the truck and Mrs. Jackson and her small children all escaped with a very severe shaking up. The car was bad ly wrecked and the engine of the car almost a total wreck. Legal blanks of all kinds for sale at the Journal office. RAINS VEVRY EASILY From Thursday's Dally The last few days have proven be yond a doubt that the drouth that was threatening this part of the west has been most effectively broken and the ' rainfall has been pronounced for thej past several days. Last evening the city was threatened with a very heavy storm for several hours and while the miles had very violent storms this city escaped with just a mild rain. The rain lasted practically all night and showed 1.97 inches of rainfair From Friday's Dally at the government station at the Bur-j A very pretty wedding was solem lington depot this morning. The rain nzei at the home of the bride at 7 brought small sized floods in Omaha o'clock Thursday evening when Miss and Council BBluffs and in this re- cressie Mae Hackenberjr became the spect Plattsmouth was most fortunate. Rev. Pf outz and Family Return from Wheeling Leaving the West Virginia City Monday Morning and Reach Here Wednesday Night. on From Friday's Dally Rev. Frank Emory Pfoutz, who has been filling the charge at tho Fourth Street Methodist church at Wheeling. West Virginia, during tli3 month of August; has returned to this city, the pastor accompanied by Mrs. Pfoutz and the daughters, Misse-3 Helen and Irene,, arriving here laty Wednesday night after a record breaking trip west from Wheeling. The Pfoutz family rolled out of Wheeling at 5 o'clock Monday morn ing and arrived in this city Wed nesday night at 11:05 and at onco sought a real rest and it was not until yesterday afternoon that the friends were aware that they were home. ; They had a splendid trip back home without accidents or delays and roll ed along in fine shape traveling from early in the morning until late at night and from Indianapolis on home had the very best of roads to travel, hitting the national highway at the Indiana capitol city and which gave them paving' all of' the way practi cally to St. Louis and. for the greater part of the way from St. Louis to Kansas City the highway was paved, the remainder being gravel and over which they made a fine trip. While at Wheeling in charge of the church there Rev. Pfoutz attracted a great deal of attention from the press and general public of Wheeling for his splendid sermons and able and forceful presentation of the message of the church. His sermons were given the greatest publicity and large and deeply intersted audiences filled the church at all of the services to hear the able and efficient pastor He reports the church at Wheeling as being a very beautiful structure and wonderfully arranged with a large pipe organ and all of the fittings of a real house of worship. THE GOOD SAMARITAN From Thursday's Daily The Burlington railroad was today acting the part of the big brother of the good roads movement in the case if the very bad place on the high way north of the city where the work of bettering the highway has been held up by litigation. The road has given the road en gineer a great deal of trouble and he has been taking what steps could be carried out to make the road passible for travel and in the face of the heavy rain of last night, more work was required. Mr. E. H. Douglass, the local en gineer, secured from the Burlington a carload of cinders which will be taken to the scene of action on the Platte bottom road and placed there to try and restore the road to a safe condition for travel. The railroad showed the right spirit in trying to help out the road work by making the highway pass ible so the busses and trucks could get through. CAMES THRU OPERATION FINE From Fridays Dally This afternoon word was received from the Lord Lister hospital in Omaha stating that Virgil Perry of this city who was operated on there for a case of appendicities, stating that the patient had come through the operation in fine shape and his condition was all that could be wish ed for . This will be most pleasant news to the host of friends here and they trust that his recovery may be speedy and permit his return home soon. DEATH OF AGED MAN From Friday's Daily The death of Kenneth Beddell, aged 65. resident at the Nebraska Masonic Home, occurred last night at the Infirmary here. The body was taken this morning to Culbertson, Nebraska, where it will be laid to est. Mr. Beddell was a member of Culbertson lodge No. 174, and was admitted to the Home here, Septem ber 14th, 1925. The deceased leaves two sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Young People Joined in Wed lock Last Night c j Hackenberg and Leslie W. Niel Married at the Hack enberg Heme Here. bride of Mr Leslie William Niel. Rev. Walter R. Robb, a former minister of the First Christian church, of Plattsmouth, read the service, using the ring ceremony. The wedding of the roDular Toune people was wit- 'nessed only by a small party of rela tives. After the ceremony a luncheon of dainty viands was served to those present. For her wedding the bride was very becomingly gowned in gold crepe re main with matching footwear. Her sister and attendant, Miss Grettal Hackenberg, wore a frock of tan satin crepe with footwear that matched in color. The groom wore the conventional blue as did his attendant, Mr. Russell Hackenberg, a brother of the bride. Both Mr. and Mrs. Niel are num bered among the most highly respect ed young people of Plattsmouth. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Hackenberg. of 1013 West Granite street, this city. She has grown to womanhood in this community and those who know her best admire her most. She was edu cated in Plattsmouth schools, being a member of the graduating class of 1914 of Plattsmouth High. After her graduation she taught school in the public schools of Coleridge and McLean, two towns of the northern part of the state. She also taught one year in Cass county, near Mur ray. Of late she has been employed in the office department of the C. B. & Q. railroad shops of this city. Here, as in her school life, she made many friends who are unitedly wishing for her uninterrupted happiness in the journey of life. The groom grew to manhood-in the vicinity or "Waterloo. Nebraska, and is a son of Mrs. Eliza E. Niel. for a time a resident of Plattsmouth, but now of Valley. Nebraska. In the year 1915, as an employe of the C. B. & Q. shops, Mr. Niel made his advent into Plattsmouth. After serving there for some time, he transferred his services to the post office here, where for a number of years he has been a valued member of the clerical force. In fra ternal circles he has been very active, enjoying such confidence of his Ma sonic brothers as to be serving his second term as secretary of the local lodge, and is also a Past Master of the lodge, one of the youngest to en joy this distinction in the state. For his staunch, clean manhood, he is re spected by all. His many friends here and elsewhere will wish for him and his bride the best of life's blessings. The bridal couple left by automo bile soon after the ceremony for Lin coln, and will motor from thre west to various points in Colorado for a honeymoon trip of a couple of weeks. After September 15th they will be at home to their friends in the Coro nado apartments, where the groom has a nicely furnished home awaiting his bride. The Journal joins the many friends in extending felicitations to Mr. and Mrs. Niel. PLATTSMOUTH GIRL HONORED From Thursday's Daily Miss Martha Gorder of this city who has been attending Camp Brewster for the past summer has returned home to this city after a very pleasant and profitable summer outing. Miss Gorder has participat ed in all of the camp activities and was one of the six girls for the en tire summer season that was able to win the honors of senior life saving service, which is one of the highest and most coveted honors of the sum mer camp. This honor is given by the American Red Cross and is one that is secured only after the most rigid tests as the small number re ceiving the honor indicates. The many friends of Miss Gorder are very much pleased to learn of the recog nition that has been given her for her summer camp work. XYLOPHONE PLAYER PLEASED DANCERS Anton Bajeck, the Missouri Pacific Booster Xylophone player who is on the regular Thursday night specialty numltrs last night placed those who were attending the dance by rlaiing one of the rewest pieces out, My Pal Jerry" an overseas song v. hich was compared in honor of the American Legion Convention to be held in Paris next year. Another number which he jlayed was "Smile a Little Bit." Mr. Bajeck was formerly of Platts mouth, Neb., and where he broadcabt , from Omaha and Shenandoah sta-j tions. Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat. Journal Want Ads cost but little,' land they sure dp get results. , j 35TH ANNIVERSARY From Friday's Daily With the help of their children. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hrasky, Mr. and Mrs. James Lee celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary at the Lone Star dance hall at Pacific Junction, on Saturday night, August 28. The par tcipants in the happy affair were above 200, and they tripped the light fantastic toe to splendid music un til the wee small hours. At a suit able time, the guests dined on sand wiches, cake and coffee. Despite the protests of the celebrants, the guests made a purse of money and presented it to Mr. and Mrs. Lee. Everyone had such a . jolly time, the participants would like to repeat the affair. Glenwood Tribune. Work to Clear Sewer of Stump Finally Succeed in Dislodging It at Almost Midnight and Jnst Be fore the Heaviest Rain From Friday's Daily Lar.t night Mayor C. A. Johnson, Streot Commissioner Elliott, members of the fire department and Ray Mc Maken worked hard for a period of several hours to secure the removal of a large stump that had lodged in the sewer on Washington avenue near the mouth on 10th street. The stump had washed into the creek that leads to the sewer from some point west and in the very heavy rain shortly after 6 o'clock the stump was swept down to the sewer and lodged there. The services of a truck of the Mc Maken company was secured which with the personal work of the men was finally able to dislodge the stump and get it out of the mouth of the sewer. The stump had become very firmly lodged by the force of the wat er and it was not until near midnight when it was finally taken out. A few moments after the stump was out the heaviest rain of the niht came on and had the stump re mained in the sewer a bad overflow would have occurred, but as it was, the sewer was able to carry the wat er nicely and save a great deal of worry if not damage. The Sixth street box sewers were working in great shape last night and carried all the surface water that came down the thoroughfare in fine shape, the removal of the iron bars that formerly were placed in the sewer inlets, tending to allow a free flow of the water and not clogging up the inlets as was generally the case while the rods were allowed to remain in the inlets. Their being placed some distance back in the sewer inlet allowed debris and rub bish to close up the sewer and very little water made its way through them into the sewer proper, but since the rods have been taken out the water has a clear sweep to the sewer. RECEIVES GOOD NEWS From Saturday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kroehler are rejoicing over the fact that they are now grandparents of a fine little girl who was born on Thursday, Sep tember 2nd, at the hospital In Oma ha to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kroeh ler, the former a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kroehler. The many friends of the family are joining in the well wishes for the future welfare of the little lady. Be Shrewder than the Sharpers! Fake investment salesmen make their money by being shrewder than their victims. But there's an easy and effective way of outguessing them. That way is to ask your banker to help you get the real facts about the investments before you "sign on the dotted line." We'll be Glad to Investigate ' for You. The First national Bank THE BANK WHgPE YO U FEEL AT M OVSH PLATTSMOUTH JT 'NEBRASKA.' Wm. T. Richard son, Jr., Dies at Davenport, Ia. After Severe Illness Well Known Former Resident Here Is Call ed to Last Reward. From Saturday's Dally Last evening at 5:30 a message was received here from Davenport, Iowa, announcing the death at the hospital in that city of William T. Richardson, Jr.. well known and highly esteemed young man who has made his home in this community practically all of his life and to his many warm friends the news of his passing came as a very severe blow altho it had realized several days ago that the end was not far away, all efforts of medical skill and loving care failing to call back the ebbing life of the splendid j'oung man who had been stricken in the commencing of the full Slush of manhood. The first intimation of the failing health of Mr. Richardson was but a few brief months ago and at that time was not considered of a serious nature and he continued his usual activities until a few weeks ago when his condition was such as to make it necessary for him to take an en forced rest but even then the full seriousness of his condition was not appreciated until his failure to re gain his strength led to the call of the specialists who have since ben looking after hi3 case. "Poisoning of the lining of the heart was given as the cause of his death and in the last three weeks he has been grow ing a great deal worse from day to day. To aid him specialists were called from Chicago to try and clear the malady from the locality of the heart but without avail. William Richardson was born here in Cass county where his family have long made their home aud he was the only son of Mr. and Mr. William T. Richardson of Mynard. He was at the time of his death twenty-nine years of age. His boy hood was spent in this community and it was in the public schools of Plattsmouth that he received his education and was graduated from the high school here with honors. Mr. Richardson was married in this city to Miss Helen Livingston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Livingston, and later after marriag? the family have resided at Omaha. Kansas City and other points as Mr. Richardson was interested in the Saunders Drive-It-Yourself company and was their representative at Davenport at the time of his death. There remains to survive his death the young wife and three lit tle children, Eugene, Jimmie and Mary Marjorie. There are also sur viving the parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Richadson of Mynard, three sis ters. Mrs. Cameron Cathey, Mrs. L. G. Todd of Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. Warwick Saunders, of Kansas City, Missouri. The body of Mr. Richardson will be brought back to the old home here and where the funeral services will be held, the announcement being made later on receipt of word from the wife and the members of the family at Davenport. Your ad in the Journal will be read by 75 per cent of the buying public.