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MURBQtgK BEFMM
Prosperity for 1927
We are wishing the coming years may. bring all our
friends and customers Success in their individual lines
of endeavor, together with good health and an abund
ance of happiness which after all are the most price
less gifts of all. Call on us, whenever we can serve you.
Jess Landholm
The Oldsmobile Man
Vm. Luetchens and wife were
visiting and doing some Christmas
shopping In Omaha on Monday of
last week.
Happy New Year
Fer 35 years Murdock has tnade a
happy home for its people. I have
enjoyed them and I want to thank
all for their part in contributing to
this Happiness and Snccess.
L. Neitzel
MURDOCK
NEBRASKA
To AH My Friends
GREETINGS
I have succeeded in Murdock, one
of the very best of towns in which
to live and do business. ... To
toy many friends who have con
tributed to this success, I want to
express thanks and best wishes for
Health, Happiness and Prosperity.
A. H.Ward
Propr. Garage and Repair Shop
Murdock, Neb.
Our Christmas Wish
To all our friends, is that you may enjoy good health,
many friends, happiness and success in the years that
are to come. ... In the closing of our year's business,
we find a number of accounts which we desire adjusted,
as we do not want to carry these over. So please call
and settle your bills promptly so that 1927 may loom
up brightly on the horizon for us as well as for you.
H. W. Tool Lumber Co.
Murdock, Nebr.
Best Wishes for 1927
I am wishing all who make this town and surrounding
community better through your patronage of Murdock
business firms, a full measure of Success and Happi
ness during the coming year. ... If I can serve you,
don't hesitate to call me if not, this greeting is yours
just the same. A Happy New Year to every one of you.
Let Us Make the Old Town Better
Edward W. Thimgan
MURDOCK -:- -:- NEBRASKA
Our Home Town
The Bank of Murdock is extending to all the citizens of
Murdock and vicinity best wishes and Season's greet
ings. We have enjoyed our many years living here,
the excellent friends we have here. We are exerting all
our efforts to make Murdock an even better town than
it is, and it is already an excellent one. Let us all work
together for the best interest of our community. We
have one of the best little towns in the state, situated in
the heart of a fine farming community.
Bank of
The Home
Murdock
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
Murdock, Nebr.
Mrs. Oscar Otten, a friend of Mrs.
Henry A. Tool was a guest at the
Tool home for a few days during the
past week.
The grades of the school pre
sented an operetta on the evening of
last Thursday which was very much
enjoyed by those who attended.
A. J. Nitzel and the good wife were
the entertainers of the parents of Mr.
Nitzel for the Christmas day, where
WISHING YOU
Health, Happiness
and Success
Both Now and in the
Year Ahead of Us
Emil Kuehn
Happy New Year
Is my wish for all of my
Friends and Customers.
May 1927 bring you suc
cess, health and happi
ness in rich abundance.
George' Utt "
Murdock, Nebr. '
Murdock
Town Bank
NEBRASKA
allenjoyed the occasion very much.
Rev. Ostertag spent Monday at
Omaha in consultation with his phy
sicians. The Charles Haestel family spent
Friday evening of last week at the
Ostertag home.
The H. L. Bornemeier family of
Alvo spent Wednesday afternoon at
the Ostertag home.
Carl Sehlaphoff had his corn shelt
er put in good condition last week
and has been shelling corn for Frank
Marshall, J. C. Brown and Henry
Hohman.
Jess Landholm and family were
guests of friends in Omaha for the
Christmas day as well as remaining
during the entire week visiting with
their friends.
Mr. Henry A. Guthmann and
dauhgter, Janet, were visiting with
friends and also looking after some
Christmas shopping in Omaha "Wed
nesday of the past week.
Marion Schewe, who has been at
tending the state university, arrived
home last week and will spend the
coming two weeks at home where
he sure will enjoy the vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Meyers of near
Greenwood were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McDonald
for the Christmas. Mrs. Meyers be
ing a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Donald. Mr. and Mrs. J. Johansen were en
joying a visit at Sioux City, where
they were the guests at the home of
a sister of Mrs. Johansen, Mrs. Will
Coburg, and where they enjoyed a
pleasant visit.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Utt was gladdened for Christmas by
the presents of their son. Diller Utt
and wife, and L. A. Gordon and fam
ily, who are making their home in
Omaha at this time.
Alvin Klemme, the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klemme who has
been at the hospital at Lincoln was
able to return home last week, after
having spent some time there since
his injury some time since.
Mr. G. C. Meyerjergen of Omaha,
a brother of Henry Mayerjergen. was
spending Christmas at the home of
his brother' as well as spending a
portion of the time at the home of
their mother, Mrs. Lena Brackhagc
of Elmwood.
H. F. Schweppe and wife were
visiting and looking after some busi
ness matters in Omaha on last Wed
nesday, they driving over to the big
city in their little car and were do
ing some Christmas shopping.
Harold Tool and the family wore
the guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry A. Guthmann for the
Christmas day, and where all enjoy
ed the society of each other as wel?
as the excellent dinner which Mrs.
Guthmann prepared.
The high school puipls gave a
, Christmas Carol at the church Sun
(day night to a well filled house. The
! offering at the close was sent to Hast
ing to help bring joy to the poor there
at Christ mas. It is hoped that the
high school pupils wil make them
selves useful in $ ho community in
the future w!th other church pro
grams. Keep the ball a rolling.
Postmaster L. B. Gorthey and the
excellent wife entertained for Christ
mas, at their home in Murdock on
last Saturday and where they and
their guests enjoyed the day very
pleasantly, and also enjoyed the ex
cellent dinner, there being there for
' the occasion. Art Jones and wife cf
Weeping Water, Mrs. George Van
. derbcrg and son, Edward,
j John H. Buck, the blacksmith, and
he is a good one at that, and the
jgood wife entertained at their home
ion last Saturday for Christmas and
had for their guests the folks of Mrs.
IBuck who were Mr. and Mrs. Henry
I Brockmueller and wife, Carl Brock-
imueller and family and Ernest Brock
mueller, all of Waverly, they being
the parents and brothers of Mrs.
Buck.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Scheel there was much sociability and
jgood Christmas cheer, on last Satur
i day when most of the folks were at
ihome for the good time and family
! reunion which the occasion made pos
sible. A dinner fit for a king and
his whole family was in evidence and
the good cooking of Grandmother
Scheel told how ready all were for
the excellent dinner which was pre
pared. There was there for the oc
casion Glen Boswell and ramily o'c
Ong. Frank Hart and family of
Greenwood, Frank Reister and fam
ily of near Manley and John Scheel
of Murdock.
Ray McMaken, Howard Jolly, Gny
Keiser, W. R. Carey and Allen Len
ard from the east end of the county
; were in Murdock on last Wednesday
afternoon, bringing with them the
household goods and farming mach
inery of Allen Lenard which were
shipped to Rexford, Kansas, where
Mr. and Mrs. Lenard will make their
ihome in the future. Mr. and Mrs.
I Lenard have lived and farmed near
'Mynard for a number of years and
, are excellent people. The commun
ity from which they have moved will
miss these excellent citizens but the
state of Kansas will be enriched by
.their good citizenship.
Rev. and Mrs. Ostertag were pre
sented by their children with a flve-thirty-eight
Crosley radio which was
installed Wednesday afternoon. The
1 .radio gives gtod service and will
fnrnish entertainment for the winteT
evenings which are with ua now. The
children live scattered apart in 6
different state: Fred O. at Lovelanfl,
Iowa; Reuben M. at Green Bay, Wis.;
Walter G. at Chicago; Frank S. at
Wichita. Kans.; Daniel A. at Wich
ata, Kans and Clarie O. (Mrs. II. L.
Bornemeier) at Alvo, but the action
above proves that love does find ft.
way of unification of interested In a
commendable purpose.
Have Family Reunion Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Luetchens enter-
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tained at the beautiful country home
on Christmas day and had for their
guests on the occasion the relatives
and where they enjoyed the meet
ing and family reunion very much.
There was there for the occasion.
Herman F. Sweppe and family and
Grandmother Schweppe, Donald
Friedenberg and wife, A. H. Oehler
king and family, Wm. Vogt and fam
ily. Gust Ruge and family and his
mother, Mrs. Fred Ruge, Fred Luet
chens and family and Herman Luet
chens and family.
A Most Enjoyable Gathering.
The house party which was given
by the members of the Royal Neigh
bors of America, at their hall on last
Monday was one which was enjoyed
by all present and there were many
there at that. Eats were in abund
ance, and sociability reigned supreme
for everyone had a good time. The
inovation proved to be a most ex
cellent drawing card as well a3 a
most enjoyable gathering.
Had the House Full.
Fred Stock, and wife, had the
children and their families all home
for the Christmas day and dinner on
last Saturday, and where all enjoy
ed the occasion very much. There
was always a goodly crowd at the
home before the sons went out into
the world for themselves, but now
when they all come home with the
wives and children it sure fills the
old home nest fairly full. The visit
was sure enjoyed and they all got
there and all had their feet under
Dad's table which was loaded with
the good things which Mrs. Stock
well knows how to prepare.
This is very nice, for Christmas
comes but once each year, and for
tunate that all are living close
enough to enjoy the occasion.
.Young People Wedded Sunday
On last Sunday afternoon, there
was consumated at the church north
of Murdock a wedding; in which the
principals were Miss Carrie Theiman
the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theiman
living a few miles north of town
and Mr. Paul Reinke, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Reinke, residing near
South Bend. A number of friends of
the contracting parties and relatives
were present to witness the solemn
ization of the wedding.
The young people will visit in
South Dakota for a time and will,
with the coming season, farm at the
home where Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Reinke now lives, they will move to
some town and the people of Mur
dock are hoping that this excellent
family may select Mwrdock as their
place for a home.
Callahans Elect Officers.
The Callahan E. L. C. E. held a
dinner in the basement of the Calla
han church on Tuesdayevoning. De
cember 21 and in connection their
annual business meeting with tne
election of officers for the coming
year.
Christmas colors were used in the
decorations. The tables were arranged
to form a square and in the center of
which a lighted Christmas tree added
greatly to the attractiveness of the
occasion. Little joke gifts attached to
strings, leading from-each plate were
placed beneath the tree and at the
proper time each guest drew his or
her so-called gift, which of course
caused a great deal of excitement
end added to the merriment of the
evening. Those taking part in the
bountiful feast numbered about fifty.
Rev. E. H. Sohl, the pastor, offered
prayer.
Dinner was served in two courses
and consisted of the following:
Olives Pickles
Chicken Meat Loaf
Mashed Potatoes Gravy
Creamed Carrots and Peas
Macaroni and Cheese Baked Beans
Salad
Molded Ice Cream Santa Claus
Cake Salted Nutst
Cake Salted Nuts Mints
Coffee
All those present voted the eve
ning well spent and will be one long
remembered.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Callahan church held their an
nual meeting Dec. 15. 192G.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year:
Mrs. H. C. Backemeyer, president;
Mrs. Win. Stock, Vice president; Mrs.
Martin Bornemeier, secretary, and
Mrs. John Bornemeier, treasurer.
This organization has twenty-four
members and in the past year have
raised $230 for missions.
TWO ARMY FLIERS
REACH VERA CRUZ
Vera Cruze, Dec. 24. Capt. Ira C.
Eaker and Lieut. M. S. Falrchild, in
their airplanes, San Francisco, of the
United States Army Pan - American
fliers, arrived here from Tampico at
8:30 p. m., eastern standard time
Thursday. The machine came down
in the bay after it had been announc
ed that the hop-off from Tampico
was postponed until Friday.
So it happened that the crowds
who had waited for the coming of
the Americans had dispersed, and
the San Francisco's pilot was obliged
to find a safe berthing place for his
plane.
The aviatore reached shore in
safety, entered the town and went
In esarch of a place to spend the
night.
Marcelling and hair dressing, Mrs.
Luther Pickett, Coates block, Platts
moutli. Phone 56-J, for appoint
ments. ' nll-tfw
Superbuilding
of 110 Stories to
Rise 1208 Feet
New York Is to Challenge Detroit
for the World's Tallest
Structure.
New York Manhattan is out to
keep the record for the world's tall
est building away from Detroit, and
iu line with this plans have been
hied here for construction, beginning
early next year, of a 110-story super
skyscrapter. Detroit has an 85-story project un
der way, the Book Tower, which will
be 30 stories higher than the Wool
worth building here, the world's tall
est building at present. Manhattan's
new skyscraper will rise 1208 feet,
which is 300 feet taller than the
Book Tower, 506 higher than the
Woolworth building, and approxi
mately 200 feet taller than the Eiffel
TOwer in Paris.
Larkin Tower Building.
Manhattan's new giant will be
known as the Larkin Tower building
and it will be located in the Times
Square section, on the south svi of
Forty-second street, between Eighth
Ninth avenues. Its cost is estimated
at $1S,000.0C0, and the land it will
cdver cost $4,500,000.
Plans for its construction have
been filed with the Manhattan Bu
reau of Construction by John A.
Larkin, president of the 330 West
Forty-second Street corporation, the
prospective builders. He and his bro
ther, Edward L. Larkin, architect
and engineer, and Alexander D. Sark,
structural engineer, designed the
building. It will have 1,450,000
square feet of floor space, 950.000 of
which will be suitable for office pur
poses. Three other buildings surpass it in
its proposed rentable floor space.
They are the Graybar building, near
the Grang Central station here, the
Equitable building on lower Broad
way, and the General Motors build
ing in Detroit.
Sight-Seeing Floors Planned.
The building will consist of one
tower piled upon another, with 10
setbacks or banks in its 110 stories
Excavations for the foundations will
.o 4 8 feet below street level, and
there will be a basement and two
story sub-basement. It will rest on
a reinforced concrete foundation im
bedded in the solid rock of Manhat
tan Island.
The building will be served by CO
high speed elevators, two of which
will be expresses that do not stop be
tween the first and eighty-second
floors. Four shuttle elevators will
carry passengers upward from the
eighty-second.- The three top floort
will be devoted to sight-seeing pur
poses. The designers say they did not
specifically set out to build the tall
est edifice in the world but "we
simply endeavored to provide the
greatest amount of permanent light
and air to the greatest possible pro
portion of floor area with a surplur
of elevator surface."
Prominent
Churchman Dies
on Thursday
Br. C. C. Cissel Was Serving Second
Terra as Superintendent of
Omaha District.
Dr. Clyde Clay-Cissell. 5G, superin
tendent of the Omaha district of the
Methodist church. died at 10:30:
Thursday night at his home, 1307,
South Twenty-Eighth street, follow
ing an illness of four months. I
For eight years Dr. CiSsel was.
pastor of the Hanscom Park Metho- J
dist church, resigning nine years ago
to accept the superintendency of the
Omaha district. After serving in
that capacity for two years he was
made area secretary, which position
he held for three years. Again he
was appointed to the superintendency
and was in his fourth year of his
second appointment at the time of
his death. !
Surviving, besides his wife, are two
sons, Merrill of the Nebraska In
spection bureau and Clyde Clay, Jr.,
a high scnooi student.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
A FAREWELL FOR TURNERS
Monday night the choir and Sunday
school class gave a farewell recep
tion at the Methodist church for
John Turner and Mrs. Turner and
their daughter Betty Jean. The people
of Elmwood hate to see these people
leave home for Plattsmouth. But in
the run of events it becomes nec
essary to bid them farewell for a
while. At the recent election Mr
Turner was elected Treasurer of Cass
county. For a number of yearg he
has been manager of the Farmer?
Union Co-operative As3o-, and has
made many friends.
Mr. Turner and his family have
been active workers in the Sunday
school and choir of the church for
many years. These organizations
Joined forces for the reception, inner
was served at 6:30. Addresses were
made by the pastor, the Rev. Victor
West; Mrs. Fred Zink, the class
teacher; Mr. McLenon, the Sunday
school superintendent. Mrs. Emily
Gonzales acted as Toast Mistress and
spoke in behalf of the choir. Mr.
Turner made a response for his fam
ily. Those present voted good will and
a Godspeed to these "our friends who
go to live away front home for a
tirne.M-Elmwoo4 LeadfriEcfeo.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
one mm) m
BAILROAD WftECK
Tifflin, O., Dec. 24. Thundering
through a deep cut at Rockaway, east
of here, early Thursday, a fast Pittsburgh-Detroit
express train on the
Pennsylvania railroad, was derailed
when it struck a broken rail. Two
express cars and one Pullman sleep
er left the rails. One man was prob
ably fatally injured and 17 othcrr
suffered minor cuts and bruises.
George M. Allen, 4G, Detroit, was
in a hospital herd suffering from a
broken back and was not expected tG
live. The other injured passengers
were given first aid and continued
to their destinations.
Resources of
Nebraska Told
Some of the Thinks That Help to
Make Nebraska a Great
State-
Lincoln, Dec. 23. "We have a
wonderful state."
That is an expression that a Ne
braskan hears nearly every time he
listens to a public speech.
What is behind that expression is
the thing that proponents of the
movement to advertise the state's re
sources are concerned over.
"We must first sell Nebraska to
Nebrafkans," said Thorpe A. Browne,
industrial commissioner of the Oma
ha Chamber of Commerce.
$46,000,000 in Institutions.
Nebraska has $4(3,000.000 invest
ed in state buildings, campuses, land
and equipment. Of this amount,
nearly $22,000,000 in hospitals, peni
tentiaries and reformatories. $10.
000,000 in the university, normal
schools and their branches.
Roy Cochran, state engineer, re
ported that Nebraska has 3,447 miles
of graded highways, nearly 2,. 100
miles graveled and 155 miles hard
surfaced.
Nebraska has approximately $13,
500,000 in six trust funds, the per
manent school, permanent university
agricultural, college endowment, nor
mal school endowment, permanent
soldiers' relief and Bessy memorial
fund3. i
Nebraska is third state tn the num-
' ber of telephones used.
Nebraska is one of the three states
having no bonded indebtedness.
Industries Increasing.
Ray W. Hammond, Fremont, presi
dent of the Nebraska Manufacturers'
association, predicts that the manu
facturing industry of Nebraska La?
only started to develop, tls output
this year will exceed $300,000,000.
Value of Nebraska's dairy prod
ucts, according to A. E. Anderson
state and federal agricultural statis
tician, has increased CO per cent
since 1922 and for 1926 will be near
ly $50,000,000.
Value of poultry and eggs pro
duced on Nebraska farms this year
will be nearly $34,000,000, compared
to $31,000,000 in 1925.
DSAFT BILL TOE
COMPENSATION
Lincoln, Dec. 21. W. S. Leonard i
of Omaha, chairman of the state
federation of labor, wc3 at the capitel
Monday. He said a biil for state:
compensation insurance is being
ttra-ler by his committee and wilt
be presented to the Nebraska legis
lature. It will be copied after thej
Ohio statute where it i3 alleged thej
state insurance feature has worked)
so well that one or two reductions
in rates have been made since the
law went into effect.
J MiHLET KEKTS ITEMS ti
Wm. Heebner and wife were spend
ing Christmas at the home of Mr.
Heebner's parents. George Heebner
and wife of near Avoca.
Rudy Bergman and the good wife
had a Christmas tree for the littV
ones at the home, on Christmas eve
which was sure much enjoyed by the
little ones.
Frank Stander of Omaha won a
visitor in Manley during the latter
portion of last week and was look
ing after some business as well as
visiting with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pearson and
Mrs. Pearson's mother, Mrs. Alicf
Happy New Year!
May the New Year bring you all Success,
Health and Lasting Joy is our sincere wish.
Robert Connors
The Garage Man Manley, Nebraska
New Years Greetings
My wish to all my friends and customers is
Good Health, many Friends, true and last
ing Success throughout the coming year.
Elmer Pearson
Manley Barber
War Department
Orders Probe of
Fatal Air Crash
Full Report of Rantoul Collision Must
Be Given, Secretary Davis De
mands; Funerals Friday.
Washington, Dec. 24. Full reports
on the Rantoul (111.) airplane colli
sion, in which four army fliers lost
their lives Wednesday, were called for
Thursday by Assistant Secretary Tru
bee Davison, air executive of the
War department.
They will be the first step In car
rying out instructions from Secre
tary Dwight F. Davis for an exhaus
tive study of the causes of the air
smashup in order that every possible
precaution shall be taken to prevent
similar accidents in the future.
In the Rautsul collision, as in many
other similar crashes, the exact cause
probably will never bo known. The
departmental inquiry will leave no
avenue unexplored, however, that
air corps flying regulations are ade
quate and are strictly observed by
fliers.
Accident Not Nsual
Wednesday's collision does not fall
within the group of similar accidents
usually noted in the immediate vi
cinity of large and very active flying
fields with many planes rising or
making their landings in a restrict
ed area. At Rantoul the ships were
two miles or more from the field,
away from any air truffle congestion.
Low visibility may have brought them
closer down to the ground than is
the rule, but otherwise there were en
ormous distances of free air about
them.
Some experienced army fliers are
Inclined to believe that the crash will
prove to be Just another case of the
seemlingiy impossible happenings
Funerals Friday.
The board, headed by MaJ. William
C. McCord, will divulge its findings
Friday, immediately after the funeral
rervices for Capt. Harold G. Foster
of Chicago. First Lieuts. Henry W.
Kunkel of Columbia, Mo., and Albert
J. Clayton of West Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Second Lieut. Ralph L. Lawter
of Huntington, W. Va.
Three of the four were killed in
stantly when the two ships came to
gether about 400 feet In the air, and
Captain Foster died soon after he was
removed to a hospital.
Military services will be held for
the quartet of officers at 10 a. m. The
bodies of Lieutenants Kunkel and
Lawter will be carried to Arlington
emtery for burial, and those of
Lieutenant Clayton and Captain Fos
ter will be taken to their homes for
of Chanute field hed not
been apprised through official sources
Thursday of an independent investi
gation of the disaster ordered by Sec
retary of War Davis.
THREE STATES CLEARED
Washington. De?. 2. Charges of
ner.sational campaign Irregularities
this year in Oregon. Missouri and
Washington were thrown out today
by tlie senate campaign funds com
mittee. In a partial report to the
cenate, the committee said it found
no evidence to support the charges
it investigated in these three states.
It submitted at the same time a re
sume of its inquiry into the Penn
sylvania primaries, but made no re
commendation. The Indiana inquiry was not men
tioned in the report, but will he treat
ed later. A partial report on the Illi
nois investigation containing no re
commendation, was submitted sev
eral days ago.
Jenkins were enjoying their Christ
mas at Havelock where they were
the guests of relatives and friends.
Herman Dall was out to Carl
Schlaphoff on last Wcdnrrflay morn
ing and made some repairs on his
corn sheller which enabled him to
get to shelling of which he has a let
to do at this time.
Omer Coon and son Rollin, were
over to Sarpy county last week where
they Were looking after some busi
ness matters relative to an excur
sion which they are to have soon to
T?xas, where they have lands for
sale.
Gust Stsnder is expecting to koet
in to'ich with what is going on ir
the cusido world, and haa had a ri:;
tube "Mohawk radio installed at hi.
home, the work of installation anl
the sale of the excellent machine
being done by Teddy Hsrms.
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