TKL'liSDAT.
3a 1926
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tCbc plattsmouth lournal
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niBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PIATTSMOUTH, BEBRASKA
WtmtMX at Poatottc. Plattsmouth. Nsh, as ooaa-claas mail matur
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 FEB YEAR IB ASYAHd
None but the brave desert tbe fair.
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Friday and Friday night our mer
chants did a big holiday business.
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Most of the Civil War veterans
have been housed up on account of the
cold.
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While radio programs are improv
ing, it wil be Quite a while before they
become ex-static.
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Very few people, and especially
children, were forgotten on tbe glori
ous Christmas day.
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French experts say that the Ameri
can taste for rare wines is declining.
On the Wayne, as it were.
Doras called violation of the pro
hibition law a "civc duty." That
should make the law iron-clad.
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One thing we flatly refuse to fall
for is a girl with a boyish bob try
ing to use tears as an argument.
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Mary Garden suggests pajamas as
a street fashion for men. In some
places bed sheets used to be popular.
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January is to "be known as "laugh
month." The laugh'a on you when
they bring the Christmas bills around.
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Science tells us that 40,000 germs
are transmitted by a kiss. Give 40,
000 take 40,000 it's a 50-50 proposition-
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The Legion boys did themselves
proud during the Yule Tide, and many
little ones were made happy by their
hands.
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Both Senators Norris and Howell
are emphatically opposed to seating
Smith of Illinois and Vare of Penn
sylvania. :o:
It is now reported that cross word
puzzles are becoming popular in Eng
land. Probably they are getting tired
of mah-Jongg. ; .
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The senate has postponed action on
Smith. . It wants to roll the morsel un
der its tongue for a while before'
rhpwln It tin.
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A Rrhlan hrWnrt has heen sen-'
tenced to 350 years in prison. That
should make certain his staying there
until the New Year at least.
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. Edward Payson Weston, 88-year-
,
Maybe the republican party .will add
to the outfit with a suitcase In 1928..story or tne cnerry tree.
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An Enelish novelist Is comine to!
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visit America, he says, to get warm.
and we don't know of another time
when American novelists were "hot
ter." :o:
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The Legion's Christmas Greetings.
at the Eagle Hall, was a great affair:
and Santa was greatly in evidence.
The little ones and old ones, too, were
highly delighted.
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It is the proud boast of Old Bill ;
Shiftless that no church hypocrite
has him fooled for a minute. But
there is one good thing about Old Bill,
if you lend him a dollar and never
dun him for It he will take your name
off the hypocrate list.
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Some statistician has figures out
that sufficient postage stamps were
made last year to supply every man.
woman and child in the United States
with 160. As the first of each month
conies around, we are convinced that
some people get more .than their
share.
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Count Salm, who tried to be Mil-
licent Roger's husband, received $2,-
I COO for articles appearing under his
l name; butw hich he did not write. Wej :0:
I have been thinking for a long time; Getting out of trouble takes a long
I that among the most successful writ-J tjme but Plattsmouth generally,
rs are those who do not write at aH-jmakes the grade. The New Year will
For example, we might mention suchgoon be here and then begin it with
Vminent literary lights as Jack' 9Ti nlntv nf rrlt.
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i-empsey ana Uvie Tunney.
H"l 1 1 I I M.H I-M-M-
Dr. John A. Griffin
Dentist
Office Hour: -12;
Buday and rr afnsi
F cpl&tant only.
PHONE J29
toeaaichua Bufldi&g
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Did you have a happy time?
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Now get ready for the New Year.
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Adopt a
next year.
resolution to do better
Yes, Christmas is over, and Santa
has performed his duty, wonderfully
well.
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Disarming" is not the way to keep
the peace. How was it before the
World War?
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Senator Walsh seems to suspect
slush in Maine and at this time of
the year, too.
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You frequently see a young man
resting up from the hard work his
father performed.
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We now begin to learn why so
many women bobbed their hair. It'Also if it were possible for a further
was to wear wigs.
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One out of five saw the Sesqui-Cen-tennial
free says a headline. So four
people did pay to get in!
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Two of Europe's liquor kings are in
this country. Studying American
methods of merchandising?
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Plattsmouth people seem to have
enjoyed Christmas more generally
this year than many years.
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A woman was arrested in New
York as a "thrill driver." We wonder
what kind of taxicab she drove.
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Gloria Swanson wants to find some
nice quiet spot for a vacation. Howi
about the Sesqulcentennial grounds?
George Washington liked fish, we
learn. In their modest ways so did
Ike Walton, Jonah, and P. T. Bar
num. :o:
Among the places where you never
see a crowd is ene of those dental
show cases where false teeth are
shown.
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Just a word to the lady shopper's
male excort Houdinl left several
valuable treatises on the seemingly
impossioie,
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LU6ll!lU vumai pruyuava
Y-l 11 1
tural nurses t0 snaPe babies' faces,
resulting in a beautiful face. It's an
all-night job.
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muBl immeuidLC vuureiu . " . nt Tt -t. a poor judge judge of friends
whether that biography oL Wash- mishaps is not the eye. It is the
intrtnn ixHth tVia Q7 iipc ift out the
mgton with the .97 lies, left out the
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Hawes bill would restore to doctors
the right of prescribing for patients
without consulting the Supreme Court
for Its medical opinion.
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When the sidewalks are not cleaned
off Immediately after a snow, it makes
n dangerous fDr people to tread upon
tnem and esneciallv for old people.
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A Federal appraiser says that the
United' States loses 115,000,000
yearly on the duty on Oriental rugs.
Someone should be called on the car
pet.
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Chicago bandits invaded a loop
store and carried away $100,000
worth of merchandise. The police are
trying to get a return game on mehe lass-lorn hero who, when he came
yegg's home grounds.
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Past G. A. R. Commander William
A. Stewart died at Geneva, Neb., ca
' Christmas day. He was 80 years of
age, a retired banker, and a resident
of Geneva since 1883.
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Guns boomed as part of the formal
ity of opening Parliament In Canada.
It would be a nice custom In Wash
ington, if we could trust the gunners
t tQ aim at anybody.
reuewcu cuce w
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"Say what you please," says the
Atchison Globe, "prohibition is mak
ing progress. It has been several
years since a drunken man has taken
hold of this writer and Inquired:
rron't you know me?' "
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Weary Willie Upshaw, former con
gressman from Georgia and honorar
ium of note, ay that Al Smith is
. , i iiDnv nnnnlor.
aangerousiy popuwi- ouvu
ity must be reserved," as the adver -
Using writers might eay
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EYE TEST AND DRIVING
New Jersey traffic authorities
have adopted eye examinations for
applicants for automobile operators'
permits. After February first of next
year every prospective driver must be
given a strict test as to vision be
fore being granted a permit. The test
will included general strength, color
blindness, and distant chart reading.
One hundred and eight optomotrists
have agreed to serve oh an examining
board without pay.
Although the functioning of the
eyes is an important part of motor-car
driving, the number of persons afflict-'
ed with poor vision, poor to the ex-
tent of making them a menace to
traffic, is believed to be relative small
Statistics of accidents attributable di
dectly to bad eyesight have never
ibeen compiled but the percentage of
this kind compared ,to other causes,
is so infinitesimal that it would be
almost a waste of time to work up
such a table of figures.
it it were possible to give a
thorough examination to every ap
plicant for a driver's permit as to
judgment of distance, ability to look before it gets published?
straight ahead all the time, and toj The Literary Digest is worth its
follow the road with the fullest eon- ten cents a week to every man in
, . . 'America for publishing in a non-see-
centration, instinctive reaction to the, tarian and non.poiitical way both
sudden appearance of another vehicle sides of all public affairs. Have you
at an intersection, many accidents a little Literary Digest on your li
would be avoided. These things di-;)rary table?
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recuy concern me eye ana xne mwu.
examination to be civen to ascertain'
whether the applicant displayed signs
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of potential recklessness, mulish pro-
pensities, and smart, aleck traits, an-
other batch of casualties would never
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lha written on thp Tast.ernir n? Ipn-,1"
ger.
The best pair of eyes in the world
cannot penetrate the darkness behind
a set of dazzling headlights; the fin-j
, . . -' i
est optics contained in the human
head cannot find instantly some of
the crabily placed traffic signals in'
a strange city, and one hundred per
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cent eyesight will not save the motor-;
ist who drives on the railroad track
in front of an oncoming train, heed-!
less of bells, watchmen and visual sig-;
nals.
Attacking the small percentage of
really poor vision in automobile driv-
ers is like pricking an elephant with
a pin. If examinations are to be made tne "iumbrils" bearing the beautiful
more strict the country has got to aristorcrats to have their literary be
come to it eventually then the ac- curled heads chopped off, off off!
cident-breeding potentialities of the Ha aU f fSnSZi
. . and indifferent, and this is considered
prospective motorist must be discov- nis poorest Kteray stunt. However,
ered and the applicant denied a li- it suited me test of any of 'em. Any-
cense. The road-hog, the speeder the way the rumbling of the loads of dirt
reckless the stunid and the hvster- from the L011 basement made me
recKiess. tne etupia, ana tne nyster thJnk of tfaat oW gQTy thrilling gtory,
ical, that class which daily and night- The difference, here is, every load of
ly is responsible for the big percen- dirt dumped represents the burying of
tage of accidents, would never be al- Old Man Indifference in Plattsmouth,
omt and the birth of a greater spirit of co-
as strict as they should be and .they
will be at some future time.
New Jersey may well go ahead with
its Droeram of eve examination Per-
us program oi eye examination, i lt
haps an accident or two a year will
be avoided, and it is worth it on those
terms alone. But the real cause of
mind, ana the time will come, aooner
.
or later, when the mind will be ex-
amined. not with sillv nupstinns nnd
answers as to how long after sunset
lights on a car should be switched on,
but on the vital necessary attribute
of successful motor car operation.
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SHE D0ESNT FAINT
Now comes the Bishop of Southwell ; Die Selects. Stop, look and listen.
defending" the modern girl on the
ground that though she prefers short ' The same lack of determined think-
hair and briefer ekirts "at leaKt she lng is responsible for our rotten mud
nair ana onerer skirts, at least sue din roa(ls, The word TAX has
has stopped fainting." ibeen used so long by cheap politicians
The point is well fetched. Time to scare away votes from the other
was, if the earlier Victorian novel-! fellow, we have lost all sight of the
ists reported right, when a maid of --t P-pective. Every graveled
proper sentiment had either to faint aml returns to the community many
or tQ cry almost as regulary as she
bound her tresses or sang "Bingen on'PrPerty. and in saving in time, gas,
the RnIne- Those were the days of tlllf
to "propose," would fall upon his substituted, are building roads, de
knee, and, in studied terms, declare veloping their resources, in a way
ii , .. that is absolutely impossible along
the violence of his affections. muddyt rutty filick abominable dirt
Thereupon the heroine, if she wished roads! Let's cast from us this hoodoo
to say yes would faint; if no, she in the word TAX as applied to up
would cry. Or, if uncertain of her 'building of our community in gravel
j . i. , ,j ed roads, and advertise from New
wish, as often the case, she would Yorfc tQ Californ!af rom Canada to
both cry and faint. Beautiful as the the Gulf, that Cass county, Nebraska,
custom was, it sometimes played the is forging ahead! a
devil. Mrs. Bardell fainted in the
arms of the guileless Mr. Pickwick,
thereby causing more trouble, staid
matron though she was, than the
fiippest of present-day flappers could
devise. Man, by dint of prayer and
. , , ... ,J Prom Tuesday's Dally
fasting, can resist, for a season at L H pulg well known reBlieilt of
least, most of the wiles of a daughter ( Murray, Las disposed of his interests
of Eve; but against two of them he in Cass county, including his prop
is utterly helpless. When she cries, erty in Murray and vicinity and ex
Sir Gallahan himself must melt; when Pects, in tlie cominS fPPf t5ae.t
. , ,. A . Greeley county, Colorado, where he
she faits, even St. Anthony must sur- haa made a trade and secured a very
render. large tract of land there in exchange
:o: for his Cass county interests. The
Mexicans, before a recent election,1
rurrioH htinr. ro-Hincr rinn't
. . , , . ., , , t was reared and where his family
want American assistance." We wish tave frieQdB toat are leffion but they
some other countries we know would, win all join in wishing that the
follow that example. I future may be filled with the great-
;o: (est of prosperity for this splendid
"A man who can't do no work family.
hia1f." fsnid ITnp.lfl TThon
is alius
e!i rv. tt,a t.i.j -da.
. crazy to get a place where he kin
i fiAaa anmahmi r Alea ' '
I uvajo ovun.umi; .uo.
After Christ
mas Musings of
Secretary Davis
Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce Has Few Points on the
"Day After."
Page Conan Doyle! "Beheaded
man leaped to death." Headline in
a Seattle paper.
N. A. Morrow, our new Hatchery
received a touching welcome in
Plnttsmnnth Snni ADVERTISING!
Plattsmouth! Some ADVERTISING!
Put a lap robe and army blanket
over "Lizzie's" shoulders, while he
stopped in to Walton's for dinner.
Presto, on his return to car, robe,
blanket gone!
What is the McNary bill Haugen i
aiding? What is the bill? Have you
seen the complete text of it, or just
what the papers care to print?
That is the idea we wish to em
phasize. How is the poor deluded man
know what to do in a political
way, wnen tne inrormauon nas 10 De
. democratized or republicanized
Qne man state(1 tnis m0rning
("Haven't studied much on the politic-
al game never let that bother me
much.' That's what is the matter with
our government today. Same way
with our cities? Your home city, its
problems, and their solution are
worth studying. Else lets hie away
fA tVin cf fitio ' era
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Free service and free entertain
ment, as a whole are worth just that
much. Did you ever watch a free
f dicin? Ehn? the pe "t?
about the fellow's neck, but never
used? weii, it's bunk! A man came
in here all "het" up over a certain
road. Wanted us to take up and get
rf-favele f?5 !n W ?,klJ
if he wouldn't like to enroll in this
organization and help us to help him
individual membership $6 per year,
You orter heard the hemming and
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"JJ " "'Z Think ne
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i yet so are we. Squawk! Pass tbe
applesauce!
In Charles Dieken's "A Tale of Two
r'itioo " hp cnonVq nf thp riimhline of
operation an I development.
"Teni, vidi. vici! declared Caesar,
as he smote 'em right and left with
his Pore31 literary stunt. However,
on thg ..foiyim.. (or gome sich piace)
extracting Drutus' daggers, "Et tu
Brute!" He was a darn'd good gen-
erai; a pronigate ana aegeneraie oui
i It's generally the feller who finds
the most fault that is doing nothing
about it. Ia other words who are
1'iatismouin s menus.' - us
friends
are too DU?y worKing to nna time
to knock. The knocker is on a par
with the old farmer who let his kids
eat all the apples they want, if only
they'll always eat the rotten ones.
Progress is slow, because Its path
is Ktrpwn with the debris of such fee-
times over in increased valuation of
,helrnirq and the word INVESTMENT
Tag -you're it!
W. G.
DAVIS,
Secretary.
SELLS CASS COUNTY LANDS
many friunds of Mr. Puis will regret!
to see him leave the county where he
-2 each MrB w a XroOT) Murray
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PHOHB. BMW
AX1'' 'f ' I Automobile and Bus jl , "
fjMB - ,V- Recmmenufllions I
IJllp
Faulty lubrication causes a noisy
motor, loss of power, burned-out
bearings. Better follow the Polarine
Chart and automatically reduce en
gine wear and repair expense.
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA
"A Jlebraskfl Institution"
SOUTH BEND
Ashland Gazette
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rau drove to
Lincoln Saturday.
Miss Mildred Johnson is visiting
relatives at Gretna.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kupke were
Omaha visitors Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Braun were
Omaha visitors Tuesday.
Jess and Carrie Kleiser were Lin
coln visitors last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Mooney and
Mrs. Henry Stander drove to Omaha
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dill, of near
Meadow, spent Sunday at the Byron
Dill home.
Mr. Byron Dill, Mr. and Mrs. Os
car Dill and children were Omaha
visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill and chil
dren spent Monday evening at the
George Voge Ihome.
Mr. Leon McGinnes and daughter,
Mary, and Miss Albertina Kupke
were Omaha visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Schaffer, of Murdock,
spent Tuesday at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Camp
bell. Mr. Howard Stander, of Archer
Neb., spent Friday night and Satur
day at the home of his uncle, Tenry
Stander. and family.
The Misses Sadie and Ermal Dill
returned home Sunday after spending
a week at the home of their aunt,
Mrs. Hecock. of Gretna.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell and
Miss Ruth Carnicle spent Sunday at
LaPlatte visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Carnicle and Willie Carnicle.
Chas. Stander and cousin, Howard
Stander, were calling Saturday aft
ernoon at the B. O. Mooney, Cecil
Stander and L. J. Roeber homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carnicle spent
Sunday and Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Franzen at Wann. Mrs.
Carnicle is a niece of Mr. and Mrs.
Franzen.
Miss Florence Wlnget went to
Memphis last week to assist her sis
ter, Mrs. Ernest Nelson with the
housework. The Nelson children are
quite sick.
Mrs. Vernice Pierce and children,
of Liberty, Neb., are visiting friends
and relatives in this vicinity, com
ing down to attend the wedding of
her niece. Miss Carrie Thieman.
Mrs. Minnie Kurtz, of Omaha,
came Tuesday to assist -her daugh
ter, Mrs. Albert Blum, with the
housework. Mrs. Blum has a very
sore foot caused from stepping on a
nail.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zaar enter
tained at dinner Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Kurtz, son. Walvin and
daughter, Miss Marie, of Omaha,
Mrs. Annie Leddy and Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Stull and children of Louis
ville. Sunday afternoon Paul Reinke and
Miss Carrie Thieman were united in
marriage at the German Lutheran
church near Murdock. They were at
tended by Mr. Martin Blum, Mr. Har
old Schliefert, Miss Elda Thieman
and Miss Gertrude Reinke. Margaret
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e&fb&ir pll&yr
Six grades, tested for every type of
motor Polarine Light, Me
dium, Heavy, Special Heavy, Extra
Heavy, and Polarine "F" winter, for
Fords.
to
protectiftyubricauon
vn
Pierce, ring bearer. A delicoous wed
ding supper was served at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Thieman. The groom is the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Reinke and the bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Thieman. They have gone to Planke
ton, S. D., on their honeymoon and
will reside on the Julius Reinke farm
near South Bend. The young people
have many friends in this vicinity
who extend congratulation and best
wishes to them for a nappy, prosper
ous married life.
Robt. McCleery,
Contractor, Dies
Very Suddenly
Well Known Weeping Water Man
Passes Away at Office of
Physician.
From Tuesday's Dally
The many friends in this section
of Cass county will regret to learn
of the death very suddenly at Weep
ing Water yesterday of Robert Mc
Cleery, well known concrete contract
or and who has had a great deal of
work all over the county in the past
years in bridge and culvert build
ing. The death of Mr. McCleery came
after an illness of several days it is
stated and while he was at the office
of a physician to whom he had come
for aid he was suddenly stricken and
in a very few seconds had passed
away, death being due to the weak
ening of the heart in the protracted
sickness that had covered a period
of a week.
The deceased was a resident of
Weeping Water for a great many
years and was well known over the
county by a vey large circle of
friends. He leaves a family to mourn
his departure and to whom the
friends will extend their deepest sym
pathy. HOLD FAMILY REUNION
From Tuesday's Dally
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Oliver were all present Christmas
day at the home of their parents in
this city. As this was the first time
in several years that the family had
been together it was a day enjoyed
by all.
Those present were Mrs. Charles
Countryman of Lewellen, Neb.; Will
Oliver, Jr., of Louisville; Frank Oli
ver and wife of Janesville, Wis.; and
Mrs. Harry Henton and children of
Louisville. N
FOR SALE
Rhode Island Red Cockrels. Fine
birds, from $1.50 to $2.00 each.
J. H. Reinke,
South Bend, Neb.
Phone, Ashland, 1715. tfd
Greet your friends on New Years
with a greeting card. A large line
at the Bates Book & Gift shop.
ssilEs
CHRISTMAS AT GLAZE HOME
From Tuesday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Glaze, 517
Marble street, had their five sons
home to make their Christmas more
joyful and happy, and the first time
that all of the members of the family
have been home for the past six
years to enjoy a real reunion. Those
who were here to attend the reunion
were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Glaze
and son, Allen, of Nebraska City; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Glaze and daugh
ters, Dorothy and Marjorie, of Ffcir
bury, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Glaze of Willanbrook, California;
John Glaze of this city and LaVern
Glaze of Omaha. Mrs. John Neitzel,
Sr., mother of Mrs. Glaze, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Cotner and son. Donald,
were also in attendance at the pleas
ant Christmas gathering.
On Sunday Mr- and Mrs. C. C. Cot
ner entertained the members of the
Glaze family as well as Mrs. Neitzel,
mother of Mrs. Cotner and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Neitzel of Omaha, at their
home on South 6th street at a very
pleasant dinner party and afternoon
of family reunions.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Glaze will
leave in a few days for their home
in the west, making the trip via the
auto route.
FOR SALE
Pure bred light Brahma cockerel
$3.00. 6 for $2.50 each. Mrs. A. C.
Pearsley, Union, Nebr., Phone 120S.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, Cass county, es.
To the heirs and all persons in
terested in tbe estate of James Hall,
deceased: '
On reading the petition of William
Minford, trustee of said estate, pray
ing a final settlement and allowance
oi his account filed in this court on
the 10th day of December, 1926, and
for approval of his final account, and
for a decree of distribution of the
funds now in his possession as such
trustee, according to the last will and
testament of said James Hall, deceas
ed, determination of heirship, and
such other and further proceedings
as are necessary, and for his dis
charge as such trustee
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons Interested in said matter
may, and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and fo'" said coun
ty on the 5th day of January A. D.
1927, at ten o'clock a. m., to show
cause, if any there be, why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be grant
ed, and that notice of the pendency
of said petition and the hearing
thereof be given to all persons in
terested in said matter by publishing
a copy of this order In the Platts
mouth Journal, a eemi-weekly news
paper printed in said county, for
three weeks prior to said day of
bearing.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said court this 10th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1926.
A. H. DUXBURT.
(Seal) QlS-Svr County Judge.