MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927.
PAOE THR3DS
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Old winter still retains his grit.
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v Business is always dull Just after
.Christmas.
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pontoon is a bridge hope in
maify sections.
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Entertaining a hope is never a dis
interested act of hospitality.
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When debtor expositions are built,
Philadelphia will build them.
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If styles didn't change constantly
women would be as uninteresting as
men.
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Approximately 100 new words are
added to the English language an
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A Swiss chemist recently develop
ed a paint which Is claimed to be
rust proof.
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There seems to be quite a good deal
of sickness in the city and surround
ing country.
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The average woman derives a lot of
enjoyment from telling other women
her troubles.
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Try letting other people's affairs
alone and you will have more time
to attend, to your own.
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English courts are puzzled over the
validity of a sailor's will, which was
written on an empty egg shell.
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Forest once covered 822 million
acres in the United States. About 25
per cent of this area has been reduced.
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Coolidge seems to favor river boats.
In 1928 he
Reed.
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who runs may (be)
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American tourists spent more than
$23,000,000 in France last year.
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One factory in humid South Africa
makes 100,000 blankets a month.
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The Egyptians used onions and gar
lic in their salads thousands of years
ago.
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About 5,000,000 trees are set out
every year to be used as telephone
poles.
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Once upon a time a murder was
committed, and the murderer was not
a moron.
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When home entertainments come
so close together, they can't all ex
pect success.
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Southern flood at peak and very
destructive. They are certainly get
ting their share of water.
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It might be well to remember that
man Is the only animal which can
be skinned more than once.
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It's awful getting over the Christ
mas cheer. All will be over, when
January comes motoring in.
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A Balkans crisis and an engage
ment for John Coolidge are two
things which occur quite frequently.
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Will Smith get into the present ses
sion of the senate? If he does he will
remain there. Mark that with a big
It was 22 years ago, lacking a few
days, that Alexander Monroe Dockery,
whose death at the age of 82 has oc
curred at his home in Gallatin, retired
from the governorship of Missouri.
Before elected to that office he had
represented his district in Congress
for 16 years. As ex-Governor he con
tinued to take an interested and in
fluential part in politics. For more
than 40 years, then, he was a man
of consequence in the Democratic
party, and one whose qualities were
esteemed by al citizens familiar with
public affairs.
Those qualities were substantial
rather than striking. Mr. Dockery
possessed an abundance of common
sense and a scrupulous personal hon
esty, against which no breath of sus
picion was raised, even in the un
happy disclosures of graft and brib
ery that marked his administration.
Reputations withered in the blasts of
those revelations, professional corrup-
GEN- ANDREWS' INDISCRETION
Though Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews'
utterances on prohibition enforcement
have often been characterized by in
telligence, fairness and decency, it
was not expected he would ever him
self, while holding his present official
post, to display these virtues to such
a degree as he has in his speech be
for the convention of malt beverage
manufacturers in Chicago.
Ior on this occasion the'chief fed
eral prohibition official, in stating the
aims and limits of national enforce
ment, has simply expressed the view
of the matter which long has been
held by every thoughful opponent of
federal sumptuary legislation. The
limits of federal enforcement declares
Gen. Andrews, will be reached when
smuggling of alcoholic beverages from
abroad and the diversion of alcohol for
beverages purposes are prevented, and
when old-time saloons which still
make beer are closed. From then on,
enforcement will be an affair of pure-
tionists whose debaucheries had long y local concern, or, as he expresses
degraded Jefferson City were brandedit, a problem to be decided in each
then with a stigma the years never, community which by its choice of offi-
erased. But Dockery emerged unscath
ed, his repute intact and his fidelity
to the cause of honest, economical
government unsmirched though in
dictable, on the count of excessive ad
diction to partisan politics.
He had made the same record of
industry and integrity in congress
cials will determine the degree of en
forcement it desires."
The federal government's place in
the scheme of enforcement, is excel
lently exprc'ssed by Gen. Andrews
when he says: "The federal govern
ment isn't going to handle the prob
lems of every municipality. It is not
where Washington bestowed on him proposed to deprive any community
the title of "Watchdog of the Treas-jof self-government."
ury." Because of that laborious bent Gen. Andrews' words are not only
he was given a place in the Wilson -wise and Just but they are a reas
administration as Third Assistant sertion of American principles. But
Postmaster-General, which he filled just because they display these qual
ities tney are, irom me viewpoint oi
with characteristic energy and capac
ity. It was the actual business of gov-
our fanatical Volsteadians, highly in
discreet, as he will realize as soon as
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COOLIDGE BREAKFASTS
Controllable forest fires this year.T.
in Alberta, Canada, amounted to one!
tpnth of the number reDorted five' Cars
years ago.
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A group of soldiers trained In over
seas settlement work in England are
being sent with their families to
Western Austria.
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MlBsouri loses a grand old man In
the death of Hon A. M. Dockery. He
was one of the ablest governors Mis
souri ever possessed.
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worth $15,000
each were
shown at the London Automobile
show this season, but those at $1,
250 were the favorites.
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A small Christmas package found,
and all we have to go by, was that
it was addressed "From Gene to
Catherine" found by Curlle Carter.
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The value of apple orchards in Can
ada today is put at $120,000,000.
Production has . increased in the last
15 years from $13,000,000 to $27.-
ment that absorbed him. But along the Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler takes no-
with this prosy talent the man., had; tice of them.
"fire." He could take a weary Con
vention or a restive audience and,
with the tiasaion of an exhorter. in-
fnsA'it ith rtv TtriA nrf pnthu. President Coolidge has been pre-
iasm. And in the inner councils of ied to the "ading public in many
the party his wisdom and experience "strange roles, but no one had any
were often appealed to and his advice! riht to exect that he would burst
followed upon us as the great experimenter
A politician of the old school. who'and Realist of the ages. We have re-
loved the game in all its aspects, a warded him as a safe man. a cool man,
citizen of worth and character, his
a wise man, a dumb man, a careful,
name belongs in the list of Great Mis-sourians-
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
HAVE WE HALTED
t3 good cold weather starter
now more dependable than ever
Probably no single feature of Dodge
Brothers Motor Car has been more widely
talked about and commended than the
power and promptness of the starter.
The new two -unit starting and lighting
system now advances Dodge Brothers
leadership in this important respect still
further.
There are now no moving starter parts
when the car is in motion no starter
chain no noise no wear. The new
starter is even more DEPENDABLE than
the old, and far simpler and more compact
in construction.
Many other major improvements have
been added during the past twelve months,
all vitally affecting performance and in
creasing value far beyond the apparent
measure of current Dodge Brothers prices.
Touring Car $ 915.00
Coupe 965.00
Special Sedan ' 1,075.00
Delivered in Plattsmouth
FRANK E. VALLERY
One-half Block South of Main on Fifth Street
Telephone 23 Plattsmouth
000,000 annually.
See Marie Provost "Up in Mable's
Room" tonight. It is Just a dandy
picture and Marie is Just the girl that
can play it to .perfection, and then
gome.
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An old red bag containing sixty
toys addressed to Father Christmas,! ginning of eternity.
was found recently in a railway sta-I ' :a:
frtYl ot TTilll Pnfflan on4 oonf tr
a children's hospital.
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The date of the Fascist triumph
may be made the beginning of time
for Italy, although we do not doubt
that to some, it will seem the be-
A two-year-old girl whose father is
dead and whose mother is seriously ill
recently made the trip of 3,000 miles
It is said there has not been a single- from Liverpool to Northern Toronto,
mail holdup since the marines went alone, to live with her uncle and aunt
on the Job. That means not a single
robbery of the mails. The special de
livery letters are Just aa late in ar
riving as ever.
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The English strikers did not come
out of their long ordeal of no work she need it
and no pay without some benefit. It
Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of
the deceased vice-president, has bar
red the $5,000 pension given presi
dent's and vlc-president's wives. She
says 6he does not want It, nor does
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was round that their short rations Secretary Mellon thinks the public
had been good for them. By eating should finance a United States $100,
much less they became far more heal-j 000,000 rum plant with the under
thy and the death rate dropped to a standing that it is to get none of the
remarsauiy low levei. "sweet are the product. The secretary Is a better
uses of adversity." financier than osvcholotrlst.
FAMOUS DAYLIGHT SCENIC WAY
CALIFORNIA
Denver
Pikes Peak
Royal Gorge
Colorado
Rockies
Salt Lake
Through Pull
man daily from
. . points.
R. 17. CLEHEtlT,
Ticket Agent
The
Pnly
Really
Great
Scenic
Route
caution man, and here he is trying
to upset one of the immutable laws.
We refer, f course, to the so-called
"harmony breakfast" at the White
'House. Since our first ancestors woke
The rather startling statement up to a meal of warmed-over mamoth
that the human race has long since kidney, there has never been any
reached the zenith of its possible In- thing approaching a "harmony break
tellectual development, is attributed fast." In any well regulated family
to Dr. Erwin Grant Conkjin, eminent the meal is downed in silence. At
biologist and head of that department tempts at sprightly conversation at
at Princeton University. Dr. Conklin the breakfast table are responsible'
is quoted as saying that he believed for the three and six-tenths times the rT 1iT
the statement of Galton to the effect number of divorces caused by drink. L.L. lurpinnew
mat me average aoiiuy oi me ciass-( ine morning paper nas aone mucnj
ical Greek race was, on the lowest to save tear on the family tie. That's
estimate, as much higher than that of one of the very few things it Is good!
the English race of the present day for. It provides a suitable mask for
as the latter is above that of the the masculine countenances, the ap
African negro," and as saying fur- pearance of which at 8 a. m. has dis-
ther; "Even in the most distant fu- illusioned many sweet young things . Charles B. Scott of O'Neill Is
ture there may never appear such and it gives the male something to
geniuses as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, swear at, thereby shielding the over
Shakespeare and Newton." ; crisp bacon and the pale, unwell eggs.
laiiH thp nrf?ldnt fnr From .Thursday's Dally
view and yet find it in refreshing his efforts to establish the "harmony f f1, of NebrLk'a
contrast with the other extreme rep- breakfast" tut we think he should shorthand Reporters' association at
resented by the ultra-modernists who be condemned. To be utterly pessim-j the organization's annual meeting at
imply that real literature did not istic and vicious at breakfast time, is!116 court house at Lincoln, Wednes
. . ... ... . . . ... - dav afternoon. L. L. Turoin of Platts-
nave a cnance to Degm until Victor-; one or me inanenaoie rigms or man. 'nth waB elected vlce president and
ian age came to its end. itecentiy io noia nirrweu in cnecs in mis try
a writer of this type did not hesitate ing hour is one of his noblest accom
to sneer at "the (intelectual) glory plishments. To bubble over with hap-
Wo Also Sell Dependable Used Can
Dodbe Brothers
MOTOR CARS
Vice President of
Court Reporters
Charles B. -Scott of O'Neill
Named as President of the
Association.
A PLEASING ARRANGEMENT
that was Greece," complacently ad-jpiness and pood will during the or
mitted that he had found Plato a deal would be the rankest hypocrisy,
bore and being altogether unawares We are definitely opposed to the
that he was revealing his own intel
lectual limits.
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ANOTHER CURB ON COURTING
"harmony breakfast."
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James M. Johnson of Omaha, secre
tary. E. R. Mockett of Lincoln was
selected for librarian and historian
of the organization.
These associations voted to continue
its affiliation with the national as
sociation and the annual session closed
Wednesday evening with a banquet
at the Cornhusker hotel. The follow-
PeoDle are not very flush with'lng were Present: Delpha M. Taylor,
reopie are not very nusn witn Grand Igland. Emma J. Hedges, Lin
money after Christmas and on up to cojn; George I. Barnes, Omaha; Dale
when New Years will soon make its R. Mockett Lincoln; Mrs. Maude H.
Father, banished to the kitchen advent with a cheerful smile which' p- Stough, Lincoln; Sidney M. Smltn,
during daughter's courtship, now may, we hope will continue smiling for the . gjmSiE Jam"? M JohS
claim some redress from daughter's, next twelve months.
,beau for the expense and inconven- :o:
lence to which he is put, in Mis
souri. A Kansas City jury has award-
Mr. and Mrs. Emil H. Heler, who
have been farming near Greenwood,
have moved back to this vicinity and
will live with Mrs. Heier's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hoover,
south of town, for the remainder of
the winter and when Mr. Hoover and
family leave the farm to move into
their new home on upper Main street
in the early spring, their son-in-law
and daughter will take over the home
place. This will be a pleasant ar
rangement in every way as it will
not cause Mr. Hoover and wife the
same wrench to leave the old home
place knowing their daughter and
husband will remain, that it would
for them to move to town and leave
the place in the hands of strangers.
Mrs. Heier was formerly Miss Mil
dred Hoover, second daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hoover. Before her mar
riage she taught school with great
success and was one of Louisville's
most popular young ladies and her
many, friends are delighted to know
that she has returned to this local
ity to make her future home. Mr.
Heier is one of the highly respected
young farmers of this pare of Cass
county and represents one of our best
families and will be welcomed as a
neighbor and a splendid citizen.
Louisville Courier.
ELDERLY LADY HAS
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Considering the expense to the rail
roads of royal tours in this democratic
pd a father $75 for meals, room, and country we hasten to suggest "I've
laundry, part of the $125 for which' teen working on the railroad" as the
he sued the man who married his national relations seems to suffer
daughter. Apparently, the suitor from secret treaties,
made a full time job of his courting
and pressed his suit in both senses.
Even so, father might have been
a good sport and said nothing about
it if the marriage had held. But it
didn't; in a very short time the couple
was divorced, which probably made
it look to father like obtaining sup
port under false pretenses.
A precedent having ben established,
what Is to prevent fathers from pre
senting bills to son-in-laws for heat,
light (if any), and wear and tear on
the family furniture? This paternal
worn has turned.
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In the modern versions of the Cin
derella story, it seems that the fairy
prince is the Chicago Herald-Examiner,,
is a man in love not it is added,
that he has admitted it in words. But
what if he is offered enough for the
words?
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Legal blanks of all kinds for sals
at the Journal ofiiee.
Faulty
Elimination
Should Be Corrected Good Elimination
Is Essential to Good Health.
rr you would be well, see to your
climiriation. Faulty kidney ac
tion permits toxic material to re
main in the blood and upset the
whole system. Then, one is apt to
have a tired, languid feeling and,
sometimes, a toxic backache or head
ache, and often some irregularity of
secretions, such as scanty or burn
ing passeges. More and more people
are acclaiming the value of Doan's
Pills, a stimulant diuretic, in this
condition. For more than forty years
Doan's Iiave been winning favor the
country over. Ask your neighbor 1
DOAN'S
Stimulant Diarmtie to (A Kidnmys
son, Omaha; L. u. Turpin, Platts
mouth; William F. Meilotz, Omaha;
Minor S. Bacon, Lincoln; Charles B.
Scott, O'Neill; J. D. Scott, Rushvllle
FAMILY GATHERING
The children of Mrs. Marguerete
Bornemeier, of Elmwood, widow of
the late August Bornemeier, together
with their families gathered at t he
John Bornemeier farm residence, two
miles southwest of Murdock on
Christmas day for a social time and
Chirstmas dinner.
Those present were: Mrs. Mar
guerete Bornemeier, the mother;
August Bornemeier and family; John
Bornemeier and family; William
Bornmeier and family; Herman
Bornemeier and family; Louis Borne
meier and family; Paul Bornemeier
and wife; also the following invited
honor guests: Mr: Fay Stolz of Mil
ford; Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Ithaca;
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hall of Elmwood;
Rev. and Mrs. Ostertag of Murdock.
In all 39 people were present. A
daughter, Mrs. Ray Kissinger and
family failed to come.
Gatherings of this sort, once or
twice annually are strengthening the
family ties and are sure to bear good
fruit among relations. Elmwood
Leader-Echo.
CHICKENS FOR SALE
A few excellent Barred Plymouth
Rock Cockrels for sale. Otto Sehaf-
rotCT-MJbura Co.. Mfa. Chcra.. Bnfhtot H. Y. t6T, Nehawka, 'P. O.
FIRST COASTING ACCIDENT
Grandma Kear had an unusually
Merry Christmas by having a family
reunion. All of her, children were
home for the first tive in several
years. Mr. John Kear and wife and
family of Plainvlew drove down Fri
day and remained over Sunday. Mrs.
Mable Harrington and daughter and
Mrs. S. A. Jamson and husband, Mr.
Melville Kear and wife all motored
down from Lincoln for the day. Mrs.
L. J. Herman and husband of Alvo
and Mrs. John Andrews and husband
were also present. The grandchildren
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Watson
Jones of Elmwood, Mr. Glen and
Lloyd Kear of Plainview, Jay Kear
of Lincoln, Donna Belle Harrington
of Lincoln and Dora Ellen Kear of
Elmwood.
On Sunday they were all royally
entertained at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Herman for Sunday din
ner. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
FOR SALE
Rhode Island Red Cockrels. Fine
birds, from $1.50 to $2.00 each.
J. II. Reinke,
South Bend, Neb.
Phone, Ashland, 1715. tfd
On Tuesday forenoon, little Leo
Edgerton, youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Edgerton, was severely cut
on the forehead while coasting on
North hill, when he collided with a
truck driven by Edward Jochim at
the street intersection. The injury,
while painful, is not considered ser
ious. The accident was unavoidable, as
the driver could not see the boy un
til too late to pravent the collision.
As a precaution against further ac
cidents, the street has been tempor
arily closed to traffic. This is the
first accident of the season and with
proper precaution it will probably be
the last. The many friends of the
family are rejoicing with Mr. and
Mrs. Edgerton that the accident was
no worse. Louisville Courier.
WINS PROMOTION
Word has been received that Wm.
Teegarden has received a Christmas
present, a promotion to assistant
cashier ot the State Bank at Long
Beach.
William is a fine young man, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tee-
garden, of Weeping Water, have Just
cause to be proud of him, as are all
his old friends. Weeping Water Republican.
With such a tremendous apple crop,
some of the cider is just bound to get
hard before the people can get to it.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds,
$2 each. Mm W O. Troop, Murray
phona. d-ffw
THE INSIDE
of the motor is the vital place whence
the power originates. For that reason
you need skill and experience in re
pairing it. Oar men know crank
shaft alignment, piston travel, rings,
bashings, wrist pins, etc. as they do
the alphabet. Yon profit from their
knowledge when we do the repair
work on your oar.
Frads Garage
Phone 58
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