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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927.
NO. 56
Meisinger
Family Holds
Annua! Reunion
Large Number of This Splendid Fam
ily Gather at Park at Cedar
Creek to Enjoy Event.
From Monday's Daily
The beautiful and attractive park
at Cedar Creek with Irs lakes and
the pleasant shade of the stately
trees, was the wene yesterday of the
second annual reunion of the mem
ber. of the Meisinger family and th:
attendance was very pleasing to the
committee that had charge of the ar
rangements of the fnmily gathering,
many who were unable to attend last
year being numbered among the jolly
party that filled the park and made!
the event one of the greatest interes
and pleasantness.
This family has had a large part,
in the making of this portion of Cass
county into the splendid agricultural j
section that ranks among the best in j
the state and the pioneer members of i
the family who came here in the late!
sixties and the early seventies by
their hard work and thrift have left .
to their descendents a worthy heri-j
tage in the splendid farming section i
that they created. j
The familv came originally from
Germany and first settled in Tazewell
county. Illinois, and from where with
the spirit of the pioneers they moved
westward to the then little known
area of Nebraska, settling here when
the conditiors of living were the
hardest, but filled with the hardi
hood and strength of their forebears
of the farming areas of Germany,
they gave to this state a wonderful
pfin t ri Vn t ir.n iti ifc ilpvtilrinnUTt
The members of th family eame'Rt ,the meeting by John A. Bruce
to the picnic yesterday prepared tr(sen'or member of the firm
enjoy the day in a good old fashioned Tliere as present a number of he
reunion and in which the various j residents of district No. 50 the dis
members of the familr renewed their !trict embracing 9th street from Chi
tks of kinship, the late generation? ! ag? avenue to Diamond street and
other of the prominent families cf
the county and increasing the mem
berships of the family until it num
bers hundreds in this part of the
county.
Most of thosa attending came with
well lflPTi baskets of the cood thine?
gathered from the wonderful farm
and city homes of the members and
which furnished the basis for the
many picnic dinner that were spread
in the shade of the trees.
During the late morning end the
afternoon the Louisville Farmer
Union band, of which several of the
members, of the family are members,
furnished a very enjoyable musical
program that helped to make the
event of more than usual Interest.
District Judge James T. Begley was
present in the afternoon and gave a
short address that was followed with
the greatest of interest by the picnic
party.
Judge Begley paid a glowing trib
ute to the part that the members of
the family in an early day in this
county had played, their thrift and
energy that had developed the farm
ing interests of the county and the
upbuilding of the town communities
that had been fortunate in having
members of the family locate near
them. It was the pioneers that had
lr.id the foundation for success that
the following generations were car
rying to larger fields of success.
It was not until late in the after
noon when the members of the fam
ily bid each other farewell and closed
the reunion to await the next year
when another of these happy events ;
will again call them together in te ,
bonds of kinship.
DOINGS IN DISTRICT COURT
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning the office
of the
clerk of the district court had a
very large amount of filings in liti-
gation before the court and four
new cases were docketed.
Florence Miller is plaintiff in an
action against Bryan Miller in j
which the plaintiff, through her at-
torney, W. G. Kieck, asks for a de- i
cree of divorce. The parties reside ;
in the vicinity of Weeping Water.
Another divorce action was filed
by Attorney Yeager of Ashland, in
which Mary I Henry is the plaintiff
and Archie L. Henry is the defend
ant. The parties reside in the vicin
ity of Ashland, in Cass county.
The Nebraska City Building and
Loan association is the plaintiff in
two foreclosure actions, one being
against Walter D. Love and wife and 1
covering property in the town of ;
Avoca while the second action is
against Thomas W. Shank et al. and,
covers property in this city.
MOVING TO UNION
From Tuesday's Iaity
Mrs. Mary B. Allison, who has been
making her home at Hastings for the
past two years, has decided to again
locate in Cass county, her old home
and yesterday closed the deal for the
purchase of the residence property of
c. F. Harris at Union and will re
move there as soon as possible and
become located in the new homej
which is one of the most attractive,
residence properties in Union. The
many friends are pleased to see Mrs.'
Allison return again to this section.
BOOZE LEADS TO JAIL
From Monday's Dally
Saturday evening Deputy Sheriff
Rex Young and Constable Tom Svo
boda were at Union to look over the
crowds and see that the law was not
violated and as the result of their ac
tivities one man is going to board
with Sheriff Bert Reed for the next
sixty days.
Constable Svoboda detected Arnold
Christiansen in the act of having
some of the famous juice of the corn
in his possession and the officers at
once swpt down on him and placed
him under arrest. The man was
brought on to this city and lodged in
jail over Sunday.
This morning complain was filed
by County Attorney W. G. Dieck
against Christianson and on enter
ing a plea of guilty to the charge
the man was sentenced to serve sixty
days in the county jail by Judge A.
II. Duxbury.
t City Council
Adopts Estimate
on City Paving
. A
Districts Estimated to Cost $24.
505.50 for Concrete and $30,-
505.50 for Brick,
'
From Tuesday's Daily
The special session of the city
council last evening took up the mat
ter of the estimate of the paving in '
districts 46, 49, 50 and 51 and all
members of the city legislative body ;
wert present to take part in the'
meeting and hear the estimate that;
had been prepared by the firm ofj
Bruce &. Groupe of Omaha, city I
engineers and who were represented'
hock street irum Liiicugu aenue eusi
r to Eighth street. The residents pres
ent at the meeting were anxious to
learn the cost of the paving to each
lot front and thought that the cost
had been represented to them as
lower than it really would be.
Mr. Bruce estimated that on
'streets where there was no curb and
'gutter that the cost of the paving.
grading, cuming ana guttering on
forty foot lot frontage would be $130
to cover the entire outlay of the
cost.
In response to the Inquiry of
Stodola as to the cost of frontage,
one 42 and two 40 foot lots, Mr.
Bruce estimated the cost to be not
over $400.
The estimates of the engineers for
the four districts which include 16th
street from Miiin to Pearl. Eighth
street from Main to Pearl, Pearl from
Fourth to Sixth. Rock street from
Chicago avenue to Eighth street and
Ninth street from Chicago avenue to
Diamond street, in the class of six
inch concrete paving would amount
to $24,505.50 while for brick paving
the cost would be $30,505.50.
On motion of Councilman Luschin
sky seconded by Councilman Egen
berger the report of the engineers
and the estimate was adopted and
the mayor and city clerk authorized
to advertise for bids for the same.
GOES TO OMAHA
From Tuesday's Tatly
Miss Teresa Hemple, who has long
been one of the efficent teachers of
tne cjty schools, departed yesterday
for Omaha where she goes to take up
a new jjno Df -work, being engaged
with the Drake Realty Co., of that
city in their offices at the Drake
Court.
Miss Hemple has had a very suc
cessful career as teacher as well as
business woman and her experience
along lines of business efficiency and
accounting will be most valuable to
the large realty company in which
she is to be associated. Miss Hemple
was for many years grand recorder
of the Degree of Honor of Nebraska,
and made a splendid record in that
office and later resumed her teaching
work which she continued up to this
year.
The new position is one that will
mean a very substantial increase in
salary for Miss Hemple and her many
friends are pleased that she has been
given this pleasing recognition of her
efficiency.
The many friends regret very
muca to see Mis3 Hemple leave the
city but Join in wishing her sue
eess in her new work and surround-
ings.
RETURNS FROM AUTO TRIP
From Tuesday's Dally
Last evening Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Warthen and son, Norman, return
ed from a very pleasant auto trip tc
Greenfield, Iowa, where they were
visiting at the home of Mrs. Warth
ens sister. Mrs. Ira Dickey. While
they traveled through a number of
good towns they found none that
looked as good as Plattsmouth. They
report the corn in that section o't
Iowa as fine but the country very
hilly and rough, but which their
Chevy made without trouble and
safely bore them to and from their
destination.
Hectic Contest
Goes to Pappios
by 6 to 5 Score
Locals Wohble and Bad Umpiring
Finished the Job in Giving
Win to Visitors.
From Monday's Daiiy
Yesterday afternoon the baseball
fans had the opportunity of witness
ing several innings of good ball play
ing, some very costly bobbles and u
lot of poor judgment on the part of
the umpire of the contest, in which
the locals suffered more than their
opponents and which in a tenth in
ning finish resulted in Papillion tak
ing home the grapes by the score ol
6 to 5.
The first innings of the game were
fast and furious and while the locals
led three to 1 up to the seventh the
game was working nicely but after
that inning the locals had a relapse
and the umpire also added to the
tumult with his decisions that to say
the least showed very poor judgment.
The game was featured by the hit
ting of Newman and Reichart as well
as the timely bingle cf Ed Gradoville.
who covered first for the locals. The
work of Haberline in left garden and
also his hit that gave his team the
lead, marked the game for Papillion
while Chip Pressman also was in the
limelight with his hitting, his dou
ble winning the game.
In the second inning the fireworks
started for the locals when Mason
was hit by Jimmy and was sacrificd
by McCarthy to second base and from
where he scored when Newman hit
a drive to left field.
The third saw the Platters again
add one run to their score, George
Reichart was up and arew a walk,
but was caught attempting to steal
second while Spidell was whiffed by
Jimmy. Art Klauschie then drove a
hard one through short and was fol
lowed by Ed Gradoville who hit to
Ruff at second, Blondy missing the
ball and allowing Ed to reach first
and by a wild heave to Beerline al
lowed Klauschie to canter home with
another run. Mson hit to short left
but Gradoville was nipped at the
plate. .
The" first' outbreak on the umpire
was in the fourth when Ruff was on
base for Papillion when Beerline hit
to left and Blondy scored but the
ump called the ball foul and Blondy
was shooed back to second and Beer
line later was out on a fly to center.
It was in the sixth frame that the
Papillion stock started to' raise on
the market when Bressman hit safe
to left and was followed by Ruff who
hit safe and then King hit through
Newman at short to score Chipper.
Plattsmouth in the last of the sixth
rang up another run and looked good
for a winner when our hard hitting
pitcher, Swanson hit clean to center
and was advanced to third on the
double of Hans and Swanny camt
home when Ruff failed to handle the
grounder of Herold.
The Litter eighth was where the
Papillion Hornets proceeded to tie up
things and where everything went
wrong for the Platters, errors and the
bad judment of Umpire Bill making
our cup of grief full to overflowing
and turning what seemed a sure vic
tory into the bitterest of anguish.
Ruff made an easy out from Pete to
Ed and then Swanny lost King on a
walk to first and Burns was safe
when Swanny heaved wild to firs4
base and then Beerline hit to center
and the ball was good for two runs.
Fritz Haberline hit to center and
scored Beerline and sewed up the
game. It was in this inning that
Umpire Bill threw the hooks into
the locals.
In the ninth Papillion stepped out
and took another run for the lead,of
the contest, Bressman hitting safe
to right and Ruff being safe when
Newman juggled the grounder. King
was safe on an error of Herold in
throwing to second and Chip scored
but Ruff was caught at home on a
throw of Newman.
The locals came back strong in
their half of the ninth they scoring
two runs and forcing the contest into
extra innings. Reichart hit safe to
left garden and was advanced on the
error of Ruff at second when Art
hit to second and the play was made
on George . Ed Gradoville was then
up and after one of his drives had
been called foul by the ump he laced
one through short that no one cared
to tackle and George scored, and on
the wild heave in, Art came home
with the needed run for the tie.
The agony closed in the tenth
when with one down Mattheis hit
safe through second and tallied when.
Chip Bressman came through with a
smashing two bagger to right field.
The Platters made a hard attempt
to rally in the last of the extra in
ning when Swanny was on first
through the error of Jimmy and ad
vanced to third on the double of
Newman to center, but the runners
died on the sacks as Herold and
Reichart were out on short flies and
Spidell whiffed.
The tabulated score of the game
was as follows: s
Papillion
AB H PO
Haberline. If 6 2 6
Mattheis. 3b 6 11
Bressman, rf 6 3 0
A
0
2
0
Ruff. 2b C 1 1 2 2
King, c 4 18 2 0
Burns, ss 4 0 0 1 0
Beerline, lb 5 2 12 0 0
Lilley, cf 3 0 2 0 0
Oliver, f 1 0 0 0 0
Bartholemew, p 5 2 0 4 2
TOTALS 46 12 30 11 4
Plattsmouth
AB H PO A E
Herold, 3b 5 12 5 2
Reichart, 2b 5 2 2 2 0
Spidell. c 5 0 10 0 0
Klauschie, rf 5 110 0
Gradoville, lb 5 111 0 0
Mason, If 4 110 0
McCarthy, cf 4 0 2 0 0
Swanson, p 4 2 0 2 1
Newman, ss 5 3 13 3
TOTALS 42 11 3tf 12 C
Citizen Soldiers
Have Experience
on Rifle Range
Rifle Practice and Machine Gun Oper
ation Shown to the C. M. T. C.
at the Range.
From Wednesday's Dr.My
The training battalion of the Citi
zens Military Training camp at Fort
Crook, have just completed their first
work on the rille range north of this
city and the youthful student soldiers
have a touch of the duties of the
soldier in rifle practice and the oper
ation of machine guns.
The battalion marched from Fort
Crook to the rangej enjoying a hike
by easy stages to the range and where
they made camp for the night and
had a touch of the pleasures of field
operations of the army.
Ore half of the battalion fired on
Monday afternoon and evening and
the remainder completed their range
work on Tuesday, closing the practice
yesterday afternoon and then hiking
back to Fort Crook, well pleased with
the interesting experience on the
range and the touch cf real army life.
On Monday night the entire bat
talion had a demonstration of ma
chine gun work in carrying out a
problem In warfare and also the very
light3 and tc jts wre used as means
of signals, demonstrating the use of
the rockets as means of communica
tion when other lines of communica
tion are broken down.
DEATH OF MRS. ROGERS
From Monday Dally
After an illness that has covered
the past year, Mrs. Hettie Rogers,
an old time resident of this city, died
Saturday evening at the home of her
son. Raymond Covert at Ralston, she
having been taken from the St.
Joseph hospital some time ago as her
case was hopeless and her last days
passed in the care of the children.
Mrs. Rogers was formerly Mrs.
Hettie Covert of this city and has a
large circle of friends here who will
sincerely mourn her passing and
share with the members of the family
the deep sorrow that the event has
brought to them. In her residence
here Mrs. Covert was highly esteem
ed by all those who knew her and
hed reared to manhool and woman
hood a large family of children after
the death of the husband and father
which occurred years ago.
At the time of her death the de
ceased lady was sixty-five years of
age and the greater part of her life
time was spent in this community
altho in recent years she has resided
at St. Louis and where she was taken
with the malady of cancer and which
caused her death.
There remains to mourn her death
nine children, Everett Covert of
Hiawatha, Kansas, Mrs. Lelia Wright
Hiawatha, Logan and Leroy Covert
of this city, Mrs. Erma Renner and
Mrs. Reava VanFleet and Raymond
Covert of Ralston, Mrs. Bertha Roy
ers of Topeka, Kansas, and Mrs.
Hazel Price of St. Louis.
The body was taken from Omaha
to Hiawatha, Kansas, this afternoon
over the Missouri Pacific and the in
terment will be made beside the
grave of the deceased husband at that
place.
FINE STEAK SUPPER
From Wednesday's Daily
Last evening a group of the friends
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rummel were
guests at a very pleasant steak sup
per held at the Rummel home west
of this city. The evening was spent
in the enjoyment of the fine supper
that had been prepared by the ladies
and also in cards and a general good
time. Those who attended the event
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tincher,
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Henry. Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Long, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Rummel, Miss Louise Rummel, Mrs.
Ray Herring and Clyde Graves.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia
tion of the acts of kindness and the
words of sympathy that have been ex
tended to us in the hour of our be
reavement at the death of our loved
mother. Especially do we wish to
thank the members of the bridge
gang of the Burlington for the beau
tiful Moral offerings. The Children
of Mrs. Hettie Covert.
Harvest Hands
Made Victims
of Stickup Men
Gang of Holdup Men Operating Out
of Omaha Seem to Pick on
Returning Harvesters.
From Wednesday's Dally
The result of the activities of a
stickup gang operating from Omaha
along the line of the Missouri Pacific
railroad served to keep Sheriff Bert
Reed and Constable Tom Svoboda out
the greater part of last night and un
til near 5 o'clock this morning.
The sheriff was called to Union at
2 o'clock this morning by the report
that "stickup" men had held up two
returning harvest hands and taken
from them a small amount of money.
It was found when the sheriff arriv
ed at Unioa that the holdup had oc
curred at La Platte but the parties
were thought to hdve ridden on to
Union and the sheriff had a large
group of the sidedoor Pullman occu
pants rounded up but none answered
the description of the men desired.
The two men held up were young
men who had been working in the
harvest fields and like a great many
other young harvesters were saving
money by trying to beat their way
on the freights in getting to and from
their scenes of labor. They had rid
den into La Platte from Omaha and
while there they were approached by
two men, one carrying a gun that
was described as about a foot long.
The harvesters were robbed of some
thing like $2 between them and tin
hold up men then made a fadeout
from the scene. When the freight
reached Union the men that were
stuck up reported the matter to the
train crew and Sheriff Bert Reed was
then notified.
There was a large number of ho
boes and harvesters at the Union
yards where three freights were wait
ing to get out and the sheriff had a
busy time in trying to find someone
that resembled the two men that had
done the holding up, but without
success.
The members of the train crews re
ported that in the last few weeks
there have been a great many cases
of v these roubertes rerKrted and It
seems that a gang from Omaha ridr
out on freights out cf Omaha and
make a practice of holding up the
harvest hands that may be bumming
their way on the freights and reliev
ing them of their hard earned money,
the holdups in this last case having
had a waterhaul as far as money was
concerned, but in many cases con
siderable sums are taken from the re
turning harvesters who have saved
their money during the time they are
working and start for home with con
siderable coin on them.
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
From Monday's Dally
Robert Troop. Jr., and wife last
week had the pleasure of observing
their birthday anniversaries which
are but a few days apart, while yes
terday a group of the close friends of
this estimable couple joined in the
celebration of the anniversaries,
making the occasion a surprise on
Mr. and Mrs. Troop.
The members of the surprise party
came in on the guests of honor un
heralded and giving Mr. and Mrs.
Troop a real surprise and which it
took them some time to recover from.
The day was spent in visiting and
having a general good time while at
the noon hour a table was spread in
the cool shade of the trees In the
yard and a picnic dinner served from
the well laden baskets that the mem
bers of the party had brought with
them. Those who attended the event
were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Young of
this city. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Propst
and children of Tecumseh, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Leach. Mr. and Mrs. George
Stites and family of Union, Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Troop and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Troop of near Xe
hawka. VISITING FROM CHICAGO
From Wednesday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kreme and
sons, Raymond and Eugene and
daughter, Ruth, of Chicago, are
visiting for the week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hartwick. The
family made the trip from Chicago by
auto and the journey gave them the
opportunity of enjoying some very
fine country and a view of the splen
did crops across the states of Illin
ois and Iowa. Mr. Kreme is super
intendent for the large plant of the
Imperial box company at Chicago, one
of the largest box manufactuning
companies in the country and whose
products are used all over the west.
Mrs. Kreme is a sister of Mrs. W. J.
Kartwick and the visit of the family
here is a most delightful event to the
Hartwick family.
SHIPS LOAD OF HOGS
From Monday's DalVy
Robert Troop, Jr., the well known
stockman of near Mynard, shipped a
carload of hogs to the St. Louis mar
ket which is one of ten best in the
country at this time.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
WOODMEN TRIM MURRAY
Yesterday afternoon the Woodmen
baseball team of this city journeyed
down to Murray and engaged the
team of that place in a nexhibition '.'
of the national pastime that resulted
: - : . . . i - , j , T-1.
game was the second of a double '
Schafer team was triumphant over i Patterson Seems Probable
the Murray team. j Have Had Little Basis.
The woodmen game resulted in a
score of 17 to 11 for the woodchop- j
pers and was featured by home runs From Tuesday's Daily
by Joe Buttery and Joe Krejci of th-?j Jack Patterson, form r Platt
Woodmen. The hurling for the Wood- mouth man and latt r batik r at
men was by Charles Clark and Joe Union, who has been the c i nter of a
ICrejci while Lester CJanstmer and nation wide sensation. as the result
Mike Cisney did the tossing for Mur-of his discovery after a thrte jar
ray.
Albert Kingdon. one of the Murray
players Buffered a dislocation of hit
shoulder in the opening game of the
double header when he ran into one
of the opposing players.
Golf Club to
Hold Interesting
Contest Soon
Flag Day Tournament Will Be Held
on Local Course on Next Sun
day List of Players.
From Wednesday's Dally
The Plattsmouth Golf club will
hold a local Flag-Day tournament
Sunday, August 21st under the fol
lowing rules:
Each player will be given a small
flag, upon which will be printed the
number of strokes that the player is
entitled to take during this tourney.
This score was arrived at by averag
ing the number of strokes the play
er took in playing the last two tour
naments. The object of the Flag Tourney is
for the player to advance the ball ae
far as possible in the number of
strokes assigned to him. When the
player has played his alloted strokes,
he should lift his ball and place his
flag at the point where the ball rest
ed upon completing his last stroke.
Suitable and practical prize3 will
be awtrded to the winners. An en
try fee of .25c will be charged, the
same to be expended for the prizes.
The players will be allowed the
number of strokes as indicated be
low: Dr. R. P. Westover 70
J. F. Warga 74
A. O. Moore 75
Frank Horsak 7S
Jas. W. Holmes 80
A. W. Cloidt SI
W. K. Krecklow 82
Donald Pitman 79
Leslie W. Xiel S3
Geo. O. Dovey S3
E. A. Wurl 83
Edwin A. Fricke 84
Geo. K. Petring 84
C. A. Rosencrans 85
Fred Wynn 85
Carl Ofe 78
Jno. V. Hatt 87
E. C. Harris 87
Rev. H. G. McClusky 88
Roy Knorr 88
E. J. Richey 91
C. W. Morrison 91
Louis Horsak 92
Evi Spier 93
Tom Green 93
E. R. Teepell 94
C. E. Hartford 95
Wm. Baird 95
Jno. Bauer 95
Frank eBstor 9 6
Jno. Sattler Jr., 9 6
Fritz A. Fricke 9 6
Jas. Mauzy 99
Paul Wohlfarth 99
Fred Howland 100
Wm. Distell 100
Fred Re a 100
Roy Bailey 101
Lynn Minor 102
Jack Hatt 103
Fred Lugsch 103
J. A. Bissing .105
S. S. Davis 107
Jno. Cloidt 10S
R. A. Bates 103
C. C. Wescott 10S
The annual tournament will start
Sunday Aug. 28. Players may then
play 18 holes of qualifying round?
any timef rom Sunday to Thursday.
Match play will start Sunday Sept.
4th and continue the 5th. The date
for the final play will be announced
later.
SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 6TH
The opening of the Plattsmouth
city schools has been fixed upon by
the board of education for Tuesday,
September 6th. the schools observing
Labor day on Monday the 5th. The
staff of teachers will all be here in
the next week and get lined up on
their work forthe coming term and
Superintendent R. E. Bailev is on the
Job now. arranging the details of the;Porly toaay
school work in readiness for the first
teacher's meeting when the plans of
the year will be discussed.
Every shade oi crepe paper and all j
nan T.7Alfi en fSflr d. wJl
the new novelties and favors as well
as a complete stock of picnic needs
can be found in the Dennison line,
sold exclusively at the Bates Book
M Ma Mi
ana uux srnop. I
Former Banker
Returning Home
from Cleveland
absence, is to make tne start lor his
old home from Cleveland, Ohio, latr
tonight or early Wednesday.
Patterson has been in custody at
Cleveland since he was first found
Friday afternoon by special agents
of the life insurance companies and
members of the city detective force
of Cleveland, and has freely discussed
the case and his reasons for the dis
appearance that has left his family
for three years Impressed with th
fact that he had met death in Lake
Michigan.
After many conferences and mes
sages it was decided late yesterday
afternoon to have Deputy Sheriff W.
R. Young go to Cleveland to meet Mr.
Patterson and also Attorney David
Fitch of Omaha and Senator W. B.
Banning of Union, who has had
charge of the Bank of Union since
the disappearance of Patterson in
July 1924, who expect to accompany
the deputy and Mr. Patterson home.
The generally friendly feeling that
has been reflected in the old home lo
cality of Mr. Patterson has caused
him to feel a great deal more cheerful
and to look forward with more pleas
ure to the return to his former home
where the wife and children are
awaiting his coming with feelings of
joy that he has again come back to
them after being thought dead. Th
Union people have a very kindly feel
ing for their former banker and are
anxiously awaiting his return.
It is generally thought that while
the warrant made on the complaint
charges embezzlement, that the
charge will stand as the case has
been a very weak one and aside from
differences that may exist between
the Bank of Union and Mr. Patterson
there seems little to indicate that he
will face prosecution when reaching
here.
The companies that have carried
the policies on the life of Mr. Patter
son have no interest In the eas aside
from having him identified and they
will then probably take action to
have the policies cancelled and thi?
will end the case as far as they are
concerned.
HAS RIG DAMAGED
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning Frank Slocumb, aged
resident of Mynard. was the central
figure In a Fmall accident that oc
curred on the K. of T. highway a
short distance south of the sub-station
of the Nebraska Gas & Electric
Co., and while Mr. Slocumb received
a bad shaking up he was not serious
ly injured.
Mr. Slocumb was going from
Plattsmouth south to Mynard. driv
ing a one horse wagon, while a large
sedan belonging to A. B. Rossie of
St. Joseph. Missouri, was also going
in the same direction. The aged man
is very hard of hearing and was un
able to hear the car coming back of
him and kept his vehicle right In the
center of the road. A Ford touring
car came from the south at this? time
and passed at a good rate of speed and
to avoid the Ford Mr. Rossie was
forced to turn so that his car struck
ore of the wheels cf the wagon of Mr.
Slocumb, the wagon, which was
very delapidated affair bing consid
erably damaged and Mr. Slocumb wa?
thought to be injured and was hur
ried on to Murray by Mr. Rossie. but
the examination at the office of Dr.
Brendol failed to disclose any serious
injuries and Mr. Rossie brought Mr.
Slocumb back to the scene of the acci
dent to gather up his property. Sher
iff Reed was notified of the accident
and arriving at the scene found that
the accident was not of a serious na
ture. The damage to the wagon will
be settled by Mr. Rossie and Sheriff
Reed took the aged man on to hi.'
home. The horse that was used on
the wagon also escaped with little In
jury. A. W. SMITH HAS RELAPSE
Frnm Mondav" Pallv
A. W. Smith of this city, who has
been quite 111 from heart trouble for
the past week was some better the
last of the week and was able on Sat
urday to be down town for a short
time. Sunday Mr. Smith Fuffercd a
relapse and was much worse causing
a great deal of opprehension to the
family and friends and Is still quite
WILL LOCATE HERE
From Wednesdays Daily
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Woodburn of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have come to
make their home in this city. They
are employed at the Main Hotel Cafe.
Both are experienced restaurant peo
ple. Mr. Woodburn is a brother of
the proprietor, A. M. Woodburn. They
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were former residents or this city.
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