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THURSDAY, MAY. 31, 1028.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Nehawka, Nebr.
J. E. Woods, the painter and de
corator has been papering the house
Of J. Sutphin.
Hoy Klaurens and the wife were
visiting in Nehawka from their home
at Firth during the greater portion
of last week.
IWnry Wessell and the wife were
visiting for the afternoon at Nebras
ka City on la.t Sunday, they driving
over to the bis city in their car.
On last Monday a Lincoln firm
was engaged in the repairing of the
Sheldon Manufacturing Co.. building
and placing it in good condition.
Stewart Hough and wife were
visiting with friends in Omaha for
the day on last Sunday, they driving
over to the big town in their car.
C. M. Chrisweisser and the family
were enjoying a visit with friends in
Omaha on last Sunday and were also
liging the new car a little exercise.
Miss Unidine Shrader was looking
after the telephone exchange for the
day last Sunday during the absence
of Mrs. Wolfe and daughter, Gladys.
C. I. Adams and his son Burnell.
have been painting and decorating
their homo during the time when the
business at the store has been rather
slack.
John Chrisweisser tin loaded a car
of coal from the Farmers Elevator
hauling it to the customers about
town, making a very strenuous day's
v.-oi k.
F. It. Cunningham was moving 1
raw mill from the Sioll faint i".
last Monday to the farm of W.
Wolph where he lias a large amount
of lumber to saw.
Albert Wolfe and the family were
enjoying a visit with friends and re
latives in Omaha for the day on last
Sunday, they making the trip to the
big city in their car.
J. W. Murdock and the family
were visiting in Nebraska City last
Sunday, they going to attend the con
test of Bible study, which was held
there during the afternoon.
IWt L. Philpot of Weeping Wa
t'i representing the Chevrolet cars,
was a visitor in Nehawka on last
Monday morning and was looking
after some business in his line.
II. W. Kellogg of Omaha, a 1 fiend
of E. A. Kirkpat rick, was down to
see his friend on last Monday, but as
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick wore in
the western portion of the state they
missed his visit.
Mrs. Albert Willis was suddenly
taken with an attack of acute ap
pendicitis on last Sunday and was
hastened to the hospital on last Mon
day where she underwent an oper
ation for relief from the attack.
John Chambers and wife and Mrs.
Frank Lemon were visiting from
last Friday until Monday evening
of this week at the home of a sister
of Mrs. Lemon at North Bend, they
driving over for the visit in their
car.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rough
over to Weeping Water on last
called there to atteend the
of the late Albert Harmon, who
a world war veteran, who had
been enjoying good health for
time past.
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Herman Shumaker. while employ
ed on the farm of Earl Worlick north
of Nehawka was overcame and pros
trated while engaged in milking, by
a dizzy spell which cameo ver him,
but after having rested for a time
he was feeling much better.
W. II. Kruger and family and E.
J. Kruger and family were over to
Plattsmouth on last Sunday, where
they were enjoying a visit with
Harry L. Kruger and family and
were making a portion of the fam
ily reunion which was being held
there on last Sunday.
On last Friday Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Mason, Sr.. and their son.
Thomas, were over to Omaha, they
driving in the car ow Tommy, and
were visiting with relatives and also
to see about their little grandson
and nephew, which has been kept
there since the death of its mother.
Dow Hoback of Los Angeles who
has been in the west for the past
twenty-five years, and where he is
engaged in the real estate business,
arrived in Nehawka late last week,
and has been visiting with his bro
ther. D. F. Hoback for the past week,
as well as with other of the relatives.
Mrs. John Opp. who has been so ill
for several months, is reported as be
ing much improved, and is showing
improvement with each succeeding
week. Mrs. Wm. Black of Omaha, a
sister of John Opp. was a visitor in
Nehawka, and enjoyed a visit for a
wee!:, reiurnlng to her home late last
week.
C. D. St. John and the family who
have been visiting in the western
portion ( f the state for the past week,
are well pleased with the condition
which they found the crops, and re
port that the wheat is looking fine
and the corn coming also in good
shape. They will expect to retu. n
Hiring the week.
During the psst wee's: Mr. and
Mrs. Frank P. Sheldon have been
er.tei taiuing a number of relatives
and friends, and had as their guests ;
for the occasion Daniel McClaiey. of ;
Alma. California. Mr. Nelson Pollard ;
of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and James ',
.1. Pollard who has been making his i
home at Los Aneeies as well as a !
sister of the Pollard boys, Mrs. j
Sallis Johnson also of Long Beach
They coming to attend the funeral of
the late Mrs. Helen A. Pollard, their
mother.
A young man named Murphey of
near Eagle was a visitor in Nehawka
and Union with the Edmiston fam
ily, and with two young lady twins
and their mother, went to Platts
mouth, where they enjoyed the
Shriners band concert and visited
there until evening and as they were
returning and a short ditance south
of town, they were blinded by glar
ing headlights and not being able to
see the road, ran into a ditch, injur
ing Mrs. Edminston and bruising the
other members ofthe party as well as
damaging the car.
John G. Wunderlich and the wife
were over to Plattsmouth on last
Sunday, where they enjoyed a visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Rosencrans and also enjoyed attend
ing the concert which was given by
the Shriners which was held at the
grounds of the Masonic Home. On
their return they were accompanied
by Mis Etta Schwartz, who has for
the past four years been teaching
school at Thermopolis, Wyo., and
who came home for a visit during
her vacation, she will teach in the
schools of Sheridan the coming year.
Miss Schwartz went to the west sev
eral year since and there took a
homestead which she perfected a
number of years since, and has the
place at this time.
C. D. Keltner was beautifying the
city of Nehawka on last Monday by
the cutting of the grass and weeds
about some of the residences and
cleaning the places up. thus making
the city more attractive.
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Held Family Reunion.
On last Sunday at the home of
Dairy L. Kruger and family, was
held a reunion of the family, which,
was greatly enjoyed by all who were
present. The mother. Mrs. C. E
Davis' of Perry. Oklahoma, who has
been visiting with her sons, Harry
L. Kruger and family of Plattsmouth,
.1. E. Kruger and family and W. 11.
Kruger and family of near Nehawka,
and ! red Kruger and family of Una
dilla, Fred Snodgrass and family of
Gretna, were all present at the re
union and enjoyed the occasion very
much. Mrs. Davis who is the mother
of the Kruger boys and Mrs. Snod
grass being sisters.
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Sustains Injuries in Wreck.
Last Sunday when Harry McVey
was going from Nehawka to his home
on east 'O' street road, and had stop
ped at the entrance of 'O street, as
the law commands, and had started
to enter the highway, after looking,
and having to put his car in low to
proceed, was intercepted by a car of
A. D. Skinner of Nickerson. who had
come over the hill from the east,
and was upon the car oi' Mr. McVey
before it was possible for him to get
out of the way, and with the result
that the car of Mr. McVey was over
turned and badly damaged as well as
Mr. McVey badly injured. They came
out of the wreckage with many
bruises and cuts . The man was re
sponsible for the accident stopped
and as be carried indemnity insur
ance, it is probably some settlement
will be effected.
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Celebrate Birthday Anniversary
The birthday anniversary of Mrs.
John Nutzman of Avoca was cele
brated very properly on last Sunday,
when about sixty young people, all
her friends, gathered to celebrate the
passing of her birthday in a proper
way. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Klaur
ens and son, Roy and wife, who
were also accompanied by Mrs. Emma
Burdick and Mrs. John Degley of
Omaha, and Mrs. Ted Hanson and
son, Lyle, and as wellas Mrs. Lena
Frans who i-j making her home in
Omaha were present. A most de
lightful time was had and all en
joyed the excellent dinner, which
was brought by the friends in attendance.
Visiting Friends in Nehawka
Some time since Mrs. Arthur
Wolph, and Fred Anderson who are
both making their home at Los An
geles, came to Imperial, Nebraska,
where they joined with the family of
Henry Meyers and they all driving
to Nehawka, where they wil visit
or some time. Accompanying Mr.
Meyers was four of his children,
they being Clayton. Paul, Everett
and Ethel, who are visiting with the
Anderson boys, Mrs. Meyers who re
cently died being their sister. They
will also visit at Nebraska City with
relatives and friends as well.
Erect Tombstones.
The firm of Miller and Gruber
have just erected a monument at
the Mt. Pleasant cemetery at the
resting places of G. W. Cheney and
Edwin Johnson and also a cover for
the graves of Addison Boedeker and
Mrs. Charles BoedekW, who rest in
the Eight Mile Grove cemetery.
i All local news is In the Journal.
lion eeoioes'
STRANGE Rl
TES
Ordeals of Pain Undergone
by African Natives Are
Past Belief.
Cape Town, Africa. Cape Town,
Afi 'iea, I hi Imnio of the witeb doctor
and sinister ju-jus. still believes in
trial by ordeal. In small native vil
lages in the heart of the bush the re
ligious fanatics perform their strange
rites often and it is hard to compre
hend how they ean make their bodies
do the things they do. writes W. J.
Makin iu the Chicago Tribune.
It is rather unusual, however, to
discover an ordeal taking place in one
of the big oiiies. One occurred re
cently in Durban, whvre a large In
dian population resides. Several
whites, including two doctors and my
self, were invited i witness a Hindu
(ire walking ceremony at I be Unibilo
temple. Several Soutris, or sacred
Hindus, their bodies skewered with
pins and steel instruments, were to
walk across a door of red embers.
When we arrived on the scene, six
tons of firewood were Mazing in a
huge lion lire. The (lames lit up the
crowds of dark faces waiting to see
this extraordinary ordeal. In time tin.
logs were reduced t glowing charcoal,
and these embers were spread out
evenly in a bed "I by Id feet. This
lire pit was roped off from the huge
crowd surrounding.
Walk Glowing Carpet.
The glowing carpet was no sooner
prepared than the sound of tom-toms
beaten frenziediy and reed pipes wail
ing were heard in the distance. Then
the Soutris appeared, all naked to
the waist and displaying their bodies
skewered with steel pins, .aid with
weights dangling from the pins. On-gray-haired
woman n sixty years had
her tongue skewered These bum::n
pincushions walked straight toward
the bed of live coals and without a
qualm fac d the drift of hot ashes
strrred by the breeze. One of the Sou
tris was walking on nails fixed to the
soles of wooden sandals.
While the tom-toms sounded and the
reed pipes screeched these Indians
walked slowly round the lire bed. The
heat was so great that the whites ami
the crowd of onlookers had to stand
a few yards away. Then the torn
turns rose to a frcn-y. and the Soutris.
one after another, calmly walked
across the tire, their feet sinking into
the red embers. They appeared to
feel no pain, cither from the steel
pins in theii bodies or the tire lh;:i
should have blistered their feet In
fact, several of them made the jour
ney across the be.l of tire twice and
even thrice.
After the fire walking the two medi
cal men, Doctor Gohlb-rg and D.ietoi
Witkins, were allowed to examine the
feet of th Soutris. They four d tbe-i
to be entirely free fri.m burns blis
ters. Doctor (joblliei i; told me that lie
could oITer no physiological explana
tion for t lie healthy condition of these
Hindus, for the moment they were re
lieved of the pins and sk:wcrs Ih-y
were normal men and women. The
similingly showed their feet to the
Europeans to prov; that Ihey wer
unharmed. The steel pins when withdrawn drew
no blood and the wounds were barely
discernible. The woman who walked
through the fire has done so year by
year for the last ten years. She ap
peared to faint when the ordeal was
over, but one of th- Hindu priests in
sisted that she was merely throwini:
off the innei volition.
The Soutris after the lire walking
gathered ashes from the (ire and dis
tributed them to the clamoring crowd,
who regal d the ashes as a good omen
in keeping off ill health.
Danes on Swords.
The fire-walking ceremony has some
resemblance to ; nnthor Asiatic ordeal,
the Khalifa, often performed by the
Malays in Cape Town. 1 have wit
nessed several of these ceremonies
and must confess that there is inu.-h
that is inexplicable in them.
The Khalifa usually takes place in
a Malay house. The cerem.ny begins
with a reading from the Koran, ami
then the tom-toms work the worship
ers Into a religious frenzy. Short
native swords are produced, and the
Malays hack at themselves without,
however, drawing blood from any f
the cuts on their limbs.
Some of them are able to dance with
bare feet on the upturned blades f
sharp swords, others saw at their pro
truding tongues, while I have seen
one dancer who could twirl a sword in
the sockets of his eyes without appar
ently injuring himself.
Much of this may be merelj clever
sword play, with the spectators half
hypnotized by the incessant thumping
of tom-toms and the swirling clouds
o incense. Hut like the tire walkers
these Malays can skewer their bodies
with long steel instruments, puncture
their cheeks, and be nailed by the ears
to large blocks of wood without any
blood coming from the wounds. At
tub last Khalifa 1 saw in Cape Town
the collection was made toward the
end of thi ceremony by an old.MiIay
with three skewers protruding front
his mouth and piercing his cheeks..
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Ice Floes Halt
Nobile's Flight at
the North Pole
No Word of Italian Commander and
Crew Received Monday; Sun
day Message Explained.
Oslo. Norway. May 2I. Large air
planes accompanied by station ships
equipped for Arctic work, are the
means proposed ,b the Norwegian
government for finding in the north
ern wastes traces of the lost dirigible
Italia and itsp ersonnel of IS.
The plan in detail has been sent
to Home for approval by the Italian
government. An Italian aviator ar
rived here from Stettin Monday night
and conferred with the Italian min
ister on the plan.
Lieut. Luetzow Holm, who started
from Horten Monday in a seaplane
to join the sealer Hobby at Tromsoe,
reached Hergen at 4.:50 p. m. He,
took off again at 6 p. m., and hoped
to arrive at Tromsoe early Tuesday.
If all goes well the Hobby with Lieu
tenant Holm's machine aboad, may
reach Kings Hay late this week.
Lieutenant Holm was tho spear
point of three expeditions, with a
fourth in prospect, which were Mon
day night ttying to get aid to the j
exploring party of Gen. Umberto No-,
bile. , ..
Amundsen Gjves Aid. J
Included among the men pitting;
their knowledge of fhe inhospitable
polar regions against the disaster
which may have overtaken en. Um
berto Nobile were Roald Amundsen,'
noted polar authority, and ('apt. Otto
Sverdrup, famous as an Arctic ex
plorer, who are giving their counsel
to the Norwegian government iu pre
paring for an extensive relief expedi
tion. ......
The base ship Citta I)i Milano was
held up outside of King's t Bay by
ice floes that blocked its progress,
and the steamship Hranganza was en
route from Tromosoe, . Norway, to '
Spitzberger to help In the search. I
In accordance with the theory of
Capt. Riiser-Larsen, who probably
will head the main Norwegian relief!
expedition, that the Italia came down
upon the ice soniewnere norm oi
Spitzbergen, Lieutenant Holm will
explore the north and northeast
coasts of Spitzbergeu. Every meteoro
logical condition indicated thatthe
Italia must have came clown north
of its base, in Captain Larsen's opin
ion and an air survey of this district
appears to oITer the best prospects of
finding the missing airship.
No Word of Ship. . . ; .
Capt. Riiser-Larsen was the right
hand- man of Amundsen and Ella
worth iu the 1926. expedition, of the
Norge aud has had much experience
in flying in the northern regions. He
also is a dirigible expert and has a
reputation for resourcefulness and
courage.
While every radio station in Nor
way and in Russia, particularly in
Siberia, strained every attention to
catch some radio , word from the
Italia, . nothing was heard. There
were all sorts of rumors iu Oslo as
to the fate of the airship, but all
lacked confirmation.
Further light on a mysterious mes
sage picked up in California Sunday
reporting that the Italian was in
distress and asking for help was
shed Monday by receipt of word at
Washington that the United States
naval transport Chaumont, stationed
near Tientsin, China, had picked up
an almost identical message Sunday
night.
There appeared some doubt as to
whether the message heard in Cali
fornia was directly from the Italia,
bu the Chaumont's message indicated
clearly that it had been sent out as
an ordinary message from a station,
probably from Vladicostok, notifying
other stations ,of the plight of the
dirigible. Omaha Bee-News.
NEW ALTITUDE MARK SET
WANTED TO BUY
Cows. Heifers and Calves. Inquire
of T. H. Pollock or L. C. Likewise.
Phones No. 1 and 36, Plattsmouth.
A British economist says that our
tariff prevents Europe from sharing
in American prosperity. This state
ment seems to imply that there really
is sufficient prosperity to go around.
Philadelphia, May 28. A new
American record for seaplanes carry
ing a useful load of 1,000 kilograms
was established by Lieut. Zeus Sou
cek, navy pilot, today when he flew
the navy plane PN-12, to an altitude
of more than seventeen thousand
feet. The American record was 7,979
feet, made at San Diego, Calif., some
years ago, by E. E. Doleczk in a F-5L
flying boat.
The exact height reached by the
plane, which already this month has
broken three world's records for sea
planes type, will not be known, 'navy
official said, until the official bara
graphs carried in the plans are cali
brated at Washington.
In his flight of 2 hours 48 minutes
and 10 seconds, Lieutenant Soucek
hoped to better the world's altitude
record but failed by approximately
two thouFand feet. Record in this
class is 19,196 feet, established at
Altenhiem, Switzerland, on July 18,
1927, by Richard Wagner in a Der
nier Merkur.
CONGRESSMAN INJURED
IN OFFICE AT CAPITOL
Washington, May 25. Represen
tative Charles A. Mooney of Cleve
land. O.. was injured in his office a
the capitol tonight and assisted to
his home. Upon inquiries at his
apartment it was paid he had sus
tained a severe cut in a fall in his
office and that a, physician had been
called to treat the wound. It was
added that his condition was not re
garded as serious and that he was
resting comfortably.
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