Nebraska Newspapers

    S
cal Society
VOL. NO. XUV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. NOV. 22, 1928.
NO. 84
Death of Jos.
Nejedley, an Old
Resident Here
Was Resident Here for Many Years
nas xseen Laving on a Farm
Near Creighton.
From Mondays Dally
The death of Joseph Nejedley, for
many years a resident of this city
ana wno nas for several vears been
engaged in farming near Creighton,
Nebraska, occurred on Saturday af
ternoon at o o'clock at the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha, where for
me past month the patient has been
undergoing treatment and two oper
at ions.
Mr. Nejedley has suffered for some
years rrom his illness and which
reached a stage where it was neces
sary to operate to give him relief
and since the second of the oper
ations he has been gradually grow-
ingw orse. ureamic poisoning de
veloping and which it was impos
sible to check.
The deceased was sixty-five years
oi age and came to Plattsmouth
when a very young man and was
lor years in the employe of the Bur
lington in the local shops, and while
a resident here was married and the
family continued to make their home
in this CitV until some twentv vpors
ago when they removed to Creigh
ton ana nave since made their home
at that place. Mrs. Nejedley pre
ceded her husband in death sixteen
years ago and since that time the
nusDanu nas made his home with
the children.
There is left to mourn the passing
of this rood man four Rons and twn
daughters,' Albert and Joseph, re
siding in Colorado, Raymond of
Creighton and Stanley, the youngest
of the family who resides with his
auni, jurs. wiinam Holly at Omaha,
Miss Catherine, nurse at the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha and Miss
eien, residing at the home at
Creighton. Two sisters. Mrs. J. J.
Buttery of Lincoln and Mrs. William
Holly of Omaha also survive. The
aeceaseu was an uncie or, YV. R
Holly of this city
ON PRESIDENT'S SHI?
court.
The fact that the boy was not
dangerously hurt In the accident and
that the Jury In their verdict made
a recommendation for leniency, will
probably cause the penalty In the
case to be a. line.
JOSEPH NEJEDLEY AT REST
Donald Tompkins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Tompkins, residing in the
south portion of the city, is one of
the crew of the battleship Maryland
and which war craft has been design
ated to convoy President-elect Hoover
on his South American tour. Donald
in a letter to his parents a few days
ago stated the battleship crew wat
elated that their vessel had been
designated to serve as the craft tc
take the new president to the south.
The event not only gives the Mary
land the honor of being the vessel of
the coming commander in chief of
the army and navy, but also gives the
officers and crew the opportunity of
visiting the many intersting cities of
the South American continent which
will be visited by the Hoover party
and in which the gobs also have r
chance to do a little Bight seeing. The
forthcoming tour is being looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest
by Donald Tompkins and who antici
pates seeing many places of interest
before the battleship returns to the
home station on the Pacific coast.
FUNERAL OF MRS. KUHNEY
Krom Tuesday's Daily
The body of the late Mrs. Harry
Kuhney was brought to this city yes
terday from Lincoln where she har
passed away on Sunday and the body
was taken direct to the First Method
ist church. The services at the church
were conducted by the pastor of the
Ashland Methodist church, and who
gave to the bereaved family and the
large number of the old friensd gath
ered at the church words of comfort.
A tribute was given to the departed
lady whose life had been spent in the
service of others and to many of
whom the departed lady had been as
a mother and a comforting friend in
the trials of life. The interment was
at the Oak Hill cemetery where Mr.
Kuhney is buried.
Among thoBe attending the funeral
from -out of the city were Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Mayfield and family of Ash
land, Fred H. Speck and daughters..
Violet and Hazel of Columbus.
STEEL LAYING CREW HERE
From Monday Daly
The force of men to lay the steel
for the side tracks that will be
placed for the unloading of material
for the new auto bridge over the
Missouri river, arrived yesterday and
the crew is located in their bunk
cars south of the railroad station
here and are taken to and from the
sites of the track on their gas rara.
The work requires a large force as
it is being rushed to completion as
fast as possible, the bridge contract
ors wishing to be on the job as
rapidly a the preliminary work can
be arranged. , .
The Bide tracks will be placed
on both this and the Iowa side of
the river so that there will be plenty
of sidings for the unloading of the
material which will represent some
fourteen train loads of material
when It is all hanled onto the scene
of action.
FINED FOR POSSESSION
Weeping Water
Girl and Sister
Victims of Fiend
Prom Mondays Dally
In the county court Saturday af
lernoon the hearing of the complaint
filed against Claude Lahoda on the
charge of possession of intoxicating
liquor was heard before Judge A. H
Duxbury and after the presentation
of the case the court found the de
fendant guilty and assessed a fine oflprea Brown
fivv auu cubls. i ma case is one in
which Charles Spicka of Omaha was
arrested at the Lahoda home and
chargedwith drunkenness and drew
r,r ,.,..i,: r v, I l -rea Brown, 18-year-old daughter
, ir" ", of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown, of near
18, and Sister, Mrs.
Waldo Resso Murdered at Om
aha Crime is Startling
whisky found was in dispute, the
Tl? AOn! T. rw W.Ia. -J I :.. -H T
defendant Lahoda contending that WflT,VA n V-7u c , ;
the "hootch" was the property of !J?"0 J8?- S7t,irtyfi.?t
Spicka but was found in the house " , "Tk," ' 1 .v 1 v " , , e
occupied by the defendant and caus- 1T7 " "J r 7. 7? " . - "I
Jnr- tho fiHnp- f,f t, , hirers r,f 1 V "S" ul 1"-" uistury ui
Bro;rm Omaha, revealed Monday afternoon.
I . -
i u- iwu wuuien w?re uiscovereu
Monday afternoon at the Resso home,
their heads battered in, their bodies
stripped of all clothing and violated
by the fiend who had carried out this
crime, the worst in the annals of the
state of Nebraska.
i ne discovery ot the crime was
made at 2 o clock yesterday after
noon, when Mr. Resso, who has a
Jury
Holds
Young Man on
Assault Charge
Case of State vs. Harlan Baker De
cided Against Defendant ; Len
iency Recommended.
From Tuesday's Dally
The case of the State of Nebraska
vs. Harlan Baker, charged with as-
and we never expected anything to
happen as horrible as thLj
A basement window had been
forced open, but the 'earth around it
was not disturbed. A front window
was open when the liusband return
ed. It had bwen. -closed when he left
The lights in the downstairs bedroom
were still burning. The shades were
drawn. Resso said they were up
when he lert home.
Detectives searched the entire im
mediate neighborhood for the weap
on used by the killer.
Nine or ten blows were dealt, six
falling on the nii'l.
County Attorney Beal, accompanied
by Deputy Bryce Crawford, Jr., has
tened to the scene. He ordered the
bodies removed to the arkin Funeral
home.
Beal announced that he would ask
the county commissioners to offer a
suitable reward for clues leading to
the solution of the murders.
I don't know- what to think about
it now," said Beal. ; '"It is without
question the foulest murder 1 have
ever come in contact' with in my 10
years as prosecutor in Douglas county."
Will Check Asylums
After Danbaum had made his in
spection of the premises, he irame
Plattsmouth
Men Visit with
Bellevue Club
Local Delegation of Some Twenty-
Five Pay visit to Bellevue
Judge Begley Speaker
Resso had apparently been choked
and then hacked, probably with an
sault on Prank Konfrst, Jr., a ten yearlax, while Miss Brown had been gag-
old minor, by striking the boy with eftd and then beaten to death
his car while driving on Main 6treet Both women had evidently been
between Twelfth and Thirteenth aroused from their beds by the fiend
street, was given to the jury late ad killed before they had a chance
yesterday afternoon.
route for the Roberts dairy, com
pleted his work and returned home, dlately ordered a check made of al
only to find the front door of thenearDy hospitals for'the insane for
home open and the mangled body of a possible escape of a maniac
his wife in one of the rooms of the "vvunour a uouoi. saiu uanoaum
lower floor, while In an upstair room "these murders were committed by a
lay the body of Crea Brown. Mrs. nena or ine worst type
"I wish people of Omaha would
give the police their co-cperation. If
anyone is noticed wno appears the
least suspiciouE, the police should be
notified.
Miss Brown was engaged to wed
I Lawrence Little of Weeping "Water
for life, the nightrobes that the two The young man and Deforest Brown
a brother of the girl, had visited at
the Resso home Sunday, leaving for
home at midnight.
Larimore Home Robbed
Miss Brown came to Omaha from
After a short deliberation the Jury had been wearing being stripped
returned a verdict finding the de- from their bodies.
icuuoui cuiii.y ui su ussauu ana oai-i uotn women were alive at 4 a. m.
icrjr ny reason oi me car oi tne de- when Mr. Resso started out on his
renaant naving Btruclc, knocked route for the dairv eomuanv anH thi
down and injured Prank Konfrst. crime is thoueht to have hpn cnm. WeeDinc Water to make her hrnno
Jr. The Jury in their verdict re-ITnitted wirre little time sffcr hialwith Mr. nnil Xfrs Rpsm thrw mnnthe
commended that leniency be shown hour, the other mem hers nf th rm- aeo. She had been a clerk in
me cerenaant in tne sentence of the my remaining in bed as Mr. Resso downtown department store until last
started on hi3 route. Iweek when the baby. Melvin, became
The two children, Melvin. nine in and had remfline? home to help
months nld anil T?nhrt tho vur. m me care or ine cntia. one was 10
old, were in a crib at the bedside
where the mother lay dead and mur
dered. -Donald, two years old, was
at 'W&epfng Water- Trtth the rela
tiveB.
Both women were killed as they
slept and without a struggle in the
opinions of Dr. Samuel McCleneghan
and Dr. James J. O'Tearn, who made
the post-mortem examination late
yesterday afternoon.
mis crime was committed by a
sexual pervert a sadist, one of the
worst types," said Dr. McCleneghan
He may have used a hand ax. but
the family l0t at aHbrick7 wrapped in cloth, was th
.... , , . i nroyuu. ii a. ubuuci were useu, ine
At the grave here a short prayer wnmtn Cf.v
from Tuesday's Dany
The funeral of the late Josenr
nejedley was held yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock at the Oak Hill
cemetery in this city, the service?
being held earlier in the afternoon
at the Brailey-Dorrance chapel a
Omaha and the funeral cortage driv
ing to this city where the interment
service was held by Rev. H. E. Sortor, end
pasior oi me r irsi raemoaisi cnurcn.
and a number of the old friends in
Although police see no connection
have returned to work yesterday.
The murder apparently was com
mitted in the earljr hours of the
ruorning,- as the bMMMDd did ool go
to work until nearly 4 o'clock.
The Larimore home had been ran
sacked about 1 o'clock in the morn
ing. Trousers belonging to Everett
Larimore, 21, and his brother, Da
mon. 1G, had been carried to the
basement and rifled.
Marks on the basement floor in
dicated the prowler remained in the
basement for some time.
Danbaum believes this same burg
lar killed the women
Two neighbors Mrs. Earl Thomas
and Mrs. Larimore noticed light3
burning in the front room and base
ment of the Resso home at 6 a. m.
when they arose.
They also told police they thought
and a number of the old friends in TiTio Ji-i T" tTa " " , iney aiso lum p""t,: luejr muugu.
this city were at the cemetery at at- l ?X j?f e UnSl something was wrong because Mrs
tend the last services of their old ld .u,d.er ? Jame.d. Blackman, 74, Resso did not answer calls from th
tend the last services of their old
time neighbor.
The pall bearers were six of the
nephews of the deceased, John, Har
ley and Joe Buttery of Lincoln, Mike
Warga, Jr., and W.
Dr. McCleneghan said the wounds in Libmn nnH halrerv man
eacn case were laenucai. The weapon Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Campbell,
used Inflicted a rather jagged lacera- Resso's stepfather and mother, who
tion from two and a half to three Hva neit rtnnr. did not notice anv-
iwu, i t i V 1 i i -i , t " ' - .
t v-oii.. a iiivuc-B iuuk, Baauennc h nr nnuaiinl nhnnt the Kesso nome
Havelock and W. R. Holly of thif r";.": "6 Uiai" wllu when they leu ror worK at o a. m
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a natcnet is missing from the Ttaacn'B dot or rwinrPB IK. llvlne
home of Mrs. Viola Larimore. who with tbeCampbells. failed to note
lives across the street. The home anvthlne unusual about the house
was broken Into between 1 and 6 when she went to school at 7 a. m.
o'clock Monday morning. The hatchet By the statement of the boy, Rob
ity.
Those attending the servlcese from
out of the city were: Mr. and Mrs.
William Holly and daughters, Bessie
and Elizabeth Holly and Mrs. Mark
Logsdon of Omaha, Mrs. J. J. But
tery and children, John.'Harley and 7relIhllie 8even Pounds, police believe Urt'. age 3. police believe he witness
ed the tragedy which ended his moth
er's life. He usually slept with creaa
upstairs.
Believe Child Saw It
The child has-made different state-
RETURNS FROM SAD MISSION
Tnccnh anrt Mica Ha1ti Ttnttfrr rt a lUB uaeu ia me muruers OI
Lincoln, Jose and Albert NeJedlei P"" lTT" "U"1CU-
of Sheridan, Wyoming, Mr. and Mrs. Whole Force on Case
Raymond Nejedley of Creighton, Miss Inspector of Detectives Danbaum.
Catherine Nejedley and Stanley who took personal charce of the in-
Nejedley of Omaha, Miss Helen vestigation. said ' the murders wem ments to detectives. On one point he
Nejedley of Bridgeport, Nebraska, Mr. the most atrocious he had ever been was emphatic, however, that Creda
and Mrs. W. J. Vallery and son, Ger- called upon to investigate. He said was killed first. "He hit Aunt Creda
aid of Havelock, Mr. and Mrs. Mike he could see no connection between first, and then came downstairs to
warga, jr.. or iiaveioca, Iran r the murder of J. W. Blackman earlv mamma." the lad said.
Buttery and daughter, Mrs. Margaret Sunday morning and the killing of Both children were unclothed when
Tefft of OmaTia, Peter J. Vallery of the . two women twenty-four hours the father found them and they had
tiaveiOCK. later. The South side VillinPTi woro heen without food all day.
undoubtedly the work of a degener- The two children are being cared
ate, he said. . for by Mrs. C. A. Guthrie, who re
Every member of the detective sides nearby and to whom the father
From Monday's Din I bureau is assiened to work on this carried them upon discovering the
Mrs. P. E. Scott, residing south case day and night until it is cleared tragedy. Melvin, who is just recover
of this city, returned home last even- up," Inspector Danbaum said Monday ing from a severe attack of pneu-
ing from Coleman, South Dakota, night. "In addition we have enlist- monia, has suffered a reiapse. it is
where she has been for several weeks ed the help of railroad special .off i- feared. When found, virtually un-
at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. leery who will give special attention dressed, he was suffering of cold and
Addie Laughlin and whose death to the vicinity of the Belt Line. Both later developed a fever
occurred on last Thursday. The! these murders took place within a I An uncle of the two women, W.
mother has been poorly for some few blocks of the Belt Line." J. Phllpot, of Nehawka, was in the
time and the daughter with the oth-1 In the Blackman case. Danbaum Omaha stockyards transacting busi
er members of the family have done! pointed out, robbery apparently was ness when he learned of the slaying
all possible to care for and comfort the motive. At Resso's there was no of his nieces. He went to tne scene
the mother In her last days. (indication of robbery as the motive, at once
The deceased lady was seventy! Mrs. Resso's purse was found, un- Mrs. Resso and Miss Brown were
years of age and with her husband, touched. It contained some change, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
John Laughlin, celebrated their gol-J The two, the inspector said, - ap-1 Brown, well-to-do farmers, of near
den wedding anniversary on Thura-lparently were killed not with an ax, Weeping Water. Their grandfather,
day, November l&th, 1927, a year but with a heavy blunt instrument. Charles Phllpot, is president or tne
to the day when the wife and moth- WTuhanrt Ti-nA TlnM First National bank of Weeping
er passed away. t,. k?co rM vrvVater and director or six others
The aged husband, five sons and wMn woonn 5x aaA r -m Creda graduated from high school
the one daughter, Mrs. Scott, are Rocan t,, nmo. last spring. The parents and Law-
surviving the passing of the mother., h -rh,-. rence Little, the girl's sweetheart.
I Ct,,nnA4 of ,rht to!i.. . liumieu oziu y-im.ux m
UNDERGOES OPERATION ed him in his wife's bedroom, Resso mediately
Wnm UnndlT'l ra.llv Iran hmnir)i V.o Kniian Knlltno- Tn- t,
Miss Lorene Windham of Omaha, sister-in-law. Miss Brown. He ran AN ArrSJuLllLVN
'.-.nnar Plottlimnntn nrl. Vl ntlr. nnataln wham ha rnnnH Tiai hnilit
ated on the last of the week at the Hs went to the door and cried for 1 wiRh to thank the many friends
Methodist hospital fbr an atUclt of help. -: The whimpering of his two !f JT"8 county xor umr une sup
appendicitis. The many friends of sons in their crib next attracted his flTn me n tbe recent American
this young lady in Platsmouth will attention. He picked them up and rs . . , 7, Z , . l ,
ho. nUooul fn learn that mho, la An- Iran a naftrhhnr muaL graitiuu oicair
1rr mrr nlr-lv and that her eondi- ; "Thv- an dad." h- P-aRnrl nn generous expression.
i n'tj
4on tm V a hut sni nnlnti tn falntul . iwuiirn.
speedy recovery from the illness and "We never locked our doors." said
the operation. ' IReeso. "Everyone was honest here,! Jiead the Journal Want -Ads.
-Miss
their
Eleanor
Prom Tuesday's Dally
Last evening a caravan of autOF
bearing some twenty-five of the busi
ness and professional men of thif
city journeyed up to our neighboring
community of Bellevue where they at
tended the banquet given by the
Men's club of that place and which
proved a real event in every way
and one that was attended by 200 of
the Bellevue men and their guests
from over the neighboring country
The ladies of the community had
prepared a very fine menu and was
served in exquisite manner by the
ladies and in the decorations the fall
season was emphasized, large shockr
of corn being placed around the hall
of the community building, while on
the tables the decorations of the
pumpkins and squash were very
cleverly arranved and made a fine
setting for the event.
The banquet was opened by the
ringing or "America and the song
was followed by an invocation by
Rev. Marshall, pastor of the Bellevue
cnurcn.
In the course of the program the
various delegations were stood up and
greeted by the Bellevue club and in
this respect the Plattsmouth dele
gation was the largest from any one
place at the banquet.
Perhaps one of the most interesting
features of the banquet was the ad
dress of S. W. Gramlich, a pioneer of
Sarpy county and who gave a line
historical sketch of the early settle
ment of this section and this part of
the state where Bellevue. Omaha
Plattsmouth and Nebraska City were
among the pioneer towns and have a
great part in the history of the state.
The Cardinal orchestra of Bellevue
was present and gave a very fine
selection that reflected great credl
upon all of the members, while in
the musleal line R. Newell led the
men la the ingiB(f -of- a number ot
songs that were very much enjoyed
by all of the large party.,
The members enjoyed a short talk
by D. F. Stouffer. president of the
Bellevue club and in which he ex
tended ' the greetings and welcome
to the visitors of the evening.
One of the fine musical offeringp
was the cornet solo given by Glenn
Woodring of the Bellevue club and
which was of much artistic beauty
A. J. Miller also added to the en
tertainment of the evening with e
very clever chalk talk that all en
joyed to the utmost. ,
The Plattsmouth Rotary quarte'
composed of Fronk Cloidt, Demmie
Hiatt, H. G. McClusky. and R. W
Knorr, with Hilt Wescott tickling the
ivories, made a - big hit and the
Plattsmouth songsters were compell
ed to give three numbers before the
banquet party would permit their re
suming their Beats.
The address of the evening war
made by Judge James T. Begley, na
tive son of Sarpy county and now
the presiding judge of the Judicial
district that includes Cass, and Sarpy
counties. The subject of the address
of the eloquent jurist was that o'
Individual Responsibility to the
Community." In his remarks Judge
Begley gave a splendid resume of the
many responsibilities that the lndl
vidual citizen has in his community
the fact that the community life de
pends on just how much each citizen
nuts into his work for civic progress
and the results or the community is
the reflection of the efforts of their
Deonle. The address was very timely
and to the point and left in the minds
of all some real facts as to the needs
of the community and the manner
In which they may be achieved by
the united efforts of the individual
citizens.
BIDDING IS BRISK
From Tuesday's IJty
This morning Deputy Sheriff W. R.
Young conducted a sale of several
pieces of property in this city which
had accumulation of taxes for several
year9 and which was placed on the
block under the campaign to place
thi3 property in hands where the
taxes would be secured each year in
the future.
The building adjoining the L. B.
Egenberger building on the east was
purchased by Mr. Egenberger for
$750 while that on the west of the
Egenberger building was purchased
for $175.
The lots on which the Alfa
Malze building is located was sold to
Mayor John P. Battler for $500 to
cover the taxes.
Byron Golding purchased the west
half of the building at Third and
Main streets and the lots on Chicago
avenue occupied by the Cotner auto
clearing house.
Daniel W. Foster
Dies at Home in
Omaha, Age 94
Long Time Resident of Near Union
Passes Away After a Long
and Useful Life.
MARRIED IN OREGON
The announcement has been re
ceived here of the marriage on Oc
tober 16th at Dallas. Oregon, of Miss
Zelah Bartbolemew of Covallis, Ore-
eon, and Ralnh Twltchell. who is a
student at the Oregon state agricul
tural college at Covallis and a son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Twltchell. for
mer residents of this city. The groom
was a very young lad when the fam
ily left this city for the west coast
and has spent his lifetime In that
country. .The many old time friends
of the family in this city will be
pleased to learn of the happy event
that has occurred in the Twltchell
family. .;
WILL RETURN HOME
V-rom Tuesday Dally -
Everett Fulton, seventeen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fulton of
south of this city, who has been at
the Immanuel hospital at Omaha for
the past four weeks, will be able to
return home in the next few days
word from the hospital states, the
young man having shown much im
provement and while he was detained
a few days for fear of complications
n his case he is now doing so "well
that it is thought that he can return
home nd recuperate there under tbe
care of the family. -
From Tuesday's Ually
This morning at the home in Oma
ha where he has resided for the past
several years, Daniel W. Foster, long
time resident of Union, passed away,
death coming as the result of the In
firmaties of his very advanced age
as he lacked but two months of
reaching his ninety-fifth year.
Mr. Foster has been making his
home with his daughter, Miss Mary
E. Foster, of the Omaha city schools
since the death of bis wife last year.
The deceased was for many years
one of the best known residents of
Cass county and was active in the
community life at Union where he
located in the early seventies and
made his home up until the time the
family rtmoved to Omaha and where
Mrs. Foster passed away in 1927.
. Daniel W. Foster was born In
Washington county, Illinois, January
'll, 1834, and spent his younger
years in that state, locating later In
the state of Ohio in 1853 where he
j took a mechanical course in tbe
I Smith college at Cincinatti and also
From Monday. Dally at the spools at Granville. Ohio.
Several changes in the Chevrolet e completed his education in Fay
sales agency in Plattsmouth have ette county. Ohio and took up his
been effected in the past few diiys. work 8 a carpenter, to lowed it for
wo- iiaft some years. On July 20, 1861. Mr.
m m j m. MbW'p 11 -r vvu A. VS V- Itiu A V A. f .
the Plattsmouth Motor Co'b. shop for
Changes in the
Chevrolet Sales
Agency Here
Harry Platte Purchases Interest of R,
F. Berger Will Operate Own
Shop in the Future.
several months and an employee of
Smith & Berger Chevrolet Co. for the
past year, has purchased the interest
of Raymond F. Berger and will in the
future be associated with Fred Smith
in the conduct of this business under
the name "Service Chevrolet Garage."
Mr. Berger, retiring member of the
firm, has not announced just what his
plans are for the future.
Another change of importance Is
the acquisition by Messrs. Platte and
Smith of the repair shop and equip
ment which has heretofore been op
erated independently of the sales end
f the -business; "by Fred Wynn,-who
has disposed of his equipment and ex
pects to locate elsewhere within the
next few weeks.
In addition to the well equipped
shop acquired from Mr. Wynn, the
new owners are installing some addi
tional machinery in order to be able
to serve their patrons more efficient
ly than ever.
Messrs. Smith and Platte are very
enthusiastic about the new Chevrolet
Six that will be on the market the
first of the year, and although the
sales force broke all previous records
in the sale of Chevrolet cars during
1928, they expect to again go over the
top this year. They have just receiv
ed a bunch of descriptive literature
on the 1929 model and are loud in
praise of its powerful six-cylinder
valve-in-head motor.
The change gives the sales and ser
vice ends of the business in the same
hands and should result In building
up a most efficient service agency for
the owners of Chevrolet cars.
Co-incident with: their taking over
the business, comes the announcement
of the inauguration of a cash policy
on all parts and labor. Progressive
business men the country over are
Foster responded to tne call of his
country and enlisted in the Union
army in Pickaway county as a mem
ber of Co. A 27th Ohio Infantry. He
took part in a number of most severe
engagements of the war, was at Corn
ith and at the fall of Atlanta with
the army of General W. T. Sherman.
He was raised to the rank of cor
poral and on August 17, 1S64, after
more than three years of hard ser
vice was discharged from the army
and returned to the state of Ohio.
He made his way back to Pickaway
county and where he was married to
Miss Letisha McKlnley, a school day
jrriend.. The. family., settled in Pick
away county for several years and
then joined the tide of settlers flow
ing westward and after locating In
several places in the west came to
southern Cass county where Mr. Fos
ter and his family settled on the
farm southeast of where the present
town of Union is located and which
farm is now occupied by the son of
the deceased. Seven children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Foster, five of
whom have preceded the parents in
death, Andrew W., Alma, an infant,
Fred, and Mrs. Nettie Stanton. The
living children are Miss Mary E.
Foster of Omaha and Ruben E. Fos
ter of Union.
In his residence in this county Mr.
Foster was very prominent in the
councils of the democratic party and
his ability and leadership was valu
able in the affairs of his community
and county and his splendid char
acter made him a strong figure In
his community.
LEAVES THE HOSPITAL
From Wednesasya Dairy
The many frnds here of Mrs
W. P. Sitzman "will be pleased tc
coming to this policy and in numer- learn that this estimable lady has so
ous cases whole towns in Nebraska far recovered from the effects of her
have organized "cash only" plans of recent operation that ahe was able
doing business in order to cut down yesterday to leave the hospital and go
the exnense of doine business, elimi- to the home of her daughter, Mrs
nate credit losses and save the cost of Floyd Sealock, where she will recup-
bookkeeplng. erate for a few days ana it is noped
mai on oaiuraay sue win ue auie lu
return home to this city if her present
WILL DEPART FOR CALIFORNIA rate of improvement continues.
Mrs. D. C. Morgan and daughter.
Miss Gertrude, are to leave on Thurs
day for San Diego, California, where
they are planning to spend the win
ter months and while there win
be guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Atkinson. Miss Mor-
JOHN CORY VERY LOW
From Monday's Dally
John Cory, old time resident of
this city, who has been in failing
health for some months past. Is very
low nt hi hnm at the Hotel Per
gon has been entertained at several jjjng an(j the condition of the patient
farewell social gatherings in tne VPS hut little hone of his recovery.
past two weeks, given by the friends Mr and MrB George Cory, Harvej
here and to bid her and her mother Cory and Mr and Mra. peter Luft of
a pleasant Journe yto the west and Rn. r.itv. Iowa, arrived here today
the most delightful outing possible. caned by the illness of Mr. Cory
George and Harvey Cory are brother?
RETURNS TO KENTUCKY
and Mrs. Luft a neice of John Cory.
From Ttisdays Dajiy
Miss Ethel Hughes, who has been
here for the past two weeks visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. G.
McClusky, . departed today for St
Joseph, Missouri, where she will visit
at the home of another sister, Mrs.
R. B. Elliott and family and will then
return to Outlook, Kentucky, where
she is engaged as a nurse in the U. S.
Veterans hospital at that place, one
of the largest Veteran hospitals In
the central part of the country.
DISTRICT COURT HAPPENINGS
WINS HIGH HONORS
rrom Tuesday' DalTr
In the district court a decree of
divorce was granted the plalntilf In
the case of Joseph M. (xk vs. Mable
Cook, the defendant defaulting in
the case and on the hearing to the
court the decree as prayed for was
granted.
In the case of Stull vs. Ed Mar
shall, et al. the case was tried to
the court and findings for the plain
tiff entered in the settlement of the
case.
Eighty-nine: members of the senior.
class at .Nebraska Wesleyan Unlver-;
sity will be presented to Chancellor
B. Schreckengast for formal recog
nition at the annual Senior Recog
nition Day . services, to be held at
Wesleyan on Friday, November 23.
Helen Wescott of Plattsmouth, a
CARD OF THANKS
Appreciating as I do the many acts
of assistance given me In the popular
ity contest of the American Legion
Harvest Festival, I take this mean?
of returning my deep appreciation
to the kind friends and whose work
senior, is a member of Theta Alpha made is possible for me to secure the
Phi, national honorary dramatic fra- first prize, the handsome diamond
ternlty. ring. Miss Florence Terryberry.