MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1928.
PLATTSMOUTH SEM - WEEKLY JOUMTA1
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SEASON'S GREETINGS We take this occasion to
express our appreciation
of the- pleasant relationship ve have enjoyed with you during the
past and to extend to you our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and
a Happy and Prosperous New Year. . . . Throughout 1929 and
every succeeding year it will be our purpose to merit a continua
tion of your friendship and the confidence with which you have
favored us and which we treasure among j -tjttixt DTrd
our most valued assets. Cordially yours lvJXvlliJN IjXVLo.
CELEBRATION IN NEVADA
Ue Never Overlook Christmas!
but to those of us who are happy and who care for the
sons until we have grown from childhood to maturity,
but to those of us who are rappy and who care for the
better joys of the passing days Christmas comes each
year with a pack full of glad new pleasures. May this
good season find you enjoying the best times of your life.
Miles EV3. Allen
South Sixth Street
Ias Vegas, Nev. Dec. 21. Shot
guns and frying pans were pressed
into service as noise makers here
today by a Joy mad populace that
turned out to celebrate the signing
of the Boulder dam bill by Presi
dent Coolidge.
Mayor Heese of this little railroad
city said that the signing of the
bill was a Christmas gift of millions,
and an increase in population of not
leBB than 10,000 persons during the
next three years. As materials for
the construction must pass thru Las
Vegas, business men believe that a
vast expansion may be expected. j
Every man, woman and child join
ed in a parade led by the mayor and
the municipal band, drowning out
the music with shouting and noise
from impromptu instruments.
Stocks Jump
on Report of
Rail Merger
Finest hand tooled Leather Reports Persist That Missouri Pacific
Hand Bags, Beaded Bags, etc. Is Negotiating for Chicago
at Bates Book and Gift Shop
at most reasonable prices.
Great Western.
HERE'S TO YOU
For your good health
For abundant wealth
For love and friends
For plenty to eat
And that's happiness
New Way Castle
Phone 15 6th and Vine Sts.
Search as one may for other words, it is
pretty hard to beat that old, familiar
greeting, "Merry Christmas."
Enjoyment and happiness are two of the
greatest privileges that are granted us.
We hope that when you awake on
Christmas morning, you will have the
pleasure of enjoying with your family,
or other true friends, one of the happiest
days of your life.
The success of The Ladies Toggery is
due to good folks like you, and words are
small things with which to express our
sincerity in thanking you for your part.
Each of us realizes what real friends mean
and in a friendly sort of way, we want to
say that we appreciate your helpful
patronage.
The Shop of Personal Service
"The Shop of Personal Service'
Telephone 61 Plattsmouth, Neb.
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
Joined by Every E
mploye
We send you Sincere, Hearty Greetings
and Good Wishes for Christmas
and the Year 1929.
Inspired by the spirit of good-will and
friendliness of the Christmas season,
we greet you and give you our thanks
for 1928 patronage. We will appre
ciate your 1 929 business.
Economy Gleaners & Dyers
Telephone No. 4 126 So. 6th Street
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Christmas Brings Happiness
to the Whole Wide World
and it is our wish that to you may come a
double portion of joy during this
great and good season
Often we wish that we could gather all our friends to
gether and talk to them, out of our very heart of the ap
preciation we feel for their loyalty to us since we have
been in business. But since we cannot do this, we take
pleasure in sending this message of thanks and good
wishes in the sincere hope that it will reach each of you.
Good Lumber Hot Coal
John L Wall, Jr.
Telephone 40
Our Most Priceless Asset
Some folks say business is one thing
and friendship is another. But without
friends we would have no joy in doing
business.
We claim the friendship of our patrons.
We would not have it otherwise.
So, as one friend to another, we send
you cordial Christmas Greetings and
the wish that 1929 will bring you the
things you have long wished for.
Ao o IBsxsfjfl
Main Street Store South Park Store
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
ay the Season Bring Vou
NEW HOPE
GLADNESS
CONTENTMENT
PEACE
HEALTH
PROSPERITY
AMBITION
FRIENDS
GOOD CHEER
SMILES
LOVE
And may you have the capacity to enjoy
each of these and many other blessings!
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co,
- "AJNebraska Company Serving Its People'
Reports have reached Omaha of
an impending merger between the
Missouri Pacific and the Chicago
Great Western railroads, giving the
Missouri Pacific an entrance into
Minneapolis and Chicago.
" The reports are inspired by recent
heavy trading in Great Western
' stock, by the fact that the Missouri
Pacific recently surveyed the Great
Western's books and by an admis-
sion from a Missouri Pacific official
j that his road had been approached
( recently as a possible purchaser of
the Great Western, which has been
for sale for two years.
Stocks Rise Suddenly.
Whether the Ftock purchases were
by agents for the Missouri Pacific
i or by professional traders who guess
! ed there was a deal on, has not been
ascertained. The stock has been
stagnant for a long time, the com
Jmon being quoted at 13 to 15, and
f preferred, on which there have been
I no dividends since 1919, never go-
ing over 30. Wednesday common
j touched 22, and preferred, 48.
I The Great Western, known as the
! Maple Leaf route, has four terminals
for its 1,495 miles of track. These
are Omaha, Minneapolis, Chicago and
Kansas City, which enters from Leav
enworth over Missouri Pacific rails.
Lines extend from each terminal
to northern Iowa and southern Min
nesota. Meeting in January.
Thus trains from Chicago run on
the same line to Oelwein. Ia., wheth-
i er their destination be Minneapolis.
Omaha or Kansas City, and trains
from Omaha run to Clarion, la., go
ing either to Minneapolis or Chicago.
The Kansas City-Oelwein line, which
goes through Des Moines, could take
Missouri Pacific traffic either to
Minneapolis or Chicago. !
The Chicago Great Western's an
nual meetinjr will be held next month
i in New York. The deal may be dis
closed at that time.
Missouri Pacific lines now extend
from Omaha on the north, St. Louis
on the east, and Pueblo on the west,
criss-crossing most of the territory
from these cities to the Gulf or Mex
ico from New Orleans to Mexico.
Smithsonian
Instfrition Has
a Busy Year
Nearly 1,000,000 Specimens Con
tributed for Study From
All Over World
Washington Nearly 1,000.000
specimens were contributed during
the last fiscal year to the natural
science collections administered by
the Smithsonian Instiution for study
and diffusion of knowledge con
cerning them.
At the annual meeting of the
board of regents, Charles G. Abbot,
secretary, reported that there had
come from Alaska, the Dominican
Republic, the American southwest
and elsewhere objects made by pre
historic man; from the Philippines
the C. F. Baker collection of East
Indian insects, one of the finest in
existence; from Honduras, Formosa
and Sumatra have come plant speci
mens; from Siam and China valu
able natural history collections;
from Mexico and elsewhere, rare and
important minerals.
What visitors to the capital see
in the National Museum where the
collections are housed is but a frac
tion of the Smithsonian's wealth.
Dr. Abbot points out. "The study
collections include millions of speci
mens never put on exhibition but
which provide the basic materials
for studying the fauna, flora, geo
logy, paleontalalgy and ethnology of
this country and other areas of the
earth.
During the year the Smithsonian
and its branches sent out 30 expedi
tions relating to the natural history
sciences, working in fields as far
apart as Alaska, Mexico. South
America, South Africa. China and
the East Indies. Special attention
was paid to the West Indian archi
pelago. Expeditions were largely
financed by friends of the Smith
sonian. The mass of data on solar radia
tion is growing, andw in time may
make it possible to forecast weather
for long periods ahead, it is hoped.
President Colidge was among the
87 donors who presented 138 speci
mens to the National Zoological
Park during the year. The outstand
ing gift of the year to the National
Gallery of Art was the Thomas Morn
painting of the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone, presented by George
Dupont Pratt, Dr. Abbot reports.
Cigars, Cigarettes, Lighters,
Pipes and Tobacco- all make
fine gifts for men folks who
use them. No apologies need
ed, either, when you buy them
here, for we keep them in per
fect shape with our automatic
electric humidor. Drop in and
have a look at these and many
other gift suggestions at the
Bates Book and Gift Shop.
WANTED, a good improved farm
or ranch close fo Plattsmouth, Nebr. !
What have 70U? .Give full description
and price ja "first letter. Write 0$
454, tJffin. Nebraska, 10-7
Hire- f mm
To wish you all the Joy
And Happiness of Christmas tide
And a Happy New Year
Popular Variety Store
The Greatest Desire of the Human Heart
IS TO BE APPRECIATED
Without appreciation, love and good will
this old world wouldn't be worth living in.
If we had all the money in the world, without
the confidence and esteem of our friends, life
would be miserable.
To YOU, who have shown us so many kind
nesses through the years, we express our
warmest thanks and sincere appreciation.
May we always be mutually
helpful to each other
Ghrist Furniture Store
Telephone No. 645 South 6th Street
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
MAY YOUR HAPPINESS
BE UARRED
It is our wish that nothing will happen to dis
turb your happiness during this glad Christmas
season and that you will take with you into the
New Year a liberal portion of the joys of this
season.
Permit us to express to each of you our sin
cere thanks for your patronage of the past.
We sincerely trust that you will feel we have
merited a continuation of your favors.
iwansiy's afe
Sixth and Main Streets Basement
HELLO THERE, SANTA GLAUS!
This echo continues to be heard, for Santa was
indeed in Plattsmouth again this year to greet
his little friends and see if they have been good
during the past year, so that he will know
whether they are deserving of the presents
they have asked for.
We are always happy during this part of the
year, for it seems our opportunity of serving
the people, young and old, is ever at its best.
Year by year passes, yet we always have the
same good friends, with those others who
have been added during the passing of the
days. We thank our many friends for their
business, and wish for them the happiest of
all Christmas.
L.
Telephone No. 252