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How about the Thanksgiving tur
key? -:o:
Add similes: A9 long-lived as a
tariff compromise.
It's the hardest kind of work to
play a winning game.
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No change of circumstances can
repair a defect of character.
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Canada is now looking for trade
extension to South America.
:o:
If you have not yet joined the
Tied Cross, do it before the time is up.
:o:
Another old-time expression we
hear these days is, "Feed the Brute."
-:o:
Immediately after Thanksgiving
commence your Christmas shopping.
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The Canada-Detroit bridge has
been referred to as a "spiritual link."
Exactly.
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When Sinclair gained his freedom
the jail lost a good apothecary. Noth
ing is perfect.
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If you are in the enjoyment of
good health that's one thing you can
be thankful for.
Messers Hawley and Smoot may be
remembered as joint authors of the
unwritten tariff law.
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Well. if long skirts do come back,
being less visible, there will be less
knocking of the knock-knees.
rot-
Henry Ford will raise wage3 and
lower prices at once. He always was
up and going ahead of the parade.
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One great disadvantage of a sen
sible wife is that she has a way of
cramping the style of a fool husband.
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One magazine takes up nine pages
explaining farm relief so that the
farmers reading it cannot understand
it.
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In case of a United States of Eu
rope, it is assumed that Mr. Musso
lini personally would be the Solid
South.
:o:
Another great merger is reported,
that of the General Motors and West
inghouse for radio purposes. The day
of mergers.
:o:
A man may think woman's place is
in the home, but he is some optimist
if he expects to find her there when
he gets home.
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We wonder what the doctor would
do if Nature should decide that since
they always are having them cut out
she would produce future human be
ings minus adenoids, tonsils, appen
dixes and teeth.
1930 RED LINE
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An automatic throttle speeds cr slows the engine
to correspond with load demands. An automatic
choke makes starting quick and certain . . . even in
cold weather.
Let us give you all the facts about these and
other 1930 ''Red Line" Delco-Lights. We are the
authorized Delco-Light Dealers in this locality.
Come in today.
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Weeping Water, Nebraska
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Courage is all right, but brain co
operation is needed.
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The kids begin to anticipate seme
thing nice from Santa Claus.
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Christmas comes but once a year
and let's all have a good time.
:o:
Extra session to end in futility, so
far as tariff bill is issue, senate rules
Ford is one of 22 to confer with
Fresident to map plans for progress.
:o:
It ought not to be a crime to
shoot the pest who hogs two park
ing spaces.
:o:
As Col. Carroll left the stand tHey
all knew they had not been to a
dollar-a-year man.
:o:
The local Red Cross has done a
wonderful lot of good in helping
those that need help.
:o:
It's strange we have heard no plea
from the Red Cross to come to the
aid of the Wall Street sufferers.
:o:
As a date a girl may be as desir
able as money, but as a wife be about
as valuable as the hole in the daugh-
nut.
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A pickpocket is the highest-salaried
employee of one of New York's night
clubs, and the guests think he is
great.
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The new currency does not take up
so much room as the old. And what
it does take up it does not take up
any longer.
:o:
The movies enable many a man to
sit around in the evening without
having to listen to his better half's
opinion of him.
:o:
Miniature golf links are now all
the rage. This is an ideal game for
a man rather lazy as he does not
have to walk much.
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Secretary Mellon is formulating a
plan to be submitted to Congress pro
viding for greater speed in the pub
lic building program.
:o:
The problem of efficient air ports
is to receive government assistance.
But there is not so much advice as
money. This is different.
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As long as there are political
parties there will be partisanship.
and what else can be naturally ex
ected. It is the Joy of life.
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What has become of the old-fash
ioned bov who used to look for a
white horse every time he saw a red
headed girl? When a boy sees a red
headed girl these days, he looks for
a fliivver in which to take her on a
petting trip.
9-39
Couple named Learned have been
divorced in Kansas. They learned evi
dently a lot of unpleasant things
about each other.
-:o:
Ton9 of old paper money turned
In for new are being destroyed by
the treasury. But some way the same
,old filthy currency circulates.
:o:
To the country club robber set has
been added pair who converse in
French. Xo doubt they are raising
funds for a Mediterranean cruise.
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Senator Glass lays blame for stock
crash on Banker Mitchell.. Declares
head of National City Bank of New
York is "More responsible than all
others."
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An average husband is one whose
good qualities have as much chance
of being discussed by the family as
the Einstein theory has at a petting
party.
:o:
Citizens of a near-by city have pro
tested against establishment of a coal
yard in their neighborhood. Aren't
the nights dark out there, or are they
honest?
-:o:-
The Soviet government has not
been recognized, but their fliers were
accorded a generous reception at
Seattle. The world accords praise to
brave deeds.
-:o:
Now and then you meet a wife
who is such a chatterbox you are con
vinced love was not only blind but
Btone deaf when her husband was
courting her.
:o:
The kid whose greatest ambition
is to learn to wiggle his ears never
dreams that the time will come when
it will be to sneak in without wak
ing up the wife.
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Sometimes it seems galoshes are
the most hideous things women ever
have fallen for, and then somebody
reminds us of the bustle and the leg-of-mutton
sleeves.
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Just off hand, our guess would be
that the happiest men are those who
ever are invited places where they
have to watch the hostess to find out
which fork to use.
:o:
Daughter and mother will wear
their skirts longer, and so will father
his suit, but the difference will be
that the skirts daughter and mother
will wear will be new.
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Some of the cutles are making such
wrecks of their skins with the paint
and powdeer they are using now.
that they'll have to use a trowel to
put on their complexions by the
time they are 40.
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AS TO CRIMINAL NEWS
There has been considerable dis
cussion of late as to the propriety
of newspapers printing criminal
news, with the reported trying of ex
periments of not printing any but a
few, and compromises on part of oth
ers. One paper Informed its patrons
that thereafter criminal news would
be barred from the front pages. Just
what effect this had has not been as
certained. Absence of crime news
would weaken headline artists, give
room of first pages for less thrilling
matter, but the inside pages would
have new sensations with advertis
ers asking tneir contrirutions d
placed next to some bit of choice
news. iNOt Decause advertisers wouia
wish to encourage crime, but because
they understand human nature.
There are two sides to almost every
phase of human life, and printing
crime news is one of them. In an
address before the Inland Dally Press
association at West Baden, Ind., on
one occasion Frederick S. Schorte-
meier, secretary of state of Indiana,
spoke upon this subject, taking issue
with persons who advocate the sup
pression of crime news:
"I can not agree with those who
would keep from society Its own
weakness," said Mr. Schortemeier.
"We must know our Bins to escape
them."
With no crime news, the world
might look more beautiful, true good
ness apparently uppermost, but the
crime and wrong doing would go on
just the same, likely worse because
certain no exposure and publicity
would follow. It may be a sorrow
ful thing to say that humankind 13
affected by more or less publicity, and
It is this that keeps in the paths of
right doing so many apparently good
people and of keeping their temers
in a cooler condition. The certainty
of having names and offenses pub-
lically known is more effective with
some than a book full of moral pre
cepts, and yet the press fails to get
at the wrong doing the law does not
reach.
What might be done is less picture
publicity, shortening up of such
lengthy and prolonged details. Pub
licity is a good agent when not over
done. Banishing publication of crime
will not abolish the disease.
Farms for Sale!
80 acres, new improvements, good
land, 12 acres alfalfa, running wat
er, on gravel road, 3 miles west of
Plattsmouth.
240 acres, splendid improvements.
30 acres prairie hay. All land has
been seeded down to sweet clover and
timothy and clover, and now produc
ing good crops. Good small orchard.
Three miles south of post office and
V2 miles from gravel. Terms to suit
purchaser.
Other Bargains in Cass
County Farms See
T. El. POLLOCK
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
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ACTION AT LAST
Mr. Hoover, who is making the fur
fly in various directions, has tackled
the problem of consolidating Govern
ment bureaus and departments which
has been the Bubject of discussion
for the past 10 years. He will ask.
Congress to authorize a plan to con
solidate within the Department ot
Justice, where they belong, all pro
hibition enforcement activities, and
another plan to gather under one
head all agencies dealing with war
veterans and their dependents, now
scattered in at least four separate
departments.
It is expected these two consolida
tions will save several millions of
dollars and are, therefore, strongly
to be desired from the standpoint of
economy. Greater efficiency, of
course, is another argument for them
As constituted at present, the struc
ture of our Government resembles an
old house to which numerous addi
tions have been made from time to
time, tacked on to the original build
ing, as it were, without any regard
for the symetry of the whole.
This condition Is something of an
anomaly in a country noted for the
skillful manner and lack of waste
fulness in which the business of its
huee corporations is conducted. It
would seem natural that our Gov
ernment should reflect the progress
that has been made in business man
agement. Instead it horrifies every
business executive who has studied
the numerous duplications and over-
lappings of its departments and bu
reaus.
President Harding, it is true, took
the first step toward reorganization
of official Washington by appointing
a commission to look into the subject.
His successor, Mr. Coolidge, had every
opportunity to carry into effect the
commission's findings, but. as in
everything else, he followed the pol
icy of negation. Happily, we now
have a President who is not content
with sitting in the White House as
immobile as a graven Boddha. He
craves action, and is getting action
on a reform which everyone has
agreed for a decade should be accom
plished, but which we have until now
waited for in vain.
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OUR QUEER COURTS
Queer things happen in the courts
these days.
Down in Texas a man was tried
for murder, convicted of manslaugh
ter and given a four-year penal sen
tence, from which he took appeal and
the case was reversed.
At the second trial he was con
victed, sentenced to serve forty-five
years, appeal taken, and the case re
versed.
At the third trial the jury prompt
ly returned a verdict of guilty as
charged, the defendant sentenced to
death, and this time it was affirmed
by the Supreme Court.
Well, after all, the man has no
kick coming. He was given every
consideration.
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THE WALL STREET GAME
It's a great game they have been
playing up in Wall street during the
past few hectic weeks, and a lot of
folks on the outside are wondering
what it is all about.
Perhaps a little enlightenment may
prove helpful.
We will take a suppositious case,
so simple that even the most ele
mental mind may understand.
Three players engage in a game.
All are equally skillful and no one
cheats. The element of luck does not
enter into this hypothetical game.
The law of averages provides that
each player will be favored equally
over a period of time. Each player
breaks even; nobody wins, nobody
loses.
In order to make the game profit
able, a person, whom we will call a
creator, suggests to the players that
they use chips instead of money. The
creator issues these chips in exchange
for their money, and from time to
time distributes to each player some
extra chips or some money out of
the profits which the Creator earns
by the use of the money in his in
dustry. Everybody wins.
More players join the game, and
soon the creator stops issuing any
mere chips for awhile, as he cannot
use additional money to maximum
advantage in exploiting his business
Then the players buy chips from each
other, and the value of the chips rises,
A few more creators appear, and is
sue chips of different colors, some
blue, some red, some black, in fact,
all colors.
A group of bankers gather about
These bankers loan money on mar
gin to help these players, as well as
newscomers to buy chipa to play with
But they must stand by and watch
this great game, lest their debtors
equities should become too small.
Meanwhile, more agents are re
quired to serve the players: more
attendants are needed to keep re
cords, more stewards to provide the
players with food, more porters to
keep the place clean, etc. The play
ers, of course, pay for all expenses in
operating this game.
However, the whole houses pros
pers. Everybody is making money be
cause everybody is playing scientifi
cally equal, and nobody cheats. Be
fore long, the whole community hears
about this great House of Fortune,
and a veritable gold rush ensues.
There is a great demand for chips
The creator continues to declare dlvl
dends. but the prices of the chips
rise so high that the percentage of
profit is very small. Besides, each
player must eat and sleep, and must
pay for his Bhare of the bookkeep
ing Involved. Moreover, those who
play with borrowed money must pay
interest to the bankers for this priv
ilege.
The House of Fortune becomes too
expensive. One player after, another
sells out his ehips to the remaining
Dlavers and. to new arrivals: the
chips rapidly decline in value, and
the bankers call in their loans. A
panic occurs.
Some of the players -remain; tut
the creator survives. '
An the simple leaaon of (' all . Wall
street debacles Is: The man who
serves an economic function, by the
use of creative energy in the long run
surpasses the man who employs most
ly speculative brains. . , .
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MORE ROADS FOR MORE CARS
In France. Alfred P. Sloan predicts
continuation ot automobile manufac
turers in America at the present pace
indefinitely. The day before the
American Automobile association, in
an appeal for a new national road
building drive, estimated the Amer
ican registration of cars and trucks
at 35,000,000 by 1940.
Allowing for the increase since
ast year's figures, probably 24,000.-
000 machines are in use in the Unit
ed States now. The figures of 36,
000.000 by 1940 means replacement
virtually all these 24.000.600 and
the addition of 11,000.000 more. Al
though part of the foreign demand
no doubt will be met through plants
operated abroad, the manufacture
here of still other huge fleets of ma
chines for export nevertheless will
continue.
As Mr. Sloan says, fluctuations of
output from time to time are inevi
table; but that in no way weakens
the accumulation of evidences Indi
cating a decade of manufacturing
expansion In the United States equal
ing, and by all probabilities, far sur
passing the decade now coming to an
end.
The arguments both for the future
of automobile manufacturing In
America, and the persistent highway
and street development In the coun
try and in the cities, are overwhelm
ingly convincing.
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"You don't seem to be very en
thusiastic about your rich old Uncle."
'No when I try to speak to him he Is
distant, and when I try to touch him
he la does.
Every year Vassar's popularity increases.
It is THE underwear for those who really
care about fit and getting their money's
worth. ... We have all wanted weights
in cotton and have added a new number in
part wool to retail at $3.50 the garment.
Cotton Unions
Wool Unions
By the time the raising gener
ation has riz it probably will be so
fed up on late hours it probably will
want to go to bed by 9 o'clock but
if the next one Is anything like this
one. It, too, will lie awake most of
the night waiting for the ehildren to
get in.
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This country contributed 105,
000,000 to the near east relief fund.
A report states that 132,532 orphan
children have been saved from star
vation. We are a generous people and
the satisfaction is a good work well
done.
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FOR SALE
One roan Polled shorthorn bull
nine months old. If interested call
phone 3S04. Frank Parkenlng.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, 83.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the Estate of
Flora F. Sans, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
Too are hereby notified, that
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth. Ln said county, on the
6th day of December. 1929. and the
7th day of March. 1930, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of each day, to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate.
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for the
resexi tatloo of claims against said
estate la three, months from the 6th
day of December. A. D. 1929, and
the time limited fax payment ot debts
Is oils year from said 6th day of De
cember, IS 2-9.
Witness ray hand and the seal of
said County Court this Oth day of
March. 182.
A. K. DUXBURY.
(Seal) nll3w County Jodge.
SHEHIFFS.SALE
State' of rehraaka.; County of Cass,
. By 'virtue ! of. an. Order of. Sale is
sued by Gclda . Noble Beal, Clerk of
tLe "District Court,', within and' for
Cass county; Nebraska, and to me
directed. I- willv6n the- 28th day of
December Ai ' D.- 19.29 at 19 o'clock
a-'nl. of paid r day 'at the south front
door -of taV court 'bouse', in 'the 'city
of Plat tarhoutt. 'Nebraska, in said
county; a&f at-public auction to the
highest ! Wqflej' tor -cash the follow
lag' teal eitate'.to-arit: ;
The 'South west Quartr (8W)
' of ' Section iS) .Twoahip- Eleven
(11); RaiuE . Thirteen; .il3).
? East ol the .6th , R. M. Cass
L County. Nebraska
Tb same. . being levjed and taken
as the' broperty at George W. Rhoden
and Mary E.; Rhoden; defendants, to
satisfy a Judgment of -said Court re
covered by Conservative Mortgage
Company, a corporation, plaintiff
against said defetidaats.
Pla4tnaouta. - Nebraska, November
21st A. D. 1999.
BERT . REED.
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
In the District Court of Cass
County, Nebraska
Eveline B.
Stamp.
Plaintiff
Taylor, t al,
Defendants
vs.
NOTICE
Charles E.
Notlee is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a decree and order
of the District Court of Case county.
Nebraska, entered in the above
entitled cause on the 21st day of No
vember, 1929, the undersigned ref
eree will, on the 28th day of De
cember. 1929, at 10:00 o'clock a. m..
at the south front door of the court
house,' in the City of Plattsmouth,
Nebraska, Bell . at public auction to
the highest bidder, the following de
scribed real estate, to-wit:
The southeast Quarter (SBV.)
of the northeast quarter (NE Vi )
and the northeast, quarter
(NE Vi ) of the southeast quar
ter (SE4)t of Section six (6).
Township eleven (11), Range
fourteen (14), ln Cass county,
Nebraska
upon the following terms: 10 of
bid in cash on day of sale,' balance
upon confirmation of sale and deliv
ery of referee's deed.
Said sale will be held open one
hour.
Dated this 23rd day of November,
929.
J. A. CAPWELL,
Referee.
. O. DWYER,
Attorney.
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It may take all kinds of people to
make a world, but it is hard to fig
ure out what use the people who are
as pleasant to meet as a green per
simmon is to eat, are in it.
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World radio broadcasting is being
pushed forward. Before long connect
ing links will be in operation. Then,
all the world's stage will be seen or
beard by all. Shakespeare's "all the
world is a stage," will be a reality.
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TOR SALE
Some nice Barred Rock cockrels
and pullets for sale. Priced right
if taken soon. Mrs. Otto Puis. Mur
ray, phone No. 2914, Murray line.
n21-3tw.
NOTICE OP SHERIFF'S SALE
By virtu of a special order of
Bale on execution of judgment issued
by Golda Noble Beal. Clerk of th
District Court of Cass county, Ne
braska, upon a decree entered in
said court in favor of D. O. Dwyer
as Intervenor of the case of Emma
E. Ronne vs. Charles Emory Ronne,
wherein the said D. O. Dwyer was
decreed a lien upon an undivided
one-Beventh of the Southwest Quar
ter and the South half of the North
west Quarter of Sec. 9. Tp. 11 Range
12, in Cass county, Nebraska; thai
pursuant to said writ, I will, on the
23rd. day of December, 1929. at ten
o'clock a. m., of said day, sell said
leal estate at the south front door
of the court house in the city of
Plattsmouth in said Cass county, Ne
braska, at auction to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy said lien,
the' amount due thereon being
1260.00 with Beven per cent inter
est from the 4th day of February,
1927. and costs of suit, in the sum
of $23.83 and also accruing costs.
Dated this 19th day of November,
1929. ,
BERT REED.
Sheriff of Cass County,
Nebraska
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, 83.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Ruth
A. C. . Beverage, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
'.Tou are " hereby notified, that I
wllTalt at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in said county, on De
cember 6, 1929, and March 7, 1930.
at 10 o'clock a. m., each day, to re
ceive and examine all claims against
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The time
Limited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 6th day of December, A.
D. JL929, and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 6th day of December, 1929.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 8th day of
November, 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) nll-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING AND NO
TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
In the County Court of Cass Coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. County of Cass,
ss.
To the heirs at law and to all per
sons interested ln the estate of Mal-
vina Coffin, deceased.
On reading the petition of Ruben
E. Donnelly praying that the instru
ment filed in this court on the 18th
day of November, 1929, and purport
ing to be the last will and testa
ment of the said deceased, may be
proved and allowed and recorded as
the last will and testament of Mal
vina Coffin, deceased; that said in
strument be admitted to probate and
the administration ot said estate be
granted to Watson Howard as admin
istrator with the will annexed;
It is hereby ordered that you, and
all persons interested in said mat
ter, may, and do, appear at the Coun
ty Court to bo held ln and for said
County, on the 13th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1929. at ten o'clock a. m.,
to show cause, if any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted, and that notice of
the pendency of said petition and
that the hearing thereof be given to
all persons interested in said matter
by publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-
weekly newspaper printed in said
County, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand, and the seal of
said court, this 18th day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1929.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) nl8-3w County Judge.
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