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VOL. NO. XLVn
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1931.
NO. 44
Death of Mrs.
Frank W. Hager
at Lincoln
Member of One of the Old Families
of Plattsmouth Passes Away
Suddenly at Home
Prnm Monday's Panr
Mrs. Frank W. Hager, 70. for
many yeare a resident of Plattsmor.' !
and member of one of the old fam
ilies of this community, died very
suddenly last evening at the family
home, 2900 Q street. Lincoln.
Mrs. Hager had been Kitting on
the porch at the home and had arisen
to enter the house Bhortly before 6
o'clock last evening and suddenly fell
to the floor and passed away in a
very few seconds, death coming a6
the result or a heart attack. Mrs.
Hager had been a sufferer for the
past two years from heart trouble
and while here two years ago visit
ing at tne home of her sister, Mrs.
A. L. Tidd, suffered a very severe
attack but had improved and in the
last year had been feeling in very
fair heakn.
The deceased lady was formerly
Miss Emma Herold. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Herold, pioneer
residents of this city and where she
was born seventy years ago. She
spent her girlhood in this city and
where she was married to Frank W.
Hager, then in the employe of the
Burlington in the local railroad
shops. The family moved some forty
years ago to Lincoln and have made
their home there for the greater part
of the time since. Mrs. Hager was a
great lover of this city and often re
turned to her childhood home to en
joy the beauties and scenery and
carried the warmest feeling for this
community, assisting in organizing
the Plattsmouth club, a club of for
mer residents of this city at Lin
coln. A lady of much charm of per
sonality, her passing will bring a
very deep loss to the many friends
here and at Lincoln and who can feel
the deep sorrow that the rrembers of
the family have had visited on them.
Mrs. Hager is survived by the bus
hand, two sons. Robert, of Tacoina.
Washington, Harold of Long Beach.
California, and one daughter, Mrs.
Fern Farnham of Long Beach. There
are also surviving two brothers and
one Bister. James H. Herold of Min
neapolis. Henry Herold and Mrs. A.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
The passing of the eighty-sixth
birthday anniversary of Mrs. Chris
tina Rummel. a long time resident of
Cass county, was observed Sunday at
the farm home of her son, Edward
Rummel. with whom she is now mak
ing her home. The day was spent
in visiting and at the noon hour a
fine dinner served that embraced all
of the good things that can be found
in this productive section of Nebras
ka. Christina Vallery was born in
Pike county. Ohio, on June 2!th,
1845. and spent her girlhood in that
state, where on March 22, 1864, she
was married to Peter Rummel. they
moving to Nebraska in 1S65 and
have since made their home here.
Mr. Rummel passed away in 1885
and the mother was left with the
rearing of her family. She has been
a real figure of the sturdy and
thrifty pioneer mother and aided in
the development of the community
in which she has lived for so many
years. The many friend3 will join
in the wish that Mrs. Rummel may
live to enjoy a great many more such
anniversaries in the future. Those
who attended the pleasant occasion
were: Ed Rummel, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Rummel, Mr. and Mrs. John
Rummel. and son, Richard. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Rummel and daughter.
Norman Jean of Garland. Nebraska,
Louise Rummel, Robert Rummel,
Clyde Graves and Homer Black.
CREATES DISTURBANCE
Saturday evening the right police
had considerable excitement to keep
them busy for the entire night and
one was a hurry up call to the vicin
ity of Fourth and Pearl street where
two young men were found in the
lot back of the McMaken Transfer
Co.. office and who were charged with
having hurled bricks at the C. F.
Dykes residence across the alley. The
appearance of the police caused the
trouble to die down but one of the
young men took exception to the
visit of the police and started in to
resist the officers in subdoing the riot
ing and he was finally taken to the
city jail. The second of the young
men took flight and was able to es
cape altho a search was made for
him by the officers and as he Is known
he will be brought In for trial on
the disturbing the peace charge.
WEDDED AT COURT HOUSE
From Monday' Daily
This morning at the office of
County Judge A. H. Duxbury oc
curred the marriage of Minnie M.
Clinkinbrard of Des Moines. Iowa,
and James Roland Wood, of Omaha.
The bridal couple were accompanied
by Joe G. Miller and Margaret Mil
ler, of Omaha. Following the wed
ding the bridal party returned to the
state metropolis.
FARM HOME INVADED
One of the young farmers living
some seven and a half miles north
west of this city, reports that his
home was invaded by some party a
few days ago and who made away
with several articles from the cellar
of the house. The caller had taken
the screen on one of the windows
in the main part of the house but
evidently decided to try some other
means of entrance, going to the cel
lar of the home and where he secur
ed a number of small articles and
made away with them. The farmer
und his wife have suspicions of the
identity of the party that visited the
house and are awaiting a repetition
of the visit.
Charles Daniels
Sues for Damages
for Large Sum
Asks Amount in Damages for Burns
Received While Acting as Pa
trolman for Gas Lines
Kwosa Monday's Laitr
Charles Daniels, who was severely
burned last December at the control
station of the Missouri Valley Pipe
line Co.. just south of this city, to
day filed a suit for $25,000 in dam
ages, naming as the defendants the
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co.,
and the Missouri Valley Pipeline Co.
The plaintiff in his petition al
leges that on the seventeenth of De
cember, he was engaged in working
for the defendant companies as a
tender at the control station near
this city, that he was called ny tele
phone on that date that the pres
sure of the gas in the mains of the
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co.
was higher than desired and he had
followed his usual procedure of
"bleeding" the gas line, or releasing
a sufficient amount of the gas to re
duce the pressure. It Is further
claimed that the defendant light and
power company had a high line
carrying 33,000 volts of electricity
and which was located near the con
trol station, that when he released
the gas that it formed a cloud of the
vapor and which reached to the high
tension lines and was ignited and
caused the plaintiff to receive severe
burns and which has resulted in the
loss of his hearing and otherwise in
jured him physically.
FLAGS FOR VETERANS
Postmaster J. W. Holmes has re
ceived notice from the postoffice de
partment of the new law which has
just gone into effect and which pro
vides that the I. S. government will
nrovide fiaer? to be nlaced on the cas- !
kets of all honorably discharged vet
erans of all wars and army nurses.
The law makes the postmaster in ;
each city the official distributing ;
agent and to him the applications '
are made by the next of kin of the ;
deceased, the head of any service or- i
ganization or the person in charge
of the funeral arrangements.
The flagB which the government
provide are of wool and of the regula
tion size for the army funeral ser
vices. Heretofore the flags for veterans
funerals have been provided by the
members of the families or the Amer- !
ican Legion.
These flags are used at the fun
eral and later are turned over to the
family of the deceased as the flags
are not allowed to be buried with the
casket.
DEATH OF JOE SCHMADER
Wrom MmIit! Dally
The death of Joseph Schmader,
long time resident of Cass county,
occurred this morning at Louisville
where he has been making his home
with his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmader. Mr.
Schmader has been suffering quite
a great deal from the heat in the
last few days and on Sunday morn
ing was in very poor condition and
continued to sink until death came
to him this morning at 2:30. Mr.
Schmader was well acquainted over
the county and his death will bring
a great regret tc all of these.
Mr. Schmader is survived by seven
sons and one daughter, Andrew,
Frank, and Mrs. Catherine Walton,
of Omaha, George, of this city. Mike,
of Detroit, Michigan; Edward. Tho
mas and Joseph, Jr., all of Louis
ville. TEAM GETS SWAMPED
The Plattsmouth Merchants,
youthful baseball team of this city,
who had as their foe at the Athletic
park Sunday, the Gerbler Motor Co.,
team of Omaha, found that they were
no match for the Omaha team and
the score was finally 27 to 1 for the
Gerbler team. The visitors were a
strong hitting team and also a num
ber of errors by the Merchants serv
ed to aid in the victory of the Ber
blers. The battle was witnessed by
a fair crowd of the fans and while
the locals were the losers they de
monstrated that they have the pos
sibilities of a good team in the mak
ing and which will become stronger
as the season goes on. The work of
Poisall at shortstop and Richard Her
old were features of the game.
Cook Family
Reunion Held
at Cole Home
Annual Gathering at the Farm Home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Cole on
Sunday. June 21st
On account of rain of Saturday
night and the threatening weather
Sunday morning, few relatives from
a distance were in attendance until
in the afternoon. The total number
attending was 71 which was a fair
attendance nevertheless.
The outstanding feature of the day
was the noonday dinner served on
large tables in the specious dining
and living rooms of the house, where
each one, in turn, filled his own
plate and seated himself, where he
could comfortably eat to his heart's
content. There was also large quan
tities of iced tea, lemonade and coffee
to satisfy the appetites of the most
discriminating.
The business session of the fam
ily association was presided over by
A. H. Weichel. president. It was
voted to hold the 1932 reunion the
last Sunday in August at the same
place in Mynard.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year are:
A. H. Weichel, Elmwood. presi
dent. O. P. Cook. Elmwood, vice presi
dent. Mrs. Robert Patterson, Platts
mouth. secretary-treasurer.
Readings were given by Miss Mary
Stone of Berkeley, Calif.: Miss Ger
trude Vallery of Plattsmouth, Neb.;
Little Shirley Jean Wheeler and
Bobby Cole and a song by Little
Eloise Cole. Rev. H. A. McKelvey
Kave a splendid addres on "The
Builders," which was most appro
priate for this occaseion.
The relatives from out of the coun
ty were Mrs. L. M. Stone and daugh
ter, Mary, of Berkeley, Calif., Mrs.
Clark Stone of Wheatridge, Colo.,
and Mr. E. V. Cole of Brule, Neb.
Messages of regret from members
of the family who were unable to
attend were read during the business
session by the secretary, Mrs. C. L.
Wiles. At this time, also, births of
the babies of the "Cook" family were
reported for the years 1931 and
were as follows:
Mary Margaret Cole, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Cole, of Mynard,
Nebr. ; Phyllis Bornemeier, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bernemeier
of Elmwood. Nebr.; baby girl to Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Hinebough of Alvo,
Nebr.; baby girl to Mr. and Mrs.
James Cook of Arapahoe, Nebr.
It is the custom of the family to
maintain a record of the births, mar
riages and deaths each year and this
year was saddened by the passing
of Mrs. A. H. Weichel of Elmwood,
Nebr.. she being a daughter of the
late Mrs. Bina Kitzel. The other
member who, also, is greatly missed
is the late W. D. Wheeler.
Of the large family of sons and
daughters of Joseph and Mary Cook,
deceased, there were present at this
reunion: Mrs. W. D. Wheeler. Chas.
C. Cook and J. H. Cook, all of Platts
mouth; Mrs. T. W. Vallery of Mur
ray; Mrs. S. O. Cole of Mynard, Neb.
The other three brothers who could
not be in attendance were: Jacob
Cook of Ord. Nebr.; John Cook of
Beaver City, Nebr., and Philip Cook
of Norfolk. Nebr.
RECEIVES SENTENCE
from Tuesday's Daiy
The hearing in the matter of the
complaint against Ralph Kelly,
charging him with possession of li
quor and also operating a car while
intoxicated, was taken up last eve
ning at the court house before Judge
A. H. Duxbury. Earlier in the day
Kelly had plead guilty to the charge
of possession of intoxicating liquor
and not made a plea of not guilty to
the charge of driving while intoxicat
ed and the sentence was held up
pending the final hearing. At the
trial the testimony of the officers
was taken and at the conclusion of
the hearing Judge Duxbury gave a
sentence of sixty days in jail, a fine
of $25 and the forfeiting of the
drivers' license of Mr. Kelly for a
period of one year. The defendant
was then turned over to the custody
of the sheriff for the execution of
the sentence."
CHARGED WITH LI
QUOR LAW VIOLATION
Ralph Kelly of this city was appre
hended Saturday night by Officers
Joe Libershal and David Pickrell.
while driving his car on the streets
of the city, being first stopped for a
traffic violation but which develop
ed a more serious phase when a bot
tle of "hootch" was found in the
car. The young man was turned over
to the county authorities today and
a charge of possession of liquor and
also driving while intoxicated was
preferred by County Attorney W. G.
Kieck. At the hearing this morning
the young man plead guilty to the
charge of possession but not guilty
to that of driving while drunk. The
hearing on the drunken driving
charge will be held this afternoon at
5 o'clock and at which time the
court will pass sentence for the pos
session charge.
ROB BIRDS NESTS
One of the residents of the north
portion of the city has informed th
Journal that the residents of that
part of the city are very much arous
ed over the depredation of some per
son or persons in that locality. The
residents there have provided shel
tering places for a large number of
the native wild birds and the fea
thered residents have made their
nests in the trees and shrubs of that
part of the city for several years and
have been a much enjoyed feature
around the homes. Recently it has
been found that some boys or other
persons have been robbing the nests
and the matter has aroused much
feeling and every effort will be made
to apprehend the persons commit
ting the outrages.
Bank Robbers
Thought Held
in Kansas
Trio of Young Men Captured Near
Belleville, Kansas. After Rob
ing Small Bank
From Tuesday's Ouiy
Following the robbery of a bank
in one of the small towns near Belle
ville. Kansas, on Monday afternoon
the trio of young men that commit
ted the act were captured by a posses
of citizens and are held at Belleville,
and are also suspected as being the
three that participated in the holdup
of the Bank of Murdoch in this coun
ty on last Saturday morning'.
The message received here by
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young did not
give the full particulars of the cap
ture of the men or as to whether the
loot of the Murdock bank was found
in the possession of the men.
Immediately after receiving the
message Mr. Young departed for
Murdock where he secured Miss
Mary I. Tool, bookkeeper of the
bank, who was held up by the rob
bers Saturday. ?s well as Miss Dor-
ett Schlophoff. who entered the bank
while the robbery was in progress
and was locked in a rear room of the
bank by the two men who committed
the robbery, they going to Belleville,
Kansas, to identify if possible the
three men as the Murdock robbers.
It is thought by the authorities
that there is little doubt that the
trio is the same that robbed the
Murdock bank bu as they will be
charged with a similar offense in
Kansas it is probable that they will
be held for the Kansas robbery.
Men Held in
Kansas Not
Bank Robbers
Murdock Young Women Fail to Iden
tify Trio as Men Who Robbed
the Murdock Bank
From Wednesdays Dally
After a fast all night drive from
Lincoln to Belleville. Kansas. Miss
Mary I. Tool, clerk in the Bank of
Murdock and Niss Doretta Schlop
hoff, also of that place, were satis
fied Tuesday that the three men held
at the Belleville jail as suspected
bank robbers, were not the men that
participated in the robbing of the
Murdock bank last Saturday morn
ing. The two girls who were in the
bank at the time it was robbed of
$1,300, were taken to Belleville by
Deputy Sheriff Rex Young and
Deputy State Sheriff Burns in a
state car in the hope that they might
identify the three men as those
that had stuck them up. Immediate
ly on their arrival they viewed the
three prisoners, and said they were
not the robbers.
Suspects also in the robbery of a
bank at Bird City, Kansas, Monday,
the men were arrested Monday night
by Belleville officers. It was reported
to State Sheriff Endres that the trio
were also to be released in this con
nection since there had been no iden
tification. UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Tuesday's Dairy
Willis Hartford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Hartford of this city,
was taken ill on Monday with what
was determined as appendicitis at
his home at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and
was taken at once to the hospital.
The operation was performed at once
and messages from the hospital this
morning state the patient had come
through the operation in fine shape
and was getting along nicely and it
was expected that he would soon be
able to be on the highway to re
covery, every condition being the
very best.
WILL ARGUE CASE FRIDAY
The taking of
case of Mrs. Mary
and Ada Murray,
Monday afternoon
Journed until on
testimony in the
Mast vs Edward
was concluded on
and the case ad
Friday morning
will be argued to
attorneys in the
when the matter
the court by the
case.
Youth Loses
Finger While
Loading Cannon
Albert Todd, 15, Has Close Call as
Dynamite Explodes in Home
Made Cannon Saturday
Albert Todd, 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Todd, suffered the loss of
the greater part of the first finger
t)f the left hand as well as severe
powder burns as the result of the
discharge of a small home made can
non that he was loading Saturday
evening at his farm home, northwest
of this city.
The young man. who has just re
cently returned here from Long
Beach. Calfornla. where he has been
attending school, had brought with
him a small cannon made of steel
and which he had constructed in his
school work. He decided Saturday to
test out the cannon and accordingly
secured what he supposed was pow
der from several large fire creckers
and started to load the cannon. Al
bert was tapping in the supposed
powder with a large nail when the
dynamite exploded and the greater
part of the first finger of the left
hand was torn off and the nail hur
led by the force of the explosion,
tore a hole through the collar of
the young man and narrowly escaped
inflicting a very bad wound, his fore
head was badly burned by the ex
plosion and particles of the load of
the cannon were found in the skin
and one laree wound in the center of
the forehead. Fortunately the eyes
had escaped injury in the explosion.
The young man was taken to the
office of Dr. T. P. Livingston where
the wounds were dressed and the
victim of the accident made as com
fortable as possible.
MAKE LIQUOR RAID
From Tuesday s Darty
Mondav afternon Chief of Police
Elliott. Officers Joe Libershal and
Dave Pickrel and Deputy Sheriff Rex
Young, made a raid on a residence
on Lincoln avenue near the Living
ston Road viaduct and captured a
quantity of what is supposed to be
home brew as well as a large amount
of bottles, malt, caps and jars that
are used in the making and battling
of the brew. The brew and the ar
ticles used in its making were the
property of Bob Dickey and who was
placed under arrest by the officers
and taken to the county jail to await
arraignment. At the office of Coun
ty Attorney W. G. Kieck this morn
ing it was stated that charges of
possession would be lodged against
Dickey. While several men reside at
the place Dickey was stated to be
the owner of the licuor.
BIG GAME FOR THE FOURTH
From Tuesday's Daily
Manager Alfred Gansemer of the
Murray Red Sox has secured an ex
ceptionally strong attraction for the
baseball fnns on Saturday. July 4th
at the Murray park. This will be the
Colored Red Sox of Omaha, who are
now leading the. colored league in
that city and embraces some of the
best ball players in the big town.
The game will be held at G o'clock in
the evening and this hour will per
mit all of the fans who wish to at
tend. The regular admission price
will also prevail. Mr. Gansemer states
and wh'ch will uisure a very large
crowd present at the game. The
Colored Red Sox are one of the very
best teams that has appeared at the
Murray park and will give the fast
and hard hitting local team a run for
their money.
CASE IS GIVEN HEARING
From Tuesday's Darty
Last evening a hearing was had
in regard to the alleged disturbance
that occurred Saturday night in the
alley back of the building of the Mc
Maken Transfer Co., a charge of in
toxication having been preferred
against James Zoubeck. Jr.. while
one of disturbing the peace was filed
against Earl Newton. The hearing
before Judge C. L. Graves resulted
in Zoubeck receiving a fine of $10
and costs and Newton one of $5 and
costs.
SUFFERING FROM
SPRAINED ANKLE
From Tuesday's Danv
Mies Antonia Vanek, one of the
accommodating clerks at the A. G.
Bach Main street store, is confined
to her home as the result of a sprain
ed ankle that she sustained while
on an outing party at the state fish
eries at Gretna on Sunday afternoon.
The member has proven quite pain
ful and kept the victim of the acci
dent from her usual work at the
store.
DIES AT BEATRICE
Mrs. W. H. Underwood, for many
years matron of the Crowell Memor
ial Home, passed away Monday at
Beatrice, where she has been mak
ing her home for some time. Mrs.
Underwood is well known to a great
many here and who will learn with
much regret of her passing.
B0WEN IN COLORADO
William Bowen, swift moving bad
check artist, is proving a real travel
er and has covered a great deal of
these United States since he flitted
from our community with the first
of his forgeries checked against him.
He has been reported at Springfield.
Mo.. Davenport. Iowa, then Oklahoma
City and the latest word of his where
abouts is from Pueblo. Colorado,
where he has dis'ributed several of
his "phoney'' checks. Deputy Rex
Ycung has received word from the
Colorado city telling of the activities
of Bowen and who seems headed
westward with the glad song. '"Cali
fornia. Here I Come," on his lips.
Rotarians and
Anns Have Fine
Social Time
Outing at Elks Country Club Enjoyed
by a Full Attendance of Mem
bers and Ladies
From Wednesday's DatTy
The members of the Rotary club
witli their 'adies. the Rotary Anns,
last evening had a splendid social
gathering at the Elks Country club
where in the fine shade and with the
breezes tempering the intense and
blistering heat of the day, they spent
several hours most enjoyably.
The event was in charge of a com
mittee composed of Fred Rea, Carl
Jensen and John L. Titlball and the
committee had arranged a most
pleasant treat for all of the jolly
party, opening with a series of en
tertainments in games and also at
Bingo for those who felt so inclined
while others of the party spent the
time at golf and in the play a great
many fine exhibitions of the Scottish
sport was given by the Rotarians.
The chief feature of the evening
was the fine luncheon that was pre
pared and served under the direction
of Mrs. L. L. McCarthy and with a
number of the young ladies assist
ing in the serving of the most de
licious repast.
Guests of the Rotarians in addi
tion to their ladies were Miss Helen
Wescott and Milford B. Bates of Los
Angeles.
MANY ATTEND PICNIC
The picnic given by the South Om
aha j'erie of the Eagles on Sunday
at the park north of the Platte river
near LaPlate. was one of the largest
that the aerie has held and some 3,
000 were estimated to be at the
park. Due to the intense heat that
prevailed the greater part stayed at
the park until late in the evening be
fore traveling homeward and their
going made a great caravan of autos
whose lights made a great white way
of the highway from the park to
South (Jmaha. A large number of the
Plattsmouth Eagles and their fam
ilies were in attendance at the very
pleasant occasion as guests of the
South Omnha Eagles.
STUNG BY BEES
From Monday's Palty
Carl Ohlschlager. clerk in the
hardware store of Bes'or & Swatek
Co.. is seeing the world through but
one optic todaj". one off the eyes be
ing swollen shut as the result of
the attack of an irate bee. The busy
little bee was of the wild variety
and as there are domesticated bees
at the Ohlschlager home there w;.s
nothing thought of the presence of
the little buzzer until he decided to
alight on the person of Carl and pre
sent his compliments. A sting on the
upper left eyelid has completely
closed the eye of the lictim and he
will have several days before the
member is back in service.
P. F. F. CLUB MEETS
The P. F. F. Pinochle club were
most delightfully ertertained on
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Lon Henry on North Fourth street
and where the ladies spent the tini
in the playing of this fascinating
game and at which a great deal of
pleasure was derived. In the playing
the prizes were awardeJ to Mrs. Wal
ter Reed. Mrs. J. P. Johnson, and
Mrs. Richard Beverage. At a suit
able hour dainty and delicious re
freshments were served and which
added to the further enjoyment of
all of the members of the party.
RECEIVES $100 FINE
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning in the county court
Robert Dickey was arraigned on the
charge of possession of liquor and
to the charge entered a plea of guil
ty. Mr. Dickey was arrested or. Mon
day at his home on Lincoln avenue
by local police officers and Deputy
Sheriff Young and a quantity of
home brew was found on the place
and which was taken as evidence.
After hearing the evidence in the
case Judge A. H. Duxbury assessed
a fine of $100 and costs against the
defendant and in failure to pay the
same he was remanded to the custody
of the sheriff to serve out the sentence.
Phone your newts Bumi to No. 6.
Burwell Spur
lock Passes His
96th Birthday
Pioneer of Nebraska Observes Event
With Family at York.
Nebraska
Burwell Spurlock. pioneer of
Plattsmouth and Nebraska, observ
ed the passing of his ninety-sixth
birthday on Sunday at the home of
his son. George M. Spurlock. at
York.
The story of Mr. Spurlock is a
part of the history of Nebraska. he
coming to this city on April 1. lsr.6,
and for the greater part of his life
time was a resident of this com
munity until he, with his wife, left
here to take charge of the Mother's
Jewel Home at York, an Inst itut km
that is maintained by the Methodist
church.
Burwell Spurlock was born June
28. 1835, in Cabal county, Virginia,
now Wayne county. West Virginia,
and later moved to Iowa where he
resided until he came to Plattsmouth
to make his home. Reaching this
city Mr. Spurlock took a very active
part in the life of the then irontier
settlement, and in 1SC1 was elected
as county clerk of Cass county, serv
ing four terms in that office and
then declining to hold the position
longer. He was engaged in various
lines of acivity here, the longest be
ing that of clerk in the store of E.
G. Dovey & Son and which he held
for many years. It was in this city
on November 1. 1860, that he was
married to Isbella Smiley Davis, who
has preceded him in death some
years ago. Mr. Spurlock was a very
devouted member of the Methodist
church and active in the work of the
church while living here and later
at York. He was one of the earliest
advocates of temperance and prohi
bition and made his lifework in help
ing to combat the evil of strong
drink, in that time a very unpopu
lar movement in the early settle
ments of the new west. His feeling
inthis matter was so strong that he
would not even in his store wrk
sell whiskey to the patrons, the li
quor at that time being sold in the
general stores the same as groceries
or other articles of trade.
In the late years he has made
his home with his son, George M.
Spurlock and family and who are
tenderly caring for the father in his
declining years. His health has be n
good considering the great years that
he carries altho in the past year he
has failed a great deal but is still
able to be around and enjoy meet
ing the old time friends.
MARRIED AT OMAHA
The marriage of Miss Anna Krejci
and Stabley Lentiart of Omaha, oc
curred in that city on Saturday eve
ning, the event being attended by
a number of the relatives and friends
of the contracting parties.
Following the wedding ceremony
the bridal party and guests were en
tertained at the home of the newly
weds. 4121 South 30th strec. where
Mr. and Mrs. Lenhart have their
home arranged and ready for their
starting housekeeping at once.
Those who attended the wedding
from this city were Mr. and Mrs. S.
Krejci, parents of the bride. Miss
Mary Krejci and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Krejci.
The bride has been located at Om
aha for the past five years and has
made a great many friends in that
city as well as the host of old time
friends in this community in which
she was reared to womanhood and
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. Krejci
are old time residents.
The groom is engaged as meat
cutter at the Cudahy Packing Co..
plant in that city and is a young
man held in high esteem by all who
have the pleasure of knowing him.
VERY HAPPY OCCASION
From vednesday h Dally
The members of the William
Schinidtmann and H. E. Becker fam
ilies in this city are among the hap
piest in this part of the United States
today over the fact that a fine little
garnddaughter has arrived to Join
the family circle, the first grand
child in either family. The little lady
was born to Mr. and Mrs. William
Schmidtmann. Jr., early this morn
ing at the Methodist hospital at
Omaha and with the mother, is do
ing very nicely. The many Irieuds
will join in their congratulations to
the happy parents and well wishes
for the future welfare and happiness
of the little lady.
DEATH OF BABE
The four days old babe of Mr. and
Mrs. Cleo Stones passed away Mon
day morning at the home of the
I grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
I Baldwin and the funeral services
for the little one were held Monday
afternoon at the home. The services
were conducted by Rev. Gregory of
the First Christian church. The in
terment was at the Oak Hill ceme
tery. In their loss the parents and
relatives will have the deepest sym
pathy of the friends over the com-
1 munity.