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FLATTSIIOTJTH SEMI -WEEKLY 70TTR2TAL
THUESDAY, JULY 28, 193S
LEGAL NOTICE AS TO MEASURE TO
BE VOTED UPON NOVEMBER S, 1932
123
829
YES
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Thi3 measure creates a Nebraska Public Safety
Commission, composed of the Governor and tha
. other elective state executive Hlcials, whose duty it
shall be through persons selected without reference
to political affiliation to:
1. Patrcl main highways.
2. Perform present duties of state sheriff and
fire marshal.
3. Assist counties and towns in law enforce
ment. 4. Conduct training school annually for sheriffs
r.nd police of!iccr3 in crime investigation.
Cost in property taxes is limited to $T3,C00 each
biennium; remainder from fees of fire innuranco,
companies and percentage of state's share of gaso
line tax, as appropriated by Legislature.
A EILL
FOR AX ACT relating to public safety and the maintenance of law
and order, and in connection therewith proviJIng for the crea'tion
of The Nebraska Public Safety Commission and the establishment
of a state highway patrcl system, and to repeal sections 81-5501,
84-107 and S4-10S, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for
1029, and to provide penalties for the violation of this Act.
Be It Enacted Dy the People cf the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission is hereby
created. Its members shall consist of the Governor, Attorney General,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, Auditor of
Public Accounts, Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, and
Secretary of State. The Governor shall act as chairman, the Attorney
General as vice-chairman, and the Secretary of State as secretary.
Section 2. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission in the man
lier hereinafter provided shall have the power and it is hereby made its
duty j
(i) In general, to detect crime, apprehend persons accused of law
violation, and maintain law and order throughout the state.
(b) Upon request to render special assistance to any state officer,
board, commission, cr administrative department cf the siate govern
ment, in enforcing any law or regulation with the enforcement of
which such o.lktr, board, commission, or administrative department ia
specially charged.
(c) To render special ersi.itar.ca when necessary to any county or
municipality in the investigation of any crime, capture of any accused
person, suppression cf .ny riot, or prevention of any threatened dis
order. (d) To cause the main highways of the state to be patrolled ia
order that the laws relating to the speed, lights, brakes, clearance,
weight, and dimensions of trucks, automobiles and other vehicles, the
licenses of drivers, payment of annual registration fees, driving while
intoxicated, payment of gasoline ta:ce3 and observance of safety rulc3
and regulation?, be enforced.
(e) To conduct annually for one or more weeks a training school
for the instruction of state, county, and municipal law enforcement
oncers in methods of crime investigation, the securing and use of
finger-prints, the science of ballistics, rules of evidence in criminal
cases, emergency relief to injured persons, and in such other subjects
a3 may be deemed beneficial.
Section The Nebraska Public Safety Commission shall appoint
a state superintendent of public safety to assist it in discharging its
duties under this Act. lie shall be chosen ty the Commission solely
cn the basis cf administrative qualifications. He shall hold oIHce at
the pleasure of the Commission, and receive such salary not to exceed
?7,GwO.CO per annum, as shall t-e fixed by the" Commission. Eefora
taking ofT.ee he shall take the statutory oath and file with the Secre
tary of State a bond, conditioned upon the honest and faithful per
formance of his duties, in the sum cf 550.CCO.CO, to be approved by tha
Commission.
Section 4. Subject to the approval of the Commission, the super
intendent shall appoint the highway patrolmen, and such clerks, sten
cr'aphcrs, expevis, and other assistants and employees as may ba
deemed necessary by the Commission for carrying out the provisions
of this Act. Each of such persons appointed by the superintendent,
before taking oiiiee, shall take the statutory oath and lile with the
Secretary cf Stale a bond, conditioned upon the honest and faithful
performance of hi 3 duties, in such sum and form as shall be required
by the Commission. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that no
patrolman or other employee shall be appointed or discharged for
political reasons. Appointment shall be made cn the basis of merit
only. No person shall be appointed as highway patrolman unless he
has satisfactorily passed a physical and mental examination at least
equal to tne stanaard provided by the rules and regulations of tha
Lnited States Arm;
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imiess r.c r.as rtiiasi.e miormanon tnat such pc
character, is a citizen cf the United States, and does not use intoxi
cating liquor. Subject to the approval cf the Commission, the super
intendent shall II:: the compensation cf the patrolmen and employees
appointed by him. Neglect of duty, failure to obey a proper and legal
order of the superintendent, use of intoxicating liquor, conviction for
violation cf any law, refusal when able to pay personal debts, cowardice
in face of danger, mental infirmity, physical disability, or inability for
rny other reason to perform the duties assigned, shall be grounds for
dismissal by the superintendent. Subject to the approval of the Com
mission, the superintendent shall make rules and regulations for tha
discipline and control of the state patrolmen and other employees and
assistants. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to distribute tha
state patrolmen through the various sections of the state where they
will be the most efficient in carrying cut the purposes of this Act.
Except fcr the purpose of inquiry, the Commission and it3 members
shall deal with the patrolmen and assistants solely through the super
intendent who shall be held responsible by the Commission for tha
carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
Army. The superintendent shall not appoint any person
reliable information that such person is of good moral
Section 5. The State of Nebraska shall furnish each highway
patrolman with weapons, emergency and first-aid outfits, a motorcycle
or automobile, and all other necessary supplies and equipment, all of
which shall rsmain the property of the State cf Nebraska.
" Section 6. The Superintendent "of Puhlie Safety and those ap-"
pointed by him under the provisions of this Act, except stenographers
and clerks, shall have the same power and authority now given by law
to sheriffs and police officers to prevent crime, pursue and apprehend
offenders, make arrests, and obtain evidence against persons accused
of violation of law. The Superintendent of Public Safety under the
supervision of the Nebraska Public Safety Commission shall be ex
efficio State Fire Marshal and is hereby charged with performing the
duties of the State Fire Marshal and deputy state fire marshals pro
vided by statute. The Superintendent of Public Safety and the high
way patrolmen appointed by him shall have the authority and perform
the duties heretofore had and performed by the State Sheriff and the
deputy state sheriffs. The State Superintendent of Public Safety and
the highway patrolmen are authorized to and shall perform the duties
heretofore performed by the persons appointed by the Secretary of the
Department of Public Works and the Governor of the State of Ne
braska for the enforcement of motor vehicle laws. All automobiles,
motorcycles, weapons, furniture, equipment, and supplies, belonging to
the State of Nebraska but now used by the State Fire Marshal and
his deputies, the State Sheriff and his deputies, and the persons ap
pointed to enforce the motor vehicle laws, shall be transferred to the
State Superintendent of Tublic Safety for the carrying out of tha
provisions of this Act. Sections 81-5501, 81-5503, 84-107, and 84-10S,
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929, are hereby repealed, it being
the intent and purpose of this Act to consolidate the authority and
duties of the State Sheriff, the State Fire Marshal, and those appointed
under the Department of Public Works for the enforcement of the
motor vehicle laws, under and in the office of the State Superintendent
of Public Safety.
Section 7. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to obtain and
file for record and report, as far as procurable, all plate3, finger prints,
photographs, outline pictures, descriptions, information, criminal his
tories, and measurements of all persons who have been or shall here
after be convicted of felony or imprisoned for violating any of tha
military, naval, or criminal laws of the United States of America, and
of all well-known and habitual criminals and to cause the same to ba
properly indexed.
Section S. It is hereby made the duty of the sheriffs of the sev
eral counties and the chiefs of police and marshals of the incorporated
cities and villages, respectively, to furnish copies of fingerprints and
description of all persons arrested who in the best judgment of such
sheriffs, chiefs of police, or village marshals, are persons who may be
wanted for serious crimes, or are fugitives from justice, or in whose
possession is found stolen property or burglar outfits or other property
reasonably believed to be carried for unlawful purposes. Said sheriffs,
chiefs of police, and village marshals, shall also furnish to the State
Superintendent of Tublic Safety upon request reports cf lost, stolen,
found, or pawned property received in their respective offices.
Section 9. The superintendent shall collect information concern
ing the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed
in this state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith from tha
inception of the complaint to the final discharge of th-e defendant, and
such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the
administration of justice; this information to comprise only such
crimes, legal stcp3 wid data as the superintendent may designate.
The information so collected shall include such data as may be re
quired by the United States Department of Justice under its rational
system of crime reporting. It shall be the duty of every police depart
ment, sheriff, marshal, constable, or other police--agency; of cler'.:3,
justices, or other appropriate officials of criminal courts; of prose
cuting, probation, and parole officers; cf every head of a department,
bureau, or institution, state, county, and local, which deals with crim
inals; or of any other person who, by reason of his office, i3 qualified
to furnish the data required, to render the information requested by
the state superintendent. Every person who has custody or charge of
public records or documents from which information sought in respect
to this Act can be obtained shall grant to any person deputized by tha
superintendent access thereto for obtaining such information.
Section 10. The Superintendent of Public Safety may call upon
any sheriff, chief of police, village marshal, or other peace officer, to
assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act in their respective
jurisdictions, i Any suh-s sheriff, chief of police, ( village marshal, or
other peace officer, so called upon shall render such assistance to the
best cf his ability. ' ff -
Section 11. The Nebraska Public Safety Commission is hereby
authorized and directed, if possible, to secure from the Federal Radio
Commission a license to operate on a short wave length a radio bread
casting station to be used for police purposes only. A short wave
length radio receiving set shall be installed on the motorcycle cr in the
automobile of each highway patrolman. The sheriffs of the several
counties and the chiefs of police of all metropolitan cities and cities of
the first and second classes, are hereby authorized to purchase and
install a similar radio receiving set, the cost and maintenance of which
shall be paid by the county or municipality, as the case may be.
Section 12. Any person neglecting or refusing to perform any
act on his part to be done or performed in connection with the carrying
cut of the provisions of this Act, or violating ahy' of the provisions of
this Act, or knowingly giving false information to the State Superin
tendent of Public Safety or to any highway patrolman, or doing any
other act with the intention of interfering with the enforcement cf tha
provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor
more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the coui't. Conviction under this section shall subject tha
person convicted, if a public official, to removal from office in the dis
cretion of the court.
Section 13. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
Act and to pay all the expenses incident thereto, there shall be appro
priated for each biennium out of monies in the General Fund of the
State Treasury raised by general taxation a sum r.ot to exceed $75,
CC0.C0 and all fees collected during each biennium under the provisions
of Section 81-5522, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1929, for the
support of the State Fire Marshal. Such other amounts of money as
in the judgment of the Legislature is needed to maintain the activities
provided for in this Act shall be appropriated and paid out of taxes
on motor vehicle fuels collected and retained by the state for the pur
pose of maintenance of state highways. The patrolling cf the high
ways of the state as herein provided is deemed to be a proper part of
highway maintenance.
The above proposed measure to be voted upon at the general
election November 8, 1932, i3 published in accordance with section,
1910, Chapter 32, Compiled Statutes 1929, State of Nebraska, Frank
Marsh, Secretary of State.
LOCAL
NEWS
From Monday's Iaily
XV. B. Banning, of Union, was in
the city for a short time today, look
ing after some matters of business
and visiting with friends.
Martin Sjogren and Herman Mann
of Louisville, were in town Monday
morning looking after some business
at the court house and visiting with
their friends.
We are distributors for the famous
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and lowest prices. Drive over to our
plant, southeast corner of Square.
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Glenwood, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Royal of
Lincoln, were here Sunday to spend
the day with Judge C. L. Graves,
father of Mrs. Royal and with the
old time friends.
Miss Vivian Fern Moore, who has
been enjoying a visit with her
grandmother and other relatives at
McCook, Nebraska, returned home
th;s morning after a very pleasant
outing
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac King, of Super
ior. Nebraska, were here Sunday for a
few hours while en route to their
summer home in Minnesota, where
they will enjoy a short outing. They
expect to be joined in Minnesota by
the W. G. Brooks family of Burling
ton, Iowa, and the J. V. Crabill fam
ily of this city.
From Tuesday's I"aily
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Clark will de
part this evening for Rochester,
Minnesota, where Mr. Clark will en
ter the Mayo clinic there for an
examination and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Couch and
little son, Jack, who have been mak
ing their home at Jackson, Missis
sippi, are here for a visit with Mrs.
Couch'j parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Rebal and the other relatives and
friends.
From Wednesday's Iaily
Mrs. Wallace Philpot of Weeping
Water was in the city Tuesday after
noon for a few hours visiting friends
and looking after some business mat
ters. While here Mrs. Philpot was
a caller at the Journal.
Mrs. E. A. Wuil, who has been
visiting her daughter and family at
North riatto for the past several
weeks, returned hnma last evening.
Mr3. Wurl reports Mrs. Hinman and
the little daughter as now at home.
FARM FOR SALS
G. II. Meisinirpr farm of 168 acres.
Address owner, riattsmouth, Nebr.
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UlllOfl ITEMS.
Carl V. Sehmidtman and Miss Ida
Reynolds were visiting in Union and
also drove on to Nebraska City on
last Sunday.
W. Ii. Banning was called to Omaha
on last Monday to look after some
business matters and drove over to
the big town in his car.
Be sure and attend the Achieve
ment Day program August 5th, at
2:30, which is to be held at the
Murray Presbyterian church.
Loy Hathaway had been sinking
a well on the farm east of here and
has been obtaining the materials
from the Frans Lumber Yard.
The materials which has been used
for the midget golf course has been
removed from the grounds and hauled
away. The fad was of short life.
Roy Yonker, who has been making
his home at Ogallala, returned to
Union a short time since, the family
having been visiting here for some
time.
Mrs. Mary Ilavcnridge of Omaha
and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Keedy cf
Ashland were visiting with relatives
and friends in Union last Sunday.
Many of the citizens of Union were
enjoying the day at the State Park
at Nebraska City, listening to the
many bands play and Henry Fields
speak.
Harry O'Brien of near Ceder Creek
with the family, Mrs. O'Brien being
a sister of Mrs. Charles Greene, were
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Greene
Sunday.
Louis Kohrell and the good wife
were guests for the day at Nebraska
City on last Sunday, where they were
visiting with their children who re
side there.
Paul Davis last week purchased a
Chevrolet coupe which he is liking
very well. Ho got it from the firm of
Rihn and Greene which they acquired
in a trade.
The farm home of C. V. Harris is
being given a new coat of paint and
otherwise beautified which will make
the home more beautiful as well as
more valuable as well.
Mrs. W. A. Brown of near Murray
and grandmother of Mrs. Clifton B.
Smith, has been quite poorly of late
and the granddaughter and her hus
band have visited the aged patient
frequently.
E. E. Leach and the family were
enjoying a visit on last Sunday at
Nebraska City where they were guests
for the afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Propst and where
all enjoyed the visit ver much.
Rev. B. N. Kunccl, pastor of the
Methodist church with the family
have been spending several days dur
ing this week at the home of his
parents who reside at St. Joseph, Mo.,
they driving down for the visit
The E. M. Griffin family, Mrs
Mabelle Reynolds, and Ralph Davis
made a merry party cf Union people
who were visiting at the State Park
listening to the music by all the Otoe
county bands and also to the address
of Henry Fields.
While Mr. and Mrs. Win. Witt
were going from their homfy at Neb
raska City to Lincoln they passed
through Union and stopped to visit
their old time friends, Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Kohrell, they haveing lived
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UNION, NEBR.
was caused by spontaneous combus
tion from new hay which had been
placed in the mow.
Last Sunday Lester Schumaker,
Misses Daisy Meade, Hattie and Opal
Griffin, and Freda and Mildred Mc
Carroll, with their baskets well fill
ed went to South Bend where they
visited the state fisheries and ate
their picnic dinner at the beautiful
grounds. They returned via Platts
mouth where they took a swim in the
lakes north of the city.
Chosen Scout Master
The Rev. B. N. Kunkel, pastor of
the Methodist church of Union, was
recently chosen scout master for the
troop at Union and we are certain
ho will make cn excellent man for
the position as he has served with
much success before in that position.
C B. Smith ha3 been the Io-idrr arid
has made a good one but his bus
iness is such that he is not able to
continue without doing his Lus
cr work an injustice.
Enjoyed Fine Visit
Mr. and Mrs. N. It. Kennedy were
enjoying a very fine visit with his
sisters, Mesdames Rose! la and Vesta
Clarke, and was accompanied by
their son, Mr. Walter Puntart and
wife with their two children of
Gary, Indiana, who were visiting
with the parents at Council Bluffs.
Mr. Kennedy was born at Rock
Bluffs sixty seven years ago and
lived there with the family for the
first year. They then resided In
Missouri until he was eight years
of age when they moved to Percival,
Iowa. There the two sisters were
born. Mesdames Rcsella. and Vesta
Clarke, and where they resided
many years, coming to Nebraska
and Union a number of years ago.
The gathering on last Tuesday
was a happy one and which was en
joyed by all. Speaking of the early
days Mr. Kennedy told of his father
frieghting from Rock Bluffs to Den
ver before there were any railroads,
and of their having to fight hostile
Indians.
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Koine From the North
Taul Griffin, the mascot for W.
H. Porter, George Copenhaver, and
Frank Martin, who were spending
some two weeks in northern Min
nesota, arrived home last Sunday.
By the way, the boys and they are
sure big and old boys, tell cf hav
ing good success in their fishing
venture. One would think that the
lakes where they are fishing would
have to be restocked with fish from
the way they caught the skippers
The Matter at Draw.
Not being able to settle their dif
ficulties, two of the huskies of
Union had recourse on last Satur
next door neighbors in Nebraska City. dar to sonie hard blows which made
Mrs. Hugh Robb of Nebraska City more change in their personal ap
drove over to Union on last Sunday
where she met Miss Augusta Robb
and Herbert Jones , and took them
to Nebraska City. They enjoyed a
very fine visit there and In the even
ing Mrs. Robb brought the folks back
to Union.
Robert Conrad of Eskridge, Kansas
was a visiter nere on last aionuay,
coming to. visit with his friend R. K.
Foster, but his main object being to
pearance than a beauty shop artist
could with four treatments. They
then settled the matter in he city
J courts, and there was where the
draw came in for they each drew
three and costs.
Journal Want-Ads cost only a
few cents and get real results!
Building New Home
Some time since David K. Eaton
purchased a plot of land near the
Missouri river which later became
attend the funeral of his uncle, Mr. the property of his son Willis, who
C. W. Flaischmann of Nehawka who has Just now begun the erection o
died last Sunday at the Methodist a home on the land, getting the
hospital in Omaha. materials from the Frans Lumber
When Art Pearsley came home the Company. The land was formerly
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other day from a trip to Omaha he known as the Young place.
had just twenty seven head of young
eattlo which he brought for David PrC2Tam From KPNP Satnrdav
Kendall. He has put these on feed Mrs. E. Thiggenhauser of Nebr
at his farm northeast of Union to aska City will give a program from
be rteurned to the market when they the KFNF radio station on the corn-
are in condition. Sure David knows ing Saturday which will bo compos
well the art of feeding cattle and he ed of a chorus from Otoe and Cas3
will do it. counties. The Union contingent are
Rev. W. A. Taylor was called to Ralph Davis and Arduth and Ronald
Nehawka on last Tuesday to deliver Martin, all talented young people,
the funeral oration of his friend,
Clarence William Flaischmann, who
passed away at the Methodist hos
pital at Omaha on last Sunday morn-
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so large a numuei u. u..u ....... Bnmfnato a possible expens
Dut aDout nan 01 mem cuum gui in- tncreforo are able to give you
to the house. more for your money and the
Lawrence Meisinger had the mis- best poods. You do not pay other
fortune to lose three excellent milk
MAY BE EDUCATIONAL CENTER
B'.Uevue, one of the historic spot:
of the state, situated on the bluffi
of the mighty Missouri river, majf
again become an educational center
a3 it was for many years In the past
Negotiations are being carried oil
with the American Lutheran church)
for the consolidation of five of lt4
mid-western colleges into cne larg
institution, to take over the campu.J
and buildings of the closed Bellevud
college.
The settlement of the matter wil
take some time before It can be com
pleted, but the officials of the churcl
educational program are reported a-
being much interested in the mova
and inclined to be favorable to tha
change.
The schools which would be affect
edJn the consolidation would be tho
Hebron college and academy at He
bron, Nebraska, Wartburg college, of
Clinton, Iowa, and others at Waverly,
Iowa, St. Taul Minnesota and Eureka,
S. D.
No price has been set on the prop
erty it was explained, until an agree
ment is reached with tho nationa
board of Christian education oT the;
Presbyterian church, which hold q
mortgage on the seven Bellevue col-t
lege buildings: and fifty of the sixty
five acres comprising the campus.
WHERE THEY PLAY
Games in the C. S. & L. Baseball
league scheduled for next Sunday
Alvo at Manley J
Eagle at Greenwood
Louisville at Waverly
Ashland at Elmwood
FOB SALE
Cood hay rack and wagon, $20.00
Conrad Baumgartner, Murdock
Nebr. J14-3tsw
Paper table covers 40"x40" 2 i:
pack, Orange or green, 10c. Bates
Book Store.
The Hosne Store
cows one night last week when they
were struck by a Missouri Pacific
train. The same evening at the farm
where his brother, Glen Meisinger
farms, the barn was burned. This
people's bills, for we sell for cash.
We Welcome Your
Business
R. D. Gtisac
Union, Nebraska
that Must be Sold!
Read Our List Carefully
Each Week
$1S Ball Bearing Lawn Mower. $5
Kitchen Ranges, IjtlO. 920. 30. upl
Kitchen Ranges, 10, 820. 3i
and up; Laundry Stoves; Kitchej
Cabinets, $5 to 15; Fino 3-pie)
Bed Davenport Suite, $9.50: alsi
3-piece Living Room Suite, 20.5
Congoleums, 15.1.50 to 9G.95; Tel
phone Stand. 92; Hall Tree, $2.5
Bissell Sweeper, 1.95; Leath
Couch, 95; Solid Walnut Bed, 95
Bed Springs, 91 to 93.50; Mattres
es. 92.50 up; Large Wicker Chal
93.95; High Chair, SI; Five Roc
ero, 91 to 93. SO; four Oak Buffet
93.50. 95, 97.50 and 910; 15 Din
ing Room Tables, 92.50 to 97.50
five Book Cases. 93 each; Ice Box
9-; 20 beds. SO 91. 92 and ud
Bed Springs, 91 up; Clothes Hampers
new, 93 to 91.75- Mahogany Mush
Cabinet, 91.50; Kimball Piano, 9SO
nve otner 1'ianos, 91& and up; tei
Phonographs. 93. 50 to 915; Ra'dioa
95 up to 9J0; Dressers, 93.50 t
915; Commodes and Chests. 91 t
95; Cupboards, 92 and 93 each; Oi
Stoves and Gasoline Stoves, 9-1. 5(
and up; 10 exceptionally good Gai
Ranges, 910 to 935.
Hundreds of articles we have noi
time and space to mention.
Our Store is Open Every Wed
nesday Evening
Christ Furniture Go.
Phone 645 South 6th St.
P. S. Auction immediately aftm
Gift Night Distribution next Wed.
nesday, August 3rd, 9:15 o'clock
Two homes of Furniture to sell
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