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AJvo Nexvs
Mrs. John Murtey, who was so
very ill last week Is now reported as
being some better and is able to be
cut and down town again.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church served Ice cream and cake on
last Saturday night at the moving
picture show and enjoyed a good busi
ness. John D. Foreman, of 612 North
26th street, Lincoln, has been In the
neighborhood during the past week
and ha3 been celling motor oils to the
farmers.
Charles Edwards and Simon Boyles
were over to Omaha last week, where
they were interested in the live stock
market, they both being interested in
the purchase of feeders.
Messrs. Kendall Kitzell and Vernon
Bennett are enjoying a trip In the
north, they first visiting in western
Nebraska, then at a number of places
in North and South Dakota.
August Johnson, who some time
since lost his barn and other build
ings. began preparations last Wed
nesday for the erectloa of a new barn
and other ut buildings to supply the
cues which were destroyed by the re
ient fire.
John II. Weyehel, who has been In
poor health for a long time with
stomach trouble, so he could hardly
rat anything with any degree of com
fort, is much better and is able to
cat many things which he could not
eat before and is feeling much strong
er and better.
On last Wednesday, Messrs and
Merdames Frank E. Cook, of east of
town. Superintendent and Mrs. A. T.
Snedgen. Herman L. Bornemeier and
wife attended the band concert at
Weeping Water, also visiting for the
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence E. Pool.
Mrs. Mary Cowles, who was visit
ing in Alvo for a number of days dur
ing the past week and was a guest of
her friend. Miss Delia Sutton, Is now
staying In Lincoln, her son, Lester
Parmenter, of Lincoln, driving over
and taking the mother home with him
to visit for an Indefinite time.
Albert Welchel and daughter en
tertained at their home cn last Wed
nesday and had as their guests Mr.
and Mrs. Joy Weyehel, of Omaha and
Mr. and Mr3. Frank Royer and son,
Keith, of Lincoln, making a very
pleasant party and enjoying their
visit very much as well as a very fine
dinner. " " ' "
Walter Stohlman and wife and
their little daughter, of Omaha, were
visiting Friday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Bennett, stopping while
on their way to Eagle, where they
were going to visit with friends and
to celebrate the birthday of a girl
hood schoolmate of Mrs. Stohlman,
Misa Lottie Bragg. They enjoyed the
visit very much and also the cele
bration of the passing of the birthday.
Edwards, Verle Rosenow and Art
Skinner. They sure had an excellent
time.
LOCAL NEWS
From Thursday's Daily
Mrs. Alois Smetana 13 spending
the week at Sedalia, Missouri, with
her son, Joseph Smetana and family
and enjoying a short outing In the
Missouri city.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Stewart and
son. Donald, of Farnam, Nebraska,
were in the city today for a short
time visiting with the old friends
They are enjoying a Bhort vacation
and en routo to Omaha where they
will visit tho relatives there. They
stornrd at Central City for a visit
with Mrs. Stewart's parents there.
From Friday's Dally
Attorney Carl Ganz of Alvo was
a visitor here this morning to look
after come business matters and
visiting with friend3.
Frank B. Rys of Chicago, who has
been spending his two weeks' vaca
tion here and at Lincoln, will drive
back to ihs home tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rau and son, of
near South Bend were in the city
for a short time today visiting
friends and attending to some mat
ters of business.
Fred I. Rea, manager of the Iowa-
Nebraska Light & Power Co., with
Frank M. Bestor, was a visitor at
Humboldt, Nebraska, Thursday and
where Mr. Rea looked after some
matters for his company.
From Saturday's Dally
W. H. Heil and son, Paul Hell,
of near Louisville, were in the city
for a short time today looking after
some business matters tor a iew
hours.
George Stoll, Jr., and John Bauer,
Jr., were at Pacific Junction this
afternoon where they attended the
funeral of their friend, George Spi-
dell, who passed away Thursday aft
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Evl Spier and chil
dren of Lincoln, arrived this after
noon to be guests at the homo of
Mrs. Spier's father, W. J. Streight.
for over Sunday. They will be Join
ed here Sunday by Mr. Spier.
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
Pessimists are cordially Invited
to attend the Nebraska State Fair,
September 3 to 9. Make a bee-line
at once for the Boys' and Girls' club
building, northeast corner of the
Fair grounds. You will find several
thousand hoys and girls from the
homes of Nebraska ready to challenge
anyone who is spreading discontent
and deals in pessimism. It is a won
derful inspiration to those that are
going through life looking for the
dark spots.
Legion and
Auxiliary Conven
tions August 21
Norfolk to Entertain 2,000 Delegates
Governor Bryan and Dwight
Griswold to Speak.
Norfolk. Neb. Norfolk is making
elaborate arrangements to entertain
about 2,000 delegates to the annual
state convention oi tne American
Legion and its auxiliary, here Aug.
21. 22. 23 and 24. Forms of enter
tainment at the Legion convention
will include shows, smokers, chicken
fry, dances, coaster rides, swimming.
bowling and golf matches.
Among the leading speakers sched
uled are Governor Bryan, Dwight
Griswold. past state commander ana Eleven Others Hurt When Train Is
republican candidate for governor. Wrecked at Fairfield, Iowa;
Congressman Edward Howard, to- Jian Unidentified
lumbus and Watson B. Miller, chair
man of the American Legion's na- Fairfield, la., Aug. 4. Two youth
tional rehabilitation committee, were killed in the wreck of the fast
Washington. Burlington freight number 65 fiv
General Pershing has assured the miles west of here near Bernhart late
Norfolk post that he will attend the Thursday,
Tvo Youths
Die as Burlington
Train Derailed
Murder Charge
is Lodged Against
Reynolds Widow
Former Singer Is Indicted at Winston-Salem
Along With
Albert Walker.
Cincinnati, O. The father of
Libby Holman left for Winston
Salem Thursday night to seek
bond for her to save her from
the ignominy of confinement in
Jail while awaiting trial. Re
ports of impending motherhood
concerning Miss Holman, he
said, are "a matter of record."
convention if he returns to the Unit
ed States from his trip to France in
time.
One of the paramount convention
features will be the parade on Tues-
Eleven other men from among
group of 40 riding in a coal car and
box car were hurt. All were taken
in a work train to an Ottumwa hos
pital where roctors reported that at
day, Aug. 23, in which will appear! least two were not expected to live
various organizations, and about The dead were Kenneth Pulley,
eighty-five floats, between twenty 17, of West Frankfort, 111., whose
and thirty comedy bands, and about! neck was broken, and an unidenti
a dozen drum and bugle corps. Ified man who died on a work" train
Activities of the American Legion which took the injured to an Ot
auxiliary state convention will start tumwa hospital.
with registration at 1 p. m., Sunday, J The injured:
Aug. 21, at the Methodist Episcopal Joseph Hafer, Berwyn, 111., right
church, convention headquarters. On leg crushed and lower part of body
Sunday evening, the past presidents'
parley banquet will be held.
Convention business session will
start Monday, with Mrs. Lottie
Rosencrans, Plattsmouth, state pres-
dent, in charge of business sessions
will take up most of the Monday s .
mangled.
John Wenzig, 16, Detroit, married
possible skull fracture.
Elwood Boger, Sandusky, Ohio
fractured thigh and bad scalp
wound.
Ben Sabala, 28. Chicago, fractured
program. At 4 p. m. a tea honoring ankle and bad scalp wound.
DEATH HENACE OF
ANTHRAX INCREASES
Enjoyed Great Night
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Foreman, of
Lincoln, were visiting in Alvo and vi
cinity last week and enjoyed meeting
their many friends. On Wednesday,
at the heme of George Foreman, Jr.,
was held a reception for the family,
at which the entire neighborhood was
present and enjoyed a real old fash
ioned get together meeting with ice
cream and cake and many other good
things to eat.
Make Changes in Store
The enterprising firm of Edwards
.ir.d Elliott, the Alvo Hardware and
Implement company, to better care
for their fine business in both lines,
have made seme charges in the ar
rangement of their store, one being
the installation cf a large window in
the north side of the building which
admits much light that was badly
needed. They have also removed a
part of the shelving and drawer com
partmtnt3 from the side of the east
wall, placing them lower down so aj
to be more handy to get at and also
out of the way of the new window.
which has been installed.
Many Attend Funeral
On last Wednesday a large number
of people, friends of the late George
Trumhle, were over to Eagle In at
tendance at the funeral of this gen
tleman. Those who had lived as
neighbors, among whom were Mrs.
Susan Rcelofsz, Mr. and Mrs. C. II.
Kirkpatrick and Archie Miller and
family.
Visited in Omaha
A number of the people of Alvo and
vicinity were in Omaha on Monday
evening of last week, where they took
in the show at the Ak-Sar-Ben den
and enjoyed the very excellent show
which was being put on. Among
these from here who went were S. C.
Ecylcs. Eugene Barkhurst, C. II.
Ilirfcpatrick. Charles Ayrc. Simon
RehE32ier, Frank Daugherty, C. E.
Lincoln. Aug. 4. The death men
ace of anthrax in northern Nebraska
grew Thursday as 21 more quaran
tines on 682 head of livestock were
reported to the state veterinarian's
office.
On these 21 farms 19 deaths were
noted by officials, who said the to
tal doubtless is greater.
Dr. F. L. Felstner, state veter
inarian, left Thursday for Niobrara
to direct three assistants already
watching the smudges of funeral
fires consuming cardasses of strirk
en beasts.
Cattle, horses and swine were the
animals quarantined. Veterinarians
emphasized that all should be vac
cinated immediately, but lack of
fund3 in the district, stricken last
year by drouth, hinders the pro
gram. Thq carcasses of the dead ani
mals are saturated with oil and
burned where they fall.
Quarantines just imposed were at
Bioomfield. Niobrara, Verdel, Croft
on. Verdigre, Santee and Naper. Rain
usually mitigates the scourge, but
when one has started like the pres
ent epidemic it has to run its course.
The quarantines are coming in fast
er than last year.
State veterinarians estimated 575
head of livestock have died of an
thrax in northern Nebraska this
year, most of them in the past
month.
Tho state bureau of animal indus
try now has 3,574 head cf stock on
89 farms and ranches under quar
antine. Seven anthrax quarantines,
esiaousnea tamer in tne year have
been released.
all gold star mothers will be held.
which all delegates are Invited to
attend. Tho commanders' ball will
be held Monday night.
Tuesday morning and afternoon
will be given over to convention
business. The delegates banquet will
be held Tuesday night. At 9 p. m
the 40 and 8 will meet, and their
frolic will be concluded by a buffet
luncheon. arious business sessions
are to be held on Wednesday, the
closing day of the convection. State
Journal.
PRIMARY VOTES CONTESTED
Nashville. Tenn. A contest be
fore the state primary board, based
on charges of voting frauds, was
announced by Sam Carmack, cam
paign manager for Lewis S. Pope,
runner-up in the gubernatorial race
in Thursday's democratic primary, in
which unofficial returns gave Hill
McAlister the nomination by a plur
ality of approximately 10,000. "The
spurious claims of McAlister's nom
ination based upon the wholesale and
unprecedented frauds In Shelby
(Memphis) and Davidson (Nash
ville) counties," Carmack said.
"cannot avail against the verdict of
the honest electorate of Tennessee.
We Have an abundance of evidence
of wholesale frauds."
Meanwhile returns showed Repre
sentatives Taylor, McReynold3, By-
rons. Browning, Cooper and Clump
all were renominated. Mrs. Eslick,
widow of Representative E. E. Eslick,
wa3 elected to serve out the remain-
uer of his term. C. W. Turner is the
democratic nominee for the new
term.
Donald Wallace. 29. San Francisco
right hand severed.
E. L. Henthorne, 34, Burlington
la., fractured knee.
John Wery, 45, Burlington, sprain
ed ankle and body bruises.
Virgil Mosley 26, Carthage, 111.
fractured ankle.
William Duncan, 45, Negro, Har
wood, la., sprained wrist.
James Fields, CO, Chicago, sprain
ed hip and head injuries.
Warren Marquette, 39, Waterloo,
la., whose left army was slightly in
Jured, was released after treatment.
The locomotive and 14 of the 77
cars composing the train left the
rails. Eight produce cars directly
behind the tender rolled off the
tracks, the next five stayed on and
the following eix where the men
were riding toppled over on the
right-of-way.
Neither the engineer, Mike Wright
of Galesburg, 111., nor the fireman
were hurt, although the locomotive
plowed up 300 feet of the south
mainline track. Fifty feet of the
north track also was damaged.
As tho first section of cars was de
railed the men riding behind Jump
ed, but several were caught in the
wreckage. Most of the riders were
believed to be young unemployed men
looking for work. Witnesses said
only two or three of the group were
floaters." Omaha Bee-News.
GUN TOTING WIFE DEPUTY
Winston-Salem, N. C. Libby Hol
man Reynolds, Uroadway torch
singer, and Albert Waiher, Wlnr.ton-
Salem youth, were indicted Thursday
for the murder of Libby's husband,
Smith Reynolds, heir to a, estimated
15 million dollar tobacco fortune.
The Forsyth county grand jury re
ported "true bills" against the two,
leaving it to the prosecutor to de
cide what degree verdict to ceek
when he brings the rair to trial.
Walker, a chum of Ycung Reyn
olds, was arrested at once and placed
in the county jail. Authorities at
Cincinnati and New York wcri asked
to take Libby into custody. Her
father, at Cincinnati, cald she would
be produced "at the proper time,"
but the whereabouts or the former
Broadway favorita remained un
known. Reynolds, who wan only twenty,
died with a bullet in his brai:i after
a prolonged party at h'n estate. Rey
nolds at Winston-Sal3in on tie night
of July 5. He died hi a hospital
where he was taken by Miss Ilciman
and Walker. He made no state
ment after he was shot.
Return of the indictment's came
unexpectedly. A cae charging sev
eral negroes with robbery was in
terrupted as the grand jury filed in
to the room to cake it? report on
North Carolina's most tensational
case of recent year::.
Harry F. Atchison, foreman of the
grand jury, handed the two bills of
indictment to Judge Stack i:i For
sythe county tupcr.or court. It de
veloped during the court proceedings
that tho lact grand jury hed also
made a presentment in the case but
It had been kept secret.
Shot to Death Zftcr Party.
Smith Reynolds, heir to tho Reyn
olds tobacco fortwne, was shot to
death after a psrty at his cetate in
WInston-Salcni on the night of July
Ke was removed tc Baptist hos
pital by Walker and Miss Holman
and died without making a state
ment. After being detained for sev
eral days, Mins Holman c-.tl Walker,
a boyhood chum or the victim, testi
fied at a coroner's inquest that the
young sportsman committed suicide
in a fit of despondency ar.d that he
had threatened to end his life on
several occasionc.
The Broadway bluas finger said
that her mind suffered a "blank
for some forty hours during" the
birthday party i?i honor of a friend
and the period wa3 broken only by
flash" In which she saw her hus
band with n. gun nt hir. head and
then toppled at her fret. She des
cribed Reyncldi as raving had nu
merous fits of melancholia in which
he feared ho could not hold her love
and urged her to have affairs with
other men. Stata Journal.
AMERICAN FLIERS DOWNCAST
REPORT NEW CHAC0 CLASH
Bueno3 Aires. Another armed
clash between Bolivian and Para
guayan troops In the disputed Chaco
territory was reported from Tarija,
Pilcomayo sectors of tho Chaco. The
bulletin quoted division Commander
Colonel Pena. The news wa3 receiv
ed enthusiastically at Tarija.
La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia inform
ed the neutral American nations she
was not unwilling to suspend hos
tilities with Paraguay, but that re
sumption of conversations over the
Gran Chaco boundary dispute on the
June 1 basis was "unreasonable."
The conditions imposed in a note
from the neutrals Tuesday made an
armistice impossible, she said. Her
reply asked if the neutrals would
consider modification of their propos
ition.
Journal Want-Ads cost only a
few cents and get real results!
New York. Capt. Bennett Grif
fin and Lieut. Jame3 J. Mattern, Am
erican fliers, who were forced down
ueiween uernn ana Moscow on a
round the world flight, returned Fri-
Wisner, Neb., Aug. 3. On recom
mendation of Mayor Evans, the city
council has appointed Mrs. Lillian
Nuttleman, gun toting wife of Night
Marshal Herman Nuttleman, a dep
uty night marshal with full power to
arrest.
No longer will she accompany her
husband on his rounds as a mere
wife. The appointment was a reward
for assistance she has given him dur
Ing the past nine years. On more than
one occasion. Mrs. Nuttleman nas
helped her husband arrest bank rob
MINING AREA TRUCE LOOMS
Indianapolis. Governor Leslie
said representatives of warring mine
factions in the Terre Haute area had
reached a virtual truce Intended to
bring to a halt the picketing of the
Dixie Bee shaft. Governor Leslie
said representatives of the union
sympathizers besieged sixty -five
workmen in the non-union mine
telephoned the pickets from his of
fice to instruct them to disband.
Operators of the mine, he said,
agreed to discontinue thir efforts to
run the shaft on a non-union basis
until some permanent agreement
could be reached between mine own
ers and Dist No. 11, United Mine
Workers of America, whose contract
expired March 31 and has not been
renewed. "I feel that the situation is
well in hand," tho governor paid.
"It is my present intention to keep
national guard units in Vigo coun
ty until the situation clears up. It is
my hope that arbitration will pro
ceed and the controversy in the en
tire coal field be settled." i
FRANCE 'WIZARD' IS POOR
Bolviddre, 111. "Fifty per cent'-
Al Benham, who last year gained at
tention by his financial schemes to
pay large interest rates on his bor
rowings, i3 today, according to his
own testimony, penniless and depend-
end on his friends for support. This
testimony was offered in a mastery in
chancery hearing of the suit brought
by Lloyd Las?a to recover $7,600 he
loaned to Benham in the hevdav of
his financial ekyrocketing which cul
minated in his collapse a year ago
last February. Further hearing has
been continued indefinitely.
Benham was subjected to greull-
ing examination. He said he has no
employment and is dependent on bor
rowings from friends to pay hi3 groc
ery, light and gas bills. He testified
he did not recall how much he had
borrowed, but raid at one time he
had $30,000 on deposit in Belvidere
banks and that he transferred near
ly $100,000 of his borrowings at from
20 to CO per cent interest to the
Blackhawk Finance company while
he was president of it.
Cellophane ribbon for gift pack
ages. Assorted colors, 18 yards on
spool 10c. Bates Book Store.
'See it before you Buy it.'
GISt Bay
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All metal small Tool Kit,
with leck; Special at
Electric Toaster. Mod
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Rubber Soles Regular
value 25c. Special
Bacon and Egg- Skillet
Fries 3 foods at once. Each
Clcthes Fins Wednesday
2 dczen fcr
Enamel Cold Pack Can
ncr. Big- value. Complete.
with Rack for 7 Jars
Bestor & Swatek Co.
SAYS FARMERS MUST SELL
Sidney, Neb. While farmers in
middlcwpstern states aio reported
joining a holiday movement to force
the price of farm products upward,
producers of grain and livestock in
western Nebraska are wondering how
they can participate in the campaign.
Farmers here say the theme is
right tut question the ability of par
ticipants to carry it thru. After two
poor years many of them have used
up their surplus.
"If the farmer was in a position
to spend the nxt thirty day3 Just liv
ing, without celling a dime'a worth
of produce, I would say thhs plan 13
the most sensible idea I have heard
since the depression struck farm
product prices," was the comment of
Albin Olson, who, with his father,
operates one cf the fu.est cattle and
small grain ranches in thi3 area. But
the cattle man and the grain man
has been hard put to make ends meet
and there Isn't any r.ert egg in the
bank to carry him fcr thirty day3. I
am Fpeaking for th3 average farm
er, of course, and I doubt if they t an
find a half million farmers in tho
middlewest without including a good
many thousand average farmers."
Olson said farmer must band to
gether in Fome co-operative move
ment and design a practical maiket
ing scheme before prices will agalu
climb back to the post-war levels.
Iiiira
at
HOG CUCIHRA CHI3IS PAST
day, uncertain of another attempt
All they brought back from their bors and other law breakers and only
hapless adventure were the instru- recently she engaged In a gun battle
ments of the plane in which they wJtn several suspects who had broken
made a record tran3-Atlantic cross
ing of ten hours and fifty minutes,
only to come to grief in a bog near.
Borisov, Russia.
"She was a washout," Mattern
said. "There wasn't anything else
left to save." Asked if they would
try it again, thi3 year or next, the
airmen shook their heads dubiously.
away, and run from her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Nuttlemen patrol the
town in an auto, Mrs. Nuttleman do
ing most of the driving. She Is scarce
ly five feet tall ami admits that she
was "faint of heart" when she first
began to make the rounds with her
husband
ARRIVAL OF DAUGHTER
HEW OMAHA CREDIT GROUP
Omaha. Local financial leaders
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Racusen of expect momentarily an announce-
Omaha are announcing the arrival ment from Washington to the effect
of a baby daughter. Nan Rea. Mrs. that Omnh-i will Ka nhAcon Yi pnrlnuar-
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Racusen was formerly Miss Tina ters for a federal agricultural credit
Zucker. daughter of Mr. and Mr3. corporation, with potential credit
Victor Zucker, former residents here, capacity of $18,000 000. When the
The many friends will join in their announcement comes, Omaha will be
congratulations to the parents and the center for at least five distinct
well wishes for the futuro of the lit- credit extension groups, officials here
tie one. Uaid.
Kearney, -Teb. V:th approxi
mately 10.000 hos"5 in Buffalo coun
ty vaccinated within the past two
weeks, County Agent Hecht expsess-
ed the opinion that the crisis of the
hie hoc cholera endemic In the
rountv Ij na.t. Tno there are still
some herds being attacked by the dis
ease, nearly all of the hogs in the
infected areas have been vaccinated
Hecht zrv3 the severe outbreak of
cholera In the ccti-.ty can be attrib
uted to three farmr. where hogs were
not properly dpo'cd cf after th
died from' the dl:?a"?.
Frid
ay, flog. 11
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ECTHEIl, ITJtCTHER HELD
McCooh, Neb. Nim Thayer's
mother and Lrther face charges of
helping him cctapa from Jail here
last Thursday. Mrs. Anna Thayer
and Lester Thayer were arrestee.
Wedne3dr.y and pleaded not guilty
and Mrs. Thayer furnished ?oUU
hond. Lester i3 still In jail. Both
were bound over to district court.
Lee Russum, a federal prisoner
held on a narcotic charge, escaped
with him and iJ still at large.
Hoarded money will not help
business conditions to improve.
ita th money in circulation that
counts! Rsad the Journal ads and
take advantage or tne many Bar
gains Plattsmouth business men
will offer you the coming year.
Sale will be held at the store known as
the ECONOMY STORE, on South 6th Street
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Owners are dissolving partnership and
for that reason this stock has been con
signed to us to be offered at public auc
tion to the highest bidder, regardless of
price or value.
This stock consists o a complete line of
staple and fancy Groceries; also a clean
stock of Dry Goods, such as Shoes, Over
ails, Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, etc., etc.
EFlT8 OH Sim (SacUn Fif
if you are in the market for a nice, clean going
business in a good town, a good location rl
cheap rent, come to the sale prepared to huv f
won't sell too high. This stock and fixture will
invoice about $3,800.00.
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Bcn't forget the date and time
Sale sure cud certain, rain or shine
Col. Smith of Plafismoufh Hour.
will have charge oC this sale
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