THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934
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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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GOVERNOR BRYAN COMING
Governor Charles W. Bryan, can
didate for the democratic nomin
ation for United States senator, will
be in Plattsmouth, Wednesday, Aug
list 8th at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Covernor Brvan will address the
voters on the issues of the day and
should be heard by all voters. The
ladies are especially urged to attend
the speaking. The place of holding
the meeting will be announced
later.
Closing Out Sale
of
ThieroIPs Store
WE HAVE AGAIN REDUCED THE
PRICES TO NEW LOW LEVELS ON
Men's and Boys'
SUITS
4.85 - $6.50 - $9.50
$12.50 - $14.50
fi7?fYcvL big fellows will find many
real bargains in Overalls, Underwear.
COME, HAVE A LOOK
Bible, School
I Sunday, August 5th
"Elisha Helps the Needy"
II Kings, 4:1-7; 42-4-1.
A remarkable contrast is found be
tween Elijah and Elisha. Elijah had
boon a man of the wilderness, living
S.zx from the abode of men. The free
cir cf the desert had been his vital
clement: the awful wilderness of
Sinai his chosen retreat in the su
preme hour cf despondency. Elisha,
cn the other hand, was a man of the
city, fond of it3 streets and crowds.
Samaria became his residence for
many years; he had a house of his
own within the town walls, at the
fcot of the hill. From this center, he
carried on a wide apostolate for near
fifty ycar3 in every direction. Like
Samuel, he made the rounds of the
schorl" of the prophets, and arousing
and instructing the people. Elisha
i.i noted for the' number of his mir
acles they were ail performed for
the benefit or the suffering and needy.
In this he is a splendid type cf our
Savior, whosse biography is summed
up in theso few words: "He went
about doing good."
While on his circuit, he meet3 a
woman in sore distress. Having lost
l:cr husband by death, she was left in
bad circumstances and get deeper in
debt all the time. She was threaten
ed by an unscrupulous money lender
to foreclose on her. and having no
picprrty he would take her two boys
for the debt. In lur sore plight, she
meets with Elisha and tells him her
trouble. E. D. Elliott gives us these
beautiful lines:
"Are you weary, heavy laden,
Doers your heart a burden bear?
Tell the sympathizing Jeus
You will find a helper there."
Jc-c-phus tells us that this widow
had been the wife of Obadiah, an of
ficer to Ahab; who feared Jehovah
and had kept alivo one hundred dis
tressed prophets during the three and
one-half years of drought. The deal
ings of Elisha with this woman's case
brings out some beautiful lessons.
The prophet was not able to pay
her debt. "What hast thou in thine
house?" Any talent cr gift that we
may possess, God can multiply and
make use of. "Nothing but a pot of
oil" that is comething. We think
here of the widow of Zarepath.
Elisha sending up a prayer to Je
hovah, is told what to do. "Borrow
vessels from your neighbors empty
vessels, not a few" get all you can.
A great test for thi3 woman's faith.
What she thought or said is not re
corded. What strange thoughts cross
ed her mind we do not know, but
she is obedient, has faith in the man
of God, and is crowned with a great
reward. Her two boys are busy carry
ing water pots from their neighbors
what a strange thing to do, but
RETURN FROM OUTING
Monday evening Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Socnnichsen and daughter,
Mary Phyllis, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A.
Rosencrans and son, rhillip, return
ed from a ten day outing in the
north. They visited at Fort Wil
liam and Fort Arthur, Canada, as
the principle points of their journey
and had a most delightful time in
the wooded section and the lake
country of that portion of Canada.
The trip was one that they will long
remember as one of the most de
lightful that they have had the priv
ilege to enjoy.
GOES TO COLORADO
Tuesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Hild and children of Council
Bluffs, with Michael Hild, of this
city, -departed for the west. They
are making the trip by car and ex
pect to spend ten days or two weeks
in the Colorado mountain country
and enjoy the cooler weather of that
section of the country.
Mrs. A. A. Peterson and children,
Mary Jane and Junior, who have
been here visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Brown, the lat
ter a sister of Mrs. Peterson, depart
ed Monday for their home at Mora.
Minnesota.
Lesson Study!
By L. Neitzel, Hurdock. Neb.
they ask no questions; finally the
room is full of pets.
Come nqw EIisha'3 final instruc
tions: "Go in, shut the door pour
out oil into those vessels ..." What
the is about to do is too sacred for
public curiosity she must be alone
with the omnipresent Father. Net
questioning these strange orders, she
will do as told. O! Child cf God,
that is the only way to receive the
fullness of God's blessings. "What
soever he sayeth unto you, do it."
(John 2:5). Her faith i3 crowned
with victory. So may every empty
vessel be filled with the grace of God!
"The Father's house has enough
bread and to spare" (Luke 15:17)
but none to waste when all vessels
were full "the oil stayed." With a
hc3rt full of thanksgiving she reports
to Elisha. She has enough oil to pay
her debt3 and to live on. So God re
wards his children's faith.
Elisha brought jcy and pleasure to
the home of the Shumanite woman;
she was rewarded for her kindness
and hospitality, with a baby boy,
v.hich was all she needed to make her
jcy complete, and when the child died
of a sunstroke, the mother sought
help at the right source. Elisha and
his God could and did help. "Take
it (your sorrow) to the Lord in pray
er." A hundred men fed with twenty
barley loaves and fresh grain reminds
us of the feeding of the 4,000 and
5,0 00 by Jesus. The famine was sore
in the land, many suffering severely;
but Gcd touches the heart of a man,
who had a crop, and he brings of his
abundance and feeds the hungry. He
does not curtail production, nor de
stroy the surplus, but does what ev
ery Christian and nation should
do, namely, give to the starving and
the needy. In this way we fulfill tho
-vill cf God and prove to the world
that v.e believe in the Fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man. If
our nation had an Elisha today, there
would be r.o hungry and naked peo
ple in the wcrld. God provides enough
for all, but man's greed and short
sightedness will interfere with God's
ways and thu3 cause a shortage cf
the necessities of life in order to raise
the price cf bread to the poor.
We need a man like Elisha as min
ister cf agriculture he would soon
find a place fcr our surplus. Then
again, when a short crop and famine
ccmes, if man will live a god-fearing
life, under his blessing he will multi
ply the small store so there will be
enough and none suffer want. God
has given a promise; he ha3 fulfilled
it in the past. I will abundantly
bless her (Israel'3) provisions. I will
satisfy her poor with bread" (Ps.
1.17:1."). but will use men as hn
ministers.
Weeping Water
Vote for J. V. BRANDT for re
publican Register of Deeds. Pol. Ad.
Otto A. Keck and W. P. Cook were
looking after some business matters
in Weeping Water on Tuesday after
noon. Joseph V. Brandt, candidate for
Register of Deeds, was $ visitor in
Weeping Water on Tuesday -of this
week.
Miss Alpha Peterson, county super
intendent and candidate for re-nomination',
was a visitor in Weeping Wat
er last Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ole Olsen and daughter, Miss
Pauline, were visiting with friends in
Lincoln for the day last Monday,
driving over in their car.
Raymond C. Pollard, of Nehawka,
manager of the Farmers Oil company
at that place, was a business visitor
in Weeping Water last Tuesday morn
ing. Charles E. Cook, of Plattsmouth,
accompanied by his son, Raymond,
were looking after some business
matters in Weeping Water on last
Monday.
George Wiles and wife and their
son, George, Jr., were in Plattsmouth
last Tuesday afternoon, where they
were looking after some business mat
ters fcr a short time.
Lucian Sheldon, of Schenectady,
New York, who was attending the
funeral of his father, was also a visi
tor with friends in Weeping Water
during the present week.
Hubert Cappen and sister, Ida,
were over to Lincoln on Tuesday of
this week, where they were visiting
with friends as well as looking af
ter some business matters.
Mrs. E. M. Marshall departed a
few days ago for the west and will
spend some ten days with relatives
in the west, visiting at Denver, where
the weather is cooler and more pleas
ant. .... , t.
Miss Minnie Stutt has been visit
ing in Weeping Water from her home
in the west and has been a guest
while here cf her sister, Mrs. John
McNeal and other friends and rela
tives. Mrs. Fred Gorder departed this
week fcr Minneapolis, where she will
visit with relatives fcr some ten days
or two weeks and will enjoy the cool
er climate of the north during her
stay. ' '' ' ' T '
Miss Jessie - Robertson, rf -Platts
mouth, who is a candidate for nomi
nation for the office of county super
intendent cf schools of Cass county,
was a visiter in Weeping Water on
Monday of this week.'
Sheldcn Tefft and wife, of Chicago,
who were called here by the death hi
his grandfather, the Hon. Amsdel
Sheldon, were visiting here for a time
at the heme of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence E. Tefft.
II. K. Frantz and daughter, Miss
Ruth, John Bender, who is employ
ed at the Frantz store and Joe Ben
der, who is with the Knude Jensen
market, were all visiting for the day
in Lincoln last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hanson and
the kiddies were in Auburn on last
Monday, where Mr. Hanson was look
ing after some business matters and
all were visiting with friend3 as they
formerly lived there before coming
to Weeping Water. Howard Rasmus-
sen locked after the produce station
during the time Mr. Hansen and
family were away.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marshall, of
Payette, Idaho, have been visiting in
Weeping Water for the past week,
enjoying a very pleasant time. They
will after they conclude their visit
here continue cn to Chicago, where
they will visit the Century of Pro
gress exposition for some two weeks,
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CARL L BALFOUR
Republican Candidate for
County Commissioner
Second District
Primary Election
August 14, 1934
Your Support Is
Appreciated
I have been a resident of Cass
and adjoining county
for 47 years
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UEK Y0U1IG
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
Republican Candidate for
Sheriff of Cass County
Your Support will be Appreciated at
the Primary Election Aug. 14, 1934.
stopping here again on their way to
their home in the west.
Council Holds Special Meeting
The members of the city council of
Weeping Water were called together
last Monday evening to consider the
water crisis of the town, and as well
did a few other acts among which
was the voting of beer permits to
Harry Doty, Guy Hopkins and Bill
Johnson, thus making three more dis
pensaries for the liquid that cheers
3.2 beer.
Give Farewell Party
The family of William Myers, the
cleaners, who have been In Weeping
Water for the past few years and who
has concluded that he will engage in
other lines, have moved to Burwell,
and on last Monday a number of
friends of the family tendered this
excellent family a farewell reception
Wishes were extended for a happy
and prosperous residence in their new
home at Burwell.
A Miniature Gas War
Ccming out of the price of gas at
neighboring towns there was a slight
riff in the price of gas in Weeping
Water during the early portion of
the week, and a fracture of one of
the many codes which are formed for
the keeping of prices up to the de
sired level. Gas was sold by one firm
at 13.5 cents a gallon, the lowest level
of the brief war. The station owned
and operated, by Ralph Keckler re
mained aloof and did not change its
price, while .fhat of Sterling Amick
was locked up by Mr. Amick until the
storm should blow over. On Tuesday
the prices were restored and business
went merrily on.
Weeping Water's Water Question
After working on the old time
Missouri Pacific well with but little
effect to dislodge the obstructions
therein, the job has been abandoned
and a new test well is being sunk in
an effort to locate a plentiful supply
of water. The place selected for the
te3t well 13 about a hundred feet
ncrth of the pumping station, and
should be an excellent location. It is
hoped they will succeed in finding an
abundant supply of good water.
An Improvement at the Cleaners
Ross W. Shields has installed a new
department for the cleaning, renovat
ing and blocking of hats, for which
there has been much demand. The
newly installed department occupies
a place just off the main room and is
equipped with the latest machinery
fcr handling this work. This places
this institution in the ranks of the
foremost of the business firms of the
state in this line. Weeping Water
should be pleased that they have such
an up-to-date institution.
RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Charles H. King and daugh
ter. Miss Marion, who have been
visiting at Chicago and ether points
in that locality, stopped here for a
short visit with Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Pollock and other relatives. They
departed Monday for their home at
Los Angele3 after the outing that
has covered several weeks with the
relatives and old friend3.
FIVE HUNDRED STRONG
Tho progress shown by the Young
Democratic Circles of the nation,
openly professes the confidence young
America has in "their Roosevelt."
It cannot be said that the Platts
mouth Young Democratic club, is not
doing their bit, for although this
society was organized only a short
time ago, it is well nigh 500 strong.
Overland Theatre
NEBRASKA CITY
Cooled Washed Air and Ice!
Where You can Enjoy Your
self in Real Comfort!
Sat., Sunday, Monday, Tues.
August 4-5-6-7
WILL ROGERS in
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Best Picture!
Also Selected Comedies, Travelog
ues, Cartoons and News
2 Big Hours of the Very Best Shows!
Mat. Saturday, 2:30 - 5-20c
Three Shows Saturday Night
Sunday, 2:30 Continuous
Balcony always - - - 5-20c
DR. BRINKLEY OPENS DRIVE
Kansas City, Kas. Dr. John R.
Brinkley opened his third attempt
to become governor of Kansas by
attacking the administration of bis
republican primary opponent, Gover
nor Landon In, connection wltji the
state's million dollar bogus bond
scandal.
Dr. Brinkley accused Governor
Landon of neglecting "his statutory
duty to kep a check on the bonds
In the treasury." The man who twice
failed as an independent candidate
for governor referred to Ronald Fin
ney and his father, Warren W. Fin
ney, two of the principal figures in
the bond scandal as "personal chums
of the governor."
C0LMAN PLEASED AT MOVE
Hollywood. Informed his wife
had obtained a divorce in England,
Ronald Coleman, film actor of roman
tic roles, said "I'm glad." From the
mountains where he was on a camp
ing trip, the 43 year old English ac
tor telephoned his business man
ager, William Hawks, and author
ized him to issue the following state
ment: "I'm glad Mrs. Coleman has ob
tained a divorce. We have been sepa
rated for many years and since there
was no possibility of a reconciliation,
divorce was the sensible and logical
thing. I have no thoughts or inten
tions of a second marriage."
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hartford
and son, Robert Lee Hartford, will
leave Thursday on an auto trip to
California, with Lcs Angeles as their
ultimate destination. The Hartford
family will enjoy a visit at the var
ious points of interest through which
they may pass and while on the west
coast expect to visit the many old
friends who are located in that sec
tion of the west. They will spend
some two weeks on the trip, accord
ing to their piano.
SINGS BEFORE THE ROTARY
Miss Margaret Trylor, of this city,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A.
Taylor. wa3 a guest at the luncheon
of the Rotary club at Americu3, Geor
gia, on last Wednesday noon. Miss
Taylor gave several vocal numbers
that were mo3t enthusiastically re
ceived, as she has an exceptionally
fine voice and one cf the most prom
Ising vocalists in this part of the
state. The many friends here will be
pleased to learn that she was given
this recognition in tha southland.
TWO REPORTERS ARE FINED
Danville. Ky. Jack Durham and
Wesley Casty, two young reporters
who have been going to jail dally
with clock-like regularity for refus
ing to violate a confidence were given
fines instead of jail sentences. Police
Judge Harlan is assessing them $3
each, remarked, however, as he did
so, "I want you to understand tha
the court is not weakening because
of this fine. He ordered them
to
come back the next day.
VETERAN KILLS SELF
Bellevue, Neb. Harry L. Lutz
43, a World war veteran, was found
dead in the bathroom of his home
late Monday. The body lay on th
floor and a pistol was clutched in
the dead man's hand. County Attor
ney Nickerson declared it suicide
and said no inquest would be held
Lutz was said to have been despond
ent because of unemployment.
CCC TO MAKE LAKES
Pawnee City, Neb. Construction
of lakes to raise the water level In
the ground in this vicinity will be
one of the principal tasks for the
CCC contingent to be located here.
The camp site is being constructed
on the fair grounds. Approximately
200 young men arc to be included in
the Pawnee unit.
STERILIZATION IS UPHELD
McAlester, Okl. The right of the
state to perform vasectomies upon
habitual criminals was upheld by
the state board of affairs in a test
case at state's prison here.
Attorneys for George W. Winkler,
29 year old third termer, gave im
mediate notice of appeal to the
courts from the board's ruling.
There are daughters who are such
comforts to their mothers, and oth
ers who are beautiful.
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The administration at Washing
ton receives thousands of letters ev
ery day from constituents with sure
cures for our financial Ills, and we
(aucy there would ba as many more
jf postage stamps were 2 cents in
stead of 3.
Amsdel Sheldon
is Laid to Rest
Near Old Home
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Services Held at the Home and Par
ticipated in by the Odd Fel
lows Lodgd of Avoca.
The funeral services of Amsdel
Sheldon, long time resident of Cass
county and a loved and honored citi
zen, was held on Monday afternoon
from the late home, north and east
of Avoca.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Fred H. Hall, pastor of the Con
gregational church of Avoca, at the
house. At the cemetery the Avoca
lodge of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of which Mr. Sheldon
was long a member had charge of
the services. The pall bearers were
members of the family circle.
The lifetime of Amsdel Sheldon,
born September 27, 1839, covered al
most .ninety-five years of the nation's
life and in this time some of the
greatest epochs of the national life
have occurred. In his life he Las
seen the passing of the early day
life of his country, the stride of the
inventions that have made the na
tion one of the greatest on earth and
he has seen the expansion of the
nation, the acquisition of Texas and
the Mexican possessions and open
ing them to settlement, the creation
of the states of the central west and
the great wars of the nation, the
civil war, Spanish-American and tho
World war.
Mr. Sheldon with his twin brother.
Ambler, left their home in the New
England states to come west to the
then new state of Nebraska, they
arriving in 1869 and locating on a
farm which they broke up and culti
vated, the two brothers living to
gether and working out the success
of the farm. This farm is now oc
cupied by Henry Young.
In the passing of a few years on
the farm Mr. Sheldon was married
to Miss Celia Elils, a member of one
of the early families of this section
of the state. To them were born
two daughters and one son, Mrs.
C. E. Tefft, Weeping Water, Miss
Esther Sheldon, making her home
with the parents, and Lucian Shel
don, living in New York.
The family have resided since
1884 on their preent farm, where
Mr. Sheldon lived his life quietly
and practicing in his daily tasks an
associations, the highest type of Am
crican citizenship.
Mr. Sheldon cast his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and has
been in his lifetime a strong follow
er of the teachings of the great wa
president.
It might well be said of him afte
the well spent life these beautiful
words from the pen of John Clem
ents:
Behold this ruin, 'tis a skull.
Once etheriel spirit full.
This narrow cell was life's re
treat, This space was thoughts mys
terious seat.
What eautious pictures filled
this spot,
What deams of pleasure long
forgot.
Not grief, not pain, not hope,
not fear.
Have left one trace or record
here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shono the bright and
busy eye,
But start not at Its dismal
void;
If social love that eye employ
ed. If with no lawless fire It gleam
ed. But with the dew of kindness
beamed
That eye shall be forever
bright
When stare and suns have lost
their light.
Within this silent cavern
hung
The ready swift and tuneful
tongue.
If bold in virtue's cause it
spoke,
Yet gentle concern never broke.
If falsehood's honey is disdained
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And when it should not praise
was chainned
That tuneful tongue shall pler.d
for thee,
When death unveils Eternity.
Say did these fingers delve
the mine,
Or with the envied rubi's shine.
To hew the rock or wear the
gem.
Can nothing now avail to them.
But if the page of truth thy
sought,
Or comfort to the mourned
brought.
Those hands a richer mead shu.ll
claim.
Then all that wait on wealth
or fame.
Avails it whether bare or
shod,
These feet the paths of duty
trod;
If from the bowers of ease
they sped.
And sought affliction's humble
bed.
If fortune's guilty bribe they
spurned.
And home to virtue's cot re
turned, Those feet with angels' wings
shall vie,
And tread the palace of the
sky.
PEERLESS WIN GAME
I-'rom Wednesday's Daily
The ' Donat Peerless last evening
took the Home Dairy Canaries by
the score of 13 to 4 in the night
game at Athletic park. Knoflicek for
the Peerless was in the best of form
and kept hi3 hits well scattered dur
ing the game. Kinnamon for the
Dairy pitched a good game but a
large number of overthrows and er
rors on bases served to give the bev
erage dealers the win.
WILL LOCATE IN CASS COUNTY
Adolph Wesch, Jr., who has for a
number of years been located in the
vicinity of Plainview, was in the city
today and arranging to remove back
to Cass county in the near future
and to engage in farming here. Mr.
Wesch has many friends here who
are delighted to learn that he will
again be a resident of this commun
ity. ARRIVAL OF LITTLE DAUGHTER
From Wednesday's Dally
The announcement was received
here today of the birth to Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Conkling at Nebraska
City of a fine little daughter, Tues
day evening. Mrs. Conkling was
formerly Miss Cordelia Fields, teach
er of music in the Plattsmouth
city schools for a number of vcar.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
An action for divorce has been
filed in the district court entitled
Neva Stockham vs. James E. Stock-
ham. The plaintiff in her petition
states that they were married In
September, 1919 and that the de-
fondant hr.s failed to provide for
the plaintiff and the minor child of
the parties.
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