THURSDAY, DECEMBEH 13, 1934.
PLATTSHOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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County Commissioner E. B. Chap
men was meeting with the board of
commissioners on last Thursday and
Friday.
Fred Baiter was in town last Mon
day with a load of poultry, which he
sold to H. V. Griffin, receiving top
price for same.
The W. C. T. U. were well pleased
at beinj able to have Rev. Kunkel at
their meeting vnd appreciated the ex
cellent address he made.
Vance Harris was looking after
seme business matters in NehawSa
on Monday of this week, driving over
to the neighboring city.
John Chnse and niece, of South
Omaha, were visiting In Union last
Friday, being guests at the home of
Frank and Anna Bauer while here.
While C. L. Greene has been kept
at home with a case of mumps, he is
mire the pictured smart lines of an getting along all right and is hopeful
automobile even though priced be- J cf being able to return to work in the
yond our means. As we read an ad
vertisement relating the superior
Lewis J. Raemon, business man
ager of the Aanlston (Ala.) Star,
say a:
"Any newspaper man will tell you
that printing names of people, es
pecially the names of your neigh
bors and friends, malies a paper rich
with human interest. Perhaps next
of interest to reading about people
we know 13 reading about things
v hich v. c own and use or wish to
own.
"Advertising brings us news of
familiar articles we all employ or
hope to obtain. It enkindles pleas-J
ant sensations as we pause to ad-1
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Visiting with Friends Here
Luther J. Hall, Jr., of Snohomish,
Washington, was called to Illinois
last week on business, he having
some twenty-five head of horses that
he took to Galesburg and disposed of
and on his return to his home in the
west stopped here and at Xehawka
and Nebraska City to visit with rela
tives and friends. Saturday night his
friends, Mr. and Mrs. George Stites
had Mr. Hall for supper and with a
large fat turkey also invited in some
twenty-five other mutual friends to
help do Justice to the sapmtuous meal.
in a fire that destroyed parts of the
same, is now having the apparatus
put in the best of condition so it will
Le ready for use In the spring. The
dragline is used for stripping dirt
from the rock formation and enabling
getting at it with the least possible
effort. It handles a large amount of
dirt in a day, equal to that which
cculd be moved by many men and
teams working with scrapers.
James T. Frans Dies.
James Frans, of St. Joseph,
who is a second cousin of D.
Mo.,
Ray
the presentation of a fine service,
which consisted cf an address with
readings, songs and ether music. All
were pleased with the excellence of
the service and are looking for their
return at some not far distant date.
In this manner, Mr. Hall was able to! Frans cf Union and a son of Uncle
near future.
Ictrac Dye was shelling and deliver-
shaving Qualities of the very same ing com to the Stites elevator Tues
kind c f a r.i::cr which v e used this , cay. Many are now shelling and de-
morning, our own good judgment isj;vering their corn
meet many of his old friends during
his short stay here. Sunday he went
to Nebraska City, where he visited
with relatives. He also visited at Ne
hawka and paid a short call to old
friends at Syracuse, before continuing
on to his home in the west.
Eepairing Their Dragline
The Tobin company, which is en
gaged in operating quarries in this
vicinity and which recently suffered
the less cf their dragline equipment
Bc:i Frans, whom the older people cf
Union knew, died at his home there
Sunday morning, the funeral being
held on Tuesday. No one from this
vicinity was able tc attend the lun
eial. The wife of the deceased pass
ed away last summer.
Conducted Excellent Services
A gospel team cf the Ilaptist church
at Nebraska City was in Union last
Sunday morning and took up the
regular morning worship hour with
Union Woman's Club Supper
The president of the Woman's club,
Mrs. D. Ray Frans, was hostess to the
club on Wednesday evening of last
week, when an attractively arranged
twe-ccurse supper was served at 0 p.
111., to which the husbands were in
vited. Other guests were Mrs. J. R.
Pierson, Auburn; Mrs. Eugene Roddy,
Paul Davis, Union, and Dr. and Mrs.
G. H. Gilmore, cf Lincoln, the Doctor
being the guest speaker of the even
ing. In the seating cf the guests at cup
per, the large table in the dining
rem was supplemented by several
small tables placed in the living
rooms, each tastefully decorated to
carry out the Christmas holiday
tpirit. Mrs. Lawrence Mcisinger, as
leader icr this meeting, passed clev
erly decorated cards, which were
numbered, and when drawn by the
guests all were instructed to search
for their tables end partners.
Santa Claus puzzles were also plac
ed on the tables for the guests to
solve while awaiting the second
course, which consisted of a delicious
dessert prepared by the hostess, with
each individual serving topped by a
sunulatcd miniature Clirintmas tree
formed of cookies with colorful can
dies imbedded therein, they repre
senting the cv.linary skill and artis
try of Mrs. W. li. Banning.
The ever-willing and efficient
"Marthas" assisting the hostess in
serving were Mcsdr.mes Kunkel, Todu
and Upton and Miss Robb.
After all had eaten to satiety,
presto, the tables vanished and all
repaired to, the living room where!''1
they awaited the ins tructive treat of ! t:'- '" :t
the evening, the talk on Indian lore 1 "E 11 iar
to be given by Dr. Oi'more. Preced
ing his talk, Mrs. Eikcnbary read a
trait most evident to his friends, and
closing with a limerick introducing
the speaker.
Dr. Gilmore, in responding, toll
something of the very early hiitory
of the Indians of South Ameri. a and
this country, displaying many Indian
relics secured in the excavations n.ade
by fchnse'f arid his asreeiales o or a
nt;:nbcr of years in tl;e vicinity of
Reck Bluffs, Ncliawka and Weeping
Water, which are l':uii:'ul g:vu:i.l fur
these relics.
All were t'ie: given the privilege
of viewing at close range the draw,
r.'gs a:.d reins he had brought v. ith
him and at king querticnr, which iIj.--
j cd informally ti e in. tractive le:f.:re.
Mrs. Me hinder then tested the
knowledge and quid; thii.king f all
2; ue.-:." ing comets in which
r;.e:.l er r.:id Mrs. Neds Mad
:! oft the pr.ros.
A pic-arum Lie Jr.sfr.g f th
re's er.tertainmcnt was the
or a grcup of
at the piano.
siongs with Mrs,
;i!ar v.'.k'i wit"
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Frans
1 uck
poem c-f iier own composition, simu
lating a radio broadcast honoring
each huid aml in turn, and bringing j friendly farewell hatter, all departed
out i.i humorous vein some peculiar 1 for their homes.
confirmed for selecting that parti
cular razor. What could be mere in
timate, more personal cr concern us
more vitally?
"If anyone dcuLts (he fact that in
terest is aroused by advertising, a
simple experiment will demonstrate
otherwise. Into the hands of the
it is bringing
a very good price.
Mary Becker, who is employed in
On:a!i2, was a visitor over the week
end at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Becker and also visit
ed with her many friends here.
Mies Helen Warden, who is em-
aouDter piace a magazine prinieci w hC:i:c cf her Darents. Mr
a foreign language unknown to iiiin.
Let him therein see the picture or
trade-mark of an article cr product
frequently advertised in our own
American publications it will rise
out of the printed page and catch
his eye like an old familiar land
mary. Ask any dougtboy who saw
American cigarettes advertised in a
French paper if this isn't true."
EDAT FOUND IN GALLAPAGOS
Los Angeles. Finding of the 32
foot ketch Svaap in Tagus cove, Gal
lapagos archipelago, destroyed what
was expected to be another clue to
the mysterious vanishing of the
strange Charles Island "empress" and
her mate in the equatorial Marchena
death tragedy, Capt. G. Allan Han
cock, said.
Captain Hancock, Lcs Angesles pa
tron of science, reported from his ex
ploration cruiser Velero III, that he
found the smallesf boat that ever cir
cumnavigated the globe just as it
had been left eight months ago.
William Albert Robinson, intrepid
explorer of Cambridge, Mass., and
Chicago, and his heiress bride, Flor
ence Crane Robinson, left it at an
chor there when an American naval
destroyer carried the couple back to
Panama for removal of the explorer's
burst appendix.
This was one of the few craft
known to be in the islands, and it
had been conjectured that possibly
the Baroness Elcise Bonsquet Be
Wagner and her mate, Robert Philip
Eon, might have used it in their
strange disappearance last July that
Captain Hancock links with the cast
aways deaths cf Alfred Dudolp Lor
enz, one of her companions, and Try
gve Nuggrud, Norwekian sailor.
CONSERVATIONISTS GATHER
Omaha. J. M. Merritt, superin
tendent of the state f.sh hatchery at
Gretna, and Le-e Huddleson. state
conservation officer, were in Omaha
Tuesday to organize a save the birds
campaign. They declared pheasants
and email were so weak from hunger
that they fail to fly from danger.
The situation was described as es
pecially acute in the counties north
the Platte river as far west as
Ee-xing',.:,r.. Most of the grains and
forage were gathered for livestock
a::d deep snow covers what weeds
and stubble remain, they Laid.
Omaha sportsmen will be urged
to "fatten the ir own 1935 game bags"
ly contributing to a fund to spread
ieed thruout the area where birds
starvation.
ron:c et ner parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Warden last Sunday, return
ing to her work early Monday morn
ing. Harriett Leach, who is a student at
the Peru state normal school, visited
over the week end at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Leach,
returning to resume her studies on
Monday.
David E. Eaton, who has been
serving on the Jury at Plattsmouth
for some time, was over to the county
seat, but returned home as the Judge
dismissed the case which was being
tried before it came to the jury.
George Trunkenbolz of Eagle and
Lincoln, president of the Trunkenbolz
Oil company, which operates the
Union filling station and a number of
others in this part of the country, was
looking after some business matters
here Tuesday.
Frank Bauer, who had some busi
ness matters to look after at Papil
lion, drove" over ttLere last Sunday,
being accompanied by Elmer With
row. They came back the same way
this time, so as not to get lost in the
wilds of Sarpy county.
George Lindsay, who so severely
injured his arm last week, when he
slipped and fell on the ice, while en
deavoring so save some coal oil which
he was carrying in a jug, is getting
along fairly well at this writing, al
though his arm is still very sore.
Uncle George says he doe;; not want
any mere of that kind of experience.
The Frans Lumber company receiv
ed a car load of coal last Monday and
was delivering it as rapidly as the
draymen and farmers were able to;
haul it from the car. The snappy
weather cf the past ten days has stim
ulated the sale of coal and a large
amount has been delivered in a com
paratively short time, keeping homes
warm.
Miss Martha Upton, who is attend
ing school at Lincoln, and Miss Sarah
Upton, who is teaching at Ecaver
Crossing, were both expecting to visit
over the week end at the' home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Upton, but both had a touch of the
flu and neither one was able to come.
They are getting along very well and
will try it again at some later date.
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May Ye Suggest - -
Mesh Bags 2.50 to $5.00
Ladies Hand Tooled Bags
at REDUCED PRICES
Ladies Hand Bags'.':. $1.00 to $2.95
Ladies Crystal Necklaces, Ear
Rings to match, $1.50 to $2.50
Goblets and Sherbets, set of 6 . . $2 and $3
Table Covers and Radio Scarfs
85c to $3.00
Candles, finest quality 10c to 25c
fcr 1 ables and Windows for Christmas
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Wreaths
1C to $1.25
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Men's Bill Folds
Elack and Brown
Kar.d tccled. Seme with, zippers.
Prices run from :50 to $2
Bill Tclds and Key Case Sets
$1 to $5 Each
Brush and Cornb Sets
73c to $1.65
She Will Appreciate These
Nail Polish Sets 25c to $2.00
Genuine Lady Lillian
Vantine's Nail Polish Sets 85c
Manicure Sets, special $1.65
Blues, Reds and Greens
Toilet Sets $1.25 to $10.50
Blue, Red, Green, Black or Ivory
Vantine's Bath Powder $1.00
Vantine's Toilet Water $1.00
Fancy Compacts 50c to $2.00
CAEOL'S SON LIZES IUPZSCU
ucanresl. Rumania. Crown
I'rince Mihui apparently shares King
artiPs admiration for that glamor-
lady cf the Dalkans, Mme. Mag-Lv.r-tfacu.
The 13 year old heir
f.J.vLC. t!lrcne of Rumania sent his
frier'a a large photograph of
l-.aclf, frar-icd in silver, inscribed:
-;) niy beloved friend from Mihai.
f-"-r.d clube cf Alba-Julia."
! ..niillitr this -' -Hhai sent Mme.
"IKtcu, iv, r -ft-iioni carol once fcre
! vcrc hi3 rights to the throne only
,n rc-cr.sEider and return dramati-
'a no Er-.c
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four years orn. a
. - - O uu iUOl.tlJf-
cf hearty friendship.
Soms Close Competition.
The Union Women's Christian Tem
perance Union held a contest on last
Saturday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Foster. There were
five contestants, four girls and a boy,
they being Misses Eetty Cadweil,
Mary McCarroll, Maggie Eurton and
Emma Buck and Wardell Britten.
The medal was for one alone, al
though there were firs competing.
The judges "were Supt. Stlr.ibcrt, o:
the Xehawka schools, Mrs. J. M. Stone
and Miss Melvln Sturm, and they
had a most difficult lime deciding on
who was the winner, but the rules
did net
allow any or.e but the win
ner to receive favorable mention. It
opcahs well fcr the intelligence cf
our young people when they can en
gage in competition with the result
so dose as in this particular instance.
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rif"tis-r3 expense yieTrs a far
Keeping Corn Eere
Lon Meade . as shelling his corn
last Mcnday and delivering the same
to the Union elevator. However, the
grain is not being shipped away as
the demand is too great in Union and
the surrounding country. Yv B. Ban
ning took a portion of the cereal to
be used for feeding some stock which
he purchased recently.
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Pens and Pencils
rexntain Pen Desk Sets 5.0C
Fcuntain Pen and Pencil Sets
SOp to $11.50
Fountain Pens 2Sc to Q3.00
Box Stationery
A Ccniplete Line 25c to $1.00
Pictures - Mottoes
with iili-Tcr Eacks
Ttto Special Prices50p and C5t
Incense Burners
IGc to $3.59
Book Ends
4Sp to $5
Ik-It &nd Tie Clasp $1
Cellar and Tie Holder 50
Clcth 3rush and Shcepolisher
5S9 to 51
Boys' Watches
Gocd Timekeepers, enly 1
John G. Woodward's
Box Candy
In Onc-Ealf and One Pound Base:
Cigars - Cigarettes
In Christmas Packages
Tcb?.ccc and Cigarette AQr
Humidor, Special
Gent's Smoking Stands
SSc to 5
Cigar Lighters
at Eargain Price 30 1
Cci-
ASH TRAYS
at Zeduccd Prices
CIGAEETTE A1JD CIGAR
CASES
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A Ccnplcie Lire of
Christmas Package
Dressings
Luiprcvc Appearance cf Gift Parcel:-
Christmas Wreaths
fcr Graves
Price! frcn 15 to 51.25
Banjos and Ukeleles
ct Eeduced Prices
Flaying Cards
Pull Line, Sirjrle and Double Decks
to
New Testaments
fcr Chiidrcn
P:i:s3 ranp- :rci2 25c to 51
Bibles
Wiic Assortu:cutG50 to 55.5G
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ICS ALL KAOAZEIES
Tkccc mcke very acceptable Christ
inas Gifts that lact the year through.
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Kr.Gio Lamps
Dressing Tebl Lsrr-ps
Bed Lcrrrpc, Pin!:, EIuo and Green
.$1.00 to $5.50
,$1.00 to $2.50
$1.50
$2.53 to $4.75
Christmas iree Light Sets
SGp and p per Set
Globes for Tree Light
Sets
. .2 for 5z
2 for 15c cr 4 for 25
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