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VOLUME XXXII LO0P CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. March 12. 1914- NUMBER 1
WHY CANT WE
FOLLOW SUIT
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TIE STATE LIFE Fill IISIMICE IS SMII
[Below we give space to the
Wisconsin plan of state insurance.
It looks good. Read it What is
the matter with Nebraska, and
why can't we do something along
this plan for our people' — Eli.)
Vkat Wmmm PIm luaraace Costs
At age of Vt, 01 . mo
Hr fty
M urith Y<ar
• *4tmr/ ilfe «1 :a »ITM
> ptymmt life 2 3 36 13
» !>» year (aOjeatat ' > *1 24
h»4o*MU M. 1.26 »> 22
Term to 'A 1 23 U.23
Ml.l:aOb. WuCUDMIt. A wide
spread interest in Wisconsin'* plan
for state life and endowment in
Mtraiy-e ba« le*-o indicated by re
for information from all
orer the country.
AppIt'-sLtoft* are coming in
ttemdily and iwtuirin from pro—
per-t.re |olic> holders are being
received daily frnm all putts of the
state. One «a11tigs hank m Mil
waukee is advertising the life
fund «.n its own circulars, and
manufacturing rooceras hare co
operated by distributing literature
among it* employes.
Nr death ha* occurred, but mor
tality food* are available to pay
any death which may occur. Thr
accumulated funds have already
hem invested in real otale a>*rt
fip« yielding C per cent interest
net to the fund.
The department is gratified over
the camber of inquiries and ap
piesbatts received and the suc
ce» of the plan thus far. "Per
hpi.** said Deputy Insurance
CmraNMuner W. S. Braddork.
"nothing spriks more for state
life insurance than tbe enthusiasm
and great interest of those who
V have become policy holders. "
As the policies issued were dated
as of the tame of the application,
the second payment has already
hem made on a considerable num
ber. and not a tangle policy has
failed to renew.
Among 'he more recent appli
cants. preference seems to be
shown for the endowment at age
of policy, doe very likely to
the fact that many of tbe appli
PASTOR MEETS
Prom the Worthington. Minne
sota. Gioae. a copy of winch was
received by <»*orgt- 7~ Lean, we
learn of the sudden death of Rev.
C. M. Aldhdfe February £», at
Reading. Minnesota, where he
was pastor of the Presbyterian
church. He preceded Kev. Davies
as pastor of the church here, and
Dm rather traffic death will be a
shock to the community.
The Minnesota paper says in
part:
"Mr. Aldridffe was in the vil
lage blacksmith shop fixing his
machine. He had taken the rear
wheels off and had jacked up the
machine on its rear axle in order
to more easily get at it to do the
work he desired. He was lying
on his hack under the rear axle
and busy at work when for some
reason or other the supports
under the axle gave way, letting
the heavy machine fall upon the
prostrate man. Mr. Aldridge's
young son. a mete toddler, was
with his father at the time and the
unfortunate man told the child to
tell bis mother that papa was un
der the machine aad needed help.’1
It was some time before the word
rearhed Mrs. Aldridge and when
cants are young: men. who are be
ginning to save toward a compe
tency for their later years. Quite
a few endowment policies have
l»een i—ued to women. The 20
imyment life policy is also popu
lar. The ordinary life policy, the
1" year term and the K) year and
i" year endowments have been is
- ied to same extent. The term to
age of seems to be the least
popular.
A pamphlet issued by the state
gives the following facts: ~
The state life fund insurance is
-ound, is granted at cost on a rate
that is low. yet safe.
A dividend is paid each year,
beginning with the first; gives the
right to borrow, the right to sur
render for cash, protects against
forfeiture for non-payment of pre
mium by charging a premium as
a an. gives the right to pay at
t.me- and in amounts suited to
your convenience and allows in
terest at full rate earned.
The life fund saves you the
agent's commissions, the overhead
charges, from any forfeiture if
you want to make any change, and
from any doubt as to what your
contract really is.
VERY AGEI LADY
LAIB TO REST
Mr. MNRnIhu Sckniinl i Pi#
•••r «f This Otaaty Sam UTS
Psss^s Avty
PAST IIITY TEAK OF ML
Last Sunday afternoon. March
8, 1914, at about 1:30. occurred
the death of Mis. Wilhelmina
Schneidereit in this city, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis
Bechthold. at the advanced age
of 90 years and a little over.
Grandma Schneidereit had made
her home with her daughter for a
number of years. The funeral oc
curred from the German church
on Tuesday afternoon following,
Kev. Jueling officiating, and in
terment was made in Evergreen
cemetery.
Wilhelmina Kalniska was born
December 23, 1823, in Grabowen,
east part of Prussia, Germany,
where she was married in 1847 to
Vred Schneidereit. They came to
America in 1871. settling in New
York. A year later they moved
to Fairbury. Ills., and eight years
later to Sherman county, her hus
band dying in 1886. To this union
were born two children, Fritz
Schneidereit and Mrs. Minnie
Bechthold, both of whom survive
the mother, together with eleven
grandchildren and thirteen great
grandchildren. She was aged at
death 90 years, 2 months and 16
days.
Mellor Very Much Alive
Regardless of Knockers
W. R. Mellor was home wr
la~- Sunday And the early part of
ti ' week. He i< very much alive
in 'j"*e of the fact that a few of
the would-be spokesman for the
newspapermen of Nebraska have
relegated him to the scrap heap
and hare endeavored to elevate
4
themselves by pushing him down.
Such fellows as judge howard at
Columbus to. «. bravo of Kear
ney. and a few others of their ilk.
would have to go some to be big
enough for Bill Metlor to notice
*s little pigmies, let done being
of enough importance for him to
pay any attention to.
help arrived it was too late as
life had left the body.
The funeral was held from the
Reading church of which deceased
was pastor, last Friday and was
j largely attended, members of the
IL O. O. F. of which he was a
member, and of his Ministerial
Association, attending in a body.
Mr. Aldridge was born in North
J Carolina in 18.r>9 and had spent
j thirty years in the ministry. In
closing the Worthington paper
i says: “In his work at Reading,
Mr. Aldridge made himself felt
and was loved by his parishoners
j and respected by his fellow towns
men. He was a man of fine
character and greatly loved by his
people wherever he labored/’—St.
Paul Republican.
CITY HIGH SCHOOL
j ROTES IH BRIEF
The Juniors don't get along very
well without Miss Burt.
Caesar class number two is tak
ing an examination this morning,
■ (Monday.) Congratulations.
Orena Ohlsen taught the fourth
j grade one day last week. They
j reported a jolly old time.
Miss Frances Sweetland is teach
ing in place of Miss Burt who has
resigned.
Two High school pupils were
required to remain upon the reser
voir hill one afternoon last week.
Clarence Petersen had a serious
accident befall him one day last
, week, which laid him up for re
pairs for a half a day.
, | A new rule was introduced and
j passed by the High school teacb
, ere, which seems to be so compli
i J cated that but few can interpret it.
>ome of the play books irrired
Saturday, they being three weeks
late, means that we mast get to
work that much hander. —The
Senior class.
Lillian Brown, one of oar bril
liant scholars is going to move out
on the farm after school is closed.
(Special Dispatch to the Corre
spondent.)
Mr. Mackey and Bernard Slo
cumb prepared to go hunting Sat
urday morning, but the beautiful
snow flurries and sunshine scared
them out of the idea.
The Senior class finished book
keeping and took their final exami
nation Friday afternoon. If any
body is in need of a good book
keeper call on the Senior class.
The boys of the High school are
patiently waiting for warmer
weather so as to start playing
ball. The High school team is go
ing to be one of the fastest and
strongest in this part of the* state.
There are a few Revenges which
they are going to surely have this
spring.
The four most bashful gentle
men of Loup City again visited us
during chapel. Earl Harper, one
of them, played us a number of
his many pieces on the piano. He
ranks next to Paderuski. The
other three gentlemen were too
bashful to even say something.
Nevertheless, gents, come again.
We need a new school .house.
We are getting so crowded that
when spring opens, some of the
classes will have to recite oat
side, especially the botany class.
A new school house the same
of the old one wouldn't hart any
body. The old building could be
used for the grades, and the new
one for the High school. A new
school house wouldn’t be" nearly
as foolish as that long ditch which
was built along the foot of the
hills to save Loup Uity in (one of
floods.
COItT IOVSE
INSPECTION TON
■ITO MEN’S IMPtESSION
Ed. Northwestern: I send you
a few notes of our trip of court
house inspection made prior to the
receipt of petitions in circulation
which I am told already contains
25 per cent of the voters, which
compels the boatd to call a special
election for the purpose of voting
bonds to build a new court house.
As the first step necessary for
the board, after calling for a spe
cial election is to pick out a plan
of building and hiring an architect
to superintend the construction
and give an estimate of the cost
that voters muy have a chance to
examine plan.- and cost of same,
the board deemed it wise to visit
the court houses at St Paul and
Greeley and others if thought nec
essary. They were accompanied
by a building committee of seven
representative men from over the
county comprised of Jas. McBeth,
Christ Zwink. Frank Badura, W.
Jacobs, C. W. Trumble. Hans
Johnson and W. S. Waite, the
whole gang being valiantly led by
John W. Long, president of the
Loup City Commercial Club.
In Howard county, the court
house contract was let for $75,UO0
in round numbers but the contract
was let for about $6.» >00 less than
the architect's estimate and he was
praetteaUy ■ins.dveD'- when be-bo*-'
gan building, hence failed finan
cially after the building was par
tially complete. His bonding
company, however, sent an agent
and put the architect in eharge of
the work, instructing the county
to pay the bills up to the contract
price and the company would pay
the balance, the county losing
nothing and certainly getting* fine
structure. TPxifci feet 4 stories high
and jail in top story. The build
ing is of brick and Bedford stone,
with stone pillars, giving it an im
posing and lasting appearance.
The first walls are 17 inches, and
the three upper stories are IS inch
es . the piers *5 inches first story,
tapering to 21 at top. the building
nicely appointed, finished and up
to-date in every way. The people
pay for it with an issue of 4 1-2
per cent dodos.
In Greeley county. Henry Ohl
sen of Loup City is in charge of
the new court house and he was
certainly proud as he explained
the structure in detail, and the
Greeley people appreciate his
work. The building is 10 feet
shorter than St. Paul's and trim
med in terre cotta, which is less
expensive than Bedford stone. It
does not look quite so nice, while
the pillars are of brick instead of
Bedford stone, the whole thing
costing about $5,000 less than St
Paul court house, though arranged
and equipped the same, and is a
fine building also.
We went next to Central City,
where they have just completed a
fine court house at a cost of $90,
000, is same size of Howard coun
ty structure, is of brick and Bed
ford stone, with first story all of
Bedford stone. The architecture
is some different from the first two
mentioned but designed by a dif
ferent architect and equipped a
little more expensive and contain
ing much more marble. The ar
rangement is some different and
owing to the sandy soil at Central
City it was necessary to make a
foundation ten feet wide at the
base, this helping to make the cost
greater. They have a separate
jail, although there is room in the
fourth story for a jail. The build
ing was paid for by a bond issue
of $100,000 of 4 per cent bonds,
and contractors were compelled to
take bonds for pay and had to dis
count than $10,000, so the county
only got a $90,000 structure.
THREE IRJIREI
IN EXPLOSION
AcciOnt Nor Pltisutu Niy Hk*
aft hi tuft.
Arthur Ashur will die. P. Holl
singer was badly injured and Har
vey Wort was badly shaken up as
the result of an accidental explo
sion which occurred at Pleasanton.
Thuesday afternoon of this week.
The men had planted a stick of
dynamite in the hill to secure clay
for surfacing a piece of mad, not
wanting to wait the slow process
of digging the clay. The fuse not
going off soon as expected, the
men who had retired to a safe dis
tance returned to see about it just
as the explosion occurred, tearing
Asher's face, blowing out one of
his eyes and leaving him in a ter
rible conditiou. Hollsinger. had
his back turned toward the dyna
mite. but was badly powder burned
beside having his teeth blown out
and his lip cut clear into his nose.;
Wort was not seriously hurt. The
two former were hurried to Pleas
anton, where it was thought Asher
would die but Hollsinger would
recover Asher is an automoble
man. Hollsinger a local druggist,
and Wort owner of a garage, all
of Pleasanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Hancock enter
tained about sixty relatives and
friends Saturday evening. March 7th,
in honor of the 21st birthday anniver
sary of th<ir_ son, Harold. A good
time was reported by all who were
present.
FORMER LOUP CITY
I WOMAN HONORED
Mr*. Harry I. Massar, PraiiA—< af tba ThH Histrid Faiaratiaa of
Womb's Cttt
RAPID RISE FROM TIE RAHKS TR LEADERSHIP
A rapid rise from the ranks to
the leadership of a district federa
tion has been accomplished by
Mrs. Harry B. Musser of Parsons,
who came to Kansas as a stranger
a little more than three years ago.
and who was elected to the presi
dency of the Third District federa
tion in the fall of 1912, just two
years after her arrival. Mrs.
Musser is a woman of force and
brilliancy, as her rapid rise in
clubdom shows, and is one of the
influential woman of her district.
One of her accomplishments in
club work was the organization of
the Country Club Womans club
of the Labette county, which held
its first meeting in September,
1911, a year after Mrs. Musser
first came to Parsons to live.
The first meeting was held at
the Musser country home. Elm
dale, where fourteen women gath
ered in response to invitation.
They not only talked over plans to
organize a club but proceeded at
once with a temporary organiza
tion, then nominated and elected
permanent officers. A committee
was appointed to draft a constitu
tion and by-laws, and before ad
Of Special Interest
to “Movie” Faos
At the* I'rwuaaiand theatre next
-Monday evening bp given a
three-reel turn of the much talked
of swiy 4 "TV Wreck" which
ts saw! to bo onto of the most fas*
(iaitinjr pictures shown on the
screen at the present. You will
mws somethin# line if you are not
there. Then on the 90th at the]
same place will he given ooe
the famous "Jungle'’ pictures,
which a few have Keen seen here
in the pas*. These pictures have
seventeen thrills to the square
inch and any one who has seen a
jungle picture once, rarely fails to
see others. IXus't miss die above
datos.
s,a
We next vent to Grand Island.
Mr. Waite and myself to get some
j liquid refreshments and the rest to
; inspect the court bouse. I will
not put in the description here, as
I seemed to get things mixed, as
when written Bill Brown said I
had gotten either the standpipe or
the new brewery, he couldn't tell
which. It cost $130,000, to old
fashioned and high-priced for us.
After several desertions, the
weary and almost penniless bunch
went to Broken Bow, where we
had heard tales of terrible court
house graft. We found a 3-story
building of brick and terra cotta,
73x103, with 17 inch walls from
bottom to top, with foundation, of
course, heavier, 21 inch pillars,
and beautiful and imposing en
trance, nice large rooms, tiled
floors in corridors, and everywhere
maple floors, laid on concrete back
of counters. This building com
plete cost $77,000, built by direct
tax—4 mills one year, 3 mills the
next, aided by $14,000 insurance
and material from old court house.
All the buildings described were
completed and equipped in every
way at prices given. One thing
is practically certain for the peo
ple to consider. We can get our
money optional payments at 4 1-2
per cent interest to sell bonds at
par at the lowest rate.
„ In closing, a word of apprecia
tion of oar kind reception and en
tertainment by county officials and
commercial clubs of various towns
visited. Commercial dabs surely
have a place in the new order of
doing things. Yours,
. Hire Am.
Mr. and Mrs. W. EL Henry left
Twsday morning for their future
home at Flagler, Colo., where Mr.
Henry has an interest in and will
be cashier of a bank. The North
western will of course keep them
posted on home doings. May suc
cess and happiness attend them.
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The early part of this week A.
E- Chase moved his frnit and
vegetable store one door north
and the room he vacated has been
fixed up for the use of Miss Fan
nie Sutton, who will open a ladies’
furnishing store therein.
We learn B. F. Tucker and
family have moved to Coster
county, where he has bought a
large tract of land and will run a
ranch.
BIBLE CLASS
GIVE RECEPTION
The Bible class of the M. E.
church gave a reception at the
parsonage Tuesday evening of
this week in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Oltjenbruns. A large
crowd and a very enjoyable even
ing was the ultimate result.
Mrs. John Golus was taken to
Grand Island Tuesday noon of
this week to be operated upon for
an abscess in the abdominal re
gion. She was taken cm a cot, and
a number of dose relatives accom
panied her. Her age and serious
condition give little hopes of her
surviving an operation.
journment they decided upon a
name, club colors, and voted to
federate with both district and
state federations. Since its or
ganization the club has lent its in
fluence to all sorts of plans for the
betterment of that community and
has given to its members a center
for their activities and interests.
The work of the Country Wo
man's club is greatly to the liking
of Mrs. Musser, ^rho is much in
terested in club extension work,
and she advocates the establish
ment of social centers making use
of rural churches and school
houses for that purpose.
Before coming to Kansas Mrs.
Musser lived in Nebraska, where
she began her career as a club wo
man about fifteen years ago. The
first club to which she belonged
was the Columbus Woman's club,
with a membership of fifty-four.
The, club was divided into differ
enf departments, each one an or
ganization within itself, with one
general meeting held each month.
The club was active and accom
plished the things it set out to do,
a characteristic which Mrs. Mu>
ser has carried with her through
the years of her club life.
Five years later, upon removing
to another part of the state. Mrs.
Musser, who was then beguung to
be known as a club woman, was
cordially welcomed as a member
of the Unity Club of Loup City,
Neb., an organization, which took
up civics in a practical form. In
190$, when the Musser family
moved to Lincoln, she became a
member of Lincoln Woman ^ club
The Lincoln Woman's dub is on*'
of the largest in the country, num
bering among its members over
1.3vX> women and having twelve
departments of study, covering a
wide range of subjects.
Mrs. Musser went to Parsons to
mate her home in the (all of 1910
and was soon elected to member
ship in the Athenaeum dub, which
has furnished another leader
among Kansas dub women in the
person of Mrs. W. D. Atkinson,
past president of the state fedora- *
tion. Mrs. Musser has had value
able training and varied experi
ence in her connection with live
and effective clubs and her work
in the Third District federation
has been characterized by execu
tive ability and a good deal of
push.
BY WIRELESS FROM
LEJtVEHSWORTH
A wireless which means this
time a letter, was received last
week from Leavenworth, Wash
ington, to the effect that the stork
had been at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Grow and left a fine
boy there for Jimmy and Heniet
ta to love, cuddle and bring up to
be a future president. Those of
our readers who do not know the
above happy couple we give the
information that the proud father
is youngest son of ex Postmaster
Grow, while the mamma is the
oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. S. Conger of this city. Now
having properly introduced the
characters in the above interest
ing drama, the Northwestern sends
wireless congratulations to the
grandpas and grandmas as well as
to the happy parents.
Frank Mickow went to McCooi
Junction Monday morning to see
how his farms are looking;