Nebraska Newspapers

    The Falls City Tribune.
VoiTv FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1908. Number 30
HANDED US TWO
FALLS CITY LOST BOTH GAMES
TO ATCHISON
The First Was a Good One And Was
Witnessed by a Large And
Enthusiastic Crowd
About a fifty dollar crowd wit
nessed the first game of ball be
tween Atchison and Falls City
at poteet’s park Thursday after,
noon, and while our boys went
down in deteat, everyone was
satisfied from the fact that the
visitors were among the best
players ever appearing on our
diamond, They are an all sal
aried team and each one a ball
player, and our boys, by being
handicapped by the absence of
some of their best material,
found themselves up against it.
Clayburn pitched 1or Atchi
son. and be is a dandy, even if
he does make several revolutions
to the minute before delivering
the ball, and about ail our boys
could do was to land on him for
little pop ups.
Billy Schmelzel did the twirl
ing for Falls City, and proved a
surprise to the fans who had
never witnessed his work before.
While Billy was a little wild and
allowed several men to walk, he
would pull himself together at
the critical moment and pitch
ball as good as any of them. All
Billy needs is a little practice
and we’ll put him in the box with
the best.
llie game started out in tine]
style. In the first inning the
first Atchison man jgot to first
and worked his way to second,
but the next one was put out at
first, likewise the two following.
Ed Poteet was the first of our
boys at bat but was caught at
first, the same fate befalling
Craig, while Foehlinger struck
out.
In the second the first of the
visitors was struck out and the
two following were caught at
first.
s
Tommy Poteet hit the ball but
didn’t hit the sack, then Heck
landed for a neat little hit but
was caught trying to steal sec
ond. Heacock got as far as
second by a neat little theft, but
died there by Cornell's out at
first.
In the third is where the fun
began. The first man up walked,
then stole second and finally
made the rounds on a two-base
hit by the next man up, he too
crossing the plate. This stopped
their fun, however, as the next
three failed to get to first, whi’e
with Palls City it was one, twTo,
three order.
There was some hard playing
in the fourth. Schrnelzel struck
out the first man up and the
other two wyere made quick wTork
of at first. Craig got to first
and made second on an error and
crossed the plate on a safe hit
by Heck,
The game now stood 2 to 1,
with our boys trailing, and while
they made a desperate effort in
the fifth there was nothing doing.
Murphy, Atchison’s shortstop,
was mean enough to hit one for
a home run in the sixth, and for
a time it looked pretty bad for
our boys but Schmelzel pulled
them out of the hole after filling
all the bases with but one more
score. With our boys it was an
other three men up and side re
tired.
There was nothing doing in
the seventh, but Atchison added
one more to their score in the
eighth. The ninth inning failed
to bring forth good fruits for
Concluded on Paffe Four.
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
Mr and M.is. J. R. Cain Celebrate
Quarter Century of Married Life
A great number of the friends
of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cain as
sembled at their home on South
Chase street, Tuesday evening
to participate in the celebration
of their twenty fifth wedding
anniversary.
The beautiful home was deco
rated throughout the interior
with a profusion of cut llowers,
ferns and vines and presented a
scene of surpassing beauty under
the mellow glow of the lights.
The porches and yards were
hung with many colored electric
lights making the scene one of
great brilliance.
An orchestra played through
out the evening from the music
room and Mrs. J. R. Cain jr.. of
Stella favored the guests with
several vocal selections greatly
to their delight. Elaborate re
freshments were served at a late
hour.
The entire arrangements were
in such excellent taste, and the
provisions for the entertainment
of the guests were so many anil
varied that it was a late hour be
fore the reception broke up and
the guests departed for their
homes ieeling under obligations
to the Lost and hostess for an
evening of rare enjoyment.
The out of town guests were:
J. R. Cain jr ,and wife, Esburn
Wheeler and wife, M. L- Haves
and wife, W. II. Wheeler and
wife, G. L. Slocum and wife. A.
W. Montgomery and wife, R. A.
Clark and wife, W. II. Ilogrefe
and wife, A. R. McMullen and
wife, L)r. Callison and wife all of
Stella. Harry Clark and wife of
Kansas City and Mrs. Dave Mc
Coy of Hiawatha.
The Tribune joins with the
many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Cain in extending congratula
tions
ANOTHER BLAZE
Electric Theater Sustains Serious
Loss by Fire
Just as Mr. Bower of the Elec
tric theater was bringing his
last performance to a close on
Monday evening the film caught
tire, and in smothering the llame
a piece of the burning film fell
into a box containing four others
and in a second all was a mass
of flames. The tire department
responded promptly and suc
ceeded in saving the building,
but the contents of the lower
lloor were almost completely
ruined, including the chairs and
phonograph, which were the
property of Reavis & Abbey.
The moving picture machine and
all films were destroyed and Mr.
Bower sustained quite severe
burns about the head and hands.
Luckily there were only a few
people in the building at the
time as it was quite late. Had
the fire occurred early in the
evening the result \\’ould surely
have been disastrous.
We have not learned as yet
what Mr. Bower’s intentions are,
but presume he will start up
again as soon as possible.
Putting in New Bridge.
Chas. H. Heineman has his
torce ot men at work on the new
j bridge on 5th and Wilson street.
The structure is of concrete and
is erected by the city at a cost
of $700. The old bridge at this
point has been considered dan
gerous for some time, but when
completed the new bridge will
be good for years to come and
will make that road one of the
busy thoroughfares ot the city,
which heretofore was almost
abandoned on account of the
bad condition of the old bridge.
SOCIETY NOTES
| AS TWAS TOLD TO OUR SO
CIETY EDITOR
Various Kinds of Entertainment by
Individuals. Lodges. Clubs,
Churches. Etc
Misses Alice and Lily Vycge
lein were delightfully surprised
Tuesday by the young people of
the Evangelical church. The
evening wae spent in playing a
variety of games after which
delicate refreshments were ser
ved. All present report an ex
ceptionally good time.
The M. E, kensington met at
the home of Mrs. E. Fisher Wed
nesday afternoon. The hostess
was assisted by Mrs- Maud Wig
ton and Mrs. II. C. Barton. The
weather was very warm but the
ladies enjoyed a very pleasant
afternoon on the lawn, where re
freshments appropriate to the day
were served.
About twenty members ot the
W. M. S. of the Evangelical
church invaded the home of Mrs
Voegelein on North Lane street
Thursday afternoon. The occas
ion was a farewell surprise cn
Mrs. Voegelein who leaves in the
near future for Napierville, Til.
Light refreshments were served
and the victim of the surprise
was presented with several treas
ured articles as material tokens
of her guests esteem.
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
Fannie Svanda sues Frank Svanda
For Ten Thousand
Mrs- Fannie Svanda filed last
Wednesday in the district court
two actions, one against Frank
Svanda, sr., her father-in-law,
and one against Frank Svanda jr.
her husband
The first suit is for alienating
her husband’s affection and de
priving her of his society and
support. She alleges that a few
clays after her marriage her hus
band’s father induced her hus
band to abandon her and rciuse
to support her. She states that
her husband didabandon her prac
tically on her wedding day and
has ever since lived with his
father.
The suit against the husband
is to compel him to support and
maintain her. Reavis & Reavis
appear for the plaintiff.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS
Old Canning Factory Now a Scene
Of Great Activity.
Heck & Harlow our fruit buy
ers have just about completed
the improvements on the old
canning factory, and what was
once but a dilapidated shell is
now a building of pleasing ap
pearance and adds much to the
looks of that part of our city.
The building has been com
pletely overhauled and re
arranged on the interior while
the out side has been treated to
a liberal coat of paint.
This enterprising firm have
also fitted up a cooper shop
in the building, where they keep
a force of men busy turning out
barrels for shipping the vast
amount of apples they handle.
The scene presented about the
place is a busy one, with its
cars of material being unload
ed and loads of produce being
houled away.
At the close of the apple sea
' son Heck & Harlow expect to
| put in a first class cold storage
; plant at their place, which will
! be a great convenience to our
i people and one long needed.
With a few more such enter
prising citizens, there is no lim
it to what Falls City might be.
HYMENEAL RITES
THE HOME OF JOHN CARICO
SCENE OF PRETTY WEDDING
Two of Richardson County's Pop
ular Young People Uuited
in Marriage
One ol the prettiest weddings
solemnised in this vicinity for
some time was that at the home
of John Carico and wife on Thurs
day evening, when their oldest
daughter, Miss Dora, was united
in marriage to Fred W. Dietrich
At the first strains of the wed
ding march played by Mrs. Wm.
Carico,the bridal party took their
positions on the porch, which
had been made a thing of
beauty bv its decorations of blue
and white, and many Chinese
lanterns. Rev. Mastin-ol the
Methodist church spoke the
words which united these two
young people for life.
The bride was attended by Miss
Ota Fisher while the groom was
supported by Artie Wyatt. The
house was beautifully decorated,
the color scheme of blue and
white predominating throughout
The bride was becomingly attired
in white net over light blue silk,
with the tulle veil held in place
by orange blossoms.
Immediately after congratula'
tions the guests were seated about
the dining room and served with
an elegant three-course luncheon.
Here the decorations deserye es_
pecial mention. The dining table
occupied a position in the center
of the room and festoons of blue
and white ribbon and wedding
bells were carried from the ceiling
to each corner and held in place
with white carnations. The cen
ter of the tabic was adorned by
a huge wedding- cake.
Miss May Maddox presided at
the punch bowl.
After the lunch the pleasures
incident to cutting the bride’s
cake were enjoyed, the ringr fall
ing to the bridesmaid, who ac
cording to tradition will be the
next bride.
Both young people are well
known to most of our people.
The bride has spent her entire
life among us and is a young
lady possessed of lovable traits
which have won for her many
warm and life long friends. The
groom is the son of Mrs. Levi
Hitchcock. He is a promising
young farmer and will make a
success of his chosen vocation.
They received many beautiful
gifts of silverwear, cut glass,
hand painted china, linens and
rugs.
1 he out of town guests were
Mrs. Emma Kern and daughter
Edith of Kulo, George Moline
and wife of Hanover, Kansas an
uncle and aunt of groom; Lacy,
Morastis and Flora Clark, Fair
burv. Lloyd and Edith Kinney
of Wymore. Jake Bloom and wife
of Verdon, Robert, and Austin
Thornberg, Sabetha and Theo
dore Carico, Horton, Kas.
A Small Blaze
The fire alarm called 'our fire
department and a few who were
not too sleepy to respond to a
small blaze discovered at one of
Mrs. M. A. Frank’s houses on
North Chase street. The house
was not occupied, and the only
way the blaze can be accounted
for is that the building was set
on fire. The flames were extin
guished before much damage was
done. __ ___
McCray is Injoined
An injunction was sued out of
the district court Monday against
McCray to restrain him from
building what is known as the
Jack Crook bridge. It seems
that the money has all been ex
hausted and something had to be
done to keep from running the
county into debt.
MRS AMANDA KEIM
One of Richardson County's Oldest
Settlers Dead
M.rs. Amanda Keim died at Ft.
Collins, Colorado, on Sunday,
August1‘ios, aged 73 years, 5
months and 2<> days.
Thus another of our pioneers
passes away, one who has added
much to the upbuilding of our
little city.
Coming here with her family in
the early 70’s, Mrs. Keim has
watched the many changes inci
dent to the growth of Falls City
from a mere hamlet to its present
proportions. Her husband, dur
ing his life, was a banker in this
city. He passed to the great be
yond several years ago, and since
that time Mrs. Keim with her
family have lived among us. A
few years ago they moved to their
farm northwest of town but this
spring disposed of their property
and moved back to their city home.
Deceased had been in poor
health for some time and had
gone toColorado, hoping that the
change would prove beneficial,
but to no avail, and the sad news
reached her family here that the
summons had come and their
mother was no more, but she had
gone to meet the husband and
children who are awaiting her.
The remains were brought back
to this city Tuesday morning, and
the funeral was held from the
family home Wednesday morning,
conducted by Rev. Dunklebergen
assisted by Rev. Dr. Dailey of the
Christian church.
'Phe remains were interred m
Steele’s cemetery, and were fol
lowed to their last resting place
by a large number of life long
friends.
OBTTUAHY.
Amanda Corday Will was born
in Milford township, Somerset
county, Pa., on the 14th day of
February, 18.45. Her parents
were John Will and Nancy Scott
Will, .both of whom were blessed
with long life, the father living
to be '<2 years and the mother 85
years. She had <> brothers and 7
sisters, 2 brothers and 4 sisters
survive her. On December 8,
1857 she was married to Mr.
Christian E. Keim of Salisbury,
Pa. They established their home
at Pine Mills, near Stoyestown,
Somerset county, l’a., where she
continued to reside until the fam
ily removed to Falls City in May,
1871. She was the mother of
eight children, live of whom sur
vive her. On the 21st of July she
started to Denver, Boulder and
Fort Collins to visit relatiyes and
to escape the warm weather.
Shortly after her arrival at Fort
Collins she became ill at the home
of her niece, Mrs. Charles K.
Evans. She believed that the al
titude injuriously affected her and
desired to return home, but her
physician advised against such a
course, thinking that she would
be unable to make the home trip
in her weakened condition. She
improved for a few days and then
took a decided turn for the worse
and died Sunday morning, August
dth. 1'lOS.
Pioneer Dead
Peter Chatrow, a well known
pioneer fanner died at his farm
home a few miles west of Hum
boldt at an early hour Sunday
morning, aged about sixty
years. He had been in poor
health for over a week, when
he sustained a severe attack
of illness while in town and
with difficulty managed to get
home. He leaves a widow, for
merly Miss Angie Reuter, but
no children. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday, with in
terment at the Catholic cone
I tery near Table Rock.
VERY GOOD DAY
OME OF THE LARGEST CROWDS
OF THE SESSION
Prof Pamahasika And His Pets^
Proved an Entertaining
Program
One of the largest crowds of
the entire session was on the
grounds Wednesday, both after
noon and evening, Prof. Pama
hasika and his pets was the at
traction and every one was well
pleased, especially with the
little dog, Jimmie, who seemed
to possess almost human intelli
gence in obeying bis master’s
commands, doing many things
which seem impossible in a dog.
There was a monkey, too, which
was well trained and a special
delight to the children. The
trained birds, which included
parrots, doves, pigeons, canar
ies and others, were especially
line, the
tricks per
I formed
showing the
result of
Imuch p a
tience and
jliard work
jon the part
'of trainer.
A noticeable
feature of all the pets was the
absence of any semblance of fear
as is the case in most instances.
In explaining this the professor
stated that he never uses a whip
in his training, and never loses
his patience, but always rewards
every effort made by those under
him, with a kind word or some,
thing to eat, even it they make
mistakes, for in that respect they
are on a par with us weak mor
tals and liable to err. In the
evening Prof. Pamahasika gave
a more varied program, intro
ducing his dog in the serpentine
dance and the boxing dogs, also
many other amusing features.
It was indeed a very unique and
enjoyable program and worthy
the large crowd that were in at
tendance.
Themusical numbers rendered
both afternoon and evening by
Misses Una Snidow, Helen Mar
tin, Edna Crook, Anita Wilson
and Edna Wentworth were all
good, showing that we have tal
ent right here at home which
ranks with the best.
BARRENT-SEFF
Miss Mollie Seff is Married to Mr
Samuel Barrent in Kansas City
A wedding of interest oc
curred in the Sett family Sunday
evening', August 11. at Miss Wag
ner’s Academy, 1415 Troost Ave,
Kansas, City, Mo., at 7:30 p. m.,
when Miss Mollie Seff, daughter
of Morris Seff, who is well
kr own here, was united in mar
riage to Samuel Barrent. Over
300 guests were in attendance.
The hall was beautifully deco
rated with palms, white ribbon
and smilax. The attendants
were Miss Hose Self as maid of
honor and Isadore Cohen as best
man. These, preceded by eight
ushers in full evening dress led
the wedding party. The groom,
accompanied by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Barrent, was met at
the altar by the bride, accom
panied by her parents, where
the ceremony was performed by
Rabbi Liberman, alter which an
elegant supper was served and
dancing indulged in until after
2 o’clock in the morning.
Baptist Church
There will be the usual services
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning. Sunday school at d:45
and preaching at It o’clock.
There will be no service in the
evening.
All are invited. Rev. Reichei.