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The Falls City Tribune Vol. VI FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909. Number 40 IK WEEK’S SOCIAL EVENTS AS TWAS TOLD TO OUR SO CIETY EDITOR Various Kinds of Entertainment by Individuals, Lodges, Clubs, Churches, Etc. Mrs. Sidney Spence entertained a few friends informally last Friday with the six-handed game of five hundred, in the private parlors of the National. The games were un usually interesting and enjoyed un til late in the evening, when dainty refreshments were served. A dinner for the members of the Whitaker family was given last Sun day, by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitaker, at their home complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, who left Monday for their new home in Kansas City. Eighteen members of the family sat down to as fine a meal as could well be imagined. On the table were all sorts of seasonable delicacies, and every good thing the most fastidious taste could crave. The day was glori ous and the affair proved to be one of real pleasure to all who were for tunate in being Mr. and Mrs. Whit aker’s guests. The City Federation met Monday in the club rooms. The committee appointed last month to look after the buying of a piano made their re port and submitted several very good prices made them on different instru ments. They asked that one member from each club be appointed to work with them, either in buying or rent ing. In complying with the re quest, the president appointed in ad dition to the original committee, Mrs. Morsman, Miss Margaret Steele and Miss Alice Cleaver. Mrs. M. L. Wil son is chairman of the committee. The official board of the City Feder ation wras also appointed: Mrs.Ewalt, chairman; Mrs. Morsman and the president of each of the other clubs, constitute the board. This committee will comipuincate with the county board at the earliest possible date re garding the putting in of a heating plant at the county farm. This is a matter of importance and interest throughout the county, and it is hop ed that the board can be induced to put in the plant before the cold weather sets in. Miss Alice Cleaver was appointed art director of the City Federation. Several other matters of minor importance came up, but no official action or plan was adopted. By the next meeting it is believed the piano committee will have some definite report to make. Quite a little new' material lias been taken into the club rooms, and they will soon be in an attractive and inviting condition. Friday, October 1, being the elev enth birthday . of Miss Pauline Teet er, a number of her school-mates planned a surprise for her. Imme diately after school on Friday even ing Miss Pauline was decoyed down town on an errand, and during her absence about twenty of her play mates assembled at her home to await her return. The surprise was complete. About two hours were spent in games with the zest that only children can show, and at six o’clock a lunch was served on the front porch. The children then re turned to their homes jovnus and happy, pronouncing it a splendid af fair. A great number of dainty and beautiful gifts were received by Miss Pauline from her little friends. Saturday being Harold Mead’s sixth birthday, about twenty-four of his lit tle friends gathered at his home and surprised him. Herald w'as up town and on his return home found the lit tle ones in the parlor. The afternoon was spent in playing games and at five o’clock a nice two-course lunch was served. Harold received a num ber of birthday presents. Little Jerometta Kelly planned a very pleasant surprise for Miss Hat tie Biting Monday evening, that be ing her birthday. The ladies met at the home of Mrs. Fowler and went in a body to the home of Rev. H. Bex. The surpise was a complete success and the evening was very pleasantly spent. Jerometta had made arrange ments for the refreshments and at ten o’clock, ice cream and cake were served. The Sunny Slope kensington met with Misses Daisy and Mollie Stew art on Thursday afternoon. Ten were pesent. Mrs. Harry Will favored them with a reading and Mrs. Elmer Coons with a recitation. Ice cream and cake were served during the afternoon. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Dick Goolsby, Wednesday, October 13. The Womans club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Cameron Tuesday after noon, October sVh. A large number were present. Mrs. Tom Davies was elected delegate to Nebraska Feder ation of Womens clubs, to be held in Lincoln, October 12, 13, 14. The following program was well rendered: American Musical Composition.... Mrs. M. L. Wilson Sketch.Mrs. 11. II. A. lleach Mrs. James Pickett Valse Caprice.... Mrs. 11. 11. A. Beach Mrs. Tom Davies. The Year's at The Spring... .Beach Miss Agnew Accompanist, Miss Morsman. Last Sunday being Mrs. Ankney’s birthday, her relatives and friends planned a surprise for her. Among those who were present were Frank and Earl Shaffer and families, Chas. Will and family, Will Stump and fam ily, Ross and Harry Will and families, and Mrs. Ella Will and daughters. Miss Carrie Slocum entertained Wednesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gay of Los Angeles. Guests for four tables of bridge were invited and the usual pleasure shown in the game all during the evening. The scores were good, Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Spahr, carrying off the honors. Re freshments were served. Miss Ileacock entertained Kaffee Klateh delightfully Wednesday after neon with a bridge party in honor of Mrs. Marion Gray. Three tables were played and several interesting games enjoyed. Lovely refreshments were served at five o'clock. Mrs. George Wahl entertained her kensington club last Saturday after noon. About a dozen ladies were present and a jolly afternoon enjoyed with needlework and music. Mrs. Wahl served supper in three courses. Mrs. Elmer Heiser entertained a party of little folks last Saturday af ternoon for her nieces, Lavina and Margaret Bauman, who with their mother are here visiting from Cali fornia. All sorts of games were play ed out in the yard and at five o’clock the little ones were invited into the dining room, where ice cream, cake and fruit were served. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaible gave a bridge dinner Tuesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gray. An ele gant dinner was served in five cour ses. After dinner bridge was played during the evening much to the de light of all present. The teachres of last year in the public schools gave a very enjoyable reception last Friday night for the new teachers. The time passed quick ly, for all enjoyed visiting and get ting acquainted with the faculty. Ap popriate refreshments were served. Mrs. Stephen Miles entertained Kaf. fee Klatch last Monday afternoon for Mrs. Marion Gray of Los Angeles. During the afternoon needlework oc cupied the time and all enjoyed the pleasure of a visit with Mrs. Gray. At five o’clock the guests were shown into the dining room where a lovely supper was served in three courses. The table held beautiful pieces and was lighted by daintily shaded cand les. After returning to the drawing room, music was enjoyed. The C. E. society of the Presby terian church W'as entertained at the home of Miss Mable Greenwald last Tuesday evening. The regular work of the first of the month was in odor, the reports of committe’s plans were heard and plans discussed for a "Hallow’en” social. A committee composed of Misses Oswald, Mable Greenwald and Ethel Parchen was appointed to choose a place to hold the social, and also plan the amusements. After the business session was ad journed a jolly social evening was spent, games and music claiming their attention until a late hour. Re freshments were served. Mrs. Stephen Boyd Miles is hold ing an “At home" this afternoon, (Thursday) from three until five, for Mr. Miles’ sister, Mrs. Marion Gray, of Los Angeles. Continned on 1 .ant Page IMPORTANT DIVISION POINT FALLS CITY S PROSPECTS AS A RAILROAD CENTER The Atchison Globe the Authority for the Latest Dope Along Line of R. R. Matters. " Coming from the source it does— tlie Globe being geographically locat ed properly to know what It is talk ing about—Falls City should wake-up to the fact that a future is in store for her that she can he justly proud of. The following is taken from the Atchison Globe: “Before the close of the year the Missouri Pacific hopes to have new steel rails between Falls City and Omaha. Steel gangs have been work ing on the Omaha division all sum mer, and now new steel is laid from the south as far north as Union. 80-pound rails are replacing the old lighter track material. A largo gang has been doing some surface work on the Lincoln branch,and it is said that next year heavier rails will be laid on that branch. At present the company has heavy rails between Union and Kansas City, and the tracks have been further improved by surfacing and ballasting. Extensile yard plans are now being Worked out at Falls City, and when the new yards there are completed FALLS CITY WILL BE COME THE IMPORTANT DIVISION POINT FOR THE MISSOURI PA CIFIC’S NEBRASKA LINES. It is said from St. Louis that the Missouri Pacific lias ordered a number of new engines and cars and other equipment. Saturday General Superintendent Mc Kee and Superintendent DeBernardi PARTY DEGENERATING ? The Falls City News is our authority for the follow ing statement: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF RICHARDSON COUNTY IS DEGENERATING. For proof of our statement we submit this: “At times house cleaning is a remedy that needs to be applied to EVERY PARTY that has controlled public offices. Without the house cleaning process EVERY PARTY . OF POWER DEGENERATES and the acts of the politicians become'more brazen and less considerate.—F. C. News, Nov. 3, 1905. Three, four and live terms at public office is too many—according to the News. It’s dangerous—ac cording to the News. Hutchings, Gagnon, Fenton and Oliver are ALL seeking third, fourth and fifth terms—IT’S WRONG, according to the News. inspected the Omaha division. It seems quite likely that in the future the Gould system will be repaired ex tensively, and made as standard as any other railroad system in the coun try. George Gould, who has just returned from Europe, said recently that many millions are to be expended on the Missouri Pacific and other lines under Gould control. He intimated that the improvements will be started this fall. Mr. Gould and a number of directors, officials and financiers will uocn begin a tour of the Gould system The northern district, which includes Atchison, will be included in their tour.” ACCIDENTLY SHOT. Willie Bowers Shot Elmer Cline Through the Arm. Last Sunday when Willie Bowers and Elmer Cline were hunting near Fisher’s lake, young Bowers acci dently shot Cline in the arm. He fired a 22-rifle at a rabbit, just as Cline raised his gun to fire, and the ball took effect in Cline’s arm about four inches above the elbow and passing downward lodged about two inches below the elbow. They were brought to town by a passing auto and Ur. Boose removed the ball and dressed the wound. Lost is Found. The Brinegar horse that was thought to have been stolen from Mrs. Bickel’s barn last Saturday night has been located at the Henry Wittrock farm, where it wandered last Sunday. Rev. Teeter to Nappanee, Indiana. Rev. R. R. Teeter, D. D., who for the past four years has been pastor of the Brethren church of this city, has accepted a call from the First Brethren church of Nappanee, Ind., and will remove to that place De cember 1st. Within one week after Rev. Teet er let it be known that he would con sider a call from a new field, he re ceived calls from three churches in Ohio and two in Indiana. After con sidering them all he decided to accept the work at Nappanee, Ind. Nappanee is a thriving little city, the home of the great Nappanee Buggy factory; also of an enterprising fur niture factory; has two miles of paved streets; eight churches and no saloons. The Brethern church is the leading church of the city, with over 400 members. For the last few years moe than fifty per cent of the grad uates of the Nappanee High school have been members of the Brethren church. Rev. Teeter feels that he will have a splendid field for ag gressive work. Painful Accident. Mrs. John Powell met with a most painful accident Monday. Two fin gers on her left hand were badly burned with hot lard. She will be somewhat crippled up for several days as a result. Baptist Church. Regular services as usual Sun day. The evening service now be gins at 7:30 and the subject for next Sunday evening will be, “The Un common Tiling.” Everyone is wel come. FIRE AT EMIL DEUCHLER’S. Barn and Contents Destroyed by Fire of Unknown Origin. At ten o'clock last Monday night. Emil Deuehler and family, living five miles southeast of this city, were awakened by a passerby, who told them that their barn was burning. Nothing could be gotten out of the building, and in a few minutes all was a total loss. No lantern had been in the barn for weeks.and the fire remains a mystery, but it is believed that theives were in the barn, looking for horses and chickens, with matches. The loss is over $1,200. The horses were all in the pasture. The barn was insured in the Farmers Mutual at $400.00, with light insurance also on hay, grain, harness, etc. Warren Hutchens of this city and Henry V. Zoeller of Preston adjusted thu insurance at $790.78, and the treasurer, .John Hall of Verdon, will pay the claim on presentation of the legal voucher. Diphtheria at Humboldt. Special from Humboldt. Diphtheria in a malignant form has broken out in several families in Humboldt. Each case lias been quar antined. and the public school ha been closed as a precaution against the spread of this—worst of all con tagious diseases. Reminiscences. From now on the “Reminiscences of a Wayfarer,” which has been running in The Tribune, will appear only every other week. The personal business of the author requires more time and It is too great an effort to get the Reminiscences up every week. THE DAY OF THE EQUINE __ MOTOR CARS TAKE BACK SEAT FOR ONE DAY. The Horse Beautiful On Exhibition Wednesday Fall City's First Horse Show a Success A liigh-power ami beautiful auto mobile ran chugging and popping out of the McGuire & Schmelzel garage Wednesday afternoon of last week and sped northward up Stone street. Gid Whitaker's Jack, whoso name is not Maude, stuck Ills ears aloft, and skinning his teeth In a contemptuous laugh, said, "He-Haw,” In a tone that would make the fire siren sound like an evening breeze to a deaf man. Dor it was the day of the horse— tiie fine, patient, beautiful servant of man, and even a jackass was priv ileged to laugh at motor cars. And such liorsse! Drafts, roadsters, saddlers, drivers, colts and ponies paraded all day to the delight of the great crowd. It must have been a day ol unalloyed pleasure to Herman Wulf, Mr. Judd, Mr. Scarlett and the many others who had labored so hard 10 make our first horse show a success. Now that we have been educated us to what a horse show really Is, and have learned in a measure what really fine horses southeastern Ne braska and northern Kansas possess, the determination seems universal to have another horse show next fall that will even surpass the one just concluded. The next show, however, must be held in the City park, where more room will be available for judg ing and where the crowd may be bet ter accommodated. Too many of the visitors were unable to see the class es, and the crowd encroached on the ring too much. The present inten tion is to build n base ball grand stand at the park next Bpring, und if the park board will put in a small track it would made the conditions ideal for a horse show. For some time Falls City has been devising means to furnish our farm er friends with some clean and wholesome entertainment, as an ex pression of our appreciation of the support and loyalty of the neighbor ing farming community. We have tried street fairs with their fakirs and vulgar noises, and such other character of entertainment, that seemed for the time suitable, but a good farmers’ institute and a good horse show given at the expense of our merchants seems to fill the bill exactly. Every farmer loves u horse; in fact there is something wrong with rny man who does not love a nurse. A competitive exhibition of our horses is in fact more than an entertainment—it is an education and an encouragement towards better stock as well. Unless the signs fail the horse show held here last week will result In many farmers improv ing the class of their horses. One suggestion we would like to make, and It is this: Next year let the judge explain to the crowd the rea sons why the winners are given the ribbons, and the more Important points upon which the awurds are made. Hy so doing we will all coine to learn the finer points of the horse, and the competitors will not be left in ignorance why their entries were unplaced. X BUY A LUi. Falls C:ty to Be an Important Div ision Point. In another coulumn of this paper will be found an article taken from the Atchison Globe. Among other things it says, "Falls City is to be come the important division point for the Missouri Pacific’s Nebraska lines.” Now, in view of that fact, why don’t you buy some of the Goolsby lots which are to be sold next Saturday at public auction? V hy don't you do it just for an in vestment, if nothing more. The rail read men will begin to move to Fails City soon and there are no empty bouses for them. These lots are conveniently located for their use. As an investment you couldn't beat ’em. Lost Jackets. Two suit jackets were lost from the back of a buggy seat while driving on the Archer road one day the first of the week. Any information will be liberally rewarded. Call at the cashier's desk at the Matthews-Little store. 40-lt LAWRENCE DORE. Died at His Home In Omaha, Friday, October 1, 1909. Lawrence Dore was born In Cleve land, Ohio about fifty-two years ago, and died at his home in Omaha Friday afternoon, October 1, 1909. lie came to Falla City when a young man and made this his home until a little more than four years ago when the family moved to Omaha. Ho was married In this city to Miss Mary Sheehan in 1879. From tills union was born seven children, four daugh ters and three sons; two sons died in Infancy. The deceased had been in very poor health for three years; and much of tills time was confined to his bed. On September 27 he fell and sustained a broken limb. The shock was too great for him and he died the following Friday. He was very patient though all his suffering and was always a kind and loving father and husband. lie was a beneficiary member or the K. L. of S. of Omaha. lie leaves n wife, four daughters, Mrs. Anna Andrews of Hastings, and Misses Josephine, Mary and Nellie llore of Omaha and one son, Ponces; also three sisters and four brothers. The funeral services were held from St. Peters Catholic church in Omaha Monday morning, and the remains buried at that place. At the Gehling. What is said to be the one emphat ic till of the metropolitan season in theatricals is "The Blue Mouse," Clyde Pitch’s adaption from the Ger man, which, with the largest cast ever seen in a farce, conics to the Gehling next Friday evening, October 16. The play was intended for an antidote of melancholy, which pur pose it Is said to serve so well that the Lyric theater, where the Messrs. Shubert are showing the play, is packed nightly. Novelty is the key note of every Pitch comedy and into "The Blue Mouse" he has injected not only characters you seldom meet, yet know are true to life, but many situations that, are far away from anything ever before attempted. «. "The Blue Mouse” is a really charming dancer who "Salomes” at a New York variety theater. Yet there is no attempt to make the au dience step Into her life, as it were, or swallow disagreeable pills of sug gestiveness. Like "The Blue Mouse,” although she nibbles at coals with out being hurt, the play is clean and at no time is the audience asked to solve a problem or even think seri. ously. It is the purpose of the auth or to create laughter and he is said to have succeedded in a way that is sure .to make his latest play the most phenomenal farce America has ever seen. TREASURER’S REPORT, j The Horse Show Was a Financial Success. Here is the report of the treasurer of the Horse Show association: Since the Horse Show was more or less a jmblle affair we thought the public was entitled to know how the money was used and the financial condition of the association. Received. By subscription.$260 5# By entry fees. 61 00 Total.$281 20 Expenditures. Premiums.$203 00 Falls City band. 35 00 Printing and advertising .... 22 90 W. T. Parkinson, judging.. .. 10 00 Hay and straw. 4 65 Thirty yards ribbon. 3 00 Postage and blank book. 1 40 Rope. 75 Drayage on extra benches.... 50 Total.$281 20 Balance on hand .. .. 40 50 $321 50 Thanking all for the interest tak en in the first annual horse show. W. F. RIESCHICK. Attended Postal Convention. A1 Stumbo spent several days last week in Kansas City, where he went to an end the joint convention of the postal organization of Kansas,Mis souri, Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska. The affair took place at the Balti more hotel and the convention hall. Al is loud in his praises of the man ner in which the boys were enter tained by the city carriers, and the general good time enjoyed by all. “Shall the salary list of the county ALWAYS go to the same crowd of men?“-=Falls City News, Nov. 10, 1905
