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TABLOID EDITION, PLATTSMOUTH JOUENAL
OCTOBER 5, 1839
L W. EGENBERGER
REAL ESTATE AND
INSURANCE AGENCY
Insure In Sure Insurance
Plattsmouth, Nebr. Phone 28
EARLY HISTORY, ST. JOHN'S PARISH
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ROSEY'S BARBER SHOP
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
BOB'S
LIQUOR STORE
SOUTH 6TH STREET
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. - PHONE 70
FREE DELIVERY
CONGRATULATIONS
PTAK'S TAVERN
"SCHUTZ HEADQUARTERS"
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Seed Corn
John Hobscheidt, Agent
GREETINGS
Mgr. M. A. Shine Council 1966
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
COMPLIMENTS OF
DONAT'S LIQUOR STORE
Plattsmouth, Nebr. - Phone 357
mouth. In the following May, John Fitz
gerald, a railroad contractor, purchased
from Charles Rezonby, Lots 11 and 12 in
Block 12 with a residence upon them.
This was immediately fitted up as a priest's
house.
In April. 1S72, the Rev. Francis Bobal
succeeded Father Hayes. In his pastorate,
in May. 1875. the same Mr. Fitzgerald
secured the adjoining Lot 10 in Block 12,
upon which the cornerstone for the con
struction of a large brick church, 36 by
SO feet, was laid on Sept. 3, 1875, by the
Very Rev. William Byrne, the Adminis
trator of the Vicariate of Nebraska, as
sisted by Father Bobal. From Plattsmouth,
Father Bobal attended the mission near
Louisville (now Manley), Greenwood and
Crete. He also had charge of all the Bo
hemian settlements of the vicariate and
attended them on the fourth and fifth
Sundays of the month.
Father Bobal was transferred to Omaha
and was succeeded by the Rev. John Jen-
nette, who became pastor of Plattsmouth
from October 25, 1S75, to September, of
1S7G, when this mission was attached to
the Cathedral in Omaha and attended by
the Rev. J. XI. Martin to XIareh, 1877.
It was then that the Rev. John A.
Hayes took charge of Plattsmouth the
second time as resident priest and com
pleted the new brick church in that Bame
vear. It was dedicated Sunday, October
14. 1877. bv the Most Rev. James O'Con
nor, who also confirmed 4 5 persons on
that day. And so it was that the new
St. John's church, the cornerstone of which
was laid under the pastorate of Father
Eobal in September, 1875, was continued
shortly after, from 1875 to March, 187S,
by the Rev. J. Jennette, and completed by
the Rev. J. A. Hayes in the summer of
1877. After the church was built, Mr.
Fitzgerald bought the other three adjoin
ing lots to the west.
In July, 1878, the Rev. Patrick S.
Lynch took charge of this parish until
May, 1884. He found $11,000.00 debt on
the church property. For that reason, he
sold the old St. John's church property
at the corner of Fifth and Granite streets
to Robert Ballance on April 25, 1881. for
S3 50. That buildine is still standing ana
is the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Petersen.
The Driest was unable to collect much
more than the proceeds of the sale, how
ever, and was unable to pay the second
year's eight per cent interest on the mort-
eaee held bv Mr. Fitzgerald, who, in the
meantime had moved to Lincoln. Where
upon this gentleman after conferring with
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MAUZY DRUG CO.
Prescription Druggist
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR.
WE DELIVER
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PHONE 252
Compliments of
Dr.LS.Pucelik,M.D.
Dr.W.V.Ryan,D.D.S.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Hild Service Station
Plattsmouth. Nebr.
Congratulations on
80TH ANNIVERSARY
H. L. Kpoger
Painting and Paperhanging
North 6th St. - PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
CONGRATULATIONS!
on Eighty Years of Christian Service
in This Community and Best Wishes
The Plattsmouth Journal
Congratulation
Tim
Tavern
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