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Jl cornhusking machine bids fair to
figure in the future greatness of
Plattsmouth. That is the prediction
o? pome of Its business men, of whom
their exponent Is J. A. Gutsche. He
calls it the radiant method of making
Plattsmouth the third largest city in
the state and urges the money factors
of the city to come forth and build a
factory. The machine Is the Invention
of Herman Streitwieser "of that place.
By automatically tearing off the husks
fas the wagon travels 'down the aisles
of a cornfield it saves 75 per cent of
the cost of the work as it has been
heretofore done. Now is the chance of
the business men to nail what may be
one of the largest Industries in the
west, says the enthusiast. The ma
chine is practical because It has been
proven so by actual experience, with
the benefit of a reduction of 500 pounds
In Its weight since last fall. In the
form of a Ilea in the ear of the people
of coin, Mr. Gutsche remarks that
eastern concerns have focused their
visual organs on the scheme and will
buy It as soon as the inventor is ready
to sell.
Piercing the sky, the steeple of the
Presbyterian church at Hastings pro
jected a gilded ball into the clouds of
a rainstorm that recently passed over
the city. The lightning In dudgeon at
its audacity whaled it hard, splitting
it downward in one fell stroke and
av&ty spun the glittering ball. Be
caC i it was made of flimsy material
Miss Mabel Rhodes is alive today. She
was passing the church at the time
and the falling ball struck her on the
head. It collapsed from the impact
but did not crush her.
The town of Alma has made itself
talked about for numerous things,
among them ghosts and diamonds.
Now It comes forward with a new rain
maker. This gentleman has not de
parted far from the Wright explosion
theory, in fact he has simply Im
proved on it a bit; to Judge from hi3
talks regarding the idea. Dr. Gingrich
Is the name of the scientist. He has
made himself known in the town for
his extensive researches. The atmos
phere, says he. Is made up of currents
fiowing in opposite directions. At some
point these contrary tides rub. His
idea is to locate this exact spot and ex
plode a bomb or two squarely between
the currents. The concussion will so
disturb and dislodge their equilibrium
that they will run together. Their col
lision will produce rain. If the first
shot fails to take effect the thing to
do is to try again. The scientist
claims he has discovered the secret of
finding the borders of these breezes,
even If nobody else has. As a result
he will tell the legislature. He has
interested a number of people in siding
with him in that. Everybody knows
what it means to tell such a thing to
the legislature.
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Buy no headache cures of the pedler,
adjures the Beemer Times. Don't even
accede to the Invitation to sample
them. It adds, warnlngly. On the
strength of this adice it thinks its
subscribers have had their money's
w orth now .even w ere the paper to be
discontinued. A peddler ambles to the
door with a headache cure warranted
to knock the most severe case. Con
fidingly the sufferer. If he be one, com
plies with the Invitation to take a whiff
In way of sample. A few inhalations
leaves the party in a stupor that lapses
quickly to sleep, says the Times, which
surely knows. Then the business be
gins. The Itinerant proceeds to ran
sack the house.
Is this man entitled to damages? The
Sutton Advertiser-News stands up for
the farmer whose corn crop was blown
onto the farm of his next neighbor.
He had just finished planting when t
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AMOS GREENAMYER.
Amos Greenamyer, treasurer of the Farmers' Mututl Inrumri'e com
pany. Is a native of Ohio where he was born on March 17. 1S10. IIHnoi3
was the scene of his youth, however, the family soon removing to Bureau
county. Here Mr. Greenamyer received the advantages of a public school
education and assisted in the duties of farm life.
He came to Lancaster county in 1SS0 and continued farming. For the
past three years he has lived in the city. Mr. Greenamyer owns a farm of
400 acres, eleven miles southwest of Lincoln in the neighborhood of
Cheney. On this he has lived most of the time since coming to the state.
When the Farmers' Mutual company was first organized in 1S92, Mr.
Greenamyer was made treasurer and this position he has held ever since.
The organization has been exceedingly prosperous and was one of the
first companies to start in the mutual field on a thoroughly business basis.
Now the company is doing a mammoth amount of insuring and losses are
promptly and equitably paid.
Mr. Greenamyer resides with his family at 1730 D street and divides
his time between the management of his farm and the affairs of the
Farmers' Mutual.
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W. A. NOHTHCOTT.
W. A. Northcott. six times honored by election to the ollice of head
consul of the Modern Woodmen of America and now serving his second
four-year term as lieutenant governor of Illinois, was born in Mur
freesboro, Tenn., where he received his early education In the schools
of that state. He was admitted to the bar In 1S77 and two years
later moved to Greenville, Illinois. In 18S0 he was made census super
visor for the Seventeenth district of Illinois by President Hayes. In
1882 he was elected state's attorney for Bond county and was twice re
elected, serving until his election as head consul of the M. W. A., In
1890. In 1S90 President Harrison appointed him a member of the board
of visitors of the .United States naval academy at Annapolis, where he
was formerlyupupll, and that year ha delivered the graduating address
to the class of 1S90. He was first nominated for lieutenant governor In
1893, elected by 135,000 majority, and In 1900 re-elected, running far
ahead of his ticket. During Governor Tanner's term the latter was fre
quently forced to leave the state In search of health resorts and Mr.
Northcott was acting governor so many weeks during that term he has
since frequently been called "Governor" Northcott. Owing to his wide
spread popularity In Illinois, It Is quite generally believed that still bet
ter things, politically, are In store for him.
Mr. Northcott was first elected head consul of the M. W. A. at
Springfield. Illinois; In 1890. At that time the society had only 42.000 mem
bers, but under his excellent leadership it has grown to 700.000 members.
He has shown marvelous ability as an organizer and fraternal general
and Is looked upon as the "dean" of fraternal society presidents.
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heavy wind storm came up which tore
off the real estate from one farm In a
neat twist and landed it on the one ad
joining. Not knowing the extent of th
ruin until the stuff began to grow the
sufferer observed that a big portion of
his planting is nourishing on the other
man's premises. The man enriched de
clares he will pay nothing but will feed
the windfall to his cattle since it stands
in disorder. The first farmer Insists
that if his neighbor falls to pay hlin a
reasonable sum for his loss he will
change him in court with receiving
stolen property on the ground that the
wind did steal, take and carry away
his corn.
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Grieous circumstances surround the
Benedict Herald. It has been threat
ened with boycott by some of the busi
ness men of the town and they hae
enforced their ominous declarations by
withdrawing their adertisements. It
is all over the liquor question. This
town, of many in the state that have
agitated the liquor question this spring,
has shown itself capable of no little
amount of venom. And this time It Is
on the side of the liquor men. The
Herald protested against the issuance
of saloon licenses. More than that the
editor transcribed his name to the
remonstrances. That started the
wrath. Some of the more furious men
tore their heels off In their haste to
withdraw their ad-ertisements. By de
grees the editor himself has worked
up to a pitch of anger also. He defies
and cajoles In the same paragraph:
"Wc claim the same right to sign th
remonstrance as the other fellow has
to sign the petition. Our signature Is
there and wc propose to keep It there.
Some things are easier started than
stopped. If this is a game of bluff It
Is not going to work. ...But if you wish
to drop the matter, come In and see
us; we have plenty of good advertising
space to sell."
Spasms at sight of the corpse of a
snake nearly killed a sick beven-year-old
boy near Fremont recently. Sever
al boys who had slaughtered It hung It
to the door of a neighbors house. The
lad who was sick caught a glimpse of
it and the shock nearly caused his
death. He did not improve for several
days.
A natural born kicker butted up
against a natural .born superior at i
hotel In Columbus the other day. He
was the landlord of the Clothier housfj
The stranger ordered breakfast, got
saucy because It did not appear at hi'
beck to the waiter, slammed his knife
and fork to the flooi and started out
In terrific anger. Hardly had he
reached the door before his meal was
ready: the landlord grabbed him by
the collar, waltzed him back to his
seat and made him pay for what he
had ordered. And he didn't even mur
mur after that.
