City Dads Meet Monday In Busy Council Session
The city council convened with full attendance to approve minutes and roll call. The First National Bank offered 2 percent on deposits as potential city depository while elections and certify votes were discussed for several officers. A land lease for South Seventh street and multiple bills, arrests, and street repairs followed before canvassing last election results and organizing the new council.
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First National Bank
Cities Depository
Judiciary Committee
W. L. Pickett
E. J. Richey
E. W. Cook
J. R. Denson
A. L. Tidd
Vondron
Bookmeyer
Sattler
Dodge
E. G. Dovey & Sons
G. E. Dovey
South Seventh Street
Finance Committee
Judiciary
Claims Committee
Police Committee
Allies Bridges
Hall
Steimker
H. J. Schlantz
A. E. Gass
Weber
Tippins
F. H. Steimker
Frank Neuman
Geo. Dodge
W. A. Mendenhall
I. B. Green
Board of Education
D. C. Morgan
E. D. Cummins
J. F. Robinson
J. P. Sattler
John Schuloff
W. A. White
Archer
York
Denson
Burlington
Crabill Place
Lightning Rods at 15 Cents Per Foot Pure Copper
Pitman & Davis offer pure copper cable lightning rods at fifteen cents a foot. Durable conductors for safeguarding structures.
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Pure Copper
Pitman & Davis
Seed Oats For Sale By S O Cole Mynard
Seed oats for sale offered by S O Cole of Mynard. Variety available with pricing and availability details likely provided by the seller. Contact S O Cole for specifications and purchase arrangements.
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S$. O. Cole
Mynard
Embezzlement Charge Hits Jerseyville Store Chief
St Louis dated April 18 reports Henry Herold a Jerseyville Illinois department store superintendent accused of embezzling 17000 from William Coates of Plattsmouth Nebraska. He faces charges in Toulon Illinois with alleged splits of 6000 from Wyoming and 11000 from other stores. He defends innocence and relies on attorney brother in law Matthew Gering.
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St. Louis, Mo
Henry Herold
J. H. Smith
Jerseyville
Ill
William Coates
Plattsmouth
Neb
Coates
Omaha
Toulon
Wyo
Kewanee
Herold
Wyoming
Williamson
United States
Marshall Tripp
Peoria
Italy
W. W. Coates
Fingis
Matthew Gering
Herald
Illinois
Surprised by Her Friends on Sixtieth Birthday
Mrs. Homer McKay celebrated her sixtieth birthday last Friday as friends gathered in large numbers. They arrived with many gifts and baskets of food, sharing good wishes and a determination to create a joyful, memorable occasion. The gifts were cherished, but the most valued token was the warm friendship behind them.
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Homer McKay
Special Excursion To Panhandle Texas Next Tuesday
Advertises a special excursion to Panhandle Texas on April 21 with land buying urged. Contact Frank Stanley in Plattsmouth for particulars.
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Panhandle
Texas
Frank Stanley
Plattsmouth
Postmasters Granted Leave for Nebraska Convention
Postmasters in Nebraska are granted leave of absence for up to five days to attend the Nebraska association of postmasters convention in Lincoln on May 12 13 and 14 1908.
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Nebraska
State Postmasters’ Association
Nebraska Association of Postmasters
Lincoln
Neb
Manda Club Sees South Omaha Packing Town
Members of the Manda club from this city visited South Omaha on a Sunday trip. They toured the packing town, attended church, dined with Miss Katie Shields, rode the street car to view Omaha, visited the Omaha Medical College, and returned on the late Missouri Pacific train tired but pleased.
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Manda Club
Missouri Pacific
South Omaha
Katie Shields
Nebraska
Kattie
Lunatic Actor Oliver Campbell Returns to Plattsmouth
Oliver M. Campbell the Lunatic company actor born in Plattsmouth about 25 years ago appeared last evening. He is son of Chas R Campbell a former Burlington conductor. Campbell visited his hometown with his mother Mrs Chas R Campbell and sister Gertrude before the troupe moved on to Auburn for tonight’s performance.
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Oliver M. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Chas. R. Campbell
Burlington
Wintersteen Hill
Plattsmouth
Chas
R. Campbell
Omaha
Gertrude
Peaches and Cream a Plenty in Cass County
A Cass County farmer August Tartsch shared a heavily laden peach branch, with trees full of buds and blooms. The writer hopes favorable weather and no killing frosts will yield one of the largest peach crops in history, promising abundant fruit for all.
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Cass County
August Tartsch
Elevator overhaul ends with worker’s fourteen foot fall
At Duff Grain company a cleaning and overhauling of the elevator was underway to prepare for grain receipt. Lester Burrows conducted the work. On Saturday he slipped and fell about fourteen feet injuring a hand on protruding nails in the passageway.
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Duff Grain Company
Lester Burrows
Will Enter the Lecture Field Prof Currie W Watson Elected Principal
Prof Currie W Watson of Waco was elected principal for the ensuing year at a salary of 85 dollars per month. All other current teachers were re elected. Ed MacMullen was elected janitor. N W Gaines leaves school work for the lecture platform.
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Currie W. Watson
Waco
Ed. MacMullen
N. W. Gaines
Louisville Courier
Plattsmouth News Reader Adopts Editor’s Imagined Chrome
In a note on county coverage the Plattsmouth News emphasizes fairness but acknowledges editorial imagination shaping local reporting. The Louisville Courier highlights the tension between factual reporting and editorial flavor influencing readers.
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Plattsmouth
Louisville Courier
Denver sets grand stage for Democratic national convention
A Denver observer reports a large paper tiger at Sixteen Street and Broadway to welcome delegates for the July 7 Democratic convention. Plans include electric lights bunting and city decorations as 2 016 delegates meet. The auditorium should finish June 17 and $100 000 has been pledged for expenses.
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Denver
Sixteen Street
Broadway
Convention League
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Central Building for Havelock Central Office Plans
T H Pollock, manager of Plattsmouth Telephone, bought block thirty-two from A A Shyers for 50 dollars and will build a stone or brick central office in Havelock. The lines will be reset and largely placed underground, creating an improved exchange. Connections with Lincoln Automatic Company are likely.
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Havelock
Lincoln News
T. H. Pollock
Plattsmouth Telephone Company
A. A. Shyers
Pollock
Automatic Company of
Lincoln
Death of Mrs. Chas. Mitchell in Douglas at 54
Word was received Monday night of the death of Mrs. Chas. Mitchell of Douglas Nebraska at age 54 from heart failure. She is a cousin of Mrs. Phillip Harrison. The deceased leaves her husband and two children. Funeral tomorrow. Mrs. P. Harrison left for Douglas this morning.
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Chas. Mitchell
Douglas
Reverend Salsbury Heads to Lincoln Sermon at First Presbyterian
Rev J W Salsbury departed this afternoon for Lincoln to deliver the installation sermon for the new pastor W W Lawrence at First Presbyterian Church. Salsbury, former resident of Lincoln, is noted for his able preaching in this occasion.
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J. W. Salsbury
Lincoln
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Lawrence
Rev. Salsbury
Ill Soldier Mr G J Jones Laments Ill Health At Home
Mr G J Jones an elderly soldier in South Park is very ill at his residence for several days. His daughter Mrs E T Younker of Glenwood visited this afternoon to help care for him. Hope is raised for his recovery so he may go out again.
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G. J. Jones
South Park
E. T. Younker
Glenwood
Nebraska Seed Company Offers Superior Garden and Field Seeds
Omaha firm Nebraska Seed Company markets a new line of garden and field seeds described as strictly first class and superior to rivals. Kroheler brothers handle the distribution and promotion of the line in local markets.
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Kroheler Brother
Nebraska Seed Company
Omaha
Nebraska crop outlook hailed as very promising
The Lincoln Review notes a great crop year in Nebraska with winter wheat thriving across five-sixths of the state and above last year’s acreage. A strong fruit and small fruit harvest, favorable spring conditions, and rising cattle and hog prices are expected to bolster livestock gains and overall prosperity.
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Nebraska
The
Lincoln Review
Painting and Paper Hanging by John M. Vondran
Painting and paper hanging specialist offers calcimining graining and staining services. Sells a full line of domestic and imported wall paper samples and room mouldings. Prompt work. Inquiries via phone 240. F. Chox 421.
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F.chox
John M. Vondran
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Ballances
Eeveare
Ballance
Fire and Water Committee
Fice Department
J. H. Merriam
Pub
Expense
Neb. Light Co
Platts. Tele. Co
Eas
State Journal
Mdise
Louis Dose
W. B. Elster
Cisude Smith
Cane
Janda
Swan
Das
L Funk
Mason Sete Eetee
Phil
Harrisin Eye Ewe
Gingery
Clyde Funk
Bates
J. L. Burrows
Degree of Honor
Mrs. McKay
Democrats
William J. Bryan
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
George Gray
Delaware
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