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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
3
A long list of Omaha and surrounding towns visitors is followed by a civic piece on the flooding and street-lowering plan after last year’s disaster. The article argues the city council chose lowering streets to prevent floods and urges residents to support the work and stop public complaints.
D C Hewitt and his two sons Willie and Glen are at work installing an electric light plant in Orleans. They plan to pump water for the city water works and will receive ten cents per 1000 gallons. Hewitt traveled to Omaha to buy wire and materials as construction progresses with poles en route and extensive progress reported.
Miss Hallie Parmele and Miss Ellen Pollock visited Omaha this afternoon and said Mrs C C Parmele was at Glenwood Hotel in Riverside California when a press report described an elephant running wild and stampeding hotel guests, killing a woman crushed by an elephant tusk.
Mrs George E Dovey announced that her daughters Miss Alice Dovey and Miss Ellen Margaret Dovey will arrive in New York next Tuesday after a year in England where they studied music. Alice will join a first class opera company upon arrival while Ellen Margaret will return home to the city after a short stay in New York.
The Auburn Republican reports the new city council plans an ordinance reviving old blue laws. It cites Connecticut colonial rules banning Sabbath labor and social acts, Vermont fines for Sunday misdeeds, and New Haven punishments. Example cases include a Boston captain sentenced for public kissing on the Sabbath.
J G Richey manager of Cass Land Company returned from the Grenada Colorado ranch reporting good conditions. He sold a water right to neighbor H M Noble for 160 acres at four thousand dollars. The company holds ample water for itself and 10 or 12 sections beyond what was sold.
A pair of license marriages issued today includes Walter J. Schneider 25 and Miss Marie Blotzer 20 from Louisville, and F. J. Komrofske 21 from Seward with Miss Louise Roeber ?.
Nebraska officials weigh reopening telegraph offices closed under the nine hour law after Missouri Pacific cut night service. Complainants cite lost car orders and cattle shipments, while the railroad reports show deficits and higher Nebraska operating costs. The railroad commission may order relaunch of telegraph service if needed.
Great River traveler Frank Shinn of Carson visited town to finalize court business and announce his twenty third annual vacation. He has explored many rivers from the Hudson to the Columbia and praises the Mississippi trip from Dubuque to St Paul as the finest.
W. H. Russell and crew load the water tank the Burlington railway kept at Oreapolis for over 25 years. The storm of July sixth damaged the windmill and the station has not been used since, with nearby locations reducing the need for this water station and the tank being shipped to Lincoln.
A 200 Egg Sure Hatch Incubator, a folding bed in good condition, and a medium sized refrigerator are available. For particulars inquire of Mrs Will Taylor, box 20, R. F. D. No. 1, Plattsmouth.
Last evening P. S. Harrison was waylaid and beaten on Seventh Street near the avenue. J. W. Johnson rushed to assist and Harrison returned home with a swollen face and bruises as locals call for street lights and safer streets.
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