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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
6
Dr Gilmore and several residents travel to Omaha with multiple adults visiting for business, visits, or family events. William LaRue plans to move to the Christian parsonage, while John Ocas from Flint takes charge of the Murray section. Multiple horse and hog shipments bound for South Omaha are noted amid various social visits and trips.
Charles Perry and a family of Malcolm visited friends here last week. William Sporer and family attended the Barnum & Bailey circus Wednesday. D Spangier shipped a carload of hogs to South Omaha. Mrs. McDonald returned from Kansas. Ada Ferris and children attended the eirenus in Omaha. Ron Minford recently purchased the Morrow farm northeast of town. Gus Minniear and family moved onto the Boedeker farm west of Murray. Mr. and Mrs. T J Brendel attended the Perry Lang wedding last week. Villa Gapen hosted Miss Robinson this week. John Amick helped with threshing from Weeping Water. Glenn Perry and family visited Lincoln for Epworth Assembly. Mrs. J F Brendel returned from Weeping Water. Tom Ruby bought a Ford from Earl Jenkins. John Jenkins bought a new Eagle motorcycle from Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. B S Ray entertained at dinner with relatives from Bethany Mo and others in attendance. F W Kleepping of Coleridge Neb visited Murray area and noted dry conditions and crop risk. He enjoyed visits with old friends and planned to return home. B Clinkenbeard and family and Miss Mary Burris of Bethany visited George Ray’s family. they traveled home via covered wagon, with a partial Iowa crossing.
Charles Herren narrowly avoided a serious accident when a runaway team on his farm spooked by a horse bridle caused him to be dragged and tangled in the wagon. He suffered minor injuries including a head gash, bruises, and an ankle injury.
Mrs Glinton Totten of Waukeeney Kansas visiting sister Mrs Joseph Lloyd in Moray awaiting Mr Totten who loaded goods Tuesday and will arrive Friday. They plan Cass county as home at least for now amid poor Kansas crop conditions. Journal joins friends in welcoming them back.
Two nearly new items available at the telephone central office. A heating stove priced at 10.00 and a Majestic Steel Range at 40.00. Seller: Mrs. Vina Dooley.
Wm A Royal of Plainview Nebraska died Tuesday evening August 5 at the Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester Minnesota after a stomach removal operation for cancer. He was about 54, born near Rock Blaifs, survived by Mrs Kennedy of Murray and other kin. Funeral arrangements indicate services from his Plainsview home tomorrow afternoon.
Sidney Wimmer, once crippled after a railroad accident, left Virginia for Cass county with his uncle George Shrader. He moved west to Oregon, built a large sheep herd, cleared over $7,000 last year, and now arrives in South Omaha with three cars before visiting his uncle and family in Murray. He repaid his uncle with interest and has become independently wealthy.
The Plattsmouth Journal office advertises the citys finest stationery including box paper and visiting calling cards for sale.
Miss Esther Ray hosted a social gathering at her home last Saturday in honor of her cousin Miss Edna Inkenbeard and friend Miss Mary Burris of Bethany Missouri. The group enjoyed games and a late lunch of ice cream cake and candy with attendees including the Moore siblings Campbell Yardley Creamer Suddeth and Reed among others.
Alfred Gansemer and W H Puls traveled to Manley on Monday. Gansemer shipped hogs to South Omaha Monday. Will Philpot and wife were county seat visitors Saturday. Detlef Bannick of Coleridge Ned visited at the Puls home Sunday. Emil Baumgartner and wife spent Sunday with the Herren family. Ed Gansemer and John Bock joined W T Philpot for a Sunday visit. Laura Puls visited Nebraska City Saturday and Sunday. Marie Puls left Monday for Coleridge Nel for weeks with grandparents Deltey Bannick. Will Gilmore conducted a business trip in Thurston county last week. Herman Gansemer of Hartington visited relatives.
Interest in athletics and military maneuvers draws boys to the Boys State Fair encampment in Lincoln from Aug 29 to Sept 5. Governor Morehead presides ex officio. the state board of agriculture funds rail fare above $5. County superintendents provide delegate information. Football tactics, military science, object lessons, camping and outdoor sports featured.
Advertisement urges mothers to give Kickapoo Worm Killer to children showing worm symptoms. Claims kills worms, improves appetite, steadies stomach liver and bowels, and ends discomfort. Available at druggists or by mail for 25 cents from Kickapoo Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
The battleship Oregon, selected by Secretary Daniels to be the first through the Panama Canal, is in Puget Sound undergoing a million dollar modernization. The work adds a military mast fire control wireless gear and labor saving devices while preserving the ship’s 1898 look on the exterior.
United States Public Health Service reports Pellagra increasing in Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas from 1907 to 1912 with 1912 showing higher case numbers. Oklahoma 472 cases death rate 54.91 per 100. Texas 2028 cases death rate 46.01. Arkansas 945 cases death rate 41.90 though Arkansas 1912 data were incomplete.
William Garrett of Albany Missouri, proprietor of a local hotel, praises his fox terrier as the champion rat killer of the world. He says the dog killed sixty rats in a single demolition and, by his count, has slain 600 rats to date.
A new summer program called the model school opens at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Teachers from city schools will lead eight primary and grammar trades, with swimming daily and a half hour morning recess for organized play. excursions will explore historical and geographical sites using campus resources and facilities.
Motorbuses to carry casket and twenty seven mourners in Chicago funerals lowering costs. Funeral coach seats minister and undertaker beside driver with space for flowers. Transportation is a major funeral cost. the new coach aims to cut expenses by thirty dollars per funeral. About a thousand funerals occur annually in the city.
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