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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
3
The column peers into labor mood with Mexico City's unemployment toll and calls for celebration. It notes 3,000 American combines in Argentina last year and jokes about pay as you go road building. It mentions Governor Weaver's independence, tariff talk, and a quirky prehistoric jointed creature finding. The piece ends with travel caution and seasonally cooler weather remarks.
Brief notes from a Nebraska city column touch on city street upgrades and spending, local pride in Plattsmouth’s beauty, and reflections on education superstition and colonial history. The passage cites varied quips about culture, medical speech laws, and a moving Ku Klux Klan HQ from Washington to Atlanta.
A disturbed patient was taken into custody in a tax collector’s office. The incident reflects tense conditions at public offices amid ongoing political and economic commentary. The piece also notes rapid highway construction in China and a humorous aside about refrigeration in the Senate during Coolidge’s tenure.
A White House fret over the Hawley tariff bill grows as Hoover signals possible veto unless major changes are made. Senators doubt the intimations, but Harrison’s finance committee speech and widespread foreign protests frame the bill as a national policy issue, not just protectionism.
A San Francisco Chronicle editorial lauds President Hoover for halting a Treasury plan to use public schools for propaganda on prohibition. The piece argues federal control over schools is improper and urges keeping education free from sectarian or political campaigns.
Public auction set for September 7 1929 at 10 a m at the south front door of the Plattsmouth courthouse to sell Lot 120 in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter Section 19 Township 12 North Range 14 East of the 7th P M containing 10 37 acres more or less as levied against Mata Shafer Clifford Shafer and Byron Golding to satisfy a judgment for John M Leyda filed in Cass County Nebraska
Legal notices from Cass County Nebraska detail Elizabeth C. Jenkins seeking to quiet title to east half of SW in sections 6,7 within township 11 north range 13 east. Defendants include Emeline Austin and listed heirs and spouses with real-name unknowns. Case ordered to answer by Sept 9, 1929, or default judgment.
Secretary of War Good argues that proposed army upkeep cuts could cost more than current methods. The piece cites Hoover and Senator Smoot on persistent government cost increases. It notes a half million dollar fire in Sydney destroying millions of feet of film including recent talkies.
In Cass County Nebraska the County Court in Plattsmouth will sit August 30 1925 and December 2 1929 at 10 a m to receive and examine claims against the estate of Mary J Sullivan with three months to present claims and one year to pay debts from August 30 1929 A H Duxbury County Judge seals the notice
The District Court of Nebraska, Lincoln Division, cases Anton J Trilety bankrupt Case No 1786 in Bankruptcy. On July 23 1929 he was adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting of creditors is August 9 1929 at 10 o clock in the forenoon in the Federal Court Room Lincoln Nebraska. Creditors may attend prove claims examine the bankrupt appoint a trustee and consider asset sales. Dated July 26 1929 Daniel McClenahan Referee in Bankruptcy.
An official announced June 1 public debt at 16.931 billion dollars, down 673 million from last year. Fiscal year receipts reached 4.033 billion with expenditures at 3.848 billion, producing a 185 thousand dollar surplus. General business conditions are described as excellent.
George C. Carey maple sugar magnate warns that Canada will outstrip the US unless tariff protection is increased, a claim voiced amid the bathing season and public chatter.
The County Court of Plattsmouth announces a claim period for the estate of John C. Urban deceased. Creditors must present claims within three months from August 23, 1929, and debts must be paid within one year from that date.
A narrator muses on a curious man who tithes by day and night, goes hungry and thirsty, feeds mosquitoes, and catches fish, then in days buys all the fish he can eat for 75 cents. The reflection questions sanity and meaning.
In Cass County Nebraska an order of sale directs the sheriff to sell the south front of Lot 5 and the north half of Lot 6 in Block 21 Elmwood to satisfy a judgment in favor of Elmwood State Bank. The sale is set for August 31, 1929 at 10:00 a.m. at the south front of Elmwood, Plattsmouth notices by Sheriff Bert Reed.
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