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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
4
The state superintendent outlines a uniform normal training program for high schools this fall. It includes required equipment, text books, and teacher qualifications. A two year path is planned with combined junior and senior classes for reading grammar and arithmetic geography, and entrance declarations for teachers.
Henry Gering reports Phillip Thierolf travels in Europe and visits Ernest Pfeiffer in Bologna, Italy. G. Knapp learns of the death of his nephew John Kerr of Kerr Dental Mfg. Co. in Detroit. A guardianhip petition to sell real estate for minor Geo Leslie Hall valued at $500 is filed by Judge Beeson. hearing set for Sept 28.
Misses Rose and Millie Fiala nieces of Mrs. John Nemetz have been in Omaha this morning. Mrs. Nemetz and Mrs. J. R. Rummerfield accompanied them for a day’s visit.
Judge Travis describes Arkansas City Kansas Cowley County economy with mills, factories and rail shops. He notes payroll around 30000 dollars monthly and thriving farming with apple pear and alfalfa crops. He praises wheat corn and livestock, timber, fishing in Walnut River and optimistic land values under 50 dollars per acre. Bryan popular with workers and farmers.
Nehawka reports Hugh Warden and his mother ill in the first part of the week. Miss Minerva Tool returns to Omaha teaching duties after visiting an old-time friend. Thomas Cromwell considers Omaha grain business. Charley Heebner sold 74 hogs for 1439.70. Warden Sister’s house timber and superstructure progress. Switzer and Mrs Wolpl add cement sidewalks to their property. Pollards depart for Yellowstone Park outing via U P and Denver for about two weeks.
Elmwood society item lists Tolhurst Blessing wedding attendees Rev D B Lake and family from Lincoln attended. Visitors include Miss Minnie Litzig. Blanche Harger of Chicago visiting Clapp family. Dr. Harry Hylton from Table Rock visiting Hylton family. Other local moves include Philander Williams trip to Michigan and Pennsylvania and Turner family visits to Bethany.
Paris August 15 United States and French tariff commissions, led by James W Reynolds, discuss reducing barriers on cattle and meat imports and boosting U S flour exports. They review customs procedures and valuations for high priced goods, noting U S pure food laws as a point of friction. A formal treaty hinges on U S tariff reforms.
City health department reports a spike in intestinal deaths with 210 in the first five days of this week and 175 last week. Officials seek police help to track provincial arrivals for quarantine, intensify food inspection, and provide boiled drinking water in factory districts.
Secretary Wright says he will not comment on the eight cadets dismissed for hazing until he receives the superintendent Colonel Scott's report. The Army chief has not yet obtained the information and expects action not before Monday.
Berlin Aug 15 Sir Edward Goodman ambassador of Great Britain at Vienna will succeed Sir Frederick Lascelles ambassador at Berlin who retires Oct 24 for age. King Edward asked Emperor William at Kronberg about the change and the emperor replied affirmatively.
Fifteen damage suits aggregating $675,000 have been filed in U S court against the Pittsburg Coal company. The suits stem from the Darr mire disaster at Jacobs Creek Pa on December 19, 1907 when 238 lives were lost in an explosion.
A semiofficial statement says Indo-China unrest was exaggerated in letters from three days ago. It claims no large revolutionary outbreak or mass killings occurred, noting frontier strife with Chinese revolutionists is nearly over and only Anam shows agitation. The piece links unrest to Japanese military successes.
Milwaukee reports the death of Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cagewell U S N who retired and died in Jacksonville Florida at age sixty four He was born and raised in Milwaukee and the death telegram asked for burial arrangements to be made in Milwaukee
Orleans Ind Aug 15 Mrs Perme Wa Turley aged 99 or 100 seven months past a century was taken in an automobile to Dr W H F patton the trip described as remarkable and enjoyable by the aged woman cared for by local residents
Fred Deutchmann, Sr., an eight horse dealer in Belleville, dies after five days of illness from multiple causes including tetanus ptomaine poisoning and paralysis. The attending physician calls the case unprecedented.
A hailstorm swept over Kewanee Illinois and surrounding areas destroying hundreds of ripening watermelons. Large hailstones smashed the biggest melons into pieces, leaving extensive field damage in the Green River valley.
Chicago prices for wheat corn oats pork lard and short ribs move with mixed results as Sept and Dec futures hover near fractions of a dollar. Cash grain markets show No 2 red No 3 red No 2 hard No 2 white and No 2 yellow offerings with varied cash ranges. Live stock quotes note hogs steady to higher and cattle mixed with prime fat steers and good to choice cows and calves in demand. East Buffalo reports slower cattle demand and mixed hog prices with best lambs at six dollars and up.
In New York on August 1 two rival groups interrupted the Commercial Travelers Inter state Prosperity Congress. An anarchist Berkman led an unemployed army demanding inclusion in prosperity while suffragettes pressed for recognition. Police dispersed Berkman’s followers, diplomacy calmed the suffragists, and a committee from the unemployed was received seeking food lodging and tools for displaced workers.
In Lincoln the mood is upbeat as State Chairman Conners predicts a Bryan win in New York and congratulatory telegraphs arrive. Bryan plans multiple speeches in Ohio Taft’s home state amid light Fairview turnout. In Boston the International Typographical Union debates endorsing the Democratic platform before withdrawing the resolution to avoid a defeat framed as a rebuke to Bryan.
Washington August 15 an agreement may be reached between the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and its telegraph operators over the interpretation of the nine hour law after a two day conference led by Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp. Terms remain secret. In Iowa 126 cows at the State Hospital for the Insane Independence are condemned with tuberculosis and will be used as fertilizer. In the Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina is staying at Het Loo castle as an expected royal event nears.
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