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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
2
The Detroit News puzzles over how the kidnapper could manage a yard of adhesive tape without trapping himself, leaving readers to wonder about the logistical details behind the bizarre scene.
Local planners in Plattsmouth push for a share of forthcoming federal money to speed up industry. The committee presses Lincoln officials for support.
The union requests 10000 in federal aid to finish paving Main street from curb to curb. Gravel currently lines both sides of the 20 foot concrete slab.
The noted playwright Eugene O Neill announces a new drama titled Days Without End. The work contrasts with his lengthier classics Strange Interlude and Mourning Becomes Electra in scope and ambition.
The St Louis Globe Democrat criticizes lending large sums to Europe without security and questions what security could have been offered that would have been effective.
Hamburg Iowa promotes weekly parades drawing large crowds with wheel doll bogey pony circus and many entries exceeding 200. This Saturday plans an old costume parade and considers a comic strip parade to showcase home spun entertainment over hiring city performers.
Weeping Water patrons share visits across Cass County with T. J. Jamison at his daughter Margaret Brendel’s home. Bill Johnson and wife rodeo in Sidney, Iowa. Frank Woods of the Cass County Fair travels to Plattsmouth for fair business. Francis Baldwin plans ten days at the Century of Progress in Chicago by rail. Agnes Rough attends Lincoln reunion of Rough and Deles Dernier families at Antelope Park. Charles Crew of Polk Nebraska visits Weeping Water. Seeley Crozier Patterson travel to Plattsmouth and Omaha for business. Wally Johnson and Harry Eihlers enjoy Chicago Century of Progress. Frank Dill’s Nehawka family visits for a 4-H meeting. Mrs. Dill has teeth extracted. A boy undergoes eye treatment in Omaha. hopeful prognosis uncertain. Hayes and Domingo families attend Century of Progress. Soren Skameris watches homes and stock. Superintendent Weatherhogg visits Bloomfield, re-elected for the year. Mrs. Swindel and daughters of Hardin Montana visit. later go to Chicago World’s Fair. W. H. Frizzel celebrates 89th birthday. Grandmother Frizzel is bedridden after a fall.
Mrs John Welch in very serious condition after prolonged illness. She was moved to a hospital to receive expert care and treatment as friends in Weeping Water await a turn in her condition and hoped for recovery.
Jess Atteberry of Cheyenne Wyoming visits the home of L. E. Vroman and family and their children, along with old friends in attendance.
P H Miller and son James Miller with their families left Plattsmouth for the West visiting Seibert Colorado at the home of Martin Johnson and his wife who is Miller’s daughter. James Miller’s group continued to the mountains to visit Pikes Peak and then returned to Weeping Water before heading home. The trip afforded a most pleasant time.
Duaine Shropshire, son of Mr and Mrs Ross Shropshire, was badly cut when a knife swung toward his face as he cut a string on a sack of apples. He was rushed to University Hospital after the injury Sunday night.
Sealed bids for sand gravel surfacing on the Plattsmouth East Patrol No. 129 road will be received at the Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation in Lincoln until 10 00 a m September 18 1933. Plans may be seen at Cass County Clerk or Lincoln offices. Bond required 100 percent. certified check of 15 dollars. wage rates posted. bids may be rejected.
A study of Saul son of Kish from Benjamin, tracing his promising start, disobedience to God and prophets, and final self ruin. The lesson notes flawed trust, warns that rejection of divine word leads to downfall, ending with Saul’s suicide after defeat at Mizpah.
The Department of Roads and Irrigation announces a bid opening at Lincoln on August 31, 1933, for the 6.5 mile paved Eagle Murdock National Highway project NRH-153-A. Plans cover 180000 cu yd excavation and extensive culverts, pipes, and concrete work, with domestic materials and reemployment supervision by George Hodge.
In Cass County Nebraska the County Court orders that all interested parties appear September 8 1933 at ten o clock in the morning to show cause why the petition of Frank A Cloidt for final settlement and assignment of residue should not be granted. Notice will be published in the Plattsmouth Journal for three consecutive weeks.
A petition seeks administration since the deceased died without a will. The hearing is set for September 8 1933 at 10:00 a.m. in County Court. If not contested, administration may be granted to Charles L. Graves or another suitable person.
In the matter of the estate of Otto F Peters deceased a hearing on the petition for administration is scheduled before the county court on September 8 1933 at 10:00 am. If respondents fail to appear the court may grant administration to Elsie M Peters or a suitable person and proceed with settlement. Seal
The modern market tale recalls Aesop with a hare ahead in price while the income tortoise lags. Observers note this may be the only race a tortoise ever wins in economic progress stories.
By order of sale from the Second Judicial District Court of Nebraska Cass County the Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank of Lincoln Nebraska sues George L Messinger et al and will offer for sale at 10 oclock a m on September 23 1933 at the south front door of the County Courthouse Plattsmouth Nebraska the SE quarter of Section 2 Township 11 North Range 11 East 6th P M Cass County Nebraska subject to the plaintiff mortgage lien of 12130 52 as of September 1 1932 with installments of 400 55 due March and September and a final payment of 373 97 due September 1 1965. Sheriff H Sylvester August 8 1933.
Cass Cass County Nebraska probate notice for Philip Thierolf estate. Frieda Thierolf petitions to prove and admit the will dated August 1933. Court sets hearing for September 1933 to show cause why probate should not be granted to Frieda Thierolf Executrix. Publication in Plattsmouth Journal ordered.
Nebraska Cass County court sets September 5 1933 at 10 am to hear Henry J Ofe and Edward G Ofe petition for final settlement and discharge as executors of Henry C L Ofe estate with notice by publication in Plattsmouth Journal two weeks prior.
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