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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
7
Avoca items report holiday goods at Copes Drug. lists of local visitors and trips to Omaha Lincoln and Syracuse. Thanksgiving gatherings at several homes. lectures and charitable events noted. injuries from a corn elevator accident. upcoming Jubilee Singers highly anticipated for the town lecture course.
The piece records that four students Wayne Smoots Edith Seacat Harry Busch and Bertha Brinton were never tardy or absent since November while Harvey Madsen missed a day due to illness. It mentions a bead experiment by a first grader that required a doctor and notes plans to set a public road through the school grounds amid muddy conditions. The eleventh grade produced a school newspaper last week.
The Star Musical company opened the lecture course Monday evening despite bad weather and poor roads. An attentive audience attended the first number and greeted Mr Starr’s performance with appreciation.
The Trans Miss Poultry Association votes to increase prizes to 10 to 25 in gold and joins with the Nebraska Kennel Club to stage a large show in Omaha from December 27 to January 1. The auditorium with 52000 square feet will host many exhibitors and lectures on poultry and pet stock breeding. F S King of Omaha serves as president and F E Abhiquist of Benson is secretary.
Aunt Gracie Johnson died this morning after a long illness. While she claimed near 100, her son George from Omaha put her age at 62. A freed slave born in Concordia parish Louisiana, she was a long time resident whose funeral is set for Saturday in the city. A poisoning case with Turner’s American Extract of Bitter Wine cited as a safe remedy for stomach, nerve and blood ailments. That patent medicine is advertised by Jos Turner of Chicago.
Jick Schulhof departed last evening for Aurora, NL, to meet the piece work inspector who will explain where he cost the company money. It is hoped John returns satisfied and that he saves Jim Hill more wealth in the future than in the past, as Jim needs the money.
Sport the tramp dog, living in Burlington yards, rode an Antichor engine to Oreapolis yesterday and wandered off before returning home. He is known across the system and will board the first train stopping there to reach his usual home with Yardmaster Johnson and the yard crew overseeing.
Chris BE Metager arrived from Cedar Creek last evening and traveled to South Omaha this morning as a passenger to visit the stock market during the day.
Peers plan to stump the nation to explain their vote against the budget as the crisis over the house of lords refusal to consent to the government policy deepens. Prime Minister Asquith, Lloyd George, Churchill, Lansdowne and Chamberlain prepare speeches ahead of dissolution and January prorogation.
The Creston Masonic temple burned down on December 2. Officials report the blaze started from spontaneous combustion causing extensive damage. The building housed the finest theater in the county and suffered about 50 000 in losses with 10 000 coverage by insurance.
In Cochran Georgia a negro preacher John Harvard shot and fatally wounded Will D Roath two miles from town. A mob captured Harvard five miles away and burned him at a stake as a crowd piled lightwood around the body. In Charles City Iowa Carnegie endowment update confirms a $50 000 grant to fund a $25 000 campus endowment.
In Mourmelon France on December 2 Robert Latham the French aeronaut rose to about 1600 feet in a wind of nearly forty miles an hour establishing a new official world altitude record.
Mynard notes list G W Snyder in Plattsmouth, Miss Elsie Gapen visiting Peru Nebraska, A J Kiser back from Lincoln for Thanksgiving. School board members visited district No. 5, revival meetings led by Rev Harrol, Misses Propst and others visited, and Dwight Vallery’s death mourned in Weeping Water.
Last Friday evening at Will Stokes home friends of Miss Elsa gathered for a Thanksgiving recess. The night included games and pulling taffy with attendees Gertrude Cole Anna Snyder Ednah Mayda Propat Pearle Henton Margaret Rachel Livingston Elsa Stokes Glenn Wiles Myron Wiles Bryon Snyder Will Propst Wayne Propst Boyd Porter Carl Cole Sherman Cole Ed Tachiven Charles Barnard.
The St. Johns church Altar society held an afternoon coffee at Mrs BH B Thrall's home despite bad weather. Many members attended as in prior months, enjoying social conversation games and refreshments of coffee and cake in a pleasant, friendly gathering.
Precentics are marketed by druggists as a four advantage cold remedy. They contain no quinine and no harsh ingredients. They provide fast relief and taste pleasant like candy. A large box with 4% Preventics costs 25 cents and is suitable for feverish children. Sold by all dealers.
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