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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
2
Alvo residents report with rheumatism yet about the town remains busy. Corn picking winds down for several farmers as families visit relatives and attend church events. The Alvo schools rehearse an operetta and scholars sell stamps for the tuberculosis hospital while local gatherings feature generous refreshments and community service.
Alvo schools prepare a new school library in the building space being prepared for it. A library shower is set for December 19 to accept donations of daily papers magazines maps and other items of interest to knowledge seekers.
A barber shop displays a bold sign forbidding swearing with the note that such behavior is not allowed in the shop. Patrons and staff discuss the rule, recognizing varied opinions on decorum and license to vent.
Thirteen year old Marjorie F. Mickle daughter of Mr and Mrs Lauren H Mickle died at 2 p m Monday in Lincoln. The family formerly lived near Alvo and resided one mile north of Denton. She leaves one brother and three sisters. Funeral was 930 a m at the home with Rev Davis in charge. The body went to Weeping Water for 130 p m services and burial there. The Mickle family are well remembered in the area where they lived for a time.
C. H. Kirkpatrick marked his 81st birthday last Friday receiving about 92 greetings from friends nationwide including one from Texas. Born November 27, 1845, he first came to Nebraska in 1865 and again in 1868 to claim a homestead near Glen Lewis, living there 39 years before moving to Alvo where he resides. The note recalls his pioneer work transforming the prairie and mentions the Rock Island wreck on his farm in 1922 that claimed several lives.
Sam expresses gratitude for postal card shower on his 81st birthday and thanks Mr and Mrs Glenn Lewis and family for cake and dinner. He also thanks his partner for organizing the party and dinner. He wishes everyone long life and signs C H Kirkpatrick.
Bagdasar K. Unaghdigian of Armenia, now in Kansas City, spoke at Friday's daily assembly. He described childhood in Armenia and the dangers he faced, and expressed gratitude for American citizenship and freedoms.
Paris December 2 Sir Austen Chamberlain British foreign secretary arrives to confer with M Briand on mutual interests to be discussed at the league of nations council next week They are expected to settle conditions for abandoning the left bank of the Rhine and transferring military control from the inter allied organization to the league The aim includes a solution to German disarmament and the transfer of military control at the council meeting.
E M Griffin of Manley and James Stander of Louisville spent hours in the city on business and social visits. J B Roddy of Union and Adam Meisinger of Cedar Creek also visited for business and friends. County Commissioners Harris and Gorder met with Charles Spangler on matters of importance. Mrs George A Fingarson departed Omaha en route to Fort Crook with Captain Fingarson.
Isaxze Wiles of Weeping Water spent a few hours here for business matters. G. W. Snyder traveled to Omaha to handle business for the day. John Gauer from Cedar Creek visited with friends and attended court business. Mr and Mrs Myron Wiles were in Omaha visiting Mrs John Vallery at Immanuel hospital. Mrs A E Courtney and children moving from Humbolt Tennessee to Dixon Illinois visit family in the city before preparing their new home.
Saturday's Daily notes Troy L. Davis of Weeping Water, representative-elect, was in town for a few hours to handle matters at home. Judge A. H. Duxbury left yesterday for St. Joseph Missouri due to his father Frank Duxbury's ill health. Mrs C L Wiles and sister Gren Wiles traveled to Omaha to visit Delores Wiles, a nurse training student at the University hospital.
A poultry short course will be offered at the Nebraska College of Agriculture from January 11 to 14 with a one dollar registration fee per person. Topics include feeding problems to increase eggs and meat value, culling breeding, hatching, health, and marketing, taught by lectures and demonstrations at the poultry plant. A five reel film on Pacific coast poultry production will be shown in the student activities building on January 12 for Lincoln and Lancaster County residents.
Washington December 3 Interior Secretary Work warned congress to weigh carefully whether guardianship of U S natural resources should be turned to the states he told Chairman Sinnott of the House Public Lands Committee that the domain is valued at 13 697 500 000 and that the proposed bills could jeopardize the future of national conservation if enacted.
Missouri Pacific rolls out a revised time schedule for four northbound and four southbound daily passenger trains through the city, with all trains stopping in Plattsmouth. The new timetable adds the de luxe train No. 109-110 and warns travelers to check running times carefully amid adjustments.
Crete mills had sold electricity to the city for years, with profit shared over the town's pole system. A proposal to switch directly to a transmission line company failed in a recent special election by a slim margin, fueling talk of a municipal plant or Blue River water power, while oil engine salesmen push for an isolated plant.
Platte Valley Power of Omaha and Valley merges with Central West Public Service led by W N Albertson of Milwaukee. Max McGraw and A J Cole will manage the combined Nebraska properties including Albion gas and Columbus and Norfolk gas interests. A New York Edison survey notes Broadway's Great White Way uses 17 800 kilowatt hours nightly, enough to light a town of 10 000.
Chicago’s State Street celebrated a $100000 investment in a new lighting system with a three day illumination festival. The district will be the most brightly lit thoroughfare, surpassing Fifth Avenue in New York.
The village of North Loup seriously considers shutting its oil engine electric plant and leasing the distribution system to a transmission line firm that pledges to sell energy at a rate well below the current municipal schedule.
Three dollars of white paint and eight dollars of labor on the Nebraska factory walls produced twice that amount in electric light within three months. The improved illumination greatly increased worker comfort and output.
Bancroft Nebraska has signed a ten year agreement with Nebraska Gas and Electric to supply electric current for the municipal electric system.
A new water tower is being erected in Ainsworth as part of ongoing municipal infrastructure upgrades. Work crews have begun foundational work and are expected to complete the project within months, improving local water pressure and reliability.
The Plattsmouth Legion carnival raised more than $1,000 toward the community building fund, bringing the total near the $10,000 target and ensuring the building will rise this summer. The group also owns a $3,000 building site near the business district.
The Golden Red Study club and the U. B. Aid Society will hold a Christmas party Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Howard Wiles home. Hostesses are Mrs. Howard Wiles and Mrs. Charles Barnard. Guests should bring a gift not exceeding 25 cents.
Mr and Mrs J C Comstock and their children were in Omaha today to visit friends and enjoy a few hours away from home.
A young man asked to join the Chamber of Commerce replies that he owns no local property yet benefits from work schooling police protection and daily bread here. He asks what interest he has in the town showing a view of outsider detachment toward Piattsmouth.
A popular Plattsmouth woman lies seriously ill and unable to be moved to Omaha for treatment. Residents say it is a personal matter affecting the entire town and urge support for the family.
A speaker recalls Plattemouth surviving fifty years without a hospital amid a mud street, wooden walk, no light, no fire department, no church, noting the suffering and deaths that could have occurred without five visionary leaders guiding the city.
A voice urges returning to the old town pump and bucket brigade praising simplicity over modern water works. The comment mirrors a critic’s stance on infrastructure modernization and public services.
The fragment hints at outdated medical practices with leeches used against pneumonia and a call for urgent action. Watson is urged to perform a needle procedure as part of the scene. The tone suggests a dramatic medical lab or surgery moment.
The note credits Paul Vander voort for a clever original poster hung in the office. Vandervoort is enrolled in a poster and display course through the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa., and this piece serves as a sample of his fine work.
A note from W. G. Davis secretary urges contacting Rea of the Nebraska Gas and Electric company to shut off gas and electric service. It mentions a citizen preferring kerosene lamps and ends with a playful sign off about Santa Claus and Chamber of Commerce membership.
A wild Brahman bull escaped from a slaughter plant, leaped an eight foot fence, and roamed Dallas streets for an hour before a deputy sheriff shot and killed it. Several people were injured while fleeing to safety as the animal charged through river bottoms and downtown avenues.
Santa, arriving from Alaska by boat to Seattle and heading east, will visit Omaha tomorrow morning and then stop in Plattsmouth on a one day visit this coming week. A Plattsmouth committee will invite him to view the city and meet residents before his Christmas Eve journey.
A baby girl arrived Sunday morning November 25 1926 at the home of Mr and Mrs LaRue Williams. She was welcomed by both sets of grandparents and is described as handsome and popular. Mrs Williams formerly Miss Genevieve Schoeman, granddaughter of George Delezene, is noted in this family update from the Courier.
Berlin December 4. The Reichstag adopted a clean books bill after a spirited debate to curb publication of obscene and immoral literature. Socialists and communists opposed, calling it a black day for German culture and fearing suppression of real literature including some classics, even the Bible.
Charles Edward Ringling of the famed circus clan died in Sarasota Florida after a cerebral hemorrhage Friday. The younger Ringling helped found the family enterprise that became the era defining Greatest Show on Earth, built from a small town act to a dominant North American circus. The brothers started with schoolhouse performances, joined Yankee Robinson, and gradually added animals and acts as the business grew.
The Bates Book and Gift Shop offers a large line of engraved Christmas cards in many designs. Customers are urged to place orders now to have names engraved and ready in time for Christmas. The shop promotes its cards as the largest and best line at reasonable prices in the city.
Free lessons in lamp shade design are now available at Books and Gift Shop. The shop advertises ongoing classes inviting people to join the practical, creative program.
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