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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
3
Births visits and health notes fill Weeping Water and vicinity as families welcome a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Fred Reuter and others travel from Buffalo and Denmark. Economic prospects rise with Reed quarries expansion and a proposed modern crushing plant in town with side track plans.
Mrs. Henry Taylor remains critically ill this week. Three Schlater children recover at home from scarlet fever quarantine. John Polk visits from Lincoln for Thanksgiving. James Stander hosts Mr and Mrs W A Cleghorn and Miss Mary at Hotel Drake. Otto Peterson leaves Yates Drug Omaha to run a Petersburg Neb store. Mrs W W Long from Wapello cannot attend Amos Keiser funeral due to her sick son Shirley. Out-of-town mourners include Mr and Mrs Wm Clement and three daughters.
Plattsmouth and Mrs. W. C. Frampton of Lincoln. Mrs. B. G. Hoover has left for Missouri to visit relatives and will go on to California for the winter. Mrs. Hoover avoids Nebraska winters seeking a milder climate. Mrs. Frank DePuy of Two Harbors Minnesota arrived in Omaha on Sunday en route to Crete to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J P Ellis. She will visit relatives in Louisville before returning to Minnesota.
Nehawka brief notes report R C Polard traveling to Chicago for the International Stock Show and several residents visiting relatives in Omaha Seattle and Rawlins. Benton W Quick suffered a serious eye injury and W P Sheldon joined a dealer convention train to Toledo O with Overland dealers.
Ghas Renner Jr named railroad inspector by Missouri Pacific Superintendent J F Russ. Minnie Althouse visits from Lincoln. J H Latrom and wife plan mid month trip to New York. Bob McClanahan drives a new Ford for Cudahy Refining from Omaha. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Winifred Kelleher. Ed Williams relocates house south of Dr Dihel. Death of B O Ray noted in Walier Montana. Fred Trunkenbolt visiting. planning move to Eagle. Art Gardner family returns from Montana and rents property north of tracks to settle in Eagle. cites high Montana living costs.
Ray Frans and Miss Zola Frans visited relatives in St Joseph. Dick True remains in serious condition at his brother’s home east of town. Alma Stottler vacationed in Plattsmouth with sister Hazel Klugey. Lyda Clark and cousin Ercel Clark visited in Kansas City for several weeks. Valera Wood spent Thanksgiving with aunt Mrs W T Wilson south of Union. Carrie Place of Nebraska City visited Mrs Dan Lynn. Henry Becker and wife visited C J Mullis family in Dunbar. R B Roddy injured fingers while freeing car from garage. Walton depot burned. cause under investigation. small freight saved. Old Elmwood box car to Walton for depot use. Baptist church brickwork completed. woodwork finishing. plasters next. service expected by early next year.
W T Nanney of Noel Missouri reports that B A Thomas Hog Powder is doing the work in their region. He states it prevented and cured hog cholera and expelled worms, endorsing the product. The note is signed by H M Soennichsen and Puls and Gansemer.
A medical note compares a cough to a fire bell and urges curing the underlying disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as highly effective, especially for lingering coughs after colds or flu. A testimonial from Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana supports its use. Obtainable everywhere.
A Plattsmouth Nebraska ad by L. C. Sharp promotes remanufacturing farm machinery at Western Machine and Foundry. It claims half a million dollars of equipment is scrapped yearly, promises rebuilt parts equal or better than new, and invites visitors to over haul gear for spring.
The Tzigani Troupe of Arab acrobats led by Slayman Ali joins the Aborn Opera Company in The Bohemian Girl at Parme Theatre on December 16. They tour Morocco each summer, eat kuskus with olive oil, and train rigorously to perform gravity-defying stunts with no internal illnesses reported.
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