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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1930
Page
2
Passengers endure a crippling blizzard as trains stall. A chaotic car ride and crowded coaches spark morale as performers improvise in a traveling show to pass time. A professional storyteller offers fairy tales, bringing a rare moment of delight amid the cold delay.
An ornate nostalgic vignette describes a fairy tale Christmas in a train car. Passengers share songs, stories, and holiday treats as Santa Claus, food boxes, and a jovial crusty character mingle with children.
Washington D C Dec 19 live stock middle men attacked the farm board and the marketing act amid charges of boycotting cooperatives at the St Louis stockyards Defense contends the act aims at monopoly. They warn the board ruling could trigger similar actions nationwide The government maintains the defendants ignored their public responsibilities in interstate trade.
At the annual potato show in Chadron the Box Buttercounty 4-Hi clubs dominated prizes. Louise and Edith Nielsen ages fifteen and fourteen led, Edith winning two silver cups and first prize for her story How I Grew So Acres of Potatoes. Bodil Stenberg and Joy Brittel won secondary honors as Box Butte club accrued 34% points, finishing behind Bushnell of Kimball with 340 points.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports November prices in fifty one cities show an average decline of about 2 percent from October. Pork chops fall 1 to 2 percent, eggs and sugar rise, while oranges beans onions potatoes cabbage prunes butter and several cuts of beef drop between 3 and 6 percent.
Miss Mary Swatek daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Swatek recently left for Omaha to enter St Joseph hospital where she will undergo an appendicitis operation. She has taught in county schools and as holidays closed there, she chose to have the operation. Friends hope for her swift recovery and return to activities.
The marriage of Elizabeth Evans Hughes to William Thomas Gossett will take place Friday noon at the Hughes residence in Washington with Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick officiating and Dr. William Abernethy assisting. The couple will reside in New York City.
Wise shoppers pick greeting cards early at Bates Book Store or the Journal office to ensure selection and time for imprinting names. This seasonal line highlights the store and journal as outlets for holiday greetings.
The American Legislators Association has moved its secretariat to Chicago near the University of Chicago to better coordinate national legislative research. It aims to create a central clearing house for state laws and to promote legislative referentive bureaus in states, with an annual State Government bulletin for 7500 legislators and advisory committees of experts across 12 policy fields.
In Maryville Missouri on December 17 a large search by national guardsmen county officers and local citizens failed to identify or arrest the attacker who killed Velma Colter a 19 year old rural school teacher after she dismissed her classes at the Garrett country school four miles south of town yesterday. Several arrests were made but no evidence linked any suspect at this time.
Readers can have their name imprinted on Christmas greeting cards at a small extra cost when bought at Bates Book Store or the Journal's new stationery and office supply department. The ad promises a wide range of new items available.
Joe Decker and Joan Filla of Omaha pleaded guilty to burglary charges in Lincoln Frost court and received five year terms. A third man fled as police swept the Stunner drug store robbery. officers said the trio carried valuables but left loot behind. Decker and Filla had prior prison histories and links to earlier Omaha holdups. both were previously confined or serving terms.
The Great Lakes regional advisory board heard projections for 1921 with increases in shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables and grain. Edward S. Briggs of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers' Association predicted an 18.7 percent rise in fruit shipments and 16 percent in vegetables. William E. Marony of the Buffalo corn exchange forecast a 4.3 percent rise in grain and mill products.
A roundup of visits to Lincoln and South Bend residents over the week including Elmer Reosenow shopping for F. E. Dicker son store goods, Esther Clarke visiting C. F. Sacheee, John W. Banning and family, and Mrs. L. M. Scott assisting at the post office. Nebraska Power workers installed lights on the municipal Christmas tree, with ongoing gravel work on the Ypendway between South Bend and Ashland and a planned tree program at the street intersection.
Mrs ELL Kirkpatrick left last week for the Pacific coast to visit her two sons Claude and Walter Barritt who live in Los Angeles. She will stay until after the new year and recalls the boys were here with their families less than a year ago.
The Alvo school Parent-Teacher Association held its annual Christmas party in the school auditorium last Wednesday. The event featured an entertaining program and reflected holiday spirit among attendees.
The Bible school will present a program on the upcoming Wednesday evening. Children of the school will perform a Christmas themed program.
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