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R A Bates, publisher, announces subscription price two dollars per year in advance for local readers and nearby subscribers.
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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
3
R A Bates, publisher, announces subscription price two dollars per year in advance for local readers and nearby subscribers.
A compact collage of quotations and quips on Christmas, weather, politics, and culture. It notes pop culture figures like Jack Dempsey and the Prince of Wales, cites Prohibition debates, and jokes about economics, France, and American finance.
A reflective Christmas poem urges a joyous tune tempered by pity for the voiceless and sightless. It calls for a minor tone and a verse for those who hear not, blending cheer with pathos in a timeless holiday verse.
A legislative commission in Illinois toured Washington Europe and North America to study public utility franchise terms. Lawmakers learned Congress can terminate franchises by vote, a finding critics say exposes high travel costs and wasteful spending before plans to visit many U S and Canadian cities and winter Florida trips.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University denounces national prohibition as a colossal failure and immoral. He argues the policy fuels taxed, illegal traffic, corrupts religion, and expands bootlegging while driving saloons underground. He notes prohibitionists are reversing their stance as the anti prohibition tide grows.
The essay compares youths growing pains to America's postwar questioning of life and government. It argues democracy was built to empower citizens, not rely on decrees, and urges understanding of liberty and equality over alarmist reform schemes. It criticizes publicity for tax lists as ineffective and calls for repeal of the law.
A collage of observations on tax return publicity and unusual trends. Notes include Who's Who omissions of Harding and Coolidge, rabbits profits in Ozark farms, Frisco rabbit shipments, and debates over income tax disclosure and fraud concerns. Mention of Mayor-elect Walker of New York denouncing politics in schools and a Los Angeles dinner at $60 per plate.
A Nebraskan lawyer argues that equal enforcement means applying pressure proportional to resistance. He asserts across the nation enforcement rises with resistance, saying an ounce of effort on one law and a ton on another achieves true equality in enforcement.
Notice announces Lloyd Mashburn, a Cass county convict for breaking and entering in 1920, has applied for parole. The Nebraska Board of Pardons schedules a hearing at 10 a.m. January 12, 1926, at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln. Interested parties may attend to show cause why the parole should be granted or denied. Charles W. Pool, Secretary. N. F. Harmon, Chief Probation Officer.
The State of Nebraska Cass County in the County Court. In the matter of Christina Barr deceased, petitioners Earl V. Barr Mary Etta Long and George M. Barr seek administration to John Long. Hearing set for January 4 1926 at 10 am with notice by publication in the Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks.
District Court notices warn of attachment on real estate for nonpayment of $154.10 plus 7 percent interest since 1922 in a Cass County suit. Defendants Michael and Louisa Preis must answer by January 18, 1926 or face default judgment and sale of property. Additional actions include quiet title suits affecting properties in Thompson's Addition and West half NW quarter section 27 Cass County Nebraska addressed to numerous defendants and unknown heirs. Cases filed December 1925 in Lincoln and Cass County courts list heirs, mortgages, and property claims with deadlines in February 1926.
A guardianship sale order by Judge James T Begley for John Varga asks for the sale of land in Cass County Nebraska. The property described lies in Section 13 and 12 Township 12 North Range 13 East with specific lot lines, excluding Missouri Pacific Railway right of way. The sale is at the south front door of the Cass County Courthouse in Plattsmouth on January 4 1926 at 10 AM for cash with a one hour bid window.
It notes how quickly anthracite operators grab a settlement proposed by a strike, while miners refuse to agree, and the reciprocal dynamic is implied.
A. B. Duxbury county judge issues notice to creditors of Thomas Walling deceased. He will sit in the County Court room at Plattsmouth on January 11 1926 and April 12 1926 at 14:00 to receive claims for adjustment. Claims must be presented within three months from January 11 1926 and debts paid within one year.
Bates Book and Stationery Store advertises school supplies at their lowest prices for the back to school season. The notice highlights affordable notebooks pens pencils and art materials for students and teachers at the store.
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