Eagles Mask Ball at Coates Hall Draws Big Crowd
One of the season’s top dances drew a large audience at Coates Hall hosted by the local Eagles lodge. The Hobo band and M W A orchestra provided music with the Thunder and Lighting waltz earning multiple encores. Prizes went to Stella Gillis, Ella Neuman, Harry Rice, John Hadraba, and a standout Newspaper Girl made from a Journal advertisement.
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Coates’ Hall
Lodge of Eagles
Eagles
Tella Gillis
Ella Neuman
Harry Rice
John Hadraba
Journal
H. R. Gerling
A.L. Baker
Murray
Pete Herald
Frank Steppat
George Luchinsky
Maguire Endorses Canada United States Trade Pact
Congressman Maguire voices support for the Canada United States reciprocity agreement contending it reduces tariff barriers, expands markets, and benefits farmers and regions near the Great North. He calls it a step toward freer trade while not replacing a full tariff reform bill.
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Ment
Maguire
United States
Canada
Congress
Taft
Andi
North
Dominion
Farm overseer reports recovery progress at county farm
Potter George Tams, overseer of the county farm, said in the city this morning that Mr. Latham, ill for some time, is on the road to recovery. Mrs. Latham, aged 40, has suffered with grip. Mrs. Carsons, 73, who has been ill eighteen months and recently had grip, is improving.
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George Tams
Latham
Carsons
City Response Sought For Rubber Boots On Chicago Avenue
T J Isner reports a meeting of upper Chicago avenue residents requesting city supplied rubber boots for all residents due to sidewalk removal and ongoing cold weather. He left size 17 and will await delivery at his home once thaw arrives. others urged to leave sizes with the committee to ensure prompt provision.
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Chicago Avenue
Eity
Isher
Rosencrans and Party Return from Texas
Rosencrans returned Saturday evening from Falfurrias Texas with a Greenwood party that included Joseph Holmes Ross Nichols John Schroder Harry Schroder George Erickson Elmer Mathis James J Nowacek L G Larson and F Vallery of Plattsmouth They report a great trip and view promising real estate The group closed deals for 100 acres with more in prospect Some party members already own land in the area and others may become buyers They warn that prices will rise and the time to buy is now.
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BB. Rosencrans
Falfurrias
Texas
Joseph Holmes
Ross Nichols
John Schroder
Harry Schroder
George Erickson
Elmer Mathis
Greenwood
James J. Nowacek
L. G. Larson
F. Vallery
Plattsmouth
Mr. Rosencrans
Horses and Mules Wanted by Veteran BuyerFrank Anderson
Frank Anderson, a veteran horse and mule buyer, schedules sales in several towns from February 20 to February 24 1911. He will purchase all kinds of full aged horses and mules suitable for market from ten dollars upward and especially seeks good fat mules. Bring stock for deals in Louisville Manley Union Murray Plattsmouth dates listed.
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Frank Anderson
Loulaville
Neb
Manley
Union
Murray
Plattemouth
We Have Pound Another One Meisinger Joins Journal List
A Cedar Creek farmer, i A Meisinger, enrolled for the Journal today joining the Meisinger family as subscribers. H A Meisinger, long a reader, becomes a subscriber as the father leaves the farm and the son takes charge. We wish for many more Meisingers.
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I. A. Meizinger
Cedar Creek
Journal
Meisinger
H. A
Lent Beginnings Mark Ash Wednesday Observance
Lent begins on March first as priests urge strict observance of Catholic Lent rules. Easter falls April sixteenth this year, with Lent lasting forty days not counting Sunday rest days and preceding Shrove Tuesday. Observances include fasting, abstaining from flesh on most days, and allowances for bees and fish.
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Christ
McCulloch’s Subtration Irrigation System Promises Reform
In the patent office reports an important invention by N P McCulloch of Omaha a patentee of a subtration irrigation system that could revolutionize irrigation in the west It avoids open ditches saves land and cuts water evaporation by delivering water from below Mr McCulloch is brother of Mrs William Street of this city.
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N. P. McCulloch
Omaha
West
McCulloch
William Street
Hugh Norton Becomes Grandfather to Little Daughter
Hugh Norton head man at the Missouri Pacific station in this city receives a telegram from his son in law Fred Hawxby Auburn announcing the birth of a daughter at their home This ishis first grandchild and he gratefully accepts the new title The Hawxby family includes Nemaha county attorney Fred Hawxby and the Journal offers congratulations to all involved
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Hugh Norton
Missouri Pacifc
Fred Hawxby
Auburn
Hugh
Hawxby
Nemaha County
Long Journey Sunday Heads for Home Port Arrival
After completing the Jong Journey the M. EF. Sunday school is expected to arrive in the home port next Sunday. The two ships will be welcomed with a celebration on Tuesday evening February 28 in the newly completed rooms of the Ladies Aid society at the moment of the church.
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M. EF
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mr J J Kirk Heads to Omaha on First Train
Mr J J Kirk, a business caller, visited Omaha this morning and planned to take the first train to the metropolis.
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J. J. Kirk
Omaha
Metropolis
Patriotism Lecture by Prof Abbott Praises Soldiers and Women
Rev L W Glade introduces Prof N C Abbott who delivers a near hour speech on Patriotism at First Presbyterian in honor of the Father of his Country. He praises soldiers, recalls Civil War hardships, and notes women at home endured toil while troops fought, linking Spanish American War to national unity.
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C. B
First Presbyterian Church
N. C. Abbott
W. R. Co
A. R
Helen Chapman
L. W. Glade
W. Ft. C
Gade
Superintendent Abbott
Abbott
Spain
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued by Judge Beeson in Cedar Creek and Murdock
Tuesday action by Judge Beeson grants marriage licenses to Frank Salsberg and Mary Melginger of Cedar Creek and to Otto Rickman and Mary Schlueter of Murdock. A petition filed in his office seeks admin appointment for John Belling of Avoca, with Anna Behling named as sole heir and estate valued at about 16 000 in realty and 1000 in personal property.
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Beeson
Frank Salsberg
Mary Melginger
Cedar Creek
Gun Salserg
John Melginger
Otto EH. Rickman
Mary Schlueter
Murdock
Henry Rickman
Simon Schlueter
Nebraska man voices export statation concerns at Pan American conference
A Pan American commercial conference in Washington quotes a Nebraska official, P. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of Statistics, criticizing government export stipulations as misleading. Austin hails from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, though long removed.
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Nebraska
P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commere and Labor
Plattamouth
Lincoln Star
City Water Plant Ownership Discussed by Mayor Sattler Committee
A special committee convened by Mayor Sattler to survey taxpayer sentiment on city ownership of the water plant met in the council chamber. Members heard forecasts on hydrant rents and plant value, with several speakers urging careful assessment before any transfer or new buildup.
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Frank Neuman
Sattler
Chalamn Newman
Netmain
R. B. Windham
Mr. Windham
Windham
Dalton
Lorenz
Robert Sherwood, Jr
Lorena
Mr. Lorens
Sherwood
Neuman
Weber
Newman
Plattmouth People in California
The Journal prints a letter from W. L. Thomas, longtime Plattsmouth resident now in Long Beach, praising the area and recounting a whale catch near Long Beach. Thomas notes the Long Beach Auto Co. venture with H. J. Helps, and mentions local friends, travel, and humorous anecdotes about shifting snow, expenses to view the whale, and community ties across the West Coast.
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Long Beach
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
H. J. Helps
Long Beach Auto Co
Plattemouth
Nebraska
Deep Seas
Naplen
Emil Woyrich
Plattemouth Friends Send Cheerful Health Note
A reader signs off with well wishes for good health and business, praising longtime friends in Plattemouth and noting no past incidents with H. J. H. The Journal welcomes letters from old readers enjoying happiness and prosperity.
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W. L. Thomas
Plattemouth
Brick 10 Brick Sample Selection for New Post Office
Pelton of Milwaukee and F Cramer United States building official visited Plattsmouth to review brick samples for the new post office. Cramer said Washington would examine samples early this week and order the brick once designation is made. He will remain in Plattsmouth frequently until completion and then depart for Cleveland for a Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry reunion.
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IL 8. Pelton
Milwaukee
F. Cramer
United States
Cramer
Journal
Washington
Council Bluffa
Plattsmouth
Cleveland
Ohio
Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ninety-Fifth Birthday Celebration in Wabash
On February 16 Trey Harrison Presson marked his ninety fifth birthday with a surprise party by comrades and wives. The gathering featured old songs, reminiscences, and a celebratory supper centered by a cake bearing 1816 and 1911.
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Wabash
Trey
Harrison Presson
Henry Hempel Leaves Oklahoma for Omaha Visit
Henry Hempel of Oklahoma who had been visiting the Hempel home departed for Omaha this afternoon.
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Henry Hempel
Oklahoma
Hempel
Omaha
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County Farm
Potter
T. J. Isner
Journal Office
Rosencrans
Abbotts
Presbyterian Church
Plattamouth Noy
Washinon
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