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Newspaper

Plattsmouth Journal

Location

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1925

Page

2

Public Auction of Farm Stock and Household Goods

Farmer G F Jochim to sell at public auction at 10 a.m. on farm near Louisville area. Pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs including masterpiece boar and sows, 12 gilts near 275 pounds, 30 fall pigs, several mares and cattle, two bedroom suites, dining furniture, tools, farm implements, hay, corn elevator, hog equipment, wire, tanks, cream separator, and poultry. Terms: sums under 10 cash, 10 plus six months credit with bankable note at 8 percent. Lunch provided. Assisting auctioneers Rex Young and Rau.

John Deere Newton McCormick Monitor Great Western Jenny Lind Tribell Rock Island H. P Rhode Island

Supreme Court ruling opens door to excess interest deposits

The court holds that banks paying more than 5 percent interest on deposits can convert them into loans and protect them under the guaranty fund. This eases competition for funds and allows banks to seek money from individuals or other banks with a guaranty cushion, unless the legislature acts. The state may seek rehearing, but reversal is unlikely.

Supreme Court

Profit from the War Says Soviet Foreign Minister

Georges Tchitcherin told Petit Parisien Moscow correspondent that the United States earns durable benefits from the war and exerts growing economic pressure on Europe. He accused Washington of aggressive imperialism under Secretary Hughes and warned of a menace to Chinese independence in the Far East.

Paris United States Georges Tchitcherin Petit Parisien Moscow Europe America Tchitcherin Hughes Far East

Nebraska Receives 14.41 Percent Federal Aid Backed by Tax Payments

Nebraska contributed 10,791,615 in federal taxes in the last fiscal year and received 165,586 in federal aid, 14.41 percent of its tax contributions. Nebraska ranks twelfth in aid. Nevada tops the list, and New York received 0.58 percent. Presidents Coolidge notes state efficiency, while several federal aid laws ballooned national aid to states, with proposals for education department and forest fire programs under consideration.

Nebraska Treasury Treasury Department Nevada Union Congress Coolidge Sttate Department of Education

Public Auction at Mary Taylor Farm Near Union

A public sale of horses and mules, cattle, farm machinery, and household goods will start Tuesday January 15 at 10:00 AM at the Mary Taylor farm one mile east and half mile south of Union. Terms: cash for sums under 10, six month credit on larger purchases with bankable notes at 8 percent interest. settlement required before removal.

Mary Taylor Union

Vail Medal Awarded to Oklahoma Lineman

Guthrie Oklahoma lineman C E Rider won the Vail gold medal for a heroic 1924 act. He rowed a boat against the Cimarron River current through blazing caseline to restore broken wires between Chicago and Galveston, as announced by the Southwestern Telephone company and AT T.

St. Louis National Committee American Telephone & Telegraph Company of New York C. E. Rider Guthrie Oklahoma Vail Southwestern Telephone Company Rider Hneman Chicago Galveston

Old Timer Scarred By Indians In 1868 Frontier Tale

Auburn Republican recollects Allen Edwards a pioneer of Nemaha county. At 18 he was scalped on Walnut creek near Great Bend Kansas by a roving band of Indians and survived with a facial scar covered by a wig. The piece notes Edwards later died at 74 in Waukomis Oklahoma and ties his fate to early Nebraska settlement and the freighting era.

Allen Edwards Waukomis Ikla Edwards Dan McClure Table Rock Oklahoma Mr. Edwards Walnut Creek Great Bend Kan Alex Weddle Mr. Weddle Nebraska Weddles Nemaha Miller Missouri Nemaha County Brownville Auburn

Robinson Demands Sugar Tariff Probe

Senator Robinson of Arkansas introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for a Finance Committee inquiry into the tariff commission. The move seeks to determine if pressure influenced members during the sugar investigation, with no immediate debate as the resolution was laid over.

Washington Tariff Commission Robinson Arkansas Senate Finance Committee

Payers of Income Tax Find Some Consolation

Washington announces that the period for filing 1924 income tax returns runs from midnight tonight to midnight March 15. Officials note thousands will pay about 25 percent less this year than in 1923 despite the New Year’s Eve timing.

Washington Bureau of Internal Revenue

Campaign to endow Cotner College reaches state churches

The Christian church in the city plans a large meeting tomorrow to boost Cotner college endowment funds totaling 1,000,000. W. Hugh Fletcher will visit to aid the campaign with county headquarters at Weeping Water. Noted readers and clergy from Topeka Lincoln Indianapolis and Weeping Water will attend, highlighting Cotner College’s impact on religious and educational leadership nationwide.

Christian Church Cotner College Weeping Water W. Hugh Fletcher J. T. Corwine Topeka Kansas H. H. Harmon Lincoln First Church City W. J. Evans Indianapolis Central States Peter Cope Peter Cope, A Widely Known Religious Leader, and Rev. S. R. Bradley Christian Coltuges Christian Colleges of America America

Gold production in 1924 from U S Mint

Preliminary figures show refinery gold production in 1924 at 2,511,243 ounces valued at 51,912,090 dollars. Silver output reached 64,792,216 ounces valued at 0.672 cents per ounce, totaling 243,540,369 dollars.

Washington Mint

Public Auction At Home Of P. A. Horn Near Mynard

Auction set for Tuesday January 6 at 10 oclock noting a large sale of horses cattle hogs farm wagons implements seed corn baled hay and household goods. Items include multiple draft and saddle stock many farming tools and machinery plus a credit term of six months.

Post Office Appropriation Bill Advances in Senate

The treasury postoffice appropriation bill is reported by the senate appropriations committee at 763,309,000 dollars, 128,036 more than the house version. Increases are spread across field services with no major new ideas, lifting the bill above present law by 12,000,000 while remaining 11,826,000 under the 1926 budget estimate.

Washington Treasury Postoffice Senate Appropriations Committee House Senate Committee

Radio Concert Jars Theater Managers in New York

New York observers report a crisis for theatres as John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori headline a free air concert on WEAF and eight other stations. Producer William Brady calls radio the theatre’s greatest menace as attendance dips while the Metropolitan Opera sold out for Feodora with Maria Jeritza. Critics note a loss perceived when listening over the air.

New York John McCormack Lucrezia Bori Mr. McCormack Miss Bob Golden Voices WEAF William A. Brady Metropolitan Opera House Feodora Maria Jeritza Miss Bori Metropolitan

Nebraska Leads In Pork Exports Boosting State Rank

Nebraska reports a strong quarter ending September 30 1924 with exports rising by 1 856 664 to 5 439 278 boosting the state from 33rd to 31st in the nation. Lard led with 1 102 999. cured hams and shoulders 1 063 231. bacon 819 943. pork products and other animal exports total 1 290 331.

Nebraska Union Department of Commerce South Carolina Arkansas New York Texas Pennsylvania Ollinois California New Jersey Louisiana Michigan Ohio Massachusetts Tennessee Rhode Island

Mrs Lena Preese Gets Surprise Christmas Dinner

Mrs Lena Preese received an unexpected Christmas visit from her Omaha based children and relatives. Mrs Droege planned a trip to Omaha but bad weather kept her home. The guests drove in, delivering a Christmas dinner prepared in Omaha for a memorable holiday feast.

Lena Preese Omaha Droege Gale Connors Mrs. Connors Carl Droege

New Harness Shop Opposite the Journal Office

Bates Bros promote a frame-building harness and repair shop offering harness repair oiling and shoe half soles. They invite trials and advertise their new business location opposite the Journal office.

Journal Office Bates Bros

Poultry Car to Pay Top Prices at Plattsmouth

Farmers bring poultry to our car at the Burlington freight house in Plattsmouth on Wednesday January 7 and Thursday for top prices. Hens springs old roosters geese guineas beef and horse hides accepted with payment per pound or per dozen as listed by W. E. Keeney.

Burlington Freight House Plattsmouth Wednesda Day Plattsmouth

Christmas Visit With Family Near Crawford

Charlie Johnson spent Christmas southwest of town with his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs John Scheel Jr and grandson Robert Russel Scheel. Scheel bought a new team from Ferdinand Wendt of Crawford who hosted a sale in Adan. The 5 and 6 year old matched horses were praised as fine high steppers and the trip was by sleigh followed by a duck dinner on Christmas Day.

Charlies Johnson John Scheel, Jr Robert Russel Scheel Scheel Ferdinand Wendt Crawford Adan Johnson Louisville Courier

Journal Want Ad Column Promotes Local Buy Sell Trade

A note invites readers to use the Journal Want Ad column to publicize items for sale or barter. The prompt emphasizes broad reach for buyers and sellers within the community.

Journal

Auction Notice on W H Hell Farm Sale Near Plattsmouth

The undersigned offers for sale to the highest bidder on the W H Hell farm five miles east of Louisville and nine miles west of Plattsmouth on the Plattsmouth Louisville road, Wednesday Jan 14 at 10 am with hot lunch at noon. Items include 30 Duroc Jersey sows and gilts bred for March April farrow, five head of horses, ten head of cattle, farm implements, and miscellaneous. Sums under 10 dollars cash. over 10 dollars credit eight months on bankable notes bearing 3 percent. Auctioneers Rex Young Clarence Busche. Clerk Ralph Larson.

W. H. Hell Louisville Plattsmouth Walter Stohlman Duroc Jersey Farrow Gano Cass County Lister John Deere Jenny Lind John, Deere Emerson

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