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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1908
Page
3
A long list of short notes records visits to Omaha and surrounding towns. John Halstrom and son visit friends in Omaha. many locals travel to Omaha or Council Bluffs for family business and hospital or funeral events.
Yesterday afternoon Gladys Billings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Billings, drank laudanum kept for medicine. The child, once found asleep and unresponsive, died despite medical aid. The accident shocked the community and drew heartfelt sympathy for the bereaved parents.
James W. Furlong, son of Mr and Mrs L. Furlong of Rock Bluffs, returns from Denver after seven years away. He pursued business studies at Omaha Commercial College, graduated in 1900, then worked in Salt Lake City and Denver before joining Garrett-Elliott Hardware and Heating.
E. G. Laughlin of Greenwood said he would move from this county and state to Rush county Kansas near Lacrosse where he has bought a fine farm. The community regrets losing an old friend but wishes him well in the sunflower state.
Sidney Miner, long hospitalized in Omaha where he first had surgery and later recovered from pneumonia, was able to go home this afternoon. Friends are pleased his condition allows his return.
A six o’clock tea hosted by Mrs T S Becker at Judge A N Sullivan’s home honored Mrs Otto Wurl who has visited the city for two weeks and left for Quincy Illinois this morning. Attending were Mrs Otto Wurl, Mrs Frank Dickson, Mrs C M Parker, Mrs W B Elster, Mrs T S Beaker, Miss Anna Heisel, and Miss Janette Morgan.
Guy Newcomer 19 son of L A Newcomer foreman at the Burlington lumber yard fell 35 feet into an unfinished elevator shaft at the New Custodia building in Glenwood Iowa. He landed on a wheelbarrow injuring his side and hip but no bones were broken internal injuries feared but not confirmed. He remains at the Commercial house hotel under medical care as his father travels from Silver City to be with him.
At the Bohemian hall last evening a popular masque ball drew a large crowd with ideal weather and lively dancing. Prizes went to Miss Mary Blatzen for best female portrayal, Mrs Mary Bilney for best female comic, Roy Holly for best gentleman portrayal, and Fred Billstein for best gentleman comic. Judges were Val Burker, F G Egenberger, and Harry Meisinger.
A discussion on how misplaced punctuation can change meaning and cause legal trouble. An editor faced a lawsuit over a comma in a two ladies and their escorts article, showing the danger of a small comma.
The essay traces the history of party lines from Washington through 1908, highlighting how party cohesion waxed and waned across administrations and eras. It argues that despite missteps, American politics repeatedly turns disaster into progress, sustaining a belief that party effort can improve the nation.
A New York dispatch dated January 18 notes easing financial conditions and improving collections. Trade remains below normal with late winter weather hindering coal and apparel sales, though pig iron demand and prints pricing show some life. Export figures for wheat and corn are provided, with year to date totals compared to prior years.
A corrected account from the Lincoln Star details Burlington layoffs across several shops. It cites Aurora Illinois with 500 men laid off, Plattsmouth with about half of workers cut, Alliance with 200 of 300 gone, and Wymore with a 15 percent cut while Havelock remains favored with eight men laid off that morning and payroll near 45000 dollars monthly through winter.
C A Harvey of five miles south of the city left on the Burlington train for Newton Iowa to be with his brother in law E L Bradley husband of his youngest sister who is 68 years old The report gives no details on the illness or its nature but notes its seriousness and the immediate departure for the bedside.
Mrs J W Egenberger and daughter Miss Ida left for Omaha to visit Mrs John Hirz sister of Mrs Egenberger now at St Joseph Hospital. Hirz receives treatments for a tumor and is improving daily.
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