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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1925
Page
4
Greenwood residents shuttle between farms shops and lakeside recreation with threshing reports car upgrades and visits to Lincoln Platte river death inquiry details. Local figures including Caffee Hand Gor der and Peters family figure in travel illness and community events as crime notes warn of auto parts theft.
Mr and Mrs A D Findley left last Wednesday for the south and will visit Bornsen and Hollister Missouri in the heart of the Ozarks. They anticipate seeing wild country and nature’s wonders in the mountains valleys and rivers as a highlight of their trip.
The Past Grands of the Daughters of Rebekah met at Mrs. Bessie Birdsall’s home last Thursday. After addressing business they enjoyed sociability and a luncheon prepared by a past master who is a caterer. They recently furnished a room at the York Odd Fellows home and plan a Christmas box for the residence.
Miss Eleanor Mains niece of Mrs E M Jumper visiting Ashland. A miscellaneous shower at Mrs Jessie Moon’s home in Ashland greeted her. The August 11 wedding at Alden, Town will unite her with Mr E Huttleson of Blair.
The many friends of W Newkirk will be gratified to learn he returned from Omaha hospital where doctors believed he would need an operation for his health. He stayed a week but returned without surgery and with hope it may not be necessary. Specialists have given assurance there is much hope he can avoid the operation.
Will Visit the East Coast area carrier who filled in during a colleague's absence travels with his wife and two daughters to Baltimore Maryland to visit relatives and friends and return in time for Dorothy to start school on August 71 at Lewiston school.
A. M. Newshaw of Green wood area was struck by paralysis last Thursday around midnight and remains in precarious condition. He had enjoyed good health prior to the sudden illness and friends extend sympathy while hoping for improvement.
The Stradley brothers have almost completed threshing in the area with two remaining stock jobs not to be threshed this season. J. C. Lemeyer and J. F. Anderson have also finished their work in this hue, with others in and around Greenwood nearly done.
Farmers report light threshing yields this year for both wheat and oats. No one expected heavy output given the season.
A community sale will be held Saturday August 1st as a business attraction and cleanup effort. The First National Bank is compiling a list of goods and participants must deliver items to the designated location in time for the sale.
Drilling of a water supply well for Greenwood's new waterworks began last Friday near the lumber yard. Contractor Mr Archibald has machinery in place and iron pipe on hand for trenching and rapid completion of the system ahead.
Omar and Rollin Coon of Manley traveled through Missouri Valley Onawa and towns south and east of Sioux City. They noted good crops in Iowa and Nebraska near the Missouri River with eastern Cass county field yields among the best seen on the trip.
Greenwood ballplayers met Cedar Creek yesterday hoping to repeat their prior 3 to 0 victory. The latest result is not yet available.
The fishing party en route to Cedar Creek lost its bearings and missed the crossroad, causing a long detour toward Plattsmouth. They arrived later in fine shape and enjoyed excellent fishing and the cooling atmosphere of the sand pits.
Wm Coleman, long ill with pleurisy and complications, is said to be improving though still very weak. This news pleases his many friends.
The Cass county paper The Journal prints county seat pages and eight town reports and mails readers twice weekly for a year at 2. Subscriptions urged via field representatives to join Greenwood subscribers.
Miss Collins learns her father Professor Joseph Victor Collins of Stevens Point Wisconsin is in Edinburgh Scotland after being missing for days. He likely boarded the wrong train from London Kings Cross at 9 15 PM instead of after 10 PM and did not inform his wife. He attended the education conference in Edinburgh Tuesday and Wednesday.
The president could either fire General Mitchell or accept the resignations of two cabinet officers over aviation and naval issues. Many would have welcomed Weeks and Wilbur leaving, noting worse things have occurred.
About twenty five people were hurt when a sixty foot section of woolen bleachers collapsed at Frontier Park during Cheyenne’s Frontier Days. Fort D A Russell cavalry aided in rescue. most injuries were minor with none in critical condition. Names include Mrs Fred Lebsack Lincoln Neb Harry Hutchinson Beaumont Tex Claude Nowlin Oklahoma City Okla and others from Nebraska Texas Illinois and Chicago.
Attorney General Basye holds hearing may be local under 1995 act changes. Fire marshal can compel witnesses and file demolition orders in district court in the county where property sits. Owners have 20 days to object. if no answer the order is affirmed.
Washington reports a scientist predicts the Hawaiian Islands will be pushed upward by ongoing Pacific bed compression. Edwin Fairfax Naulty of New York believes a high dry landmass the size of Japan could emerge in a generation, with peaks rising steadily and without major earthquakes.
A brief notice urges readers to place wants in the Journal to obtain responses. It promotes classified advertising to reach potential buyers or sellers and outlines simple steps to submit listings for quicker results.
A report from Lena Ward, superintendent at Geneva state training school for girls, notes 85 percent of residents come from broken or unstable homes. The two year period covers admissions from 35 counties with farm canning and poultry programs, art sales, and religious instruction shaping school life.
The Farmers Elevator of Greenwood shuts its doors Monday amid financial troubles and a bankruptcy petition filed. W. E. Pailing, once linked to the local Farmers State Bank, is a major stockholder and longtime Greenwood businessman, with many Cass and Saunders county friends lamenting the misfortune.
It reports that scientists have found the germ of cancer and can work toward a cure, while urging early detection. It warns that delaying removal of any small foreign growth may lead to an incurable cancer.
The Journal office offers printing of business forms including ledgers receipts and invoices for local businesses. Services emphasize quick turnaround and quality for small to mid size orders.
Noted truss specialist F H Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia will be at the Fontenelle Hotel Amelia this Sunday and Monday August 2 and 3 to demonstrate the Spermatic Shield claimed to close ruptures in 10 days. Seeley warns against elastic trusses and notes government verification.
Kansas City plans a 2 million dollar airplane plant to mass produce commercial aircraft capable of lifting over 1500 pounds. The Soecal Syndicate and Anthony Fokker will share capital, with local leaders including Joseph Porter and Arthur Hardgrave backing the project. The facility aims for annual production of 1000 planes, linking Kansas City to an emerging air mail route Chicago to Fort Worth and a KC Wichita air line already in operation.
Madison Wis July 4 Robert M La Follette Jr denied today he had entered into a pact with progressive leaders regarding candidates and future political action following conferences with Governor John J Blaine This aimed at plans for a campaign to elect a United States senator to succeed his late father.
In Sydney Nova Scotia on July 24 Amiral S S Robinson and other U S fleet officers were entertained at a reception. Sir Harry Braddon of the English speaking union welcomed the guests and spoke of burying historic memories in France and hopes for U S and Australia cooperation to ease and unite a troubled world.
A reflective meditation on nature’s harsh method of aging, dulling senses and eroding hope. The passage implies death loses its tragedy as one grows older, portraying old age as a blunt preparation for final mortality.
Joseph Wolpert helped with harvest and threshing while Harry O'Brien reported a strong yield. Several residents visited Omaha and Weeping Water, with Frank Stander ill in hospital. Tourists include J C Ranth and Herman with good returns, and Crop optimism notes bumper corn ahead.
Albert Pani secretary of the treasury confirms the government is negotiating with New York bankers for a change in the De Huerta Lamont financial treaty. No cancellation date set. The aim is renewal of payments in 1927 after creditor obligations are established. Total debt 116,677,776 pesos.
The Journal invites readers to use the Want Ad column to publicize buying and selling items. List brief details and contact information to reach potential customers quickly. Neighborhood readers can respond directly to advertised items.
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