Destruction of County Poor House Prompts Temporary Housing
In Dan Friday’s Daily, inmates from the county farm were moved to Perkins house after a fire. A temporary farm building is planned to house them through winter, with summer quarters from portable structures. The destroyed building, insured for 4000 dollars, and original 1873 construction details are noted, along with rock sourcing and past wind damage.
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Brom
Perkins House
Commissioners
Alfred Johnson & Sons
Lin
J, J. Hanson
Eight Mile Creek
Martin Propst
R. L. Propst
Plattsmouth Boy Forging Ahead in Business Triumph
From Friday's Daily, Charles Peterson of Chicago, son of Mr and Mrs J C Peterson of Plattsmouth, began as an apprentice in a local machine shop. He then moved to Havelock to join Burlington shops, later entering the automobile business with Mr Graham of Havelock. They opened a garage in Chicago and bought a second, reporting growing success.
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Charles Peterson
Chicago
Peterson
Havelock
Burlington
Graham of
Boy Scouts of America
Goates Block
Mr. McLafferty
Omaha
McLafferty
Burlington Bridge
A Want Ad in the Journal Will Bring What You Want
Classified notice notes that placing a want ad in the Journal will help readers obtain items or services. It emphasizes practical results and local reach for buyers and sellers seeking matches.
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Journal
Busy Burlington Shops Meet Heavy Freight Demand
Burlington freight traffic surges as the Great West grain flow strains rail lines. The freight car repair department works ten hours daily with new workers under Foreman Parker, repairing about twenty four cars a day. Car carpenters from the coach shop assist in repairing box cars while juggling regular coach work.
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Burlington
Great West
Parker
Wheat yield report from Cass County near Greenwood
From Fridays Daily, wheat on Peter Halmes farm near Greenwood runs about 35 bushels per acre a strong yield. Halmes returned from Greenwood praising the growth and heavy straw while threshed yield unknown but expected to exceed 35. Corn in the area needs rain and moisture shortages persist in western Cass County.
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Gass
Peter Halmes
Greenwood
Halmes
Uncle Tom Kennish Ex Joins East Outing
The Journal reports from Brooklyn where Uncle Tom Kennish is enjoying a seaside outing with friends and relatives. He notes a fine line taking in sights of the coast and, as an old salt, appreciating the coastal return. He recently sold another story to the New York Herald, which has published several of his pieces before.
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Journal
Tom Kennish
Ken. Nish
Vacant Lots and Bargain Seven-Room Home Offered
Vacant lots for sale in South Park Dukes Addition Townsend’s Addition and original townsite. Monthly payments offered. Seven room residence available at a bargain through Windham Investment & Loan Co.
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South Park
Dukes’ Addition
Townsend's Addition
Windham Investment & Loan
Improvements in the Residence Districts in Plattsmouth
The Friday edition highlights Alorminey C. A. Rawls's two story bungalo style home on Paarl Street in Plattsmouth. The residence features a large northeast porch, extensive electric lighting, cherry paneling in the living room, a large fireplace with heirloom keystone, and an oak floored dining area with a substantial built in hotel cabinet. The first floor includes a long hall, book vases, a rich cherry staircase, and a modern bath with white tiling. The second floor holds a sewing room library study and multiple closets and store rooms. Heating is hot water from a cellar furnace and a large rear bonfire to burn waste material. The article commends the home for artistic design and modern conveniences and notes the farmers’ attention to detail in landscaping and upkeep.
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Plattsmouth
Alorminey C. A. Rawls
Paarl Street
Peéters & Richards
Messrs. Varga & Cecil
Universal Jubilee of Catholic Churches Opens This Week
The Catholic Church marks a universal jubilee honoring the Edict of Milan granting worship freedom to early Christians. The celebration runs through December 8, 1915, with a September 16 global congregational meeting and weekly indulgence requirements including visits to a church, confession, communion, and almsgiving.
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Constantine
Milan
Constantine the Great
Maxentius
Grand Theatre manager on vacation for several weeks
C C Howard, manager of the Grand Theatre, takes a rest to fish and recuperate. Mr Shlaes will look after the theater during the vacation, with Howard returning around September first for the fall and winter vaudeville and moving pictures lineup.
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C. C. Howard
Grand Theatre
Rom
D. C. Mowed
Grand Theater
the Grand
Shlaes
Grand
Howard
Greenwald Studio Closed For National Photographers Meet
The Greenwald studio will be closed until August first for the National Photographers convention. It will reopen on August 4.
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Greenwald
National Photographers’ Convention
Negro man Earl Frampton attempts suicide in county jail
Earl Frampton, described as mentally unwell, tried to hang himself with a wire clothes line in the county jail. Two other prisoners were present. he broke after evidence of imagined pursuers and was saved. The insanity board will consider sending him to the state insane asylum.
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Hart Frampton
Nehawka
Prampton
Manspeaker
B.D. Cummins
Frampton
Krimpton
Tall Primipton
Olee County
Nebraska City
Board of Insanity
Father Wynn Still Sick as Heat Takes Toll
From Friday's Bailey to readers of the town, Father William Wynn remains ill at home for weeks. Friends and family fear the old gentleman is not improving quickly, though they hold hope time and health may return.
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William Wynn
Bowman Funeral Held in Quincy Illinois
Mrs. Henry Steinhauer and her daughter Miss Gladys arrived in Quincy too late to meet the funeral party for A. A. Bowman. Bowman’s funeral was held this afternoon in Quincy after news of his death and plans to return him to his old home.
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Henry Steinhauer
Gladys
Lincoln
Sae A
Koubek
Anton H. Koubeek
Omaha
Frank Sitzman
John Libershil
Libershal
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Miss Fox
Cass County
Uncle Tom
Kennish
A. Rawls
Lauindary
Rawls
Earl Frampton
Wynn
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