Local Alvo notes on farming and travel
Alva Department residents report corn shelling and hauling by Jess Holka Bari Keller and Alva Skinner at the Rehmeyer elevator last Thursday. Lincoln visits by Dr L Miere and John Skinner, farm work by Carl Rosenow, and several family travels and health updates across Alvo Union and Elmwood with busy shipments by Coatman Truck Line and resumed through trains between Lincoln and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Holka
Bari Keller
Alva Skinner
Rehmeyer
Dr. L. Miere
Lincoln
John Skinner
Carl Rosenow
Earl Bennett
J. W. Banning
Union
Wm. Suders
Alvo
G. P
Coatman
Roy Armstrong
South Bend
Joseph Armstrong
R. M. Coatman
Sterling
A. ¥. Bropst
Minnesota
Bropst
J. R. Rouse
R. EF. Theley
Elmwood
Mitlo
Arthur Dinges
Clarence Aulthouse
Misa Carmen Muter
L. Muter
Ogallala
H. D. Richardson
Omaha
Simon Rehmeyer
Roy Coatman
George Curyea
California
Clarence
Train Time Changes at Alvo for Rock Island Routes
Rock Island changes departure and arrival times at Alvo. Train 28 will now arrive just after noon, five minutes later than the previous 11:55 stop. Train 37 will arrive at 7:33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvo
Rock Island
Card of Thanks for Sickness and Death of Father
To all friends neighbors and organizations who assisted us during the sickness and death of our father we express sincere thanks Frank Cook Mrs Fred Tams and Families Perry Cook and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Cook
Frank Cook
Fred Tams
Free Saturday Movies in Alva by Local Businessmen
The open air show will be this Saturday if weather permits. Two reels of comic pictures and two reels of the serial The Way of Man, episode eight, will be shown free to all. Citizens are invited to attend and enjoy the screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva
bobbed hair gains favor across ages
The fashion for bobbed hair attracts young women and older women alike. Grandma visited last week and had her hair cut short, claiming it shaved around twenty years from her age. A seven year old girl and a seventy year old matron both praise the new style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma
Funeral for Cass County pioneer George Cook noted in Nebraska
A large crowd attended the funeral at the local Methodist church for George Cook a pioneer who arrived in Nebraska in 1856 and Cass County in 1878. Born December 7 1854 in Pike County Ohio he married Abbie B Cook in 1878 and had three children. He lived on a Springfield area farm until his death and was a longtime member of the Modern Woodmen and the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cass County
A. Norlin
Woodmen
Raymond Cook
Plattsmouth
George C. Cook
Joseph and
Mary Cook
Pike County
Ohio
Plattemouth
Abbie B. Cook
George Perry Cook
Lincoln
Frank Edgar Cook
Alvo
Fred Tams
Stewart
Jake Cook
Ord
Phil Cook
Norfolk
John Cook
Beaver City
Charles Cook
Will Cook
Brimwood
Joe Cook
Bina Kitzel
W. D. Wheeler
Walter Vallery
Murray
Olin Cole
Mynard
Cook
George
Methodist Church
Modern Woodmen
Funeral Held In Alvo For Local Brother
The burial occurred at Alvo cemetery with lodge brethren in charge of services. Attendees came from Plattsmouth including W. P. Wheeler and wife, Charles C. Cook and wife, Raymond Cook and wife. Also present were T. W. Vallery and S. O. Cole of Mynard, Joseph Cook and family of Murray, Philip Cook and family of Hadar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvo
W. PD. Wheeler
Charles C. Cook
Raymond Cook
Plattsmouth
T. W. Vallery
Ss. O. Cole
Mynard
Joseph Cook
Murray
Philiip Cook
Hadar
Elevator operator touts strong business in week
Simon Rehmeyer reports heavy activity at the elevator last week weighing and dumping 143 wagon loads of train, including corn and some wheat. He notes the busy period kept him focused for ten hours and shows the enterprise level of the local grain trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Rehmeyer
Stromer Buys New Tudor Ford Sedan For Family Use
A. B. Stromer has purchased a Tudor Ford sedan to serve the family and act as a wagon for family outings. The Alvo schools alumni held their banquet last Friday evening with ladies from the Methodist church providing a fine feed, with details in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stromer
Alvo
Methodist Church
Kill the Lice Powders For Poultry Stock
Lice killing powder used at Lincoln hatchery keeps stock from growing. We sell the powders that eliminate lice and save poultry, especially chicks. John W. Banning of the lumber yard advertises a discount on this product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Hatchery
John W. Banning
Annual Meeting Notice for School District No 102
Annual meeting of School District No 102 will be held in the school house on June 3rd at p.m. for the purpose of voting 16500 for general school purposes which is in excess of the levy limit and for such other purposes as may legally come before the meeting. H L Bornemeier secretary. mill meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bornemeier
Fleet Stages Night Sortie by Main Fleet Exercise
The U S S Seattle heads to Lahaina to pick up the fleet train as the first night sortie simulates wartime conditions with radio silence and darkened ships. The fleet plans a long cruise to Australia with preparations and a separate Atlantic exodus starting with 208 class submarines sailing toward San Diego and New York.
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U. S. S. Seattle
Hawaiian Waters
Seattle
United States
Lahaina
Maui
Lanai
Panama Canal
Atlantic Coast
New York
Doan’s Pills Backed by Local Endorsements in Plattsmouth
Local ad proclaims Doan’s Pills as a kidney aid with home testimony from Mrs. Ada Moore of 410 Granite Street. She reports back pain relief and improved kidney function after use, advising others to seek Doan’s at Weyrich & Hadraba’s Drug Store. Sixity cents at dealers. Foster-Milburn Co. manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Plattsmouth
Ada Moore
Granite Street
Dr Carl Schmidtmann Visits Omaha Family Home
Dr Carl Schmidtmann of Omaha spent the day at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs William Schmidtmann and family, greeting relatives and enjoying family time in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schmidtmann
Omaha
William Schmidtmann
Leacock Family Heads to Sterling for Decoration Day
Henry Leacock Sr and daughter Laura leave this morning for Sterling Nebraska to attend the Decoration day exercises in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Leacock, Sr
Miss Laura
Sterling
Nebraska
Soldier Dead Had High Type of Citizenship
Memorial day tribute extols citizenship as the nation’s fiber and guiding light. It lauds valor across battles from Lexington to Sumter and urges schools to forge character, training youth in right conduct to sustain democracy and future citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Sumter
Santiago
Arvenne
Flanders Fields
Ben Lindsey
Denver
Still No Decision on Simmons Petition in Commutation Case
Lincoln May 29 Governor McMullen Attorney General Spillman and Secretary of State Pool conferred again on granting a rehearing for Walter R. Simmons death sentence commutation but reached no conclusion. Board members said a decision will likely wait until next week as they review the entire record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
McMullen
Spillman
Pool
Walter R. Simmons
U S Pays Out 2000 to Get Four Bootleg Suspects
Federal prohibition director Elmer Thomas cites costs of the recent Nebraska bootleg coup led to the arrest of Charles Hutter James Corcoran Jimmy Silks and Louis Meek. He notes the Omaha division spent 50 000 last year and 1 000 bootleggers were jailed with over 7 million in fines nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thomas
Prohibition
Nebraska
Charles Hutter
James Corcoran
Jimmy Silks
Louis Meek
Thomas
Washington
Omaha
Cedar Creek Notes Include Visits and Family News
Cedar Creek residents recount visits from Ethel Hagen Meadow Neb Mrs A O Ault Ber Nice and others from Omaha Plattsmouth Coun ti Binns and more R M Stives and wife traveled to Omaha then Plattsmouth funeral in Avoca and Eimerson Gerald Ault celebrated his 13th birthday with friends and a mother prepared a luncheon all enjoyed by the attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hagen
Meadow
Neb
Henry Thierolf
A. O. Ault
Bernice
Omaha
George Bayles, Jr
Plattsmouth
Fanny Fry
Counti] Binns
Cedar Creek
R. M. Stives
R. A. Wilson
W. J. Schneider
Nesser
John True
Familly
W. H. Kelvne
Ray Denham
Avoca I
Howard W. Johnson
Johnson
Eimerson
Gerald Ault
Gerald
Thaw Leaves New York for Virginia After Pleasant Stay
Harry K Thaw quits New York for Winchester Virginia claiming newspapers bother him less there He boasts of arresting power as a local constable deputy sheriff and magnate of a baseball team He says he found Frederick Affrieck his former mother's chauffeur and will take him back to Virginia Also notes a visit to a nerve specialist and overall upbeat mood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
White Lights
Virginia
Altho
Winchester
Mr. Thaw
Cedar Creek Colns Defeat South Bend 6 to 2 in Tryout
South Bend visitation to Cedar Creek ends with a 6 to 2 Cedar Creek Colns win under Mr. Johnson. Next Sunday Cedar Creek travels to South Bend for a return game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek Colns
Johnson
Cédar Creek
Mormon Leaders Exchange Places in First Presidency
Salt Lake City May 28 Charles W Nibley presiding bishop becomes second counselor in the first presidency. Anthony W Ivins moves from second counselor to first counselor succeeding the late Charles W Penrose. Ivins rises while Nibley fills the vacancy. Nibley born February 5 1849 in Hunterfield near Edinburgh Scotland. His family emigrated to the United States in 1855 after embracing Mormonism. Nibley ties to Oregon timber enterprises and the Utah Idaho Sugar Company active across western states and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Charles W. Nibley
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Anthony W. Ivins
Heber J. Grant
Charles W. Penrose
Ivins
Bishop Nibley
Nibley
Hunterfield
Edinburgh
Amundsen Could Not Reach Cape Columbia Says MacMillan
Commander Donald B. MacMillan told the Portland Rotary Club that Roald Amundsen, missing since Spitzbergen, would not reach Cape Columbia by foot this season as planned. He noted Arctic conditions, the sea’s summer movement, and uncertain supplies complicate any return from the pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Roald Amundsen
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Cape Columbia
Donald B. MacMillan
Rotary Club of
MacMillan
Amundsen
Cape
Polar
Peary
Arctic
Pole
Far North
Hearing on Administrator Appointment for Mann Estate
In Cass County Nebraska the County Court sets June 19 1925 at 9 00 a m for hearing the petition of Lina Mann and Fred W Mann requesting H N Dovey appointed as administrator of the estate of William H Mann deceased. Notice will be published in the Plattsmouth Journal for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing. May 29 1925 A H Duxbury County Judge Seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cass County
William H. Mann
Lina Mann
Fred W. Mann
H. N. Dovey
Plattsmouth Journal
A. H. Duxbury
Condition of Weeks Reported Satisfactory
Boston May 29 a bulletin at 10 30 tonight on the condition of Secretary of War Joan Weeks after gallstone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital said Weeks had a restless afternoon but was more comfortable by evening and his condition is satisfactory
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Joan W. Weeks
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bankruptcy notice of discharge opposition in Nebraska district
In the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska Lincoln Division Distence B Erhart bankrupt No 1033 creditors are informed that on May 27 1925 the bankrupt filed for discharge The court fixed July 2 1925 as the last date to file written opposition and ten days to submit ground specifications The notice is dated May 28 1925 in Lincoln Nebraska Referee Daniel H McClenahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
District of Nebraska
Lincoln
B. Erhart
Nebraska
Daniel H. McClenahan
Buick Co Demonstration Truck Draws City Auto Crowd
The Nebraska Buick Co demonstration truck visited the city showing auto repair methods and tools. It was parked near the Bautér garage on Vine Street, attracting a large crowd of auto owners and mechanics who witnessed the devices and techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Buick Co
Lincoln
Bautér
Vine Street
Buick Company
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Alva Department
George Cook
Alvo Garage
John Deere
International Line
Seaiman
FLEET
Simmons
U.S
Thomas Omaha Bee
Imi
Parry
Journal
Journal Office
Moye Produce Co
Tidball Lumber Co
Poland
China
Nebr
R. H. Ingwerson & Sons
Nehawka, Nebr
Taxpayer, JR
Mammoth
Grinde
A. D. Rhoden
Murray, Nebr
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