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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
5
An old-time mechanic describes moving from guesswork to precision tools measuring to the thousandths of an inch. The shop highlights how careful alignment and exact measurements improve repair quality and reliability. Visitors are invited to come in for an explanation of the process.
P A Hild travels to Omaha on Monday for business. T J Brendel goes to Plattsmouth for Saturday meetings. Several locals report ill health and improvements including Nickles family and Mrs Metsinger. Visitors pass through Murray including Barrows, Shrader, Kiddier, Dr Taylor, and Mr Johnson delivering Maytag washers.
Mrs. Etta Shelby, a sister of the late Mrs. B F Brendel, visits relatives here.
Mrs. Shelby, visiting from Lebanon Indiana, is a guest in Murray at the homes of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Brendel, T. J. Brendel and wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seybolt, and Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Brendel of Avoca. Mrs. Shelby will remain for some time.
Elmer Jennings and wife visited Murray to see his parents Thomas Jennings and wife near Plainview for a very pleasant visit last Sunday.
A. L. Baker of Lincoln and former Murray resident visited with his daughter Alpha and her guest Claude Spaulding of Omaha. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seybolt, T. J. Brendel and family, and Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Brendel and their son Richard over the past Sunday, in a social gathering that included their hosts.
Sam F Latta reports three of his white Minecreashens were stolen last Saturday night from his trap nesting setup. He kept records of their laying and says ten birds produced 208 ergs in March. Latta seeks the thief for a short confrontation.
The Murray Christian church honored its pastor who recently graduated from Corner University with a meeting at his home church in Clay Center. Rev Robert E Hanson delivered the morning and evening discourses welcomed by Murray church members and local citizens. Rev Anderson of Cotner University also spoke, praising the sermons.
Thomas Nelson made progress toward Cincinnati when in Indiana he accepted a hiker to drive. The wagon collided with a watson person and a man and woman ahead, an ear was struck and eggs scrambled over the landscapes though no serious damage occurred.
Mr and Mrs C W Allen and their children visited Sidney and Knox Iowa to attend memorial services at Grand View cemetery near Knox and southwest of Sidney where Mr Allen’s parents are buried. A large crowd was reported present.
The grading crew building the westward road from Murray for upcoming gravel work nears completion. Local residents west of town hope gravel will be spread soon to finish the project.
The Murray ball team, reinforced by Marion Stone and Carl Price of Nehawka, defeated an Omaha fast team by 7 to 2 last Sunday. The improved lineup promises more fast play and solid performance ahead.
Thomas Tilson suffers a painful injury when a casting breaks while listing corn with a loose ground lis ter at his workplace, causing the lever to lock and trap him.
A lifting lever injured a man when he removed broken parts to repair a lister. The lever struck him in the face breaking the left cheek bone. Dr. Brendel transported him to Plattsmouth for X rays showing a facial fracture. Doctors opted for nonoperative healing to let the bone mend.
Sabbath school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7 30 p.m. Young people's meeting. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30. You are cordially invited to worship with us.
For sale or trade a pure bred Poland China boar ready for service with papers. Will trade for a pedigreed Hamp shire boar. Write or see Will Min ford, Phone 1402, Murray, Neb. Il tfiw.
Two eastern governors, Pinchot of Pennsylvania and Ritchie of Maryland, disrupted the governors conference by attacking prohibition and public utilities. Pinchot charged electric power interests with overcharge while Ritchie warned that returning prohibition to the states could abolish federal taxes. Ritchie stressed unemployment as a social issue, while Pinchot criticized utilities as dominated by four big interests profiting at the public expense.
Chicago May 31 Mary Garden former Chicago Civic opera soprano will return to sing not in opera. Mrs William J Chalmers head of the country home for convalescent children announced Garden agreed to give a concert November 9 for the home benefit.
We thank Plattsmouth fire department friends neighbors and Rev OO G Wichmann Henry and Carl for assisting at the time of the fire and saving the house and household goods from destruction. Their kindness will be long remembered by Mrs. Gertrude Epperson.
Chet Smith of the Rock Bluff Coyotes says his team, who defeated the Ly man Richey Gravelers, will face Floyd Becker's All Stars Sunday afternoon at the Herman Graham farm west of the city.
Likewise and Polieck advertise fresh Guernsey cows available in Murray Nebraska. Contact phone 3108 for details.
A. E. Anderson reports extensive injury to winter wheat and alfalfa across the Panhandle and parts of southwestern and south central Nebraska after a rare sequence of conditions. Heavy stands, shallow roots, dry topsoil, and subsequent freezes and winds damaged wheat while alfalfa fields browned and some plots were effectively killed. Spring grains appear uninjured and moisture in subsoil favors corn.
Governor Balzar replied to the Presbyterian General Assembly in Pittsburgh accusing Nevada of prostituting its statehood for thirty pieces of silver. He defended Nevada as God fearing and pledged to run the state as he and other officials see fit during the native son ceremony.
Church announces schedule changes with no service on June 7 due to pastor at synod. On June 14 services begin at 10 00 a m with Children's Day program and combined worship.
Clifford Stohlman 38 months old, son of Mr and Mrs William H Stohlman formerly of Louisville now Omaha, suffered painful pavement burns after being dragged several blocks by a neighbor's car while playing peekaboo with Billy White. He is bandaged with serum to prevent infection and will be unable to walk for several days. Dorothy Stohlman 6 tried to help, and neighbors alerted the driver to free the child.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen rejected joining the American Federation of Labor at its triennial convention in Houston. A report on joint relations stated affiliation would require relinquishing longstanding jurisdiction over certain services, which the committee did not recommend unless the condition is dropped.
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