Sharp wits and fortunes from a curious column
A collection of quips and notes from a daily paper featuring remarks on wealth, building materials, Pekin gossip, divorce rumors, married life, aviation in Germany, fashion notes, fish and mosquitoes, Kin Hubbard humor, Samson, bobbed hair, meals, celebrity notice, William E. Sweet seeking the presidency, Ozark strawberry trade, and a final joke about a humorist editor’s mortality.
Unselfishness and News Snippets From 1920s Notes
A collage of aphorisms and scattered facts touching on politics, society, and industry. Notable lines reference Mussolini, Lindbergh, U.S. lumber spending, and shifts in trade with British India, alongside brief social comments on flappers and generosity.
Governor Smith’s Creed on Church, State and Liberty
The governor as an American Catholic asserts absolute freedom of conscience and equal treatment before the law for all churches. He calls for strict separation of church and state, support for public schools, parental choice of schooling, noninterference in other nations, and universal brotherhood under God. He prays that such ideals endure in the land.
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Governor Smith
Congress
God
Nebraska Cass County Court Notices Quiet Title Actions
District Court notices warn numerous defendants including Haycock Hartley and Pittman heirs of a 1927 action to quiet title on parts of Section 12 and 24 in Township 12 North Range 12 East Cass County Nebraska with July 4 1927 deadline for response. Includes partition suit in Plattsmouth Lot 9 Block 43 and multiple heirs and spouses named with references to school site and one acre exception.
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T. E. Haycock
Thomas E. Haycock
Zurilda Haycock
Thomas K. Hanna
Pittman & Brothers
Edward F. Pittman
Williamson FE. Pittman
Williamson L. Pittman
Williamson PB. Pittman
Williamson HB. Pittman
Joseph Harper
Jane A. Harper
William H.shafer
Wiliam H. Shafer
Wesley Spurtock
Mary Ann Spurlock
T. B
Cass
Nebraska
Ola Minota Spacht
John B. Kaffenberger
Mina E. Cortricht
Gladys E. Kaffenberger
Goldy FE. Kaffenberger
District Court
Cass County
North Range
John E. Hazzard
Alice Hazzard
Oliver C. Dovey
George E. Dewey
City of Plattsmouth
Wise
City of
Plattsmouth
Thompson
Young & Hayes
George E. Dovey
Office of the Register of Deeds
Public discourse on faith and decorum in a columnist view
A column discusses whether a public servant will be challenged for his faith and recalls a provocative question about a girl concealing a run in a stocking. The piece frames the moistening as superstition used for luck, likening it to antique beliefs.
Order of Hearing and Notice of Probate of Will
Probate of Michael A. Shine will and appointment of Margaret Hallahan as executrix granted by Cass County Nebraska court. Hearing set for June 17 1927 at 10 a m with notice to interested parties via Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks prior.
Will and probate notice for Mary C Murphy estate
Petitioners Mae E Murphy and Josephine M Wild request probate of the May 20 1927 will for Mary C Murphy deceased In the County Court the hearing is set for June 14 1927 at 1020 am Administratorship to Thomas L Murphy ct a may Notice to interested persons via Plattsmouth Journal for three successive weeks prior to the hearing date in Cass County Nebraska
Order of Hearing on Petition for Administrator
The State of Nebraska Cass County In the County Court in the matter of the estate of Joseph Vetesnik deceased On reading and filing the petition of John J Vetesnik praying that administration of said estate may be granted to him as Administrator Ordered that June 24th A D 1927 at 9 oclock a m is assigned for hearing said petition when all persons interested in said matter may appear at a County Court to be held in and for said county and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order Dated May 25th 1927 Seal m30-3w
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District Court
Cass County
Nebraska
Court House
Plattsmouth
Michael A. Shine
Margaret Huntlahan
Margaret Hallahan
Mary
Plattsmouth Journal
Mary C. Murphy
Mae E. Murphy
Josephine M. Wild
Thomas L. Murphy
T. A
A. D
Joseph Vetesnik
John J. Vetesnik
A. H. Duxbury
Husband of Famous Woman Shrinks From Public View
A noted public figure avoids appearances with his wife as his insecurity grows. Rumors circulate that his violent inferiority complex drives his withdrawal from public events and media.
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St. Clair County Democrat
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Sampson
O. William E. Sweet
Colorado
Lindbergh
States
Canada
Ottawa
Moye
Moye Produce Co
Telephone
Plattsmouth, Neb
Arthur Carrith
Missouri
Benito Mussolini
America
United States
Japan
India
Wayne B. Wheeler
Donegal
Ireland
Walter Winchell
Coolidge
King
Captain Lindbergh
Mussolini
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Washington
Cuba
Tropics
Charles G. Norris
Kathleen Norris
Frank Norris
Norris
AL Smith
County of
Ola Minota Spacht Et al
Mina E. Cortright
Golyd E. Kaffenberger
Plaintiffs
W. A. Robertson
Blandina Kuepper
Anna Ertz
Sampson E. Ertz
Matilda B. Ertz
John Joseph Ertz
Joseph Francis Ertz
Theresa L. Ertz
Thomas Wiliam Ertz
Francis Bernard Ertz
Mary J. Ertz
Anna Ertz Hoenig
Thomas Hoenig
William Henry Ertz
Helen Marie Ertz
Maggie Ertz
Margaret Ertz Créwell
John Cowell
S. Roy Ertz
Charlotte Archer
John Archer
Maud Archer
Luella Jewell
Margaret Gillan
Robert Gillan
Polly Redman
John Redman
Leland Bachelor
Plaintiff
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A. L. Tidd
T. Eloise Ireland
Anna M. Huber Stulken
Henry J. Stulken
Minnie
Mina) Huber Handka
John Handka
George F. Huber
Huber
Carl
Charles) Huber
Mina) Huber
John George Huber
Fred Tapper
Tapper
Carrie Tapper Smith
Smith
Anna Tapper Sandy
Sandy
Clara Tapper Nicholson
Nicholson
Joseph FE. Hunter
Gracie D. Luper
Luper
Gracie D. Luper Copeland
Copeland
George L. Metz
Margaret E. Metz
George U. Metz
Alvin B. Daniels
Daniels
L. H. Tomer
Tomer
L. H. Towers
Towers
Isaac Coe
Sarah L. Che
W. H. B. Stout
Laura A. Stout
Harry B. Stout
Stout
John K. Stout
John E. Stout
Frances E. Stout West
John West
Elisha P. Stout
Gardner Powers
Powers
Richard Claiborne, Sr
Claiborne
Richard Claiborne, Jr
Elizabeth Claiborne
Richard EB. Claiborne
Richard B. Claiborne
J. F
J. G. Huber
L. Billings
Billings
Lucinda Billings
Elizabeth Irene Murphy
E. B. Murphy
Harriet Lucinda Hunter
James Hunter
Ella M. Spencer
A. C. Spencer
Jabez Clinton Billings
George Spencer Billings
A. H. Jackman
Rebecca Jackman
Addison H. Jackman
Minor Melton
Melton
Sarah Melton
Sarah L. Coe
Frances E.out West
Elishaa P. Stout
Billlings
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Jabez
Clinton Billinge
Jabez Canton Billings
Gracie 2D. Luper Copeland
Miner Melton
Platte River
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Burlington & Missouri Railroad Company of Nebraska
Charles Charpiot
Charles Charptot
W. H. Herdman
Journal
John A. Griffin