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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
7
Nelson Jones buys another team and will run two drays. Numerous residents travel for business, visiting Ashland Creston Glenwood Murray and Omaha. July 4th celebration planned at Plattsmouth amid brief notes on accidents travel and local trades.
Miss Fay Eades, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eades, wed Dr. W. W. Ward of Omaha at the South Omaha home. Ceremony led by Rev. Wheeler with Mas ter Howard Foster as ring announcer. They depart for Minneapolis and St Paul then home after August 1.
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Mynard with nine cars and the way car off the track. Trains were held from 1 PM until 3 AM while crews cleared the rails, and the road faces continued, heavy disruptions.
Next Saturday at 2 30 afternoon the Royal Rhades of Omaha meet the Red Sox of Plattsmouth in a top amateur showdown. The Rhades are hailed as among the swiftest metro teams and will test the locals in what fans call one of the best games yet in Plattsmouth. Mrs. J C Peterson returns from visits at Burlington and Devonport with news of Winslow Barger's funeral in Fayette Ark and his Civil War veteran grandfather role.
Governor George Lawson Sheldon designates June 15 1908 as flag day urging citizens to display the flag on public and private buildings including factories homes schools and churches. The proclamation links Old Glory to patriotism duties and national faith in liberty and courage.
Carl Humphrey and Mrs. Humphrey went to South Omaha after a phone message from Cudahy Packing. He accepted a road salesman position with headquarters in Burlington Iowa, covering southeastern Iowa. The job offers a substantial salary advance over his Swift company pay.
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee certifies he has used Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup for chronic constipation and calls it a thorough practical remedy with a conscientious reference.
Local urging residents to mow weeds around homes before the Fourth of July. The piece notes visitors will judge the town by weed patches and calls city crews to trim street weeds. Also mentions Chas E. Cook planning to remodel and enlarge his barn in the southwest city area.
A man at the freight car top dropped a mallet striking fellow worker Frank Raven on the head. The deep gash bled heavily and a Burlington doctor dressed the wound. Healer notes it will take time to heal.
Mrs. C. E. Wescott received word last night of the death yesterday morning in Los Angeles of her nephew Judson C. Brusie. He once visited Sunnyside and Mrs. Wescott cared for him in his early boyhood, making his loss a sudden shock to her.
Frank T. Darrow of Lincoln, civil engineer for Burlington, visited the city this afternoon to attend to company business at the local point.
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