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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
3
Nehawka items report Fred Rose and family visiting relatives in University Place and Hope St John attending Peru commencement. Several residents attend conferences, marriages occur, and local construction updates follow. Weather records show April and May rainfall exceeding a foot.
Frank Gillett arrives from Wyoming for weeks with hometown family ties. Dettman brothers from Imperial attend alumni banquet. Several residents travel to Lincoln for hospital care, Rochester Texas for Chautauqua work, or Western trips by Ford. A birth, club gathering, and extended family visits are noted with local detail.
Mrs Mamie Hudson and children visited relatives at Lincoln over Sunday. Nick Peterson built a 12 by 18 frame garage for S J Earle. Co W Crabtree of Hastings Neb visited with relatives here. John Harstock bought a new Dodge touring car from Frank Lanning. Howard Mick and wife returned from Walnut Iowa. Will Knapton back to health after illness. Ernest Trumble resigned as clerk. Darwin Yoho succeeds him. Born to Mr and Mrs G J Reiter a son on Monday June 4. Swisher family drove from Lincoln in a new Overland for a visit. Ollie Ward joined Ed W Thimgan in Murdock as automobile salesman. Mrs Flora Manker and daughters visited T R Adams with a car ride from Lincoln.
George Harshman of Avoca traveled through town between trains after returning from western Nebraska where he purchased three quarters of land. Miss Winifred Abernathy, returning from Beatrice, was elected for next year with higher pay. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Orton and family from Fullerton, California, arrived Tuesday for a visit with local relatives.
Miss Minna Tuckenhagen will travel to Lincoln Monday afternoon to attend school this summer. Elma Hall and several others visited Lincoln mid week. A group including Clarence Heebner, Louis Mougey, Ray Cross, and Mrs. Delia Anderson rode to Nebraska City on Thursday. Miss Adeline Bischof of Nebraska City was elected teacher for seventh and eighth grades next year.
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Roman Meier on Wednesday June 6. Alma Hansen of Omaha visited Miss Mabel Ossenkop this week. Lucretia Ward arrived from Denver to spend the summer with her Louisville hosts. The Eagle girls held a Red Cross benefit with ice cream and cake. Scott McGrew sought X ray care in Omaha for a foot injury. Adam Meisinger traded his Ford for a new Buick Four. Mrs H G Schwind of Manley visits relatives in Ohio as her husband and son stay home. Ed Landergren joins the Fourth Nebraska regiment headed to France. Louisville lakes draw increasing summer anglers. Leonard Wendt sustained a foot wound from a slipping axe. Mrs Denis Gardner and her son left for Gordon after an extended Louisville visit.
Cholera morbus feared in every neighborhood with deaths before treatment. A Huntington Indiana mother reports two children sick in summer 1911, relief came immediately after using Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Upright piano in perfect condition priced at 75 dollars offered by Avard and McLean Shoe Store. Inquiries accepted at the store location.
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