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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
5
Lawrence Rase hosted visitors from Lincoln and Elmwood while families from nearby towns attended dances and birthdays. The Alvo area saw alums gather for an Alumni banquet and many travelers visited Lincoln, Omaha, and Louisville, sharing warnings and good wishes as weddings, anniversaries, and vacations filled the week.
A series of free Saturday evening concerts will be held in Murdock to entertain the visiting crowd and residents. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the music.
A man driving south of Elmwood during a rain storm was startled by a flash of lightning that struck near a wheat field fence causing green wheat to smoke and a smoke cloud to rise. A. H. Ward was glad he was not struck.
Miss Eleanor Hartung departs from Murdock area after visiting grandparents and friends to enter Kansas City General Hospital for a complete nurse training course.
Northwest residents Mr and Mrs W C Gillespie and Mearle Gillespie depart by school bus for a two week visit visiting several places in Wrominge. The bus serves as both transport and living quarters for the travelers and scholars on the excursion.
Headquarters for Twine Get your Twine and Repairs at the Alvo Hardware and Implement company. We carry the largest stock of repairs outside of Lincoln and Omaha anywhere in this vicinity.
Bobbett twelve and Leroy seven Reutlinger children left Grand Island Wednesday afternoon and rode via Lincoln highway viaduct Ogallala and Bridgeport to Alliance. They traveled over 390 miles in a day and a half with help from a traveling man and friends until their parents could reach them. The children said they aimed to reach Alliance, their mother had joked she could not stop them.
Chicago Chief of Detectives William Schoemaker vows to stop confidence men at the republican convention next week. He orders 35 detectives, famed for expertise in swindlers and pickpockets, to blend with crowds and arrest known police characters.
Walter Jenkins of Havelock visited Manley last week to see his mother Mrs. Alice Jenkins and friends. Teddy Harms and Harold Krecklow went to Omaha Thursday on business and to bring home goods for the Harms store. Arnold Harms completed a Chiropody course in Chicago and returns home ready to treat feet and fit shoes. A Steinkamp promotes stock feeds and remedies while rain delays travel but roads soon improve. David Brann returned from Omaha after a visit with two nieces and noted heavy rains. Fred Falischman and wife bought chicks at W H Leesley hatchery for home use, opting to buy rather than hatch due to low prices.
The lawn and grounds of the August Krecklow residence have been transformed into a beauty spot. Mrs Krecklow and her son Harold cultivated a lily pool as the centerpiece with rocks and flowers in the foreground and background. Take a look at the place and see the improvements.
The Cass Saunders Lancaster league posted results on Sunday June 5 with Manley 2 Elmwood 3 Louisville 11 Eagle 10 Greenwood 10 Waverly 7 and Ashland 9 Alvo 1. The new league begins an intensive season with weekly games ahead.
Detroit man Harry Fleisher, once sought in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, gave himself up at police headquarters. His attorney said Fleisher had no involvement and suggested others misidentified him. He faces a local warrant for a year old murder charge as New Jersey authorities seek questioning.
Madrid report says former King Alfonso XIII rejected a proposal of military movements to invade Spain, insisting he would return only if the people vote. El Diario advised government caution in appointing monarchist leaders amid unnamed military circles.
Hoarded money will not improve business conditions. Read the Journal ads and consider the many bar gains Plattsmouth business men plan to offer in the coming year.
Final chapter of R F Patterson's Early History of Plattsmouth surveys the town’s press from 1857 to 1901. It traces editors and papers including the Jeffersonian, Platte Valley Herald, Cass County Democrat, Nebraska Herald, The Journal and The Nebraska Herald, noting closures, mergers, and survival into the present. It also covers city growth tasks like water works, paving, gas and electric services, and the failed wagon bridge project.
Federal agents arrested eight suspects in a two week roundup across Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska signaling a break in a counterfeit bill ring led by an unnamed man. Helen Woodward a Kansas City former show girl was nabbed after attempting to pass a counterfeit note at a St. Louis dry goods store.
Classifieds in the Journal promise low prices and real outcomes for buyers and sellers. The ad section highlights affordable rates and quick visibility for local listings and notices.
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