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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
4
Frederick William, once crown prince, denies reports of entering pottery, joking about ignorance of his last job. Secretary Baker recalls Marshal Joffre’s 1917 estimate that America could deploy one million in combat, suggesting possible sources for that belief. 1000 lbs Swift Premium Hams advertised at Soennichsen's with limited time pricing.
Varied farm offerings include Kunazmap 160 acres one mile south of Cedar Creek at $250 per acre, several tracts near Louisville priced between $150 and $3200 per acre, and 613 acres four miles to Meira Gretna with diverse features. Includes cropland hay pasture timber and fenced parcels with flexible terms and a potential 2000 annual rent for three years.
A notice describes 97 and 154 acre improved farms near South Omaha and Ralston with prices at 325 and 350 dollars and easy terms. It invites inquiries by mail or phone and notes a fine list of Johnson county farms priced from 125 to 175 dollars with similar easy terms.
A reflective column notes careful shopping and wary patience as war memory fades. It mentions Austria awaiting terms and predicts the Allied response to German counter proposals will broadly be a firm No, signaling slow relief after long tensions.
A dispatch from Lawrence Kansas says it rained fish on the streets Monday morning. A university professor backs the report saying it is quite possible. A local fisherman mocks the claim, saying he would believe anything worse than fish rain.
The article weighs profit sharing as a cure for labor strife, citing Willis Overland in Toledo where a $500,000 quarterly plan failed to prevent a major hours dispute and a 7,000 worker idle period. It argues industrial peace requires broader solutions beyond one factor.
Gordon Bell of Pleasant THY shows a coin collection with a 1779 English penny bearing George II’s head. A group of town boys found and killed a four rattlesnake spotted in the river near the bank. A reader recalls Chateau Thierry and Paris in World War I, noting American reinforcements helping to stave off German advances toward the capital.
A southeast Indiana man fired at what he believed was a squirrel and struck his hunting companion. The shooter contends self defense as the incident unfolds in local reports.
The text envisions making the Fourth of July indistinguishable from Sunday by hanging more flags. It notes that famed veiled beauties in Turkish services are homely and implies Westerners now understand why they were veiled earlier.
Gelatine Travers haus reflects on rising expenses for a peace garden with tools seeds and bribes to gain vegetables before neighbors. He notes spring would have passed without borrowing if not for paying a huckster to slip produce into the yard, keeping costs high.
A letter from Cyril Janda aboard the Rochester in Lisbon, Portugal, recounts two weeks of pneumonia loss, a fifty hour Lisbon voyage at 18 knots, and vivid Azores impressions. He notes cheap meals, local money exchange, and the lively Lisbon nightlife, bullfighting, and royal relics, with plans to await a Trans Atlantic fight before Plymouth.
The county court of Plaite mouth Nebraska will hold a hearing on the estate of Her wen Rorpite. Creditors and claimants must file within four months from June 10 1919 to present claims and proofs for adjustment and allowance. Debts must be paid within one year from June 20 1919. Witness Allen J. Reeson County Judge.
Motion states in Cass County Nebraska that Lillianake Jelinek and others seek probate of the will of James Jelinek deceased. Petition filed March 28 requests admission of the instrument as last will and testament and appointment of Edward Donat administrator with the will annexed. Order directs notice to all interested persons and sets hearing in county court.
The court orders a sale of the pendency of a petition with a hearing set for June 2 at 9:00 am. Interested parties must publish copies of this order in the newspaper for three successive weeks before the hearing. Witness the seal of the circuit court on the day of May in 1919.
The nation sees Germany's evident eagerness to join as a sign of international momentum while domestic support for the League remains limited.
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