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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1921
Page
6
Alvo residents travel to Lincoln and nearby towns for visits and events. Social rounds include church and club meetings, alumni gatherings, campfire outings, funerals, and district missionary society conventions with numerous relatives and neighbors in attendance.
Report of vandalism at Oak Hill Cemetery describes several evenings of flowers and plants stolen from graves by unknown persons. Councilman John C Brittain pledges swift use of the law to identify and prosecute those responsible. The act is condemned as cruel and senseless theft from the dead.
Modern Woodmen of America officials head to Forest Park St Louis for the nineteenth head camp June 18 to 25 with four to five thousand foresters expected. Nebraska will send seven teams from Lincoln Omaha and Fremont with twenty men per Lincoln team.
This afternoon at 1:30 at Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rough's Nehawka home, Miss Ethel Rough married Harold John Dane of Janesville Wisconsin. Rev E. Moore officiated on the floral porch setting with a gray silk gown and Bride's roses. Guests included Misses Dane Rough and others from Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin and Iowa. The bride and groom will reside in Janesville after August 15 at 1400 Clark Street.
A Saturday June anniversary social at the Christian church drew a large crowd. The entertainment committee planned games, music, and readings for guests celebrating June birthdays and weddings. Honorees included Mr. and Mrs. R. Stearns and son Lester, Dr. Leopold, O. L. Bennett, Olive and Milton Hollowell, Mildred Allen, and Mrs. Elmer Taylor, with weddings for Mr. and Mrs. L. Nl. Wiles and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Taylor. Lunch followed as attendees departed happily.
Phone the Journal office when you need job printing of any kind. Best equipped shop in southeastern Nebraska.
Cheap cars offered for cash or on time with cash payment and monthly balance. Slightly higher prices reflect terms. Two prices listed 225.00 375.00 400.00 appear as payment options or staged costs. No specific vehicle details or seller names are provided.
Fans crowded into Weeping Water as the home team defeated Plattsmouth 5 to 3. Buckmaster of Ashland struck out sixteen Plattsmouth batters while Martin handled catching duties for the visitors and Joe McCarthy pitched well for Plattsmouth.
Holdrege Nebraska reports a record Sunday school convention turnout with about 3200 attendees. Registration for the fifty fourth annual state gathering surpassed prior records as 3500 enrolled and 2000 more delegates expected from Kearney county caravaners.
The Louisville lads defeated the Plattsmouth visitors 14 to 7 on the Louisville diamond in a Sunday game. M. D. Ruby, recently ill at Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha, is now recovering at home with his foster daughter. County officials laid out lines for the Plattsmouth Louisville state road, facing trouble locating corner stones east of town. Jared Core and wife returned from Alberta to attend the funeral of Mrs. Core's mother Nancy McNurlin in Nehawka and plan a brief visit before returning north.
Lincoln Nebraska June 17 H J Nielsen state finger print expert explained how to take prints and how to send them for filing at the state bureau to sheriffs county attorneys and city officials from eastern Nebraska counties at a meeting in Chief Gus Hyers office Friday afternoon. Governor McKelvie spoke briefly and closer cooperation of state bodies was discussed.
A list of officials present at the meeting includes Sheriff C. BE. Quinton of Plattsmouth president of the State Sheriffs association, police judge T. H. Sager city marshal J. A. Craft and others from Wahoo Nebraska City Falls City Omata and more. The note ends with an ad offering printing services and a well equipped job shop in southeastern Nebraska.
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