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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
6
Thursday notes show numerous residents visiting from Cedar Creek Union Murray and Eight Mile Grove. Conductor George Bruchl operates a weed burner along the line while families plan visits to Lincoln Des Moines and Camp Dodge.
Arrangements are under way to entertain the boys departing for the camps at Ft. Riley and Camp Funston next Wednesday. A supper and evening program will reflect proper conduct, with the Commercial club arranging speakers, music, and transport to the station, to show Plattsmouth’s support for their country.
Advertisement notes Watters Gas and Carbon Remover boosts fuel efficiency by 25 to 40 percent and cools the engine while softening carbon. Ed Schulhof of Plattsmouth testifies to 28 miles per gallon and cooler motor. Available at Peters & Parker in Plattsmouth. Also promotes Grand Island Business College with guaranteed good positions for graduates.
R C Hitchman of the T H Pollock Auto Co spotted a Dodge roadster and a Paige car near La Platte. The Paige driver dodged into a cornfield but was caught. both men were arrested. The Dodge occupants were Sarpy county sheriff and deputy. Hitchman had seen the Paige car days earlier going south.
T. A. Thomas and family, visiting in the city at W. Thomas and family home and with Julia Rynott, left for Lincoln today. Thomas was injured in February and has not worked since, spent a month in a Lincoln hospital, then recovery at home, now showing improvement but still unable to work.
The event saw Miss Eleanor McCarthy honored with a birthday celebration by friends and family. Attendees included Misses Helen Beeson Edith Quinton Ethel Quinton Helen Iverson Hazel Iverson Margaret Iverson Ursula Herold Della Clause Helen Wurl Minnie Tritsch Marjory Larson and others with Master Edmond Walling Shurley and Reed Pratt of Red Oak Iowa.
Uncle Gust Splitt, whose wife died recently, is reported extremely ill and seriously ill to the point that his son Win. Splitt at Imperial has been telegraphed. Will Splitt of Imperial has just returned home from attending his mother's funeral.
Cass County hog herds infected with hog cholera prompt a call for complete precinct committeemen lists to notify sections. Farmers urged to report cane patches for sorghum mills, Pig Club blanks, and aid during harvest via labor bureaus or county agents. Vines need lime dusting or covering and beetle protection.
A humorous account of a family cherry-picking outing ending with a would-be aviator tumbling from a tree. The boastful attempt to join an aviation corps leads to a fall, injuring none and leaving the scene with light mishap and comic relief as the cherries are gathered.
June 21 Amsterdam The German quarterly church review in Kreuz Zeitung blasts the Kaiser’s praise of German morality. It condemns lax morals among youth and widespread profiteering in government, warning of trouble for the Evangelical state church if the public’s religious views remain divided. In Omaha, a man named Will accepts a Farmers State Bank offer after leaving a prior position, praised as reliable and hardworking.
Will Schmidtman, long employed at Valley Junction Iowa assisting in the wrecking of the Speedway for Henry R. Gering, accepts a new posting with Farmers Bank. He will be transferred from Valley Junction to Omaha and returns home.
Omaha dealers Wagner Brothers will demonstrate their 1220 Emerson Tractor and three 14 inch bottom plows at Sherman Cole farm on the old Ransom Cole place near the U S parsonage. The event runs Wednesday June 26 from 1 to 5 p m with Mr Cole present to operate one plow. Farmers urged to attend and see the new tractor and plow attachment in action.
Last evening the Lorval Volunteers Sunday school class held a social on the church lawn with a large crowd. The young ladies raised funds for church work and expressed pleasure at the turnout and receipts. Subscribe for the Journal.
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