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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
6
Dr W C Kohn president of Concordia College and Missouri Synod official condemned dry shootings by prohibition officers as illegal and unbiblical murder. He urged legal enforcement of laws while opposing Volstead measures, calling killings without trial a crime and also urging moderation in alcohol use. World-Herald.
We offer a real bargain this week in solid gray blue and green broadcloths to meet old summer s demands at the special price of.
Chicago officials and citizens backed a plan to create a police driven lab at Northwestern University to test crime scene evidence. A $300000 endowment will fund the project with Burt A. Massee and a coroner's jury aiding initial efforts. Major Goddard will lead the bureau after a tour of European police centers.
Three unmasked robbers held up the Bank of Fairmont in Nebraska before closing time, forcing two employees to lie on the floor and escaping with about 3,500 dollars plus 800 in bonds. They fled in a tan Studebaker cabriolet, scattering roofing nails along a three mile stretch while heading east on the D-L-D highway.
The Community Daily Vacation Bible School held across Presbyterian and Methodist churches reports 171 total enrollments with the highest attendance and strong church cooperation. Miss Helen Farley led the Primary department with growing participation and hymn learning, while older children benefited from improved Bible training. The closing program Sunday at eight features the Primary department dramatization and the junior Pageant Christ in America, inviting all to attend.
A late night downpour from 8:25 to 9:30 produced about one inch of rain in the city and nearby areas. Streets on hillsides were washed, delaying recently dragged and repaired dirt roads and requiring time and money to restore the paving.
Beatrice reports ninety seven thousand acres of land changed hands in Gage county over three years at an average of 133 dollars per acre. This represents about a fifth of the county's total land area. Tornado insurance urged by J P Falter for town and farm properties.
The Episcopal church plans a meeting of the house of bishops in Atlantic City on October 7 and 8. Bishop John Gardner of Murraysi presiding calls for election of missionary bishops for Wyoming and Honolulu.
Cass county maps offered at Journal office in large format for fifty cents each. Displayed for sale with the newspaper as vendor. Limited stock available at the publication location.
A Saturday night windstorm with two inches of rain in a half hour battered Ashland and nearby areas. Trees snapped, windows blown, and the Burlington roundhouse and Swift icehouse damaged. Five freight cars were toppled, phones failed, and lines to Greenwood and out of town were down amid widespread flooding in the city core.
Louis Reichart, a young Louisville man, underwent foot surgery at Wise Memorial Hospital in Omaha to remove infected bone. It was his second operation, but doctors expect no further trouble. He is recovering and expected to return home soon, accompanied by his parents, sister Laura, and aunt Mrs. J. W. Myers.
Nehanka Nebraska an ad offers a Fordson tractor line drive for sale at a bargain price. The notice is placed by E Daniel Anderson of Nehanka Nebraska as a want ad promising quick results.
Bellevue Junior College trustees named E H Wescott and Rev H G McClusky to fill vacancies. C A Spacht named president. opening day planned for September 16. Repairs underway on Clark Hall Fontenelle and Lowry buildings and the gym. a prospectus outlining the new venture has appeared.
Harry C. Shearer, secretary of Detroit Fire Prevention Committee, praises Detroit as winner of the Fire Waste Contest grand award. He argues fire losses hurt merchants and manufacturers, harming housing, radios, furniture, and other goods. He envisions nationwide study to reduce fires and argues insurers and civic groups will fund prevention, strengthening economic structure and lowering prices.
Missouri Pacific claim agent H. S. Leffler called at the Journal office today. A former resident near Weeping Water and Elmwood, he expressed interest in reports of the heavy storm that struck his old home area last evening.
A concise update from the Journal Want Ad page notes ongoing listings and brief notices. It signals readers to check the column for small items, community leads, and classified opportunities.
H F Gansemer of Murray sold 85 head of well finished 1188 pound Hereford steers at 15.25 dollars. He also sent in hogs and noted lambs nearly ready for market from February and March drop. He reports profitable lamb production and good pasture, with crops looking fine amid resumed dry weather aiding alfalfa and wheat fields.
The junior and intermediate departments of Vacation Bible School enjoyed a picnic at Riverview Park Omaha. About eighty participants arrived by auto, played games and a baseball contest, shared a lunch from baskets, and observed a nearby fire at the Burlington ice house in Gibson.
Los Angeles June 19 charges of driving while intoxicated were filed against Mrs Alexander Pantages wife of vaudeville magnate after two car collisions in which she was slightly injured and a man seriously hurt a warrant issued for her arrest and she is sought by police.
Miss Helen Wescott and Miss Marguerite Wiles hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Sarah Baird at Sunnyside on high school hill. The event, a garden party style gathering, included gift-hunting on the lawn and refreshments, in anticipation of her upcoming marriage to Mr. Harley Cecil of Denver.
A man wandering in the southwest of Murray prompted Constable Tom Svoboda to search the area. Found in Murray, he was jailed after trying to solicit food, then sent to the Missouri river ferry to cross into Iowa toward friends.
Robert H. Patton, who had been in Chicago for business and visiting relatives, returned home last Wednesday after his stay.
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