Republicans Meet in Weeping Water
The Weeping Water GOP holds a county central committee meeting to choose its fall ticket amid infighting and machine backing. Officials named include Martin L Friedrich, Sheriff Quinton, County Judge Beeson, and Lee J Mayfield with a plan to renominate Friedrich and back Quinton for sheriff and Daft for Register of Deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Central Committee
Martin L. Friedrich
Quinton
Reegan
Mene
Tekel Upharsin
Robertson
Hilton
Brethers
John Gerry Stark
Elmwood
Avoca
L. F. Daft
Greenwood
Lee J.mayfield
Louisville
Cleark
Miss Foster
Martin L.friedrich
Weeping Water News Notes and Local Personal Events
Weeping Water items report Edith Amick leaving for Lincoln summer school for six to eight weeks, Geo H Ferris to Avoca for plumbing, and F M Timblin celebrated as if heir to a large legacy after new potatoes. A baby Palmer born June 18 1909 in Nehawka weighs 12 pounds. Judge Barnes fined Wm Steele Miller for drunkenness. Susanna Burn of Greenup Kentucky died aged 73. A Manley Louisville baseball match drew a large Weeping Water delegation. return trip involved a public drunken brawl outside town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Ferris
Wickersham
Avoca
Lewis Marquardt
F. M. Timblin
J. M. Palmer
Nehawka
Baby Palmer
Steele Miller
Barnes
Susanna Burn
Greenup County
Missouri
Wm. Carroll
Cass County
Neb
Manley
Louisville
Weping Water
Weeping Water
Carload of Feeders Arrives for Kaffenberger Cattle Farm
George Kaffenberger expected a carload of cattle to fatten for the Omaha market at his Cass county farm. The train ran late, unloading could not occur at night, but the cattle arrived this morning and look promising. Kaffenberger plans extensive cattle feeding and is respected for steady farming and stock-raising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kaffenberger
Omaha
Keffenberger
Cass County
Marriage of William Jennings Bryan Jr at Grand Lake
The Lincoln News reports the wedding of William Jennings Bryan Jr and Miss Helen Berger at Grand Lake Colorado at 9 a.m. under a pine tree with close friends present. Rev. Harry Huntington officiated, Sam Berger acted as best man, and Edna Baker attended. The couple plan a brief honeymoon at Grand Lake before moving to Tuscan Arizona where Bryan will resume studies at the University of Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Lincoln News
Helen Berger
Grand Lake
Col
Miss Berger
Harry Huntington
Methodist
Crete
Neb
Sam Berger
Mr. Bryan
Culver
Edna Baker
Lincoln
Tuscan
Arizona
University of Arizona
Bryan
Grace Bryan
Ruth Levitt Bryan
Alex Berger
F. D. Levering
Levan
Mise Gerner
Wedding Of Young Lincon Couple Ends At Milwaukee
Mr Bryan twenty years old while the bride is year younger. Both are well known in Lincoln's younger set. The Bergers lived in Lincoln for years. Mr Berger led the Central Granaries Company and now resides in Milwaukee, reputedly wealthy.
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Bryan
Linccoln
Bergers
Berger
Central Granaries Company
Milwaukee
William Barclay Moves Fine Restaurant to New Location
William Barclay transfers his restaurant one door west to a renovated space with new furniture and future upgrades. He aims to make it the best in the state with top chefs, superior cuisine, and prompt reliable service, a credit to Plattsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barclay
Barclay
Plattamouth
Mrs Steinhauer Family Return From Quincy Visit
Mrs Steinhauer and daughters Misa Gladys and Miss Mollie Godwin returned this morning from several weeks with Mrs Bowman in Quincy. They praised the city as beautiful and bustling and said the visit was highly enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinhauer
Misa Gladys
Mollie Godwin
Bowman
Quincey
Mont de
Quincy
Lincoln Beers Faces City Authorities Defy Rights Claim
A Lincoln excise fight over beer deliveries from Havelock to Lincoln, with police recording names and addresses of households receiving beer. The piece portrays authorities as dictatorial and vows to curb liquor access in the dry capital. The outcome for families remains undecided as police gather evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Excise Board
Havelock
Hher
Serenade Honors Mr and Mrs August Bach at Home
Friends gathered at lower Main street to serenade August Bach and his bride with a Woodmen band. The couple were surprised and pleased by the gesture and hosted refreshments for the unexpected guests, strengthening community ties and marking their move among well regarded friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Bach
Lower Main Street
Bach
Wen
Coates Plans 80 Acre Alfalfa Planting Trial Near City
W. W. Coates completes arrangements to roll eighty acres of alfalfa land and test best planting and growing methods. He believes the region around the city is ideal for alfalfa and expects profitable results, with McMahen & Sons contracted to prepare the land and provide teams for rapid completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Coates
Coates
McMahen & Sons
Gering Hosts Warm Sheridan Return Impresses Elks
Matthew Gering returned to Sheridan Wyoming after a visit to the town and spoke before the Elks at Sheridan to a royal reception. He praised Sheridan as a fine western city with electric lights water works and four banks. The Elks presented him a solid gold Elk pin with a diamond antler mount reflecting the warm appreciation of the audience. Gering enjoyed Dome Lake fishing and a long trip from Sheridan to the lake riding sixty miles in a day and catching fifty one trout in four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Gering
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Gering
Elks
New York
Sheridan Elks
Dome Lake
Welcome visitor visits Elmwood banker and local businessman
BE. J. Jeary cashier of the First National Bank of Elmwood came to look after city business and return home this morning. Ted is a popular young business man who is well known here and in Elmwood. Journal notes that Floyd Woolcott is progressing well after returning home and offers congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. J. Jeary
First National Bank of
Elmwood
Ted
Floyd Woolcott
Bolin
Mr. Woolontt
Locals William Glimour and Wife Visit City Merchants
William Glimour and his wife from south of the city spent the day visiting friends and shopping with local merchants after arriving this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Glimour
Steamboat City of Peoria Roughly Navigates River Run
The steamboat City of Peoria with a barge diverted up the Missouri toward Omaha to run summer excursions. Crew misread the river, faced shoal water near the Platte, and had to back off to the east bank before proceeding. The voyage, years after Nebraska City delays, drew local nostalgia for bygone steamboat days as residents recalled large river traffic in 1865.
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Peoria
Omaha
Omnoha
Missouri River
Platte River
Iowa
Platte
Nebraska City
F. R. Guthman
Handkerchief Shower for Miss Ella Dovey in Falter Home
Yesterday afternoon Miss Ella Margaret Dovey, soon to wed Mr George Falter, received a handkerchief shower at Miss Emma Falter’s North Third Street home. Guests included the Dovey sisters, Stanfield Jones, Misses Sullivan and Dovey, with elegant four course collation and a central ring display for guests to draw handkerchiefs through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Falter
North Third Street
Ella Margaret Dovey
George Falter
Falter
St. Paul, Minn
Helen
Florence Dovey
Stanfield Jones
Gladys Sullivan
Catherine Dovey
Gretchen Donnelly
Meadames H. 8. Austin
Rea Patterson
Burlington announces new afternoon train to Omaha
A revised timetable takes effect tomorrow at noon. Train No. 23 now departs at 1 58 PM to provide an afternoon Omaha connection, replacing the old noon No. 7. Missouri Pacific adds evening service, four daily trains to Omaha, Burlington operates two daily trains at 6 08 AM and 1 58 PM.
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Burlington
Omaha
Misouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Advertising proves ads work for a farmer’s lost spectacles
William Gilmour, a farmer south of the city, advertised his lost spectacles in The Journal. He found them in his pants pocket the next day, praising the journal’s advertising power and speed of return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilmour
Wedding Celebrated for Misa Cummins and Walter Byers in Omaha
In Omaha at 117 South Twenty-ninth street the wedding of Misa Adelee Cum ming and Walter Philip Byers occurred Wednesday evening. Rev. R Yeatt Hyde officiated and Miss Kitty Cummins played the wedding march. The bridal dress was white chiffon organdy with baby Irish lace and a cascade of roses and swansonia. Out of town guests included Kitty Cummins Dr Frank Cummins Mrs BE Cumming Mildred Cummins G Bhellhorn Florence Byers Laura Naylor and Earl Cummins. The couple plan to reside in Dombey Oklahoma after July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Adelee Cumming
Walter Philip Byers
South Twenty-ninth Street
R Yeatt Hyde
Miss Kitty Cummins
Ferna
Kitty Cummins
Frank Cummins
BE. B. Cumming
Mildred Cummins
Plattamouth
Neb
G. Bhellhorn
Pawnee City
Florence Byers
Dombey
Okla
Laura Naylor
Falls City
Prank Cumming
Earl Cummins
Dis Moines
Iowa
W R Ruffner Visits Burlington Shops in City
W R Ruffner master mechanic of the Wabash Railway at S1 Loula Mo arrived in the city for a brief visit with Mr and Mrs P E B Ruffner his parents He spent the day at the Burlington shops touring the plant and meeting several employers he will return to his St Louis home tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Ruffner
Wabash Railway
Loula
P. EB. Ruffner
Burlington
St. Louis
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County Central Committee
Rom the
Edith Amick
The
State University
W. J. Bryan, Jr
Liberty and Freedom
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