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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
1
A column of cautions and social jabs critiques reform zeal, self interest, and town life. It lampoons lazy reformers, boasts of shop talk, and warns of loose morals with sharp humor about Plattsmouth habits and gossip.
Friends of Curtis and Emma Moore gather in Mattsmonuth for their 53rd wedding anniversary. Guests in costumes greet arrivals, hear stories and poems, and enjoy music and refreshments as memories of the couple and their long marriage are celebrated.
Curts asked Emma to marry and she consented after hesitation. They celebrated a long marriage, facing wear and woe but remaining devoted. The writer praises their enduring love and marks the ceremony as a gem in their crown of friendship.
Friday afternoon Drs. Cook and Livingston performed an operation on J. N. Elliott who was in critical condition from an abscess under the left breast. It was feared blood poisoning had set in but Elliott is now doing well and no serious results are expected.
The Weeping Water Herald reports a proposed rail plan to connect Omaha with Weeping Water and the Lincoln branch, allowing travel to Union and back. If implemented this would provide service to both Plattsmouth and Omaha with morning and afternoon departures and returns.
Left Monday. St Hr Chrisweisser ordered the Journal sept to Beaver City Nebraska instead of Murray. Many residents plan to move their future homes to Furnas county including J. L. Strader Joy Shrader Frank Linville R. A. Chriswigser and Tom Paden and their families. They were born and reared in Cass County and belong to the county’s best families.
The Knights of Pythias Lodge in this city will soon surrender its charter and cease to exist. Members plan formal steps to dissolve, with local officers announcing the decision and serving notice to affiliates.
A 30 year old man arrived destitute from the south with consumption. He gave the name Wolf from Kansas and spent a night at the depot. Citizens fed him and he was taken to Omaha for hospital care after receiving tickets and money.
A Greenwood special reports a depot fire burning after nightfall. Sparks caused extensive damage to the Greenwood facility with doors and wires burned. crews from Lincoln aided, and temporary service disruptions impacted nearby elevators and lines.
Col C J Holt delivered a lecture last evening titled Toward Area drifting and where are we going about weather and progress. The talk promised elevation and instruction with a demonstration on his theme from twenty years ago to today and tomorrow. He will lecture again at the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon and, by request of Rev Salisbury, at the Presbyterian church tomorrow night.
In a string of district court rulings Mrs. Katie Johnson vs Laula Boedeker favored defendants. Hugh Murphy v City of Plattsmouth saw a verdict for Murphy of 241.00 after prior reversals over pavement dispute on Sixth Street. The case likely heads to the Nebraska Supreme Court. Other actions include mortgage foreclosures and motions overruled or continued to the next term. Witnesses from Greenwood and Mayle testified.
The Lincoln Star reports Burlington passenger trainmen must wear frock coats with gold lace and brass buttons. Conductors and brakemen based in Lincoln are being measured for the new uniforms. Caps will have curved brims replacing flat ones for a more authoritative look.
In honor of Mrs Matte Tutt a five o clock tea was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs 1B Ruffner. Guests expressed regrets at her upcoming move to Great Falls Montana. The event featured refined conversation and a generous reception by the hostess and assistants.
The Portsmouth school exhibit earns a bronze medal. The design, approved by a committee, features Cobantii and other figures with Neptune’s lore, a lily symbol, a daw of progress, and dolphins flanking an American eagle. The medal honors student effort and invites readers to study its references.
The passage extols the model girl as gentle, patient and self controlled. It links virtue to charity and veracity, noting speech control and measured action. It compares virtue to a rose perfume and urges faith hope and charity as guiding ideals for life.
The water issue will keep residents debating for weeks and perhaps months. Citizens expect court action as the matter heads toward federal settlement while the Plattsmouth city council shows resolve in recent decisions.
James Petersen, about 20, a worker at a milliner shop, died early Saturday at Immanuel Hospital Omaha after appendicitis surgery. He had been working when he fell ill and was taken to the hospital. surgery failed to save him.
The Journal calls for collective effort to awaken Plattsmouth from inactivity. It argues many hold property that could rise in value with local enterprise, but few invest. the piece warns the town must unite, attract jobs, and restore prosperity to become a lively Nebraska city again.
An advertisement claims indigestion is a bad habit and urges taking Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after meals to stop belching and palpitations. It asserts Kodol digests what you eat and sweetens the stomach and lists vendors F G Fricke & Co and Ge r in g & Co.
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