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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
5
A concise notice notes a sale offering unusually good value and genuine satisfaction in a $10 suit event. The item highlights more value and unusual selections, inviting readers to explore the bargain atmosphere.
Local merchants promote wall paper, cigars, hardware, underwear, and chocolates. Community notes describe visits, district meetings, and upcoming conventions as Plattsmouth prepares for agricultural prospects and regional events.
The Journal of Plattsmouth has changed ownership with two Omaha men as new buyers. Under Mann and Fox the paper is praised as a good clean publication, and the former owners express regret at their departure. The current proprietors vow to maintain standards and seek journalistic improvement.
An advertisement extols men and women shoes praising fit style quality and price. It claims the fit lets you walk off forget they are new, style earns admiration, and quality uses best leathers and skilled workmen. Prices are described as moderate and surprisingly low.
Ebinger Hardware Co. promotes weather strips and fencing while Dan Artz assists in Riley Hotel parlors. Briggs & Tomlinson buy a barber shop in Salem Iowa and Waterman building to host a wholesale millinery. Marriage license issued to Halley and Littlefield. Metzeer moves to Merriman for stock business. political support noted.
J Francis, general passenger agent for the B O M R R in Omaha, invites recipients to send names and addresses of potential movers to Nebraska. He promises a forty eight page descriptive guide with farm scenes and a sectional state map to attract home seekers to the state.
Omaha residents Lee Atwood and John Jensen are listed among visitors. W K Fox contemplates a Burlington route bowling alley. The G A R encampment seeks agents. The saloons stay closed Sundays, and Geo Peters is released on judgment payment. The Taming of the Shrew plays at Parmele theatre with Helen Grantly. The Journal notes space limits and future page plans.
A well attended Elk Club ball at Waterman hall delighted guests. The event showcased the Elks organization as a group of Plattsmouth’s best men and praised their entertaining qualities. The writer hopes for continued growth and many more such grand entertainments.
A. S. Will lists a number of horses for sale including matched teams or single driving horses at reasonable prices.
One fare for the round trip to Harrisburg Pennsylvania May 14 to 19. Return limit June 30. Tickets good via Chicago or St Louis. Half rates Harrisburg to points in Pennsylvania Maryland and District of Columbia May 21 to 24. Ask the Burlington agent.
Plattsmouth residents attend the funeral of Hon. J Sterling Morton in Nebraska City on Wednesday. The account notes local happenings including a rental offer, guest visits, weather improving after rains, and remarks from the Omaha World Herald on Morton's political stance and later influence.
Hon. HW. Travis of this city is chosen as temporary chairman of the Democratic state convention to be held in Grand Island on June 24. The convention will have 1,210 delegates, with representation one delegate per 100 votes or major fraction for Hon. D. Oldham in 1900. Populists also meet on the same date. combined conventions total nearly 2,500 delegates.
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