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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1929
Page
5
A brief item notes dry cleaning and repair services with barber shop pricing. The notice highlights affordable rates and convenient service options for customers seeking quick cleaning and repairs.
Mrs. Henry Heinemann shows improvement as visits unfold. O J Hitchcock and family visit L Neitzel home with daughter Olge from Havelock. Mrs L Neitzel in Omaha visiting daughter Dr McDermid. O E McDonald travels to Omaha by Rock Island train. Louis Hite visits Murdoch and his mother. Henry Amewert and mother host John Amewert and family from Lincoln. J H Buck hosts W O Riggs and wife from Lincoln for weekend. Florence Reiumlin’s class enjoys a weiner roast at W O Schewe grove. Mary Tool visits Columbia Missouri with school friends. Murdock High Junior-Senior banquet set for May 11 at Cornhusker hotel Lincoln. Carl Bornemeier, Mary Bornemeier, and Mrs Gust Gakemeier in Lincoln on business. W Gillespie sells Caslen Gas gasoline carload for trade. L A Watson visits Murdock for a day. Vivian Hoenshell and Mary Osbloom visit J A Hoensell in Ashland. Carl Brackemayer sprains ankle playing Eagle ball, misses school. Mrs L B Gortney to teach third and fourth grades at Murdock during absence. J Johanson sells track and buys larger model from Oldsmobiles. Gustav Straich repairs home with F A Melvin carpentry working. project nearing completion.
The one shop that is always there and ready to do your work offers plow work wagon work and horseshoeing with the best service and prices in town.
Not enough readable detail available to produce a reliable summary. The fragment mentions a phone number 245 and location Weeping Water Nebraska but lacks a clear event or notice to describe.
H W Tool visited Lincoln last Friday for the Shriners Club house dedication ceremonies and banquet. Miss Madalene Gakemeier returned from Omaha where her team won sixteen games during her stay. Ensign and Mrs C W Hoppes of Council Bluffs visited Rev H R Knosp and family in Murdock April 29 with a two course luncheon before returning home.
Last Wednesday near Murdock, Chris Kupke, born April 12 1833 in Germany, died April 27 1929. He immigrated in 1861, married Louise in Wisconsin 1864, then settled in Cass County Nebraska to farm and raise a family. Funeral at Lutheran Trinity church conducted by Rev G A Zock, burial in local grounds. His wife preceded him a year, and survivors include children Herman, Mrs George Stohlmann, Mrs Julius Reinke, Charles Kupke, Fredrick Stohlmann.
Henry Crasten of Farmers Elevator Co in Murdock offers sickles sickle bars sections and guards for McCormick Deering and other makes to farmers seeking replacement parts.
Masonic and Eastern Star members from Murdock gathered in Elmwood last Friday to celebrate the dedication of a newly completed Masonic Temple. They contributed labor to build and equip the meeting hall and hosted a large banquet after a formal program. The site will serve as the meeting place for both the Masonic lodge and the Order Eastern Star.
Names listed include H. W. Tool and wife, C. E. Kupke and wife, Louis Bornemeier and wife, Henry Tool and wife, I. G. Hornbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. McDonald, and others in the community notice.
Miller and Gruber of Nehawka Nebraska advertise concrete burial vaults offering protection for loved ones with an absolute guarantee.
The Murdock high senior class presented an enjoyable Friday night play filled with wit and humor. The performance drew a lively audience and kept the house roaring with laughter throughout the evening.
For sale improved Shenandoah yellow seed corn tipped and butted at 2.00 per bushel and also Kiffir corn seed. Phone 404 Wm Knaup Murdock Neb. a22-4tw.
Manitoba reports 65 to 70 percent of wheat seeded with moisture adequate and labor ample. Alberta shows 25 to 56 percent seeded. some delays from excess moisture and rain needed in the north. Saskatchewan notes 35 to 46 percent seeded in central and southern areas with general progress and ample labor amid variable moisture.
In Oakland California a dying patient, Peter Stratford, revealed that the person known as a man is in fact a woman. Stratford, a former Hollywood actor and government employee, was married for almost ten years and had lived with “Mrs. Stratford” in Niles for two years. Ambulance attendants overheard the utterance as Stratford was removed from the vehicle. Doctors confirmed the revelation.
Capt. Phillip Broderick of the Great Lakes Towline company received a wireless report that the steamer City of Buffalo had dropped anchor ten miles northeast of Ashtabula harbor for the night. The tug towed it to the harbor entrance by 9:30 p.m. Coast guardsmen noted no explanation for the plan change.
John Glaze, a well known local youth, is at Immanuel hospital in Omaha undergoing treatment for a chronic mastoid condition. He was admitted Thursday and doctors have not yet determined if an operation is needed. treatment will proceed to try to avoid surgery.
Berlin reports display a three day siege as police fortify Neu Koelln and Weding with barbed wire and barricades. Five killed including three women, twelve men and five women dead overall, hundreds wounded as communist demonstrations clash with authorities. Police tour neighborhoods under lights dimmed at nine with armored cars and armed patrols.
Lincoln May 2 – Tax Commissioner Harry Scott says preliminary returns show a large rise in Class A and B intangibles. He predicts eventual net tax relief as tangible values shrink. In one county 747 Class A returns total $400,416 from 3,150 eligible. Class B reaches $898,980 from 747 returns versus $381,950 last year. He estimates about $1,600,000 in Class A and $3,595,000 in Class B if trend holds.
Seattle, a lawyer for Mrs Minnie E Kennedy filed an answer to Rev H H Clarks 50 000 breach of promise suit. Kennedy calls the charges false and malicious and says the suit aims to intimidate her and daughter Aimee Semple McPherson to secure payments. She says she never concealed her identity and met Clark in a cafe last December when he spoke of poverty and asked for help.
Seed corn available in yellow or white varieties priced at 3.00 net per bushel shelled or crad ed. Contact C. Barnard Mynard Nebraska by phone at 1022.
A tornado swept Nolichucky valley and wrecked Rye Cove consolidated school in Virginia killing 19 children and injuring seven seriously while about a hundred others suffered lighter injuries. The two story building collapsed after noon recess and bodies were removed as ambulances ferried the injured to Clinchport and Bristol.
J O Berger of Omaha was chosen head counsel and M E Gooch of Crawford as clerk of the state camp of Modern Woodmen. Delegates to the Chicago head camp were named for six districts including Lincoln, Omaha, Blair, Neligh, Randolph, Lyons, Friend, Alma, Kearney, and other towns.
Missouri claimants in Hastings contend for the 3125,000 estate of John O Connor and rest their case in district court. Cal O Donnell of Hannibal testifies about Hastings residence since 1889 and conversations with John O Connor mentioning his brother Charles alleged as the father.
The Sixth district convention of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs concluded with a breakfast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Allen. Mrs. Slocum of Ainsworth won first prize in the district essay contest on The Value of Insurance for Women, while Mary Hemmer of Lexington won first in the American Home division essay contest.
Mount Carmel Pa April 29 Three miners suffocated by black damp Monday in Locust Spring colliery owned by Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co at Locust Gap near here. A fourth miner escaped to safety.
South Bend items show Bert Mooney buying a Ford coupe and numerous Omaha visits. Community members travel to Wahoo Greenwood and Lincoln while households update homes and churches. The church roof is mended and papering delayed by a hanger, as residents share meals and visit kin across Sarpy and Hamburg Iowa.
At a recent meeting base ball fans and players elected B O Mooney as manager and he is organizing a team to meet any challengers. Bert invites players to join and contact him to prove their skills. Funeral notices for Christy Kupke, aged 96, of Murdock near Louisville highlight a pioneer farmer with four daughters, three sons, and forty one grandchildren. He died April 27 at his daughter’s home and services are at the Lutheran church near Murdock. The Nebraska Highway Commission considers a new air line highway from Omaha to Lincoln crossing near South Bend, potentially replacing the current river crossing and reducing bottom-road problems caused by rains. The plan includes a bridge at a new river point and may align with fisheries. Nebraska and other states pursue direct air line highways between major cities.
Bishop William F. McDowell of Washington DC denied lobbying charges against the Methodist Episcopal board of temperance prohibition and morals. He said the board has no lobby or lobbying fund and does not advocate for any candidate. He noted the world convention of 26 bishops opened in Lincoln with a reception at St Paul church and tours planned across the state.
Nebraska municipalities and school districts retired 116 892 in bonds in April led by the Frenchman Valley irrigation district 28 500 in Hitchcock county. Platte county 12 000 Sarpy 16 000 Beatrice Holdrege each 6 000 Alliance North Platte Naponee Verdigre 4 000 each and Kearney 3 943.
Lincoln May 2. Nebraska roads, once judged worst in five years, show some improvement Thursday per the Nebraska Motor Club. Gravel remains choppy and dirt rough though all routes are passable to major destinations except west on No 30. Tourist travel through Iowa rising.
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