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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
6
Murray community notes detail library hours at the Presbyterian church and social arrivals. Mentions weddings, church events, farm improvements, new building plans, and local business dealings with Latta addition expansion and street work.
Gus Splitt Jr aged 27 and Agnes Grant aged 18 wed in a courthouse ceremony before Judge A J Beeson near Rock Bluffs. The couple, well known locally, will reside on a farm there as their friends extend congratulations and best wishes for their future.
Murray Home Talent Dramatic Company staged Diamonds and Hearts in Union to a large appreciative audience. Proceeds totaled 37.75 dollars, mostly to fund a church building. The company thanks Union for the royal welcome and generous patronage.
The schedule lists Cass county Sunday school district conventions in Murdock on May 19, Louisville on May 20, Murray on May 21, and a county convention in Alvo on May 27. Mrs. F. S. Warner of Syracuse will speak at all meetings and Protestant Sunday schools are invited to participate.
A social dance will be held at Jenkins hall in Murray on Saturday evening May 16. Organizers are John Philpot John Nohl and Albert Jones with music by the Plattsmouth orchestra. Good order will be maintained and a good time assured.
A landowner near Murray offers pasture for about thirty head of horses or cattle for the summer. Describes good pasture with running water on a farm about forty miles northwest of Murray. Contact W. K. Shepherdson.
Maple Grove reporter notes a busi ness trip to the county seat by Mr and Mrs John Bock. Mrs P A Hild and children visited home folks. David Murray finishes corn planting. Many attend M W A lodge at Mynard with four initiates. Local visits and Sunday gatherings among families. Fat cattle shipped to South Omaha by J T Young and A J Schafer.
Mothers with affected children may find a cure by applying Chamberlains Salve as soon as nursing ends. Wipe off with a soft cloth before the next feeding. Many trained nurses report best results. Sold by F G Fricke & Co.
The advertisement promotes Wright's Liquid Smoke as the secret to curing hams and bacons, claiming quicker safer results than wood fire. Sold by druggists in Plattsmouth Nebraska.
About 400 split fence posts and a few crib poles offered for sale by Wm Nickles as a near term sale item.
The Journal notes a Cass county blacksmithing and machine shop is for sale at a genuine bargain. It currently clears about 2000 dollars per year, but the owner has other business to handle and wants to sell. Call the office for particulars.
Edward Morley in Louisville and J W Morley in Omaha report. Samuel Johnson brings cattle to Omaha market. Visitors H G Wellenseik H M Marquardt stop in Louisville. John Mohr travels from Syracuse. J H Schmidt trips to Berlin. G Buss, T H Straub visit Omaha. C W Benedict returns to Lincoln. Fred Bartels builds in West Avoca. Masons lay foundation for Mrs Nutzman residence. Evangelist Miller holds revival at Congregational church. Geo Maseman visits Syracuse. Rain boosts crops. Avoca Dramatic Club performs All a Mistake in Dunbar. Opal Lawton visits from Weeping Water.
For stomach troubles biliousness and constipation try Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many remarkable cures have been effected by them. Price 25 cents. Samples free. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
C. M. Mendenhall visited the city this morning with several cars of hay for sale and disposed of them in time to catch the morning train home to Hamburg Iowa.
Chas. Creamer and his wife, residents near Rock Bluffs, called on friends in the city to attend to various business matters during their outing today.
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