County Officials Clash Over Marriage Fee Ownership
County Attorney Liabaugh and Judge Cornish clash over whether marriage ceremony fees belong to the county judge or the county. Judge Waters and Judge Leslie seek Supreme Court guidance, while Deputy County Attorney Shotwell favors county ownership. Auditors expect a Supreme Court ruling. no final action until then. A local cough remedy ad closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liabaugh
Douglas County
Coutts
Cornish
Lancaster
District Court
Lancaster County
Waters
Supreme Court
Shotwell
Leslie
Coroish
Robert Smith
Todd Adamson Nuptials At A Small Church Ceremony
A Friday evening wedding at St Luke church united Nicholas Todd and Miss Mertha BE Adamson in a quiet ceremony witnessed by close friends. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Todd, wore a dark blue suit. the bride, Miss Mertha Adamson, wore white. Best man Tom Will and bridesmaid Miss May Thomas assisted. The couple will reside on the farm west of town leased by the groom.
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Nicholas Todd
Mertha BE. Adamson
St Luke
Hertha Adamson
Sol Adamson
Journal
Happy Yours
Ue Groom
Remembered by Pioneers Peter A. Sarpy tales from Mills County
Plattsmouth settlers recall Peter A. Sarpy known as Colonel a frontier trader and Indian agent. Accounts from Glenwood Tribune describe his daring escapes with an Indian wife slinging him across her back to throw pursuers off a trail, a brutal mower accident injuring Jack Ganley, bringing a single top buggy to Mills County, and stock trading pranks with Native traders.
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Plattsmouth
Peter B. Sarpy
Glenwood Tribune
Millscouty
Peter A. Sarpy
Sarpy
Missouri River
Redskins
Mills County
Bin
Horace
Gilbert Cheney
Emerson
Oitenwood
Tribune
Saroy
Jack Ganley
Ganley
Canley
Glenwood
James Irely
Tastings
Old Pacific
Long Pacific Hill
Death of Lyman Kildow in Plattsmouth
Lyman Kildow died Friday shortly after seven at his home after a ten day illness. He was born January 2, 1842 in Illinois and moved to Plattsmouth in 1880. He married Emiline Conant in 1841 and left no children. Survived by wife, one sister Mrs John Smith of Connell Bluffs Iowa, and three brothers Elias Thomas and John. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at the Methodist church with Woodmen of the World and Eagles rites.
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Laman Kildow
Morteine
Tillabis
The
Woodmen of the World
Aerie of Eagles
Lincoln News reports 71 autos statewide with 480 in smaller towns
The Lincoln News notes 71 automobiles statewide after deductions for Omaha and Lincoln. Most are in central and western towns like Grand Island and Holdrege, with Plattsmouth and Nebraska City hosting few. Weathered roads may drive purchases. the first freight truck is registered locally. A Louisville company forms Louisville Stone Co. with Pon Parmele as president and George Wood as secretary. Missouri Pacific plans a switch to the quarry. machinery will dress stone. John Boetel and family visit after his bridge-work accident in Grand Island. his right hand and a toe were injured, forcing weeks of recovery.
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Lincoln News
Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
Holdrege
Kearney
Plattsmouth
Nebraska City
Louisville
Oniatia Bee
Louisville Stone Company
Billy Pon Parmele
George H. Wood
Treasury
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
John Boetel
Burlington
John
Jon
Life Pills Promise Quick Release and Vigor
Decrease in the same ratio that the use of Dr. King's new Life Pills in creases. They save you from danger and bring quick and painless release from constipation and the ill growing out of it. Strength and vigor always follow their use. Guaranteed by F. G. Fricke & Co., druggists.
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Dr. King
F. G. Fricke & Co
Pension Deserter Law Divides Benefit Between Wife
The act of Congress of March 3, 1899 directs that if a soldier deserts his wife for six months or more and leaves her dependent, one half of his pension is paid to her on proof of desertion. It also states that one half of pension from a soldier in a home goes to the wife unless she is in the home.
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Fanny Gilliland
Missouri Bottom
St. Mary
Sarpy
Fanny
Redskin
National Tribune
Congress
Journal declines to publish anonymous tax payer letter
The Journal reports it will not print a communication titled Lawlessness signed Tax-payer without the author’s full name. The paper cites policy and refuses to carry the letter in its columns.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Warns Against Imitations
Foley Co Chicago markets Foley’s Honey and Tar as a trusted throat remedy. The ad warns against cheap imitations with similar names and urges customers to demand the genuine product in a yellow package, sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. and A. T. Fried.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley’s
F. G. Fricke & Co
A. T. Fried
Fremont Commercial Club Banquet Highlights City Growth
Fremont business leaders gathered for their annual Commercial Club banquet praising the city’s growth. The group pledged renewed effort for Fremont’s development, urging harmony and neighborliness to sustain prosperity through the coming year.
A Visit From An Old Friend
The Journal family welcomed Frank C. Cross now of Kansas City Missouri who stopped by Thursday. They first met Cross at Grant City twenty five years ago and last saw him fifteen years ago. He was once a railway mail clerk and in the past nine years has traveled for a wholesale hardware house, visiting Plattsmouth annually. He learned while at the Portland exposition last year that the paper is still published. He recalls old times in Grant City with glee.
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Journal
Frank C. Cross
Kansas City
Mr. Cross
Grant City
E. S. Garver
Missouri
Worth County Times
Frank
Nebraska Delegation Lets Judicial Division Bill Die
Washington dispatch reports the judiciary division bill is dead for the current Congress. With many important matters before Nebraska’s delegation the bill will rest in the house judiciary committee until the short session.
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The
Bee
Washington
Judicial Division
Congress
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
House
Elmwood Groom and Greenwood Bride Wed in Council Bluffs
Mr Charles Yoken of Elmwood Nebraska and Miss Eva Helms of Greenwood Nebraska were married last evening at the parsonage of Rev W B Clemmer in Council Bluffs Iowa. Both gave thirty years as their ages.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lincoln Journal
Charles Yoken
Elmwood
Neb
Eva Helms
Greenwood
W. B. Clemmer
Kodol for Dyspepsia Promises Digestive Relief
Advertises Kodol for Dyspepsia as a remedy for chronic indigestion. Claims to enable digestion, repair digestive organs, and restore vitality by “digesting what you eat.” Mentions relief from digestive disorders and improved well being. Sold by F. Fricke & Co. and Gering & Co.
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Fricke & Co
Gering & Co
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Buck’s
Bank of Cass County Capital
Pfickies Chas, C
Parmelo
Pres
Tritech
P Pal Patterson
Diss
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Aarl
J. O. Bruce
Perkins Hotel
Eral Supply
Hayden
Loth and Hiayden Bros
E.G. Fricke & Co
Our City
Egenberger
Plattsmouth Coal Yards
Third and Main Streets
Bell
Platts
Todd Adamson
Lyman Kildow
Phattamouth
Foley
Scott
Samme
Fremont Daily Tribune
Commercial Club
Rement
Fremont
Hesten
Mabtanouth
Abely Dormat State
Jord
Mrenent
Mortimouth
Merghant
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