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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1925
Page
5
Murdock residents and visitors filled the week with business trips and social calls to Lincoln Omaha and Plattsmouth. Local events include church programs, a missionary fundraising, a rabbit hunt, beef and hog shipments, and a tense potato shipment episode of disputed pricing.
Members of the gang gathered at Henry Amgwert's home last Tuesday to enjoy oysters. Bud cooked and entertained the group, with all members aware of the gathering for the good of the order.
Mrs. Harry V. McDonald and Miss Viola Everett were in Omaha last Saturday making reservations for the Woodman Excursion trip to New Orleans leaving Omaha on November 7. The journey will recall last summer and carry them into the coming season.
The postmaster offers to help readers save money on all papers magazines and periodicals printed. He can accommodate requests and reduce trouble by handling subscriptions at the post office.
Five burglars sentenced to three to five years escaped from the Washington county jail in Blair Nebraska after over powering Sheriff Mehrens. They fled after binding the officer and were last seen near Desoto en route toward Omaha.
Detroit October meeting saw Mrs Philip North Moore of St. Louis preside as Governor Groesbeck welcomed delegates. Moore outlined the councils aim to unite 40 national women's organizations toward advancing human welfare in social political and educational fields.
Chicago and Cody family members formed the Cody kin group to pursue permission to move William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill. They want to rebury him in Cody Wyoming where his grave at Lookout Mountain Denver is a cherished shrine.
The Journal office offers printing services for all business forms including invoices letters receipts ledgers and envelopes with quick turnaround and reliable quality for local businesses.
Mrs. A. M. Gray of Thurston Hotel in Columbus is noted as a devoted Nebraska football fan. She attends every Cornhuskers game in Lincoln since 1923 and also supports Columbus high school games, often bringing family and friends along on trips to Lincoln. Her son Arthur Gravy, a former university student, usually joins her.
Five convicted burglars who overpowered Sheriff Mehrens and fled Blair Nebraska last night have been captured and returned to jail. John Simons eighteen and Harold Allen twenty surrendered due to cold. Leu Cook twenty three led the escape, nabbed near Tekamah. George J Carlton twenty four and William Lithall nineteen are believed in custody at Missouri Valley Iowa. Sheriff Mehrens travels to verify. All youths hail from Minot North Dakota and confessed to fifteen robberies across midwestern states.
Omaha reports a potato shortage as cold weather ruined much of the crop. Robert Smith says 50 percent of Box Butte county potatoes were in the ground by October 10 with 25 percent frozen. Arthur Trimble estimates thirty percent of this year’s crop is underground and ruined by the freeze.
The Wintersteen Hill School District Parent Teachers Association met at the schoolhouse with several mothers present. Nurse Miss McNair spoke on city school health work as the group began reading The Child: His Nature and His Needs by M V O Shea. Reports on chapter one and book introduction were given and plans made for a pie supper later this month with announcements forthcoming.
A Woodmen of the World trip departing Omaha on November 7 will tour the south for a week visiting St. Louis Memphis New Orleans Houston Little Rock and Hot Springs. Plattsmouth women including Miss Verna Leonard Mrs J A Donelan Mrs Edna Shannon Miss Alpha Peterson Mrs Minnie Pickard and Miss Margaret Scotten will join the travel.
Washington reports 41 air mail fatalities and 194 injuries since 1918 the first year of service. Of the dead 30 were pilots and nine postal workers riding with them. two employes died at fields by propellers. Mail planes have flown 9 008 395 miles carrying 261 987 120 pieces of mail, averaging one fatality per 264 000 miles.
Paris Oct 30 The League of Nations strengthens internationalism by resolving the Greece Bulgaria crisis and advancing the premise that war must cease. Greece and Bulgaria agreed to submit to council mediation, setting a precedent and signaling broader European unity under League oversight. Viscount Ishii suggested security pacts may spread, potentially linking Pacific and global interests. Acommission will study Greek occupation and report at the December council meeting. Briand praised the league and honored Wilson Bourgeois.
George Coryell of Lincoln was re elected president of the Nebraska independent oil men’s association at Omaha. Bert Watson of Albion became vice president and C M Sutherland of Lincoln continued as secretary treasurer. Directors named include G A Steele Omaha W W Watson Norfolk A W Kiefer York W F Wood Haigler F R Linderman Central City and R C Schultz Scribner. Resolutions opposed any increase in the state gasoline tax.
The University of Chicago forms an affiliated Germanic group in Chicago to promote study of modern languages and literatures. Leading representatives of Germanic nationalities join to support bridging old world traditions with new world culture.
An editorial stresses the Red Cross as a democratic agency aiding suffering humanity and highlights its national role made possible by annual membership drives and more than three million dues paying members.
Rome, Oct 27. Mussolini proclaims the third anniversary of the fascist government. He says the semi liberal regime is buried and fascist ranks are compact and ready for sacrifice as in 1922. The Italian people offer orderly support to the racist government.
Oscar Hanson president of the first National Bank of Wahoo and guardian of Levi Keiser opposed county court approving $5000 in attorney fees charged against the Keiser estate. He argued the fees should be paid by Harry Keiser Levi's son who hired the attorneys.
A New Jersey traffic policeman directs John D to Terrytown and John D replies with seven bright new dimes. The puzzle notes that if the dimes compound semi annually for 500 years, the cop would become richer than John.
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