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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
3
A collection of satirical quips and light remark items touching on fashion, travel mishaps, curious forecasts, and social snaps. Highlights include a couple stranded on a Pacific island, a joke about alimony, and ideas about gas from home orchards.
A northern newspaper quotes a provocative remark claiming that carrying out a death sentence would ensure the condemned man commits no more crimes. The piece questions the logic and meaning of the statement as absurd. Notably, no verification of the source is provided.
A collage of humorous observations and anecdotes ranges from tax warnings to fashion, politics, and international politics. It notes odd beliefs about death and growth, aviation oils from locusts, and a snowstorm in Chili, blending satire with everyday trivia.
The New York Times declares the mayor finished with a hope for brighter days ahead for Gotham, praising its coverage yet criticizing its English clarity and readability. The piece frames the primary result as lifting a political burden on the city and signals a shift in its fortunes.
Glenn Frank argues in Century Magazine that a literature of despair misleads Americans about their real life. He cites fiction that imagines ruin while ignoring the conservative core of American family life and progress. He urges a literature of optimism that highlights positive developments and reframes the national outlook.
The piece portrays Henry Ford as a philosopher of generalized optimism predicting prosperity over a millennium with ups and downs. It praises service over profits and notes a Boston Globe quote error about a ship’s speed, highlighting reporter misconceptions about nautical terms.
Evasive talk hints at a plan to curb crime by surrendering banks to bandits. The proposed move appears to aim at stopping a wave of robberies, with financiers pressing for a quick, decisive resolution.
A number of men earned steady income by resembling Abraham Lincoln. Others without the likeness have fared well by impersonating him as closely as possible, leveraging their resemblance for income.
The State of Nebraska Cass county in the County Court notifies creditors to file claims against Ida Grace Tritsch, deceased. Hearings to receive and examine claims will be held October 26, 1925 and January 27, 1926 at 10 o clock a m. Time to present claims ends three months from October 26 1925. Debts must be paid within one year from October 26 1925. County Judge A H Duxbury signs the notice.
The intendment of a sheriff sale is announced by Sheriff E P Stewart of Cass County Nebraska. Plaintiff’s attorney A Tn Tidd is cited in the notice.
A traffic action is issued when a vehicle operates with no headlight and the driver appears illuminated. The incident highlights enforcement of night driving rules and vehicle equipment standards.
Court in Cass County Nebraska sets hearing for October 12 1925 on Amelia Fitzpatrick petition to admit Philomena Neff will to probate Rae F Patterson named administrator with will annexed Published in Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks prior to hearing to inform interested parties.
The notices describe a foreclosure sale of Lots 9 and 10 in Block 9 South Park Addition Plattsmouth Cass county Nebraska to satisfy a judgement by Livingston Loan and Building Association. Also Court action to quiet title against defendants including Ruffner Smith Gullion heirs on Lots 15 16 17 NW SW Section 7 Township 12 Range 14 Plattsmouth Neb and a corporation incorporation for Peters Grain Company Greenwood Cass county with capital stock 15000 dollars and board of 3 to 5 officers.
In the Cass County Nebraska district court the administrator of the William S Schwab estate is authorized to sell at public auction the northwest quarter of section 33 township 11 range 14 east of the 6th P M and listed city lots in Plattsmouth. The sale to take place October 12 1925 at 10 am at the south door of the Cass County Courthouse Plattsmouth with one hour open for bids.
Chattel mortgage details dated February 16 1925 filed March 2 1925 in Cass Nebraska show $382.12 due. Property includes hotel ware tables cash register and restaurant equipment in the west half of Lot 9 Block 29 Plattsmouth. sale to highest cash bidder Sunday October 1925 at 11am to satisfy mortgage lease light bill and costs totaling 502.08. W M Barclay mortgagee and lessor.
The document records notaries N W Elmelund and A P Murtagh acknowledging signers FE Peters J Rex Peters and F Liles as incorporators. It notes the September 1925 meeting where the Articles of Incorporation were adopted in Nebraska Douglas County with Peters as president and Liles as secretary.
The County Court at Plattsmouth will sit on October 12 1925 and January 12 1926 at ten o'clock to examine all claims against the estate of Henriette N Halmes deceased. Time limit for payment of debts is one year from October 13 1925. Dated September 15 1924. County Judge.
In the matter of the estate of William H Newell deceased you are hereby notified that I will file in Plattsmouth in said county on October 26 1925 and on January 27 1926 the time limited for said claim in the County Court this 28th day of October 1925
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