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Plattsmouth Journal

Location

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1925

Page

4

Local residents handle corn and cattle trade in Union area

Union Department residents report corn shelling deliveries by Clifton B Smith Henry O Donnel and James Franks with MacCarthey and Strum elevator involvement. Cattle moved to South Omaha stockyards by Henry Becker while Miss Edith Meade attends Union Schools and other locals assist in farming and logging tasks.

Clifton B. Smith Plattsmouth Henry O'Donnel William Kropp Wyoming McCarthey and Sturm Car! Balfour Nehawka Union Eugene Austin Rev Whambler James FH. Frans Fred Yost MacCarthey and Strum Roy Ray Becker Henry H. Becker South Omaha Fred Fittman R. M. Taylor H. M. O'Dell Nehawkes Des Moines Mont Bebb Omaha Missouri Pacific Railway Fred Hanni John Armstrong Tunion Scot Earl Merritt Nebraska City Henry Shumaker Will Shumaker Avi Ray Feeus Fair Play Fred Clark Joes Tiveart H. H. Becker Murray John Hobscheidt A. L. Becker Flemming W. Robb Robb

Union Has a New General Store Opens by A L Becker

A L Becker opened a general store in Union last Saturday in a long vacant building formerly used by Mrs Mabel E Reynolds. Becker, popularly nicknamed Honest Abe, is known across the region for his integrity. His formal announcement appears in another column.

Union A. L. Becker Mabel E. Reynolds Becker Abe

Baptist Home Coming Sunday Celebration Planned

The Baptist Church schedules a home coming on Sunday November 1 with a拓 good program. An invitation is extended to all church members to attend and make it a red letter day with a enjoyable program and fellowship.

Baptist Baptist Church

Ku Klux Klan Presents Bible and Flag to Union School

During a church reception for Union school teachers and the Methodist minister about fifty Klan members entered unannounced and donated a pulpit Bible valued at about thirty dollars and presented a Bible school flag to the Union schools, then departed without revealing their identities.

Ku Klux Klan Union Schools Bible School Union

P T A Meeting Teaches Work Of the Association

At the last meeting in Union a Auburn state secretary Mrs J A Sterms spoke on Work of the P T A She praised the address but lamented sparse attendance The meeting adjourned to Thursday night Oct 29 hoping more parents attend for lectures and benefit

Parenthich Union J. A. Sterms Auburn Parent-Teacher's Association

October Birthdays in Union List Thirteen Names

A list of thirteen residents born in October including Ben F. Hoback from Missouri and several Nebraskans such as Derwood Lynde and the Upton sisters, with scattered entries from Ohio Virginia Nebraska and dates ranging October 8 to October 30 in various years. Some entries contain partial or unclear dates.

Union Ben F. Hoback Brambler Ohio Creed F. Harris Prank Bauer Jesse RR. Dysart G. Ward Kinnison Milda Kinnison Sara Upton

Union Forms Its Own Safety Society With Odd Tools

A new Union safety group is organized to protect residents by taming unruly cows with knobs on horns. It includes an engineer a business manager and a mechanic armed with only a monkey wrench. Further information can be obtained by contacting any member.

Union

Train Time Changes Announced By Missouri Pacific

Missouri Pacific announces new passenger schedules effective November 1 with shortened running times. No 104 leaves Omaha at 8 10 a m to Kansas City 2 25 p m. No 105 dep Kansas City 11 45 p m arrives Omaha 7 15 a m. No 106 leaves Omaha 11 45 p m arrives Kansas City 7 15 a m. No 167 leaves Kansas City 1 55 p m arrives Omaha 3 10 p m, cutting 10 minutes. Sleeper handling and Florida travel transfers added for through service Omaha to St Louis to Florida.

Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis Omaha Kansas City Florida Baldwin Road

Inauguration of KC Gateway Through Service to St Louis

The article notes the inauguration of an additional through service via the Kansas City gateway and across the Missouri Pacific lines to St Louis. This new route expands rail connections between Kansas City and St Louis, signaling improved regional transportation.

Kansas City Gateway Missouri Pacific St. Louis

Buyers May Get Benefit of Lower Prices

Washington oct 24 promise by auto manufacturers to pass on to buyers the full relief from a 10.6 million annual federal tax was pledged to the house ways and means committee. industry reps urged repeal of levies on autos trucks tires and accessories with pledges to lower purchase bills and prices for cigars and theater tickets.

Washington House Ways and Means Committee National Automobile Chamber of Commerce Mellon Mr. Mellon Tobacco Merchants’ Association of the United States Charles Duskind New York Treasury Treadway Massachusetts George C. Graham Cleveland Graham Oscar Brown Syracuse N. Y American Automobile Association

Cass County News Roundup In Daily Journal

Cass county briefs recap local happenings across communities. Highlights include municipal updates, school notices, minor crimes, and community events shaping the week’s civic pulse.

Ancient Prison Unearthed Beneath Richmond Streets

Relics of a subterranean prison were found at Twenty second and Cary Streets in Richmond Virginia. Excavators uncovered a corridor and three dungeons with massive iron gates and thick cell doors from ancient hillside construction predating the county jail built in 1752. Relics show heavy metal fittings and unknown uses but good preservation despite long burial. Samuel P. Waddill, longtime Henrico Circuit Court clerk, noted no records mention underground chambers in county archives.

Richmond Twenty-second Cary Samuel P. Waddill Henrico Court House Waddill

Minority holders protest merger involving Nickel Plate project

Minority stockholders of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway challenged the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A Hocking Valley group followed, with Dr. Lewis H. Haney testifying that 80 percent of Hocking Valley stock owned by C and O should be valued at 180 dollars per share for merger purposes. He argued the system linkage adds value to the combined entities.

Washington Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad van Sweringen Interstate Commerce Commission Hocking Valley E. C. Bailey Lewis H. Haney Bureau of Business Research of New York

Order of Hearing on Settlement of Minor Estate

In Cass County Nebraska the County Court orders Marl B. Kivett to appear November 17 1925 at 10 a m to show cause why final settlement of her account for James Kivett Bessie Kivett and Marvin Kivett should not be granted. Notice by three weekly issues of Plattsmouth Journal. Signed October 27 1925 by County Judge A H Duxbury.

Cass County Nebraska James Kivett Bessie Kivett Marvin Kivett Marl B. Kivett Plattsmouth

Publication Notice to Creditors in Bankruptcy Case 1065

In the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska Lincoln Division Maurice J Hughes bankrupt Case No 1065 voluntary petition filed October 27 1925 at 501 Securities Building Omaha Douglas County Nebraska before B H Dunham Referee in Bankruptcy discharge sought with application filed April 16 1925 court sets November 30 1925 as deadline to oppose discharge in writing with grounds of opposition due within ten days. Witness dated October 27 1925.

District Court of the United States District of Nebraska Lincoln Maurice J. Hughes Securities Building Omaha Douglas County Nebraska B. H. Dunham

Wild Horses to Be Made Into Soap in Northwest

Thousands of wild horses in the Pacific northwest will be rounded up and rendered into soap and fertilizer at a new Portland factory set to open in about a month. Humane society officials welcome the project as a solution to range damage and disease spread by the herds.

Portland Ore Pacific Northwest Humane Society Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Nevada Northwest

Apples and Potatoes Unloading Friday and Saturday

Uunloading Friday and Saturday in New York Baldwin apples sold bulk at 1.85 per bushel, hand picked and sprayed for winter keepers. Also in Minnesota potatoes offered by Johnson Dros of Neb. City.

New York

Mrs Hallahan Visits St Catherine’s Hospital in Omaha

Miss Margaret Hallahan left for Omaha this morning to visit Monsignor M A Shine at St Catherine's Hospital where he is receiving treatment for an illness spanning several months.

Margaret Hallahan Omaha St. Catherine’s Hospital M. A. Shine

Also Mentioned on This Page

Union Department Rock Island Bruce Wolfe Union, Nebraska Winiard Joe Lanning Lower Main Street Atwater Kent L. A. Upton Hardware and Furniture Martha E. Upton Neb Eagles Eagles’ Hall Plattsmouth, Nebraska Eagles Hall Gy Stafford Red Hot Orchestra Richmond Diggers A. H. Duxbury Iginton Carly Carter Nashua Che F Soennichsen Co H. M. Soennichsen Store of Big Values
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