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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1925
Page
4
Greenwood and Lincoln residents attend the state fair visitors from Greenwood include Miss Thelma Birdsell Volette Caffee and Miss Frances Carr. Cedric Walradt Alonzo Clymer and others take local jobs and attend church funerals. Grand Army veteran D J Heenshell suffers paralysis. five members remain in Greenwood post.
Workmen rivet the storage tank to supply pressure as the village of Greenwood advances its water system. Completion of mains and laterals follows the tank work in the project timeline.
Huntsmen of Greenwood and nearby areas gather as the hunting season starts. The old fuzee is cleaned and polished for the annual chase.
Large crowd gathered at Capital Beach in Linesin for a Ku Klan Klux conclave last Friday evening. A notable fireworks display accompanied the event drawing many residents and onlookers.
We We Need That Hill G W Holt and wife and Wm L Godwin and wife who were in the West together returned last Sunday and report a wonderful time. They visited long in the west and saw its wonders. Godwin was most impressed by magnet hill and tested it himself. He says a car will run up hill without gas and with engine not working, but going down requires the engine.
The speaker notes gas use and hills could ease Nebraska road grades but prefers staying in Nebraska. Observes California suggesting changes while affirming attachment to local state.
The Peters Grain company led by Rex Peters and his father along with Midwest Grain of Omaha purchases the Farmers elevator. The judge approved the acquisition and Rex Peters will manage the operation after resigning his prior post with the Farmers Union.
Rex Peters resigned as manager of the Farmers Union elevator. The board elected Emmett A. Landon as the new elevator manager. Landon has grain business experience and a record of good service.
The First National Bank of Greenwood board met last Friday afternoon to consider routine matters. They were well pleased with the bank’s condition and found all aspects in fine shape.
H A Atkinson of the Georgia Railway and Power company urged Athens students to apply scientific methods to farming. He listed benefits from electricity on farms, including greater production, less drudgery, and happier country life, and urged young farmers to vote for prudent taxes and wise leaders.
Washington observers debate Augustus Waters still waters play about a US senator who votes one way and drinks another. G C Hinckley lauds the drama as addressing corruption in prohibition while Warne B Wheeler calls it propaganda and predicts it will fail.
A local sale advertises furniture and rugs from good homes at deep discounts. Items include a Scha m zwe r? Schmoeller & Mueller piano, a player piano, phonograph, oak duofolds, library tables, rugs, dressers, kitchen cabinets, dining room suites, and multiple ranges and stoves with substantial markdowns. Cash discounts highlighted.
Washington reports Commander John Rodgers, who was rescued after nine days afloat in the mid-Pacific, has been appointed assistant chief of the navy’s bureau of aeronautics. He will move to Washington to assume the new post while retaining his rank and pay for the time being.
Dr. Heber D. Curtis of the Allegheny Observatory leads a scientific expedition to Sumatra from San Francisco via Shanghai to study a three minute eclipse of the sun on January 14. Swarthmore College scientists join the party, which sails September 26 and spends two months setting up and testing equipment.
Investment bankers urged special treatment for Northwest railroads at a freight hearing in Chicago. T. A. Hamilton backed a new intermountain district with higher rates, while Santa Fe official P. P. Hastings and Rock Island VP Stanley Johnson opposed redefining western districts and cited existing boundaries set in 1920. Grenville Clark announced security holders would seek a 5 percent rise for western carriers and more for Northwestern lines, noting security values surged from 193 million to 247.5 million in days.
Carl Magee Albuquerque editor pleads not guilty at arraignment in East Las Vegas to murder related to John B. Lasetter’s death at the Meadows hotel on August 21. He is bound over to await grand jury action on $10,000 bond and resigns as chairman of the state insane asylum board citing family safety concerns.
In Chillicothe Ohio on September 10 thousands of pearls of large size and vivid color were uncovered with remains of four mound builders in the Pricer mound of the Seip group at Bainbridge. Curator Harry C Sherrone called the find the burial of pearls and said the four occupants were high ranking among Ohio’s ancient inhabitants. Some pearls are as large as small hickory nuts. It is the largest such grave discovery to date.
Zeigfeld examined 500 or more English girls and found only one of Folies caliber. He adds that critics who claimed England was past its prime will find confirmation in this assessment.
German dirigible expert Captain An ton Heinen sent a telegram to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur asserting that reducing the safety valve system from eighteen to eight valves caused the Shenandoah disaster and denying any truth to the gas bags staying intact when the ship broke up. Heinen responded to Navy Secretary Daniels statement that the accident was not due to the valve change and that the Shenandoah hit a sudden line squall or small tornado.
Lincoln Neb Sept 11 the Nebraska state fair ended after five days with a 267581 attendance, the biggest since 1920. Friday brought 39919. Douglas county led in county competition with Otto Pfeiffer’s display scoring 1461.8 points and 438.54 in prizes.
Geneva dispatch reports Austen Chamberlain favoring a small conference for a security pact with Germany. He hopes Italy attends. The invitation letter is not sent yet though terms are agreed with Briand and Vandervelde. Time and place unsettled. Evacuation of Cologne bridgehead hinges on German disarmament met.
Washington officials warned the public about a counterfeit five dollar Federal Reserve note bearing Lincoln with irregular chin whiskers and a distorted eye portrait. The note is described as a well executed photo mechanical production on a single paper sheet without silk thread security features.
Bates Book Store advertises school supplies at the lowest prices available. The notice highlights affordable notebooks pencils rulers and backpacks for students and families preparing for the new term.
For sale a six room house partially modern with inquiry at 610 Gold street. Contact John H. McMullen at 814-21w. age 94, father of Governor Adam McMullen, one of the oldest Oddfellows in the state and likely in the United States, not expected to live.
Court orders heirs and interested parties to appear September 21 1925 at 10 A M for final settlement of Robert B Windham estate filed September 14 1925. Publication of notice in Plattsmouth Journal for one week prior to hearing.
By virtue of a February 16 1925 chattel mortgage and a February 16 1925 lease in Cass County Nebraska W M Barclay mortgagee and E B Breck mortgagor announce sale of restaurant furnishings on the west half of Lot 9 Block 29 Plattsmouth at 11 oclock a m October 8 1925 to satisfy the mortgage lease gas bill costs and attorney fees totaling 502 08.
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