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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1925
Page
5
Local residents visit Weeping Water for the county fair and attend events at Murdock, Lincoln, and Omaha. Families discuss farm work and cattle care, while cautionary notes urge drivers to stop for railroad crossings to protect schoolchildren.
Louis Hornbeck and family from Lincoln spent a Sunday at King Hill near the Missouri River. They picnicked along the banks, saw over a hundred fish, and plan to return for another fishing trip during a future vacation week.
The Rock Island railway pushes safety as a national priority urging pedestrians to stop look and listen before crossing tracks. The piece argues life and death depend on cautious crossing and fault for accidents remains unsettled.
Evangelist Baulingles of St. Paul Minnesota conducts meetings at a tent on the former Murdock school ground. By Thursday evening the four day effort had 24 conversions and growing interest as the revival continues.
Otto Miller who bought a farm west of Ashland for about thirteen thousand dollars sold it last Thursday for eighteen thousand. The sale nets a five thousand dollar profit, reflecting efficient land use relative to investment and interest costs.
Louisville church holds services at 9 20 a m with Bible school at 10 a m at Louisville and Murdock. Murdock English service 11 00 to 11 30 and German 11 30 to 12 00. Young People meeting at 7 p m and evening preaching at 7 30.
Harry V McDonald Jerry E McHugh Lacey McDonald Art Tool and Henry A Tool returned from a two week northwest fishing and hunting trip. They reported no fish caught but gave away a portion and returned 225 to share with friends. Beaver Lake is described as a mile and a quarter long by half a mile wide.
Mr and Mrs C J Pothast visited Lincoln last Thursday and attended an insurance men banquet. He was chosen to attend a ten day life insurance school in Lafayette Indiana with all expenses paid. He has written over one hundred thousand dollars in life insurance this season and tops his territory.
The Murdock school ball team showed sharp play on Thursday and sought a challenge against local businessmen. Former standout E. W. Thimgan, still capable, helped organize a match with a group of ex-players to test the team’s refined style.
The playing squad gathered for a tryout last Thursday at the school grounds. Under Mr Thimgan, the businessmen defeated the younger lads by six to four, in a lively match.
Last Thursday a group of business men joined the school team for an exhibition game. Players included Lacey McDonald and Homer H. Lawton among others, while the school lineup featured Lester Thimgan, Bryan McDonald, Louis Wendt, and Averal Kroh with John Kruger and Professor Blum as umpires.
Elmwood voters see main streets graveling with four inch thickness. Work includes grading curb and guttering. business blocks full width, residential narrowed for traffic. Plan covers sixteen blocks across tracks east of Caveill and Clapp, with intersection square paved.
George H. Wood, a former bank employee and noted rapid calculator, visited Nebraska City to seek a public demonstration with the board of education. He recently gave a radio demonstration and a Sidney, Iowa session, claiming to teach a normal child to add a column of figures in half the usual time within two hours.
Washington dispatch notes the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe filed a protest with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Chicago Rock Island and Pacific’s plan to build a Liberal Kansas to Amarillo Texas line. Santa Fe argues the route is unnecessary and would siphon traffic, increasing Amarillo to Chicago distance to 1075 miles versus 985 via Santa Fe.
A Bates Book Store advertises discounts on school supplies aimed at helping families cut costs before the new term. The notice emphasizes affordable notebooks, pens, and backpacks for students and teachers.
New York reporting that the United States Brewers Association announced an open effort to legalize 2.75 percent beer and to enlist civic temperance groups in permitting non intoxicating malt beverages. Levi Cook and Wayne Wheeler discussed possible compromises while Wheeler kept doors open for talks. Also notes a New York City prohibition administrator shakeup with Lincoln Andrews naming likely appointee and Foster departing, plus a bootlegging ring discovered in the Knickerbocker building with 13 members jailed and funds deposited in a city bank.
Reports from Norcatur say the Oberlin branch drill reached 3,760 feet with oil indications but not enough flow to pay. Crowds gathered weekly as work paused, with hints of a possible second test hole though no firm plans announced by the company.
The report notes a surge in business as crowds gathered amid a strike, driving higher activity and activity levels for local shops and vendors.
Agricultural conditions on Bureau of Reclamation irrigation projects are mostly favorable. Arizona California and Colorado report good crops on irrigated land. Idaho and Montana show grain and sugar beets strong. Shoshone Wyoming reports best potato yield since the war. Wahimea Washington ships crop value 33 500 000 in first 25 days. Government to defend reclamation policy and Congress to receive a full report. Farmers will not receive payment suspensions due to low prices under current law. A 20 year program seeks to improve fertility production and water supply and address nonproductive lands.
Mitchel left St. Louis for Washington to tell President Coolidge's committee his views on the air forces. After a four hour stopover from Muskogee he refused to discuss the investigation. When asked if he dreaded appearing before the panel he answered with a brisk Piffle.
The state bank guaranty commission closed a two days meeting re electing officers. Secretary Van E Peterson and general counsel C M Skiles kept pay raises to 6500 and 4200 respectively. E J Dempster named vice chairman with secretary Kirk Griggs remains chairman. Former secretary Knudson resigns as receiver of the American State Bank of Lincoln. Vice Chairman Dempster appointed as receiver.
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