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The Washington times., 1918-12-17
Silver Plated
Christmas Gifts

A list of gifts which is sure of
making lucky recipients hap
py, for silver is one thing
which all discriminating wom-
en- appreciate. And the
prices are exceptionally low,
too.
$3.50 silver-plated Flower Baskets,
s2se.
SIlver-plated candlesticks. sse.
Silver-plated Bread Trays, with
fiuted edges, gold lined, CSC.
siIver-plated Knives and Forks.
S2.45.
Sterling top Salt and Pepper shak-
ers, 55e.
silver-plated Sandwich Trays. s4ss.
sIlver-plated Flower Vases. s4.ss.
silver-plated Bon Bon Dishes. sse.
First Floor. Lansburgh & Bro.
The Washington times., 1918-12-17
We've Plenty of SaIeSpeopIe

e have made an extra effort to have "a sales
force that could take care of any crowd that
might come to our store. And, we have sue
ceeded We have been, complimented time
and time again for the promptness and. eff
cheney of our salespeople during this very
busy shopping season.
The Washington times., 1918-12-17
Many a Gift Possibil-
ity In This Lot

Items folks would appreciate
nightly to find in the toe of
the Christmas stocking.
Djerkiss Combined Sets, consisting
of toilet water, tale and extract.
At $325 and $3.50.
Hubigant's Extract, nicely boxed,
S3.S5.
Hudnut's Extract, nicely boxed,
S100.
Colgate's Combined Comforts. 5jc.
Colgate's Petite Perfumes for the
the children, 4Oc.
Col"ate's Extract, nicely boxed.
Acc TO S3.C0.
Mavis Toilet Water, nicely boxed,
SIPS.
First Floor. LansburGh & Bro.
The Washington times., 1918-12-17
Pretty Silver Gifts
Also Some of Gold

Gold-plated penknives, guaranteed
5 years, sI.s4
Mems sterling silver belt buckles.
e1.50.
Mems aII-lsathsr belts In an
sizes, 7Se.
silver-plated cigarette cases IN
plain or engraved designs, s7.s3
First Floor. LAnsburgh 4 Bro.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Forgets His
Patriotism

Tom Brown, clerk for local draft
board No. 3, is trap-drummer of
considerable local fame, and, as such
is a regular member in good stand
ing of the Omaha Musicians union.
One day Thomas was chatting
with a number of musician friends
when one of them casually inquired
his reason for toiling for the draft
board as we'll as playing in an or
chestra at night.
20, just patriotism" drawled
Thomas, loftily, and then he switch
ed the conversation into other chan
nels.
Some days later, Tom in his haste
to arrive at the Office promptly on
time, left the room rather hurriedly,
neglecting as he did so to take his
monthly check for services which a
few moments before he had laid on
a bureaus,
ooh, Tom! shouted Kenneth E.
Nash, brother musician and Toms
roommate, as he held out the ne
elected check, you forgot your
patriotism"
At least this is the way Henry
F. Meyers tells the story and as
Henry is Toms boss, he can't
deny it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
B44mE6l(8! a I:

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS.
every morning take a run fol-
lowed by shower BATH" says a
writer, telling of his physical train
ing.
Tourists.
We were out driving in the
Chandler and turned off to a road
half a mile south for short dis
lance, returning then to the main
road. "We just made a detour," said
our companion, giving the real high
brow pronunciation, "day-tour."
Right away we replied, eyes, we are
making a day tour now but after
dark it'll be night tour" Buy
Liberty bonds.
Imagination.
First National Bank building al
ways reminds us of a tall man with
out any hat on. It's the lack of a
cornice that does it.
Think.
It's a good thing to have lots Of
pep" However, some people are
full of pep but don't direct it in an
advantageous direction. And, like
the pepful revolving door, they
never get anywhere"
Confusing.
When the war is over and the
boys come home and get into civil
ian clothes again it's going to be
mighty hard to remember whether to
greet 'em as Lieutenant" or Cap"
or Major" or Ensign" or Ser
gcant" or just plain Bill"
PROGRESS.
Private dispatches over our
leased cable from our Swedish cor
respondent state that a movement
is on foot to put infammable wood
into Swedish safety matches.
CHECK UP ON THIS.
Have you noticed the name Of
the register of the treasury on your
Liberty bond-Houston B. Teehee
And yet, the Liberty loan is not a
laughing matter.
Envy.
Can this be envy, this strange de-
sire to give a swift kick to beautiful
Francis X. Bushman when we see
him in all his beauty in the movies?
CHINK.
How would you like to be Nebra
Skan and an Oma Han. Separating
the words that way makes it look a
lot different, doesn't it?
PARDON.
We really had to laugh when we
saw a man at Sixteenth and Howard
t'other day, drop bag of potatoes
and they rolled all over the side
walk.
Repartee.
Don't give mock salute when
you see your friend for the first
time in uniform. That is considered
second-rate humor nowadays. 1t is
better to ask him if he is working
for a commission in the kitchen
police or inquire whether he belongs
to the horse marines
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

told the people to avoid crowds
and 100000 of us have obeyed these
directions as best we can despite
our gregariousness. Yet they don't
tell us why so many soldiers and
sailors. young men of full vitality,
with the best of habits, surrounded
by sanitary safeguards and living
so much out of doors, seem to be
subject and yield so easily to this
disease.
Days Of Forefathers.
The closing order, which brought
Omaha to a realization, in the past
week, of how our forefathers lived
when there was a poverty of amuse-
ments-no theaters,>no moving pic
lures, no cabarets, no dance halls
and no artificial indoor allurements.
1t recalls the ancient days when
there was no white way" no bright
lights to seduce the populace to
the main city streets for amuse-
ment and sometimes blase' boredom.
This unique condition has brought
about a recrudescense of the sweet,
old-fashioned, wholesome home life.
There are more Omahans gathering
in the living room of the home now
and getting acquainted with the var
ious members of the family than
there has been in many years.
Children are finding out what fine
persons mother and daddy are and
what splendid company they can
be on quiet evening. Family
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Dream On, Razz Old Dazz,
Dream On! Even Laughs
Will Help Win the War!

now" Flecking off speck of dust
from the sleeve.
Gimme half a pound"
Cant break a pound any more.
The retail grocers' association has
made rule against it. We've been
losing money by that practice
mo doubt. I'll take the full
pound. Let me see it weighed,
please" COMPRISING of lips into
tight line.
you may also send up 100 pounds
of sugar; what is today's price?"
Give cents the pound; you ought
to take 200 pounds, because it's 60
ing up a quarter cent soon. hear.
What you hear and what | know
are two different things" Elevation
of eyebrows and bold stare.
rs that all for today" Polite
posing OF pencil over pad. Charge,
of course"
"Yes, charge; pay first of year as
usual. Let me see" Mental scratch
ing of the old thought dome. Il
think we've got room in the cellar
for 1000 pounds of flour. How much
is it?"
"One dollar and DO cents a hun
dred." Apologize cringe.
ooh, dear; oh, dear; the high cost
of living is literal fright; we'll,
send it up. Delivered free, with
trading stamps, of course"
eyes, indeed. Glad to have your
trade. Just moment I'll have the
boy take you home in the car"
Following which the storekeeper
turned to his copy of the Omaha
Bee of October Is, 1858, and re-
sumed his reading of an article en-
titled, What we paid for things dur.
ing the great war and how the down.
fall of the kaiser's ruined the grocery.
trade"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
PLATTSMOUTH

Plattsmouth. Not at all. He should
"percolate around little" as the
man from Missouri said to obtain
the full benefits of this busy seat Of
Cass county.
To view these magnificent dis
tanceS the visitor should ascend the
hill upon which has been erected
splendid new high school as a trib-
ute to education; also traverse the
hills and bluffs near the Burlington
shops and enjoy a birdSeye view
of the Missouri river in its sinuou5
mood, with the distant hills loom
ing on the Iowa side.
Everybody Busy as Beavers.
Plattsmouth, however, is not con
Quoting excursions at this time on
account of its scenic assets; on the
contrary, it is too busy these days
to give much heed to scenery. Ev-
erybody seems to be as busy as
beaver, and if the war had not
placed quietus upon industrial i'm
provements, some substantial &C
tivities would have been realized
this year.
This town began to move and
have its being as civilized commu-
nifty about 90 years ago. 1t was one
of the steamboat towns and before
the advent of the bridge across the
river, cars were transported across
on ferries at a point near the TO-
cation of the present Burlington
bridge. Today it has a population
Of 5000 and the county has $4,000.
We will take little make-believe
journey this morning to the seat of
Cass county and see what we shall
see. Proceeding along Main street,
we observe a sign over store,
which reads: George E. Dovey,"
reminding us that once upan a time
the Dovey sisters were luminaries
of the stage, we'll known in Omaha
and in many cities. Mr.. Dovey tells
us that Ethel and Alice are married,
one living on the west coast and the
other in the east. Alice made her
big hit in "The Pink Lady" Mr..
Dewey settled in .Plattsmouth in
1868 and is still behind a counter.
attending customers with his usual
gracious manner. On the same
street appears the sign, &C. E. West
colts Sons" This establishment
observed its 35th anniversary in
1914 and is one of the institutions of
the town.
Up-to-Date, Old-Time Family.
An inscription on the cannon in the
court house yard informs the way
farer that this piece of ancient ar
tillery was obtained for Plattsmouth
through the efforts of Henry c.
McMaken and Joseph w. Thomas;
that the cannon was used at Fort
Miffen, Pa, from 1861 to 1866.
Henry c. McMaken was a civil war
veteran with the Second Nebraska
and was frontiersman and freight
er of wide experience. His son, J.
N. McMaken, and the latter's son,
Henry c., last March opened the O.
K. garage, on the main highway out
toward the Masonic home, at cost
of $4,000. 1t is said to be the finest
garage in Cass county.
]. R. McMaken, native Of Platts-
mouth, has the most interesting COL
lection of scrap books in the county.
One of these tones of olden days is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13


door public gatherings.
Many People Are Hit.
Since then it has been much in
the limelight, brought gloom and
pain to at least a thousand homes.
Many persons in the city have
experienced the horrors of the dis
ease, which is heralded by sneez-
ing or coughing, then a headache
and backache, and then an aching
of every bone, muscle and joint of
the body.
1t may be preceded by a chill fol-
lowed by a fever as high as lO3
and which will persist for three
days and then disappear, leaving
the person afflicted apparently nor
NAL. But there is the danger period.
Where the disease is virulent, after
two days the victim complains Of
feeling chilly, has a rise in tempera-
ture, coughing, has pains in the
chest and tightening of that re-
gion. 1t is pneumonia, one of the
most dreaded of diseases. If it is
fatal it finds its elimination on the
seventh day.
1t is best for the victim, when he
has the first symptom, to go to
bed and stay there, stay there dur
ing the two days he has normal
temperature following the first
three days of attack.
Omaha's health board took the
advice of the national Galenists and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

How much for a dozen egg?"
asked the country shopper.
Twenty cents" answered the
storekeeper.
Twenty cents" Business of rails
ing the eyebrows and gasping. why
we amt been paying but IS cents"
That's the yesterday price; they're
20 cents today" Supercilious sheer.
well, I'll take a dozen, just be-
cause l amt got time to look around
and get them cheaper. What's but
ter today"
"Twenty-four cents" Bored look.
"Twenty-ty-ty - fourier cents"
Mouth wide open; eyes dilated in
horror. That's raise of 4 cents"
Costing more to make butter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

their contributions with J. c. Wood
yatt and company"
Popular Indoor Sports.
Other items indicate that the ma
tlonal game was honored by teams
known as Coyotes" and ANTE
lopes." The cantata, Esther" was
presented in Fitzgerald's hall, re.
served seats for which were sold by
II. J. Streight. Oyster suppers were
among the popular indoor sports of
SO years ago; also playing "postof-
hce," and spin the plate"
On June 80, 1871, Plattsmouth
was visited by the most destructive
hail storm of its history. Our
worthy P. NJ. went to Fremont"
was another entry, to which a vii
lage wag appended, Bully for him."
"Whortleberries for sale at the Star
store"
Business was suspended for the
day when the folks read this item
in that old book nearly half CEN
fury ago: Received news from
Boston that the B. G. M. R. R. will
bridge the Missouri river. Also
telegram from Mayor White that
James F. Jay intends construction
of trunk line via Plattsmouth i'm
mediately."
"Toe Nesbjt Of Ashland is in
town"
The book also shows that in
those bygone days, before Nebras-
ka voted dry, there was an organiza-
ton of white ribboners in Platts-
mouth, known as the Independent
Order of Good Templars, which
met frequently, according to the
good book.
Found a pocketbook. James
O'Keene, Waterman of the steam
boat Gallatin."
The name of D. H. Wheeler was
inscribed as president of the Young
Mems Christian association. Chief
Justice Mason and Hon. G. w.
Frost were announced to discuss
the constitution in the court house.
The entire republican ticket
elected" was another important an
nouncement. Also; Mass meeting
in Fitzgerald's hall to aid the Chi
cago fire sufferers"
Leap Year Parties Popular.
Other items referred to Bishop
Clarkson holding a special service
IN St. Luke's Episcopal church and
addresses by J. |. Redich and A. ].
Cropsey. Frank White received q
invitations to a Leap Year party.
The railroad fare to Omaha was
$1.1O. An item of interest at this
time, in view of the price of hogs,
states that c. H. King of Eight
mile Grove brought in a load of
hogs which he sold to E ]. Dewey
for $3.75 per hundredweight. J. A..
Cornor was captain of the old fire
department.
And one more: "Dr. McCluskey
will be at DR.. Livingston's office
tomorrow. Any needing work on
their teeth will please give him a
call"
Plattsmouth has the most modest
mayor in Nebraska. His name is
Henry Schneider and he is so TN
assuming that he will not permit
his photograph to appear in public
places or print. He is republican.
which is said to explain his bashful
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Metz and Metz.

MctZ ala MctZ.
Harry Hayward telephoned tc
Louis Metz last week, II see Per.
shing is working for you"
"Whaddya mean, Pershing is
working for me?" queried Mr.. Metz
why, it's in the paper" replied
Hayward, Headline says, "'PER-
SHING DRIVING FOR METZ"
SOUNDS PROMISING.
Deer Mister Singer: Yoar opper-
tunity to become extingwished Is
hooking at yoar dore.
This is the idee-er: Why don't you
muster the bum poets of this here
town into a sort of hot-areo squad
ron and fly overseas with 'em and
lombard Nets with 'em. That kind Of
mustered gas would be a new one on
think such a bombardment would
guarantee speedy evacuation Of
Metz. Don't you? A grande ritter
once sed, THE pen is mightier than
the soard," I forget that riter's name
Kitchie. But we all know some Of
the lines penned by our local poets
far surpass tho Hindenburg line, a.
far as length and strength are con-
cerned. Hoping that you will act
upon this timely hint.
Years to command.
A. VOLUNTEER.
P. s.-This Is the chanel for which
I've long been achin'.
kaiser bacon. A. v. P.
Amt 1T GRAND?
Have you that glorious feeling
which comes from subscribing to
Liberty bonds; all the money you
have or expect to have in the next
six months above bare living ex-
penses?
A KINDLY WORD.
The war correspondents lack orig
inality. Last week Hindenburg re-
signed again latter a stormy inter-
view with the kaiser" Three months
ago they reported he had resigned
AFTER stormy interview with the
kaiser" We suggest that the
stormy interview" preceding the
next resignation be with the crown
ounce.
"And Still the Wonder Grew"
No, Jabez, conducting a
column like this isn't so very
hard-provided one has a GIL
GANTIC BRAIN. Looking at
the grand aggregation of clever
ideas one might think that a
single brain couldn't possibly
give birth to them all. Of
course, as stated before, it is no
work of ordinary mortals. Yes,
you may send in contributions
and, if they are up to standard,
we will print them.
These military experts" who
write in the newspapers didn't fore
see that there was even any danger
OF Bulgaria falling down.
One can't help wondering how
people. found life worth living be.
fore the movies, railroads, tanlac
talking machines and automobiles
were invented
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
POEMS OF IBID ARE
ATTRACTING WIDEST
ATTENTION OF FOLKS
Two More of the Works of the
Nearly Forgotten Bard Dis
covered by A. Singer and
Quoted to Readers.

Doubtless our publication to the
world of poem by Ibid last Sunday
occasioned a great deal of interest
among the literary people who read
The Bundle Bee.
Some of them, no doubt. are pre-
pairing to write to us and tell US of
the service we have performed in
the cause of literature by bringing
to light the works of this poet whose
name even is unfamiliar to most peo-
pie and whose biography is unknown
to the encyclopedias.
In fact, even with further search,
we have not been able to find a
single word about where and when
this poet was born, who were his
parents, what occupied his early
and later years, where he lived or
when he died!
We know not whether he was a
simple poet of the people or lord
like Lord Byron.
The editor of The Bundle Bee
discovered some of his works,
quoted in a rare book, Gems for
the Fireside," which he was perus-
ing one night in his big library, as
is his custom, being a man who
loves the works OF poets and other
great writers, besides himself.
Today we treat Our readers to
two more quotations from the poet,
Ibid. The first is soliloquy about
immortality, intimating that it prob
ably is so or, rather, must be true,
that man is immortal. Listen to
the majestic words of Ibid:
1t must be so-Plato, thou reasonest we'll!
Else whence this pleasing hope. this fond
This longing after Immortality?
Or whence this secret dread and inward
horror
OF falling into naught: Why shrinks the
Back on herself. and startles at destruc-
ton?
IT'S the divinity that stirs within US;
It's heaven itself that points out a here
after
And intimates eternity to man.
IBID.
The second we have selected be-
cause of the majestic picture which
Ibid draws here of the soul of man.
Again our great bard sings as fol-
lows:
THE stars shall fade. the sun himself
Grows dim with age, and Nature sink in
years,
But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth
Unhurt amid the war Of elements.
The wreck OF matter and the crush Of
vorlds Ibid.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
disposition. The mayor is also CASH
Ter of the State bank.
Schools in Charge of Woman.

oSiloOlo Ill Sllai &c "a "Sl11ah'
A woman superintends 90 schools,
100 teachers and 3,400 boys and girls
in the county school system. Her
name is Alpha Peterson. The an
nual expenditures for all county
schools is nearly $250000 and the
property is valued at 100000. The
county has II high schools, includ-
ing the new building in Plattsmouth.
A patriotic spirit pervades the
schools of the town and the county.
Patriotic posters appear in every
school and the Importance of speak
ing, reading and writing the English
language is being emphasized.
George DeWolf is superintendent of
Plattsmouth schools. A new public
high school at the top of Main street
has just been occupied. 1t is an I'M
posing structure, erected at cost
of $85,0000 and stands as a monu-
ment to the progressiveness of this
county seat. The Plattsmouth pub
lie schools have an enrolment of
1900 pupils and staff OF 81
teachers.
Matt Gering's Prayer Rug.
One of the show places of Platts-
mouth is the law offices of Mathew
Gering, across from the court house.
The Orator of the Platte" is said
to have the finest suite of offices in
the county. The walls are covered
with valuable works of art which in
clude an autographed ink drawing of
Haldane, former British chancellor.
He has copper portrait of himself
in relief and pictures of Voltalre,
Tom Moore, Paginnini, Burke and
other notables. He also has in his
office a valuable Persian prayer rug.
Mr.. Gering is the man to whom the
chairman of public occasions refers
to when he says, 1--WE have with us
this evening" or, 1--WE have with
US today" Whenever there is any
unusual occasion or demonstration
in the county, Mr.. Gering fashions
word pictures for the delectatlon of
his fellow citizens.
Plattsmouth has several important
industries. The Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy shops, one of the
largest institutions of its kind in the
state, employs upwards of 700 men
and represents an estimated invest
ment of $2000,0O0. William Baird
is master mechanic and R. c. Hayes
is superintendent. The Olson Photo
company has developed an industry
which covers many states and keeps
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13

traditions are being resurrected and
the children themselves are develop
ing unthought of talents for enter
tanning.
Omaha Families Getting Acquainted
Families in Omaha are getting
acquainted with their next-door
neighbors in their desire for So
ciability during time of temporary
isolation from gregariousness. Old
fashioned parties are gotten up in
an impromptu manner. There is
music, dancing, the games of dear
departed days of childhood, and
story telling-healthy amusement
which is enticing and exciting be-
cause of its novelty.
This is one of the blessings
brought by the scourge of the Hun
nish "fu," just as the blessing of
universal brotherhood will result
from a world suffering from the
Berseker rage and blood lust of the
Beast of Berlin.
After all none of US should worry
too much about the Spanish inAu-
enza. At the worst it is no more,
in many cases considerably less
than the old grippe, without the
Iberian adjective, which we all en-
dured and mostly had, say in 1898.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Cp2aHsMozzkk M&A
56Aooz 90enea tbs Iu

book which was kept at the Platts-:
mouth postoffice nearly 50 years ago
by J. A, Marshall, postmaster. 1t
was a medium of general public in
formation and in which everybody
was privileged to indite public or
private notices. 1t contains many
items of historic information as we'll
as scribblings by the village cutups.
An entry of the date OF June IA,
1871, reads: "All persons wishing to
contribute anything toward clearing
Plattsmouth of deadbeats, will please
call at 10 o'clock tomorrow and leavel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Appropriate Army Pets.

For trench-diggers: moles. I
For engineers: cranes.
For quartermasters: seals.
For aviators: eagles.
For submarine sailors: sharks.
For men at listening posts: fen
rets.
For General Pershing: the kaisert
goat.-Cartoons Magazine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
Manv People Are Hit,

picture shows and all places of in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-13
little Journeys to N3afby Towns
NJ BY edward Black 9

Somebody has remarked that
Plattsmouth is town of magnif-
cent distances. The visitor should
not merely jump from a train, at
the Burlington station, for instance;
say Hello" to o. A. Moore, who
sells tickets there and also serves
as secretary of the Commercial club;
walk uptown and observe a picture
of Theda Bara on the billboards and
large Come to church" sign; look
at the old cannon in the court house
yard; pay his devoirs to Chief of
Police Bill Barclay and Sheriff Carl
Quinton, and then say he has seen