Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
NEWS FROM OMAHA SUBURBS
Florence.

Florence.
Mrs. o. X. Tucker Of Omaha was here
Tuesday visiting relatives and friends
Miss Minnie Ketchmark of Omaha was
the guest of her cousin, Miss Maggie
Franklin. Sunday last.
l.. L. Simpson OF Crescent. Ia. spent sew
eral days here this week looking after
property which he owns here.
Mr.. and Mrs; r. II. olmsted entertained
a number of their Omaha friends at their
beautiful home Wednesday night.
Mrs. II. Il. Robinson and daughter left
Sunday last for a visit of several weeks
with relatives and friends in Iowa.
Mrs. V. Sonka of Omaha was here Tues
day afternoon looking after her interests
In the store which she has here.
Deputy Sheriff George Hin was here this
week looking after the appraisement of the
V. @. Lantry lots and parcels OF land.
Mr.. Tucker OF DeSoto visited his brother
William here Tuesday night. He brought
a load of potatoes to the Omaha market,
Miss Maggie Franklin, in charge of THE
Nebraska Telephone exchange at Florence,
spent Monday In Tekamah visiting friends.
p. III. Briggs spent two DAYS at homo
ployed by the Omaha road as relief agent
NJ. J. Gleason, with a large force of car
penters, is erecting a house on the prop
erty recently purchased at Conman by
The Florence Lumber and Coal company
furnished all the material for the perma-
nent walks that are being laid in the city
by John Grant.
Mrs. f. d. Bergstresser of Orchard. Neb..
spent two days here last week visiting
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bergstresser were
former residents Of Florence.
Mark Shipley, a farmer living north of
town. had his hand badly lacerated by
getting 1t caught in a hay baler, stripping
all the flesh from two fingers.
William Gordon. wife and family arrived
here Tuesday from Scotland and will make
this country their home. Mrs. Gorden is
a sister of ]. s. Paul of the Bank of Flor
ence.
Andrew Anderson, wife and daughter. ac-
Go a 6y MTs Henry SO a Weni
the golden wedding of Mr.. Andrew Ander-
sons parents.
Karl Foellmer spent two days in attend
ance at the session of the odd Fellows
grand lodge at South Omaha. Mr.. Foellmer
was representative to the grand lodge
from the Florence lodge
Mr.. and Mrs. B. +. Crouch spent Friday
afternoon in Tekamah looking for and Sc.
Letting house to live in. Mr.. Crouch VIII
go there in the near future as telegraph
operator for the Omaha road.
IL L. Finney, a contractor in brick and
stonework. located here this week and VIII
make Florence ms nome MI ,-d Fnn cStt anu
owned by w. r. Wall. They come from
Central City.
w. F. Walker. son of E. II. Walker, has
accepted position with the Union PACING
| in charge of electrical work. He has spent
the last three years in Chicago studying
| electrical engineering. He Will go to North
Platte Monday to look after some work
The Florence Canning company loaded a
car of canned tomatoes this week for
! Omaha. They go to Allen Bros, that hrm
| buying the entire output of tomatoes this
| season The company still has $500 cans
OF corn to sell, which is now being cased
! linRsworth's grocery store, fell from a
| wagon Tuesday night and broke his arm
| He and a party of other young people were
| going to the country and they got TO
| scuffllng and young Burton was thrown out
The city council met Monday night. The
business was light and the session short
| The boulevard question was brought up
I and $50 which had been put into the city
| treasury by Mr.. F'lack owner of Florence
! Heights, to help fix a boulevard, was
ordered returned to him.
j. f. Gibbs of Marysvale, UTAH. spent
| two days here last week. r. II. Olmsted
| showed him the town. Mr. Gibbs leit
| Florence in 1857, with the last wagon train
| the Mormons took out of here, and has
| never visited Florence since that time lie
| recognized a couple of old landmarks, the
old ferry landing and where the old mill
used to stand.