Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13
BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Diamonds, Edholm, Jeweler.
Thomas W. Blackburn, Lawyer.
Rudolph F. swoboda, Public Accountant.
Bowmsn, III N. 16. Douglas shoe. $3.50.
Pa Rourke for Quality cigars, 316 S. 18th.
Rtnehart, photographer, 18th & Farnam.
Equitable Life-Policies, sight drafts at
maturity. H.. D.. Nicely, manager, Omaha.
Electrical Wiring and Repairs-Burgess-
company, 1911 Howard street.
Kid wedge on Prohibi:.on-Iid Wedge,
an evangelist, will speak on prohibition at
Eagles hall, 1O1 South Fourteenth street,
Sunday night.
The American Safe Deposit Co., in the
Bee building, is the only company in
Omaha that rents boxes for the safe keep
ing of money. Boxes rent for only "A a
year or 81 for three months.
Deaver Gathers Proaucts-D. Glenn
Deaver, head Of the homeseckers' informa-
ton bureau of the Burlington, has re-
turned from the big Hon nas,n, wnerc he
has been gathering products for the Burl-
ington's xhibiC car. Mr.. Beaver fastened
to Omaha to complete arrangements for a
heavy movement of homeseekers to the
Big Horn basin next Tuesday, when the
regular homeseekers' rates are In effect.
New sloepers Are 9opular-The new
line of sleepers on the Northwestern from
Omaha to Huron, S. D., whereby Omaha
was given direct connection for the first
time with South Dakota towns, has proven
so popular that the Northwestern has de-
cided to extend that line of sleepers i'm
mediately to Aberdeen. in the future,
therefore, Omaha business men will have
a through sleeper from Omaha to Aber-
deem.
Fake Agent Gets Ninety Days-Although
managing to secure a number CT donations
on a fake advertising scheme by T., present
ing himself to be an agent Of the FEEDER
atcd Railway Employees" M. j. Conan
also secured for himself a ninety-day JIi.
sentence, which was melted out to him b.
Judge Crawford Saturday norn,ng. S-v.
eral Of Conlan's victims were in police curt
to testify against him and included a nam
Der of representatives OF the large whole
sale houses Of lie city.
Four nurses Will bo Gra6uated-Com-
pletlng the course Oh study ana wUlk III the
training school connected with the county
hospital, four young women will be gradu-
ated from the institItion Tuesday evening.
The exercises will be held at the hospital
building and will consist of an address by
IL Joseph RiheN, papers by the four can
didates and muse. Refreshments will be
served afterward. The four nurses who
Will receive diplomas are Mamie Hallgren.
Grace Beebe, Esther Compton and Libbie
Bartos.
G. W. Stockton Renews Friendships-C
w. Stockton, assistant to President Dudley
Evans of the WeIls-Fargu Express COM
pany' is in the city renewing friendships he
made twenty years ago, when he was a
law student in Omaha. He read law with
Charles j. Greene and was admitted to the
bar here. He went into the office of Wells
Fargo a Co. when MIR. Evans was district
superintendent here and went with him
when he was promoted, Omaha shows
wonderful Improvement in the last twenty
years. he said. Il have been here so sell
dom since l left that l have lost track of
many Of my old friends. The city has
shown d marked improvement in the num-
Der Of new modern buildings since the time
l was familiar with it,"