Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Engineer Instructed to Set the
New Drinking Fountain at Once.
EXIT DRINKING CUP AT SCHOOL
Automatic DrinkinE Fountainr "a ne
Installed an Ala of the BUILD
inEs a. Rapidly a.
Possible.

Installed In Ala of the Ruild-
inEs "a Rapidly az
Possible.
The chairman OF the committee on public
and buildings has instructed the
city engineer to proceed with the work
OF setting up the new public drinking foun-
tain at Twenty-fifth and o streets. This
Is the gift Of ;he National Humane
society. In most respects It IL like the
fountain at Seventeenth and Gap
itol avenue. The engineer viii ask the
South Omaha plumbers to bid on the work.
weather is becoming cool and the
water will not be turned on until next
spring. IL is understood that some OBJ
lection as being raised to the location on
the ground that Il win interfere with
street traffic. which Il considerable at this
point. The friends bf this location pre-
sent that fact as the pest reason for the
fountains being located there.
Exit Drinking Cup ia Schools,
One OF the new things which may be
seen shortly at all the public schools is
an automatic drinking fountain for use
by the students. The fountain Is, 80. ar
ranged that it will be impossible. for one
child to pass contasion from lip to lip
as in the case of the old drinking cup.
At present most OF the pupils a their
individual cup. but much Inconvenience
is experienced in this way. The cups
carried in the children's desks are quite
as apt to become ~unsanitary as the drink
ing cup used by ALL The South Omaha
authorities are more than usually vigil
liant owing to the prevalence Of diphtheria
and the dangers Of anterior polemio my
lltls. One or two case have been reported
of the latter disease, but none OF the cases
were severe or in a location TO spread in
lection. With the disappearance of the
drinking cup one of the most common
sources Of c%ontagion win be eliminated
from the schools.
Finds mother Dead.
Mrs. Dorothea Meth, cola ] street, aged
%, died suddenly Monday evening OF heart
failure. She had been apparently as well
as usual in the evening and her daughter.
Miss LaBerta Meth, went TO choir prao-
tice as was her custom, When she re-
turned she found her mother sitting in
her chair in a natural position. She spoke
to her and getting no response discovered
she had died as she was reading, APP
parently without a pang.
She leaves a son, Edgar Meth Of Omaha.
The funeral has not yet been announced.
sheep Receipts still Large
The South Omaha market has received
10000 sheep in the last two days. This is
larger than the first two days Of last
week. but less than the record OF the
previous week. II is predicted that the
Idaho and Wyoming shipments are about
all in. This may not be true although 1t
is thought probable. The wyoming men
shipped rapidly 1t is said to evade the
new dipping law which goes into effect
soon. The breeding, according to the
~stockmen, has been about normal on all
the ranges OF the west
DO you KNoW3.
Cook and Peary both say they reached
the North pole. We don't know. Do you?
Can you prove, yes or nor You cannot
But when John Flynn q Co. tell you they
have a line of Hart, Schaffner g. Marx
overcoats. that surpasses n line you wrl
have a chance to see this fall, you can
believe 1t. You can prove Il FOR yourself.
Come In here and try on one Of these H.
S. & NJ. Rytons, long, roomy, graceful
fitting coats. You should see them II you
have any overcoat notion at ALL Then we
will show you the Boulevard 'boxcoat and
the auto coat and the Viking young mems
coats, and maybe you can find time to
look over our new suits. Most beautiful
line we ever had and that means some
thing because we have customers every
day that think they can never get another
suit that will suit them like the one they
had from us before did. You know, it's
like getting a good Inner. Il leaves the
taste in your mouth and, you want to go
back. That's what our II. s. & M, clothing,
Staley underwear, Tiger hats, Lion shirts
and collars, interviewer hosiery, etc.. does.
| Give 1t a little time to see and you will
know. JOHN FLYNN q co.
Magic City Gossip. N
For Sale-Favorite base burner. s17 North
25th st.
High School specials-For girls are great
value in Kid or Calf stock-CresSey.
r. M. Laverty has gone to Cheyenne for
a fewNdays on business.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered 10 any
part of the city. Telephone No. 8.
Boys-The Steel Shod'' shoes for the
boys-just made-soid only here-Cressey.
The South Omaha Red Men attended the
statewide mutation at the Lyric theater
last night.
Hurd stryker hurt his hand slightly in
the Bellevue practice game, but VIII not
be disabled.
Just Observation-Disclosures large lot of
those $L5O and S.75 girls shoes. just in
they have special value-Cressey.
The funeral Of Mary Catherine McCarten
| viii pe nelu lnAb HlOEHlhk AIon ~. NAAnca
church. The funeral IL at 8 o'clock. The
burial Is In 81. Mary's cemetery.
Mrs. Henrietta Schooling Of Gilmore en-
teTtained a party OF South Omaha friends
Sunday afternoon and evening. A pleas
ant day was reported.
An Invitation is extended to all who have
not received a copy OF the household ex-
pense book TO call for one at the Live Stock
National bank. II Is free.
High Cut-Shoes for boys at t2,2, best
ever shoWn-We are showing many styles
-Cressey. ne go ~
Nick Sturch, John Demnes, Sam BersOn
and Joe Sely were arrested yesterday on
suspicion of having taken S1lO from a fell
low ledger. They are all Austrians. The
man who lost the money was Sam Pa
curae. The money Was found In the bed
OF one of the men arrested.
Z Our Men's-Dress shoes at $3.50 and 500
are winners-see themrCressey.
The Shamrock club Is TO give an enter
tainment Friday night at Barton's hall for
the purpose of raising money with which
to purchase uniforms for the Shamrock
FOOT bali team. Entertainment of all
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