Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-14
BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Egyptian Chocolates soc. Mvers-pnlon
cas- Elsc. Fixtures, BurFeas-Granden.
on' Mach. Wks, Mach. desizn'rs, bidrr.
New Fire Eorses-The Board OF Fire
and Police Commiss oners has purchased
four fine horses Tor the fire department.
the aggregate cost OK the four animals
amounting to $685.
Sand Now q Nuisanos-The sand that
was put on the Sixteenth street paving
Saturday to prevent slipping OF horses
filled the eyes and ears OF pedestrians Ia
yesterdays wind.
Funeral Of p. c. Campbel1-Funeral
services for L. G.. Campbell, VINO dropped
dead on the street Saturday night, will
be conducted at the residence, 27lS
Sprague street. Wednesday afternoon at
? o'clock by Edwin Hart jerks, d. D.,
and interment will bo made in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
Club Women invited to Iowa-The
women Of the Federated -AVomens clubs
OF Omaha have been invited to attend
Wednesdays program Of the annual meet
ing Of Womens clubs of the Ninth dis
trict Of the Iswa federation at Council
Bluffs this week, The presidents and ex-
presidents have been asked to attend the
reception Tuesday evening.
Man Boxes to be Painted - The con-
tract for painting 500 mail boxes in
Omaha has been awarded to II. b Allen
company and work on redecoratlng the
mail receptacles will begin at once Be
sides the 500 boxes to be painted l2i posts
7 Will also ha
The color, as is prescribed by postal
regulations The five mail cars will also
be overhauled and painted.
New Commercial Club Members -- Ap-
pncations for active membership in the
commercial club are coming in almost on
an average of one a day. Since the last
meeting Of the executive committee there
nave been posted on the club bulletin
board five new names, as follows:
Maurice Meyer, Krug Brewing company:
=. Rosoff proprietor Public Market: T.
ID. Olin. real estate dealer; l.. A. Keller.
manager f.. NJ. F. Omaha company: w
o. Bridges physician.
Skating Season IL on-The skating
season has opened, and with ice at Car
Ter lake three and one-half inches thick
and freezing thicker all the time. the
youngsters, the middleaged and the old
who feel young are preparing to take ad-
vantage OF the opportunity. At Miller
park the ice is two inches thick, and of
about the same thickness at Hanscom
park. The ice at Carter lake is re-
ported rather rough on account Of the
high wind, which washed the water over
1t as it froze.
Another Missouri Pacific wreck suit
Another damage suit on account of the
Missouri Pacific railroad wreck at Fort
Crook october Is. was started in district
court Monday. William H. wlgton. ad-
ministrator OF the estate of Mrs Luella
Upton who was killed IN the wreck,
started suit against the railroad for sl0,-
coo damages The petition states she was
80 years old and was earning 81 week
and her keep at the time Of her death.
Her only heir is daughter, Thelma V.
Upton, aged IL, according TO the petition.
Boy Seeks Mother-John billiard, a
T-year-old boy from Louisville. KY, is
IN Omaha in search of his mother, who
wrote him to come TO this city, where
she would meet him. ale came upon re-
ceipt OF her letter, expecting she would
meet him at the station, or that he
could 90 TO ner temporary home, but dis
covered that after his arrival neither he
nor the juvenile court authorities could
decipher the address. Several numbers
have been visited by the juvenile Off
Mary billiard ever lodged.