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Thirty Years Ago.
An open-air concert by the Fourth in
fantry band, followed by dress parade.
was the Sunday attraction at Fort
Omaha
A serious runaway on Park avenue
played havoc with the occupants of
buggy, Ed Laninstein and Miss Hutton.
and II is feared the accident may force
postponement OF their marriage. which
was scheduled to occur in a week.
Father English performed a double
christening at 81. Philomena's. Mr.. Pat
rick Foley presenting his daughter Agnes
and Morris Sullivan his son Eugene.
Charles Turner has sent the Board Of
Public Works q fine sample OF granite
from Monticello. Wis.
Miss Mary Lake is back from Chicago.
Miss Maud Noteware of Cedar Hill,
near Fremont, Is visiting at Charles W.
Hamilton's.
Miss Woodie Mccormick is back from
Rye Beach and Atlantic City and is So
journing in the Alleghanies.
Jerry Mulvfhill has gone to the st.
Louis exposition.
Prot q. F. Sauer, the vioiinist. has re.
considered his determination to make
Omaha his home and has returned to
New York.
DR.. Durham and family OF Crete are
newcomers locating in Omaha.
UFxrAx,tw vonns -.
Mrs. #. C. Whitley Of Lancaster. O..
was the guest Of her sister. Mrs Charles
q. Williamson. 274o Howard street
Mrs. 8. Michaels. VINO had been the
guest for the last month Of Mrs. A. d.
Brandeis, left for her home.
John r. Williams took out building
permit for the erection of q $500 two
story frame dwelling at Thirty-second and
Dodge streets. Emma II. Thayer took out
permit to build a three-story brick
warehouse at 1916 Jones street.
The Board Of Education announced that
the new feature Of kindergarten work
would be added TO the public school
course at the opening of school in Sep
tember. It decided to open two kinder
gartens, one at Kellom and the other at
Mason schools. Miss Belle Shields OF st.
Louis was employed as director for one
and Miss Annie B. Smith of Laporte,
Ind, for the other.
Rev. C. w. savidge, who had decided
to give balloon ascension and exhibit
some fireworks as an additional attraction
to his camp meeting in Anson's grove
near Springfield, said he had dispensed
with these trimmings and would open and
conduct his meetings with nothing more
lurid than q few graphic portrayals of
the place man would land in IL he
did not walk the straight path.
Ten Years Ago
A conferences Of the various congress
sional candidates on the republican side
was held at the office Of w. F. Cur
ley, one OF Dave Mercer's sponsors,
TO frame up some sort of agreement
that would reduce the competition for
the nomination, but without result
Those present were Il. J. Cornish, John
Paul Breen. Nelson C. Pratt. candi-
dates Tom Blackburn. representing Mer-
Ger, Gurley and Charles A. Goss. county
chairman.
Dr. 8, r. Towne left sor a trip through
New England. He was to meet Mrs.
Towne. who has been In Boston since
June, In Vermont and after visiting his
Alma mater Dartmouth college, in New
Hampshire. DR.. Towne and Mrs. Towne
would return by way of Philadelphia and
Lansing, Mich.
Omaha shows up second in packing
for the week, with 100000 head. as
against Kansas city with $4,000 head
Dr. Kerr. president OF Bellevue col
lege. expressed the belief that the street
car company would soon extend Its
Thirteenth street line from South Omaha
to Fort Crook, giving the college the
benefit OF transit into Omaha.
b. ]. Jobst got back from Indian
apolis, where he had made visit. He
said many people asked him all about
Ak.Sar-Ben.