Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-26
Brief City News


fAtfnum wedding HtnEs-Edholm.
Have Roet Print It-New Beacon Press.
Ties Cleaned, loo. at carey's Web. 49,,
Electric Reading xamps for Xmas. S2.Se
TO $50. Burgess-Granden Company.
Best Meal for the Money--clAiremcn Inn.
Switzler. Goss & Switzler, Attorneys,
have moved their offices to the City
National Bank building.
Keep Your Money-And valuables In the
American Safe Deposit Vaults, 2ls South
nth St, Bee Bldg. Boxes rent 800 for
months. Open from a. m. to g. p. m.
To Distribute Dinners-Christmas
morning the Bible school classes OF
the Plymouth Congregational church
will carry dinners and clothing to
needy families.
Auto Is Stolen-F. ]. Lefholtz. 2226
Farnam street, has reported to the
police the theft of his five-passenger
Ford from Fourteenth and Douglas
4 streets.
County Dads TO Meet Here-The
convention of the county commission
ers of Nebraska is to be held in
Omaha during 1917. They met here
last year. The definite date has not
yet been announced.
Road Is Safe-The Omaha Automo-
bile club has sprinkled with cinders
that part of Turner boulevard near
Thirtyfourth street which was so
slippery that one auto slid off the
road. The action was taken with the
consent of Commissioner Hummel,
Firearms StOlen-Five twenty-five
caliber rifles of various makes and
two thirty-two caliber revovers were
stolen Saturday night by burglars who
broke the alley side of the show win
dow at the Laserowitz & Rosenberg
store, '612 North Sixteenth street.
Christmas Goose Stolen--Burglars
with their minds on a sumptuous
Christmas feast entered a barn at
1924 Blonde street. owned by julius
Freed. and stole a big goose. Two
auto inner tubes and some junk also
disappeared.
Leaves Grip on Car-K. B. Robin
son, 2423 Fourth avenue, Council
Bluffs. has reported to the police the
loss of bag which contained a
pearl ring, a lavalliere, pair of wom-
ans shoes and other apparel. Rob-
inson left the grip in the vestibule of
a Council Bluffs car.
No Chance for Mail Tube-Omaha
has very small chance of getting a
pneumatic tube mail service system
installed, according to word received
from the government by the Com
mercial club, which body asked the
postal department for such improve
ment in Omaha. The reply indicates
that there is little chance that any
more cities will get this system soon,
Fine Fireplace Goods-Sunderland.
Musicians for Christmas Dinner
Senorita Amina, the Spanish violinist,
and her husband, Fred Waldon bari
tone and singer Of popular songs,
have been secured by the Blackstone
management for Christmas day and
each evening during Christmas week
they will give a concert during the
dinner hour. On New Years eve they
will give an hour and a half's concert
in the ball room of the Blackstone.
Bonus for Express Employes-The
American Express company, recog-
MIXING the unusual conditions prevail
ing at this time, has decided to make
payment of bonus allowance to each
employee of one months salary for all
employees in the service one year on
January !, 1917, and that all other
employees when they have served the
company one year the same allowance
will be made. This affects employees
who are receiving salary of $4,000
or less per annum.
Andirans for Christmas-Sunderland'a