Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-30
BraeJ City News


Have Root Print it--Nsw Beacon Press
Platinum Wedding Rinss-Edohlm
1eweler.
Elght-Inch Electric Fan. $3.50
Burgess-Granden Co.
Buy Two Slides for Fairgrounds
The city council adopted a resolution
to purchase two playground slides at ;
cost of $400. .-
IT, the MONDAY 3S-ccnt luncheon
at the Empress Garden, amidst pleas
ant surroundings, music and entertain
ment.-Advertisement.
Six Bids the Same-Six bids al
naming the same price, s3S2.o5, were
presented to the city council for {
certain kind Of automobile.
No Police Court Wednesday-Thert
will be no session of police court
Wednesday. The court officers will
take advantage of Decoration day fol
q short rest.
Sues for NonsuppOrt-Rose Miller
suing Sanford C. Miller for divorce In
district court, alleges nonsupport. They
were married at Council Bluffs, la.
October 20, 1914.
ANo DoohS ISSuCu DtCOTdtIOn Duy-
No books will be issued at the IL
brary Decoration day. The library
will be cJen from 3 to 6 o'clock, Miss
Edith Tobitt librarian, announced.
Had Intoxicating Liquor. W.
Reeser of Dowd City, Ia, was SEN
fenced to thirty days in Jail for hav-
ing intoxicating liquor in his posses
sion contrary to the prohibition law.
Mrs. Christensen Gets Divorce-Em-
lily G. Christensen was freed from
Theodore c. Christensen by Judge Day,
sitting in divorce court. She was
given the custody of two minor chill
dren.
To Play Patriotic Airs-Prof P. H.
Brewer of the Royal Holland Bell
ringers will give three patriotic con-
certs on the chimes of Trinity cathe-
dral, Eighteenth and Capitol avenue,
on Decoration day. May 80.
Orders Two Arc Lights-The city
council ordered the Missouri Pacific to
place an arc light at Thirty-third and
Pratt streets and the Chicago & North
western to place one at Forty-second
street and Redmond avenue.
To Play ut Jungman School-Un-
uCl tIO auspices VI lut DdSS Dali l6dIl,
the Royal Holland Bellringers will
give two musical entertainments
Thursday afternoon, May 81, at the
Jungman school. Twentieth and o
Bids High for Repairs-The bids
submitted for the repair Of the engine
house No, 1 at Eleventh and Jackson
range from $19,959 to $4,000, says
the city clerk; whereas the amount set
aside for this work few weeks ago
was only $4,000.
Goes to Training Camp-Frank J.
Harrington, plumber, son of Hesl 18th
Officer Frank Harrington. 1923 South
Eighteenth street, who enlisted in the
navv week ago, yesterday received
orders to proceed to the training sta
ton near Seattle, Wash.
Takes Indians to Prison-Deputy
United States Marshal tQuinley has're-
turned from Leavenworth, Kan. He
took William Snow and Joe Tebo, Win
nebago Indians to the federal prison
there to serve terms of a year and a
day each for introducing liquor on the
Indian reservation.
To Combine Lodges SLnday-Fifty
candidates for membership in the Nc
l>inley Lodge of the Independent
Order of I''nai Birth were ballotted
on last night to be initiated next Sun
tay. This lodge will be combined
with the Nebraska lodge next Sunday,
apd the consolidated organization will
he called the Omaha Lodge.
Methodist Ministers Meet-About
thirty Methodist ministers had fell
lowship luncheon at the Loyal hotel
last evening. A campaign for an en-
dowment for superapnuated ministers
OF the Methodist Episcopal church in
Nebraska is being organized, but it
will not be thoroughly under way,
says Rev. DR.. Lowe, until September.
To Decorate Parents Graves
frank Walters, general manager of
the Northwestern, goes to Cedar Falls,
L., tonight in order to be there Me-
n oral day, Ills parents are buried in
the Cedar Falls cemetery and in years
he has not missed being at their graves
on Memorial day. He will be accom-
panied by the members of his family.
Fined for Speeding Ambulance-V
A. Starr. a driver of the Dodder I'm
dcrtakinG company ambulance, was |
fined SIS and costs for speeding Sat |
urday. He collided with an automo-
bile being driven by Mr.. and Mrs. N |
NJ. Thomas of the Strand theater,
whose car was slightly damaged al |
though they received no serious in
juries.
To Deliver Several Addresses-Rev. |
Titus Lowe, 1920 Harvey street, leaves |
Omaha today to deliver series of |
commencement addresses at the |
graduating exercises of the Kearney |
Normal Wednesday morning. of the |
Shelton High school Wednesday eve
ming, of the Pierce High school Thurs
day evening and of the Oakland High |
school Friday
To Move Faster Than Auto-James
Hart and wife and two sons, who are
ehroute from their home in Portland,
Ore, for visit with relatives in Sag
NAV, Mich, are requested to abandon
their car here and proceed by train.
telegram received by the police this
tells Of the death of Mrs.
Harris mother. They are scheduled to
reach Omaha some time Tuesday.
Metal dies, pressw'k. Jubilee Mfg. Co.
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