Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-09
Brief City News

Platinum Wedding Hings-Edholm.
Have Root Print It--New Beacon Press
Best Meal for the NIones --ClAiremrn Inn.
DR.. W. X. Foote. now at 1918 First Natl
ii. II. Claiborne has opened law Of
fees at 512-13 Paxton block.
DIR. j. p. Slater, Dentist, now at 1921
First Nat. Bank. New phone Tyler 1856
Jardine Has the Grippe-City Com
missioner Jardine is confined to his
home with an attack of grippe.
Brogan & Raymond, Law Office, re-
moved to suite 1900 New First Ma
tional Bank Bldg. 18th and Farnam.
Prettiest Milers to Meet-Tho Pref
test Mile club will hold meeting
Of the new club house, at Mr.. T. #.
Strouds office at Twentieth and Ames
avenue.
At Calvary Baptist Church-D-. S.
G, Neal of Philadelphia, superintend-
ent of the American Baptist Publica-
ton society," spoke at the Calvary Bap-
fist church Sunday evening. Meet
ings will be held at the church every
evening this week.
Drake Holding Company Incorpo-
rates-The Drake Holding company,
operators of apartment houses, has
filed articles of Incorporation with the
county clerk. The capital is $4,000.
William 3. Drake, Ida C. Drake and
Alvin b, Mason are the incorporators.
Clifton Hill Community Center-At
the deaf institute on Tuesday evening
the Clifton Hill community center will
hold its first meeting of the new year,
A musical program will be given, fol-
lowed by a talk on plans~for the new
year, after which dance will be held
Stroud Incorporates-Capita at
$250,000, Stroud & Co, wholesale
dealers in road making machines and
farm implements, have filed articles
of incorporation with the country
clerk The incorporators are Thomas
F. Stroud, Edward C. McShane and
Ella Hunt
New Auto Repair Firm-Incorpo-
rated with a capital of $4,000, the
Electric Equipment Service company,
which will do a general automobile
and repair business, has filed articles
with the county clerk. Herman w
Aspegren, Reginald T. Hazel and
Henry A. Wendland are the incorpo-
rators.
Sues for Injuries by Truck-Alleg-
ing that he was permanently injured
when he was struck by an automobile
truck at Sixteenth and Davenport
streets on May 25, 1916, Louis Soko-
loft, by his father, Henry Sokoloff, has
filed suit with the clerk of the district
court against Chris Overgaard for
$1,000 damages.
Omaha Safety CounciI-A meeting
of the Omaha Safety council, newly
organized league to promulgate safety
first principles will be held in the
Union Pacific headquarters building,
January. 49,. Superintendent and fore
men of the thirty industries repre-
scented in the council will attend to
hear lectures and means Of safeguard
ing workmen.
Wight Funeral Tuesday-Funeral
services for Thomas l.. Wight will he
held Tuesday at p. m. in Masonic
temple under the auspices of st. Johns
lodge, No. Is. of which Mr.. Wight was
junior deacon. Burial will be in For
est Lawn cemetery MIR Wight had
lived in Omaha and Florence nearly
twenty years. He was II car rcpairer
for the Union Pacific railroad for
eleven years.
Fine Fireplace Goods
Denied She Took POisOn-Early
Monday morning frankie Brown 7O9
North Sixteenth street, drank Il guam
tity of carbolic acid. Her act was OBJ
served by one of her companions and
the police were notified. Police Sur
geon Kully rushed to the address
given, but the woman strenuously de-
MED having taken poison. Despite
her protests, however, he used a stom-
ach pump on her and as result she
will live. She was booked at the pO-
lice station ON a charge of drunken