Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-17
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Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Button ar,
the guests of their cousin. Miss Nor
in, 3401 Sherman avenue.
| School Head I'LL. III. Beveridge
superintendent Of schools, was un
able to be at his desk yesterday OF
account of slight attack Of illness
Removed From Hospital-W. L
| Byrne was removed from a loca
! hospital to his home yesterday aft
| ernoon. His physician believes tina
| after two weeks rest he will be ablt
to resume his work.
Commissioner Ure Honord-W. G
Ure, city commissioner, will preside
| next Friday night at the annual ban
quet of the faculty and student body
| of Monmouth college, Monmouth
Ill. Mr.. Ure is an alumnus of this
| college.
Red Cross ReQuest-The home
service section of the American Red
Cross is seeking information con
cerning John Elmer Martin, Franz
Bertram Roberts, Charles Maroon
and Manuel Cook. Anyone knowing
of these men should call Mildred c.
Seoville. Tyler 2721.
Relief Workers 10 Meet-The
Near East relief workers will meet
at the Hotel Fontenelle at 1890
Tuesday noon, Charles T. Neal pre-
siding. The arrangements for re
ceiving General Mesrop Newton
Azgapetian will be discussed. The
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Many Ill With "Flu"-Many
clerks at the court house are home
this week, suffering from "fiu." In
County Clerk Dewey's Office John
| Smith, tax clerk; Leroy Brown
who is the county commissioners
clerk, and Miss Adams, reporting
clerk, are seriously i'll with pneu
monia threatened.
Not Out of Danger-Mrs. William
Falconer, whose husband died last
week, is not yet out of danger. She
is being attended in a local hospital
Her husband was brother OF
Thomas Falconer, city commissioner.
The commissioners aunt, Mrs. Don.
aid Mcpherson, 2114 Maple street,
has been stricken with a severe cold.
Woodmcn to Entertain-Omaha
Camp No. 120, Modern Woodmen of
America will entertain it's members
and friends with special program
Wednesday evening with music and
other features Mrs. Undra Hamren
will address the meeting on "Women
of 1880" This is one of the socials
arranged for the educational pro.
gram for 1920.
Power Plant LitigatiOn-Suit for
$19,500 was filed in district court by
the Rural Electric Light and Power
company against the Consolidated
Utilities corporation. The first
named company alleges that numer-
Gus electric light and power plants
manufactured by the Consolidated
Utilities corporation and sold by the
Rural Electric Light and Power
company have failed to live up to
the guaranty and have shown Sc
rious defects in operation.
John N. Fixa Dics-John N. FiXa,
Saturday night at st. Joseph hospi-
tai. He had been a resident of Oma-
ha for 80 years, coming direct from
Bohemia. At the time of his death
he was president of the Capital City
Bottling work in Lincoln, and was
a saloonkeeper in Omaha for many
years. He is survived by three sons,
Charles M. Fixa, auditor of the Mer-
chants National bank; Stanley F.
Fixa of San Francisco, and John F.
Fixa of Lincoln; two sisters, Mrs.
John Krejci and Mrs. Joe Kastl of
Omaha, and one brother, A. E. FiXa,
of kansas City. Funeral services
will be held Thursday morning at
10 from the home. Burial will be
in St. Marys cemetery, South Side.