Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-08
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Irish Club TO N1eet-The irish
Self DIFFERENTIATION club and their
friends will meet Thursday evening
at s at Twenty-fourth and Vinton
streets.
Pioneers to Meet-The Douglas
County Association of Nebraska
Pioneers will hold meeting Thurs
day afternoon at ESQ in the county
commissioners room in the court
house. -
Hold Annual Meeting-At a meet
| ing of the board of directors of the
Carey Clearing Co. Frank Carey was
elected president and treasurer and
f. c. Carey vice president and Sec
/ rotary.
Salary Raised The salary of
George Hill, chief tax auditor in the
Office of Country Clerk Dewey, was
raised yesterday from $155 to SITS
a month by the county commission
ers.
Out-of-Town Couples Married
Miss Clara Gertrude Long and
| George f. Nickles, both Of Murray,
Neb., and Miss Clara Wachter and
| Harry G. Wilcox, both Of Norfolk,
Neb, we're married by Rev. Charles
| w. Savdge.
DR.. Lee w. Edwards, Chiropractor,
lyhas moved his offices diagonally
across the street from his old loca-
ton, and is now to be found at 306
S. Twenty-fourth street.-the south
| west corner of Twenty-fourth and
| Farnam streets in the Ottawa
| block.-Adv.
Sues School District-Charles
l Nj. H. Il t.A, "a
against the school district of Oma-
ha, asking that he be paid $4,000
! for a piece of property condemned
of the $1,000 awarded him by the
appraisers. |r
Vote to Increase Stock-Capital
stock of the Nebraska Tire and Rub
Der company was voted increased to
100000 preferred and 100000
| common stock by the annual meet
ing of the. board of directors. Di-
| rectors and officers of the firm were
re- elected for another year.
Currie Chosen Manager F. M.
Currie was selected general manager
| of the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan
Co. yesterday at meeting of the
board of directors to succeed r. V.
McGrew. who has resigned as gen
eral manager and vice president of
the concern because of i'll health.
Taken Into Northumberland
| Is made of the addition to the firm
of Wilcox-Burns: James N. De
France as second vice president and
William w. Downs as secretary, MIR.
De France and Mr.. Downs were
brokers with the company previous
to their entrance into the service.
f, r. Coffin Makes Change-E
Ray Coffin, formerly state agent for
| the Central National Fire Insurance
company of Des Moines, has resigned
| to take up local work, assuming the
management of the general insur-
ance department of the Royal L.
| Stewart company, Omaha National
| Bank building.
Hold Annual Meeting-The an
| nual meeting of the Uncle Sam
Breakfast Food company was held
| Monday, at which time the follow
| ing officers were elected: A. H. Lee,
| president: William McKenna, vice
president; John MCGOWAN, treas
urer: Charles E. Barry, secretary
manager.
To Enter Balloon Race-A. Leo
| Stevens of Fort Omaha and e. V.
Weston, Wayton, o.. will enter the
balloon race to be held under the
auspices Of the Aero Club Of America
| next fall, according to Information
received yesterday. The race will
be between 20 teams.
Asks $4,000 Damages-Carl
Peterson, a carpenter. filed suit for
| $4,000 against the First National
| bank in district court. He says he
! was working in the bank building
at Sixteenth and Farnam streets
while it was being constructed and
| that he fell down an unprotected
shaft September rs, 1915, sustaining
serious injuries.
Have Prosperous Year-one OF
the firms which entered the business
| field of Omaha during 1919 and has
experienced phenomenal growth is
| the Quick Service Selling Experts
concern, of which c. v. Stewards
and L. r. Schlank are members.
This firm buys and sells all kinds of
business property and handled over
| 100000 worth of deals during the
past month.
Confer Rank of Page-Nebraska
lodge No. /, knights of Pythias, will
confer the rank Of page at its castle
in W. o. w. hall, Sixteenth and Cap
| itol avenue, this evening. Officers
| for the ensuing term will also be in
stalled at this meeting. Vergil Ken
needy is the new chancellor COM
mander and Ray Sorenson vice
chancellor. Refreshments will be
| served.
Government Auction Here-Cans
of corn and tomatoes that are rusted,
leaky and swelled, and not fit for
human consumption, but good for
hog feed, will be placed on sale at
public auction by the government
next Saturday morning at 10 at the
salvage warehouse, Twenty-second
and Hickory streets. Persons pur-
chasing these commodities will be
required to move the property on
the date of sale.
Passes Through Omaha-C. W.
Tenney, president of Gooding coll
lege, Gooding, Idaho, passed
through Omaha Tuesday enroute to
meeting of college presidents in
Chicago. According to Mr.. Tenney,
an endowment of $4,000 has just
been subscribed his institution by
the people of that state to be used
for new dormitory for returned
service men and Moody Memorial
| gymnasium. vs..