Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-01
S25O,OOO Is Paid
for 3+Acre Farm
on Lake Michigan
Property. 20 Miles From Chi
eagos Loop, Was Bought
80 Years Ago for
Sl,I50.

NJ The Associated rssss,
Chicago. April i0--A a.aeff iarm.
'sss than 20 miles from chieago's
loop. sold this week for $4,000 II
was bought about 80 years ago for
sl.5S0. so that lis increase 10 value
paid the family which held /, for 50
wears. Al the rate OF 5000 annually,
It's value, as soon as u Is subdiyided.
Is feekoned 4, Ss00.000
II is the Mahoney farm on Lake
Michigan, between Two oi 1hleago's
wealthy North Shore suburbs.
Woman Candidate. Placed AZ
Bottom OF List. Runs Third.
Women OF Chieago's western sub
ufbs have nominated feminine
candidate for the Illinois legislature
~ manner that has opened the eyes
ni regular men leaders 10 a political
force. which they thought they knew.
but found ihar they didn't. The
candidate is Mrs. Lot,ie II. O'Neill
Of Downer's Grove. one OF three sue
eessful candidates out OF II aspi-
rants, in her district in the April
republican primaries. Two inenm.
bents. men. were given the favored
first positions on the ballot and won
two OF the three places. Mrs.
O'Neilrs name was placed last. an
unfayorable position on a long pri-
mary ballot. but her vote beat every |
one except the two ineumbenls,
Bath House John Will
Ask knicker Ban, Is Report. I
Recent announcement that John ]. |
Coughlin, alderman from the First
ward. variously and widely known
as "Ba,hhouse John" and "Thc Bath"
would introduce an ordinance barring
women from wearing knickerbockers
IN public, recalls the fact That Mr..
Coughlin introduced similar meas
IRE 27 years ago and it died. The
1895 ordinance called for fine OF
s. TO So for each offense. Under
the 1922 model each violation would
cost up TO $500.
"Any female person. ran Mr..
Coughlin's original measure. shall
be prohibited 10 ride or attempt TO
ride any bicycle, tricycle. or to pub
licly promenade while dressed or ar
rayed in costumes commonly known
as bloomers, knickers, baseball at
tire or trousers.
Ii was filed and remained in OBJ
livion more than a quarter OF CEN
tury.
Meteorolosist Tells Why
Weather "Ain't Like 1t Was"
A list of answers to make amateur
weather experts, who insist that
things amt like they used to be-
admit the error Of their ways has
been evolved by T. A. Donnell,
Donnell, meteorologist, in the Chi
cago weather bureau.
"Thc winters aren't as long as they
used to be!'
The winters aren't as cold as they
used to beP'
"The snow isn't as deep as it used
10 bel" ..
These three sentences. according
10 Mr.. Donnell, explain why the
weathsrs mans life is not bed OF
RECORDS show,' he said, that the
weather in the United States hasn't
shown any appreciablc change in the
last hundred years.
Those who believe that the :
weather is milder now forget that in
their youth they lived in houses
which were poorly heated, making
the cold more noticeable.
"When they tell you that the snow
used to be deeper. they forget that :
their legs used to be shorter" :
Tilted Suitor Publishes
Reports of Girls Death. I
A joke is a joke. but to read three c
separate notices of her funeral in t
two weeks is too much, according v
to Miss Emily Moll. At the last t
funeral Miss Emily had to entertain r
alone the mourners, who had read
the third notice. t
Her mother had fed, being unable t
to stand the strain OF meeting the y
constant stream Of solicitors for
tombstones and cemetery lots.
Miss Moll explains that it is all a
ths fault Of rejected suitor, who I
has been inserting notices of her {
death in the newspapers merely to j
bother her.
The attorney for her father was |
reported to be hot on the trail of
the Tilted suitor. (
Win Ask Punishment
Of Careless Pedestrian
Dire punishment for the reckless
pedestrian as we'll as the careless {
motorist, will be asked by Chicago s
clubs, according to DR..
William Fuller. +
"When speed maniacs are locked {
up; when pedestrians learn that they, \
TOO, should share responsibility for ;
avoiding accidents, and when the
public streets no longer are used for c
public Fairgrounds, then will auto {
mobile accidents become less fire. j
quent." c
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