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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1916)
Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Helen Hagan, February 10. Mrs. Edith Llewellyn, who has been sick at her home, 2517 Lake street, wishes to thank the Progressive club for the beautiful floral offerings sent her. Miss Audrey Hall is very ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mead Hall, 3016 Burdette street. Mrs. James G. Jewel, Omaha’s pop ular contralto, will sing at the Hagan recital Thursday night. Mrs. M. C. Sands and Mrs. W. Lang ford were leaders of a pleasant sur prise party Monday night on Mrs. George McCoy, of l^ewiston, Mont., who is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Johnson, 3216 Charles street. Many guests were present and'a de lightful evening was spent. Mrs. Ernest Allen of Pendleton, Ore., who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lee C. Allen, 1410 North Twenty-sixth street, left for her home Sunday morning. Prof. J. W. Bundrant, the talented dramatic reader, will give a number at the Hagan recital at Grove M. E. Church next Thursday night. Mrs. Sadie Herman, who had been ill for several months, died at Clark son Memorial hospital at an early hour Sunday morning from malignant cancer. The funeral was held Tues day afternoon at two o’clock from the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, of which she was a faithful communi cant. The Rev. John Albert Williams, assisted by the Rev. Arthur H. Marsh, chaplain of the hospital, officiated. Interment was in Forest Lawn cem etery. Banks and Wilkes had charge of the funeral. Mr. William H. Lacey, the sweet voiced tenor, will sing Thursday night. Mrs. J. A. Lofton, 1402 North Twen ty-third street, is so well pleased with The Monitor that she induced one of her friends to subscribe and brought her dollar to The Monitor office. Fol low her example and help double The Monitor's subscribers. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones enter tained at dinner last Friday evening at their residence, 2811 Caldwell street, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, prior to their leaving for k Hollywood, Cal. Besides the hosts and honor guests, covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pinkett, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Desdunes, Mr and Mrs. J. C. Ilorley, Mr. and Mrs. H. Buford, Mrs. J. C. Collier, Mrs. Earl Stephenson, Calvin Spriggs and Joseph Carr. The Dollar Rate is extended for Thirty Days. Send in your subscrip tion. Get some friend or neighbor to subscribe. Get on the honor roll. Help double The Monitor's subscribers. Our aim: The Monitor read in every col ored American’s home in Nebraska. Send us the names of your friends out in the state. Business is booming, thank you. Hear the young violinists at the Ha gan recital Thursday night. Get in under the $1.00 rate. Hurry Subscribe now. Ralph, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Graves, 2631 Farker street, died Monday afternoon with pneumonia. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the resi lence. The Rev. G. G. Logan offi ciated. Banks and Wilkes were the undertakers in charge. Miss Overton, Miss Green and Miss Mary Hay good, nurses from Provi dent hospital, Chicago, have been given employment at the city emer gency hospital. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt left .Vednesday for Hollywood, Cal., where .hey will remain until May. A. B. Coleman, who made his home vvith Mr. and Mrs. John Penderson, 1503 Cuming street, died at Lord Lis ter hospital Monday of last week from blood poisoning. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon from the G. Wade Obee undertaking parlors. The Rev. John Albert W'illiams officiated. In .erment was in Forest Lawn cemetery. I’he deceased was 45 years of age and s survived by his father and mother, wo sisters and a brother, who reside .n Texas. Mrs. Penderson looked af ter the funeral arrangements. Robert Fox, aged thirty, died at St. Joseph's hospital Sunday morning with pneumonia. Mr. Fox resided at 1511 North Eleventh street. He is •.urvived by a wife and three children, ind his mother, Mrs. Christopher Fox if Benson. The funeral was held from tanks and Wilkes’ undertaking rooms Tuesday afternoon at half past two o’clock. The Rev. W. M. B. Scott, pas or of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of-1 ficiated. Interment was in Mt. Hope emetery. Nathan, the fifteen-year-old son of, Ir. and Mrs. Elligan, 1418 Leaven vorth street, died Wednesday after loon, from scarlet fever. The funeral /hich was strictly private, was held rom Banks and Wilke’s Thursday af emoon. Nathan was a bright, at ractive and manly boy. I Will N. Johnson, I.awyer, Southwest , Corner of Fourteenth and Douglas! Sts. Douglas 4956. Mrs. W. B. Smith, 2409 Blondo treet, has returned from Aurora, Neb., where she was the guest of Miss Marie Houston. The committee in charge of the Ha »an recital consists of the following well-known ladies: Mrs. James G. Jewell, chairman; Mrs. T. S. Riggs, secretary; Mrs. A. D. James, Mrs. C. H. Hicks, Mrs. H. R. Roberts and Mrs. R. T. Walker. With the rare musical treat provided and from the demand >eing made for tickets the committee expects a crowded house. Get one. One what? One new year ly subscriber for The Monitor. The merchants and firms who ad vertise with us show that they want your trade. When patronizing them tell them that you saw their adver tisement in The Monitor. John N. Baldwin announces his can lidacy for the republican nomination or police magistrate of Omaha, and espectfully solicits the support of all colored voters.—Adv. Mr. Edward Pleasant, the father of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pleasant, 1417 No. 21st St., died at their home Jan uary 31. The remains were shipped Thursday by Jones-Chiles to Kansas City, Mo., for burial. The body was accompanied by his wife and daugh ter-in-law, Mrs. Pleasant. He is sur vived by his wife and four sons, Ed ward and James of Omaha, Henry and Eli of Kansas City. We are for the Hon. John L. Ken nedy for United States Senator and shall vigorously support his candi dacy. — The Leap Year club held their an nual dance at Peterson’s hall January 31. The ball was well attended. Mrs. Seals won the first prize for being the most comically dressed and Miss Ha zel Hall and Mrs. Julia Bell the first prizes for being the neatest dressed. Keep your houses well ventilated. Don’t be afraid of fresh air. Mr. H. A. Chiles received on invita tion to attend the annual alumni ban quet of the Williams School of Em balming and Sanitary Science of Kan sas City, from which he graduated last October. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. SOUTH SIDE. (Mrs. Lulu Thornton, Correspondent) The ladies of the A. M. E. church, South Side, gave a very pleasant sur prise party to Rev. J. H. Nichols in lonor of his birthday last Monday at the church. Those present expressed hemselves as having spent a pleas ant evening. Rev. Mr. Nichols said it served as an encouragement for him n many ways. Instead of meeting Wednesday af ternoon the Ladies’ Aid of the A. M. E. church, South Side, will meet Fri day afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Scruggs, of 2603 Mad ison, entertained last Thursday in honor of her sister, Mrs. Maud Cole man, of Minneapolis, Minn. Gate City Lodge No. 6674 G. U. O. of O. F. on Feb. 2, 1916, received from D. G. Lodge No. 8 of Mo., a check for $200.00, the endowment pay ible to Mrs. Mattie Agee, wife of II L. Agee, a deceased member of Gate City Lodge, which will be presented to her Friday, Feb. 4th. W. H. Payne, N. G.; R. L. Woodard, P. S. Little Miss Leona Gray of South Side, was among the graduates to en ter high school this semester. AND GOT IT. “I hear that poor Bill got blown up in a powder factory.” “He told me he was expecting a raise.”—Boston Transcript. Today, Saturday, February 5th We place on sale All the Shoes All the Men’s and Boys’ Hats and Caps All the Boy’s Furnishings from the : King-Peck $137,000 Stock Sacrificed in the same manner that has made this the most sensational sale ever held in this part of the country. aitest Opportunity You Ever Had | ADVANTAGE! DON’T WAIT! CLOAKS, SUITS, 1 AND FURS AT HALF PRICE AND LESS ALL NEXT Pi . Bonoff’s New York Sample Store 8 4247 206 No. 16th St. 1