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GAYETY*g SPRING SEASON Instead of a Dramatic Stock It Will House Musical Comedy Stuck— First-run Pet urea, Too. And now comes a novelty for your approval—instead of closing until next August after the final performance of Columbia buriesk next Friday night, the popular Gayety wiLl be closed but one day, opening a supplementary spring season starting at noon on Sunday, April 8. The management announces the in definite enagegment of Fred Webster's “ ’Atta Girl” company in a series of de luxe musical tabloids, presenting a new and complete minature musical comedy twice each week, changing on Sunday and Thursday. Mr. Webster’s company has the dis tinction of having played for twenty four consecutive weeks in Rochester, N. Y; sixteen in Milwaukee, twenty In St. Louis, and innumerable weeks in Chicago. Patrons will find Mr. Webster’s characterization of “Izzy” as portray ed throughout the entire series or musical comedies, to be a real classic —a character, one will not tire of. The musical tabloid organization will offer fifty minutes of clean fun, frivol ity and foolishment four times each day of the spring season starting at 1:40, 4:00, 6:40 and 9:00 p. m. The opening bill will be “Egyptian Skies”. In conjunction with the above the superior selection of the Fox first run pictures will be offered. For the entire week of April 8 the booking calls for the incomiiarable Tom Mix in his newest play of laughs and love, “Romance Land”. In ad dition to the photoplay feature there will be comedies, news reels, etc. As to prices, any seat will be 50c any night. At the daily matinee, 30c. until 6 o’clock. Sunday matinee the night price will prevail and kids wrill be 10c at any time. All prices will include the war tax. The house will open at 11:45 a. m. and close at 11:00 p. m. LINCOLN NEWS Mrs. Mayme Griffin is reported to be convalescing. Mrs. Carrie Pulham rerceived a tel egram Tuesday announcing the death of her son, Alex, Venerable at the State Hospital of Illinois. She is making arrangements to have the re mains returned here for burial. The funeral of Will Williams, who died about a week ago, was held in Alba Brown’s undertaking parlors last Saturday afternoon. Rev. H. W. Botts had charge of the service. His words, “How Are You Living,” were quite piercing to the associates of the deceased. Hence many were made to think on their ways. Mrs. Bell Smith of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city visiting relatives. Mrs. Smith is the widow of the late Ed ward Smith, whose body was brought here from St. Louis for burial some months ago. Messrs. John S. Galbrath, Andrew B. Mosley and I. B. Smith were in at tendance at the annual meeting of the Council of Deliberation at Omaha last Sunday. Sunday services at the A. M. E. church were fairly well attended. The pastor preached for his congregation in the forenoon. The Sunday school and A. C. E. societies had good les sons. At night the Heromies of Jer cho celebrated Palm Sunday by as sembling and having a sermon preach ed to them. Rev. M. C. Knight gave them a fine discourse which was full of food for thought. Mrs. E. Bush entertained the Utop ion Art Club at her home last Thurs day night. An appreciative crowd of members were present. Mrs. Z. John Amos Grant Company Modern Homes $2,800.00 An eight-room, partly modern home in good condition. Terms, $500 down and $25 per month. $2,850.00 This property is a six-room house, all modem with oak floors, cement ed basement and garage. Lot. 50 by 127 and just a block off the car line. Fine sod and big shade trees. $500 cash and $25 per month. $3,200.00 On Spaulding street. Five rooms, strictly modem and everything about the house inside and out shines. 5 ard fenced. Big shade trees and good grass sod. $500 cash and $27.50 per month. $3,500.00 Something very nice in a two-story bungalow. Oak finished and hard wood floors. Paving all paid. A bungalow like this never even sold in the old days less than $3,600. Re quires $1,500 cash. $1,000.00 Just west of 24th on Lake street. Seven rooms, all in fine shape. Oak floors. Nothing shabby about it. There is a store building in front. This makes a nice combination home and business property. $4,200.00 A real good house, now vacant. We will give you immediate possession. Five large rooms, with full cemented basement and attic. Style, plumbing, electric light fixtures, all strictly up to-date. Lot 50x127. Fine grass sod from one end to the other. Garage for car. Look it over. No. 2857 Cor by street. Terms, $600 down and $37.50 per month. Get together with us if you can pay partially of these terms. We can probably vary them somewhat to suit you. Our office is open to 9 P. M. each week day evening. Come in and see us. AMOS MART COMPANY Realtors AT Untie 8380 210 So. 18th St 101 Arthur Bldg. NETTIE KNISE One of the many substantial reasons why “Tak of the Town” at the popular Gayety next week wall really be that very thing— the talk of the town. son read a paper which was discussed >y the members. The Club will give i musical at the church, 23rd and P streets, next Friday night, April 6th Hear Walter White, assistant sec retary of the N. A. A. C. P. of New' York City, at the McKinley auditor ium, next Thursday night, April 5. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist church were well attended Sunday. The pas tor preached wonderful sermons both morning and evening. The Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. services are gaining in interest. A series or re vival meetings are in progress this week and cottage prayer meetings in the afternoons. For the first time in the history' of the city of Lincoln, the G. N. O. O. F. officiated at the laying of a corner stone, which was for the Newman M. E. church last Sunday afternoon. Af ter song and invocation by the chap lain, the pastor, A. J. McAlister, nar rated his work since coming to Lin coln three years ago. The church was organized in 1896, since which time no corner stone has ever been laid, hence the meeting to celebrate the stone laying, marking the completion of the building as it stands, without a dollar owing on it. We commend Rev. McAlister for his good work in our midst. Rev. H. W. Botts of Mt. Zion Baptist church, made timely re marks. Rev. G. G. Logan, district superintendent of M. E. conference, made some vital remarks which gave all present fresh thoughts. Collection was then taken, after which the Odd Fellows Lodge proceeded to place the stone in position, the service l>eing quite unique. Rev. W. L. Todd was master of ceremonies, and he dis tinguished himself both in the address he delivered and in the ritualistic work. Sunday was quarterly meeting day at the Newman Methodist church. Rev. G. G. Logan, district superintend ent of Topeka, Kansas, was present and conducted services. There was a fair attendance. Rev. A. J. McAlister announces that he will deliver his closing sermon next Sunday, leaving for the annual con ference Monday, April 2nd. Stick to Gospel of Help. Whe'her we ourselves lire able to climb or not, we should be ready to help others up whenever we are given the opportunity __ | GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS | C. P. Wesin Grocery Co. £ Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables | 2001 CUMING STREET TELEPHONE JACKSON 1098 30 YEARS—ESTABLISHED IN OMAHA—30 YEARS > LIBERTY DRUG CO. ? ■J B. ROBINSON, Manager |I 5 EXPERT SERVICE FREE DELIVERY £ % 1904 North 24th Street Phone Webster 0386 / f (At 24th and Parker Streets) ^ ■'V/AVW^.V/.,.,.V,V/.V.V.V//.V.,.,.V.V.V.V.,.V.V.V.,.VAV, I CAPITOL POOL HALL 1 2018 North 24th Street—Phone Webster 1773 1 CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES and SOFT DRINKS I CHAS. W. SOUTH, Prop. jj FREE DELIVERY Phone Atlantic 9859 £ I Merchants Drug Company \ f N. E. Corner Twetaty-fourth and Cuming Streets £ f PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY J COINS OF EARLY PIONEERS FOUND IN GRAVEL PITS Relics of First Settlers Are Un earthed Near a Former Trad.ng Post. Scores of coins, believed to have been used in this vicinity by Indian traders about ISliO, arc being found dally in gravel pits near f ond du Lac, Wls. Harking hack to the days when Fond du Lac was riot even a hamlet, but part of an Indian territory whose only white inhabitants were a few scattered traders, George Treleven. county highway commissioner. Is ex hibiting a collection of silver and cop per coins which luive been found in gravel pits. Some of the coins nre as large as a sliver dollar and others us large as a 25-cent piece. On some of the coins is the Inscription, Georgius III D. G. Hex, and on others is inscribed Hi bernia. Old settlers here declare that years before this part of the state was settled there was a small trading post at a spring near the present site of Johnsburg. The spring lias disttp pea red. Although it is not uncommon for early settlement relics to he found in outlying parts of the country, this is the first time such a considerable num ber of coins reminiscent of tbe first white Invasion have been reported. FIND BEEF CANNED 1400 B. C. “Not Wholly Palatable," but Well Preserved, Say Egyptian Explorers. What are believed to be the oldest specimens of canned beef in the world i have been discovered by excavators In the tomb of King Tutankhamen at Luxor. Kgypt. While is was not wholly palatable, being HjioO years old. ttie meat Is in an excellent state of preser vation. The meat had been embalmed a^d was contained in elliptical receptacles resembling huge Faster eggs, 40 of which were removed from the tomb tamid the deep Interest of a crowd of tourists. Still other meats found were haunches of venison, trussed ducks and Joints of game. These were packed in wooden boxes, shaped according to the nature of the contents. Notice able among this discovery was a giant duck. The excuvators also removed four bronze candlesticks of great lieauty. One of them contained a perfectly pre served candle,_ JOHN ADAMS, ATTORNEY NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. In the Matter of the Estate of Jen nie M. Kinney, Deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will i and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had op said petition before said Court on the 20th day of April, 1923, and that if they fail to appear at su'd Court on the said 20th day of April, 1923, at 9 o’clock A M. to contest t e said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Horace Kinney or some other suitable person and proceed to a set tlement thereof. 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