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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1924)
Men Who Are Making Omaha E. T. Rector, president of the Fair mont Creamery company, has been for nearly two decades Identified with the growth of the butter industry of Omaha, lie has observed this Industry develop until Omaha attained the position of leading butter market of the world. With a firm faith In the future of Nebraska and of Omaha, he entered the service of the Fairmont company 36 yea?s ago at Tobias, Neb., as but ter maker. From Tobias he went to DeWitt, Crete, and then to Fairmont, and In 1906 he moved with the gen eral offices to Omaha, believing that tits metropolis was the logical loca tion for a large creamery establish ment. For nearly 20 years he has been actively identified with the business life of Omaha. He has sup ported the Chamber of Commerce, Ak Sar-Ben and other civic activities, be lieving that the general welfare of Omaha Is. the concern of every busi ness and of every business man. Mr. Rector was born In 1870, and was raised on a farm near Oskaloosa, Xa. He was a dirt farmer in hla youth • and he knows what the dignity of labor means. He was only 20 when ho decided that Nebraska was the $\nd of his opportunities. - During 1922 and 1923 he wae presl 4ent of the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturer!. He and the Fairmont company have been Gray Wolf Walks Almost Into Yard; Shot by Farmer Special Dispatch to Tho Omlhft Bee. Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 18.—A large gray wolf walked almost Into the yard of Henry Meints, farmer living two miles of Rockford, this county, to carry off some of hla chlckena and was shot by Mr. Meints, who brought the hide here today to sell. J President of Lincoln Life Insurance Company Dies Freeport, III., Feb. 18.—O. J. Coil man of Lincoln, Neb., president and manager of the Lincoln Life In surance company, died hers last night after a brief Illness. Hs was 62 and is survived by a widow and two aona. yhe wido'ry is a daughter of the late United States Senator A. S. Paddodck. Lincoln—Lincoln has been ehoeen by the American Society of Agricul tural Engineers for Its next annual convention, to be held In June, accord ing to announcement by Raymond Olny, Mount Clemens, Mich., secre tary of the organization. Definite dates are to be announced later. STOMACH MISERY Chew a few Pleasant Tablets *_ Instant Stomach Relief! The moment "Pape's Diapepsln" roaches the stomach all distress goes. Lumps of Indigestion, gases, heart burn, sourness, fullness, flatulence, palpitation, vanish. Ease your stomach now! Correct digestion and acidity for a few cents. Druggists sell millions of packages. AnVRKTIHRMRNT. .% Good Thing . DOlf’T MISS ITk fiend year ntm* and address plainly written together with 6 cents (sad this •lip) to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Dea Moines, lows, and receive In return a trial package containing Chamberlain’s Ceugn Remedy for coughs, colds, eroop, bronchial, "flu" end whooping coogluL and tickling throat: Chamberlain’s Stem* acb and Liver Tablets for stomach tram bias, Indigestion, gassy pains that crowd th« heart, biliouanaai and conatipatioa: Chamberlain’s fialvs, needed In.every family for burns, scalds, woonds, pllsa and skla affections: these valued famUy medlolaes for only ft eenlg. Don't admit active in promoting home and for eign markets for Nebraska products. He directs the headquarters of a $6, 000.000 corporation having factories and saleshouses throughout the Unit ed States, and with a prospective bus iness of $40,000,000 this year. He stated that the plants of his company will send out 60,000,000 pounds of but ter this year. The Fairmont company has 1,600 cash buying agencies for cream, poultry and eggs, throughout the United States. Mr. Rector is firm in hie conviction that Omaha and Nebraska will con tinue to grow as a leading butter cen ter. He is in accord with the spirit of civic pride which promotes all worthy enterprises for the material and social betterment of Omaha. Clue to Missing Girl Uncovered Trunk Checked Out of Colum bus on Date School Teacher Dropped From Sight. Columbus, Neb.. Feb. 18.—Informa tion establishing the whereabouts of Mabel M. Young. 33, up to October 31. has been received by Chief of Police Jack Lehman. Chief Lehman received from Mis. Henry Knight of Humphrey, a let ter to effect that Mabel Young ob tained employment in the Knight home as a domestic on October 13. After working there three weeks. Mrs. Knight write?. Miss Young boarded a Union Pacific train to Columbus, saying she was going to Schuyler, but would like to go on to California. Examination of the records of the American Express office in the Union Pacific station here shows that a trunk left there in storage last fall on the same day that the young school teacher dropped out of sight was checked out ns baggage to Omaha tbe night of October. 31. Police believe the trunk belonged to Miss Young, the missing school teacher, for whom the mother Is conducting a nation wide search. Miss Young, first investigation re vealed, last was seen In Columbus when she checked out of the Meredian hotel here, failing to pay blit, and leaving a girl behind. The date she left the Mcredian hotel was the day before she obtained work as a domestic in Humphrey. The day she checked in at the hotel here was the day after she disap peared from her home and school work near Schuyler. York—The series of evangelistic meetings field In York churches the last four weeks by the ministers in the York Ministerial alliance has re sulted in much Rood, according to re ports of the pastors participating. Adams Pioneer Drops Dead After Doing Daily Chores Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice. Neb.. Feb. 18.—William Foster, pioneer of Adams, dropped dead of heart disease after returning to the house from doing hi* chores. He was 65 and is survived by his widow and five children. Appropriation Asked for New Tecumseh Postoffice Tecumseh. Neb.. Feb. 18.—Congress man John H. Morehead of the First Nebraska district has introduced a bill In congress asking of $100,000 for the postoffice building at Tecumseh. The postoffice is in cramped quar ters, outgrown many years ago. McCook—Mrs. I. Jj. Flood died after a brief illness. The husband and five small children, the youngest a babe of a few days, survive her. See the Greatest Car Ever Produced by Cadillac Space No. 1 at, the Show J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. Farnam at 26th Street Omaha, Neb. France Picks Up Hastings Radio Concert Broadcast From 9XW Short Wave Length Is Heard at Nice. Hastings, Xeb., Feb. 18.—The prac ticability of Transatlantic radio com munication by. short wave lengths and light power was demonstrated last night when a concert by Westing house station SXW was heard in Nice, France. ' The broadcast was on 115 meters and Leon DeLoy was heard in Nice, communicated with SXW on relay by F. H. Schnell, Hartford, Conn., traf fic manager of the American Radio Fielay league. At midnight, J. C. Strobel, superintendent of KFKK, and the experimental station SXW talked direct to lleLoy by radiophone, re ceiving his replies through Mr. Schnell. Radio engineers recognize in the test a posible far-reaching effect on Transatlantic communication, which so far has been done with long wave lengths and great power. The an tenna of 9XW is 45 feet long. Phelps County Reserve Officers Organize Club Holdrege, Neb.; Feb. 18.—The re serve officers of Phelps county met and formed the Phelps County Re serve Officers’ club. Officers were elected as follows: President, E. I. Whitehead; secretary, Llscombe Titus; vice president, Ed Gillette; treasurer. CRANBERRY SAUCE Economical Easy to prepare Delicious with all meats EATMOR CRANBERRIES r~i IV5S1 i3 BUY PILLSBURY’S BEST FLOUR The All, Purpose Hour Thorne's “Smoke Sale'' HX FEATURING FOR TUESDAY N#w AT TREMENDOUS SAVINGS NEW SPRING COATS $19.75 $24.50 $29.75 NEW SPRING DRESSES $15 $20 $25 $35 Owing to the Extremely Low Price*, The*e Rule* Are Imperative: CASH AND CARRY—A SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS At the Automobile Show you can most conveniently see the one great new motor car sensation of 1924* Also at our Salesrooms. Demonstration From Salesmen Only MILLARD-ROSE MOTORS Farnam at 28th W. S. Peterson Jewell Automobile Co. South Omaha 111 Broadway, Co. Bluffs m M ■ ■ ; i ;.- v ■ I I ■ | A Gold Sonneborn. Friday they will have their first mesa at the Hamilton hotel, at whieht time Major Brooks. president of th* 5fat* r.esrrv* Of ficers association, and Major Burt will speak. Who says that the True Blue Oakland has more advanced features than other cars? * * * * Every one who has seen it and exam ined it. I Select Your Next Car at the Auto Show All This Week Thousands Viewed die New Models at the Auditorium Last Night The great throngs were impressed with the beautiful lines, the many improvements and refinements, and the low prices of the cars—as they sell for less than the year before the war. Many will return for a more careful inspection. For no matter how soon a motorist expects to buy again, the shows affords the best oppor tunity to determine what automobile it will be. Here is the chance to study the advantages of different lines. The popular models of the leading cars are all housed under one roof. Experts from the factory are at hand and anxious to tell of the new de velopments. It is the great automotive exposition of the middle west, displaying - • . •»> Cars, Trucks and Accessories The man who is planning to buy a car this year should certainly visit the show, with the view of placing an early order, and thus insure that he can have the right car and model at the time he wants it. Spring is just around the corner, and the warm weather brings a shortage of the desired cars. But more than that, every motorist wants to keep in touch with the new developments. The show is the place! The Commercial Vehicle display reveals the advances made along those lines. Exhibits of automotive equip ment and replacement parts further reveal the development that is under way. • Musical Programs Twice Daily The decorative setting and the musical programs make the show doubly enjoyable. Jaffv’s Music Masters will play every after noon and evening, and there is a second orchestra in the truck dis play. Friday night is Musical Night, with a special program by an augmented orchestra. Doors of the auditorium are thrown open at 9:30 a. in. and do not close until 10:30 p. m. The show continues all this week. Wednesday night the annual trade frolic and dealers’ banquet will be hold nt the Fontenelle hotel. l>i« tributors’ meetings throughout the week. Admission to the show is 50 cents, including the war tax. Omaha Automobile Trade Association A. B. Waugh, Fonteuelle Hotel, Show Manager. Omaha. Neb.