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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1924)
Dead Man's Body in Car All Night j Grant, Neb., Motorist Dies at Wheel; Pedestrians Fail to See Him. - t. ... While hundreds of persons walked past his car, parked near Thirteenth . and Douglas streets all Tuesday ; night, L. W. Ciastineau, 45, Grant, , Neb., sat dead at the wheel. He was found this morning by A. ! Kahn, 3018 Lincoln boulevard, pro prietor of the Arcade hotel, who in , vestlgated, when he learned thaf the machine had. been standing, with ; lights burning, in front of his hotel since 11 Tuesday night. . Gastineau came to Omaha Tuesday . afternoon, negotiated with the Stew : art Motor company to take over the . Hupmobile agency at Grant and { bought a new car. Frank Johnson of the Arcade ho ’ tel told police that at 11 Tuesday night he heard an auto horn In front of the hotel. He glanced out and saw Gnstlneau'a new machine, but did not notice anyone in It. The dead man had slumped sideways in tlie seat, brushing the horn button J with his arm as he crumpled. Gastineau's mother, Mrs. R. F. Cooper, lives at Grant. Flxact cause of death Is not known. ‘Tt couldn't be carbon monoxide : gas because the windows of ihe car were down,” said Nelson. A coroner's autopsy has not been performed. GoldenrntI Being Improved. | Beatrice, Neb.. May 38.—Goldenrod I highway east of the city Is being " ballasted with sand and gravel, re ceiving treatment as the Cornhusker route between Beatrice and Lincoln. The Goldenroad west of the city be tween here and Falrbury will be ; treated likewise. _ Methuselah’s Age Just “Faked,” Scientist of Philadelphia Alleges Philadelphia, Mny 28.—Theories that the Hebrews and Babylonians "faked" the ages of Noah, Methuse lah and other personages in order to disguise tHeir ignorance of history are advanced by Dr. Howard C'hiera, professor of Assyrio'logy at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, In a paper submitted to the Crozler Theological seminary. Dr. Chiera told of the discovery of a foursided Babylonian prism In which the age of Noah was given at 64,800 years. He declared that the Babylonians did not actually believe that their legendary heroes lived to BUCh ages, but that they were certain the world was far older than they had definite knowledge of and were consequently forced to Invent new' heroes or to make the lives of auch as they had stretch over the whole period of which they had fragmentary records. In this manner Dr. Chiera said, the lives of eight kings before Hammurabi were said to total 241,100 years, while 10 other monarehs were credited with a span of life of 432,000 years. "The Hebrews, of cpurse," said Dr. Chiera, "were confronted with a simi lar problem. It was necessary for them to multiply the average length of human life; and a multiplication of 10 was more than sufficient as wit ness the 969 years of Methuselah " SUIT OVER CATTLE HERD WON BY BANK West Point, Neb., May 28.—Suit against Caleb R. Thompson and others Involving replevin of cattle, was won by the Nebraska State bank In district court. The case was tried before a jury. This dates back to October, 1922, when the bank took action to for close the chattel mortgage given by Caleb and Hudson Thompson on 209 head of cattle. The cattle were lo cated on the Caleb and Hudson Thompson farms and the William H. Thompson farm. When the bank attempted to take possession of the cattle on the Wil liam Thompson farm, Mrs. Thomp son resisted, claiming the cattle were hers and were not Included In the mortgage. York Cleans Up. York. Neb., May 28.—At the re quest of the president of the woman s club of York. Mayor Colton designat ed May 26 to 28 as spring cleanup days for the town, In preparation for Decoration day. MAIL MEN TO TAKE ANIMAL CENSUS Columbus, Neb., May 28.—Columbus rural mall carriers today received in structions from the United States Postofflce department to take a hog. dairy rattle and working animal ren sue at the first 1(1 farms along their route. The Postoffice department ex plains that the cattle census is taken this year because the government wishes to ascertain the growth of the dairy cattle movement throughout the country and also to note the decrease In the numbers of horses'and mules. Coal Yard Permit Refused. Columbus. Neb., May 28.—The passage of a zoning ordinance In Columbus has resulted in the city council already refusing to permit establishment of a retail coal yard In (he west end residential section on the request of property owners who, under the ordinance, have also de manded the removal of Union Pacific switch tracks and of oil storage tanks maintained by the Standard Oil com pany in that section of the city. Husband Turns & Gas on Family Wife Charges Male Tried to Exterminate Her and • Children. Mrs. Rorco Bellona, "027 Pierce street, testified in municipal court Wednesday that her husband had on several occasions attempted to exter minate the family by opening gas Jets in the home during the night. She said that on one occasion her daughter, Sundrlna, 10, awoke to find the house filled with fumes and had barely strength left to stagger to her mother's bedroom and awaken her. Mrs. Bellona had Rocco arrested Monday night after a family argu ment in which Mrs. Bellona * nose was broken and knives flashed. Judge Dtneen sentenced Bellona to 60 days In Jail. Besides Sundina there are two other children—Lucille, 6, and Angelo, 4. Flag Given Sunday School. Denison, la., May 2S.—At memor ial services in the Methodist church here Mrs. Jennie Jones, on behalf of the \V. R. C„ presented to the Sun day school a handsome flag. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION I 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS 25c and 75c Packages Everywhere STEPS TAKEN FOR CITY OWNERSHIP Plattsmouth, Neb., May 2*.—City council has passed an ordinance cre ating a sinking fund to be used ex clusively In acquiring or constructing utilities. Annual levies will be made for this fund, which the ordinance provides shall be Invested In' Cass county farm mortgages or municipal bonds, until such time as It may be feasible to take the municipal owner ship step. Under the plan proposed, the levy will be small when other city taxes run high, while In other years when general city taxes are con siderably reduced the number of mills levied for this fund will be higher, the annqal sum raised varying from a J1.000 minimum to several times that amount. The municipal ownership sinking fund ordinance was Introduced by Mayor John Battler who. In former Incumbency In this office several years ago, first proposed an assess ment for a sinking fund to pay off bonded Indebtedness, under which plan the city’s outstanding bonda have been reduced from $114,000 to $65,000. Mr. Hattler Is a proponent of mu nlctpal ownership and was elected to office this year on a platform pledged to securing it In the case of at least a part of the privately owned utilities now serving Plattsmouth. Gravel Road to Connect Sioux Falls and Yankton Slour Falls, S. D., May 28 —Ac cording to an announcement by H. II Corbin, county highway engineer, an all gravel road will he completed this fall which will extend from here to Yankton. This road will pass through Centerville, tVakonda, Oayvllte and Volin. The road south of Volin and the road leading to Wakonda and Centerville are being graveled now, and the east and west road through Volin will be graveled this summer. ' i t > and practically3 all . 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Complete . 39;5 A less expensive Da-Bed, built by Simmons, is offered in steel, finished in American walnut. It is easily convert ed from Da-Bed to full size, sanitary steel bed. The mattress pad is covered in attractive cretonne. Price complete— 2250 Orchard - Wilhelm SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS USE REE WANT ADS—THEY BRING RESULTS —-==========* Why Not Have the Old Piano • “Dolled Up" * I I Our expert shopmen can refinish and remove a!! scratches and ; jf mars, also regulate the action, voice the hammers, clear out the S moths, fix sticking keys and make the old instrument look and sound fine. (1 Now it the time Thit it the place * | Phone 419 S. 16th Ja. 4240 Omaha HUNDRED YE A‘R S A Prophecy That Failed But It Showed the Growth of Omaha and the Growth of Omaha Real Estate When the commissioners of Douglas coun ty decided in the early 80s, to erect a new courthouse for Omaha, they planned one that “would meet the needs of 100 years.’’ They constructed the building shown here. That was about 40 years ago, This “new” courthouse was on the north side of the block in which the present courthouse stands. Twelve years ago, or less than 30 years after completion of the courthouse that “would meet the needs of 100 years,” the building was torn down, aad its site used as a lawn for Omaha’s present magnificent courthouse which is now crowded to ca pacity. John Rush, 79 years old, and one of the Omaha pioneers who was a county official when that “new” building was erected, be lieved with the commissioners that the city would grow, but he wasn’t sure it “would meet the needs of 100 years.” He backed up hi* faith then, and later, by buying Omaha Real Estate. Mr. Rush came to Omaha in 1866. He watched Omaha grow from the first, and he knew that growth would continue. In 1885, Rush and Selby, his firm, sold the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Famam for • John A. McShane for $70,000. Mr. McShane had paid $30,000 for it that same year. In later years, during periods of depres sion over the entire country, Mr. Rush, with thousands of others, lost all his in vestments, EXCEPT HIS REAL ESTATE. “I held one to that Real Estate," he said a few days ago, "and it’s a good thing I did, because if I hadn’t, 1 wouldn’t have enough today to buy a cigar." Mr. Rush is financially independent, and he attributes that independence to his Real Estate. r ' John Rush Is a thorough and analytical student of cities. He knows the inch territory surrounding Omaha must gro\v tremendously to meet the giowing needs of the world for food. He believes Omaha’s future growth will be more remark able than her growth in the past. "Omaha Real Estate” he says, "cannot deteriorate. It will go forward. I advise my children to buy Omaha Real Estate, because Omaha Real Estate kept their father from the poorhouse.” OMAHA REAL ESTATE BOARD Consult a Realtor . 1 111 1 '-^=1