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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1924)
Realty Transfers Total Morer lan $500,000 in Week Largest Deal Is That of Potter Apartment House Sale to Hattie W. Beaton. Fifty-nine real estate transfers, totaling over $500,000, were filed last week in the office of Register . of Deeds Pearce. These 59 transfers were for transfers Involving $4,000 or more each, and the exact total of considerations was $518,725. These figures do not include deals that were for less than $4,000. These would have raised the total to ap proximately $550,000. The largest deed in these 50 transfers was for $75,000, representing transfer of the Potter apartment house at the south east corner of Thirty-third and Far nam streets, to Hattie W. Beaton. Following are the 69 deals making this half million dollar total, listed by districts: Berais Piirk. T. H Caughey to Rogcoe Crumbliss. 3340 Seward street. $5,000. Roscoe Crumbliss to Dagmar Enevold sen, 3340 Seward street, $5,600. Frances F. Monger to Kathne M. Mat suo. 3415 Charles street, $6,000. Southeast. Berks & Musll to Prances Mosllko, 1702 South Ninth street, $4,600. Dundee. _ Juanita L. Scanhin to Margaret Fry. 105 South Fiftieth street. $16,000. Ella J. Foote to G. F. Engler. 315 8outh Fifty-first avenue. $14,500. Ruth C. Williams to Toby Silverman. 5015 Burt street. $9,000. G F Krelle to Wymer Dressier, south west corner Fifty-sixth and Harney streets. $16,500. Stella Doud to Agnes E. Chapman. 325 South Happy Hollow boulevard, $11,000. T H McDearmon to S. H. Osborne, 4822 Capitol avenue, $7,250. S H Osborne to Mary L. Boye, 4822 Caoitol avenue. $6,300. G F Engler to W K Foote. 6173 Jack son street. $10,500 Minnie Stewart to Fannie Land!. 4623 Douglas street. $8,500. Ella O Palmer to T W. Metcalfe. 613 South Fifty-sixth street, $5,000. Minne Lu^a. Ruth D Whlgam to C. F Benson southeast corner Twenty-eighth and New port avenue. $8,350. Lydia O. Swanson to T. R Allen, Red lck between Minne L.usa and Twenty e.ghth avenues. $12,500. Central. Beaton Realty company to Hatt.e ” Beaton. 3261 Farnam atreet. »,6,000. H C* Peters to M. S W alklin, 3313 17-19-23 Dewey avenue. $8,800 Agnes H. Banks to John Reifschneider, 1515 Dodge street. $37,500 F A Skow to Anna C McCullough. 61b South Thirty-first yvenus 37.500. R N Pearro to Victor Jorgenson. 1414 16-18 ChtcaEO atreet. 19 500. Victor Jorgensen to Anna Nachscnoen, 1414-16-18 Chicago street. $10,000. Gladys r Harrison to Ben Saahnik, 3125 Cass street. $9,000 Nortludde. Margaret Fry to Philip Gell. 66.5 North Twenty-seventh avenue. $5,350 Jessie A Edwards to J. R. lerMehien. 2420 Manderson street, $4.00«r v J Run.i io Western Mortgage and Finan* e (ompany. 5012 North Twenty-eec °nA. G^Grabe Vo° J. C. Carey, 2715 Binney Vjertrude Kulakofsky to Kathne Burdin 2302 Fowler avenue. $10,000 c M Hltchman to C. W. Hoon. 411 North Nineteenth street. $4,600 Iuella Jakway to Henj Ohye. b012 North Twenty-fifth avenue. Si.750. Lillian H Haarmann to W. B h te born. 4109 North Seventeenth atreet, |u, ‘fVi W Roban to A. H. Fontanoy, 2504 Miami atreet. $5,250. Marv L Whiperman to Jake Glaasman. 8015 North Thirtieth street. $4.-50. Samuel Berkovita to E. A Beig, 20-5 Florence boulevard $5,000. South Omaha. M R Hopkins to F. 8. Crozler. 291 South Twenty-fourth atreet. $6,i50. West Leavenworth. Michael Wuhosky to c. G »rallan Emile street between Fortieth and Forty-tirst streets. $4,600. Fairacre*. Anna H. Porter to Jessie I. Haugl. near Sixty-sixth and Cuming streets. $5,000. South. , G S McBride to u. W. Nelson, 144.3 South Thirteenth street, $4,600. J E < 'raigmile to h C. van Pelt, -30C , South Twenty-first street. *5,475 Nellie M Drueaedow to Margaret m Mart m, 1141 South Twenty-ninth street. $6,300. Northwest. E T Slattery to G T. Haines. Grand avenue between Forty-fifth and Forty sixth streets 84,200. _ j yj Holden to Rasp Brothers. 49io t"harles street. $5,000. Id.i M Geisei to C. M. Wood, 4311 Franklin street. $5,000 __ J O Betterton to Mary E. Wei la, -91 North Forty-seventh avenue. $8,000. «• S Hibbard to A L. Smiley. 63-1 North Thirty-third avenue. $5,000. Fred Armbrust to Maynette «*rki northwest corner Forty-second ana L*ea avenue. $5,350. T W. Metcalfe to Elizabeth M. Thomas. 4636 Larimore. avenue. $4.65h. Cathedral. Tohn Hapne to E. b liernan. 4413 Cali fornia street. $4.25f> _ Josephine Horngan to R. D. Evans. tjr>t Lafayette avenue. 16 500 _ Wymer Dressier to <» t Krelle. north west corner Forty-third and Davenport Mai*y f> Brunson to J J Orrr.aby, 4130 Nicholas street. $4,000. .1 J Ormeby to .Maggie C. Mott. ♦l-f» Nicholas street. $4,250 Hanatom Park. j J. Woodland to Wanda O. Haddoc 2112 South Thirty-third street. $8 000. Margaret B Nelson to Fdizaheth D Brennan. 3060 South Thirty-fourth atreet. ,5J5°A. Laraon to R L. Swanson. 2615 South Thirty-fourth street. $7,600. Rt-nMUi. — E P. Degan to Hans Bock. 240< North .Sixtieth street. $6.non Wfflt Farnara. c O Johansen to F. \ ^rufe, Jr . I*0 North Thirty-seventh street. $12,500. Field flub. , . Johr Vol* to H \y Vo.., 1136 South Thirty-fifth r.mur 8ll.no11 Survey Shows V Farm Land Firm ''ales in Nebraska and Iowa Indicate Buyers ^ ill Till Ground. \ resume of the farm land market 1 Nebraska and Iowa made last week by the Omaha Real Estate board •bows a Arm condition in both these tates with a tendency of land prices to increase. The survey also shows that the land is being purchased by farmers who are buying the land to i.ve on it and farm it. A survey of sales in 17 counties in ' Iowa showed sales running from $165 to $318 per acre, with a majority of .he sales being above $200 per acre ,:nd the average at about $250. In the last few weeks nine farms in the vicinity of Lyton, Is., totaling 1.100 aeres. sold for an average of : 247.27 an acre, the lowest in this list i cing for $215 an acre and the high est at $300 per acre. One of the Interesting sales record ed near Spalding, Neb., last week was nn 80-acre pasture and hay farm for *175 per acre. A sale was recorded in Columbus. Platte county. Nebras ka. last week for $200 per acre; an other in York, Saline county, for $175 per acre Practically all of these reports of farm sales closed with tha statement that either the purchaser or some of ltls children will live on the farm and operate It. Window Washer (^ut# Artery. Special DUpatch to Tho Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., June 14.—Severing an artery in her wrist, caused by breaking a giais while washing win dows, Mrs. August Belsmeler. living nenr Crab Orchard, was taken to * physician at Adams, where the flow of blood was stopped L Be# Want Ada Produce Rasult». ____ _ -_ o -1 Benson High School Graduates I jtos Jnej ' - --—r-» head Katherine Boris :;;e.c arc tin gratuates of the Benson High school: Mildred Head, Rudolph Xeiderhelser, Muriel Parmalee, Gclrlie Miller, Katherine Borts, Inei Horn and Alton Beits. Miller Park School Pu oils Present “Blue Bird” , —I'fcoto t»y it. These members of the graduating class of Miller rack school took leading roles In the production of Maeter linck's ‘ Blue Bird." las’- Wednesday at the school. Mi s Anna Soll.nger was director. The cast, left to right, first row, are Junior Mortensen as Cat. Bert Morris as Bread, Zoralda Alexander as TyTyl. Lester Wekleman as Myltyl,-Margrethe Nielsen as Fairy and Carl Johnson as Pop. Second row, Jean Cosh ns Water, Father Kellner as Light. Jane Marshall as hire and Putnam King as 8ugar. Carnaby joins Realty Staff •Joe R. Carnaby. Rasp Urns.. Omaha realtnrs. have added tn their sales three Jen n Carnaby, whd for the last lb years was a member of the sales depart ment of the Western Electric company of Omaha. Mr Carnaby has lived In Omaha all | his life, having completed both his iSrade and hiRh school education in Omaha schools, lie Is a brother of t lark Carnaby, assistant secretary of the Conservative Savings and Loan association. Another man (o join the Rasp Pros sales force recently was Harvey E. nasp. who came here three months ago from Alvo. Neb. REALTOR IS BUSY WITH TRANSFERS Sine* April 7 the Maurice B. Griffin company ha* handled more than $60,000 worth of real estate transfer*. The officials of the company declare that the business outlook at preeent is pood. The transfers handled were: John n Eyler to Carl fltraub, *011 North Fourteenth avenue, f4 Sft0 Hansen Investment company to ft H Hanson lots 13 and 14. block 2. Hansen's addition 12.47* <ieotge F Jore* to M ft Kule brick duplex. 1*7 South Fiftieth street, *17,f>no. To William Jacobberbar. bri. k store. Thirtieth street and S»ono a'enur 17.00* To George C Hedge* company (through Hurt •' Fowler company), 1210 South Six‘»»nth street. 110,***. Mrs fttltt to Ida Hchnarkel. 3040 Cot tage Grn\« avenue. 17 80* F F T.eary and John Ournett to J J. O'Leary, Thlrt' -sixth and Webster street*, three lot* f • *** Ms v Fir*'' Unev to Margaret Terry 1 MOTHERFletcher’s Castoria is especially prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipation Wind Colic To Sweeten Stomack Flatulency Diarrhea Regulate Bowels Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, and Natural Sleep without Opiates ^ To avoid imitations, always look for the sipnature of Proven directions on each picioge. Plivsitiafli everywhere recommand it. (through First Trust company), I07S South Thirty-fourth street $5,500. Harry Klewlt to John Kllmarttn; Itaaed two lota. Thirtieth and Boyd atreata: J L. Baker to John Kllmartln. h !ao Irasrd 'cuthraat corner Twentieth nnd Pierce atre*t* HARVARD MEN NOW SANS TROUSERS Special Dispatch to The Omaha Dee Harvard, Neb., June 14.—Several suits of men s clothes burned when a power driven washing machlna con talnlng a gasoline solution exploded in the cleaning department of the A H Moans barber shop here. The fire department surceeded In extinguish ing the blare with chemicals, but not until the contents of the washer were damaged. JSkinny men t . Take on Pound* of Solid Stay There Fleth Every day thousands of box** of | McCoy * Cod Liver Oil Tablet* ere * fold to weak, rundown, underweight I men and women who are getting 1 eplendld leaults B There* more vllamlne* In Cod B Liver Oil than anything elen. but It'* B naety amelllng etuff hard to swallow, ■ nnd often upset* the etomach, *o wtae ■ people are turning to A McCoy’s Cod Pi Liver Oil Tablets ■ because they act *o quickly that In S Just a few daya worn out people be a gin to get energy, ambition and *n I durance. L Cha*. H Denman of Stuffern, N. B V . all In and discouraged after being E3 gassed In France, veined pound* 9 In three week* and now feel* better S than ever and work* every day W «n tahlcle. «rt cent*, but be eur# you ■ get McCoy*. the original and W genuine. h Sold by Sherman # McConnell A Drug Co . Beaton Drug Co . Biandela B Stores, and all live druggists, and If you don't take on fl\* pounds In 30 ^B 'lay* get your money back. I Realtors Move After 35 Years in One Building Harrison & Morton Will Oc cupy Offices at Twentieth and Farnam Streets Tomorrow. HarriSon & Morton, Omaha realtors, tomorrow will move their office from 916 Omaha National Bank building to a ground floor store In property the firm'owns at the southeast corner of Twentieth and Farnam streets. Monday morning will be the first time in 35 years that C. F. Hard i son's real estate office was not tn 916 Omaha National Bank building. He opened his office In that room the »ame year the Omaha National build ing, then the New York Life build lng, was finished. He had been in the real estate business a short time be fore 1889, but when the new build lng at Seventeenth and Farnam was finished he went with it to what was practically the “west end of town.” George T. Morton, Junior member of the firm, Joined Mr. Harrison 10 years later. In 1899. In taking a Farnam etreet location a little west of the center of things this firm is doing what C. F. Hard sen has been advising hie clients to do for a quarter of a century. Those who followed his advice now count their wealth in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr. Harrison is generally credited by realtors as being the man who "discovered” Farnam street as a mec ca for investors. Those who bought property there 15, 20 or 25 year* ago made money. a» Harrison told them they would. The lot lmmedistely west of the northwest corner of Eighteenth and Farnam. now under 99-year lease on a $200,000 valuation, was purchased by the owner, Mr*. Elisabeth Du frene, over 20 years ago for $14,500 There are many other similar in stances on the street. The northeast corner of Nineteenth and Farnam. the Lyric building, was bought by Dr Harold Gifford about 12 years ago for $90,000. It is now valued at $300,000. Dr. Gifford made the purchase upon advlcl of Harrison £ Morton. Mr. Harrison has sold, or helped to sell, practically all the Farnam street property between Eighteenth and Twentieth etreets. The site cf the present Sanford hotel he sold to Dr Harold Gifford, who built the hot*! on It. and now has it leased to Kar ley Conant. He sold the sit* of the Wellington to George E. Barker, who later built the Wellington, which le now leased to H. B. Payne and E. M Slater. George T Morton was one of the organizers of the Omaha city plan r.ing board and was its chairman for several years. Both Mr. Harrison and Mr Morton have served as president of the Omaha real estate board. MOTHER OF WEEK OLD BABE SUICIDE Special Pl-patch «<* The Omaha Be*. Geneva, Neb.. June 14—Mr*. John Sluka, 23, wife of a farmer, eight miles northeast of Geneva, commit ted suicide after midnight Friday. Her body was discovered at 6 this morning in the water tank. She leaves, besides her husband, a week old baby and another child. 2 years old. Mrs. Sluka * mother took her own life several years ago by swal lowing poison. TREE SPECIALISTS Years of experience have made us aa part in tha buainaaa of TREE SUR GERY. Don't attempt to doctor your treaa voursalf—it may prove fatal to their life. Cell on ua to explain our | aarvica and to fiva you advica. 20th and Dodfa ! C. E Baldwin. M*r AT 9173. HA 3299 North Side—Gable Flower Shop | 2911V, North 24th St. j Realty Company Does More Than MOO MO Business in Short Time i-7—.-- 1 Business for the Burt C. Fowler company is good. That is the state ment that officials of the company are making now, after noting that recent sales of the company total more than $100,900. Among the sales that have swelled the company's total Is that of the new brick and kellastone stucco Eng lish-Colonial home for $10,500, shown In the photograph. The home Is at 1219 North Fifty third street, and was purchased by Naomi J. Bowen. Other places that the company have recently sold are: New brick veneer duplex In cathedral district to sn investor. $15,500; six-room Dutch Colonial at 302 South Fiftieth street to Dr. J. P. Connolly, $12,250; eight-room kellastone stucco at 317 WEATHER HINDERS REAL ESTATE SALES Lot and residence sales amounting to $61,050 for the month of May are reported by the Schroeder Investment company, realtors. Officers of this company state that while they have enjoyed a satisfac tory business, -unfavorable weather conditions more than anything else have retarded heavy buying They find that a great many people have deferred buying until settled weather Is assured, and feel that each day of real sunshine la good for a sale. Burgess-Nas-h Flower Shop Owner to Sail for Europe Mr and Mrs. George A Suris, own ers of the BurgessNash flower shop, leave Monday evening for New York to sail on the President Wilson fo» Sparta. Greece. In Sparta Mr. Suris will visit ills mother, whom he has not seen since he was 9 On their return Mr. and Mrs. Suris will visit Paris and London, arrived home September 3. Pawnee City—The building and ma chinery of the Marysville (Kan.) Mill and Elevator company at Marysville was totally destroyed by fire with loss estimated at neatly $10,000, according to advices received here. ..~ South fifty first avenue to Oscar E Engler, 110,000; six room two-story stucco home at 3125 Lafayette ave nue to Harrison Stucker, $7,500; eight-room modern house at 3510 Charles street to M. Sherman, $7,CfoO; six-room modern house at 6111 North Twenty-fourth street to Thomas Huff, $6,000; new five-room modern bungalow in Standard Place 4685 Pa cific street to Jack Gitlin, $6,000; new five-room modern bungalow in Standard Place, 4681 Pacific street to Paul D. Baker, $5,800; five room mod ern cottage at 8004 North Thirtieth street, in Florence, to Harry Fitch, $5,200; five room modern bungalow at 3211 Decatur street to Zita F. Rule, $4,800; five-room bungalow at 2207 South Sixtieth street to Elmer Pear son, $3,300; 44-foot business lot at Sixtieth and Leavenworth streets to an investor, $4,400; 130-foot lot in Falracres on Benson road to Mar guerite Shumaker, $2,700. 1 ~ - Me TENT & AWNING CO. D 1204 O N AUTO TENTS, Camp Cots, Chairs and Stoves. Awnings and Porch Curtains of the Latest Design*. Canopy for Weddings and Receptions. Business Is Best Here, Says Martin Real Estate Board President “ Satisfied ^ ith Home After Trip. President Martin of the Omaha Real Estate board returned Friday from a visit In several eastern cities. In cluding Washington, where he attend ed the annual convention of. the Na tlonal Association of Real Estate ; Boards. Mr. Martin said that his visit* to ; other cities convince^ him that no place in the country Is on a sounder and more substantial basis than Omaha. "We are much better off here than they are in a lot of places I visited, Mr. Martin said. "If anybody In Omaha has an Idea that he might be better off in eome other city the quickest and surest way for him to change his mind is to make a trip I to that city.” While at the national convention Mr. Martin received for the Omaha Real Estate board the award which * was made for the best individual ad vertising submitted In the nation-wide contest - Coming to Omaha? HOTEL ROME INVITES YOU Rooms: $1.50 to $3.50 " HOME OF THE FAMOUS ROME CAFETERIA "Open 24 Hours Every Dey" Here’s that insulating lumber you wanted to see Your curiosity about Celotex that I recommended for insulation is common to everybody. JTelL it didn't seem possible to me that one ma terial could be used in so many di fferent tern's. if *11 You’ve seen it, now, going into the walls and roof as sheathing. It’s there that Celotex saves fuel— leg loraber ro«d» a fourth tO 8 tlUTU. frvni the long.ueigh ftbreeo/ran*. Itl« ... / .9 better then wn«d 4mi insures summer comfort. thetthlng —equele cock far iu»uutiou. 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